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  1. I understand that by default Timeframe only supports certain file types. In particular it only shows .doc and .docx documents (or pdf but nobody creates documents in that format). This is strange given that this is a Linux distro and those are Msoft filetypes. I create my documents in Abiword so can anyone please tell me how to add .abw as a supported file type in Timeframe?

     

    This is a very interesting distribution btw and Timeframe is the most interesting thing about it. I would be very pleased to use Mandriva again (I used it years ago pretty well exclusively) but if it doesn't support native Linux document formats I don't see the point in carrying on.

  2. I recently decided to reinstall my virtual copy of xp, the only major change I made from the previous install was the partition on which the .vdi file lives and the mount point. So my setup is that I run vbox from ~/.VirtualBox as is usual, but the virtual hard drive is on /dev/sda12 which is mounted as /mnt/windowsvm or not - this is where the confusion lies. As I run vbox from a user account I have chowned both the folder /mnt/windowsvm and the vdi file itself (xp.vdi) to my username. The only difference from the way it has been running in the past is that previously I housed the old .vdi file on /media not /mnt. The old vdi file and containing folder have been deleted, so cannot be influencing things in any way.

     

    At this stage I should tell you that the installation runs perfectly, there is no fault whatsoever with the way the virtual copy of xp runs and there is no fault with the way the computer runs, but something impossible is happening.

     

    If I use fstab to mount /dev/sda12 as /mnt/windowsvm then start virtualbox, it immediately says that the drive is inaccessible. If I comment out the mount command in fstab so that /dev/sda12 is unmounted, then virtualbox runs perfectly!! Now that is impossible, but that is what appears to be happening.

     

    I can confirm with both the 'mount' command and 'gparted' that /dev/sda12 is unmounted and yet the virtual hard drive that lives on that partition works normally. If /dev/sda12 is mounted (again confirmed by 'mount') the vdi it contains is inaccessible. WIHIH!

     

    I don't want to overload this post with too much information at this stage, let me know if you want more, but I will include the fstab entry here - you will notice it is commented out - that is the only way vbox will work????

     

    #LABEL=windowsvm /mnt/windowsvm ext3 relatime,rw,user 0 0

     

    I should also add that /dev/sda12 is a freshly formatted ext3 partition that has been error checked twice now with no errors reported. Also I am not running xp from a 'saved state' or a 'snapshot' in my home folder, only from the 'unmounted' vdi file itself.

     

    EDIT. I did change virtualbox versions recently as well (v3.0.4) is this new version capable of mounting linux folders by itself? It would certainly know where the vdi file is located as that information is in the ~/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml file. Having said that, I just started xp in virtualbox and then ran 'mount' in linux - there is no sign of /dev/sda12 being mounted.

  3. 2010 repo's don't exist yet. You need to select cooker. This will give you the latest cooker, which will include packages updated since the Alpha2 iso's were created.

     

    Jim

    When I select 2010.0 as the system to install it automatically sets the directory to Cooker, so that is not it. I still get the 'File not available' message then the install screen for 2009 spring. Out of interest I decided to proceed witht the install of 2009 spring and it failed as well. I got the message that the installer had suffered an 'X windows system error' 'BadMatch' and that it was probably a bug in the program.

     

    Thanks for trying to help Jim but this is just not working for me. I will leave it for a week or so and see if it settles down, though I doubt whether the installer is going to fix itself!. It is not a big deal for me one way or the other.

     

    Thanks anyway.

  4. Ok I have had a look at it now and sorry to say it isn't helping me.

     

    I have the boot.iso file, burnt it to disk, booted from it, selected ftp install, 2010, set up networking, all hunky dory. The problem comes with the mirror selection. I have tried 4 different mirrors now from the included choices, and in every case I get a brief message saying "given file does not exist" then an installation screen for Mandriva 2009 Spring!

     

    There is an option to specify a mirror manually, which I haven't tried, basically because I think that if 2010 is not on the French "coffee" mirror (and apparently it isn't) then it isn't going to be anywhere else either.

     

    Am I doing something stupid here or is it that the servers are overloaded?

     

    For example I can't connect to the server link that Jim gave 2 posts back - that says overload (which is what you get for releasing DVD only distros incidentally!)

     

    It is just that this way of installing is new to me so I don't know if it is a server problem or a 'me' problem :D

     

    PS Thanks for the link Jim I had a read through that but it doesn't help with this particular problem.

  5. Well, I am glad nexus is enlightened, but I am damned if I am!

     

    This boot.iso thing is not on any mirror that I have access to and if as JKerr said it is "in the repos" then that assumes that I have a version of Mandriva which is using the Cooker repos, and at the moment I don't, that was the point of the enquiry. Perhaps your expecting me to install 2009.1,change the repos to 2010 and then update it? I did this last year and I ended up downloading about 1.5Gb which is too much.

