xboxboy

December 10, 2008

I forgot to mention, there should be no partition on the array, as I am yet to put data on it. If there are partitions already there (I cant understand why dm1 has partitions) they may be fragments from when I tried booting off the array.

December 10, 2008

Thanks once again Ian.

[matthew@localhost ~]$ ls -l /dev/mapper/
total 0
crw-rw---- 1 root root  10, 62 2008-12-11 06:38 control
brw------- 1 root root 252,  0 2008-12-11 06:38 isw_bebgibagai_Cleggett08
brw------- 1 root root 252,  1 2008-12-11 06:38 isw_bebgibagai_Cleggett08p1
[matthew@localhost ~]$

Yes, both of those are 640gb which are used in the array.....I have 2 X 640gb running in raid1 (mirror)

Thanks,

December 9, 2008

[root@localhost matthew]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 640.1 GB, 640135028736 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77825 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf6ce6f14

  Device Boot	  Start		 End	  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *		   1	   77825   625129281	7  HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 640.1 GB, 640135028736 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77825 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf6ce6f14

  Device Boot	  Start		 End	  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *		   1	   77825   625129281	7  HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdc: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc9fdc9fd

  Device Boot	  Start		 End	  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1   *		   1		6457	51865821	7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdc2			6458	   13886	59673442+   5  Extended
/dev/sdc5			6458		7476	 8185086   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdc6			7477	   13886	51488293+  83  Linux

Disk /dev/dm-0: 640.1 GB, 640132714496 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77825 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf6ce6f14

 Device Boot	  Start		 End	  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/dm-0p1   *		   1	   77825   625129281	7  HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/dm-1: 640.1 GB, 640132383744 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77824 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x69205244

This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.

 Device Boot	  Start		 End	  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/dm-1p1   ?	   13578	  119522   850995205   72  Unknown
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/dm-1p2   ?	   45382	   79243   271987362   74  Unknown
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/dm-1p3   ?	   10499	   10499		   0   65  Novell Netware 386
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/dm-1p4		  167628	  167631	   25817+   0  Empty
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.

Partition table entries are not in disk order
[root@localhost matthew]#

[root@localhost matthew]# 1vs
bash: 1vs: command not found

[root@localhost matthew]# vgs
bash: vgs: command not found

[root@localhost matthew]# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities :
unused devices: <none>
[root@localhost matthew]#

[root@localhost matthew]# cat /etc/mdadm.conf
cat: /etc/mdadm.conf: No such file or directory

[root@localhost matthew]# cat /etc/fstab
# Entry for /dev/sdc6 :
UUID=8d98e80f-5ff9-4d31-8f99-22eacfead24e / ext3 relatime 1 1
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom auto umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,exec,flush 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sdc1 :
UUID=867893F17893DDED /mnt/windows ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sdc5 :
UUID=aa3e9216-97b8-4828-a615-a6c962afe02b swap swap defaults 0 0
[root@localhost matthew]#

Thanks for your help Ian. Some of those commands didn't appear to be applicable to mine install????

Im running 2008.1, is the NTFS read/write support safe to use for data storage? or am I better installing the ext3 driver for windows?

December 9, 2008

They could also have one of their head gurus provide an article for national computer magazines. Doesn't have to be mandriva specific, but if its mandriva based, then that will also increase awareness.

All we hear here in Australia is Ubuntu, fedora and suse, but all articles are written using ubuntu......I simply hate the theming and colours so have never even tried to get a stable system using ubuntu.

December 9, 2008

Is it simply a matter of mounting this drive somehow?

December 7, 2008

Thanks guys. Aussie John that card is punching out way more than mine!!!

Ok so I have the Nvidia driver, so why do I not have the NVIDIA logo upon start?

December 6, 2008

Yes I can run nvidia settings

December 6, 2008

Ok so I now have 2008.1 up and running, with the Nvidia driver loaded as well. The Lan is running perfectly.

Below are screen shots of the hard disk manager. How can I make it so I can access my raid array (mapper/isw_bebgibagai_cleggett08)? If possible I would like to have that in storage media.

Can anyone advise me what device sdd is??? I dont know where this comes from!

And sdc has a 49gb windows partition, 8gb swap and 49gb of mandy install.

Thanks all

December 6, 2008

Thanks Ian just run glxgears from a konsole and this is the result:

[matthew@localhost ~]$ glxgears
39955 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7990.882 FPS
40594 frames in 5.0 seconds = 8118.642 FPS
41426 frames in 5.0 seconds = 8285.167 FPS
41467 frames in 5.0 seconds = 8293.237 FPS
41445 frames in 5.0 seconds = 8288.921 FPS
41444 frames in 5.0 seconds = 8288.725 FPS
41441 frames in 5.0 seconds = 8288.069 FPS
41441 frames in 5.0 seconds = 8288.190 FPS
41414 frames in 5.0 seconds = 8282.750 FPS
41404 frames in 5.0 seconds = 8280.760 FPS

So it appears the nvidia driver is installed correctly yes?

December 6, 2008

I also would argue that the user permissions with linux are far tighter than with windows. I guess a key logger type of program could work its way in, but it cant attack the system as it needs to have root privileges to do that.

December 5, 2008

Thanks for reply danielwics, unfortunately that didn't do it.

Is the xf86config at fault here?

December 5, 2008

Scarecrow,

When x windows load I dont have the logo. :( I would like the logo if possible.

Here is part of my current xorg file

Section "Device"
Identifier	 "device1"
Driver		 "nvidia"
BoardName	  "NVIDIA GeForce 9300 and later"
EndSection

the backup xorg has the driver as nv so it looks like it installed the proper nvidia driver.

December 5, 2008

Hi Ian.

I found these instructions upon the net (Ubuntu forums actually).

copied the driver files/folders into /Downloads

cd into the src folder

ran sudo KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make

ran sudo KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make install

cd to lib//modules......./atl1e

then sudo insmod ./atl1e.ko

I have no idea what that KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC does, but that method works, as I'm writing this throug 2008.1! YAY

December 5, 2008

Im told I need to change CFLAGS to EXTRA_CFLAGS, but what part of makefile do I edit???

###########################################################################
# Copyright(c) 2007 Atheros Corporation. All rights reserved.
# Copyright(c) 2006 xiong huang <xiong.huang@atheros.com>
#
# Derived from Intel e1000 driver
# Copyright(c) 1999 - 2005 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
# Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
# any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
# more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
# this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
# Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
#
# There are a lot of defines in here that are unused and/or have cryptic
# names.  Please leave them alone, as they're the closest thing we have
# to a spec from Atheros at present. *ahem* -- CHS
#
###########################################################################
# Driver files

# core driver files
CFILES = at_main.c at_hw.c at_param.c at_ethtool.c kcompat.c  
HFILES = at.h at_hw.h at_osdep.h kcompat.h

ifeq (,$(BUILD_KERNEL))
BUILD_KERNEL=$(shell uname -r)
endif

###########################################################################
# Environment tests

# Kernel Search Path
# All the places we look for kernel source
KSP :=  /lib/modules/$(BUILD_KERNEL)/build \
	/lib/modules/$(BUILD_KERNEL)/source \
	/usr/src/linux-$(BUILD_KERNEL) \
	/usr/src/linux-$($(BUILD_KERNEL) | sed 's/-.*//') \
	/usr/src/kernel-headers-$(BUILD_KERNEL) \
	/usr/src/kernel-source-$(BUILD_KERNEL) \
	/usr/src/linux-$($(BUILD_KERNEL) | sed 's/\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\)\..*/\1/') \
	/usr/src/linux

# prune the list down to only values that exist
# and have an include/linux sub-directory
test_dir = $(shell [ -e $(dir)/include/linux ] && echo $(dir))
KSP := $(foreach dir, $(KSP), $(test_dir))

# we will use this first valid entry in the search path
ifeq (,$(KSRC))
 KSRC := $(firstword $(KSP))
endif

ifeq (,$(KSRC))
 $(error Linux kernel source not found)
else
ifeq (/lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/source, $(KSRC))
 KOBJ :=  /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
else
 KOBJ :=  $(KSRC)
endif
endif

