help please [Solved]

[gosport_gaz]

Hi
I've tried several times to install Sabayon 5.3 from a live disk. But I've run into a problem in the post install setup.
The installer sudenly hangs with a message @can not stat path: u'usr/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA.a'.
I've looked at the log and the problem seems to be that my vidio card needs the earlier driver.

These are the last few lines of the log:

nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[ 45.734140] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
[ 46.571220] NVRM: The NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 GPU installed in this system is
[ 46.571223] NVRM: supported through the NVIDIA 173.14.xx Legacy drivers. Please
[ 46.571225] NVRM: visit http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for more
[ 46.571227] NVRM: information. The 195.36.24 NVIDIA driver will ignore
[ 46.571229] NVRM: this GPU. Continuing probe...
[ 46.571241] NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter found!

The question is, if I download the correct driver how do I make the installer use it?

[totedati]

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equo search --quiet nvidia | grep 173
x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.22#2.6.32-sabayon
x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.25#2.6.33-sabayon
x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.25#2.6.34-sabayon

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equo install =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.25

[albfneto]

i had also an fx 5200, non, i an old semprom, i have the FX 5500.
they only works with the i73 series drivers..

proceed in this manner;;;;

1) Installs the new Sabayon, for example 5.3 KDE;

2) installed, reboot in 34 kernel. if you have graphical interface, this is good, use the "normal" terminal (su + root password), but if you is without X graphical:

3) press CTRL+ALT+F1, in the bash, when you see login: you digit root and put your root password...

LOGGED AS ROOT:

4) then update the repositories and the distro, with these commands:

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equo update --force
equo install entropy
equo upgrade


5) then install the 173 driver nvidia, in the version of the old 173 driver, that your new kernel request:

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equo install x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.25#2.6.34-sabayon
equo install nvidia-settings


6) with the nano editor, see and if necessary, change:

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nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
 AND SEE IF THE LINES OF VIDEO DRIVER: driver="nvidia" 
IF THIS IS "nv" , change to "nvidia", SAVE WITH CTRL+O AND go out of the editor with CTRL+ X.


7) Switch to the opengl active condition:

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eselect opengl set nvidia


then close and reopen X_Window with these commands:

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/etc/init.d/xdm stop
/etc/init.d/xdm start


Or even, reboot with the command:

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reboot


In this manner it will be under Graphical interface with 3D acceleration and composite, for check use one of these commands:

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glxinfo -i | grep render   OR
glxgears


Remenber that in the NVIDIA 5 series video boards, onl the 173 drivers will work.. NOT the newer ones! Remenber that or you may mask the nvidia drivers and newer kernels, or NO MORE UPDATE NVIDIA DRIVERS!

[gosport_gaz]

Thanks for this, but I think that I may not have been clear. My problem is in getting far enough with the install to reboot into Sabayon to sort it out. The installer formats the partition: copies the files and starts to set up Sabayon; this is where it hangs. If I try to reboot, grub fails - I'm assuming that the installer has wiped grub but that it has not got far enough with the set up to re write it to the MBR, I'm then locked out. I can repair the MBR but this only lets me boot into Windows(which is on there for my daughters) and leaves me unable to access my home directory, which is a Linux partition and has been for some years.

I notice that the live DVD uses a Nvidia driver so I'm assuming that the correct driver is on the disk, Can I set the installer to use a general driver so that I can get a basic install completed?

[gosport_gaz]

I've done some more work on this. I've used the installer to try to repair the system that has been installed. I think that I've misled you so here is the Anaconda log file that I now have.

12:38:48,629 INFO anaconda: created new libuser.conf at /tmp/libuser.ujn8aM with instPath="/mnt/sysimage"
12:38:48,631 INFO anaconda: anaconda called with cmdline = ['/usr/sbin/anaconda', '--liveinst', '--method=hd://:///mnt/livecd', '--noselinux']
12:38:48,631 INFO anaconda: Display mode = g
12:38:48,632 INFO anaconda: Default encoding = ascii
12:38:48,633 INFO anaconda.stdout: Starting graphical installation.
12:38:51,568 INFO anaconda: Sabayon KDE is the highest priority installclass, using it
12:38:51,687 INFO anaconda: Detected 1008M of memory
12:38:51,688 INFO anaconda: Swap attempt of 1008M to 2016M
12:38:51,845 WARNING anaconda: step installtype does not exist
12:38:51,845 WARNING anaconda: step confirminstall does not exist
12:38:51,846 WARNING anaconda: step complete does not exist
12:38:52,077 INFO anaconda: moving (1) to step language
12:38:56,733 INFO anaconda: leaving (1) step language
12:38:56,734 INFO anaconda: moving (1) to step keyboard
12:39:01,996 INFO anaconda: leaving (1) step keyboard
12:39:01,998 INFO anaconda: moving (1) to step filtertype
12:39:04,277 INFO anaconda: leaving (1) step filtertype
12:39:04,277 INFO anaconda: moving (1) to step filter
12:39:04,448 INFO anaconda: ISCSID is /usr/sbin/iscsid
12:39:04,469 INFO anaconda: no initiator set
12:39:04,933 INFO anaconda: No FCoE EDD info found: No FCoE boot disk information is found in EDD!

