crock

I've got Mandrake 9.1 running on a Pentium 200MHz Pro with 48MB ram and its not quick, but it definately gets the job done. I had Windows 2000 running on this same machine with about the same performance.

Before I begin trying to install this on MDK 10 OE, I'd just like to know if anyone has successfully installed it. I plan on using Wine, as I don't see any other way around it. I need your input on whether or not if's feasable. Mainly, I do HTML creation with Dreamweaver MX.

While I do like the Firefox concept, I'm not quite sure I'd use it on a type of kiosk. If I were in your shoes, I'd certainly give Mozilla another look.

You might be able to do something about your latter problem by removing the CMOS battery and reinserting it, erasing the values stored for the BIOS.

Seems to be fine with Apic disabled, but like you said, I've gotta make a trip to the bios to boot XP. I did a little research on the Apic deal, and noticed that Apic is an NT-based setting. So if I didn't have XP (or another NT based OS) that this setting probably wouldn't matter. Oh well, a trip to the bios every now and again is worth Mandrake functioning. :D

Also, after changing those BIOS values, the NoApic setting caused Windows to not boot successfully. It hung right after the bootloader selection. What does the Apic function do?

# urpmi kernel-source-2.6.3-7 Everything already installed Everything looks good. I too am using 2.6.3-7

Thanks, I've changed my bios to reflect those values. Nothing has locked on me yet, I'll keep you guys posted!

Oh and FYI: When I try to run a make and compile drivers, I get a similar result. Does this mean I have incorrect kernel sources installed? make -C nvnet make[1]: Entering directory `/home/crock/nforce/nvnet' cc -c -Wall -DLINUX -DMODULE -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -D__KERNEL__ -O2 -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -DMODULE -DCONFIG_PM -falign-functions=4 -I/lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include nvenet.c In file included from /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/irq.h:20, from /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/asm/hardirq.h:6, from /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/interrupt.h:11, from nvenet.h:30, from nvenet.c:22: /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/asm/irq.h:16:25: irq_vectors.h: No such file or directory In file included from /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/asm/hardirq.h:6, from /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/interrupt.h:11, from nvenet.h:30, from nvenet.c:22: /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/irq.h:70: error: `NR_IRQS' undeclared here (not in a function) In file included from /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/irq.h:72, from /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/asm/hardirq.h:6, from /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/interrupt.h:11, from nvenet.h:30, from nvenet.c:22: /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/asm/hw_irq.h:28: error: `NR_IRQ_VECTORS' undeclared here (not in a function) /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/asm/hw_irq.h:31: error: `NR_IRQS' undeclared here (not in a function) nvenet.c: In function `nvenet_open': nvenet.c:692: warning: passing arg 2 of `request_irq' from incompatible pointer type nvenet.c: In function `nvenet_remove': nvenet.c:1214: error: structure has no member named `driver_data' nvenet.c: In function `nvenet_reboot_handler': nvenet.c:2360: warning: implicit declaration of function `pci_for_each_dev' nvenet.c:2361: error: parse error before '{' token nvenet.c: At top level: nvenet.c:2367: error: parse error before '}' token nvenet.c: In function `nvenet_proc_full_info_open': nvenet.c:2605: warning: `MOD_INC_USE_COUNT' is deprecated (declared at /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/module.h:502) nvenet.c: In function `nvenet_proc_hardware_info_open': nvenet.c:2645: warning: `MOD_INC_USE_COUNT' is deprecated (declared at /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/module.h:502) nvenet.c: In function `nvenet_proc_command_line_open': nvenet.c:2686: warning: `MOD_INC_USE_COUNT' is deprecated (declared at /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/module.h:502) nvenet.c: In function `nvenet_proc_configuration_open': nvenet.c:2727: warning: `MOD_INC_USE_COUNT' is deprecated (declared at /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/module.h:502) nvenet.c: In function `nvenet_proc_rx_stats_open': nvenet.c:2762: warning: `MOD_INC_USE_COUNT' is deprecated (declared at /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/module.h:502) nvenet.c: In function `nvenet_proc_tx_stats_open': nvenet.c:2804: warning: `MOD_INC_USE_COUNT' is deprecated (declared at /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/module.h:502) nvenet.c: In function `nvenet_proc_release': nvenet.c:2821: warning: `MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT' is deprecated (declared at /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/module.h:514) make[1]: *** [nvnet.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/crock/nforce/nvnet' make: *** [nvnet_make] Error 2

Until I installed the nVidia drivers for my nForce2 chipset, MDK 10 OE/CE would lockup like crazy. I installed them, but they were built for my former 9.2 installation. I'm trying to rebuild the source rpm to accomodate my newer MDK install, rather than use my 9.2 built rpm. I still get some lockups, which is why im trying to rebuild.

