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I think my wife's machine needs another graphic-card; it runs mva2006 with a pavillion f1523 monitor. Just a good, solid, not too expensive PCI card. Doesn't have to be fast, no games. Any tips? Thanks

Have just been reading some posts about graphic-cards and it occurred to me that I may need a driver for the SPEA video7 card that's now in the machine. How would I go about that, anyone? Thanks

Great, it worked AND I've learnt another linux-command in the process :happy: . Somehow the display-resolution had been changed from 16-bit to 24; changed it back and all's honkey-dorey. Well, not all, because the splash still doesn't work, but I'll try another graphics-card and, who knows, that may work. Many thanks.

Sorry, don't understand. I can't get to a konsole because the screen is blank; I'm assuming that I need to use the rescue-mode of the installation-DVD, and call some utility or another from there. Perhaps you could clarify. Thanks. Edit: Ideally, I would like a utility which updates the system automatically, because I'm not absolutely certain which type of graphic-card I've installed.

The problem with the splash may be associated with the graphics-card. I've installed a oldish PCI-card (V7 Mirage, I think) which has changed the display somewhat; now, after the initial lilo screen (where I select linux) the display goes grey for about 15 seconds, then reverts to the verbose boot-mode. I assume that lilo is trying to display the splash-screen but can't, because the graphics are set up for the old onboard video. The problem is that, on conclusion of boot, the screeen goes blank (graphics problem again?) and I therefore can't alter anything using a GUI :unsure: . I remember using a command-line utility once to do just that, but have forgotten its name. Could someone help me out? Don't particularly want to have to re-install the OS. Thanks.

Just knew it was somewhere B) . Many thanks.

I need to unzip (if that's the correct term :unsure: ) a .bz2 file but don't know the syntax. Could someone help me out? Thanks. ps: is there already a post giving tips on this sort of thing? Seem to remember seeing one somewhere ;) [moved from Software by spinynorman]

Well, thanks for the tip, but that didn't work either. In fact, I've never been able to toggle BACK from verbose-mode on any of my mandrake installations (10.1, LE2005 and 2006); perhaps it works on other machines but not on mine. But thanks, once again.

Thanks. Don't know what the problem can be, so will have to just live with it. :huh: I've since found out that it doesn't appear to be possible to use grub in the boot-sector of a partition, if that same partition also steers grub in the MBR. There would be a collision, since there is only a single menu.lst. If anyone out there would like to contradict me on this point, I'll be happy to learn how to do it. B) Many thanks, once again, to you both.

Sorry, should have provided that info. The new installation is 'vmlinuz-2.6.12-12mdk', which came from the same DVD as that used on my laptop (and THAT works, splash and all). I don't think that the problem lies with the chainloader (grub?) :unsure: because the lilo splash-screen appears (where I select linux). It's from this point on that the verbose mode is implemented. And, you mention 'framebuffer splash' enabled; how do I enable this? Thanks.

Well, AFAIK, grub only needs the root partition's name in order to chainload to it, expecting some other loader to do the actual booting. In any case, the grub bit most certainly works, because windoze boots, as does Mva2006 without splash. I've just checked the lilo.conf on my laptop, which contains two extra parameters: append=" acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent" vga=788 I added these to lilo.conf, ran lilo, rebooted and.....no difference I then went into MCC->Boot->Set up...boots, selected '/dev/hda8' and 'LILO with graphical menu', added a new entry 'linux2006' and the approp image-info -> Finish. The result is below default="linux" boot=/dev/hda8 map=/boot/map keytable=/boot/uk.klt menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux" root=/dev/hda8 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent" vga=788 image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda8 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="failsafe acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6" other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-12mdk label="linux2006" root=/dev/hda8 initrd=/boot/initrd.img Rebooted, selected 'linux2006' and.....no difference. Don't understand it :unsure: . Could this be a monitor-driver problem? Perhaps there's another approach. Is it possible to use grub in the MBR to chainload into a partition (that DOES work, I'm sure) and then use grub again in that partition to boot linux? I ask because I'm not aware of multiple versions of menu.lst on a partition (the one currently in hda8/boot/grub is the one used to boot from the MBR), which would tend to preclude this possibility, and I don't want to just try it and risk not being able to reboot the machine. Thanks.

