No more issues remain after stage3 install [SOLVED]

FizzyWidget · Last edited by FizzyWidget on Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:39 am; edited 5 times in total

Finally i have it all working, well apart from xd card reader but there is no support for that atm, other than that all is no working, even the quick play bar (sort of)

i can mute play stop and ajust volume so thats good enough for me.

Thanks to all that helped

kevstar31 · Guru Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Posts: 449 Location: Ohio

post your kernel config
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FizzyWidget · Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:15 pm Post subject:

http://carpothinks.workisboring.com/kernelconf

looking in var/log/messages - i can see it finds the camera and the card reader, i just cant get them to work

edit: ok seems webcam is working as i can select it in gimp and kopete, so i guess i just need some software for it.

edit2: looks like the card reader does work just not with xd cards - which is what i have, bloody thing best read the sd card im getting with the Canon 1000D im getting (yes its old and not the best but all i can afford atm)

pappy_mcfae · Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:05 am Post subject:

After looking over your kernel, I am amazed that the system runs. I strongly suggest you take a look at my kernel seeds. Click on the link in my sig to check them out. You have far too many things set up that are completely unnecessary, and might even be problematic.

If you'd rather let me at it, post the results of lspci -n and cat /proc/cpuinfo as well as /etc/fstab, and I'll set you up with a much more compact and efficient kernel setup.

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FizzyWidget · Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:36 am Post subject:

well my kernel configs have done me fine for about 5 years

i make every thing as modules so i can load them if needed, and i must admit gentoo does change a few settings as i never have anything other that ext2 and ext3 built in on the file system side yet when i did make menuconfig and check the file systems all were put as * - still im willing to learn.

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pappy_mcfae · Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:08 pm Post subject:

Working with kernels is my hobby within the greater hobby of Linux. When I took a look at yours, the first thing that jumped out at me was fair CPU scheduling being turned on. At this point, fair CPU scheduling still waits for the userspace stuff to make it work. Without the userspace stuff, all it does is slow your machine to a crawl.

Turning on forced module loading can and does cause problems. The .27 kernel family has module auto loading set to on permanently. It cannot be turned off like it can in the preceding kernel families. Forcing module loading is redundant, and can cause tainting.

Also, you had devices turned on that didn't exist in your system. That can and does cause conflicts and other problems. For instance, turning on PCMCIA support without a PCMCIA port makes no sense. Unless your lspci -n was somehow wrong, you don't have PCMCIA.

Click here for your new .config. Compile it as is, and see how things work. After that, then you can add some of the minutia that you had set up in your .config. Please post /var/log/dmesg after you boot with that kernel so I can see how close I came to the mark.

Thanks.

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FizzyWidget · Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:20 pm Post subject:

i'll have to try it in a week - have to go away doing some work for my brothers company and need the laptop as vista :/ will reinstall gentoo then and see how things perform, will prob do a due boot setup

pappy_mcfae · Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:29 am Post subject:

Cool. Keep me posted.

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FizzyWidget · Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:48 am Post subject:

pappy could you do one of your configs for this pc (server/desktop/htpc)

pappy_mcfae · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:35 am Post subject:

Throw in the results of cat /proc/cpuinfo, and the /etc/fstab file for that machine, and which version you want, and you got yourself a deal!

Blessed be!
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FizzyWidget · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:05 pm Post subject:

ok pappy will do that when i am home, i used your .config on .27 -5 - all booted fine, was one of two issues

vesafb - wasnt there so that gave me a shock when i added the vesa line to grub and got a black screen

i had to add support for my wacom tablet, and change the input size
had to enable some irda stuff as i will try and get the remote working on there (although not sure irda under networking is right?)
and last thing was i needed to enable v4l so i could get the webcam working.

I will post both configs and the dmesg files once i have the laptop sorted, that and i have a bit of free time, i keep getting yelled at for going back to the laptop to emerge a few more things instead of cleaning up the cab's in the cab room

edit: just found another issue

* Preparing nvidia module
Your kernel was configured to include nvidiafb support!

The nvidiafb driver conflicts with the NVIDIA driver, please
reconfigure your kernel and *disable* nvidiafb support, then
try installing the NVIDIA kernel module again.

*** Failed nvidiafb sanity check. Bailing out! ***

also i noticed you didnt put the fan in acpi as * or M is there any reason you left it blank ?

pappy_mcfae · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject:

I prefer to keep the fan operating on the built-in sensors with the system's firmware settings. I have read of numerous problems of fans not working, or conking out with ACPI control. I don't want to be the cause of sending someone's CPU to digital Nirvana. This setup works for me with all three systems. And so far, none of my fans has decided to die or otherwise behave badly. So, I set up the seeds to reflect this.

As far as the fb issue, just turn off that option in the kernel, and it should fix things. Switch back to VESA, or none, whichever doesn't come out as insane when you install your video driver. Since I don't have a machine with an nvidia card, it's a bit of guesswork as to what will and won't work.

Blessed be!
Pappy
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FizzyWidget · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:54 pm Post subject:

ok then pappy heres the info you wanted

pappy_mcfae · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:41 am Post subject:

Which kernel version do you want? Is it an x86 or x86_64? Love your sig!

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FizzyWidget · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:49 am Post subject:

oops - forgot that

x86_64 (seeing as there's 4gb ram in there) 2.6.27-5 please - unless the sources have been updated again

- think 2.6.28 and nvidia don't play nice atm so best keep with latest .27

also will need cifs support

Thanks - i do like the tongue in cheek sigs

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pappy_mcfae · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject:

The latest vanilla source is 2.6.27.8. I'll do you one of those. And, since I'm working on the seeds to update their settings, you get to be the first kid on the block (besides me, that is) to use the new seeds. Aren't you lucky?

I'll set this up later on today. I have to visit Dr. Feelgood for more happy pills. 'Til then...

Blessed be!
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FizzyWidget · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:41 pm Post subject:

cant seem to see them in portage, latest i can get is 2.6.27.7-r5 or you mean i will have to do it manually?

no biggy i can do that - yes that will be fine, suppose i could update the laptop to when its sorted, i'll post the .config so you can see what the differences were between what you gave me and what i had to change

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pappy_mcfae · Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:36 am Post subject:

You can get it with portage by using emerge -av =vanilla-sources-2.6.27.8. Depending on whether or not you're running with ~arch, you can unmask that version by using

FizzyWidget · Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:29 am Post subject:

cheers pappy, will be busy reinstalling both laptop and server later today, it wasnt a good idea of mine to change amd64 to ~am64 in make conf, some packages are playing nice, although kde4 seems ok

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pappy_mcfae · Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject:

Yes, running as ~arch does have it's bad points. I've had a few packages come through that really tore some things up. Fortunately, I was able to find fixes, but sometimes they weren't ready the next day, so to speak.

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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject:

pappy_mcfae,

To run ~arch reasonably safely you also need plenty of disk space and FEATURES="buildpkg"
Then when something horrible happens emerge -K =<package>-<oldver> is your get out of jail free card.
You can at least go back where you came from fairly quickly and lick your wounds.

There are a few times when thats not possible, like when I switched to modular Xorg and found out about libexpat while I didn't have any Xorg at all.
With more mundane things you can go back a version of openoffice in 10 minutes.
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FizzyWidget · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:37 am Post subject:

ok pappy here is the kernel config of mine, with the changes in and here are 2 dmesg files, first boot is yours second boot is mine - this is the laptop

might be putting vista back on the laptop as the bloody thing will not record any audio from webcam mic or the headset i have

ot much good to me if i cant use the thing for video conferencing

http://carpothinks.workisboring.com/carpos.config
http://carpothinks.workisboring.com/dmesg.firstboot
http://carpothinks.workisboring.com/dmesg.secondboot

will see about doing the server tomorrow (if i dont redo the laptop), well today actually - its 2:36am here, will see how i feel
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pappy_mcfae · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 7:12 am Post subject:

NeddySeagoon,

I keep the data I create backed up. That's the most important thing. If my setup were to bite the dust, I have a two month old stage-4 of all three systems...and I'm planning on doing another stage-4 in the next few weeks. It's getting to be that time.

DaggyStyle,

I'm not sure what you asked. It is called Fair CPU Scheduling. It is also called Group CPU scheduler. It is found under the General setup section. Until such time as the userspace stuff hits, there's not much point in setting it up. It slows things down, mostly.

Blessed be!
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