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  6. IceWM (I think) loading instead of KDE [solved]

    in Software

    Posted · Edited by Edd

    I rebooted my laptop earlier, and when it booted, KDE was not loaded. I assume it's IceWM that boots (very plain, grey thing). I tried a few things to get KDE to load, nothing. I told it to boot with the desktop as failsafe and now I just get a blue screen with a command prompt in the bottom right corner. What do I do?!

  8. KMix always mutes on reboot [Solved]

    in Software

    Posted

    I did what you said, but it gave this error. Any ideas?

    [root@localhost edd]# alsactl -store
alsactl: invalid option -- s
alsactl: invalid option -- t
alsactl: invalid option -- o
alsactl: invalid option -- r
alsactl: invalid option -- e
Usage: alsactl <options> command

Available options:
 -h,--help       this help
 -f,--file #     configuration file (default /etc/asound.state)
 -F,--force      try to restore the matching controls as much as possible
 -d,--debug      debug mode
 -v,--version    print version of this program

Available commands:
 store <card #>  save current driver setup for one or each soundcards
                 to configuration file
 restore<card #> load current driver setup for one or each soundcards
                 from configuration file
 power [card #] [state]
                 get/set power state for one or each soundcards

  12. Are the paid versions worth it?

    in Everything Linux

    Posted

    I am considering purchasing Mandriva Linux PowerPack 10.1 - is it worth buying the paid version or should I stick to the free versions? I mean, what are the advantages of the paid versions? And how easy is it to upgrade my existing 10.1 Official installation?

    Thanks :)

     

     

    [moved from Installing Mandrake by spinynorman]

  14. subordinate_bus - set its default value [solved]

    in Hardware

    Posted

    I had a look on google as you said (god knows why I never before). I found some information, it wasn't quite right, I combined it with what you said and i have the solution! So, to set the subordinate_bus default, do the following:

     

    Add these lines of code to the top of /etc/init.d/pcmcia/

    setpci -s 0:a.0 SUBORDINATE_BUS=0A
cardctl eject 0
cardctl insert 0

     

    If the setpci line isn't as you want, just change the settings, I had to change mine to "setpci -s 0:14.4 SUBORDINATE_BUS=03"

     

    Thanks for your help Ian :) Maybe this would be worth documenting somewhere?

  15. subordinate_bus - set its default value [solved]

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Well I tried putting it in the other file you mentioned. but still nothing :( Here is the contents of rc.local:

     

    #!/bin/sh
#
# This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
# You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't
# want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.

[ -f /etc/sysconfig/system ] && source /etc/sysconfig/system
[ -f /etc/sysconfig/msec ] && source /etc/sysconfig/msec
[ -z "$SECURE_LEVEL" ] && SECURE_LEVEL=3
[ -f /etc/sysconfig/init ] && source /etc/sysconfig/init
if [ $SECURE_LEVEL -lt 4 ]; then
   [ -z "$REWRITEISSUE" ] && REWRITEISSUE=rewrite
   if [ $SECURE_LEVEL -lt 3 ]; then
[ -z "$REWRITEISSUENET" ] && REWRITEISSUENET=rewrite
   fi
fi

SYSTEM=${SYSTEM=Mandrakelinux}

# Source functions
. /etc/init.d/functions

if [ "$REWRITEISSUE" = "rewrite" -a -f /etc/mandrake-release ]; then
   R=$(cat /etc/mandrake-release)

   arch=$(uname -m)
   a="a"
   case "_$arch" in
    _a*) a="an";;
    _i*) a="an";;
   esac
   
   NUMPROC=`egrep -c "^cpu[0-9]+" /proc/stat`
   if [ "$NUMPROC" -gt "1" ]; then
       SMP="$NUMPROC-processor "
[ "$NUMPROC" = "2" ] && \
SMP="Dual-processor "
       if [ "$NUMPROC" = "8" -o "$NUMPROC" = "11" ]; then
           a="an"
else
    a="a"
       fi
   fi

   # This will overwrite /etc/issue at every boot.  So, make any changes you
   # want to make to /etc/issue here or you will lose them when you reboot.

