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Dave
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 Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:37 pm Post subject:
Re: "megaraid mbox: critical hardware error" on new dell poweredge 1850, suse 9.2, kernel 2.6.8
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I've got a similar problem, on Dell Poweredge 2650 running SLES 9 (with
SP1)
Perc 3/QC
Kernel 2.6.5-7.145
If i run the "Hardware Infomation" from Yast2 while running a large tar
command,
I get the megaraid aborts and resets, and the machine hangs....
Dave
Olivier M. wrote:
| Quote: | spam-2005-01@8304.ch> ecrivait/schrieb/wrote:
Next tries planned:
- SuSE SLES 9 tonight
failed like on the other suse systems, even if novell maintains hw is
100% supported: http://developer.novell.com/yes/79321.htm
- and then FreeBSD
tried this morning with freebsd 5.3 : it worked about one hour,but
then:
(driver:
amrd0: <LSILogic MegaRAID logical drive> on amr0
amrd0: 69880MB (143114240 sectors) RAID 1 (optimal)
)
after 1h rsyncing about 10GB of data:
Jan 26 15:11:36 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1e: 13 files, 8 used, 126831
free (39 frags, 15849 blocks, 0.0% fragmentation)
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: INCORRECT BLOCK COUNT
I=8574353 (8 should be 4) (CORRECTED)
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: INCORRECT BLOCK COUNT
I=8574358 (8 should be 4) (CORRECTED)
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: INCORRECT BLOCK COUNT
I=8574362 (8 should be 4) (CORRECTED)
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: INCORRECT BLOCK COUNT
I=8579072 (20 should be 0) (CORRECTED)
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: INCORRECT BLOCK COUNT
I=8579073 (12 should be 0) (CORRECTED)
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: INCORRECT BLOCK COUNT
I=8579074 (12 should be 0) (CORRECTED)
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: INCORRECT BLOCK COUNT
I=8579075 (8 should be 0) (CORRECTED)
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: INCORRECT BLOCK COUNT
I=8579076 (12 should be 0) (CORRECTED)
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: INCORRECT BLOCK COUNT
I=8579077 (4 should be 0) (CORRECTED)
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: INCORRECT BLOCK COUNT
I=8579078 (96 should be 0) (CORRECTED)
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: INCORRECT BLOCK COUNT
I=8579079 (4 should be 0) (CORRECTED)
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: LINK COUNT DIR I=8526745
OWNER=root MODE=40755
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: SIZE=512 MTIME=Jan 26
15:02 2005 COUNT 11 SHOULD BE 10 (ADJUSTED)
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: LINK COUNT DIR I=8574501
OWNER=root MODE=40755
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: SIZE=512 MTIME=Jan 26
15:02 2005 COUNT 6 SHOULD BE 4 (ADJUSTED)
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: UNREF FILE I=8574720
OWNER=root MODE=120777
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: SIZE=16 MTIME=Jan 26
15:02 2005 (CLEARED)
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: UNREF FILE I=8574721
OWNER=root MODE=120777
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: SIZE=18 MTIME=Jan 26
15:02 2005 (CLEARED)
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: UNREF FILE I=8574722
OWNER=root MODE=120777
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: SIZE=24 MTIME=Jan 26
15:02 2005 (CLEARED)
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: UNREF FILE I=8574723
OWNER=root MODE=120777
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: SIZE=25 MTIME=Jan 26
15:02 2005 (CLEARED)
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: UNREF FILE I=8574724
OWNER=root MODE=120777
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: SIZE=19 MTIME=Jan 26
15:02 2005 (CLEARED)
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: UNREF FILE I=8574725
OWNER=root MODE=120777
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: SIZE=25 MTIME=Jan 26
15:02 2005 (CLEARED)
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: UNREF FILE I=8574726
OWNER=root MODE=120777
Jan 26 15:13:57 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: SIZE=18 MTIME=Jan 26
15:02 2005 (CLEARED)
Jan 26 15:14:07 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: SIZE=11327 MTIME=Mar 13
23:22 2003 (CLEARED)
Jan 26 15:14:07 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: UNREF FILE I=8578509
OWNER=root MODE=100644
Jan 26 15:14:07 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: SIZE=4580 MTIME=Mar 14
00:15 2003 (CLEARED)
Jan 26 15:14:07 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: UNREF FILE I=8578510
OWNER=root MODE=100644
Jan 26 15:14:07 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: SIZE=17122 MTIME=Mar 14
00:15 2003 (CLEARED)
Jan 26 15:14:07 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: UNREF FILE I=8578511
OWNER=root MODE=100644
Jan 26 15:14:07 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: SIZE=162741 MTIME=Mar 14
02:12 2003 (CLEARED)
Jan 26 15:14:07 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: UNREF FILE I=8578512
OWNER=root MODE=100644
Jan 26 15:14:07 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: SIZE=11667 MTIME=Mar 14
02:12 2003 (CLEARED)
Jan 26 15:14:07 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: UNREF FILE I=8578513
OWNER=root MODE=100644
Jan 26 15:14:07 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: SIZE=26343 MTIME=Mar 14
02:12 2003 (CLEARED)
Jan 26 15:14:07 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: UNREF FILE I=8578516
OWNER=root MODE=100644
Jan 26 15:14:07 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: SIZE=4550 MTIME=Mar 14
00:13 2003 (CLEARED)
Jan 26 15:14:07 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: UNREF FILE I=8578517
OWNER=root MODE=100644
Jan 26 15:14:07 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1f: SIZE=4137 MTIME=Mar 14
00:17 2003 (CLEARED)
Jan 26 15:14:09 spider fsck: /dev/amrd0s1d: 177 files, 711 used,
126128 free (56 frags, 15759 blocks, 0.0% fragmentation)
...
