dmatrix
October 17th, 2004, 09:04 AM
Some experiences and bugs.
Hardware:
Asus K8V SE deluxe
1 gig ddr
nvidia geforce ti4200
orinoco_pci wireless
3com 100mbit wired
onboard sound
- On install parted said one of my ext3 partition was ext2 and couldn't resize it. Selecting 'Do not touch partition' made it through.
- On install with an orinoco_pci card when downloading software from internet on install complains over and over 'Error -110 writing Tx descriptor to BAP'. 'New link status: AP Out of Range (0004)' 'AP In Range (0005)'. This happened in the preview release of Warty on my system and spammed the console while installing. One time while installing Warty this actually got stuck in a loop effectivley disabling the console and forcing a reset.
- On bootup Hardware clock cannot be set. Complains to try with --debug. Warty X86 preview set the clock fine. But Warty AMD64 preview or RC says that it cannot. This can be seen on the initial bootup.
- Uses 'nv' driver by default with my Nvidia hardware. I have TV output on my card using S-Video. The 'nv' driver does not like this and makes a mess of the screen. Disconnecting the S-Video cable brings up the 'nv' driver fine with settings I used on install.
- 'nv' driver defaults my system to 1024x768 @60hz. Which is awful and flickery. The Screen Resolution application has no more options for my system. With the nvidia driver I use 1024x768 @85hz Why is the nvidia driver not installed and setup by default? as well monitor detection seems buggered.
- Had to CTRL-ALT-F1 to console. apt-get install linux-amd64-k8 linux-restricted-modules-amd64-k8 nvidia-glx nvidia-settings. I probably could have installed the amd64-generic restricted-modules but I wanted the amd64-k8 kernel anyways.
- Edited /boot/grub/menu.lst as noted in another thread. I have an ASUS K8V SE Deluxe motherboard that appears to require these options in the menu.lst to avoid DMA hangup issues. At the end of the kernel line I placed these options 'noapic pci=usepirqmask'. Reboot.
- Looks like after a reboot the nvidia driver was not setup properly. I had to edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and add in the usual nvidia glx driver stuff. I also had to add the nvidia driver to the /etc/modules file. Screen Refresh still @60hz and awful. Copied my old XF86Config-4 into place and restarted GDM.
- Annoying bug. /usr/X11R6/lib32 libGL and libGLU were still using Mesa libs. This can be seen easily by running a 32 bit game like Neverwinter Nights or Doom3. Textures will be corrupted and messed up, as well GL will seem slower than it should.
Hardware:
Asus K8V SE deluxe
1 gig ddr
nvidia geforce ti4200
orinoco_pci wireless
3com 100mbit wired
onboard sound
- On install parted said one of my ext3 partition was ext2 and couldn't resize it. Selecting 'Do not touch partition' made it through.
- On install with an orinoco_pci card when downloading software from internet on install complains over and over 'Error -110 writing Tx descriptor to BAP'. 'New link status: AP Out of Range (0004)' 'AP In Range (0005)'. This happened in the preview release of Warty on my system and spammed the console while installing. One time while installing Warty this actually got stuck in a loop effectivley disabling the console and forcing a reset.
- On bootup Hardware clock cannot be set. Complains to try with --debug. Warty X86 preview set the clock fine. But Warty AMD64 preview or RC says that it cannot. This can be seen on the initial bootup.
- Uses 'nv' driver by default with my Nvidia hardware. I have TV output on my card using S-Video. The 'nv' driver does not like this and makes a mess of the screen. Disconnecting the S-Video cable brings up the 'nv' driver fine with settings I used on install.
- 'nv' driver defaults my system to 1024x768 @60hz. Which is awful and flickery. The Screen Resolution application has no more options for my system. With the nvidia driver I use 1024x768 @85hz Why is the nvidia driver not installed and setup by default? as well monitor detection seems buggered.
- Had to CTRL-ALT-F1 to console. apt-get install linux-amd64-k8 linux-restricted-modules-amd64-k8 nvidia-glx nvidia-settings. I probably could have installed the amd64-generic restricted-modules but I wanted the amd64-k8 kernel anyways.
- Edited /boot/grub/menu.lst as noted in another thread. I have an ASUS K8V SE Deluxe motherboard that appears to require these options in the menu.lst to avoid DMA hangup issues. At the end of the kernel line I placed these options 'noapic pci=usepirqmask'. Reboot.
- Looks like after a reboot the nvidia driver was not setup properly. I had to edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and add in the usual nvidia glx driver stuff. I also had to add the nvidia driver to the /etc/modules file. Screen Refresh still @60hz and awful. Copied my old XF86Config-4 into place and restarted GDM.
- Annoying bug. /usr/X11R6/lib32 libGL and libGLU were still using Mesa libs. This can be seen easily by running a 32 bit game like Neverwinter Nights or Doom3. Textures will be corrupted and messed up, as well GL will seem slower than it should.