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Well I now have it running! With a task bar!

I went to add/remove packages, and added akonadi-common version 1.2.1, its description was: Dummy package to overide old.

Then I opened terminal 2 command line and run:

su
password
/etc/init.d/dm stop
rm -rf .kde4
/etc/init.d/dm start

I ran rm -rf .kde4 as both user and root, not sure if you have to or not, but I did anyway.

Only thing, my kick off/classic menu icon is a question mark. lol, I dont think thats right, but I can live with it.

Edit: I was able to change the icon by going into its setting and clicking on the icon. I now have a nice Mandriva Star!

killall plasma doesn't work anymore 'cause its called plasma_desktop or something. It still didn't work so I will just have start again with .kde and set all up again. Thanks anyway.

Did you end up getting this to work? Im missing task bar as well. I have cleared my .kde and .kde4 folders and rebooted, but still no luck.

I also have this problem from the update

The following package is going to be installed:

- akonadi-common-1.1.2-0.1mdv2009.0.i586

1.9KB of additional disk space will be used.

97KB of packages will be retrieved.

Is it ok to continue?

So i try to install it

1 installation transactions failed

There was a problem during the installation:

akonadi >= 1:1.1.95 is needed by (installed) kopete-4.3.1-0.1mdv2009.0.i586

Im not sure of the reason for this either

Dude67, I live in Australia and I often have trouble finding the mirror list. I dont know why or how!

I usually just keep trying, come back in a few hours or even the next day! I know how frustrating it is!

Thats all I can add, I hope thats all it is and not a major problem.

The image is actually 4.9gb, and when compressed if I run ls -al it shows as approx 4.3gb.

Is it really possible that the compressed file is just to large? Especially given I can do the same thing with the image with no problems before compressing?

Ok, so my image I can mount and read perfectly.

But I can not for the life of me compress this file properly.

I have tried using the CLI, I have tried using Ark. I have even rename the image several different names just to be sure the *.img extension isn't messing it up.

Nothing seems to work. I get a file at the end, but as soon as I do anything with the compressed file the program accessing it fails. If I'm in dolphin and I try to read its properties it crashes. If I try to use K3B to burn it, it crashes. If I right click on it in my desktop folder view, plasma crashes. I have no idea whats happening here.

used the convert command and all is fixed! Thanks Ian

Hi guys,

I've been messing around with compressing files and it's been having issues. Plasma and other programs are crashing all the time. So I check system monitor. Both CPU's running at 100%, which is unusual it normally barely reaches above 20% IIRC.

If I go to processes I have several enteries of python /usr/bin/hp-systray. The top two entries are using approx 45% of cpu each!

What the hell is going on here? Can someone point me in the right direction? I believe this is my hplip (HP linux image and printing) install for my hp printer acting up.

Next problem! After compressing the image of the recovery partition, everytime I click on it to check its file size, try to open it in ark, or burn a disc the program accessing it has a hissy fit and crashes.

When I tired to burn a disc it tels me the file is over 2gb, and can only be accessed if mounted as udf?

Whats going on here? Why is the file acting up? Its is called recover.img.tar.bz2

Thanks guys. Most appreciated.

First time I've ever compressed a file. I have followed Ians directions on the first page. Seems to take a long time to compress! I guess it is 5Gb I am playing with though.

I would probably wait for someone who knows a little more than me to drop by and help you out. It's usually un-needed to re-install with linux.

It looks as though your system is ok, just that KDE4 isn't working properly. Some one should be able to help you complete the update from the command line. And then you'll be sailing smoothly again.

Can anyone please confirm if this is the correct command for me to back up the MBR? The hard disk is /dev/sda, with partitions sda1 and sda2.

dd if=/dev/sda | ssh username@host "dd of=/home/username/Desktop/mbr.img" bs=512 count=1

I am asking as the lines I have seen on the net use /dev/hda, but my disk is listed as sda.

The disks you make using the Acer tools just create a nice recovery DVD for you that you can start your computer from. I have an acer and it does this, and I used the recovery disks once to restore the system. You don't need Windows, you just boot from the recovery DVD's you created.

Ian I should clarify that I cannot make recovery dvd's with the Acer Aspire One. Reports all over the net with the same complaint. That feature is removed from the e-recovery software on the Aspire One. Otherwise, yes, I would have just made a recovery dvd and used that if things ever got messy. But as I can't make a recovery dvd i wanted to take the steps of backing up the recovery partition.

