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pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5167 Location: Finland

Anyway the petget installation script goes to the end and even updates the ppm database. So, only fixmenus command and wm restarting lacks.
Do them manually and there you go. I have latest petget folder scripts so it must be something of that libre office structure. I probably will add pinstall.sh to the pet which performs those commands.

marco07 · Joined: 18 Jan 2011 Posts: 176 Location: Lincoln , NE, USA

Jim1911 · Joined: 19 May 2008 Posts: 2353 Location: Texas, USA

Hi pemasu,

My frugal installation is working great and I continue to marvel at the completeness and up-to-date software in your distributions.

I do get an error on installation of the correct Nvidia driver.

ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'. This happens most frequently when this kernel module was built against the wrong or mproperly configured kernel sources, with a version of gcc that differs from the one used to build the target kernel, or if a driver such as rivafb, nvidiafb, or nouveau is present and prevents the NVIDIA kernel module from obtaining ownership of the NVIDIA graphics device(s), or NVIDIA GPU installed in this system is not supported by this NVIDIA Linux graphics driver release.

Nouveau was the culprit in the past when this message occurred with your distributions, however, it has been completely removed and the nv driver is being used. I suspect the problem is an improperly configured kernel sources this time.

Has anyone else had success installing the proper Nvidia driver with this release?

Thanks,
Jim

jim3630 · Joined: 13 Feb 2011 Posts: 793 Location: Northern Nevada

downloaded new pp003, manual copied files for frugal install using same savefile. not sure fully unsterstand the sfs problems but could load sfs files, devx and vlc at boot. vlc functions as expected and devx programs, glade, are present.

pemasu like your sunset pic.

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5167 Location: Finland

Marco07. Why dont you just execute in console: fixmenus and restart windowmanager. It is that easy.

Jim1911. I just tested the ati fglrx driver compilation. I got that kernel lock error again. And I am sure I checked that Kernel hacking section, there wasnt that option anymore. I thought it was left out. But it seems to be there somewhere.
I dont know if this affects to nvidia driver compiling but surely I will have to make new kernel to get ati working again. I searched the net, there were 3 posts about same problem than I got, only 3, so it should be easily resolved.
I will search the net about nvidia driver compiling also.

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5167 Location: Finland

ATI driver installation problem now understood. Latest ATI installer still looks for big kernel lock but it is totally removed from 2.6.39.3 kernel. So....new ATI driver package is needed which solves that problem.

Nvidia package should be updated for above problem, if you use the latest Nvidia driver package. Is there something else missing, I dont know yet.

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5167 Location: Finland

Just to be sure. I downloaded Barrys latest 2.6.39.3 source, compiled it with my specs and get same errors.
So... I dont think that my uploaded source is faulty. There is obstacles now in that 2.6.39.3 kernel to compile proprietary NVIDIA and ATI drivers.
I will investigate it more.
ATI reason is clear. The latest driver packages shouts after big kernel lock which isnt in 2.6.39.3 kernel anymore. Probably next ATI package resolves that.

NVIDIA though is mystery. That big kernel lock bug should have been resolved months ago. There is something else now.

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5167 Location: Finland

I downloaded NVIDIA-Linux-x86-270.41.19 and NVIDIA-Linux-x86-280.04. Then I extracted both of them.

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5167 Location: Finland

Libreoffice 3.4.1 pet should now create appropriate menu entrys.

Download link: http://www.smokey01.com/pemasu/Pets/libreoffice-3.4.1.pet

marco07 · Joined: 18 Jan 2011 Posts: 176 Location: Lincoln , NE, USA

smokey01 · Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 1603 Location: South Australia

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /pemasu/Pets/libreoffice-3.4.1.pet on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache mod_fcgid/2.3.5 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 Server at www.smokey01.com Port 80

Whoa, I don't have permission to download from my own site.

MMmm, investigating.

The folder permission had changed. Fixed.

Jim1911 · Joined: 19 May 2008 Posts: 2353 Location: Texas, USA

Hi pemasu,

You've really been working on the driver problems. Thank you.

I tried to install NVIDIA=Linux=x86-270.41.19 which works with my card, the /var/log/nvidia-installer.log from the failed installation is attached as requested/

Regards,
Jim

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5167 Location: Finland

Jim1911. From your posted log, it looks like my kernel sources sfs really had problems.

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5167 Location: Finland

Today I studied ATI Catalyst 11.6 which does not compile with 2.6.39.3. I searched net and I found tips how to cheat the installer.

I made notes to my notecase: