June 2007 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: [Wlug] Screen goes blank with ubuntu and geforce 8800 GTS.

by Lee Keyser-Allen

Also, never underestimate the power of telnetting into the box that's messing up and solving the problem from that console :) On 6/16/07, Mike <mwp(a)sdf.lonestar.org> wrote: > Hi, > It sounds like something funny is going on with the boot splash program. > If this was happening to me I would turn it of and do some debugging. > > You can do this right from grub. When the menu appears hit 'e' (less the > quotes of course) to edit. Then move the cursor down once to the kernel > line. Hit 'e' again and remove the words 'splash' and 'quiet' from the > line. Then hit <enter>, and lastly 'b' to boot. > > This is a one time change for this boot. You can make these changes > permanent by editing the /boot/grub/menu.lst. Read the directions inside > the comments and modify it appropriately. Do not edit the lines directly. > If you do they will get overwritten by an update. Once you have edited the > file appropriately run the 'update-grub' command and reboot. > > There is a possibility that you are out of range too. I believe that there > is a configuration file in /etc/usplash. You should be able to change the > splash screens resolution there. > > The last bit of advice I can give is to make sure your Nvidia drivers are > up to date (the stock Ubuntu one's "should" work... I haven't had to > download from NVidia in a while). And then you can reconfigure your > xserver by running 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg'. Make sure you > select 'nvidia' and the appropriate screen resolutions. Sometimes I find > that NOT specifying the sync ranges of the monitor helps (especially in > laptops). > > Hopefully you can get some logs using the advice above. The output from > dmesg and /var/log/Xorg.0.log would also be helpful. > > Cheers, > Mike > > > <quote who="Kieran O'Callaghan"> > > I have system I just put together with a PCI-Express Geforce 8800 GTS > > running ubuntu 7.04. During installation of Ubuntu everything showed up > > fine on screen. After installation, I ran into the problem that right > > after grub starts loading linux, the screen goes blank (monitor light > > turns from green to amber) and stays that way right up until X loads, at > > which point I get video. This hasn't been a problem so far, but I just > > installed some updates and it seems like now X isn't loading or I'm > > getting some sort of message before X loads, because it turns on and > > just stays blank the whole time. > > It seems like it would be easy if I just put a different video card into > > the system, but I don't even have another PCI express video card. I also > > don't have any PCI video cards anymore. All I have are AGP cards and > > the system doesn't have an AGP slot. So, it looks like taking the hard > > drive out and moving it to another system is the only option. > > Any thoughts on why the screen is doing that would be appreciated. The > > monitor doesn't seem to be getting no signal, because normally it brings > > up a message saying no signal rather than just blanking. It seems more > > like it's gone into a power saving mode. I've tried it with other > > monitors and had the same results. > > > > -- > > Kieran O'Callaghan > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > -- > They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, > deserve neither liberty or security --Ben Franklin > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- Lee Keyser-Allen (lkeyser(a)alum.wpi.edu)

June 16, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Screen goes blank with ubuntu and geforce 8800 GTS.

by Mike

Hi, It sounds like something funny is going on with the boot splash program. If this was happening to me I would turn it of and do some debugging. You can do this right from grub. When the menu appears hit 'e' (less the quotes of course) to edit. Then move the cursor down once to the kernel line. Hit 'e' again and remove the words 'splash' and 'quiet' from the line. Then hit <enter>, and lastly 'b' to boot. This is a one time change for this boot. You can make these changes permanent by editing the /boot/grub/menu.lst. Read the directions inside the comments and modify it appropriately. Do not edit the lines directly. If you do they will get overwritten by an update. Once you have edited the file appropriately run the 'update-grub' command and reboot. There is a possibility that you are out of range too. I believe that there is a configuration file in /etc/usplash. You should be able to change the splash screens resolution there. The last bit of advice I can give is to make sure your Nvidia drivers are up to date (the stock Ubuntu one's "should" work... I haven't had to download from NVidia in a while). And then you can reconfigure your xserver by running 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg'. Make sure you select 'nvidia' and the appropriate screen resolutions. Sometimes I find that NOT specifying the sync ranges of the monitor helps (especially in laptops). Hopefully you can get some logs using the advice above. The output from dmesg and /var/log/Xorg.0.log would also be helpful. Cheers, Mike <quote who="Kieran O'Callaghan"> > I have system I just put together with a PCI-Express Geforce 8800 GTS > running ubuntu 7.04. During installation of Ubuntu everything showed up > fine on screen. After installation, I ran into the problem that right > after grub starts loading linux, the screen goes blank (monitor light > turns from green to amber) and stays that way right up until X loads, at > which point I get video. This hasn't been a problem so far, but I just > installed some updates and it seems like now X isn't loading or I'm > getting some sort of message before X loads, because it turns on and > just stays blank the whole time. > It seems like it would be easy if I just put a different video card into > the system, but I don't even have another PCI express video card. I also > don't have any PCI video cards anymore. All I have are AGP cards and > the system doesn't have an AGP slot. So, it looks like taking the hard > drive out and moving it to another system is the only option. > Any thoughts on why the screen is doing that would be appreciated. The > monitor doesn't seem to be getting no signal, because normally it brings > up a message saying no signal rather than just blanking. It seems more > like it's gone into a power saving mode. I've tried it with other > monitors and had the same results. > > -- > Kieran O'Callaghan > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security --Ben Franklin

