Re: Re: Resolution 800x600 problem to install MDK 9.1
gui-old should not care about an X config, it uses Xpmac And Xpmac seems to not like my aty rage 128 mobility and my lcd [EMAIL PROTECTED] there is no editor available during install, unless you create your own install image do an HD install and drop something into the tree, you could also modify the perl source if you were going to do this Aye, perl. Well someday maybe. The text installation seem too broken to pass the license page. There is a problem with can't load the keyboard 115 or 114, etc. I did the text install with 8.2, long ago. I though it worth to mention and I could try different thing to debug it if you want Stew but I don't know what. text install is broken, the common workaround is: install-gui-benh text Bingo. Fantastic. You found the good combinaison. I though i read it somewhere at the begining of the summer but couldnt find it. It works just like 8.2, ie not perfect but can install something.. Theres still a probleme with partionning if you try to create or change a reiserfs. There is a error with « unable to umount the proc You have to manually format then reboot, restart the installation without changing the partition table. Also, the individual package selection just dont care of what you want or not. You installed 9.1 on this machine once? It was a 8.2 - cooker since over a year. Did you note the r128 message at the yaboot prompt? Hum ? install-gui gui-old video=aty128fb Try that and every other combinaisons but the problem is the default 1024x768.that I get. I think that my ibook firewire 366 is always detected as a Powerbook/imac 1024x768. That is, that all. Could it be change? What info you need ? Pascal
Resolution 800x600 problem to install MDK 9.1
Hi, I try to make a clean reinstall of mdk 9.1 on my old ibook 366. The maximum screen resolution is 800x600 and the card is the Ati rage mobility 128. My big problem is that whatever I try to pass(benh, gui-old, atyfb128, aty128fb, fbdev, force-fbdev, vmode:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED], etc.), the gui install is not usable. Sometime, my cursor seem normal but that is all. I looked the /tmp/Xconf and I really think that my problem lies with the default 1024x768. Can I change live the screen resolution for 800x600? If I kill anything, the install stop. Also, apart cat what else can I use to edit during the install ? The text installation seem too broken to pass the license page. There is a problem with can't load the keyboard 115 or 114, etc. I did the text install with 8.2, long ago. I though it worth to mention and I could try different thing to debug it if you want Stew but I don't know what.
Re: Resolution 800x600 problem to install MDK 9.1
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I try to make a clean reinstall of mdk 9.1 on my old ibook 366. The maximum screen resolution is 800x600 and the card is the Ati rage mobility 128. My big problem is that whatever I try to pass(benh, gui-old, atyfb128, aty128fb, fbdev, force-fbdev, vmode:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED], etc.), the gui install is not usable. Sometime, my cursor seem normal but that is all. I looked the /tmp/Xconf and I really think that my problem lies with the default 1024x768. Can I change live the screen resolution for 800x600? If I kill anything, the install stop. Also, apart cat what else can I use to edit during the install ? gui-old should not care about an X config, it uses Xpmac there is no editor available during install, unless you create your own install image do an HD install and drop something into the tree, you could also modify the perl source if you were going to do this The text installation seem too broken to pass the license page. There is a problem with can't load the keyboard 115 or 114, etc. I did the text install with 8.2, long ago. I though it worth to mention and I could try different thing to debug it if you want Stew but I don't know what. text install is broken, the common workaround is: install-gui-benh text You installed 9.1 on this machine once? Did you note the r128 message at the yaboot prompt? install-gui gui-old video=aty128fb -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft
Re: odd gurpmi problem
Thanks. I took both bits of advice. rebuilt the rpm database twice, then ran 'urpmi --clean'. now it works again! :) -i
Re: odd gurpmi problem
On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Brice Figureau wrote: On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 16:23, Isaac wrote: anyone know what this could be? i just get this error and can't install anything via rpmdrake: perl: rpmio_internal.h:447: c2f: Assertion `fd fd-magic == 0x04463138' failed. Aborted i get the same message if i just run gurpmi at the command line. manually installing rpms at the command line works though. Most of the time urpmi --clean works. Best Olivier
odd gurpmi problem
hi, anyone know what this could be? i just get this error and can't install anything via rpmdrake: perl: rpmio_internal.h:447: c2f: Assertion `fd fd-magic == 0x04463138' failed. Aborted i get the same message if i just run gurpmi at the command line. manually installing rpms at the command line works though. TIA
Re: odd gurpmi problem
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 16:23, Isaac wrote: anyone know what this could be? i just get this error and can't install anything via rpmdrake: perl: rpmio_internal.h:447: c2f: Assertion `fd fd-magic == 0x04463138' failed. Aborted i get the same message if i just run gurpmi at the command line. manually installing rpms at the command line works though. I got the same problem a few times, but I can't exactly remember how I recovered from them. Each time it happened because I interrupted a long process of upgrades through urpmi. I guess this is a problem of little-endian/big-endian mismatch somewhere because I never had this issue with x86. Anyway, try to rebuild your rpm database a few times, it might help to solve the problem: $ rpm --rebuilddb Also try to upgrade (by hand) urpmi and its dependencies (perl-URPM, rpm...), and rebuild the database with the new tools. The cooker version I run seems to be immune to this problem... I hope this will help you, Regards, -- Brice
RE: MDK 9.1 Boot problem on PPC 9600
On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Ben Martin wrote: We I try to boot with the MDK kernel it tells me that there is a problem with my /dev/hde8 and that can not repair it. When I reinstalled MDK I set the drives up with ext2. Quite odd. Still sounds like your initrd doesn't match your root filesystem. I guess the next thing I would try would be to boot rescue and try to urpmi kernel-benh from a chroot of /. -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft
RE: MDK 9.1 Boot problem on PPC 9600
Thanks Stew, I have reinstall MDK with the benh kernel and now it boots fine. The only problem that have found with the install is that it can not find the modules for the benh kernel. There is no /lib/modules/2.4.20-benh-9mdk directory, only a /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk. Regards, Ben Martin Phone: 02 6041 6551 FAX: 02 6041 6554 -Original Message- From: Stew Benedict [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 1 August 2003 8:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MDK 9.1 Boot problem on PPC 9600 On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, Ben Martin wrote: Yes the '/' is ext3, I checked it with the mac version of pdisk. Here is some of the output: 7: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 Linux ext3 6368832 @ 2098368 ( 3.0G) OK, I guess my vague hint about using the correct initrd didn't help? /me goes looking for PPC CD1: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# ls /mnt/cdrom/BootX/ initrd-2.4.20-benh-9mdk.ext2 initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.jfs initrd-2.4.20-benh-9mdk.ext3 initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.rfs initrd-2.4.20-benh-9mdk.jfs initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.xfs initrd-2.4.20-benh-9mdk.rfs Mandrake_Linux_Install.sit initrd-2.4.20-benh-9mdk.xfs vmlinuz-2.4.20-benh-9mdk* initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.ext2vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk* initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.ext3 I provided initrd images for all the various filesystems. The drivers are modular, so you need the correct initrd to be able to mount / and finish the boot. Are you using the ext3 one? -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft
RE: MDK 9.1 Boot problem on PPC 9600
On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Ben Martin wrote: Thanks Stew, I have reinstall MDK with the benh kernel and now it boots fine. The only problem that have found with the install is that it can not find the modules for the benh kernel. There is no /lib/modules/2.4.20-benh-9mdk directory, only a /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk. Probably would have booted with the Mandrake kernel with the correct initrd also. You need to install kernel-benh, which will probably require booting at least once with the Mandrake kernel to have the necessary modules available. urpmi kernel-benh -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft
RE: MDK 9.1 Boot problem on PPC 9600
We I try to boot with the MDK kernel it tells me that there is a problem with my /dev/hde8 and that can not repair it. When I reinstalled MDK I set the drives up with ext2. Regards, Ben Martin Phone: 02 6041 6551 FAX: 02 6041 6554 -Original Message- From: Stew Benedict [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 4 August 2003 9:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MDK 9.1 Boot problem on PPC 9600 On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Ben Martin wrote: Thanks Stew, I have reinstall MDK with the benh kernel and now it boots fine. The only problem that have found with the install is that it can not find the modules for the benh kernel. There is no /lib/modules/2.4.20-benh-9mdk directory, only a /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk. Probably would have booted with the Mandrake kernel with the correct initrd also. You need to install kernel-benh, which will probably require booting at least once with the Mandrake kernel to have the necessary modules available. urpmi kernel-benh -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft
RE: MDK 9.1 Boot problem on PPC 9600
On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, Ben Martin wrote: Yes the '/' is ext3, I checked it with the mac version of pdisk. Here is some of the output: 7: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 Linux ext3 6368832 @ 2098368 ( 3.0G) OK, I guess my vague hint about using the correct initrd didn't help? /me goes looking for PPC CD1: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# ls /mnt/cdrom/BootX/ initrd-2.4.20-benh-9mdk.ext2 initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.jfs initrd-2.4.20-benh-9mdk.ext3 initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.rfs initrd-2.4.20-benh-9mdk.jfs initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.xfs initrd-2.4.20-benh-9mdk.rfs Mandrake_Linux_Install.sit initrd-2.4.20-benh-9mdk.xfs vmlinuz-2.4.20-benh-9mdk* initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.ext2vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk* initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.ext3 I provided initrd images for all the various filesystems. The drivers are modular, so you need the correct initrd to be able to mount / and finish the boot. Are you using the ext3 one? -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft
MDK 9.1 Boot problem on PPC 9600
Hello, I have installed MDK 9,1 on my PPC 9600. It has a scsi 4GB HD and scsi CD-ROM with PCI ATA-100 control which has a 20GB IDE HD attached. I have installed the root '/' on the scsi hd with a 3GB partition '/dev/sda7'. There is a 1GB partition for mac os 9. The 20GB ide hd has been setup for '/home' I have setup BootX with the following settings: Kernel: vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk ramdisk: initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img arguments: root=/dev/sda7 devfs=mount When MKD boots, the scsi drives are found with the mesh driver. However the Kernel ends in a panic. Here is the output: Mounting /proc filesystem Creating root device Mounting root filesystem with flags noatime mount: error 6 mounting ext3 flags noatime well, Retrying without the option flags mount: error 6 mounting ext3 well, Retrying read-only without the option flags mount: error 6 mounting ext3 pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2 Remounting devfs at correct place if necessary Mounted devfs on /dev Freeing unused kernel memory: 160k init 4k chrp 8k prep Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. 0Rebooting in 180 seconds.. Regards, Ben Martin
Re: MDK 9.1 Boot problem on PPC 9600
On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, Ben Martin wrote: Hello, I have installed MDK 9,1 on my PPC 9600. It has a scsi 4GB HD and scsi CD-ROM with PCI ATA-100 control which has a 20GB IDE HD attached. I have installed the root '/' on the scsi hd with a 3GB partition '/dev/sda7'. There is a 1GB partition for mac os 9. The 20GB ide hd has been setup for '/home' I have setup BootX with the following settings: Kernel: vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk ramdisk: initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img arguments: root=/dev/sda7 devfs=mount When MKD boots, the scsi drives are found with the mesh driver. However the Kernel ends in a panic. Here is the output: Mounting /proc filesystem Creating root device Mounting root filesystem with flags noatime mount: error 6 mounting ext3 flags noatime well, Retrying without the option flags mount: error 6 mounting ext3 well, Retrying read-only without the option flags mount: error 6 mounting ext3 pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2 Remounting devfs at correct place if necessary Mounted devfs on /dev Freeing unused kernel memory: 160k init 4k chrp 8k prep Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. 0Rebooting in 180 seconds.. Is / ext3? You should be using the appropriate initrd for the root filesystem. I believe I shipped one for each filesystem. Don't have the CD handy to check atm. -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft
RE: MDK 9.1 Boot problem on PPC 9600
Yes the '/' is ext3, I checked it with the mac version of pdisk. Here is some of the output: 7: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 Linux ext3 6368832 @ 2098368 ( 3.0G) Regards, Ben Martin -Original Message- From: Stew Benedict [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 1 August 2003 12:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MDK 9.1 Boot problem on PPC 9600 On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, Ben Martin wrote: Hello, I have installed MDK 9,1 on my PPC 9600. It has a scsi 4GB HD and scsi CD-ROM with PCI ATA-100 control which has a 20GB IDE HD attached. I have installed the root '/' on the scsi hd with a 3GB partition '/dev/sda7'. There is a 1GB partition for mac os 9. The 20GB ide hd has been setup for '/home' I have setup BootX with the following settings: Kernel: vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk ramdisk: initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img arguments: root=/dev/sda7 devfs=mount When MKD boots, the scsi drives are found with the mesh driver. However the Kernel ends in a panic. Here is the output: Mounting /proc filesystem Creating root device Mounting root filesystem with flags noatime mount: error 6 mounting ext3 flags noatime well, Retrying without the option flags mount: error 6 mounting ext3 well, Retrying read-only without the option flags mount: error 6 mounting ext3 pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2 Remounting devfs at correct place if necessary Mounted devfs on /dev Freeing unused kernel memory: 160k init 4k chrp 8k prep Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. 0Rebooting in 180 seconds.. Is / ext3? You should be using the appropriate initrd for the root filesystem. I believe I shipped one for each filesystem. Don't have the CD handy to check atm. -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft
Re: Install problem on G4 powerbook
On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Ken Simpson wrote: Hi, I have installed ML 9.1 successfully on my desktop G4 - all going well there. However my TiBook (2001) is giving me real problems. I can start up the install disk holding down C, and choose the install options. install-gui and install-gui-old both give unusable screens (that are nonetheless obviously distorted graphical login screens). install-text is fine until I select the keyboard type, when it fails with a file not found error. These are the exact same disks I have used for my other install. md5's seem fine. Can anyone suggest a next step for me (YDL installed without a hitch...!) install-gui-benh or install-gui-benh text plain install-text is broken -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft
Install problem on G4 powerbook
Hi, I have installed ML 9.1 successfully on my desktop G4 - all going well there. However my TiBook (2001) is giving me real problems. I can start up the install disk holding down C, and choose the install options. install-gui and install-gui-old both give unusable screens (that are nonetheless obviously distorted graphical login screens). install-text is fine until I select the keyboard type, when it fails with a file not found error. These are the exact same disks I have used for my other install. md5's seem fine. Can anyone suggest a next step for me (YDL installed without a hitch...!) -- Regards Ken Simpson .
