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  1. nForce 4 SLi cpua nd system temps

    in Hardware

    Posted · Edited by Slagathor

    When I installed, I had to do the no apic kernel at inital boot. because otherwise it would just sit there at finding the HDD controller.

    I have a Maxtor SATA HDD.

     

     

    But I went ahead and tryed it, and, it shows the same as lm_sensors cept for video card, theres a heading called therm, that sits at 40, never moving.

     

    Could the no-apic kernel, I specified on inital boot from DVD be causing the problems????

  2. nForce 4 SLi cpua nd system temps

    in Hardware

    Posted

    LM_Sensors doesnt detect the sensors for the CPU or system, just video card.

    I have a EVGA NF41-SLi motherboard with a EVGA 7800 GT running a AMD 64 +3700 San Diego core CPU, with Mandriva 2006.

     

    I desperatly want to start clocking this thing, but, I have to way to monitor temps.

    (plus I run Folding@Home, and the thjing can get a bit warm, even at default speeds)

     

     

     

    Any help will be greatly appreciated.......

  4. logitech quickcam communicate STX [solved]

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Can you guys tell me what you did? I am new and not sure where to start. I have mandriva 2006. Logitech quickcam and cant get it to work. what is the driver you all talked about? step by step would be awsome. Thanks in advance.

     

     

     

    Heres what I did.

     

    Got these drivers http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Download/sp...20060101.tar.gz

     

    extracted them, then opened a console in that folder (theres directions in an install file also)

    make clean

    make

    su to root

    make install

     

    Fired up gqcam and there it was (I may have modeprobe spca5xx, I cant remember right off)

  9. LILO, SATA HDD, IDE HDD, Mandriva, and XPee

    in Hardware

    Posted

    I have Xpee on a small partition on the SATA drive.

    I also have 2k on the IDE drive.

     

    Here my entire lilo.conf

    When I installed Mandriva, I had the IDE HDD just there for storage, I had XPee on the SATA, then installed Linux on the SATA. It listed the IDE as Windows, even though there was no install on it.

    Xpee was listed as Windows 1, so I would select that and get to XPee.

     

    Now, when I want to get to 2k, which is on the IDE HDD I just select it to boot off that HDD in the BIOS.

     

    Perhaps we can work out what the problem is....... :cheesy::cheesy:

     

    # File generated by DrakX/drakboot
# WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file

default="linux"
boot=/dev/sda
map=/boot/map
keytable=/boot/us.klt
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
disk=/dev/sda bios=0x80
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="linux"
root=/dev/sda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/sda7 splash=silent"
vga=788
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="linux-nonfb"
root=/dev/sda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/sda7"
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="failsafe"
root=/dev/sda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="failsafe acpi=ht resume=/dev/sda7 devfs=nomount"
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label="windows"
table=/dev/hda
map-drive=0x80
   to=0x81
map-drive=0x81
   to=0x80
other=/dev/sda1
label="windows1"
table=/dev/sda
map-drive=0x80
   to=0x81
map-drive=0x81
   to=0x80

  11. LILO, SATA HDD, IDE HDD, Mandriva, and XPee

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Anytime you install a windows system, remove lilo or any other bootloader. It's better for windows. If lilo or grub is present, windows is trained to "repair" the boot loader and possibly the partition. That means it will try to wipe other file systems. Don't give it the chance.

     

    Myself, I would simply relocate lilo/grub to the sata drive.

     

     

    I can do this in MCC correct??????

     

    Under BOOT, then leave BOOT LOADE TO USE alone, and change boot device from /dev/hda to /dev/sda correct???? IF I do this AFTER I reinstall XPee or 2k, will it still load it up?????

     

     

    Then I can unplug the SATA drive, and put XPee or 2k on the IDE drive. and save all 200 wonderful gigs for Linux...... :headbang::headbang:

  12. LILO, SATA HDD, IDE HDD, Mandriva, and XPee

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Well, XPee and Mandrake are on the 200gig SATA drive.

     

    I have a crusty old install of XPee on a 10gig partition on the SATA drive.

    I wanted to reinstall XPee or 2K so to have a fresh install so I can run benchies.

     

    ANywase, ya, LILO is on the 20gig HDD, thats just used for storage.

    Right now bios is set to boot of the 20gig (IDE 1).

    If I set it to boot from SATA I get a bunch of numbers and crap start to scroll.....heh

     

     

    So, I will give it a try, it's not like I will loose anything, just reinstall some apps if I do manage to fubar it. Just got to remember, dont format my /home partition....... :cheesy::cheesy:

  13. LILO, SATA HDD, IDE HDD, Mandriva, and XPee

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Ok, here goes, I hope this is in the right spot..........

     

     

     

    Ok, I have a 200gig SATA HDD, and a 20gig IDE HDD. When I installed Mandriva, I accidently put LILO on the 20gig IDE HDD.

    Now, I want to reinstall XPee or 2k on the little partition I had for XPee, on the SATA HDD.

