[newbie] Reinstall problems
Thanks for the help on permissions earlier. There are a couple more issues. I have to start firefox and thunderbird from root on reinstall of md10. Previously I started from root and they were ok on the 2nd start, but not this time. Also Thunderbird is not picking up on the settings in the home folder. Imported profiles on firefox and every thing was ok. Any help would be appreciated. john Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Reinstall problems
Thanks for the help on permissions earlier. There are a couple more issues. I have to start firefox and thunderbird from root on reinstall of md10. Previously I started from root and they were ok on the 2nd start, but not this time. Also Thunderbird is not picking up on the settings in the home folder. Imported profiles on firefox and every thing was ok. Any help would be appreciated. john It seems that there are more apps. that have to start from root. Is there a way to reset permissions as a group? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] reinstall sound
I posted this earlier, didn't get any help on it so I'm posting it again. I lost every device out of my /dev/sound folder due to some freak Mandrake snafu, so I have no sound in Gnome. Can someone tell me how to reinstall the sound devices? Having to reinstall Mandrake in order to fix this is not a solution I am interested in. And no my sound is NOT muted. /dev/sound is empty. My Specs: Dell 400SC (brand new) running Mandrake 9.2. Sound is the onboard AC'97. Any help is appreciated. James Cammarata [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.sngx.net home: 314-835-1122 work: 314-872-2426 cell: 314-409-0583 __ Out the Ethernet, through the router, down the fiber, off another router, down the T1, past the fire-wall ...nothing but Net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] reinstall sound
On Monday 12 Jan 2004 2:10 am, James Cammarata wrote: I posted this earlier, didn't get any help on it so I'm posting it again. I lost every device out of my /dev/sound folder due to some freak Mandrake snafu, so I have no sound in Gnome. Can someone tell me how to reinstall the sound devices? Having to reinstall Mandrake in order to fix this is not a solution I am interested in. And no my sound is NOT muted. /dev/sound is empty. My Specs: Dell 400SC (brand new) running Mandrake 9.2. Sound is the onboard AC'97. Any help is appreciated. James Cammarata [EMAIL PROTECTED] Install the alsa-utils , alsamixergui, and newt packages if not already installed. Make a backup copy of /etc/modules.conf Run in a root terminal alsaconf That will set up your sound drivers and write a new copy of /etc/modules.conf Copy back the lines from your old modules.conf which are not sound related into your new modules.conf You may need to run the alsamixergui to set sound levels. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] reinstall sound [SOLVED]
At 04:01 AM 1/12/2004 +, you wrote: On Monday 12 Jan 2004 2:10 am, James Cammarata wrote: I posted this earlier, didn't get any help on it so I'm posting it again. I lost every device out of my /dev/sound folder due to some freak Mandrake snafu, so I have no sound in Gnome. Can someone tell me how to reinstall the sound devices? Having to reinstall Mandrake in order to fix this is not a solution I am interested in. And no my sound is NOT muted. /dev/sound is empty. My Specs: Dell 400SC (brand new) running Mandrake 9.2. Sound is the onboard AC'97. Any help is appreciated. James Cammarata [EMAIL PROTECTED] Install the alsa-utils , alsamixergui, and newt packages if not already installed. Make a backup copy of /etc/modules.conf Run in a root terminal alsaconf That will set up your sound drivers and write a new copy of /etc/modules.conf Copy back the lines from your old modules.conf which are not sound related into your new modules.conf You may need to run the alsamixergui to set sound levels. derek You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar ;) Thanks for the help. James Cammarata [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.sngx.net home: 314-835-1122 work: 314-872-2426 cell: 314-409-0583 __ Out the Ethernet, through the router, down the fiber, off another router, down the T1, past the fire-wall ...nothing but Net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] reinstall grub ... help
