Re: [expert] Cannot startx
Having console ownership (I think) means that you're logged in as user X and haven't su-ed to a different user I get that error if I log into the console with my normal user id, then su to root, then try to startx... To fix the problem, I just log into the console as the user I want to run startx -- Davy John W wrote: I have upgraded to XFree86 4.1 via mandrake update. when I try to startx from run level 3 as a user i recieve the error, authentication failed-cannot start X server. Perhpas you do not have console ownership? This started becasue I wanted to isntall tux typing which required libSDL1.2, libSDL_mixer1.2 and libSDL_image1.2. I did not want to use a --nodeps or --force to get this game working so to fulfill deps i let the updater install a new Pam package and Xfree 4.1 and all the packages,fonts and all for X. I am running Mandrake 8.0 on kenel 2.4..3-20. (stock kernel I think,no upgrade) Any suggestions on what to do to be able to startx from the console as user? TIA, John W Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Cannot startx
This may not be what you want to do, but you could 'init 5' as root to start X... runlevel 5 is conventionally the usermode that starts X John W wrote: Entering xhost +localhost added the localhost without problem but I still cannot startx from the console as user. root access only. I am stuck here with what to do. I have ran the software mgr. as it is called and notice that X4.03 is still listed as installed along with X 4.1. I know that X 4.1 is cooker but it just doesn't make sense that this upgrade cannot be handled by the software supposedly designed to perform such a task. I think this goes hand-in -hand with the thread regarding fundamental problems with Linux... John At 11:52 PM 9/8/01 -0400, you wrote: I had the same kinda thing with mdk 7.1. Typing xhost + localhost in a term fixed stuff. Never *did* figure out EXACTLY what was happening.. Love Linux.. Just got SOOO much to learn. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sergio P.Korlowsky Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 11:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Cannot startx On Saturday 08 September 2001 21:26, you wrote: I have upgraded to XFree86 4.1 via mandrake update. when I try to startx from run level 3 as a user i recieve the error, authentication failed-cannot start X server. Perhpas you do not have console ownership? This started becasue I wanted to isntall tux typing which required libSDL1.2, libSDL_mixer1.2 and libSDL_image1.2. I did not want to use a --nodeps or --force to get this game working so to fulfill deps i let the updater install a new Pam package and Xfree 4.1 and all the packages,fonts and all for X. I am running Mandrake 8.0 on kenel 2.4..3-20. (stock kernel I think,no upgrade) Any suggestions on what to do to be able to startx from the console as user? TIA, John W Have you tried xhost localhost? as it looks like ownership only. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Disk activity
remember something like that happening to me on 7.x what it was, was some process compressing /var/mail and /var/news ... after a long time running it would just take longer and longer... I'd just delete anything in /var/mail and /var/new (***IF YOUR NOT USING THAT AS A MAIL SERVER***) and it may solve your probablem... see if you don't have just an exorbement amount of files in those directories BTW- if rm * says too many arguments do a : ls /var/mail | while read a do rm -f $a done or something... just be careful not to delete anything too important... --Davy D. R. Evans wrote: I had thought that I had pinpointed the process that was causing my disk occasionally to lock on solid (to the point where I can do nothing except power down my machine) but it seems, after more than a week without problem, that I was mistaken. I am running LM 7.2 without modification on a stock 700MHz Athlon. (LM 7.2 was pre-installed.) At 09:48 this morning, something happened to lock the disk activity light on solid. When I detected the problem fifty minutes later, I could do absolutely nothing to investigate the state of the machine. I know that the time at which the failure occurred is 09:48 because the clock on my KDE desktop stuck at that time. After a reboot, I looked in the syslog file, and the only thing at that time is the following: Jul 16 09:48:26 localhost kernel: VM: killing process multiload_apple whatever that means. There are a few subsequent entries before I came into the room and noticed the failure about 50 minutes later. There are several CROND entries that say things like: CROND[11016]: (root) CMD ( /sbin/rmmod -as) and another couple of instances of VM killing processes. Does anyone have any suggestions how to figure out: 1. what's going on 2. what's causing it Doc Evans -- Phone: +1 303 494 0394 Mobile: +1 720 839 8462 Fax:+1 781 240 0527 --
Re: [expert] Nvidia Drivers 1.0 and X 4.1.0
Aw man Any idea why or if it will ever work... is it Nvidia's, XFree86's or the kernel's job to fix? I guess I'll downgrade for now... Thanks again, -- Davy Jose M. Sanchez wrote: The Nvidia drivers will not start up with the 2.4.6 kernel... :-( You do need to perform a full power off. 20 secs will do fine.