    Now, the SATA doen not have a MBR, when I set bios to boot from SATA, nada, just some text ont he screen with no ryme or reason.... heh

    But anywase, to my question, Can I unplug my IDE drive with LILO on, install XPee or 2k on the usual partition, when I need to go to XPee or 2k set the SATA to boot first, then when I need to go back to Linux, set to boot off the IDE.

     

    I need a fresh install of XPee or 2K, for benching....... :twisted::twisted:

     

    [moved from Software by spinynorman]

  14. nVidia drivers

    in Tips and Tricks

    Posted · Edited by Slagathor

    But, I have had nothing but issues trying to update nVidia drivers for my 5900XT.

    nothing worked till I found this at nvnews.net.

     

    http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread...7608#post637608

     

     

    Here is whats posted:

     

    I have something that should get you up and running with the Nvidia drivers in Mandriva (and pretty much any mandrake version)

     

    1. Open a terminal and switch to the root user. Edit /etc/inittab and change the init from 5 to 3 and save and close.

     

    2. Go into the Mandrake Control Center and go to hardware. On the video card select the configure tab. Scroll down until you see xorg and look for the "nv" module and select it. Save and close.

     

    3. Make sure you've already downloaded the latest NVIDIA driver from NVIDIA.

     

    4. Log out, but don't reboot. When you log back on you will be using the nv driver. Open Mandrake control center and go to the uninstall part of the package manager. In the search box type kernel and hit the search button. You should see an nvidia-kernel.... package. Remove it. (Also, remove any other nvidia related packages)

     

    5. Once you've removed the nvidia packages, reboot the system. The system will boot up to non-graphical mode.

     

    6. Logon as root and switch to the directory where you saved the NVIDIA driver. Type chmod a+x NVIDIA*. This will make the package executable.

     

    7. Type ./NVIDIA* --extract-only. This will extract the package to the current working directory. Go into the new directory by typing cd ./NVIDIA*.

     

    8. From within the NVIDIA directory type ./nvidia-installer --add-this-kernel. This will build the nvidia module against the current kernel. (Make sure the kernel sources are installed.)

     

    9. Type ./nvidia-installer. The nvidia kernel module will be installed and you should get a message saying such.

     

    10. Go into the /etc/X11 directory and edit XF86Config. Look for the "nv" module under the device heading and change it to "nvidia". Save and exit.

     

    11. Edit /etc/modprobe.preload by adding "nvidia" to the list of modules. Also, the "via-agp" should be listed. (If you don't have a via chipset it should list the agp module for your chipset)

     

    12. Edit /etc/inittab and change the init back to 5 from 3.

     

    13. Reboot. Whala the driver should load.

     

    14. Logon and check the driver by opening a terminal, su to root, and type cat /proc/driver/nvidia/cards/0. It should show the proper card.

     

    Good Luck! Hope this helps!!!

     

     

    EDIT:

    Also, if you want to overclock your video card put.

    Option "Coolbits" "1"

    In your XF86Config under Device

     

    [moved from Hardware by spinynorman]

  15. Valve Petition

    in Everything Linux

    Posted

    I was refering to Steam, I kept getting some goofy error about access violations.

     

    Got it working now though......heh

     

    Didnt realise there was cedega 4.4.1-1, I was running 4.4.1.

     

    I know the petition is written very badly, glad I didnt write it.... :banana:

    (had I written it, it prolly would have been much worse...... :beer: )

  19. Anybody know of any software like this?

    in Software

    Posted

    I got Gkrellm and LM_sensors installed.

     

    What that Webtemp does is send a screenie of the temps, like the image up there, and ftp it to a websever or what ever, at diffrent intervals, I think I have it set to 15 minutes.

    Be a cool sig banner I think, but it just for windows....

     

    I should have been more clear on my question...... :D

  22. Logitech Quickcam Communicator STX

    in Hardware

    Posted · Edited by Slagathor

    I installed gqcam via MCC.

     

    Perhaps it's my install, things have been a little screwy this time around........

     

    (still trying to get digi cam and scanner working, but not a real high priority)

     

     

     

    I also dloaded the source for gqcam, and both user and root errors.

    GTK+ is installed.

     

     

    I dont know, oh well....... :D :D

  23. Logitech Quickcam Communicator STX

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Been Googling all day.

    So I thought I might post here. (cant hurt right)....heh

     

    I tryed gqcam but got this:

     

    [ziggy@Ziggy ~]$ gqcam
/dev/video: No such file or directory
[ziggy@Ziggy ~]$ su
Password:
[root@Ziggy ziggy]# gqcam
/dev/video: No such file or directory
[root@Ziggy ziggy]#

     

    Anybody got an idea what that means?????

     

    Tryed just about everything I can think of, which I think is rather limited..... :D :D

     

    Also tryed qc-usb, spca5xx........

     

    I am wide open to new things to try.....:D

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