Re: [newbie] Another super newbie question
On Friday 20 Jun 2003 1:32 am, Ralph Bagwell wrote: Anne , thanks heaps. No problem Did what you said and have booted up three times now with no glitches -. Glad to hear it. I got another question for ya - don't tell anyone I asked/. I have managed to upgrade to KDE 312 on my right box - but I can't do the same on the left box - maybe I have forgotten what I did. What is the correct way to do that? (and should I bother) ? Can't help on that one - never tried it. Generally I work on 'if it an't broke, don't fix it' and I've not come across anything that needed the upgrade. Sorry (still working on trying to print with the Epson thru the LAN from the right box - [while in Windows] ). Having now installed 9.1 on that box (dual booting with XP) printing works just fine.) So are you saying that the Epson is on your linux box and prints fine, but your windows box can't print to it? Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Another super newbie question
quoting Anne Wilson; Friday 20 June 2003 03:47 am: On Friday 20 Jun 2003 1:32 am, Ralph Bagwell wrote: Anne , thanks heaps. No problem Did what you said and have booted up three times now with no glitches -. Glad to hear it. I got another question for ya - don't tell anyone I asked/. I have managed to upgrade to KDE 312 on my right box - but I can't do the same on the left box - maybe I have forgotten what I did. What is the correct way to do that? (and should I bother) ? Can't help on that one - never tried it. Generally I work on 'if it an't broke, don't fix it' and I've not come across anything that needed the upgrade. Sorry (still working on trying to print with the Epson thru the LAN from the right box - [while in Windows] ). Having now installed 9.1 on that box (dual booting with XP) printing works just fine.) So are you saying that the Epson is on your linux box and prints fine, but your windows box can't print to it? Anne KDE 3.1.2 is just an Update not really an upgrade. By that I mean it's (perhaps) less 'glitchy' than the shipped KDE and slightly cleaner in function. For my machine anyway. Then again I have an odd mix of cooker/release/third party installs. Texstar's seems to work better than the official KDE package, and infinitely better than trying to run the cooker version. YMMV Instructions follow. To avoid bad signature messages; GPG Key Instructions Rpmdrake requires the maker of the rpm to sign their rpms. Here is how to download and install my gpg key. Download http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/mandrake/gpgkey/pubring.gpg Tex's pubring.gpg key for Linux Mandrake 9.1 Drop to the console or open an xterm and su to root. Type: gpg --import pubring.gpg To update to 3.1.2 since you're already in terminal mode and if you don't already have it as a software source repository: urpmi.addmedia texstar ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/mandrake/9.1/rpms with hdlist.cz all on one line. You can install any of Texstar's RPMs from command line or from rpmdrake or from the embedded rpmdrake in the Mandrake Control Centre after that. For a newbie it's probably best to use the Mandrake Control Centre, Software Manager. On a side note; you can configure source repositories in a number of ways, but the easiest is the easy urpmi page at PLF. You can also install a 'version' of the same function from the install disks; urpmi urpmi.setup then run it with urpmi.setup The phrasing used on buttons is a bit whack though, you'll probably click a button expecting it to do one thing but it'll do something else. Better just to go to the page and use that. http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/ Hope this helps. Charlie -- Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake 9.1 Bamboo (cooked) 12:55:26 up 2 days, 18:10, 2 users, load average: 0.05, 0.05, 0.07 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Another super newbie question
On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 09:54, Ralph Bagwell wrote: My 9.1 install went so-so on my left machine ( I simply replaced the drive - installed XP - left half of the 40 GB available - ) Four things failed to install - two from the first disk and two from the second disk. When Linux failed to boot , I selected Linux - nonfb and it booted . What is nonfb ? I have a system connecting to the web (using the nonfb option) and the names of the four programs that didn't load. How can I attempt to install them. BTW each of the four items are readable and copyable from the CD's (using Windows - same CD reader - same everything booting up in XP) Ralph nonfb means no framebuffer. It's driving your video card in dumb mode. Can you post the names of the apps that failed? Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Another super newbie question
Four notified me that they could not install. All these were readable and copyable in Windows and I have since reput them with no problem by installing with Install Software. The names are shortened at bit - if you have any doubts - lemmi know. gnome-mime-data tcsh-6.12 -4 OpenOffice.org..libs-1.0.2 xlockmove-5.06 The system has mostly fixed itself but still does not function as well as another installation on the same LAN previously installed - with absolutely no hitch. Now, about every third start up when the booting process gets to the KDE screen where it flashes about six things as it goes along - it stalls on the monitor - blinking for about a minute then up comes a blue screen - and I have no options but to reset. How can I check to see if my system is properly installed ? It just booted up with no problems - after three tries. During one failure , a note appeared to run fsck manually (with no parameters). I went to a Root konsole and typed fsck and was warned that do this can cause sever damage to a mounted file system. Beats me. nonfb means no framebuffer. It's driving your video card in dumb mode. Can you post the names of the apps that failed? Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Another super newbie question
