fopetesl

SPE, along with a lot of other things, is in the Mandriva repos. Version 0.8.2.a_wx2.6.1.0-2mdv2008.1 is in contrib. I don't know if it's the latest or not but before installing an rpm file which is designed to run on an other distro (bad idea) try searching in the software installer.

What I have done is to download spe-0.8.4.h source because, in my newbiness with python/spe, I expected spe--.rpm to be an executable a la gcc.

But it isn't, it's just a collection of python scripts in several directories :)

All I need to do now is work out how to set either or both of the python paths, PYTHONPATH and its internal path(s).

At least I've leant that you cannot or at least take a severe risk by extracting rpms meant for other distros. :huh:

Running Mandriva 2008.1 on ACER Laptop.

Have python 2.5.2 installed.

Would like to have SPE running but get this message when I try to install:

[root@localhost tmp]# /usr/share/mc/extfs/rpm run /home/peter/tmp/spe-0.8.4.h-0.2.fc8.noarch.rpm INSTALL
Installing ""'/home/peter/tmp/spe-0.8.4.h-0.2.fc8.noarch.rpm'""
error: Failed dependencies:
python(abi) = 2.5 is needed by spe-0.8.4.h-0.2.fc8.noarch

[root@localhost tmp]#

I looked at this thread:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ython%28abi%29

and although the rpm is a Fedora 8 one, (& the thread), none of the suggestions seem to apply, (I can't find a Mandriva rpm).

BTW, it works OK on my 'main' machine with Mandriva 2008.0

Downgrading doesn't seem a reasonable option

What is python(abi)?

Edit:

I came across this link:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.p...da873451d01facc

which suggests that it's equivalent to an API. My problem is where to find this :blink:

I had thought to uninstall python 2.5.2 and install a slightly older version but there's no option to remove 2.5 in software manager

Edit: If I run:

rpm -q --provides python | grep -Fw 'python(abi)'

I get nothing. The same query with just 'python' shows four matches. So I don't appear to have the ABI installed.

To convert your FAT32 partitions to NTFS within windows, open a (windows) console, and

CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS

However, in most cases I wouldn't advise you to follow this solution, as you would likely end up with 512 bytes clustersize, which is very negative, performance-wise. More info here

Unfortunately, all others that would allow you converting to the regular (4K) clustersize ain't free.

Try reinstalling grub:

OK is fixed! :)

My fault - typo in menu.lst.

The screen was pulled slightly to the left when I edited menu.lst so I inadvertently altered

root (hd0,1)
to
boot (hd0,0)

DUH!!

However, one question. I first followed your suggestion

grub-install /dev/sda
end-request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
end-request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
end-request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
end-request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
end-request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
end-request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0

.. installation succeeded

Why the trial accesses to the floppy? :huh:

How did you discover rootnoverify was the answer to your problem?

You have an NTFS partition?

I only ask because I have it in mind to convert all my FAT32 partitions to NTFS and would like to be confident I'm not going to break something else if I do

Oh and a vote of thanks for your input guys

Well, it's getting there but not yet :(

Installed x86_64 with no hitches and booted into Mandriva several times OK.

However, when I try to boot into Windows XP I get the following message:

Error 8: Kernel must be loaded before booting

Looked at Grub help and it says pretty much the same thing but not why

Any tips here to dig it out?

BTW, I got i586 version to boot into Windows OK by editing

root (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader +1

to

root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

Didn't work this time

Thanks scarecrow for your patience :)

Since I have a mirror copy of my HDD I went a little further and installed Mandriva v 2008 Spring.

(Mandiva 2007 would never correctly recognise my Attansic 10/100/1000 Ethernet card)

Went without a hitch until I tried to load XP and got the usual "NTLDR Missing".

Fixed that to get here now I need to check Mandriva still boots OK.