     

    So could some kind soul explain what you are all talking about here, because I wouldn't mind testing 2010 but I won't do so if I have to download more than a CD's worth to get started.

     

    A good starting point for me would be a link to where this boot.iso thing actually lives.

  6. The Cooker forum looks pretty quiet - I wonder why?

     

    Could it be that, like myself, other people don't have the bandwidth available to download 3/3.5Gb of data for a testing distribution?

     

    For the past couple of years I have always had a go with Cooker, but if you can't fit it onto a CD I won't be doing so again.

     

    I stopped using Sabayon for the same reason, not everyone has an unlimited internet connection.

     

    Of course it could just be that everyone is on holiday at this time of year, or it could be that a lot of folks think that 700Mb is enough for something that might not work well anyway.

  7. So 2009.1 is out. Can somebody tell me when I have to change my present Cooker sources to 2009.1 sources to prevent downloading lots of stuff that belongs to 2010.0? I have just had a look on easy urpmi and it still doesn't have any sources for 2009.1.

     

    It is a bit of a nuisance this, would it not be better to forget the 'cooker' designation altogether and just use 2009.1/2010.0 designation instead? Then it wouldn't be necessary for anyone to change sources when a 'cooker' becomes a 'release'.

     

    I am probably missing something absolutely crucial, but I don't know what it is.

     

     

    [moved from Everything Linux by spinynorman]

  8. Told you go to Anssi  :P seriously usually a bugreport isn't even necessary, just a quick chat on irc; glad you got it fixed though

     

    Yeah, you were right about that. As I have written it above, the 'fix' looks simple, but the detective work involved in getting there was anything but, it involved a true in depth knowledge of the subject which he certainly has - I was very impressed and a little overawed, I thought I was getting to know Linux until I 'spoke' to him!

  9. Well this has now been solved (I think, although the next kernel update will tell for sure) entirely due to the efforts of Anssi Hannula so I would like to publicly thank him for his patience and complement him on his knowledge.

     

    The problem was that at some time previously I had used the nvidia installer to install the nvidia driver. Apparently when it runs it deletes certain files that it thinks are unnecessary (and they are as far it is concerned) but for the Mandriva dkms installation of nvidia drivers these files are completely necessary so once you have used the nvidia installer and the files are removed the dkms installer never works again.

     

    The solution is:

     

    urpmi --replacepkgs x11-driver-video-nvidia-current

     

    this replaces the packages removed by the nvidia installer and allows XFdrake to work.

     

    I have used this in 2009 and Cooker and in both cases it seems to work.

  10. OK guys I have a chance to experiment with this problem with your help if you wish. Cooker is offering me a kernel upgrade today(kernel desktop 2.6.29.1-3) so I can use this to get some detailed output that might help me phrase a bug report.

     

    Furthermore I now see that someone with the exact same laptop as myself has just reported a similar problem so that motivates me to do something as well.

     

    As I said earlier in the thread, I removed the dkms modules before because I got fed up with waiting for them to install only to have the whole thing fail anyway.So prior to doing anything I have reinstalled dkms-nvidia-current which pulled in as dependencies nvidia-current-doc and x11-driver-nvidia-current (all for the 180.44 driver). After install it asked me to use XFdrake to configure my graphics card and then restart X I did this, the settings were correct, so I accepted the defaults then logged out and in and all was fine (I expected this because it was not a kernel upgrade).

     

    This is the output of urpmi so you can see what it is proposing to install:

     

    To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed:

     

