Just doing an update today and notice a kernel update so don`t forget that
if you have installed the propriety Nvidia/ATI drivers the HARD WAY you will
need to re-install them again as you will not get a KDE/Gnome login.
So after reboot enter init 3 at the grub boot screen login as root and re-
install.
No need to reconfigure just re-install then issue an:
init 5
should get you back to a GUI.
Will let you know after I have finished the d/load and install of the kernel
if there is anything else needed to be done.
However am on a slow connection so it might be a while.
HTH
Mark
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baskitcaise adjusted his/her AFDB on Thursday 23 Jul 2009 18:00 to write:
> Will let you know after I have finished the d/load and install of the
> kernel if there is anything else needed to be done.
>
> However am on a slow connection so it might be a while.
>
> HTH
Well all went well except the battery on my mouse decided to run out as I
booted back into KDE so took a while longer trying to find a charged one
I did however do one extra step just to be sure, after the last kernel
update was a bit messed up for people I made sure that it had updated the
initial ramdisk by issuing:
mkinitrd
as root in a console before I rebooted, this step was probably not needed
but once bitten twice shy as they say and only takes a few seconds to do as
opposed to a bit longer trying to get the system to boot with no loadable
modules
HTH
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Mark
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and with that out of the way, it was time to start updating my PCs.
I then backed up the /boot/grub/menu.lst file on all my PCs.
Then before updating the kernel in my Intel Core i7 920 (cpu) Asus P6T deluxe v2 based PC (which has a nVidia GeForce GX260) I checked to see if I had the nVidia binary for updating the nVidia driver. I did. So I updated the kernel. Next before rebooting I checked the updated /boot/grub/menu.lst against the backup. The changes made sence. I then rebooted, selecting “3” in grub menu to boot to run level 3 and I rebuilt the proprietary nvidia driver (instructions here: NVIDIA - openSUSE ). It worked. Then after rebooting to KDE3 I then updated the virtual box driver with the nominal " /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup " (and made a note I should warn a friend whose PC I set up that he will have to do this). And that was all for that PC. Sound worked fine with the new alsa.
Then I updated my ancient athlon-1100 with a nVidia FX5200 that is running the nVidia openGL driver ( nv ). No drama there. I did check that the /boot/grub/menu.lst file was correct, but other than that, everything “just worked”.
Next is to update my Dell Studio 15 laptop (has an ATI Radeonhd 3450 graphics). This is giving me pause and I am going to surf on the instructions (for rebuilding proprietary ATI graphic driver) before I update here. I’m not that familiar with ATI hardware/software and like a fool I installed the proprietary driver on that laptop when it provides no performance gain in areas that I want. I should have stayed with the openGL. But now that I have the proprietary driver, guess I should try updating it. … If nothing else, it will teach me some humility.
Malcolm adjusted his/her AFDB on Thursday 23 Jul 2009 19:16 to write:
>
> Hi
> And this one as well, just had to rebuild the nvidia and vmware
> modules…
>
Ooooh…!!
Glad you reminded me have to do virtualbox.
Really messed up my uptime though was only just saying last weekend to a
windows customer that mine was 20-odd days and counting on 3 machines here @
100%CPU doing BOINC and all this other stuff
Ahh well my memory is in the post so will have an AM3 setup by the weekend*
should boost my stats
*Hopefully as I have got to go to a garden party over Sunday, weather looks
good ( rain, rain and more rain ) so it might be called off and I can get
11.2 rc3 or whatever on it.
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Mark
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Nil illegitimi carborundum
OK, I updated my Dell Studio 15 laptop. Again, prior to kernel update I backed up the /boot/grub/menu.lst and then after the update, but before rebooting I checked the updated file to ensure it made sense. Then with updated kernel installed I rebooted to run level 3. I previously downloaded the latest ati driver binary from the ati site and I installed it per guidance here: ATI/The Hard Way - openSUSE
Then after following those instructions I rebooted. I tested sound and there was none. I did a cursory look at kmix. It “looked” ok. I ran alsaconf. It ran ok. I again tested sound. Still no sound. I checked kmix again. ooooppps … I noted under switches that “analog loop back” was selected. That did not look right. I deselected it and tested sound again. Sound worked.
Next updated the virtual box driver (same as with my desktop).
Next I checked the webcam. Its not running. Guess I need to find a new uvc (driver) file for the webcam for the new kernel.
And to clarify, I was merely letting people know in my previous note that the one-click method indeed works. I should have mentioned that and can see how the note could have been misinterpreted.
I did a cursory look at kmix. It “looked” ok. I ran alsaconf. It ran ok. I again tested sound. Still no sound. I checked kmix again. ooooppps … I noted under switches that “analog loop back” was selected. That did not look right. I deselected it and tested sound again. Sound worked.