On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 2:54 PM, John Welch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Paulo Cavalcanti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I would like to know how F9 is behaving with Atrpms packages. > > > > Mainly: > > > > 1) is nividia 173 working with 3D acceleration? > > > > 2) I tried to get a patch for cdfs and kernel 2.6.25 > > It compiled fine, but I can not test it (I did not install F9 yet) > > > > I have an i386 version here, for kernel 2.6.25.3-18: > > > > > http://people.atrpms.net/~pcavalcanti/rpms/rpms9/cdfs-kmdl-2.6.25.3-18.fc9-2.6.23-6.fc9.i686.rpm<http://people.atrpms.net/%7Epcavalcanti/rpms/rpms9/cdfs-kmdl-2.6.25.3-18.fc9-2.6.23-6.fc9.i686.rpm> > > > > It is necessary only to install the kmdl. > > > > Then, insert any audio CD in a cdrom, and do: > > > > sudo mount -t cdfs -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdfs > > > > Of course, the directory /mnt/cdfs must be created first, > > and /dev/cdrom mut be associated with the drive you put your CD. > > > > If everything is O.K, an > > > > ls -al /mnt/cdfs > > > > should show all the tracks as ordinary files. > > These tracks can be played with mplayer, or copied to another > > place to be burned with k3b. > > > > total 8 > > dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 0 2008-05-30 19:12 . > > drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 2008-02-04 10:00 .. > > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 39184364 2008-05-30 19:12 track-01.wav > > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 39000908 2008-05-30 19:12 track-02.wav > > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 43465004 2008-05-30 19:12 track-03.wav > > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 44982044 2008-05-30 19:12 track-04.wav > > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 42848780 2008-05-30 19:12 track-05.wav > > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 41501084 2008-05-30 19:12 track-06.wav > > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 43669628 2008-05-30 19:12 track-07.wav > > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 43942460 2008-05-30 19:12 track-08.wav > > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 38977388 2008-05-30 19:12 track-09.wav > > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 40485020 2008-05-30 19:12 track-10.wav > > > > To unmount, just do: > > > > sudo umount /mnt/cdfs > > > > If the listing of the CD files is not the way I showed here, then the > patch did not work. > > > > Paulo, > > I was 0-2 in testing the things you asked about on my F9 system. > > With the cdfs package I had a couple of issues. First, when > installing the package using 'rpm' the system complained about needing > /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.3-18.fc9. On my system at least there is a .i686 > at the end of this file. I then tried installing the package with the > '--nodeps' option and then merged the kernel module into the proper > spot. When I tried the mount command the system didn't complain and > successfully mounted a CD, but below is a sample output of an 'ls -l' > command: (I tried a couple of different CD's) > > total 0 > prw------- 1 jrw jrw 0 2008-05-31 13:29 track-01.wav > prw------- 1 jrw jrw 0 2008-05-31 13:29 track-02.wav > prw------- 1 jrw jrw 0 2008-05-31 13:29 track-03.wav > prw------- 1 jrw jrw 0 2008-05-31 13:29 track-04.wav > prw------- 1 jrw jrw 0 2008-05-31 13:29 track-05.wav > prw------- 1 root root 0 2008-05-31 13:29 track-06.wav > prw------- 1 root root 0 2008-05-31 13:29 track-07.wav > prw------- 1 root root 0 2008-05-31 13:29 track-08.wav > prw------- 1 root root 0 2008-05-31 13:29 track-09.wav > Yes, Jeff also pointed me out the missing .i686. I fixed my scripts, recreated the kmdl rpm, but it turned out that the patch is not O.K. yet, as you also realized. The file sizes are always zero. I asked Axel to downgrade to our previous version. At least it will work for F8. > > As far as the nvidia 173 drivers from the ATrpms repo, I had more > serious issues. I have been using the 173 version drivers from > freshrpms and they have been working great (3D acceleration included). > However, I would prefer to stick with ATrpms, which is what I have > always used in the past, so this was a good chance to test them out. > Unfortunately I didn't get very far. I uninstalled the package from > freshrpms, and then used yum to install the packages from ATrpms. > When I rebooted my system X would not start at all. Below is the tail > end of the Xorg.0.log file from the failed attempt: > > (II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART. > (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select" > (II) Loading extension NV-GLX > (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized > (EE) NVIDIA(0): Need libwfb but wfbScreenInit not found > > Fatal server error: > AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0 > > Even when I uninstalled the nvidia packages and went back to the > freshrpms package I was still having this problem. I found that the > libwfb.so was missing from my system. I had to reinstall the > xorg-x11-server-Xorg package in order to get this file back, and then > X started working again. I don't know if the nvidia packages from > ATrpms were completely the cause of this issue because I had tried > several things with the nvidia drivers when I first installed F9 on > this system, which was before the working drivers came out. In any > case, I think I will stick with the freshrpms package, at least for > the short term. > > Other than that, in general the packages from the ATrpms repo for F9 > are working fine (mythtv, vlc, xmms, etc.) > > The new nvidia driver should not have done that, I hope. But I need to install F9 on a computer. Otherwise, I cannot fix anything. I was waiting for a Dell Vostro 1500 with an nvidia 8400 GS, I ordered and paid for. However, Dell just communicated me they do not have the nvidia board anymore, and tried to give a 1GB extra of memory, in compensation. Of course I refused, but I really do not know what will happen ... Dell is giving headaches in a lot of people: http://www.cio.com/article/371313/Court_Finds_Dell_Guilty_of_Fraud -- Paulo Roma Cavalcanti LCG - UFRJ
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