K Bergen
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Incomplete or aborted updates can wreck havoc so try updating again.
Log into a console as root and run
urpmi --auto-update
Ken
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also, how do i "comment out"??
Just put a # at the beginning of the line.
#/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom auto umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec 0 0"
Ken
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You want to remove or comment out the entire line and let hal deal with the drive.
Ken
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Yep, this thread has people talking and some even thinking.yawn, arctic please do lock this thread, at least that will be the end of it then!We can't tolerate that so please do lock this thread!
Ken
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To me it sounds like a bad/corroded contact in the RAM slot.
Pulling out the RAM then reinserting it would clean the surface of the connector allowing contact but soon the corrosion would once again disconnect that contact.
Ken
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It sounds like your boot loader was written to the linux partition IE /dev/sdaXI just installed it from the one live cd after partitioning the hard drive with a windows xp os on the other part.however, there is no boot menu to choose mandriva, it always goes to windows.
Its on an IBM T43 laptop.
Any thoughts or how to get a boot menu option for the OS or must I reinstall again?
Thanks,
Chris
The easiest solution is to reinstall and make sure the boot loader is written to the MBR IE /dev/sda
Ken
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I agree that auto-orphans is evil but when you run it the default option is "N/y"
To me that's like saying "If you do this you'll break something or everything."
Ken
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I use these two bash scripts
#!/bin/bash rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME}\n' | sort > mypkgs.txt
to list all installed packages before a reinstall and
#!/bin/sh urpmi.update -a while read line; do urpmi --auto $line done < mypkgs.txt
after a minimal install and setting up sources.
I've used it several times to go back to 2008.1 after trying 2009.0 and 2009.1.
Ken
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Grub should have a listing of "failsafe" thats the same as run level one.Boot into run level 1, i.e. single user mode. That will take you to a root prompt without the need for a password. To do that hit F3 as soon as you see the mandriva grub selection screen which will bring up the kernel options menu; select Default. You will then see a line across the bottom of the grub menu that starts with:Boot: *************
to boot to run level 1 you just type "1" without quotes at the end of that line and hit the Enter key. Sometimes there is so much stuff that you can't see the end of the Boot line but if you just type 1 and hit Enter, it should go. The boot messages will eventually tell you it's going into single user mode and dump you to a root command prompt that looks something like this IIRC:
sh#
Type in your command to change your root password:
# passwd root
and change the root password to anything you want and then run:
# sync
# reboot
The should reset your password for you.
All else I agree with but lets keep it our little secret. ;)
Ken
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As root?Yeah I forgot to mention I've tried that as well as drakx11, and it tells me it's an unknown command ???I probably didn't select some needed packages or something...
If so check your install media, it could be a bad download or burn.
Ken
BTW: drakx11 is just a link to XFdrake.
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A shot in the dark, your video card driver may not have installed properly.
Try running
XFdrake
as root to configure the video card.
Ken
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Actually I find nothing wrong with the Mandriva model on a single user machine as in that case you are probably also the system administrator.
But and a big BUT it should not be enabled by default.
The first time you click on the update icon you should be asked if you want a regular user to be able to install updates and be asked for the root password to enable that feature.
Ken
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This madness started back in 2008.1 or perhaps earlier.
It's not really that much of a security risk as it only uses update repositories setup by root and can only update already installed packages but yes it does go against everything I've learnt in my ten years of Linux use. :sad:
Ken
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A shot in the dark but "Mandrake 10.0" is old and so probably is the hardware, it just might not be up to running two desktops.Ken.I typed it in as you instructed and got a blank, black screen !!
When I left-click the mouse I get a cross on the screen. I didn't expect that ! :huh:
What is it doing ? Help !!!
You could try killing IceWM
init 3
as root, then
startx KDE
I know that's not your ultimate goal but it may show whether or not your install of KDE actually works.
Ken
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As the error says you already have a GUI running on display 0, try using display 1.
startx KDE -- :1
Use Ctrl+Alt+F7/F8 to switch between them.
Ken
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If somebody could slap a solved sticker on this, that would be good.
Just go back to your first post in this thread and edit the subject line to include Solved.
Ken
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2009.0?
If so it's
su -
Notice the space and "-" .
Ken
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Kernel-source was missing from the i586 tree but was in the x86_64 tree.
That changed today when the newest kernel was added.
media/main/release/kernel-source-2.6.29-0.rc7.4.1mnb-1-1mnb2.i586.rpm
Ken
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The safest way is to install to the new hard drive putting the boot loader on that drive and using the bios to choose the boot drive.
Ken
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Hi Arsal.. and welcome to the forum.
It's not the video card or processor as that's exactly what I'm running and have installed 2008.1, 2009.0 and 2009.1 on the machine.
We could use more information though like what install media are you using, One live CD, DVD or two CD set?
Also where does the install stop and are there any error messages?
Ken
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I'm glad to help and happy it's fixed. :D
Ken
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You can try this, it worked in 2008.1
In KDE Control Center go to
Sound & Multimedia
Sound System
Then set (Auto-suspend if idle after) to one second
Ken
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2006 is no longer supported, I suggest you install a newer version.
Then read the Mandriva wiki to understand how installing software in Mandriva works.
Here is a link http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Basic_tas...moving_software
Ken
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What version of Mandy are you using and do you have gstreamer installed?
Ken
Missing man pages in 2009.1? [solved]
in Installing Mandriva
Posted
Please read the wiki "Add and Remove Software" as coreutils-doc is available from Mandriva without searching pbone.net.
It shouldn't hurt in this case but the package you found is for 2010.0/cooker and your running 2009.1. Installing cooker packages on a stable release is a great way to break things.
Ken