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  4. Second opinion needed [solved]

    in Other Linux and Unix Distributions

    Posted

    I think it might be kernel related too. Check the output of:

     

    # lsmod

     

    and see if the ide-cd and cdrom modules are listed.

     

    no ide-cd or cdrom modules

     

    Module				  Size  Used by
snd_pcm_oss			26944  0
snd_mixer_oss		  12480  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_oss			21696  0
snd_seq_midi_event	  3616  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq				32368  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device		  4364  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
rtc					 8660  0
nvidia			   4226036  0
intel_agp			  15292  1
ata_piix				8036  0
agpgart				17888  2 nvidia,intel_agp
e100				   24036  0
i2c_i801				6060  0
snd_intel8x0		   21852  1
snd_ac97_codec		 63424  1 snd_intel8x0
parport_pc			 26788  0
libata				 39884  1 ata_piix
parport				21832  1 parport_pc
mii					 3008  1 e100
i2c_core			   10560  2 nvidia,i2c_i801
snd_ac97_bus			1248  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm				45156  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer			  14212  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd					30564  11 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac
97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc		  6024  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
ehci_hcd			   21608  0
uhci_hcd			   16328  0
usbcore				80288  3 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd

     

    iphitus I'm not using mm-sources anymore. I've switched to vanilla-sources.

  7. Second opinion needed [solved]

    in Other Linux and Unix Distributions

    Posted

    None of my programs can find my dvd drive. Here's the output from dmesg:

    hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54 { AbortedCommand LastFailedSense=0x05 }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 0
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 0
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54 { AbortedCommand LastFailedSense=0x05 }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 0
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 0

     

    The folks on the Gentoo board think it's a hardware issue. I don't have a spare cd/dvd drive to try out. Just wanted a second opinion before I went out and bought one.

  11. KDE messed up in 2007 Free [solved]

    in Software

    Posted

    Am I correct in assuming that I can make a total installation (OK, perhaps not formating /home partition) and still keep all my former data and files?

     

    Yes, as long as you don't reformat /home and it's on a separate partition everything there will remain untouched. If you do decide to remove your old .kde settings then open konqueror and chose view and you will see show hidden files so click on that. You'll see folder called .kde in your /home directory so delete that. KDE will automatically create a new .kde. You might wait to see if it causes a problems first though. I've upgraded from 10.1 to 2006 and still kept my old settings without a problem. HTH

  15. lilo experts needed! [solved]

    in Other Linux and Unix Distributions

    Posted

    thanks pmpatrick but it was an error with lilo that caused the problem. I found the solution through the gentoo docs. In case you've never used gentoo it is very well documented.

     

    And arctic I learned after my install that I didn't need to reinstall. I thought I couldn't fix the problem but I had the same problem after I installed. It took quite a bit of searching (hours actually) but I found a solution that worked. If I had been more patient I wouldn't have had to do it. But it's all good. I'm back in gentoo! :D I never said Gentoo was perfect. But it's the distro for me no matter how much of a headache it causes for me. I can't imagine using anything else.

     

    And as far as grub goes I learned to use lilo because it's the default for mandriva and mandriva was my first distro. I don't know anything about grub so I stick with what I'm comfortable with.

  16. 2007

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    Ok, thanks guys. It should work then. I have my original hard drive in this computer and my first install was Mandrake 8.1. I let it auto-partition and it gave me about 2.6 gbs. I installed development in 2006 and it used up all my hard drive space. I was thinking with 2007, leaving out development it should fit. I know I can resize but if it will work then I'm not going to bother.

  19. lilo experts needed! [solved]

    in Other Linux and Unix Distributions

    Posted

    I had to reinstall gentoo and change lilo. Here's my current one

    image=/mnt/gentoo/boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.17.13

    label="Gentoo"

    root=/dev/hda7

    append="Gentoo=nodevfs"

    read-only

    initrd=/mnt/gentoo/boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.17.13

     

    Here's what's in boot:

    localhost boot # ls

    boot kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.17.13

    initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.17.13 System.map-genkernel-x86-2.6.17.13

     

    Gentoo won't boot. I get an error message that says block device 307 is unspecified or not detected. Please a device to boot or "shell" for shell.

     

    Help please!

     

    Edit: found the problem.

  22. CPU running too hot? [solved]

    in Hardware

    Posted

    I solved this issue by turning off the kernel logger in MCC. I did quite a bit of googling about what kind of problems I would be experiencing if my cpu were actually overheating and my computer is working perfectly fine. It had reached the point where I was getting this error when my computer was idle. I had to mute sounds cause it beeps everytime it pops up. Very, very annoying.

  23. CPU running too hot? [solved]

    in Hardware

    Posted

    It's an Intel Pentium 4. I just find it hard to believe that it's getting hot in Mandriva, yet I do all that compiling in gentoo. I'm more inclined to believe it's a bug in Mandriva than that my cpu is getting hot. I just wanted to see if somebody else had run across this problem.

  24. CPU running too hot? [solved]

    in Hardware

    Posted

    I'm in Mandriva on the desktop cause I'm having some issues with gentoo atm and I can't even download a file without getting the following:

    Message from syslogd@localhost at Sun Nov 26 16:59:06 2006 ...
localhost kernel: CPU0: Temperature above threshold

Message from syslogd@localhost at Sun Nov 26 16:59:06 2006 ...
localhost kernel: CPU1: Temperature above threshold

Message from syslogd@localhost at Sun Nov 26 16:59:06 2006 ...
localhost kernel: CPU1: Running in modulated clock mode

     

    Now I run something in gentoo to monitor the cpu and although it ocassionally runs hot that's only when I'm doing a bunch of compiling. I built this box. It has two fans along with the cpu fan. It's in an open space. It's been thoroughly cleaned. Is it really too hot and if so any ideas why and why only in Mandriva? This doesn't make sense to me. Oh, and it's running too hot even though I was only using wget to download 2007. Weird?

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