filesystem readonly
crash
next step: replacement of raid card... last step: try with the
great
supported "redhat linux version", but I'd have to find the Cd's
first.
tbc,
Olivier
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Captain Dondo
*nix forums Guru Wannabe
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Posts: 250
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Re: Knoppix as hardware-detection tool?
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On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 18:00:26 +0000, kj wrote:
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In <pan.2005.02.08.16.12.01.74159@example.com> AT <notme@example.com> writes:
On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 15:19:33 +0000, kj wrote:
I'm having problems with hardware detection on my laptop. I've
heard that Knoppix can help in such cases, but I don't understand
how. I know that my laptop boots and works fine under Knoppix,
but other than reassuring me that the machine *can* run a serviceable
Linux, I don't see I can translate all this into concrete configuration
steps for the "main" Linux system on the hard drive. Any clues
would be appreciated.
In cases where your distro's hardware detection fails to set up everything
properly, you can look at how Knoppix configured your devices.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is the part that I don't follow. How exactly do I "look at
how Knoppix configured my devices"? And what startup files must
I edit so that my main system performs the same configuration of
my devices as Knoppix does? (As you can see, I'm still pretty
green at this.)
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OK, usually 'drivers' in linux are 'modules'; these are device specific
little blobs that interface with the hardware. Typing lsmod on a working
system is often the quickest way of figuring out what the kernel
autodetected. So, lsmod will give you some idea of what
knoppix loaded. Module names may change between distros and kernel
versions, but you can usually get a good quick idea from that. Then you
look at dmesg ( dmesg | less ) and start looking for the parts where the
kernel loads the various modules.
So, here's an lsmod from one of my systems:
[root@hermes hibernate]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
button 5136 0
lirc_serial 10720 1
lirc_dev 10380 1 lirc_serial
uinput 4736 1
8250 16900 0
uhci_hcd 25488 0
snd_pcm_oss 41636 0
snd_mixer_oss 14848 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_intel8x0 24352 0
snd_ac97_codec 60512 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm 69640 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 17796 1 snd_pcm
snd 40292 6 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc 7300 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
soundcore 6624 1 snd
i810 67716 0
serial_core 15744 1 8250
autofs4 13700 0
nfs 161380 4
lockd 49960 2 nfs
sunrpc 110564 7 nfs,lockd
8139too 17792 0
mii 3840 1 8139too
microcode 5280 0
video 13956 0
thermal 10760 0
processor 11548 1 thermal
fan 3460 0
battery 7684 0
ac 3588 0
rtc 9032 0
ext3 101896 3
jbd 40600 1 ext3
and we can start looking for the pieces in dmesg.
8139too is the module for the Realtek 8139 ethernet card, and here it is
in dmesg:
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xcc00, 00:09:7a:27:06:bc, IRQ 10
eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D'
eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
You can match up the modules with the devices by looking at the
Documentation direction in the kernel source tree.
Also, lspci should give you a good idea of what the kernel has found on
the pci bus:
[root@hermes hibernate]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82810E DC-133 GMCH [Graphics Memory Controller Hub] (rev 03)
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82810E DC-133 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801AA IDE (rev 02)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA USB (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801AA SMBus (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA AC'97 Audio (rev 02)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801AA AC'97 Modem (rev 02)
01:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
01:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
again, you see the ethernet card there....
