Serge,
Lets see if I can answer any of your questions.
On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Serge Lussier wrote:
> Hi cooker, it's me ...again!
[me running very fast in the other direction] :-)
> CDROMs: Pioneer DVD 10X-40X
> Memorex CRW-1622
> (2X write, 6X read, I think it's the cheapest in the world
> but it surprisingly works very well though:
> I scrapped only 3 CD out of ~60 burned to date)
>
Yeh, I have one of those as well.
> network: SMC Ethernet, Cablemodem.
OK.
>
> I wiped my hda's partitions then installed windows me edition from
> scratch.
> ( yes, I bought it, - I hate all Quake and Unreal,
> but I LOVE Dynamix TRIBES and all westwood's real time strategie
> games so I need Windows :)
Hell, there's your problem.... didn't you read "Consumer Reports" and see
their report on Windows ME ? Sum it up in two words: "Don't" and "Bugs".
>
> I have Linux 7.1 (deluxe) on my hdb 1..8 and 5 GB on hdb9 for beta 3.
> re-installed LILO for 7.1 on /dev/hda after intalled windows me edition
> virus...
OK
>
> I installed beta 3 LILO on a floppy and left LILO of 7.1 on /dev/hda.
> I boot beta 3 from floppy only.
OK
>
> Thus, it seems ( starting from beta1 ) that LILO of 7.2 can't boot
> Windows 9x/me
> in any case now :)
You may need to re-install lilo because of the update to me. Remember, your
msdos.sys probably has changed size, date, etc. Which means your master boot
record (MBR) needs to be updated. I would probably clear my MBR using the dos
FDISK /MBR command and then re-install lilo. I am not a dos expert so please
make sure you have backups!
>
> other issues:
> PLEASE, DON'T IGNORE ME!!!!
I do not think anyone intentianally ignores you. The problem is very simpley
there are only 24 hours in a day :-) Just to maintain my packages I need to
browse and scan close to 1000 email messages every morning. I've seen your
messages before I admit but I have to prioritize. I think most of the other
packagers have the same problem. If not worse. For some it becomes tougher,
English is my native language, for most of the packagers it is not - If I had
to read everything in French or German I would NEVER get through my email.
> network:
> Where the f%$#% is HOSTNAME is assigned "default" in the initscripts
> ????
It would help a little to know some of the configuration options you selected
when you installed your system but here are a few additional places to look:
/etc/sysconfig/network
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
If you send me a follow-up message please include the contents of those files.
> the only place I see "default" is in the /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-eth0.info
> file!!! (HOSTNAME=default)
I don't think I would mess with that one.
> Also /etc/hosts only contains loopback info ( localhost.localhost ) !!!
> ( Obviously! )
Carefull here. I assume you are trying to setup your cable modem? If you are
on Media One the order reciept that you where left by the installers has your
host information. You really do not need to do much with this file.
ESPECIALLY if you have a static IP.
If you send some more details on how you want to setup your network (like are
you using your linux box as a router for machines on a local network) and
stuff like that I can probably walk you through it.
> And from where dhcpcd is called when eth0 is awaken ??
>
make sure you have configured /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
properly.
> Thus, WHY HOSTNAME IS STICK TO DEFAULT ?
Please see the above. Also there is a realy good tool called DrakConf (K
Menu-> Configuration --> Other ---> Drakconf) that will automate most of this
for you.
> HELP!!!!!!!!!!
I just did.
>
> Mouse:
> now that this USB intellimouse is automaticly configured (
> congratulation! by the way ),
> the wheel is not working anymore by default. ( I did not yet check
> XF86config pointer section... ).
I have seen some other messages regarding this and I think you may need to
update X. But how about we focus on one problem at a time and solve your
networking issues first. Once that is working then it will be much easier to
upgrade software.
>
> KDE2:
> kcontrol doesn't starts from the panel, I have to launch it from
> cmdline. ( didn't try from menu yet )
If you have a ~/.kde/share/config/kickerrc from a prior install of kde2 or
kde1 please delete it. Some things changed and you need the new default. I
just deleted mine with the most recent packages and all was OK.
> Quick launcher applet doesn't work - not receiving keyboard input or
> don't get focus - isn't it ?
>
Please upgrade to the latest packages that I posted a few times today already
and see if that solves some of the problems. Let me know.
Finally, may I make a suggestion to you that may solve a lot of your problems:
There is a really good book called "Linux Complete". The ISBN # is
0-7821-2567-0 and it retails for $19.99 USD, $28.95 Canadian, and 14.99
British Pounds (I don't have the simble on my keyboard). It will answer a lot
of your questions regarding the cable modems, networking, and so on.
Everyone else on this list, sorry about a long email.
-Chris
