With all of the failed installs have you tried to clean the lens on dvd drive?
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EDDY1, he's having the old modesetting issue with his graphics card.
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[ 9.294469] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: memory probe 0x60000000-0x60ffffff: clean. [ 9.294469] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean. [ 9.294469] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean. [ 9.294469] clean. Then nothing. I can type stuff in, but I can't get the computer to respond to it/log into root. |
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huge.s root=/dev/sda2 noinitrd= ro Tried Code:
huge.s root=/dev/sda2 noinitrd= ro nomodeset [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 after the pcmcia_socket stuff. Weird, IIRC this is the same place it got stuck with knoppix when I tried to run it with no additional parameters (it said something about initializing [drm] and got hung up). |
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I expanded HDD and the only thing listed under it is "IC25N040ATMR04-0-(PM)", which I believe is my hard drive. Does the flash drive have to be formatted a certain way to be visible in this list?
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it really ssems like the drm/noeveua is bugged with your hardware - the previous reports saying that you should disable modesettings might not be enough. however the installation of slackware works - which really means this as it worked to install.
Put the slackware cd in the driver, startup the installer. instead of starting the setup program for slackware do this: mkdir /hello mount /dev/sda1 /hello echo blacklist nouveau > /hello/lib/modprobe.d/nouveau.conf hope this will work. X will work with the vesa driver. If you need 3d accelerated, you can use the propeterian nvidia.org driver. obviously, reboot! :P And unetbooti is really not worth it! |
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mount /dev/sda2 /hello Got to the third line but it returned an error message Code:
-/bin/sh: can't create /hello/lib/modprobe.d/nouveau.conf: nonexistent directory |
Hmm, what Slackware version are you using :-)
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13.37
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To see if it is the nouveaou driver you can just unistall it. Basically do what you've done by booting with the install disk, mount your drive like you had, then chroot into the installed system. Remove the package.
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Ok! For clarification, 13.37 uses /etc/modprobe.d not /lib/modprobe.d, see bellow!
Do as before. put installation cd in drive; start installation as mentioned before and don't start setup program! edit i looked at my 13.37 machine and found this: modinfo /lib/modules/2.6.37.6/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko filename: /lib/modules/2.6.37.6/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko license: GPL and additional rights description: nVidia Riva/TNT/GeForce author: Stephane Marchesin alias: pci:v000012D2d*sv*sd*bc03sc*i* alias: pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc*i* depends: drm,drm_kms_helper,ttm,i2c-core,button,video,i2c-algo-bit --- START HERE DONT WRITE THINGS ABOVE-- mkdir /hello mount /dev/sda2 /hello echo blacklist nouveau >> /hello/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf echo blacklist drm >> /hello/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf echo blacklist drm_kms_helper >> /hello/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf echo blacklist ttm >> /hello/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf echo blacklist i2c-core >> /hello/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf echo blacklist button >> /hello/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf echo blacklist video >> /hello/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf echo blacklist i2c-algo-bit >> /hello/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf That should make sure no stupid things are loaded at boot! cd /hello chroot . removepkg /var/log/packages/xf86-video-nouveau-* [obviously deletes the stupid xorg driver] Note! X might not start at all, but it should do with the preconfigured vesa driver. It did for me when i did'nt load any modules in 13.37. Hope this really works! IF IT DID NOT WORK TRY TO EDIT /hello/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and remove the line with blacklist video if it did'nt work. Regards |
should it matter if i boot from lilo or the install disc?
btw, thanks for all the help |
Use the install disk for now to be safe. After you get nouveau removed then try LILO.
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