Re: eMac problem
On Saturday, May 31, 2003, at 10:58 AM, Jeffrey Hergan wrote: On Friday, May 30, 2003, at 03:35 PM, Stew Benedict wrote: On Fri, 30 May 2003, Jeffrey Hergan wrote: I searched the lists and it said that to install 9.1 on an eMac I should try: installgui-benh text That doesn't work/exist. So I try: install-gui-benh text which leaves me with a black screen after some text scrolls quickly by. So what's the secret to installing on an eMac? Don't know for sure this will work but try adding video=ofonly to your boot arguments Good call, Stew! If I use: install-gui-benh text video=ofonly I can get into the installation process. But I have a (prolly silly) question. Forget the stupid question. My wonder now is whether I will be able to get a GUI after the install, but since I already trashed my info on my HD, might as well see what happens. Exciting! Jeff
Re: eMac problem
On Saturday, May 31, 2003, at 10:58 AM, Jeffrey Hergan wrote: On Friday, May 30, 2003, at 03:35 PM, Stew Benedict wrote: On Fri, 30 May 2003, Jeffrey Hergan wrote: I searched the lists and it said that to install 9.1 on an eMac I should try: installgui-benh text That doesn't work/exist. So I try: install-gui-benh text which leaves me with a black screen after some text scrolls quickly by. So what's the secret to installing on an eMac? Don't know for sure this will work but try adding video=ofonly to your boot arguments Good call, Stew! If I use: install-gui-benh text video=ofonly I can get into the installation process. And the install went off flawlessly. It boots up into yaboot, and I click the 'l' for linux, and it boots linux. And then (surprise!!) the screen goes blank. SO: from yaboot, or open firmware, how do I tell it: video=ofonly I'm assuming that will at least get me to the point where I can log in and look at logs and whatnot. Thanks, Jeff
Re: eMac problem
On Saturday, May 31, 2003, at 05:05 PM, Jeffrey Hergan wrote: On Saturday, May 31, 2003, at 10:58 AM, Jeffrey Hergan wrote: On Friday, May 30, 2003, at 03:35 PM, Stew Benedict wrote: On Fri, 30 May 2003, Jeffrey Hergan wrote: I searched the lists and it said that to install 9.1 on an eMac I should try: installgui-benh text That doesn't work/exist. So I try: install-gui-benh text which leaves me with a black screen after some text scrolls quickly by. So what's the secret to installing on an eMac? Don't know for sure this will work but try adding video=ofonly to your boot arguments Good call, Stew! If I use: install-gui-benh text video=ofonly I can get into the installation process. And the install went off flawlessly. It boots up into yaboot, and I click the 'l' for linux, and it boots linux. And then (surprise!!) the screen goes blank. SO: from yaboot, or open firmware, how do I tell it: video=ofonly I'm assuming that will at least get me to the point where I can log in and look at logs and whatnot. Two more bits of info. The eMac I'm trying to install on is a 700mhz model with NVidia GEForce2MX And they have it (same machine, same graphics card) running on Yellow Dog 3, but for YDL it also requires a text install. If I knew more about Yaboot it might help :-\ Always installed on old world machines before... Thanks, Jeff
Re: eMac problem
On Sat, 31 May 2003, Jeffrey Hergan wrote: On Saturday, May 31, 2003, at 10:58 AM, Jeffrey Hergan wrote: On Friday, May 30, 2003, at 03:35 PM, Stew Benedict wrote: On Fri, 30 May 2003, Jeffrey Hergan wrote: I searched the lists and it said that to install 9.1 on an eMac I should try: installgui-benh text That doesn't work/exist. So I try: install-gui-benh text which leaves me with a black screen after some text scrolls quickly by. So what's the secret to installing on an eMac? Don't know for sure this will work but try adding video=ofonly to your boot arguments Good call, Stew! If I use: install-gui-benh text video=ofonly I can get into the installation process. And the install went off flawlessly. It boots up into yaboot, and I click the 'l' for linux, and it boots linux. And then (surprise!!) the screen goes blank. SO: from yaboot, or open firmware, how do I tell it: video=ofonly I'm assuming that will at least get me to the point where I can log in and look at logs and whatnot. same idea. Pick l then tab to see your kernel choices one is probably linux linux video=ofonly You can add this to the append arguments in /etc/yaboot.conf and rerun ybin to make it permanent for now, until you work things out -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.freenode.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcr=1w=2
Re: eMac problem
OK. I'm at the command line. When I type 'startx' I get this error: Using vt 7 (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: INVALID ARGUMENT (EE) FBDEV(0): Mode init failed Fatal Server Error: AddScreen/Screeninit failed for driver 0 This is on an eMac with the NVidia GEForce 2MX graphics. Everything else seems to be working fine. Thanks, Jeff
eMac problem
I searched the lists and it said that to install 9.1 on an eMac I should try: installgui-benh text That doesn't work/exist. So I try: install-gui-benh text which leaves me with a black screen after some text scrolls quickly by. So what's the secret to installing on an eMac? Thanks for any help, Jeff
Re: eMac problem
On Fri, 30 May 2003, Jeffrey Hergan wrote: I searched the lists and it said that to install 9.1 on an eMac I should try: installgui-benh text That doesn't work/exist. So I try: install-gui-benh text which leaves me with a black screen after some text scrolls quickly by. So what's the secret to installing on an eMac? Don't know for sure this will work but try adding video=ofonly to your boot arguments -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.freenode.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcr=1w=2
zcip problem
I'm having a problem with zcip on a Powerbook G4 Ti 867MHz with 9.1 (final). It might already have been there in RC1, but I didn't encounter it then. When I start up without any network connection (i.e. no ethernet cable connected and no airport network in range), zcip assigns a 169.254.x.x address first to eth0 (ethernet), then to eth1 (airport), and then nothing happens. The last line printed is zcip[865]: Stored address 169.254.206.74 for eth1:9. The system isn't completely frozen, I can still type and change terminals, but it doesn't seem to do anything (at least for about 10 minutes), and I have to force restart. Everything works correctly if an ethernet connection is there (eth0 is configured by dhcp, and eth1 by zcip). I didn't try what happens if I have airport but no ethernet. I currently just work around the problem by not starting the network interfaces at startup. Has anyone seen this problem too? Or not? Is there a solution? -Christian
install problem w/9.1 on Wallstreet PBG3
Hello, This is my first time using any linux distro. I'm trying to install MDK 9.1 PPC on my Powerbook G3 Wallstreet v2. I have downloaded and burned the iso images. I searched the cooker-ppc archives and found this message thread (http://archives.mandrakelinux.com/cooker-ppc/2003-02/msg00229.php). The highlights... Set up BootX for install as follows: vmlinux kernel (extracted from ISO) all.gz ramdisk(extracted from ISO) force video and no video driver checked ramdisk set to 4 kernel optionsroot=/dev/ram3 video=atyfb,vmode:14 I have set all these options and the installer progresses fine until it asks for USB information. At this point the installer hangs and I have to do a hard shut down of the machine. Is there any way I can work around this and complete the install? Cheers
Re: install problem w/9.1 on Wallstreet PBG3
On Saturday, April 12, 2003, at 06:22 PM, Chris Mahn wrote: Hello, This is my first time using any linux distro. I'm trying to install MDK 9.1 PPC on my Powerbook G3 Wallstreet v2. I have downloaded and burned the iso images. I searched the cooker-ppc archives and found this message thread (http://archives.mandrakelinux.com/cooker-ppc/2003-02/msg00229.php). The highlights... Set up BootX for install as follows: vmlinux kernel (extracted from ISO) all.gz ramdisk(extracted from ISO) force video and no video driver checked ramdisk set to 4 kernel optionsroot=/dev/ram3 video=atyfb,vmode:14 I have set all these options and the installer progresses fine until it asks for USB information. At this point the installer hangs and I have to do a hard shut down of the machine. Is there any way I can work around this and complete the install? Cheers I plugged in a USB Cardbus card and restarted and the install went off without a hitch. Same Powerbook. I don't know what has to be done to continue the install without a USB device to plug in. I can say that I am _very_ happy that I have 9.1 running on my Wallstreet, though. Jeff
urpmi problem
hi, I answered stew 3 hours ago about the XFree86 Problem, and the mail is listed in the archiv, but i didn't get it. something wrong with the mailinglist maybe?? I figured out, that X is running perfectly when I remove DRI from the XF86Config. But this means no acceleration.. Anyone an ideo how to get X runnin w/ DRI? another problem I got stuck on: rpmdrake failed downloading an rpm, asked if it should keep the aleady downloaded files, I answered yes. next try using rpmdrake or urpmi from commandline I get following error: perl: rpmio_internal.h:447: cf2: Assertion `fd fd-magic == 0x04463138' failed. Aborted (core dumped) this disables me from using the nice mdk rpm management. anyone an idea how to fix it? regards alex
Re: Strange video problem with 9.1 beta2
On 18 Feb 2003, Daniel Segall wrote: I logged into this machine via single user mode, and edited the inittab to startup in run level 3. Everything came up fine. When I try to startx however, it hozez the display, and I cannot do anything on the laptop keyboard. I can still get in via SSH, but I can't even kill the X11 processes. I was able to run drakx via SSH, and everything seems to be found okay. I even ran gnome through my SSH session. You lost me at the end there. You can run X apps remotely with no X server on the machine, so it doesn't really play into the issue. For the rest - more info please. What machine, video adapter, contents of /var/log/XFree86.0.log? What driver are you using in XF86Config-4? Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.freenode.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcr=1w=2
Re: Strange video problem with 9.1 beta2
