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Hi all,

 

I really like Mandriva 2007 - it is fast and a dream to use. However, it is still not very user-friendly. I would like to use both my Logitec USB headset and the internal Cinergy 1400 digital receiver. I cannot see an easy way to achieve this - does anyone elsse?

 

Many thanks in advance.

 

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Don't know about the receiver, but for the headset you should just be able to plug it in and go. I just got a similar unit (a MS LX3000) and that's what I did. Oh, you will have to run a program like alsamixer to unmute the channels.

This is getting to be more and more of a pain. I tried to boot today from a live CD (Kubuntu 6.00) and it hangs completely with "unpacking kernel" message (sorry, didn't write it down).

I am starting to think that there is something wrong with the chipset on this board? Could it be that the nvidia part is either broken or not compatible ... I'm assuming that kubuntu is crashing when trying to determine the gfx card ... but that is guess.

I'm going to chat with my vendor tomorrow and see if they have any suggestions. Might just be a matter of a bios upgrade ... the guy at the store runs Linux at home and told me the on board video "screams" with Mandriva ... I'll let you all know.

Fortunately (oddly) it works fine with the nv driver ... just no 3D ... and I really do want to see what beryl looks like.

dri is not applicable for the nvidia stock driver. Just take the line

 

Load "dri" # direct rendering

 

in the above config, and change it to

 

Load "glx"

 

You can also remove Load "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so", because it's equivalent to Load "glx"

 

Now 3D acceleration should work fine, after a restart of the xserver (or reboot)... or not?

Naw :) I did the suggested changes to my /etc/XF86Config.test

Section "Module"

Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension

Load "v4l" # Video for Linux

Load "extmod"

Load "type1"

Load "freetype"

Load "glx" # direct rendering

## Load "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so"

EndSection

Next I tried (from a tty as root):

X -config XF86Config.test :1

And the same ... have to hit RESET

I'm wondering if having a X server on :0 is making a difference? Should not be a problem?

Any other ideas? I'm going to try a live distro tomorrow when I get a chance, but I doubt if that will show anything since the nvidia stuff isn't likely supported there.

I should add that I'm running off a HD that was in my old computer. This is a new MB, but again that shouldn't make a difference ... should it. Maybe I should wait 'til I get Mandriva-Spring-Edition?

Maybe I like to abuse myself :) But I'm still hammering at getting this Nvidia to work.

I have tried it a few more times, this time with all the "extras" disabled. Still, the XFdrake test option completely hangs the system.

I have "discovered" that a log is kept in /var/log/Xorg.9.log. I've looked at this after rebooting and don't see anything obviously wrong. There are 1 or 2 WW (warning) lines, but no EE (error)s. I won't post the whole thing here, but the last few lines are:

[39] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS

(II) Setting vga for screen 0.

(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 8, (--) framebuffer bpp 8

(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is PseudoColor

(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)

(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "RenderAccel" "false"

(**) NVIDIA(0): Disabling RENDER acceleration

Does that mean anything to anyone?

Suggestions?

You don't have to hit the reset button. Simply hit alt+control+backspace to kill the (nonfunctioning) xserver.

Can you post the parts of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf that refer to your videocard and screen? Either nvidia is misconfigured, or you are trying to apply unusable refresh rates to your monitor.

Nope :) alt-ctl-bs does nothing. I really do have to hit reset.

Never occurred to me that an X server was actually being created. Duhh! But, sure enough there is a file /etc/X11/XF86Config.test which I assume is the one created by XFdrake. To keep this post not-too-verbose, I'll cut/paste what appears to be relevant:

Section "Module"

Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension

Load "v4l" # Video for Linux

Load "extmod"

Load "type1"

Load "freetype"

Load "dri" # direct rendering

Load "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so"

EndSection

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "monitor1"

VendorName "Plug'n Play"

ModelName "AL1916"

HorizSync 31-81

VertRefresh 56-75

# Monitor preferred modeline (60.0 Hz vsync, 64.0 kHz hsync, ratio 5/4)

ModeLine "1280x1024" 108 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +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"

BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce"

Driver "nvidia"

Option "DPMS"

EndSection

Section "Screen"

Identifier "screen1"

Device "device1"

Monitor "monitor1"

DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"

Depth 8

Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"

EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"

Depth 15

Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"

EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"

EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"

Depth 24

Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"

EndSubsection

EndSection

I'm starting to wonder if the problem is with the fact that the video is NOT a card but built in to the MB?

Oh, the monitor is a relatively new Acer 19" lcd.

you also need to install the kernel-source(or stripped source) package(s) for your kernel(s) and then reboot.

Thanks. We have progress of a kind :)

I installed sources to match the current kernel and rebooted.

Tried the following....

1. Ran FXdrake and selected Nvidia->GeForce 6,

2. Left the default setting in the "propritory driver" screen,

3. Hit TEST.

4. Waited for a minute or more and then had to reset the computer after I tired of the black screen.

Next, I went to the /usr/src/nvidia* directory and compiled the modules with "make modules"; "make install". Seems to be fine. Repeated 1 to 4.

After the next reboot I did it again with Nvidia->GeForce (not the 6 series). Same result (a complete hang up of the machine).

Just wondering if something should be auto-detecting the video card?

