Re: [expert] 9.2 strange one
From: James Sparenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a sense it's already there. When the first Lilo screen comes up hit the escape key and type linux 3 this will boot linux to runlevel 3 (text only) and then you can make the adjustments via good old vi. Not sure exactly on Grub what to do... Don't use grub. James grub does the exact same thing as lilo... Regards Thomas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.2 strange one
On Monday 20 October 2003 03:15 am, Thomas Backlund wrote: From: James Sparenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a sense it's already there. When the first Lilo screen comes up hit the escape key and type linux 3 this will boot linux to runlevel 3 (text only) and then you can make the adjustments via good old vi. Not sure exactly on Grub what to do... Don't use grub. James grub does the exact same thing as lilo... Grub does things that LILO does not. :) Trust me I found out the other day. For instance, on a SAN if you want, you can shift devices down so that it will ignore the first unbootable/unmodifiable partiton. Regards Thomas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.2 strange one
Oh well I'll reply to myself After formating my home partition, and a new install of 9.2 all seems to well, I hav'nt found yet whether or not I still have sound probs. What I have got probs with is urpmi addmedia, the mirrors are getting so heavily hammered I cant down load the lists.. Richard On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 18:09, Richard Bown wrote: Hi , just installed 9.2 well sorta !st attempt tried the upgrade...looked good, but kept throwing errors when loading the modules for the network card, tried different cards too .. 2nd attempt,, this time I installed and did'nt format my home dir. looked good but no matter what could run an app that was OK on 9.1 no digital audio input. So reconfigured the sound card and rebooted, then got something very strange as gnome started got loads of screens up with no entry signs on all much bigger than the main window. Went into console mode and deleted everything in my home dir that stated with .g. Restarted X and got the first time wizard :)) got to the end of that and guess what More damn terms with no entry sins and icons that looked like scrolled paper behind them. And if you click on them a blue patch appears under them for a short time. No I hav'nt been on the wacky backy.. so its now reinstall after ftping files to another machine and hope lightning wont strike twice in the same place.The MD5 checksums were ok on the downloads. Anyone seen similar?. Richard -- Richard Bown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.2 strange one
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Richard Bown wanted us to know: After formating my home partition, and a new install of 9.2 all seems to well, Usually it's just the .gnome or .kde directories that needed to be wiped, or the config dir for a specific application. I hav'nt found yet whether or not I still have sound probs. What I have got probs with is urpmi addmedia, the mirrors are getting so heavily hammered I cant down load the lists.. Use an http or rsync source instead of ftp. - -- Blue skies... Todd Public key: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc scandal cannonball: you gonna wear your ferengi ears? :) Morph scandal: everyone knows its the year of the Romulan..*slap* scandal trust me to show up unfashionably dressed to a scifi convention Linux kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdk 5 users, load average: 0.05, 0.04, 0.01 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc iD8DBQE/kruaIBT1264ScBURAihaAJ4mwd0zNJxL9/Q/nvgR+geFFyhz5wCdFHvZ lduT0WgbbdOFhHGezCbONCM= =998I -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.2 strange one
Hi There is definitely a problem when upgrading 9.1 to 9.2 when gnome is the wm I upgraded my friends, after 1.5 hrs it was upgraded, he had autologin enabled, as gnome 2.4 started the machine froze. Did so againso fresh install, saved the home partition all well and how doi put entries back on the menus, I also lost mozilla1.4 after using it. put a icon on the toolbar OK , but how to put it back on the menu Ans I still have input sound probs, apart from that no other complaints about 9.2 Richard On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 17:28, Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Richard Bown wanted us to know: After formating my home partition, and a new install of 9.2 all seems to well, Usually it's just the .gnome or .kde directories that needed to be wiped, or the config dir for a specific application. I hav'nt found yet whether or not I still have sound probs. What I have got probs with is urpmi addmedia, the mirrors are getting so heavily hammered I cant down load the lists.. Use an http or rsync source instead of ftp. - -- Blue skies... Todd Public key: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc scandal cannonball: you gonna wear your ferengi ears? :) Morph scandal: everyone knows its the year of the Romulan..*slap* scandal trust me to show up unfashionably dressed to a scifi convention Linux kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdk 5 users, load average: 0.05, 0.04, 0.01 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc iD8DBQE/kruaIBT1264ScBURAihaAJ4mwd0zNJxL9/Q/nvgR+geFFyhz5wCdFHvZ lduT0WgbbdOFhHGezCbONCM= =998I -END PGP SIGNATURE- __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Richard Bown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.2 strange one
