[newbie] Linux-Mandrake TROUBLES
I am having THREE very persistant, very annoying problems with my Linux-Mandrake 8.1 PowerPack installation on a Celeron 533 machine... Here they are. Can ANYONE help me? 1. Cannot log into X as root. I know, I know I shouldn't use X as root, but I need to be able to do it! I'm using Sawfish 1.01 and XIMIAN GNOME 1.4 (I think it's that version; not sure). 2. IDE CD BURNER installed, but I cannot write to the CD... There was a CD reader installed before (and it worked fine). I want to use the excellent MONDO/MINDI (http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/) as a system backup tool. 3. ATAPI ZIP drive not recognized. I've got an internal ATAPI ZIP drive in my box (it's the SECOND device on the SECOND IDE channel and harddrake reports it as hdd). It used to work just fine under 8.0, but since I did a complete wipe-n-install of 8.1, it isn't recognized within Linux. The drive powers during POST, so I know the connections are still good. I've got a known good ZIP disk in the drive. * From dmesg (anything that looked interesting or remotely related is included here, the rest cut): Linux version 2.4.8-34.1mdk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.96 2731 (Mandrake Linux 8.1 2.96-0.62mdk))Memory: 254824k/262080k available (1086k kernel code, 6868k reserved, 397k data, 712k init, 0k highmem) ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx hda: ST36530A, ATA DISK drive hdb: WDC AC26400R, ATA DISK drive hdc: SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-152L, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdd: IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI, ATAPI FLOPPY drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 hda: 12715920 sectors (6511 MB) w/448KiB Cache, CHS=791/255/63, UDMA(33) hdb: 12594960 sectors (6449 MB) w/512KiB Cache, CHS=6149/64/32, UDMA(33) hdc: ATAPI 52X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, DMA Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 ide-floppy driver 0.97 hdd: 98304kB, 196608 blocks, 512 sector size hdd: 98304kB, 96/64/32 CHS, 4096 kBps, 512 sector size, 2941 rpm Partition check: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p5 p6 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0: p1 /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0: p4 Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 ide-floppy driver 0.97 Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996 sb: No ISAPnP cards found, trying standard ones... SB 4.11 detected OK (220) Sound Blaster 16 (4.11) at 0x220 irq 7 dma 0 Sound Blaster 16 at 0x330 irq 7 dma 0,0 cdrom: open failed. /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0: p4 /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0: p4 devfs: devfs_register(): device already registered: 0 SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake TROUBLES
On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 11:31:18 -0500 Vogel, wrote: 1. Cannot log into X as root. I know, I know I shouldn't use X as root, but I need to be able to do it! I'm using Sawfish 1.01 and XIMIAN GNOME 1.4 (I think it's that version; not sure). Must be a security issue. Set the security level down, I think that should help. 2. IDE CD BURNER installed, but I cannot write to the CD... There was a CD reader installed before (and it worked fine). I want to use the excellent MONDO/MINDI (http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/) as a system backup tool. Did you set up the append=ide-scsi routine in lilo.conf? See mandrakeuser.org for the gory details. 3. ATAPI ZIP drive not recognized. Dunno... Paul -- Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the cruelest words. -Dr. Joyce Brothers http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.7.3 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake TROUBLES
On Friday 08 March 2002 17:31, you wrote: I am having THREE very persistant, very annoying problems with my Linux-Mandrake 8.1 PowerPack installation on a Celeron 533 machine... Here they are. Can ANYONE help me? 1. Cannot log into X as root. I know, I know I shouldn't use X as root, but I need to be able to do it! I'm using Sawfish 1.01 and XIMIAN GNOME 1.4 (I think it's that version; not sure). If it's because you can't find a 'root' icon in kdm: just type 'root' as user and then the password. -there's no icon for root anymore. If it's not that try starting X from the console as root and watch the messages. 2. IDE CD BURNER installed, but I cannot write to the CD... There was a CD reader installed before (and it worked fine). I want to use the excellent MONDO/MINDI (http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/) as a system backup tool. Add the user to the cdwrite group with userdrake. 3. ATAPI ZIP drive not recognized. I've got an internal ATAPI ZIP drive in my box (it's the SECOND device on the SECOND IDE channel and harddrake reports it as hdd). It used to work just fine under 8.0, but since I did a complete wipe-n-install of 8.1, it isn't recognized within Linux. The drive powers during POST, so I know the connections are still good. I've got a known good ZIP disk in the drive. Is the drive mentionned in /etc/fstab? If it's not, mount it manually from the commandline. What messages do you get when you try to mount it from the commandline. Take a look at /var/log/syslog for info. -- Good luck., Harm Bathoorn. One has authority, until it's called on Corto Maltese..Sign of the Capricorn;) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake TROUBLES
1. Cannot log into X as root. I know, I know I shouldn't use X as root, but I need to be able to do it! I'm using Sawfish 1.01 and XIMIAN GNOME 1.4 (I think it's that version; not sure). Must be a security issue. Set the security level down, I think that should help. Actually, what isn't working is this: My system boots into TEXT (not graphic) mode. So, I log in as root and type startx at the command prompt to enter X. Then I just get a blue GUI screen, but no icons, no taskbar, etc... Did you set up the append=ide-scsi routine in lilo.conf? See mandrakeuser.org for the gory details. I just followed the steps at http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/hardware/hremov3.html in the CD-R(W) section... I'll test when I get home. Thanks for your help so far. I hope it works! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