Okay, guys. Just installed a new motherboard on my system. It has a on-board nvidia geoforce 6100 video.

I got it to work with the nv driver. Looks fine, but no 3d, etc.

So, now I'm trying my best to get the nvidia stuff to work. I dl'd just about everything I found that said "nvidia" from the mandriva software update program.

Now, when I use XFdrake and select Nvidia->GeForce 6 Series and then "test" I get a black display and the error message:

(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!

(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***

Try to change some parameters

I think that it can't find something :)

I have checked and have a /usr/lib/nvidia directory with a number of lib files init. But, I don't know if these are kernel modules or what? Do I have to do a compile? I see that there is a /usr/src/nvidia* directory as well.

It can't be that hard, can it?

Trying NOT to post a "me too" message, I do want to say that I had the same problem. I thought it was my system/hardware ... but simply installing a new kernel (2.6.17.13-mm-desktop-3mdv in my case) has solved the problem.

You might want to try downloading/installing a new or different kernel.

Also, check that you DO NOT have a smp (multiple core) kernel if you don't have a multi-core processor. Others with more knowledge on this are welcome to jump in ... but it seems to me that when I was having the halt problem I had a SMP kernel. Funny part of this is that I don't recall ever installing such a beast.

The other thing you can do is go to the Control Centre > Software Management > Select where packages are downloaded from..., and then select the installation disc. Clicking Edit... will tell you where it has been put (probably where ianw said it would be). You can then use your favourite method to remove the copy, and click Remove in the Control Centre window to stop your computer from looking there.

 

Then all you have to do is use the Control Centre or urpmi to add the DVD as a removable source.

Thanks guys. Yes, the files were in /var/ftp/pub. Deleted and have a whole bunch of space left on my primary partition. BTW, I have no idea why the install would allocate such a small partition to hda1 ... only 7.7 gig on a 160 gig HD. Guess I should have done some manual adjustments when doing the install and not relied on the defaults.

I think I need to rebuild the rpm database. When I reset things via the control center I get some odd reports about database files being the wrong size. I think I read somewhere about deleting a database file to fix this???

Don't know if this will help, but it works fine on my box:

$ /sbin/hdparm /dev/cdrom

/dev/cdrom:

IO_support = 1 (32-bit)

unmaskirq = 1 (on)

using_dma = 1 (on)

keepsettings = 0 (off)

readonly = 0 (off)

readahead = 256 (on)

HDIO_GETGEO failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device

I've not set any of this myself, but it could have been some magic in the k3b setup.

When I installed 2007 from the single DVD (guess it doesn't make any difference if it is a DVD or a bunch of CDs) I told the isntaller to copy the files to the HD.

Now, I've probably gotten all I want off the distro and my HD is starting to fill a bit. So, I thought I'd delete the DVD copy off the HD.

2 problems ... I don't know where the copy is stored ... and after I delete it I have no idea how to tell the rpm manager that it is gone and it should now prompt for the DVD, etc.

Thanks.

This subject is confusing because Mandriva keep changing how USB devices get mounted.

 

I think the solution is to ensure that dbus and hal-daemon services are running, and then configure IceWm to start gnome-volume-manager when it starts.

Solved: running gnome-volume-manager is the simple solution which just works. Just a matter of adding it to a icewm startup script. Thanks.

Now, I have to add that I think I'm not going to being using icewm much anymore ... since the problem with mounts I've been using KDE and have to say I'm liking it more each day I use it. A number of years ago when I first tired KDE it was bloated and sluggish. It is probably still bloated, but the sluggishness seems to be pretty much solved. Kool, as they say :)

Oh, and I thought I was the only one in the whole world having this problem. Since upgrading to 2007 I've had the occasional problem with MIDI hanging (using either the midi port on my sound card or the USB interface I have) ... when that happens I have to hit RESET ... and then the reboot hangs like the other posters.

I was thinking that it was related to the MIDI hanging, but after reading the above I'm suspecting that this is not the issue. I've been using Linux since 1.x days on lots of different computers and never had a problem like this. Very strange.

I have (last night) installed a new kernel 2.6.17.13-mm-desktop-3mdv and we'll see if this solved the MIDI and/or the boot problem.

BTW, speaking of MIDI when do the kernels get upgraded with newer ALSA stuff? I see that the new kernel is still using ALSA 1.0.12.

I've been using Mandriva for some time and have recently upgraded (a new install) to 2007. For the most part, all works fine.

However, I'm having a problem with USB.

In GNOME or KDE I can plug in my IRIVER player or a memory card of some kind and I get the new device on my desktop. Checking around I see that the device is mounted as /mnt/IHP_100 or whatever. Fine.

But, if I'm using icewm (my preferred desktop) it appears that noting happens. Well, not exactly nothing ... using usbview or parsing the log files does show that the device is found by linux.

Now, to mount I have to determine the correct device and manually do something like (as root): mount /dev/sdf1 <somedir>

A complete pain :)

In my previous installation, 2006, plugging in a media would create a entry in /mnt (eg. /mnt/IHP_100) and then I would have to manually mount the thing (as user, just a 'mount /mnt/IHP_100 would do) and all was fine.

So, what's going on here? I suspect that I am either missing a line from my /etc/fstab or don't have something setup in /etc/udev??

Thanks, Bob.