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Re: SOLVED - Re: 2009.1 fails to boot with kernel panic

2009-11-26T04:11:23Z

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 7:15 PM, DougB <dougrb@...> wrote:

DougB wrote:

benigni yves-jean wrote:

DougB a écrit :

Diego Bello wrote:

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 5:10 AM, DougB <dougrb@...
<mailto:dougrb@...>> wrote:

I recently made a fresh instal of 2009 Spring on an HP6325 64-bit
laptop which had previously been running 2008 Spring without
problems.
Installation was smooth. but the first boot of 2009.1 crashed with
a kernel panic message.
I'm having some difficulty in getting an internet connection to
chsase this up - is it a known problem with a workaround? Or can
someone point me in the right direction to sort it out?

Many thanks

Doug.

A kernel panic can have several reasons.
Can you provide the messages you get at boot?

--
Diego Bello Carreño

I.m using 2009 Spring Powerpack

I've now re-erased the entire disk and re-installed, accepting all the
default options, with Gnome as the windows manager and lilo as the
bootloader.

Here are the messages:

Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37
fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
Linux agpart interface v0.103
Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
brd: module loaded
input: Macintosh mouse buttom emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input0
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:C210,PNP0f13:C211] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev1.1.
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq1
serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
cpuidle: using governor ladder
cpuidle: using governor menu
TCP cubic registered
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as
/devices/platform/i8042/serio/input/input1
Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.2, id: 0x25a0b1, caps:
0xa04793/0x300000
serio: Synaptics pass-through port at isa0060/serio4/input0
input: SynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad as
/devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input2
registered taskstats version 1
Magic number: 1:871:536
bdi 1:14: hash matches
BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 1 devices found
md: Skipping autodetection of RAID arrays (raid=autodetect will force)
RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
VFS: Cannot open root device
"UUID=012825b7-0af7-4ae2-bb5a-0edc6d091dfc" or unknown-block (0,0)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option:; here are the available
partitions:
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
unknown-block (0,0)

Doug§§>§>

just an idea

can you stop the boot process
press [esc] , exit the graphic menu
select texte grub menu
and under GRUB menu select the Linux item boot and type [e] for edit
this item

ex :
kernel (hd0,2)/boot/vmlinuz root=UID=xxxxxx-yyyyy-zzzzz-tttt
resume=UID=xxxxx-zzzzzzz-tttttt-yyyyyyy splash=silent
initrd (hd0,2)/boot/initrd.img

you must see the 'root=UIDxxxxxxxxxx',
try to set root=/dev/sdaX where sdaX is the good boot partition, where
you install the boot of MDV2009.1
to do this select the good line an press [e]

erase UID= and set root=/dev/sdaX

change resume=UID-XXXXX by resume=/dev/sdaT (swap partition)

after this press [esc] and press [b] to boot and cross finger

best regards

I'm not familiar with grub, I normally use lilo; but I'll see if I can just chasnge the bootloader and try your suggestion. Thanks.

Doug

Follow-up:

It's evidently a defect in the lilo bootloader.
As soon as I used the Powerpack Rescue disk to swap the bootloader to grub it booted OK without any change in grub itself..
The lilo bootloader isn't consistently faulty, however, because I'd installed 2009.1 on a desktop PC with a lilo bootloader and that works without problems.

Excellent!!

Should this be reported as a bug?

Doug

You could find out if there is some information about it, like a known bug, because that's the previous mandriva's version.

If there is not, you can report it :), and remember to add your machine's specifications.

Cheers!

--
Diego Bello Carreño

Re: Updating problem

2009-11-25T17:19:34Z

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:36:29 am Angelo Naselli wrote:

>
> Don't know if realated, i continue have problems with md5sum. I've fixed
> it using wget instead of curl.

I'll have to wait until next month to test it again because I've almost used
all of this month's data allocation.

Since my last e-mail I have discovered that the updates that I thought
weren't being installed are in fact installed. This is in spite of MCC error
messages saying that the download failed.

--
Regards,
Phil

Re: Kaffeine and/or Klear

2009-11-25T14:35:53Z

Anssi Hannula wrote:

> Jim Whitby wrote:
>> Probable should be two messages, but...
>>
>> Latest kaffeine on 2010.0 64 bit.
>> No audio. Using xine as backend. Any suggestions, questions, etc.
>
> Are you using pulseaudio? Do you have xine-pulse installed? Is
> xine-plugins installed?
>
> Are you trying to play DVB/ATSC or media files?
>

Some add'l info:
This was a upgrade from 2009.1. Had no problems with kaffeine ( other
that DVB was terrible to work with )

Mplayer works fine for media files.

--
Sattinger's Law:
It works better if you plug it in.
----------------------
Mandriva Linux release 2010.0 (Official) for x86_64
2.6.31.5-desktop-1mnb AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+
----------------------

Re: Kaffeine and/or Klear

2009-11-25T14:24:35Z

Anssi Hannula wrote:

yes to all. ( DVB/atsc and media files )

--
Freedom begins when you tell Mrs. Grundy to go fly a kite.
----------------------
Mandriva Linux release 2010.0 (Official) for x86_64
2.6.31.5-desktop-1mnb AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+
----------------------

SOLVED - Re: 2009.1 fails to boot with kernel panic

2009-11-25T14:15:40Z

DougB wrote:

> benigni yves-jean wrote:
>> DougB a écrit :
>>
>>> Diego Bello wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 5:10 AM, DougB <dougrb@...
>>>> <mailto:dougrb@...>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I recently made a fresh instal of 2009 Spring on an HP6325 64-bit
>>>> laptop which had previously been running 2008 Spring without
>>>> problems.
>>>> Installation was smooth. but the first boot of 2009.1 crashed with
>>>> a kernel panic message.
>>>> I'm having some difficulty in getting an internet connection to
>>>> chsase this up - is it a known problem with a workaround? Or can
>>>> someone point me in the right direction to sort it out?
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks
>>>>
>>>> Doug.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> A kernel panic can have several reasons.
>>>> Can you provide the messages you get at boot?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Diego Bello Carreño
>>>>
>>> I.m using 2009 Spring Powerpack
>>>
>>> I've now re-erased the entire disk and re-installed, accepting all the
>>> default options, with Gnome as the windows manager and lilo as the
>>> bootloader.
>>>
>>> Here are the messages:
>>>
>>>
>>> Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37
>>> fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
>>> Linux agpart interface v0.103
>>> Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
>>> brd: module loaded
>>> input: Macintosh mouse buttom emulation as
>>> /devices/virtual/input/input0
>>> PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:C210,PNP0f13:C211] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
>>> i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev1.1.
>>> serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq1
>>> serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
>>> serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
>>> serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
>>> serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
>>> mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
>>> cpuidle: using governor ladder
>>> cpuidle: using governor menu
>>> TCP cubic registered
>>> input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as
>>> /devices/platform/i8042/serio/input/input1
>>> Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.2, id: 0x25a0b1, caps:
>>> 0xa04793/0x300000
>>> serio: Synaptics pass-through port at isa0060/serio4/input0
>>> input: SynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad as
>>> /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input2
>>> registered taskstats version 1
>>> Magic number: 1:871:536
>>> bdi 1:14: hash matches
>>> BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 1 devices found
>>> md: Skipping autodetection of RAID arrays (raid=autodetect will force)
>>> RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
>>> VFS: Cannot open root device
>>> "UUID=012825b7-0af7-4ae2-bb5a-0edc6d091dfc" or unknown-block (0,0)
>>> Please append a correct "root=" boot option:; here are the available
>>> partitions:
>>> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
>>> unknown-block (0,0)
>>>
>>>
>>> Doug§§>§>
>>>
>>>
>> just an idea
>>
>> can you stop the boot process
>> press [esc] , exit the graphic menu
>> select texte grub menu
>> and under GRUB menu select the Linux item boot and type [e] for edit
>> this item
>>
>> ex :
>> kernel (hd0,2)/boot/vmlinuz root=UID=xxxxxx-yyyyy-zzzzz-tttt
>> resume=UID=xxxxx-zzzzzzz-tttttt-yyyyyyy splash=silent
>> initrd (hd0,2)/boot/initrd.img
>>
>>
>> you must see the 'root=UIDxxxxxxxxxx',
>>
>> try to set root=/dev/sdaX where sdaX is the good boot partition, where
>> you install the boot of MDV2009.1
>> to do this select the good line an press [e]
>>
>> erase UID= and set root=/dev/sdaX
>>
>> change resume=UID-XXXXX by resume=/dev/sdaT (swap partition)
>>
>> after this press [esc] and press [b] to boot and cross finger
>>
>> best regards
>>
>>
> I'm not familiar with grub, I normally use lilo; but I'll see if I can
> just chasnge the bootloader and try your suggestion. Thanks.
>
> Doug
>

Follow-up:

It's evidently a defect in the lilo bootloader.
As soon as I used the Powerpack Rescue disk to swap the bootloader to
grub it booted OK without any change in grub itself..
The lilo bootloader isn't consistently faulty, however, because I'd
installed 2009.1 on a desktop PC with a lilo bootloader and that
works without problems.

