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DarkLikeHell

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Hello, I'm New :) [+questions]

Hey everyone!
I have just installed arch few days ago, with gnome, and i have some questions::cool:

1. The mouse wheel is very very fast, can I slow it down?
2. I think the sound here is in mono, can I change it to stereo?
3. There are some errors in the errors.log:

Feb  4 20:42:46 myarch phy0 -> rt2500usb_init_eeprom: Error - Invalid RT chipset detected.
Feb  4 20:42:46 myarch phy0 -> rt2x00lib_probe_dev: Error - Failed to allocate device.
Feb  4 20:42:46 myarch Error: Driver 'pcspkr' is already registered, aborting...
Feb  4 20:46:15 myarch dhcpcd[2631]: wlan0: open `/var/run/dhcpcd-wlan0.pid': Permission denied
Feb  4 20:51:28 myarch phy0 -> rt2500usb_init_eeprom: Error - Invalid RT chipset detected.
Feb  4 20:51:28 myarch phy0 -> rt2x00lib_probe_dev: Error - Failed to allocate device.
Feb  4 20:51:28 myarch Error: Driver 'pcspkr' is already registered, aborting...
Feb  4 20:51:28 myarch Error: Driver 'pcspkr' is already registered, aborting...
Feb  4 20:52:23 myarch dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801

How to solve them?

4. I had a problem with installing the nvidia drivers, it tried to reach an unexisting folder (something with ARCH and 25, while i have version 28), so I created a link named with 25 to the 28 folder, is it ok?

5. Where can I find the boot log? Because I have few errors there (the part with the 'BUSY' , 'DONE' and 'FAIL' messages).

Thanks

Last edited by DarkLikeHell (2009-02-07 11:28:45)

quarkup

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Re: Hello, I'm New :) [+questions]

Hello there.

First of all: what is your desktop environment (DE)?  kde, gnome, etc ?

1) you can change the "wheeling" speed with settings on your DE;    (if not, Xorg support mouse wheeling in some devices)
2) Are you using ALSA ?

4) What is your nvidia's driver?
(to see it you should run sudo pacman -Qs nvidia)
And is your graphic's card version?

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DarkLikeHell

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Re: Hello, I'm New :) [+questions]

I'm using gnome.
1) I didn't find any option for this :S
2) yes
4)

local/nvidia 180.22-1
    NVIDIA drivers for kernel26.
local/nvidia-utils 180.22-1
    NVIDIA drivers utilities and libraries.

My card is Geforce 8600GT

Thanks.

quarkup

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Re: Hello, I'm New :) [+questions]

1) As im using kde, do not remember how to put it right with gnome, maybe "gconf" tool will help, anyway xorg may help you.

2) I'm using alsa and using stereo (never changed anything)..

4) Run glxgears (from the terminal) then watch for a window to popup with 3D gears:
  If this window display, then you are using the drivers just fine.
  If not, then you'll need to reinstall the drivers, or remove them then install them.

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DarkLikeHell

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Re: Hello, I'm New :) [+questions]

1) Couln't find it :S
2) Is there any way I can check it?
4) I guess it works fine

Have any idea about 3 or 5?

Thank you for helping:)

DarkLikeHell

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Re: Hello, I'm New :) [+questions]

Another problem, on boot and shutdown I get error ('Fail') something called "DBUS" with dhcp.
I have a dbus in DAEMONS array.
I think that is the reason for that error, but I can't remember why I need the dbus.
Someone knows?

mcmillan

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Re: Hello, I'm New :) [+questions]

4) Linking files to places to fix errors like that is generally a bad idea, especially for kernel modules. It looks like you have the most recent nvidia drivers, what about kernel? (pacman -Q kernel26)

DarkLikeHell

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Re: Hello, I'm New :) [+questions]

My kernel is: kernel26 2.6.28.3-1

DarkLikeHell

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Re: Hello, I'm New :) [+questions]

And another thing :S
dmesg keep doing this:

atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xd9 on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e059 <keycode>' to make it known.
atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xda on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e05a <keycode>' to make it known.
atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xda on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e05a <keycode>' to make it known.

At least 100 lines in dmesg are these.

DarkLikeHell

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Re: Hello, I'm New :) [+questions]

Someone?
It's really important:(

haxit

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Re: Hello, I'm New :) [+questions]

I am having the same problem. (The last one.)

Last edited by haxit (2009-02-16 17:25:26)

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quarkup

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Re: Hello, I'm New :) [+questions]

Another problem, on boot and shutdown I get error ('Fail') something called "DBUS" with dhcp.
I have a dbus in DAEMONS array.
I think that is the reason for that error, but I can't remember why I need the dbus.
Someone knows?

show the output of "pacman -Qs dbus" - if nothing is shown, then install using "pacman -S dbus"

the "dbus" daemon should appear before "hal" and "dhcdbd" and "fam"
could you post your /etc/rc.conf ??

And another thing :S
dmesg keep doing this:

atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xd9 on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e059 <keycode>' to make it known.
atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xda on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e05a <keycode>' to make it known.
atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xda on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e05a <keycode>' to make it known.

At least 100 lines in dmesg are these.

I'm not sure, but probably you have to configure (or reconfigure) your keyboard.

google'd for:  atkbd.c
found this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … bug/111024

Last edited by quarkup (2009-02-16 17:51:08)

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Re: Hello, I'm New :) [+questions]

hal automatically starts up dbus, so if you have hal in the DAEMONS array, you can remove the dbus entry.

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