Re: [Cooker] mdk install freezed!!
Mohammad DAMT wrote: On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 07:10:38AM +0100, Kritifile wrote: and that only worked using Expert. I've had no problems with other strange, expert mode didn't work in my home installation (NVidia RIVATNT 128/Athlon 800/256 RAM) it always complaint about cannot find hdlist or something when I switch to console #4 or #3, it said that it couldn't mount / partition, no such file or directory... in non-expert mode, it worked well Stranger still. I haven't attempted anything but expert mode since the first time my 7.0 system froze. Bit with beta 3 (and maybe the others, didn't try them) I had a segfault in the text install mode, when trying to give details of my network (modem) connection. In all 8.0 betas it just does nothing, as reported here, but using expert text install I had a segfault at that point. Could that be why it doesn't work? When I switched to console 3 at that point in graphical install it said it had failed. In a couple of days I'll have the download release version. I've downloaded menu, mdk menu-udpate and mdk kde 2.1.1 and I'm hoping that has cured the use of all memory and swap space, with disk thrashing, that I experienced with beta 2 and 3. Has anyone reported the X installation freezing to the bug list on the mdk web site? I don't seem to be able to find anything there and it is a big problem I think, affecting maybe all S3 video cards and maybe a lot more. -- Lesley Lawless
Re: [Cooker] mdk install freezed!!
I have an S3 Virge generic video card (86c325) and the ONLY Mdk distro that has allowed me to complete installation without problems was 7.2, and that only worked using Expert. I've had no problems with other distros (Red Hat, Definite, Caldera, Storm, Corel, Debian). This seems to be a very big problem with Mandrake as it took from my first ever Linux distro of 7.0 'till 7.2 to fix the problem. Mdk 8 beta 1 could complete X installation, but sometimes I got an unusable display (three copies of everything, very jagged). From beta 2 onwards the only way I've been able to test is by reinstalling 7.2 and doing an upgrade. I've ben reading of this problem in the Mandrake newsgroup ever since I first started using it. I have sent bug reports and posted to this group, but have never had a reply. Is anyone going to fix this problem, and the one that freezes the install in anything but expert when it trues to detect scsi (I have none)? Thank you for the reply I hope to get. Lesley Lawless Mohammad DAMT wrote: Hello, tried to install mdk8 this afternoon, results: - install freezed when I tried to look at hardware info at eth install (autodetect on, eth card detected -- RTL-8029) no mouse no keyboard, even sysreq magic was dead I pushed reset button, update installation, and didn't have guts to look at the hardware info - install freezed when started to initiate X configuration reset again (no mouse/kbd/dead again) repeated install procedures until X, and freezed AGAIN reset again, I took the CD out boot to installed system, but couldn't login, guess what ?? /etc/pam.d/passwd is corrupted as binary file, /bin/login corrupted also, so I reinstall those files with rpm from CDROM so I can login... then I ran drakexconf, freeze again, no mouse no keybd sysreq dead reset then I ran Xconfigurator, it called drakexconf too, dead again reset ran XFree86 -configure, goes perfecto... my video card is S3 Trio 3D/2x -- Mohammad DAMT [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mdamt.net nyai dasime ngeglundung, glundang glundung, nyemplung ke kali ciliwung, Nyai Dasime Kembang Pejambon, Benjamin S.
Re: [Cooker] mdk install freezed!!
Mohammed DAM wrote: On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 01:27:18PM +0200, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: may you try with an alternate boot floppy? I couldn't even configure X in an installed system using drakx. freezed. reset button is your only friend. Same here. I install a basic 7.2 for the confide files then do an upgrade. In theory you should be able to configure X from a terminal using xf86conf but I haven't been able to do that with Mk 8.0, only with the 7 series. Even if there is no confide file and kudzu detects the card, I've found that I can't use it to install a working X, get an err 2. Using S3 Virgo video card. -- Lesley Lawless -- Mohammad DAMT [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mdamt.net tipi?? tu tipi belon lunas gue bayar tau nggak?, ??, Benjamin S Ida Rojani.
Re: [Cooker] mdk install freezed!!
