DragonMage

Try adding these into the append=" section in your /etc/lilo.conf

noapic nolapic

Acpi and acpid is running in the services right?

Delete the line that have the /mnt/removable in your /etc/fstab.

As with many other ripped roms, there will be problems with some roms.

Anyway, this is not really a linux topic, since that problem will occur no matter what emulator and what os you use.

Can you post your /etc/lilo.conf, /etc/modprobe.preload and /etc/modprobe.conf?

Also check what is the output of this command?

rpm -qa |grep acpi

Finally check the content of your /proc/acpi directory and see if there is something directory named battery in there?

For battery gauges, first you need to make sure that acpi is on.

1. Check whether there is a line in your /etc/lilo.conf that starts with the words

append="

and make sure there is a line saying

acpi=on

in there.

If not, add it, then run lilo -v to make it stick, then reboot

2. Make sure that acpi and acpid services are loaded. Use drakxservices to check. If they are not even available, urpmi acpi and acpid

3. Make sure that toshiba_acpi module is loaded. Put the line

toshiba_acpi

in your /etc/modprobe.preload to make it loaded at boot time.

4. If you are using KDE, install kdeutils-klaptop by urpming it so that you can see the battery gauge in your KDE.

That's how I got battery gauge to come up in my toshiba laptop. So it should work for you.

That only work if I can copy the content of the DVD into the hard disk beforehand. Like I said, it cannot read DVDs at all.

Although it is possible to do nfs install if I can copy the content of the DVD to my desktop and then use nfs install. But what will happen if I want to install something that requires something that is located in the DVD? That means I have to either change the urpmi database to use ftp install or connect it into my desktop everytime. It is more hassle than just getting a 4 cd and carry it everywhere :)

I just installed Mandrake 10.1 OE in my desktop. Everything seems ok until I found out that there is no sound coming out when I play Audio CDs. Even with analog mode (using analog CD cable) nothing comes out from KSCD and Grip although the CD is spinning and everything. I checked the mixer and KSCD volume and all are not muted and the volumes are turned up. When I checked the KSCD configuration, the enable digital CD playback button is grayed out, so I cannot choose it. It shouldn't matter though since I am using analog CD cable.

And here is a buffler. I tried using Kaffeine to play Audio CDs and it works. So I don't know where the problem is exactly

Thanks for the help.

BTW Dragonmage - thought you had a copy of Mdk already...? Not working properly?

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Well, as you can see in my sig, I have it working with my desktop. The problem is that in my laptop, the DVD-RW drive is effectively a CD-RW drive now. It cannot read (much less write) DVDs anymore. So I need CD version. Don't worry, I was just back from my regular linux shop and I just bought the CDs.

Now, if only I can find out why the Audio CDs doesn't give out sounds, even with regular analog cable. But that is another question for another topic :)

1. As long as you are using the custom partition scheme, I don't see why not. Just in case, defrag your hard drive fully and back up everything before you install Mandrake.

2. Ethernet should work properly with just a little bit of configuring (the typical stuff like static ip or dynamic ip, etc). Wireless I am not sure about since wireless is a bit problematic in Linux right now. The only way to test it is to try it yourself.

3. Like I said, try installing it and see if there are gotchas and glitches that you need working around. Laptops in my experience is a bit finicky to get it working 100%.

I've had problems downloading DVD ISO's before, stopping after 2GB. Anyone have an FTP-client they know will work with this DVD ISO?

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Are you downloading it to a FAT32 partition? Because IIRC the maximum size for a single file in a FAT32 partition is 2 GB.

What's this mini ISO ? Maybe a better option for those such as DragonMage to download and install a new system, and then install other apps later ?

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The mini ISO is a bootable CDROM that will install the basic stuffs and get the rest via ftp. So, not for me since like I said, no broadband.

But it seems that my local linux shop has the 10.1 OE out already, with 4th CD even

I'll be going there on the weekend. :)

Ah, you are using Mandrake 10. There are some rpms for gimp 2.x for Mandrake 10 (I should know, I have it installed in my laptop).

You can find the rpms here

http://norlug.org/?op=rpms&rpm_func=rpm_index&cat=2

Just add the repository to your urpmi database and then you can urpmi it :)

IRDA is a pain in Linux, especially if it is built in like laptops.

Even when it works (as in my stir4200 USB IRDA dongle), the speed is nothing to be desired.

Since you have a K700i, I suggest you buy a USB bluetooth dongle instead. Bluetooth is supported better in Linux than IRDA. My friend is using bluetooth in his slackware box to connect his T610 to the internet.

And me without broadband.. sigh..

Ok.. time to fire up my cdma dialup, let's hope I can download those three isos under a week.

Congratulations on solving the cpu throttling on your laptop.

Anyway, to do those commands after each reboot, just stick the commands into /etc/rc.local file. It will be automatically executed during each boot.

I guess that when the kernel for Mandrake 10 is released (I mean.. it was quite a while ago), Dothans were not available in stores yet, so it reads the cache wrong.

 

The steps outlined in the sites are pretty much for any distro since it outlines how to update the kernel to the newest stable vanila version. Also the modem driver is also doable for any distro as long as you install the kernel-source. My guess is that he just want every thing to be the newest or greatest. My advice is just to get your centrino working with Mandrake installation first, before mucking about with kernel and drivers.