Should this be reported as a bug?

Doug

Re: Updating problem

2009-11-25T12:36:29Z

In data mercoledì 25 novembre 2009 05:00:07, Phil ha scritto:

> On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:15:45 pm adam jvok wrote:
> > I was looking at this a few hours ago because of problems with my mirror
> > too.
> > I got as far as finding the file: /var/cache/urpmi/mirrors.cache and was
> > considering removing the entry for the mirror that was causing problems,
> > but before I did that, one final try got the download I wanted.
> > No idea if this is the right (or even safe) thing to do - your call.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> The mirror came good but there is a problem with MCC. Selecting a file to
> upgrade resulted in download of 100 odd Mb, eventually, but an error
> message said that the needed files were missing from the mirror. They were
> obviously downloaded but not installed.
>
> Is this another bug? I have a very expensive Internet connection so I'd
> rather not waste too much of my data allowance.
>

Don't know if realated, i continue have problems with md5sum. I've fixed

it using wget instead of curl.

HTH,
--
Angelo

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Re: 2009.1 fails to boot with kernel panic

2009-11-25T11:45:58Z

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 4:33 PM, DougB <dougrb@...> wrote:

Diego Bello wrote:

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:13 PM, DougB <dougrb@... <mailto:dougrb@...>> wrote:

Diego Bello wrote:

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 5:10 AM, DougB <dougrb@...
<mailto:dougrb@...> <mailto:dougrb@...

<mailto:dougrb@...>>> wrote:

I recently made a fresh instal of 2009 Spring on an HP6325
64-bit
laptop which had previously been running 2008 Spring without
problems.
Installation was smooth. but the first boot of 2009.1
crashed with
a kernel panic message.
I'm having some difficulty in getting an internet connection to
chsase this up - is it a known problem with a workaround?
Or can
someone point me in the right direction to sort it out?

Many thanks

Doug.

A kernel panic can have several reasons.
Can you provide the messages you get at boot?

-- Diego Bello Carreño

I'm using 2009 Spring Powerpack

I've now re-erased the entire disk and re-installed, accepting all
the default options, with Gnome as the windows manager and lilo as
the bootloader.

Here are the messages:

Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37
fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
Linux agpart interface v0.103
Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
brd: module loaded
input: Macintosh mouse buttom emulation as
/devices/virtual/input/input0
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:C210,PNP0f13:C211] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev1.1.
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq1
serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
cpuidle: using governor ladder
cpuidle: using governor menu
TCP cubic registered
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as
/devices/platform/i8042/serio/input/input1
Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.2, id: 0x25a0b1, caps:
0xa04793/0x300000
serio: Synaptics pass-through port at isa0060/serio4/input0
input: SynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad as
/devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input2
registered taskstats version 1
Magic number: 1:871:536
bdi 1:14: hash matches
BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 1 devices found
md: Skipping autodetection of RAID arrays (raid=autodetect will force)
RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
VFS: Cannot open root device
"UUID=012825b7-0af7-4ae2-bb5a-0edc6d091dfc" or unknown-block (0,0)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option:; here are the
available partitions:
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
unknown-block (0,0)

Doug

So it can't find the root partition.

Did you install Grub in the Master Boot Record (MBR) when installing?

It can also be a problem with your disk controller driver. Can you try with Mandriva 2010?

Cheers.

--
Diego Bello Carreño

I used lilo and installed in the MBR.
2010 isn't available to me - I've only limited internet connection.

Doug

Can you post your lilo,conf file?
A list of your partitions would be good too.

Try using grub also, it might be a problem with lilo.

--
Diego Bello Carreño

Re: 2009.1 fails to boot with kernel panic

2009-11-25T11:39:38Z

benigni yves-jean wrote:

> DougB a écrit :
>
>> Diego Bello wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 5:10 AM, DougB <dougrb@...
>>> <mailto:dougrb@...>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I recently made a fresh instal of 2009 Spring on an HP6325 64-bit
>>> laptop which had previously been running 2008 Spring without
>>> problems.
>>> Installation was smooth. but the first boot of 2009.1 crashed with
>>> a kernel panic message.
>>> I'm having some difficulty in getting an internet connection to
>>> chsase this up - is it a known problem with a workaround? Or can
>>> someone point me in the right direction to sort it out?
>>>
>>> Many thanks
>>>
>>> Doug.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A kernel panic can have several reasons.
>>> Can you provide the messages you get at boot?
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Diego Bello Carreño
>>>
>> I.m using 2009 Spring Powerpack
>>
>> I've now re-erased the entire disk and re-installed, accepting all the
>> default options, with Gnome as the windows manager and lilo as the
>> bootloader.
>>
>> Here are the messages:
>>
>>
>> Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37
>> fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
>> Linux agpart interface v0.103
>> Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
>> brd: module loaded
>> input: Macintosh mouse buttom emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input0
>> PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:C210,PNP0f13:C211] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
>> i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev1.1.
>> serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq1
>> serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
>> serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
>> serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
>> serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
>> mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
>> cpuidle: using governor ladder
>> cpuidle: using governor menu
>> TCP cubic registered
>> input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as
>> /devices/platform/i8042/serio/input/input1
>> Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.2, id: 0x25a0b1, caps:
>> 0xa04793/0x300000
>> serio: Synaptics pass-through port at isa0060/serio4/input0
>> input: SynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad as
>> /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input2
>> registered taskstats version 1
>> Magic number: 1:871:536
>> bdi 1:14: hash matches
>> BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 1 devices found
>> md: Skipping autodetection of RAID arrays (raid=autodetect will force)
>> RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
>> VFS: Cannot open root device
>> "UUID=012825b7-0af7-4ae2-bb5a-0edc6d091dfc" or unknown-block (0,0)
>> Please append a correct "root=" boot option:; here are the available
>> partitions:
>> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
>> unknown-block (0,0)
>>
>>
>> Doug§§>§>
>>
>>
> just an idea
>
> can you stop the boot process
> press [esc] , exit the graphic menu
> select texte grub menu
> and under GRUB menu select the Linux item boot and type [e] for edit
> this item
>
> ex :
> kernel (hd0,2)/boot/vmlinuz root=UID=xxxxxx-yyyyy-zzzzz-tttt
> resume=UID=xxxxx-zzzzzzz-tttttt-yyyyyyy splash=silent
> initrd (hd0,2)/boot/initrd.img
>
>
> you must see the 'root=UIDxxxxxxxxxx',
>
> try to set root=/dev/sdaX where sdaX is the good boot partition, where
> you install the boot of MDV2009.1
> to do this select the good line an press [e]
>
> erase UID= and set root=/dev/sdaX
>
> change resume=UID-XXXXX by resume=/dev/sdaT (swap partition)
>
> after this press [esc] and press [b] to boot and cross finger
>
> best regards
>
>

I'm not familiar with grub, I normally use lilo; but I'll see if I can
just chasnge the bootloader and try your suggestion. Thanks.

