Re: [newbie] Shot myself in the foot...again.
Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Swap the positions of the 256 and the 128 chips. if the BIOS finds 128Meg in the first slot it wont look for the extra memory BTW please set your wraparound to 79 char or less.(scrolling sideways makes me dizzy;-) ) I've tried the swap and, when the 256 chip is in the first position, I get nothing; absolutely nothing. No boot up, nothing. The power comes on, but nothing happens. When I leave just the 256 chip in by itself, I get a really long beep and, again, nothing. __ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shot myself in the foot...again.
Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the CDROM, do you have it set as master or slave? Make sure the jumper is in position for whichever you choose. Put the Primary master as hard drive and on the end connector of the cable, the slave on primary master should be on the mid connector. I think that the best way to connect is to have the HDs on Primary (master and slave) and the CDROM and CDRW on secondary master and slave. Others may prefer a different arrangement. I have run into the problem with the hard drive as you have and the only way I could get the harddrive recognized was to reformat. I first erased it with DiskEraser and then did a clean install. HTH -- I have the 20Gb HD now set to primary master (on ribbon and jumper settings) and the cdrom set to secondary master. Still no change. Also, is there a difference in IDE cables? I notice the ribbon for the hd that came with the new system is slimmer than the ones I have in the old system. Would that have an effect? In other words, if I'm trying to use an older ribbon on the newer system, will that keep the old stuff from operating properly? Could the newer motherboard and power supply short out the old HD and cdrom? When I try to boot from cdrom, it says Boot from CDROM: Failure Jack __ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] USB memory stick/ Gnome2.4 install?
Hello all For those of you who helped me with my memory stick problem, I think it's a non-issue for now. I think my usb ports are dead. Which is not a bad thing since I can justify buying a new pc now to my wife. :) This one is fairly old. But thanks for your help, anyway. My new task is trying to upgrade from Gnome2.2 to 2.4 . When I go out to the Gnome website, I just get confused on what to do. Does anyone know if there are any rpms or any other easy way to download and install Gnome2.4? Thanks Jack __ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] USB memory stick
Hi, I saw the thread about USB mass storage devices, but I'm not sure if what I'm talking about is the same thing, so I apologize if it is. I'purchased one of those USB memory sticks (made by GE) and it works great for my laptop (WinXP; sorry, I need to keep a Win machine for school) but I cannot get my desktop (M9.1) to read it. I know the usb ports are working because I've plugged in other things, but it won't recognize the memory stick. Can I do anything or am I s-o-l? Thanks in advance, Jack __ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB memory stick
RichardA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It should work. What do you mean by 'won't recognise'? Does /mnt/removable get created? If so, try to mount it: mount /mnt/removable. As root, Run tail -f /var/log/messages and plug it in. Does something happen? (CTRL-C to end this). Richard By not recognize I mean, I get nothing from the computer showing the memory stick. /mnt/removable does not get created (not that I can see, anyway) and here are the results of trying the mount command per your instructions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] brooks]# mount /mnt/removable mount: can't find /mnt/removable in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab I tried the tail command you listed and something happened at first (I received a message showing that the memory was plugged in). However, before I could paste the message result in this email, I copied the results from the mount command, thus losing the results of the tail command. SO, when I tried the tail command again and plugged in the memory stick, I got nothing. When I looked at the port to make sure the stick was plugged in, I noticed that it's not even getting power now (there's a light on it that should come on) and so I might have a hardware problem... Either way, it is definitely not creating /mnt/removable . Could it be an issue with Gnome? I'm using Gnome2.2 (How can I upgrade to 2.4? If you've got an extra minute to answer that one as well, that'd be great.) Thanks Jack __ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] GE Wireless Optical Mouse H097990
