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Thanks Ian, That did it

Thank you John for your help, As the kernel-source stripped was already installed, I installed also the corresponding kernel-source; reinstall the nvidia driver but it's just as before [root@corti Desktop]# urpme nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-5mdv-8774-1mdkdésinstallation de nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-5mdv-8774-1mdk.i586 Error! There are no instances of module: nvidia 8774 located in the DKMS tree. error: %preun(nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-5mdv-8774-1mdk.i586) scriptlet failed, exit status 3 [root@corti Desktop]# rpm -qa |grep kernel kernel-2.6.17.5mdv-1-1mdv2007.0 nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-5mdv-8774-1mdk kernel-source-stripped-2.6.17.5mdv-1-1mdv2007.0 kernel-source-2.6.17.5mdv-1-1mdv2007.0 [root@corti Desktop]# rpm -qa |grep nvidia nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-5mdv-8774-1mdk nvidia-9629-1plf2007.0 nvidia-devel-9629-1plf2007.0 dkms-nvidia-9629-1plf2007.0

Thank you for your help Ian, In fact, the problem came from my nvidia driver and my geforce fx 5600xt. I have installed the more recent one (9629) (from a plf nonfree backport source). It was more stable but I was stuck in 800x600 (I have an iiyama prolite e430t with a max resolution of 1024x768@75Hz). The problem is that there is not a good communication with my monitor (it's what I suppose...) -> the EDID (Extended Dysplay Identification) is not correct. Then , the resolution is set to the minimum. To change that: 1. configure correctly your screen (via mcc) 2. add : Option "UseEDID" "false" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf 3. reboot The resolution is correct now ;) ps: I just can't get rid of nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-5mdv-8774-1mdk [root@corti Desktop]# rpm -qa|grep nvidia nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-5mdv-8774-1mdk nvidia-9629-1plf2007.0 dkms-nvidia-9629-1plf2007.0 nvidia-devel-9629-1plf2007.0 [root@corti Desktop]# rpm -e --force --nodeps nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-5mdv-8774-1mdk rpm: seuls l'installation, la mise à jour, rmsource et rmspec peuvent être forcés [root@corti Desktop]# urpme nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-5mdv-8774-1mdk désinstallation de nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-5mdv-8774-1mdk.i586 Error! There are no instances of module: nvidia 8774 located in the DKMS tree. error: %preun(nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-5mdv-8774-1mdk.i586) scriptlet failed, exit status 3 If anybody knows how to desinstall that package !

