PCLOS 2010 Kernel 2.6.33.2.bfs and mouse

[sfeinst]

Please look in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and post the video driver please. (fglrx maybe?)

Sorry took so long, work does have to come first - unfortunately.

Here's from xorg.conf:

Section "Device"
    Identifier "device1"
    VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
    BoardName "ATI Radeon HD 2000 and later (radeon/fglrx)"
    Driver "fglrx"
    Option "DPMS"
EndSection

[John Bee]

any testers? 

Ok, I'll go. The new ati 10.4 driver fixes the missing mouse cursor in 2.6.33 bfs kernel for me.

However, I still get this error trying to dismount a truecrypt file:

device-mapper: remove ioctl failed: Device or resource busy
Command failed

So one of the two problems are fixed.

[muungwana]

John Bee,
did you make sure the "do not use kernel cryptographic service" option is ticked before mounting? while you are using the .33 kernel?

[sfeinst]

any testers? 

Ok, I'll go. The new ati 10.4 driver fixes the missing mouse cursor in 2.6.33 bfs kernel for me.

I had a second problem of not being able to get to a console using CTRL-ALT-F1 (or and of the F keys).  Are you able to do that?

[muungwana]

any testers?  

Ok, I'll go. The new ati 10.4 driver fixes the missing mouse cursor in 2.6.33 bfs kernel for me.

I had a second problem of not being able to get to a console using CTRL-ALT-F1 (or and of the F keys).  Are you able to do that?

yes, it was never a problem ..just tested it and it works just fine ..

[John Bee]

John Bee,
did you make sure the "do not use kernel cryptographic service" option is ticked before mounting? while you are using the .33 kernel?

Yup. I have since tried with it not checked as well, but no happiness there either.
Oh well, not a life threatening problem, yet. 

[sfeinst]

I added testing to the repositories but I am not seeing a newer fglrx driver.  What should I be looking for?

[muungwana]

I added testing to the repositories but I am not seeing a newer fglrx driver.  What should I be looking for?

do you have an ati card? you should look for "ati" update after you enabled the testing repository and clicked "refresh" to update package list.

twitter pclinuxos page says the updated driver is updated to version 8.723

http://twitter.com/iluvpclinuxos

[sfeinst]

I added testing to the repositories but I am not seeing a newer fglrx driver.  What should I be looking for?

do you have an ati card? you should look for "ati" update after you enabled the testing repository and clicked "refresh" to update package list.

twitter pclinuxos page says the updated driver is updated to version 8.723

http://twitter.com/iluvpclinuxos

Found it now.  I had to use a different repository.  I tried 2, but they must not have been updated yet.  Found one that was.  Testing it now.

[Edit]
Installed the driver.  I now have a mouse cursor and truecrypt now works.  Still having an issue with ctrl-alt-f1.  Still does not work.  Would there be a setting I can check that might affect it?

[muungwana]

so John Bee is the only person who is still having issues with truecrypt with kernel 2.6.33.2 .. i wonder why ..

i have no idea why the key combination doesnt work, you might be better off starting a different thread and write about it there and attach your xorg.conf file. YOu might be missing an option or two

[John Bee]

so John Bee is the only person who is still having issues with truecrypt with kernel 2.6.33.2 .. i wonder why ..

Well, that makes two of us, wondering that is. 

Just my luck. You know, as in... 100 items on the shelf, and I can without fail, pick the one that's defective.
Probably the reason why friends wait till I pick one, then they know they won't get a bad one. 

[wyohman]

any testers? 

Yup. It appears to have fixed the issue on my system.

Thanks Tex!

Cheers.

[John Bee]

Ya know, I was thinking, did I give them all the info needed to figure out the problem, and I thought, yes I did.
Well, no I didn't.

The way I load/mount a Truecrypt container is thru association. I have an extension associated with truecrypt containers so all I have to do is double click on them in Dolphin. This brings up the truecrypt password dialog window, I enter the password and then it mounts the container in /media with a folder name of truecrypt1 etc.

Well, if I load a container this way and then try to dismount it, I get that nasty error and I have to sysreq-REISUB to reboot the system.

*BUT*, if I load a container thru the Truecrypt gui, then I can dismount the container without problem. Yaaaaa!

I do like the first way though, as it is more convenient.

[Jankers]

I also had this problem with my board

ASUS M4A785D-M Pro
AMD Athlon II X2 245 Dual Core Processor
Video Chipset:     ATI Radeon HD 4200
Module: ‎Card:ATI Radeon HD 2000 and later (radeonhd/fglrx)
‎SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [IDE mode] Vendor: ‎ATI

‎Now fixed after loading the newer ATI 10.4 ATI equivalent modeule as above.
The Cont-Alt-F1 gives me a terminal screen know nothing about truecrypt, never used it.

J.