Hi Stew, I was only illustrating that the problem is strictly the video on the laptop itself, as all apps work fine remotely. Infact,.. they work locally too. Even though the display is completely hozed, if I wait a minute or so, I'll here the KDE startup sound, noting that it has logged into KDE. As for the data requested (most of this was in a previous email. Is there something wrong with the list?): Wallstreet 233 G3 14 4MB ATI LT-G The driver is simply ati Config log are attached. Thanks, -Dan On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 15:23, Stew Benedict wrote: On 18 Feb 2003, Daniel Segall wrote: I logged into this machine via single user mode, and edited the inittab to startup in run level 3. Everything came up fine. When I try to startx however, it hozez the display, and I cannot do anything on the laptop keyboard. I can still get in via SSH, but I can't even kill the X11 processes. I was able to run drakx via SSH, and everything seems to be found okay. I even ran gnome through my SSH session. You lost me at the end there. You can run X apps remotely with no X server on the machine, so it doesn't really play into the issue. For the rest - more info please. What machine, video adapter, contents of /var/log/XFree86.0.log? What driver are you using in XF86Config-4? Stew Benedict # File generated by XFdrake. # ** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. # ** Section Files # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath unix/:-1 EndSection Section ServerFlags #DontZap # disable CrtlAltBS (server abort) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work #DontZoom # disable CrtlAltKP_+/KP_- (resolution switching) EndSection Section Module Load dbe # Double-Buffering Extension Load v4l # Video for Linux Load extmod Load type1 Load freetype Load glx # 3D layer EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard1 Driver Keyboard Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayout us Option XkbOptions EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option Protocol PS/2 Option Device /dev/usbmouse Option Emulate3Buttons Option Emulate3Timeout 50 EndSection Section Monitor Identifier monitor1 VendorName Apple ModelName iMac/PowerBook 1024x768 HorizSync 30.0-70.0 VertRefresh 50.0-160.0 # Apple iMac modes # ModeLine 1024x768 78.525 1024 1049 1145 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync # ModeLine 800x60062.357 800 821 901 1040 600 601 604 632 +hsync +vsync # ModeLine 640x48049.886 640 661 725 832 480 481 484 514 +hsync +vsync # Apple monitors tend to do 832x624 # ModeLine 832x62457 832 876 940 1152 624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync # Apple PowerBook G3 ModeLine 800x600100 800 816 824 840 600 616 624 640 -hsync -vsync # Apple TI Powerbooks ModeLine 1152x768 78.741 1152 1173 1269 1440 768 769 772 800 +vsync +vsync ModeLine 1280x854 79.816 1280 1296 1408 1536 854 855 858 866 -hsync -vsync # Pismo Firewire G3 ModeLine 1024x768 65 1024 1032 1176 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync # iBook2 ModeLine 1024x768 65 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync # 17 Apple Studio Display ModeLine 1024x768 112.62 1024 1076 1248 1420 768 768 780 808 +hsync +vsync # HiRes Apple Studio Display ModeLine 1280x1024 1351280 1288 1392 1664 1024 1027 1030 1064 # Another variation ModeLine 1280x1024 134.989 1280 1317 1429 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync EndSection Section Device Identifier device1 VendorName ATI BoardName ATI Mach64 Utah Driver ati BusID PCI:0:17:0 Option DPMS EndSection Section Screen Identifier screen1 Device device1 Monitor monitor1 DefaultColorDepth 15 Subsection Display Depth 8 Modes 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 15 Modes 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 16 Modes 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 24 Modes 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubsection EndSection Section ServerLayout Identifier layout1 InputDevice Keyboard1 CoreKeyboard InputDevice Mouse1 CorePointer Screen screen1 EndSection This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way. Bugs may be reported to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and patches submitted
Re: Strange video problem with 9.1 beta2
On 18 Feb 2003, Daniel Segall wrote: As for the data requested (most of this was in a previous email. Is there something wrong with the list?): Wallstreet 233 G3 14 4MB ATI LT-G The driver is simply ati Config log are attached. OK sorry. Maybe I missed part of the other message. This machine does do 1024x768 right? Things I would probably try: change ati to fbdev in XF86Config-4 try passing video= arguments to the kernel at boot try the benh-mdk kernel, instead of the stock mandrake one Were you able to do a graphical install? Looking through the old messages it looks like yes? You could, if necessary, fall back to using Xpmac. It would be better though to use XFree4 in fbdev mode if it works. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.freenode.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcr=1w=2
Re: Strange video problem with 9.1 beta2
Well the fbdev driver made my display stop melting, and just goes black instead. I'm not sure what you mean with the benh kernel. I checked your page, and I see the RPM's. Can I simply install these RPM's (if so which ones exactly)? How will these work when I have to boot from BootX? I don't mind reinstalling if need be. It goes surprisingly fast on this old beast. Sorry, I'm kinda new to the PPC side of things. The last time I installed PPC Linux, was SuSE, and it just worked. Now that I think about it, I had tried installing mdk 8.2 on this machine long ago, and gave up due to similar problems. Thanks Again, -Dan On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 17:00, Stew Benedict wrote: On 18 Feb 2003, Daniel Segall wrote: As for the data requested (most of this was in a previous email. Is there something wrong with the list?): Wallstreet 233 G3 14 4MB ATI LT-G The driver is simply ati Config log are attached. OK sorry. Maybe I missed part of the other message. This machine does do 1024x768 right? Things I would probably try: change ati to fbdev in XF86Config-4 try passing video= arguments to the kernel at boot try the benh-mdk kernel, instead of the stock mandrake one Were you able to do a graphical install? Looking through the old messages it looks like yes? You could, if necessary, fall back to using Xpmac. It would be better though to use XFree4 in fbdev mode if it works. Stew Benedict
Strange video problem with 9.1 beta2
Hi Stew et all, I just completed the installation of beta2 on my old lombard pb. Installation was smooth as can be, not a single problem. However, when I try to boot into linux through BootX, it's not bringing up any video. The boot process looks fine, all modules load succesfully, and all devices seem to be found. But after the init, it tries to go into KDM and just gives me a black screen. I am unable to switch to another term (might be me using the wrong keys, I'm an x86 guy usually), or do anything really. If I boot from the generic vmlinuz without any initrd, KDM comes up fine, and I can login to KDE. However, none of the modules are loaded of course, and it's basically rendered useless. I have tried several different kernel options for video, but none seem to make a difference. during install I used video=atyfb:vmode:14. I have of course copied the vmlinuz initrd files from the cd into my system folder/linux kernels/. Any ideas to help me get under way would be greatly appreciated. -Dan -- Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems. -- Linus Torvalds
Re: Strange video problem with 9.1 beta2
Actually,.. I was wrong. This is a wallstreet NOT a lombard. I was thinking of my other pb for some reason. Still looking for some help though. -Dan -- Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems. -- Linus Torvalds On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 15:07, Daniel Segall wrote: Hi Stew et all, I just completed the installation of beta2 on my old lombard pb. Installation was smooth as can be, not a single problem. However, when I try to boot into linux through BootX, it's not bringing up any video. The boot process looks fine, all modules load succesfully, and all devices seem to be found. But after the init, it tries to go into KDM and just gives me a black screen. I am unable to switch to another term (might be me using the wrong keys, I'm an x86 guy usually), or do anything really. If I boot from the generic vmlinuz without any initrd, KDM comes up fine, and I can login to KDE. However, none of the modules are loaded of course, and it's basically rendered useless. I have tried several different kernel options for video, but none seem to make a difference. during install I used video=atyfb:vmode:14. I have of course copied the vmlinuz initrd files from the cd into my system folder/linux kernels/. Any ideas to help me get under way would be greatly appreciated. -Dan
gurpmi problem
hi all the problem is [root@adsl172-187 rpm]# gurpmi problem reading synthesis file of medium CD 1 Installation CD (Mandrake PPC 9.1 Cooker) (disk1) Can't call method arch on an undefined value at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/ppc-linux-thread-multi/URPM/Resolve.pm line 14. [root@adsl172-187 rpm]# urpmi version 4.0 cheers Thomas
Re: gurpmi problem
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Thomas Geenen wrote: hi all the problem is [root@adsl172-187 rpm]# gurpmi problem reading synthesis file of medium CD 1 Installation CD (Mandrake PPC 9.1 Cooker) (disk1) Can't call method arch on an undefined value at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/ppc-linux-thread-multi/URPM/Resolve.pm line 14. [root@adsl172-187 rpm]# urpmi version 4.0 cheers Thomas One silly question. Where did you get a 9.1 PPC cooker CD with RPMS on it? Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcr=1w=2
Re: gurpmi problem
On Wednesday 27 November 2002 14:14, Stew Benedict wrote: On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Thomas Geenen wrote: hi all the problem is [root@adsl172-187 rpm]# gurpmi problem reading synthesis file of medium CD 1 Installation CD (Mandrake PPC 9.1 Cooker) (disk1) Can't call method arch on an undefined value at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/ppc-linux-thread-multi/URPM/Resolve.pm line 14. [root@adsl172-187 rpm]# urpmi version 4.0 cheers Thomas One silly question. Where did you get a 9.1 PPC cooker CD with RPMS on it? i dont fixed it by removing source cd and adding source ftp.ciril.fr is this an mirror you trust to be up to date?? Stew Benedict
Re: gurpmi problem
I use ftp.surfnet.nl, think it works fine Thomas Geenen wrote: fixed it by removing source cd and adding source ftp.ciril.fr is this an mirror you trust to be up to date??
Re: gurpmi problem
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Thomas Geenen wrote: hi all the problem is [root@adsl172-187 rpm]# gurpmi problem reading synthesis file of medium CD 1 Installation CD (Mandrake PPC 9.1 Where did you get this distribution?? I thought 8.2 is the most actual complete one :-o?? ... One silly question. Where did you get a 9.1 PPC cooker CD with RPMS on it? Ahh, I am not the only one wondering about that topic ;) Greetings Harald -- (o- Best regards //\ Harald T Zipko V_/_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] No html-mails please --
Re: gurpmi problem
9.1 does not (yet) exist. He tried to update cooker... Harald T Zipko wrote: On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Thomas Geenen wrote: hi all the problem is [root@adsl172-187 rpm]# gurpmi problem reading synthesis file of medium CD 1 Installation CD (Mandrake PPC 9.1 Where did you get this distribution?? I thought 8.2 is the most actual complete one :-o??
Re: New problem!
On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 12:19:24AM +0100, Ernst Persson wrote: The downside is that OpenOffice.org can't display any text anymore, but it probably just needs to be rebuilt... x86 is having similar issues. Until the bugs are worked out in fontconfig and Xft2 I'd expect a lot of this. -- Ben Reser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ben.reser.org If you're not making any mistakes, you're flat out not trying hard enough. - Jim Nichols
Re: New problem!
Just thought I'd tell everyone that the last time I tried to upgrade to the latest sysvinit (after some more failures) everything worked fine. Services start and stop and I can boot my machine normally. Maybe the combination with the new initscripts rpm did the trick? And btw, thanks to stew for giving us antialiased font's back in KDE! It gorgeous! The downside is that OpenOffice.org can't display any text anymore, but it probably just needs to be rebuilt... Mandrake 9.1 for PPC is going to rock! //ernie
Re: New problem!