Then it's on to downloading the x86_64 version

I think we are going to need some more information about this statement, partitcularly the login prompt that 'will not accept anything'. If you really have a login prompt then it should accept your username and password, if that isn't happening then what is? When you get to this unhelpful login prompt have you tried pressing CTL/ALT/F1 (or F2 etc) to open another login window?

 

What information do you have on the fault on /dev/sda5? Anything? Nothing?

 

From my own experience I have found that every time I mess around with partitions it always helps to reinstall grub afterwards. This might sound difficult, but it really isn't. There is nobody in the world more command line phobic than me and I can do it easily.

 

Of course that brings me back to my original question. If your login prompt really will not accept anything then you will not be able to easily alter grub, but we really need a bit more information.

Like I said the login prompt won't accept anything, root, user name, nada. And no alternative terminals either.

The error on /dev/sda5 goes through too fast for me to get but it's along the lines of bad block - (it's an age thing )

I could alter grub, well menu.lst if that's what you mean coming in from XP. However I don't think that's what you actually mean since menu.lst seems to indicate the correct partitions?

I'm not at all sure there's any more information I can give you since I have no access to the system logs.

Maybe I should just reload from start since my HOME partition is still there?

Oh and why is XP on FAT32? When I loaded XP some time ago (mirror copied from a PATA drive) LINUX wasn't too happy about seeing NTFS partitions. I just haven't got around to converting it yet.

As a Newb, last year I installed Mandriva 2007. OK O/S quite like it. Multi boot with XP.

I ran out of Windoze disk space, (it's a 250GB SATA), so reduced the size of the ROOT partition and created a new Windoze drive G:

Now Mandriva won't boot, comes up with a fault on /dev/sda5 (the new NTFS partition), then throws me into a login prompt which will not accept anything.

What puzzles me is that Grub's menu still points to the correct partitions(?)

Disk partitions:

Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x25a5ad84

  Device Boot	  Start		 End	  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *		   1		 728	 5847628+   b  W95 FAT32
/dev/sda2			 729		5372	37302930	c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda3			5374	   30401   201037410	5  Extended
/dev/sda4			7260	   11017	30186131+  83  Linux
/dev/sda5			5374		8283	23374543+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6			8284		8573	 2329393+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7		   11018	   24072   104864256   83  Linux
/dev/sda8		   24073	   30401	50837661	7  HPFS/NTFS
linux:/home/linux #

sda4 is ROOT

sda7 is HOME

Grub menu.lst:

timeout 1800
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
default 0

title linux
kernel (hd0,3)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda4  resume=/dev/sda6
initrd (hd0,3)/boot/initrd-ml2007-SATApatch.img

title failsafe
kernel (hd0,3)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda4  failsafe resume=/dev/sda6
initrd (hd0,3)/boot/initrd-ml2007-SATApatch.img

title windows
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

title windows1
root (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader +1

I tried the repair from the x86_64 install CD(1) but it throws a wobbly saying it can't find ROOT partition.

How to dig out the problem?

[moved from Software by spinynorman]

Found a possible solution:

http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.asp...p;enterthread=y

Seems VIA themselves have helped out here! B)

You mounted it to the wrong place that's why it's not worked!

 

You have / mounted to /mnt/mdv2007, so you should have mounted /dev/sda7 to /mnt/mdv2007/boot. From what you show above, you've mounted it somewhere else completely.

Two steps forward, one back.

I downloaded and put a kernel 2.6.20 rpm in /dev/sda4/tmp.

When I run urpmi on it and bypass check warnings the 'build' stops because it cannot find a valid boot file/directory.

My /grub directory is in its own /boot partition: /dev/sda7

So I did this

sh-3.1# mkdir /mnt/mdv2007
sh-3.1# mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/mdv2007
sh-3.1# mount -t proc none /mnt/mdv2007/proc
sh-3.1# mount -o bind /dev /mnt/mdv2007/dev
sh-3.1# mkdir /mnt/mdv2007boot
sh-3.1# mount /dev/sda7 /mnt/mdv2007boot
sh-3.1# mount -o bind /boot /mnt/mdv2007boot
mount: Mounting /boot on /mnt/mdv2007boot failed: No such file or directory
sh-3.1#

Well, of course it failed finding /mnt/mdv2007boot, the only directories in partition /boot are grub, etc.

