ianw1974

Does the /var/log/boot.log give any additional error messages before or after the FAILED error for cpufreq?

OK, make sure you have all of them - main, contrib, updates, jpackage, plf-free, plf-nonfree. Then you won't have to worry about any dependencies being missing when software is installed. Hope it's all working now!

Have you tried using CTRL-ALT-F1 to get to a CLI so you can log in that way? Or, you could use the failsafe option from the menu. Then when at the CLI, you can edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf and ensure that: Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection exists in the file. Does that help resolve?

You definitely pointed at the correct mirrors for 10.1 and not 2005 by any chance? KDE 3.3 is usually installed when you upgrade to LE2005, so it's possible you could have a partial installation of LE2005. This can easily be checked, if you can get into KDE, go into the Software Media Manager, and then click "Edit" on one of the options and see if it mentions 10.2 or 2005 in the url line? You could resolve this in two ways: 1. Complete the upgrade fully to LE2005, by urpmi --auto-select --auto. This will upgrade every software component installed, so that they aren't out of sync. Afterwards, type updatedb, and then slocate rpmnew and check and compare these files, and replace their corresponding .conf file where necessary. Be careful with this though, don't replace group.conf, even if there is a group.conf.rpmnew file. 2. Reinstall 10.1, so that you have a completely clean system, and point to the 10.1 mirrors for urpmi.

See above note, I posted just before you :P Mine does the same, basically, get the dependencies on first, and you should be OK.

Actually, I've just checked, and it does the same on mine, before I've even attempted to download. Try installing mythmusic first, and see if that helps resolve for you. I noticed that when I selected mythmusic, it mentioned another dependency. You'll have to work through, hopefully there aren't too many, and get the dependencies installed first, then try the myth-suite afterwards. The dependency I have for mythmusic, is related to libflac. Get this library on first, then you should be able to get mythmusic after that.

What urpmi sources have you got configured: In Software Media Manager, hopefully your list includes: main contrib jpackage updates plf-free plf-nonfree I was having problems with PLF mirrors earlier, it could be that your specific mirror is not contactable, or you're missing a urpmi source that one of the objects is included in.

There's also: linux failsafe which may also be an option to help, although the majority are caused by ACPI and APIC.

Try a "linux noapic" instead of the "noacpi" option, see if that helps? I think you can also put them together so it'd read: linux noacpi noapic

Have you tried defragmenting the NTFS partition in Windows? Also, run a chkdsk /f within Windows as well prior to the defragmentation. This will need to run when the system is rebooted, as it cannot do it whilst it's up-and-running. See if that helps.

Or upgrade with lots of those devel packages you're not keen on :P

Aww, what's wrong with all them devel packages :-) I noticed on LE2005, that kaffeine is still there in the task list, but 0% usage. All I can think is it's like a fast-start for when you launch it again.

I've just installed kaffeine on 10.1 OE without any problems, and it works OK, and cleanly closes down too, without leaving anything in memory. I downloaded from their website http://kaffeine.sourceforge.net I think it was (since it's not in my urpmi repository). It did require that I install a load of dependencies, which seemed to be development libraries mostly. I also used this same download for the install on my LE2005 system, since it was an upgrade from 10.0 OE - 10.1 OE - LE2005 (long story why the 10.1, sound probs), rather than use the urpmi repository to install it. Again, there were those development dependencies to install. Anyway, I found that after installing and testing it, it all seemed to work perfectly fine. What I have noticed is the urpmi repository on LE2005 has 0.6-1, and the download I have is 0.6-2. I'm not sure whether you're running the LE2005 0.6-1 version, or whether it's 0.6-2, but if you are, might be worthwhile installing the 0.6-2 and see if this resolves your problem.....

Have you added the section to xorg.conf, when the optical mouse hasn't been connected, and seen whether it remains after a reboot (still with optical disconnected)? And then, connected the optical mouse and booted, and seen if it's still there, and disconnect and reboot again, to see if the section is there that you added when the mouse wasn't connected?

CD2 and CD3 could have had problems when you downloaded them, or it might be a media problem in the sense that certain areas of the disk cannot be read. Have you tried burning new copies of these to see if it resolves the problem? There is another alternative for installing software, if CD2 and 3 are still problematic, and you really don't want to download them again. First, you'd need to set up your URPMI sources: http://www.mandrivausers.org/easyurpmi Visit this link, and set up for main, contrib, updates, jpackage, plf-free and plf-nonfree. Once these have been added to your repository you can use Software Media Manager to remove CD2 and CD3. Then it will pull the software from the urpmi sources, but you need an internet connection to get them. If they are important, you may want to try downloading these two CD's again, and go from there.

Have you set up your urpmi mirrors? If not, visit: http://www.mandrivausers.org/easyurpmi You need to set up for: main contrib updates jpackage plf-free plf-nonfree This will allow you to ensure you're system is update using MandrakeUpdates, and also to install additional software (without hunting around the internet for it - although sometimes you do have to). Once you do have these set up. Go into System/Configuration/Packaging/Install Software. You can then search for libstd, and it will list all the available ones. You'll need the one that relates to libstd++5 or similar naming.

Still working on this. Got a load of dependencies to install, and I cannot communicate with any PLF mirrors whatsoever!!!

It could also be: linux noacpi or you could also try linux noapic

Ok, the source is on OK. Did you type uname -r to see if your running kernel matches the source? You don't need to be root to run this command, and will report something like: kernel-2.6.8.1.24 if you're running the same kernel as the source you have installed above. By default, the kernel for 10.1 is kernel-2.6.8.1-12 unless the newer kernel has been installed.

When you boot, might be an option to run the installer with acpi turned off. I think the command is: linux acpi=off (or it may not need the linux before, and just type acpi=off - check the F1 help screen for some samples, but use acpi=off somewhere in there). When you boot from the CD/DVD, don't press enter, but F1, and then you can type the command yourself and see if that helps.

When did this start to appear? Was it after an upgrade of Azureus? I've known problems with the upgrade, it's normally best to download the latest version, and remove the old, and install the new.

Is an option in your BIOS for Plug and Play set to be controlled by the OS? If so, this can be the cause of some hardware issues. I had similar issues once, and changed it to another setting (can't remember what it was, there's only two, that one, and OS).

OK, looks like the load and unload are files that are going to run those commands. If they're not already executable, you can make them with the chmod +x filename (ie: chmod +x load) Do you have your kernel source installed. Type uname -r to check the version of kernel currently running, and then install the source for it. Check in /usr/src that a linux@ exists, and that it points to your current kernel source that matches your kernel version. To check, when in /usr/src type ll and it will give a long listing format, or ls -l if you prefer. If you already have the source etc, not to worry, just thought I would post just to make sure.....

Looks like I posted at the same time. The updates you've done shouldn't have caused a problem to Firefox as such. I've managed to update my 10.1 OE without it affecting Firefox. If you reinstalled over the top, remove the directory, so that all the files are created again from scratch. As mentioned above, reinstall to the same location, just make sure no files for Firefox exist first.

Have you had any system crashes at all? Does it give any error messages? It may be worthwhile reinstalling it, as it only takes a minute, and see if that resolves the issue. If you know where it's currently located, remove the directory, in case there is some sort of file corruption, and then reinstall to the same location (so any existing desktop icons you've set up, are working)