Am having a strange problem with lilo. I've just installed mva2006 onto another machine, which also has windoze 2k-pro on it. I put grub in the MBR and lilo in hda8. Grub looks like this: timeout 10 color black/cyan yellow/cyan shade 1 viewport 3 2 77 22 splashimage (hd0,7)/boot/grub/mdv-grub_splash.xpm.gz default 0 title Mva2006 root (hd0,7) chainloader +1 title windows root (hd0,0) chainloader +1 and lilo like this. default="linux" boot=/dev/hda8 map=/boot/map keytable=/boot/uk.klt menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux" root=/dev/hda8 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6" image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda8 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="failsafe acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6" other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda When I boot Mva2006 the machine chains correctly to hda8, but, on selection of 'linux', goes straight into verbose-mode, i.e. no splash-screen. It's no problem for ME, but my wife (her machine) gets a bit upset at not having the splash (she thinks that there's something wrong with linux :P ). Can anyone give me a clue about what's going on? Thanks.

Am now back "on-line", many thanks to you both

I inadvertently started amaroK while Audacity was running and it looks as though the former has grabbed exclusive use of the audio-system :unsure: because, when I now try to start Audacity, I get the message: There was an error initializing the audio i/o layer. You will not be able to play or record audio. I assume that it IS possible to arrange for BOTH to access audio. or at the least, to get amaroK to relinquish control. Can someone help me here? Thanks. This is Mdv2006, BTW. Edit: I'd also like the change the mp3-default from amaroK to Audacity; how would I go about that? Thanks, again

Many thanks , enough there to keep me off the streets for a few weeks.

I know a little about the various runtime levels set by the system, but could do with more detail. Could someone help me out with a site, manual or something like that? Thanks

Still can't get eepro to go UP the first time, but at least it now sits on eth0. This is what I did: I deleted ifcfg-eth0, ifcfg-eth1 and ifcfg-sit0 from /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts, then set-up (cable) eth0 in MCC, using 'manually load a driver' . I then restarted the session, as advised; eth0 didn't come UP but at least eepro was still eth0. Interestingly enough, although I definitely DID set gateway = 192.168.1.1, NETWORK=192.168.1.0 in ifcfg-eth0 (are NETWORK and gateway the same??): DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=static IPADDR=192.168.1.100 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=192.168.1.0 BROADCAST=192.168.1.255 ONBOOT=yes HWADDR=00:00:39:4a:74:8d METRIC=10 MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes USERCTL=yes IPV6INIT=no IPV6TO4INIT=no PEERDNS=yes NETMASK=255.255.255.0 IPADDR=192.168.1.100 While I've been typing this I've just noticed that eth0 has come UP (on the icon, anyway), but it clearly IS'NT UP, because neither skype nor konqueror has access to the net. Strange :unsure: . OK, I'm completely lost, perhaps I should just admit that the beast has beaten me. I SHUTDOWN the system (seeing that eth0 actually WASN'T UP), started it again and eepro now sits on eth1 (yes, ONE!) and is (what else?) DOWN. WOE is going on? /etc/modprobe.conf contains: alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0 install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe uhci-hcd; /bin/true remove snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe -r snd-pcm-oss; /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0 install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 && { /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss; /bin/true; } remove i810_audio /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove i810_audio install i810_audio /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install i810_audio alias eth0 eepro10 I haven't got any more time to spare for this at the moment, so I'll give it a rest. Many thanks, anyway, to all who contributed, for your help ;) .

