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Been running debian firstly etch then unstable on my spare box that acts as my NAS/storage server for a few weeks now with out issue, compared to what I've been upto today that seemed simple to setup. (i.je most of it just worked on first install)

Needed to re-add linux to my desktop so I popped the debain net install disc and and popped on an absolute minimilsitc system so i could get only what i wanted installed on

Added the unstable repos (it was a etch netinstt cd i had laying around) and apt-get dist upgraded the thing to unstable

Installed gnome and firefox and got that running along with pidgin.

Only problem I'm having with the desktop Is I can't seem to get it to run beryl for some reason

I installed the nvidia GLX kernel module and userspace drivers following some guide i found on the internet, I see the kernel module load on bootup and the userspace module is also installed yet if i Try and use the nvidia driver I cannot start X it fails with a module not found error.

Any ideas there? (can't use automatix it doesn't support unstable)

Other things I need to do is change the deafult Font it looks awfull :(

Desktops now a dual boot debain/vista system.

But thats not the end of the story Had a bit of play around and managed to get a simular setup on the laptop (eventually) had a lot of "Fun" trying to get linux on that since GRUB kept failing to install (its a macbook)

In the end I had to install linux missing the bootloader config
Reboot into refit (mac bootmenu utility)
sync the EFI partition table with the MBR copy
Reload the debain cd go into rescue mode
install Grub to /dev/sda4 (my linux partition)
then i forgot to build me an menu.lst so when I selected Debian from the menu it just gave me a grub prompt.

Managed to figure out the commands i needed to load the kernel and initrd and get the thing to boot then i got the system to rebuild the grub menu.lst

Got madwifi up and running so the macbooks Wi-fi with WPA works, Got gnome on here and just put on firefox :D, need to sort out NM-applet to autostart properly but hey is progress

Touchbad works out the box but its a bit sensitive if i tap on it by accident in the middle of typing it causes problems so I may need to go adjust that.

Sound might be working not sure since Alsa seems to be finding the audio chip (debian wiki says it should work) but Gstreamer isn't wanting to know about it so The voume icon in the gnome panel is usless. (anyone know thow to fix?)

So a couple things to put right but Not bad for a noob me thinks :p:

Only other thing which does annoy me is I cannot click the drives in my computer I get a message

Code:

error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied.

does anyone know where i need to tweak the config to allow me to click the drive icons and have them mounts sounds like a permissons thing.

Not to bad for an evenings work as i've gone from a vista only system on the desktop to a vista/debian system and from a vista/osx system on the macbook to a vista/osx/debian system :tu:

Re: Debain linux

Can you post the contents of a couple of system files?

/etc/X11/xorg.conf may help with the nVidia thing

/etc/fstab for the drive permissions/mounting problem...

Re: Debain linux

I am running the 2.6.18-5-amd64 kernel,
before installing nvidia-glx I have to install the matching nvidia-kernel-2.6.18-5-amd64 first otherwise installing nvidia-glx will pull in nvidia-kernel-2.6.18-4-amd64 by mistake.

Sound requires gnome-audio installing then you need to check that your volume control and preferences settings are both set to the right output port (try setting both to analogue front).

Re: Debain linux

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cobbydaler (Post 34414360)

Can you post the contents of a couple of system files?

/etc/X11/xorg.conf may help with the nVidia thing

/etc/fstab for the drive permissions/mounting problem...

I'm currently using the open source NV driver since I can't get the Nvidia driver to load but heres my xorg.conf as requested

Code:

# xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)

#

# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using

# values from the debconf database.

#

# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.

# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)

#

# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*

# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg

# package.

#

# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated

# again, run the following command:

#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg



Section "Files"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

        Identifier        "Generic Keyboard"

        Driver                "kbd"

        Option                "CoreKeyboard"

        Option                "XkbRules"        "xorg"

        Option                "XkbModel"        "pc105"

        Option                "XkbLayout"        "gb"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

        Identifier        "Configured Mouse"

        Driver                "mouse"

        Option                "CorePointer"

        Option                "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"

        Option                "Protocol"                "ImPS/2"

EndSection



Section "Device"

        Identifier        "Gforce 7800GT"

        Driver                "nv"

        BusID                "PCI:1:0:0"

EndSection



Section "Monitor"

        Identifier        "Generic Monitor"

        Option                "DPMS"

        HorizSync        28-72

        VertRefresh        43-60

EndSection



Section "Screen"

        Identifier        "Default Screen"

        Device                "Gforce 7800GT"

        Monitor                "Generic Monitor"

        DefaultDepth        24

        SubSection "Display"

                Modes                "1440x900"

        EndSubSection

EndSection



Section "ServerLayout"

        Identifier        "Default Layout"

        Screen                "Default Screen"

        InputDevice        "Generic Keyboard"

        InputDevice        "Configured Mouse"

EndSection

kernel is
2.6.22-2-686 I used m-a to load the module and I swear I see it try and load on startup (scrolls to fast to read properly) but If I change the driver for X to the nvidia binary driver X fails to start.

Code:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.

#

# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>

proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0

/dev/sdb2       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1

/dev/sdb3       none            swap    sw              0       0

/dev/sdb5       none            swap    sw              0       0

/dev/scd0       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0

The error im talking about when trying to click a drive is this one...

Re: Debain linux

Dragon, re-size the image mate.

Re: Debain linux

If you lsmod | grep nv it should list all modules loaded with nv in their name

If it's not loaded try modprobe module_name & report any errors

Try adding ' user,' (no quotes) after 'defaults,' to the /dev/sdb2 line in fstab. That should allow a user to mount the volume...

Re: Debain linux

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cobbydaler (Post 34414396)

Code:

Dragon:/home/dragon# lsmod | grep nv

nvidia               4550292  0 

i2c_core               23552  2 nvidia,i2c_i801

agpgart                31912  2 nvidia,intel_agp

Dragon:/home/dragon#

P.s sorry about the image I forgot that not all forums auto resize them :dunce:

What would I add to fstab to have it automount /dev/sdb1 with the NTFS 3g driver? (i've installed ntfs3g and can mount it manually with mount.ntfs3g /dev/sdb1 /mnt/data )

Also still need to fix that permissons error otherwise removable drives fail to mount correctly :(

Re: Debain linux

What is the exact error that you get if the nv driver is replaced by the nvidia driver in your xorg.conf? i.e.

Code:

Section "Device"

    Identifier    "Gforce 7800GT"

    Driver        "nv"

    BusID        "PCI:1:0:0"

EndSection

becomes

Code:

Section "Device"

    Identifier    "Gforce 7800GT"

    Driver        "nvidia"

    BusID        "PCI:1:0:0"

EndSection

Re: Debain linux

Code:

X Window System Version 1.3.0

Release Date: 19 April 2007

X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3

Build Operating System: Linux Debian (xorg-server 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12)

Current Operating System: Linux Dragon 2.6.22-2-686 #1 SMP Fri Aug 31 00:24:01 UTC 2007 i686

Build Date: 09 August 2007

        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org

        to make sure that you have the latest version.

Module Loader present

Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,

        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,

        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.

(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Oct 14 11:37:37 2007

(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"

(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)

(**) |   |-->Monitor "Generic Monitor"

(**) |   |-->Device "Gforce 7800GT"

(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"

(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"

(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.

        Entry deleted from font path.

(WW) The directory "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" does not exist.

        Entry deleted from font path.