On Sun, 9 Dec 2001 16:22:17 -0500 chris huston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I use grub because when I try to use Lilo I get all 777 on my boot screen [maddening] Anyways, is there any way to reinstall grub after a corrupt [windows reinstall] mbr? other than boot the linux installation CD. choose expert install, when it goes into the partition manager, tell it NOT to format ANY partitions. when it asks you which packages to install, of course, select none. right from there, you can skip parts of the installation by clicking the column of yellow stars at your left. go to the one that says something like boot loader ..and there you go. reinstall grub. the above is the method i was just going to suggest. it works rather well i might add. especially well with the 8.1 release of Mandrake. -- daRcmaTTeR =/\=??? |%C++ Registered Linux User # 186492 We love and desire the things most that will kill us! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reinstall
On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Riker wrote: Riker, You need to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst for that. Just remove the "offending" entry, and after the next boot you're fine. Contrary to LILO, you do not need to run anything for the changes to take effect, the file will be read at boot time. Good luck Paul Paul: Yes, it was an IDE burner, and I'm really beginning to believe this is how I screwed things up. In what file/directory can I find the menu.lst or Grub? Thanks, Riker Paul wrote: On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Riker wrote: Did you set up an IDE burner? Perhaps the problem then lies in the 'ide=scsi' line, to fake SCSI on the IDE-bus for the cdrom? The burner will need that, but an ordinary cdrom won't eat that, I think. Should be in the append line of lilo.conf, or in menu.lst for Grub. -- I would only believe in a god that loves to dance. (Zarathustra) http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30
[newbie] Reinstall
Hello, again! I really screwed something up on my wife's Linux box (yes, she loves Linux and now she hates me!) and need to reinstall. It's a duel boot system with Win ME. If I do a fresh install of Linux, will it still see WinME? And if not, how do I go about keeping ME recognized on boot up? Thanks a million, Riker
Re: [newbie] Reinstall
Yes it will. You shouldn't have any problems doing a fresh install. You can probably get back into your wife's good graces, if you do not format the /home partiiton ( it will leave all of her settings intact.) Just make sure er user name is the same. Good Luck Eunice P.S. Are you sure you really have to do a new installation? Can you boot into Linux with your floppy boot disk? Riker wrote: Hello, again! I really screwed something up on my wife's Linux box (yes, she loves Linux and now she hates me!) and need to reinstall. It's a duel boot system with Win ME. If I do a fresh install of Linux, will it still see WinME? And if not, how do I go about keeping ME recognized on boot up? Thanks a million, Riker -- Eunice Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Treasurer/Community Relations Cerritos Linux User Group http://www.cerritoslug.org
Re: [newbie] Reinstall
On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Riker wrote: I really screwed something up on my wife's Linux box (yes, she loves Linux and now she hates me!) and need to reinstall. It's a duel boot system with Win ME. If I do a fresh install of Linux, will it still see WinME? And if not, how do I go about keeping ME recognized on boot up? Reinstalling should not be a problem. And don't worry, Linux setup is well behaved and keeps boot sectors intact, as far as I know. It has never let me down. Paul -- Instant Shaman. Add 1 drum, beat slowly. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30
Re: [newbie] Reinstall
Riker wrote: Hello, again! I really screwed something up on my wife's Linux box (yes, she loves Linux and now she hates me!) and need to reinstall. It's a duel boot system with Win ME. If I do a fresh install of Linux, will it still see WinME? And if not, how do I go about keeping ME recognized on boot up? Thanks a million, Riker format your drive under dos. install linux forget windoes thats really good advice u know :)
Re: [newbie] Reinstall
Eunice: First, thanks for responding! Actually, I can boot the system and everything runs fine except I can't access her CD-ROM (trying to install Mozilla off of the Mandrake 7.2 CDs). What I think happened was this: I tried to install a CD-Burner in her machine, and in doing so I followed the instructions on Mandrake's site for setting up a burner properly (same thing I did on my machine). Well, come to find out the burner wasn't working properly so I took it out. I think this is what I did to put myself in a world of hurt with my blushing bride. :) Since you inquired, is there a way to rectify this situation without reinstalling? Reconfiguring the fstab? Maybe? Here's to hoping! If not, I will go ahead with the reinstall, confident that Mandrake will take care of WinME as it should. Thanks, Riker Eunice Thompson wrote: Yes it will. You shouldn't have any problems doing a fresh install. You can probably get back into your wife's good graces, if you do not format the /home partiiton ( it will leave all of her settings intact.) Just make sure er user name is the same. Good Luck Eunice P.S. Are you sure you really have to do a new installation? Can you boot into Linux with your floppy boot disk? Riker wrote: Hello, again! I really screwed something up on my wife's Linux box (yes, she loves Linux and now she hates me!) and need to reinstall. It's a duel boot system with Win ME. If I do a fresh install of Linux, will it still see WinME? And if not, how do I go about keeping ME recognized on boot up? Thanks a million, Riker
