[SOLVED] Getting Xorg + nVidia, on a new install, working
Hi there,
Lately, I've been trying something new: running with a modern GPU. *gasp!* ...but I've been running into some trouble. I'm hoping someone can help or at least point me in the right direction.
The situation:
I recently put Arch on a new machine of mine. It has an nVidia card (a 560 Ti) on a Gigabyte mobo and I'm trying to get X running on it.
Whenever I try starting X (be it with Startx or GDM), it complains it can't find a screen. It wasn't detecting the nvidia driver on it's own so I tried a minimal xorg.conf to help things along. It's not complaining about not finding drivers anymore (which is a plus), but X is still, as mentioned, failing to start.
I understand that nvidia-xconfig is supposed to be an out dated tool, so I've avoided using it so far. Nvidia-settings takes an X environment to work, so I can't use that either. I thought that might mean I need to get X working before I can try configuring it, so I tried getting X working with one of the generic drivers via the mobo's integrated card, but vesa just freezes the server on me and the Intel driver's dependencies conflict with nvidia.
None of the logs seemed toto give any clues. They are pretty much the same as the stdout for Xorg, lol. I'll try posting logs as needed...all logs will be at the end of this post.
The wiki touches on the install a bit, but than goes into tweeking and other tips for a working setup. It may be that I just don't know which key phrases I should be googling, but searches aren't turning up much more.
Suggestions?
----------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.
[ 1604.874] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 1604.874] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Feb 16 10:36:28 2012
[ 1604.874] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[ 1604.874] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 1604.874] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
[ 1604.874] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[ 1604.874] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[ 1604.874] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[ 1604.874] (==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using the first device section listed.
[ 1604.874] (**) | |-->Device "Device0"
[ 1604.874] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
[ 1604.874] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 1604.874] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 1604.874] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[ 1604.874] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 1604.874] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" does not exist.
[ 1604.874] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 1604.874] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[ 1604.874] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 1604.874] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[ 1604.874] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[ 1604.874] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 1604.874] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[ 1604.874] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/
[ 1604.874] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 1604.874] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 1604.875] (II) Loader magic: 0x7ccae0
[ 1604.875] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 1604.875] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 1604.875] X.Org Video Driver: 11.0
[ 1604.875] X.Org XInput driver : 13.0
[ 1604.875] X.Org Server Extension : 6.0
[ 1604.875] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:0122:1458:d000 rev 9, Mem @ 0xfb800000/4194304, 0xd0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000ff00/64
[ 1604.875] (--) PCI: (0:1:0:0) 10de:1200:1458:3515 rev 161, Mem @ 0xf6000000/33554432, 0xe0000000/134217728, 0xec000000/67108864, I/O @ 0x0000ef00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[ 1604.875] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[ 1604.875] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[ 1604.875] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[ 1604.875] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 1604.875] compiled for 1.11.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 1604.875] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 1604.875] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 1604.875] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 1604.875] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 1604.875] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
[ 1604.875] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[ 1604.875] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[ 1604.875] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[ 1604.875] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[ 1604.875] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[ 1604.875] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[ 1604.875] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 1604.875] compiled for 1.11.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 1604.875] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 1604.875] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 1604.875] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 1604.875] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 1604.876] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 1604.881] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 1604.881] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 1604.881] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 1604.881] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 295.20 Mon Feb 6 21:28:16 PST 2012
[ 1604.881] (II) Loading extension GLX
[ 1604.881] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[ 1604.881] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[ 1604.881] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 1604.881] compiled for 1.11.4, module version = 1.13.0
[ 1604.881] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 1604.881] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 1604.881] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[ 1604.881] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[ 1604.881] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[ 1604.881] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 1604.881] compiled for 1.11.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 1604.881] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 1604.881] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[ 1604.881] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 1604.881] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[ 1604.881] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 1604.881] compiled for 1.11.4, module version = 1.2.0
[ 1604.881] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 1604.882] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[ 1604.882] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 1604.882] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 1604.882] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 1604.882] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 1604.882] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 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:
[ 7.803983] HDMI: available speakers: FL/FR
[ 7.803985] HDMI: supports coding type LPCM: channels = 2, rates = 32000 44100 48000, bits = 16
[ 7.804025] HDMI hot plug event: Codec=3 Pin=7 Presence_Detect=1 ELD_Valid=1
[ 7.804099] HDMI status: Codec=3 Pin=7 Presence_Detect=1 ELD_Valid=1
[ 7.804194] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input6
[ 7.804555] i915 0000:00:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 7.804559] i915 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 7.804565] snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 7.804567] hda_intel: Disabling MSI
[ 7.804613] snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: setting latency timer to 64
[ 7.807637] HDMI: detected monitor at connection type HDMI
[ 7.807639] HDMI: available speakers: FL/FR
[ 7.807640] HDMI: supports coding type LPCM: channels = 2, rates = 32000 44100 48000, bits = 16
[ 7.832165] mtrr: type mismatch for d0000000,10000000 old: write-back new: write-combining
[ 7.832167] [drm] MTRR allocation failed. Graphics performance may suffer.
