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
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] what do these different things mean? KDE, Gnome, etc
Along these lines When I boot up my machine go directly to KDE. If I want to select to run gnome (for instance) at booting time how do I do that? Surely pressing some key at some time in the booting process will offer me that menu - when I logout I do get to this menu. Ralph Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Cleanup a failed install
I have now several suggestions and "howtos" on cleaning up my failed install from you kind people -many thanks - Seems that removing partitions for the Linux install is the answer - I am now doing what all said do - backing up to another drive on my LAN - I notice that Partition Magic offers the option to "Delete partition" - anything wrong with using that? I am now wondering if I should somehow delete the LILO or can I just leave it . My next effort is to try to install Morphix to disk - it among others was the onlyversion that installed (the versions that workwholly from bootable CDs) and it offers desktop icon to install to disk - (perfect for a real newbie)
[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
[newbie] NTFS ?
My effort to install Mandrake 9.1 on a PC that has Windows XP already installed has stopped at the "partitioning" phase twice . I now recall a comment somewhere that Linux doesn't like NTFS systems - Can I install on this XP machine that is using NTFS? If not can I use Partition Magic and create a FAT 32 partition and go from there? I'm on hold !! Thanks Ralph
Re: [newbie] I feel so stupid
Hi Joe, I have gaim up and working just fine with AOL,MSN and Yahoo messenger programs. I was never able to follow your instructions using urpmi - I tried : urpmi.addmedia texstar ftp://ftp.bahcesehir.edu.tr/pub/texstar/mandrake/9.1/rpms with hdlist.cz many times and never got it to work. I then tried another suggestion by someone else and the file was available and was downloading for a couple of hours until I gave up - it never finished. Then I went to the texstar ftp site , downloaded the file in a couple of minutes and clicked on the file and it installed in another couple of minutes - all by itself - Question is why is this not the preferred method of installing new software - ? Am I missing something ? Ralph O.K. sorry if I am telling you stuff you know already but... To become the root user open a terminal/console window and type: su when prompted give your password for the root user/super user (su) then copy and paste this line into your command line: urpmi.addmedia texstar ftp://ftp.bahcesehir.edu.tr/pub/texstar/mandrake/9.1/rpms with hdlist.cz hit enter... wait till texstar is setup as a source for urpmi then type: urpmi gaim After downloading, you will be told that: the following packages have bad signatures: ...gaim-0.64-1tex.i586.rpm You DO want to continue installation, type y and enter, the signature is only bad because you don't have urpmi set up with the proper gpg signatures for this source. Now assuming that works you should have the updated version of gaim ready to use, including the MSN protocol. HTH, joe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I feel so stupid
Sure thing. My smb.conf file is at /etc/samba/ . It says under [printers] path = /var/spool/samba and yes my jobs are there. It also says workgroup = MDKGROUP under [global] Is this file editable? And does it config samba ? Ralph - could you look at /etc/smb.conf to see where it is locating your spool file, and check that your print jobs are actually in that file. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I feel so stupid
Thanks a lot Joe BUT: I have the program running but can only get AOL to work. I have only two options AOL/ICQ and TOC (whatever that is) as proocols available,. I was unable to follow your instructions on setting up the urpmi deal. But I now know how to make the amsn program run - which gives me MSN use - although I have been unable to execute the program like I think you are supposed to - nor can I put an icon on the desktop for it - I do have an icon for gaim. ralph I use a program called gaim to chat with people on MSN, it comes with MDK9.1 but i found it easier to install a newer version that had the msn plug-in installed (rather than mess around with the version that comes with mandrake 9.1). make sure you have urpmi set up properly with texstar as a source, this page can help with that: http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php then (as root) type into a console: urpmi gaim then (using the updated version of gaim you will find under networking/instant messaging in the kde menu) it is pretty fool proof to set up an account and chat with people on MSN (click on accounts, select add, choose msn as protocol, put in a user name and password, and viola!) To get the icon on the desktop in KDE click 'n drag gaim from instant messaginge menu to the desktop. When given the option choose link here. From one newb to another, hope this helps. Joe. 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] I feel so stupid
Really great help derek - thanks ralph How do I get an icon on the desktop that runs the program ? ./amsn means run the application amsn which will be found in the current directory. It would also work if you typed /path/to/directory/amsn In Linux any file can be executable if the 'execute' file attribute bit is set. It does not need an .exe or .bin extension. If you are running KDE.To make a desktop icon just right click on desktop and select CreateNewLink to application If the app you want to run already has a menu item then just click on the kde menu and drag/drop the menu entry onto the desktop. If you want to add a new menu item, run menudrake from Mandrake Control Centre. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net 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
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[newbie] Add printer
My 9.1 install went great - I can surf the web, listen to CD's , view images and play mp3's - etc -but I can't get my printer to work which is shared on another computer on my LAN. When I run "Mandrake Control Center 9.1" , under the "hardware" tab I select "PrinterDrake helps you set up your computer". After a short waiting period and a couple of messages I get "Please wait - searching for new printers" - - after another short wait - I get a menu offering "Add a new printer" - I select that option - then I get another menu offering to check or uncheck three "auto detect" options . So I uncheck "Auto-detect printers connected to this computer" and leave checked "Auto-detect printers connected directly to a local network" and "Auto-detect printers connected to machines running Microsoft Windows" - and "OK". Then appears a window saying "The following printer was auto-detected. The configuration of the printer will work fully automatically " And below that there isa check on :"Epson Stylus COLOR 600 ESC/P, printer "EpsonSty" on SMB/Windows server "ralphleft.mshome.net". I click "OK". Then another window asks if my printer is "EPSON Stylus Color 600" . I click "The model is correct". Then I am offered the option to print test pages and it doesn't print. I have gone through this several times - looking for entry errors. Well, my printer is an Epson COLOR 600 but I don't know where the "EpsonSty" or the "ralphleft.mshome.net" comes from. The computer is identified as "ralphleft" but maybe the "mshome" should be "WORKGROUP" which is the name I use on my LAN. I think I am real close to getting it right - can someone give me a shot of "help" please. Ralph [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] super new
I downloaded the mardrake image file and made the boot.img floppy . Each time I try to boot I get an error saying "crc errorVFS: Cannot open root device 08:22 - Kernal panic:VFS Unable to mount root fs on 08:22. I downloaded the image again and got the exact same results. I tried booting from the CDs and again got a boot failure. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? Tnhanks a lot. Ralph
Re: [[newbie] super new]
Thanks . That is the first thing I did - with two different floppy disks made from the image files on the two disks - using rawrite. Today I have downloaded the CD image for redhat 5.2.3 and it seems to be working - booting from either the floppy (boot.img) or the CD itself. I wanted the mandrake version because I am told it includes video drivers for my TXPRO board which has an integrated video. Thanks again. Ralph Michael Scottaline wrote: Ralph Bagwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded the mardrake image file and made the boot.img floppy . Each time I try to boot I get an error saying "crc errorVFS: Cannot open root device 08:22 - Kernal panic:VFS Unable to mount root fs on 08:22. I downloaded the image again and got the exact same results. I tried booting from the CDs and again got a boot failure. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? Tnhanks a lot. Ralph === Not exactly sure, Ralph, but if you have the CD, why not make the boot image from the CD using rawrite.exe. in the dosutils folder on the CD. Follow the instructions there and you should have no problem. Mike Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