Re: [newbie] Reinstall
On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Riker wrote: Did you set up an IDE burner? Perhaps the problem then lies in the 'ide=scsi' line, to fake SCSI on the IDE-bus for the cdrom? The burner will need that, but an ordinary cdrom won't eat that, I think. Should be in the append line of lilo.conf, or in menu.lst for Grub. Paul I tried to install a CD-Burner in her machine, and in doing so I followed the instructions on Mandrake's site for setting up a burner properly (same thing I did on my machine). Well, come to find out the burner wasn't working properly so I took it out. I think this is what I did to put myself in a world of hurt with my blushing bride. :) Since you inquired, is there a way to rectify this situation without reinstalling? Reconfiguring the fstab? Maybe? Here's to hoping! If not, I will go ahead with the reinstall, confident that Mandrake will take care of WinME as it should. -- Instant Shaman. Add 1 drum, beat slowly. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30
Re: [newbie] Reinstall
Paul: Yes, it was an IDE burner, and I'm really beginning to believe this is how I screwed things up. In what file/directory can I find the menu.lst or Grub? Thanks, Riker Paul wrote: On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Riker wrote: Did you set up an IDE burner? Perhaps the problem then lies in the 'ide=scsi' line, to fake SCSI on the IDE-bus for the cdrom? The burner will need that, but an ordinary cdrom won't eat that, I think. Should be in the append line of lilo.conf, or in menu.lst for Grub. Paul I tried to install a CD-Burner in her machine, and in doing so I followed the instructions on Mandrake's site for setting up a burner properly (same thing I did on my machine). Well, come to find out the burner wasn't working properly so I took it out. I think this is what I did to put myself in a world of hurt with my blushing bride. :) Since you inquired, is there a way to rectify this situation without reinstalling? Reconfiguring the fstab? Maybe? Here's to hoping! If not, I will go ahead with the reinstall, confident that Mandrake will take care of WinME as it should.
[newbie] Reinstall of 7.1 stalls
I'm reinstalling Linux due to stupidity. Now however, the installation stalls at "formatting hda1" it has already formated the other partitions. Hda1 is the / partition and so far it has been sitting there for an hour doing a 5-10 second blink on the HD light. Any suggestions? What is the command to do a clean wipe of the hard drive? Oh, yes I have tried rescue disk and other configurations of partitions. Nothing seems to work. A little help here! I'm seriously frustrated. Dennis
Re: [newbie] Reinstall of 7.1 stalls
Dennis Myers wrote: I'm reinstalling Linux due to stupidity. Now however, the installation stalls at "formatting hda1" it has already formated the other partitions. Hda1 is the / partition and so far it has been sitting there for an hour doing a 5-10 second blink on the HD light. Any suggestions? What is the command to do a clean wipe of the hard drive? Oh, yes I have tried rescue disk and other configurations of partitions. Nothing seems to work. A little help here! I'm seriously frustrated. Dennis DennisYou probably need to boot up with a rescue disc (I use tom's rootboot from http://www.toms.net/rb/) and type: fdisk /dev/hda Then type p to list the partitions. Then type d to delete the partitions (1 by 1 till there are none left). Alan
Re: [newbie] Reinstall of 7.1 stalls
bah you dont need to download anything, if your boot disk doesnt work well guess what your install disk is the main thing! reboot your comp with the install disk in the cdrom just like your going to install on mine i get a little menu hit enter or wait 5 seconds for the install, the next is hit F1 for help, yadda yadda HIT F1!! type rescue hoora you now have a prompt [$root@recue$] type fdisk /dev/hda and go through the process type p see whats up there is a variety of options, if you think deleteing the partitions would help, usually does delete them save your work reboot and try again on your reinstall
