doktor,
Install from DVD. As I said I had #6.whatever installed and just upgraded to #7.1 so I've never had to install #7.1 from my DVD before.
As for grub stuff-up, not knowing what the heck I was doing. I remembered (or read in another nVidia problem somewhere) about having to have nokmsboot defined, so I defined it in boot in MCC (not noticing it was already there!). Anyway, on boot (I can't remember why) I edited the entry for Mageia and found 2 nokmsboot options defined. I deleted 1 and pressed enter - hey presto, system wouldn't boot, except into grub. I found somewhere some cmds to try to recover but grub couldn't even find my linux boot file system for some reason. So being not very good at linux, I chose to cut my losses and re-install, just to have a system.
The display "jumping around" (not a very good description, sorry). When I scroll a page, or even type things on some screens, the current screen blinks and a display of an open task is partly displayed - mostly at the top and side of the screen. On the screensaver and screen lock screens - the display flickers constantly (once a second) - on screen saver - displaying some sort smaller rectangle outside of which displays a larger rectangle showing part of the open task behind it. (I can upload photos if you'd like to see the effect. And yes, apart from that, the display works normally.
Now the cmds:
Was this:
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xrandr -q
supposed to be entered just as it is? Because I tried variants of it and got the same msg "command not found". Am I missing something?
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[root@Bilbo myles]# ls -al /etc/X11/xorg.conf*
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 2711 May 18 15:08 /etc/X11/xorg.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2621 May 18 13:01 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.mga1589770877
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 2799 May 18 13:22 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d:
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 18 22:49 ./
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 May 18 15:08 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 348 May 18 22:49 00-keyboard.conf
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[root@Bilbo myles]# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# File generated by XFdrake (rev 262502)
# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "DontZap" "False" # disable <Ctrl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work
#DontZoom # disable <Ctrl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Plug'n Play"
ModelName "BenQ M2200HD"
HorizSync 30-94
VertRefresh 50-76
# Monitor preferred modeline (60.0 Hz vsync, 67.2 kHz hsync, ratio 16/9, 103 dpi)
ModeLine "1920x1080" 173 1920 2048 2248 2576 1080 1083 1088 1120 +hsync +vsync
# Apple iMac modes
ModeLine "1024x768" 78.525 1024 1049 1145 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "800x600" 62.357 800 821 901 1040 600 601 604 632 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "640x480" 49.886 640 661 725 832 480 481 484 514 +hsync +vsync
# Apple monitors tend to do 832x624
ModeLine "832x624" 57 832 876 940 1152 624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync
# Apple PowerBook G3
ModeLine "800x600" 100 800 816 824 840 600 616 624 640 -hsync -vsync
# Apple TI Powerbook
ModeLine "1152x768" 78.741 1152 1173 1269 1440 768 769 772 800 +vsync +vsync
# Pismo Firewire G3
ModeLine "1024x768" 65 1024 1032 1176 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
# iBook2
ModeLine "1024x768" 65 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
# 17" Apple Studio Display
ModeLine "1024x768" 112.62 1024 1076 1248 1420 768 768 780 808 +hsync +vsync
# HiRes Apple Studio Display
ModeLine "1280x1024" 135 1280 1288 1392 1664 1024 1027 1030 1064
# Another variation
ModeLine "1280x1024" 134.989 1280 1317 1429 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630
# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
Driver "nouveau"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
Screen "screen1"
EndSection
So going on this output display, I am running on nouveau. I also noticed whilst I was in MCC, and in the output above, my BenQ monitor is identified as "BenQ M2200HD" (which it isn't). I don't know why that is, I was sure that my monitor previously, (before my system stuffed up the first time) was just Plug'n'Play. Don't know if that matters.
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[root@Bilbo myles]# ls -al /etc/ld.so.conf.d/GL* /etc/alternatives/gl_conf
ls: cannot access '/etc/alternatives/gl_conf': No such file or directory
/etc/ld.so.conf.d/GL:
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drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 18 22:34 ./
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 6 18:13 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 114 Apr 29 18:25 standard.conf
As for nouveau, I tried to specify it under xorg in MCC. I forgot to mention a few times when I re-booted, I thought the system was hanging only to be presented with the dialog box, "you have to reboot for the change of display driver" (or something like that) I can't remember whether I had been trying to use the nVidia drives at the time or not, everything is a blur lately - too many things have happened.
So what about this file: x11-server-common-1.20.8-1.mga7.x86_64? I just tried to re-install my VPN and it failed with the msg: cannot install due to unsatisfied libxkbcommon-x11.
Might these two problems be related?
Anyway doktor I hope that helps.