Doug

Re: 2009.1 fails to boot with kernel panic

2009-11-25T11:33:46Z

Diego Bello wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:13 PM, DougB <dougrb@...
> <mailto:dougrb@...>> wrote:
>
> Diego Bello wrote:
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 5:10 AM, DougB <dougrb@...
> <mailto:dougrb@...> <mailto:dougrb@...
> <mailto:dougrb@...>>> wrote:
>
> I recently made a fresh instal of 2009 Spring on an HP6325
> 64-bit
> laptop which had previously been running 2008 Spring without
> problems.
> Installation was smooth. but the first boot of 2009.1
> crashed with
> a kernel panic message.
> I'm having some difficulty in getting an internet connection to
> chsase this up - is it a known problem with a workaround?
> Or can
> someone point me in the right direction to sort it out?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Doug.
>
>
>
> A kernel panic can have several reasons.
> Can you provide the messages you get at boot?
>
>
> --
> Diego Bello Carreño
>
> I'm using 2009 Spring Powerpack
>
> I've now re-erased the entire disk and re-installed, accepting all
> the default options, with Gnome as the windows manager and lilo as
> the bootloader.
>
> Here are the messages:
>
>
> Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37
> fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
> Linux agpart interface v0.103
> Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
> brd: module loaded
> input: Macintosh mouse buttom emulation as
> /devices/virtual/input/input0
> PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:C210,PNP0f13:C211] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
> i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev1.1.
> serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq1
> serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
> serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
> serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
> serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
> mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
> cpuidle: using governor ladder
> cpuidle: using governor menu
> TCP cubic registered
> input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as
> /devices/platform/i8042/serio/input/input1
> Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.2, id: 0x25a0b1, caps:
> 0xa04793/0x300000
> serio: Synaptics pass-through port at isa0060/serio4/input0
> input: SynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad as
> /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input2
> registered taskstats version 1
> Magic number: 1:871:536
> bdi 1:14: hash matches
> BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 1 devices found
> md: Skipping autodetection of RAID arrays (raid=autodetect will force)
> RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
> VFS: Cannot open root device
> "UUID=012825b7-0af7-4ae2-bb5a-0edc6d091dfc" or unknown-block (0,0)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option:; here are the
> available partitions:
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-block (0,0)
>
>
> Doug
>
>
>
> So it can't find the root partition.
>
> Did you install Grub in the Master Boot Record (MBR) when installing?
>
> It can also be a problem with your disk controller driver. Can you try
> with Mandriva 2010?
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> Diego Bello Carreño

I used lilo and installed in the MBR.
2010 isn't available to me - I've only limited internet connection.

Doug

Re: 2009.1 fails to boot with kernel panic

2009-11-25T08:21:44Z

DougB a écrit :

> Diego Bello wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 5:10 AM, DougB <dougrb@...
>> <mailto:dougrb@...>> wrote:
>>
>> I recently made a fresh instal of 2009 Spring on an HP6325 64-bit
>> laptop which had previously been running 2008 Spring without
>> problems.
>> Installation was smooth. but the first boot of 2009.1 crashed with
>> a kernel panic message.
>> I'm having some difficulty in getting an internet connection to
>> chsase this up - is it a known problem with a workaround? Or can
>> someone point me in the right direction to sort it out?
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Doug.
>>
>>
>>
>> A kernel panic can have several reasons.
>> Can you provide the messages you get at boot?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Diego Bello Carreño
> I.m using 2009 Spring Powerpack
>
> I've now re-erased the entire disk and re-installed, accepting all the
> default options, with Gnome as the windows manager and lilo as the
> bootloader.
>
> Here are the messages:
>
>
> Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37
> fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
> Linux agpart interface v0.103
> Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
> brd: module loaded
> input: Macintosh mouse buttom emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input0
> PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:C210,PNP0f13:C211] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
> i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev1.1.
> serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq1
> serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
> serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
> serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
> serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
> mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
> cpuidle: using governor ladder
> cpuidle: using governor menu
> TCP cubic registered
> input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as
> /devices/platform/i8042/serio/input/input1
> Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.2, id: 0x25a0b1, caps:
> 0xa04793/0x300000
> serio: Synaptics pass-through port at isa0060/serio4/input0
> input: SynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad as
> /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input2
> registered taskstats version 1
> Magic number: 1:871:536
> bdi 1:14: hash matches
> BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 1 devices found
> md: Skipping autodetection of RAID arrays (raid=autodetect will force)
> RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
> VFS: Cannot open root device
> "UUID=012825b7-0af7-4ae2-bb5a-0edc6d091dfc" or unknown-block (0,0)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option:; here are the available
> partitions:
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-block (0,0)
>
>
> Doug§§>§>
>

just an idea

can you stop the boot process
press [esc] , exit the graphic menu
select texte grub menu
and under GRUB menu select the Linux item boot and type [e] for edit
this item

ex :
kernel (hd0,2)/boot/vmlinuz root=UID=xxxxxx-yyyyy-zzzzz-tttt
resume=UID=xxxxx-zzzzzzz-tttttt-yyyyyyy splash=silent
initrd (hd0,2)/boot/initrd.img

you must see the 'root=UIDxxxxxxxxxx',

try to set root=/dev/sdaX where sdaX is the good boot partition, where
you install the boot of MDV2009.1
to do this select the good line an press [e]

erase UID= and set root=/dev/sdaX

change resume=UID-XXXXX by resume=/dev/sdaT (swap partition)

after this press [esc] and press [b] to boot and cross finger

best regards

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Re: 2009.1 fails to boot with kernel panic

2009-11-25T07:24:03Z

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:13 PM, DougB <dougrb@...> wrote:

Diego Bello wrote:

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 5:10 AM, DougB <dougrb@... <mailto:dougrb@...>> wrote:

I recently made a fresh instal of 2009 Spring on an HP6325 64-bit
laptop which had previously been running 2008 Spring without
problems.
Installation was smooth. but the first boot of 2009.1 crashed with
a kernel panic message.
I'm having some difficulty in getting an internet connection to
chsase this up - is it a known problem with a workaround? Or can
someone point me in the right direction to sort it out?

Many thanks

Doug.

A kernel panic can have several reasons.
Can you provide the messages you get at boot?

--
Diego Bello Carreño

I'm using 2009 Spring Powerpack

I've now re-erased the entire disk and re-installed, accepting all the default options, with Gnome as the windows manager and lilo as the bootloader.

Here are the messages:

Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37
fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
Linux agpart interface v0.103
Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
brd: module loaded
input: Macintosh mouse buttom emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input0
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:C210,PNP0f13:C211] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev1.1.
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq1
serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
cpuidle: using governor ladder
cpuidle: using governor menu
TCP cubic registered
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio/input/input1
Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.2, id: 0x25a0b1, caps: 0xa04793/0x300000
serio: Synaptics pass-through port at isa0060/serio4/input0
input: SynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input2
registered taskstats version 1
Magic number: 1:871:536
bdi 1:14: hash matches
BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 1 devices found
md: Skipping autodetection of RAID arrays (raid=autodetect will force)
RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
VFS: Cannot open root device "UUID=012825b7-0af7-4ae2-bb5a-0edc6d091dfc" or unknown-block (0,0)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option:; here are the available partitions:
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (0,0)

Doug

So it can't find the root partition.

Did you install Grub in the Master Boot Record (MBR) when installing?

It can also be a problem with your disk controller driver. Can you try with Mandriva 2010?

Cheers.

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Re: 2009.1 fails to boot with kernel panic

2009-11-25T07:13:34Z

Diego Bello wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 5:10 AM, DougB <dougrb@...
> <mailto:dougrb@...>> wrote:
>
> I recently made a fresh instal of 2009 Spring on an HP6325 64-bit
> laptop which had previously been running 2008 Spring without
> problems.
> Installation was smooth. but the first boot of 2009.1 crashed with
> a kernel panic message.
> I'm having some difficulty in getting an internet connection to
> chsase this up - is it a known problem with a workaround? Or can
> someone point me in the right direction to sort it out?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Doug.
>
>
>
> A kernel panic can have several reasons.
> Can you provide the messages you get at boot?
>
>
> --
> Diego Bello Carreño

I'm using 2009 Spring Powerpack

I've now re-erased the entire disk and re-installed, accepting all the
default options, with Gnome as the windows manager and lilo as the
bootloader.