The way to tell the kernel what modules to insert is via the
/etc/modules.conf or /etc/modprobe.conf file (depends on the distro...)
alias eth0 8139too
alias wlan0 at76c505_rfmd2958
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
First line tells the kernel that eth0 (the first ethernet card) uses the
8139 'driver'....
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My distro is Debian, and my kernel is 2.4.18.
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I don't know much about Debian, but 2.4.18 is a pretty old kernel.
Depending on your hardware, it may not be able to recognize the hardware.
If you have new hardare, you may want to get a more recent distro. |
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Markus Hoffmann
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Joined: 27 Jul 2005
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Re: PCI Bus Error: HELP!!
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On 3 Feb 2005 msigwald@gmail.com wrote:
| Quote: | Markus: Did you find any solution to your problem?
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No.
I do not use WLAN on this laptop with linux. I have installed dual boot
with windows and I use the WLAN card only with windows and then SSH and
VNC to the linux computers. It works fine for remote work.
I also noticed this kind of problem, when I was installing Kernel 2.6.8 on
a desktop computer with the Ethernet card (Kabel-LAN). SO I removed this
installation and installed Kernel 2.4.21 again. Looks like the new drivers
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msigwald@gmail.com
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Re: PCI Bus Error: HELP!!
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Markus: Did you find any solution to your problem? |
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jwk
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Joined: 20 Jun 2005
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Re: Matrox P 750
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From: Paolo Peruzzi <paolo@public-files.de>
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 02:35:31 +0100
| Quote: | Hello.
Does triple head work with this card?
What about 3D?
The matrox pages only offer an old RPM for Redhat9:)
There is a forum on the matrox-site about linux. IIRC, it's full of |
complaints. Anyway, it was when I considered upgrading from my G450.
I didn't get the feeling Matrox took linux users seriously, so I ditched
them.
Read the forum and form your own opinion.
Good luck,
Jurriaan
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Unix wizards. The term `house guru' is equivalent.
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Mark Cudworth
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:37 pm Post subject:
Re: Dell Inspiron 8100 modelines
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| knoppix) so that two broad dark vertical lines appear on each side,
which I
| would like to remove or at least reduce. xvidtune reports that Video are
| not settable on this chip, and I certainly feel uneasy to twinkle values
| randomly directly in XFree86Config-4. My resolution is 1280x1024,
1400x1050
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| Is there any way out?
I have an Inspirion 8100 with X working fine, but I don't have it with
me at the moment. Which video chipset does your machine have?
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Prashant
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:37 pm Post subject:
Re: Compactflash (Sandisk 512) hangs on access
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Finally figured out the problem (or at least worked around it).
Everything seems to work perfectly after I switched to an older 40
conductor IDE cable! Before that I was using the newer 80 conductor
IDE cable. I sitll dont understand why the newer ( and apparently
better) cables are problematic. |
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Hactar
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Joined: 24 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:37 pm Post subject:
Re: What's a good low-end video card that works well with Linux?
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In article <slrnd02d47.vlt.danSPANceswitTRAPhcrows@samantha.crow202.dyndns.org>,
Dances With Crows <daSPANnceswithcroTRAPws@gmail.com> wrote:
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What's the Device section of your X config file look like?
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Section "Device"
Identifier "RIVA TNT2"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "RIVA TNT2"
BoardName "RIVA TNT2"
# Option "NvAGP" "3"
Option "NoLogo" "yes"
Option "RenderAccel" "yes"
Option "DigitalVibrance" "128"
# (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 4X
# no need to put in option "AGPMode" "4"
EndSection
| Quote: | You might want to try setting the
NvAgp option to something other than "0", which will probably require an
X restart to take effect. 0 disables AGP, 1 uses the nVidia-specific
AGP code, 2 uses the agpgart kernel module, 3 tries agpgart first and
the nVidia AGP code second.
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So I see it used to be set to 3 then was commented out. Is there any
reason I shouldn't try it again? I don't know why it is commented out.
| Quote: | The glxgears framerates may not make any real difference to
anything--last time I ran glxgears with Xorg and the evil binary-only
stuff, I got about 395 fps, when I got about 1100 with XFree86 4.3.0 and
the same evil X server. My laptop gets 714 fps in glxgears, but OpenGL
is *slower* on it than on my desktop. *shrug* lies, damned lies, and
benchmarks....
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Yeah, I've heard that machines that get high benchmark scores are good at
.... running benchmarks.
What's a good way to test a change then? Just play with it for a while?
That could make for very slow optimization.
