LiNuts

Thank you for the replies, i'll give the nt bootloader a go. :P cheers llinuts

I have just bought a 120Gb HDD, on which i installed XP, This drive is on the primary IDE. My old 40Gb drive is now on the secondary IDE, I want to install my Mandrake 10.0 official on this drive, but do not want to put lilo ( or grub ) into the MBR. I Loaded Mandrake onto the drive with these partitons ( all ext3fs ): hdc1 = /boot hdc5 = / (root) hdc6 = swap hdc7 = /usr hdc8 = /home hdc9 = /var I selected the expert option for the install, but Mandrake did not give me an option of where to put lilo, until the summary page, i then chose hdc1 for lilo. when i rebooted, the P.C. booted into XP. Is there a tutorial on how to install lilo somewhere except the MBR, taking into account that the drive is on the secondary IDE. Cheers Linuts

I hope this is the correct place for this post. I want to use Bootit NG as my boot manager ( at present use LILO - in the MBR ) As i have had no success in putting my linux bootloader in its own partition. My setup is like this: Main drive (C:) WinXP ( 28 Gb with a 2 Gb download partiton (E:) My second drive (G:) Mandrake 10.0 (8 Gb) I have read the manual for Bootit NG, but dont quite follow how i set it up for my linux drive, I know i have to resize a partiton (8Mb) for Bootit NG, In the manual they recommend NOT putting the linux bootloader ( either GRUB or LILO ) in the MBR. ( to late its already in there ). :-? Is there a way to set Bootit NG up without a re-install. So any help with this will be appreciated Cheers linuts [moved from Everything Linux by spinynorman]

I dloaded a few splash screens from kde.org. Installed them, then went to change the splash screen in the Control Center - slected SplashScreens and chose a new one (kemistry2) hit the apply button, then logged off, and re-logged on, but it keeps using the old (default) splash screen, so i re-booted to see if that worked, it didn't. using 10.0 final, cheers LiNuts

O.K. I couldn't find SysV-init to check whether the popfile scrip is starting before the ip-up script, so i made a quick bash script and made it executable and put it in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d, and it worked :lol: Now when i use my dial-up my script automatically shuts down and restarts popfile. For anyone who wants to use it here it is: #!/bin/bash #popfile script /etc/init.d/popfile stop /etc/init.d/popfile start echo "popfile is running" then save the script as a .sh file, then chmod +x to make it executable. There probably is a better way to do it, but this works for me. cheers linuts

Just goes to show what a newbie i am :D I never thought of that, I'll run the "sysv-init" and check, As i am on dial-up, i suppose i'll have to make sure that the startup script /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S65popfile starts after my network connection script. Cheers linuts

O.K. Have found the problem ( i think ) Its the startup script. When i shutdown popfile using the script in /etc/init.d/popfile stop and re-start it /etc/init.d/popfile start, all works o.k. Now perhaps someone with a lot more experience than i have can shed some light as to why the startup script ( i presume its the /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S65popfile ) script thats stuffing things up. Its going to be a pain to keep having to shutdown and restart popfile. Cheers linuts

I tried port 1110, but got the same message, I can reach http://127.0.0.1:8080/ no problems. It is when i go to use Kmail i get the "cannot connect to host 127.0.0.1" error. I checked the /etc/hosts file and there is an entry for 127.0.0.1 localhost there. I have tried using a couple of different Mail programs ( Evolution --- Operas M2 ) but its still the same. I even put an entry in the /etc/hosts.allow file for 127.0.0.1 but that didn't work either. Anyone any idea of what this could be, Cheers LiNuts edit: when i change the settings back to normal using kmail, it works o.k.

I have installed popfile, and set up the buckets. I am using kmail to get my e-mails, as per the popfile tutorial, i changed my login to this: Name: linuts Login: pop.pacnet:linuts Password:************ Host:127.0.0.1 port:110 But i get the error message "could not connect to host 127.0.0.1" Using Mandrake 10.0 official according to the popfile tutorial the port should be 8080, so i tried "127.0.0.1:8080" but got the same error. Cheers linuts Edit: moved from Software by spinynorman