       Package						Version	  Release	   Arch   
    (medium "Main")
     drak3d						 1.25.1	   1mdv2009.1	noarch  
     drakbackup					 0.19.2	   1mdv2009.1	noarch  
     drakconf					   12.9		 1mdv2009.1	noarch  
     drakconf-icons				 12.9		 1mdv2009.1	noarch  
     draksnapshot				   0.20.1	   1mdv2009.1	noarch  
     drakx-finish-install		   12.28.1	  1mdv2009.1	i586	
     drakx-installer-binaries-probe 1.37.2	   1mdv2009.1	i586	
     drakx-net					  0.74.4	   1mdv2009.1	noarch  
     drakx-net-text				 0.74.4	   1mdv2009.1	noarch  
     drakxtools					 12.28.1	  1mdv2009.1	i586	
     drakxtools-backend			 12.28.1	  1mdv2009.1	i586	
     drakxtools-curses			  12.28.1	  1mdv2009.1	i586	
     evince						 2.26.1	   1mdv2009.1	i586	
     evolution					  2.26.1.1	 1mdv2009.1	i586	
     evolution-data-server		  2.26.1.1	 1mdv2009.1	i586	
     fontconfig					 2.6.0		5mdv2009.1	i586	
     gnome-media					2.26.0	   2mdv2009.1	i586	
     gtk+2.0						2.16.1	   3mdv2009.1	i586	
     gurpmi						 6.25.2	   1mdv2009.1	noarch  
     harddrake					  12.28.1	  1mdv2009.1	i586	
     harddrake-ui				   12.28.1	  1mdv2009.1	i586	
     hcl							1.7.1		1mdv2009.1	noarch  
     initscripts					8.88		 18mdv2009.1   i586	
     kernel-desktop586-2.6.29.1-3m> 1			1mnb2		 i586	
     kernel-desktop586-devel-2.6.2> 1			1mnb2		 i586	
     kernel-desktop586-devel-latest 2.6.29.1	 3mnb2		 i586	
     kernel-desktop586-latest	   2.6.29.1	 3mnb2		 i586	
     kernel-source-2.6.29.1-3mnb	1			1mnb2		 i586	
     kernel-source-latest		   2.6.29.1	 3mnb2		 i586	
     libcamel14					 2.26.1.1	 1mdv2009.1	i586	
     libcddb-slave2_0			   2.26.0	   2mdv2009.1	i586	
     libdrakx-net				   0.74.4	   1mdv2009.1	noarch  
     libdrm-common				  2.4.9		1mdv2009.1	i586	
     libdrm2						2.4.9		1mdv2009.1	i586	
     libdrm_intel1				  2.4.9		1mdv2009.1	i586	
     libebackend0				   2.26.1.1	 1mdv2009.1	i586	
     libebook9					  2.26.1.1	 1mdv2009.1	i586	
     libecal7					   2.26.1.1	 1mdv2009.1	i586	
     libedata-book2				 2.26.1.1	 1mdv2009.1	i586	
     libedata-cal6				  2.26.1.1	 1mdv2009.1	i586	
     libedataserver11			   2.26.1.1	 1mdv2009.1	i586	
     libedataserverui8			  2.26.1.1	 1mdv2009.1	i586	
     libegroupwise13				2.26.1.1	 1mdv2009.1	i586	
     libevince1					 2.26.1	   1mdv2009.1	i586	
     libexchange-storage3		   2.26.1.1	 1mdv2009.1	i586	
     libexiv2_5					 0.18.1	   1mdv2009.1	i586	
     libfontconfig-devel			2.6.0		5mdv2009.1	i586	
     libfontconfig1				 2.6.0		5mdv2009.1	i586	
     libgail18					  2.16.1	   3mdv2009.1	i586	
     libgdata1					  2.26.1.1	 1mdv2009.1	i586	
     libgdk_pixbuf2.0_0			 2.16.1	   3mdv2009.1	i586	
     libgdk_pixbuf2.0_0-devel	   2.16.1	   3mdv2009.1	i586	
     libgladeui1_-devel			 3.6.2		1mdv2009.1	i586	
     libgladeui1_9				  3.6.2		1mdv2009.1	i586	
     libgnome2					  2.26.0	   3mdv2009.1	i586	
     libgnome2_0					2.26.0	   3mdv2009.1	i586	
     libgtk+-x11-2.0_0			  2.16.1	   3mdv2009.1	i586	
     libgtk+2.0_0				   2.16.1	   3mdv2009.1	i586	
     libgtk+2.0_0-devel			 2.16.1	   3mdv2009.1	i586	
     libmetacity-private0		   2.26.0	   3mdv2009.1	i586	
     libnautilus1				   2.26.2	   2mdv2009.1	i586	
     libudev0					   140		  3mnb2		 i586	
     libvolume_id1				  140		  3mnb2		 i586	
     mandriva-gfxboot-theme		 4.1.19.10	1mdv2009.1	i586	
     mdkonline					  2.76.2	   1mdv2009.1	noarch  
     metacity					   2.26.0	   3mdv2009.1	i586	
     msec						   0.60.18	  2mdv2009.1	i586	
     msec-gui					   0.60.18	  2mdv2009.1	i586	
     nautilus					   2.26.2	   2mdv2009.1	i586	
     numlock						2.1.2		2mdv2009.1	i586	
     perl						   5.10.0	   25mdv2009.1   i586	
     perl-base					  5.10.0	   25mdv2009.1   i586	
     perl-suid					  5.10.0	   25mdv2009.1   i586	
     pm-utils					   1.2.4		4mdv2009.1	i586	
     shorewall					  4.2.8		1mdv2009.1	noarch  
     shorewall-common			   4.2.8		1mdv2009.1	noarch  
     shorewall-perl				 4.2.8		1mdv2009.1	noarch  
     timezone					   2009f		1mdv2009.1	i586	
     transfugdrake				  1.9.1		1mdv2009.1	noarch  
     udev						   140		  3mnb2		 i586	
     userdrake					  1.9.1		1mdv2009.1	i586	
     virtualbox-kernel-2.6.29.1-de> 2.2.0		2mdv2009.1	i586	
     virtualbox-kernel-desktop586-> 2.2.0		1.20090416.2> i586	
     x11-driver-input-vboxmouse	 2.2.0		2mdv2009.1	i586	
     x11-driver-video-intel		 2.7.0		1mdv2009.1	i586	
     x11-driver-video-vboxvideo	 2.2.0		2mdv2009.1	i586	
    297MB of additional disk space will be used.
    136MB of packages will be retrieved.
    Proceed with the installation of the 86 packages? (Y/n)

