Getting Xorg running with a Nvidia 8400 GS

Hey,
I'm trying to get my old PC running with Archlinux but I'm having some problems with my graphic card which is a GeForce 8400 GS.
I installed Arch, did a complete system update and installed Xorg. Afterwards I tried to install my graphic card:
pacman -S nvidia-173xx nvidia-173xx-utils
nvidia-xconfig
Starting X is not possible and I'm receiving these errors:
Warning: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.
FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.28-ARCH/modules.dep: No such file or directory
No wonder 'cause the modules are located in /lib/modules/2.6.32-ARCH/
NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!
I'm not used to Linux but I guess this implies I should build my custom kernel.
Xorg also complained about unusable Screen configurations which makes sense 'cause this is what the Screen section looks like:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
I think this is due to the other errors.
I would be glad if someone could help me or point me into the right direction.
Rgds
shahon

jib2 wrote:Just mentionning that according to nvidia (http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_disp … 14.22.html), driver 173 supports 8400GS.
(I have a 8500 and nvidia-173xx works just fine...)
The supported graphic cards page of the latest driver mentions the nvidia 8400gs too. I have the mobile version of that card and it runs just fine with the latest drivers. Logic dictates you take the latest working version.

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----------logs----------
My Xorg.0.log:
[ 1604.874]
X.Org X Server 1.11.4
Release Date: 2012-01-27
[ 1604.874] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 1604.874] Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.2-1-ARCH x86_64
[ 1604.874] Current Operating System: Linux Athenix 3.2.5-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Feb 7 08:34:36 CET 2012 x86_64
[ 1604.874] Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/4a54069b-817b-4491-ba35-a906236a780b ro
[ 1604.874] Build Date: 29 January 2012 03:38:00PM
[ 1604.874]
[ 1604.874] Current version of pixman: 0.24.4
[ 1604.874] Before reporting problems, check [url]http://wiki.x.org[/url]
to make sure that you have the latest version.
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(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
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[ 1604.874] Entry deleted from font path.
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[ 1604.874] Entry deleted from font path.
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[ 1604.875] X.Org Video Driver: 11.0
[ 1604.875] X.Org XInput driver : 13.0
[ 1604.875] X.Org Server Extension : 6.0
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[ 1604.875] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
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[ 1604.882] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
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[ 1604.882] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 295.20 Mon Feb 6 21:09:10 PST 2012
[ 1604.882] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[ 1604.882] (--) using VT number 7
[ 1604.883] (EE) No devices detected.
[ 1604.883]
Fatal server error:
[ 1604.883] no screens found
[ 1604.883]
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at [url]http://wiki.x.org[/url]
for help.
[ 1604.883] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 1604.883]
50 line tail of dmesg:
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[ 7.803985] HDMI: supports coding type LPCM: channels = 2, rates = 32000 44100 48000, bits = 16
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[ 8.537788] HDMI status: Codec=2 Pin=5 Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=0
[ 8.564427] HDMI status: Codec=3 Pin=5 Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=0
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[ 1204.018119] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
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slave {
pcm "hw:1,7" # Always use pure hw. dmix will reformat/resample audio.
period_size 512 # If you get stuttering/or non-working audio, fiddle around with these
buffer_size 4096
rate 48000 # HDMI, I'll assume 48kHz
format S16_LE # Should be default for pretty much any soundcard.
bindings {
0 0
1 1
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm dmixer
Using this approach, everything will pass through dmix, which passes to hw:1,7.
Last edited by Themaister (2010-07-09 21:58:01)

I downloaded the new firefox and now I get an error stating it won't run with my version of Mac OS? What is the fix?

I was prompted to upgrade to Firefox 4 - I have a 3.6 version. When I move it to my application folder and tried to run it, I get the error that it cannot run with my version of Mac OS. I'm not sure how to update my OS version or go back to an older version of Firefox.

Firefox 4 requires at least OS X 10.5. You can get the latest version of Firefox 3.6 from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
Mozilla are working to prevent Mac users with non-compatible systems from getting the notification about Firefox 4, and also not displaying the "Download Firefox 4" button on http://www.mozilla.com

How can I get iTunes running on Windows XP as well as a newer laptop running Windows 7 to both recognize my new iPhone 4S? It seems to work fine with Win 7 PC so far, but not at all with the XP OS separate laptop.

How can I get iTunes running on a Windows XP machine as well as, separately on a newer laptop running Windows 7 to both recognize and sync with my new iPhone 4S? I have different libraries on each machine which I need to sync with the iPhone, both in iTunes. It seems to be workiing fine on the Windows 7 machine, but not even reconizing the device at all in iTunes on Windows XP.
Thank you for your assistance.

Hi turingtest2 - thanks for the reply. As you say It is how it is - and I have three workstations in this home (not counting three for my children and one for the family) and I pretty much always have more than one OS on each - that's how it is for me. I shouldn't have to worry about how many OSs I have (or how often I change them) just to have music while I'm working - through the PC sound system that is. I never have to worry about any other software, only iTunes. Once in a while (in the past) I've made a vendor call if I changed to many things to often (like CPU, GPU, memory, etc - or even a replacement MB) - but that hasn't happened in a couple years (at least since Vista) so I think (hope) they have fixed that for good. And even then it was a quick call and problem resolved. The only (glaring) constant problem is iTunes - limiting my own use of my own music (by counting an OS as a physical PC). Even with VM (which is just another OS) - although you can Attach things to multiple active OSs - it's still your own (purchased) music - and all on one PC. Thanks again!

How can I get the variable with the value from Thread Run method?