Still trying :D I have got round the "su" problem, needed the devfs,(but according to the kernel help file, its not needed - I needed it :woops: ). according to my drakconf i have everything but udev installed. when i went to urpmi udev it asked me which kernel i wanted to install, there was a list of five. As i have already installed the kernel, i said no, so no udev. The strange thing is that when i checked the /lib/module-init-tools dir there was NO modules-2.6.xx in it. I checked the /lib/modules and its in there: seems to me like i compiled without using the module-init-tools. My next question is, How can i install the udev pkg without having to re-download the kernel. And how do i get to compile using the module-init-tools ?. Because i think Most of my problems have to do with this udev pkg. I.E. no vfat and no modem. ( i am Guessing here :lol: ). cheers LiNuts

Now its plan B: i removed the 2.6.3 kernel ( and the associated modules ) Installed that kernel-source-2.6.3-7mdk that i dloaded by mistake. ran make mrproper on it. did make xconfig >> and tried to choose the correct things to put into modules and what is to be built into the kernel. ran make modules && make modules_install. ( I think the make modules is redundant now though ). cp'd the bzImage and System.map into my new boot2 dir made a new lilo stanza for the kernel. Re-booted: No EBDA error But i still cannot get the vfat fs to be recognised. also no modem . The add new hardware wizard at boot-up then installs the dvd and cdrom to a different name. ie from scd0 scd1. I left all the msdos and vfat stuff as modules. can someone point me in the right direction as to what these should be. I have XP pro on drive C: (hda) using FAT32 not NTFS, and my linux on my second drive, with lilo using the MBR. As for my modem, my 2.4.21-0.13mdk has no trouble with the modem. As above i have compiled PPP as a module. There were a few other errors on boot-up Mainly to do with 3rd party stuff, but i can re-compile and take out that stuff. Cheers LiNuts

Yeah sorry i forgot to say that when i did urpmi, it asked to install these :woops: I can still boot my old 2.4.21-0.13, But now i have to figure out this EBDA error when booting 2.6.3. I did a google, and apparently its something to do with either SMP and/or lilo. I have just re-compiled to see if i can make the kernel smaller. ( not re-booted yet ) but as for the lilo fix i wouldn't have a clue as to how to fix that. From what i can gather lilo has somesort of bug. something to do with "magic" whatever that is. From what my googling gave me, there used to be an option in the old kernels for SMP, but not in the newer 2.6.xx ones. Anyway i'll keep looking, and your help is [/b]very much appreciated. I am quite enjoying this new linux experience. Cheers LiNuts Edit: i suppose i could use Grub instead of lilo, is it possible to switch from lilo to grub ?.

I have gone down a different track. I managed to get the module-init-tools-3.0 installed. ( used urpmi for the deps ). I have compiled kernel-2.6.3 from source. It booted with a few errors: wont recognise the VFAT fs: in the options for compiling the MS-DOS - VFAT fs i chose to make them all modules. but wont boot, says uncompressed error ( something like that). So i compiled DOS Fat fs support into the kernel. and put MS-DOS and VFAT as modules. As i am dual-booting with XP Pro, (fat32) do i need the NTFS option ?. when i compile VFAT into the kernel i get " Loading 2.6.3EBDA too big" and the system hangs. I compiled ppp as a module but have no dial-up. If i open the Mandrake control center from the desktop, when i enter my password i get an error saying " su not found" please make sure its in your path: ( i did an ldconfig ). Its getting there :D At least it picked up my USB mouse. and my sound card. :lol: Cheers LiNuts

Heres the story so far. [root@localhost rpm]# rpm -Uvh kernel-2.6.3.7mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm module-init-tools-3.0-1mdk.i586.rpm modutils-2.4.26-3mdk.i586.rpm mkinitrd-3.5.18-4mdk.i586.rpm sysfsutils-0.4.0-1mdk.i586.rpm bootloader-utils-1.6-7mdk.i586.rpm libsysfs0-0.4.0-1mdk.i586.rpm initscripts-7.06-49mdk.i586.rpm perl-MDK-Common-1.1.11-2mdk.i586.rpm error: failed dependencies: devfsd < 1.3.25-31mdk conflicts with module-init-tools-3.0-1mdk chkconfig >= 1.3.8-3mdk is needed by initscripts-7.06-49mdk perl-base >= 2:5.8.3 is needed by perl-MDK-Common-1.1.11-2mdk drakxtools-newt < 9.1-30mdk conflicts with perl-MDK-Common-1.1.11-2mdk drakconf < 9.1-14mdk conflicts with perl-MDK-Common-1.1.11-2mdk Do i keep on dloading the req deps, as it seems to be wanting to upgrade my 9.1 to 10.0. also am i going to be able to use the module-init-tools-3.0 because of the conflict with devfsd. I'll keep on trying: :D Cheers LiNuts