So I have misunderstood mount -o bind :blush:

So how do I tell urpmi that my /boot directory is actually /mnt/mdv2007boot?

Have a look at your /etc/resolv.conf before you chroot and after. Make sure they are identical.

search home

nameserver 192.168.1.1

So I took out the 1st three lines so it was identical to pre-chroot.

Same response. So I tried this

bash-3.1# /usr/bin/host 198.182.196.28
48.196.182.198.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer linux.org
bash-3.1# urpmi kernel-linus-latest
<14>Jan 31 14:54:47 urpmi: called with: kernel-linus-latest
no package named kernel-linus-latest
bash-3.1#

:huh:

I looked up "kernel-linus-latest" and there is a Mandriva Cooker 2.6.20 in

ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooke...2007.1.i586.rpm

but not one in linux.org (tho' there is in mirror.linux.org.mt).

Is it my "host" designation at fault or the Message parser error?

So this morning after some head banging I have this 1st result: neither of the two distros with 2.6.19 recognise that I have a LAN adapter on board. I plugged in a bog standard PCI NIC and can now set up an internet connection so:

mkdir /mnt/mdv2007
mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/mdv2007
mount -t proc none /mnt/mdv2007/proc
mount -o bind /dev /mnt/mdv2007/dev
chroot /mnt/mdv2007 /bin/bash
source /etc/profile

So far so good :D FC6 rescue mode has already initialised eth0 via DHCP from my router, viz

route -n
Destination   Gateway	  Genmask	 Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0	0.0.0.0   255.255.255.0  U	  0	 0   0 eth0
 0.0.0.0	192.168.1.1	0.0.0.0	 UG	 0	 0   0 eth0

then I attempt to set up a host

/usr/bin/host linux.org
linux.org has address 198.182.196.8
;; Warning: Message parser reports malformed message packet
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

Final hurdle to overcome

(I also may have to work out why Mandy 2007 did see the on-board LAN ( and XP) but FC6 and SIDUX cannot )

Thanks ianw1974. Now we're getting somewhere :D but not all works as hoped. I get through to chroot and source OK (note later) but but hit a stumbling block. When I

/sbin/ifup eth0
forcedeth device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization

and

/sbin/ifconfig
Warning cannot open /proc/net/dev (No such file or directory).  Limited output

What's odd is that /proc exists but not subdir dev.

eth0 certainly used to work before the catastrophe.

So it seems the only problem now is initialising eth0. Any suggestions here?

FYI .. Note about "source /etc/profile" : I preempted you and had already downloaded SIDUX CHAOS since it runs a later kernel. On this platform I get a response " bash: TMOUT: readonly variable"

Also I went to http://fs-driver.org and installed it on the XP partition. Really neat piece of software - I can read all my Mandrake partitions. Haven't tried copying yet . . . . ;)

Last week my mobo combo failed on boot up (no BIOS, no Beeps) so I replaced mobo,processor & memory.

Old system: ASUS A8N_SLi Deluxe, Athlon 3500+, 2GB GEIL DDR(1)

New system: ASUS M2V, Atlon 3800+, 1GB Kingston DDR2

Both systems with Radeon PCI Express X300, 250GB SATA.

Dual boot with XP and Mandriva 2007.

XP booted OK and after installing (new) drivers works fine, (that's how I can write this).