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Ernst Persson wrote: Ok, I downgraded to SysVInit 2.83 and now everything works again... //ernie Have rebooted both machines here now in testing kernel upgrade. No stall at boot at all. Shutdown from kdm did not go through a normal shutdown sequence on the powerbook, so I dropped into an fsck at boot, but did recover from that. If anyone happens to notice lack of scsi modules in the new kernel, I built the main ones in. They did not increase the kernel size much and should make life a bit easier for the OldWorld folks and RS6000. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcr=1w=2
Re: [Cooker-PPC] Problem with MySQL, FTP wizard, Netatalk Webminmodule
On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Phil Lavigna wrote: Hi, After updating a PowerBook with today's Cooker PPC files from ftp.ciril.fr, I noticed three problems: 1) MySQL doesn't start -- MySQL-3.23.53-2mdk The message from /var/lib/mysql/localhost.localdomain.err: 021114 10:09:06 mysqld started 021114 10:09:06 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13) 021114 10:09:06 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown This one's odd. One the rs6000 it runs fine. On the powerbook the permissions were apparently wrong on the mysql data files. Doing: chown mysql /var/lib/mysql/mysql/* Allows it to run now. The were owned by root, rather than mysql. Perhaps some sequence of updates that didn't happen quite as expected? uid for mysql on the bad system is: [root@powerbook root]# grep mysql /etc/passwd mysql:x:75:75:system user for MySQL:/var/lib/lib/mysql:/bin/bash On the good system: [root@rs6000 root]# grep mysql /etc/passwd mysql:x:415:415:MySQL server:/var/lib/mysql:/bin/bash Comment is also different. 2) The FTP server wizard won't start -- drakxtools-1.1.11-3mdk, drakwizard-1.0-3mdk The console message is: Can't locate /usr/share/wizards/ftp_wizard/scripts/ProFtpconf.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/libDrakX /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/ppc-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/ppc-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/ppc-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at /usr/sbin/drakwizard line 131. Looked at this in more detail. It's a no-arch package, so my build isn't even what's getting disributed. the file is in the tarball but never gets installed. I'll mail the maintainer and see if he's aware of the issue. -- 3) The Netatalk Webmin module expects the configuration files in /etc/atalk, but it should be /etc/netatalk Patched this, also got rid of the non-functional interfaces icon. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcr=1w=2
Re: [Cooker-PPC] Problem with MySQL, FTP wizard, Netatalk Webmin module
Hi Stew, This one's odd. One the rs6000 it runs fine. On the powerbook the permissions were apparently wrong on the mysql data files. Doing: chown mysql /var/lib/mysql/mysql/* Allows it to run now. The were owned by root, rather than mysql. Perhaps some sequence of updates that didn't happen quite as expected? uid for mysql on the bad system is: [root@powerbook root]# grep mysql /etc/passwd mysql:x:75:75:system user for MySQL:/var/lib/lib/mysql:/bin/bash On the good system: [root@rs6000 root]# grep mysql /etc/passwd mysql:x:415:415:MySQL server:/var/lib/mysql:/bin/bash Comment is also different. Yep, that fixed it on my PowerBook. Here's what it says now: [root@localhost phil8]# grep mysql /etc/passwd mysql:x:70:70:system user for MySQL:/var/lib/lib/mysql:/bin/bash Thanks a lot. KDE RC3 is downloading now! Bye, Phil
Re: [Cooker-PPC] Problem with MySQL, FTP wizard, Netatalk Webminmodule
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002, Phil Lavigna wrote: Hi Stew, This one's odd. One the rs6000 it runs fine. On the powerbook the permissions were apparently wrong on the mysql data files. Doing: chown mysql /var/lib/mysql/mysql/* Allows it to run now. The were owned by root, rather than mysql. Perhaps some sequence of updates that didn't happen quite as expected? uid for mysql on the bad system is: [root@powerbook root]# grep mysql /etc/passwd mysql:x:75:75:system user for MySQL:/var/lib/lib/mysql:/bin/bash On the good system: [root@rs6000 root]# grep mysql /etc/passwd mysql:x:415:415:MySQL server:/var/lib/mysql:/bin/bash Comment is also different. Yep, that fixed it on my PowerBook. Here's what it says now: [root@localhost phil8]# grep mysql /etc/passwd mysql:x:70:70:system user for MySQL:/var/lib/lib/mysql:/bin/bash Thanks a lot. KDE RC3 is downloading now! Looking at it again, I see /var/lib/mysql/mysql/ on the working system is older than the package install or build, so the old files/permissions were preserved on an update, but apparently broken on a clean install. Just tried a clean install on x86 also, and it too is broken :(. Downloaded: 10,160,249 bytes in 4 files installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/MySQL-3.23.53-2mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/perl-CGI-2.810-3mdk.noarch.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/MySQL-client-3.23.53-2mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libmysql10-3.23.53-2mdk.i586.rpm Preparing... ## 1:perl-CGI ## 2:libmysql10 ## 3:MySQL-client ## 4:MySQL warning: user mysql does not exist - using root warning: group mysql does not exist - using root warning: user mysql does not exist - using root warning: group mysql does not exist - using root warning: user mysql does not exist - using root warning: group mysql does not exist - using root ## 021117 6:07:29 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete [root@larry root]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql start Starting MySQL Server [ OK ] No mysqld running. [root@larry root]# cat /var/lib/mysql/larry.linuxcontrol.org.err 021117 06:11:23 mysqld started Fatal error: Can't change to run as user 'mysql' ; Please check that the user exists! 021117 6:11:23 Aborting 021117 6:11:23 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 021117 06:11:23 mysqld ended And as the errors say there's no mysql user, so I guess ppc isn't unique in mysql issues. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcr=1w=2
[Cooker-PPC] Problem with MySQL, FTP wizard, Netatalk Webmin module
Hi, After updating a PowerBook with today's Cooker PPC files from ftp.ciril.fr, I noticed three problems: 1) MySQL doesn't start -- MySQL-3.23.53-2mdk The message from /var/lib/mysql/localhost.localdomain.err: 021114 10:09:06 mysqld started 021114 10:09:06 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13) 021114 10:09:06 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown mysqld got signal 11; This could be because you hit a bug. It is also possible that this binary or one of the libraries it was linked agaist is corrupt, improperly built, or misconfigured. This error can also be caused by malfunctioning hardware. We will try our best to scrape up some info that will hopefully help diagnose the problem, but since we have already crashed, something is definitely wrong and this may fail key_buffer_size=8388600 record_buffer=131072 sort_buffer=2097144 max_used_connections=0 max_connections=100 threads_connected=0 It is possible that mysqld could use up to key_buffer_size + (record_buffer + sort_buffer)*max_connections = 225791 K bytes of memory Hope that's ok, if not, decrease some variables in the equation 021114 10:09:06 mysqld ended -- 2) The FTP server wizard won't start -- drakxtools-1.1.11-3mdk, drakwizard-1.0-3mdk The console message is: Can't locate /usr/share/wizards/ftp_wizard/scripts/ProFtpconf.pm in INC (INC contains: /usr/lib/libDrakX /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/ppc-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/ppc-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/ppc-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at /usr/sbin/drakwizard line 131. -- 3) The Netatalk Webmin module expects the configuration files in /etc/atalk, but it should be /etc/netatalk -- Stew -- Should I be reporting this stuff to the Cooker list? Thanks, Phil
Re: New problem!
Ok, I downgraded to SysVInit 2.83 and now everything works again... //ernie initrd=hd:9,initrd-2.4.19-16mdk.img Ok, now I've tried: 2.4.19 without devfs mount. 2.4.19 with devfs mount. 2.4.19 without devfs mount and single. 2.4.19 with devfs mount and single. 2.5.47 with and without single. And since everything worked yesterday, I don't think the problem lies there... It says freeing kernel memory, the loads all my usb-stuff, and then nothing. If I press enter the console scrolls a line but I doesn't seem to respond to anything like ctrl-C etc... You could try to include single, in your boot selection: linux single And see what you can find. Do you know what all you updated? All as in Everyting that's on the http://ftp.du.se/pub/os/mandrake-devel/cooker/ppc/Mandrake/RPMS/?M=D mirror. Probably something built between saturday and monday. Mabye one of these are causing trouble? util-linux-2.11x-2mdk.ppc.rpm10-Nov-2002 03:48 1.3M utempter-0.5.2-9mdk.ppc.rpm 10-Nov-2002 03:48 16k timezone-2.2.5-17mdk.ppc.rpm 10-Nov-2002 03:48 176k sysklogd-1.4.1-4mdk.ppc.rpm 10-Nov-2002 03:48 66k sed-4.0.1-1mdk.ppc.rpm 10-Nov-2002 03:48 95k mount-2.11x-2mdk.ppc.rpm 10-Nov-2002 03:47 117k losetup-2.11x-2mdk.ppc.rpm 10-Nov-2002 03:47 30k autofs-4.0.0-0.18mdk.ppc.rpm 10-Nov-2002 03:31 93k SysVinit-2.84-1mdk.ppc.rpm 10-Nov-2002 03:31 111k makedev-4.0-2mdk.noarch.rpm 07-Nov-2002 18:49 76k SysVinit is definitively a suspect... I could chroot into the system from the rescue-disk and start services, the network, edit my yaboot.conf file and run X. But I didn't really know what to do to fix this problem... //ernie
RE: iMac boot problem
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Damon Garn wrote: I have had exactly the same problem. iMac 266 with a 40GB drive. I've got OSX on the first 7.5 GB then attempted a Mandrake 8.2PPC install on the next partition. However, my install was CD-based. I too get to the bootloader and then pick Linux and receive the Unknown or corrupt filesystem error. I've also verified my OpenFirmware settings with the same line. Booting into OSX is still successful. I've tried this several times (reboots, not reinstalls). Any thoughts on this? Thanks! Damon Garn -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:cooker-ppc-owner;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Curtis Kline Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 1:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: iMac boot problem I have an iMac 333Mhz with a 6 Gig drive and 96MB RAM. I did a netboot and an FTP install of Mandrake PPC 8.2, and the install process seemed to go well. When it said I needed to reboot to start Mandrake, I did so. I get a bootloader menu and choose l for linux. Then Yaboot comes up, and soon it attempts to load the kernel. It then fails: hd:5,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem I tried going into OpenFirmware and entering: setenv boot-device hd:5,\\:tbxi Rebooting after this produces exactly the same results. Any ideas on how to get my iMac to boot Mandrake would be hugely appreciated. It's possible both of you made the mistake of configuring bootstrap as /boot. The one above of hd:5 seems odd for a couple of reasons. One, a machine with MacOS usually consumes 3 or 4 partitions for drivers. Secondly, since the syntax doesn't specify hd:5,/boot/vmlinuz., it appears you are using a seperate /boot. This is fine, but it should not be the same partition as the bootstrap. The bootstrap partition is only to boot the machine and should not be part of Linux's (or MacOS's) mounted filesystem. A lot of people fall into this trap, I guess because one of the distributions did treat bootstrap as /boot, but that is not how we configure things. It's only possible to make this happen, afaik, by manually selecting the bootstrap and mounting it as /boot. The default configuration is only 1MB, so it doesn't leave much room for 1 kernel and initrd, let alone multiple kernels and yaboot, etc. Also, since the bootstrap is normally an hfs partition, you lose any permissions, etc. that a normal Linux filesystem maintains. The people I've helped in the past on IRC were able to recover from this setup by booting into rescue, mounting / and examining /boot to verify their kernel etc. were there and then editing yaboot.conf to point to the correct partition, with the /boot prefix for all the kernel and initrd entries. It's also possible you guys are hitting the hardware issue on the old iMacs of needing the kernel fairly low in the partition table. I keep a seperate /boot on my machine for this very reason. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcr=1w=2
New problem!
Hi all! So, yesterday when I downloaded the latest cooker rpm's something went wrong. I can no longer boot into linux. What happens is that the kernel and ramdisk loads, and just before starting init it stops. It says it can't find the modules mousedev and keybdev, and that's normal, but now it does that before Welcome to Mandrake and then just stops... Iv'e tried to boot by just typing hd:9,/vmlinuz-2.4.19-16mdk root=/dev/hda13 in yaboot but then it can't find my XFS modules.. what should I write to load the correct ramdisk? Guess I'll have to do something from rescue mode, but I haven't looked in to it yet... //ernie
Re: New problem!