O.K. I dloaded both the packages. ( actually dloaded the 40.2Mb kernel-source by mistake - takes a while with dial-up ). Ran rpm -ivh and got this: rror: failed dependencies: modutils >= 2.4.25-2mdk is needed by kernel-2.6.3.7mdk-1-1mdk mkinitrd >= 3.4.43-10mdk is needed by kernel-2.6.3.7mdk-1-1mdk bootloader-utils >= 1.6 is needed by kernel-2.6.3.7mdk-1-1mdk sysfsutils is needed by kernel-2.6.3.7mdk-1-1mdk modutils < 2.4.22-10mdk conflicts with module-init-tools-3.0-1mdk devfsd < 1.3.25-31mdk conflicts with module-init-tools-3.0-1mdk I gather that when i dload the modutils --- mkinitrd --- bootloader-utils --- sysfsutils and install them (hopefully) that i will not get the conflicts mentioned above. Also will installing the above packages still allow me to boot my original 2.4..21-0.13 . because i have the headers installed and not the kernel-source. Cheers LiNuts

bvc[/b] thanks for the reply, but as a newbie, do i need to dload both of the 1.1mdk and 0.1mdk files ? also what would be the address i would have to put into urpmi.addmedia to be able to urpmi both the kernel and module-init-tools. I tried this: urpmi.addmedia ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/unix/linux.../Mandrake/RPMS/ but all i got was the urpmi help . and as my Mandrake distro is 9.1 do i have to edit the mirror and use 9.1 instead of 10.0. Sorry if i seem stupid, but i am new to this :D Cheers LiNuts

