Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
Thanks for all the responses. Well, stupidly, I tried (actually I succeeded) in putting a stick of DDR ram in an SDRAM slot. The system still worked after I took it out though. This morning I disconnected all the drives, took the ram out and cleaned the slots and replaced it and gave it an overall cleaning with air. There is some play in the motherboard, I pushed away from the case- not sure what else to do about that. Tried starting it to see if there was any difference. It ran longer this time, maybe 10 seconds, then there was a blue flash in the vicinity of the power supply and it cut off. Oh well, I think this one is beyond me. Thanks, SW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
Hello Today I put a third hard drive and an additional 256MB of ram (there were already 2 256MB sticks) in my computer, after which it would not boot. I took the new ram out and it booted ok. I took one of the original sticks out then to look at it make sure I had gotten the right kind, and replaced it. Since then when I turn the computer on it turns off right away. As soon as the fans start to turn, it cuts off. It is a 1.53 gig athlon, K7S5A motherboard, pc2100 ram. Appreciate any help. Thanks, SW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Can only run mozilla as root
On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 07:16, Hoyt Bailey wrote: On Friday 03 September 2004 04:18 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: Hi I downloaded mozilla RPMs on my daughter's computer into her /home directory and installed them with rpmdrake. libnspr4-1.6-12mdk.i586 libnss3-1.6-12mdk.i586 mailcap-2.0.4-12mdk.noarch mozilla-1.6-12mdk.i586 I can only start the browser from the konsole if I su to root. The permissions of the executable are, ls -l /usr/bin/mozilla -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6603 Mar 22 11:14 /usr/bin/mozilla* the same as on my box, where it runs properly. I can't think of any reason why it shouldn't run. Cheers, Scott I finally fixed mozilla in my case the problem was in my home directory in the file .mozilla try 'ls -la .mozilla and see what the permissions are, also you might want want to rm /root/.mozilla. Luck! Thanks Hoyt, that was it. Cheers, Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Can only run mozilla as root
Hi I downloaded mozilla RPMs on my daughter's computer into her /home directory and installed them with rpmdrake. libnspr4-1.6-12mdk.i586 libnss3-1.6-12mdk.i586 mailcap-2.0.4-12mdk.noarch mozilla-1.6-12mdk.i586 I can only start the browser from the konsole if I su to root. The permissions of the executable are, ls -l /usr/bin/mozilla -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6603 Mar 22 11:14 /usr/bin/mozilla* the same as on my box, where it runs properly. I can't think of any reason why it shouldn't run. Cheers, Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] wireless card for M10
Can someone recommend a wireless PCI card that works with Mandrake 10? I'm using an 802.11b AP but would consider getting a 802.11g card in anticipation of upgrading later -- as long as it's backward compatible. Thanks, SW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] rescue disk probs
Thanks, I'm back in Mandrake. I did # mkdir /mnt/tmp and then # mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/tmp and then found /etc/lilo.conf at /mnt/tmp/etc/lilo.conf Vi was acting a little sickly, but I was able to delete the bad stanza. Thanks all, SW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] sound blaster pci 128
Hello Does anyone have any experience with the sound blaster pci 128 card in M 9.0.? e.g. how is the sound quality? Does M 9.0. have built-in support for this card? Thanks, SW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] sound blaster pci 128
On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 13:17, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 01:45, Scott Wagner wrote: Hello Does anyone have any experience with the sound blaster pci 128 card in M 9.0.? e.g. how is the sound quality? Does M 9.0. have built-in support for this card? Thanks, SW There really shouldn't be any issues with the SB PCI 128 - are you having problems with it? -- Mon Dec 30 05:15:00 EST 2002 5:15am up 11:20, 4 users, load average: 0.41, 0.29, 0.24 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- * linux user:267497 * RH 7.3+ * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- Performance: A statement of the speed at which a computer system works. Or rather, might work under certain circumstances. Or was rumored to be working over in Jersey about a month ago. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com No, I'm thinking about buying one. I've seen some reviews on the net that say they are noisy, i.e. people report crackling or hissing esp. when the volume is turned up. (I think these people were all using windows. Serves them right.) Thanks, SW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 8.2 install gone awry
