Bugs/5.3.1DVD


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Some BUGS Found in 5.3.1 liveDVD

List V5.3.1/DVD bugs here.

Terminal Server -- Est: Sat Apr 12, 2008 Solved: Mon Apr 14, 2008

Touchpad slow -- Date: 2008.04.24 Solved: 2008.04.24

  • 2008.04.24 - Touchpad very slow!!! 1st off thanks to everyone who contributed to knoppix. On to the matter at hand. Same laptops running >= 5.1 were used as reference. Temporary solution: edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

to find touchpad

$python /usr/bin/hal-device-manager

i found my alps glidepoint on /dev/input/event3

edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

$sudo gvim /etc/X11/xorg.conf

below InputDevice "SynPad" "SendCoreEvents" insert (press 'o' in gvim):

        InputDevice "AlpsPad" "SendCoreEvents"

save and exit gui...

$ sudo killall Xorg

Notes: the 'X' in Xorg is capitalized

Update with KNOPPIX (kpackage) never ends -- Date: 2008-04-25 Solved:  2008-05-22

  • When I try to update or install software using the liveDVD of 5.3.1 KNOPPIX 2008-03-26 with

persistent /home and system area I cannot get it to work.

If I go to the 'Knoppix penguin' > "Utilities' > 'Manage Software in KNOPPIX (kpackage)' I get Synaptic instead.

After I update, mark, and tell it to update/install it never quits. The little bar just goes back and forth and no error message. I let it go all night once.

So I tried aptitude and got PYSOL installed. Using the ROOT shell:

aptitude keep-all
aptitude update
aptitude search pysol
aptitude install pysol
aptitude install pysol-cardsets
aptitude install pysol-sound-server
aptitude install pysol-sounds
aptitude keep-all
exit

The search is so you know the spelling, and the keep-all is for safety.

Note: aptitude help does NOT show keep-all but info aptitude and man aptitude both do.

So I use the liveDVD of 5.3.1 KNOPPIX 2008-03-26 with persistent /home and system area and boot from the DVD drive and I can update my software. WOW.

04:10, 26 April 2008 (CST)

Solved: I used aptitude to update synaptic and kpackage and after that they work too.

Terminal Server - Broadcom Nic -- Date: Sept 4, 2008

Broadcom bcm4401 nic, HP nx6310 will not load from Terminal Server. Fine with V 5.1.1 Works fine with my Intel based nics, tried many times, do not think fault lies with my building of miniroot.gz etc. Device works fine when booted from CD or DVD.

When Teminalserver client loads get this error:

Modules loaded: 
broadcom 6912 0 - Live 0xeetc
bnx2 143260 0  - Live 0xeetc
libphy 23296 1 - broadcom, Live 0xeetc

There are 4 more lines at the end but I do not think they are to do with loading nic modules but in summery they are nfs, nfs_acl , lockd and sunrpc. I am then at the knoppix text prompt.

Knoppix 5.3.1 DVD does not boot

during normal booting from the DVD I get a segmentation fault after the message "Found primary Knoppix compressed image at /cdrom/Knoppix/Knoppix". This also happens when I try to run "Knoppix testdvd".

Regression with Intel 82830 CGC video chip -- Date: 2008-09-29

On a notebook PC with an Intel 82830 CGC video chip, Knoppix 5.1.1 worked perfectly.

But 5.3.1 is nearly unusable. When X Windows starts up, the screen temporarily displays a crosshatch pattern of horizontal and vertical lines, not the usual diagonal stippled pattern. After a few seconds the screen starts gradually fading to black, and then it stays black. Both before and after fading, no other windows or information are visible on the screen, not even the mouse cursor.

Ctrl+Alt+F1 works so 5.3.1 can be used in text mode.

To shut down, type a command line to shutdown or reboot, or turn off the power -- because Ctrl+Alt+F5 returns to a solid black graphical screen where you can't see how to do a normal shutdown.

Some Google searching revealed that Debian and Ubuntu were also affected by a regression in X Windows on the Intel 82830 CGC chip.

Start Samba Server loops on password dialog

The Samba Server frontend script loops asking for a password. More details in the forum here: http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=118735#118735 I'd also like to suggest tagging forum articles that describe bugs, and fixes if any, with agreed on keywords. KNOPPIX531DVD FIXSUGGESTED FIXUNKNOWN etc...

johnrw 11:42, 4 October 2008 (EST)

VirtualBox-OSE incomplete setup

From a conversation http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=118805#118805 I think I'll make a short list... for using VirtualBox-OSE from the dvd first, then from a hdinstall. The first assumes that you have just booted the Knoppix 5.3.1 dvd... and have no persistent home to preserve any changes with.

Session: 1. As root -> Edit /etc/group : near the bottom look for vboxusers:x:141: and change it to vboxusers:x:141:knoppix 2. As root -> Execute modprobe vboxdrv 3. As root -> Execute /etc/init.d/vboxirtualbox-ose start 4. Logout of that session, don't restart the machine but pick logout. KDE will restart...

For Knoppix 5.3.1 hard disk installs, or even with a stock Knoppix 5.3.1 and a persistent home in use. 1. As root -> Edit /etc/group : near the bottom look for vboxusers:x:141: and change it to vboxusers:x:141:knoppix where knoppix is your logon user name. Adjust when needed. 2. As root -> Edit /etc/modules : add vboxdrv to the bottom of the list 3. As root -> Execute update-rc.d virtualbox-ose defaults 80 20 4. Reboot or do steps 2,3, and 4 from the first group... to get it running without reboot.

johnrw 6:11, Oct 13, 2008 (EST)

Kernel module r8169 is broken

There is a known bug in r8169 causing a kernel oops (search the 'net for "r8169 oops" for info). On my system, I get an oops message, but the system continues to boot. However, I have problems with the wireless network, which could be due to the earlier crash. It would be nice to support a kernel command-line blacklist feature.

Bug reports posted on the forum

Since that is where some people post them... I'll try and put ones I find in here.

1. Re: 5.3.1 and 5.1.1 - http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=118841#118841

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Other Comments

1. When I looked at the changelog today (2008.04.25) nothing was there about DVD 5.3.1

GUI Hopper 04:10, 26 April 2008 (BST)