As an aside to my post: i went to install kernel-2.6.5-1 with urpmi and got this: [root@localhost rpm]# urpmi kernel-2.6.5-1.i386.rpm The following packages have to be removed for others to be upgraded: Guppi-0.40.3-5mdk (due to missing libgnomeprint.so.15) ImageMagick-5.5.4.4-7mdk (due to missing libwmflite-0.2.so.7) MandrakeUpdateRobot-1.2-2mdk (due to missing librpmdb-4.0.4.so, due to missing librpm-4.0.4.so, due to missing librpmio-4.0.4.so) OpenOffice.org-1.0.2-7mdk (due to unsatisfied OpenOffice.org-l10n == 1.0.2, due to unsatisfied OpenOffice.org-l10n >= 1.0.1-8mdk) OpenOffice.org-help-en-1.0.2-7mdk (due to unsatisfied OpenOffice.org == 1.0.2) OpenOffice.org-l10n-en-1.0.2-7mdk (due to unsatisfied OpenOffice.org == 1.0.2) SysVinit-2.84-2mdk (due to unsatisfied pam >= 0.66-5) at-3.1.8-6mdk (due to unsatisfied fileutils *) aumix-2.7-13mdk (due to unsatisfied initscripts >= 4.42) basesystem-9.0-3mdk (due to missing util-linux, due to missing SysVinit, due to missing dev, due to missing vixie-cron, due to missing passwd, due to missing sysklogd, due to missing rpm, due to missing console-tools, due to missing procps, due to missing utempter, due to missing mkbootdisk) bonobo-1.0.22-2mdk (due to missing libgnomeprint.so.15) bonobo-conf-0.16-1mdk (due to missing libbonobo_conf.so.0) bootsplash-1.4.1-1mdk (due to unsatisfied mkinitrd > 3.1.6-25mdk) cdrecord-2.0-2mdk (due to unsatisfied rpm-helper *) cdrecord-cdda2wav-2.0-2mdk (due to unsatisfied rpm-helper *) chkfontpath-1.9.5-1mdk (due to missing /sbin/pidof) console-tools-0.2.3-42mdk (due to unsatisfied rpm-helper *) coreutils-doc-4.5.7-1mdk (due to unsatisfied coreutils >= 4.5.4-2mdk) cvs-1.11.5-1mdk (due to missing libkrb5.so.3) docbook-dtd31-sgml-1.0-6mdk (due to unsatisfied sgml-common >= 0.6.3-2mdk) docbook-dtd412-xml-1.0-13mdk (due to unsatisfied sgml-common >= 0.6.3-2mdk) drakcronat-0.1.3-1mdk (due to unsatisfied drakxtools >= 1.1.5-97mdk) drakfirsttime-0.91-12mdk (due to unsatisfied drakxtools >= 9.1-0.19mdk) eog-2.2.0-1mdk (due to missing libgnomeui-2.so.0) fam-2.6.9-5mdk (due to unsatisfied xinetd >= 2.1.8.9pre15-2mdk) file-roller-2.2.1-1mdk (due to missing libgnomeui-2.so.0) fonts-ttf-decoratives-1.3-11mdk (due to unsatisfied chkfontpath >= 1.4.1) fonts-ttf-west_european-1.3-11mdk (due to unsatisfied chkfontpath >= 1.4.1) ftp-client-krb5-1.2.7-1mdk (due to unsatisfied krb5-libs == 1.2.7) gabber-0.8.7.12-0.20030214.1mdk (due to missing libgnomeprint.so.15, due to unsatisfied scrollkeeper >= 0.3) galaxy-kde-0.2-18mdk (due to missing libkdefx.so.4) galeon-1.3.3-2mdk (due to missing libnautilus.so.2) gcombust-0.1.53-1mdk (due to missing cdrecord) gedit-2.2.0.1-1mdk (due to missing libeel-2.so.2) ghostscript-7.05-51mdk (due to unsatisfied urw-fonts >= 1.1) ghostscript-module-X-7.05-51mdk (due to unsatisfied ghostscript *) giftrans-1.12.2-12mdk (due to missing XFree86) gnome-applets-2.2.0-2mdk (due to missing libpanel-applet-2.so.0) gnome-control-center-2.2.0.1-2mdk (due to missing libgnome-desktop-2.so.2) gnome-desktop-2.2.0.1-2mdk (due to unsatisfied libgnomeui2_0 >= 2.1.0) gnome-iconedit-1.2.0-11mdk (due to missing libgnomeprint.so.15) gnome-media-2.2.1.1-1mdk (due to missing libgnome-desktop-2.so.2) gnome-mime-data-2.2.0-2mdk (due to missing menu) gnome-panel-2.2.0.1-6mdk (due to missing libpanel-applet-2.so.0) gnome-pilot-0.1.71-2mdk (due to missing libgnomevfs.so.0) gnome-pim-conduits-1.4.9-1mdk (due to unsatisfied gnome-pilot >= 0.1.62) gnome-print-0.37-2mdk (due to unsatisfied urw-fonts *) gnome-session-2.2.0.2-2mdk (due to missing libgnomeui-2.so.0) gnome-spell-0.5-2mdk (due to missing libgnomeprint.so.15) gnome-system-monitor-2.0.4-4mdk (due to missing libgnomeui-2.so.0) gnome-terminal-2.2.1-1mdk (due to missing libgnomeui-2.so.0) gnome-toaster-1.0-0.beta5.3mdk (due to missing cdrecord) gnome-user-docs-2.0.4-1mdk (due to unsatisfied scrollkeeper >= 0.3) gnome-utils-2.2.0.3-1mdk (due to missing libpanel-applet-2.so.0) gnome-vfs-1.0.5-8mdk (due to missing gnome-mime-data) gnome-vfs-extras-0.99.10-1mdk (due to unsatisfied gnome-vfs2 >= 2.1.5) gnome-vfs2-2.2.2-1mdk (due to unsatisfied