- Original Message - From: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] 8.2 install gone awry On Tuesday 04 June 2002 05:28 am, Scott Wagner wrote: Hi I've copied the patch numerous times and each time I try the install when it comes to the part where you partition the hard drive the floppy drive starts to work and it just works and works and nothing happens until I finally exit the install. What should the file type of the copied patch be? Windows saves it as a text file and I wonder if this is a problem. Thanks, SW Scott, what do you mean by windows saves it as a text file? Do you mean, that windows saves patch.pl as patch.txt ? - In that case it's no wonder everything goes awry. I can only think of one way that could happen : if you use M$-file-explorer (I'm not sure of the name) to drag'n drop the file from the harddisk to the floppy. As far as I remember, this explorer-thingy doesn't show file-extensions, but nevertheless I doubt that even a M$-app could behave that stupid. No, I think the problem is that the first time you tried to install 8.2 you created a file-system on your HD. Then you reached the select-packages part and everything stopped. Now, when you try another install, this time with the patch in place, the installer finds an alien partition-table and panics. May I recommend : Do an expert install, and choose to delete all partitions except the windows-ones. Then, create linux-partitions once again to your liking. Remember to have the floppy in place. If still in trouble, repost to this list, I'm sure there are people here to help you through this. I'm sure it's only some minor issue. HTH Kaj Haulrich Denmark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Here's a description of my latest attempt:: I attempted to reinstall Mandrake 8.0, because using the patch I cannot get to the disk partitioning step in 8.2. I chose an expert install. When I got to disk partitioning I chose the wizard and clicked on erase entire disk and erased the hdb disk that my I'm installing linux on (I have Windows on a seperate hd). I then went back and manually partitioned the drive and chose to format each new partition. Install appears to go normally untill packages are almost all installed and then it fails saying: Some important packages were not installed properly. Either your cdrom drive or your cd is defective. Check the cdrom in an installed computer using 'rpm-qpl Mandrake/RPM/*.rpm' (I dont have another computer available. I'm assuming this won't work on windows.) After I click OK another error message appears: No hdlist found. I checked the hardware list and my cdrom drive, Philips cdrw 800 series is listed as being reported to work with Mandrake 8.0 by someone in the community. So I installed 7.2 again, as much to have a bootloader as for any other reason. And that's where I'm at. Is it time to look for another cd drive? Any suggestions welcome. Well, almost any. Thanks, SW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 8.2 install gone awry
Hi I've copied the patch numerous times and each time I try the install when it comes to the part where you partition the hard drive the floppy drive starts to work and it just works and works and nothing happens until I finally exit the install. What should the file type of the copied patch be? Windows saves it as a text file and I wonder if this is a problem. Thanks, SW - Original Message - From: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 8:03 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] 8.2 install gone awry On Monday 03 June 2002 12:32 am, Michael Adams wrote: On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 07:12, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Sunday 02 June 2002 02:50 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: I am reduced to using windows now since trying to install 8.2 and I'm trying to make a floppy with a patch on it like it tells you on the Mandrake errata page. Can anyone tell me how to make a DOS file system on a floppy with windows 98? My patch isn't working and I'm thinking its because the filesystem is FAT rather than DOS. Thanks, SW Scott, try this : 1. download the patch once more (it's very small) and save it on your c-drive 2. insert a floppy, open a ms-dos prompt and type : format a: 3. when done, change directory cd to the one with the patch 4. type : copy patch.pl a: 5. the screen will tell you that 1 file was copied. 6. remove the floppy, insert your mdk 8.2 CD 7. reboot 8. the CD starts whirring, now re-insert the floppy 9. that's all. If still in trouble, repost to the list. HTH Kaj Haulrich Denmark This patch doesn't need to be written as an image using rawwrite does it? Just checking. Michael No, it doesn't. A plain copy will do. Kaj 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
[newbie] 8.2 install gone awry
I am reduced to using windows now since trying to install 8.2 and I'm trying to make a floppy with a patch on it like it tells you on the Mandrake errata page.Can anyone tell me how to make a DOS file system on a floppy with windows 98? My patch isn't working and I'm thinking its because the filesystem is FAT rather than DOS. Thanks, SW
[newbie] 8.2 install problem
I tried to install 8.2 power pack last night and ran into some problems. It gets to the part where it's supposed to install the packages and no packages seem to be available. I get error messages like "depslist.ordered mismatch against hdlist files". After 8.2 failedI tried to go back and reinstall 8.0. I get "Nothing found while parsing /mnt/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist" I have finally been able to install an old 7.2. Feeling like I was on a roll, I tried 8.0 again and got something like "unable to open /mnt/something/something/RPM. When I logged out I saw a message something about "can't open the rpm database, if you recently upgraded" couldn't catch the rest. Can anyone help me out? Appreciate it, Scott W.
