[newbie] oh where has my kde gone?
I had kde working fine. I went to add another user and typed startx and then i got the blue screen and the generic window manager and then tried xinit and initx and so now I have that damn generic window manager for all my users. I want my kde back! Please help. It was months ago I set this up. I have Mandrake 7.02 and was running kde that i installed in May. Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure. --- lee
[newbie] syma stole my home
This morning when i started kde it said it could not open /tmp and it needed to I could not create a text file in my home directory either. I logged in as root and discovered that sympa owns my home directory and i have read only permissions. What is sympa and how the heck could this have happened? how do i full correct it? --- lee If you don't want to know the answer, don't ask the question.
[newbie] x configuration
I have a cirrus logic GD5422 with i believe 1 MB of memory on it. I have a CTX VL500 with says it can do up to 1280x1024, 60Hz but is recommended 800x600, 100 Hz I want to configure it for 800x600 16bit color? Can any one help me? I got x working, but it is at a lower resolution. --- lee If you don't want to know the answer, don't ask the question.
[newbie] network configuration on boot
So, working with an expert, i found i can get my ethernet card to work if after boot I type in the following: /sbin/insmod 3c509 /sbin/ifconfig eth0 ip.address netmask netmask /sbin/route add _net network_addr netmask netmask /sbin/route add default gw 24.5.225.1 metric 1 How do I get this to happen automatically on boot? --- lee If you don't want to know the answer, don't ask the question.
[newbie] can't telnet
I can't telnet into my newly configured mandrake box, but I can surf from it. I could when it was RedHet 6.0. What is likely to be the problem? --- lee If you don't want to know the answer, don't ask the question.
Re: [newbie] Can't start X-Window
[EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes: Hi all Sory, I very bad speak English :-) I try to install Mandrake v7.0 lake Server. X-Window setup Ok, but when I start it, on ther is only blue screen and 2 window whis console. If install default or developer, X-Window start Ok. Plase, ansver ( if You can read this ;-)) Mihail Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please correct me if this advice is incorrect. I am very new to linux, but this worked for me. go to the bottom window and type exit to get out put the mandrake cd in the drive Mount the CD by doing the following: at the command line prompt, type: mount /dev/cdrom press enter To get to the directories on the CD, at the command line prompt, type: cd /mnt/cdrom press enter type cd Mandrake/RPMS This directory had the files that you need to install. the command to use to install files is rpm -Uvh filename When I installed make, I typed rpm -Uvh make*.rpm I used the asterisk as a wild card because the file names are so long. http://www.kde.org/documentation/faq/kdefaq-4.html#ss4.3 states which packages to install for kde. kdesupport (RECOMMENDED) kdelibs (REQUIRED) kdebase (REQUIRED) kdegames (OPTIONAL) kdegraphics (OPTIONAL) kdeutils (OPTIONAL) kdemultimedia (OPTIONAL) kdenetwork (OPTIONAL) kdeadmin (OPTIONAL) kdetoys (OPTIONAL) note for some files you may be told that a package it is dependant upon has not been installed. You then just have to find the right package on the cd and install it. If you can't, there may be more than one file that is named similarly, so you can try to install that instead. I had to install a package that started qt, one would not install so i tried another. I installed kde on two pc's yesterday. After you get the above installed, type startx at the command prompt. It should give you a nice full featured gui. --- lee If you don't want to know the answer, don't ask the question.
Re(2): [newbie] scsi cdrom
[EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes: _lee _kinkade wrote: Now that I have kde and mandrake 7 running so well at work, i am tempted to install the same at home. I have a pentium 75 with 48 MB mem a scsi hard drive and a scsi cd rom any suggestions for getting started? I think that your configuration will be a little bit short to have KDE running. You better choose a lighter wm like afterstep, windowmaker, blackbox or something like that. And make a lot of swap. HTH Flupke nope, worked fine. I need to do something about the screen resolution and color depth. I know i had it better under gnome on the same box when redhat was installed. --- lee If you don't want to know the answer, don't ask the question.
Re(2): [newbie] Make?
[EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes: You need to install make from the Mandrake CD. You probably didn't install with the "development" option. How does one install make from the CD after the initial installation? --- lee If you don't want to know the answer, don't ask the question.
Re(2): Re(2): [newbie] Make?
[EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes: mount the mandrake CD. (if you installed with supermount it will mount itself when you put it in) if you didn't use supermount. Open a shell (dos like box). 1. su type in root password If now supermount support 2. mount /dev/cdrom 3. cd /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS 4. rpm -Uvh Make*.rpm Thats it. John Thanks a bunch. Instructions like that I understand! I did not find Make*.rpm but did find make*.rpm so i did that instead. Was that a mistake? How do I use kde or gnome? I startx, but it is plain old x AFAICT. Once in x, how do I exit? --- lee If you don't want to know the answer, don't ask the question.
[newbie] scsi cdrom
Now that I have kde and mandrake 7 running so well at work, i am tempted to install the same at home. I have a pentium 75 with 48 MB mem a scsi hard drive and a scsi cd rom any suggestions for getting started? --- lee If you don't want to know the answer, don't ask the question.
[newbie] installation problems, please advise
I was installing Mandrake 7 from a CD I made from the mandrake70-2.iso image. All went smoothly until it reached to the stage configuring x, then a dialog box popped up and said "an error occurred file.mnt/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Cards not found." with a ok button and no other option. What do i need to do? What would have caused it? I am installing on to a Compaq deskpro. Lee Kinkade --- lee If you don't want to know the answer, don't ask the question.
[newbie] dhcpcd ?
I got Mandrake 7.0 installed! yeah! Now i need to get it to use dhcp. How do i do that? There is a NT dhcp server. what do I have to do now? I have read that i need dhcpcd, but i have no idea where to find it or how to load and configure it. Also I am at a command prompt, how do i open x with gnome or kde? --- lee If you don't want to know the answer, don't ask the question.
