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Hi There! Since I compiled 2615 I have a few "symptoms" indicating threre are a few bugs in my config. Not quite sure what to do about it so I thought I d grep /var/log/messages and ask you all what's the situation. Practically, I have a ~30% failed booting where the system just stops after the 10 first lines of verbose -> reset button and it all starts as if nothing happen (not even a filesystem check). Otherwise my cdrom still is not that perfect it seems it doen t want to mount /media/cdrom (normal if there in no cd in the drive isn t it?) Code is a s folloW: [root@linux-box stephane]# tail -500 /var/log/messages |grep failed Mar 16 07:32:29 linux-box kernel: hda: IRQ probe failed (0xfffffcfa) Mar 16 07:32:29 linux-box kernel: hdb: IRQ probe failed (0xfffffcfa) Mar 16 07:32:29 linux-box kernel: hdb: IRQ probe failed (0xfffffcfa) Mar 16 07:32:33 linux-box netfs: Mounting other filesystems: failed Mar 16 07:32:33 linux-box mandi: bind failed Mar 16 07:32:33 linux-box mandi: mandi startup failed Mar 16 07:32:36 linux-box sshd[4896]: error: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use. Mar 16 07:32:49 linux-box mailman: python startup failed Mar 16 07:32:57 linux-box kernel: cdrom: open failed. Mar 16 07:32:57 linux-box automount[5966]: mount(generic): failed to mount /dev/cdrom (type iso9660) on /media/cdrom Mar 16 07:32:57 linux-box automount[5966]: failed to mount /media/cdrom Mar 16 07:33:41 linux-box smb: smbd shutdown failed Thanks! Stef

Thanx Tyme, I ll put it back on 75 then, that should do, I think I m human although I m French, that s super human isn t it??? lol Stef

Hi, Well, me neither, until I installed Windoz on my PC to try the software which comes with the MOBO, and there indeed there is a control of the fan possible with three position (low/medium and high) for both the CPU and the system fan. Stef

Hi Thanks Aishin, It does work perfectly now. The cd and DVD Writing and ISO creating works here too. Thanks to all, really great howtos, please keep the link alive and help newbies like me to make the most of the kernel! Stef

Hi John, ;) My monitor supports quite a few resolutions and refresh rates, is there a rule of thumb for what to use for the best comfort for the eyes etc...? You seem quite hot on the display side of the business! Anything to do with your job? Stef

Hi Ian! I ve followed your instructions and now the cdrom is mounted automatically on /media/cdrom... :D BUT (he he he) I still can t acces it if I click on the cdrom icon in the "devices" section of my KDE Desktop, Any Clue? Stef

I have the same Problem with my CDROM, I have to mount it manually. Stef

Hi Ian All done and it worked fien, only problem , as expected I lost my nvidia drivers because I suppose the kernel-source does not match the kernel. Sorry, I just went back to init3 and relaunched the NV installer and all is now in order, I will now try my software to see if all is ok. uname -a : Linux linux-box 2.6.15 #1 Sun Mar 12 17:58:03 GMT 2006 i686 AMD Athlon XP 3000+ unknown GNU/Linux I didn t need to touch Lilo, it was uodated automatically. Maybe a stupid question but do I leave my rpm update on automatic? Will the updates that I get from ftp servers be understood by the new Kernel or do the assume I still have the 2.6.12? :mellow: Stef

Hi there, I googled a bit to find out how to control the fan speed of my cpu cooler but can t find anything. I can do it on the gfx card via nvclock so I assume it s possible for the cpu too isnt it? System is Biostar SFF ideq 210v Stef

Mail sent, email back and I ll s send u a 11Mb file... Stef

Hi John, Thanks to let us use your space then! Actually I just had a look on the specs of your camera (good choice by the way) and you have a raw mode as well (ccd-raw). This is therefore relevant to your camera, shooting in raw mode avoids any dara loss via compressin thst you get with jpeg. Some people qualify it as the Digital film processing as you have control on all the features that are involved in the creation of the photo from digital data from the ccd. I tried Bibblelabs's software (£40 for the Lite version) and it is quite impressive. Nevetheless after a snow fall this morning and a few shots in my garden I compared both processing by Bibblelab and UFRaw a Gimp plugin for raw processing. Well I am still in favour of UFRaw and not only because it s free but Bibblelabs result seemed to increase the noise from the ccd quite a bit (I was shooting @ ISO 400). When I try to use their Ninja noise facility it invariably crashes, Therefore I will stick with the UFRaw Pluggin. Hope that comes useful! Stef :D PS: Get some rechargeable batteries and an Isun to charge them in solar power, I leave in UK (lvely sun all year long but only in my heart B) ) and it works a treat!

