Dr. Ephemeron

Never mind... I found it in messages... it is a big mess of stuff. Mar 29 19:23:52 localhost shutdown: shutting down for system reboot Mar 29 19:23:52 localhost init: Switching to runlevel: 6 Mar 29 19:23:52 localhost gconfd (dr_ephemeron-2714): Received signal 1, shutting down cleanly Mar 29 19:23:53 localhost gconfd (dr_ephemeron-2714): Exiting Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: bootsplash 3.1.3-2003/11/14: looking for picture.... silentjpeg size 14856 bytes, found (800x600, 14808 bytes, v3). Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: bootsplash: status on console 0 changed to on Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address e1df50f0 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: printing eip: Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: c023fe77 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: *pde = 1d3b2067 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: *pte = 00000000 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: Oops: 0000 [#1] Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: CPU: 0 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: EIP: 0060:[splash_renderc+247/448] Tainted: PF VLI Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c023fe77>] Tainted: PF VLI Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: EFLAGS: 00010202 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: EIP is at splash_renderc+0xf7/0x1c0 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: eax: 00000001 ebx: e1df50f0 ecx: e09d86f0 edx: 00000000 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: esi: 00000000 edi: 00000000 ebp: db391db4 esp: db391d90 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: Process splash (pid: 2822, threadinfo=db390000 task=db3978c0) Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: Stack: 00000640 00000010 00000003 00000000 0000ad55 00000001 00000240 e1831000 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: 00000007 db391dec c024052a e1831000 c041da40 00000007 00000000 c041dc34 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: 0000025e 00000158 00000010 00000008 00000002 c1516000 c041da40 db391e78 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: Call Trace: Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [splash_cursor+362/480] splash_cursor+0x16a/0x1e0 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [<c024052a>] splash_cursor+0x16a/0x1e0 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [fbcon_cursor+647/992] fbcon_cursor+0x287/0x3e0 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [<c0238bb7>] fbcon_cursor+0x287/0x3e0 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [do_IRQ+229/256] do_IRQ+0xe5/0x100 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [<c010d845>] do_IRQ+0xe5/0x100 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [common_interrupt+24/32] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [<c010bf28>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [complement_pos+18/368] complement_pos+0x12/0x170 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [<c01fc222>] complement_pos+0x12/0x170 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [hide_cursor+69/96] hide_cursor+0x45/0x60 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [<c01fc715>] hide_cursor+0x45/0x60 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [redraw_screen+312/464] redraw_screen+0x138/0x1d0 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [<c01fc9a8>] redraw_screen+0x138/0x1d0 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [vc_resize+923/1184] vc_resize+0x39b/0x4a0 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [<c01fd09b>] vc_resize+0x39b/0x4a0 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [splash_status+249/368] splash_status+0xf9/0x170 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [<c023d429>] splash_status+0xf9/0x170 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [splash_write_proc+478/1056] splash_write_proc+0x1de/0x420 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [<c023d73e>] splash_write_proc+0x1de/0x420 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [dentry_open+173/416] dentry_open+0xad/0x1a0 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [<c015314d>] dentry_open+0xad/0x1a0 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [proc_file_write+46/64] proc_file_write+0x2e/0x40 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [<c017fece>] proc_file_write+0x2e/0x40 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [vfs_write+142/224] vfs_write+0x8e/0xe0 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [<c0153cde>] vfs_write+0x8e/0xe0 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [sys_write+46/80] sys_write+0x2e/0x50 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [<c0153dae>] sys_write+0x2e/0x50 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [sysenter_past_esp+82/121] sysenter_past_esp+0x52/0x79 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: [<c010afa9>] sysenter_past_esp+0x52/0x79 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: Code: c6 07 00 00 00 75 11 8b 45 18 8a 10 40 81 e2 ff 00 00 00 89 45 18 89 d7 89 f8 8b 55 ec 84 c0 78 15 8b 45 f0 8b 55 e8 85 c0 74 0b <66> 8b 03 89 c2 81 e2 ff ff 00 00 83 c3 02 f7 c7 40 00 00 00 75 Mar 29 19:23:54 localhost kernel: <6>bootsplash: status on console 0 changed to o

So what log would I look in to see details of the shutdown seg fault of the "bootsplash"... I see nothing in messages? Err I mean I see nothing that looks like the same message that scrolls up the screen that is... I see stuff that may be it, that I don't understand.

What is the difference between starting Gnome with init 5 and starting it with startx? I notice that sometimes startx can give you problems with permissions and init 5 doesn't... I am not sure exactly how it works. For example, /dev/nvidia* is set 0600 by pam_console and if I use startx to start GNOME, glxgears won't run because it needs 0660. If I su and then init 5, it will run. Also I notice that shutdown from gnome that has been started using startx can give errors or seg faults when a shutdown after being started with init 5 will go smoothly. For example if I shutdown from GNOME after starx from console. I see a seg fault in the bootsplash routine. Although I have no ill effects from it. I need to look and see if it is a file permission thing causing it... probably is.

I am a big tightwad myself... but I think the time is ripe to kick in some left over lunch money just to help the cause. (The cause being to phuck M$ a good one.)