sorry ian, I should have adapted the command to the french system [root@localhost chris-tux]# chkconfig --list|grep marche acpi 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:marche 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt acpid 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:arrêt 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt alsa 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:marche 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt atd 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:arrêt 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt avahi-daemon 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:arrêt 3:marche 4:arrêt 5:marche 6:arrêt clamd 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:marche 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt crond 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:marche 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt dkms 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:arrêt 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt dm 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:arrêt 3:arrêt 4:arrêt 5:marche 6:arrêt freshclam 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:marche 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt haldaemon 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:arrêt 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt harddrake 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:arrêt 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt iptables 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:marche 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt keytable 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:marche 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt kheader 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:marche 3:marche 4:arrêt 5:marche 6:arrêt lisa 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:arrêt 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt mandi 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:marche 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt mdadm 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:marche 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt messagebus 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:arrêt 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt netfs 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:arrêt 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt network 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:marche 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt network-up 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:marche 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt nfslock 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:arrêt 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt numlock 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:arrêt 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt partmon 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:arrêt 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt portmap 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:arrêt 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt shorewall 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:marche 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt sound 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:marche 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt syslog 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:marche 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt wltool 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:marche 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt xfs 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:marche 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt How do I stop in a safe manner mdkapplet ? I just desinstalled mdkonline but I still have freezing: I can log via kdm with icewm, kde never opens... the last lines of /var/log/messages before freezing are: Nov 23 16:43:51 corti net_applet[5770]: ### Program is starting ### Nov 23 16:46:57 corti kdm_greet[6042]: Can't open default user face Nov 23 16:47:13 corti net_applet[6303]: ### Program is starting ### Nov 23 16:47:13 corti gconfd (chris-tux-6317): démarrage (version 2.14.0), pid 6317 utilisateur « chris-tux » Nov 23 16:47:13 corti gconfd (chris-tux-6317): Adresse « xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory » résolue vers une source de configuration en lecture seule à la position 0 Nov 23 16:47:13 corti gconfd (chris-tux-6317): Adresse « xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.local-mandatory » résolue vers une source de configuration en lecture seule à la position 1 Nov 23 16:47:13 corti gconfd (chris-tux-6317): Adresse « xml:readwrite:/home/chris-tux/.gconf » résolue vers une source de configuration accessible en écriture à la position 2 Nov 23 16:47:13 corti gconfd (chris-tux-6317): Adresse « xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.local-defaults » résolue vers une source de configuration en lecture seule à la position 3 Nov 23 16:47:13 corti gconfd (chris-tux-6317): Adresse « xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults » résolue vers une source de configuration en lecture seule à la position 4 Nov 23 16:47:18 corti gconfd (chris-tux-6317): Adresse « xml:readwrite:/home/chris-tux/.gconf » résolue vers une source de configuration accessible en écriture à la position 0 Nov 23 16:48:38 corti kernel: Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.5 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=44 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=32771 DPT=7741 LEN=24 Nov 23 16:49:53 corti gconfd (chris-tux-6317): Sortie Nov 23 16:49:55 corti kdm_greet[6407]: Can't open default user face Nov 23 16:50:13 corti kernel: NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 6, PE0000 0040 02d24040 0000fdf8 02d24040 00000000 Nov 23 16:52:00 corti syslogd 1.4.1: restart. Nov 23 16:52:00 corti INIT: Loading ACPI module processor: successfull Nov 23 16:52:01 corti kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started. Nov 23 16:52:01 corti kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.6.17-5mdv Nov 23 16:52:01 corti INIT: Loading ACPI module thermal: successfull Nov 23 16:52:01 corti INIT: Loading ACPI module video: successfull Nov 23 16:52:01 corti crond[2373]: (CRON) STARTUP (V5.0) Nov 23 16:52:01 corti kernel: Loaded 21427 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.6.17-5mdv. Nov 23 16:52:01 corti kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.6.17. Nov 23 16:52:01 corti kernel: No module symbols loaded - kernel modules not enabled. I also noticed that [root@corti chris-tux]# tail /var/log/gdm/\:0.log.4 AUDIT: Thu Nov 23 16:03:32 2006: 4111 Xorg: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Nov 23 16:03:32 2006: 4111 Xorg: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Nov 23 16:03:32 2006: 4111 Xorg: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Nov 23 16:03:32 2006: 4111 Xorg: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Nov 23 16:03:33 2006: 4111 Xorg: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 But perhaps the worse thing is that Nov 23 18:46:45 corti kernel: NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 6, PE0000 13f4 ffeff3f7 0000f9b4 ffeff3f7 00000000 I noticed that the use of mozilla crashes the system after a while but epiphany looks to work normally...

HI, Using tail -f /var/log/messages to monitor what could freeze my pc: I found that just before freezing I often had Nov 22 21:14:17 localhost mdkapplet[5807]: ### Program is starting ### Nov 22 21:14:17 localhost net_applet[5820]: ### Program is starting ### Nov 22 21:14:22 localhost mdkapplet[5807]: Vérification du fichier de configuration : absent Nov 22 21:18:43 localhost gconfd (chris-tux-6133): démarrage (version 2.14.0), pid 6133 utilisateur « chris-tux » Nov 22 21:18:43 localhost gconfd (chris-tux-6133): Adresse « xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory » résolue vers une source de configuration en lecture seule à la position 0 Nov 22 21:18:43 localhost gconfd (chris-tux-6133): Adresse « xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.local-mandatory » résolue vers une s ource de configuration en lecture seule à la position 1 Nov 22 21:18:43 localhost gconfd (chris-tux-6133): Adresse « xml:readwrite:/home/chris-tux/.gconf » résolue vers une source de conf iguration accessible en écriture à la position 2 Nov 22 21:18:43 localhost gconfd (chris-tux-6133): Adresse « xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.local-defaults » résolue vers une so urce de configuration en lecture seule à la position 3 Nov 22 21:18:43 localhost gconfd (chris-tux-6133): Adresse « xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults » résolue vers une source d e configuration en lecture seule à la position 4 especially the complain about mdkapplet. I needed I can post a longer part of /var/log/messages... conserning the services activated: [root@localhost chris-tux]# chkconfig --list|grep on avahi-daemon 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:arrêt 3:marche 4:arrêt 5:marche 6:arrêt crond 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:marche 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt haldaemon 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:arrêt 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt oki4daemon 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:arrêt 3:arrêt 4:arrêt 5:arrêt 6:arrêt partmon 0:arrêt 1:arrêt 2:arrêt 3:marche 4:marche 5:marche 6:arrêt thanks for your advices