   if [ -x /usr/bin/linux_logo ]; then
/usr/bin/linux_logo -n -f | sed -e 's|\\|\\\\|g' > /etc/issue
echo "" >> /etc/issue
   else
> /etc/issue
   fi
   echo "$R" >> /etc/issue
   echo "Kernel $(uname -r) on $a $SMP$(uname -m) / \l" >> /etc/issue
   
   if [ "$REWRITEISSUENET" = "rewrite" ]; then
echo "Welcome to ${HOST}" > /etc/issue.net
echo "$R" >> /etc/issue.net
echo "Kernel $(uname -r) on $a $SMP$(uname -m)" >> /etc/issue.net
   else
NAME="$SYSTEM"
gprintf "Welcome to %s\n" "$NAME" > /etc/issue.net
echo "-------------------------" >> /etc/issue.net
   fi
else
   if [ -f /etc/security/msec/issue.$SECURE_LEVEL ]; then
cat /etc/security/msec/issue.$SECURE_LEVEL > /etc/issue
   elif [ -f /etc/security/msec/issue ]; then
cat /etc/security/msec/issue > /etc/issue
   else
rm -f /etc/issue
   fi
   if [ -f /etc/security/msec/issue.net.$SECURE_LEVEL ]; then
cat /etc/security/msec/issue.net.$SECURE_LEVEL > /etc/issue.net
   elif [ -f /etc/security/msec/issue.net ]; then
cat /etc/security/msec/issue.net > /etc/issue.net
   else
rm -f /etc/issue.net
   fi
fi
I've tried it here ---->setpci -s 0:14.4 subordinate_bus=03
touch /var/lock/subsys/local
and here ---->setpci -s 0:14.4 subordinate_bus=03

     

    Notice where I have tried it at the bottom. I can't see anywhere else to put it, I'm worried if I get too click happy I'll stop it working, so do you know where abouts would be a good place to put the line? Thanks for all your help so far :)

  16. subordinate_bus - set its default value [solved]

    in Hardware

    Posted

    The file says the following:

    #!/bin/sh

# rc.pcmcia 1.46 2004/05/07 06:24:58 (David Hinds)
#
# This is designed to work in BSD as well as SysV init setups.  See
# the HOWTO for customization instructions.

# Tags for Red Hat init configuration tools
#
# chkconfig: 2345 04 96
# processname: cardmgr
# pidfile: /var/run/cardmgr.pid
# config: /etc/pcmcia/config
# config: /etc/pcmcia/config.opts
# description: PCMCIA support is usually to support things like ethernet \
#              and modems in laptops.  It won't get started unless \
#              configured so it is safe to have it installed on machines \
#              that don't need it.

# Exit if pcmcia-cs is not installed
test -x /sbin/cardmgr || exit 0

# Save option values passed in through the environment
for N in PCMCIA PCIC PCIC_OPTS CORE_OPTS CARDMGR_OPTS SCHEME; do
   V=`eval echo '$'$N`; if [ "$V" ]; then eval ENV_$N=\"$V\"; fi
done

# Source PCMCIA configuration, if available
if [ -f /etc/pcmcia.conf ]; then
   # Debian startup option file
   . /etc/pcmcia.conf
elif [ -f /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia ]; then
   # Red Hat startup option file
   . /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia
else
   # Slackware startup options go right here:
   # Should be either i82365 or tcic
   PCIC=i82365
   # Put socket driver timing parameters here
   PCIC_OPTS=
   # Put pcmcia_core options here
   CORE_OPTS=
   # Put cardmgr options here
   CARDMGR_OPTS=
   # To set the PCMCIA scheme at startup...
   SCHEME=
fi
for N in PCMCIA PCIC PCIC_OPTS CORE_OPTS CARDMGR_OPTS SCHEME; do
   V=`eval echo '$'ENV_$N`; if [ "$V" ]; then eval $N=\"$V\"; fi
done
if [ "$PCMCIA" -a "$PCMCIA" != "yes" ]; then exit 0; fi

usage()
{
   echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|reload}"
}

cleanup()
{
   while read SN CLASS MOD INST DEV EXTRA; do
if [ "$SN" != "Socket" ]; then
    /etc/pcmcia/$CLASS stop $DEV 2> /dev/null
fi
   done
}

EXITCODE=1
for x in "1"; do

   if [ "$PCIC" = "" ]; then
echo "PCIC module not defined in startup options!"
break
   fi

   if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then usage; break; fi
   action=$1

   case "$action" in

   start)
echo -n "Starting PCMCIA services: "

if [ -d /var/lib/pcmcia ]; then
    SC=/var/lib/pcmcia/scheme
    RUN=/var/lib/pcmcia
else
    SC=/var/run/pcmcia-scheme
    RUN=/var/run
fi
if [ -L $SC -o ! -O $SC ]; then rm -f $SC; fi
if [ ! -f $SC ]; then umask 022; touch $SC; fi
if [ "$SCHEME" ]; then umask 022; echo $SCHEME > $SC; fi
    
