fuego

kernel-2.6.17.5mdv-1-1mdv2007.0

nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-5mdv-8774-1mdk

nvidia_legacy-kernel-2.6.17-5mdv-7184-1mdk

kernel-source-stripped-2.6.17.5mdv-1-1mdv2007.0

This is what I have installed. I'm trying to get compiz running with the 3desktop etc..

I have had it going before but somehow broke it.

I'm just not getting anywhere by myself and now seek some real wisdom on this topic.

Any advice appreciated.

I have downloaded a series 7xxx and 9xxx driver from nvidia but upon install it complians about nvidia.ko and gcc.

And fails.

Any ideas oh mighty ones??

I have always found it best to use the linux driver from the Nvidia site.

My Geforce 440mx works fine with it. No Gl probs at all either.

I can also hook it to my TV. The Nvidia drivers have nice tweaking tools to get the picture to fill the TV nicely.

Now I just need to get my CS running in lin instead of win.

Hey George you should get mandriva 2007 and slap on the 3d desktop.

It's a gem.

I just installed mandriva from the four cd's. I'm a current suse user and i have a lot of a dificulty installing the nv driver. I downloaded the .run package and when i login as root in a console,,run the installer i get this:Kernel sources not installed. Aren't they on the medium??

I couldn't fuind them. Please help.

Hey George, I had this problem. Here's what I did.

goto console and type 'uname -r'

This will give you the kernel you have running.

Thus now you know which source to get.

If you haven't got URPMI setup, follow the directions here - EASY-URPMI

Once you have the URPMI setup, pull down your source, it can be stripped too I think. But I always get the big one incase.

Then do the init 3 thing with the sh .NV

And Voila!.

Hope this is of some help.

Im still fairly noob

I replaced my URPMI list with different servers and then installed using the command line and it seemed to be okay, so I don't which step fixed it but thanks

I am trying toinstall mysql and I am getting bad signaures on my packages.

I used the 2007 official urpmi from this site.

Is it just a matter of trying some different servers or is this a common problem?

Any help much appreciated

~fuego~

Hi I am looking for some info on how to get my TVout (SVideo) to turn on under mandriva 2006.

I just installed the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9625-pkg1.run drivers and they seem to let me run 1280x1024 now, which I didn't seem to have available before.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers Internet!

Thanks guys,

I updated my kernel to the -23 version which I also got source for so now I just need to install the nvidia I guess...

Yeah I just did all that, hence why Im a bit lost.

can you tell me if you can see the 2.6.12-19mdk in your source list?

thanks

I just installed the one cd and am trying to find the source to my kernel so I can get my nvidia drivers on etc..

Can someone point me in the correct direction?

have I made an install error?

thanks in advance.

[moved from Installing Mandriva by spinynorman]

anybody...

anybody...

Bueller...

Surely someone else has faced this problem with a dual boot of XP and Mandriva on a laptop?

Even if you haven't solved the problem I would be interested in swapping notes.

I am not starting linux after the win goes into hibernation as when I boot, it straight away restores the windows session.

And I don't use the hibernate on mandriva yet but would like to if I can get both systems reliable.

Hi guys and gals,

I have got a nice little dual boot scenario going on my laptop and I love it. Windows sucks but I need it for work , Mandriva is fun and interesting but still doesn't cover all my bases.

The PROBLEM is that when windows goes in hibernation (which is a function I use alot as I travel about a bit) I seem to lose my mandriva to some extent.

I can still choose to boot mandriva but then it will only boot for about 7-8 seconds and then stall. As far as I can tell it's due to the hibernate.

Im sure there must be someone who has nailed this problem.

Please share with me if you have.

ta.

~fuego~

Is there anyone who knows how to setup the stylus on a tablet PC??

Mine is a compac TC1000 and I can't for the life of me find the right info I need.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

If you have a TC1000 and run Mandriva 2006 official perhaps we could swap notes etc.

~fuego~

I GOT IT!

I was almost at reformat state of mind when I threw in my hirens boot cd and had a look in the paritioning tools. I used PM8 to checkout the drive before I lay waste to it's contents. And I discovered that the NTFS drives had been hidden. So I unhid them and viola!

Now winnie and mandy are friends again and playing lovely games in the happy land of candybit.

C:/ is the fourth partion though still, but it doesn't seem to matter.

Thanks for the help. I would recommend that Hiren's boot cd to all if you see a torrent about for it.

Yeah I know itś a crazy mix. it also has 98 on the same part as xp so maybe I did it when setting up their dual boot. 98 boots okay too.

This is so weird though, cause originally it was set up from format with C E and F in that order.

I guess I will have to burn it all off and reformat. :mellow:

bugger

Update!!! - not solved

Ok so now I have found a way into windows. I had to choose the windows 2 option of my three windows options on lilo boot menu. Then I am able to boot win. But now windows is only seeing the one partition that it resides on. The other two win partitions are still viewable in Linux but not on win.

okay for the nomenclature:

as far as I can tell from how mandriva reports things the drive is as follows

i - hdc1 - NTFS and is readable in linux but not win. USED TO BE E:

ii - hdc2 - NTFS same as above.USED TO BE F:

iii - hdc3 - vfat Can boot this drive in win USED TO BE C: and still is.

iv - hdc4 - / Works fine

Sorry if I have missed anything, I am still fairly new to all this.

All I need to do now is get win to pick up the two disks it dropped (hdc1 hdc2) but maybe I have to switch to a win forum for help there?