June 16, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Screen goes blank with ubuntu and geforce 8800 GTS.

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Kieran O'Callaghan wrote: > I have system I just put together with a PCI-Express Geforce 8800 GTS > running ubuntu 7.04. During installation of Ubuntu everything showed up > fine on screen. After installation, I ran into the problem that right > after grub starts loading linux, the screen goes blank (monitor light > turns from green to amber) and stays that way right up until X loads, at > which point I get video. This hasn't been a problem so far, but I just > installed some updates and it seems like now X isn't loading or I'm > getting some sort of message before X loads, because it turns on and > just stays blank the whole time. > It seems like it would be easy if I just put a different video card into > the system, but I don't even have another PCI express video card. I also > don't have any PCI video cards anymore. All I have are AGP cards and > the system doesn't have an AGP slot. So, it looks like taking the hard > drive out and moving it to another system is the only option. > Any thoughts on why the screen is doing that would be appreciated. The > monitor doesn't seem to be getting no signal, because normally it brings > up a message saying no signal rather than just blanking. It seems more > like it's gone into a power saving mode. I've tried it with other > monitors and had the same results. > Have you tried booting a Knoppix CD/DVD to see if the result is the same? If your video is OK when booted with Knoppix, you could mount your hard drive and fix it that way. I'd look at /boot/grub/menu.lst and comment out any gfxmenu commands for starters, since you mentioned that it goes out to lunch around that time. Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGcx+dHl0iXDssISsRAiU7AJ47ZSW0RShrwCtbHarcUAHBJRsxegCfWk0A 65V8qnR5ltqtls/FIoeBdfE= =1DR7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

June 15, 2007

Screen goes blank with ubuntu and geforce 8800 GTS.

by Kieran O'Callaghan

I have system I just put together with a PCI-Express Geforce 8800 GTS running ubuntu 7.04. During installation of Ubuntu everything showed up fine on screen. After installation, I ran into the problem that right after grub starts loading linux, the screen goes blank (monitor light turns from green to amber) and stays that way right up until X loads, at which point I get video. This hasn't been a problem so far, but I just installed some updates and it seems like now X isn't loading or I'm getting some sort of message before X loads, because it turns on and just stays blank the whole time. It seems like it would be easy if I just put a different video card into the system, but I don't even have another PCI express video card. I also don't have any PCI video cards anymore. All I have are AGP cards and the system doesn't have an AGP slot. So, it looks like taking the hard drive out and moving it to another system is the only option. Any thoughts on why the screen is doing that would be appreciated. The monitor doesn't seem to be getting no signal, because normally it brings up a message saying no signal rather than just blanking. It seems more like it's gone into a power saving mode. I've tried it with other monitors and had the same results. -- Kieran O'Callaghan

June 15, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting this evening 7:00 PM

by freak4uxxx＠gmail.com

i've palyed with it once or twice. Two heads are better than one, right? -Eric -----Original Message----- From: "Klein, Richard" <Richard.Klein(a)cytyc.com> Subj: Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting this evening 7:00 PM Date: Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:58 pm Size: 887 bytes To: "Worcester Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Stewart > > HI gang, > > I completely forgot that we have a WLUG meeting this evening > (Thursday, June 14th) at 7:00 PM. My apologies for not > updating the website or sending the normal reminder email. > > Let's get together and chat about our favorite subject - > Linux! We always find some way to entertain ourselves for an > hour or so before heading off to the pizza restaurant. > > I'll see you tonight. > > Andy I'm not sure if I'll make it tonight, but if I do, is anyone familiar with RoadNav (http://roadnav.sourceforge.net/)? I have it installed on my laptop, but I don't really know my way around the program yet, and I'd love to have someone show me what I can do with it. -- Rich Klein _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

