New repository for fit-PC2

cstomberg
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Re: New repository for fit-PC2

Post by cstomberg »

Denis,

After getting the LTS 8.04 distribution installed per the directions, I cannot seem to get it to boot fully off the hard-drive. After giving the splash screen, and a long wait, it dumps out at a shell prompt with the following screen messages:

Starting up ...
Loading, please wait...
Check root = bootarg cat /proc/cmdline
or missing modules, devices: cat /proc/modules ls /dev
ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/XXXXX does not exist. Dropping to a shell!


Then I get to a BusyBox v1.1.3 shell prompt, and the hard-drive does not show up among the devices.

It clearly seems like the system is not seeing the hard drive I installed , and that Ubuntu seems to have thought it could install to. I put "all_generic"ide" at the end of the kernel boot line. Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong here?

Thanks

Denis
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Re: New repository for fit-PC2

Post by Denis »

May be you installed Ubuntu8.04 LTS as dual boot with some previous Ubuntu and grub just confused with root partition?
I advise you to reinstall Ubuntu8.04 LTS on clear hard drive. During installation in "Partitioner" section choose "manual" settings and remove all previous partitions. Create sda1 for / with ext3 filesystem and sda2 for swap.
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Jello
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Re: New repository for fit-PC2

Post by Jello »

For those who care, I got a program called unetbootin-windows-357.exe to create the USB boot drive in windows. Seems to work fine the only step different is press "tab" to edit the boot command all_generic_ide instead of "F6" once you get the intial boot menu.

I found it at http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

It saved me running up a pc just so i could install USB-Creator.

cstomberg i found this as well:
http://grumpymole.blogspot.com/2007/05/ ... eters.html

Mylife
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Re: New repository for fit-PC2

Post by Mylife »

a program called unetbootin-windows-357.exe
And on http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ there's also a program called : unetbootin-linux-356 ;)

wunderli
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Re: New repository for fit-PC2

Post by wunderli »

Hi,

The new kernel 26.24-34-fitpc2 works fine, Logitech UVC cameras are now detected and function properly.

However, I detected a new issue: The kernel module dm-mod (needed for the tool cryptsetup) is not available (it is in stock ubuntu kernel). Could you make it available?

Maybe a general question: Is it possible to persuade the Ubuntu guys to include your mods? So you do not have to maintain a full kernel but only the special stuff.

Cheers
Martin

belcat
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Re: New repository for fit-PC2

Post by belcat »

I am trying to upgrade the video packages, using the first repository that was given a while back, but I get errors. I'd rather not have to reinstall, perhaps someone is more familiar with this and can help?

sudo apt-get install libdrm2 libdrm2-dbg libdrm-dev libgl1-mesa-dri-psb psb-video xorg-modules-xpsb xserver-xorg-video-psb xserver-xorg-video-psb-dbg
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libdrm2 is already the newest version.
libdrm2 set to manually installed.
libdrm-dev is already the newest version.
libdrm-dev set to manually installed.
xserver-xorg-video-psb is already the newest version.
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
xserver-xorg-video-psb-dbg: Depends: xserver-xorg-video-psb (= 0.27.0) but 0.16.0+repack-0ubuntu1~804um6 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

Denis
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Re: New repository for fit-PC2

Post by Denis »

Hi,
Seems you have our previous Ubuntu release, please make full reinstall.
You will need to format your hard disk during installation. Refer to this page:
http://fit-pc2.com/wiki/index.php?title ... on_fit-PC2
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madgrt
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Re: New repository for fit-PC2

Post by madgrt »

Denis do you have any idea when support for the Intel US15W will become accepted in default Ubuntu?

Denis
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Re: New repository for fit-PC2

Post by Denis »

I have no idea, may be in the next LTS release
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metalfan
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Re: New repository for fit-PC2

Post by metalfan »

Ah, thx denis for pointing me to this page. googling around shows you the "ubuntu mobile ppa" before this one pops up.

first of all, im very impressed to see 1080p movies playing fluid.
with 720p its also possible to see them via an sshfs mount. very nice.

found one problem though:
sometimes my screen jumps some millimeters from left to right with the driver/dri/xorg combination. this was not the case with the ubuntu mobile ppa drivers.


keep up the great work :)

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