dude67

I don't know what the actual name of the module is - this is what it now reads in /etc/modprobe.preload:

intel-agp
hw_random
snd-intel8x0
intel8x0

Still nothing... I always have to run alsaconf...

I've had some weird problems after upgrading to 2007.1

But didn't alsaconf show you what the name of the module was? What name did you use (or see delivered on the screen) when you successfully got the sound hw working on a one-time basis? Whatever, it should be the same name for use with the startup loader. Good luck.

If your sound works correctly once, you should try running alsamixer (maybe as root, too) from terminal mode after running alsaconf. From my experience, sound level settings are not stored correctly in some cases.

Nope, it didn't work. :sad:

Thanks, though, for your input Terry.

Perhaps the sound card module name wasn't correct...

OK, I added:

snd-intel8x0

to modprobe.preload

Does that sound right?

I just haven't rebooted yet...

I had a look at my modprobe.conf

remove snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install snd-intel8x0
install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe uhci-hcd; /sbin/modprobe ehci-hcd; /bin/true
alias ath0 ath_pci

remove i810_audio /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove i810_audio
install i810_audio /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install i810_audio

Why is there so many lines with the Intel audio module?

ALSA Services are running (well currently of course as I've run alsaconf) and the service is set to run On boot.

I will have to see if the volume is set to zero level the next time I start up.

OK, this works great, but it must be done every time I start Mandriva. How could I fix it permanently? :o

As for the wireless, sorry, I haven't used madwifi since 2006 was current. It was always a touchy driver, though :\. I know it's a horrible suggestion, but you could try using ndiswrapper instead?

Yes, I've noticed that with madwifi. For some reason I couldn't get it to work with my older system and I had to use ndiswrapper. But with the new system I tried ndiswrapper first and I couldn't get that to work... I then tried madwifi and that worked like a charm...until now. It kinda works, but keeps dropping me every now and then. Go figure. :o

In this case it would have helped, but I stand corrected. A clean install would have installed the new kernel, but this way I may have learned something new.

:D

Like always making sure to install the new kernel and how to check the version [uname -r]

OK, that worked, thank you! Have a virtual on me!

My only problem - doing that - was that madwifi drivers didn't work with the new kernel... And I couldn't get new ones as I couldn't connect to the internet without my madwifi... Catch 22.

I went to Win... to some other place... and downloaded the corresponding madwifi kernel version. Now I'm again back in Linux and able to surf the net.

Another thing that now seems to be the problem: my wireless seems to drop me every two minutes...

OK, that sounds promising. I'll try it when I get home tonight. I'll post back the results.

If everything else fails, I can try to re-install the system. I should have downloaded by now a nice DVD image of 2007.1 now, so I can try to re-install the system. This time I used KTorrent, so I'm hoping it should be OK...

Anyone?

I tried to mount the drives, but the result is the same. Is there something broken in my 2007.1 installation? I had to upgrade through smart-urpmi, instead of the installation DVD I usually upgrade or re-install the system with.

I couldn't find anything useful in syslog - but then again - I don't know what I was supposed to be looking for...

Run 'alsaconf' as root and follow the instructions (you may have to install that package).

Excellent! It worked!

Still not working, but I got this pop-up message when rebooted the PC after enabling sound service:

Informational - artsmessage

Sound server informational message:
Error while initializing the sound driver:
device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such file or directory)
The sound server will continue, using the null output device.

I didn't touch the mounts - I upgraded from 2007.0 to 2007.1 by smarturpmi. I thought I didn't need to do anything to re-mount them anew.

Here's what /etc/fstab gives:

/dev/sda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/sda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec 0 0
/dev/sda1 /mnt/win_c ntfs umask=0,nls=utf8,ro 0 0
/dev/sda5 /mnt/win_d ntfs umask=0,nls=utf8,ro 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sda9 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/sda7 swap swap defaults 0 0

I guess sdb and sdc are not mounted? Am I correct? How do I mount them properly?

This is the second problem I said I had with 2007.1 Spring Free installation in addtion to the external HD issue.

I managed finally to get the 2007.1 upgraded and mostly everything is operating fine. This problem is that I cannot get any sound from the system... I've tried it with Amorok and system sounds, but nothing.

I tried typing "esd" in Konsole, but nothing happened. Even Konsole seemed to stop there - only Ctrl - C would stop whatever it was doing (seemingly nothing). It doesn't matter if I run it as root or not.

I can't see what the problem might be. I've got every last updates there are in MCC (I've got smart-urpmi from http://www.mandrivauser.de/smarturpmi/).