On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 07:10:38AM +0100, Kritifile wrote: and that only worked using Expert. I've had no problems with other strange, expert mode didn't work in my home installation (NVidia RIVATNT 128/Athlon 800/256 RAM) it always complaint about cannot find hdlist or something when I switch to console #4 or #3, it said that it couldn't mount / partition, no such file or directory... in non-expert mode, it worked well -- Mohammad DAMT [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mdamt.net Waduh anak siape tu ye? patut ditiru!, ??, Benjamin S.
Re: [Cooker] mdk install freezed!!
Have the same and mdk 8. No problems. But I didn't select the test ! Reconfigured with xf86config. And I had to copy my /etc/X11/XF86Config to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. If this can help. Eric MC On Tuesday 01 May 2001 08:10, you wrote: | I have an S3 Virge generic video card (86c325) and the ONLY Mdk distro | that has allowed me to complete installation without problems was 7.2, | and that only worked using Expert. I've had no problems with other | distros (Red Hat, Definite, Caldera, Storm, Corel, Debian). This seems | to be a very big problem with Mandrake as it took from my first ever | Linux distro of 7.0 'till 7.2 to fix the problem. Mdk 8 beta 1 could | complete X installation, but sometimes I got an unusable display (three | copies of everything, very jagged). From beta 2 onwards the only way | I've been able to test is by reinstalling 7.2 and doing an upgrade. | I've ben reading of this problem in the Mandrake newsgroup ever since I | first started using it. I have sent bug reports and posted to this | group, but have never had a reply. Is anyone going to fix this problem, | and the one that freezes the install in anything but expert when it | trues to detect scsi (I have none)? | | Thank you for the reply I hope to get. | | Lesley Lawless | | Mohammad DAMT wrote: | Hello, | tried to install mdk8 this afternoon, results: | - install freezed when I tried to look at hardware info at eth install |(autodetect on, eth card detected -- RTL-8029) |no mouse no keyboard, even sysreq magic was dead |I pushed reset button, update installation, and didn't have guts to | look at the hardware info - install freezed when started to initiate X | configuration |reset again (no mouse/kbd/dead again) |repeated install procedures until X, and freezed AGAIN |reset again, I took the CD out |boot to installed system, but couldn't login, |guess what ?? /etc/pam.d/passwd is corrupted as binary file, |/bin/login corrupted also, |so I reinstall those files with rpm from CDROM |so I can login... |then I ran drakexconf, freeze again, no mouse no keybd sysreq dead |reset |then I ran Xconfigurator, it called drakexconf too, dead again |reset |ran XFree86 -configure, goes perfecto... | | my video card is S3 Trio 3D/2x | | -- | Mohammad DAMT [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mdamt.net | nyai dasime ngeglundung, glundang glundung, nyemplung ke kali ciliwung, | Nyai Dasime Kembang Pejambon, Benjamin S.
Re: [Cooker] mdk install freezed!!
On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 01:27:18PM +0200, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: may you try with an alternate boot floppy? I couldn't even configure X in an installed system using drakx. freezed. reset button is your only friend. -- Mohammad DAMT [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mdamt.net tipi?? tu tipi belon lunas gue bayar tau nggak?, ??, Benjamin S Ida Rojani.
[Cooker] mdk install freezed!!
Hello, tried to install mdk8 this afternoon, results: - install freezed when I tried to look at hardware info at eth install (autodetect on, eth card detected -- RTL-8029) no mouse no keyboard, even sysreq magic was dead I pushed reset button, update installation, and didn't have guts to look at the hardware info - install freezed when started to initiate X configuration reset again (no mouse/kbd/dead again) repeated install procedures until X, and freezed AGAIN reset again, I took the CD out boot to installed system, but couldn't login, guess what ?? /etc/pam.d/passwd is corrupted as binary file, /bin/login corrupted also, so I reinstall those files with rpm from CDROM so I can login... then I ran drakexconf, freeze again, no mouse no keybd sysreq dead reset then I ran Xconfigurator, it called drakexconf too, dead again reset ran XFree86 -configure, goes perfecto... my video card is S3 Trio 3D/2x -- Mohammad DAMT [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mdamt.net nyai dasime ngeglundung, glundang glundung, nyemplung ke kali ciliwung, Nyai Dasime Kembang Pejambon, Benjamin S.