[ 7.832331] i915 0000:00:02.0: irq 45 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 7.832334] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010).
[ 7.832335] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
[ 8.370205] scsi 6:0:0:0: CD-ROM NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:282 5.d3 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[ 8.425505] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 8.425507] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 8.425672] sr 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[ 8.484508] HDMI status: Codec=0 Pin=5 Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=0
[ 8.504488] fbcon: inteldrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[ 8.511149] HDMI status: Codec=1 Pin=5 Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=0
[ 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
[ 8.577802] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input7
[ 8.577910] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input8
[ 8.578012] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input9
[ 8.578108] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input10
[ 8.938485] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x45
[ 8.939719] fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
[ 8.939720] drm: registered panic notifier
[ 8.939767] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
[ 9.376579] device fsid ee16f227-edcc-4369-8508-21a470523a68 devid 1 transid 110 /dev/sda4
[ 9.424068] Adding 265068k swap on /dev/sda2. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:265068k
[ 1198.492774] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[ 1198.578333] scsi7 : usb-storage 2-1.2:1.0
[ 1199.576258] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access Motorola A956 0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 1199.577586] scsi 7:0:0:1: CD-ROM Motorola A956 0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 1199.583075] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 0x/0x caddy
[ 1199.583198] sr 7:0:0:1: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
[ 1199.585182] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 1204.014270] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] 15523840 512-byte logical blocks: (7.94 GB/7.40 GiB)
[ 1204.015723] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[ 1204.015750] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 1204.018093] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[ 1204.018119] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 1204.022771] sdb: sdb1
EDIT:
Typos & logs.
Last edited by Avant-texte (2012-02-16 17:14:37)
Gusar wrote:Error reports can all be put into files (or are files already), which you can copy to an usb stick and then get them to a machine with working graphics, so no need for transcribing anything. For starters we need /var/log/Xorg.0.log after X failed to start and the output of dmesg. For dmesg you can do a simple redirection "dmesg > file.txt".
Well, woops! I was way too damn tired by the time I said that. Good thing I stop working on my machine when I did, who knows what I would've broken! ...lol. My logs have been included in the end of my orriginal post.
Last edited by Avant-texte (2012-02-16 16:13:56)
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I get this error after a new install and reboot, any idea what this mean and how to fix it.
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This is a AMD 1.8mgz and 1 gig of ram on Asus mb.I just downloaded the image archlinux 2009.02 core i686 and was able to install with no issues. I was able to reboot successfully. It appears to be an issue with the newest installer specificly. turtle, try the old installer and see if you can't get things working. This should work for the OP too.
I got it to boot after an install for the first time using this older install image.
I wasted 8 freaking hours trying to figure out the problem and the answer is as simple as use the older installer. Shesh.
I was wrong. I installed once successfully in one of the computers on an 80 gb hard drive. When trying to reinstall on two different 120 gig hard drives the error repeated itself. I'm spent on this. I'm going to have to try another distro.
After two more installs I can get it to load but I'm now having a superblock last load time is in the future error.
Used fsck on all my partitions to fix the problem and now I have a successfully booting arch system. Guess I won't have to jump ship just yet.
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I'm not sure why but the partitions on my first disk are all referred to as sda and not hda even though all my hard drives are IDE (via command 'df', fstab has them listed by UID).