I checked the Mandriva Errata list - nothing there.

I'm running the 64 bit version of 2007.1 Spring Free.

I just upgraded to 2007.1 Spring from 2007.0. I've had my share of problems (including two full size 4.3 GB downloads gone sour), but eventually seem to be running the Spring version OK - except for a few problems.

To make it easier to understand (for me, that is), I've separated my questions in different threads.

I had no trouble at all using my external hard drives (LaCie brand) before upgrading, but since then (i.e. today) I cannot access any of them (I've got three of them on USB 2.0). All I get is this - what has gone wrong. I'm running the 64 bit version - as I did with 2007.0

Mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc1, missing codepage or other error In some cases usefule info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so

Hi there guys - sorry to bring this old thread up, but I'm experiencing similar problems as riseringseeker did a few years back. I have the option of choosing how to reboot in Mandriva 2007 with my older system, but don't have it in this new PC.

I have googled and searched through KDE & Lilo configs, but nothing.

So where can I configure the options of restarting PC?

Just today, I realized that I must be using the wrong system... At least when I changed the easy-urpmi versions to 64 bit versions and updated some packages (including the Frozen Bubble one) I managed to get Frozen Bubble running! Let's see, if I get any other problems with that, but for the moment it looks to work fine...

So the problem presented in this topic is solved.

Well, I did install the system anew. Did a full re-installation, but no help. I get the same errors when trying to open Frozen Bubble from the /usr/games/ folder with Ctrl-E.

Then again I tried to install the latest NVIDIA drivers and could not install the 32 bit version. I finally installed the 64 bit version and managed to do so. So I don't know anymore which system I have... It did give me some error notification about the kernel, but it seems to be working fine. I can get the glxgears to run smoothly. :unsure:

I had previously managed to install both Quake 4 and Doom 3 (also with the expansion pack). I just need to install them again... I must say that ID has done a good job with linux installation.

But I guess this is a little off topic for this gaming subforum and the subject.

Well that may be the case... I just tried to install new NVidia drivers and this is what I got:

[root@localhost xxxxx]# sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9755-pkg1.run

ERROR: this .run file is intended for the
Linux-x86 platform, but you appear to be
running on Linux-x86_64.  Aborting installation.

I don't know where have I got this 64 bit information into my system, but I guess I must try to get it back showing 32 bit. This is one of the Easy-Urpmi addresses I've got:

ftp://ftp.clinet.fi/pub/mirrors/Mandrake-linux/official/2007.0/i586/media/contrib/updates

If I want to reinstall the system, would I be able to do that without losing everything I've already installed... At least the wireless interface was a real pain...

Hmmm... that may be, but I'd need to check. I'm not home at the moment, but how can I see, if I've done it correctly (Easy-Urpmi)?

If I've managed to screw up something there, should I try to install Mandriva again? The only thing is, that I have not been able to play the damn thing ever on this hw. Not even when I first set it up before I did any easy-uprmi.

I updated from MCC using either the DVD or one of the easy-urpmi links I have. All the relevant updates - yes (at least what the MCC suggests).

I un-installed it all and now I'm downloading the files from Frozen-bubble.org. I'll post back when I've tried them.

Nothing... I DL'ed from the frozen-bubble.org site and it did come with some other packages (libs) I also installed. I tried - nothing. Then I upgraded/updated from MCC to the latest - nothing. Still the same problem...

I guess it was not meant that I'd play frozen bubble on my Mandriva with this particular HW set. It's not a big thing, but it kinda keeps bugging me - you know what I mean.

Back again.

I tried what you suggested and switched the lines in the symbolic link. No help

[root@localhost xxxxx]# ln -s /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux/ /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8
ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8' to `/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux/': No such file or directory
[root@localhost xxxxxx]#

I also tried with the slash after 5.8.8/

[root@localhost xxxxx]# ln -s /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux/ /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/
ln: target `/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/' is not a directory: No such file or directory
[root@localhost xxxxx]#

I double-checked and the SDL.pm is still in the folder /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux/

I still get this when I try command: ./frozen-bubble

Can't locate SDL.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7/x86_64-linux /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at ./frozen-bubble line 56.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./frozen-bubble line 56.

When I try to run Frozen Bubble from the Games (application menu) it is just silent and nothing happens.

I also removed the earlier link - no help.

What am I missing here - anyone?

Sorry, but I didn't have time to test it. I'm not able to access that PC as I'm travelling, but I'll get back in a week. Post back then.

Thanks tyme, I'll check this tonight. I'll post findings here.