Re: [newbie] Return of Error occurred during the Filesystems check
MAIN TOPIC: KDE DOESN'T LIKE ME!!! OK, well, I can't help you with any of the stuff below =-( BUT, I can tell you one other thing to try before the dreaded 3-Finger Salute. No problem, ANY information is greatly appreciated! Try jumping to one of the other virtual terminals by pressing control-alt-F2 or any of the other function keys 3-6. If that doesn't work (and make sure to give it a good long time), then if at all possible, try to telnet to the machine from another machine. Orderly shutdown is VERY important in linux for exactly the reason you describe below. Ahh, CTL-ALT-F2? I was just trying "ALT-F2", as it is in Bash. Oh, you can also press cntrl-alt-backspace to try to kill the x-server, i think, or try cntrl-alt-F1 and then control-c to do the same. WOW, that's a godsend! I'm now back into the shell and I can see all sorts of funny error messages! Okay, here goes! I get a screenfull of stuff... it probably stretches WAY before where I was. Anyway! kpanel: waiting for windowmanager No such file or directoryQdir::readDirEntries: Cannot read the directory /root/Desktop/Templaces ERROR: Templaye does not exist '/root/Desktop/Templates/' PID could not get read. ((*repeat 8 more times)) Could not read '/tmp//kfm-cache-0/index.txt' PID could not get read. PID could not get read. kwmsound: Failed connecting the audio server. Please check manually if you can start kaudioserver. ((*I never ever configured a sound card in Linux... it wasn't a concern of mine.)) kfm (kdebase): warning, case not handled in processError() kfm (kdebase): action = 16, kioerror = 7 kfm (kdebase): error msg = http://www.netscape.com/ ((*Hmm, can you tell I was trying to access Netscape?)) ((*Now, I get a big line of y's with two dots over them... about one and a half lines worth.)) Warning: /dev/mouse unable to get status of mouse fd (Input/outpot error) Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 001b And then it goes into the HD error (with the stack and all) that I reported in the last message and prints out "Ooops" and all. (At this point, I pressed CTL-ALT-DEL, which, on my system, automatically attempts to unmount the filesystems and reboot... unfortunately, the filesystems were being used... DAMN!) Actually, I think I know ONE problem right off of the bat... how do you set your mouse? I have a feeling my Mouse is incorrectly set. On the motherboard, it's plugged into "COM1". That means its a Serial Mouse? (I have an authentic Microsoft Mouse. Don't you all scream at me, now, this thing's from the late 1980's and I think it's cool that I still have it; I used it with my 286. Even more surprising, I still have the original software and the original manuals, too!) Anyway, would it work any better if I plugged the port into the "PS/2 mouse" port on my motherboard? (BTW, how do I configure the mouse for X11 anyway?) -- /-|rcana - - * - - Araby Weyr Fandom: http://members.tripod.com/~Araby/ Tales of Midgar- FF7: http://members.tripod.com/~ArcanaTxM/ Xenogears Interactive Fiction: http://members.tripod.com/~project_xat/ Xenogears - Guardian Angels: http://www.zenogias.com/Guardian
Re: [newbie] Linux RPM, how to open.
Okay, cool. Make sure that the /etc/lilo.conf line looks exactly like this: append="mem=64M" Also, after you check that or make the changes, run /sbin/lilo to write the boot block back out with the updates. Maybe that got missed after the previous change? Okay, new problem. KDE seems to crash on me a lot (I was working with kpackage). After one crash, I was working with the PPP interface, when suddenly, the shell crashed on me with a big stack error. When I reboot, it checks the hard disks, then it says, "/dev/hd1: Duplicate/bad block(s) in inode 22600:/dev/hd1: and it lists off a lot of other blocks with a similar label. After a bunch of errors, it concludes with, "/dev/hd1: UNEXPECTED CONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY. (i.e. without -a or -p options) In red, it concludes with, [FAILED]. Basically, it's a corrupted filesystem, I think. So how do I run fsck and fix it? -- /-|rcana - - * - - Araby Weyr Fandom: http://members.tripod.com/~Araby/ Tales of Midgar- FF7: http://members.tripod.com/~ArcanaTxM/ Xenogears Interactive Fiction: http://members.tripod.com/~project_xat/ Xenogears - Guardian Angels: http://www.zenogias.com/Guardian
[newbie] Linux RAM problem
I have a problem with Linux Mandrae 6.0 (Venus). When I boot up my computer, the BIOS reads that I have 65535 K of ram (64 megs). However, when I reach the Shell Log In screen, the system reports that I have only 16 megs of RAM. What's the deal? what do I do to make it detect my 64 megs of RAM? I am using the default kernel (I think it's 2.2.2-17), an AMD-K6 233, on a Tyan Tomcat motherboard. I have four 8 meg RAM chips. Also, when I recently tried to reinstall, the system kicks me out with a "Signal 3" error. I don't remember what the exact message is anymore, since I'm now reinstalling Windows 95 until I can get a good book (or a reply from this mailing list). Eventually, I want to network two computers for Internet Sharing of a Cable Modem (yep, IP Masquerading), and I know that Windows is paltry for that, but I can't even get PPP working in KDE yet (I have the update on my drive here, if only I can get a disk). I'm also hoping to get file sharing working as well, and I ultimately hope to get a small web server up for a personal web page. So I'll come back and ask about those sorts of things when I can get Linux detecting my RAM properly. (Side note, I used to be subscribed as "Digest" when the mail flow got too high, but that way, I couldn't seem to post! Arrgh!!!) -- /-|rcana - - * - - Araby Weyr Fandom: http://members.tripod.com/~Araby/ Tales of Midgar- FF7: http://members.tripod.com/~ArcanaTxM/ Xenogears Interactive Fiction: http://members.tripod.com/~project_xat/ Xenogears - Guardian Angels: http://www.zenogias.com/Guardian
Re: [newbie] Linux RAM problem
What's the deal? what do I do to make it detect my 64 megs of RAM? Can you post the output of the 'free' command? Also, try 'dmesg | grep Memory' and send that too. Sure can! (By the way, at the LILO prompt, I can type "linux mem=64M" and it will work just fine, but in /etc/lilo.conf, line five reads "append="mem=64M"" and it seems to do nothing.) These are both typed in as the Root user, at the Bash shell prompt. -- # Free total usedfreeshared buffers cached Mem:13604 13332 272 10612 720 7176 -/+ buffers/cache:5436 8168 Swap: 84636 120 84516 # dmesg | grep Memory Memory: 13556k/15360k available (956k kernel code, 408k reserved, 392k data, 48k init) -- -- /-|rcana - - * - - Araby Weyr Fandom: http://members.tripod.com/~Araby/ Tales of Midgar- FF7: http://members.tripod.com/~ArcanaTxM/ Xenogears Interactive Fiction: http://members.tripod.com/~project_xat/ Xenogears - Guardian Angels: http://www.zenogias.com/Guardian
[newbie] Lynx doesn't run
When I try running Lynx from the console, I get a message, "Metamail: Can't open temporary file!" It even happened if I uninstalled metamail. What's up with that, I can't use X-Windows because my system is too slow, so I want to use the good old text browser. Can anyone help me out? Thanks. -- /-|rcana - - * - - Araby Weyr Fandom: http://members.tripod.com/~Araby/ Tales of Midgar- FF7: http://members.tripod.com/~ArcanaTxM/ Xenogears Interactive Fiction: http://members.tripod.com/~project_xat/ Xenogears - Guardian Angels: http://www.zenogias.com/Guardian