Yes, I have two built-in nics (as described by MCC->Network&Internet) [bTW, this is the situation with eth1 UP]: eth1: Intel Corp EtherExpress PRO/100 Vendor: Intel Corp. Description: eEtherExpress PRO/100 Media class: NETWORK_ETHERNET Module name: eepro100 Mac Address: 00:00:39:4a:74:8d Bus: PCI Location on the bus: 2 eth0: Intersil PRISM2 11 Mbps Wireless Adapte Vendor: Intersil PRISM2 11 Mbps Wireless Adapter Description: Intersil PRISM2 11 Mbps Wireless Adapter Media class: - Module name: orinoco_cs Mac Address: 00:02:2d:33:30:17 Bus: - Location on the bus: - In MCC-> Hardware, eth1 is described as: Identification Vendor: Intel Corp. Description: EtherExpress PRO/100 Media class: NETWORK_ETHERNET Connection Bus: PCI Bus PCI #: 2 PCI device #: 8 PCI function #: 0 Vendor ID: 32902 Device ID: 9289 Sub vendor ID: 32902 Sub device ID: 12307 Misc Module: eepro100 and eth0 as: Identification Vendor: Intersil PRISM2 11 Mbps Wireless Adapter Description: Misc Old device file: /dev/eth0 Module: orinoco_cs I deleted eth0 (with MCC) and set eth1 up as follows: Tab TCP/IP: Protocol: static (Not DHCP) IP address: 192.168.1.100 Netmask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.1.1 (this is the default IP of the router) DNS Servers: 194.168.4.100 and 194.168.8.100 Search Domain: none Tab DHCP: (all blank (grey)) # DHCP client: dhclient # Assign host...DHCP address (selected) # DHCP Host Name: blank # DHCP timeout: blank # Get DNS...DHCP: (selected) # Get YP...DHCP (deselected) # Get NTPD...DHCP (deselected) Tab Options: Start at boot (selected) Track network card id (selected) Network Hotplugging (deselected) The machine is a laptop, a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600; it has two pcmcia slots, one of which contains an IBM modem-card, Model XJ1560 FRU:04K0054). PCMCIA Controller-info (from MCC->Hardware) is: Identification Vendor: Texas Instruments Description: PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller Media class: BRIDGE_CARDBUS Connection Bus: PCI Bus PCI #: 2 PCI device #: 12 PCI function #: 0 Vendor ID: 4172 Device ID: 44112 Sub vendor ID: 16384 Sub device ID: 0 Misc Module: yenta_socket and [two sockets]..... Identification Vendor: Toshiba Description: ToPIC95 PCI to Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support Media class: BRIDGE_CARDBUS Connection Bus: PCI Bus PCI #: 2 PCI device #: 1 PCI function #: 0 [1] Vendor ID: 4473 Device ID: 1559 Sub vendor ID: 18432 [20480] Sub device ID: 0 Misc Module: yenta_socket The result of your rmmod/modprobe/ifup sequence was: [root@localhost bin]# rmmod orinoco_cs ERROR: Module orinoco_cs is in use [root@localhost bin]# rmmod orinoco ERROR: Module orinoco is in use by orinoco_cs [root@localhost bin]# rmmod eepro100 [root@localhost bin]# modprobe orinoco [root@localhost bin]# modprobe eepro100 [root@localhost bin]# ifup eth1 but it had no effect, eth1 stayed DOWN. This is becoming a saga; many thanks for your help (and time). One other thing; with all this starting/restarting, I've noticed that the machine doesn't always want to do just that (perhaps it's on the blink :unsure: ). Mostly it WILL turn-off or restart (as required) the SECOND time, occasionally it refuses to do it at all and I have to resort to a RESET. Is there any key-combination which will bring me to the log-in screen, because that ALWAYS works. Thanks.

