Introduction

list of (currently being) solved issues

• problems with xorg and video drivers : http://forum.mandrivaclub.com/viewtopic.php?t=40905 or see PbMandriva2006xorg (x86 architecture, not x86_64)
• menus were not complete at install [solved] after urpmi --auto-select ; update-menus -v
• problem with sound (arts error)
• some unexplained reboot (with nexuiz : perhaps due to sound problem)
• I'd need an alert when the battery is low [solved] enable acpi and add packages laptop-mode-tools kdeutils-klaptop
• check suspend / wake-up

install from cdrom

• use boot.iso (12 MB), burn it on a CDRW for example
• see documentation at http://qa.mandriva.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/CookerHowTo_Fr
• modify your BIOS settings : verify that CDROM is enabled to boot first
• When booting with boot.iso, you can press F1 (for more options) or Enter (for installation), waiting too long chooses by default the installation option
• you can then choose the installation method : NFS server, FTP server, HTTP server, KA server, CDROM drive, Hard disk (and Load third party modules) : choose FTP http server
  • now, once you are sure that your computer starts on the cdrom,
  • you can now plug in the ethernet cable to obtain an IP via DHCP
• on your other computer, mount the ISO files in the HTTP server DocRoot
  • mkdir -p /var/www/html/iso1
  • mount -t iso9660 mandrakelinux-10.0-CD1.i586.iso /var/www/html/iso1 -o loop
  • verify that http://localhost/iso1 shows the content of the ISO file (the file index.html should be automatically displayed)
• choose http installation
  • you are prompted to choose the network interface (LAN), I hope you have a DHCP server on your network (I'm using a Linksys WRT54G that includes one)
  • choose network connection type : DHCP
  • no need to enter a host name nor domain name (we are going to use only the IP) : Ok
    • the DHCP request is made, then
  • no need to enter http proxy host as we are using an HTTP server on the LAN : Ok
  • choose specify the mirror manually : HTTP server http://192.168.0.102 , Mandriva Linux directory : iso1 (take care : the keyboard may be using qwerty rather than azerty...)
    • error message : could not get file /iso1/install/stage2/mdkinst.clp (aaarrrrrrggggggghhhh)
    • entering http://192.168.1.102/iso1 at the second line (and nothing on the first) makes the installation go back to the choice of network card ?!
    • verify that http://192.168.1.102/iso1/install/stage2/mdkinst.clp can be accessed
    • verify that your firewall is open for http access ;-) (that was my problem, as usual) now tail -f /var/log/httpd/access_log shows that an IP has downloaded the file to start install...
  • it now displays Loading program into memory => it works !!! good parameters are : 192.168.1.102 (only the IP/hostname without http before) then iso1 for directory
    • choose the installation method : HTTP server
    • well at this stage I lost the keyboard... had to reboot :-(

• restart by booting cdrom, type F1 to choose linux for installation in graphical mode (better than text ;-) )
  • now the language is proposed : choose Français
  • choose keyboard : Français
  • choose level of security, do not enter an admin (root by default I think...)
  • choose personalized partitionning : I want to use partition 2 with 23 GB available (in fact the 1st partition is a hidden one of 1,8 Go), so I chose the 3rd...
    • at this stage I was not sure...
  • choose /mnt/win_d (3rd partition), then suppress (or erase...)
  • click create
    • size in Mo : 1024 (yes 1GB) for swap then ok
    • size in Mo : 21069 (the remaining) as Journalized FS : ext3, mount point / then ok
    • click Expert then format for hda6 as everything is partitionned (I have some doubt about this hidden partition...), the mbr is written
• install all packages you want (do not select LSB...)
  • 23:00 the installation begins : estimated terminating time 30mn (have a look at the ads : skype, intel, mandriva, firewall, search on desktop, new package management, better performances, new kernel & gcc, delta rpm, configuration for low-resource machines, boot time reduction, Mandriva easier to use, recent KDE & Gnome, fast & easy installation, 60 wizards, better appearance, more support, better hardware support, Xen support, more information mandriva.com, store, support.mandriva.com, community club.mandriva.com, system up to date with online.mandriva.com)
  • 23:19 end of package installation
  • password for root, creation of user (ah only one ?)
• summary : nearly everything installed
  • system : keyboard, country, time, mouse (universal ps/2 or usb, usb in this case, even mousewheel works)
  • hardware : printer (no printer), sound card (intel corp I/O controller hub audio), graphical interface (not configured)
    • configure graphical interface : GeForce FX proposed by default (for a geforce 6200 go... seems ok), Flat panel 1024x768 by default (choose 1280x800), 16 billion colors (24 bits)
  • network & internet : network (ethernet), proxy (not configured)
  • security : level (standard), firewall (inactive)
  • boot partition : lilo graphic /dev/hda
  • system : services (30 enabled / 34 registered)
• 23:37 reboot to take into account fresh installation and verify that everything works

first boot

• information arts message : sound server international message : error while initializing the sound driver : device default can't be opened for playback (no such file or directory). the sound server will continue, using the null output device
• 23:38:53 boot linux 23:39:27 nvidia logo 23:39:33 firsttime (do not configure)
• 0:29:34 begin boot 0:30:15 nvidia 0:30:30 gnome 0:30:38 started
• strange, the gnome menu is not complete :
  • only konqueror, not firefox
  • no mcc (neither package configuration...)
  • solved with urpmi --auto-select ; update-menus -v # now I've got everything in the menus (I think...)
• no laptop management ?
• add some tools :
  • libdvdcss2 to read encrypted / DRMed / flawed DVDs
  • gkrellm to check resource consumption

alternate installation : from boot.iso, with ISO files

• enter the directory /Mandriva/ with leading and trailing /

install other programs / drivers

• check your hardware
• glxgears... multimedia keys

recommended tests

• add http://easyurpmi.zarb.org sources of media to benefit from contrib, jpackages & plf supplementary RPMs
• launch nexuiz to test your video card & play a good GPL game (for those who like First Person Shooter games)
• http://web.democenter.it/~corni/cAsus_z9231tn.php
• http://tuxmobil.org/asus.html
• uname -a ; free -m ; cat /proc/cpuinfo ; lspcidrake -v ; lspci -vv

problems diagnostics

• system : Linux portablereno.is-a-geek.net 2.6.12-12mdk #1 Fri Sep 9 18:15:22 CEST 2005 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHz unknown GNU/Linux
• hardware : ASUS A6B00VC
• see http://baud123.free.fr/mdv for several log files (dmesg, lsmod, lspci ...)
• lspcidrake -v

intel-agp       : Intel Corp.|Mobile Memory Controller Hub [BRIDGE_HOST] (vendor:8086 device:2590 subv:1043 subd:1977)
unknown         : Intel Corp.|Mobile Memory Controller Hub PCI Express Port [BRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:8086 device:2591)
snd-hda-intel   : Intel Corp.|I/O Controller Hub Audio (vendor:8086 device:2668 subv:1043 subd:1173)
usb-uhci        : Intel Corp.|I/O Controller Hub USB [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:2658 subv:1043 subd:1177)
usb-uhci        : Intel Corp.|I/O Controller Hub USB [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:2659 subv:1043 subd:1177)
usb-uhci        : Intel Corp.|I/O Controller Hub USB [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:265a subv:1043 subd:1177)
usb-uhci        : Intel Corp.|I/O Controller Hub USB [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:265b subv:1043 subd:1177)
ehci-hcd        : Intel Corp.|I/O Controller Hub USB2 [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:265c subv:1043 subd:1177)
hw_random       : Intel Corp.|82801 Hub Interface to PCI Bridge [BRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:8086 device:2448)
i810-tco        : Intel Corp.|I/O Controller Hub LPC [BRIDGE_ISA] (vendor:8086 device:2641)
piix            : Intel Corp.|I/O Controller Hub PATA [STORAGE_IDE] (vendor:8086 device:266f subv:1043 subd:1177)
Card:NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic): nVidia Corp.|GeForce Go 6200 [DISPLAY_VGA] (vendor:10de device:0167 subv:1043 subd:188a)
sk98lin         : Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.|88E8001 Gigabit Lan PCI Controller [NETWORK_ETHERNET] (vendor:11ab device:4320 subv:1043 subd:173c)
yenta_socket    : Ricoh Co Ltd|RL5c476 II [BRIDGE_CARDBUS] (vendor:1180 device:0476 subv:4000 subd:0000)
ohci1394        : Ricoh Co Ltd|R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller [SERIAL_FIREWIRE] (vendor:1180 device:0552 subv:1043 subd:1177)
unknown         : Ricoh Co Ltd|SD Card reader (vendor:1180 device:0822 subv:1043 subd:1177)
unknown         : Ricoh Co Ltd|R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [SYSTEM_OTHER] (vendor:1180 device:0592 subv:1043 subd:1177)
ipw2200         : Intel Corp.|Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG [NETWORK_OTHER] (vendor:8086 device:4220 subv:8086 subd:2701)
hub             : Linux 2.6.12-12mdk ehci_hcd|EHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused] (vendor:0000 device:0000)
unknown         : Syntek Semicon.    |USB2.0 Video        (vendor:174f device:a311)
hub             : Linux 2.6.12-12mdk uhci_hcd|UHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused] (vendor:0000 device:0000)
hub             : Linux 2.6.12-12mdk uhci_hcd|UHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused] (vendor:0000 device:0000)
hub             : Linux 2.6.12-12mdk uhci_hcd|UHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused] (vendor:0000 device:0000)
hub             : Linux 2.6.12-12mdk uhci_hcd|UHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused] (vendor:0000 device:0000)
usbhid          : Logitech, Inc.|Optical Mouse [Human Interface Devices|Boot Interface Subclass|Mouse] (vendor:046d device:c016)

