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  1. I've been tackling this problem for a few days now. I have a base system set up in ArchLinux, but I can't get my network card recognized.

     

    It's a Intel Ethernet Express Pro 100. The module is eepro100.

     

    I've configured rc.conf, resolv.conf and /etc/hosts

     

    "modprobe eepro100" and ifconfig eth0" both return an error saying basically the device does not exist

     

    The eepro100 module is set as a module <M> in the kernel

     

    I've also tried loading the e100 module with no luck

     

    I posted this originally in the ArchLinux Forum, where I got constructive help. There are more details in my post there. I thought I'd post here too - maybe someone has run into the same problem

  2. This seems like a dumb question, but I can't find the answer anywhere.

     

    How do I install non-debian packages in debian? I've read all about apt-get, but I've only seen information on .deb packages.

     

    What's the procedure for .tar or .sh files? What's the command to download them?

    I want to install xfree86 4.3 on sarge, but I can only find 4.2, which doesn't recognize my GF4 card

     

    Asking questions like this makes me think that I've been playing around on rpm-based distros for too long

  3. I have two swap partitions on my HD, which has 9.1 and 9.2 installed. 9.2 is the active distro. I want to delete one of the swap partitions, but I'm not sure which. I will be replacing 9.1 today with Debian, so deleting the swap partition belonging to 9.1 won't cause any problems.

     

     

    hda looks like this:

     

    hda1 /mnt windows

    hda5 /mnt/91home

    hda6 /mnt/91root

    hda7 swap

    hda8 /home (9.2)

    hda9 / (9.2)

    hda10 swap

     

    How can I find out which swap is being used by my primary distro?

  4. You could install the package with the "--force" option. This will install the package regardless of what urpmi thinks. Just be sure there are no problems (eg dependencies) with the installation.

     

    su to root

    password

    rpm -ivh --force packagename

  5. I've been told Superkaramba transparency will only work in KDE. I can't get it to work with fluxbox.

    Tried it with KDE and everything was OK, but I use flux

     

    I know there's the gDesklets option, but I prefer the karamba themes.

     

    So, does anyone have Superkaramba running with Fluxbox?

  6. I'm running Superkaramba-0.32 with fluxbox 0.9.6pre9. The themes all work, but each display sits on a black background, which ruins the transparency effect.

     

    I have my backgrounds set with Esetroot, and both Eterm and gkrellm display transparency, so I know my desktop is able to do it.

     

    What's different about Superkaramba themes?

  7. I lost my bookmarks and had to use an old backup file to restore. The only important link I'm missing is a site very similar to rpmfind and rpmbone where you can search for rpms, tar and src.rpm.

     

    I don't remember the name at all, I hadn't used it very long. Searched Google and this board, but it's not easy without the name. I know it's not much to go on, but I'm pretty sure somebody will know the address

  8. I don't know if this is a new feature or just new to me: typing "urpmi.setup" in 9.2rc2 brings up a graphical table for setting up and configuring urpmi

     

    I haven't got it to work yet because my urpmi sources are a bit screwed up, but I'll give it a try later

     

    BTW, it's not installed by default

     

    OK, now go ahead and tell me it's been in Mdk since the 1.1-cro.mag.non version and I'm just blind 8)

  9. Open a console, su to root and put this:

    rpmbuild --rebuild apcupsd-3.9.8-2mdk.src.rpm

     

    Then go to /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586 You should have a normal .rpm file to install there using either "urpmi" or "rpm -ivh"

  10. I found this in the /var/log/kernel/warnings

    Oct 11 09:47:39 marc kernel: Neighbour table overflow.

    Oct 11 09:47:47 marc kernel: 0: nvidia: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 nvidia.o Kernel Module  1.0-4496  Wed Jul 16 19:03:09 PDT 2003

    Oct 11 09:48:55 marc kernel: 0: nvidia: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 nvidia.o Kernel Module  1.0-4496  Wed Jul 16 19:03:09 PDT 2003

    Oct 11 09:50:41 marc kernel: mtrr: no MTRR for d8000000,4000000 found

    Oct 11 09:52:50 marc kernel: Neighbour table overflow.

