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  1. One of the members of http://www.mandrivaclub.pl forums reported a very strange issue with Catalyst Drivers installation process. After taking care of all the necessary requirements and running the installation script of the drivers provided by AMD/ATI, it gave her some errors in the console

     

    ==================================================
    ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager
    ==================================================
    Detected configuration:
    Architecture: i686 (32-bit)
    X Server: X.Org 7.1 and later releases
    DKMS part of installation failed.  Please refer to /usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log for details
    Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.C19203

     

    The /usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log showed only

     

    Errors during DKMS module removal
    Errors during DKMS module removal
    [Error] Kernel Module : Failed to add fglrx-8.501 to DKMS

     

    None of us was able to find a solution. Googling haven't been of much help either this time, as it gave back only two results, of which one website is in Russian, and the other in Spanish, I guess...

    Did anyone ran onto a similar problem? What could be wrong?

  2. Well, I got plenty of fonts on my system, and they are working perfectly in Opera or Konqueror. Why should I install more of them? My favorite are Liberation fonts and I set them to be default also in Firefox. Maybe they don't work as they should be in this browser. I'll try to use different fonts then.

     

    EDIT:

     

    It got better after I changed proportional font, in Firefox fonts settings, to be sans-serif instead of serif. But it's still far for perfect :unsure:

  3. I'm recently using Firefox 2.0.0.11 and have some problems with fonts. In fact on some (but not all) web pages (i.e. on this forum) they are very small. Here are my font settings in Firefox

     

    8c6716fcd595c9a3m.png

     

    I don't have such problems when using Opera. I also don't want to use msfonts, as the native work perfectly in my system and other browsers. Couldn't find any solution on this board.

     

     

    [moved from Software by spinynorman]

  4. I managed to resolve my problem with a little help :)

     

    The key to this solution was the discovery that my SWAP partition haven't been mounted automatically with other partitions, and so Mandriva didn't see it (hence free -m command was showing Swap: 0 0 0, and my SuperKaramba monitor 0 of 0 MB). After I mounted SWAP manually in the MCC, finally system started to show the correct information

     

    [zibi1981@localhost ~]$ free -m
    		 total	   used	   free	 shared	buffers	 cached
    Mem:		  1011		630		381		  0		 32		215
    -/+ buffers/cache:		381		629
    Swap:		 1019		  0	   1019
    
    [zibi1981@localhost ~]$ cat /proc/swaps
    Filename								Type			Size	Used	Priority
    /dev/sda5							   partition	   1044184 224	 -1

     

    That was until reboot. The problem was in my /etc/fstab, where I had following entry regarding SWAP

     

    LABEL=swap swap swap defaults 0 0

     

    but SWAP don't have a label on my system... Problem was solved when I changed this entry to

     

    /dev/sda5 swap swap defaults 0 0

  5. On my Mandriva 2008.0 KDE 3.5.8 I also noticed that system doesn't ever use SWAP, or maybe something is wrong with the monitoring?

     

    [zibi1981@localhost ~]$ free -m
    		 total	   used	   free	 shared	buffers	 cached
    Mem:		  1011		996		 15		  0		 31		564
    -/+ buffers/cache:		400		611
    Swap:			0		  0		  0

     

    I'm also curious why every SuperKaramba theme I used never showed any SWAP usage. And what happened to 13 MB of my RAM (I have 1024 MB and Mandriva sees only 1011...)? :glare:

  6. Recently I'm interested in my system's throughput and fast start. I did a bootchart test and optimized the boot process. Now it's time to face the heart of every OS - the kernel :D

    Firstly just wanted to say I'm not a geek, but I like to read and learn ;) I did some research and search across the web and found some articles in Polish and English about making system kernel smaller, faster and preemptible. After collecting some knowledge I decided to recompile Mandriva's standard kernel, which in my case is

     

    [zibi1981@localhost ~]$ uname -r
    2.6.22.12-desktop-1mdv

     

    I'm not familiar with every option in the kernel config (who is???), but managed to recognize many and disable some of which I know will never be useful on my rig. Then I found, that there are some patches, like realtime-preempt. Before I try to apply one of them I wanted to know if:

    1. Is it safe on Mandriva's kernels? I read somewhere that Mandriva and other user friendly distros have heavily patched kernels already and another patch may result in unstable kernel or even on one that would not compile at all.

    2. Which patch from the page linked above is suitable for my kernel?

    3. Which patches Mandriva's developers use to patch the kernel? Maybe some of them are crucial to its stability and security, so I wanted to know before I try to play with the kernel.

