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  1. Preemptive Kernels -- yay or nay?

    in Everything Linux

    Posted

    would it enable me to do other stuff while compiling...other stuff (like kernels) or can I do that now with normal mandrake kernels?

     

    not so long ago I was part of this so-called multi-tasking OS which I knew would crash when I ran too many apps.

     

    Its probably unwise to run so many experiments on my *only* computer, but I have no other option...if anyone's willing to donate a "test" system it's welcome. :cheesy:

  4. speedstep CPU

    in Laptops and Portable Devices

    Posted · Edited by arthur

    If you use more than 1Gb RAM, you MIGHT need to use another kernel...but I don't know, I don't have that much :(

     

    kernel 2.4 reportedly has a problem with ACPI. I'm using 2.6.3-mdk kernel now, on a P4-M laptop with speedstep (not centrino) with few problems. My battery status is ok...so I've removed my 2.4.22 kernel. I don't use apm anymore, 2.6 works well with acpi. B) suspend/resume also works, but I'm still tweaking it to make it faster. B) B)

  5. speedstep CPU

    in Laptops and Portable Devices

    Posted

    Here's part of my default 2.4.22-10mdk config file

     

    # CPU Frequency scaling #

CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_TABLE=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_PROC_INTF=y

# CPUFreq governors #

CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_24_API=y

# CPUFreq processor drivers #

CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K6=m
CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K7=m
CONFIG_X86_LONGHAUL=m
CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_ICH=m
CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO=m
CONFIG_X86_P4_CLOCKMOD=m

     

    How does your config file look like? Try browsing around your /lib/modules/linux/ subfolders, there should be a file called "speedstep_centrino.ko.gz". also try adding "speedstep_centrino" at /etc/modprobe.preload.

     

    If the module loading fails then you should be able to see it in dmesg.

  7. another sound problem

    in Hardware

    Posted

    I'd better upgrade to MDK 10.0 then...I was about to switch to Knoppix/Debian you know... :o

     

    And no, as I said even cranking up alsamixer, Kmix and aumix and my speakers only give me very faint music...I gotta stick my ears to the speaker to hear anything. :unsure: I could cascade some amps but that's a bit extreme...

     

    But if it's only in an old version of MDK then it doesn't warrant a FAQ. But new FAQs must be made for new versions...like compiling a 2.6 kernel is now a *bit* different from compiling a 2.4 kernel.

     

    Please don't see me as a demanding member...just offering some suggestions... :cheesy:

  8. another sound problem

    in Hardware

    Posted

    why, oh why, does Mandrake set the sound so low on default? :(

     

    I can't crank my sound up from a whisper, even with Kmix and aumix settings maxed out! In knoppix the volume is fine...

     

    Since this might be the reason many people have trouble with sound on mandrake, I suggest to the FAQ team to provide a "how to crank up sound in Mandrake"... if you guys have the time :D I'll be very grateful :woops:

     

    thanks

  9. synaptics touchpad

    in Laptops and Portable Devices

    Posted

    I have a Twinhead laptop with a synaptics touchpad. When I installed 9.2 it worked right away, even the tap-to-click.

     

    Now when I upgraded to kernel 2.6.3, the tap-to-click function disappeared. I can still boot to the 2.4 kernel, and it works there...

     

    Now please don't tell me to install the synaptics touchpad driver, since it only crashes my X server, and I've spent two days trying.

     

    I still want to use 2.6 because of the improved ACPI support, but if it's more laptop-friendly then why is it worse off than 2.4 on the synaptics touchpad? :wall: I'm going to try a kernel patch... :(

     

    I know, this post isn't really going anywhere...but I'd like to hear people's experiences with the synaptics touchpad, and how laptop-friendly is Mandrake 10.0?

  11. vanilla kernel for Mandrake

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted · Edited by arthur

    yeah, I had that thought to use the mdk config file too.

    Actually, I want to install swsusp2, which is an improvement to swsusp which is [probably] already in the Mandrake kernel. But using vanilla would give me more freedom to decide which goes into my kernel :D I meant I could add bootsplash myself - not supermount - I don't need it.

     

    I might as well install Gentoo, but I haven't got THAT much time on my hands. Thanks for the info.

  12. vanilla kernel for Mandrake

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    Okay, people say that distro kernels are heavily patched. I want to use some patches, but they require vanilla kernel sources. Question is, aside from supermount and the bootsplash (which I can add myself) what functionality is added into the kernel by Mandrakesoft?

     

    I don't need supermount, but some important Mandrake features might suddenly disappear (no, supermount is not one of them) :unsure:

     

    Well, maybe there's just one way to find out... :o

  19. Drivers beware

    in Everything Linux

    Posted

    Just imagine, your brakes do a Windows 98 on you? blue screen of death, for real. I think I'd rather walk, or take a bike. I just saw a Boeing F-15 cockpit flight simulator on a recent corporate exhibit...running win2k. Now, planes too?

     

    This is not good... :end:

     

    I'm studying to be an aerospace engineer...I'd better do something about it!

  20. botched kernel compilation

    in Command Line, Kernel and Programming

    Posted · Edited by arthur

    It seems I can't make an initrd image (should be initrd-2.6.3-3.img) because I lack a file called modules.dep in /lib/modules/2.6.3-3mdkcustom/.

     

    Do I need it? Since the manpages and modules.txt were very uninformative, I tried doing "make dep" but it said, "you don't need to do it now". :unsure: huh?

     

    So now I have a bzImage but no initrd image. I'll keep trying...at least I now had the sense to backup .config, which I spent HOURS on. :wacko:

     

    nb. By the way, I had to wreck my normal kernel's modules trying, and had to reinstall :wall: is there a way to reinstall without formatting the /usr partition?

  23. botched kernel compilation

    in Command Line, Kernel and Programming

    Posted

    Okay, I was compiling the 2.6 kernel from source but somewhere my initrd image couldn't be generated, or corrupted. I suspect I configured it wrong somewhere...is there a conflict between udev and devfs? if so which should I use and how do I go about it?

     

    But back to my original question, how do I "uninstall" the bad installation? Are there too many files to delete manually? If so I could just reinstall...since I got /usr and /home on separate partitions anyway.

     

    Given enough time and effort I could search the 'net for all the answers, but what is this forum for anyway? :cheesy:

     

    Thanks in advance!

  25. newbie trying to mount/install usb external drive

    in Hardware

    Posted

    typing 'dmesg' will show if your external HD is seen. Since it's USB I guess it would be /dev/sda and your partitions would be /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2 and so on.

     

    First step is making a folder in /mnt/ and calling it "whatever" :D

     

    As root, when you type "mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/whatever" the drive should be accessible by root. (vfat is the type, since your drive is FAT32)

     

    Of course, what I just explained is quite time-consuming, plus the fact that only root can do it. If you edit your /etc/fstab file you can use it as normal user. My particular entry looks like this, with my usb thumbdrive:

     

    /dev/sda /mnt/usbkey vfat user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,suid,umask=0 0 0

     

    Note that I created a folder called "usbkey" in /mnt/. So when I type "mount /dev/sda" the drive icon pops up in the KDE desktop.

     

    "user" means normal users can mount it. the iocharset and codepage are typical standards used for the data, so don't change it unless you know you're using something else. umask sets who is allowed to read/write/execute files on your HD. Noauto is an override to something :unsure: and suid is to set the UID :D

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