[expert] Nvidia Drivers 1.0 and X 4.1.0
Has anyone had success getting the Nvidia drivers (from www.nvidia.com) to work with XFree86 4.1.0? If I start X with nvidia as the driver (instead of nv) it starts to work, but then blacks out and I have to hit reset... no keys respond... Thanks... -- Davy
[expert] iptables and kernel 2.4.5
Hey... Forgive me if this has been asked before... Are there known issues with the 2.4.5 rpm and internet connection sharing I tried it today and had a heck of a time getting it to *not* work... It wouldn't work after just updating from the 2.4.3 kernel and I didn't know why until I ran DrakConf from a terminal window instead of the icon... I was getting an error message from iptables saying that I had an invalid kernel version and need to to probably update iptables Well, I had the latest mdk rpm release of iptables (v.1.2.2) Any sugguestions? Thanks, --Davy
[expert] Can anyone explain to me....
I'm trying to use the latest version of the emu10k1 drivers from http://opensource.creative.com/ I'm following the directions but am having a problem which I have encoutered before... I've configured the kernel to load sound and the emu10k1 as a module (as normal, and as the documentation for these new drivers say)... I build and install boot into the kernel successfully... Then I 'make' and 'make install' the new driver's source and get the following error when tring 'modprobe emu10k1' on the new driver /lib/modules/2.4.3/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o: unresolved symbol mem_map_R57a328bf /lib/modules/2.4.3/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o: unresolved symbol register_sound_dsp_Rad151b8f /lib/modules/2.4.3/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o: unresolved symbol create_proc_entry_R0dcf6186 /lib/modules/2.4.3/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o: unresolved symbol register_sound_mixer_R4415bd01 /lib/modules/2.4.3/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o: unresolved symbol proc_mkdir_R0fac1f22 /lib/modules/2.4.3/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o: unresolved symbol do_BUG_R577f4bff /lib/modules/2.4.3/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o: unresolved symbol __pollwait_R72541149 /lib/modules/2.4.3/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o: unresolved symbol remove_proc_entry_Redb3f930 /lib/modules/2.4.3/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o: unresolved symbol register_sound_midi_R42e9ca5a /lib/modules/2.4.3/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.3/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o failed /lib/modules/2.4.3/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o: insmod emu10k1 failed The errors are occuring because the new driver files are looking for these function names with the kernel or another loaded kernel module. I think that something with the way modules work, requires these functions to have these hex numbers as part of the function names... If I do a 'objdump -t' on the old driver files I see these same symbols, but with different hex number suffixes... Why are these hex numbers (suffixed on the functions that the new drivers are looking for with in the kernel) created differently than the ones for the modules that compiled with the running kernel? Thanks, -- Davy
Re: [expert] LM 8 installation problem
If you're getting to the point where you can choose it, choose XFree86 3.3.x a lot of people I know were having trouble with 4.0.x XFree86 4.1.0 just came out.. so run MandrakeUpdate and install that when you can... Sridhar Govindarajulu wrote: Hi , I am trying to install LM 8 on my AMD system. I get to the point before configuring X server and it hangs. I've done this several times but dosen't work. I have Abit K7A MB which has High Point's RAID controller. 7.2 was working fine for me. What may be the problem? Thanks Sridhar
Re: [expert] Standard kernel options...