(==) FontPath set to:

        /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,

        /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,

        /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,

        /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,

        /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,

        /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi

(==) RgbPath set to "/etc/X11/rgb"

(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"

(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)

(II) Loader magic: 0x81e5140

(II) Module ABI versions:

        X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3

        X.Org Video Driver: 1.2

        X.Org XInput driver : 0.7

        X.Org Server Extension : 0.3

        X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5

(II) Loader running on linux

(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so

(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"

        compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0

        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2

(++) using VT number 7



(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)

(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,29a0 card 1028,01dd rev 02 class 06,00,00 hdr 00

(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 8086,29a1 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,04,00 hdr 01

(II) PCI: 00:19:0: chip 8086,104c card 1028,01dd rev 02 class 02,00,00 hdr 00

(II) PCI: 00:1a:0: chip 8086,2834 card 1028,01dd rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80

(II) PCI: 00:1a:1: chip 8086,2835 card 1028,01dd rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00

(II) PCI: 00:1a:7: chip 8086,283a card 1028,01dd rev 02 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00

(II) PCI: 00:1b:0: chip 8086,284b card 1028,01dd rev 02 class 04,03,00 hdr 00

(II) PCI: 00:1c:0: chip 8086,283f card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,04,00 hdr 81

(II) PCI: 00:1d:0: chip 8086,2830 card 1028,01dd rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80

(II) PCI: 00:1d:1: chip 8086,2831 card 1028,01dd rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00

(II) PCI: 00:1d:2: chip 8086,2832 card 1028,01dd rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00

(II) PCI: 00:1d:7: chip 8086,2836 card 1028,01dd rev 02 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00

(II) PCI: 00:1e:0: chip 8086,244e card 0000,0000 rev f2 class 06,04,01 hdr 01

(II) PCI: 00:1f:0: chip 8086,2812 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,01,00 hdr 80

(II) PCI: 00:1f:2: chip 8086,2822 card 1028,01dd rev 02 class 01,04,00 hdr 00

(II) PCI: 00:1f:3: chip 8086,283e card 1028,01dd rev 02 class 0c,05,00 hdr 00

(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0092 card 10de,0301 rev a1 class 03,00,00 hdr 00

(II) PCI: End of PCI scan

(II) Intel Bridge workaround enabled

(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:

(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,3), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)

(II) Bus 0 I/O range:

        [0] -1        0        0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]

(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:

        [0] -1        0        0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]

(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:

        [0] -1        0        0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]

(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:

(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000a (VGA_EN is set)

(II) Bus 1 I/O range:

        [0] -1        0        0x0000d000 - 0x0000dfff (0x1000) IX[B]

(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:

        [0] -1        0        0xdd000000 - 0xdfefffff (0x2f00000) MX[B]

(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:

        [0] -1        0        0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B]

(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:

(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:28:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0002 (VGA_EN is cleared)

(II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range:

        [0] -1        0        0xdcf00000 - 0xdcffffff (0x100000) MX[B]

(II) Subtractive PCI-to-PCI bridge:

(II) Bus 3: bridge is at (0:30:0), (0,3,3), BCTRL: 0x0002 (VGA_EN is cleared)

(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:

(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:31:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)

(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7800 GT] rev 161, Mem @ 0xdd000000/24, 0xc0000000/28, 0xde000000/24, I/O @ 0xdc80/7, BIOS @ 0xdfe00000/17

(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are

        [0] -1        0        0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]

        [1] -1        0        0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]

(II) OS-reported resource ranges:

        [0] -1        0        0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)

        [1] -1        0        0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]

        [2] -1        0        0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]

        [3] -1        0        0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]

        [4] -1        0        0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]

        [5] -1        0        0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]

(II) Active PCI resource ranges:

        [0] -1        0        0xdffdab00 - 0xdffdabff (0x100) MX[B]

        [1] -1        0        0xff970000 - 0xff9707ff (0x800) MX[B]

        [2] -1        0        0xff980800 - 0xff980bff (0x400) MX[B]

        [3] -1        0        0xdffdc000 - 0xdffdffff (0x4000) MX[B]

        [4] -1        0        0xdffdac00 - 0xdffdafff (0x400) MX[B]

        [5] -1        0        0xdffdb000 - 0xdffdbfff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [6] -1        0        0xdffe0000 - 0xdfffffff (0x20000) MX[B]