# check for version.h and autoconf.h for running kernel in /boot (SUSE)
ifneq (,$(wildcard /boot/vmlinuz.version.h))
 VERSION_FILE := /boot/vmlinuz.version.h
 CONFIG_FILE  := /boot/vmlinuz.autoconf.h
 KVER := $(shell $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -E -dM $(VERSION_FILE) | \
	  grep UTS_RELEASE | awk '{ print $$3 }' | sed 's/\"//g')
 ifeq ($(KVER),$(shell uname -r))
# set up include path to override headers from kernel source
x:=$(shell rm -rf include)
x:=$(shell mkdir -p include/linux)
x:=$(shell cp /boot/vmlinuz.version.h include/linux/version.h)
x:=$(shell cp /boot/vmlinuz.autoconf.h include/linux/autoconf.h)
CFLAGS += -I./include
 else
ifneq (,$(wildcard $(KOBJ)/include/linux/utsrelease.h))
  VERSION_FILE := $(KOBJ)/include/linux/utsrelease.h
else
  VERSION_FILE := $(KOBJ)/include/linux/version.h
endif
CONFIG_FILE  := $(KSRC)/include/linux/autoconf.h
 endif
else
 ifneq (,$(wildcard $(KOBJ)/include/linux/utsrelease.h))
VERSION_FILE := $(KOBJ)/include/linux/utsrelease.h
 else
VERSION_FILE := $(KOBJ)/include/linux/version.h
 endif
 CONFIG_FILE  := $(KSRC)/include/linux/autoconf.h
endif

ifeq (,$(wildcard $(VERSION_FILE)))
 $(error Linux kernel source not configured - missing version.h)
endif

ifeq (,$(wildcard $(CONFIG_FILE)))
 $(error Linux kernel source not configured - missing autoconf.h)
endif

# pick a compiler
ifneq (,$(findstring egcs-2.91.66, $(shell cat /proc/version)))
 CC := kgcc gcc cc
else
 CC := gcc cc
endif
test_cc = $(shell $(cc) --version > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo $(cc))
CC := $(foreach cc, $(CC), $(test_cc))
CC := $(firstword $(CC))
ifeq (,$(CC))
 $(error Compiler not found)
endif

# we need to know what platform the driver is being built on
# some additional features are only built on Intel platforms
ARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed 's/i.86/i386/')
ifeq ($(ARCH),alpha)
 CFLAGS += -ffixed-8 -mno-fp-regs
endif
ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
 CFLAGS += -mcmodel=kernel -mno-red-zone
endif
ifeq ($(ARCH),ppc)
 CFLAGS += -msoft-float
endif
ifeq ($(ARCH),ppc64)
 CFLAGS += -m64 -msoft-float
 LDFLAGS += -melf64ppc
endif

# standard flags for module builds
CFLAGS += -DLINUX -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -O2 -pipe -Wall -DDBG=0
CFLAGS += -I$(KSRC)/include -I.
CFLAGS += $(shell [ -f $(KSRC)/include/linux/modversions.h ] && \
		echo "-DMODVERSIONS -DEXPORT_SYMTAB \
			  -include $(KSRC)/include/linux/modversions.h")

CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_EXTRA)

RHC := $(KSRC)/include/linux/rhconfig.h
ifneq (,$(wildcard $(RHC)))
 # 7.3 typo in rhconfig.h
 ifneq (,$(shell $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -E -dM $(RHC) | grep __module__bigmem))
CFLAGS += -D__module_bigmem
 endif
endif

# get the kernel version - we use this to find the correct install path
KVER := $(shell $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -E -dM $(VERSION_FILE) | grep UTS_RELEASE | \
	awk '{ print $$3 }' | sed 's/\"//g')

# assume source symlink is the same as build, otherwise adjust KOBJ
ifneq (,$(wildcard /lib/modules/$(KVER)/build))
ifneq ($(KSRC),$(shell cd /lib/modules/$(KVER)/build; pwd -P))
 KOBJ=/lib/modules/$(KVER)/build
endif
endif

