Sherpa

well if you are using the terminal use su if you want to login as root from a graphical prompt, go to in the start menu SYSTEM>>CONFIGURATION>>KDE>>SYSTEM>>LOGIN MANAGER once there go to the USERS tab, and make sure that ROOT is un checked then press apply and ok, then log out and log back in, but just use URPMI and SU at the command prompt

yep, that is what i am going to do, i use it for the same things.... thanks

why would it be better? if i have programs that run native in windows, why would i use that. i dont even know if all of the programs that i would want to run would deff work.... i know they all work in windows, if i just would stop being lazy and just boot into windows when i want to play the games... dont get me wrong, i would gladly do it if i could, but i cant, and for my situation, i think that just using my existing windows drive would be the bewst solution unless there is a free program

well i think that it would be a waste if i have several copies of window that i have already bought, why waste $15 when i could just boot to my win partition, that is the reason i am looking for a free thing, is there a way to update the .dll s that wine is using by telling it to use the ones from my windows installation?

yes, i would like to try winex CVS, is there an FAQ on their website? or on this website, i went to the CVS tree, and ofcourse i did not unserstand a thing... what is CVS anyway

i cannot get free CNC to work, i am reading the install file but when i type make it wont make

looks promising, hope it works; thanks.... but i would still like to have something like what i said.... if it even exists

i do dual boot, but i wish, like i have said, run both operating systems at the same time, just have linux be the main one though....

well see, i know there is this thing for windows, that will allow you to run a linux kernel in windows.... aka you have a virtual machine, kinda like remote desktop.... know what i am saying? i would like to boot into linux, then have a program that allows me to run my windows drive and have a seperate window that is the windows desktop? do you under stand what i am trying to say, or am i being confusing? i cant think of any other way to explain it, sorry...

i am not out of the house yet, will be next year though, i am a senior in HS and my dad will not let me spend the money for it (partly because he just bought the ipod for me.... and winex is just one more thing, and he does not like linux so, it shoots down my wishes ps, i am slowly converting him, it will take some time though

ok well i wanted to run itunes, for my ipod, and to organize my music and "Command and Conquer Red Alert 2"; "Command and Conquer Red Alert "; "Command and Conquer "; "Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun" these are all windows games, i know it would be easier to use winex, but i don not want to and cannot pay then there are several Astronomy programs that i would like to run, e.g. CCDOPS, MaxIM DL, The Sky software, Meade Auto Star Suite for LX200GPS and that there about covers it.... i do have windows already (several versions infact) so it would not be a problem if one of the solutions you provide requires windows to be installed, i also have ample harddrive space to install multiple copies of any opperating system, so space is also not an issue

ya, i should, i had red hat 9 for a while, yes, i really like your idea, can it be done? it would make things a lot easier, and if i did chop that partition up for the other distros that i would install, would i tell it not to install a boot loader since there would already be one one the drive from my mandrake install?

Yes GRUB is working Great i have reproduced all the instances were lilo () died, and grub has not given me any problems at all !!!!!!!! i will never install ever again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am looking for a program that can run windows programs, and/or games. I know for winex it is not free. I am mainly looking for a free program that will allow me to run windows programs directly in linux, or a program that can boot my windows drive and provide a window that is actually running a windows desktop. i am new to all of this, so i dont even no the difference between or even what an emulator is, or a program that is totally linux. -thanks for the help!!