Thanks. I checked both /etc/modprobe.conf and /etc/modprobe.preload, there's no mention of eth0, so its driver would appear to be loaded (or at least an attempt made) somewhere else. I also checked /etc/modprobe.devfs, no mention there of either eth0 or eth1. Interestingly, there is also no mention of the wireless-connection (eth0) in MCC->Hardware, although this nic IS offered for setup in MCC->Network&Internet->New Connection->Wireless Connection (eth0: Intersil PRISM2 11 Mbps). :unsure: Here are the relevant parts of dmesg.txt (as suggested) for both situations, eth1 DOWN and eth1 UP (simply searching on 'eth'). eth1 DOWN: Linux version 2.6.12-12mdk (apatard@n1.mandriva.com) (gcc version 4.0.1 (4.0.1-5mdk for Mandriva Linux release 2006.0)) #1 Fri Sep 9 18:15:22 CEST 2005 eth0: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet, 00:00:39:4A:74:8D, IRQ 11. Board assembly 000000-000, Physical connectors present: RJ45 Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1. General self-test: passed. Serial sub-system self-test: passed. Internal registers self-test: passed. ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x04f4518b). ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A NET: Registered protocol family 17 eth1: no IPv6 routers present and eth1 UP Linux version 2.6.12-12mdk (apatard@n1.mandriva.com) (gcc version 4.0.1 (4.0.1-5mdk for Mandriva Linux release 2006.0)) #1 Fri Sep 9 18:15:22 CEST 2005 orinoco 0.15rc2STA (David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au>, Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>, et al) orinoco_cs 0.15rc2STA (David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au>, Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>, et al) eth0: Hardware identity 0005:0002:0001:0002 eth0: Station identity 001f:0001:0006:000e eth0: Firmware determined as Lucent/Agere 6.14 eth0: Ad-hoc demo mode supported eth0: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported eth0: WEP supported, 104-bit key eth0: MAC address 00:02:2D:33:30:17 eth0: Station name "HERMES I" eth0: ready eth0: index 0x01: Vcc 3.3, irq 11, io 0x0100-0x013f cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: excluding 0xa0000000-0xa00fffff ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker http://www.scyld.com/network/eepro100.html eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.36 $ 2000/11/17 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin <saw@saw.sw.com.sg> and others PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 0000:02:08.0 eth1: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet, 00:00:39:4A:74:8D, IRQ 11. Board assembly 000000-000, Physical connectors present: RJ45 Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1. General self-test: passed. Serial sub-system self-test: passed. Internal registers self-test: passed. ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x04f4518b). NET: Registered protocol family 17 eth0: New link status: Disconnected (0002) ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team ip_conntrack version 2.1 (4091 buckets, 32728 max) - 260 bytes per conntrack ipt_recent v0.3.1: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>. http://snowman.net/projects/ipt_recent/ netfilter PSD loaded - (c) astaro AG IFWLOG: register target parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE] parport0: irq 7 detected lp0: using parport0 (polling). lp0: console ready PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 0000:00:1f.5 PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:00:1f.6 PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:02:0d.1 PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.5 to 64 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 50251 usecs intel8x0: clocking to 48000 hdc: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { AbortedCommand } ide: failed opcode was: 0xec hdc: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { AbortedCommand } ide: failed opcode was: 0xec hdc: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { AbortedCommand } ide: failed opcode was: 0xec NET: Registered protocol family 10 Disabled Privacy Extensions on device c03c5760(lo) IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver eth1: freeing mc frame. Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=77 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=57 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=77 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=1 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=57 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=77 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=2 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=57 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=111 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=3 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=91 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=111 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=4 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=91 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=111 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=5 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=91 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=44 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=32770 DPT=7741 LEN=24 spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7. eth1: freeing mc frame. eth0: no IPv6 routers present eth1: no IPv6 routers present Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=1 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=2 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=3 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=4 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=5 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=6 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=7 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=8 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=9 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=10 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=44 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=32778 DPT=7741 LEN=24 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.0 LEN=28 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=ICMP TYPE=8 CODE=0 ID=7449 SEQ=0 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=28 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=255 DF PROTO=ICMP TYPE=8 CODE=0 ID=7449 SEQ=0 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=11 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=12 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=13 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=14 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=15 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=16 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=17 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=18 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=19 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=20 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 eth1: no IPv6 routers present eth1: freeing mc frame. Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=138 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=21 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=118 eth1: no IPv6 routers present Could the firewall be having some effect or another on this? BTW, in linux noapic nolapic acpi=off, what do the arguments noapic and nolapic mean? Again, many thanks.