Mandriva will not load in any mode - the ouput from 'failsafe'

Loading sd_mod.ko module
Loading jbd.ko module
Loading ext3.ko module
Mounting /proc filesystem
Mounting sysfs
Creating device files
Mounting tempfs on /dev
Creating root device
Trying to resume from /dev/sda6
Unable to access resume device (/dev/sda6)
echo: cannot open /proc/suspend2/do-resume for write: 2
Mounting root filesystem /dev/root
mount: error 6 mounting ext3 flags default
well, retrying without option flags
mount: error 6 mounting ext3
well, retrying without any flag
mount: error 6 mounting ext3
Switching to new root
ERROR opening /dev/console!!!!: 2
unmounting old /proc
unmounting old /sys
Switchroot: mount failed: 22
Initrd finished
kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

Then the system freezes.

I ran 'rescue' from the install DVD which is no help except

# lsparts //.. returns nothing

# fdisk -l //.. returns nothing

# fdisk -l /dev/sda //.. returns nothing

#lsparts //.. returns nothing

If I try to mount all detected hardware:

sata_via IVT8273A installs OK

IDE/USB IVT82C586 fails with "Can't find via82Cxxx in archive"

If I try to mount I get "/mnt can't find root device".

I ran a partiton manager (from DOS?) and it sees all my partitions.

Where to now?

======= Added 30 January, 2007 ==========

It looks like we are in the dark here :unsure: - It seems I have a hardware issue.

I tried to run the 'patch' option from the DVD and it threw up "Found VIA VT8237A SATA 2 controller" with the query "Any other hardware?".

If I select "No"I get the response

An error occurred -
An error occurred - no valid devices were found on which to create new filesystems. Please check your hardware for the cause of this problem.

I noted that on the M2V mobo there is also a JMicron JMB363 SATA/PATA controller which I had previously discounted as a problem since I can read the DVD OK. If I select "Yes" to the above the JMB363 is not an option.

However it appears this could be a problem since:

a ) it is not clear just which SATA ports it accesses

-and-

b ) is not supported on kernel 2.6.17-x (it seems, however, that it is on 2.6.18 )

SO. How do I patch the kernel on a drive I cannot access.

How can I upgrade Mandriva 2007 with another Distro without trashing my programs and/or data, (/home is a separate partition, TG).

Does the name Yossarian mean anything here? :(

That didn't work, seems I should actually be amending /etc/iftab.

However it turns out the 'upgrade' totally screwed up PHP, MySql and didn't 'upgrade' Apache, in fact removed it altogether. Luckily I had a witness that all these progs were enabled for 'upgrade'.

Sigh so it's back to Ubuntu

I upgraded MDK10.0 to Mandriva 2006. Most things still work as before.

However in the process eth0 & eth1 got swapped around.

I need to swap back because of physical arrangements 'cos the Mini-ITX board has only one PCI slot taken up by a Belkin NIC which, when built into a case, is the only one available, i.e. the built-in RJ45 connector not accessible. My code is written to only access eth0 and I do not want hours of hacking to suit eth1.

With MDK10.0 I could 'force' the Belkin to be eth0 by simply disabling the on-board NIC. Now that doesn't work I always end up with the Belkin as eth1 even when the on-board NIC is disabled.

On other OSs there is an /etc/network/interfaces + etc/resolve.conf where ethx are defined. How to do here

MDK 9.2 running xterm in F7 console on LCD touch screen.

screen blanks after 10 minutes.

.xinitrc

/usr/bin/mozilla -P almeter /var/www/html/gui.swf &

/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm

/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm s off

Have checked for X11:

/etc/X11/XF86Config-4

and the options: StandbyTime, SuspendTime, OffTime and DPMS.

None are apparent.

APM is not enabled in kernel.

BIOS power management disabled.

There is no window manager.

Have also tried:

setterm -blank 0

I have also tried delays in .xinitrc in case another console is

resetting blanking after mozilla (& X-Window) have loaded.

However, if I kill mozilla and type..

]# xset s off

]# /usr/bin/mozilla -P almeter /var/www/html/gui.swf

.. screen blanking is disabled.

Do I have an X-Win or a Mozilla problem?