2.6.15

Twister512 · 03-14-2006, 08:07 PM

ok, Upgraded to 2.6.15, lost my NIC, sound and cannot run X. I try to run the nvidia drivers and it says no precompiled kernel interface, so it downloaded from the website, or ftp site when I had 2.4 kernel. Can't do anything after 2.6.15, anyone else have these issues? and yes, I checked the kernel to see if the drivers were marked for the sound card and NIC.

Thanks, Paul

cwwilson721 · 03-14-2006, 08:09 PM

Run 'xorgsetup'

Then run the Nxidia installer again, and say 'no' to the download part (It will make it's own driver)

Run 'alsaconf' again

Run 'netconfig'

Twister512 · 03-14-2006, 08:31 PM

ran xorgsetup - ran fine.
NVIDIA driver went fine until the end, said couldn't load nvidia.ko module?
still no X
alsaconf - no cards found
netconfig ran fine, still no net.

I run ifconfig and all thats there is device lo
tried 'ifconfig eth0 up' and I get "No device eth0"

I am lost.

p0f · 03-14-2006, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twister512

ran xorgsetup - ran fine.
NVIDIA driver went fine until the end, said couldn't load nvidia.ko module?
still no X
alsaconf - no cards found
netconfig ran fine, still no net.

I run ifconfig and all thats there is device lo
tried 'ifconfig eth0 up' and I get "No device eth0"

I am lost.

Hi

I had a similar problem when I updated slackware-current today.

netconfig doesnt seem to save the configuration, so I manually edited /etc/rc.d/inet1.conf

for static IP

# Config information for eth0:
IPADDR[0]="xx.xxx.xxx.xx"
NETMASK[0]="255.255.255.248"
USE_DHCP[0]=""
DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]=""

dont forget to add..

# Default gateway IP address:
GATEWAY="xx.xxx.xxx.xx"

for dhcp

IPADDR[0]=""
NETMASK[0]=""
USE_DHCP[0]="YES"
DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]=""

As for your soundcard, make sure you've downloaded the alsa modules relevant to the kernel version you are using.

I really dont have a clue about your Nvidia problem, sorry

Hope this helps.

Regards

rje_NC · 03-14-2006, 09:37 PM

I am running 2.6.15.5 with Dropline Gnome and everything is working great. I recompiled the kernel and made sure I had the correct modules support for alsa, my laptop chipset, video, and the network adapter.

Run "/sbin/lspci" to see what cards the system sees. This allows you to configure the kernel with the correct support.

With proper modules compiled in, the new kernel should work very well with Slackware.

Good luck...

Bob

Twister512 · 03-15-2006, 09:39 AM

/sbin/lspci doesn't really do anything. I went back into the kernel and pretty much selected every NIC that I could possibly have, and still no ETH0. I am totally lost as to what to do. Still can't get X to work after the kernel upgrade.

Twister512 · 03-15-2006, 03:14 PM

I think I should probably go back to 2.4.31 and run it that way until I figure out whats wrong, or someone has a suggestion

p0f · 03-15-2006, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twister512

I think I should probably go back to 2.4.31 and run it that way until I figure out whats wrong, or someone has a suggestion

Hi

Whats the output of "lspci"?
whats the output of "lsmod"?

Regards

Twister512 · 03-15-2006, 05:51 PM

lspci - no output
lsmod - no output

p0f · 03-15-2006, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twister512

lspci - no output
lsmod - no output

Weird!

Could you post the output of your syslog etc

Regards

willysr · 03-15-2006, 06:24 PM

what packages did you use to upgrade to 2.6.15?
if you are using Pat's package, make sure you have the same GCC version being used to compile the kernel in order to install the NVidia driver (in this case, if you are using 2.6.15.6, it would be 3.4.6 or if you are using 2.6.15.3, it would be 3.4.5)

NVidia driver must be reinstalled if you upgrade your kernel, since it will be build by using the current kernel version that you are running

chrisortiz · 03-15-2006, 06:29 PM

your problem seems to be you either compiled the drivers as modules or did not compile them at all.

type "lsmod" to see which modules are loaded.

cd /lib/modules/&yourkernelverion/kernel/drivers/video will have the video modules you compiled.

if the module is there run "modprobe &modulename" as root.
eg modprobe nvidia

if this fixes your problem navigate around the dirvers directory and load all the modules you need.