I'm using kernel 2.6.3-7mdk The sources I'm using are installed from the MDK 10 OE cds.

Yep, shows everything is installed correctly. Thats why I'm so bamboozled. lol

I've already got the rpm-build package installed. I did that along with kernel headers / sources. Here's the whole she-bang. Installing NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0274.src.rpm warning: user buildmeister does not exist - using root warning: user buildmeister does not exist - using root warning: user buildmeister does not exist - using root warning: user buildmeister does not exist - using root warning: user buildmeister does not exist - using root Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.33121 + umask 022 + cd /usr/src/RPM/BUILD + echo '---- Copying Sources ----' ---- Copying Sources ---- + cd /usr/src/RPM/BUILD + rm -rf nforce + /usr/bin/gzip -dc /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/nvnet.tgz + tar -xvvf - drwxr-xr-x buildmeister/adm 0 2004-04-16 16:10:49 nforce/ drwxr-xr-x buildmeister/adm 0 2004-04-16 16:10:49 nforce/nvnet/ -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 23833 2004-04-16 16:17:45 nforce/nvnet/adapter.h -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 6867 2004-04-16 16:17:45 nforce/nvnet/basetype.h -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 6219 2004-04-16 16:17:45 nforce/nvnet/drvinfo.h -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 12003 2004-04-16 16:17:45 nforce/nvnet/nvenet.h -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 5129 2004-04-16 16:17:45 nforce/nvnet/os.h -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 6945 2004-04-16 16:17:45 nforce/nvnet/phy.h -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 102460 2004-04-16 16:17:45 nforce/nvnet/nvenet.c -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 38352 2004-04-16 16:17:45 nforce/nvnet/nvenetlib.o -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 3717 2004-04-16 16:17:45 nforce/nvnet/Makefile + STATUS=0 + '[' 0 -ne 0 ']' + cd nforce + cd /usr/src/RPM/BUILD + /usr/bin/gzip -dc /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/nvaudio.tgz + tar -xvvf - drwxr-xr-x buildmeister/adm 0 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/ drwxr-xr-x buildmeister/adm 0 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvaudio/ -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 3202 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvaudio/Makefile -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 64845 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvaudio/nvcrush.c -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 84378 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvaudio/nvhw.c -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 41741 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvaudio/nvmain.c -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 9910 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvaudio/nvrec.c -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 20056 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvaudio/nvspdif.c -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 18339 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvaudio/nvwavout.c -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 2651 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvaudio/chaninfo.h -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 10215 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvaudio/nvhw.h -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 2797 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvaudio/nvioctl.h -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 1392 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvaudio/nvrec.h -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 1618 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvaudio/nvspdif.h -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 1499 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvaudio/nvwavout.h + STATUS=0 + '[' 0 -ne 0 ']' + cd nforce + cd /usr/src/RPM/BUILD + /usr/bin/gzip -dc /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/nvmaster.tgz + tar -xvvf - drwxr-xr-x buildmeister/adm 0 2004-04-16 16:17:45 nforce/ -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 1259 2004-04-16 16:17:45 nforce/Makefile -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 5404 2004-04-16 16:17:45 nforce/NVLicense.txt -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 18007 2004-04-16 16:17:45 nforce/GNULicense.txt -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 28128 2004-04-16 16:17:45 nforce/ReleaseNotes.html + STATUS=0 + '[' 0 -ne 0 ']' + cd nforce + cd /usr/src/RPM/BUILD + /usr/bin/gzip -dc /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/nvgart.tgz + tar -xvvf - drwxr-xr-x buildmeister/adm 0 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/ drwxr-xr-x buildmeister/adm 0 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvgart/ -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 854 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvgart/Makefile -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 2093 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvgart/README -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 21192 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvgart/linux-2.4.20-agpgart.diff -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 1211 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvgart/linux-2.4.21-102-agpgart.diff -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 13557 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvgart/linux-2.4.21-4.EL-agpgart.diff -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 22493 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvgart/linux-2.4.21-agpgart.diff -rw-r--r-- buildmeister/adm 13775 2004-04-16 16:17:46 nforce/nvgart/linux-2.4.22-agpgart.diff + STATUS=0 + '[' 0 -ne 0 ']' + cd nforce + exit 0 Executing(%build): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.33121 + umask 022 + cd /usr/src/RPM/BUILD + cd nforce + echo '---- Building Drivers ----' ---- Building Drivers ---- + make make -C nvnet make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/RPM/BUILD/nforce/nvnet' cc -c -Wall -DLINUX -DMODULE -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -D__KERNEL__ -O2 -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -DMODULE -DCONFIG_PM -falign-functions=4 -I/lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include nvenet.c In file included from /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/irq.h:20, from /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/asm/hardirq.h:6, from /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/interrupt.h:11, from nvenet.h:30, from nvenet.c:22: /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/asm/irq.h:16:25: irq_vectors.h: No such file or directory In file included from /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/asm/hardirq.h:6, from /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/interrupt.h:11, from nvenet.h:30, from nvenet.c:22: /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/irq.h:70: error: `NR_IRQS' undeclared here (not in a function) In file included from /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/irq.h:72, from /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/asm/hardirq.h:6, from /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/interrupt.h:11, from nvenet.h:30, from nvenet.c:22: /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/asm/hw_irq.h:28: error: `NR_IRQ_VECTORS' undeclared here (not in a function) /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/asm/hw_irq.h:31: error: `NR_IRQS' undeclared here (not in a function) nvenet.c: In function `nvenet_open': nvenet.c:692: warning: passing arg 2 of `request_irq' from incompatible pointer type nvenet.c: In function `nvenet_remove': nvenet.c:1214: error: structure has no member named `driver_data' nvenet.c: In function `nvenet_reboot_handler': nvenet.c:2360: warning: implicit declaration of function `pci_for_each_dev' nvenet.c:2361: error: parse error before '{' token nvenet.c: At top level: nvenet.c:2367: error: parse error before '}' token nvenet.c: In function `nvenet_proc_full_info_open': nvenet.c:2605: warning: `MOD_INC_USE_COUNT' is deprecated (declared at /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/module.h:502) nvenet.c: In function `nvenet_proc_hardware_info_open': nvenet.c:2645: warning: `MOD_INC_USE_COUNT' is deprecated (declared at /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/module.h:502) nvenet.c: In function `nvenet_proc_command_line_open': nvenet.c:2686: warning: `MOD_INC_USE_COUNT' is deprecated (declared at /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/module.h:502) nvenet.c: In function `nvenet_proc_configuration_open': nvenet.c:2727: warning: `MOD_INC_USE_COUNT' is deprecated (declared at /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/module.h:502) nvenet.c: In function `nvenet_proc_rx_stats_open': nvenet.c:2762: warning: `MOD_INC_USE_COUNT' is deprecated (declared at /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/module.h:502) nvenet.c: In function `nvenet_proc_tx_stats_open': nvenet.c:2804: warning: `MOD_INC_USE_COUNT' is deprecated (declared at /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/module.h:502) nvenet.c: In function `nvenet_proc_release': nvenet.c:2821: warning: `MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT' is deprecated (declared at /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/module.h:514) make[1]: *** [nvnet.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/RPM/BUILD/nforce/nvnet' make: *** [nvnet_make] Error 2 error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.33121 (%build)