June 14, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting this evening 7:00 PM

by Desdinova

Anyone who's heading down tonight happen to have an HD50 -> HD68 adaptor or centronics50 to HD68 cable they don't mind getting rid of for a few bucks? Take care, James

June 14, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting this evening 7:00 PM

by Klein, Richard

> -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Stewart > > HI gang, > > I completely forgot that we have a WLUG meeting this evening > (Thursday, June 14th) at 7:00 PM. My apologies for not > updating the website or sending the normal reminder email. > > Let's get together and chat about our favorite subject - > Linux! We always find some way to entertain ourselves for an > hour or so before heading off to the pizza restaurant. > > I'll see you tonight. > > Andy I'm not sure if I'll make it tonight, but if I do, is anyone familiar with RoadNav (http://roadnav.sourceforge.net/)? I have it installed on my laptop, but I don't really know my way around the program yet, and I'd love to have someone show me what I can do with it. -- Rich Klein

June 14, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting this evening 7:00 PM

by freak4uxxx＠gmail.com

I was gonna ask.... -Eric -----Original Message----- From: "Andy Stewart" <andy.stewart(a)amd.com> Subj: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting this evening 7:00 PM Date: Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:58 am Size: 646 bytes To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org HI gang, I completely forgot that we have a WLUG meeting this evening (Thursday, June 14th) at 7:00 PM. My apologies for not updating the website or sending the normal reminder email. Let's get together and chat about our favorite subject - Linux! We always find some way to entertain ourselves for an hour or so before heading off to the pizza restaurant. I'll see you tonight. Andy -- Andy Stewart Advanced Micro Devices Boston Design Center 90 Central St. MS 83-29 Boxborough, MA 01719 (978) 795-2669 _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

June 14, 2007

Reminder: Meeting this evening 7:00 PM

by Andy Stewart

HI gang, I completely forgot that we have a WLUG meeting this evening (Thursday, June 14th) at 7:00 PM. My apologies for not updating the website or sending the normal reminder email. Let's get together and chat about our favorite subject - Linux! We always find some way to entertain ourselves for an hour or so before heading off to the pizza restaurant. I'll see you tonight. Andy -- Andy Stewart Advanced Micro Devices Boston Design Center 90 Central St. MS 83-29 Boxborough, MA 01719 (978) 795-2669

June 14, 2007

JOBS - Linux drivers consulting roles

by John Spencer

We have a couple of clients here in MA looking for Linux consulting help. Details are as follows: Mid to Sr level Linux drivers Engineer Linux driver development contract for 9+ months in embedded development team. Job responsibilities include learning hardware from hardware design specs, developing a design and documenting it, developing the design, and debugging the driver in an embedded environment. Preferred candidate would have 3-6 years of Linux driver development. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following: Focus will be on design and development of 2.6 Linux kernel drivers for proprietary FPGAs and some 3rd party parts like Ethernet switches. Experience developing Linux drivers in an embedded environment. Experience developing Linux drivers in Linux 2.6.current kernel is preferred but 2.4 is acceptable. Experience with PowerPC or processors Experience debugging Linux drivers. Able to work with current team members including kernel, driver, and application disciplines. Good oral and written communication skills. ************************************************************************ ************* Sr to Prin Level consultant (6 mths) Our Client is looking for a Linux Engineer to port their existing systems software platform (drivers, BSP's, kernel, applications) from 2.4 to 2.6 Linux. This effort has just started and and THEY have the kernel up and running (bash shell). Will upgrade the existing build infrastructure for loadable kernel modules to comply with Linux kbuild. Port existing loadable kernel modules, applications, and libraries written for version 2.4.20 to 2.6.17. Apply third-party and proprietary patches to the kernel source. Assist with hardware and user mode Linux-based simulator startup and initialization. Ideally, we need someone who has worked on this exact type of porting effort and has dealt with many of the issues/challenges in this type of port. Experience with UML is required since they use User ModeLinux as their Emulation/Development tool. Regards, John John Spencer (978) 256-1113 ext 7608 jspencer(a)optimaleng.com OPTIMAL ENGINEERING PARTNERS "Your Optimal partner for full-lifecycle engineering services in embedded and real-time, systems and application development" www.optimalengineering.com <http://www.optimalengineering.com/>

June 11, 2007