Cool!. Now, how can this file be used as the input to 'make config' or 'make xconfig', etc... Also, is it even likely that this file could be inconsistant with a kernel rpm that I just downloaded and installed... Or was this file actually the source of the configuration when that kernel was compiled and packaged into an rpm? Thanks, Davy Pierre Fortin wrote: Tom Eastman wrote: On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 03:31:49PM +0800, Franki wrote: Where can I get a list of what is selected in the standard kernel?? Good question... I'd love to know this as well... In mandrake 7.2 it was stored in /usr/doc/kernel[something-or-other]. But in 8.0 I can't find it! Any idea's anyone? /boot/config (symlink to /boot/config-2.4.3-20mdk) ll /boot/config-`uname -r` Pierre
Re: [expert] LM 8 installation problem
If you're getting to the point where you can choose it, choose XFree86 3.3.x a lot of people I know were having trouble with 4.0.x XFree86 4.1.0 just came out.. so run MandrakeUpdate and install that when you can... Sridhar Govindarajulu wrote: Hi , I am trying to install LM 8 on my AMD system. I get to the point before configuring X server and it hangs. I've done this several times but dosen't work. I have Abit K7A MB which has High Point's RAID controller. 7.2 was working fine for me. What may be the problem? Thanks Sridhar
Re: [expert] LM 8 installation problem
If you're getting to the point where you can choose it, choose XFree86 3.3.x a lot of people I know were having trouble with 4.0.x XFree86 4.1.0 just came out.. so run MandrakeUpdate and install that when you can... Sridhar Govindarajulu wrote: Hi , I am trying to install LM 8 on my AMD system. I get to the point before configuring X server and it hangs. I've done this several times but dosen't work. I have Abit K7A MB which has High Point's RAID controller. 7.2 was working fine for me. What may be the problem? Thanks Sridhar
Re: [expert] Kernel Compiling
nope I do all this, then I do the 'make modules' and get... [root@yardath linux]$make modules make -C kernel CFLAGS=-D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -march=i586 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/linux/modversions.h MAKING_MODULES=1 modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.3/kernel' make[1]: Nothing to be done for `modules'. make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.3/kernel' make -C drivers CFLAGS=-D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -march=i586 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/linux/modversions.h MAKING_MODULES=1 modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.3/drivers' make -C atm modules make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.3/drivers/atm' /usr/bin/kgcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -march=i586 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/linux/modversions.h -g -c -o eni.o eni.c In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/processor.h:13, from /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/linux/prefetch.h:13, from /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/linux/list.h:6, from /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/linux/module.h:12, from eni.c:6: /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/page.h:91: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/page.h:91: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/page.h:91: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/page.h:91: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/page.h:91: parse error before `577f4bff' /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/page.h:91: `do_BUG_R_ver_str' declared as function returning a function /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/page.h:91: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/linux/prefetch.h:13, from /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/linux/list.h:6, from /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/linux/module.h:12, from eni.c:6: /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/processor.h:51: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/processor.h:51: field `loops_per_jiffy_R_ver_str' declared as a function /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/processor.h:72: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/processor.h:72: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal ... etc . Oh well.. I guess I'll email the packager and ask him thanx anyway --Davy Brian Hartman wrote: On 09 Jun 2001 22:38:46 -0400, Davy Durham wrote: Hi, I'm trying to compile the 2.4.3-27mdk kernel source and am running into all sorts of problems I'm doing: - make xconfig - make dep - make - make modules -- here is the problem Davy, It's been awhile since I've compiled a kernel, but I think I can help you out here. The process I usually go through to compile a kernel looks like this: 1) cd /usr/src (as root) 2) rm -rf linux 3) tar zxvf (linux-2.x.x.tar.gz (where x is the kernel minor version and number (e.g., 2-10). 4) mv linux linux-2.x.x 5) ln -s linux-2.x.x linux (to make a symlink named linux to your linux source directory) 6) make xconfig 7) make dep 8) make bzImage 9) make modules 10) make modules install 11) cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.x.x 12) cp System.map /boot/map 13) edit /etc/lilo.conf so that your kernel points to these places. 14) run /sbin/lilo - Don't forget this or you won't be able to boot!!! 15) Reboot and pray to the Holy God of Silicon. Basically, the part I think you were messing up is after you ran make dep you should've run make bzImage rather than just make. There are other ways to make a boot image (make bzlilo is another option, I think) but I use make bzImage because it makes the smallest image. Anyway, that's what I do. YMMV. Hope that helps.