The first boot, following a shutdown, produced the following results/outputs (BTW, eth1 is DOWN): demsg (both as user and root) gave: bash: demsg: command not found then: [root@localhost bin]# ifconfig lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:719 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:719 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:54898 (53.6 KiB) TX bytes:54898 (53.6 KiB) /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 contained: DEVICE=eth1 BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes HWADDR=00:00:39:4a:74:8d METRIC=10 MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no USERCTL=yes IPV6INIT=no IPV6TO4INIT=no PEERDNS=yes DHCP_CLIENT=dhclient NEEDHOSTNAME=yes PEERDNS=yes PEERYP=no PEERNTPD=no I then restarted the machine, which produced (eth1 is now UP): bash: demsg: command not found (as above) but this time: [root@localhost bin]# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:2D:33:30:17 inet6 addr: fe80::202:2dff:fe33:3017/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:11 Base address:0x100 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:39:4A:74:8D inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::200:39ff:fe4a:748d/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:352 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1092 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:350733 (342.5 KiB) TX bytes:69095 (67.4 KiB) Interrupt:11 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:796 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:796 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:60793 (59.3 KiB) TX bytes:60793 (59.3 KiB) /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 had not changed (probably to be expected??). One final section: lsmod (following first boot): Module Size Used by cpufreq_ondemand 5052 0 cpufreq_conservative 6116 0 cpufreq_powersave 1280 0 speedstep_ich 3756 0 speedstep_lib 3364 1 speedstep_ich freq_table 3460 1 speedstep_ich raw 6592 1 md5 3584 1 ipv6 234016 8 snd_seq_dummy 2532 0 snd_seq_oss 31136 0 snd_seq_midi_event 5696 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 46960 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 6828 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq snd_pcm_oss 48960 0 snd_mixer_oss 16896 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_intel8x0 29408 3 snd_ac97_codec 83900 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_pcm 79784 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec snd_timer 20548 3 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 8392 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm snd 46116 13 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac 97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 7008 1 snd parport_pc 32612 1 lp 10024 0 parport 31976 2 parport_pc,lp ipt_IFWLOG 2788 1 ipt_psd 43428 1 ip_set_iptree 5544 2 ipt_REJECT 4256 4 ipt_LOG 6272 7 ipt_state 1312 12 ipt_pkttype 1184 4 ipt_set 1920 2 ipt_CONNMARK 1696 0 ipt_MARK 1984 0 ipt_ROUTE 4260 0 ipt_connmark 1216 0 ipt_owner 2432 0 ipt_recent 9292 0 ipt_iprange 1312 0 ipt_physdev 1744 0 ipt_multiport 2112 0 ipt_conntrack 1792 0 iptable_mangle 2016 0 ip_set_portmap 3840 0 ip_set_macipmap 3780 0 ip_set_ipmap 3872 0 ip_set_iphash 5924 0 ip_set 18876 11 ip_set_iptree,ipt_set,ip_set_portmap,ip_set_macipmap,ip_set_ipmap,ip_set_iphash ip_nat_irc 1824 0 ip_nat_tftp 1216 0 ip_nat_ftp 2560 0 iptable_nat 20212 3 ip_nat_irc,ip_nat_tftp,ip_nat_ftp ip_conntrack_irc 70352 1 ip_nat_irc ip_conntrack_tftp 3088 1 ip_nat_tftp ip_conntrack_ftp 71408 1 ip_nat_ftp ip_conntrack 40824 9 ipt_state,ipt_conntrack,ip_nat_irc,ip_nat_tftp,ip_nat_ftp,iptable_nat,ip_conntra ck_irc,ip_conntrack_tftp,ip_conntrack_ftp iptable_filter 2080 1 ip_tables 20416 20 ipt_IFWLOG,ipt_psd,ipt_REJECT,ipt_LOG,ipt_state,ipt_pkttype,ipt_set,ipt_CONNMARK ,ipt_MARK,ipt_ROUTE,ipt_connmark,ipt_owner,ipt_recent,ipt_iprange,ipt_physdev,ip t _multiport,ipt_conntrack,iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter af_packet 16392 0 ***************************************at this point the order is different... serial_cs 7720 1 eepro100 27184 0 mii 4704 1 eepro100 floppy 55444 0 ***************************************... up to here, then everything is again the same orinoco_cs 6472 1 orinoco 39376 1 orinoco_cs hermes 8256 2 orinoco_cs,orinoco pcmcia 20648 8 serial_cs,orinoco_cs yenta_socket 20328 5 rsrc_nonstatic 11200 1 yenta_socket pcmcia_core 43300 5 serial_cs,orinoco_cs,pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic ide_cd 37988 0 loop 14504 0 nls_iso8859_1 3680 2 nls_cp850 4480 2 vfat 10592 2 fat 45980 1 vfat supermount 31956 1 intel_agp 20636 1 agpgart 29032 1 intel_agp hw_random 4244 0 nvram 7400 0 toshiba 4024 0 usblp 10976 0 tsdev 5984 0 uhci_hcd 29136 0 usbcore 108348 3 usblp,uhci_hcd evdev 7648 0 ext3 124744 1 jbd 48568 1 ext3 here are the differences(these modules are in a different order;is this significant??): af_packet 16392 2 eepro100 27184 0 mii 4704 1 eepro100 floppy 55444 0 serial_cs 7720 1 orinoco_cs 6472 1 Sorry for the mass of data, but I hope that it helps