     

    Thx in advance for all responses :)

  7. The script don't need to be installed, just copied to /usr/local/bin (or started from it's original folder). Then, according to my knowledge, I only need to do two things:

     

    1. Run in console sp-sc sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/6098 3908 8908 > /dev/null &

     

    where 6098 is an example of channel number, 3908 is an example for local port, and 8908 - an example of program's port.

     

    2. Run in my favorite player http://localhost:8908/tv.asf

     

    and that's all. Unfortunately it don't work on my system.

     

    BTW, I've unlocked those ports in Firestarter.

     

    Below is an example of the console output of running a channel in MPlayer, which I know is active at the moment:

     

    [zibi1981@localhost ~]$ sp-sc sop://broker1.sopcast.com:3912/26119 3908 8908 > /dev/null &
    [1] 7904
    [zibi1981@localhost ~]$ mplayer http://localhost:8908/tv.asf
    MPlayer 1.0-1.rc1.20plf2008.0-4.2.1 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
    CPU: AMD Athlon(TM) XP 3200+ (Family: 6, Model: 10, Stepping: 0)
    CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
    Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
    98 audio & 216 video codecs
    mplayer: could not connect to socket
    mplayer: No such file or directory
    Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
    
    Playing http://localhost:8908/tv.asf.
    Resolving localhost for AF_INET6...
    Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: localhost
    Resolving localhost for AF_INET...
    Connecting to server localhost[127.0.0.1]: 8908...
    connect error: Connection refused
    STREAM_ASF, URL: http://localhost:8908/tv.asf
    Resolving localhost for AF_INET6...
    Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: localhost
    Resolving localhost for AF_INET...
    Connecting to server localhost[127.0.0.1]: 8908...
    connect error: Connection refused
    Failed, exiting.
    Resolving localhost for AF_INET6...
    Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: localhost
    Resolving localhost for AF_INET...
    Connecting to server localhost[127.0.0.1]: 8908...
    connect error: Connection refused
    File not found: 'localhost:8908/tv.asf'
    Failed to open http://localhost:8908/tv.asf.
    
    
    Exiting... (End of file)
    [1]+  Exit 152				sp-sc sop://broker1.sopcast.com:3912/26119 3908 8908 > /dev/null

     

    Finally I have to say I can watch TV via MPlayer or Kaffeine when using TVUPlayer or TVAnts via Wine, but I would prefer to use native Linux application.

  8. Well, I tried to pass the options you mentioned, but they changed nothing in the matter of giving some info about what's wrong...

     

    [root@localhost Sopcast]# rpm -ivh --test qsopcast-0.3.5-2mgc.i686.rpm sp-sc-1.0.2-1mgc.i686.rpm
    ostrzeżenie: package file qsopcast-0.3.5-2mgc.i686.rpm was skipped
    ostrzeżenie: package file sp-sc-1.0.2-1mgc.i686.rpm was skipped
    [root@localhost Sopcast]# rpm -ivh --conflicts qsopcast-0.3.5-2mgc.i686.rpm sp-sc-1.0.2-1mgc.i686.rpm
    ostrzeżenie: package file qsopcast-0.3.5-2mgc.i686.rpm was skipped
    ostrzeżenie: package file sp-sc-1.0.2-1mgc.i686.rpm was skipped
    [root@localhost Sopcast]# rpm -ivh --requires qsopcast-0.3.5-2mgc.i686.rpm sp-sc-1.0.2-1mgc.i686.rpm
    ostrzeżenie: package file qsopcast-0.3.5-2mgc.i686.rpm was skipped
    ostrzeżenie: package file sp-sc-1.0.2-1mgc.i686.rpm was skipped
    [root@localhost Sopcast]# rpm -ivh --obsoletes qsopcast-0.3.5-2mgc.i686.rpm sp-sc-1.0.2-1mgc.i686.rpm
    ostrzeżenie: package file qsopcast-0.3.5-2mgc.i686.rpm was skipped
    ostrzeżenie: package file sp-sc-1.0.2-1mgc.i686.rpm was skipped
    [root@localhost Sopcast]# rpm -Uvh qsopcast-0.3.5-2mgc.i686.rpm sp-sc-1.0.2-1mgc.i686.rpm
    ostrzeżenie: package file qsopcast-0.3.5-2mgc.i686.rpm was skipped
    ostrzeżenie: package file sp-sc-1.0.2-1mgc.i686.rpm was skipped

     

    On the other hand, I'm not sure what you mean by "Simply nothing happens in both cases." At a glance, it seems to have succeeded with kaffeine/xine.

