996rxa

From : [root@localhost *]# to acess the cdrom I need to type: cd /mnt/cdrom If I want to acess the disket A. What would I need to type. I as because when I type the command "ls" or "sh nvidia......etc" the cdrom doesn't light up. I have a DVDROM can this be an issue. It's my only IDE drive. I want to save a document on a disket and see if ls will give me the listing of file and documents stored. I wonder if my problem to access file is that the directory is wrong.

I wich I could oepn a console. I wish I could type: "init 3". I wish I could go back to my window enviroment!!! I wish I could, I wish I could, I wish I could..... I actually lost my window enviroment after I made some updates, that was a week ago an I still cannot use Mandrake. To get here I either use another computer or log onto Windows XP. Lets got step by step. I will spare you details like pressing the power button etc. Okay? The computer starts and reches the window where I can choose between Linux and Windows. Linux starts up as it always did (pale blue screen with a pinguin etc). Black screen with white writting. loading shared librairies: libXmuu.go.1: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory. local host login: root password: ****** last loggin: Fri mar 10 19:34:19 on ttyl [root@localhost *]# After the # I type: "cd /mnt/cdrom" I didn' note down how the command line is spelled like but it ends by: cdrom. Then I type: "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg1.run" ENTER The cdrom doesn't start up or at least I don't hear any thing. No file or directory found (this is translated from French). What do I do now? TKS

Yes I undeerstand that no computer will funtion if the command is not exactly typed. I'm also aware that Linux is case sensitive and type the upper case and lower case respectively. Thank you for the information about the SATA and IDE. As I said I was able to acces....or I think....my cdrom. My DVD burner is a SATA (Plextor 716SA) while my DVDROM is IDE and that is the ONLY IDE that I use. Both HD are SATA. I have no IDE CDROM. Now if I try to acces a CDROM while all I have is a DVDrom can this have an impact on attepting to get the file to extract itself. I tested the CD that I've burned and was able to open it with KWrite on another computer which proves that the file is correct. Now is "cd /mnt/cdrom" correct or do I need to type the lead other wise? Last week I've type: "cd /mnt/cdrom" and next "sh ls" I took a note of the response from the OS but misplaced it. I will try again soon and return to thise site. Also, I've gone back to NVIDIA's web site and there is a warning about the license. I read so many things recently about this issue that all is mixed up in my mind but it did say that we had to agree to the license in order for it to function, now I wonder if this is not what prevents the file to extract. And if so (http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-8178.html) is there a way that I can proceed on a system that load partially? Is there a way that I can load drivers temporairily? Is there as "SAFE MODE" as on Windows that would let me make the necessary changes? Or is it simpler to have the OS reinstalled? I've checked for some issues on the "linux discussion forum" but was not sucessful. I will contact or leave a "Thread" Thanks.

Again I thank you for your help. I'm half way there. I'm celebrating! Before I turned on my computer I disconected my Plextor 717 SA. That is a SATA DVD burner. I wanted to avoid any confusion. I don't know is I would have needed to type: "DVD/mnt/dvdrom" to get the file. I type "cd/mnt/cdrom" and the directory was recongnised. The command line changed ending by cdrom. As I said I'm half way there. I'm very careful typing the command down. "sh NVIDIA-linux-x86-1.008178-pkg1.run" wont start. It say that there are no such file or directoy. I went back with the CD to my other computer and checked it on Mnadriva. Kwrite opens it, here is the first few line: skip=893 CRCsum=3271818591 MD5=4ce1490e6935bd7f9cfe6b0eb4769ce4 label="NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86 1.0-8178" major_version=1 minor_version=0 patch_version=8178 pkg_version=1 script=./nvidia-installer targetdir=NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg1 scriptargs="" keep=n add_this_kernel= TMPROOT=${TMPDIR:=/tmp} TARGET_OS="Linux" TARGET_ARCH="x86" I tried "ls" (which is not 1s no upper case for i....Is) and there was no files or diractory found (this being translated from French). About the other questions for Mandriva urpmi or thac or plf...that is Chineese for me I have absolutely no idea of what it means. As I said, there are no warnings what so ever in that feild. I also have no idea if I updated my Kernel. May be it would be easier to get it back the the store who had it installed for me. Yet I wonder if I should not abandon all about Mandriva, because such issued irate me when I connot do something on my own. Sure it's a free software. I want to use mostly Mandriva to surf the net and for my emails as Windows is too bombarded by virus and spyware. On the opther hand I would be thrilled to have overcomed this problem on my own and that would help me overcome other if they should happen along the way. I hope I wont irate anyone by giving the impression on not appreciating all the hard work programmers have invested in this OS. For now I have invested many hours on the net looking for tips and literature to understand better the OS and solving problems. TKS ;-)