Does anyone know if there are any linux drivers for this wireless optical mouse? The mandrake site does not show GE as a manufacturer, much less the mouse. Is there some other support for it? If not, has anyone tried Microsoft's wireless optical mouse with Mandrake 9.1? If so, does it work? How did you get it to do so? I wanted to avoid buying anything MS, but if that's all that will work, then that's what I'll go with. Thanks in advance, Jack __ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFce4 newbie problems
Ok, I'm pretty sure I've got everything downloaded and installed, and I have the executable file 19xfce4 where I'm supposed to. However, I still do not have XFce4 in my kdm startup menu. Here's the kdmrc file's contents. Is there something wrong with it? [Desktop0] BackgroundMode=Flat BlendBalance=100 BlendMode=NoBlending ChangeInterval=60 Color1=33,68,156 Color2=192,192,192 CurrentWallpaper=0 LastChange=0 MinOptimizationDepth=1 MultiWallpaperMode=NoMulti Pattern= Program= ReverseBlending=false UseSHM=false Wallpaper=/usr/share/mdk/backgrounds/default.png WallpaperList= WallpaperMode=Scaled [General] PidFile=/var/run/xdm.pid Xservers=/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers [Shutdown] HaltCmd=/sbin/halt LiloCmd=/sbin/lilo LiloMap=/boot/map RebootCmd=/sbin/reboot UseLilo=true [X-*-Core] AllowNullPasswd=false AllowRootLogin=false AllowShutdown=Root AutoReLogin=false Reset= Resources=/etc/X11/xdm/Xresources Session=/etc/X11/xdm/Xsession Setup= Startup= SystemPath=/usr//bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin::/usr/local/bin UserPath=/usr//bin:/bin:/usr/bin::/usr/local/bin [X-*-Greeter] AntiAliasing=true AuthComplain=false EchoMode=OneStar FailFont=Sans,12,-1,5,75,0,0,0,0,0 FocusPasswd=false GUIStyle=Galaxy ColorScheme=Galaxy GreetFont=Sans,24,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 GreetString=Welcome to %n GreeterPosFixed=false GreeterPosX=0 GreeterPosY=0 HiddenUsers=adm,bin,daemon,games,halt,lp,mail,news,nobody,operator,root,rpc,rpcuser,rpm,shutdown,sshd,sync,uucp,xfs, Language=en_US LogoArea=None LogoPixmap= MaxShowUID=65535 MinShowUID=500 PreselectUser=None SelectedUsers= SessionTypes=KDE,GNOME,XFce4,Enlightenment,IceWM,Sawfish,Waimea,failsafe,default SortUsers=true StdFont=Sans,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 ShowUsers=All [X-:*-Core] AllowNullPasswd=true AllowRootLogin=true AllowShutdown=All NoPassEnable=false NoPassUsers= [X-:0-Core] Authorize=true AutoLogin1st=true AutoLoginEnable=false Reset=/etc/X11/xdm/TakeConsole Setup=/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 Startup=/etc/X11/xdm/GiveConsole [X-:1-Core] Authorize=true [Xdmcp] Enable=false KeyFile=/etc/X11/xdm/xdm-keys Willing= Xaccess=/etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess Also, perhaps I've got my 19xfce4 file wrong. Here are its contents: NAME=XFce4 ICON=xfce4.png EXEC=/usr/bin/startxfce4 DESC=The bleeding edge SCRIPT: exec /usr/bin/startxfce4 -- Ever since I've download this stuff, however, other problems have been occuring. For example, everytime I try to use mplayer to play a wmv file or xine to play a quicktime file (I have the plugins installed for both of these programs), xine and mplayer both just lock up. RealPlayer 8 does the same when I try to view some RealPlayer files from the web. Any ideas? __ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFce4 newbie problems
Ok, I've finally got it up and running. I needed to reboot the computer for KDM to show XFce4. (Was that in your directions? I apologize, if it was, since that means I wasted your time.) But, I wanted to say thanks a lot for helping me out and creating the rpms for XFce4. Jack __ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] xfce4-rc2 rpms that Todd wrote.
Ok, Joe, if you're still up, I need your help. I downloaded the rpm packages for xfce4-rc2 that Todd was kind enough to create and I have them all in a file called xfce4-rc2 as per Todd's directions. The question is: what do I do now? Is there a way to install all of the packages with one command? Or do I have to install them one at a time? Thanks Jack __ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFce4 newbie problems
Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, you'd have to edit /etc/X11/wmsession.d/19xfce4 (or whatever number you gave it) to point to that script in both the exec lines. Todd, When I installed everything (I think) I did not get the above file (certainly not in the above location anyway). Did I do something wrong? Also, how do I modify scripts? If I open the file I can read it but it doesn't let me change anything. Thanks for your time Jack __ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