# File generated by DrakX/drakboot
# WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file

default="linux"
boot=/dev/hdc4
map=/boot/map
keytable=/boot/us-intl.klt
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="linux"
root=/dev/hdc4
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="acpi=ht splash=silent"
vga=788
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="linux-nonfb"
root=/dev/hdc4
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="splash=silent acpi=ht"
other=/dev/hdc1
label="windows"
table=/dev/hdc
other=/dev/hdc2
label="windows1"
table=/dev/hdc
other=/dev/hdc3
label="windows2"
table=/dev/hdc
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="failsafe"
root=/dev/hdc4
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="failsafe splash=silent acpi=ht"

# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
/dev/hdc4 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0
none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hdc1 /mnt/win_c ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-15,ro 0 0
/dev/hdc2 /mnt/win_d ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-15,ro 0 0
/dev/hdc3 /mnt/win_e vfat umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0

Hi.

I have just put mandriva on my PC. I already have it running dual boot on my laptop and now have installed it on the big beast too.

However I can´t get back to windows anymore. I have a strange setup I know but I don really want to reformat right now.

Before installing Mandriva I had 3 win partitions on a single 80 Gb drive.

1) c

2)e

3)f

then I made e smaller and put a new partion in between e and f.

1)c

2)e

3)empty

4)f

then I installed mandriva. This appeared to go smoothly and I have it running nicely at present. Besides a little crashing from firefox, my nvidia card limiting my display to 1024x768 and few other annoying bugs. Itś fantastic.

But after the party I do need to go back to my windows. So I tried to go back and it complains about no ntldr. But I also notice that my partitions on my drive are actually the opposite way round to what I thought. i.e.

1)f

2)mandriva

3)e

4)c

So I am lost in how to get windows back online. I tried changing the hd value in the boot.ini strings but no luck.

Can anyone explain this bizarre hd setup??

fuego

It doesn't use the wacom drivers. Open a console, login as root and type: lsmod. Post the output here.

Can you help at all? Be my hero

I tried so many diferent flavours of knoppix and debian and puppy and so on but none would get my keyboard to work. Im on a weirdo little TC1000 so it has issues in this dept.

In the end I have downloaded a new DVD of mandriva.

I may have lost this battle but I will still win the war.

I really thought Knoppix would be the ticket too... hmmm... keyboards..........

Oh yeah, I don't have a floppy drive on this unit either unfortunately. Stink huh

But I do have a usb stick.

Is it possible to fix my lilo on my dual boot xp setup so I can get back into my mandriva(windows ate the boot loader again) without using the dvd??

Is it possible to download a lilo repair kit or something??

I just haven't got my disc and can't download a new one right now.

gulp..Help me escape this windows nightmare I'm trapped in.

It doesn't use the wacom drivers. Open a console, login as root and type: lsmod. Post the output here.

Hereś my lsmod output, cool command. Are you sure you that the tablet doesn use the wacom drivers. I thought I had read that these were put into the mandriva core specifically for TCXXXX users?? Anyway I guess I have been chasing a ghost. What drivers should I be after?

Module				  Size  Used by
atmel_pci			   1792  0
raw					 6592  0
md5					 3584  1
ipv6				  234048  8
snd_seq_dummy		   2532  0
snd_seq_oss			31136  0
snd_seq_midi_event	  5696  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq				46960  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss			48960  0
snd_mixer_oss		  16896  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_via82xx			24288  1
gameport			   11112  1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_codec		 83900  1 snd_via82xx
snd_pcm				79720  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer			  20548  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc		  8296  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart		 5664  1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi			19616  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device		  6828  4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd					46116  13 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm
,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore			   7008  1 snd
atmel				  34820  1 atmel_pci
firmware_class		  7456  1 atmel
e100				   32448  0
mii					 4704  1 e100  1
af_packet			  16360  2
pcmcia				 20648  4
yenta_socket		   20328  2
rsrc_nonstatic		 11200  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core			43300  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
video				  14052  0
thermal				10920  0
tc1100_wmi			  5092  0
processor			  17876  1 thermal
fan					 3172  0
container			   3008  0
button				  4848  0
battery				 7460  0
ac					  3268  0
ide_cd				 38020  0
loop				   14504  0
ntfs				  212600  1
nls_iso8859_15		  4224  3
nls_cp850			   4480  2
vfat				   10592  2
fat					45980  1 vfat  1
sr_mod				 15428  0
scsi_mod			  121064  1 sr_mod
ehci_hcd			   28904  0
usbmouse				4128  0
tsdev				   5984  0
usbhid				 44448  0
usbkbd				  5696  0
ohci_hcd			   18916  0
usbcore			   108188  6 ehci_hcd,usbmouse,usbhid,usbkbd,ohci_hcd
evdev				   7648  0
reiserfs			  266516  1

The story so far..

I have been reading up on sites where people have got a running linux on their tc1000. This seems to be only a small handful of individuals. From what I have read all I need to do is add a few lines to my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.

Here is the code I added:

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "cursor"

Driver "wacom"

Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS4"

Option "Type" "cursor"

Option "Mode" "Absolute"

Option "Button2" "3"

Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "stylus"

Driver "wacom"

Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS4"

Option "Type" "stylus"

Option "Mode" "Absolute"

Option "Button2" "3"

Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"

EndSection

in the server setup area I added the cursor and stylus lines below:

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "layout1"

InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"

InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"

Screen "screen1"

EndSection

I think I read somewhere that these wacom drivers are part of mandriva 2006. Do they autoinstall at setup or do I need to add something somewhere else?

I know nothing! :unsure:

~fuego~