        [7] -1        0        0xdfe00000 - 0xdfe1ffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)

        [8] -1        0        0xde000000 - 0xdeffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)

        [9] -1        0        0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)

        [10] -1        0        0xdd000000 - 0xddffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)

        [11] -1        0        0x0000ece0 - 0x0000ecff (0x20) IX[B]

        [12] -1        0        0x0000fec0 - 0x0000fedf (0x20) IX[B]

        [13] -1        0        0x0000fe30 - 0x0000fe33 (0x4) IX[B]

        [14] -1        0        0x0000fe20 - 0x0000fe27 (0x8) IX[B]

        [15] -1        0        0x0000fe10 - 0x0000fe13 (0x4) IX[B]

        [16] -1        0        0x0000fe00 - 0x0000fe07 (0x8) IX[B]

        [17] -1        0        0x0000ff40 - 0x0000ff5f (0x20) IX[B]

        [18] -1        0        0x0000ff60 - 0x0000ff7f (0x20) IX[B]

        [19] -1        0        0x0000ff80 - 0x0000ff9f (0x20) IX[B]

        [20] -1        0        0x0000ff00 - 0x0000ff1f (0x20) IX[B]

        [21] -1        0        0x0000ff20 - 0x0000ff3f (0x20) IX[B]

        [22] -1        0        0x0000ecc0 - 0x0000ecdf (0x20) IX[B]

        [23] -1        0        0x0000dc80 - 0x0000dcff (0x80) IX[B](B)

(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:

        [0] -1        0        0xdffdab00 - 0xdffdabff (0x100) MX[B]

        [1] -1        0        0xff970000 - 0xff9707ff (0x800) MX[B]

        [2] -1        0        0xff980800 - 0xff980bff (0x400) MX[B]

        [3] -1        0        0xdffdc000 - 0xdffdffff (0x4000) MX[B]

        [4] -1        0        0xdffdac00 - 0xdffdafff (0x400) MX[B]

        [5] -1        0        0xdffdb000 - 0xdffdbfff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [6] -1        0        0xdffe0000 - 0xdfffffff (0x20000) MX[B]

        [7] -1        0        0xdfe00000 - 0xdfe1ffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)

        [8] -1        0        0xde000000 - 0xdeffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)

        [9] -1        0        0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)

        [10] -1        0        0xdd000000 - 0xddffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)

        [11] -1        0        0x0000ece0 - 0x0000ecff (0x20) IX[B]

        [12] -1        0        0x0000fec0 - 0x0000fedf (0x20) IX[B]

        [13] -1        0        0x0000fe30 - 0x0000fe33 (0x4) IX[B]

        [14] -1        0        0x0000fe20 - 0x0000fe27 (0x8) IX[B]

        [15] -1        0        0x0000fe10 - 0x0000fe13 (0x4) IX[B]

        [16] -1        0        0x0000fe00 - 0x0000fe07 (0x8) IX[B]

        [17] -1        0        0x0000ff40 - 0x0000ff5f (0x20) IX[B]

        [18] -1        0        0x0000ff60 - 0x0000ff7f (0x20) IX[B]

        [19] -1        0        0x0000ff80 - 0x0000ff9f (0x20) IX[B]

        [20] -1        0        0x0000ff00 - 0x0000ff1f (0x20) IX[B]

        [21] -1        0        0x0000ff20 - 0x0000ff3f (0x20) IX[B]

        [22] -1        0        0x0000ecc0 - 0x0000ecdf (0x20) IX[B]

        [23] -1        0        0x0000dc80 - 0x0000dcff (0x80) IX[B](B)

(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:

        [0] -1        0        0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)

        [1] -1        0        0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]

        [2] -1        0        0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]

        [3] -1        0        0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]

        [4] -1        0        0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]

        [5] -1        0        0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]

(II) All system resource ranges:

        [0] -1        0        0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)

        [1] -1        0        0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]

        [2] -1        0        0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]

        [3] -1        0        0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]

