Debain linux

[dragon]

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 , 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

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

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

[Cobbydaler]

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...

[slowcoach]

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).

[dragon]

Originally Posted by Cobbydaler

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

# 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.

# /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...

[Paul K]

Dragon, re-size the image mate.

[Cobbydaler]

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...

[dragon]

Originally Posted by Cobbydaler

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...

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

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

[Cobbydaler]

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

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Gforce 7800GT"
    Driver        "nv"
    BusID        "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

becomes

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Gforce 7800GT"
    Driver        "nvidia"
    BusID        "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

[dragon]

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:
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	/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"
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(II) Loader magic: 0x81e5140
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	X.Org Video Driver: 1.2
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(II) Loader running on linux
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(++) using VT number 7

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(II) PCI: 00:1f:2: chip 8086,2822 card 1028,01dd rev 02 class 01,04,00 hdr 00
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(II) Intel Bridge workaround enabled
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(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
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(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xdd000000 - 0xdfefffff (0x2f00000) MX[B]
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(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
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(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
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	[1] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
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	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
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	[2] -1	0	0xff980800 - 0xff980bff (0x400) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0xdffdc000 - 0xdffdffff (0x4000) MX[B]
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	[19] -1	0	0x0000ff80 - 0x0000ff9f (0x20) IX[B]
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	[22] -1	0	0x0000ecc0 - 0x0000ecdf (0x20) IX[B]
	[23] -1	0	0x0000dc80 - 0x0000dcff (0x80) IX[B](B)
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	[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]
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	[14] -1	0	0x0000fe20 - 0x0000fe27 (0x8) IX[B]
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	[23] -1	0	0x0000dc80 - 0x0000dcff (0x80) IX[B](B)
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
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	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
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	[4] -1	0	0xdffdab00 - 0xdffdabff (0x100) MX[B]
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	[7] -1	0	0xdffdc000 - 0xdffdffff (0x4000) MX[B]
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	[9] -1	0	0xdffdb000 - 0xdffdbfff (0x1000) MX[B]
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	[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)
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	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 ?

[Cobbydaler]

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

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

[dragon]

Originally Posted by Cobbydaler

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.

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

however

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#

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

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

[Cobbydaler]

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 ----------

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 )

# /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...

[dragon]

Ahh ok sure thing.

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.

[Cobbydaler]

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

For the nVidia thing, check this page, particularly:

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...

[dragon]

Originally Posted by Cobbydaler

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

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