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[arch-general] Strange Xorg issue - no init of NV 8800GT - reboot -> late init?
by David C. Rankin 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

Guys, I don't know if this is software or hardware related, but after a shutdown (power outage that exhausted the UPS), I boot my box and I get no display at all. The nvidia platinum SLI board has an onboard vga controller that is turned off in the bios and the box uses an nv8800gt for the display. After ssh'ing into the box I looked at the pci bus with lspci: <snip> 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C77 [nForce 750a SLI] (rev a2) 05:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB362/JMB363 Serial ATA Controller (rev 03) 05:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB362/JMB363 Serial ATA Controller (rev 03) There was no 8800gt shown and the vga controller was shown as a nForce 750a SLI (huh?). Also, the timestamp looks huge (maybe fsck ran?) Checking the Xorg.0.log showed the 'No display devices found' error: [ 1795.823] (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 [ 1795.823] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888 [ 1795.823] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor [ 1795.823] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) [ 1795.823] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "Coolbits" "1" [ 1795.823] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration [ 1795.823] (II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is [ 1795.823] (II) NVIDIA(0): enabled. [ 1795.977] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU nForce 750a SLI (C77) at PCI:2:0:0 (GPU-0) [ 1795.978] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes [ 1795.978] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 62.77.2f.00.05 [ 1795.978] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU [ 1795.978] (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on nForce 750a SLI at PCI:2:0:0 [ 1795.978] (--) NVIDIA(0): none [ 1795.979] (EE) NVIDIA(0): No display devices found for this X screen. [ 1796.111] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" [ 1796.111] (II) UnloadModule: "wfb" [ 1796.111] (II) UnloadModule: "fb" [ 1796.111] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. [ 1796.111] Fatal server error: [ 1796.111] no screens found [ 1796.111] Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. After shutdown (power-off) and reboot, there was no bios screen and no boot loader display, but then after kdm init, the display appeared. Checking with lspci, the 8800GT magically appeared: <snip> 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce 8800 GT] (rev a2) 04:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB362/JMB363 Serial ATA Controller (rev 03) 04:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB362/JMB363 Serial ATA Controller (rev 03) Checking the Xorg.0.log after the display was up. all looks OK: <snip> [ 23.539] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 8800 GT (G92) at PCI:2:0:0 (GPU-0) [ 23.539] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes [ 23.539] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 62.92.24.00.01 [ 23.539] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 8X [ 23.539] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU [ 23.539] (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 8800 GT at PCI:2:0:0 [ 23.539] (--) NVIDIA(0): Acer V223W (DFP-0) [ 23.539] (--) NVIDIA(0): Acer V223W (DFP-0): 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock [ 23.539] (--) NVIDIA(0): Acer V223W (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link TMDS [ 23.698] (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0 [ 23.698] (==) NVIDIA(0): [ 23.698] (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select" [ 23.698] (==) NVIDIA(0): will be used as the requested mode. What I don't know is whether this can be kernel/new xorg related or whether this looks more like a hardware issue? Given the lack of bios/grub display, it sounds like it was still looking at the wrong controller until kdm start. I don't see how the system could change its mind mid-stream and fix itself, but the display/card is working fine now. Anybody have any thoughts on this? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com

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[arch-general] Question about installing libraries
by Christian 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

Hi all, I am learning and learning more in Arch linux, but I have a question. There are a few programs that I use and I am not able to find all the dependencies in the Arch repositories, and some of th elibraries are a little old and the developers have .deb packages for them. So my question is if I get a such package, may I just extract it, unpack the data.tar.gz and copy the libraries into /usr/lib? For example, I now need to use pygame1.8 and there is 1.9 in the arch repository. What do you think? Many thanks, Christian

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[arch-general] Kirill Churin wants to stay in touch on LinkedIn
by Kirill Churin 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

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[arch-general] How to do this
by Christian 24 Oct '10

24 Oct '10

Hi all, I know that I have to use piping for this, but I want to output the errors I get while compiling a program into atext file. What to type after make then? Many thanks for any help, Christian

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[arch-general] devtools:mkarchroot fails under sudo
by Baho Utot 24 Oct '10

24 Oct '10

Following Building in a clean chroot I have encountered the following issue, which is related to using sudo mkarchroot The full path is not included (code posted from mkarchroot) should this be fixed? After patching mkarchroot it works with sudo. BUILD=/home/devtools $ sudo mkdir -vp ${BUILD} mkdir: created directory `/home/devtools' $ sudo /usr/sbin/mkarchroot "${BUILD}/root" base base-devel sudo :: Synchronizing package databases... .... [putolin] .... /usr/sbin/mkarchroot: line 178: ldconfig: command not found /usr/sbin/mkarchroot: line 191: chroot: command not found /usr/sbin/mkarchroot line 178: if [ -d "${working_dir}/lib/modules" ]; then ldconfig -r "${working_dir}" fi if [ -d "${working_dir}/lib/modules" ]; then /sbin/ldconfig -r "${working_dir}" fi line 191: if [ -e "${working_dir}/etc/locale.gen" ]; then echo -e 'en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8\nde_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8' > "${working_dir}/etc/locale.gen" chroot "${working_dir}" locale-gen if [ -e "${working_dir}/etc/locale.gen" ]; then echo -e 'en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8\nde_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8' > "${working_dir}/etc/locale.gen" /usr/sbin/chroot "${working_dir}" /usr/sbin/locale-gen