libgnome-vfs2_0 == 2.2.2) gnomeicu-0.98.126-2mdk (due to missing libpanel-applet-2.so.0) gnucash-1.8.1-2mdk (due to missing Guppi) gnumeric-1.0.12-1mdk (due to missing libgnomeprint.so.15) gphoto-0.4.3-17mdk (due to missing gtkam) gphoto2-2.1.1-2mdk (due to unsatisfied fileutils *) gtkam-0.1.10-2mdk (due to missing libbonoboui-2.so.0) gv-3.5.8-29mdk (due to missing ghostscript-module-X) icewm-light-1.2.6-1mdk (due to unsatisfied menu >= 2.1.5-4mdk) k3b-0.8.1-3mdk (due to missing libfam.so.0) kdbg-1.2.7-1mdk (due to missing libfam.so.0) kde-i18n-en_GB-3.1-1mdk (due to unsatisfied kdelibs >= 3.0.3) kdeadmin-3.1-8mdk (due to missing libfam.so.0) kdeartwork-kde-classic-3.1-3mdk (due to unsatisfied kdebase >= 3.1) kdemultimedia-3.1-10mdk (due to missing libfam.so.0) kdemultimedia-devel-3.1-10mdk (due to unsatisfied kdemultimedia == 3.1-10mdk) kdenetwork-3.1-31mdk (due to missing kxmlrpcd.so, due to missing libkdeprint.so.4, due to missing libkdeui.so.4, due to missing libkdecore.so.4, due to missing libmimelib.so.1, due to missing libkhtml.so.4, due to missing libkdefx.so.4, due to missing libkspell.so.4, due to missing libkdesu.so.4, due to missing libkabc.so.1, due to missing libkutils.so.1, due to missing libDCOP.so.4, due to missing libkparts.so.2, due to missing libkio.so.4, due to missing libvcard.so.0, due to missing ksirc.so, due to missing libfam.so.0, due to missing libkdenetwork.so.2) kdenetwork-devel-3.1-31mdk (due to unsatisfied kdenetwork == 3.1-31mdk) kdenetwork-kppp-3.1-31mdk (due to missing libfam.so.0) kdepim-3.1-17mdk (due to missing libfam.so.0) kdesdk-3.1-9mdk (due to missing libfam.so.0) kdetoys-3.1-5mdk (due to missing libfam.so.0) kdeutils-3.1-9mdk (due to missing libfam.so.0) kdevelop-2.1.5-3mdk (due to missing libkdevelopkpp.so.2, due to missing libkdevelopkwrite.so.2, due to missing libkdevelopdbg.so.2, due to unsatisfied kdelibs-devel *, due to missing libkdevelopgfxview.so.2, due to missing libkdevelopvc.so.2, due to missing libkdevelopsetup.so.2, due to unsatisfied kdeutils *, due to unsatisfied kdesdk *, due to missing libkdevelopqextmdi.so.2, due to unsatisfied sgml-tools *, due to unsatisfied kdbg *, due to missing libfam.so.0) kernel-2.4.21.0.13mdk-1-1mdk (due to unsatisfied mkinitrd >= 3.1.6-24mdk) koffice-1.2.1-8mdk (due to missing libkspreadpart.so, due to missing kontour.so, due to missing kivio.so, due to missing karbon.so, due to missing kspread.so, due to missing kchart.so, due to missing kpresenter.so, due to missing koshell.so, due to missing kword.so, due to missing libkofficeui.so.2, due to missing libkofficecore.so.2, due to missing libkformula.so.3, due to missing libkiviopart.so, due to missing libkugar.so.1, due to missing libkoscript.so.2, due to missing liblatexparser.so, due to missing libkwmailmerge_interface.so.4, due to missing libkarbonpart.so, due to missing libkstore.so.2, due to missing kformulamain.so, due to missing libkwordexportfilters.so.1, due to missing libkdchart.so.0, due to missing libkwmf.so.2, due to missing libkotext.so.2, due to missing libkochart.so.1, due to missing libfam.so.0) koffice-i18n-en_GB-1.2.1-2mdk (due to missing koffice) krootwarning-9.1-5mdk (due to missing libkdeui.so.4) libbonobo-conf0-0.16-1mdk (due to unsatisfied bonobo-conf >= 0.16) libbonoboui-2.2.0-1mdk (due to unsatisfied libbonoboui2_0 == 2.2.0) libbonoboui2_0-2.2.0-1mdk (due to unsatisfied libbonoboui >= 2.2.0) libeel2_2-2.2.1-1mdk (due to missing libgnomeui-2.so.0) libfam0-2.6.9-5mdk (due to unsatisfied fam == 2.6.9-5mdk) libgnome-desktop-2_2-2.2.0.1-2mdk (due to unsatisfied gnome-desktop >= 2.2.0.1) libgnome-vfs0-1.0.5-8mdk (due to unsatisfied gnome-vfs >= 1.0.5) libgnome-vfs2_0-2.2.2-1mdk (due to unsatisfied gnome-vfs2 >= 2.2.2) libgnome2-2.2.0.1-2mdk (due to missing libgnomevfs-2.so.0) libgnome2_0-2.2.0.1-2mdk (due to unsatisfied libgnome2 >= 2.2.0.1) libgnomeprint15-0.37-2mdk (due to unsatisfied gnome-print >= 0.37) libgnomeui2-2.2.0.1-2mdk (due to missing libgnomeui-2.so.0) libgnomeui2_0-2.2.0.1-2mdk (due to unsatisfied libgnomeui2 >= 2.2.0.1) libgnucash0-1.8.1-2mdk (due to missing