if ! grep -q pcmcia /proc/devices; then
    if [ -d /lib/modules/preferred ]; then
 PC=/lib/modules/preferred/pcmcia
    else
 PC=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/pcmcia
    fi
    KD=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/pcmcia
    if [ -x /sbin/modprobe ]; then
 /sbin/modprobe pcmcia_core $CORE_OPTS || break
 /sbin/modprobe $PCIC $PCIC_OPTS >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
   (/sbin/modprobe yenta_socket >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
    echo "using yenta_socket instead of $PCIC") ||
   /sbin/modprobe $PCIC $PCIC_OPTS || break
 /sbin/modprobe ds || break
    elif [ -d $PC ]; then
 /sbin/insmod $PC/pcmcia_core.o $CORE_OPTS
 /sbin/insmod $PC/$PCIC.o $PCIC_OPTS
 /sbin/insmod $PC/ds.o
    else
 echo "module directory $PC not found."
 break
    fi
fi

if [ -s /var/run/cardmgr.pid ] && \
    kill -0 `cat /var/run/cardmgr.pid` 2>/dev/null; then
    echo "cardmgr is already running."
else
    if [ -r $RUN/stab ]; then
 cat $RUN/stab | cleanup
    fi
    /sbin/cardmgr $CARDMGR_OPTS
fi

echo "done."
touch /var/lock/subsys/pcmcia 2>/dev/null
EXITCODE=0
;;

   stop)
echo -n "Shutting down PCMCIA services: "
if [ -s /var/run/cardmgr.pid ]; then
    PID=`cat /var/run/cardmgr.pid`
    kill $PID
    # Give cardmgr a few seconds to handle the signal
    for N in 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5; do
 kill -0 $PID 2>/dev/null || break
 sleep 2
    done
fi
killall -q "CardBus Watcher"
if grep -q "^ds " /proc/modules; then
    /sbin/rmmod ds
    /sbin/rmmod $PCIC 2>/dev/null || \
 /sbin/rmmod yenta_socket 2>/dev/null
    /sbin/rmmod pcmcia_core
fi
echo "done."
rm -f /var/lock/subsys/pcmcia
EXITCODE=0
;;

   status)
pid=`/sbin/pidof cardmgr`
if [ "$pid" != "" ]; then
    echo "cardmgr (pid $pid) is running..."
    EXITCODE=0
else
    echo "cardmgr is stopped"
    EXITCODE=3
fi
;;

   restart|reload)
$0 stop
$0 start
EXITCODE=$?
;;

   *)
usage
;;

   esac

done

# Only exit if we're in our own subshell
case $0 in *rc.pcmcia) exit $EXITCODE;; esac

     

    I tried pasting the code right at the very bottom but nothing. I tried near the bottom but in difference places but still nothing. Can you see an "obvious" place to put it? Thanks :)

  18. Beep Media Player: configure error

    in Command Line, Kernel and Programming

    Posted

    You downloaded a source rpm (forget what a source rpm is. You won't need it) and not the devel rpm. :)

     

    And read the faqs for urpmi.

    I read the stuff about urpmi as you said and I added some more things etc. Buuuut I am still having problems installing Beep. On an upside, the X11 problem is solved, my new problem (and this problem seems to crop up during other installations) is a lack of gtk+2 - Let me paste in the error I get when I "./configure" beep media player:

     

    checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking for glib-2.0 >= 2.4.0 gtk+-2.0 >= 2.4.0 gthread-2.0 pango... Package gtk+-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gtk+-2.0.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'gtk+-2.0' found
configure: error: Cannot find glib2/gtk2/pango

     

    I've looked and looked for something that fulfills what it requires but nothing seems to work. Can anyone help me sort this problem?

    Thanks so much :)

  19. subordinate_bus - set its default value [solved]

    in Hardware

    Posted

    My wireless connection is now running great, but everytime I boot up linux I have to run the following command:

     

    setpci -s 0:14.4 subordinate_bus=03

    I have to do this because it keeps defaulting to 02 which stops mandrake recognising my wireless card. Where can I change the default value of the subordinate_bus so that it doesn't change on reboot?

    Thanks a lot for all your help so far :)

  23. "Make file" never seems to work for me [solved]

    in Command Line, Kernel and Programming

    Posted

    I have tried to install a few things where you have to "make file", but everytime I do it I get this error:

    make: *** No rule to make target `file'.  Stop.

    Before this, I do "tar xzvf filenamehere.tar.gz" then go "cd filenamehere"

    Then finally logging in as root before doing "make", then "make file". I get the following error when typing "make" in the first place:

    make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.

     

    Hope someone can help!

    Thanks :)

     

    [moved from Software by spinynorman]

  25. Firefox fails to connect after reboot [Solved]

    in Software

    Posted · Edited by Edd

    Done it! If anyone else is having a similar problem, the link below will show you how to fix it. The fix works with anything that gives the error I outlined above, I had to use it for Thunderbird too.

    http://www.scim-im.org/wiki/faq/gtk_gnome/why_firefox_mozilla_acrobat_reader_7_other_gtk_2_based_apps_can_not_be_installed
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