Tons of Question

waterloo · n00b Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 29

First i didn't know where to put this because it's part of almost all the threads. I have tons of problems right now. I installed Gentoo using vidalinux 1.2 :oops:

and it works without a problem. I did the deep system updating etc. My problem is I don't get sound when i play a file in REAL player or Mplayer. I am running AMD 64 3000+ and i have the mplayer32 bin thing and i see video just dont have sound. My Gentoo machine is also running very slow. I installed drivers but even that doesn't help. I ran glxgears and the gears are very slow. What can i do to make my PC run faster? Is it safe to make a new kernel. Please Help.

Machine Specs:

AMD 64 3000+
OCZ Platinum Dual Channel 512 X2 Dunno if it's PC3200 or PC4200
DFI Lanparty UT NF4 Ultra-D
Asus 6200 Gamers Edition
160GB WD X 2

Features
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D
Processor AMD Athlon64 / FX Socket 939
FSB 2000 MT/s HTT
Chipset NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra
Memory 4x 184 Pin DDR, Dual Channel DDR 200/333/400, up to 4 GB
BIOS AwardBios
Slots 2x PCI-E x16
1x PCI-E x1
1x PCI-E x4
2x PCI
HDD Connectivity 2x ATA-133
4x SATA-II
Networking 10/100/1000 Mbps - NVIDIA nForce4
10/100/1000 Mbps - Marvell 88E8001
Ports 10x USB 2.0 (6 on Back Panel)
1x Serial header on-board
2x IEEE1394 (1 on Back Panel)
Audio 8 Channel Realtek ALC850 Audio,
S/PDIF in/out
Form Factor ATX 293 x 305mm

CPU

* AMD Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / Sempron
* Socket 939

Chipset

* NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra

Front Side Bus

* 2000MT/s HyperTransport interface

Memory

* Four 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets
* Supports dual channel (128-bit wide) memory interface
* Supports up to 4GB system memory
* Supports DDR266, DDR333 and DDR400 DDR SDRAM DIMM

BIOS

* Award BIOS
* CMOS Reloaded
* CPU/DRAM overclocking
* CPU/DRAM/Chipset overvoltage
* 4Mbit flash memory

Power Management

* Supports ACPI STR (Suspend to RAM) function
* Wake-On-Events include:
- Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse
- Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse
- Wake-On-LAN
- RTC timer to power-on the system
* AC power failure recovery

Hardware Monitor

* Monitors CPU/system/chipset temperature
* Monitors 12V/5V/3.3V/Vcore/Vbat/5Vsb/Vchipset/Vdram voltages
* Monitors the speed of the CPU fan, Fan 2 and chipset fan
* CPU Overheat Protection function monitors CPU temperature during system boot-up

Audio

* Karajan audio module
- Realtek ALC850 8-channel audio CODEC
- 6 audio jacks
- 1 CD-in connector
- 1 front audio connector
* S/PDIF-in/out interface

LAN

* Dual Gigabit LAN - Vitesse VSC8201 Gigabit Phy and Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit PCI
* Fully compliant to IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T), 802.3u (100BASE-TX) and 802.3ab (1000BASE-T) standards

IDE

* Two IDE connectors that allows connecting up to four UltraDMA 133Mbps hard drives
* NVIDIA RAID allows RAID arrays spanning across Serial ATA and Parallel ATA
* RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1

Serial ATA with RAID

* Four Serial ATA II ports
* SATA speed up to 3Gb/s
* RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1
* NVIDIA RAID allows RAID arrays spanning across Serial ATA and Parallel ATA

IEEE 1394

* VIA VT6307
* Supports two 100/200/400 Mb/sec ports

Rear Panel I/O Ports

* 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port
* 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port
* 2 S/PDIF RCA jacks (S/PDIF-in and S/PDIF-out)
* Karajan audio module (6 audio jacks)
* 1 IEEE 1394 port
* 2 RJ45 LAN ports
* 6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports

I/O Connectors

* 2 connectors for 4 additional external USB 2.0/1.1 ports
* 1 connector for 1 external IEEE 1394 port
* 1 connector for 1 external serial port
* 1 front audio connector for external line-out and mic-in jacks (on the Karajan audio module)
* 1 CD-in internal audio connector (on the Karajan audio module)
* 1 S/PDIF connector for optical cable connection
* 1 IR connector
* 4 Serial ATA connectors
* 2 IDE connectors
* 1 floppy connector
* 1 24-pin ATX power connector
* 1 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
* 2 4-pin 5V/12V power connectors (FDD-type and HDD type)
* 1 front panel connector
* 5 fan connectors
* 4 diagnostic LEDs
* EZ touch switches (power switch and reset switch)

Expansion Slots

* 2 PCI Express x16 slots
* 1 PCI Express x1 slot
* 1 PCI Express x4 slot
* 2 PCI slots

PCB

* ATX form factor
* 24cm (9.45") x 30.5cm (12")

LAN, AUDIO etc is all onboard. I turned on GenKernel and i don't get a thing. I can't find marvell or anything... (I'm a noob)!

I am also getting this message:
eth1: -- ERROR --
Class: internal Software error
Nr: 0x19e
Msg: Vpd: Cannot read VPD keys

I also need some help getting Samba SWAT installed.
Please Help!
Thanks!

Reikinio · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 3:17 am Post subject:

welcome to gentoo,

waterloo · n00b Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 29

i checked if it's umuted still no idea. Also checked cables etc all connected.

I made a new kernel... I have to setup then i know if it works.

Thanks for the tip

I'll follow that prelink guide 2 thanks!

waterloo · n00b Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 29

I don't know where to go from here even after reading the how to. I emerged ck by doing emerge ck-sources and i did makefile and modules install and all that but after that i don't know what to do. Where is this Bzimage thing? Can anyone help thanks!

Reikinio · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:03 am Post subject:

waterloo, RTFM(gentoo installation guide)

it's all there, here is how to do it:

waterloo · n00b Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 29

i read the fucking manual. Now i'm confused. Which kernel thing should i use gen kernel? vanilla kernel? ck sources? which wich wich

Thanks !

JTHM · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:53 am Post subject:

If you followed those steps, your bzimage is already in the /boot partition (along with your System.map and .config file). Assuming that they are, you just need to add an entry to your grub.conf file (or lilo.conf file if you're using lilo). Make it the same as your current entry, but point it towards the newer kernel name and change the title to whatever you want (also, I think you need to run "lilo" if you're using lilo. I've always used grub, though, so I'm not positive). After that, you just need to reboot and select the new entry from your bootloader menu and (hopefully) it will boot you into the new kernel.
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waterloo · n00b Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 29

I used vidalinux and all that's there at /boot is the vidalinux 1. What i try now?

JTHM · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:14 am Post subject:

In all honesty, I've never used vidalinux, but I just ran through the screenshots of on the website, and it looks like Grub is the default bootloader, so I'll assume you're using that :F. First, you need to copy the bzImage to the /boot partition like so (from the directory in /usr/src for your new kernel sources):