KDE installation for MANDRAKE 10 fails on a SONY VAIO PCG-GRT816M Notebook

[mdlc 0]

Hi all!

 

I have a SONY VAIO PCG-GRT816M Notebook, P4 2.8 Ghz, nVidia GeForce FX Go5600 videocard. I have real difficulties installing Mandrake 10.0 on it. KDE and GNOME fail to start properly with constant crash messages for various applications: mandrakegalaxy.real, kcminit, ksplash, knotify. They all cause the signal 11 (SIGSEGV) to be sent.

 

As I don't know what the problem is related to, let me resume the different obstacles I encountered and how I solved them. I may have performed bad operations...

 

First I had to boot typing "linux noapic" at the boot prompt or the default kernel would hang just after checking the hard disk.

 

Then I would proceed through the installation procedure just fine, and reboot the machine. There, problem with the Xserver that fails to start, and no graphical interface would show up.

 

I installed the driver NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1 (frankly I ignore the real meaning of this syntax) and modified the "Device" Section of the XF86config file for the following option:

 

Identifier "VESADevice"

Driver "vesa"

 

I have actually no idea if this is the good option of driver but I managed to make it work anyway. So finally I could get the graphical interface, but KDE keeps on crashing at every userlogin, for applications kcminit, ksplash, knotify, mandrakegalaxy.real... And then freezes after closing all messages!

 

Does anyone have a brilliant idea to propose me?

 

Thanks in advance,

mdlc

 

 

[danleff 0]

Did you do the install from the command prompt after exiting from the x server?

 

Also, try changing your Driver "vesa" option, as per the directions;

 

 

"If you already have an X config file working with a different driver

(such as the 'nv' or 'vesa' driver), then all you need to do is find

the relevant Device section and replace the line:

 

Driver "nv"

(or Driver "vesa" )

 

with

 

Driver "nvidia"

 

In the Module section, make sure you have:

 

Load "glx"

 

You should also remove the following lines:

 

Load "dri"

Load "GLcore"

 

[zedraco 0]

hi

 

i have resolved your problem

sorry i m french so my english is no good....

 

i have the same computer vaio PCG GRT816M than you

 

 

just install the nvidia driver 6229 on nvidia site...

and modify your XF86Config file---->

 

section device

Identifier "device1"

Driver "nvidia"

Option "NvAGP" "1"

EndSection

 

 

that's all ....

 

 

it work good .

bye