[newbie] 8.2 install problems
I tried to install 8.2 last night and ran into some problems. When I got to the part where the packages install, no packages seemd to be available. I got an error message like "depslist.ordered mismatch against hdlist files" and "Basesystem package not selected.". After this failed I tried to go back and reinstall 8.0. This time I got "Nothing found while parsing /mnt/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist" I was then able to able install an old 7.2. Feeling like I was on a roll, I tried 8.0 again. I got "Unable to open /mnt/something/something/RPM." When I logged out I saw a message something about "Unable to open rpom database, if you recently upgraded" couldn't catch the rest. I get that 8.0 and 8.2 can't seem to get at the packages, but why and what to do about it? Appreciate any help, Thanks, Scott
Re: [newbie] 8.2 install problems
Sorry for that double post. Anyway, now 7.2 won't boot, It says: "Warning: Unable to open an initial console." "Kernel Panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel." Geez, all I wanted to do was upgrade. Appreciate any help. ThankSW - Original Message ----- From: Scott Wagner To: newbie Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 12:47 PM Subject: [newbie] 8.2 install problems I tried to install 8.2 last night and ran into some problems. When I got to the part where the packages install, no packages seemd to be available. I got an error message like "depslist.ordered mismatch against hdlist files" and "Basesystem package not selected.". After this failed I tried to go back and reinstall 8.0. This time I got "Nothing found while parsing /mnt/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist" I was then able to able install an old 7.2. Feeling like I was on a roll, I tried 8.0 again. I got "Unable to open /mnt/something/something/RPM." When I logged out I saw a message something about "Unable to open rpom database, if you recently upgraded" couldn't catch the rest. I get that 8.0 and 8.2 can't seem to get at the packages, but why and what to do about it? Appreciate any help, Thanks, Scott
Re: [newbie] 8.2 install problem
Thank you . SW - Original Message - From: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] 8.2 install problem On Saturday 01 June 2002 06:25 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: I tried to install 8.2 power pack last night and ran into some problems. It gets to the part where it's supposed to install the packages and no packages seem to be available. I get error messages like depslist.ordered mismatch against hdlist files. After 8.2 failed I tried to go back and reinstall 8.0. I get Nothing found while parsing /mnt/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist I have finally been able to install an old 7.2. Feeling like I was on a roll, I tried 8.0 again and got something like unable to open /mnt/something/something/RPM. When I logged out I saw a message something about can't open the rpm database, if you recently upgraded couldn't catch the rest. Can anyone help me out? Appreciate it, Scott W. Scott, your problem seems to indicate a K6 - CPU , right ? In this case point your browser to the Mandrake homepage and click errata. Once there, you'll find the explanation, and the fix : download a small patch, copy it to a floppy, re-install 8.2 and, at the splash-screen, press F1 and type patch. That's all. On the other hand : if you don't have a browser yet, I'll be glad to mail this patch to you. Just let me know, OK ? HTH Kaj Haulrich Denmark 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
[newbie] installing nic driver
I'm trying to install drivers for my smc1211tx ethernet card so I can get my cable connection configured correctly. I'm running 8.0. I have a couple of questions about the directions that came with the cd before I try it. The directions say to verify that you have the source code for your current kernel version installed. How do you do that? Later it says install the driver module in the proper location for your distribution. This is usually /lib/modules/kernel-version/net/driver The closest thing I have is /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/net. I want to be sure that that is the correct location to install the driver before I do it. Finally, it says to run the following command as root to install the driver: install -m 644 driver.o /lib/modules/'uname -r'/net/ Am I really supposed to type 'uname -r', or does this stand for something else? Should I substitute this directory with the /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/net one? Sorry for all the dumb questions, SW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] cannot re-edit XF86Config-4
I had a problem with the X font server (Mandrake 8.0)starting so I took someone's advice (not on this list) to change the port for xfs from "unix/:-1" to port "7100". I changed this in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and in /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs. It didn't work. I opened the files from the command line with vim and tried to put them back the way they were but I cannot write changes to the file. I get error messages like "write error in swap file" and "write error (system full?)" During shutdown I get the message "segmentation fault in /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs". Can someone tell me how I can re-edit these files (If possible) and what to do to fix the original problem, that suddenly xfs will not start? The original error message was something like "default font fixed". I tried commenting out "FontPath uix/:-1" in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and x started, but then I couldn't connect to the internet because of the font I was running. This has been a problem with two differnt installations.ThanksSW
[newbie] X won't start default font fixed
Hi I got home from work today and turned my computer on, and was confronted by the error message could not open default font path unix/:1 Fatal server error: could not open default font fixed and X would not start. I have been told that one way to fix this problem, at least temporarily, is to comment out the FontPath unix/:-1 line in /etc/X11/Xf86Config. However I have not been able to access the file from the command line. Pico is not not installed. I think I have opened vim from the command line but have no idea how to use it. Is there anothe editor I could use that doesn't run on X that is likely to be installed on my system? Does anyone know of any other solutions? Is this something that could be fixed from the failsafe option from Lilo? I have never used that either. Thanks, SW
[newbie] Gimp freezes
The version of gimp that comes with Mandrake 8.0 (1.2.1) freezes up when I click on the tools. I have talked to another user who has experienced similar problems with this version of gimp on 8.0. Is this a known bug? If so is there any fix for it? Thanks sw
