[newbie] Can't shutdown (locks at IPVS)
I can't get my system to shutdown completely. it started after I installed the Nvidia rpm's from Mandrakeuser.org. When I log out from KDE, I'm at a console prompt. Then I issue Shutdown now command. I get a graphic showing me all these processes being shut down. Then it stops at unloading (or clearing) IPVS . I have to an Alt-PrintScrn R-S-E-I-U to shutdown. Any suggestions on what could be going on. (I followed instructions for installing NVida drivers - everything checks out in the XF86Config-4 file) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Searching for Image Browser
You can also try CompuPic.. but it's commercial software.. you can download a trial version of the Pro or Standard: http://www.photodex.com/products/index.html (Linux and Windoze versions) At 09:01 PM 11/27/01 -0500, you wrote: GQview, included in most Gnome installs is a very fast and useful image browser. You can set it to view thumbnails as well. -Paul RodrÃguez On Tue, 2001-11-27 at 13:21, Jim Dawson wrote: I am looking for an image browser, i.e. a program to display a thumbnail image of every .jpg/.gif/.bmp/.png/etc file in a directory. Konqeror has a image preview mode, but it leaves a little to be desired. Ximian Gnome included one that was pretty good, but I don't remember what it is called. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Nvidia drivers Success...NOT!
I spoke too soon about having Nvidia drivers working I think I screwed something up yesterday. After Tux Racer locked up, I re-read the docs for the Nvidia drivers and went and modified the PAM security module (as suggested if OpenGL apps exit with an error): I disabled the security feature by editing the /etc/security/console.perms file. I removed the line that starts with dri amd tjem reset the permissions on the NVidia device files by doing: chmod 0666 /dev/nvidia* chown root /dev/nvidia* Then rebooted... Well, then I couldn't log in as a regular user.. only as root. So after 5 failed attempts to log in as a user.. the login locked me out and displayed an error message about line 79 in the /etc/security/console.perms file. That line 79 was trying to do something with the nvidia device files (which now were owned by root). I logged in as root, and UNDID the changed to the console.perms file. Only I couldn't remember what were the original permissions for the nvidia device files were, so I left them as owned by root. AFter this I was able to log in as a USER, but when I tried to Shutdown my system.. it locked during shutdown process Well, I just gave up then and did a re-install of Mandrake 8.1 (or rather an upgrade) - to revert all my settings (and hopefully all system files) back to square one. So, now I'm at square one... no nvidia drivers installed I'll try to install the drivers again. I figured something went wrong by me using the rpm drivers at first, then trying the tar files, then modifying that console.perm file.. so I'll stick with ONE set of driver files this time. if I use the tar files I'll try the patches that Onur sent me At 12:56 PM 11/25/01 +0200, Onur wrote: Here is a patch for the nvidia drivers, meant to be used with the tar.gz ones. May you verify if it it fixes your problem ? Just put them in the nvidia kernel driver source diretory and execute ss. Btw, make sure you dont have Load dri and Load GLcore in your XF86Config(-4). GLcore is loaded by nvidia drivers when necessary only! Onur Kucuk Attachment Converted: C:\EUDORA\Attach\00-slab-1541.gz Attachment Converted: C:\EUDORA\Attach\10-devfs-1541.gz Attachment Converted: C:\EUDORA\Attach\ss Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] NVidia Drivers (SUCCESS)
Yeah,thanks from me, too. I was having trouble with the Nvidia RPM's from the Mandrakeuser.org site. I was able to install the rpm's. X would start. The Nvidia logo would appear and I'd get to the KDE desktop. BUT, OpenGL wouldn't work. 1) I didn't know how to quit X. or boot up without X starting. Solved: Thanks to the user who pointed me to the Documentation on Mandrakeuser.org, I was able to change my configuration to boot into console instead of X. 2) Instead of using the rpm's, I download the tar files from Nvidia's linux driver site, unzipped them and did a make install (which some users recommended rather than using rpms 3) edited the XF86Config-4 file as the instructions said. Rebooted. Now i can get the OpenGL screensavers and Tux Racer to work. THANKS. Only slight problem.. when I finished a race in Tux Racer, the system locked and wouldn't respond (tried Ctrl-Alt-F1, etc but no good).. Ctrl-Alt-Delete didn't work either. I had to press Reset button. At 12:08 PM 11/24/01 -0500, you wrote: OK Everyone, it workedwell sort of! I installed the kernel portion with no problems at all but, when I installed the GLX portion I received a WARNING. It seems that libGL.so.1.2 belonged to a conflicting MESA rpm, so the install was smart enough to rename the file to XXX.libGL.so.1.2.RPMSAVE for mecool! The first time I tried to startx, I got all kinds of messages but NO X Don't know what was wrongI poured over the XF86Config-4 file until I noticed a sample file came with the package. While viewing it, I noticed that instead of: Load dbe Load glx being on top of each other, their was a #COMMENT section between them. SO, I made the change and then rebooted! Alas, it loaded X but, OpenGL programs were still not working. I per viewed the xsessions-erros file which stated that the nvidia driver modules permissions were too restrictive. I noticed that the modules were given the permissions: rw_ _ _ _ _ _ _ and most others were: rw_ rw_ _ _ _ so, I changed these as well. Now everything works! After getting back online and researching the permission thing, I found that I was supposed to solve this problem another way. ie: Removing the line that starts with dri in the file /etc/security/console.perms Something about my security module for the PAM system making the changes of permissions of nvidia device files. I see it also tells me to change the permissions manually as welllike I already did. Anyway, to make a long story short, it all works, so far so good! Thanks to all who took the time to walk me through this process. I can't express the gratitude I have for your assistance. By the way, should I still remove the line that begins with: dri in my /etc/security/console.perms file? :) Thank you all very much, I've now graduated 1st grade! Roger On Thursday 22 November 2001 12:55 am, I received the following message: I'm going to try to install the NVidia Drivers from their web site onto my system. I find so much conflicting information in all the installation guides and readme files that I'm totally confused. I have an idea of what I'm supposed to do but...? -- Registered Linux User 244036 Since August 2001 - LM8.0 Open Source = Freedom Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
