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When I ran XFdrake the test did display +</I>>><i> colours, though at a resolution I wouldn't want to work with :-) +</I>>><i> However, on reboot I still have a backlit black screen. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I'm sure you are on the right track. It's not radeon, though, +</I>>><i> it's Intel 810 and later. I see that listed in XFdrake, but if I +</I>>><i> try to use it I'm told that there are no screens. Not sure what +</I>>><i> that means, though. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> When booting into rescue, I saw several items listed as "Intel +</I>>><i> Corporation:NM10/ICH7 Family" which sounds right to me. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> So - I need Intel drivers (and firmware). Can I use the same +</I>>><i> rescue processes to get the Internet working so that I can +</I>>><i> download them? +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Odd, though, that even VESA didn't work. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> Let me get this straight. You ran XFdrake for VESA chrooted to +</I>><i> your root partition, got a decent test, and the real boot *still* +</I>><i> screws up ? Weird. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> If you follow the process I gave, you should be able to start the +</I>><i> network from within the chroot (provided you were able to start it +</I>><i> from the rescue boot), or else it should already be up. You should +</I>><i> then be able to run urpmi from within the chroot to install the +</I>><i> firmware packages from nonfree. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> You'll need at least kernel-firmware-nonfree. Here's what else is +</I>><i> there: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> [<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">root at ftgme2</A> ftg]# cd /mnt/cauldron/x86_64/media/nonfree/release +</I>><i> [<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">root at ftgme2</A> release]# ls *firm* +</I>><i> atmel-firmware-1.3-5.mga3.nonfree.noarch.rpm +</I>><i> bluez-firmware-1.2-9.mga3.nonfree.noarch.rpm +</I>><i> ipw2100-firmware-1.3-5.mga3.nonfree.noarch.rpm +</I>><i> ipw2200-firmware-3.1-3.mga3.nonfree.noarch.rpm +</I>><i> ivtv-firmware-20080701-1.mga3.nonfree.noarch.rpm +</I>><i> kernel-firmware-nonfree-20130307-1.mga3.nonfree.noarch.rpm +</I>><i> radeon-firmware-20120322-5.mga3.nonfree.noarch.rpm +</I>><i> ralink-firmware-20130307-1.mga3.nonfree.noarch.rpm +</I>><i> rtlwifi-firmware-20130307-1.mga3.nonfree.noarch.rpm +</I>><i> speedtouch-firmware-0.1-10.mga3.nonfree.noarch.rpm +</I>><i> +</I>><i> If that doesn't work, then it sounds like your TTY configuration +</I>><i> is screwed, and if that's the case, I'm tapped out. Colin would +</I>><i> probably be the best one to ask what controls getty under systemd +</I>><i> and how it's configured. +</I> +I went through the following steps again: +1) Boot the rescue system +2) drvinst +3) mount your root as /mnt +4) do a "mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev +5) do a "chroot /mnt" +6) do a "mount -t proc none /proc" +7) do a "mount -t sysfs none /sys" +8) do "XFdrake" +9) choose the x11 VESA or VGA driver (way down at bottom of list) + +except that this time I chose the Other:VESA (generic) driver. On +closing XFdrake I got + +ioctl EVIOCGBIT failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device + +Is this to be expected? Anyway, on reboot it was exactly the same as +before. + +Starting afresh, I followed the steps up to running XFdrake (but not +running XFdrake yet). I tried 'ifup eth0' but 'Running in chroot. +Ignoring request'. After "exit" this changed to "Running in chroot. +ignoring request. ./network-functions: line 260: cd: +/var/run/netreport: No such file or directory. + +Incidentally, how do you reboot or shutdown when in chroot - and/or +how do you reverse the chroot? + +So - I'm back in console, without running any of the steps yet. Can +you give me the command to add the non-free source and tell me how to +get eth0 working? + +Anne + + + + +-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- +Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) +Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - <A HREF="http://www.enigmail.net/">http://www.enigmail.net/</A> + +iEYEARECAAYFAlFlK3wACgkQj93fyh4cnBdNUgCeN1y9uB2DAkfJoueP3Fd9iVG1 +Ci8AnidZeNz0E7+YTtxC1OpWPkPPaGwx +=Rq2y +-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="024319.html">[Mageia-dev] M3 beta - where to report problems? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="024336.html">[Mageia-dev] M3 beta - where to report problems? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#24335">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#24335">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#24335">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#24335">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |