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 Post subject: 6200 tc and 5.5 upgrade
PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:40 am 
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I am trying to upgrade my r5f27 installation to 5.5. I have a nvidia 6200tc. I am getting the c7 respawning too fast error. I have tried:

install-nvidia-debian.sh 169.12 -force

and I get an error that says there are missing packages for nvidia driver version 169.12. Then there is an error uncompressing kernel sources. It tells me to obtain a valid kernel source and try again.

any suggestions.
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 Post subject: addition
PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:48 pm 
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Just in case it matters I had the os on hda1 and the myth directory pointed to sda1 via fstab.

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That worked last time I tested it without requiring the kernel sources. There should be a couple debugging walkthroughs for this floating around if you want to pursue it.

In the meantime, you might want to try the legacy driver that comes bundled on the CD to see if that works for you.

OBTW - What does this show on your machine?
Code:
root@black2:~/scripts/backup# md5sum /usr/local/bin/install-nvidia-debian.sh
781390e87afa0aafee87a44aa33277b0  /usr/local/bin/install-nvidia-debian.sh

Oh, and you are running this as root right?


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PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:40 pm 
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I am root. How do I install the legacy drivers off the cd? Where is the /scripts/backup directory? I can not find it.

rkshack

ps. Sorry I realize what you mean now. I did the md5sum command and got identical output to what you posted.

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I had a similar problem downgrading from the 6200 I was testing in my BE (it runs WAY too hot) back to the onboard 440-MX. For the life of me, I couldn't get the the 96.43.05 driver to reinstall and work; kept getting the respawning too fast error.

Long story short, I d/l'ed the lastest driver from nvidia (96.43.07) from their website and install it as-per the instruction on their website
Code:
# sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.07-pkg1.run


This ran their installer which uninstalled the old 174.x.x driver, then complained about no matching kernels, it auto complied one and I also had it mod my xorg.conf (it backs-up the old one). After the reboot everything was swell. I dunno if you wanna try one of the drivers/installers from their website or not for your situation.

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I am also having the trouble that the computer won't start up the network card. I try netcardconfig and it fails. It seems that the installation of the network card must happen after the nvidia installation or something and my system is hung.

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That sucks man. Wish I could help you.

As I understand it, if X is pissed at the nvidia drivers, it will just stop trying, meanwhile, you can ctrl+alt+F2 to another tty and get into the box to being that eth0 up. Is it an add-on card or onboard the MB? If it's onboard, make sure it's set to enable in the BIOS (no offense intended, but sometimes it's the really simple things that we often overlook).

What is the output of the
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# netcardconfig
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:32 pm 
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OK, first things first. The install-nvidia-debian.sh script should not be trying to unpack the kernel source in R5.5. This indicates a roached install. I'm starting to wonder if you weren't on to something with the disks issue. What does the following show on your machine?
Code:
root@black2:~# cat /etc/KnoppMyth-version
KnoppMyth R5.5
root@black2:~# ls -al /usr/src/
total 28
drwxrwsr-x  5 root root 4096 Apr 30 07:55 .
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Feb 20 23:16 ..
drwxr-sr-x  3 root src  4096 Feb 20 02:27 debs
-rw-rw-r--  1 root root  777 May 14  2006 knoppix-kernel.README
-rw-rw-r--  1 root root  234 May  9  2006 knoppix-kernel.patch
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   26 Jul  6 22:23 linux -> linux-headers-2.6.23-chw-4
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 May 28 21:58 linux-headers-2.6.23-chw-4
drwxr-sr-x  3 root src  4096 Dec 17  2006 mythtv

Oh, and how are you becoming root? If it's just "su" rather than "su -" that may the problem.


Last edited by tjc on Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:34 pm, edited 1 time in total.


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PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:32 pm 
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Basically it asks me if I want dhcp. I hit yes and then it fails. I am not in front of that computer so I can't give a verbatim result.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:42 pm 
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tjc wrote:
OK, first things first. The install-nvidia-debian.sh script should not be trying to unpack the kernel source in R5.5. This indicates a roached install. I'm starting to wonder if you weren't on to something with the disks issue. What does the following show on your machine?
Code:
root@black2:~# cat /etc/KnoppMyth-version
KnoppMyth R5.5
root@black2:~# ls -al /usr/src/
total 28
drwxrwsr-x  5 root root 4096 Apr 30 07:55 .
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Feb 20 23:16 ..
drwxr-sr-x  3 root src  4096 Feb 20 02:27 debs
-rw-rw-r--  1 root root  777 May 14  2006 knoppix-kernel.README
-rw-rw-r--  1 root root  234 May  9  2006 knoppix-kernel.patch
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   26 Jul  6 22:23 linux -> linux-headers-2.6.23-chw-4
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 May 28 21:58 linux-headers-2.6.23-chw-4
drwxr-sr-x  3 root src  4096 Dec 17  2006 mythtv

Oh, and how are you becoming root? If it's just "su" rather than "su -" that may the problem.


I have become root different ways at different times. Sometimes I use su. Sometimes I login as root. I have never done su -. When I entered the commands that you mentioned I got identical responses.
I still have my backup up saved from before the upgrade. Could I do a fresh install then do a restore from within knoppmyth. I also did a backup with mondo before I did the upgrade. I can use that I just don't want to format my sda1 drive.

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 Post subject: solved
PostPosted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:35 am 
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Ok I fixed everything. What I did is that I changes fstab to mount hda3 as myth. I copied my backup from sda1 to hda3. I then repeated the upgrade and everything seemed to be fine. I changed fstab back to sda1 and everything is fine. I want to change myth back to hda3 and use storage groups for sda1. Is there a way to do that and not lose my recordings. Basically will the database look for the recorded file in the myth/tv and within the storage group automatically or does it look for the files in one location only.

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