BLANK SCREEN DURING SHUTDOWN
EXPERIENCES WITH INSTALLING LINUX-MANDRAKE 7.1
INTRODUCTION
I have a problem that I normally lose the display on shutdown. This e/mail
describes two installations of LM7.1, the problems found and provides extracts
of the relevant logs.
I can provide full logs on request and ideas of how to solve the blank screen
problem will be gratefully received.
I will convert some of these problems into "bug reports" if they haven't been
reported before.
In the meantime, I may try a "custom" installation to see how different the
logs look and I will scrutinize file attributes and permissions.
My e/mail addresses are :-
Home [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Work [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. HARDWARE
The hardware consists of :-
Gigabyte GA-6BXD Motherboard with two 350MHz Pentium II CPU's and 128MByte of
100MHz synchronous DRAM. CMOS flashed to the latest version of the BIOS.
Matrox Millenium II AGP 250MHz DAC and 8MByte SGRAM - Bios version 1.3.011
Creative / Ensoniq ES1371 Soundcard on PCI bus.
Logitech Cordless Wheel Mouse - M/N M-RG45 setup as "IMPS/2"
Creative Labs 24 times CDROM type CD2422E mounted /dev/hdd
Second hard drive is a Quantum Fireball TM1080A 1GByte - Mode 4 - on /dev/hdc
this was already formatted in extfs2 and contains /usr/local and /home from my
previous LM7.0 installation.
The first hard drive is mounted in a withdrawable cassette and the two hard
drives of relevance are :-
a Samsang SV2044D 20GByte - UDMA33 - on /dev/hda for the first installation of
LM7.1 which can be swapped for ....
a Samsang VG33402A 3.4GByte - UDMA33 - on /dev/hda for the second installation
of LM7.1
Monitor is a 15" LCD Monitor - Selwyn Electronics Bravura 15PX running at 59Hz
and 48kHz - resolution 1024 x 768 24bpp
OUTPUT OF /sbin/lspcidrake > /var/lspcidrake.log
Intel Corporation|440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge (unknown ignore)
Intel Corporation|440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge (unknown ignore)
Intel Corporation|82371AB PIIX4 ISA (unknown unknown)
Intel Corporation|82371AB PIIX4 IDE (STORAGE_IDE unknown)
Intel Corporation|82371AB PIIX4 USB (SERIAL_USB usb-uhci)
Intel Corporation|82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (unknown unknown)
Ensoniq|ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO es1371)
Matrox|MGA G200 AGP [Millennium] AGP (DISPLAY_VGA Card:Matrox Millennium G200
4MB)
- - -
Note - The video RAM is wrongly reported as 4MByte.
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Both Installations were carried out "clean" with no Windows partitions, dual
boot etc.
2. FIRST INSTALLATION on 20GByte HDD
"Expert" installation option was chosen to allow XFree4.0 to be "tried".
ReiserFS used on /dev/hda with an extfs2 swap partition.
The installation proceeded normally until the beginning of the "Configuration
of X" stage where mouse behaviour became erratic and you were suddenly plunged
in the "Choose your Keyboard" section! Once you had done that, the
installation program send you back to the "Configuration of X" stage. This
used to happen with LM7.0 and happened again on the second installation.
Providing you keep to the keyboard for the remainder of the installation
everything should be OK. Whether others have noticed this I don't know.
Selection of XFree4.0 seemed to be straightforward and I accepted the probed
selection on the "test" screen. I also set up the PC for graphical login (run
level 5). The PC rebooted and I was presented with the KDM login display.
The problems were that the mouse moved but the buttons were unresponsive and
the keyboard was completely dead. I had to reboot via the soft reset button on
the PC case. LM7.1 rebooted into XFree SVGA server version 3.3.6. This is
symbolically linked to /etc/X11/X.
Shutdown from KDM often provided no visual display of what was going on so
when the hard drive had ceased operating for a short while I would key in
"shutdown -h now" and press enter (just in case....), all blind, and switch
off after a further period of apparent inactivity. This behaviour was not
cured by manually configuring "XF86Config" or "drakeres" (by rejecting the
probed settings) for 8MByte of Videoram or by following a recommendation to
set the Option "sw_cursor" in "XF86Config". The "sw_cursor" option did give
me xxxx's for password input in KDM login screen for the very first time and
did seem to reduce the occurrences of the blind shutdown problem but it's not
fixed yet.
I had a second HDD so I could try again....
3. SECOND INSTALLATION on 3.4GByte HDD
Simular options were chosen to the first install but fewer packages were
selected and as far as I can remember no "individual" packages were selected.
At the beginning of the file installation stage I was told I couldn't install
all my chosen packages. I concluded that the /usr partition was too small so
I exited via a soft reset to reboot the CDROM. The partitions were re-sized
on the second time round but I was confronted with "package header files
missing" error message immediately prior to the file copying stage. Going
back made no difference. Hard reset did. Solution - If you exit power off
and on. Incidentally, I am well aware that I didn't need to exit but doing so
revealed a possible bug. I chose to boot to run level 3 (console login) and
I rejected the X probed settings for a manual configuration.
Once the installation program rebooted the PC I had no problems with the
console login. I had made the "sw_cursor" change in "Configure X" during the
installation but I checked /etc/XF86Config-4 using "joe" and entered "startx".
The KDM login screen worked fine but I have the problem of the blank screen
on shutdown.
4. ERROR LOGS - /root/ddebug.log on 1st. Installation
Extracts.........
* warning: rm of /usr/share/locale failed: No such file or directory
* running: extract_archive /usr/share/locale.cz2 /usr/share/locale en
* unsetting unsafe mouse
* missing module ide-probe-mod
* warning: insmod'ing module imm failed at /usr/bin/perl-install/modules.pm
line 447.
*warning: insmod'ing module ppa failed at /usr/bin/perl-install/modules.pm
line 447.
* unknown package `desktopcfg'
* unknown entry desktopcfg (in compssList)
* unknown package `faq'
* unknown entry faq (in compssList)
* unknown package `gnome-guile'
* unknown entry gnome-guile (in compssList)
* unknown package `gnome-guile-devel'
* unknown entry gnome-guile-devel (in compssList)
* unknown entry mandrake_doc-ru (in compssList)
* unknown package `MesaCVS'
* unknown entry MesaCVS (in compssList)
* unknown package `citrix-icaclient-ge'
* unknown entry citrix-icaclient-ge (in compssList)
* unknown package `citrix-icaclient-sp'
* unknown entry citrix-icaclient-sp (in compssList)
* unknown package `EnlightenDSMFree'
* unknown entry EnlightenDSMFree (in compssList)
* unknown package `EnlightenDSMFree-dsa'
* unknown entry EnlightenDSMFree-dsa (in compssList)
* unknown package `EnlightenDSMFree-gui'
* unknown entry EnlightenDSMFree-gui (in compssList)
* unknown package `staroffice-sv'
* unknown entry staroffice-sv (in compssList)
* unknown package `tina-base'
* unknown entry tina-base (in compssList)
* unknown package `tina-lesstif'
* unknown entry tina-lesstif (in compssList)
* unknown package `tina-oracle80'
* unknown entry tina-oracle80 (in compssList)
* unknown package `tina-oracle8i'
* unknown entry tina-oracle8i (in compssList)
* unknown package `tina-server'
* unknown entry tina-server (in compssList)
* unknown package `VMware'
* unknown entry VMware (in compssList)
* unknown category Amusements/Games (in compssUsers)
* available size 6205956096 (corrected 5728453337.05042)
* setSelectedFromCompssList: reached size 226208699, up to indice 90 (less
than 5728453337.05042)
* setSelectedFromCompssList: reached size 1830248547, up to indice 1 (less
than 0)
* choosing size to install between 226208699 and 1830248547
* setSelectedFromCompssList: reached size 1830248547, up to indice 1 (less
than 1830248547)
* running: extract_archive /tmp/hdlist.cz2 /mnt/tmp/headers cpio-2.4.2-15mdk
* running: extract_archive /tmp/hdlist.cz2 /mnt/tmp/headers dump-0.4b16-3mdk
* opened /mnt/root/install.log
* reading /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc
* done
* rpm database closed
* postinstall rpms directory set to /mnt/usr/postinstall-rpm
* unknown package `XFree86-Sun'
* unknown package `XFree86-SunMono'
* unknown package `XFree86-Sun24'
* running: extract_archive /tmp/hdlist.cz2 /mnt/tmp/headers
ipxutils-2.2.0.17.a-1mdk pump-0.7.8-3mdk ypbind-3.3-24mdk
dhcpcd-1.3.18pl5-2mdk XFree86-SVGA-3.3.6-14mdk XFree86-Mach8-3.3.6-14mdk
yp-tools-2.3-5mdk XFree86-8514-3.3.6-14mdk XFree86-3DLabs-3.3.6-14mdk
XFree86-Mono-3.3.6-14mdk XFree86-P9000-3.3.6-14mdk XFree86-S3V-3.3.6-14mdk
XFree86-W32-3.3.6-14mdk XFree86-Mach32-3.3.6-14mdk XFree86-AGX-3.3.6-14mdk
kernel-fb-2.2.15-4mdk XFree86-Mach64-3.3.6-14mdk XFree86-I128-3.3.6-14mdk
ncpfs-2.2.0.17.a-1mdk XFree86-S3-3.3.6-14mdk XFree86-FBDev-3.3.6-14mdk
* selecting new medium '2'
* updating language for kde
* updating kde icons according to available devices
* generating /mnt//etc/skel/Desktop/Cd-Rom.kdelnk from
template/usr/share/cdrom.kdelnk.in
* generating /mnt//root/Desktop/Cd-Rom.kdelnk from template
/usr/share/cdrom.kdelnk.in
* generating /mnt//etc/skel/Desktop/Floppy.kdelnk from template
/usr/share/floppy.kdelnk.in
* generating /mnt//root/Desktop/Floppy.kdelnk from template
/usr/share/floppy.kdelnk.in
* running: kdeDesktopCleanup with root /mnt
* step `doInstallStep' finished
* writing /mnt/etc/fstab
* running: /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start with root /mnt
* the graphic card does not like X in framebuffer
* trying to load en_GB.po from /usr/bin/perl-install/po.cz2
* trying to load en.po from /usr/bin/perl-install/po.cz2
* setting large icon style for kde
* step `configureX' finished
5. ERROR LOGS - /root/install.log on 1st. Installation
Extracts ..........
