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Basically what happens is that when I scroll up and down in my Firefox browser, sometimes the words get chopped. For example, on the word chopped I would be missing the top of the h and the d. Sometimes even more than this! I've tried both those but it seems none of those options are available for me to run, not installed, as I don't use gnome.

To get the kernel-2.6.11-6mdk, you'll need to do the following: 1. Visit http://www.mandrivausers.org/easyurpmi 2. Choose 2005 and click Next. 3. For the "Main" option, select a location near to you. 4. Click Next. 5. Near the bottom of the page it will give you a urpmi.addmedia text. Highlight all this then copy it. 6. Run your CLI prompt, and su and enter root password. 7. Paste the text (CTRL-V) and press enter. Depending on the speed of your internet link, this will take a little while. Once you've done this, type: urpmi kernel-2.6.11-6mdk It will then install the updated kernel. Then, within KDE, go to System/Configuration/Packaging/Software Media Manager, and then remove the media called "Main". This will stop any conflicts for the future. We're only using the 2005 media source to get the updated kernel and only for this reason. Or just type from the CLI (make sure su and root password supplied first): urpmi.removemedia main . You should now have the updated kernel installed, reboot, and then su and root password again, and then alsaconf to configure the soundcard.

Update: Put intel-agp and i915 in the modprobe.preload file in case this would help. Unfortunately it didn't, but this is the point I'm at now, so any help appreciated in how to go further.

I have ko.gz, so I must be ok there then. I've just disabled intel_agp, and enabled i915 in it's place. I reconfigured the driver, and then added the section DRI and Mode 0666 to the xorg.conf. I restarted X, but still have the same errors before. Still no idea as to how to get OpenGL working etc.

Are your urpmi sources configured for main, contrib, jpackage, update, plf-free and plf-nonfree? The reason why you might not be able to get this are because the sources aren't configured for it.

Here is the lsmod: lsmod Module Size Used by sg 34268 0 scsi_mod 115784 1 sg i915 17344 1 drm 58388 2 i915 md5 3648 1 ipv6 232320 8 snd-seq-dummy 2596 0 snd-seq-oss 31584 0 snd-seq-midi-event 6208 1 snd-seq-oss snd-seq 47472 5 snd-seq-dummy,snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq-device 6796 3 snd-seq-dummy,snd-seq-oss,snd-seq snd-pcm-oss 49056 0 snd-mixer-oss 17248 1 snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0 29216 1 snd-ac97-codec 75256 1 snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm 80776 3 snd-pcm-oss,snd-intel8x0,snd-ac97-codec snd-timer 20324 2 snd-seq,snd-pcm snd-page-alloc 7588 2 snd-intel8x0,snd-pcm snd 46980 11 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-seq-device,snd-pcm-oss,snd-mixer-oss,snd-intel8x0,snd-ac97-codec,snd-pcm,snd-timer soundcore 7104 1 snd parport_pc 31652 1 lp 9864 0 parport 31624 2 parport_pc,lp af_packet 16232 0 pcmcia 18632 2 yenta_socket 19720 1 rsrc_nonstatic 9056 1 yenta_socket pcmcia_core 41504 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic video 13892 0 toshiba_acpi 4724 0 thermal 10600 0 tc1100-wmi 5188 0 processor 18164 1 thermal fan 3108 0 container 3040 0 button 4880 0 battery 7460 0 ac 3300 0 eepro100 27056 0 mii 4224 1 eepro100 ide-cd 36772 0 loop 13544 0 nls_iso8859-15 4288 1 ntfs 205368 1 intel-agp 20028 1 agpgart 28264 3 drm,intel-agp tsdev 6016 0 evdev 7744 0 usbmouse 4640 0 usbhid 43712 0 ehci-hcd 28648 0 uhci-hcd 28944 0 usbcore 106008 5 usbmouse,usbhid,ehci-hcd,uhci-hcd xfs 571544 1 exportfs 4512 1 xfs And the xorg.conf is here: cat xorg.conf # 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 <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<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 Load "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a" Load "synaptics" Load "dri" # direct rendering EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "gb" Option "XkbOptions" "" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "SynapticsMouse1" Driver "synaptics" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "EdgeMotionMinSpeed" "200" Option "MaxSpeed" "1.00" Option "MinSpeed" "0.8" Option "BottomEdge" "650" Option "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" "200" Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2" Option "UpDownScrolling" "0" Option "SHMConfig" "on" Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "75" Option "CircScrollDelta" "0.1" Option "LeftEdge" "120" Option "FingerLow" "14" Option "HorizScrollDelta" "20" Option "MaxTapTime" "180" Option "MaxTapMove" "110" Option "FingerHigh" "15" Option "VertScrollDelta" "20" Option "CircularScrolling" "1" Option "TopEdge" "120" Option "RightEdge" "830" Option "AccelFactor" "0.015" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Generic" ModelName "Flat Panel 1024x768" HorizSync 31.5-48.5 VertRefresh 40-70 # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1280x800 ModeLine "1280x800" 147.89 1280 1376 1512 1744 800 801 804 848 # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1680x1050 ModeLine "1680x1050" 214.51 1680 1800 1984 2288 1050 1051 1054 1103 # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1920x1200 ModeLine "1920x1200" 230 1920 1936 2096 2528 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor2" VendorName "Generic" ModelName "Flat Panel 1024x768" HorizSync 31.5-48.5 VertRefresh 40-70 # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1280x800 ModeLine "1280x800" 147.89 1280 1376 1512 1744 800 801 804 848 # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1680x1050 ModeLine "1680x1050" 214.51 1680 1800 1984 2288 1050 1051 1054 1103 # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1920x1200 ModeLine "1920x1200" 230 1920 1936 2096 2528 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "Intel Corp." BoardName "Intel 85x" Driver "i810" Screen 0 BusID "PCI:0:2:0" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device2" VendorName "Intel Corp." BoardName "Intel 85x" Driver "i810" Screen 0 BusID "PCI:0:2:1" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen2" Device "device2" Monitor "monitor2" DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" InputDevice "SynapticsMouse1" "AlwaysCore" Screen "screen1" Screen "screen2" RightOf "screen1" #Option "Xinerama" EndSection What I've noticed is that the i915 is bound to drm, but it's not bound to agpgart. I noticed that intel_agp is bound to agpgart along with drm. So what I've just done, is removed intel_agp from /etc/modprobe.preload to see if when I reboot, whether agpgart will grab the i915 that we just did the modprobe for earlier. Does this sound OK to you, or should I be leaving intel_agp in place? I'm assuming this is a generic one it has probed and found and might be the source of the problem?!?