     

    Notice I don't only have the devel packages but the source packages as well - this was one of my earlier attempts to get this to work.

     

    Here is more relevant output:

     

     rpm -qa | grep nvidia
    nvidia-current-doc-html-180.44-2mdv2009.1
    dkms-nvidia-current-180.44-2mdv2009.1
    x11-driver-video-nvidia-current-180.44-2mdv2009.1
    
    rpm -qa | grep kernel
    kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.29-0.rc8.3.1mnb-1-1mnb2
    kernel-desktop586-devel-2.6.29.1-2mnb-1-1mnb2
    kernel-source-latest-2.6.29.1-2mnb2
    virtualbox-kernel-desktop586-latest-2.2.0-1.20090412.1mdv2009.1
    kernel-headers-2.6.29-1mnb2
    kernel-desktop586-devel-latest-2.6.29.1-2mnb2
    kernel-source-2.6.29.1-1mnb-1-1mnb2
    kernel-desktop586-2.6.29.1-2mnb-1-1mnb2
    virtualbox-kernel-2.6.29.1-desktop586-2mnb-2.2.0-1mdv2009.1
    kernel-desktop586-devel-2.6.29.1-1mnb-1-1mnb2
    kernel-source-2.6.29.1-2mnb-1-1mnb2
    kernel-desktop586-2.6.29.1-1mnb-1-1mnb2
    kernel-firmware-extra-20090212-2mnb2
    virtualbox-kernel-2.6.29.1-desktop586-1mnb-2.2.0-1mdv2009.1
    kernel-desktop586-latest-2.6.29.1-2mnb2
    kernel-firmware-20090111-3mnb2
    
    uname -a
    Linux localhost 2.6.29.1-desktop586-2mnb #1 SMP Fri Apr 10 21:51:25 EDT 2009 i686 Intel® Core(tm)2 Duo CPU	 T7300  @ 2.00GHz GNU/Linux

     

    Now can anyone see any reason why the upgrade shouldn't work?

     

    I'll leave this post open for a short while and if I don't get any replies I will run the update and post that output along with any findings that I have.

     

    EDIT. OK back again with a new kernel. The urpmi part of the install gave no useful info so I will omit that, it simply said installation complete reboot for new kernel. So I did.

     

    After the reboot dkms set about installing the Nvidia module and a couple of Vbox modules. The Nvidia module showed no errors, the Vbox modules both failed. When the boot was complete I was dropped into my usual terminal with the usual 'Would you like to diagnose' dialog. I usually ignore this but this time I pressed 'Yes'. There were various EE errors the most significant of which seemed to be:

     

    FATAL. Module Nvidia not found.

     

    It then went on to ask if I would like to view the Xserver output. Again I usually say no but this time I said yes.

     

    Again various errors the most frequent of which was "Failed to load module type 1" and "Failed to load module freetype"

     

    I was then asked if I would like to configure the Xserver, I accepted, XFdrake launched and all the options in it were correct. I pressed 'TEST' and just got warnings as above about type1 and freetype.

     

    All this I have done a dozen times before and the result is always the same - I install manually.

     

    During the manual installation I get 1 warning - /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so is not a symbolic liink. (but it is believe me I have checked!)

     

    Press OK the install completes and everything is back to normal except for Vboxdrv which I will now also have to install manually.

     

    The only other output related to reading /var/log/Xorg.).log which I include below - but it is rather long.