KKVER := $(shell echo $(KVER) | \
	 awk '{ if ($$0 ~ /2\.[4-9]\./) print "1"; else print "0"}')
ifeq ($(KKVER), 0)
 $(error *** Aborting the build. \
	  *** This driver is not supported on kernel versions older than 2.4.0)
endif

# set the install path
INSTDIR := /lib/modules/$(KVER)/kernel/drivers/net/atl1e

# look for SMP in config.h
SMP := $(shell $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -E -dM $(CONFIG_FILE) | \
	 grep -w CONFIG_SMP | awk '{ print $$3 }')
ifneq ($(SMP),1)
 SMP := 0
endif

ifneq ($(SMP),$(shell uname -a | grep SMP > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo 1 || echo 0))
 $(warning ***)
 ifeq ($(SMP),1)
$(warning *** Warning: kernel source configuration (SMP))
$(warning *** does not match running kernel (UP))
 else
$(warning *** Warning: kernel source configuration (UP))
$(warning *** does not match running kernel (SMP))
 endif
 $(warning *** Continuing with build,)
 $(warning *** resulting driver may not be what you want)
 $(warning ***)
endif

ifeq ($(SMP),1)
 CFLAGS += -D__SMP__
endif

###########################################################################
# 2.4.x & 2.6.x Specific rules

K_VERSION:=$(shell uname -r | cut -c1-3 | sed 's/2\.[56]/2\.6/')

ifeq ($(K_VERSION), 2.6)

# Makefile for 2.6.x kernel
TARGET = atl1e.ko

# man page
MANSECTION = 7
MANFILE = $(TARGET:.ko=.$(MANSECTION))

ifneq ($(PATCHLEVEL),)
EXTRA_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_EXTRA)
obj-m += atl1e.o
atl1e-objs := $(CFILES:.c=.o)
else
default:
ifeq ($(KOBJ),$(KSRC))
$(MAKE) -C $(KSRC) SUBDIRS=$(shell pwd) modules
else
$(MAKE) -C $(KSRC) O=$(KOBJ) SUBDIRS=$(shell pwd) modules
endif
endif

else # ifeq ($(K_VERSION),2.6)

# Makefile for 2.4.x kernel
TARGET = atl1e.o

# man page
MANSECTION = 7
MANFILE = $(TARGET:.o=.$(MANSECTION))

# Get rid of compile warnings in kernel header files from SuSE
ifneq (,$(wildcard /etc/SuSE-release))
 CFLAGS += -Wno-sign-compare -fno-strict-aliasing
endif

# Get rid of compile warnings in kernel header files from fedora
ifneq (,$(wildcard /etc/fedora-release))
 CFLAGS += -fno-strict-aliasing
endif

.SILENT: $(TARGET)
$(TARGET): $(filter-out $(TARGET), $(CFILES:.c=.o))
$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -r $^ -o $@
echo; echo
echo "**************************************************"
echo "** $(TARGET) built for $(KVER)"
echo -n "** SMP			   "
if [ "$(SMP)" = "1" ]; \
	then echo "Enabled"; else echo "Disabled"; fi
echo "**************************************************"
echo

$(CFILES:.c=.o): $(HFILES) Makefile
default:
$(MAKE)

endif # ifeq ($(K_VERSION),2.6)

ifeq (,$(MANDIR))
 # find the best place to install the man page
 MANPATH := $(shell (manpath 2>/dev/null || echo $MANPATH) | sed 's/:/ /g')
 ifneq (,$(MANPATH))
# test based on inclusion in MANPATH
test_dir = $(findstring $(dir), $(MANPATH))
 else
# no MANPATH, test based on directory existence
test_dir = $(shell [ -e $(dir) ] && echo $(dir))
 endif
 # our preferred install path
 # should /usr/local/man be in here ?
 MANDIR := /usr/share/man /usr/man
 MANDIR := $(foreach dir, $(MANDIR), $(test_dir))
 MANDIR := $(firstword $(MANDIR))
endif
ifeq (,$(MANDIR))
 # fallback to /usr/man
 MANDIR := /usr/man
endif