Hi Gowater, Yes Please I wiil be interrested, plz mail me the Link ! Stef PS A few mins later... I tried bibble labs' RAW converter and photo manipulation program, seems really good and powerful, I just though I d put the link for anyone interrested http://www.bibblelabs.com/download.html Sorry to mess up your thres John! ;)

Hi there, I have a Tungsten T2 and I use Kpilot with which you can use All facilities (including installing programs and running AvantGo). That works very well and is integrated with Kontact. Stef

Hi John, I am a recently (about 12 month) Linux User and mainly use Mandriva 2006. I am also passionate about Photography and have quite a bit of gear (Nikon SLR mainly and a fez lenses etc...). I used to use Photoshop but not anymore. When I switch my camera on (plugged in usb) KDE3.4 imediately opens a dialogue box where he asks me if I want to import the Photos. I then download the whole lot (copy NOT NOVE) and put them in a "buffer" directory named "raw". Then I pre-visualise the photos with DigiKam and erase the "rejects" (when I go out for shooting I take on average 200 shots a day). If some photos need just a bit of colour correction or a siple croping I use DigiKam. For other work I use Gimp 2.2 which does just the perfect work. Then I move all the final photos from "raw" into a more definite directory like "Maderira-2005" etc... ONLY THEN I remove the photos from my camera by formating because believe me, it will happen, enter at the wrong time and you start swearing, but a bit late cause the perfect photo is gone in the bin! Hope it helps, Enjoy your Kamera! Stef

Hi Ian! I enabled both fw and sba on my asus v9999 (fx6800 i think) and it did not make any significant improvement for quake4 or doom3 or glxgears. I am not sure what these two are suppose to increase... Cheers Stef

Hi I don t use a script but a Console, so far i ve tried Konsole and RXvt. Cheers! SOLVED! I was making the error of not putting my commands between two [ ' ] when running the command watch. watch -n 5 -d 'nvclock -i| grep temp>> nvtemp' records every 5 seconds the board and GPU temperature and output them as a stack in a file called nvtemp! Really great, thnks to all for your help! Stef

Here is the snapshot for nvclock -i (I did an alias for nvi = nvclock -i) I think it should be possible to insert in gkrellm's plugin fmonitor a command a bit like nvclock -i | grep temp >a file but so far that does not work. Any suggestion? Sorry here it is after : [stephane@linux-box ~]$ watch nvclock -i >>nvtry I get the file on the snapshot... Stef

Here is the output, but I want a history of temps during the game. [-- General info -- Card: nVidia Geforce 6800 Architecture: NV40 A1 PCI id: 0x41 GPU clock: 349.312 MHz Bustype: AGP -- Pipeline info -- Pixel units: 16 (1111b) Vertex units: 5 (110111b) HW masked units: pixel 0100b vertex 001000b SW masked units: None -- Memory info -- Amount: 128 MB Type: 256 bit DDR Clock: 698.625 MHz -- AGP info -- Status: Enabled Rate: 8X AGP rates: 4X 8X Fast Writes: Enabled SBA: Enabled -- Sensor info -- Sensor: Fintek F75375S Board temperature: 49C GPU temperature: 50C Fanspeed: 2504 RPM PWM duty cycle: 29.7% -- VideoBios information -- Version: 05.40.02.15.00 Signon message: ASUS V9999 VGA BIOS Version 5.40.02.15.AS07 Performance level 0: gpu 325MHz/memory 700MHz/1.20V VID mask: 3 Voltage level 0: 1.10V, VID: 0 Voltage level 1: 1.20V, VID: 1 Voltage level 2: 1.40V, VID: 2 [stephane@linux-box ~]$ Stef

Please someone must be Guru enought for this simple query!

Hi there, Still tweaking with my Asus 9999td (NV40 fx6800 128Mb) I want to know a couple of things : 1- I would like to record the temperature as I am playing to make a decision on the settings balancing risk and gain... I tried as follow: touch nvtry nvclock -i >>nvtry I thought this would give record and "pile" all the entries but it doesn't. I get a clean entry and the rest seems to be a mixture of ascii and text ! Probably a basic linux mistake, can anyone help? 2- nvclock gives me a temperature reading by accessing a sensor. Can this sensor reading be integrated in my gkrellm? 3- My system is a Ideq 210v from biostar. gkrellm gives me 3 temperature sensors and my Bios only shows one! I understand linux does have better access to the hardware but how can I find out which is which? One is CPU but what about the 2 others? Toaster? Iron? Thanks for your help, I m now gonna board my loft and I ll be back... Stef [moved from Software by spinynorman]

Thanx!!!!!

I have a dvd as rar files and am trying to unrar it via Ark and here is the message: The utility unrar is not in your PATH. Please install it or contact your system administrator Probably a simple problem but can t see the answer?

I use mine for internet browsing/communiocation etc, for Gaming (doom3 and quake) for Work (Open Office and web training) and I try to improve my knowledge using cooker hoping one day I can participate. I dual boot with Windows only to play X3 and X2 and to keep up to date because I buit system for friends and family and most of them want windows preloade... Stef

Hi I don t know if it helps but I had exactluy the same problem and I did: on a working mdv on my SATA lsmod| grep sata which gave me the name of my sata driver : sata_via then I did : modprobe sata_via on the mdv which could not detect sata drivers And there we are, they were then detected, then I put that line in modprobe and it does it each time I reboot. But I have now installed my mdv 2006 and my cooker on the SATA drive the install takes 6 minutes on my sata and 20 on the pata, I get much better results for video transcoding as well. Hope it helps, Stef

Hi, Welcome, Linux is Fun, I ve used it for a year so not a guru, but mine works fine. I had the same pb once and I did in root: su [enter] yourpassword [enter] XFdrake [enter] and then just navigate through to autodetect ur gfx card and go in option to run that each time x start, I think that might work Stef