     

     

     

    X.Org X Server 1.6.1
    Release Date: 2009-4-14
    X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
    Build Operating System: Linux_2.6.22.18-server-1mdv Mandriva
    Current Operating System: Linux localhost 2.6.29.1-desktop586-3mnb #1 SMP Thu Apr 16 10:46:24 EDT 2009 i686
    Build Date: 14 April 2009  04:56:28PM
    
    Before reporting problems, check [url="http://qa.mandriva.com"]http://qa.mandriva.com[/url]
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
    Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
    (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Apr 17 11:37:34 2009
    (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
    (==) ServerLayout "layout1"
    (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
    (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
    (==) No device specified for screen "Screen0".
    Using the first device section listed.
    (**) |   |-->Device "device1"
    (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
    (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
    (**) |-->Input Device "SynapticsMouse1"
    (**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
    (**) Option "Xinerama" "0"
    (**) Option "IgnoreABI" "true"
    (**) Ignoring ABI Version
    (==) Automatically adding devices
    (==) Automatically enabling devices
    (==) FontPath set to:
    catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d,
    built-ins
    (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    (WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
    (WW) Disabling Keyboard1
    (WW) Disabling Mouse1
    (II) Loader magic: 0x1bc0
    (II) Module ABI versions:
    X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
    X.Org Video Driver: 5.0
    X.Org XInput driver : 4.0
    X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
    (II) Loader running on linux
    (--) using VT number 7
    