On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 12:08, Richard Bown wrote: Hi There is definitely a problem when upgrading 9.1 to 9.2 when gnome is the wm unfortunately you have to lose the .gnome* files in your home directory. I noticed this as well (no autologin) and once I wacked my personal configs... all was well. I upgraded my friends, after 1.5 hrs it was upgraded, he had autologin enabled, as gnome 2.4 started the machine froze. Did so againso fresh install, saved the home partition all well and how doi put entries back on the menus, I also lost mozilla1.4 after using it. put a icon on the toolbar OK , but how to put it back on the menu menudrake is the tool you want/need Ans I still have input sound probs, apart from that no other complaints about 9.2 Details on the card. Perhaps one of the other Kernels (like the multimedia one) will work better. James Richard On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 17:28, Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Richard Bown wanted us to know: After formating my home partition, and a new install of 9.2 all seems to well, Usually it's just the .gnome or .kde directories that needed to be wiped, or the config dir for a specific application. I hav'nt found yet whether or not I still have sound probs. What I have got probs with is urpmi addmedia, the mirrors are getting so heavily hammered I cant down load the lists.. Use an http or rsync source instead of ftp. - -- Blue skies... Todd Public key: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc scandal cannonball: you gonna wear your ferengi ears? :) Morph scandal: everyone knows its the year of the Romulan..*slap* scandal trust me to show up unfashionably dressed to a scifi convention Linux kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdk 5 users, load average: 0.05, 0.04, 0.01 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc iD8DBQE/kruaIBT1264ScBURAihaAJ4mwd0zNJxL9/Q/nvgR+geFFyhz5wCdFHvZ lduT0WgbbdOFhHGezCbONCM= =998I -END PGP SIGNATURE- __ 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: [expert] 9.2 strange one
Hi James well in a way I'm glad it was'nt my imagination. What screwed me up was he had autologin set, so once X started It had gone past the point of no return.. OK , I should have used the 1st cd as a rescue disk, and got into his home dir and deleted all .gnome* files. To be honest this autologin feature is a pain and should be removed. If you are forced to login there is a chance to get into a console before all hell breaks loose, as once it starts you have no keyboard and no mouse.. just the power switch. Also just to make the matter worse, the sound card and NIC sat on the same interrupt, so no network access.. But the good thing is Alsa drivers and module for the intel x810 works.. Maybe someone could create a RPM to download as an upgrade to disable autologin, if it was done when the system is loaded, the user would never know Well thats my thoughts on the matter Richard On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 22:42, James Sparenberg wrote: On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 12:08, Richard Bown wrote: Hi There is definitely a problem when upgrading 9.1 to 9.2 when gnome is the wm unfortunately you have to lose the .gnome* files in your home directory. I noticed this as well (no autologin) and once I wacked my personal configs... all was well. I upgraded my friends, after 1.5 hrs it was upgraded, he had autologin enabled, as gnome 2.4 started the machine froze. Did so againso fresh install, saved the home partition all well and how doi put entries back on the menus, I also lost mozilla1.4 after using it. put a icon on the toolbar OK , but how to put it back on the menu menudrake is the tool you want/need Ans I still have input sound probs, apart from that no other complaints about 9.2 Details on the card. Perhaps one of the other Kernels (like the multimedia one) will work better. James Richard On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 17:28, Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Richard Bown wanted us to know: After formating my home partition, and a new install of 9.2 all seems to well, Usually it's just the .gnome or .kde directories that needed to be wiped, or the config dir for a specific application. I hav'nt found yet whether or not I still have sound probs. What I have got probs with is urpmi addmedia, the mirrors are getting so heavily hammered I cant down load the lists.. Use an http or rsync source instead of ftp. - -- Blue skies... Todd Public key: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc scandal cannonball: you gonna wear your ferengi ears? :) Morph scandal: everyone knows its the year of the Romulan..*slap* scandal trust me to show up unfashionably dressed to a scifi convention Linux kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdk 5 users, load average: 0.05, 0.04, 0.01 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc iD8DBQE/kruaIBT1264ScBURAihaAJ4mwd0zNJxL9/Q/nvgR+geFFyhz5wCdFHvZ lduT0WgbbdOFhHGezCbONCM= =998I -END PGP SIGNATURE- __ 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 -- Richard Bown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.2 strange one