util-linux-2.10h-1mdk.i586.rpm
kernel-2.2.15-4mdk.i586.rpm
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = "en_GB:en",LC_ALL = "en_GB",
LANG = "en"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
kernel-smp-2.2.15-4mdk.i586.rpm
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = "en_GB:en",
LC_ALL = "en_GB",
LANG = "en"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
basesystem-7.1-4mdk.i586.rpm
install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/info/ed.info.bz2'
flash-0.4.3-6mdk.i586.rpm
flex-2.5.4a-11mdk.i586.rpm
fmirror-0.8.4-1mdk.i586.rpm
fonts-ttf-decoratives-1.3-6mdk.noarch.rpm
xfs: no process killed
xtt: no process killed
xfsft: no process killed
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.34741: xset: command not found
execution of script failed
fonts-ttf-west_european-1.3-6mdk.noarch.rpm
xfs: no process killed
xtt: no process killed
xfsft: no process killed
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.36137: xset: command not found
execution of script failed
fortune-mod-1.0-27mdk.i586.rpm
fvwm2-icons-2.2.4-9mdk.i586.rpm
fwhois-1.00-16mdk.i586.rpm
mm-1.0.12-3mdk.i586.rpm
mod_php3-manual-3.0.16-3mdk.i586.rpm
ln: cannot create symbolic link
`/home/httpd/html/addon-modules/mod_php3-manual' to
`/usr/doc/mod_php3-manual-3.0.16': No such file or directory
execution of script failed
mouseconfig-4.1-6mdk.i586.rpm
pospell-0.4-1mdk.i586.rpm
postfix-19991231-6mdk.i586.rpm
postalias: fatal: could not find any active network interfaces
postgresql-6.5.3-1mdk.i586.rpm
postgresql-jdbc-6.5.3-1mdk.i586.rpm
postgresql-odbc-6.5.3-1mdk.i586.rpm
drakfloppy-0.30-4mdk.i586.rpm
drakfont-0.40-13mdk.i586.rpm
bash: /usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir: No such file or directory
gsu-0.9-5mdk.i586.rpm
kdesupport-1.1.2-17mdk.i586.rpm
latex2html-99.2beta6-3mdk.noarch.rpm
mutt-1.0.1i-7mdk.i586.rpm
XFree86-3.3.6-14mdk.i586.rpm
xinitrc2.4.4-23mdk.noarch.rpm
xterm-131-4mdk.i586.rpm
XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.6-14mdk.i586.rpm
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
/usr/X11R6/bin/xset: unable to open display ":0"
execution of script failed
XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.6-14mdk.i586.rpm
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
/usr/X11R6/bin/xset: unable to open display ":0"
execution of script failed
XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts-1.0-12mdk.noarch.rpm
XFree86-VGA16-3.3.6-14mdk.i586.rpm
XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.6-14mdk.i586.rpm
XFree86-Xnest-3.3.6-14mdk.i586.rpm
XFree86-Xvfb-3.3.6-14mdk.i586.rpm
XFree86-server-4.0-6mdk.i586.rpm
XFree86-glide-module-4.0-6mdk.i586.rpm
kdebase-1.1.2-61mdk.i586.rpm
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
xset: unable to open display ":0"
aktion-0.4.1-4mdk.i586.rpm
kcmlaptop-0.82-8mdk.i586.rpm
kde-themes-7.1-1mdk.noarch.rpm
kdpms-0.2.7-6mdk.i586.rpm
6. ERROR LOGS - /root/.xsession-errors on 1st. Installation
Extracts ...............