    Oct 11 09:56:02 marc kernel: mtrr: no MTRR for d8000000,4000000 found

     

    Anyone know what MTRR is?

  11. I forgot to mention that I uninstalled/installed nvidia using the nvidia .run file for each kernel separately on first boot, producing the identical errors listed in my first post

     

    I checked the link file as suggested by bvc:

    [marc]$  file /mnt/mdkroot/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so
    
            /mnt/mdkroot/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so: symbolic link to libglx.so.1.0.4496

    Points to the correct nvidia version

  12. After recompiling the kernel in 9.2rc2, I can't get into X with either the new kernel or the old. Both load the nvidia drivers, flash the nvidia screen and exit X with the same error:

    ---cut---
    
    using vt7
    
    (II) [GLX]: Initialising GLX extension
    
    
    
    waiting for X server to shut down

     

    I checked /var/log/XFree86.0.log but I can't see any error.

     

    Here's my XF86Config-4

    Section "Module"
    
       Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
    
       Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
    
       Load "extmod"
    
       Load "type1"
    
       Load "freetype"
    
       Load "glx" # 3D layer
    
    EndSection
    
    
    
    Section "InputDevice"
    
       Identifier "Keyboard1"
    
       Driver "Keyboard"
    
       Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
    
       Option "XkbLayout" "us"
    
       Option "XkbCompat" ""
    
       Option "XkbOptions" ""
    
    EndSection
    
    
    
    Section "InputDevice"
    
       Identifier "Mouse1"
    
       Driver "mouse"
    
       Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
    
       Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    
       Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    
    EndSection
    
    
    
    Section "Monitor"
    
       Identifier "monitor1"
    
       VendorName "Plug'n Play"
    
       HorizSync 30-86
    
       VertRefresh 50-160
    
    
    
       # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
    
       # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
    
       ModeLine "1024x480"    65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344   480  488  494  563 -hsync -vsync
    
    
    
       # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
    
       # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
    
       ModeLine "768x576"     50.00  768  832  846 1000   576  590  595  630
    
    
    
       # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
    
       ModeLine "768x576"     63.07  768  800  960 1024   576  578  590  616
    
    EndSection
    
    
    
    Section "Device"
    
       Identifier "device1"
    
       VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
    
       BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)"
    
       Driver "nvidia"
    
       Option "DPMS"
    
    EndSection
    
    
    
    Section "Screen"
    
       Identifier "screen1"
    
       Device "device1"
    
       Monitor "monitor1"
    
       DefaultColorDepth 24
    
    
    
       Subsection "Display"
    
           Depth 8
    
           Virtual 1024 768
    
       EndSubsection
    
    
    
       Subsection "Display"
    
           Depth 15
    
           Virtual 1024 768
    
       EndSubsection
    
       
    
       Subsection "Display"
    
           Depth 16
    
           Virtual 1024 768
    
       EndSubsection
    
    
    
       Subsection "Display"
    
           Depth 24
    
           Virtual 1024 768
    
       EndSubsection
    
    EndSection
    
    
    
    Section "ServerLayout"
    
       Identifier "layout1"
    
       InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
    
       InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    
       Screen "screen1"
    
    EndSection

    This file is identical to the working file in my 9.1 partition.

     

    What does the kernel load after XF86Config-4? Seems to me the problem is there

  13. It was some thing simple after all. The keyboard section of XF86Config-4 should look like this:

    Section "InputDevice"
    
       Identifier "Keyboard1"
    
       Driver "Keyboard"
    
       Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
    
       Option "XkbLayout" "us"
    
       Option "XkbCompat" ""
    
       Option "XkbOptions" ""

     

    instead of how it was:

    Section "InputDevice"
    
       Identifier "Keyboard1"
    
       Driver "Keyboard"
    
       Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
    
       Option "XkbLayout" "en_US"
    
       Option "XkbOptions" ""

     

    Time to recompile the kernel again :D

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