Even weirder, when I installed a new hard drive into the machine, I had to format it and mount it by referring to /dev/sdb and not /dev/hdb like I expected. This is odd as I don't even have any sata connections in my machine. Could someone tell me why this is happening. Is it a 'feature' or a 'bug' of arch?
lldmer, I wish I had listened to you when I was trying to install over and over the day before yesterday. Looks like you hit the nail on the head on this one. I wish I had tried what you suggested. The weird thing is that when I was originally having problems, the fstab did have the drives listed by UID. I wonder if changing those UID entries to /dev/sda style entries would have fixed my problems.
If I install arch again, I'll have to try that.
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GP60: After installing new NVIDIA driver, no brightness controls work now.
Hey guys! I have a small problem I'm hoping someone might know how to fix. I just installed a new NVIDIA driver update (I'm now on build ) and now my brightness controls won't work. My computer is stuck in a very bright setting, and I don't know how to fix it. I've restarted the computer, and I've put it into hibernation and restarted it.
Before i did the hibernation, my computer was stuck in GPU mode (it would only use the GPU, even if all I was doing was using PowerPoint). The hibernation/restart fixed that, but not my brightness. Not sure if the problems are related, but throwing that in there too just in case.
I also don't know if this is related as well, but my NVIDIA control panel will not work either; it says that I don't have a display that uses it or something like that. Again, probably TMI, but better safe than sorry!
I'd appreciate any advice that I could get! Thanks!
Specs:
MSI GP60
intel i5-4200
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M/2 GB DDR3 (my problem child today).
Update: Now my computer is back in GPU-only mode and nothing is helping it swap out of it. I'm thinking the two are related now...Have you installed the Intel graphic driver?
The hot key for brightness is controlled by EC & Intel graphic driver.
Please refer to the product webpage to download the latest Intel graphic driver:
http://www.msi.com/search/gp60/product/1
Pick your model and select Download and your OS type to find the drivers. -
New Install -- X Won't Work [SOLVED]
I have to migrate to a new hard drive, and am doing a new install of Arch. I installed from net to have up-to-date packages...
I installed X and what I think are the necessary packages, namely:
ati-dri, libgl, mesa, xf86-input-evdev, xf86-input-synaptics, xf86-video-ati, xorg, hal, and dbus
I start hal with /etc/rc.d/hal start and do a startx but it replies:
error setting MTRR (base = 0xc0000000, size = 0x04000000, type = 1) Inappopriate ioctl for device (25)
I am really stressing out because I need this new hard drive up and running like the old one, so I may be missing something major. Please, please help me get the bottom of this! Configuring xorg in my previous two installs for this computer have been a breeze but this time is killing me.
EDIT:
Okay so the culprit was really stupid and quite annoying! Apparently a default .xinitrc was placed in my home directory. Removing it allowed me to test xorg by having twm load. For some reason I wasn't expecting a default file to placed by Arch of all distros. GRR... got a bit frantic for no reason. I will probably add a note to the wiki so no one else hits this snag.
Last edited by egan (2010-01-07 03:58:32)Perhaps I do not understand what you are doing but I would expect that if you want to use X in a graphical mode you need xorg.conf be it that you use hal to create it for you or you create it by other means.
I know that if I use KDE I can run it without an X configuration file these days but I'm not sure if that is the same for plain old X.
R.
Edit: This is what I was able to find:
Starting with version 7.4, Xorg can use HAL to autodetect keyboards and mice. The sysutils/hal and devel/dbus ports are installed as dependencies of x11/xorg, but must be enabled by the following entries in the /etc/rc.conf file:
hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"
Edit 2: Also notice this:
The automatic configuration may fail to work with some hardware, or may not set things up quite as desired. In these cases, manual configuration will be necessary.
Last edited by ralvez (2010-01-07 02:42:01) -
New install of Crystal 2013 Server; getting errors
New install of Crystal 2013 Server on Windows 2012R2 Server
In the Connectivity Services; the ConnectionServer32 shows a state of Initalizing, and Disabled
In the Crystal Report Services; the CrystalReports2013ProcessingServer shows a state of Running with errors and Disabled
In the Crystal Report Services; the CrystalReports2013ReportApplicationServer shows a state of Stopped and Enabled
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Log Name: Application
Source: BusinessObjects_cms
Date: 4/21/2014 11:43:12 AM
Event ID: 33017
Task Category: General
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: DBH-TCRYSTAL01.sbcounty.gov
Description:
Unable to contact server DBHTCRYSTAL01.ConnectionServer32 on machine DBH-TCRYSTAL01.sbcounty.gov to perform status notification. Please check the server's system log for errors.
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<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="BusinessObjects_cms" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">33017</EventID>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>1</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-04-21T18:43:12.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>32081</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>DBH-TCRYSTAL01.sbcounty.gov</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>DBHTCRYSTAL01.ConnectionServer32</Data>
<Data>DBH-TCRYSTAL01.sbcounty.gov</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
System Event Log Entry:
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM
Date: 4/21/2014 7:49:07 AM
Event ID: 10016
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: SYSTEM
Computer: DBH-TCRYSTAL01.sbcounty.gov
Description:
The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Launch permission for the COM Server application with CLSID
{05D1D5D8-18D1-4B83-85ED-A0F99D53C885}
and APPID
{AD65A69D-3831-40D7-9629-9B0B50A93843}
to the user NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM SID (S-1-5-18) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC) running in the application container Unavailable SID (Unavailable). This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM" Guid="{1B562E86-B7AA-4131-BADC-B6F3A001407E}" EventSourceName="DCOM" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">10016</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-04-21T14:49:07.818690400Z" />
<EventRecordID>8228</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="668" ThreadID="804" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>DBH-TCRYSTAL01.sbcounty.gov</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="param1">application-specific</Data>
<Data Name="param2">Local</Data>
<Data Name="param3">Launch</Data>
<Data Name="param4">{05D1D5D8-18D1-4B83-85ED-A0F99D53C885}</Data>
<Data Name="param5">{AD65A69D-3831-40D7-9629-9B0B50A93843}</Data>
<Data Name="param6">NT AUTHORITY</Data>
<Data Name="param7">SYSTEM</Data>
<Data Name="param8">S-1-5-18</Data>
<Data Name="param9">LocalHost (Using LRPC)</Data>
<Data Name="param10">Unavailable</Data>
<Data Name="param11">Unavailable</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
I also have second Windows 2012R2 Server / Crystal 2013 Server install that is working just fine and the only difference is it is not a member of the Domain.
Barry Streets
[email protected]
510-238-2727 ext 2780In addition to checklists provided by Josh; I would suggest you to perform a repository scan of the system to identify whether any objects were not installed properly and there might be a possible corruption. Use the link mentioned below to perform repository scanning.
How to use Repository Diagnostic Tool - Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) - SCN Wiki
You can try to repair the install. Also as this is a new install you can directly go for re-installing the software.
PS: Try to re-download the software from the service market place rather than copying the installer from existing one. -
When I open Muse, I get a message that a new update is available. When I hit install it just closes and nothing happens. Then I got a message I needed Adobe Creative Cloud App to resolve the issue. I downloaded a copy of Creative Cloud desktop but it says that my Muse is up to date. It was last updated in May but you have a new update today and it will not update. I thought maybe I am not suppose to have the Creative Cloud update because all I have is the individual app Muse and the photography program. So I uninstalled the CC desktop. Then when I open Muse it says I need the CC desktop to help with the update. So I get stopped either way. Now I also had a Pre-Release Muse on my computer and I don't know if that complicated things. Please advise.
All future installs/updates of Muse (and most other Adobe apps) are through the Creative Cloud desktop app. Thus you do need to have it installed.
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How do I get my photos and books after installing new Windows?
I installed a new Windows 7 on an SSD to speed up the desktop computer. The new iTunes, of course, was empty. Now I want to sync my iPad with the new iTunes but I'm afraid that I will loose all my books (freely available ones that I downloaded and imported to the media library as well as work related PDFs).
All the data should be still on the old drive (that still is in the computer) somewhere (so I'm hoping that my problem can be resolved). I was able to find the music but where is all the other data? Can I use a backup made on the old iTunes? Where would I find that?
When connecting the iPad iTunes says that the iPad is tied to another iTunes database (well, yes, but not by my choosing, would have loved to continue using my old one, thank you) and I either can erase everything from my iPad and start with this one or never ever sync again. So, do I choose the rock or the hard place?
This restrictive syncing is a real pain in the neck. Have the same problem when I go out to sea (i.e. without internet connection) and my MacBook Pro. Everything from the iPad is erased and replaced by the MacBook Pro contents. If I forgot to add anything to the MacBook, tough luck.
