maparus

I'm stuck with a dial-up access and it takes forever to download a large file. I'm about to update my computer again through Urpmi. If I were to loose connection or need to stop the download will I loose everything and have to start all over? When I was using Suse if I were to interupt the download, Yast would install all completed downloads that has been downloaded at that point. When I update this time I'll want to install more than one or two updates at a time like I did the last time I updated Mandriva

many thanks maparus

There should be one, since your system wouldn't boot without it.

I found it

# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details

/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1

/dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2

/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0

/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0

none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0

none /proc proc defaults 0 0

/dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0

What's the contents of your /etc/fstab file?

I don't show a file in /etc/ with the name fstab

When I start KsCD I get this CD-ROM error

CD-ROM read or access error (or no audio disc in drive).

Please make sure you have access permissions to:

media:/hdc

I have to reconfigure KsCD again for the CD to play. Play another CD I have to reconfigure again

Many thanks maparus

Asus K8V-X MOBO

Sempron 2800 64 bit cpu

512 mb Crucial pc3200 ram

Powmax 400 supply

FX 5500 256mb

Mandriva 2006

Memorex CD-ROM

HP CD-Writer Plus

SupraExpress 56E Pro Modem

Creative 5.1 Speakers

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Thank you Tyme

Thank you for your reply. I already use urpmi and I have PLF also. But since I started using Linux last fall I've tried to install programs from source with no success at all. What started out as just seeing if I could do it has turned into a quest. Thank you for your information I will read the pages you showed me and see if I can get any closer to my goal

many thanks maparus

I'm trying to install krename from a tar.gz file I can't get past ,/configure. I get "configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables"

What does this mean and how do I fix it. Also would Would I just type "make" as my next line followed by "make install" in root for my last line? I can't understand what the config.log is saying

many thanks maparus

[maparus@localhost krename-3.0.11]$ su

Password:

[root@localhost krename-3.0.11]# ./configure

checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu

checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu

checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c

checking for -p flag to install... yes

checking whether build environment is sane... yes

checking for gawk... gawk

checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes

checking for kde-config... /usr/bin/kde-config

checking where to install... /usr (as returned by kde-config)

checking for style of include used by make... GNU

checking for gcc... gcc

checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables

See `config.log' for more details.

[root@localhost krename-3.0.11]#

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When I connect my two computers with a KVM-switch Is it then possible to use crossover cables to connect two computers when one is Celeron with Windows XP the other Sempron 2800 with Mandriva 2006 I would need to copy files back and forth.

Many thanks maparus

Thank you all for the information.

maparus

I have my new computer up and running with mandriva 2006 only on it thanks to the helpI recieved in this forum plus I still have my old HP still sitting on the desk too with Windows XP on it. My cds that came with my HP won't install Windows XP on my new computer and I still need Windows for my HP 3500c scanner no drivers available for it yet. My question is Is there a cable adapter available hat will allow me to hook both computers to the same monitor so I won't have to keep switching cables around when I need to scan something And is there some way to connect the two computers so that scanned information won't have to be burned to a cd to get the information into my Linux computer. I know I can duel boot but I don't want to but a copy of Windows just to run my scanner and a new Scanner is not in the budget for now.

many thanks maparus

Got it Thank you so much

I'm practicing using the terminal for basic commands. So far I can make a file (mkdir)

change to another file (cd), display whats in the file (ls), remove files (rm), and remove folders (rmdir)

But for the life of me I can't move a file. Here is what I do with the results. Can someone please correct

my command? I named the file test. Try mv _help got me even more confused

[maparus@localhost Desktop]$ su

Password:

[root@localhost Desktop]# mv test/home/maparus/Documents

mv: missing file argument

Try `mv --help' for more information.

[root@localhost Desktop]#

Many thanks maparus

rename the file first to something more convinient like nvidia.run ;) and save it in an easy place like /home/maparus

 

You'll have to install from failsafe mode though and make sure you have the kernel source of your particular kernel installed (can be the stripped version, saves a lot of space). When you're in failsafe type:

 

init 3

cd /home/maparus

sh nvidia.run

 

But you can also try downloading the drivers from plf, the latest nvidia drivers were there a few hours after release and they are a lot easier to set up and (un)install.

I went to http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ and was able to download PLF from there with no problem. URPMI also gives me the options to use the stripped kernel, the three are Kernel-source-2.6-2.6.12-18mdk, Kernel-source-stripped-2.6-2.6.12-18mdk, and Kernel-source-multimedia-source2.6.12.mm.1mdk. I see that the stripped verson is only half the size of the other two options and I am on a dialup connection so it would be more practical to use it. But what are the other two for? And will I loose anything by going with the stripped version

many thanks maparus

rename the file first to something more convinient like nvidia.run ;) and save it in an easy place like /home/maparus

 

You'll have to install from failsafe mode though and make sure you have the kernel source of your particular kernel installed (can be the stripped version, saves a lot of space). When you're in failsafe type:

 

init 3

cd /home/maparus

sh nvidia.run

 

But you can also try downloading the drivers from plf, the latest nvidia drivers were there a few hours after release and they are a lot easier to set up and (un)install.

I'll try that when I get home. I knew the driver was at PLF I had it on my old computer but when I try to install PLF on this

computer I get

root@localhost maparus]# urpmi.addmedia plf-free ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distribu tions_Linux/plf/mandrake/free/2006.0 with hdlist.cz

unable to access hdlist file of "plf-nonfree", medium ignored

added medium plf-free

wrote config file [/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg]

examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.update_source.cz]

examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.main.cz]

examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.contrib.cz]

reconfiguring urpmi for media "plf-free"

reconfiguration done

wrote config file [/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg]

retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of "plf-free"...

ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux.../$ARCH/hdl ist.cz

...retrieving failed: curl: (9) FTP: access denied

retrieval of source hdlist (or synthesis) failed

no hdlist file found for medium "plf-free"

examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.plf-free.cz]

problem reading synthesis file of medium "plf-free"

unable to update medium "plf-free"

[root@localhost maparus]# urpmi.addmedia plf-nonfree ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux...non-free/2006.0 with hdlist.cz

I'm back again. Here's what I did

1. Downloaded Linux IA32 to my desktop

2. Moving files using the terminal still gets me confused so I logged out of maparus and logged in as root went to home/desktop/ and moved the file to (lib/modules/2.6.12.12-12mdk/kernal/drivers/video/nvidia) A search found that to be the only Nvidia file found

3. logged out of root and logged in again to maparu and went to lib/modules/2.6.12.12-12mdk/kernal/drivers/video/nvidia)

4. opened a terminal and logged on as root

5. Typed init 3

6. typed urpmi binutils

7. showed it's already installed

8. typed "sh nvidia-linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1.run" and clicked enter

9. got back " sh nvidia-linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1.run: command not found

more help please

I'm trying to install Linux IA32 Nvidia driver for my FX 5500 265MB card on a Mandriva 2006 system This is what I've done

1. Download IA32 driver to my desktop

2. open a terminal and go to root

3. type INIT 3

4. type URPMI Bintils It says it is already installed

5. I type sh Nvidia-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1.run

Says it command not found. What am I doing wrong?

many thanks maparus

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I got it !!!!!!!!!!!!! Turned out to be a problem with BIO update. Thank you all for your help

maparus

Also try "linux dma=off" and see if that helps. Can you check he drive with a manufacturer utility? I would be tempted to zero the drive and then install. Seagate has good tools.

I'll try linux dma-off when I get home but I don't understand what it is you want me to do with

""Can you check he drive with a manufacturer utility? I would be tempted to zero the drive and then install.

Seagate has good tools.""

many thanks (a fellow Hoosier)

maparus

Asus K8X-X MOBO

Sempron 2800 64 bit CPU

512 mb. Crucial single sided ram

FX 5500 256 MB

80g Seagate HD ata100

Memorex CD rom

HP Cdwriter

400 watt Powmax PS

Thank you all for the suggestions

1. Plug and play is off

2. I typed Linux noapic and computer started showing a line of code then stoped at

"kernel panic -not syncing: no limit found try passing init = option to kernel"

then stopped with blinking curser

3. I tried clearing the CMOS yesterday

4. Yes it is during the Mandriva install When I get to to point where it asks if I want to erace the entire disk I click yes. Then a warning comes up sayin all existing partitions and their data will be lost on drive hda ( 74gb, st380011a) I click ok and the bar gets 3/4 of the way across then the screen freezes up

Could the serial _ch0 master no device and serial _ CH1 master no device be refering to sata hard drives? I'm using the hard drive out of my old computer that is ATA 100 not sata. According to Asus the K8V-X supports both

Just finished building my first computer. I wanted to have Mandriva only on the Hard drive so when I click to erase the Windows patition the screen freezes everytime. Also when I boot after the Asus logo fades away I get (Serial _CH0 master no device, Serial _CH1 master no device) followed by

Unknown Bios Error 0163. I was able to get the computer up and running and get on line by puting the hard drive back into my old computer install Mandriva 2006 then switching it back to the new one again. But every 5 minutes or so the screen would freeze up again and I would have to reboot and use it for 5 or 6 minutes again until it froze up again

Many thanks maparus

Asus K8X-X MOBO

Sempron 2800 64 bit CPU

512 mb. Crucial single sided ram

FX 5500 256 MB

80g Seagate HD ata100

Memorex CD rom

HP Cdwriter

400 watt Powmax PS

After a long search I decided on a MSI FX 5500 w/256 MB memory ,128 MB memory interface ,and clock at 270 Mhz. with a 3 yr

warranty for $57.99 shipping included. Before I order is there a better choice for a Mandriva 2006 system for the same money?

I'm not a gamer

System as is:

Asus K8V-X 754 MOBO

Sempron 2800 64 bit processor

512 MB pc3200 ram

PowMax Ultra 400 PS

Memorex CD-rom

HP CD-writer

Seagate 80 G Hard drive

Windows XP 32 bit

Mindriva 2006

Many thanks maparus

Thank you but I already looked there and there is no listing for either card. The list seems very incomplete

I found two cards within my price range one is BFG Asylum factory oc FX 5200 256 MB coreclock 280 mhz the other is a

BFG factory oc FX 5500 128mb but has a coreclock of 290 mhz. I don't play any games just want the one that is best suited to

Mandriva 2006.

many thanks maparus

Security is set at normal and I haven't started my updates yet. I have a slow dial up connection and wanted to get this out of the way before I started the long process of doing the updates

Maybe you made a typo but you need to leave a space between chown and the -R.

and before /home/maparusch...

 

chown  -R  maparus:maparus  /home/maparusch

It wasn't a type error I screwed up. I did just as you decribed above and no errors popped up so I quess it worked. But I still don.t have the two options. Amy other ideas?