Hi there Am running dual boot (Mandrake 9.0/WinME)
However, had similar experience in Windows approx 5 days ago. However, noticed that although system folders' files (eg first Control Panel; then on reboot primary hard drive, etc...) showed blank pages, the task bar showed appropriate number of files. Suspect virus. Reinstalled ME operating system files (an time-consuming reconfiguring of applications) but problem has not recurred and, touch wood, not in 9.0 Regards Marion -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Aron Smith Sent: 05 July 2003 05:44 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Looking for some advice On Sat, 2003-07-05 at 04:10, C T wrote: > I'm experiencing a number of strange behaviors with 9.1 > > These things happened in this order: > > The first thing I noticed was the icons for CD/DVD and CD/R-W > disappeared from the desktop - this was .... maybe the 3rd or 4th time > rebooting a new installation - they flashed on the screen for a fraction > of a second and were gone. > > A few days later; > I'm running a tone generator program under WINE - a Windoze program that > *does* work in Linux. It worked fine for a while - then suddenly WINE > would exit, failing... but if I hit 'debug' it would start and run > normally - for a day or two. > Now it detects an 'internal error' and gives the error to send to the > bugs@ address. But the program freezes and none of the options work, eg > 'save as file', 'send via internet', 'cancel', 'exit program' and > clicking on the program window to close doesn't work and top shows > wine.bin using 88% of the CPU and I must kill the process. > > About the same time: > > Opera (v 7.11) started acting weird. First instead of a clicked link > opening another tab in the window it started opening new windows > (settings in preferences didn't make any difference) and also it would > only save it's state from the last instance once in a while - this has > been discussed as a possible Opera problem on the Opera forums and > likely has nothing to do with my perceived Linux problem - haven't seen > the first problem mentioned there. > > Next: > Although plugins are enabled and applied to XMMS, on occasion it fails > to open a stream that I listen to regularly and gives a message that the > correct plugin may not be chosen. I go to preferences and find that the > enable plugins box (for IO) has become unchecked - choosing the correct > plugin, enabling and hitting 'apply' puts things back in order and the > stream plays. This will happen after a reboot or sometimes just when > restarting the stream - when even the player hasn't been shut down. > > A while later: > > Using MCC I tried to install the Development packages (which I thought > I'd chosen at install time) but MCC wouldn't even allow me to check the > boxes, except for the documentation. > > These are the main things although there may be something else I'm > forgetting to mention. > > I'm wondering if these behaviors could be caused by a related error > somewhere affecting everything - with the possible exception of the > Opera stuff? > > I've considered attempting to repair the installation using the install > disk, choosing 'upgrade' and no packages, formatting only the / > partition in hopes of correcting what *might* be the problem. > Would this be unwise? > > > As a last resort, I could figure out how to back up my email and > bookmarks and start over fresh - which seems like a good idea.(I know > Windoze thinking... I'm workin' on it :) > > What options are available at this point? > Where do you begin troubleshooting problems like these? > > I'm only beginning to get a grip on the Linux file system and so, don't > have the greatest confidence in manually editing files. > > Any and all thoughts/ideas/guesses welcome. > Curt Just a thought but how old is the CMOS battery in you box? after about three years you would start getting strange results in most any O/S. (of course I get strange results all the time anyway) > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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