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ok but when mandy10.1 be official accessable for public does it support centrino technology?

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Well, it should. Some of the improvements in the newer Linux kernel (2.6.8 and up) is better support for laptops. Since the ISOs for Mandrake 10.1 OE download edition was up this morning, you can download them and try them yourself.

Heck, Mandrake 10.1 OE supports my Nokia USB data cable without me patching the driver and recompiling the kernel. Now, that's what I call support

RadiOShack,

 

Check this site out.  http://support.intel.com/support/notebook/...6059-prd955.htm

 

Also one of the first things you'll learn with Linux is that Google.com is your very best friend. Another thing I've learned about Linux is Laptops have to be the worth things to learn/first install on. Desktops usually are the best thing to learn Linux on, from my point of persepctive anyways. Why do I say that? Well with laptops there is alot of on-board hardware and sometimes of lesser grade. Also Laptops do alot more trickier things than desktops, like wireless, push button cd/dvd controls, touchpads and things like that. Wireless being on of the trickest with some of them seems the real kicker for some. My suggestion would be if a desktop is not available to use cat5 cable until you get your wireless working and not to get to fustrated.

 

Anyways don't mean to preach, but just remember Google.com is your friend. Go to that site and follow some of the links there and see if they help. You could also probably type your laptop model combined with centrino and linux in google and see what comes up.

 

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Now, I agree with that statements. Desktops, with its modular component, is a lot easier to install linux in. As long as the desktop is at least a few months old technology wise, it will be supported. Laptops, on the other hand, is much more painful to install due to its integrated nature. I remember spending two weeks trying to install Mandrake 9.1 on the toshiba laptop I use for the first time, and another week trying to install 9.2 on the same laptop (due that the bad kernel released in 9.2 the first time). 10 install pretty painlessly because of the better support and that I already know the steps to make it working but I lost support for my irda since the driver for kernel 2.4 is different from kernel 2.6. Now I will try installing 10.1 after I download the isos, after doing partition backup of course.

I guess that when the kernel for Mandrake 10 is released (I mean.. it was quite a while ago), Dothans were not available in stores yet, so it reads the cache wrong.

The steps outlined in the sites are pretty much for any distro since it outlines how to update the kernel to the newest stable vanila version. Also the modem driver is also doable for any distro as long as you install the kernel-source. My guess is that he just want every thing to be the newest or greatest. My advice is just to get your centrino working with Mandrake installation first, before mucking about with kernel and drivers.

I don't really understand your question. Can you elaborate more on the problem you have with installation?

I mean.. I have installed Mandrake 10 OE on Centrino laptops before, and they work fine.

I think he said that his RAM is bad, so he replaced it and it boots up fine.

Ah the vagaries of technical English in different country :)

Well, the reason for me having a separate /boot directory is I want to try Ubuntu without trashing my Mandrake next. It's a lot easier having multiple distros by having a separate /boot directory than copying the /boot directory for the second distro into the first distro.

I think I am going to reinstall anyway. As usual, there are some personal quirks that this first installation is having so that it is easier for me to reinstall from scratch than solving it one by one.

Thanks for the hidden /boot directory in the / partition tip. I forgot about that :)

I just installed Mandrake 10.1 OE for my desktop. My previous partition scheme is like this:

/dev/hdb1 /

/dev/hdb2 /home

/dev/hdb3 swap

I decided to add a /dev/hdb5 for my /boot directory. Everything seems fine until I rebooted and then I found out that Linux hates my partition scheme, saying that it cannot have more than 4 primary partitions or whatever. Thus it drops me into maintenance mode kinda like init 1. To solve the boot problem, I have to delete my swap and /boot partition and make it like this instead

/dev/hdb1 /

/dev/hdb2 /home

/dev/hdb5 swap

/dev/hdb6 /boot

After doing this, it boots up fine, the thing is that my /boot partition has only 2 files, the kernel header and its link. No vmlinuz, no initrd, nothing. Yet it still can boot up fine. I am just scared to rerun lilo since it won't find the required files in the /boot partition.

So the questions are:

1. Is it normal for linux to boot up even though the /boot partition is empty?

2. How to fill up the /boot partition with the required files without reinstalling my mandrake from scratch?

Thanks in advance.

I haven't tried mounting external hd with mandrake 10.1 yet, but I just wonder why do you need to connect the external hd during installation. If it works the same way as usb key disks, the external hd should be automatically detected and mounted when it is plugged in.

In my experience, if the USB key disk is formatted as just /dev/sda (without any number after sda) then the linux support is a bit sporadic. I usually use knoppix to repartition and reformat the USB key disks I buy so that when linux detects it, it detects as /dev/sda1 instead. Usually, this way, the key disk is detected and mounted automatically.

I think you have narrowed it down to the ADSL router. Try updating the firmware on that router. Also, try configuring the router into its default configuration without any port routing or DMZ.

I think your router don't do caching dns server or something since the nameserver in your mandrake goes to your router. Also, why do you put your mandrake ip address in the first line of your /etc/resolv.conf?

And the weird thing is that there are the IP address for 192.168.0.2 goes into both Mandrake and nwhost (whatever it is) and then there is a 192.168.0.3 too for the Mandrake. Try deleting one of them.

Try editing your /etc/resolv.conf and enter a real DNS server ip address.