Anyone who can tell me where to find the documents from iBooks on my old drive and how to get them included in the new system's iTunes?
Syncing across different devices? No such thing in reality. iCloud sounds great but seems useless...
PrieniYou should be able to copy iTunes purchases (which should include PDFs in the iBooks app even though they aren't purchases) off the iPad to your computer's iTunes via File > Transfer Purchases.
On Windows 7 your backup should be stored under :
\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
But without restoring onto a device you probably won't be able to make much sense of the backup files.
If you want to copy off photos that were originally synced from a computer you will need a third-party app such as Simple Transfer which can copy them off via your wifi network. But as photos are 'optimised' when they are synced to the iPad, any that you then copy back to a computer may not be exactly the same as they originally were on your computer
There is also this user tip for recovering your library from a device : https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991 -
What does it take to get a 7232? Unacceptable on a new install....
I think it's absolutely absurd that Verizon FiOS doesn't provide you with the latest hardware on a new install. They had the audacity to install a Motorola 6416 first. It only took a few days to notice it's ancient specifications and miniscule hard drive. A call to FiOS customer service assured me that I would be sent the latest (I was very specific of this) model with a 500GB hard drive overnight. Great! Fantastic response and no hassles by the rep. Well today I open the box to find only a moderate upgrade to the Motorola 7216. Glancing inside through the ventalation I can see that it has a 500 GB hard disk. But really, Verizon? When I siged up for Verizon Wireless, you didn't hand me a flip phone.
I understand having an upgrade process for existing customers. If I had been a Verizon customer for a couple years I would gladly pay to upgrade to the latest device. But for a brand new customer, they should give you the latest spec hardware.
I haven't even plugged in the 7216 they overnighted. What can I do to get the right hardware for a new customer?ryan19853 wrote:
I think it's absolutely absurd that Verizon FiOS doesn't provide you with the latest hardware on a new install. They had the audacity to install a Motorola 6416 first. It only took a few days to notice it's ancient specifications and miniscule hard drive. A call to FiOS customer service assured me that I would be sent the latest (I was very specific of this) model with a 500GB hard drive overnight. Great! Fantastic response and no hassles by the rep. Well today I open the box to find only a moderate upgrade to the Motorola 7216. Glancing inside through the ventalation I can see that it has a 500 GB hard disk. But really, Verizon? When I siged up for Verizon Wireless, you didn't hand me a flip phone.
I understand having an upgrade process for existing customers. If I had been a Verizon customer for a couple years I would gladly pay to upgrade to the latest device. But for a brand new customer, they should give you the latest spec hardware.
I haven't even plugged in the 7216 they overnighted. What can I do to get the right hardware for a new customer?
Hello,
Many folks I know have the 7216 DVR and it has proven to be quite stable/durable as a set top box.
I have one at home and it has been great for the many years we've had it.
It even has an eSATA port at the back of it, which means I can hook-up an external hard drive to it if I need to do so for additional recording capacity.
Hence, the 7216 is satisfactory equipment for a new customer, and even luckier if you had received one with the 500 GB hard drive.
Have you noticed any issues with that 7216 STB that you had gotten in the mail?
If not, I would recommend keeping it. -- If it's not broken, don't fix it. -
New install from ftp and cd no sound SOLVED
Hi,
I've done everything I can find to get sound on this new ftp install but can't get sound to work with the 2.6.23 kernel.
I've updated a couple of other systems to the new kernel and it has kept sounds working fine but not this new install. I've unmuted everthing and raised levels etc.
modprobe .conf has this from running alsaconf
# --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF version 1.0.15 ---
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
Please can you give me some tips. I've a feeling it's something silly I've not got quite checked off right in alsamixer.
/etc/rc.d/alsa start is done and alsa is in my rc.conf daemons.
Thanks
Regards
edit;
I've done another install from cd this time and said no to update to kernel 2.6.23 so now I've got 2.6.22 and sound still does not work. I've done many Arch installs before and never had this problem. what could I have overlooked? xmms with streamtuner is receiving signal but no sound. No system sounds either.
Last edited by drum (2007-10-23 12:25:08)Nope no errors from VLC or Rhythmbox.
Though i noticed in the volume mixer, i now have 2 devices, which i don't think i had before...
Usually i'd have my webcam or usb headset plugged in, but they're not atm, just my soundcard.
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