imwheel process could not be verified: : No such file or directory
imwheel started (pid=470)
QDir::readDirEntries: Cannot read the directory: /root/Desktop/Templates
ERROR: Template does not exist '/root/Desktop/Templates/'
QSocketNotifier: Invalid socket specified
QSocketNotifier: Internal error
Max Entries = 30
KCharset: Wrong charset!
popup state enabled
QTableView::setCellWidth: (unnamed) Argument out of range (34025)
QTableView::setCellWidth: (unnamed) Argument out of range (34025)
QTableView::setCellWidth: (unnamed) Argument out of range (34025)
QTableView::setCellWidth: (unnamed) Argument out of range (34025)
QTableView::setCellWidth: (unnamed) Argument out of range (34025)
7. Package "mandrake_desk -1.0.3.-21mdk" - 1st. Installation
Highlight this package in "kpackage" and select "file list".
Error message :-
"File attribute differences"..
"S.5....T c /etc/skel/Desktop/Doc.kdelnk
"....T /usr/lib/desktop-links/mandrake.links
"....T /usr/share/icons/mini/netscape.xpm
/usr/share/gnome/apps/System/DrakConf.desktop is not installed.
8. Package "xinitrc-2.4.4-23mdk" - 1st. Installation
Highlight this package in "kpackage" and select "file list".
Error message :-
"File attribute differences"..
"......T c /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession
"S.5....T c /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
9. Package "XFree86-3.3.6-14mdk" - 1st. Installation
Highlight this package in "kpackage" and select "file list".
Error message :-
"File attribute differences"..
".M.....T c /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/Xterm-color
"S.5....T c usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.dir
10. ERROR LOGS - /root/ddebug.log on 2nd. Installation
The the log appears to be the same as the First Installation except that I did
not spot the "* unsetting unsafe mouse" message.
11. ERROR LOGS - /root/install.log on 2nd. Installation.
Extracts .........
hylafax-client-4.0pl2.rjc11-3mdk.i586.rpm
/usr/sbin/faxsetup: cd: /var/spool/fax: No such file or directory
hylafax-server-4.0pl2.rjc11-3mdk.i586.rpm
id: fax: No such user
grep: /etc/aliases: No such file or directory
/var/spool/fax/bin/hylasetup.sh: newaliases: command notfound
libgr-progs-2.0.13-14mdk.i586.rpm
faces-1.6.1-10mdk.i586.rpm
postfix-19991231-6mdk.i586.rpm
postalias: fatal: could not find any active network interfaces
ppp-2.3.11-7mdk.i586.rpm
procinfo-17-3mdk.i586.rpm
procps-X11-2.0.6-12mdk.i586.rpm
psacct-6.3.2-2mdk.i586.rpm
qt-1.44-20mdk.i586.rpm
kdesu-0.98-13mdk.i586.rpm
drakfloppy-0.30-4mdk.i586.rpm
drakfont-0.40-13mdk.i586.rpm
bash: /usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir: No such file or directory
gsu-0.9-5mdk.i586.rpm
BasiliskII-sheepnet-0.8-10mdk.i586.rpm
install: cannot create regular file `/lib/modules/2.2.15-BOOT26/misc': No such
file or directory
depmod: Can't open /lib/modules/2.2.15-BOOT26/modules.dep for writing
execution of script failed
Mesa-3.1-14mdk.i586.rpm
XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.6-14mdk.i586.rpm
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 /usr/X11R6/bin/xset:
unable to open display ":0"
execution of script failed
XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.6-14mdk.i586.rpm
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
/usr/X11R6/bin/xset: unable to open display ":0"
execution of script failed
12. ERROR LOGS - /root/.xsession-errors on 2nd. Installation
Extracts ...............
imwheel process could not be verified: : No such file or directory
imwheel started (pid=466)
QDir::readDirEntries: Cannot read the directory: /root/Desktop/Templates
ERROR: Template does not exist '/root/Desktop/Templates/'
QSocketNotifier: Invalid socket specified
QSocketNotifier: Internal error
Max Entries = 30
KCharset: Wrong charset!
ASSERT: "src != 0" in kernel/qpaintdevice_x11.cpp (323)
ASSERT: "src != 0" in kernel/qpaintdevice_x11.cpp (323)
13. Packages - 2nd. Installation
The same problems were found with the three packages mentioned in the First
Installation.
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