Here are the messages:

Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37
fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
Linux agpart interface v0.103
Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
brd: module loaded
input: Macintosh mouse buttom emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input0
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:C210,PNP0f13:C211] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev1.1.
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq1
serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
cpuidle: using governor ladder
cpuidle: using governor menu
TCP cubic registered
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as
/devices/platform/i8042/serio/input/input1
Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.2, id: 0x25a0b1, caps:
0xa04793/0x300000
serio: Synaptics pass-through port at isa0060/serio4/input0
input: SynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad as
/devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input2
registered taskstats version 1
Magic number: 1:871:536
bdi 1:14: hash matches
BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 1 devices found
md: Skipping autodetection of RAID arrays (raid=autodetect will force)
RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
VFS: Cannot open root device "UUID=012825b7-0af7-4ae2-bb5a-0edc6d091dfc"
or unknown-block (0,0)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option:; here are the available
partitions:
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
unknown-block (0,0)

Doug

Re: 2009.1 fails to boot with kernel panic

2009-11-25T07:11:02Z

Diego Bello wrote:

I.m using 2009 Spring Powerpack

I've now re-erased the entire disk and re-installed, accepting all the
default options, with Gnome as the windows manager and lilo as the
bootloader.

Here are the messages:

Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37
fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
Linux agpart interface v0.103
Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
brd: module loaded
input: Macintosh mouse buttom emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input0
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:C210,PNP0f13:C211] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev1.1.
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq1
serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
cpuidle: using governor ladder
cpuidle: using governor menu
TCP cubic registered
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as
/devices/platform/i8042/serio/input/input1
Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.2, id: 0x25a0b1, caps: 0xa04793/0x300000
serio: Synaptics pass-through port at isa0060/serio4/input0
input: SynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad as
/devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input2
registered taskstats version 1
Magic number: 1:871:536
bdi 1:14: hash matches
BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 1 devices found
md: Skipping autodetection of RAID arrays (raid=autodetect will force)
RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
VFS: Cannot open root device "UUID=012825b7-0af7-4ae2-bb5a-0edc6d091dfc"
or unknown-block (0,0)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option:; here are the available
partitions:
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
unknown-block (0,0)

Doug§§>§>

Re: Kaffeine and/or Klear

2009-11-25T06:28:43Z

Jim Whitby wrote:
> Probable should be two messages, but...
>
> Latest kaffeine on 2010.0 64 bit.
> No audio. Using xine as backend. Any suggestions, questions, etc.

Are you using pulseaudio? Do you have xine-pulse installed? Is
xine-plugins installed?

Are you trying to play DVB/ATSC or media files?

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Re: Updating problem

2009-11-24T20:00:07Z

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:15:45 pm adam jvok wrote:
> I was looking at this a few hours ago because of problems with my mirror
> too.
> I got as far as finding the file: /var/cache/urpmi/mirrors.cache and was
> considering removing the entry for the mirror that was causing problems,
> but before I did that, one final try got the download I wanted.
> No idea if this is the right (or even safe) thing to do - your call.
>

Thanks for the reply.

The mirror came good but there is a problem with MCC. Selecting a file to
upgrade resulted in download of 100 odd Mb, eventually, but an error
message said that the needed files were missing from the mirror. They were
obviously downloaded but not installed.

Is this another bug? I have a very expensive Internet connection so I'd rather
not waste too much of my data allowance.

--
Regards,
Phil

Kaffeine and/or Klear

2009-11-24T19:01:07Z

Probable should be two messages, but...

Latest kaffeine on 2010.0 64 bit.
No audio. Using xine as backend. Any suggestions, questions, etc.

Does anyone have a channel.conf file for klear that works in the USA (
atsc )?

I have beat my poor brains out trying to create one.
W_scan, scan and I think others, all produce what *should* ( according
to the klear website ) be a correct file, but isn't.

Having tried to modify one by hand almost works, using a DVB-T file as a
guide.

I get parse errors on the channel.conf, the last was, can't parse
bandwidth parameter. I tried several different values for where I think
the parameter goes, but no luck.

Again, any suggestions, questions, etc.

TIA

Jim

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Re: Updating problem

2009-11-24T18:15:45Z

I was looking at this a few hours ago because of problems with my mirror too.
I got as far as finding the file: /var/cache/urpmi/mirrors.cache and was considering removing the entry for the mirror that was causing problems, but before I did that, one final try got the download I wanted.
No idea if this is the right (or even safe) thing to do - your call.

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Phil <phillor@...> wrote:

Thank you for reading this.

Updating and installing new software via MCC is more than a bit flaky since I
upgraded to 2010. I think I've overcome the online notifier problem, I'm still
not sure that's it's working correctly, and attempting to install anything via
the default mirror fails because the download link is too slow. The mirror
that's being used is "mirror.averse.net.

In past versions I think the default mirror was an ftp site that had carol in
it's name. How do I edit the mirror to one that's not quite so busy? The URL
is $MIRRORLIST. Also, what would be a good choice for the downloader? I've
tried aria2, wget and curl.

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Re: nVidia problem

2009-11-24T18:06:14Z

rikona wrote:
> Sounds like it might work if module 'nvidia' DID exist. How can I get
> one of those? :-)

Apologies if I am asking about something answered that I have
deleted, but do you have the kernel-devel package installed for
the specific kernel you are running? That should show up in
/usr/src with a name something like
linux-2.6.31.5-desktop-1mnb
or in output from rpm -qa |grep kernel |grep devel with a name like,
kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.31.5-1mnb-1-1mnb2

And, the system uses dkms to rebuild the drivers for a new kernel
upon reboot, but I think that should be installed by XFdrake.

Do you have dkms-2.0.19-17mdv2010.0 installed?

Cheers!

jim b.

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Updating problem

2009-11-24T17:53:46Z

Thank you for reading this.

Updating and installing new software via MCC is more than a bit flaky since I
upgraded to 2010. I think I've overcome the online notifier problem, I'm still
not sure that's it's working correctly, and attempting to install anything via
the default mirror fails because the download link is too slow. The mirror
that's being used is "mirror.averse.net.

In past versions I think the default mirror was an ftp site that had carol in
it's name. How do I edit the mirror to one that's not quite so busy? The URL
is $MIRRORLIST. Also, what would be a good choice for the downloader? I've
tried aria2, wget and curl.

--
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Phil

Re: nVidia problem

2009-11-24T17:16:09Z

On Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 1:34:52 PM, Rick Kunath wrote:

RK> Then do a reboot and see if the module gets loaded or dkms
RK> compiles it and loads it. Watch the boot messages.

I'll try your suggestions when I get a bit more time, hopefully later
tonight. Quick question - the screens go by quite fast. Is there a
place where the screens are saved so I can look at it after the boot?

--
Thanks,
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Re: nVidia problem

2009-11-24T13:34:52Z

> Could it be that there is a mismatch? Some are 169's and some are
> 173s, and I can't get a complete set with a consistent number - some
> 169s do not have a 173 version.

Yes, there shouldn't be a mismatch.

> Sounds like it might work if module 'nvidia' DID exist. How can I get
> one of those? :-)

The kernel module nvidia is either provided pre-compiled for your kernel
version, or the DKMS (dynamic kernel module support) will re-compile it
on the next boot.

After that it's usable.

The dkms stuff looks OK.

But you shouldn't have anything but the 173 version driver packages.
It's OK to leave the old nv driver intact.

Send along another list of what's still in there for nvidia packages.

If you had the module available the change to the xorg.conf file should
have used it. It looks like the system can't find a usable module.

Make sure the 173 series packages are there, the driver and the x11
driver for the 173 series nvidia driver.

Then do a reboot and see if the module gets loaded or dkms compiles it
and loads it. Watch the boot messages.

If it gets loaded, either use XFdrake to change to the accelerated
driver or try editing xorg.conf to use the nvidia driver.

Rick Kunath

Fingerprint scanners

2009-11-24T07:51:22Z

Hello All,

Was wondering if anyone has had any experience with a fingerprint
scanner in mandriva. Anyone know of a good one that works through usb?