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Ernst Persson wrote: Hi all! So, yesterday when I downloaded the latest cooker rpm's something went wrong. I can no longer boot into linux. What happens is that the kernel and ramdisk loads, and just before starting init it stops. It says it can't find the modules mousedev and keybdev, and that's normal, but now it does that before Welcome to Mandrake and then just stops... Iv'e tried to boot by just typing hd:9,/vmlinuz-2.4.19-16mdk root=/dev/hda13 in yaboot but then it can't find my XFS modules.. what should I write to load the correct ramdisk? initrd=hd:9,initrd-2.4.19-16mdk.img Guess I'll have to do something from rescue mode, but I haven't looked in to it yet... You could try to include single, in your boot selection: linux single And see what you can find. Do you know what all you updated? Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcr=1w=2
Re: New problem!
initrd=hd:9,initrd-2.4.19-16mdk.img Ok, now I've tried: 2.4.19 without devfs mount. 2.4.19 with devfs mount. 2.4.19 without devfs mount and single. 2.4.19 with devfs mount and single. 2.5.47 with and without single. And since everything worked yesterday, I don't think the problem lies there... It says freeing kernel memory, the loads all my usb-stuff, and then nothing. If I press enter the console scrolls a line but I doesn't seem to respond to anything like ctrl-C etc... You could try to include single, in your boot selection: linux single And see what you can find. Do you know what all you updated? All as in Everyting that's on the http://ftp.du.se/pub/os/mandrake-devel/cooker/ppc/Mandrake/RPMS/?M=D mirror. Probably something built between saturday and monday. Mabye one of these are causing trouble? util-linux-2.11x-2mdk.ppc.rpm10-Nov-2002 03:48 1.3M utempter-0.5.2-9mdk.ppc.rpm 10-Nov-2002 03:48 16k timezone-2.2.5-17mdk.ppc.rpm 10-Nov-2002 03:48 176k sysklogd-1.4.1-4mdk.ppc.rpm 10-Nov-2002 03:48 66k sed-4.0.1-1mdk.ppc.rpm 10-Nov-2002 03:48 95k mount-2.11x-2mdk.ppc.rpm 10-Nov-2002 03:47 117k losetup-2.11x-2mdk.ppc.rpm 10-Nov-2002 03:47 30k autofs-4.0.0-0.18mdk.ppc.rpm 10-Nov-2002 03:31 93k SysVinit-2.84-1mdk.ppc.rpm 10-Nov-2002 03:31 111k makedev-4.0-2mdk.noarch.rpm 07-Nov-2002 18:49 76k SysVinit is definitively a suspect... I could chroot into the system from the rescue-disk and start services, the network, edit my yaboot.conf file and run X. But I didn't really know what to do to fix this problem... //ernie
iMac boot problem
I have an iMac 333Mhz with a 6 Gig drive and 96MB RAM. I did a netboot and an FTP install of Mandrake PPC 8.2, and the install process seemed to go well. When it said I needed to reboot to start Mandrake, I did so. I get a bootloader menu and choose l for linux. Then Yaboot comes up, and soon it attempts to load the kernel. It then fails: hd:5,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem I tried going into OpenFirmware and entering: setenv boot-device hd:5,\\:tbxi Rebooting after this produces exactly the same results. Any ideas on how to get my iMac to boot Mandrake would be hugely appreciated. Thanks, Curtis __ Curtis Kline Residential Network Coordinator University of California Santa Barbara 805.893.4016 Voice 805.893.4766 FAX GnuPG Key Fingerprint 0E9B 4BAB B64D 9CB9 022C AB36 0CF6 E1D4 CCA5 F3AE Public key here: http://gollum.resnet.ucsb.edu/ckkey.txt
RE: iMac boot problem
Update: The reason I went with a network install was that the CDROM in this iMac was fried. Since I couldn't get it to boot, I gave up on that iMac and selected another one with the same specs (we have them coming out our ears). This one has a working CDROM, so I was able to do something I didn't do before: Initialize the hard drive by booting off a MacOS CD. Maybe that was my problem... So this time I did a CD install, and it went flawlessly. After all was installed, it rebooted just fine. I logged in as an unprivileged user and typed startx. The Mandrake first timer stuff came up, and I went through that. Now I have a new showstopper of a problem: While in KDE, the screen blanks out for about a second every 10 seconds or so. I cannot even imagine what could cause this! Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Remember, this iMac worked fine in MacOS, and works fine in Mandrake as long as X isn't running. I really want to have a Mandrake PPC graphical workstation on my desk, and I can't just keep switching iMacs.. I will eventually run out of options. Thanks, Curtis + -Original Message- + From: Curtis Kline + Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:50 PM + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + Subject: iMac boot problem + + + I have an iMac 333Mhz with a 6 Gig drive and 96MB RAM. I did a netboot + and an FTP install of Mandrake PPC 8.2, and the install process seemed + to go well. When it said I needed to reboot to start + Mandrake, I did so. + I get a bootloader menu and choose l for linux. Then Yaboot + comes up, + and soon it attempts to load the kernel. It then fails: + + hd:5,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem + + I tried going into OpenFirmware and entering: + + setenv boot-device hd:5,\\:tbxi + + Rebooting after this produces exactly the same results. + + + Any ideas on how to get my iMac to boot Mandrake would be hugely + appreciated. + + + Thanks, + Curtis + + + __ + Curtis Kline + Residential Network Coordinator + University of California Santa Barbara + 805.893.4016 Voice + 805.893.4766 FAX + + GnuPG Key Fingerprint + 0E9B 4BAB B64D 9CB9 022C AB36 0CF6 E1D4 CCA5 F3AE + Public key here: http://gollum.resnet.ucsb.edu/ckkey.txt + + +
Re: iMac boot problem
I had the same video problem, and I believe it's far from unique, I fixed it by following the info on this page: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcm=103369164309193w=2 Hope that helps, Ben Update: The reason I went with a network install was that the CDROM in this iMac was fried. Since I couldn't get it to boot, I gave up on that iMac and selected another one with the same specs (we have them coming out our ears). This one has a working CDROM, so I was able to do something I didn't do before: Initialize the hard drive by booting off a MacOS CD. Maybe that was my problem... So this time I did a CD install, and it went flawlessly. After all was installed, it rebooted just fine. I logged in as an unprivileged user and typed startx. The Mandrake first timer stuff came up, and I went through that. Now I have a new showstopper of a problem: While in KDE, the screen blanks out for about a second every 10 seconds or so. I cannot even imagine what could cause this! Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Remember, this iMac worked fine in MacOS, and works fine in Mandrake as long as X isn't running. I really want to have a Mandrake PPC graphical workstation on my desk, and I can't just keep switching iMacs.. I will eventually run out of options. Thanks, Curtis + -Original Message- + From: Curtis Kline + Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:50 PM + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + Subject: iMac boot problem + + + I have an iMac 333Mhz with a 6 Gig drive and 96MB RAM. I did a netboot + and an FTP install of Mandrake PPC 8.2, and the install process seemed + to go well. When it said I needed to reboot to start + Mandrake, I did so. + I get a bootloader menu and choose l for linux. Then Yaboot + comes up, + and soon it attempts to load the kernel. It then fails: + + hd:5,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem + + I tried going into OpenFirmware and entering: + + setenv boot-device hd:5,\\:tbxi + + Rebooting after this produces exactly the same results. + + + Any ideas on how to get my iMac to boot Mandrake would be hugely + appreciated. + + + Thanks, + Curtis + + + __ + Curtis Kline + Residential Network Coordinator + University of California Santa Barbara + 805.893.4016 Voice + 805.893.4766 FAX + + GnuPG Key Fingerprint + 0E9B 4BAB B64D 9CB9 022C AB36 0CF6 E1D4 CCA5 F3AE + Public key here: http://gollum.resnet.ucsb.edu/ckkey.txt + + +
RE: iMac boot problem
Quite nicely solved my problem. Thanks Ben (And Stew). I tried the second solution first, and that didn't solve it. As soon as I edited the XF86Config-4 file and restarted X, everything was fine. I love the easy fixes! Thanks again, Curtis + -Original Message- + From: Ben McGruer [mailto:ben;mcgruer.net] + Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 4:53 PM + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + Subject: Re: iMac boot problem + + + I had the same video problem, and I believe it's far from + unique, I fixed it + by following the info on this page: + http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcm=10336916 + 4309193w=2 + + Hope that helps, + Ben + + Update: + + The reason I went with a network install was that the CDROM + in this iMac + was fried. Since I couldn't get it to boot, I gave up on + that iMac and + selected another one with the same specs (we have them + coming out our + ears). This one has a working CDROM, so I was able to do + something I + didn't do before: Initialize the hard drive by booting off + a MacOS CD. + Maybe that was my problem... + + So this time I did a CD install, and it went flawlessly. + After all was + installed, it rebooted just fine. I logged in as an + unprivileged user + and typed startx. The Mandrake first timer stuff came up, + and I went + through that. Now I have a new showstopper of a problem: + While in KDE, + the screen blanks out for about a second every 10 seconds or so. I + cannot even imagine what could cause this! Any ideas would + be greatly + appreciated. + + Remember, this iMac worked fine in MacOS, and works fine in + Mandrake as + long as X isn't running. + + I really want to have a Mandrake PPC graphical workstation + on my desk, + and I can't just keep switching iMacs.. I will eventually run out of + options. + + + Thanks, + Curtis + + + + -Original Message- + + From: Curtis Kline + + Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:50 PM + + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + + Subject: iMac boot problem + + + + + + I have an iMac 333Mhz with a 6 Gig drive and 96MB RAM. I + did a netboot + + and an FTP install of Mandrake PPC 8.2, and the install + process seemed + + to go well. When it said I needed to reboot to start + + Mandrake, I did so. + + I get a bootloader menu and choose l for linux. Then Yaboot + + comes up, + + and soon it attempts to load the kernel. It then fails: + + + + hd:5,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem + + + + I tried going into OpenFirmware and entering: + + + + setenv boot-device hd:5,\\:tbxi + + + + Rebooting after this produces exactly the same results. + + + + + + Any ideas on how to get my iMac to boot Mandrake would be hugely + + appreciated. + + + + + + Thanks, + + Curtis + + + + + + __ + + Curtis Kline + + Residential Network Coordinator + + University of California Santa Barbara + + 805.893.4016 Voice + + 805.893.4766 FAX + + + + GnuPG Key Fingerprint + + 0E9B 4BAB B64D 9CB9 022C AB36 0CF6 E1D4 CCA5 F3AE + + Public key here: http://gollum.resnet.ucsb.edu/ckkey.txt + + + + + + + + + + +
RE: iMac boot problem
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Curtis Kline wrote: Update: The reason I went with a network install was that the CDROM in this iMac was fried. Since I couldn't get it to boot, I gave up on that iMac and selected another one with the same specs (we have them coming out our ears). This one has a working CDROM, so I was able to do something I didn't do before: Initialize the hard drive by booting off a MacOS CD. Maybe that was my problem... So this time I did a CD install, and it went flawlessly. After all was installed, it rebooted just fine. I logged in as an unprivileged user and typed startx. The Mandrake first timer stuff came up, and I went through that. Now I have a new showstopper of a problem: While in KDE, the screen blanks out for about a second every 10 seconds or so. I cannot even imagine what could cause this! Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. A couple of workarounds, one or the other should work: 1) Add Option composite_sync off To /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Above: BusID PCI:0:17:0 Would be a good place. (17 is my machine - yours may vary) 2) Disable X's i2c driver mv /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libi2c.a /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libi2c.a.bad Remember, this iMac worked fine in MacOS, and works fine in Mandrake as long as X isn't running. Sure it works in MacOS, Apple owns the hardware and OS :) Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcr=1w=2
Problem with video on iMac
Hello, Ive tried to read through the archives, but, unfortunately, most of the explanations didnt help because I dont know what Im reading. Im very new to Linux, and am having a problem with the PPC version of Mandrake 8.2. The installation would only work in Text Install mode. Any time I tried to use the graphical install, I would just get a blue screen with a cursor in the middle (the X). The cursor wouldnt move. Once I got it installed, I was able to boot into yaboot and fire up Linux (pressing l). At that point, I type linux and it goes through its bootup process. When it goes to switch to the next phase (X-Windows or KDE, I presume) all I get is a black screen. No cursor, no pointer no nothing. I can assume from the archives that this is a display driver problem. From there, I am quite lost. Ive no clue where to go or how to go about troubleshooting the problem. If anyone can give me a hand, Id appreciate it. Thanks much. Gabe Knuth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with video on iMac