On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 6:18 pm, Ralph Bagwell wrote: Now, about every third start up when the booting process gets to the KDE screen where it flashes about six things as it goes along - it stalls on the monitor - blinking for about a minute then up comes a blue screen - and I have no options but to reset. Hi, Ralph. Sounds to me as though the monitor is not set up properly. First, if you have the monitor manual, get it out so that you can verify exactly what settings it can take. Don't rely on memory from windows days - you probably need more detail than that would give you, like possible refresh rates. Then, open up Mandrake Control Center. On the Hardware section there is a tool for setting up the monitor. HTH Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Another super newbie question
Anne , thanks heaps. Did what you said and have booted up three times now with no glitches -. I got another question for ya - don't tell anyone I asked/. I have managed to upgrade to KDE 312 on my right box - but I can't do the same on the left box - maybe I have forgotten what I did. What is the correct way to do that? (and should I bother) ? (still working on trying to print with the Epson thru the LAN from the right box - [while in Windows] ). Having now installed 9.1 on that box (dual booting with XP) printing works just fine.) On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 6:18 pm, Ralph Bagwell wrote: Now, about every third start up when the booting process gets to the KDE screen where it flashes about six things as it goes along - it stalls on the monitor - blinking for about a minute then up comes a blue screen - and I have no options but to reset. Hi, Ralph. Sounds to me as though the monitor is not set up properly. First, if you have the monitor manual, get it out so that you can verify exactly what settings it can take. Don't rely on memory from windows days - you probably need more detail than that would give you, like possible refresh rates. Then, open up Mandrake Control Center. On the Hardware section there is a tool for setting up the monitor. HTH Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Another super newbie question
On Wednesday 18 Jun 2003 12:54 am, Ralph Bagwell wrote: I have a system connecting to the web (using the nonfb option) and the names of the four programs that didn't load. You stand a better chance of getting an answer if: 1. You tell us the names of the four programs. 2. You tell us the error messages if any when you tried to install them. 3. You don't post in HTML. Many people here filter it out to reduce spam. How can I attempt to install them. You can try again by going to Mandrake Control Center, selecting Software, Add Software, and selecting the programs. Without knowing which programs they are no one can tell you how likely that is to work. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Another super newbie question
Ralph Bagwell wrote: My 9.1 install went so-so on my left machine ( I simply replaced the drive - installed XP - left half of the 40 GB available - ) Four things failed to install - two from the first disk and two from the second disk. When Linux failed to boot , I selected Linux - nonfb and it booted . What is nonfb ? Non framebuffer. Looks like you have a problem with your video card configuration. I have a system connecting to the web (using the nonfb option) and the names of the four programs that didn't load. How can I attempt to install them. BTW each of the four items are readable and copyable from the CD's (using Windows - same CD reader - same everything booting up in XP) From the Mandrake Control Center or the main menu, go to Add Packages and check to see if they're on the list of available packages. If they're not showing up, it looks like the files on your CD are damaged. If they do, try installing them. If they still won't install, try doing the same thing from a terminal command line with urpmi plus the name of the package and see what error messages you get. Sir Robin -- Some guy breaking into a government computer system and wreaking havoc makes for a more interesting movie plot than some guy writing device drivers. It's hard to work in a good 10-minutes car chase scene with some guy who writes device drivers... - tjc, post to LWN Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Another super newbie question
My 9.1 install went"so-so" on my "left" machine ( I simply replaced the drive - installed XP - left half of the 40 GB available - ) Four "things" failed to install - two from the first disk and two from the second disk. When Linux failed to boot , I selected "Linux - nonfb" and it booted . What is "nonfb" ? I have a system connecting to the web (using the "nonfb" option) and the names of the four programs that didn't load. How can I attempt to install them. BTW each of the four items are readable and copyable from the CD's (using Windows" - same CD reader - same everything booting up in XP) Ralph