So should I still back up the MBR and the partition layout?

you should be able to enter you password, but no letters or symbols will show. Just type your password correctly and press enter

Rethought the task at hand.

I have dd a complete copy of the recovery partition /dev/sda1

The windows OS is installed on /dev/sda2.

So I am thinking I need to copy the MBR with:

dd if=/dev/hda of=/root/mbr bs=512 count=1

Thats what googles, telling me.

To determine the partition layout I am thinking:

sfdisk -d /dev/hda > part_layout.txt

Which should provide me with the partition layout? Yes? And apparently I can restore it with

sfdisk /dev/hda < part_layout.txt

My concern is, that I received no restore disks with the unit. Acer think that you can always "restore" it from with-in windows.

So should I bork my windows install (oh how tragic :P ) I need to be able to restore it. Thats why I'm thinking I need the recovery partition, and the MBR along with the partition layout so I can re-partition the drive correctly. But even then, if windows dies, I'm not sure if the restore process can be started?....I almost need to image the windows OS...

Am i on the right track here guys?

Edit: I've just hunted around the net, looks like I can boot into the recovery mode from the bios screen.

Thanks Ian.

While I'm at it should I be getting the MBR and the hard drive partition sizes so I can replace the hard disk in case of a failure?

I am yet to upgrade to 4.3? Hows it going for those that are using it?

Yes, just do:

 

mount -o loop recovery.iso /mnt/iso

 

of course assuming the file to mount is recovery.iso and the directory /mnt/iso exists :)

 

Then just look inside /mnt/iso and see what you see.

 

Cheers, that did the trick. Looks to have copied perfectly...

Now to compress it to reduce the Pile size mentioned earlier....oops silly me!

I will do that, but can I look at this file to see that it has copied correctly?

 

mount -o loop -t iso9660 /path/to/recover.iso /path/to/mount/dir/

 

Mounts the iso in a directory. Use dolphin or whatever to have a look at it.

 

Hope that helps :)

Will this command work given how I copied the data over? I used

dd if=/dev/sda1 | ssh username@host "dd of=path/to/recover.iso"

So I didn't specify it as an actual iso file...It didn't seem to mount at all.

Not sure why K3B is failing. Is the file too big for the disk perhaps?

 

Thanks, how silly of me. Pile size is shown to be 4.9Gib and the DVD's are 4.7Gb...obviously thats not going to work. I will look at compressing the file for burning.

Hi guys. as detailed in my other thread :New Dual boot install

I have copied the recovery patition of my my Acer over to my Mandriva box.

This file is called recover.iso, I have tried to burn this file using K3B, but I fails to work, both as a *.iso image and as a data file. Can anyone help?

Also, does anyone know if I can access the contents of this file to verify that the copy worked perfectly?

Thanks all.

ok, installed ssh-server and then service sshd start.

Ran my command to dd over to the mandriva box, it asks for my password then nothing. Just returns to the prompt.

I even

mkdir /media/sda1
mount /dev/sda1 /media/sda1

and the original command still didn't work...Should I be using /media/sda1 in the dd command? Is /media/sda1 identical to /dev/sda1 in that the partition size (and hence it's unused size) is carried over?

I'm still so newb at this stuff.

Edit: It helps to type the command properly. I was missing the "of"

Copied over in full it seems. Now ill burn a copy.

I enable the ssh in the firewall as you suggested.

I get

ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.3 port 22: Connection refused

so then on my mandriva box I

[root@localhost matthew]# service sshd start
Cannot find sshd service

Edit: Oops, I dont have ssh-server installed. I will install it once this massive kde updates finishes.

Thanks tux...Ive given up for tonight. Ill have a go in the morning. I suspected firewall, but I've never touched it in my Linux installs ever!

Ok, so I had to supply a password for root, then I could su to root.

I run the appropriate command (I think) and I get: connection timed out

Networks...argh

Edit: I cannot ping the pc where the file is to be saved..

Acer IP address is 192.168.1.4, mandriva box is 192.168.1.3, they are connected through a router. both are connected ok, and can access the net through router.

When I run from the acer: ping 192.168.1.3 nothing happens.

When I run from the mandriva box: ping 192.168.1.4 I get:

64 bytes from 192.168.1.4: icmp_seq=1 ttel=64 time 0.206

obviously the icmp_seq=number rises by one everytime it runs.

Not sure where to go from here.