1. Logged on as roman (user)
2. Graphics card. I changed my default card setting to NVIDIA GeForce
256
3. Graphics resolution was changed from 32-bit to 16-bit. It appears
that Linux prefers 32-bit.
4. I used the default setting for my monitor, as I could not find my
Dell monitor. I have Dell M780.
5. Desktop themes. I changed to different desktop themes. I can't remember
the name of the window that allowed me to scroll through
the desktop themes. I tried all sorts of themes but kept the window
using the KDE default colors. Sorry, my Linux syntax is still poor.
6. Added my static TCP/IP settings, hoping to log on. I added all of
my IP numbers.
Some of these items needed a root password, so I typed it in when prompted
7. Changed the hour settings from i.e. 22:00 to 11:00. I found out
later that this should have been changed with another feature.
8. Changed the screen saver time from 1 minute pause to 15 minutes
I was tired, panicked and reinstalled. It seemed to work for the rest
of the night. I turned on my computer today. At the boot prompt, typed
in: linux
My KDE disappeared this morning. It went in to console mode.
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Last Night's Installation Notes(Tuesday)
I was getting the following errors from last night's installation:
Reinstall
A) Clicked on hda5 or D partition, and then clicked on the Delete button
B) Clicked on the Auto allocate button.
A message followed up:
sector #8385993 (61498 MB) and sector #6506388 (3702 MB) are
overlapping!
Clicked on the OK and Done buttons.
C) The first install worked okay - after several hours on it. After
adjusting the screen saver to 15 minutes, and I changed to time from
the
24 hr. format to AM/PM. I was prompted that if I would like to start
up in X automatically to
select restart or reboot.
D) When I rebooted the screen was completely
dark. Linux did not reboot.
I didn't know what to do, so I rebooted and
reinstalled Linux Mandrake 7.0 Power Pack again.
Reinstalled Again
E) During the install, I deleted the same partition and was prompted
again with the message:
sector #8385993 (61498 MB) and sector #6506388 (3702 MB) are
overlapping!
F) I clicked on the OK button to proceed with the installation and
another error message appeared:
sector #6506388 (3702 MB) and sector #8385993 (61498 MB) are
overlapping!
The install went okay and ran for a while, then the screen went black
on
me. Linux would not boot up. No blinking I-beam - nothing.
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I repeated the installation as shown above, clicked on the Auto allocate
button and another error appeared:
#6506388.37878788 (3702 MB) and sector #8385993 (61498 MB) are
overlapping! at /usr/bin/perl - install/common.pm ... Line 205
propagated at /usr/bin/perl - install/diskdrake.pm Line 47
G) I clicked on the OK and Done buttons and the installation proceeded.
I woke up this morning and KDE was gone. However, Linux Mandrake started
up in console mode.
When I typed: startx , X windows started up.
Is this a bug, or should I resize the partition before reinstalling? Partition Magic 4.0 does not work in Win NT4.
Roman
Registered Linux Mandrake 7.0 User -2733
Alan Shoemaker wrote:
Roman....so, something was wrong with x-windows and needed
fixing. In a case like that there are key-combinations to try
(for instance ctl-alt-f2,f3,f4,f5 or f6 could have gotten you
to a console where you could login and re-run Xconfigurator to
fix the problem.Tampering with what settings?
Alan
Romanator wrote:
>
> Alan,
>
> While reviewing the options on my Linux desktop, I decided to select shutdown. The computer rebooted and went to the
> command prompt boot. I typed in dos to run WinNT4, and access Netscape Navigator to communicate with you.
> Next, I selected shutdown in WinNT4, the computer appeared to reboot but the entire screen was black. I let it run for
> quite a long time. It's quite possible that I was tampering with too many options on the desktop?
>
> Roman
>
> Alan Shoemaker wrote:
>
> > Roman....ok, why do you ask about what monitor to choose after
> > you've successfully installed Linux? It's during the install
> > you need to know what the make & model of your monitor is. If
> > you've successfully completed the install w/o
> > inputting/choosing the correct make & model of your monitor
> > then you must have input/chosen something that worked. So why
> > worry about it after the fact?
> >
> > You've said at least twice no that the screen went black, but
> > never revealed under what conditions this happened. Also,
> > what does 'would not boot up' mean? What happens instead? At
> > what point in the boot process does 'would not boot up'
> > actually occur and exactly what is it that happens?
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > Romanator wrote:
> > >
> > > Alan,
> > >
> > > I will have to read the guide about the sync rate. But, everything appears to be okay, now. However, I could not
> > > find my Dell monitor in the list( should I select Dell SVGA?), and my 3COM 3C905C Ether link Card was not on the
> > > list. I will have to check MandrakeSoft's web page for hardware support. Also, the screen went blank and Linux
> > > Mandrake 7.0 would not boot up. Due to the fact that I could not reboot into Linux, I ran the install again. First,
> > > I deleted the partition, clicked on the Auto allocate button, and reinstalled Linux Mandrake 7.0 again. Now, it's
> > > back to normal. Go figure...Was this the wrong way to go about it?
> > > I also noticed that if the screen saver time is adjusted to 15 minutes instead of 1 minute - a crash can occur.
> > > Even after several cold boots. I'll see if I can repeat this. If I can repeat this 3 times in a row, then it could
> > > be a bug that should be reported.
> > > Linux Mandrake 7.0 indicated in the help file, that if you set your time ahead of your BIOS, the system could
> > > crash. Have you ever heard of this? I will have to check this out again.