Here is the fix now: Edit the file "/usr/share/harddrake/service_harddrake". row 24, col. 103 should read: qw(NVdriver nvidia.ko)) The n is missing from "nvidia.ko" In XF86Config-4, change back "nv" to "nvidia" and make sure Load "glx" is not commented out. :D

Most everyone and anyone says report to qa.mandrakesoft.com and in fact many, many people do. 10 is on the list of accepted versions for reports there too... like I said... Mandrake doesn't know how to classify it.

Ebay is full of fraudulent auctions, fradulent bids, fradulent feedbacks and they even have a large staff to clean it up... I don't see how a company giving away software and basically begging for someone to buy it would have the resources to clean up after some monkeys.

Who is a big tightwad and will never pay for Mandrake or the club as long as they can dowload it? :P I will buy a club membership when 10 is officially released.

I don't know why you are reporting 10 CE to Anthill when it is an unstable release. I am not sure why they are even responding to them there when many people are using Bugzilla. I guess even Mandrake doesn't know how to classify it. Quote Anthill: "Anthill is a bug tracking system similar to Bugzilla which is used for tracking bugs in stable releases of MandrakeSoft products including Mandrake Linux and Corporate Server. For bugs in development releases of MandrakeSoft products (aka "Cooker"), use the MandrakeSoft Bugzilla instead."

I have Enable sound server startup in GNOME and esd is a running process in System Monitor. Is there a way to change the sequence of when the service is run or force it to run early or something?

It apparently was created when I installed fastcgi or is created by fastcgi when Apache starts a fastcgi script. I don't think I need it... it's empty.

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Does anyone have problems with formatting a floppy in MDK 10. At first I could not read my floppy and I had to completly reinstall from scratch and now it works but if I use the format utility in Gnome, it does it's thing and then the disk is not readable or writeable. I can put in a pre-formated floppy and it works, but I have noticed that copying a file to the floppy takes 4x longer than copying a file from the floppy to the hard drive.

I am using GNOME and ALSA with MDK 10 and all the Event Sounds work except the Login Sound. I have starup2.wav set in Sound preferences and I can highlight it and hit the Play button and it works, but yet no work on Login. I have an Audigy sound card. Anyone know why?

I installed some recent updates on Mandrake 10 and now I noticed that on boot I get this right before the swapspace is enabled: rm: cannot remove '/var/run/fastcgi/dynamic' : Is a directory I don't know what is trying to remove that directory or why... but I don't think it has anything to do with fastcgi. Weird.

I stopped harddrake starting up on boot and that stopped it. I also noticed that I couldn't run glxgears as user because updates made it so reboots was chmod 600 /dev/nvidia* and it should be 666. I had to edit /etc/security/console.perms to fix it. Thanks! :D

After installing some updates to mandrake 10, when I reboot, the stock "nv" drivers load. I check XF86Config-4 and Load "glx" is commented out like this: # Load "glx" and Driver "nvidia" is changed back to Driver "nv". If I edit it and change it back, then logout and type startx again, it works fine, no error messages. When I reboot, login, startx again, the lines are changed again. Anyone have an idea what's going wrong? It worked fine for a few weeks and some updates changed something for the bad. Thanks

I reinstalled and that fixed it. Althouth copying a file from the floppy is about 4x slower than copying a file to it.

