Problem with Mandrake Community 10.0

sonofacpu · Apr 14, 2004, 03:28 AM

It has been a long time since I last posted, and I am sorry that my first post in some time is because of a problem

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Well, I have been trying to install Mandrake on a system that is a PCChips M758LRMT with a Pentium III 500Mhz, 100Mhz bus, an S4 Savage video card, CMedia integrated audio and 160MB RAM (Kingston brand).

If install it with the default settings in the Bios, the installation fails in the second stage because it cannot find a file, I believe it is PERL. After some tough work to see what could cause the problem, I reduced the bus to 66Mhz... incredibly, the installation suceeded perfectly. If I change the bus to the normal 100Mhz, Linux starts with a lot of errors, and hangs when I enter a user (errors in X server and KDE, not at the text startup).

I have no idea why does this happen... I tested it out with older distributions of Mandrake, and the problem is not the same but alike... very strange.

If you have any ideas of how to get this solved, please tell me... having 333MHz instead of 500Mhz is quite shameful...

Malus · Apr 14, 2004, 07:09 AM

Sounds more like a hardware problem. Are you sure it is stable at a 100Mhz FSB?

sonofacpu · Apr 15, 2004, 01:00 AM

Mmm, I am 90% sure... it is the normal FSB... 66MHZ is for slower processors... how do I check if it`s stable?

UberLord · Apr 15, 2004, 09:05 AM

Run hardware intensive tasks on it for a few hours.

Generally, if a well known reliable program crashes it's unstable

sonofacpu · Apr 15, 2004, 11:51 PM

Mmm, I think it is stable, I run my main Windows XP operating system all day (the computer isn`t turned off in the whole day) and I have never had a problem at all... the only issue is with my videocard that gets a little too hot, but nothing else... if it was stability, what can I do to solve that?

UberLord · Apr 16, 2004, 12:06 AM

Well, you could install @ 66Mhz and then goto 100Mhz after the installation ...

sonofacpu · Apr 16, 2004, 02:12 AM

As I said before, when I change back to 100Mhz Linux starts with a lot of errors, and fails to load the desktop... although it leaves the menu, every app you start crashes... really a very strange problem, maybe a Linux incompatibility... maybe it is the Katmai, who knows...

grog · May 29, 2004, 09:58 PM

Try:

F1 linux ide=nodma

Older DMA controllers have a problem with some of the new distributions.

Greg

Apr 14, 2004, 03:28 AM	#1
sonofacpu The ONLY sonofacpu! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: A motherboard in Santiago, Chile Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	Problem with Mandrake Community 10.0 It has been a long time since I last posted, and I am sorry that my first post in some time is because of a problem ... Well, I have been trying to install Mandrake on a system that is a PCChips M758LRMT with a Pentium III 500Mhz, 100Mhz bus, an S4 Savage video card, CMedia integrated audio and 160MB RAM (Kingston brand). If install it with the default settings in the Bios, the installation fails in the second stage because it cannot find a file, I believe it is PERL. After some tough work to see what could cause the problem, I reduced the bus to 66Mhz... incredibly, the installation suceeded perfectly. If I change the bus to the normal 100Mhz, Linux starts with a lot of errors, and hangs when I enter a user (errors in X server and KDE, not at the text startup). I have no idea why does this happen... I tested it out with older distributions of Mandrake, and the problem is not the same but alike... very strange. If you have any ideas of how to get this solved, please tell me... having 333MHz instead of 500Mhz is quite shameful... __________________ My PC Specs: AMD Sempron 3100+ @ 1953 MHz,217FSB, MSI MS-6702 NEO, Corsair DDR400 512mb, Nvidia MSI Starforce fx5700 VTD 128MB, Seagate Barracuda 80GB IDE 7200RPM, BENQ CDRW 52x24x52x, LG 16X DVD, Generic 480W PSU,Realtek AC'97 Audio ______________________________________________ "My mother was a Motherboard, my father was a processor, the modem was my uncle, my grandfather was a hard disk, my grandmother was the RAM. What am I? I am THE sonofacpu!"