On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 16:25, Richard Bown wrote: Hi James well in a way I'm glad it was'nt my imagination. What screwed me up was he had autologin set, so once X started It had gone past the point of no return.. OK , I should have used the 1st cd as a rescue disk, and got into his home dir and deleted all .gnome* files. To be honest this autologin feature is a pain and should be removed. If you are forced to login there is a chance to get into a console before all hell breaks loose, as once it starts you have no keyboard and no mouse.. just the power switch. Also just to make the matter worse, the sound card and NIC sat on the same interrupt, so no network access.. But the good thing is Alsa drivers and module for the intel x810 works.. Maybe someone could create a RPM to download as an upgrade to disable autologin, if it was done when the system is loaded, the user would never know Well thats my thoughts on the matter In a sense it's already there. When the first Lilo screen comes up hit the escape key and type linux 3 this will boot linux to runlevel 3 (text only) and then you can make the adjustments via good old vi. Not sure exactly on Grub what to do... Don't use grub. James Richard On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 22:42, James Sparenberg wrote: On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 12:08, Richard Bown wrote: Hi There is definitely a problem when upgrading 9.1 to 9.2 when gnome is the wm unfortunately you have to lose the .gnome* files in your home directory. I noticed this as well (no autologin) and once I wacked my personal configs... all was well. I upgraded my friends, after 1.5 hrs it was upgraded, he had autologin enabled, as gnome 2.4 started the machine froze. Did so againso fresh install, saved the home partition all well and how doi put entries back on the menus, I also lost mozilla1.4 after using it. put a icon on the toolbar OK , but how to put it back on the menu menudrake is the tool you want/need Ans I still have input sound probs, apart from that no other complaints about 9.2 Details on the card. Perhaps one of the other Kernels (like the multimedia one) will work better. James Richard On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 17:28, Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Richard Bown wanted us to know: After formating my home partition, and a new install of 9.2 all seems to well, Usually it's just the .gnome or .kde directories that needed to be wiped, or the config dir for a specific application. I hav'nt found yet whether or not I still have sound probs. What I have got probs with is urpmi addmedia, the mirrors are getting so heavily hammered I cant down load the lists.. Use an http or rsync source instead of ftp. - -- Blue skies... Todd Public key: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc scandal cannonball: you gonna wear your ferengi ears? :) Morph scandal: everyone knows its the year of the Romulan..*slap* scandal trust me to show up unfashionably dressed to a scifi convention Linux kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdk 5 users, load average: 0.05, 0.04, 0.01 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc iD8DBQE/kruaIBT1264ScBURAihaAJ4mwd0zNJxL9/Q/nvgR+geFFyhz5wCdFHvZ lduT0WgbbdOFhHGezCbONCM= =998I -END PGP SIGNATURE- __ 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] 9.2 strange one
Hi , just installed 9.2 well sorta !st attempt tried the upgrade...looked good, but kept throwing errors when loading the modules for the network card, tried different cards too .. 2nd attempt,, this time I installed and did'nt format my home dir. looked good but no matter what could run an app that was OK on 9.1 no digital audio input. So reconfigured the sound card and rebooted, then got something very strange as gnome started got loads of screens up with no entry signs on all much bigger than the main window. Went into console mode and deleted everything in my home dir that stated with .g. Restarted X and got the first time wizard :)) got to the end of that and guess what More damn terms with no entry sins and icons that looked like scrolled paper behind them. And if you click on them a blue patch appears under them for a short time. No I hav'nt been on the wacky backy.. so its now reinstall after ftping files to another machine and hope lightning wont strike twice in the same place.The MD5 checksums were ok on the downloads. Anyone seen similar?. Richard -- Richard Bown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