Re: [expert] Which package provide in.comsat in LM8.0 ?
Usually, do find out which package provided a file you can do 1 or 2 things... 1) `rpm -qf /path/filename` will display the package that created that file 2) rpmfind.net's search is pretty good about letting you search for a file to see which packages provide it --Davy Steve Kieu wrote: Hi there, I could not find it out; pls help Regards = S.KIEU _ http://messenger.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Messenger - Voice chat, mail alerts, stock quotes and favourite news and lots more!
Re: [expert] Standard kernel options...
Cool!. Now, how can this file be used as the input to 'make config' or 'make xconfig', etc... Also, is it even likely that this file could be inconsistant with a kernel rpm that I just downloaded and installed... Or was this file actually the source of the configuration when that kernel was compiled and packaged into an rpm? Thanks, Davy Pierre Fortin wrote: Tom Eastman wrote: On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 03:31:49PM +0800, Franki wrote: Where can I get a list of what is selected in the standard kernel?? Good question... I'd love to know this as well... In mandrake 7.2 it was stored in /usr/doc/kernel[something-or-other]. But in 8.0 I can't find it! Any idea's anyone? /boot/config (symlink to /boot/config-2.4.3-20mdk) ll /boot/config-`uname -r` Pierre
Re: [expert] Kernel Compiling
nope I do all this, then I do the 'make modules' and get... [root@yardath linux]$make modules make -C kernel CFLAGS=-D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -march=i586 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/linux/modversions.h MAKING_MODULES=1 modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.3/kernel' make[1]: Nothing to be done for `modules'. make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.3/kernel' make -C drivers CFLAGS=-D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -march=i586 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/linux/modversions.h MAKING_MODULES=1 modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.3/drivers' make -C atm modules make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.3/drivers/atm' /usr/bin/kgcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -march=i586 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/linux/modversions.h -g -c -o eni.o eni.c In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/processor.h:13, from /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/linux/prefetch.h:13, from /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/linux/list.h:6, from /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/linux/module.h:12, from eni.c:6: /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/page.h:91: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/page.h:91: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/page.h:91: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/page.h:91: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/page.h:91: parse error before `577f4bff' /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/page.h:91: `do_BUG_R_ver_str' declared as function returning a function /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/page.h:91: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/linux/prefetch.h:13, from /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/linux/list.h:6, from /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/linux/module.h:12, from eni.c:6: /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/processor.h:51: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/processor.h:51: field `loops_per_jiffy_R_ver_str' declared as a function /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/processor.h:72: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/include/asm/processor.h:72: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal etc . Oh well.. I guess I'll email the packager and ask him thanx anyway --Davy Brian Hartman wrote: On 09 Jun 2001 22:38:46 -0400, Davy Durham wrote: Hi, I'm trying to compile the 2.4.3-27mdk kernel source and am running into all sorts of problems I'm doing: - make xconfig - make dep - make - make modules -- here is the problem Davy, It's been awhile since I've compiled a kernel, but I think I can help you out here. The process I usually go through to compile a kernel looks like this: 1) cd /usr/src (as root) 2) rm -rf linux 3) tar zxvf (linux-2.x.x.tar.gz (where x is the kernel minor version and number (e.g., 2-10). 4) mv linux linux-2.x.x 5) ln -s linux-2.x.x linux (to make a symlink named linux to your linux source directory) 6) make xconfig 7) make dep 8) make bzImage 9) make modules 10) make modules install 11) cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.x.x 12) cp System.map /boot/map 13) edit /etc/lilo.conf so that your kernel points to these places. 14) run /sbin/lilo - Don't forget this or you won't be able to boot!!! 15) Reboot and pray to the Holy God of Silicon. Basically, the part I think you were messing up is after you ran make dep you should've run make bzImage rather than just make. There are other ways to make a boot image (make bzlilo is another option, I think) but I use make bzImage because it makes the smallest image. Anyway, that's what I do. YMMV. Hope that helps.
