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Re: Again with nvidia...

j...@vector.os2.dhs.org (John Thompson) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:11:48 UT

Did you update gcc at some point? Since your kernel was built using
gcc-4.1, you need to use that version to build the modules. You may have
more than one version of gcc installed; try running "locate bin/gcc and
see if you still have gcc-4.1 available. If so, you can tell the
installer to use that instead of the newer version.

Re: Again with nvidia...

ebenzero...@verizon.net (Hactar) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:35:50 UT

In article <K6udnTaSpYujoXfVRVny...@pipex .net>,
3.) Re-compile your kernel.
4.) Uninstall gcc > 4.1 and make sure gcc 4.1 is installed.

Re: USB error - did I fry my box?

cgi...@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:07:34 UT

In article <1447114.ttsG7Gj...@woodpecker .motzarella.org>,
That's interesting - I'll file it away for future reference.
I don't think that's the case this time - the LED comes on
and I can feel the drive spin up.
I guess I can add mine to the collection now, due to its blown
USB adapter. Maybe we'll eventually accumulate enough parts to

Re: USB error - did I fry my box?

leaf.20.eatalls...@spamgourmet.com (Walter Mautner) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:53:13 UT

Just overcurrent protection. Probably all these usb ports have a common 5v
rail supplying 500 mA max current.
Uh. Bad luck, indeed. Usually power supplies don't act up in such a bad way,
but the devil never sleeps. May have been some discharge from high voltage
circuit to secondary side, catalyzed by dust-bunnies or something alike.

Re: USB error - did I fry my box?

cgi...@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:54:53 UT

In article <jndje4dmmbo08i19gdu0farhikili m8...@4ax.com>,
That was my guess too.
No, just one; all the messages came out at once.
The folks at the local repair shop were impressed. Fortunately,
they replaced the motherboard and CPU under warranty, which was
very nice of them considering I had bought the power supply elsewhere.

Re: Again with nvidia...

sheri...@shezza.org (Sheridan Hutchinson) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:26:28 UT

tito wrote:
The issue here is that the kernel is built using GCC v4.1 while the
default GCC compiler in lenny at the moment is GCC v4.3.
I present you with two solutions for your choosing:
1.) Abort --> No, and continue the installation. It is possible there
might be issues with having the NVIDIA module compiled with GCC v4.3

Re: Again with nvidia...

t...@tin.it (tito) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:58:51 UT

Well, I try to install the new nvidia driver, but something has gone bad.
This is what say the nvidia log file:
Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> License accepted.
-> Installing NVIDIA driver version 173.14.12.
-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you

Re: USB error - did I fry my box?

g_r_a_n...@dodo.com.au (Grant) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:02:25 UT

I'm guessing they saying the USB device is fried and drawing too much
current, USB supplies up to 500mA per port at 5V. Did you plug the
device into all those ports?
Erk! Yes it may have over-volted everything hooked up to the box.
That smell -- when the magic smoke has escaped electrical constraints :)

USB error - did I fry my box?

cgi...@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:36:42 UT

"Backing up is hard to do." -- Neil Sedaka
I just tried plugging an external USB hard drive into one of
my Linux boxes. The drive didn't appear, and dmesg showed the
following messages:
hub 2-0:1.0: over-current change on port 2
hub 6-0:1.0: over-current change on port 3
hub 6-0:1.0: over-current change on port 4

Re: How to apply SP3 to an Asus A8N SLI-Premium Mainboard based WinXP?

unixg...@yahoo.com (Mike Bleiweiss) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:31:39 UT

Nope.
You're getting closer to a permanent solution though, seeing as how you
cross-posted this to a linux group.
Come on over to our party - the food's great and the beer is free.

Re: URGENT: Pendrive suddenly stopped working

erik_h...@replyto.invalid (Erik Hahn) — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:14:52 UT

Nevermind, the stick is broken.

Re: New disk label type

bro...@teufel.hartford-hwp.com (Haines Brown) — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:51:16 UT

Trevor, thanks for the pointer. I was googling for cfdisk + etc. and
getting nowhere fast.

Re: New disk label type

trevor.hems...@mytrousers.ntlworld.com (Trevor Hemsley) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:07:06 UT

On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 20:41:17 UTC in comp.os.linux.hardware, Haines Brown
Well, sticking "gpt msdos fdisk" into google is fairly good start and on the
first page of hits you'll find
[link] which has a small chart of
the differences/advantages of each type. It may not be the most verbose of

Re: New disk label type

bro...@teufel.hartford-hwp.com (Haines Brown) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:41:17 UT

Trevor, thanks. My disk is 860 GB, and so apparently it need
MSDOS. Where is there a discussion of these matters?

Re: New disk label type

trevor.hems...@mytrousers.ntlworld.com (Trevor Hemsley) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:25:10 UT

On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 17:12:03 UTC in comp.os.linux.hardware, Haines Brown
GPT is required for devices larger than 2TB, otherwise MSDOS is a better - more
cross platform - choice.