Thanks in advance,

Phil

Re: nVidia problem

2009-11-24T00:25:14Z

On Monday, November 23, 2009, 5:11:33 PM, Jim Beard wrote:

JB> Rick Kunath wrote:

>>> I'm not sure exactly what was being tried. Running XFdrake says there
>>> is a driver available for that card and offers to download and install
>>> it, but it doesn't say exactly what it is. Whatever it is, the install
>>> fails. MCC says I had installed -
>>
>>>
>>> dkms-nvidia-96xx
>>> nvidia-current-doc-html
>>> nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.4-desktop-1mnb
>>> nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-2mnb
>>> nvidia-current-kernel-desktop-latest
>>> nvidia-96xx-doc-html
>>> nvidia96xx-current-kernel-2.6.24.4-desktop-1mnb
>>> nvidia96xx-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-2mnb
>>> x11-driver-video-nvidia-current
>>> x11-driver-video-nvidia96xx
>>>
>>> RK> That'll need kernel sources (devel actually) to build and insmod.
>>> RK> But it's easier to just use the Mandriva provided driver,
>>> RK> available in non-free, or the updated version on
>>> RK> non-free-backports.
>>>
>>> RK> Just remove the current accelerated driver with urpmi and
>>> RK> reinstall it.
>>> I removed all of the above.
>>
>> Good.
>>
>>>
>>> RK> then go into video settings in the MCC and it'll ask to use the
>>> RK> accelerated driver. Allow it to do that and you should be all set.
>>>
>>> Unlike before, THIS time it does NOT offer to get/install a driver. It
>>> seems quite happy to keep running the nv driver. :-) or, rather :-(
>>> But - I am now able to change the display parameters, unlike before. I
>>> upped the refresh [no flicker] and downed the resolution [readable
>>> text now] so it's not that bad. I don't play computer games, so
>>> perhaps I may not need the fancy driver after all??
>>>
>>> BUT - on a reboot, it goes back to the original and does not keep the
>>> modified settings, so I have to reconfigure the video with each boot.
>>> How can I get it to keep my settings?
>>>
>>> I then reinstalled the original software, including updated versions
>>> from backports, but it still doesn't seem to recognize the nVidia
>>> drivers. What I now have is:
>>>
>>> [ ~]$ rpm -qa kernel\* | sort
>>> kernel-desktop-2.6.24.4-1mnb-1-1mnb1
>>> kernel-desktop-2.6.24.7-2mnb-1-1mnb1
>>> kernel-desktop-2.6.24.7-3mnb-1-1mnb1
>>> kernel-desktop586-2.6.24.7-3mnb-1-1mnb1
>>> kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.24.4-1mnb-1-1mnb1
>>> kernel-desktop-latest-2.6.24.7-3mnb1
>>> kernel-doc-2.6.24.7-3mnb1
>>> kernel-headers-2.6.24-6mnb1
>>> [ ~]$ rpm -qa nvidia\* | sort
>>
>>
>>> nvidia96xx-doc-html-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
>>> nvidia96xx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-2mnb-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
>>> nvidia96xx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-3mnb-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
>>> nvidia96xx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-3mnb-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
>>> nvidia96xx-kernel-desktop586-latest-96.43.05-1.20091103.4mdv2008.1
>>> nvidia96xx-kernel-desktop-latest-96.43.05-1.20091103.4mdv2008.1
>>> nvidia-current-doc-html-173.14.12-2mdv2008.1
>>> nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-3mnb-169.12-4mdv2008.1
>>> nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-3mnb-169.12-4mdv2008.1
>>> nvidia-current-kernel-desktop586-latest-169.12-1.20091103.4mdv2008.1
>>> nvidia-current-kernel-desktop-latest-169.12-1.20091103.4mdv2008.1
>>
>> These above are all old.
>>
>>> [ ~]$ rpm -qa dkms\* | sort
>>> dkms-2.0.19-4.3mdv2008.1
>>> dkms-minimal-2.0.19-4.3mdv2008.1
>>> dkms-nvidia-current-173.14.12-2mdv2008.1
>>
>> Good.
>>
>>> [ ~]$ rpm -qa x11-driver-video-nv\* | sort
>>> x11-driver-video-nv-2.1.8-1mdv2008.1
>>> x11-driver-video-nvidia96xx-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
>>
>> The above is old.
>>
>>> x11-driver-video-nvidia-current-173.14.12-2mdv2008.1
>>
>> This is the updates X11 driver for the 173 series nVidia driver.
>>
>>>
>>> Even with all that, it still wants to use the nv driver. What am I
>>> missing?
>>
>> You likely need to delete all of the old driver packages, leaving the
>> 173 series.
>>
>> What does your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file have in the video card setting?
>> Is it referring to the old nv non-nVidia driver?
>>
>> Here is a snip from an older xorg file, not 2008.1.
>>
>> Section "Device"
>> Identifier "device1"
>> VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
>> BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX - GeForce 7950"
>> Driver "nvidia"
>> Option "DPMS"
>> Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals"
>> EndSection
>>
>> You should have an r and r rotation section in there too if you need that.
>>
>> Get the old driver and x11 drivers out of there and take a look at the
>> xorg.conf file.
>>
>> It was a while ago I had this happen, but seem to remember having to
>> edit the xorg.conf file to get the nVidia driver to be used. See if
>> there is an old xorg.conf file saved.

JB> Rick's instruction is spot on. The 96xx nvidia driver is for a
JB> way-old card, predating the nVidia 7300 that I had on a machine
JB> of mine for about 2.5 years.

JB> Clean all the old rubbish out and let XFdrake have at it.

Did that. XFdrake did not offer to get/install a driver - just quit
with no apparent changes.

JB> Then look at /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

Looks as it did before.

JB> run depmod -a to make sure all module dependencies are up to date.

Doesn't show anything.

JB> And if the module does not load, try modprobe nvidia in a terminal
JB> window and see what that says.

FATAL: module nvidia not found.

JB> Cheers!

Cheers when it works... :-))

--
Thanks,
rikona

Re: nVidia problem

2009-11-24T00:22:59Z

On Monday, November 23, 2009, 3:51:29 PM, Rick Kunath wrote:

>> I'm not sure exactly what was being tried. Running XFdrake says there
>> is a driver available for that card and offers to download and install
>> it, but it doesn't say exactly what it is. Whatever it is, the install
>> fails. MCC says I had installed -

>>
>> dkms-nvidia-96xx
>> nvidia-current-doc-html
>> nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.4-desktop-1mnb
>> nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-2mnb
>> nvidia-current-kernel-desktop-latest
>> nvidia-96xx-doc-html
>> nvidia96xx-current-kernel-2.6.24.4-desktop-1mnb
>> nvidia96xx-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-2mnb
>> x11-driver-video-nvidia-current
>> x11-driver-video-nvidia96xx
>>
>> RK> That'll need kernel sources (devel actually) to build and insmod.
>> RK> But it's easier to just use the Mandriva provided driver,
>> RK> available in non-free, or the updated version on
>> RK> non-free-backports.
>>
>> RK> Just remove the current accelerated driver with urpmi and
>> RK> reinstall it.
>>
>> I removed all of the above.

RK> Good.

>>
>> RK> then go into video settings in the MCC and it'll ask to use the
>> RK> accelerated driver. Allow it to do that and you should be all set.
>>
>> Unlike before, THIS time it does NOT offer to get/install a driver. It
>> seems quite happy to keep running the nv driver. :-) or, rather :-(
>> But - I am now able to change the display parameters, unlike before. I
>> upped the refresh [no flicker] and downed the resolution [readable
>> text now] so it's not that bad. I don't play computer games, so
>> perhaps I may not need the fancy driver after all??
>>
>> BUT - on a reboot, it goes back to the original and does not keep the
>> modified settings, so I have to reconfigure the video with each boot.
>> How can I get it to keep my settings?
>>
>> I then reinstalled the original software, including updated versions
>> from backports, but it still doesn't seem to recognize the nVidia
>> drivers. What I now have is:
>>
>> [ ~]$ rpm -qa kernel\* | sort
>> kernel-desktop-2.6.24.4-1mnb-1-1mnb1
>> kernel-desktop-2.6.24.7-2mnb-1-1mnb1
>> kernel-desktop-2.6.24.7-3mnb-1-1mnb1
>> kernel-desktop586-2.6.24.7-3mnb-1-1mnb1
>> kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.24.4-1mnb-1-1mnb1
>> kernel-desktop-latest-2.6.24.7-3mnb1
>> kernel-doc-2.6.24.7-3mnb1
>> kernel-headers-2.6.24-6mnb1
>> [ ~]$ rpm -qa nvidia\* | sort

>> nvidia96xx-doc-html-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
>> nvidia96xx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-2mnb-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
>> nvidia96xx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-3mnb-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
>> nvidia96xx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-3mnb-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
>> nvidia96xx-kernel-desktop586-latest-96.43.05-1.20091103.4mdv2008.1
>> nvidia96xx-kernel-desktop-latest-96.43.05-1.20091103.4mdv2008.1
>> nvidia-current-doc-html-173.14.12-2mdv2008.1
>> nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-3mnb-169.12-4mdv2008.1
>> nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-3mnb-169.12-4mdv2008.1
>> nvidia-current-kernel-desktop586-latest-169.12-1.20091103.4mdv2008.1
>> nvidia-current-kernel-desktop-latest-169.12-1.20091103.4mdv2008.1

RK> These above are all old.