[expert] Kernel Compiling
Hi, I'm trying to compile the 2.4.3-27mdk kernel source and am running into all sorts of problems I'm doing: - make xconfig - make dep - make - make modules -- here is the problem First, since I'm using the matching version kernel-source-2.4.3-27mdk.rpm, if I just do make xconfig, is that loaded with all the defaults of the rpm of the kernel I running? Second, supposing I have the kernel configured the way I want it to be, and after I've just done 'make', when I type 'make modules' I get all kinds of compile errors (starting with the compiler telling me that integer literals are containing letters, but aren't hexidecimal constants) Anyway, all I really want to do is patch the emu10k1 source code and recompile the module... I tried just doing the 'make xconfig' then 'make dep' then go into the drivers/sound/emu10k1 and type 'make', but it doesn't even try to use 'kgcc' to compile, instead it uses 'cc' which seems to cause even more trouble... What am I doing wrong? Thanks, -- Davy
[expert] xinit.d scripts not running on boot up
I cannot figure out why the scripts in xinit.d aren't running on startup... I have Mandrake 7.2 set up to automatically start enlightenment under my user id so I don't have to login manually if I just turn on my machine. The scripts in /etc/X11/xinit.d don't seem to run if I'm logged in that way... However, if I log out and log back in manually, they do run... This sounds like a bug with the auto login thingy... I changed some of my startup services not to run some unnecessary things, which *may* have been when this all started, although since this is very fresh install, I don't know if it was a problem before I made those modifications... I discovered the problem when I noticed that imwheel wasn't running when I was logged in from just booting up. Which brings my to another point (I hope the mandrake maintainer for this is reading). The script in xinit.d named "imwheel" needs to be called "start_imwheel" or something... The reason is that, I'm a developer and I like to have '.' at the beginning of my path so I can run executables that I just compiled. Well, the "BINARY=$(which imwheel)" line in /etc/xinit.d/imwheel finds itself when '.' is on the path before /usr/bin... Just a minor detail A simple fix: just rename /etc/xinit.d/imwheel Thanks, Davy
[expert] xinit.d scripts not running on boot up
I cannot figure out why the scripts in xinit.d aren't running on startup... I have Mandrake 7.2 set up to automatically start enlightenment under my user id so I don't have to login manually if I just turn on my machine. The scripts in /etc/X11/xinit.d don't seem to run if I'm logged in that way... However, if I log out and log back in manually, they do run... This sounds like a bug with the auto login thingy... I changed some of my startup services not to run some unnecessary things, which *may* have been when this all started, although since this is very fresh install, I don't know if it was a problem before I made those modifications... I discovered the problem when I noticed that imwheel wasn't running when I was logged in from just booting up. Which brings my to another point (I hope the mandrake maintainer for this is reading). The script in xinit.d named "imwheel" needs to be called "start_imwheel" or something... The reason is that, I'm a developer and I like to have '.' at the beginning of my path so I can run executables that I just compiled. Well, the "BINARY=$(which imwheel)" line in /etc/xinit.d/imwheel finds itself when '.' is on the path before /usr/bin... Just a minor detail A simple fix: just rename /etc/xinit.d/imwheel Thanks, Davy