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Tim McCoy
*nix forums beginner
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:37 pm Post subject:
Re: easy installation of debian
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On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 01:56:19 -0800, Strigoi wrote:
| Quote: | Hi,
Debian is a very good distro, it is extremely configurable, but the
other side of the coin is that YOU have to configure most of it!
Debian is provided with some plug and play but tipically most of the
hardware have to be specified by you; for example your video card:
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
Alternatively you can run knoppix (which based on Debian) and once the
system is up type:
$ su
# knx2hd
this command will install knoppix to your harddisk. I tried, it works
pretty fine.
Notice only to have one free partition ready to be suggested to the
installer (for example /dev/hda2) because the partitioner inside the
installer dosen't seem to work properly. So, you give it hda2 and say
ok, then it will do everything byy its own (find and install hardware,
partition hda2 atc...)
have fun!
^____^
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Careful now... there are many reasons why you'd chose Debian over Knoppix!
This post doesn't really make sense in this forum...
....have you tried the latest Sarge Installer? Its still ncurses based, but
does a whole lot more hardware detection nowadays? One of the main reasons
the installer is so "hard" is the huge amount of architectures Debian is
built for - rather than just one (or two if you're REALLY lucky) for the
more mainstream distros.
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
Cheers
Tim
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Dances With Crows
*nix forums Guru
Joined: 01 Mar 2005
Posts: 328
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:37 pm Post subject:
Re: What's a good low-end video card that works well with Linux?
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On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 04:50:54 GMT, Hactar staggered into the Black Sun and said:
| Quote: | In article <slrnd0098j.1lc.danSPANceswitTRAPhcrows@samantha.crow202.dyndns.org>,
Dances With Crows <daSPANnceswithcroTRAPws@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 22:32:32 GMT, Hactar staggered into the Black Sun
and said:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5 [Riva TnT2]
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Right now I'm running XFree86 4.2.0 at 1536x1152 in 15/16 bit color.
Driver "nvidia"
No 3D acceleration, so many games won't run or do so verrry slowly.
Um. The TNT2 combined with the evil binary-only nVidia X server will
do hardware-accelerated OpenGL. The chipset was first introduced
sometime in mid/late 1999, though, so it'll be a lot slower than
Load "glx"
in the Modules section of your XF86Config, and the output of "glxinfo
I do have that glx line in there; maybe I tried the games a couple
driver versions back, and at the time they didn't work so I didn't try
again.
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Hm. Well, read on...
| Quote: | Here's glxinfo as me:
Error: Could not open /dev/nvidiactl because the permissions
are too resticitive.
(/dev/nvidiactl was owned by root.root, mode 0600)
Whoops, fixed by making /dev/nvidia* mode 0666 permanently, as
described in that document.
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Yeah, that should help.
| Quote: | OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
NVIDIA Linux x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-6106
GCC version: gcc version 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)
glxgears doesn't seem to be any faster since I fixed PAM (it still
uses 100% CPU). Do I need to restart X?
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glxgears will probably always max the CPU; it's designed to push as many
frames as possible to the OpenGL subsystem as quickly as possible.
Restarting X shouldn't make any difference. What's the Device section
of your X config file look like? You might want to try setting the
NvAgp option to something other than "0", which will probably require an
X restart to take effect. 0 disables AGP, 1 uses the nVidia-specific
AGP code, 2 uses the agpgart kernel module, 3 tries agpgart first and
the nVidia AGP code second.
The glxgears framerates may not make any real difference to
anything--last time I ran glxgears with Xorg and the evil binary-only
stuff, I got about 395 fps, when I got about 1100 with XFree86 4.3.0 and
the same evil X server. My laptop gets 714 fps in glxgears, but OpenGL
is *slower* on it than on my desktop. *shrug* lies, damned lies, and
benchmarks....
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HaroldWho
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Joined: 11 May 2005
Posts: 29
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:37 pm Post subject:
Re: Can't Access USB Flash Drive as /dev/sda
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On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 08:40:46 +1100, Tim McCoy wrote in comp.os.linux.hardware:
| Quote: | The 'dmesg' log is like the text in /var/log/messages...absolutely no
references to SCSI.
You said that I need USB Mass storage Support and SCSI Generic Support "in
the kernel." This may be the nub of the problem. I have 'sg', 'sd_mod', and
'usb-storage' as modules. Maybe I'll recompile the kernel to include those
services.
I note that my live CD of Ubuntu sees the drive OK, and it apparently has
the SCSI disk support in the kernel as well.
Thanks for the suggestions.