# depmod version for rpm builds
DEPVER := $(shell /sbin/depmod -V 2>/dev/null | \
	  awk 'BEGIN {FS="."} NR==1 {print $$2}')

###########################################################################
# Build rules

$(MANFILE).gz: ../$(MANFILE)
gzip -c $< > $@

install: default $(MANFILE).gz
# remove all old versions of the driver
find $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/modules/$(KVER) -name $(TARGET) -exec rm -f {} \; || true
find $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/modules/$(KVER) -name $(TARGET).gz -exec rm -f {} \; || true
install -D -m 644 $(TARGET) $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)$(INSTDIR)/$(TARGET)
ifeq (,$(INSTALL_MOD_PATH))
/sbin/depmod -a || true
else
 ifeq ($(DEPVER),1 )
/sbin/depmod -r $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH) -a || true
 else
/sbin/depmod -b $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH) -a -n $(KVERSION) > /dev/null || true
 endif
endif
install -D -m 644 $(MANFILE).gz $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)$(MANDIR)/man$(MANSECTION)/$(MANFILE).gz
man -c -P'cat > /dev/null' $(MANFILE:.$(MANSECTION)=) || true

uninstall:
if [ -e $(INSTDIR)/$(TARGET) ]; then \
	rm -f $(INSTDIR)/$(TARGET); \
fi
/sbin/depmod -a
if [ -e $(MANDIR)/man$(MANSECTION)/$(MANFILE).gz ]; then \
	rm -f $(MANDIR)/man$(MANSECTION)/$(MANFILE).gz; \
fi

.PHONY: clean install

clean:
rm -rf $(TARGET) $(TARGET:.ko=.o) $(TARGET:.ko=.mod.c) $(TARGET:.ko=.mod.o) $(CFILES:.c=.o) $(MANFILE).gz .*cmd .tmp_versions

December 5, 2008

[root@localhost AR8121-linux-ver1.0.0.7]# cd src
[root@localhost src]# make install
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24.4-desktop586-1mnb/build SUBDIRS=/home/matthew/Download/AR8121-linux-ver1.0.0.7/src modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.24.4-desktop586-1mnb'
scripts/Makefile.build:46: *** CFLAGS was changed in "/home/matthew/Download/AR8121-linux-ver1.0.0.7/src/Makefile". Fix it to use EXTRA_CFLAGS.  Stop.
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/matthew/Download/AR8121-linux-ver1.0.0.7/src] Error	2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.24.4-desktop586-1mnb'
make: *** [default] Error 2
[root@localhost src]#

Where do I go from here?

December 5, 2008

Hi Ian, sorry about slow reply, decided to redo the boot drive, so have been slow to resinstall 2008.1

The out put is:

root@localhost ~]# lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2e20 (rev 03)

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2e21 (rev 03)

00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #4

00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #5

00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #6

00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB EHCI Controller #2

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation HD Audio Controller

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 1

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 5

00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 6

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #1

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #2

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #3

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB EHCI Controller #1

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 90)

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation LPC Interface Controller

00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801 SATA RAID Controller

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation SMBus Controller

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0641 (rev a 1)

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Unknown device 1026 (rev b0)

03:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6121 SATA II Controller (rev b2)

05:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 70)

I copied the driver files off the motherboard cd into the Downloads folders, changed to the src directory within that, and tried make install as the readme file said to, but it has a couple of errors.

The kernel dev files are installed, as I have installed the NVIDIA drivers already.

November 15, 2008

Hi Aussie john. I dont get it either, I always am disconnected from the net/router when I install, normally I just plug in the cable and away I go. Im guessing as my board is fairly new that this is why.

November 15, 2008

Thanks scarecrow, in my 2008 install it was easy to get compiz going...oh well progress I guess

November 15, 2008

Hi guys,

I have a fresh install of 2008.1 now, but I have no network. My motherboard cd has some linux drivers.