libgncgnome.so.0) libgsf-1_1-1.7.2-1mdk (due to missing libgsf-1.so.1) libmrproject0-0.9-1mdk (due to missing libgsf-1.so.1) libnautilus2-2.2.1-5mdk (due to missing libeel-2.so.2) libpanel-applet-2_0-2.2.0.1-6mdk (due to missing libpanel-applet-2.so.0) libsasl7-1.5.28-5mdk (due to missing libpam.so.0) libuser-0.51-6mdk (due to missing libuser.so.1) libuser1-0.51-6mdk (due to missing libuser.so.1) libwmf-0.2.8-2mdk (due to missing libwmflite-0.2.so.7) libwmf0.2_7-0.2.8-2mdk (due to unsatisfied libwmf == 0.2.8-2mdk) makedev-4.0.1-1mdk (due to unsatisfied coreutils *) mandrake-galaxy-9.1-21mdk (due to unsatisfied xinitrc >= 2.4.4-72mdk, due to missing libfam.so.0) mandrake_desk-9.1-4mdk (due to missing menu) mdk-menu-messages-9.1-0.7mdk (due to unsatisfied menu >= 2.1.5-115mdk) mdklaunchhelp-9.1-3mdk (due to missing libkdeui.so.4) mdkonline-0.91-2mdk (due to unsatisfied drakfirsttime >= 0.91-4mdk) menu-2.1.5-119mdk (due to missing mdk-menu-messages) menudrake-0.7.3-4mdk (due to unsatisfied menu >= 2.1.5-46mdk) metamail-2.7-8mdk (due to missing csh) mirrordir-0.10.49-4mdk (due to missing libpam.so.0) mkbootdisk-1.4.5-4mdk (due to missing mkinitrd) mkinitrd-3.1.6-37mdk (due to missing coreutils) mrproject-0.9-1mdk (due to unsatisfied libmrproject0 >= 0.9) msec-0.38-3mdk (due to unsatisfied rpm-helper >= 0.4) nautilus-2.2.1-5mdk (due to missing libbonoboui-2.so.0, due to missing libeel-2.so.2, due to missing libgnomevfs-2.so.0, due to missing libgnomeui-2.so.0, due to missing libgnome-2.so.0, due to missing libnautilus-private.so.2, due to unsatisfied eog >= 0.115.0, due to missing libgnome-desktop-2.so.2, due to unsatisfied libeel2_2 >= 2.2.1, due to unsatisfied libnautilus2 >= 2.2.1-5mdk, due to unsatisfied gnome-vfs2 >= 2.0.1-3mdk, due to missing libnautilus-adapter.so.2, due to missing libgsf-1.so.1, due to missing libnautilus.so.2) nautilus-gtkhtml-0.3.2-5mdk (due to missing libnautilus.so.2) numlock-2.0-7mdk (due to missing console-tools) openjade-1.3.1-14mdk (due to unsatisfied sgml-common >= 0.6.3-2mdk) pam-0.75-30mdk (due to missing libpam.so.0) passwd-0.68-1mdk (due to missing libuser.so.1) perl-GTK-Gnome-0.7008-26mdk (due to missing libgnomeprint.so.15) perl-URPM-0.81-13mdk (due to unsatisfied rpm >= 4.0.4-28mdk) pine-4.58-1plf (due to missing libldap.so.2) portmap-4.0-20mdk (due to unsatisfied rpm-helper *) ppp-2.4.1-9mdk (due to missing libpam.so.0) procps-3.1.6-2mdk (due to conflicts with procps[< 3.1.13]) python-2.2.2-6mdk (due to missing coreutils) quanta-3.1-19mdk (due to missing libfam.so.0) rpm-4.0.4-28mdk (due to missing librpmio-4.0.4.so) rpm-build-4.0.4-28mdk (due to unsatisfied rpm == 4.0.4-28mdk) rpm-helper-0.9-1mdk (due to missing coreutils) rpmtools-4.5-9mdk (due to unsatisfied perl-URPM >= 0.50-2mdk) screem-0.6.0-1mdk (due to missing libgnomeui-2.so.0) scrollkeeper-0.3.12-2mdk (due to missing docbook-dtd412-xml) sgml-common-0.6.3-7mdk (due to missing coreutils) sudo-1.6.6-2mdk (due to missing libpam.so.0) sysklogd-1.4.1-4mdk (due to unsatisfied rpm-helper *) tcsh-6.12-4mdk (due to unsatisfied rpm-helper >= 0.7) tkinter-2.2.2-6mdk (due to unsatisfied python == 2.2.2-6mdk) tmdns-0.1-11mdk (due to unsatisfied rpm-helper *) urw-fonts-2.0-9mdk (due to unsatisfied chkfontpath *) userdrake-0.5-5mdk (due to unsatisfied mandrake_desk >= 8.2) usermode-1.63-5mdk (due to unsatisfied usermode-consoleonly == 1.63-5mdk) usermode-consoleonly-1.63-5mdk (due to missing libuser.so.1) utempter-0.5.2-10mdk (due to unsatisfied coreutils *) util-linux-2.11x-3mdk (due to missing libpam.so.0, due to missing libpam_misc.so.0, due to unsatisfied pam >= 0.66-4) vixie-cron-3.0.1-55mdk (due to unsatisfied sysklogd >= 1.3.33-6) xcdroast-0.98-27.alpha13mdk (due to unsatisfied cdrecord >= 1.11-0.a34) xinetd-2.3.10-1mdk (due to unsatisfied rpm-helper *) xinitrc-2.4.4-73mdk (due to unsatisfied XFree86 >= 3.3.5-12mdk) xlockmore-5.06-1mdk (due to unsatisfied pam >= 0.59) xscreensaver-4.07-1mdk (due to unsatisfied mandrake_desk >= 8.2) yelp-2.2.0-2mdk (due to missing gnome-desktop) do you agree ? (Y/n) n [root@localhost rpm]# Talk about dependencies :o Cheers LiNuts