    (--) PCI:*(0@1:0:0) nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600M GS rev 161, Mem @ 0xf2000000/16777216, 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xf0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00002000/128
    (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
    (II) System resource ranges:
    [0] -1	0	0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
    [1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
    [2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
    [3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
    [4] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
    [5] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
    (WW) "dri" will not be loaded unless you've specified it to be loaded elsewhere.
    (II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
    (II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
    (II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
    (II) "record" will be loaded by default.
    (II) "dri" will be loaded even though the default is to disable it.
    (II) "dri2" will be loaded by default.
    (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
    (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
    (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
    (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
    (II) LoadModule: "v4l"
    (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//v4l_drv.so
    (II) Module v4l: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.5.99.3, module version = 0.1.1
    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
    (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
    (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
    (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
    (II) Loading extension Multi-Buffering
    (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
    (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
    (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
    (II) Loading extension DPMS
    (II) Loading extension XVideo
    (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
    (II) Loading extension X-Resource
    (II) LoadModule: "type1"
    (WW) Warning, couldn't open module type1
    (II) UnloadModule: "type1"
    (EE) Failed to load module "type1" (module does not exist, 0)
    (II) LoadModule: "freetype"
    (WW) Warning, couldn't open module freetype
    (II) UnloadModule: "freetype"
    (EE) Failed to load module "freetype" (module does not exist, 0)
    (II) LoadModule: "glx"
    (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
    (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
    compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  180.44  Mon Mar 23 15:29:02 PST 2009
    (II) Loading extension GLX
    (II) LoadModule: "record"
    (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so
    (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.13.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
    (II) Loading extension RECORD
    (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
    (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri2.so
    (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
    (II) Loading extension DRI2
    (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
    (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so
    (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
    compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
    (II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
    (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//synaptics_drv.so
    (II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.0, module version = 1.1.0
    Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
    ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 4.0
    (II) v4l driver for Video4Linux
    (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  180.44  Mon Mar 23 15:05:32 PST 2009
    (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
    (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01@00:00:0
    (WW) Falling back to old probe method for v4l
    (II) Loading sub module "fb"
    (II) LoadModule: "fb"
    (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
    (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
    (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
    (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
    (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libwfb.so
    (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
    (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
    (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
    (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
    (II) resource ranges after probing:
    [0] -1	0	0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
    [1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
    [2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
    [3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
    [4] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
    [5] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
    (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
    (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
    (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
    (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
    (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TwinView" "1"
    (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
    (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "DFP-0: 1280x800 @1280x1024 +1280+0, DFP-1: 1280x1024_60 +0+0; DFP-0: 1024x768 +1024+0, DFP-1: 1024x768 +0+0; DFP-0: 800x600 +800+0, DFP-1: 800x600 +0+0; DFP-0: 640x480 +640+0, DFP-1: 640x480 +0+0; DFP-0: 320x240 +320+0, DFP-1: 320x240 +0+0"
    (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-1"
    (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals"
    (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
    (II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
    (II) NVIDIA(0):	 enabled.
    (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 8600M GS (G86) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
    (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
    (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 60.86.48.00.20
    (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
    (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
    (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 8600M GS at PCI:1:0:0:
    (--) NVIDIA(0):	 Seiko (DFP-0)
    (--) NVIDIA(0):	 Sony SDM-HS95P (DFP-1)
    (--) NVIDIA(0): Seiko (DFP-0): 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
    (--) NVIDIA(0): Seiko (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link LVDS
    (--) NVIDIA(0): Sony SDM-HS95P (DFP-1): 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
    (--) NVIDIA(0): Sony SDM-HS95P (DFP-1): Internal Single Link TMDS
    (**) NVIDIA(0): TwinView enabled
    (II) NVIDIA(0): Display Devices found referenced in MetaMode: DFP-0, DFP-1
    (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Devices: DFP-0, DFP-1
    (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
    (II) NVIDIA(0):	 "DFP-0:1280x800@1280x1024+1280+0,DFP-1:1280x1024_60+0+0"
    (II) NVIDIA(0):	 "DFP-0:1024x768+1024+0,DFP-1:1024x768+0+0"
    (II) NVIDIA(0):	 "DFP-0:800x600+800+0,DFP-1:800x600+0+0"
    (II) NVIDIA(0):	 "DFP-0:640x480+640+0,DFP-1:640x480+0+0"
    (II) NVIDIA(0):	 "DFP-0:320x240+320+0,DFP-1:320x240+0+0"
    (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 2560 x 1024
    (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (98, 96); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
    (--) NVIDIA(0):	 option
    (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
    (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
    (II) do I need RAC?  No, I don't.
    (II) resource ranges after preInit:
    [0] -1	0	0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
    [1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
    [2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
    [3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
    [4] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
    [5] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
    (II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
    (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI display change hotkey events enabled: the X server is new
    (II) NVIDIA(0):	 enough to receive ACPI display change hotkey events.
    (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode
    (II) NVIDIA(0):	 "DFP-0:1280x800@1280x1024+1280+0,DFP-1:1280x1024_60+0+0"
    (II) Loading extension NV-GLX
    (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
    (==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
    (II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
    (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
    (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
    (**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
    (II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
    (II) Loading extension XINERAMA
    (==) RandR enabled
    (II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
    (II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
    (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
    (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
    (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
    (II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
    (II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
    (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
    (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
    (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
    (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
    (II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
    (II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
    (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
    (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
    (II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
    (II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
    (II) Initializing extension GLX
    (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 1.1.0
    (--) SynapticsMouse1 auto-dev sets device to /dev/input/event2
    (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
    (II) SynapticsMouse1: x-axis range 1472 - 5472
    (II) SynapticsMouse1: y-axis range 1408 - 4448
    (II) SynapticsMouse1: pressure range 0 - 255
    (II) SynapticsMouse1: finger width range 0 - 0
    (II) SynapticsMouse1: buttons: left right middle
    (**) Option "SHMConfig" "on"
    (--) SynapticsMouse1 touchpad found
    (**) Option "SendCoreEvents"
    (**) SynapticsMouse1: always reports core events
    (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "SynapticsMouse1" (type: TOUCHPAD)
    (**) SynapticsMouse1: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
    (**) SynapticsMouse1: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
    (**) SynapticsMouse1: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
    (**) SynapticsMouse1: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
    (--) SynapticsMouse1 touchpad found
    (II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
    (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
    (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//evdev_drv.so
    (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.0, module version = 2.2.1
    Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
    ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 4.0
    (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
    (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
    (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
    (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
    (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
    (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
    (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
    (**) Option "xkb_layout" "gb"
    (**) Option "xkb_options" "compose:rwin"
    (II) config/hal: Adding input device   USB Keyboard
    (**)   USB Keyboard: always reports core events
    (**)   USB Keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event12"
    (II)   USB Keyboard: Found keys
    (II)   USB Keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
    (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "  USB Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
    (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
    (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
    (**) Option "xkb_layout" "gb"
    (**) Option "xkb_options" "compose:rwin"
    (II) config/hal: Adding input device   USB Keyboard
    (**)   USB Keyboard: always reports core events
    (**)   USB Keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event11"
    (II)   USB Keyboard: Found keys
    (II)   USB Keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
    (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "  USB Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
    (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
    (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
    (**) Option "xkb_layout" "gb"
    (**) Option "xkb_options" "compose:rwin"
    (II) config/hal: Adding input device Acer CrystalEye webcam
    (**) Acer CrystalEye webcam: always reports core events
    (**) Acer CrystalEye webcam: Device: "/dev/input/event9"
    (II) Acer CrystalEye webcam: Found keys
    (II) Acer CrystalEye webcam: Configuring as keyboard
    (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Acer CrystalEye webcam" (type: KEYBOARD)
    (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
    (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
    (**) Option "xkb_layout" "gb"
    (**) Option "xkb_options" "compose:rwin"
    (II) config/hal: Adding input device Sleep Button (CM)
    (**) Sleep Button (CM): always reports core events
    (**) Sleep Button (CM): Device: "/dev/input/event7"
    (II) Sleep Button (CM): Found keys
    (II) Sleep Button (CM): Configuring as keyboard
    (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button (CM)" (type: KEYBOARD)
    (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
    (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
    (**) Option "xkb_layout" "gb"
    (**) Option "xkb_options" "compose:rwin"
    (II) config/hal: Adding input device Video Bus
    (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
    (**) Video Bus: Device: "/dev/input/event8"
    (II) Video Bus: Found keys
    (II) Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
    (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD)
    (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
    (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
    (**) Option "xkb_layout" "gb"
    (**) Option "xkb_options" "compose:rwin"
    (II) config/hal: Adding input device Power Button (CM)
    (**) Power Button (CM): always reports core events
    (**) Power Button (CM): Device: "/dev/input/event6"
    (II) Power Button (CM): Found keys
    (II) Power Button (CM): Configuring as keyboard
    (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button (CM)" (type: KEYBOARD)
    (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
    (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
    (**) Option "xkb_layout" "gb"
    (**) Option "xkb_options" "compose:rwin"
    (II) config/hal: Adding input device Power Button (FF)
    (**) Power Button (FF): always reports core events
    (**) Power Button (FF): Device: "/dev/input/event4"
    (II) Power Button (FF): Found keys
    (II) Power Button (FF): Configuring as keyboard
    (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button (FF)" (type: KEYBOARD)
    (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
    (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
    (**) Option "xkb_layout" "gb"
    (**) Option "xkb_options" "compose:rwin"
    (II) config/hal: Adding input device USB Optical Mouse
    (**) USB Optical Mouse: always reports core events
    (**) USB Optical Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event10"
    (II) USB Optical Mouse: Found 3 mouse buttons
    (II) USB Optical Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
    (II) USB Optical Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
    (II) USB Optical Mouse: Configuring as mouse
    (**) USB Optical Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
    (**) USB Optical Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
    (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "USB Optical Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
    (**) USB Optical Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
    (**) USB Optical Mouse: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
    (**) USB Optical Mouse: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
    (**) USB Optical Mouse: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
    (II) config/hal: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
    (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 1.1.0
    (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
    (II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: x-axis range 1472 - 5472
    (II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: y-axis range 1408 - 4448
    (II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: pressure range 0 - 255
    (II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: finger width range 0 - 0
    (II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: buttons: left right middle
    (--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad touchpad found
    (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
    (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" (type: TOUCHPAD)
    (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
    (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
    (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
    (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
    (WW) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad can't grab event device, errno=16
    (--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad touchpad found
    (II) config/hal: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
    (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 1.1.0
    (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1"
    (II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: x-axis range 1472 - 5472
    (II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: y-axis range 1408 - 4448
    (II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: pressure range 0 - 255
    (II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: finger width range 0 - 0
    (II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: buttons: left right middle
    (--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad touchpad found
    (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
    (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" (type: TOUCHPAD)
    (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
    (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
    (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
    (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
    (--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad touchpad found