In the lan folder I have:

src folder

atl1e.7

copying

ldistrib.txt

readme

and in the src folder is:

at.h

at_ethtool.c

at_hw.c

at_hw.h

at_main.c

at_osdep.h

at_param.c

atl1e.mod.c

kcompat.c

kcompat.h

kcompat_ethtool.c

makefile

Where do I go from here?

November 15, 2008

Installed 2008.1, run XFdrake, could then start x windows. Perfect.

Installed kernel devel, download and installed the nvidia driver. On my last system when I loaded x, it would display a big Nvidia symbol, it doesn't do it on this one, is this normal now??????

I installed from the free, 3 cd's and I cant get compiz running, packages are missing, so I'll have to down load these.

Thanks all

November 14, 2008

Ah, ok guys. Looks like I'll install 2008.1 as I have that on cd. Thanks all

November 13, 2008

I ran XFdrake again, couldn't see this nvidia driver you mentioned.

Any driver I select are met with the response of no device detected..

How can I fix this?

November 11, 2008

Hi all,

I've finally got my new system up and running. I've installed Mandy 2008 DVD, as thats what I have used in the past (Also have 2008.1 cd's, that install actually broke on me, and I'm not sure if the cd's are the same as the DVD?).

Install went well. No dramas at all. Upon reboot, I get dumped at a terminal and I use XFdrake, but dont have any luck.

I'm using an acer x213w if that changes anything. Video card is a Nvidia EN9400GT, with 512mb so should be quite nice for my bit of doodling around.

As always any help most appreciated. Thanks.

November 11, 2008

Well its up and running, and didn't it take some doing/

From looking all over the web lots and lots of people are having trouble. But luckily I found a solution on the Asus forums.

Turn raid off in BIOS. Hook a hard drive to the E_SATA1 port, and do a windows install.....Now this is not supported, but it works.

So I had a working SP3 on E_SATA1. Shutdown pc, turn raid on in BIOS and reboot. Windows loaded and found new hardware, wants to install driver, so install the raid driver.

Shutdown pc. Added the two raid drives, rebooted, enter the intel matrix Rom, set the array up and reboot. Enter Bios to ensure booting of E_SATA1 hard disk still. Reboot. Windows is up and running with a raid1 data array.

I shutdown and moved the boot drive from E_SATA1, back onto the intel ich10r controller, entered bios, set the boot disk. Reboot pc. All is working.

The driver I gave to windows when it wanted the raid driver was the same floppy I had been f6 adding to install, but it would just not work......

So know I got windows and mandy on a boot drive, with plenty of room for messing with other distros.

And two hard drives in raid1, being purely data drives. I'm going to move my docs off the windows partition and onto the data raid array, and the same with the /home folder.

Exactly what I wanted. Yay....It only took nearly 1 month, obviously intel, marvell, ASUS or MS have a driver glitch somewhere, hopefully I wont need to go through this again, or updated drivers will behave better.

Now I just gotta get X windows up on mandy, I get dropped to a text login, and XFdrake doesn't sort it out.......

November 11, 2008

Hi, welcome to Mandriva users. This forum is full of amazingly helpful and knowledgeful people.

A good guide to help you get a desktop up and running is :

http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desk...ne-2009.0-gnome

I personally dont run the gnome desktop, never have used gnome, I'm told its good. I use kde, been using that since mandrake 9 (mandriva from many years ago)

OR:

http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desk...2008-spring-kde

Which details the 2008.1 kde desktop set up.

I couldn't find a 2009 kde walkthrough sorry, but I've heard a few complaints about 2009 kde as it uses a all new kde interface. You can down grade, but I would imagine it would be complicated.

Have a go with gnome. I think thats what ubuntu is using, and thats "supposively" the most user friendly desktop anyway.

Linux seems complicated, and time consuming, but it is such a pleasure to use when set up properly. I am constantly surprised with linux, its always doing new stuff nowadays. Pictures, data management, hardware support its all fantastic.

Personally Im having issues with a new pc, but its windows thats causing me dramas. Ill push through it and I'm sure I use mandriva for most of the time.

Some times new hardware is lacking support in linux, but windows has dramas too....Neither is better, but understand linux, and you will see that you control the computer...not the computer controll the way you work.

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