Hi All. As a newbie to Linux, i am having a problem installing kernel-2.5.6-1. I am using urpmi to try and install it. I read the info in the tips&tricks section pertaining to kernel-2.6.XX. I cannot access the ftp site link posted in "howto install 2.6.xx" "the easy way". So i dloaded an rpm version and pointed urpmi to it. I then ran urpmi -a and got this: [root@localhost linuts]# urpmi.update -a examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 1 (x86) (cdrom1).cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 2 (x86) (cdrom2).cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.International CD (x86) (cdrom3).cz] retrieving description file of "jpackage.free"... retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of "jpackage.free"... curl: (6) Couldn't resolve host '0-s' % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Curr. Dload Upload Total Current Left Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:08 --:--:-- 0 ...retrieving done examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.jpackage.free.cz] retrieving description file of "plf"... retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of "plf"... http://mandrakeusers.com/PLF/mandrake/9.1/hdlist.cz ...retrieving done examining MD5SUM file examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.plf.cz] retrieving description file of "contrib"... retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of "contrib"... curl: (6) Couldn't resolve host '0-s' % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Curr. Dload Upload Total Current Left Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:04 --:--:-- 0 ...retrieving done examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.contrib.cz] retrieving description file of "updates"... curl: (6) Couldn't resolve host '0-s' % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Curr. Dload Upload Total Current Left Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:03 --:--:-- 0 ...retrieving done retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of "updates"... curl: (6) Couldn't resolve host '0-s' % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Curr. Dload Upload Total Current Left Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:03 --:--:-- 0 ...retrieving done examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.updates.cz] reading rpm files from [/home/linuts/rpm] /var/cache/urpmi/headers/opera-7.23-20031119.4.i386:opera-7.23-20031119.4-shared-qt.i386-en writing list file for medium "rpm" building hdlist [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.rpm.cz] choosing compression method with "gzip -4" for archive /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.rpm.cz real archive size of /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.rpm.cz is 68689 built hdlist synthesis file for medium "rpm" found 3 headers in cache removing 1 obsolete headers in cache write config file [/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg] [root@localhost linuts]# urpmi kernel-2.6.5-1.i386.rpm unable to access rpm file [kernel-2.6.5-1.i386.rpm] error registering local packages I have tried to install the kernel using source (bz2) but there was a lot of errors. and have since found out that i need to install "module-init-tools-3.0" That in itself complains about conflicts with my modutils that was installed when i loaded Mandrake 9.1. The reason i want this kernel is for the ATAPI-IDE cdrom-cdrw capability, instead of using scsi emulation. Any help greately appreciated. Cheers LiNuts ps: Sorry about the length of the post