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Gabe Knuth wrote: Hello, I've tried to read through the archives, but, unfortunately, most of the explanations didn't help because I don't know what I'm reading. I'm very new to Linux, and am having a problem with the PPC version of Mandrake 8.2. The installation would only work in Text Install mode. Any time I tried to use the graphical install, I would just get a blue screen with a cursor in the middle (the X). The cursor wouldn't move. Once I got it installed, I was able to boot into yaboot and fire up Linux (pressing l). At that point, I type linux and it goes through it's bootup process. When it goes to switch to the next phase (X-Windows or KDE, I presume) all I get is a black screen. No cursor, no pointer - no nothing. I can assume from the archives that this is a display driver problem. From there, I am quite lost. I've no clue where to go or how to go about troubleshooting the problem. If anyone can give me a hand, I'd appreciate it. Thanks much. Start out with linux 3, which will boot to console mode, rather than straight into X. Post the output of: cat /proc/fb lspcidrake The video card is what I'm interested in. There should also be an X log from your previous run: /var/log/XFree86.0.log Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
RE: Problem with video on iMac
](B) [11] 0 0x000a - 0x000a (0x1) MS[B] [12] 0 0x000b - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B] [13] 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000b (0x8000) MS[B] [14] 0 0x0400 - 0x04ff (0x100) IS[B] [15] -1 0x - 0x (0x1) IX[B] [16] -1 0x - 0x (0x1) IX[B] [17] -1 0x0400 - 0x04ff (0x100) IX[B](B) [18] 0 0x03b0 - 0x03bb (0xc) IS[B] [19] 0 0x03c0 - 0x03df (0x20) IS[B] drmOpenDevice: minor is 0 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenDevice: minor is 0 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenDevice: minor is 0 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is 7, (OK) drmGetBusid returned '' (II) R128(0): [drm] loaded kernel module for r128 driver (II) R128(0): [drm] created r128 driver at busid PCI:0:16:0 (II) R128(0): [drm] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0xc5829000 (II) R128(0): [drm] mapped SAREA 0xc5829000 to 0x30018000 (II) R128(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0x9400 (II) R128(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel (II) R128(0): [agp] Mode 0x07000201 [AGP 0x106b/0x0020; Card 0x1002/0x524c] (II) R128(0): [agp] 8192 kB allocated with handle 0xc582c000 (II) R128(0): [agp] ring handle = 0x (EE) R128(0): [agp] Could not map ring (WW) R128(0): [agp] AGP failed to initialize -- falling back to PCI mode. (WW) R128(0): [agp] Make sure you have the agpgart kernel module loaded. (II) R128(0): [pci] 8192 kB allocated with handle 0xc627b000 (II) R128(0): [pci] ring handle = 0xc627b000 (II) R128(0): [pci] Ring mapped at 0x30847000 (II) R128(0): [pci] Ring contents 0x (II) R128(0): [pci] ring read ptr handle = 0xc637c000 (II) R128(0): [pci] Ring read ptr mapped at 0x3001a000 (II) R128(0): [pci] Ring read ptr contents 0x (II) R128(0): [pci] vertex/indirect buffers handle = 0xc637d000 (II) R128(0): [pci] Vertex/indirect buffers mapped at 0x30948000 (II) R128(0): [pci] Vertex/indirect buffers contents 0x (II) R128(0): [drm] register handle = 0x9000 (II) R128(0): [dri] Visual configs initialized (II) R128(0): CCE in BM mode (II) R128(0): Using 8 MB AGP aperture (II) R128(0): Using 1 MB for the ring buffer (II) R128(0): Using 2 MB for vertex/indirect buffers (II) R128(0): Using 5 MB for AGP textures (II) R128(0): Memory manager initialized to (0,0) (800,2457) (II) R128(0): Reserved area from (0,600) to (800,602) (II) R128(0): Largest offscreen area available: 800 x 1855 (II) R128(0): Reserved back buffer from (0,602) to (800,1202) (II) R128(0): Reserved depth buffer from (0,1202) to (800,1803) (II) R128(0): Reserved depth span from (0,1802) offset 0x2bfe80 (II) R128(0): Reserved 4352 kb for textures at offset 0x3bfc40 (==) R128(0): Backing store disabled (==) R128(0): Silken mouse enabled (II) R128(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA) Screen to screen bit blits Solid filled rectangles 8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles Solid Lines Dashed Lines Offscreen Pixmaps Setting up tile and stipple cache: 30 128x128 slots (II) R128(0): Acceleration enabled (II) R128(0): Using hardware cursor (scanline 3606) (II) R128(0): Largest offscreen area available: 800 x 651 (**) Option dpms on (**) R128(0): DPMS enabled (II) R128(0): Dotclock is 0 Mhz, setting ecp_div to 0 (II) R128(0): Cannot access BIOS or it is not valid. You will need to specify options Rage Thanks for your help. Gabe -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Stew Benedict Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 2:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Problem with video on iMac On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Gabe Knuth wrote: Hello, I've tried to read through the archives, but, unfortunately, most of the explanations didn't help because I don't know what I'm reading. I'm very new to Linux, and am having a problem with the PPC version of Mandrake 8.2. The installation would only work in Text Install mode. Any time I tried to use the graphical install, I would just get a blue screen with a cursor in the middle (the X). The cursor wouldn't move. Once I got it installed, I was able to boot into yaboot and fire up Linux (pressing l). At that point, I type linux and it goes through it's bootup process. When it goes to switch to the next phase (X-Windows or KDE, I presume) all I get is a black screen. No cursor, no pointer - no nothing. I can assume from the archives that this is a display driver problem. From there, I am quite lost. I've no clue where to go or how to go about troubleshooting the problem. If anyone can give me a hand, I'd appreciate it. Thanks much. Start out with linux 3, which will boot to console mode, rather than straight
RE: Problem with video on iMac (more)
kernel module for r128 driver (II) R128(0): [drm] created r128 driver at busid PCI:0:16:0 (II) R128(0): [drm] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0xc5829000 (II) R128(0): [drm] mapped SAREA 0xc5829000 to 0x30018000 (II) R128(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0x9400 (II) R128(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel (II) R128(0): [agp] Mode 0x07000201 [AGP 0x106b/0x0020; Card 0x1002/0x524c] (II) R128(0): [agp] 8192 kB allocated with handle 0xc582c000 (II) R128(0): [agp] ring handle = 0x (EE) R128(0): [agp] Could not map ring (WW) R128(0): [agp] AGP failed to initialize -- falling back to PCI mode. (WW) R128(0): [agp] Make sure you have the agpgart kernel module loaded. (II) R128(0): [pci] 8192 kB allocated with handle 0xc627b000 (II) R128(0): [pci] ring handle = 0xc627b000 (II) R128(0): [pci] Ring mapped at 0x30847000 (II) R128(0): [pci] Ring contents 0x (II) R128(0): [pci] ring read ptr handle = 0xc637c000 (II) R128(0): [pci] Ring read ptr mapped at 0x3001a000 (II) R128(0): [pci] Ring read ptr contents 0x (II) R128(0): [pci] vertex/indirect buffers handle = 0xc637d000 (II) R128(0): [pci] Vertex/indirect buffers mapped at 0x30948000 (II) R128(0): [pci] Vertex/indirect buffers contents 0x (II) R128(0): [drm] register handle = 0x9000 (II) R128(0): [dri] Visual configs initialized (II) R128(0): CCE in BM mode (II) R128(0): Using 8 MB AGP aperture (II) R128(0): Using 1 MB for the ring buffer (II) R128(0): Using 2 MB for vertex/indirect buffers (II) R128(0): Using 5 MB for AGP textures (II) R128(0): Memory manager initialized to (0,0) (800,2457) (II) R128(0): Reserved area from (0,600) to (800,602) (II) R128(0): Largest offscreen area available: 800 x 1855 (II) R128(0): Reserved back buffer from (0,602) to (800,1202) (II) R128(0): Reserved depth buffer from (0,1202) to (800,1803) (II) R128(0): Reserved depth span from (0,1802) offset 0x2bfe80 (II) R128(0): Reserved 4352 kb for textures at offset 0x3bfc40 (==) R128(0): Backing store disabled (==) R128(0): Silken mouse enabled (II) R128(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA) Screen to screen bit blits Solid filled rectangles 8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles Solid Lines Dashed Lines Offscreen Pixmaps Setting up tile and stipple cache: 30 128x128 slots (II) R128(0): Acceleration enabled (II) R128(0): Using hardware cursor (scanline 3606) (II) R128(0): Largest offscreen area available: 800 x 651 (**) Option dpms on (**) R128(0): DPMS enabled (II) R128(0): Dotclock is 0 Mhz, setting ecp_div to 0 (II) R128(0): Cannot access BIOS or it is not valid. You will need to specify options RageTheatreCrystal, RageTheatreTunerPort, RageTheatreSVideoPort and TunerType in /etc/XF86Config. (II) Loading sub module i2c (II) LoadModule: i2c (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libi2c.a (II) Module i2c: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.2.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) R128(0): I2C bus Rage 128 multimedia bus initialized. (II) R128(0): *** 0x106d3b28 versus 0x106d3b28 (II) R128(0): Timeout condition on rage128 i2c bus Thanks again. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Gabe Knuth Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 5:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Problem with video on iMac Hi, The result of cat /proc/fb was: 0 ATY Rage128 The result of lspcidrake was: unknown : Apple Computer Inc.|Uni-North AGP Interface Card:ATI Rage 128: ATI|Rage 128 VR AGP 1x/2x unknown : Apple Computer Inc.|UniNorth Host-PCI Bridge unknown : Apple Computer Inc.|Keylargo Mac I/O Controller usb-ohci: Apple Computer Inc.|Keylargo USB Controller usb-ohci: Apple Computer Inc.|Keylargo USB Controller unknown : Apple Computer Inc.|UniNorth Host-PCI Bridge gmac: Apple Computer Inc.|UniNorth GMAC Ethernet controller unknown : Virtual|Hub [] unknown : Y-E Data, Inc.|FlashBuster-U [Mass Storage|Floppy (UFI)|Control/Bulk/Interrupt] unknown : Virtual|Hub [] unknown : Apple Computer|Apple Keyboard Hub [ALPS] [] unknown : Apple Computer|iMac Keyboard [ALPS M2452] [Human Interface Devices|Boot Interface Subclass|Keyboard] Mouse:USB|1 button: Apple Computer|iMac Mouse [Human Interface Devices|Boot Interface Subclass|Mouse] ... On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Gabe Knuth wrote: Hello, I've tried to read through the archives, but, unfortunately, most of the explanations didn't help because I don't know what I'm reading. I'm very new to Linux, and am having a problem with the PPC version of Mandrake 8.2. The installation would only work in Text Install mode. Any time I tried to use the graphical install, I would just get a blue screen with a cursor in the middle (the X). The cursor wouldn't move. Once
RE: Problem with video on iMac (more)
Ahh - i2c 2 ways to work around it: Option composite_sync off in the Device section of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (below BusID would work) or disable the i2c driver cd /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/ mv libi2c.a libi2c.bad Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
RE: Problem with video on iMac (more)
Great! Thanks. The first solution didn't work, but the second one did the trick. Would it be too much trouble to explain to me the problem, what i2c is, and so on? I'm very new, and would appreciate all the info I can get. I've been doing the Microsoft thing way too long. Also, is there anything I'm going to miss now that I have disabled i2c? Thanks again, Gabe [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Stew Benedict Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 6:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Problem with video on iMac (more) Ahh - i2c 2 ways to work around it: Option composite_sync off in the Device section of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (below BusID would work) or disable the i2c driver cd /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/ mv libi2c.a libi2c.bad Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
RE: Problem with video on iMac (more)
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Gabe Knuth wrote: Great! Thanks. The first solution didn't work, but the second one did the trick. Would it be too much trouble to explain to me the problem, what i2c is, and so on? I'm very new, and would appreciate all the info I can get. I've been doing the Microsoft thing way too long. Also, is there anything I'm going to miss now that I have disabled i2c? I'm not entirely sure what the underlying problem is. I know it crept in at the tail end of the 8.2 cycle when we where reworking X for other r128 issues. Probably a bad combination of patches or an endian issue. I don't think you're going to miss out on much, as you're still using the native ati driver, rather than fbdev. It's not present on all r128, and on Mach64 it manifests itself as an interest flashing phenomena. Thanks again, Gabe [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Stew Benedict Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 6:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Problem with video on iMac (more) Ahh - i2c 2 ways to work around it: Option composite_sync off in the Device section of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (below BusID would work) or disable the i2c driver cd /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/ mv libi2c.a libi2c.bad Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
Re: Software Manager Problem
On Sat, 2002-08-31 at 06:09, Tobias Giesen wrote:
on a fresh 8.2 bluebird install again, Software Manager doesn't work
properly either.
Selecting packages, checking dependencies all goes by nicely. It also
prompts for the CDROM correctly. But then it says, for example:
Fetching glibc-devel-.
but the progress bar doesn't show any progress, and after a while it
says:
Unfortunately, some packages were not installed due to some errors.
None of my filesystems are more than 50% full. Any ideas?
Update grpmi from updates manually, then start rpmdrake. That should
fix the problem.
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RE: Keyboard problem etc.