Sadly, none of the suggestions has had any affect. However, I vaguely remember reading something about a log-file, which keeps details of processes/modules etc that are started/killed at startup, shutdown (and, presumeably, restart). Could someone tell where this file is kept? Perhaps I can glean some info from it, relating to this problem. Also, I know a little about the various runtime levels set by the system, but could do with more detail. Could someone help me out with a site, manual or something like that? Thanks

I'd like to get to the bottom of this strange problem with my laptop/OS (Tosh-Sat-Pro-4600/LE2005&MVA2006), but need some advice. When I first boot the system following a SHUTDOWN, the LAN-connection is never made. To achieve this I have to RESTART the system and the LAN then comes up alright; normally, I don't even bother to sign-in the first time but restart immediately at the prompt. This problem has been around ever since I went on to broadband (about a year); it appears to be a combination of hardware and software, because: a> the same OS's (LE2005 and MVA2006) work correctly on my desktop, i.e. LAN comes up first time, and b> using Suse 10.1 on the Tosh the LAN comes up first time, too. It would seem that something is reset on SHUTDOWN which is NOT reset on RESTART. I've also noticed, on a few occasions when the system has 'frozen' and I've had to do a manual RESET, that the LAN has come up correctly immediately (no need for a RESTART). I know that this is a long shot, but has anyone else had similar experiences with network-connections and, if so, have you managed to solve them? Thanks.

Well, it didn't work (although I'm not completely convinced that I carried out your instructions correctly), but that is not actually my problem. Whether my ethernet-card (EtherExpress PRO/100) is called eth0 (in LE2005) or eth1 (in mdk 2006), I want to be able to disconnect and reconnect it via the taskbar-icon. This works in LE2005 but, in mdk2006, no sooner do I disconnect it (eth1) than the system reconnects it. Halt... I seem to have fixed it :huh: . I disabled 'netplugd' (in MCC->System->Services) and now eth1 is NOT automatically reconnected (vaguely remember having a similar problem with dial-up). Anyway, please keep your fingers crossed, that this is IT. Thanks for your help.

Sorry, poor explanation on my part. What I meant was that the internet connection (EtherExpress PRO/100) - which BTW is eth0 in LE2005 and eth1 in 2006 (why the changeover? :unsure: ) - cannot be effectively disabled by right-clicking on the taskbar-icon. When I followed your suggestion and deleted /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1, eth1 was automatically disconnected and I was then unable to reconnect it. THIS is why I had to reinstall it using MCC, which, of course, regenerated /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1. So I'm back to sqare one. Hope this clarifies things.

Something strange has been happening to my LE2005 (and now to mdk2006, which I updated from LE2005Copy) for the past week or so. When I select Menu->Logout, none of the selections in the menu works the first time; the system plays me the tune, then sits there, doing nothing. :unsure: Only when I repeat the process does it actually turn-off, restart, etc. Quite interesting. No problem, because it eventually DOES work, but I've been thinking that this could be the beginnings of something, well.....nasty. :huh: Has anyone else had a similar experience; if so, did you manage to solve it? Thanks.