     

    I don't think "Kaffeine succeeded" as it didn't give me any picture or sound...

  9. Didn't find any topic related to my problem on the board.

     

    I wanted to watch internet TV with SopCast. It has a Linux version available here. Unfortunately rpms which I got from the site don't want to install on my Mandriva

     

    [root@localhost Sopcast]# rpm -ihv sp-sc-1.0.2-1mgc.i686.rpm
    ostrzeżenie: package file sp-sc-1.0.2-1mgc.i686.rpm was skipped
    [root@localhost Sopcast]# rpm -ihv qsopcast-0.3.5-2mgc.i686.rpm
    ostrzeżenie: package file qsopcast-0.3.5-2mgc.i686.rpm was skipped

     

    (BTW "ostrzeżenie" means "warning" in Polish)

     

    I also tried to use command line version, but with no succes. When I follow the instructions in the README file, I get

     

    [zibi1981@localhost sp-sc]$ ./sp-sc sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/6098 3908 8908 > /dev/null &
    [1] 8634
    [zibi1981@localhost sp-sc]$ mplayer http://localhost:8908/tv.asf
    MPlayer 1.0-1.rc1.20plf2008.0-4.2.1 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
    CPU: AMD Athlon(TM) XP 3200+ (Family: 6, Model: 10, Stepping: 0)
    CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
    Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
    98 audio & 216 video codecs
    mplayer: could not connect to socket
    mplayer: No such file or directory
    Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
    
    Playing http://localhost:8908/tv.asf.
    Resolving localhost for AF_INET6...
    Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: localhost
    Resolving localhost for AF_INET...
    Connecting to server localhost[127.0.0.1]: 8908...
    connect error: Connection refused
    STREAM_ASF, URL: http://localhost:8908/tv.asf
    Resolving localhost for AF_INET6...
    Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: localhost
    Resolving localhost for AF_INET...
    Connecting to server localhost[127.0.0.1]: 8908...
    connect error: Connection refused
    Failed, exiting.
    Resolving localhost for AF_INET6...
    Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: localhost
    Resolving localhost for AF_INET...
    Connecting to server localhost[127.0.0.1]: 8908...
    connect error: Connection refused
    File not found: 'localhost:8908/tv.asf'
    Failed to open http://localhost:8908/tv.asf.
    
    
    Exiting... (End of file)
    [1]+  Exit 152				./sp-sc sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/6098 3908 8908 > /dev/null

     

    and when I try to use Kaffeine instead of MPlayer

     