12:39:04,934 INFO anaconda: no /tmp/fcpconfig; not configuring zfcp
12:39:09,625 WARNING anaconda: /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pyanaconda/gui.py:1480: Warning: IA__g_object_set_property: object class `GtkCellRendererText' has no property named `active'
gtk.main()

12:39:19,889 INFO anaconda: leaving (1) step filter
12:39:19,890 INFO anaconda: moving (1) to step storageinit
12:39:19,890 DEBUG anaconda: storageinit is a direct step
12:39:20,453 INFO anaconda: ISCSID is /usr/sbin/iscsid
12:39:20,458 INFO anaconda: no initiator set
12:39:26,764 INFO anaconda: leaving (1) step storageinit
12:39:26,765 INFO anaconda: moving (1) to step findrootparts
12:39:26,765 DEBUG anaconda: findrootparts is a direct step
12:39:26,782 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:mount()- going to mount /dev/sdb6 on /mnt/sysimage as ext4 with options ro
12:39:26,947 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:umount()- going to unmount /mnt/sysimage, removeDir = False
12:39:27,022 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:mount()- going to mount /dev/sdb5 on /mnt/sysimage as ext4 with options ro
12:39:27,091 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:umount()- going to unmount /mnt/sysimage, removeDir = False
12:39:27,145 WARNING anaconda: step complete does not exist
12:39:27,146 INFO anaconda: leaving (1) step findrootparts
12:39:27,147 INFO anaconda: moving (1) to step findinstall
12:39:38,484 WARNING anaconda: step installtype does not exist
12:39:38,485 WARNING anaconda: step checkdeps does not exist
12:39:38,485 WARNING anaconda: step dependencies does not exist
12:39:38,486 WARNING anaconda: step confirmupgrade does not exist
12:39:38,486 WARNING anaconda: step complete does not exist
12:39:38,487 INFO anaconda: leaving (1) step findinstall
12:39:38,488 INFO anaconda: moving (1) to step cleardiskssel
12:40:00,831 INFO anaconda: leaving (1) step cleardiskssel
12:40:00,832 INFO anaconda: moving (1) to step upgrademount
12:40:00,833 DEBUG anaconda: upgrademount is a direct step
12:40:00,848 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:mount()- going to mount /dev/sdb5 on /mnt/sysimage as ext4 with options defaults
12:40:01,016 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:mount()- going to mount //dev on /mnt/sysimage/dev as bind with options defaults,bind
12:40:01,030 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:mount()- going to mount devpts on /mnt/sysimage/dev/pts as devpts with options gid=5,mode=620
12:40:01,044 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:mount()- going to mount tmpfs on /mnt/sysimage/dev/shm as tmpfs with options defaults
12:40:01,068 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:mount()- going to mount proc on /mnt/sysimage/proc as proc with options defaults
12:40:01,096 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:mount()- going to mount sysfs on /mnt/sysimage/sys as sysfs with options defaults
12:40:01,293 INFO anaconda: leaving (1) step upgrademount
12:40:01,294 INFO anaconda: moving (1) to step restoretime
12:40:01,295 DEBUG anaconda: restoretime is a direct step
12:40:01,319 ERROR anaconda: Error copying /mnt/sysimage/etc/adjtime to sysimage, file not accessible.
12:40:02,001 INFO anaconda: leaving (1) step restoretime
12:40:02,001 INFO anaconda: moving (1) to step upgradecontinue
12:40:02,002 DEBUG anaconda: upgradecontinue is a direct step
12:40:02,002 INFO anaconda: leaving (1) step upgradecontinue
12:40:02,003 INFO anaconda: moving (1) to step upgrademigfind
12:40:02,003 DEBUG anaconda: upgrademigfind is a direct step
12:40:02,004 INFO anaconda: leaving (1) step upgrademigfind
12:40:02,005 INFO anaconda: moving (1) to step enablefilesystems
12:40:02,005 DEBUG anaconda: enablefilesystems is a direct step
12:40:02,431 CRITICAL anaconda: anaconda 14.3 exception report
Traceback (most recent call first):
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/__init__.py", line 301, in doIt
if boot.type == "mdarray":
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pyanaconda/packages.py", line 109, in turnOnFilesystems
anaconda.storage.doIt()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pyanaconda/dispatch.py", line 208, in moveStep
rc = stepFunc(self.anaconda)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pyanaconda/dispatch.py", line 129, in gotoNext
self.moveStep()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pyanaconda/gui.py", line 1248, in nextClicked
self.anaconda.dispatch.gotoNext()
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'type'

Is this a bug or am I doing somethng wrong?

[albfneto]

1) if i understand, your video driver do not permit you to use the installer, no X...for this, you may press CTRL+ALT+F1 on the DVD boot, then, edit the xorg:

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log as root
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
substitute the line containiing "nvidia" to "nv", then save


restart the X with:

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/etc/init.d/xdm stop
/etc/init.d/xdm start


2) The errors in installer occurs sometimes when you try to use Ext4, in some models of HDD. I solved this issue more than a year ago, avoiding LVM and Ext4, and using reiserfs partitions.

[gosport_gaz]

Thanks every body, I've done it now.
The problems that I had and my solutions were:
1- The installer hanging - solved by upgrading the installer (code: liveinst-update-quick)
2 - Grub trying to boot from a cd while set to boot from SDB5 ( it would hang and ask where to find the root partition; when rebooting it would fail with a message that it had failed to unmount the boot partition) - enter the correct partition, when it reaches the login screen: <alt>+<sys>+F! to open a terminal, SU to change to root and upgrade grub (code: /boot/grub/update-grub) and reeboot.
3 Anacondi server fail (can't find log, sql problems etc) - this was because I used my existing home directory and the ownership was wrong: change ownership (code chown -R me:me /home/me - run as root).