  11. Is this your problem? There is a bug report linked to in the thread.

     

    http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=109078

     

    I don't think that is it David, but I can't honestly be sure. Firstly the guy in the post seems to have put something to do with Nvidia into skip.list. Both my skip.list files are empty. Secondly he seems to run a test install every time, I have never done that, I just jump in! Thirdly in his test install he seems to have got some error messages - I didn't (but then neither did he when he installed it for real).

     

    Part of the problem is that I don't really understand the function of the multitude of modules relating to nvidia, and dkms that Mandriva seems to carry - there seem to be so many, and being a simple soul, installing the driver for myself is a damn sight easier than trying to work out what is going wrong with the automatic method :unsure:

  12. Would it help if I filed the bug for you and reported back to you via PM or posts here?

     

    Yves.

     

    I appreciate that offer Yves but I don't see how you can do that as you do not have access to my computer so that is going to be just about impossible for you. There is nobody on this forum with this problem except me which means it is almost certainly a waste of time filing it anyway, a true bug is one that affects many users not just one, what is more on Cooker I have already removed the dkms modules so if anybody asks me to test something I really can't do so.

     

    So let me ask you these questions. Do you think it is worth filing given that I am the only one affected? If I do file it then which distribution do I file it against Cooker or 2009 - both are affected. Which module exactly do I file it against? If somebody responds and says 'try this' how do I do so? The problem only occurs with a kernel upgrade anyway, I can't engineer those in order to test things.

     

    I have certainly thought about filing it, but the answer to the questions above mean that I don't see how my input can help, and as far as I am concerned manually loading the Nvidia driver is not a big deal.

     

    If when you consider the statements above you still think I should file it then I will.

  13. I appreciate the help guys but it goes a bit deeper than just kernel and nvidia driver mismatch. If it were that then I could not install the driver manually either, but I can, every time, it is only the dkms install that fails (although it says it has succeeded but produces no graphics!?). Besides there must have been at least half a dozen different kernels on Cooker that I have used, and at least two on 2009. As for Nvidia drivers I have used 180.22, 180.29 and 180.44 for certain and I am sure there were a couple of others as well. The result is always the same.

     

    If it is any use to you my current setup is 2.6.27-19-1 on 2009 and 2.6.29-1-2 on cooker. I am using the 180.44 nvidia driver on both, manually installed.