Hello, thanks very much, I received your replies today! Best wishes, Tobias
KPackage problem
Hello, 8.2 on a Yosemite, fresh install: Trying to use the Package Manager KPackage, I have the following problem: it doesn't show a list of available packages. It only shows Installed, Updated (none), Empty (none), and All=Installed. Clicking on Reload doesn't make a difference. How do I select new packages? Thanks. Tobias --- Tobias Giesen, Composer Developer of TGTools www.tobiasgiesen.de www.tgtools.com ---
Re: Software Manager Problem
On Sat, 31 Aug 2002, Tobias Giesen wrote: Hello, on a fresh 8.2 bluebird install again, Software Manager doesn't work properly either. Selecting packages, checking dependencies all goes by nicely. It also prompts for the CDROM correctly. But then it says, for example: Fetching glibc-devel-. but the progress bar doesn't show any progress, and after a while it says: Unfortunately, some packages were not installed due to some errors. None of my filesystems are more than 50% full. Any ideas? Get the update to grpmi. The version shipped in 8.2 was broken. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
Re: KPackage problem
On Sat, 31 Aug 2002, Tobias Giesen wrote: Hello, 8.2 on a Yosemite, fresh install: Trying to use the Package Manager KPackage, I have the following problem: it doesn't show a list of available packages. It only shows Installed, Updated (none), Empty (none), and All=Installed. Clicking on Reload doesn't make a difference. How do I select new packages? I'm on an x86 machine at the moment, and just tried this app. It crashed first off (this is 8.2 also - not cooker). It doesn't appear to use the urpmi database, so to add packages, you actually need to browse to a directory where they reside, at least that seemed to work here. The Mandrake, rpmdrake uses the urpmi database, which will show available packages from your CD media or network locations. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
Software Manager Problem
Hello, on a fresh 8.2 bluebird install again, Software Manager doesn't work properly either. Selecting packages, checking dependencies all goes by nicely. It also prompts for the CDROM correctly. But then it says, for example: Fetching glibc-devel-. but the progress bar doesn't show any progress, and after a while it says: Unfortunately, some packages were not installed due to some errors. None of my filesystems are more than 50% full. Any ideas? Best wishes, Tobias --- Tobias Giesen, Composer Developer of TGTools www.tobiasgiesen.de www.tgtools.com ---
Re: Keyboard problem
On Sat, 31 Aug 2002, Tobias Giesen wrote: Hello, I installed 8.2 twice and this problem, too, was identical on both installations: After booting right into the X login, the keyboard's keys are all confused, for example: pressing 2 produces an f pressing q produces a y pressing TAB produces an r So typing in my password is _really_ difficult, but I figured it out. Within the desktop environment, I have to manually specify my desired keyboard layout each time. Any ideas? Do you know if you're using XFree or XPmac? Xpmac is less than friendly with non-us keyboards, since it doesn't read the /etc/X11/XF86Config files. It is run by a script in /usr/X11R6/bin/Xpmac, where you could call out the proper keymap. (This script could use some work. methinks) If it's XFree, it should be picking up the right keymap from the config files. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
Keyboard problem
Hello, I installed 8.2 twice and this problem, too, was identical on both installations: After booting right into the X login, the keyboard's keys are all confused, for example: pressing 2 produces an f pressing q produces a y pressing TAB produces an r So typing in my password is _really_ difficult, but I figured it out. Within the desktop environment, I have to manually specify my desired keyboard layout each time. Any ideas? Best wishes, Tobias --- Tobias Giesen, Composer Developer of TGTools www.tobiasgiesen.de www.tgtools.com ---
Re: weird kde3 problem -- won't launch anything
On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Isaac wrote: ok, it's back. I think. Haven't tried rebooting yet. But downgrading seems to have worked. For the archives: Cooker: don't use it on a machine (or perhaps partition) your life depends on. Seriously, just don't even go there. I was warned and did it anyway. Now I know. Just Don't. Thanks everybody for the tip to downgrade glibc. I'm glad it worked, but if you really want to play cooker, bypassing the glibc upgrade is only going to lead you to more trouble downstream. It's a core piece of the pie, and everything is being built against it. I think I've said this before, but you either have to go all the way in cooker, or stick with 8.2, you can't mix/match very successfully. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
weird kde3 problem -- won't launch anything
hi, ok, i broke my kde3... anybody know what causes this one? i get something similar trying to launch any kde app or kde itself. korganizer: relocation error: /usr/lib/libDCOP.so.4: undefined symbol: _ZN14QPtrCollection7newItemEPv A little history... This was an 8.2 setup, with the kde3 from contribs working fine. Then I thought it would be real clever to update the C libs and try out the newer kde3 and some Cooker goodies like Mozilla 1.0. Bad Idea. Now I can only use gdm and Gnome (no kdm). Argh. Anyway, I can't easily re-install because my internal CD drive is dead, and I can't boot off my external USB CD. Too bad, that would be much easier than trying to fix this mess. Also FYI, I'm able to boot a ramdisk and get to the installer, but it won't recognize the USB CD drive (only the dead internal one), so I can only do a network install of Cooker, which fails anyway, because it can't download the packages for some reason. Is there a better way I'm missing? Any help would be appreciated, I urgently need some things from kmail. here is a listing of relevant packages that are installed. # rpm -qa | grep -e qt -e kde -e arts | sort arts-1.0.1-13mdk kdeartwork-3.0.1-3mdk kdebase-3.0.1-16mdk kdegraphics-3.0.1-7mdk kdelibs-3.0.1-13mdk kdemultimedia-3.0.1-7mdk kdemultimedia-aktion-3.0.1-7mdk kdenetwork-3.0.1-5mdk kdepim-3.0.1-6mdk kdeutils-3.0.1-5mdk libarts-1.0.1-13mdk libqt2-2.3.1-29mdk libqt3-3.0.3-4mdk libqt3-devel-3.0.3-4mdk xmms-arts-0.4-8mdk -i
Re: weird kde3 problem -- won't launch anything
Anne et Bertrand wrote: Upgrading you glibc from cooker semms to be a bad idea. When I tried, I had the same kind of problems. Yes, and I know better, too. I thought maybe it would be OK this time. Ha. Shouldn't you just downgrade your glibc and attached packages to solce the problem (did you ?) ? And you could compile the cooker packages you want from cooker on your 8.2. But won't that break a lot of the cooker packages I installed? (I upgraded a bunch, but how many actually need the newer glibc?) -i
Re: weird kde3 problem -- won't launch anything
ok, it's back. I think. Haven't tried rebooting yet. But downgrading seems to have worked. For the archives: Cooker: don't use it on a machine (or perhaps partition) your life depends on. Seriously, just don't even go there. I was warned and did it anyway. Now I know. Just Don't. Thanks everybody for the tip to downgrade glibc. -i
Re: stupid printing problem w/KDE CUPS
Yup, I get it all the time. Let the list know if you get a fix. Rick From: Isaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 00:48:09 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: stupid printing problem w/KDE CUPS hello, anybody heard of this one? when printing from KDE apps, the document prints all the way to the very bottom of the page. then on the next page, it starts at the very top, with a bit of overlap from the bottom of the previous page (nothing is missing, but it's annoying to have to decipher where the overlap is). this is consistently a problem in kmail, konqueror, korganizer, kword, etc., and consistent across at least the two different printers I've tried (an epson inkjet via USB and an HP laser running with lprng on a separate box on the LAN). problem is the same with KDE 2.x and 3.0 thanks for any tips... i don't even know where to start looking for this one. --i
stupid printing problem w/KDE CUPS
hello, anybody heard of this one? when printing from KDE apps, the document prints all the way to the very bottom of the page. then on the next page, it starts at the very top, with a bit of overlap from the bottom of the previous page (nothing is missing, but it's annoying to have to decipher where the overlap is). this is consistently a problem in kmail, konqueror, korganizer, kword, etc., and consistent across at least the two different printers I've tried (an epson inkjet via USB and an HP laser running with lprng on a separate box on the LAN). problem is the same with KDE 2.x and 3.0 thanks for any tips... i don't even know where to start looking for this one. --i
Re: Mouse/Trackpad problem Airport question
On 4 May 2002, Nick Texidor wrote: Out of curiosity, is there anywhere that has these little bits of information? Any websites somewhere? If not, then I might look at adding a page to mine that answers a lot of these (basic?) questions, i.e., the little anomalies such as mouse problems require a reboot, and where to set ESSID's for airport networks. It's wonderful having you and Ben here, but I really don't know where to start looking to get some of these questions answered. I'm not a new Linux user, yet I felt like it with some of these questions this morning... there doesn't appear to be any documentation that has the answers to these sorts of questions. Phil had put together a nice FAQ after 8.0, perhaps it could use some revisions. I believe a copy is on the CD under Tutorials, as well as on the web space where Phil maintains the tutorials. I'm sure he's open to additions. HE also just circulated an errata document he's proposing to publish, here on the list, yesterday I believe. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 Is the FAQ, and it looks like Phil has done some updating (thx Phil!) One of the other ones that totally eludes me is how to tell trackpad to always disable tap option. I recall that you answered this question once with a 'read the documentation'... but unless I'm looking in the wrong places, I see no documentation for trackpad. So this is another good candidate for a LM PPC FAQ. Maybe we need a generic LM FAQ site, which is easy to use to find this sort of information. I think Ben grabbed your trackpad question. When all else fails, I alsways try the standard gnu/unix --help: [stew@powerbook-cooker SPECS]$ /sbin/trackpad --help usage: trackpad notap|tap|drag|lock|sysconfig Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
keyboard problem during install
During a fresh 8.2 install my keyboard freaked out on me right around the summary page. At least that's when I noticed it wasn't working right anymore. I finished the install just with the mouse and it worked fine after I rebooted. So I have no idea what the deal was... -- Ben Reser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ben.reser.org What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? - Ghandi
Re: keyboard problem during install
A couple of other folks have mentioned similar behavior. I don't know what's happening there. The keyboard is setup pretty early on in the install, and as far as I know it's not modified, unless some package install is doing something. I noticed this too, with the 8.2 install. Right around the time I had to set up my bootloader, my keyboard mappings became completely screwed up. I tried to type in the message that I wanted to appear on yaboot, but I ended up with 'y' ;-). Luckily I was able to finish the install with my mouse, and after I rebooted, everything worked fine. Weird... -- Peter R. Wood - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://prwdot.org/
Re: keyboard problem during install+modem
On Fri, 3 May 2002, Emmanuel FAVRE-NICOLIN wrote: I also have a problem with the modem (internal imac modem). It has been working in the first time (very well) and then it was never found any more. Is module macserial loaded and an alias for it in /etc/modules.conf? [stew@powerbook-cooker failure]$ /sbin/lsmod | grep macserial macserial 38980 0 (autoclean) [stew@powerbook-cooker failure]$ grep serial /etc/modules.conf alias serial macserial -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
Re: keyboard problem during install
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 08:24:01AM -0400, Peter R.Wood wrote: I noticed this too, with the 8.2 install. Right around the time I had to set up my bootloader, my keyboard mappings became completely screwed up. I tried to type in the message that I wanted to appear on yaboot, but I ended up with 'y' ;-). Luckily I was able to finish the install with my mouse, and after I rebooted, everything worked fine. Weird... Yup this is preciously the problem I had. Except I noticed it when I tried to setup my printer. I just finished with the mouse and setup the printer via mcc after reboot. -- Ben Reser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ben.reser.org What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? - Ghandi
Mouse/Trackpad problem Airport question
Hi, I have a couple of problems that I can't seem to figure out, the first making it almost impossible to go and look for the answer to the second. So I apologise in advance if these are questions I could go and find myself! :^) 1) My trackpad has stopped responding and I can't get it back. Anything I select in Mousedrake doesn't seem to make any difference. If I run mousedrake, what should I select to get the trackpad working? Or is there more to it than that? This is on a G3 Powerbook. 2) If I can get the mouse working, I will go and look for the answer to this question, but until then, if anyone knows how I can specify the ESSID for my airport network at bootup I'd be very grateful. At the moment, when Mandrake boots, I can't connect to the network, but if I run iwconfig eth0 essid netname it all works. I know these are probably basic questions, but I think they are pretty fundamental if PPC is going to be more attractive to users. LM 8.2 on the PPC is great, but there are a few things that I think are pretty basic that just don't seem to be very easy to work out. The mouse issue should be straight forward, but I just can't seem to get it working again. Thanks Nick On Sat, 2002-05-04 at 08:26, Henrik Edlund wrote: On Fri, 3 May 2002, Stew Benedict wrote: SB supermount disabled? supermount is enabled. Is that wrong? It is the default on 8.2. -- http://www.edlund.org/