Tried that, and I still got the same output errors. I'm running this within a console as SU.

RPM build errors: user buildmeister does not exist - using root user buildmeister does not exist - using root user buildmeister does not exist - using root user buildmeister does not exist - using root user buildmeister does not exist - using root Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.46893 (%build) I'm not real sure what any of that means, those are the output errors I get when I try to execute: rpm --rebuild /home/crock/NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0274.src.rpm any ideas?

Try reinstalling with the complimentary output plugins. I noticed mine would crash on the OSS output but works fine with ALSA.

Seems like ever since I did the modprobe.preload thing, every time Mandrake starts up, it freezes when it begins to load X. Another restart, and everything works fine. Weird huh?

Thanks again!

The modprobe nvidia worked just fine. Thanks a million. One more question though. How exactly do I add that to the modprobe.preload? It says comments are added with a "#" but aren't those ignored?

When I try to run a "startx" from the command line, it tries to initialize X but gives me an error stating that: NVIDIA MODULE COULD NOT BE LOADED Screens found, but none with usable configuration. Everything seemed to have worked fine before I rebooted... Whats the problem?

Motherboard chipset drivers fixed my lockups, maybe you should look into that.

Worked like a charm! On another note, is there any way to install 10OE without the 2.4 kernel?

Is there any way I can change my LILO bootloader to boot to 263-7 as the default boot? Right now, at the top of the list, I've got Linux appearing - but it uses the 2.4 kernel series. I'd like to change the way those are ordered. It appears something like: Linux Failsafe 263-7 Windows Windows2 I'd like it to be something more like this: 263-7 Linux Failsafe Windows Windows2

Confirming shautaniemi's post, the Numlock ON setting is usually located in the bios.

That was the entire problem. Installing the nForce2 drivers worked perfectly. I cannot say how unbelievable MDK 10 Official is. Thanks for the help!