2.6.11-rc2-nitro1: The Bear Necessities

jnengland77 · n00b Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 8

hmm sorry for being newbish but my SIS900 wont work.. the Kernel appears to have compiled right. Boots right but when i try internet it doesnt work correctly. When i try to activate eth0 it , its only activated for like a second.. Quick note also im on Vida Linux but ive recomipied almost everything with my new Cflags... I did get an error about intermodule.. i can't rember it exactly but something about being depicted(sp).. Other then that It's pretty fast... Where is a mouse wheel patch? Hope you can help.
Sorry only been using linux for 3 weeks :oops:

~jnengland77

The_Master · n00b Joined: 23 Feb 2004 Posts: 14

predatorfreak · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 4:58 am Post subject:

then...... iounno......... I'd say its a prob with the ati driver and preempt. but, you never know.
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Arainach · l33t Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 609

When I run ebuild nitro-sources-2.6.11-rc2-r1.ebuild digest, I get the following error:

!!! PF is null 'nitro-sources-2.6.11-rc2-r1'; exiting

Any ideas?

EDIT: It was because that's an underscore, not a dash, in the name. Never mind.
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Tiger683 · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 8:36 am Post subject:

@The_Master:
Cutting off the call-trace wasn't a good idea...
could you please post it all?

T

Tiger683 · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 8:41 am Post subject:

OK, I've been looking, and as far as I can see, it's an error caused by paging the memory. Umm, u probably used a patch that makes it compile against the new 4-level pages-model, but probably it was not so complete....
But we need more info if you want REAL help...

cheers,
T

EDIT:
Did you try changing the amount of mapped memory through proc?

Mon · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 2:56 pm Post subject:

I don't know if i'm just stating the obvious now. But i think you should mention that the right syntax for xorg.conf is

discomfitor · l33t Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 927 Location: None

Mon: I'm assuming that people will know what I'm talking about.

The_Master: Has it happened again? Occasionally I'll have problems like that (haven't for a while, but it HAS happened) once and then it will never happen again.

jnengland77: Are you sure you've compiled the right driver in for it? There is no mouse wheel patch.
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acdispatcher · n00b Joined: 26 Feb 2004 Posts: 42

Darckness -

Again a great kernel source. Thanks for the work. Even though its a rc* version its been rock solid for me.

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b3cks · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 5:57 pm Post subject:

I'm using the nitro sources since I changed to udev and reiser4 (so I think since 2.6.9) and today I have it to say! NiTRO ROCKS!! BiGTHX for "wasting" your time in this f*ckin' good sources!! Keep it on, I love it!

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sibov · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 7:25 pm Post subject:

hi guys,

anybody out there how is using this kernel with

Tiger683 · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 7:33 pm Post subject:

These are the errors that come often when using rc2-mm2.
The experimental doesn't contain the patches that cause the module-bug,
I'd rather like more info from you
on this...
PS: are you using xfs?
just asking, because this filesystem is pretty broken in rc2 anyway....

cheers

T

discomfitor · l33t Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 927 Location: None

sibov: Try compiling the alsa stuff into your kernel.
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Tiger683 · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 7:46 pm Post subject:

for the xfs error:

go to the file

<kernel source>/fs/xfs/linux/xfs_linux.h

and change the macro

jnengland77 · n00b Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 8

Yep im sure i compiled the right one...

I've tryed CK sources and these and they still dont work... I've gone thru the Network option and everything appears to be right... I compiled the Dummy as a module and the SIS900 driver into the kernel(also tried as a module.) and a bunch of other networking options... I'll try again later today.

sibov · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 10:49 pm Post subject:

Mon · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 11:01 pm Post subject:

Has anyone tried Beagle with this kernel yet?
I can't get it to work, but then this guy in a Beagle thread said:

sibov · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 11:29 pm Post subject:

With alsa-stuff compiled into the kernel sound is back and working!

Many Thanks Darkness

The XFS problem still exists:

Hi Tiger683

I have fixed up the file
</usr/src/linux/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h>
it was a little bit different with linux-2.6 in the path but i still get these errors in dmesg.

Do you need a full output file of dmesg?

Best regards,
sibov

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Tiger683 · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 11:53 pm Post subject:

Sorry, don't want to be rude, but i actually do not desire to maintain the xfs filesystem-tree, as said, it's quite broken in rc2.
I'm currently working on the next nitro experimental which will NOT include the all-breaking mm-patches, and instead about 200 patches to fix various stuff, including xfs, so be patient...

cheers

T

EDIT:
These patches will probably not get into stable nitro, mainly cuz it would be an overkill to first verify they all really work. we will see in action.. That's what experimental is for.
PS: both nitros will probably include lirc driver

Tiger683 · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 12:34 am Post subject:

@ sibov:
For the xfs, try this patch (please backup the whole xfs subdir in case it breaks sth and doesn't compile! ):

pifactorial · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 5:25 am Post subject: background

I know this is way off topic, but I just spent some time creating a nitro-sources desktop background. I don't have any permanent web space, so I was wondering if you could give me your email, Darckness, so I can send it to you. Or we could work something out - I think you'll like it.

Cheers

John5788 · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:04 am Post subject: Re: background

sobers_2002 · Veteran Joined: 16 Mar 2004 Posts: 1128

if som1 could just help me........is get some io error while compiling nvidia 6111 with sources after 2-6-10-nitro4 and the 6629 has never ever worked for me.......all it results in is a lockup.....no errors nothing at all and then i have 2 reboot.......i am still on 2.6.10-nitro2 for that reason

and i am using nvagp as 2 in xorg.conf

predatorfreak · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:02 am Post subject:

pifactorial · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:07 am Post subject: Re: background