        [4] -1        0        0xdffdab00 - 0xdffdabff (0x100) MX[B]

        [5] -1        0        0xff970000 - 0xff9707ff (0x800) MX[B]

        [6] -1        0        0xff980800 - 0xff980bff (0x400) MX[B]

        [7] -1        0        0xdffdc000 - 0xdffdffff (0x4000) MX[B]

        [8] -1        0        0xdffdac00 - 0xdffdafff (0x400) MX[B]

        [9] -1        0        0xdffdb000 - 0xdffdbfff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [10] -1        0        0xdffe0000 - 0xdfffffff (0x20000) MX[B]

        [11] -1        0        0xdfe00000 - 0xdfe1ffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)

        [12] -1        0        0xde000000 - 0xdeffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)

        [13] -1        0        0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)

        [14] -1        0        0xdd000000 - 0xddffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)

        [15] -1        0        0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]

        [16] -1        0        0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]

        [17] -1        0        0x0000ece0 - 0x0000ecff (0x20) IX[B]

        [18] -1        0        0x0000fec0 - 0x0000fedf (0x20) IX[B]

        [19] -1        0        0x0000fe30 - 0x0000fe33 (0x4) IX[B]

        [20] -1        0        0x0000fe20 - 0x0000fe27 (0x8) IX[B]

        [21] -1        0        0x0000fe10 - 0x0000fe13 (0x4) IX[B]

        [22] -1        0        0x0000fe00 - 0x0000fe07 (0x8) IX[B]

        [23] -1        0        0x0000ff40 - 0x0000ff5f (0x20) IX[B]

        [24] -1        0        0x0000ff60 - 0x0000ff7f (0x20) IX[B]

        [25] -1        0        0x0000ff80 - 0x0000ff9f (0x20) IX[B]

        [26] -1        0        0x0000ff00 - 0x0000ff1f (0x20) IX[B]

        [27] -1        0        0x0000ff20 - 0x0000ff3f (0x20) IX[B]

        [28] -1        0        0x0000ecc0 - 0x0000ecdf (0x20) IX[B]

        [29] -1        0        0x0000dc80 - 0x0000dcff (0x80) IX[B](B)

(II) LoadModule: "extmod"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so

(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"

        compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0

        Module class: X.Org Server Extension

        ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3

(II) Loading extension SHAPE

(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD

(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS

(II) Loading extension SYNC

(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER

(II) Loading extension XC-MISC

(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension

(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc

(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA

(II) Loading extension DPMS

(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP

(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information

(II) Loading extension XVideo

(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation

(II) Loading extension X-Resource

(II) LoadModule: "dbe"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so

(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"

        compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0

        Module class: X.Org Server Extension

        ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3

(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER

(II) LoadModule: "glx"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so

(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"

        compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.8776

        Module class: X.Org Server Extension

        ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.1

(II) Loading extension GLX

(II) LoadModule: "freetype"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//fonts/libfreetype.so

(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"

        compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 2.1.0

        Module class: X.Org Font Renderer

        ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5

(II) Loading font FreeType

(II) LoadModule: "record"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so

(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"

        compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.13.0

        Module class: X.Org Server Extension

        ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3

(II) Loading extension RECORD

(II) LoadModule: "dri"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so

(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"

        compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0

        ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3

(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI

(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"

(WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia

(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"

(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)

(II) LoadModule: "kbd"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so

(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"

        compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.2.1

        Module class: X.Org XInput Driver

        ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7

(II) LoadModule: "mouse"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so

(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"

        compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.2.2

        Module class: X.Org XInput Driver

        ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7

(EE) No drivers available.



Fatal server error:

no screens found

Does that help :confused:?

Re: Debain linux

Could be the module is located somewhere xorg isn't looking.

Can you do a search for files named nv*.ko & post locations?

Re: Debain linux

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cobbydaler (Post 34414454)

Could be the module is located somewhere xorg isn't looking.

Can you do a search for files named nv*.ko & post locations?

