x broke (was: computer broke?
Michael Havens
bmike1 at gmail.com
Sat Dec 10 09:27:13 MST 2011
I found that I need to add the line 'blacklist hp_wmi' to the file
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf . I then rebooted and now I have graphics
again! Yipee.
I think I also 'apt-get remove fglrx' because I installed it previously on
my system but it is not there now.
Aparently, from what I've been told, that also disables my wireless button
which turned itself off at one point. I've been told that to reactivate it
w/o reinstalling you need to boot windows and use the 'hp tools' that came
with the computer.
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just upgraded the laptop. This is what it does now:
>
> 1- start the computer
> 2- option to enter BIOS appears
> 2a-if do nothing screen goes black with power to it for about 20 seconds
> 2b- upon restart it gives you a choice of kernels to start with
> 2b1-if you choose the 3.1.4 screen goes blank then some text appears
> then disappears (upon restart I find most of the text is what
> follows)
> then more text appears (something about virtual box and stuff that
> disappears to quick) then the screen goes blank. Sometimes I have
> to go through the process again but sometimes press F1 and text
> appears:
>
> [ 9.300411] SP5100 TCO timer:mmio address 0xb80430
> already in use
> [ 11.853316] Bad LUN (0:1)
> [ 11.853871] Bad target number (1:0)
> [ 11.854556] Bad target number (2:0)
> [ 11.855076] Bad target number (3:0)
> [ 11.855629] Bad target number (4:0)
> [ 11.856440] Bad target number (5:0)
> [ 11.856917] Bad target number (6:0)
> [ 11.856763] Bad target number (7:0)
> *Stopping anac(h)ronistic
> cron [OK]
> *Starting CPU interrupts balancing daemon
> [OK]
> *Stopping save kernel
> messages [OK]
>
> and followed with the login sequence.
> the numbers in the brackets do change each time I see them.
> Does this help with fixing X?
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Okay..,. Time to change the title because now I know what broke.... the
>> problem is x broke. It doesn't seem to want to play with the new kernel
>> nicely this time around. Before I screwed around with the 64 bit processor
>> and then went back to the 32 bit animal it did. What I don't understand is
>> why x worked with the first installation of the 32 bit processor but it
>> doesn't work with the current installation.
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Funny thing is I'm online with my laptop in text mode. I just pinged
>>> google to make sure!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Okay... I fixed the desktop! I can now load it in 3.1.4. When I was
>>>> unpacking the kernel I was entering
>>>>
>>>> dpkg -i x y z
>>>>
>>>> It liked:
>>>>
>>>> dpkg -i x
>>>> dpkg -i y
>>>> dpkg -i z
>>>>
>>>> better than all on the same line.
>>>> But the laptop is another matter. I figured out how to boot into text
>>>> mode with the 3.1.4 kernel (recovery mode) but x won't start and I don't
>>>> know what to do. When I type sudo startx the screen just goes blank like it
>>>> does when I don't load in recovery mode.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Sorry about my last message. I wrote it last night at around 3:30 in
>>>>> the morning.
>>>>>
>>>>> Okay, here is the deal: The computer with Mint on it will not boot
>>>>> from the hard drive. Only from the CD. As such I have Mint running on it.
>>>>> On The Ububntu system (I have two computers going) I installed the 3.1.4
>>>>> kernel too but it didn't like it either. The screen just goes blank if I
>>>>> run 3.1.4 and it gives me the kernel boot option if I restart it (every
>>>>> other time). I tried synaptic (had to apt-get it) to remove the kernel but
>>>>> it wasn't in the package list. I think that is because it is a newer kernel.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hmmmm..... I changed the boot order in Mint and it now is giving the
>>>>> option of choosing kernels (on every other power down). Now I can boot the
>>>>> laptop too.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 2:07 PM, James Mcphee <jmcphe at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds kinda like your video drivers are freaking out. Can you still
>>>>>> boot to external media?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why in the world don't I leave good enough alone! Well, I installed
>>>>>>> mint and everything was perfect. The grafics were good, the sound was good,
>>>>>>> everything was good after I installed the 3.1.4 kernel. Then I found out I
>>>>>>> wasn't taking advantage of my 64bit processor so I reinstalled with a 64bit
>>>>>>> operating system. That made things slower. So I reinstalled the 32 bit os
>>>>>>> and everything went to hell! The screen now 'jumps ' around like it is
>>>>>>> switching between desktops sometimes. I tried to install the 3.1.4 kernel
>>>>>>> but that didn't work. uname -r reveals me kernel is still 3.0.0-12....
>>>>>>> well, at least it hasn't crashed..... ohhhhh right after the kernel
>>>>>>> finished installing it did crash (the caps lock light started blinking and
>>>>>>> it froze). and the panicing has started! It doesn't tell me it has paniced
>>>>>>> but the caps lock button starts flashing and it locks up like in a panic.
>>>>>>> So I was thinking that perhaps this was because I extracted the .deb
>>>>>>> files through the GUI this time; so I did it through a shell and now after
>>>>>>> the option to enter bios the screen goes black. I tried hitting the escape
>>>>>>> key after the option to enter bios but it does nothing. It hasn't even
>>>>>>> entered runtime 1 (me thinks). Eek gads!
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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>>>>>>
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