>> [ ~]$ rpm -qa dkms\* | sort
>> dkms-2.0.19-4.3mdv2008.1
>> dkms-minimal-2.0.19-4.3mdv2008.1
>> dkms-nvidia-current-173.14.12-2mdv2008.1

RK> Good.

>> [ ~]$ rpm -qa x11-driver-video-nv\* | sort
>> x11-driver-video-nv-2.1.8-1mdv2008.1
>> x11-driver-video-nvidia96xx-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1

RK> The above is old.

>> x11-driver-video-nvidia-current-173.14.12-2mdv2008.1

RK> This is the updates X11 driver for the 173 series nVidia driver.

>>
>> Even with all that, it still wants to use the nv driver. What am I
>> missing?

RK> You likely need to delete all of the old driver packages, leaving the
RK> 173 series.

Did that, but kept the nv driver in case it needs something to
display.

RK> What does your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file have in the video card setting?

BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX to GeForce 8800"

MCC has -
Description: GeForce 8500 GT
Module: Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 and later

RK> Is it referring to the old nv non-nVidia driver?

Yep - still is.

I found an old one that has the Driver "nvidia" line - maybe that's
from when it worked. :-))

RK> You should have an r and r rotation section in there too if you need that.

Later... :-))

RK> Get the old driver and x11 drivers out of there and take a look at the
RK> xorg.conf file.

Did that, still the same. XFdrake does NOT offer to install another
driver. Do I have to remove the nv driver to force that, or will it
just not boot right if I do?

RK> It was a while ago I had this happen, but seem to remember having to
RK> edit the xorg.conf file to get the nVidia driver to be used. See if
RK> there is an old xorg.conf file saved.

Tried editing the xorg.conf file as the old 'nvidia' one was - failed
to boot. Module 'nvidia' does not exist. CLI edited back to 'nv' and
it came up as it has been doing.

Could it be that there is a mismatch? Some are 169's and some are
173s, and I can't get a complete set with a consistent number - some
169s do not have a 173 version.

Sounds like it might work if module 'nvidia' DID exist. How can I get
one of those? :-)

--
Thanks,
rikona

Re: sleuthkit & autopsy install problem or packaging bug

2009-11-23T23:33:23Z

Typo: usr/bin/dls (not dsl, as previously stated) is also missing.

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 2:36 PM, adam jvok <ajvok1@...> wrote:

2010
Use Control Center to install 'sleuthkit' & 'autopsy'.

$ autopsy
Use of uninitialized value $MD5_EXE in string at /usr/sbin/autopsy line 795.
ERROR: md5 executable missing

I can overcome this by adding the following line to /usr/share/autopsy/conf.pl

$MD5_EXE = '/usr/bin/md5sum' ;

Not sure if this is a particularly good idea, but it does get things started.

However, the "ERROR: md5 executable missing" is is sign that /usr/bin/md5 is missing.
I also notice that /usr/bin/dsl is absent & suspect that other executables that should be part of sleuthkit are likewise missing.

Next I downloaded a copy of the sleuthkit source rpm and ran "rpm -i".
As far as I can tell, no source was installed.

Looks to me like there are problems with the binary and source rpm.

Am I doing something wrong or is this some packaging bug?

Thanks for any advice.

sleuthkit & autopsy install problem or packaging bug

2009-11-23T22:36:48Z

2010
Use Control Center to install 'sleuthkit' & 'autopsy'.

$ autopsy
Use of uninitialized value $MD5_EXE in string at /usr/sbin/autopsy line 795.
ERROR: md5 executable missing

I can overcome this by adding the following line to /usr/share/autopsy/conf.pl

$MD5_EXE = '/usr/bin/md5sum' ;

Not sure if this is a particularly good idea, but it does get things started.

However, the "ERROR: md5 executable missing" is is sign that /usr/bin/md5 is missing.
I also notice that /usr/bin/dsl is absent & suspect that other executables that should be part of sleuthkit are likewise missing.

Next I downloaded a copy of the sleuthkit source rpm and ran "rpm -i".
As far as I can tell, no source was installed.

Looks to me like there are problems with the binary and source rpm.

Am I doing something wrong or is this some packaging bug?

Thanks for any advice.

Re: nVidia problem

2009-11-23T17:11:33Z

Rick Kunath wrote:

>> I'm not sure exactly what was being tried. Running XFdrake says there
>> is a driver available for that card and offers to download and install
>> it, but it doesn't say exactly what it is. Whatever it is, the install
>> fails. MCC says I had installed -
>
>>
>> dkms-nvidia-96xx
>> nvidia-current-doc-html
>> nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.4-desktop-1mnb
>> nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-2mnb
>> nvidia-current-kernel-desktop-latest
>> nvidia-96xx-doc-html
>> nvidia96xx-current-kernel-2.6.24.4-desktop-1mnb
>> nvidia96xx-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-2mnb
>> x11-driver-video-nvidia-current
>> x11-driver-video-nvidia96xx
>>
>> RK> That'll need kernel sources (devel actually) to build and insmod.
>> RK> But it's easier to just use the Mandriva provided driver,
>> RK> available in non-free, or the updated version on
>> RK> non-free-backports.
>>
>> RK> Just remove the current accelerated driver with urpmi and
>> RK> reinstall it.
>> I removed all of the above.
>
> Good.
>
>>
>> RK> then go into video settings in the MCC and it'll ask to use the
>> RK> accelerated driver. Allow it to do that and you should be all set.
>>
>> Unlike before, THIS time it does NOT offer to get/install a driver. It
>> seems quite happy to keep running the nv driver. :-) or, rather :-(
>> But - I am now able to change the display parameters, unlike before. I
>> upped the refresh [no flicker] and downed the resolution [readable
>> text now] so it's not that bad. I don't play computer games, so
>> perhaps I may not need the fancy driver after all??
>>
>> BUT - on a reboot, it goes back to the original and does not keep the
>> modified settings, so I have to reconfigure the video with each boot.
>> How can I get it to keep my settings?
>>
>> I then reinstalled the original software, including updated versions
>> from backports, but it still doesn't seem to recognize the nVidia
>> drivers. What I now have is:
>>
>> [ ~]$ rpm -qa kernel\* | sort
>> kernel-desktop-2.6.24.4-1mnb-1-1mnb1
>> kernel-desktop-2.6.24.7-2mnb-1-1mnb1
>> kernel-desktop-2.6.24.7-3mnb-1-1mnb1
>> kernel-desktop586-2.6.24.7-3mnb-1-1mnb1
>> kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.24.4-1mnb-1-1mnb1
>> kernel-desktop-latest-2.6.24.7-3mnb1
>> kernel-doc-2.6.24.7-3mnb1
>> kernel-headers-2.6.24-6mnb1
>> [ ~]$ rpm -qa nvidia\* | sort
>
>
>> nvidia96xx-doc-html-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
>> nvidia96xx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-2mnb-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
>> nvidia96xx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-3mnb-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
>> nvidia96xx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-3mnb-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
>> nvidia96xx-kernel-desktop586-latest-96.43.05-1.20091103.4mdv2008.1
>> nvidia96xx-kernel-desktop-latest-96.43.05-1.20091103.4mdv2008.1
>> nvidia-current-doc-html-173.14.12-2mdv2008.1
>> nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-3mnb-169.12-4mdv2008.1
>> nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-3mnb-169.12-4mdv2008.1
>> nvidia-current-kernel-desktop586-latest-169.12-1.20091103.4mdv2008.1
>> nvidia-current-kernel-desktop-latest-169.12-1.20091103.4mdv2008.1
>
> These above are all old.
>
>> [ ~]$ rpm -qa dkms\* | sort
>> dkms-2.0.19-4.3mdv2008.1
>> dkms-minimal-2.0.19-4.3mdv2008.1
>> dkms-nvidia-current-173.14.12-2mdv2008.1
>
> Good.
>
>> [ ~]$ rpm -qa x11-driver-video-nv\* | sort
>> x11-driver-video-nv-2.1.8-1mdv2008.1
>> x11-driver-video-nvidia96xx-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
>
> The above is old.
>
>> x11-driver-video-nvidia-current-173.14.12-2mdv2008.1
>
> This is the updates X11 driver for the 173 series nVidia driver.
>
>>
>> Even with all that, it still wants to use the nv driver. What am I
>> missing?
>
> You likely need to delete all of the old driver packages, leaving the
> 173 series.
>
> What does your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file have in the video card setting?
> Is it referring to the old nv non-nVidia driver?
>
> Here is a snip from an older xorg file, not 2008.1.
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "device1"
> VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
> BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX - GeForce 7950"
> Driver "nvidia"
> Option "DPMS"
> Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals"
> EndSection
>
> You should have an r and r rotation section in there too if you need that.
>
> Get the old driver and x11 drivers out of there and take a look at the
> xorg.conf file.
>
> It was a while ago I had this happen, but seem to remember having to
> edit the xorg.conf file to get the nVidia driver to be used. See if
> there is an old xorg.conf file saved.

