Cannonfodder

Have you tried reinstalling lilo?

Boot off of CD1, F1 , type rescue, mount partitions (menu), goto console, and type

chroot /mnt

Then type

lilo

If there are error messages, then you need to do some investigating..

Try posting

/etc/fstab

/etc/lilo.conf

if you need too..

What is this?

image="/dev/hda1"  

root="/dev/hda6"  

initrd="/boot/initrd.img"  

append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off quiet"

Why is it there? hda1 is your windows right? I don't think you need this. Just comment it out with # symbols

#image="/dev/hda1"

#root="/dev/hda6"

#initrd="/boot/initrd.img"

#append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off quiet"

You can also remove the other entries such as linux-nonfb and failsafe. Never used them myself..

Between Steve and I, how could you not learn it? :P

Seriously, when it comes to lilo, it pays to edit it by hand..

Oh you mean an icon editor? But I don't get it? Where is the icon? All the trash files I see are .png files?

I have in the past... but if anything it would be more related to not having the fstab file setup properly. If you run 2 linux distros and don't mount the second distro with fstab, you can't boot into it. Maybe the same deal here?

BTW, when I run

lilo -v

This is what I get..

LILO version 22.4.1, Copyright © 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger

Development beyond version 21 Copyright © 1999-2002 John Coffman

Released 27-Jan-2003 and compiled at 11:11:26 on Feb  5 2003.

 

Reading boot sector from /dev/hda

Using GRAPHIC secondary loader

Calling map_insert_data

Mapping message file /boot/message -> message-graphic

Calling map_insert_file

 

Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk

Mapping RAM disk /boot/initrd.img -> initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img

Added Mandrake91 *

 

Boot other: /dev/hda1, on /dev/hda, loader CHAIN

Added Windows2000

 

/boot/boot.0300 exists - no backup copy made.

Writing boot sector.

You need to make sure your lilo.conf info points to the correct partition locations and that all is accurate. You can actually look for the files.

Also, make sure any partition mentioned in the lilo.conf (such as your windows partition) actually is listed and mounted by

/etc/fstab

file.. Otherwise, it won't work..

You can edit your lilo file directly.

Open a console,..

1. type su and enter your root password

2. type

cd /etc

3. Use your favorite editor..

gedit lilo.conf

4. Here is my entire lilo.conf file

boot=/dev/hda

map=/boot/map

vga=normal

default="Mandrake91"

keytable=/boot/us.klt

prompt

nowarn

timeout=3000

message=/boot/message

menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw

image=/boot/vmlinuz

       label="Mandrake91"

       root=/dev/hdc7

       initrd=/boot/initrd.img

       append="quiet devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off"

       vga=788

       read-only

other=/dev/hda1

       label="Windows2000"

       table=/dev/hda

Let's break it down.

First is the defaults. The line default="Mandrake91" points to the default entry for booting. Other defaults are here too such as timeout..

boot=/dev/hda

map=/boot/map

vga=normal

default="Mandrake91"

keytable=/boot/us.klt

prompt

nowarn

timeout=3000

message=/boot/message

menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw

Following is my linux entry. This is a collection of lines that tell lilo how to boot my linux distribution. It has a label "Mandrake91". This is the same as what is listed in the defaults. This means that the default boot is Mandrake91.

image=/boot/vmlinuz

       label="Mandrake91"

       root=/dev/hdc7

       initrd=/boot/initrd.img

       append="quiet devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off"

       vga=788

       read-only

Following is my windows 2000 entry. Pretty much the same for all windows entries. I changed the label to Windows2000 so that it shows up in the lilo menu as that. If I change the default to equal "Windows2000", it would become the default boot.

other=/dev/hda1

       label="Windows2000"

       table=/dev/hda

I used to have other entries but I deleted them as I never used them.

6. After making changes, type

lilo

and it should say

Adding Mandrake91 (or whatever)

Adding Windows

If you have any errors, you need to figure it out before you reboot..

I did it too..

Just change the

/usr/share/gnome/48x48/filesystems/gnome-fs-trash-empty.png and trash-full.png files

Then restart xserver (or maybe just log out?)..

what happens if you login as root and go to /home/youraccount and delete the trash can? It should replace it and may use a default?

Let me see how it goes with this one first :) Gotta call Dell..

Wonder if I can get Dell to admit that their prio fixes were unsuccessful. I knew it wasn't my monitor because I had tried my dell on a different monitor with the same results. Each time this happened, it was a result of coming out of a screensaver blank out mode.

This isn't exactly a linux problem. Since I bought my Dell 800 more than 3 years ago, I have had to replace my geforce 256 board twice. Now its happened again but I'm no longer under a service contract. Each time it's happened, I've been in windows 2000 and the screen saver has come on (usually the login screensaver). I'll show up later and move the mouse and then the video display is screwed up on re-appearing.

The symptoms are visiable from lilo into linux or windows.

The symtoms (best I can describe are):

Whereever I have a foreground color (e.g. text or a window bar), a horizonal bar of light gray will shadow the background of that row of text or whatever.

The best dell could do was replace the board. But I bet there is a way to reset the video board to its defaults or configure it somehow.. ? Hope someone has an idea ?

That's why you can instlal a i386 rpm and it will work on a 586 or 686. It's backwards compatible. However, it may not be optimized for your 686 so you might suffer some performance problems where it is executing 10 steps for 1 steps. Basically, when you compile code, you end up with a binary. The binary has machine language instructions (hex code) inside of it. The rules for converting an english typed program into machine language can vary based on what architecture you are compiling for. Newer architechures may have a machine language instruction that accomplishes a task much quicker than an older chip. But if you are using a i386 binary, it relies on backward compatibility and does it however, the binary's instructions insist on doing it.

Ok, lets take a break from using 3rd party tools and work with the bootloader directly..

Let's see how your lilo is setup first.. I'm not sure whether you are currently able to boot into Mandrake so here's what you do.. If you can boot into Mandrake, then skip to step 4.

1. Boot into CD1, hit F1, type rescue. At the menu, select mount file system (partitions) something like that.

2. At the menu select Go to Command Prompt or some option that puts you at the console.

3. At this point, you should have a console prompt such as $ or something like that. Basically you are working with the CD's file system where the CD is the root of the file system and your hard drive partitions are mounted under /mnt.

If you type

cd / <- viewing the cd file system

cd /mnt < - viewing your mounted partitions.

What we want to do next is make your hard disk the root of your file system so type

chroot /mnt

That tells linux to make /mnt the new /. So if you type

cd / <- viewing your mounted partitions.

4. Now go to your lilo.conf file. This file has 100% of the lilo setup.

cd /etc

more lilo.conf

This should allow you to view your configuration. You need to post it here somehow (unless you figure it yourself). Remember, any changes you make to lilo or even to re-install lilo, you have to type

lilo

This command will reinstall lilo to the MBR. There is only one MBR and only one bootloader active on startup. Your bootloader may call another bootloader but only one is in control on startup.

Do a combo..

totally 100% remove your sources and re-add them.

and

rebuild the rpm database

http://www.mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php?t=4937

You can't run the mcc control panel and delete the rpm sources?

I've given up on this also. I think its too heavy for what I want. I don't want evolution either since I use opera mail. Plus I get a message "This copy of Ximian Connector has not been activated." each time I start it up. Same with a brand new user I created. I wouldnt' mind using j-pilot as a desktop organizer but I find the interface keystrokes to be a bit clunky and unintuitive.

If you check /var/cache/redcarpet. There is a log of files installed. Supposely you might get away with uninstalling those. What I did was make some dup partitions and copied my mandrake stuff over there before I installed Ximian. It's my backup :)

So basically I can't use Ximian Desktop 2 because I have mandrake?

I just made up a faq using that link :)

http://www.mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php?t=5742

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IM-08: What Linux software corresponds to Windows software?

This question often arises for new users who come from the Microsoft Windows world. They would like to find software that is similar in functionality to their accustomed Windows software.

There are many linux software products to choose from when looking for equivalent software.

Check this link for a table of equivalent software.

You may also want to look on Freshmeat or SourceForge for software based on keywords.

Finally, you can learn to master Wine. Wine is an emulator that actually allows you to run original windows software under Linux. However, this can be touch and go in terms of success.

Here's a link I just came across..

http://linuxshop.ru/linuxbegin/win-lin-soft-en/

Just to double-check, you should not have any floppy diskettes in your drive. I think you said you didn't but based on your sloppy english, I feel like I'm guessing..

You probably don't have to punch any more back covers, just switch it and run with the cover off. Then, try it. Then later put it back in the original slot..

I have..

mplayer-gui-0.90-9plf

mplayerplugin-0.40-2mdk

mplayer-0.90-9plf

mplayer-skins-1.3-4mdk

mplayer-fonts-1.0-8mdk

plus

win32-codecs-1.4-1plf

Using the lastest updates? Could it be a cron job that is multiplying (get a hundred cron's running at once and everything comes to a stop). Try doing the top command frequently over a few days and watch the processes to see if something unusual is going on..