> > >
> > > Roman
> > > (The penguins have stopped laughing)
> > >
> > > Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> > >
> > > > Roman....nt is running the video at a different synch rate
> > > > than Linux therefore you need to adjust the monitor for Linux
> > > > (which shouldn't bother the nt settings at all).
> > > >
> > > > Alan
> > > >
> > > > Romanator wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Alan,
> > > > >
> > > > > The monitor works fine in Windows NT4. The shift happens in as soon as I get in to KDE.
> > > > >
> > > > > Roman
> > > > >
> > > > > Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Roman....adjust your monitor (buttons on front, directions in
> > > > > > monitor owner's manual).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Alan
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Romanator wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hooray!! I am up and running. However, the the desktop display has a larger black border on the left side
> > > > > > > rather than sitting evenly in the center. My hard drive, sound card auto configured, except for the
> > > > > > > monitor. An out-of-sync message appeared. The desktop display is lopsided the left border is a lot larger
> > > > > > > than the right border.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > My D drive has disappeared, and I have about 15 Gig. of space which I have to resize. E shifted to D.
> > > > > > > I am ordering the full version of PM so that I can gain some space.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thank you for your help.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Roman
> > > > > > > Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Roman....delete hda5 and then push the Auto Allocate button.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Alan
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Romanator wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Hi Alan,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I had draw and write this out as there is no print screen.
> > > > > > > > > The auto allocation only works if my disk has not been
> > > > > > > > > partitioned yet or is empty. I have tried as best as
> > > > > > > > > possible with ASCII to show my page setting:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I can see in the DrakX installation:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > The Setup file systems
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > File system types: Ext2 Swap FAT Other Empty
> > > > > > > > > ---------
> > > > > > > > > | hda |
> > > > > > > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > | -------------------- -------------------
> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------
> > > > > > > > > | | | |
> > > > > > > > > | | |
> > > > > > > > > | | C | | D |
> > > > > > > > > | E |
> > > > > > > > > | | | |
> > > > > > > > > | | |
> > > > > > > > > | -------------------- --------------------
> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------
> > > > > > > > > | ---------------
> > > > > > > > > | |Choose action| | Details
> > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------
> > > > > > > > > | ---------------|
> > > > > > > > > | Device: hda5
> > > > > > > > > | |Mount point |
> > > > > > > > > | DOS drive letter: D (just a guess)
> > > > > > > > > | ---------------|
> > > > > > > > > | Type: DOS FAT16
> > > > > > > > > | | Resize |
> > > > > > > > > | Size: 2047 MB (10%)
> > > > > > > > > | ---------------| |
> > > > > > > > > | | Delete | |
> > > > > > > > > | ---------------| |
> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________
> > > > > > > > > __________________
> > > > > > > > > | Clear all |
> > > > > > > > > | Auto allocate | |
> > > > > > > > > Undo |
> > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > > > > ------------------------
> > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > |
> > > > > > > > > Done
> > > > > > > > > |
> > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Note:
> > > > > > > > > hda is the entire drive
> > > > > > > > > hda1 is the 1st partition or drive C
> > > > > > > > > hda5 is the 2nd partition or drive D
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > 1. In the comments section, the following was copied(I could
> > > > > > > > > not find any other way of copying the instructions)
> > > > > > > > > Two common partition are: the root partition ( / ), which
> > > > > > > > > is the starting point of the file system's directory
> > > > > > > > > hierarchy,
> > > > > > > > > and /boot, which contains all files necessary to start the
> > > > > > > > > operating system when the computer is first turned on.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Since I did not want to reformat the entire 20 Gig. drive, I
> > > > > > > > > selected the 2nd button - which is hda5
> > > > > > > > > ***************************************************************************************
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > This is were the confusion sets in:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > 2a) Click on the 2nd button of hda5. Don't forget that this
> > > > > > > > > is a factory install from Dell.
> > > > > > > > > 2b) Under choose action, click on the Mount point button.
> > > > > > > > > Another window pops up asking:
> > > > > > > > > Where do you want to mount device hda5?
> > > > > > > > > Next to the Mount point field appears: /
> > > > > > > > > I can click on the OK button and it adds this to hda5
> > > > > > > > > 2c) If I click on the drop down arrow, select and replace (
> > > > > > > > > / ) with ( /boot ), the button will show /boot.
> > > > > > > > > A drop down arrow shows the following selection.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > /
> > > > > > > > > /boot
> > > > > > > > > /home
> > > > > > > > > /mnt/dos
> > > > > > > > > /mnt/iso
> > > > > > > > > /tmp
> > > > > > > > > /usr
> > > > > > > > > /va
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > 3a. If I click the 2nd blue button ( hda5 ), select the
> > > > > > > > > delete button, it will indicate that the partition D or hda5
> > > > > > > > > is empty.
> > > > > > > > > 3b) By clicking on the auto allocate button a message
> > > > > > > > > appears:
> > > > > > > > > partitions sector #6506388.37878788 (3702 MB) and sector
> > > > > > > > > #8385993 (614938 MB are overlapping!
> > > > > > > > > at /usr/bin/perl - install/common.pm line 205. ...
> > > > > > > > > propagated at /usr/bin/perl - install/diskdrake.pm line 47
> > > > > > > > > 3c) I clicked on the OK button and all of the Ext2, Swap
> > > > > > > > > were all there.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Sounds confusing?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Sorry about the long email, and I hope you understand what I
> > > > > > > > > am getting at. I cannot reformat the entire drive - just
> > > > > > > > > about 1/2 of D.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Roman
