Sunday, May 25, 2008
fedora9 x86_64 with nvidia and centrino (d620)
In fact I am trying to move from F8-386 to F9-x86_64.
- Via upgrade installation... It doesn't work (F8 i386 packages are not replaced)
- Via install if you use the custom partitioning and don't change the partition
layout and don't format you will keep your data but the F8 i386 packages are conflicting.
- Remove the conflicting packages (via rescue installed system).
rpm --root /mnt/sysimage/ -qa | grep i386 | xargs rpm --root /mnt/sysimage/ --nodeps --erase
rpm --root /mnt/sysimage/ -qa | grep fc8 | xargs rpm --root /mnt/sysimage/ --nodeps --erase
avahi (fc7.i386) has a broken postun scriptlet use --nopostun for it.
- Redo the install as previous.
- yum update (to use a 2.6.25.3-18 kernel).
- Remaining problems (now investigating with a 4 Gbytes USB key as F9 disk)...
- default looks ok. But no dual screen.
- xorg-drv-nouveau: Give a bad resolution and strange (green colors) when randr12 on.
- nvidia: Doesn't work (X doesn't start, not the right ABI from http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_173.08.html).
- nouveau from git (080525): See http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/InstallNouveau:
use the Fedora location (drm and xf86-video-nouveau).: ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64).
restore the libglx.so if you tried nvidia before (yum reinstall xorg-x11-server-Xorg)
- nvidia try 2: It works with
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_173.14.05.html
- default doesn't work (well not well enough to use it).
- remove the firmwares that are installed and doesn't correspond to the 3945 board.
yum erase ipw2100-firmware
yum erase ipw2200-firmware
yum erase iwl4965-firmware
normally something like the following should be done:
yum search 3945
yum install iwl3945-firmware
But in fact that doesn't help because the iwl3945 the driver complains (Do dmesg | grep iw) the firmware seems to be the same version (2.14.1.5-2?) than the F8 and I am using driver iwl3945 too. After retest it seems that it also doesn't work now on F8.
It is working using 2.14.1.5 firmware from http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi&n=downloads
on both Fedora versions in /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode)
It seems that stopping the NetworkManager service helps (even with 2.14.1.5-2).
In /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist add:
Upgrading:
- Via upgrade installation... It doesn't work (F8 i386 packages are not replaced)
- Via install if you use the custom partitioning and don't change the partition
layout and don't format you will keep your data but the F8 i386 packages are conflicting.
- Remove the conflicting packages (via rescue installed system).
rpm --root /mnt/sysimage/ -qa | grep i386 | xargs rpm --root /mnt/sysimage/ --nodeps --erase
rpm --root /mnt/sysimage/ -qa | grep fc8 | xargs rpm --root /mnt/sysimage/ --nodeps --erase
avahi (fc7.i386) has a broken postun scriptlet use --nopostun for it.
- Redo the install as previous.
- yum update (to use a 2.6.25.3-18 kernel).
Fixing remaining problems
- Remaining problems (now investigating with a 4 Gbytes USB key as F9 disk)...
Dual screen doesn't work (solution: Use nvidia 173.14.05)
- default looks ok. But no dual screen.
- xorg-drv-nouveau: Give a bad resolution and strange (green colors) when randr12 on.
- nvidia: Doesn't work (X doesn't start, not the right ABI from http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_173.08.html).
- nouveau from git (080525): See http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/InstallNouveau:
use the Fedora location (drm and xf86-video-nouveau).: ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64).
restore the libglx.so if you tried nvidia before (yum reinstall xorg-x11-server-Xorg)
- nvidia try 2: It works with
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_173.14.05.html
wifi (centrino) doesn't work (solution: use intel firmware 2.14.1.5 and stop NetworkeManager)
- default doesn't work (well not well enough to use it).
- remove the firmwares that are installed and doesn't correspond to the 3945 board.
yum erase ipw2100-firmware
yum erase ipw2200-firmware
yum erase iwl4965-firmware
normally something like the following should be done:
yum search 3945
yum install iwl3945-firmware
But in fact that doesn't help because the iwl3945 the driver complains (Do dmesg | grep iw) the firmware seems to be the same version (2.14.1.5-2?) than the F8 and I am using driver iwl3945 too. After retest it seems that it also doesn't work now on F8.
It is working using 2.14.1.5 firmware from http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi&n=downloads
on both Fedora versions in /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode)
It seems that stopping the NetworkManager service helps (even with 2.14.1.5-2).
PC speaker makes loud beeps:
In /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist add:
install pcspkr /bin/true