I assume i'm not getting the syntax of the search right seem to be having problems with the wildcard aspect of it.

Code:

Dragon:/home/dragon# locate nv*.ko

Dragon:/home/dragon#

however

Code:

Dragon:/home/dragon# locate nvidia.ko

/lib/modules/2.6.18-4-486/nvidia/nvidia.ko

/lib/modules/2.6.22-2-686/kernel/nvidia/nvidia.ko

/lib/modules/2.6.22-2-686/kernel/sound/nvidia.ko

/lib/modules/2.6.22-2-686/nvidia/nvidia.ko

/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/nvidia-kernel-2.6.22-2-686/lib/modules/2.6.22-2-686/nvidia/nvidia.ko

Dragon:/home/dragon#

:confused:

Also with the macbook i got nm-applet autostarting and connecting, had to add my user to the netdev group.

Still cant get the sound working installed gnome-audio as suggested the volume control says no volume control gstreamer plugin and/or devices found

did see this on startup

Quote:

hda_codec: STAC922x, Apple subsys_id=106b0a00
hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling mode...

however i think alsa is seeing the card since alsamixer shows channels for it.

although the gnome sound preferences wont play a test sound :(

Re: Debain linux

Can you do a locate nv?

I need to know where the non-propritary nvidia module is.

on openSUSE 10.3 mine is called nvidiafb.ko

---------- Post added at 14:29 ---------- Previous post was at 13:38 ----------

Quote:

What would I add to fstab to have it automount /dev/sdb1 with the NTFS 3g driver? (i've installed ntfs3g and can mount it manually with mount.ntfs3g /dev/sdb1 /mnt/data )

Code:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.

#

# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>

proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0

/dev/sdb1       /windows        ntfs-3g user,auto,noexec 0 0

/dev/sdb2       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1

/dev/sdb3       none            swap    sw              0       0

/dev/sdb5       none            swap    sw              0       0

/dev/scd0       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0

This would mount it as /windows...

Re: Debain linux

Ahh ok sure thing.

Code:

Dragon:/home/dragon# locate nvidiafb.ko

/lib/modules/2.6.18-4-486/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidiafb.ko

/lib/modules/2.6.18-5-686/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidiafb.ko

/lib/modules/2.6.22-2-686/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidiafb.ko

Couple other things with the desktop

1) audio works but it always starts up on Mute for somereason
2) I set Iceweasel (firefox) to the browser under "prefered applications" in gnome but its still opening Http links from other programs in Gnome web browser regardless.

With the Macbook I can't get Gstreamer to see the card let alone adjust its volume.

Re: Debain linux

Can't really help with the Gnome desktop, I'm a KDE man... ;)

For the nVidia thing, check this page, particularly:

Quote:

Problems will arise if applications use the wrong version of a library. This can be the case if there are either old libGL libraries or stale symlinks left lying around. If you think there may be something awry in your installation, check that the following files are in place (these are all the files of the NVIDIA Accelerated Linux Graphics Driver, as well as their symlinks):

/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so

/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so.x.y.z
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so -> libglx.so.x.y.z

(may also be in /usr/lib/modules or /usr/lib/xorg/modules)

/usr/lib/libGL.so.x.y.z
/usr/lib/libGL.so.x -> libGL.so.x.y.z
/usr/lib/libGL.so -> libGL.so.x

/usr/lib/libGLcore.so.x.y.z
/usr/lib/libGLcore.so.x -> libGLcore.so.x.y.z

/lib/modules/`uname -r`/video/nvidia.o, or
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.o
If there are other libraries whose "soname" conflicts with that of the NVIDIA libraries, ldconfig may create the wrong symlinks. It is recommended that you manually remove or rename conflicting libraries (be sure to rename clashing libraries to something that ldconfig will not look at -- we have found that prepending "XXX" to a library name generally does the trick), rerun 'ldconfig', and check that the correct symlinks were made. Some libraries that often create conflicts are "/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so*" and "/usr/X11R6/lib/libGLcore.so*".