We want to access a variable from the run method of a Thread externally in a class or in a method. Even though I make the variable as public /public static, I could get the value till the end of the run method only. After that scope of the variable gets lost resulting to null value in the called method/class..
How can I get the variable with the value?
This is sample code:
public class SampleSynchronisation
     public static void main(String df[])
sampleThread sathr= new sampleThread();
sathr.start();
System.out.println("This is the value from the run method "+sathr.x);
// I should get Inside the run method::: But I get only Inside
class sampleThread extends Thread
     public String x="Inside";
     public void run()
          x+="the run method";
NB: if i write the variable in to a file I am able to read it from external method. This I dont want to do

We want to access a variable from the run method of a
Thread externally in a class or in a method. I presume you mean a member variable of the thread class and not a local variable inside the run() method.
Even
though I make the variable as public /public static, I
could get the value till the end of the run method
only. After that scope of the variable gets lost
resulting to null value in the called method/class..
I find it easier to implement the Runnable interface rather than extending a thread. This allows your class to extend another class (ie if you extend thread you can't extend something else, but if you implement Runnable you have the ability to inherit from something). Here's how I would write it:
public class SampleSynchronisation
public static void main(String[] args)
    SampleSynchronisation app = new SampleSynchronisation();
public SampleSynchronisation()
    MyRunnable runner = new MyRunnable();
    new Thread(runner).start();
    // yield this thread so other thread gets a chance to start
    Thread.yield();
    System.out.println("runner's X = " + runner.getX());
class MyRunnable implements Runnable
    String X = null;
    // this method called from the controlling thread
    public synchronized String getX()
      return X;
    public void run()
      System.out.println("Inside MyRunnable");
      X = "MyRunnable's data";
} // end class MyRunnable
} // end class SampleSynchronisation>
public class SampleSynchronisation
public static void main(String df[])
sampleThread sathr= new sampleThread();
sathr.start();
System.out.println("This is the value from the run
method "+sathr.x);
// I should get Inside the run method::: But I get
only Inside
class sampleThread extends Thread
public String x="Inside";
public void run()
x+="the run method";
NB: if i write the variable in to a file I am able to
read it from external method. This I dont want to do

How can I get the variable with the value from Thread's run method

We want to access a variable from the run method of a Thread externally in a class or in a method. Even though I make the variable as public /public static, I could get the value till the end of the run method only. After that scope of the variable gets lost resulting to null value in the called method/class..
How can I get the variable with the value?
This is sample code:
public class SampleSynchronisation
     public static void main(String df[])
sampleThread sathr= new sampleThread();
sathr.start();
System.out.println("This is the value from the run method "+sathr.x);
/* I should get:
Inside the run method
But I get only:
Inside*/
class sampleThread extends Thread
     public String x="Inside";
     public void run()
          x+="the run method";
NB: if i write the variable in to a file I am able to read it from external method. This I dont want to do

Your main thread continues to run after the sathr thread is completed, consequently the output is done before the sathr thread has modified the string. You need to make the main thread pause, this will allow sathr time to run to the point where it will modify the string and then you can print it out. Another way would be to lock the object using a synchronized block to stop the main thread accessing the string until the sathr has finished with it.

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Getting root's crontab to run with root's privs

I am trying to schedule a cron job to run some serveradmin scripts. If I edit /etc/crontab, the script runs as scheduled, but while it appears to run as user root, it doesn't appear to run with root's privileges.
Here is /etc/crontab and a simplified script:
headquarters:~ admin$ cat /etc/crontab
# The periodic and atrun jobs have moved to launchd jobs
# See /System/Library/LaunchDaemons
# mi hr md mo wd who command
0-59/15 * * * * root /Users/admin/log_afs >> /Users/admin/afs.log
headquarters:~ admin$ cat log_afs
echo ----
echo 'Timestamp: ' `date`
CONNS=`serveradmin command afp:command = getConnectedUsers | grep ipAddress | wc -l`
echo 'Number of Connections: ' $CONNS
Once I install this crontab, I get an afs.log created in the correct location with a hh:15 timestamp, owned by root. To me, this should mean two things
a) The job is running as scheduled
b) The job ran as root
Yet I'm getting output identical to that I would get if I'd run the script as admin (without the sudo prefix). Below is an interactive session:
headquarters:~ admin$ ./log_afs
Timestamp: Wed Nov 14 19:33:05 MST 2007
serveradmin must be run as root
Number of Connections: 0
headquarters:~ admin$ sudo ./log_afs
Timestamp: Wed Nov 14 19:33:29 MST 2007
Number of Connections: 10
headquarters:~ admin$
And below is the output from the cron job:
headquarters:~ admin$ ls -al afs.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 287 Nov 14 19:30 afs.log
headquarters:~ admin$ cat afs.log
Timestamp: Wed Nov 14 19:30:00 MST 2007
Number of Connections: 0
The script I want to run does a lot more than just count connections; I've simplified it here for discussion. My main question now is "How do I schedule jobs that require root access?" ... not "How do I report X about afs?"

I don't understand ... if the script is running as root (as evidenced by root owning the output file, and /etc/crontab sets root as the scripts owner) ... then why doesn't root have privs? Essentially, this is my original question.
Besides, my original solution was sudo crontab -u root -e with the same results. Editing /etc/crontab and setting the user to root was an alternate approach.
headquarters:~ admin$ sudo crontab -u root -l
Password:
# mi hr md mo wd command
0-59/15 * * * * /Users/admin/log_afs >> /Users/admin/afs.log
headquarters:~ admin$ cat afs.log
Timestamp: Thu Nov 15 08:45:00 MST 2007
Number of Connections: 0
headquarters:~ admin$ sudo ./log_afs
Timestamp: Thu Nov 15 08:48:40 MST 2007
Number of Connections: 10

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