[newbie] No go on notebook

[Bruce]

Ok I'm defnately a newbie to Linux trying to install Mandrake 7.1. After full install it won't get past initilisation and dies just before xwindows starts. Message is "Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 07:07 ??? I fear it may be my video card? as I'm using a sony laptop with a nice TFT screen, which of course was not in the setup. Is there a way to get "most" laptop screens supported? Any help'd be great Bruce Christopher Molnar wrote: > On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Mark wrote: > > > I have a few questions, was wondering if anyone could help? > > > > W only works as root. I want all users to see who is on. They can do this > > using Finger, but I'd rather have W work as I'm so used to it. It displays > > the header for W, but no username or user info. I tried changing the > > permissions on the utmp file, but to no avail. > > what about "w" not "W" ? I just checked and it works here (mdk 7.1 > developer install). > > > > Finger Command does not retain info once a user logs out. So when I finger > > user, it says they have never logged in. I'm not sure on this one either. > > > > I will open a bug on this one. Thanks. > > > And finally, YTalk, it runs, but will not contact the other user that I'm > > trying to talk to. How do I get this to run? Is this a process that has to > > be started? > > I have never used... sorry. > > Hope that helps a little. > > -Chris