Re: [newbie] Return of Error occurred during the Filesystems check

1999-09-16 Thread kkwan
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

Re: [newbie] Linux RPM, how to open.

1999-09-11 Thread kkwan
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

[newbie] Linux RAM problem

1999-09-10 Thread kkwan
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

Re: [newbie] Linux RAM problem

1999-09-10 Thread kkwan
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

[newbie] Lynx doesn't run

1999-08-26 Thread kkwan
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