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I don't know how you can easily revert this - at least it wasn't rm -rf /* - that would be very bad. the perms on pam_timestamp_check should be -r-s--x--x if thats any help

I'd do it by hand - remove the offending sections (or perhaps comment them out) in /etc/lilo.conf Don't forget to run lilo afterwards (probably just type lilo)

My mandrake lilo.conf is boring, however you might find my redhat8 grub/menu.lst helpfull # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,1) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda9 # initrd /initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/hda default=0 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Grant Hat Linux (2.4.18) root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-g ro hdc=ide-scsi vga=0x318 idebus=66 title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-18.8.0) root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-18.8.0 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi initrd /initrd-2.4.18-18.8.0.img title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-14) root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi initrd /initrd-2.4.18-14.img title Win XP Pro rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1

change to the .Trash directory, then as root rm -rf * should clear the lot out!

Hmm, I believe your way is slightly less dirty!!! :wink:

>have you ran harddrake's config tool for the card? yep >Post the output of lsmod. It's my home box so I can't at the moment, snd-ens1371 is certainly there. >Is alsa and sound set to run at boot in MCC>System>DrakXServices? yep >At boot, does alsa claim to be starting? yep, it produces an [ok] too >Is alsa-utils installed? Not sure, if not I'll install it tonight. Thanks for the help

What did you do just before you were having problems getting XP to boot? You didn't do anything with partitons did you? Also, do you have the cd for a full copy of XP?

Eric, the standard help page is man, so: man chmod would give you lots of info on chmod (recursive being the key here for chmod -R), or indeed chmod --help from the command line. Incidently, can't you just delete all the files as root??

seeing as though you don't want to use sed i've come up with a dirty hack var=asdf/tzui part1=`echo $var | cut -d/ -f 1` part2=`echo $var | cut -d/ -f 2` result=`echo $part1-$part2` echo $result which gives asdf-tzui is this what you want??

I was beginning to come to the conclusion that I'd come across an old posting on google - it seems that snd-ens1371 should work, but it doesn't. I've checked the mixer settings and whilst it was originally muted it isn't anymore. I've never used ALSA before so I'm at a bit of a loss as to whats going wrong - the only sound I can get is throught the PC speaker!! I've tried playing CD's through XMMS, testing various KDE / GNOME event sounds and tuxracer but all were silent. Any ideas??

You could always switch to run level 3 using /sbin/telinit 3 as opposed to switching off the display manager and killing the x session.

Hi, this is stemed from a posts in everything Linux but I've finally given up and dicided I need some help. My box has a built in CT5880 which is basically a rebadged ens1371 sound chip (which is similar to a SoundBlaster 128 PCI). After a bit of googling I've found that the ALSA driver snd-ens1371 won't work and instead I need snd-card-ens1371. Unfortunately this driver isn't included in the Mandrake kernel so I'll need to try and add it - does anyone have any experience of adding extra alsa drivers to those supplied within the kernel?? Any tips or advice gratefully recieved!!!

I do think I need some help with this sound situation - so I've started a sperate thread in the hardware section.

If you're not sure if the kernel source is installed it probably isn't, check with rpm -qa | grep -i kernel and look for something like kernel-source. If it isn't installed, install it and watch your problems magically disappear!

For all it's worth I've done it too.

After a good bit of googling I've found out that I need a slighlty different ALSA driver than the one that was detected. Unfortunately this driver isn't one thats included in the Mandrake kernel. >why do you need a firewall on a dial up anayway ??? Does this really need explaining?? Go on a dial up connection and check your firewall logs!!!

If you do a HDD install of knoppix you'll end up with something a LOT like debian, I haven't tried it personally but know of several people who have and they like it.

Thanks spinynorman, I'll probably go down the IPtables route too. emh: I think it's something more sinister - tried playing with the mixer as soon as I noticed the sound wasn't working. Ideally there should be a test sound option when you configure the card....

> The good news is that by jumping from 8.2 to 9.2, you didn't encounter this feature in 9.1 as some of us did! > Any tips on configuring it to work PROPERLY then??

Being a fully paid up member of the Mandrake Club I've downloaded and installed 9.2 on my desktop machine at home (with just dial-up net connection). Installation seemed to run smooth, Gnome 2.4 is very nice and all in all it was much better than 8.2 which I used to have on there. Unfortunately it wasn't all fine and dandy and I thought I should report back on my experiences for anyone mulling over the idea of insatlling 9.2 Firstly, my soundcard was detected correctly however it just doesn't seem to work - either with ALSA or OSS, but was fine in 8.2 I've been trying to add some sources to urpmi but this has failed (in the same place) both with easyurpmi and the link given on the club website. And the show stopper, by default the firewall is turned off (bad) but when it is switched on (through mcc) it blocks all internet access!!! I also found it very annoying that the kernel-source was NOT included on the 3CD's - thats just criminal. Please note, this isn't a call for help - I can probably fix all of these things myself, it's more pointing out the shortcomings of an otherwise excellent distro.

I agree, knoppix is rather cracking!!! Great for doing proper work on someone elses computer, anyone with an interest in scientific apps might like to check out quantian - built on knoppix.

set the variables in your .bashrc, adding a line like: export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/j2sdk1.3.1 export PATH=${PATH}:$JAVA_HOME/bin obviously changing this for your setup

I'm not sure how well rpm works on non rpm distros - I'm guessing that rpm can't find the dependant packages (they are installed aren't they??). You could try and update the database - it's a long shot.....

There is no advantage of powerpack over a club membership, as long as you have a fast net connection!! I think only Silver members and above can get SO though.

AFAIK the crossover stuff are demos - at least thats the only rpm's I could find on the club website.