Check that a) the files are there & b) the symlinks (denoted by ->) point to the nVidia files...

Re: Debain linux

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cobbydaler (Post 34414547)

Can't really help with the Gnome desktop, I'm a KDE man... ;)

For the nVidia thing, check this page, particularly:

Check that a) the files are there & b) the symlinks (denoted by ->) point to the nVidia files...

Not sure, think I might not have a compatible nvidia module, tryied the nvidia binary installer from the nvidia site and it couldn't find a module for my kernel

and it couldn't compile one either since gcc is 4.22 and they used 4.21 to compile the kernel :rolleyes:

Anyway following a howto on howtoforge to custom compile a kernel this could be interesting :shocked:

Re: Debain linux

See if this helps when installing the driver:

Quote:

My X server fails to start, and my X log file contains the error:
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!

The X driver will abort with this error message if the NVIDIA kernel module fails to load. If you receive this error, you should check the output of dmesg for kernel error messages and/or attempt to load the kernel module explicitly with modprobe nvidia. If unresolved symbols are reported, then the kernel module was most likely built against a Linux kernel source tree (or kernel headers) for a kernel revision or configuration that doesn't match the running kernel.
You can specify the location of the kernel source tree (or headers) when you install the NVIDIA driver using the --kernel-source-path command line option (see sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.11-pkg1.run --advanced-options for details).

Re: Debain linux

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cobbydaler (Post 34414581)

See if this helps when installing the driver:

Never mind got it now used the nvidia provided binary installer :D

oh and

Code:

Dragon:/home/dragon# uname -r

2.6.23-dragons

:eeek: the Kernel I compiled from source actually works

Would try doing that on the macbook but i think i'd probably break madwifi

So desktop done now I just need to sort the sound on the macbook, the deafult browser and get some nicer fonts.

Re: Debain linux

Glad you got it sorted! :)

A kernel with your own name on, I'm jealous! ;)

Oh, have a look here re setting up MS fonts in Debian...

Re: Debain linux

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cobbydaler (Post 34414608)

Glad you got it sorted! :)

A kernel with your own name on, I'm jealous! ;)

Oh, have a look here re setting up MS fonts in Debian...

Now regarding the macbook, I had a play about seems if I run the gnome sound/volume manager from a root terminal it works.

Seems like my user needs access to something to get control of the sound but what

I did try adding myself to the audio group but that didn't appear to work (unless a restart is required to read the changes?)
Unlike the desktop my user on this machine was created post install with the adduser command.

Edit:

Turns out I needed to add my user to the audio group and then restart

Re: Debain linux

Quote:

Originally Posted by dragon (Post 34414620)

I don't think you actually need a restart, just log out & back in again...

Re: Debain linux

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cobbydaler (Post 34414622)

I don't think you actually need a restart, just log out & back in again...

Whopps oh well

Tried beryl but it doesn't seem to work properly it just gives a white screen unless you set redering path to copy but then its very glitchy

Re: Debain linux

Quote:

Originally Posted by dragon (Post 34414684)

Whopps oh well

Tried beryl but it doesn't seem to work properly it just gives a white screen unless you set redering path to copy but then its very glitchy

Try turning off xgl, you don't need it with newer nVidia cards. I've got a 6200 & I run in native mode...

Re: Debain linux

Quote:

Originally Posted by dragon (Post 34414684)

Whopps oh well

Tried beryl but it doesn't seem to work properly it just gives a white screen unless you set redering path to copy but then its very glitchy

Beryl is not developed anymore, why not try compiz-fusion ?

Re: Debain linux

Quote:

Originally Posted by TraxData (Post 34414717)

Beryl is not developed anymore, why not try compiz-fusion ?

added a repo containing compiz but im having a problem

The following packages have unmet dependencies.
compiz-plugins: Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0) but 2.10.13-1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

any ideas where to obtain a newer libgtk

Re: Debain linux

There's a tutorial for installing compiz-fusion (compiz forked from Beryl, compiz-fusion is them recombined) on Etch here...