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[arch-general] man page conflict
by Caleb Cushing 24 Oct '10

24 Oct '10

(6/6) checking for file conflicts [################################] 100% error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) man-pages: /usr/share/man/man3/aio_init.3.gz exists in filesystem pacman -Qo /usr/share/man/man3/aio_init.3.gz slave-iv /usr/share/man/man3/aio_init.3.gz is owned by libaio 0.3.109-1 so what's the fix here? -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.com

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[arch-general] ath9k wifi hanged when network manager connect to the AP
by BOYPT 23 Oct '10

23 Oct '10

I'm not sure if this should report to the upstream kernel, want to know any of you have same experiances. Since last kernel update, when i boot my laptop to the desktop, the wifi dead while network manager trying associate to the AP, can't build any connection. I check dmesg at once: wlan0: authenticate with 00:25:86:75:30:06 (try 1) wlan0: authenticated wlan0: associate with 00:25:86:75:30:06 (try 1) wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:25:86:75:30:06 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=2) wlan0: associated ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready wlan0: no IPv6 routers present ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 ata1: EH complete EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0 EXT4-fs (sda7): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0 fuse init (API version 7.14) Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11 lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions irq 17: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option) Pid: 5134, comm: cairo-dock Tainted: P 2.6.35-ARCH #1 Call Trace: [<c12e64dd>] ? printk+0x18/0x1b [<c1097037>] __report_bad_irq.clone.1+0x27/0x90 [<c1095b94>] ? handle_IRQ_event+0x44/0x1a0 [<c10971f2>] note_interrupt+0x152/0x190 [<c1097d0b>] handle_fasteoi_irq+0x9b/0xc0 [<c1005d68>] handle_irq+0x18/0x30 [<c1005a47>] do_IRQ+0x47/0xc0 [<c1106fc4>] ? sys_poll+0x54/0xd0 [<c1003d30>] common_interrupt+0x30/0x38 [<c12e0000>] ? detect_extended_topology+0x7d/0x182 handlers: [<fa3eb1a0>] (ath_isr+0x0/0x1f0 [ath9k]) Disabling IRQ #17 No probe response from AP 00:25:86:75:30:06 after 500ms, disconnecting. cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain wlan0: authenticate with 00:25:86:75:30:06 (try 1) wlan0: authenticate with 00:25:86:75:30:06 (try 2) wlan0: authenticate with 00:25:86:75:30:06 (try 3) wlan0: authentication with 00:25:86:75:30:06 timed out Oh, a crash track, and IRQ #17(to the wireless?) is disabled, then wlan no more reply to any request to associatings. Acroding to the log, the wireless work the first time it associated to my AP, this is done by the /etc/rc.d/network, i configured in rc.conf. the second time it associate is when entered the desktop, network-manager begin to control the netwok stuff. then the ath9k module crashed. Reboot the system won't help, only turn out that system can't find my wireless. I have to compeletely shutdown the conputer, unplug power and battery, then boot again, and maybe run into a normal situaiton, none of above happend. -- Arch Linuxer, Pythoner, Geek --> Blog: http://apt-blog.net

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[arch-general] makepkg not working in chrooted environment
by Norbert Zeh 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

Hi folks, I am running a 32-bit chroot on my 64-bit system, and I'm trying to build a few packages from AUR inside the 32-bit chroot. When I run makepkg inside the chroot, it complains about dependencies not being satisfied, even though the dependencies are installed inside the chroot (and in the 64-bit environment, as well). So I'm wondering why it doesn't find the dependencies. I'd love to get this to work and also wouldn't mind helping with debugging this. I just need a few pointers what I would have to look for. Cheers, Norbert -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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[arch-general] Method to redirect hidden config files in ~
by C Anthony Risinger 21 Oct '10

21 Oct '10

awhile back, i believe it was on this list, there was some messages about cleaning up the .<files> in your HOME folder... can someone point me in the right direction here? i swear all i needed to do was export the proper VARS but i cannot seem to find the info now. thanks, C Anthony

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Re: [arch-general] What's happening about libdjvu?
by Auguste Pop 21 Oct '10

21 Oct '10

I noticed this by compiling the package myself... When I sent this mail, the web page was not updated and I saw an old list of files that did not contain the .so file. I should have tried it first rather than relying on a presumably delayed response on the web site. Sorry for the false alarm. > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:43:43 +0200 > From: Thomas B?chler <thomas(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] What's happening about libdjvu? > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Message-ID: <4CC0276F.9050906(a)archlinux.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" > > Am 21.10.2010 13:38, schrieb Auguste Pop: >> For instance, >> /usr/lib/evince/3/backends/libdjvudocument.so from evince package >> links to /usr/lib/libdjvulibre.so.21, which would be removed if I >> update the system to allow djvulibre to replace libdjvu. > > This is false, the djvulibre package contains this library. > >

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