• sound (when not working)

• hwdb_add_system account lapreno

• diagnostics for sound

• in dmesg

sound problem

• Now the sound is working with ALC880 chipset, but there remains some static noise :-(
  • I had to recompile latest cvs alsa driver
  • add the user to audio group (see user rights management)
  • launch ./snddevices script to create /dev/dsp and others devices...
• http://www.progsoc.uts.edu.au/~rheise/LW60/ snd-azx identified for installation of this laptop with debian
• http://www.humboldt.edu/~te8/misc/hpzd8230us.html using snd-intel8x0m for installation of laptop with Fedora
• http://www.sabi.co.uk/Notes/linuxSoundALSA.html snd-azx => snd-hda-intel as told High Definition Audio versions of the ICH6 chipset (and some compatible Realtek chipsets) are supported by the snd-hda-intel driver, which is only available from ALSA 1.0.9, or with kernels later than 2.6.11; an earlier version of this driver, from ALSA 1.0.8, was called snd-azx
• http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Gentoo_on_Fujitsu-Siemens_S7020 in /etc/modprobe.conf try

• http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.alsa.user/20317 running alsaconf but no sound as well (like me)
• related bugs : MdkBug:13384 (interwiki) MdkBug:13523 (interwiki) MdkBug:15204 (interwiki) (not exactly the sames... I'll open one I think)
• lspcidrake -v shows

• lspci -v shows

• http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/materiel/chipset_intel_hda_realtek [fr] use the content of /etc/modprobe.d/sound for /etc/modprobe.conf (for Mandriva)
• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HdaIntelSoundHowto [en]
• http://wiki.ubuntu-fr.org//materiel/chipset_intel_hda_realtek [fr]
• http://wiki.ubuntu-fr.org/materiel/intel_high_def_audio [fr]
• http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=97714
• http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=11654&p=2
• http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=106604 [fr] links to alsa bug tracking system...
• http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=36870&page=3&pp=10&highlight=ALC880 [en] link to howto
• https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15465
• https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15031
• ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/
• https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1429 [en] login as guest to bugtrack
• https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1316
• https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1460
• http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=11654 [fr|en] same chipset as the one on the asus A6B00VC laptop (rev 04)
• https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1316
• http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/365634 [en] not clear but links to ubuntu's bugzilla
• http://www.taupro.com/wiki/ChemBook/KernelAudioSupport [en]

compiling alsa

• alsa driver : wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.10rc2.tar.bz2
• oss : wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/oss-lib/alsa-oss-1.0.10rc2.tar.bz2
• library : wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/alsa-lib-1.0.10rc2.tar.bz2 # install it ! otherwise the compilation of alsa-utils won't work as showed below
• utils : wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/alsa-utils-1.0.10rc2.tar.bz2

• for cvs version see : http://www.alsa-project.org/download.php

• or more simple : take cvs snapshot from ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/cvsexport/

• In brief :
  • install you kernel-source

• go to http://www.alsa-project.org/ and take latest version for alsa driver oss library utils (as of today, 20051113 : 1.0.10rc3). You should take driver, oss, library, utils
• untar the file in a directory /home/root/Developpement/alsa/ : mkdir -p /home/root/Developpement/alsa/ ; cd /home/root/Developpement/alsa/
  • tar jxvf alsa-lib*bz2 # and the same for 3 other files
• cd alsa-lib-1.0.10rc3/ # begin with the library => used by driver
  • ./configure ; make uninstall ; make ; make install # and check at each step that there is no error, if ./configure shows error, install needed things (urpmi gcc-c++ for example, add urpmi --fuzzy gettext to compile correctly alsa-utils)
• then do the same for driver, oss, utils # there should be no error, otherwise check with google if people encountered them
• check twice that there was no error
• try aplay /usr/share/games/supertux/sounds/fall.wav # (you may have to urpmi supertux) if it works, it's finished, just reboot to check that your sound is correctly taken into account

• you may have to modify /etc/modprobe.conf or use alsaconf (the documentation about it should be more clear... be sure to have snd-hda-intel available). I think those lines are needed (not sure) :

some errors at compiling

• in /var/log/messages :

• in /var/log/messages :

glxgears