OK, let us know how you get on!

Just done that, restarted X, but still have same probs. glxgears and glxinfo still reports the same info as above. Is there anything I should be doing after the restarting of X?

As an additional note, LE2005 doesn't support devfsd, even more so when you update the kernel to 2.6.11-6mdk. This is easily resolvable though, but first you need to do this: 1. urpmi udev and reboot. 2. su and supply root password. 3. chkconfig --list udev This will show whether udev is running, you need to look under runlevels 3 and 5 to make sure it's on. 4. At this point you can urpme devfsd to remove this. 5. Check this post for resolving any errors on bootup/shutdown. https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtop...&hl=boot+errors This is what I had issues with when I updated to udev and removed devfsd, but your system will run better for it, and you'll get no errors on bootup/shutdown afterwards because of the lack of support for devfsd in updated versions.

What network card are you using? What's the contents of nsswitch.conf and resolv.conf in /etc? The only thing I can think of is that something is missing. What sources do you have set up for urpmi? I have main, contrib, jpackage, plf-free, plf-nonfree, updates. Make sure nothing else is listed, then from the cli type the following: urpmi --auto-select --auto This will ensure that you have absolutely everything your system depends on to make sure nothing is out-of-date. Then, ensure you have the kernel-2.6.11-6mdk installed. This will bring your kernel up-to-date also. You may wish to install the kernel-source to match this as well. Report back what you find after the updating and rebooting? Also, press ESC on startup, to see if their are any errors posted here, and if so, please add your /var/boot.log so we can see what's happening.

When you upgrade to 2.6.11-6 you will get the latest alsa too! This is the easiest way to do it, rather than download and compile alsa. Once you have 2.6.11-6, you can reboot, and then run alsaconf to see if it picks up your card when running the latest version.

Contacted Intel, as I cannot install their drivers on Mandriva LE2005. It works fine with 10.1 by the way! Complains about agpgart module not being compiled into the kernel, although I have agpgart running on the system, etc, etc, etc. This is their response! So basically, what they're saying is that they won't help you out! Nice.....

I'm currently using the ones with LE2005, but I can't get OpenGL to work (screensavers games etc). If I run glxgears it fails, and glxinfo won't report back either. This is what I get: glxinfo name of display: :0.0 Loading required GL library /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 Segmentation fault glxgears Loading required GL library /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 Segmentation fault

I did do that, although it seems all that is in order. I just can't install the Intel drivers, because it tells me the module isn't compiled into the kernel. I seem to be missing something. ls -R gives me an agpgart.ko.gz lsmod | grep agpgart gives agpgart pointing to intel_agp So all that's in order! Perhaps missing agpgart.h or agpgart.o in usr/src/ where the kernel source is located.

