ianw1974

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This will ensure that you have absolutely everything your system depends on to make sure nothing is out-of-date.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!

 

Hello,

 

Thank you for contacting Intel® Technical Support.

 

Due to the wide variety of Linux* distributions available, Intel has decided to base

most of its Linux-based driver information on Red Hat* and SuSE*, unless otherwise

noted.  Limited support is provided for Linux from Intel. Typically, Intel provides

drivers, as applicable, to the major Linux distributions.

 

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

usr/src/linux-2.6.11-6mdk/drivers/char/agp

, 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).

I have a Gigabyte system board that has NVidia stuff on it. However, there isn't any video built into the board as such. You still have to have an AGP card. I bought a Gigabyte ATI Radeon 9250 R925 version.

 

I'm assuming that agpgart is reporting what's on the motherboard, but not what is in the AGP slot. Or maybe it is, and I need to use NVidia drivers?

 

UseInternalAGP is set to No, and I know it's running before I run startx. I checked before to make sure, and then ran, but still no joy with glxgears or OpenGL.

Can you boot Linux, then go into Configure Your Computer, and then the boot section, and then on the LILO menu screen, there will be a "windows" option. Can you click the Edit button, and tell me what it says. Might be similar to:

 

/dev/hdxy (x represents a letter, a, b, c, and y the number). Eg, on mine /dev/hda1

OK, nothing listed on Creative's website.

 

When you did the alsaconf, did it ask if you wanted to probe the non-legacy stuff, to see what it came back with?

 

I noticed, you are running alsa-1.0.6 on your machine. We can update this if necessary quite simply.

 

Let me know if you are able to probe non-legacy.

OK, just checking on the driver status with Creative Labs and what dependencies!

 

Update shortly.

Hi Becky,

 

Just replied to your pm, pm me back when you're ready - we'll continue there.

Can you post the /var/log/boot.log

 

I'll have a look and see what's happening.

I just checked, and all that matches exactly correct. Doing the ls -R gives me agpgart.ko.gz

 

agpgart appears to be loaded as it mentions nvidia-agp against it. However, I do have an ATI Video card, so unsure of what's happening here!

Did you run alsaconf?

 

1. At CLI prompt, type "su" and press enter.

2. Enter root password.

3. Type "alsaconf" and configure to find sound cards.