Re: Mouse/Trackpad problem Airport question
On 4 May 2002, Nick Texidor wrote: Hi, I have a couple of problems that I can't seem to figure out, the first making it almost impossible to go and look for the answer to the second. So I apologise in advance if these are questions I could go and find myself! :^) 1) My trackpad has stopped responding and I can't get it back. Anything I select in Mousedrake doesn't seem to make any difference. If I run mousedrake, what should I select to get the trackpad working? Or is there more to it than that? This is on a G3 Powerbook. Check the following: [stew@powerbook-cooker failure]$ dmesg | grep usb usb.c: registered new driver hid input1: USB HID v0.01 Mouse [Logitech USB-PS/2 Mouse] on usb1:2.0 Also look at the links for /dev/mouse [stew@powerbook-cooker failure]$ ls -l /dev/mouse lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 13 May 2 22:06 /dev/mouse - /dev/usbmouse [stew@powerbook-cooker failure]$ ls -l /dev/usbmouse lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 15 May 2 22:06 /dev/usbmouse - /dev/input/mice A test I use at times is from the console: cat /dev/mouse and move the mouse and see if you get characters (or any of the above mouse device links) Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
Re: Mouse/Trackpad problem Airport question
On Sat, 2002-05-04 at 09:33, Stew Benedict wrote: On 4 May 2002, Nick Texidor wrote: Hi, I have a couple of problems that I can't seem to figure out, the first making it almost impossible to go and look for the answer to the second. So I apologise in advance if these are questions I could go and find myself! :^) 1) My trackpad has stopped responding and I can't get it back. Anything I select in Mousedrake doesn't seem to make any difference. If I run mousedrake, what should I select to get the trackpad working? Or is there more to it than that? This is on a G3 Powerbook. Check the following: [stew@powerbook-cooker failure]$ dmesg | grep usb usb.c: registered new driver hid input1: USB HID v0.01 Mouse [Logitech USB-PS/2 Mouse] on usb1:2.0 Also look at the links for /dev/mouse [stew@powerbook-cooker failure]$ ls -l /dev/mouse lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 13 May 2 22:06 /dev/mouse - /dev/usbmouse [stew@powerbook-cooker failure]$ ls -l /dev/usbmouse lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 15 May 2 22:06 /dev/usbmouse - /dev/input/mice A test I use at times is from the console: cat /dev/mouse and move the mouse and see if you get characters (or any of the above mouse device links) hmmm.. interesting!! I tried the one button usb mouse before, and it didn't work. However, this time, after checking all the above, and then rebooting it worked. So it seems that I can't reconfigure the mouse without a reboot... no wonder I couldn't get it back. THANK YOU AGAIN STEW!!! I seem to have lost my F11 F12 settings though... I'll do some searching. Nick
Re: Mouse/Trackpad problem Airport question
On 4 May 2002, Nick Texidor wrote: hmmm.. interesting!! I tried the one button usb mouse before, and it didn't work. However, this time, after checking all the above, and then rebooting it worked. So it seems that I can't reconfigure the mouse without a reboot... no wonder I couldn't get it back. THANK YOU AGAIN STEW!!! I seem to have lost my F11 F12 settings though... I'll do some searching. The installed version of mousedrake isn't PPC aware, it will wipe out your mouse-button emulation: /etc/sysctl.conf: dev.mac_hid.mouse_button_emulation = 1 dev.mac_hid.mouse_button2_keycode = 87 dev.mac_hid.mouse_button3_keycode = 88 Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
Re: Mouse/Trackpad problem Airport question
On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 09:11:01PM +1000, Nick Texidor wrote: you're a legend Stew!! Out of curiosity, is there anywhere that has these little bits of information? Any websites somewhere? If not, then I might look at adding a page to mine that answers a lot of these (basic?) questions, i.e., the little anomalies such as mouse problems require a reboot, and where to set ESSID's for airport networks. It's wonderful having you and Ben here, but I really don't know where to start looking to get some of these questions answered. I'm not a new Linux user, yet I felt like it with some of these questions this morning... there doesn't appear to be any documentation that has the answers to these sorts of questions. FYI the ESSID's are not PPC or even Airport specific. Same setup is used for wireless on x86 Mandrake. Not sure about other distributions... One of the other ones that totally eludes me is how to tell trackpad to always disable tap option. I recall that you answered this question once with a 'read the documentation'... but unless I'm looking in the wrong places, I see no documentation for trackpad. So this is another good candidate for a LM PPC FAQ. Maybe we need a generic LM FAQ site, which is easy to use to find this sort of information. This should answer your trackpad issue: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcm=100069829128957w=2 -- Ben Reser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ben.reser.org What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? - Ghandi
Re: Powerbook G4 problem
if you are tring to install, whan you get the boot options screen type install-radeon you get these lines when there is a problem with your video card settings mike From: Paul Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Powerbook G4 problem Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 14:27:51 +0100 I'm having difficulty booting the CD on a mark2 Powerbook - 667MHz, 512MB RAM, Radeon video, DVDROM drive, gigabit ethernet. The boot hangs within a split second of it printing the text Booting Mandrake Linux PPC (I might have the text wrong, I only see a quick flash of it). Then the screen is filled with vertical lines and there's no more out of it. I had exactly the same problem with beta2. I have previously installed SuSE 7.3 and Yellowdog 2.1 from CD on this machine. Paul. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
Re: Powerbook G4 problem
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 02:27:51PM +0100, Paul Kelly wrote: I'm having difficulty booting the CD on a mark2 Powerbook - 667MHz, 512MB RAM, Radeon video, DVDROM drive, gigabit ethernet. The boot hangs within a split second of it printing the text Booting Mandrake Linux PPC (I might have the text wrong, I only see a quick flash of it). Then the screen is filled with vertical lines and there's no more out of it. I had exactly the same problem with beta2. I have previously installed SuSE 7.3 and Yellowdog 2.1 from CD on this machine. Is this the installer? And are you trying to install with the 2.2 kernel? In my experience Mandrake's 2.2 kernel does not work on Titanium's. I have no idea why it just always hangs right after the Booting message you were referring to. -- Ben Reser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ben.reser.org What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? - Ghandi
Re: Powerbook G4 problem
Michael Marcucio wrote: if you are tring to install, whan you get the boot options screen type install-radeon you get these lines when there is a problem with your video card settings The problem is I don't get the opportunity to do that. The box is hung and displaying no text within a split second of Booting Mandrake Linux PPC There's no boot: prompt at which I could enter options. There's no boot options screen. Paul.
Re: Powerbook G4 problem
Ben Reser wrote: I'm having difficulty booting the CD on a mark2 Powerbook - 667MHz, 512MB RAM, Radeon video, DVDROM drive, gigabit ethernet. The boot hangs within a split second of it printing the text Booting Mandrake Linux PPC Is this the installer? Yes. And are you trying to install with the 2.2 kernel? I don't get a chance to select anything, so it's whatever kernel it's trying to load from El Torrito. Paul.
Re: Powerbook G4 problem
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Paul Kelly wrote: Ben Reser wrote: I'm having difficulty booting the CD on a mark2 Powerbook - 667MHz, 512MB RAM, Radeon video, DVDROM drive, gigabit ethernet. The boot hangs within a split second of it printing the text Booting Mandrake Linux PPC Is this the installer? Yes. And are you trying to install with the 2.2 kernel? I don't get a chance to select anything, so it's whatever kernel it's trying to load from El Torrito. I had a similar machine in house, and in fact used it to rework the graphical installer for the Radeon machines. At the point you're describing, there is no kernel involved yet, it's ofboot/yaboot, and there is definitely no El Torrito involved. Are you sure your burn is OK? Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
Re: Powerbook G4 problem
Stew Benedict wrote: Are you sure your burn is OK? Well, the md5sum checked out on the ISO, both for the release and the beta2 I tested. There were no burn errors and I've not had problems with discs from that burner before. Paul.
Re: Powerbook G4 problem
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Paul Kelly wrote: Stew Benedict wrote: Get into Open Firmware (cmd-option-of at pwer-up) boot cd:,yaboot Should get you to the yaboot prompt. I tried booting through Open Firmware before. No joy. With the command above I get: 0 boot cd:,yaboot cd:,yaboot, unknown word ok Interesting. Here's another variation I just tried on the iMac: boot cd:,\boot\yaboot and it worked. You make get to the same scrambled screen though that you say with CD boot, as the first thing you see from there is Welcome to Mandrake Linux! Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
Re: Powerbook G4 problem
Stew Benedict wrote: Are you sure your burn is OK? I think it's the Powerbook drive somehow. The md5sum on the disc checks out fine when I dd it back on the burner, or on the DVDROM drive in my desktop PC. Unfortunately if I try to dd it back with the Powerbook under OS X, what I get is a remarkably good random number generator. For CD 1 I'm running: dd if=/dev/disk1 bs=2k count=332802 | md5sum -b Shouldn't I expect this to work in OS X? I get no errors in the terminal or in system.log. dd reports reading the right number of blocks, no errors. Funny thing is if I go through the filesystem and md5sum each of the RPM files, they all check out 100%. Very odd. I'll try a net install if I get a chance. BTW, boot cd:,\boot\yaboot wasn't accepted at the OF prompt either. Paul.
problem with keyboard
Hi people, After installation when I boot on X the keyboard is another then my italian keyboard setting on installation process. If I boot without X the kbd is correct. Does anyone can help me to turn in the fair kbd on X? Thanks in advance Salvatore Comito
Re: mdk 8.0 language problem
Le 2002.04.17 15:02, Lovebirds a écrit : Hi there. Got a Power Mac 4400/200, trying to install MAndrake 8.0 and or 8.2 However I can´t get the åäö right (hm tricky for you maybe who doesn´t use these normally...) That´s right I live in sweden. I have marked premier language in KDE but it doent´s help. There´s no sound either. I used kernel 2.2 Any clues out there. /Kosotie -- http://www.justabananer.nu/shop En fruktrik handling! DIN BÄSTA EKO-HÄLSOSHOP ! http://www.justabananer.nu/rawfoodshop Fruitarianism, Webshop, RAWFOOD SUPERHEALTH ! I'm running Mdk-8.0 on a Motorola Starmax-180 (exactly the same machine). For your åäö problem, is it a keymap problem ? You could try to get the keymaps from Yellowdog and try them... Is it in console ? in X ? Maybe it's just a question of police ? Did you try with different polices, choosen with the good ISO-8859-xx ? Hi. Well, I tried to write in the terminal (shell?) but it still without åäö. So the problem is not only in the X, so far I can tell. I was just wondering : does XFree-4.2 run well on your machine (you're running ATI Mach64VT for video, isn't it ?) ? I tried Xfree4.0 on Mdk-8.0 and it crashed my machine. Nope, I use the other kind, Xppc (or something like that) Xfree also gave me problem. You could run kernel 2.4 without any major problem (I experienced some problem with the mouse and the new input layer, but a clean install with kernel-2.4 let it be correctly detected). At least 2.4.4 from Mdk8.0. With it, you can have an accelerated framebuffer which runs well in 16bit colors. And if you run Xpmac for video, it will be a little smoothier (it's evident with Gnome : menus are displayed much faster) I never succedeed in having 2.4.17 running : it crashed. I don't know why. Any more clues? Could it have to do with the kernel I use? 2.2 19-? Kosotie -- http://www.justabananer.nu/shop En fruktrik handling! DIN BÄSTA EKO-HÄLSOSHOP ! http://www.justabananer.nu/rawfoodshop Fruitarianism, Webshop, RAWFOOD SUPERHEALTH !
Re: appletalk laserwriter printer problem
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Jeroen Diederen wrote: I will have a look at it one of these days, do you happen to have the link for the (old) netatalk homepage ? Thank you ! man pap On your system, after netatlk is installed. Thanks Christiaan, I didn't know about pap. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
Re: appletalk laserwriter printer problem
Jeroen Diederen wrote: Hi folks, just another question, maybe I shouldn't ask it here, I don't know... How can I 'see' and use my Appletalk Apple Laserwriter 320, connected via a Appletalk/Ethertalk bridge to a hub, connected to my iMac with the GMAC ethernet card ? Jeroen It is an uphill battle to print to an Appletalk device, but is possible. I did it a couple of years ago, and it was not high on my list of favorite experiences. :-) Lots of custom /etc config files and trial-N-error testing. But, it did work. The following links were helpful: http://www.umich.edu/~rsug/netatalk/ http://www.anders.com/projects/netatalk/ I ended up eventually swapping the Appletalk only printer for one with a parralel port and a cheap TPC/IP print server ($60.00 D-Link DP-101). The printserver supported AppleTalk, so it shows up in the Chooser for Macs and was printable by all platforms using TCP/IP. WAY faster too. Best.. Tom Loscheider