In your BIOS, is there an option that says Plug and Play OS. Is it controlled by the OS or by the BIOS? I know of probs, if you have it set to be controlled by the OS. If you let the BIOS control it, Linux works better! What kernel version are you running? At the CLI, type uname -r and report back.

Update, there is an agpgart.h file. Is this what I'm looking for, or does it have to be agpgart.o?

I'm running MDV LE2005, and the video card is Intel 82852/82855. I downloaded the rpm from the Intel website, and went to install, but it says that agpgart module is not compiled into the kernel. I have ran the following command from the prompt: ls mod | grep agpgart agpgart 28264 3 drm,intel-agp This tells me that I have the module running. I checked for the following as well: ls -R /lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk/kernel | grep agpgart agpgart.ko.gz so this exists here. However, in , the file agpgart.o does not exist, which is why I think I'm experiencing problems installing the drivers. Does anyone know where I can get this file from, or how I can compile this module?

My Home PC: AMD Athlon XP 1800+ 1GB RAM Creative/NVidia Titanium Graphics 128MB 20GB Primary HDD 160GB Secondary HDD DVD-ROM DVD-RW Linux Mandrake 10.1 Official My Home Laptop: Toshiba Satellite Pro A10 Intel Celeron 2.2GHz 1GB RAM Intel 82852/82855 GM/GME Video Controller 20GB HDD DVD-ROM Linux Mandriva Limited Edition 2005 My Work PC: Dell Optiplex GX260 Intel Pentium IV 2.53GHz 512MB RAM ATI Radeon VE 40GB HDD DVD-ROM/CD-Writer Combo DVD-RW Linux Mandrake 10.1 Official

Since I've installed LE2005, I've noticed that the fonts look extremely peculiar and something isn't right. First, I changed everything to Sans, 9pt, and I have anti-aliasing on, because it looks even worse without it. Yet, I sometimes find, that, eg:, if I run mcc, all the fonts are really large. And sometimes in the browser windows, they look like you are reading a fax. Some lines only have half the words or part of them missing so you can just about read it. Any ideas as to what's going on?

I installed the xine-win32 and codecs today on LE2005, and if I tried to play a wmv the screen went blank, and I couldn't get it to come back, although you could see it flash now and again. Only option was turn off and on again (not clean I know, but I couldn't type anything or get any response from keyb or mouse). Sounds like I'm not the only one with media problems!

With regards to the registration wizard, I never use it. I just cancel when I load the system from scratch. I've not had any problems whatsoever with 10.0, 10.1 on loading. 10.2 or LE2005 is working on my system fine too, albeit the driver for the video I have a minor issue with but nothing major! Which version are you running? Community? Official? Community did have a lot of problems apparently, so run Official. I have found that if you have anything newer that has been released after the version you have, upgrading the kernel tends to assist in resolving these issues. My main process is: 1. Install 10.x from CD/DVD. 2. Cancel that registration screen (not needed). 3. Install all updates - Normal/Bug Fixes/Security. I then find that the system is fine. I have ran kernel 2.6-11-6 on 10.0 and 10.1 without any problems. As a note, I did originally download Red Hat 9.x (their last release before going commercial), and I couldn't even boot the thing to install on my machine. Mandrake/Mandriva worked every single time. In relation to your raid stripe set, how is this managed? Did you do it with software in Windows, or through the BIOS? Again, updating the kernel will help, and if you can perhaps download LE2005 and install this.

I did turn this on, after installing the drivers, and yet the problem still occurs. Any other ideas?

I upgraded, and found everything to work OK, except that my Intel graphics won't work. The drivers Intel have on their website will not install, saying that agpgart has not been compiled into the kernel, however it is there, loaded and running. The drivers installed fine on 10.1 OE and worked a treat. Since the upgrade to LE2005, I have lost the ability to run any OpenGL based software/screensaver. I tested with Frozen Bubble, and that won't even run!

Actually, I've just removed a few from the list above. I tested today and found that you can't really disable them. I'll explain: haldaemon, messagebus and harddrake were on my list for disabling. Whilst this may work for some users, if you add some additional hardware, you'll not be able to get it working. First off, I just enabled harddrake, so that when I plug in my usb hard drive, it'll pick it up. But it won't, unless haldaemon and messagebus are running as well. So, if you know you won't change your hardware, then fine, you can disable. Else, if you add some hardware and it doesn't work, then you need to enable these three, and then disable again after if you prefer! Personally, I'm gonna leave them running.

Update: I booted Windows, and the driver says Gigabyte Radeon 9250 (but driver details reports ATI versions of these files).