Re: Debain linux

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cobbydaler (Post 34414761)

There's a tutorial for installing compiz-fusion (compiz forked from Beryl, compiz-fusion is them recombined) on Etch here...

Thanks i'll give it a shot later in the week, after playing around with it all day getting things working on linux I decided to sit on windows and surf the internet for a bit (not sure if the streaming radio feed i currently have playing will work on linux)

Edit:

I think it was fusion I was trying to install but its the compiz-plugin package it wants to install thats causing me a problem, i'll try with that repo in the guide But it wouldn't surprise me if i come up against the same problem.

I get the feeling i'm about to drop right into dependency hell and from my past ventures into the Linux world I know that's not a nice place to be.

Re: Debain linux

The link supplied by Cobbydaler looks straight forward enough dragon.

Install proprietry Nvidia drivers (a choice that is up to you), Debian also have a wiki entry here:

http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers

Which may help - open or closed source drivers are up to you.

The steps after that are just adding the compiz-fusion repository to your sources.list ;backup your original sources.list with:

sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.old

or something similar (I'm using Kubuntu as the base - ensure sources.list is in the same path)

Of course with any repository - you need to trust what they are supplying you - have a Google around to confirm you are happy the source is trusted.

I don't use Nvidia cards - so have no particular experience, but it seems fairly straight-forward.

Best of luck :)

Incidentally the kernel you have created used Debians kernel tools - which 'changed' the vanilla kernel to work on Debian - so in essence the kernel is no longer vanilla - but a mute point really :)

EDIT:

If the .deb for compiz has been packaged correctly - all dependencies should be sorted out by apt (fingers crossed)

Re: Debain linux

IRC!

irc.freenode.net

#debian

:angel:

Re: Debain linux

Quote:

Originally Posted by ADd (Post 34415013)

It was the laptop with a intel gma950 I was trying compiz on earlier, but i'll have another look at it and try again soon.

Re: Debain linux

Quote:

Originally Posted by dragon (Post 34415174)

It was the laptop with a intel gma950 I was trying compiz on earlier, but i'll have another look at it and try again soon.

I ment beryl but i get the same problem with compiz

Re: Debain linux

Are you running Sid or Etch ?

Re: Debain linux

Quote:

Originally Posted by ADd (Post 34415483)

Are you running Sid or Etch ?

Sid

Used an etch net install to get a core system (cus i had it laying around) but then apt-get dist upgraded to sid.

Compiled the latest kernel from source for laptop and desktop

Made the mistake of doing it on the "server/nas" machine (its a p3 500 so i could be waiting a while)

Re: Debain linux

I would remove all installed packages of compiz, clean things up, and give it another go.

Quote:

aptitude purge compiz-fusion*
aptitude clean

Then

Quote:

aptitude update
aptitude install compiz-fusion-gnome

That is if you are using Gnome (I prefer aptitude to apt-get)

Re: Debain linux

Quote:

Originally Posted by ADd (Post 34415523)

I would remove all installed packages of compiz, clean things up, and give it another go.

Then

That is if you are using Gnome (I prefer aptitude to apt-get)

I think its a problem with the GMA950 and i need to do something to get it to work and i'm not sure what...

On my desktop It seems to be there ok just need to figure out how to start compiz properly

Re: Debain linux

Sorry, from your post you said there was a dependency issue with the gtk libraries ?

Or have I read this wrong ?

Quote:

The following packages have unmet dependencies.
compiz-plugins: Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0) but 2.10.13-1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

Re: Debain linux

Quote:

Originally Posted by ADd (Post 34415543)

Sorry, from your post you said there was a dependency issue with the gtk libraries ?

Or have I read this wrong ?

I did but thats sorted now i think :)

Still get a white screen when trying to start compiz on my laptop though.
desktop starts it but I'm not entirely sure how to start it properly as I lose all my window titles if i type compiz --replace