Thank you for replying. I understand that many users are doing this under volunteer work. I point out out that I'm mostly familiar with Windows. Now I read: "When you downloaded the driver, you should look at where you downloaded it to!" I'm sufficiently familiar with computing to know where I download different files, I prefer to structure myself this preventing hardious searches through different hard drives. :-) This being said I want to explain what happen for me to be loosing my sanity :-) over this topic. On monday evening I was getting familiar with my Mandriva OS. I notticed that there were pakages available, seeing one called "Security" I thought it was necessary to have it installed, I started that process along with the others available. Later I noticed that I was unable to open up FireFox and other applicaitons. On Windows when it starts to bug it's sipler to reboot, so I draw that conclusion and did so. Here we are, the computer is loading again. I have my boot up choice that appears and I go on Linux again. The pale blue screen appears with it's nice pinguin etc....I press ESC to watch the upload of linux happen. Next thing I have a black screen with the command line. I typed root and my password and that is the furthess I could go. I got to my other computer and came to this site to find information on what was going on. Desperat I started this topic. I found out here that I lost my drivers for my videocard. How would I have known that by getting security updates and pakages that this would happen? There were no warnings. I followed the instructions and went to NVIDIA web site and downloaded: NVIDIA-linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg.run As I'm on another computer I need to put the drivers on a CD (remember I connot get Mandriva to run on my other computer). Back to square 1..... Now I undertand better how Linux administers it's hardware. Typing "su" on the computer is useless, I'm already there....(at least I think I am). After the pound sign (#) I type: mnt/cdrom , it replies: this is a diractory. I type next: mnt/cdrom/NVIDIA-linux-x86-8178-pkg1.run to end up nowhere. There is something about a license that I read on the website and that we should read it and accept it to be able to proceed, never got there. I tried many ways of typping: mnt/cdrom NVIDIA..... mnt/cdrom/NVIDIA..... mnt/cdrom nvidia...... mnt/cdrom/nividia..... So I'm asking again: how do I make the installation from a Mandrake that doesn't get started that halts to: "Loading shared libriaries: libXmenu.go.1! cannnot open shared objec file: no such file or directory. There are many other lines (which I didn't write down as they are elaborate but they all have to do with the 'libX etc......)"? I'm certain that if I survive this ordeal I should be able to go thought just about any thing that happens further in time :-)

I have another add here asking information on how to install Mandriva (31175). I type: mcc. I got to a dark screen with a square in the middle. I use the arrows and the tab to move through it. My video card is: NIVIDIA. The one selected is: Xorg and vesa.

Ok. Here we are! I've went on on NVIDIA web site and downloaded: NVIDIA-linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg1.run Next I've burned it on a CD. This is not like windows, I find it easy to know wich letter is allocated to each drives, Hard drive, CD-rom, DVD-rom...etc. I started my computer and once I reached the black screen I typed "root" and my password. I next have a command line. I type: d NVIDIA-linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg1.run (I've type d because I assumed that the hadr drive was C, nest I type the same line followed by NVIDIA...., next I tried E, F and finally G) I stopped there because I always got the same nagging messagecommand not found or no files found. I also tried: urpmi bimtils. I got te message like what all these pakages were already installed. urpmi kernel-source sais that no pakages were names Kernel-source. These pakages contain Kernel_source: Kernel-source-2.6 and Kernel-source-stripped-2.6 If I type simply d I get this line: Desktop/ drakx/ Images/ téléchargement /vidéo/ Documents/ Musique/ tem/ Now I want to stop typping anything that may dammage the installation. Can I the EXACT line that I need to type? And how can I tell which one is which drive (i.e. hard drive, cd, dvd?) Thank you

I hope I undersatnd you correctly. (I'm French) My mother board is: ABIT AW8-Max CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz Dual core. Would multi processor = dual core in this case?

Thank you for the quick reply. Yes I do have a command line. [root@localhost *]# I have : Kernel 2.6.12-12mdksmp As I said I'm not exactly sure of all that I have updated. I've done most of those available in all three feilds (normal, security and bogs). I don't know if this can help in any way? What is the update 'x'? My video card is: ASUS EN7800GTX/Ultra Nvidia. To reinstall the drivers for Nvidia there is a topic for that, will this one be acurate for my type of card?