  14. I have a thread here:

     

    https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=81904

     

    In which I complain about the difficulties I encountered with a fresh install of 2009.1, particularly with regard to Nvidia drivers and their installation by dkms.

     

    This morning I received an update to dkms-nvidia-current on 2009.0 which changed the driver over from 180.29 to 180.44. Or at least it tried to. Immediately this completed I lost my graphics exactly the same as I do in Cooker. I had thought that this was a problem with the 180.44 driver, so I downloaded it seperately from nvidia.com and installed it manually - it works perfectly. The dkms install however always fails (although it shows no errors during install, it all appears to have worked but then gives no graphics). It has been failing on Cooker ever since I started using it and it now fails on 2009.0 as well. I have got so tired of it interrupting the boot process on Cooker that I have removed the dkms module - I know I am going to have to install manually at every kernel change so I figure I might as well not waste time waiting for dkms to fail! It looks like I will have to do it with 2009 now as well.

     

    There must be a problem with this dkms module in combination with my particular graphics card.

     

    With my other two current distros (Linux Mint and PCLOS) I have no such problems.

  15. I decided it was time I caught up with the rest of the world and transferred some of my rescue/recovery programs from CD to USB. Puppy Linux is successful, Parted Magic is successful, Clonezilla/System Rescue is successful, but Super Grub Disk (SGD) is not. I just wondered if anybody here has a copy of SGD working properly from a USB key, and if so how you managed it.

     

    Let me explain 'working properly'. Thing is, I can install, and boot SGD from my USB key, I can navigate through the mass of menus and 'help' that it throws up, but when I actually ask it to do anything involving other disks, it just stops. For example, if you look hard enough within the SGD menus you will find an entry 'Show Partitions'. If I select this the cursor moves to a new line and then - nothing! I know it is not searching for anything since there is no hard disk activity light on the PC (there is if I use the CD version). You can leave it as long as you like, it just stays there. It is not just that menu entry either, if I try one of the grub entries it says it is searching for '/boot/grub/menu.lst' (and others) but it does not do so, it just sits there until you shut it down.

     

    It seems to me that although it is working, it is doing so in complete isolation, in other words it is totally unaware of any other disks on the machine.

     

    Any ideas why that might be?

  16. Tyme,

     

    I am not sure if your post was meant for me or scoonma. In case it was for me can I tell you I gave up on this a while back. Setting/Exporting variables in Fish was something I wanted to do once only, never before and never again after. What ever I did at the time worked for me but I don't really want to go back there!

     

    Hell, I don't even like the command line. I ony started using Fish because I thought it might make cli a bit easier than bash - and it does to some extent, but not enough to make me want to use it too often!

     

    Thanks for the post anyway.

  17. I have no need to try the service restart because since I installed the nvidia driver manually Cooker graphics work normally, but the next time I get a kernel update it will break again and I will try your suggestion then.

     

    I would stress that I have 4 distros running on this laptop (which is pci-e you are right) and Cooker is the only one affected in this way. It must be the driver (dkms installs 180.41 which does install but fails to produce any images whatsoever) I install 180.29 which works.

  18. Might be something in that ffi. As for AGP I don't know if I have got one either!! I don't play games so I don't take much notice of graphics cards.

    It don't get the same behaviour as you describe. I get a couple of annoying screens asking me if I want to check output of this or that log file. Then a login prompt.

  19. Well, I just picked up my first kernel update in my 'new' cooker - the result is exactly the same as the old one - no graphics and no virtualbox. So basically the whole reinstallation was a waste of time. And Cooker is no nearer to being usable than it was when it was released.

     

    Dkms installed the graphics driver with no reported errors but still no graphics, the dkms vboxdrv and vboxnetflt installs both failed. I think the graphics fail because the -devel files do not cut it, it needs the -source files which are not installed by default. I am away off to get those now to see if it makes a difference. As for vboxdrv I have no idea I will probably have to install it manually. Last time I had to manually edit the vboxdrv makefile before it would work.

     

    Edit. No. Source files made no diference, I had to install the nvidia and vboxdrv drivers by hand now everything works again. This is NOT the way it should have to be, and this is a completely fresh install remember.

  20. replacing the /dev/sd* entries with UUID's

     

    AAAGGHH!

     

    UUID's - you cannot be serious!

     

    Replace with

    root=LABEL=xxxxx

    for ultimate peace of mind.

     

    And you set the labels with

    e2label

    or gparted.

     

    Do it in fstab too (LABEL=xxxx), that way you will actually understand what you are booting/mounting.

  21. And uhhh... what's the problem with XFCE 4.6? It's a great, great, GREAT DE.

     

    Nothing whatsoever, I didn't say or even imply that it had a problem, I don't know where you got that idea from.

     

    But if you want to get rid of your Thunar worries then just install Xfe on it and it will blow your socks off :lol2:

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