HW
Recompile isn't required - if you have those modules, then you have the
available support. I didn't quite mean about in-kernel support so
literally. When in Ubuntu, check which modules are being loaded (lsmod),
and try and backtrace to your installed distro from there.
Maybe put your "lsusb" and "lsmod" outputs here for us to look at?
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Well, I recompiled the kernel yesterday to *include* the USB controller, USB
mass storage, and SCSI disk and SCSI general.
Still no joy! At boot, /proc/scsi shows 'sg' but not the SCSI disk entry.
It's as if the SCSI disk support is not functioning, either as a module or
in the kernel.
My system seems to lack 'lsusb' and lsmod now shows nothing of
interest...all support is in the kernel.
I'll revert to the all modular kernel, and post the lsmod and /proc/bus/usb
stuff.
Meanwhile, I feel like chewing a little carpet.
HW
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kj
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In <pan.2005.02.08.16.12.01.74159@example.com> AT <notme@example.com> writes:
| Quote: | On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 15:19:33 +0000, kj wrote:
I'm having problems with hardware detection on my laptop. I've
heard that Knoppix can help in such cases, but I don't understand
how. I know that my laptop boots and works fine under Knoppix,
but other than reassuring me that the machine *can* run a serviceable
Linux, I don't see I can translate all this into concrete configuration
steps for the "main" Linux system on the hard drive. Any clues
would be appreciated.
In cases where your distro's hardware detection fails to set up everything
properly, you can look at how Knoppix configured your devices.
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This is the part that I don't follow. How exactly do I "look at
how Knoppix configured my devices"? And what startup files must
I edit so that my main system performs the same configuration of
my devices as Knoppix does? (As you can see, I'm still pretty
green at this.)
My distro is Debian, and my kernel is 2.4.18.
Thanks!
kj
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clivefoley@gmail.com
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Joined: 19 Feb 2005
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Hey,
i have an Amilo Pro V2000 laptop and i installed Suse Linux version 9
and have gotten the modem to work no problem. I have found that there
are no centrino linux drivers for the wireless card so the modem is
what you will have to work with.
Hope this helps,
Clive Foley.
Maciej Blizinski wrote:
| Quote: | Hello,
I would like to ask if anybody had experience with Linux on notebook
Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pro V2000?
The datasheet doesn't precisely describe the internal modem model, it
says only "V.92 56k Lucent AC-Link Modem". I'm not sure if there are
any
Linux drivers for the V2000's internal modem.
The Fujitsu itself says it doesn't support Linux
http://fsc-pc.de/KnowHow/Start_GB_Linux.htm
But hopefully there's a way to run Linux on V2000.
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kj
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Re: Knoppix as hardware-detection tool?
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In <pan.2005.02.08.18.16.46.325492@NsOeSiPnAeMr.com> Captain Dondo <yan@NsOeSiPnAeMr.com> writes:
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Many, many thanks! That was a very helpful post.
kj
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Preston Crawford
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Joined: 23 Feb 2005
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Re: Monitor flicker, caused by video card or monitor?
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On 2005-02-02, ray <ray@zianet.com> wrote:
| Quote: | On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 11:37:58 -0600, Preston Crawford wrote:
On 2005-02-01, Preston Crawford <me@prestoncrawford.com> wrote:
I've posted about this before. I used to think it was related to SuSE, but
a while back I installed Windows and my machine did the same thing.
Basically what it does is it subtly turns a little darker for a brief
second then goes back to normal. It happens randomly and it's extremely
annoying. I have an NEC CRT 17" monitor. Only like a year and a half old.
It's getting really old, though, and I'm not sure what to do.
Part of me wants to replace the monitor. But then another part of me says
that it could be the video card. I once tried to install Fedora Core 3 and
it wouldn't install. ALWAYS got hung up on configuring X. That seems like
a video card problem. Thoughts?
Preston
Just tried pulling the video card (Radeon 7000, about 3/4 years old) and
letting the on-board video take over. So far no flicker. Does that mean
that the card was the problem or that the card was pushing the monitor to
places it couldn't physically go? I had XFree86 dialed in to the exact
settings the monitor would allow.
Preston
I'd next try putting the video card back in. Occasionally card simple need
to be reseated - simple pull it out and put it back in. This is not needed
nearly as often as used to be the case. In the mid 80's I worked on a
PDP-11 which needed to have all the cards reseated monthly or it would get
flakier and flakier, give errors, and finally stop working.
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I just tried this. See my other post. Good advice. Seems obvious, but
then, when you put a computer together and think you have it all right,
you know...
Anyway, I'll keep you guys up to date. Thanks everyone!
Preston |
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