    [zibi1981@localhost ~]$ kaffeine http://localhost:8908/tv.asf
    kaffeine: PLAYLIST
    kaffeine: PlayList: add 1 items to playlist
    kaffeine: PlayList: Check for kaffeine/noatun/m3u/pls/asx playlist
    kaffeine: PlayList: Try loading kaffeine playlist
    kaffeine: PlaylistImport: kaffeine: /home/zibi1981/.kde/share/apps/kaffeine/playlists/NOWE.kaffeine
    kaffeine: Window manager: KWin found
    kaffeine: SystemTray: Create System Tray
    kaffeine: Kaffeine:: Try to load service: xine_part
    kaffeine: This is a KaffeinePart...
    kaffeine: XinePart: Creating new XinePart...
    kaffeine: XinePart: Using xine-config file:
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Using default config file ~/.xine/config
    kaffeine: PlayList: add 1 items to playlist
    kaffeine: XinePart::openURL(): http://localhost:8908/tv.asf
    kaffeine: XinePart: Check for kaffeine/noatun/m3u/pls/asx playlist
    kaffeine: ERROR: XinePart: Nie można połączyć się z serwerem localhost (port 8908).
    kaffeine: XinePart: Got single track
    kaffeine: XinePart::slotPlay()
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Xinerama extension present
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: 1 screens detected
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Display aspect ratio (v/h): 1
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Using xine version 1.1.8
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Post-init xine engine
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Use audio driver alsa
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Use video driver auto
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Init video driver
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Init audio driver
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Init OSD
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Font for OSD: sans
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Unscaled OSD available
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: xine init successful
    kaffeine: XinePart: load config
    kaffeine: Set volume to: 86
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: New visualization plugin: goom
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Create Postprocessing Filter: tvtime
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Parameter: method
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Parameter: enabled
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Parameter: pulldown
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Parameter: framerate_mode
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Parameter: judder_correction
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Parameter: use_progressive_frame_flag
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Parameter: chroma_filter
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Parameter: cheap_mode
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Get input
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Get output
    kaffeine: PostFilter: SetConfig tvtime:method=LinearBlend,enabled=1,pulldown=none,framerate_mode=half_top,judder_co
    rrection=0,use_progressive_frame_flag=1,chroma_filter=0,cheap_mode=1
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Set parameter 'method' to value 'LinearBlend'
    kaffeine: PostFilter: tvtime Apply integer value 2 on offset 0
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Set parameter 'enabled' to value '1'
    kaffeine: PostFilter: tvtime Apply integer value 1 on offset 4
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Set parameter 'pulldown' to value 'none'
    kaffeine: PostFilter: tvtime Apply integer value 0 on offset 8
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Set parameter 'framerate_mode' to value 'half_top'
    kaffeine: PostFilter: tvtime Apply integer value 1 on offset 12
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Set parameter 'judder_correction' to value '0'
    kaffeine: PostFilter: tvtime Apply integer value 0 on offset 16
    kaffeine: PostFilter: tvtime Apply integer value 0 on offset 16
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Set parameter 'use_progressive_frame_flag' to value '1'
    kaffeine: PostFilter: tvtime Apply integer value 1 on offset 20
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Set parameter 'chroma_filter' to value '0'
    kaffeine: PostFilter: tvtime Apply integer value 0 on offset 24
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Set parameter 'cheap_mode' to value '1'
    kaffeine: PostFilter: tvtime Apply integer value 1 on offset 28
    kaffeine: PostFilter: tvtime Apply integer value 1 on offset 28
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Deinterlace enabled: 1
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Get output
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Get input
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Playing: http://localhost:8908/tv.asf
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: xine event: progress info
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: xine event: xine message
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: xine event: xine message
    kaffeine: WARNING: KXineWidget: Message: 'Po??czenie zosta?o odrzucone.
    Prosz? sprawdzi? nazw? serwera. (couldn't send request)' was blocked!
    kaffeine: XinePart::closeURL()
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Playing: /usr/share/apps/kaffeine/logo
    [zibi1981@localhost ~]$ kaffeine: KXineWidget: New video frame size: 700x700 - aspect ratio: 1
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Switch to audio channel -1
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: xine event: playback finished
    kaffeine: Kaffeine: destructor
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Get output
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Get input
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Shut down xine engine
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Unwire video filters
    kaffeine: PostFilter: Delete Postprocessing Filter: tvtime
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Dispose event queue
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Dispose stream
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Close audio driver
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Close video driver
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Set CD/VCD/DVD path back
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Save xine config to: /home/zibi1981/.xine/config
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Close xine engine
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: Close xine display
    kaffeine: KXineWidget: xine closed
    kaffeine: XinePart: destructor
    kaffeine: XinePart destructor: calling saveConfig()
    kaffeine: XinePart: save config

     

    Simply nothing happens in both cases. Anyone has an idea?

  10. Install this package kdmtheme. Then open your KDE Control Centre go to System Administration you will see KDM Theme Manager. You can use that to install and change your login manager themes. No need to unpack the theme first, just select the downloaded theme tar file with the KDM Theme Manager and away you go. :)

     

     

    I'm also very interested in changing the look of the default Mandriva's login theme. I have KDM Theme Manager installed, and also I installed some nice themes from KDE-Look. Unfortunately when in administrators mode I choose a theme, press apply button and then reboot, I still see the default theme. It happens with every theme I tried. What can be wrong? Do anyone have KDM Theme Manager working properly on 2008.0?

  11. I also had problems with sound under 2008.0, which I didn't have when using 2007.0/2007.1 previously. I have two sound cards: one integrated AC'97 (disabled in BIOS), and a Sound Blaster on PCI. I had had the first one selected in KMix as a default mixer, and that was the case. One of the users from polish Mandriva fan site advised me to put the driver for the AC'97 sound card on a blacklist and it did help. Here's how I did it:

     

    1) In /etc/modprobe.conf:

     

    alias eth0 8139too

    install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe sata_via; /sbin/modprobe usb_storage; /bin/true

    # alias sound-slot-1 snd_via82xx

    install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe uhci_hcd; /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd; /bin/true

    install ide-controller /sbin/modprobe via82cxxx; /bin/true

    remove snd_emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove snd_emu10k1

    install snd_emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install snd_emu10k1

     

    2) and in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-mdv:

     

    # blacklisted modules for PCI coldplug

    # see also /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-compat

     

    blacklist rivatv

    blacklist snd_via82xx

     

    Now I have sound everytime I reboot to my 2008.0. Maybe it will help someone.

     

    P.S. Unfortunately I can't install ATI drivers... :wall:

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