New 1004 Installer Testing

[tschak909]

let's put together a pool to get Murdock an intel media director.

-Thom

[bongowongo]

I have an intel media director for testing I can hook up to my test core.

[Murdock]

FYI - Here's the code I was looking at adding: http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/1313#comment:4

The logic is sound though I don't have any way of testing due to the lack of hardware.

[Murdock]

FYI - code has been committed to determine ATI vs Intel vs nVidia and install the necessary driver automatically and alert the end user it will take a few minutes to complete so they aren't wondering what is going on.

[l3mce]

I have noticed over the last year or so that the fglrx driver continually adds and drops support for various chipsets. My idea to overcome this issue of ever changing support, rather than dealing with it the way we do nVidia, is to add a function to AVWizard_Run.sh which, prior to throwing the fail to setup x whiptail, again checks for ATI in lspci, and swaps the fglrx entry with radeon in xorg.conf.pluto.avwizard, and cycles the test again. I did this before when testing all of the ATI crap I have, and it worked well. One of the two fires everything I could get my hands on, but of course fglrx is preferred.

I also have some half written code somewhere which attempts to unlock VAAPI accelleration for 1004+. I will dig that up and start a ticket.

[Murdock]

This is definitely do-able, the only issue I have is I can't test it. If you're willing to help  either code or at least test out the logic i'm all about it.

[l3mce]

No problem. I already wrote it once... lost it in an image restore.

This is also one bongowongo can test, he has a crapload of worthless ATI cards. What would be convenient is for him to first find cards that don't load with the current newly applied logic for fglrx, and then just drop in the new avwizard to confirm it works. Should have tonight... tomorrow latest.

[Randall]

Tried installing 1004 on my old firewall box. Prior to downloading/installing mce-install.sh, kubuntu was working fine (both nics, X, etc).  After installing, X is broken due to fglrx not supporting the ancient onboard ATI graphics adapter. Manually switching back to the "mach64" driver and re-writing the xorg.conf file is the current fix.

Full machine specs:
http://www.tyan.com/archive/products/html/gs12b5103_spec.html

Overview:
Tyan MB S5103, P4 socket 478, 4GB ECC, Onboard ATI RAGE XL VGA controller, Onboard dual NICs (Intel 82547GI).

Xorg.0.log reads:

Code:

X.Org X Server 1.7.6
Release Date: 2010-03-17
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-29-server i686 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux dcerouter 2.6.32-38-generic-pae #83-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 4 12:11:13 UTC 2012 i68
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-38-generic-pae root=UUID=073a0e33-6ec9-42f4-998c-3a0e3ac9
Build Date: 20 October 2011  03:05:54PM
xorg-server 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.10 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
Current version of pixman: 0.16.4
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Feb  4 20:17:52 2012
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) Using config directory: "/usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(==) ServerLayout "XFree86 Configured"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) |   |-->Device "Card0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
(**) Option "BlankTime" "0"
(**) Option "StandbyTime" "0"
(**) Option "SuspendTime" "0"
(**) Option "OffTime" "0"
(**) Option "AIGLX" "Off"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/X11".
        Entry deleted from font path.
        (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/X11").
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
        Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to:
        /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
        /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
        /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
        /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
        /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
        /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
        /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
        built-ins
(**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(**) Extension "Composite" is disabled
(**) Extension "RENDER" is enabled
(WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
(WW) Disabling Mouse0
(WW) Disabling Keyboard0
(II) Loader magic: 0x81f0e80
(II) Module ABI versions:
        X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
        X.Org Video Driver: 6.0
        X.Org XInput driver : 7.0
        X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
(++) using VT number 7

(--) PCI:*(0:3:0:0) 1002:4752:1002:8008 ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL rev 39, Mem @ 0xfd000000/16777216, 0xfc24
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "record" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dri" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dri2" will be loaded by default.
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
        Module class: X.Org Server Extension
        ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
        Module class: X.Org Server Extension
        ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.13.0
        Module class: X.Org Server Extension
        ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
        compiled for 7.5.0, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0
(II) LoadModule: "v4l"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/v4l_drv.so
(II) Module v4l: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.7.2, module version = 0.1.1
        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
        ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
(II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.1.0
        ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
(II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
        compiled for 1.7.1, module version = 8.72.11
        Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm"
(II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so
(II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
        compiled for 1.7.1, module version = 8.72.11
(II) v4l driver for Video4Linux
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:8.72.11
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier: 8.723.1
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Apr  8 2010 21:40:29
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 03@00:00:0
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for v4l
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for fglrx
(EE) No supported AMD display adapters were found
(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
         at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

 ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log

[Murdock]

it looks like mach64 may be the correct driver for the X (http://www.imminentweb.com/technologies/x-server-ati-rage-xl). What does is the result of this command?

Code:

lspci -nn | grep -i vga

[twodogs]

Did a fresh install of 1004, and can't get into webadmin. I tried to access from the orbiter screen and also from KDE desktop. I tried localhost and 192.168.80.1. Anyone have any tips on what to try next?

Twodogs

[twodogs]

Picture shows what happens when I select Computing->Webadmin. I looked at network settings and it appears to be unable to use DHCP. In the bottom picture I have just hit "Use DHCP" and it returns a "no". I wanted to see if Asterisk and telecom were working yet, but I can't even get to the configuration screen!

[_if_]

have a look at your /etc/networks/interfaces
I had the same issue 2 days before because one NIC had two entrys and one of them had no data filled in.
I just commented out the empty one and everything worked fine then...

maybe that helps

greetz
IF

edit: I believe activated ipv6 for internal network was my problem...

[JaseP]

Did a reinstall after reconfiguring  my network setup (easier to do that than to fix some of the things I broke while playing around).

I have Intel series graphic chipsets and lmce 10.04 was detecting it just fine (Kubuntu had no problems). On reinstall, the system fails to go to the X server, saying something about the avwizard. I am able to log into my user account and do a startx, getting to Kubuntu,... but booting to lmce, the setup wizard fails to start the xserver...

Was there some sort of regression introduced to the initial setup scripts??? More importantly, how do I fix it???

[DragonK]

Maybe have a look over here....
http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php/topic,12458.0.html

Karel

[JaseP]

Aha,... I'll try it as soon as I get home...

Thanks for the help.