Rick's instruction is spot on. The 96xx nvidia driver is for a
way-old card, predating the nVidia 7300 that I had on a machine
of mine for about 2.5 years.

Clean all the old rubbish out and let XFdrake have at it. Then
look at /etc/X11/xorg.conf. run depmod -a to make sure all
module dependencies are up to date. And if the module does not
load, try modprobe nvidia in a terminal window and see what that
says.

Cheers!

jim b.

--
UNIX is not user unfriendly; it merely
expects users to be computer-friendly.

Re: nVidia problem

2009-11-23T15:51:29Z

> I'm not sure exactly what was being tried. Running XFdrake says there
> is a driver available for that card and offers to download and install
> it, but it doesn't say exactly what it is. Whatever it is, the install
> fails. MCC says I had installed -

>
> dkms-nvidia-96xx
> nvidia-current-doc-html
> nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.4-desktop-1mnb
> nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-2mnb
> nvidia-current-kernel-desktop-latest
> nvidia-96xx-doc-html
> nvidia96xx-current-kernel-2.6.24.4-desktop-1mnb
> nvidia96xx-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-2mnb
> x11-driver-video-nvidia-current
> x11-driver-video-nvidia96xx
>
> RK> That'll need kernel sources (devel actually) to build and insmod.
> RK> But it's easier to just use the Mandriva provided driver,
> RK> available in non-free, or the updated version on
> RK> non-free-backports.
>
> RK> Just remove the current accelerated driver with urpmi and
> RK> reinstall it.
>
> I removed all of the above.

Good.

>
> RK> then go into video settings in the MCC and it'll ask to use the
> RK> accelerated driver. Allow it to do that and you should be all set.
>
> Unlike before, THIS time it does NOT offer to get/install a driver. It
> seems quite happy to keep running the nv driver. :-) or, rather :-(
> But - I am now able to change the display parameters, unlike before. I
> upped the refresh [no flicker] and downed the resolution [readable
> text now] so it's not that bad. I don't play computer games, so
> perhaps I may not need the fancy driver after all??
>
> BUT - on a reboot, it goes back to the original and does not keep the
> modified settings, so I have to reconfigure the video with each boot.
> How can I get it to keep my settings?
>
> I then reinstalled the original software, including updated versions
> from backports, but it still doesn't seem to recognize the nVidia
> drivers. What I now have is:
>
> [ ~]$ rpm -qa kernel\* | sort
> kernel-desktop-2.6.24.4-1mnb-1-1mnb1
> kernel-desktop-2.6.24.7-2mnb-1-1mnb1
> kernel-desktop-2.6.24.7-3mnb-1-1mnb1
> kernel-desktop586-2.6.24.7-3mnb-1-1mnb1
> kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.24.4-1mnb-1-1mnb1
> kernel-desktop-latest-2.6.24.7-3mnb1
> kernel-doc-2.6.24.7-3mnb1
> kernel-headers-2.6.24-6mnb1
> [ ~]$ rpm -qa nvidia\* | sort

> nvidia96xx-doc-html-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
> nvidia96xx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-2mnb-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
> nvidia96xx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-3mnb-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
> nvidia96xx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-3mnb-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
> nvidia96xx-kernel-desktop586-latest-96.43.05-1.20091103.4mdv2008.1
> nvidia96xx-kernel-desktop-latest-96.43.05-1.20091103.4mdv2008.1
> nvidia-current-doc-html-173.14.12-2mdv2008.1
> nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-3mnb-169.12-4mdv2008.1
> nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-3mnb-169.12-4mdv2008.1
> nvidia-current-kernel-desktop586-latest-169.12-1.20091103.4mdv2008.1
> nvidia-current-kernel-desktop-latest-169.12-1.20091103.4mdv2008.1

These above are all old.

> [ ~]$ rpm -qa dkms\* | sort
> dkms-2.0.19-4.3mdv2008.1
> dkms-minimal-2.0.19-4.3mdv2008.1
> dkms-nvidia-current-173.14.12-2mdv2008.1

Good.

> [ ~]$ rpm -qa x11-driver-video-nv\* | sort
> x11-driver-video-nv-2.1.8-1mdv2008.1
> x11-driver-video-nvidia96xx-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1

The above is old.

> x11-driver-video-nvidia-current-173.14.12-2mdv2008.1

This is the updates X11 driver for the 173 series nVidia driver.

>
> Even with all that, it still wants to use the nv driver. What am I
> missing?

You likely need to delete all of the old driver packages, leaving the
173 series.

What does your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file have in the video card setting?
Is it referring to the old nv non-nVidia driver?

Here is a snip from an older xorg file, not 2008.1.

Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX - GeForce 7950"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "DPMS"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals"
EndSection

You should have an r and r rotation section in there too if you need that.

Get the old driver and x11 drivers out of there and take a look at the
xorg.conf file.

It was a while ago I had this happen, but seem to remember having to
edit the xorg.conf file to get the nVidia driver to be used. See if
there is an old xorg.conf file saved.

Rick Kunath

Re: nVidia problem

2009-11-23T15:09:23Z

On Sunday, November 22, 2009, 6:43:19 PM, Rick Kunath wrote:

RK> On Sunday 22 November 2009 09:32:14 pm rikona wrote:

>> 2008.1 & GeForce 8500 has been running well for a long time. Something
>> happened, causing parts of windows to not display properly, or at all.
>> Couldn't find anything that looked like it would fix it, so tried the
>> 'win' solution and rebooted. On reboot, it says it can't find the
>> nVidia driver, and is using a generic [nv] to boot up, which it does.
>> But, it comes up in a fixed video mode that is not good for me
>> [flickers badly; fonts are microscopic], and says that the "RandR 1.2
>> extension has no config" so I can't change it.
>>
>> So - what happened to the driver, and how can I get it back? MCC says
>> the driver is there. It also says in the description to use XFdrake to
>> config. I do, it offers to download and install a driver, but the
>> install fails. Running 'test' produces "fails to load the NVIDIA
>> kernel module."
>>
>> Any help or ideas much appreciated...

First, many thanks for the fast reply! I've finally had a bit of time
to try your advice.

RK> The Mandriva nVidia accelerated drivers are in the non-free
RK> repository for 2008.1, and available to anyone.

RK> There are the drivers and pre-compiled kernel modules for
RK> installation.

RK> Is DKMS installed?

I had, according to MCC, -

dkms-nvidia-current 169.12

RK> And were you trying to install the nVidia provided driver?

I'm not sure exactly what was being tried. Running XFdrake says there
is a driver available for that card and offers to download and install
it, but it doesn't say exactly what it is. Whatever it is, the install
fails. MCC says I had installed -

dkms-nvidia-96xx
nvidia-current-doc-html
nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.4-desktop-1mnb
nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-2mnb
nvidia-current-kernel-desktop-latest
nvidia-96xx-doc-html
nvidia96xx-current-kernel-2.6.24.4-desktop-1mnb
nvidia96xx-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-2mnb
x11-driver-video-nvidia-current
x11-driver-video-nvidia96xx

RK> That'll need kernel sources (devel actually) to build and insmod.
RK> But it's easier to just use the Mandriva provided driver,
RK> available in non-free, or the updated version on
RK> non-free-backports.

RK> Just remove the current accelerated driver with urpmi and
RK> reinstall it.

I removed all of the above.

RK> then go into video settings in the MCC and it'll ask to use the
RK> accelerated driver. Allow it to do that and you should be all set.

Unlike before, THIS time it does NOT offer to get/install a driver. It
seems quite happy to keep running the nv driver. :-) or, rather :-(
But - I am now able to change the display parameters, unlike before. I
upped the refresh [no flicker] and downed the resolution [readable
text now] so it's not that bad. I don't play computer games, so
perhaps I may not need the fancy driver after all??

BUT - on a reboot, it goes back to the original and does not keep the
modified settings, so I have to reconfigure the video with each boot.
How can I get it to keep my settings?

I then reinstalled the original software, including updated versions
from backports, but it still doesn't seem to recognize the nVidia
drivers. What I now have is:

[ ~]$ rpm -qa kernel\* | sort
kernel-desktop-2.6.24.4-1mnb-1-1mnb1
kernel-desktop-2.6.24.7-2mnb-1-1mnb1
kernel-desktop-2.6.24.7-3mnb-1-1mnb1
kernel-desktop586-2.6.24.7-3mnb-1-1mnb1
kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.24.4-1mnb-1-1mnb1
kernel-desktop-latest-2.6.24.7-3mnb1
kernel-doc-2.6.24.7-3mnb1
kernel-headers-2.6.24-6mnb1
[ ~]$ rpm -qa nvidia\* | sort
nvidia96xx-doc-html-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
nvidia96xx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-2mnb-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
nvidia96xx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-3mnb-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
nvidia96xx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-3mnb-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
nvidia96xx-kernel-desktop586-latest-96.43.05-1.20091103.4mdv2008.1
nvidia96xx-kernel-desktop-latest-96.43.05-1.20091103.4mdv2008.1
nvidia-current-doc-html-173.14.12-2mdv2008.1
nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop-3mnb-169.12-4mdv2008.1
nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-3mnb-169.12-4mdv2008.1
nvidia-current-kernel-desktop586-latest-169.12-1.20091103.4mdv2008.1
nvidia-current-kernel-desktop-latest-169.12-1.20091103.4mdv2008.1
[ ~]$ rpm -qa dkms\* | sort
dkms-2.0.19-4.3mdv2008.1
dkms-minimal-2.0.19-4.3mdv2008.1
dkms-nvidia-current-173.14.12-2mdv2008.1
[ ~]$ rpm -qa x11-driver-video-nv\* | sort
x11-driver-video-nv-2.1.8-1mdv2008.1
x11-driver-video-nvidia96xx-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
x11-driver-video-nvidia-current-173.14.12-2mdv2008.1

Even with all that, it still wants to use the nv driver. What am I
missing?

RK> I had this happen to me one time too. It was to fix.

I'm in need of a fix too... :-)

--
Thanks much,
rikona

Re: [Cooker] nvidia, fglrx spec files: dropping support for old distributions?

2009-11-23T08:40:57Z

Anssi Hannula wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> Currently the proprietary nvidia and fglrx spec files contain build
> support for all distributions back to Mandriva 2006.0 (i.e. they are
> --rebuildable on all those distributions).
>
> Are there any people still rebuilding the driver src.rpms for such old
> distributions? Or do you think we should keep the build support for
> other reasons? (note: Corporate 4 is based on 2006.0)
>
> If not, I'll remove support for 2006.0, 2007.0, 2007.1 from NVIDIA spec
> files soon to reduce spec file cruft.
>
> ATI fglrx spec file is used in upstream driver installer for generating
> Mandriva rpm files, so I guess it is more potentially used on old
> distributions. Unless people suggest otherwise, I'll remove 2006.0
> support from fglrx.spec (2006.0 is the one causing most cruft, as it
> predates GL alternatives and thus uses a completely different system for
> managing proprietary drivers).
>
> WDYT?

There were a couple of replies, where people noted that it is possible
there are some that still use them. But I already knew that, otherwise I
would've removed them straight-away ;)

However, as there was no indication of any actual need, I'm going to
proceed with the removal. The support for the older distributions was
already broken from time to time, and I received no reports, which
furthermore suggests that the feature was not used.

Anyone still using such an old distro and wanting to install the latest
driver can just use the nvidia/ati installer package. As the
distributions are not receiving any updates anymore, updates can't break
the driver.

As always, though, the removal can be reverted later, should a need for
rebuilding on older distributions arise.

--
Anssi Hannula

Re: 2009.1 fails to boot with kernel panic

2009-11-23T04:03:32Z

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 5:10 AM, DougB <dougrb@...> wrote:

I recently made a fresh instal of 2009 Spring on an HP6325 64-bit laptop which had previously been running 2008 Spring without problems.
Installation was smooth. but the first boot of 2009.1 crashed with a kernel panic message.
I'm having some difficulty in getting an internet connection to chsase this up - is it a known problem with a workaround? Or can someone point me in the right direction to sort it out?

Many thanks

Doug.

A kernel panic can have several reasons.
Can you provide the messages you get at boot?

--
Diego Bello Carreño

2009.1 fails to boot with kernel panic

2009-11-23T00:10:41Z

I recently made a fresh instal of 2009 Spring on an HP6325 64-bit
laptop which had previously been running 2008 Spring without problems.
Installation was smooth. but the first boot of 2009.1 crashed with a
kernel panic message.
I'm having some difficulty in getting an internet connection to chsase
this up - is it a known problem with a workaround? Or can someone point
me in the right direction to sort it out?

Many thanks

Doug.

Re: nVidia problem

2009-11-22T18:43:19Z

On Sunday 22 November 2009 09:32:14 pm rikona wrote:

> 2008.1 & GeForce 8500 has been running well for a long time. Something
> happened, causing parts of windows to not display properly, or at all.
> Couldn't find anything that looked like it would fix it, so tried the
> 'win' solution and rebooted. On reboot, it says it can't find the
> nVidia driver, and is using a generic [nv] to boot up, which it does.
> But, it comes up in a fixed video mode that is not good for me
> [flickers badly; fonts are microscopic], and says that the "RandR 1.2
> extension has no config" so I can't change it.
>
> So - what happened to the driver, and how can I get it back? MCC says
> the driver is there. It also says in the description to use XFdrake to
> config. I do, it offers to download and install a driver, but the
> install fails. Running 'test' produces "fails to load the NVIDIA
> kernel module."
>
> Any help or ideas much appreciated...

The Mandriva nVidia accelerated drivers are in the non-free repository for
2008.1, and available to anyone.

There are the drivers and pre-compiled kernel modules for installation.

Is DKMS installed?

And were you trying to install the nVidia provided driver? That'll need kernel
sources (devel actually) to build and insmod. But it's easier to just use the
Mandriva provided driver, available in non-free, or the updated version on
non-free-backports.

Just remove the current accelerated driver with urpmi and reinstall it.

then go into video settings in the MCC and it'll ask to use the accelerated
driver. Allow it to do that and you should be all set.

I had this happen to me one time too. It was to fix.

Rick Kunath

nVidia problem

2009-11-22T18:32:14Z

2008.1 & GeForce 8500 has been running well for a long time. Something
happened, causing parts of windows to not display properly, or at all.
Couldn't find anything that looked like it would fix it, so tried the
'win' solution and rebooted. On reboot, it says it can't find the
nVidia driver, and is using a generic [nv] to boot up, which it does.
But, it comes up in a fixed video mode that is not good for me
[flickers badly; fonts are microscopic], and says that the "RandR 1.2
extension has no config" so I can't change it.

So - what happened to the driver, and how can I get it back? MCC says
the driver is there. It also says in the description to use XFdrake to
config. I do, it offers to download and install a driver, but the
install fails. Running 'test' produces "fails to load the NVIDIA
kernel module."

Any help or ideas much appreciated...

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Best regards,
rikona

Re: Bash script question

2009-11-20T15:25:46Z

On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:20:46 pm Brian Schroeder wrote:
>
> Can I make 2 suggestions:
>

Thank you Brian for your detailed reply, it is appreciated.

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Regards,
Phil