Apr 14, 2004, 07:09 AM	#2
Malus BSD SMASH! Join Date: May 2002 Location: A rabbit hole. . . Posts: 1,170 Rep Power: 0	Sounds more like a hardware problem. Are you sure it is stable at a 100Mhz FSB? __________________ quad (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel Q6600 - Asus P5E-VM HDMI - 2x2 GB Kingston PC6400 DDR2 Ram - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - 2xSeagate 1TB 7200RPM HD in RAID 1 via ZFS - Lite-On 20x DVD Multi Recorder - Coolermaster Centurion 5 router (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel E4500 - Intel D945GCNL - 2 GB PC6400 Mushkin Ram - Lite-On 48x24x48x16 - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - Silverstone SST-SG02-F wanderer (FreeBSD/i386 7-CURRENT): Lenovo Thinkpad T61p mini (OS X 10.5): Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.8Ghz, 4 GB Mushkin PC5400 Ram - Headroom MicroDAC Portable sound: Rockboxed iPod Video -> Westone UM2's Not-So-Portable Sound: Headroon MicroDAC -> Singlepower PPX3-SLAM -> Grado RS-1's or Beyerdynamic DT-880's Very-Not-Portable-Sound: Squeezebox v3 -> Denon AVR-1507 -> B&W 683's & Sunfire HRS-10

Apr 15, 2004, 01:00 AM	Thread Starter #3
sonofacpu The ONLY sonofacpu! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: A motherboard in Santiago, Chile Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	Mmm, I am 90% sure... it is the normal FSB... 66MHZ is for slower processors... how do I check if it`s stable? __________________ My PC Specs: AMD Sempron 3100+ @ 1953 MHz,217FSB, MSI MS-6702 NEO, Corsair DDR400 512mb, Nvidia MSI Starforce fx5700 VTD 128MB, Seagate Barracuda 80GB IDE 7200RPM, BENQ CDRW 52x24x52x, LG 16X DVD, Generic 480W PSU,Realtek AC'97 Audio ______________________________________________ "My mother was a Motherboard, my father was a processor, the modem was my uncle, my grandfather was a hard disk, my grandmother was the RAM. What am I? I am THE sonofacpu!"

Apr 15, 2004, 09:05 AM	#4
UberLord A Legend in Underwear Join Date: May 2002 Location: Unknown Posts: 5,255 Rep Power: 0	Run hardware intensive tasks on it for a few hours. Generally, if a well known reliable program crashes it's unstable __________________ Gentoo Linux - Developer (baselayout) Read my blog "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." Stephen Roberts

Apr 15, 2004, 11:51 PM	Thread Starter #5
sonofacpu The ONLY sonofacpu! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: A motherboard in Santiago, Chile Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	Mmm, I think it is stable, I run my main Windows XP operating system all day (the computer isn`t turned off in the whole day) and I have never had a problem at all... the only issue is with my videocard that gets a little too hot, but nothing else... if it was stability, what can I do to solve that? __________________ My PC Specs: AMD Sempron 3100+ @ 1953 MHz,217FSB, MSI MS-6702 NEO, Corsair DDR400 512mb, Nvidia MSI Starforce fx5700 VTD 128MB, Seagate Barracuda 80GB IDE 7200RPM, BENQ CDRW 52x24x52x, LG 16X DVD, Generic 480W PSU,Realtek AC'97 Audio ______________________________________________ "My mother was a Motherboard, my father was a processor, the modem was my uncle, my grandfather was a hard disk, my grandmother was the RAM. What am I? I am THE sonofacpu!"

Apr 16, 2004, 12:06 AM	#6
UberLord A Legend in Underwear Join Date: May 2002 Location: Unknown Posts: 5,255 Rep Power: 0	Well, you could install @ 66Mhz and then goto 100Mhz after the installation ... __________________ Gentoo Linux - Developer (baselayout) Read my blog "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." Stephen Roberts

Apr 16, 2004, 02:12 AM	Thread Starter #7
sonofacpu The ONLY sonofacpu! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: A motherboard in Santiago, Chile Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	As I said before, when I change back to 100Mhz Linux starts with a lot of errors, and fails to load the desktop... although it leaves the menu, every app you start crashes... really a very strange problem, maybe a Linux incompatibility... maybe it is the Katmai, who knows... __________________ My PC Specs: AMD Sempron 3100+ @ 1953 MHz,217FSB, MSI MS-6702 NEO, Corsair DDR400 512mb, Nvidia MSI Starforce fx5700 VTD 128MB, Seagate Barracuda 80GB IDE 7200RPM, BENQ CDRW 52x24x52x, LG 16X DVD, Generic 480W PSU,Realtek AC'97 Audio ______________________________________________ "My mother was a Motherboard, my father was a processor, the modem was my uncle, my grandfather was a hard disk, my grandmother was the RAM. What am I? I am THE sonofacpu!"

May 29, 2004, 09:58 PM	#8
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