Thanks for your help, I am not near my pc now and will post back asap. I looked already to /var/log/messages and didn't notice anything strange; I also tried to stop some unnecessary service but without any success. Anyway, I will post all this to bee looked by an expert eye! TIA Chris

Hello, I am installing mandriva 2007 pwp. I had problems with the display (geforce fx 5600xt) and I think it was because I installed leaving my /home directory intact. Now, it looks great :D Unfortunately, I have strange freezes (I need to hard reset, ctrl+alt+bckspace is doing nothing). I looked at the memory, tried to load linux with noapic, no plugandplay in the bios... but with no results. The worse situation is then I try to load KDE: I can't even go to the desktop. Gnome and IceWM are a little better, I can work a little but after a while .... Note that when it freezes, the mouse is moving ok but everything else is out. Any Help Appreciated, I will open a new thread for that problem. Chris

Thank you Ian for your help, In fact, as I was suspecting that all came because I performed a fresh install (but leaving my /home) even with a new user, I erase my /home partition and reinstall 2007: now the display is ok. Unfortunately, I can look at a clear display but I have strange freezes (I need to reset, it's like a hard freeze :o ). I looked at the memory, tried with noapic but with no results. The worse situtation is then I try to load KDE I can't even go to the desktop. Gnome and IceWM are a little better, I can work a little but after a while .... Any Help Appreciated... I will open a new thread for that problem. Chris

I was not even accessing to lilo. In fact, I know now that my dvd was not correctly burned even if all was ok with k3k. I will now perform a md5sum before burning the iso and after on the iso burned. Perhaps it was because k3b speed is on auto by default. I used then successfully nero at 1X speed. I can boot now but have problem with the display (gotta nvidia NV31 GeForce FX 5600XT card) It was ok with the nvidia drivers on my 10.1... The configuration seems ok ( I choose NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic) ). I'll have a look on the forum and perhaps open a new thread.

No, I can't login anymore! I'm downloading agin 2007 pwp on a windows pc and I will burn it with nero at low speed and retry again a fresh install. I don't know how to check the dvd apart from checking the md5 sum before burning it out :huh:

Thanks for your reply, As it was impossible for me to upgrade, I performed a fresh install leaving my /home intact. Anyway, there are problems detected for many packages. Does it mean that I had a problem when burning out the 2007 pwp dvd but md5sum was correct and k3b didn't complain of anything ! What is the "normal" duration for installation ? (1h, 2h..10 hours..?) The problem is that now, it seems to be difficult to access to my home partition :huh: chris

Hello, I am trying to upgrade from 10.1 to 2007 pwp: more than one day of installation with a lot of errors (libraries...). Is there any solution except than putting all my data into /home and perfoming a fresh install... Is 2007 really ready for release ? TIA chris

OK guys, this week-end, I installed mdk 9.2, mdk 10.0, mdk move and still have no network but the rest of my LAN (XP, mdk10.1) is working all right I have concluded that it is a hardware problem on the 3Com module on my ASUS motherboard. I have looked for a tool that could test the network hardware but I couldn't find any... Thanks for those who helped Chris

Thanks for the help, artic I have not changed anything in the settings (at least knowing that I was changing something!). The router is OK, I plugged in the same cable in my laptop running mdk 10.1 and everything is working all right :D . If I ping my IP, it is OK; but I can't ping the rest of my LAN. I would like to have a mean to check the network hardware but it is integrated in the motherboard (ASUS P4P800) and I don't know how to do that. I have tried to insert another PCI network card but then I have no display at boot time just at the moment of activation of eth0 (incompatibility ? ). :unsure:

ifconfig eth0 Lien encap:Ethernet HWaddr:00:0E:AA:50:AB:BB inet adr:192.168.0.3 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Masque:255.255.255.0 adr inet6: fe80::20e:a6ff:fe50:2060/64 Scope:Lien UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 Tx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interruption:5 Mémoire:feafc000-0 lo seems ok