I actually removed magicdev with rpmdrake just to see if that would do the trick. That ps command you gave me gives this error: # ps -aux |grep magic Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html root 3203 0.0 0.1 1936 644 pts0 S 01:21 0:00 grep magic Here is ps -A if there is anything in there that would be causing it, I wouldn't know what it is. # ps -A PID TTY TIME CMD 1 ? 00:00:02 init 2 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0 3 ? 00:00:00 events/0 4 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/0 5 ? 00:00:00 kapmd 6 ? 00:00:00 pdflush 7 ? 00:00:00 pdflush 8 ? 00:00:00 kswapd0 9 ? 00:00:00 aio/0 11 ? 00:00:00 kseriod 15 ? 00:00:00 kjournald 145 ? 00:00:00 devfsd 269 ? 00:00:00 khubd 606 ? 00:00:00 kjournald 607 ? 00:00:00 kjournald 762 ? 00:00:00 knodemgrd_0 1099 ? 00:00:00 dhclient 1163 ? 00:00:00 mysqld_safe 1204 ? 00:00:00 mysqld 1205 ? 00:00:00 portmap 1229 ? 00:00:00 syslogd 1237 ? 00:00:00 klogd 1300 ? 00:00:00 rpc.statd 1794 ? 00:00:00 xfs 1866 ? 00:00:00 gdm-binary 1899 ? 00:00:00 atd 1955 ? 00:00:00 ntpd 1985 ? 00:00:00 gdm-binary 1986 ? 00:00:14 X 1987 ? 00:00:00 sshd 2030 ? 00:00:00 xinetd 2072 ? 00:00:00 nfsd 2073 ? 00:00:00 nfsd 2074 ? 00:00:00 nfsd 2075 ? 00:00:00 nfsd 2080 ? 00:00:00 lockd 2081 ? 00:00:00 rpciod 2076 ? 00:00:00 nfsd 2077 ? 00:00:00 nfsd 2078 ? 00:00:00 nfsd 2079 ? 00:00:00 nfsd 2092 ? 00:00:00 rpc.mountd 2253 ? 00:00:00 master 2282 ? 00:00:00 pickup 2283 ? 00:00:00 qmgr 2284 ? 00:00:00 tlsmgr 2319 ? 00:00:00 crond 2351 ? 00:00:00 smbd 2365 ? 00:00:00 nmbd 2599 ? 00:00:00 gnome-session 2635 ? 00:00:00 ssh-agent 2694 ? 00:00:00 httpd2 2702 ? 00:00:00 numlock <defunct> 2708 ? 00:00:00 advxsplitlogfil 2715 ? 00:00:01 gconfd-2 2716 ? 00:00:00 httpd2 2717 ? 00:00:00 httpd2 2718 ? 00:00:00 httpd2 2719 ? 00:00:00 httpd2 2720 ? 00:00:00 httpd2 2782 ? 00:00:00 esd 2795 ? 00:00:00 bonobo-activati 2858 ? 00:00:00 gnome-settings- 2876 tty1 00:00:00 mingetty 2877 tty2 00:00:00 mingetty 2878 tty3 00:00:00 mingetty 2879 tty4 00:00:00 mingetty 2880 tty5 00:00:00 mingetty 2881 tty6 00:00:00 mingetty 2883 ? 00:00:00 fam 2935 ? 00:00:00 xscreensaver 2983 ? 00:00:00 gnome-smproxy 2985 ? 00:00:00 metacity 2989 ? 00:00:00 gnome-panel 2991 ? 00:00:01 nautilus 2993 ? 00:00:00 pam-panel-icon 2996 ? 00:00:00 pam_timestamp_c 3002 ? 00:00:00 mapping-daemon 3006 ? 00:00:00 wnck-applet 3008 ? 00:00:00 notification-ar 3010 ? 00:00:00 mixer_applet2 3061 ? 00:00:00 soundwrapper 3064 ? 00:00:00 gaim 3131 ? 00:00:02 gnome-terminal 3132 ? 00:00:00 gnome-pty-helpe 3133 pts0 00:00:00 bash 3166 pts0 00:00:00 su 3169 pts0 00:00:00 bash 3261 pts0 00:00:00 ps

Any time I try to access the floppy, MDK 10 goes into some sort of read loop trying to read the floppy and it goes on forever and sometimes it stops and sometimes I have to kill the power on the computer. I tried the exact same fstab line that I used in 9.2 and also tried disabling supermount and no go. I can boot up in windows and the floppy still works fine.

My MDK 10.0 works fine with cdrecord and cdrdao from the command line with: dev=ATAPI:0,0,0 for cdrecord --device ATAPI:0,0,0 for cdrdao Of course you need to set other options specific for your burner type and the actual bus, target, lun it's on. I gave up with any GUI for cdrecord and cdrdao a few months ago, even with 9.2 because they were all inheritably flakey.

Never Mind

I think they need to work the bugs out of bugzilla, I submitted a bug and it loaded a page that said wait, submission in process or something of that nature and nothing happened. Checked "My Bugs" later and nothing was there. :unsure:

Cry me a river.

WINEHQ site is not very helpful for a first time installation... you don't need to read an entire developers "bible" to install it. Here are the basics: Install the RPM then to setup the config file, run $ winesetup Winesetup may use the wrong string for you cdrom and it won't work, so you need to manual enter it. For MDK 9.2, the cdrom "device" for the config file is /dev/scd0 and the "path" will be /mnt/cdrom For MDK 10.0 the "device" will probably be /dev/hdx (where x is a letter) and the "path" is /mnt/cdrom Update 3/13/2004: I installed wine-20040309-mdk.i586.rpm on MDK 10.0 and the winesetup auto detected path for my IDE cdrom works correctly without having to manually change it. A wine folder (.wine) is created in your home directory with the config file and a fake_windows directory. You may need to use the option in fstab to show hidden files on the CD if you have problems installing programs. I don't remember the option for this. I have noticed that some programs won't install unless you cd /mnt/cdrom first before you run setup. Update 3/13/2004: You should definitely use the "unhide" option to show hidden files on the CD. You mainly just need to make sure all of the config file [Drive X] sections are setup proper for you computer. The sound setup defaults to using OSS and you will have to manual change the config to use ALSA. Run any windows program like this: $ wine program_filename If a Windows program you are installing prompts you to reboot, select to reboot later and then you have to run: $ wineboot This simulates rebooting of the computer and finalize the setup. To remove windows programs run: $ uninstaller Update 3/13/2004: Now you can actually install something like Office97 or Office2000 and it should run, but many functions may lockup unless you play dll musical chairs with the config file and copying native dlls into your fake_windows directory to help make some functions work. FYI - You will find it is more trouble trying to run it than what it is worth since it is very unfinished, unreliable, and generally buggy.