Help needed. I had my Mandriva installed on my new computer (I have 3) by pro installer. I bought a DVD 2006. All went well. And was able to use it with ease. HERE ARE TWO PROBLEMS: 1) Sunday evening I started to study my computer settings to get my sound card running as I had no sound (Audigy 2 Platinium). I made many changes along the evening. I was on the root. Later I got a 'Signal 11' (SIGSEGV). I typed this on google and on a french internet site some said it was bad. Since then my computer doesn't shut down. At the end of the detailed shut down sequence I can read: Power down acpi_power_off call. I have to hold the power button to shut if off manually. 2) On Sunday evening I had also attempted to get the different patches and no one would load properly, all halted after a few seconds. On monday evening I tried again and was able to download a great number, I was prompted to add some I had not selected or would be requested to remove to be able to acheive a proper installation; to all a agreed. Later in the vening I was not able to open up any softwear or web browser. I deceided to reboot. I still have my opening dialogue box to choose wich OS I want, obviously I select Linux. The start up goes at it always did the halts to a black screen where I need to login. I tried both user name a password to proceed. Here is the message: Loading shared libriaries: libXmenu.go.1! cannnot open shared objec file: no such file or directory. There are many other lines (which I didn't write down as they are elaborate but they all have to do with the 'libX etc......) Is that a total desaster? Was it wrong to get all the updates at once? Are there any places where we can get the do and don't about Mandriva? Thanks guys.

Ok. I reached the black screen and type my loggin and password. This installation was never fully started up so I was not able to add another user. Mandriva booted correctly and once I reached the black screen I typed: root and the password. Aother line appeared and I typed 'startx'. The screen changed. Half of the screen is now filled with an immage and some words that I connot decifer. Can you tell me how to change the drivers? How to proceed? Step by step if you please. Thank you again for your suport.

It's ASUS Nvidia GeForce4 Ti4200 AGP8X. I checked the list of the hardware detected and verified that all was fine before continuing the installation. TKS

Thank you gentlemen for your tips. I was able to install Mandriva. During the installation I encountered the screen that demanded if I wanted to delete Windows and the next one to resize the alotted space on the hardrive for Windows (This was the blue rectangle). I reduced the space from 120G to 80G (Windows was newly installed so I had not used all the hard drive and I did defrag before installing Linux). I'm not certain if I alloted the correct setting for the other parts (the green one for SWAP, bright red and dark red). Thing went well during the instllation of Mandrake. The computer resarted and I had the pale blue screen with the Pinguin, I have 4 choices Linux at the top and Windows XP at the bottom. I waited as the countdown started to see if all was ok (could have hit enter, I know that...lol). Next another pale blue screen appears with the Pinguin, I hit ESC to see the intallation progess, once over I end up with a black screen as if in DOS. Here is the text that appears: Mandriva Linux release 2006.0 (official) for i586 Kernel 2.123-12mdk on an i686/tty 1 Local host login: I then type: root and a Password is asked for. I type 123456 Next appears: Last login: Fri Mar 10 19:34:19 on ttyl [root@localhost ]# Can anybody tell me what I did wrong or what I didn't do? I hope I explained things clearely. Tks for the help.

[i can manage installing Windows because it's rather simple. I can change the boot sequence on my computer and reset it without any problems. (Thnks to those who gave me the tip). Now how on earth do I get Windows XP to redemention it's "boarders"? I have NTFS formating on this drive. If I resize the drive as mentionned I should end up having a "C" and "D" Local Disk. How will I know during the installation of Mandrake that I'm targetting the correct Local disk? You gentlemen shure know allot. Wish I was a pro too :-)

Hello John. Thanks to all for your welcome and tip. As I said I made a new installation of Windows XP allowing it to use all the 120Gbit space on the drive. I first installed windows and got all the updates, then I added Office XP and got all the updated, after that I defreg the drive. The next step was to install the drivers for all the hardware, after I degraged. Finally I installed a few programmes I would need, and yes again I defrag. Some will say: I over defrag the drive. I was told it was best to do that many defrags to keep the thing in good order before Windows becomes crazy :-) . Now John you are speaking chineese to me. "Select the Grub" and "MBR". Could you give me a few hints on that please?