read this thread, mainly the last page here

thanks

ok here are the steps that i did: 1. download the drivers from nvidia: Drivers save the drivers to your home folder 2. do what pmpatrick said: type these commands in the console: uname -r rpm -qa | grep kernel-source 3. now at this point you have some stuff displayed in the console. When you type uname -r it gives you the kernel that you are running. when you type rpm -qa | grep kernel-source, this searches your computer for anything that has "kernel-source" in its name and displays the results. 4. now the numbers from your kernel should match with the numbers for your kernel-source For example: [imwithstupid@localhost imwithstupid]$ uname -r 2.6.3-7mdk this is your kernel (in this example) [imwithstupid@localhost imwithstupid]$ rpm -qa | grep kernel-source kernel-source-2.6.3-4 ok as you can see in this example the kernel-source number does not match the kernel version. if this is the case you will have to get the correct one. to continue this example i will now tell you how to update to the correct version: so you have kernel 2.6.3-7mdk, but you have kernel-source-2.6.3-4, now you are going to have to use urpmi. ok, open a new terminal, and type su [imwithstupid@localhost imwithstupid]$ su password: [root@localhost imwithstupid]# enter your password as prompted you are now the super user and you can do special things, like urpmi, you are now going to update your kernel-source type this in the console: [root@localhost imwithstupid]# urpmi kernel-source-2.6.3-7 of course you would replace "2.6.3-7" with the number part outputed from your kernel using the command uname -r now you are updated. 5. ok now this is the easy way to do this, but: go to the mandrake control center, then go to boot then auto login. under this menu you should see a checked box that says "launch graphical environment" or something along those lines, uncheck that box. press apply and ok 6.now reboot your computer 7.it should now come up to a prompt that says: bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla login: type root, and enter the root password you are now loged in as root, now "cd" to you home folder [root@localhost root]# cd /home/imwithstupid [root@localhost imwithstupid]# now you are ready to install the driver by typing this command [root@localhost imwithstupid]# sh *.run you will now be presented with a graphical setup, say ok to everything and eventually you should get to a thing that says "building kernel module" or something like that and it will have a progress bar, after that is done it will say that the driver is done and you will have to change you XF86config-4 file, press ok 8. you will be returned to the prompt 9. now type startx [root@localhost imwithstupid]# startx and now you will be brought back into the graphical enviro... 10. go to the start menu and click on home, a konquorer browser should start up 11. type this in the address bar : /etc/X11/ 12. you should see a file called XF86config-4 13. open it 14. under the module section (think it is the third section down) make sure there is a line that says: load glx make sure that there are no # signs before this line also.... 15. keep scrolling down and you should see a place where it says, section "device" 16. in this section there is a line that says: driver "nv" 17. change this line to say: driver "nvidia" 18. save and close 19. now go back to mandrake control center>>boot>>autologin and recheck that box that says "launch graphical enviro..." 20. press apply and ok 21. go to log out 22. you will be brought back to a prompt 23. type reboot 24. your computer will restart any you should come back to a graphical login screen :) 25. your done hope this helps

thanks liquid for catching that, as you can see it worked now, when i forced it, (hope that does not do any thing bad....) [root@localhost david]# rpm -Uvh *.rpm error: libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586.rpm: V3 DSA signature: BAD, key ID 22458a98 error: libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586.rpm cannot be installed [root@localhost david]# rpm -Uvh --force *.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:libqt3 ########################################### [ 33%] 2:libqt3-devel ########################################### [ 67%] 3:qt3-common ########################################### [100%] [root@localhost david]# urpmi --auto --auto-select Everything already installed

opps, i should have seen that, Good call, thanks for the list...

where is the skip list for urpmi, maybe i can just make it skip these files, then ill try it later, i have not finished the full update....

Even when i try to force the instalation.... [root@localhost david]# rpm -ihv --force *.rpm error: libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586.rpm: V3 DSA signature: BAD, key ID 22458a98 error: libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586.rpm cannot be installed [root@localhost david]#

i downloaded all of the files off the internet from rpm find websites, and then i tried to install them, and i get this... [root@localhost david]# rpm -ihv *.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] file /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libdesignercore.a from install of libqt3-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk conflicts with file from package libqt3-3.2.3-17mdk file /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libdesignercore.prl from install of libqt3-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk conflicts with file from package libqt3-3.2.3-17mdk file /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libeditor.a from install of libqt3-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk conflicts with file from package libqt3-3.2.3-17mdk file /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libeditor.prl from install of libqt3-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk conflicts with file from package libqt3-3.2.3-17mdk file /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqassistantclient.a from install of libqt3-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk conflicts with file from package libqt3-3.2.3-17mdk file /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqassistantclient.prl from install of libqt3-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk conflicts with file from package libqt3-3.2.3-17mdk file /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.la from install of libqt3-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk conflicts with file from package libqt3-3.2.3-17mdk file /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.prl from install of libqt3-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk conflicts with file from package libqt3-3.2.3-17mdk file /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.2.3 from install of libqt3-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk conflicts with file from package libqt3-3.2.3-17mdk file /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqui.prl from install of libqt3-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk conflicts with file from package libqt3-3.2.3-17mdk file /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqui.so.1.0.0 from install of libqt3-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk conflicts with file from package libqt3-3.2.3-17mdk file /usr/lib/qt3/bin/assistant from install of libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk conflicts with file from package libqt3-devel-3.2.3-17mdk file /usr/lib/qt3/bin/designer-real from install of libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk conflicts with file from package libqt3-devel-3.2.3-17mdk file /usr/lib/qt3/bin/linguist from install of libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk conflicts with file from package libqt3-devel-3.2.3-17mdk file /usr/lib/qt3/bin/qmake from install of libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk conflicts with file from package libqt3-devel-3.2.3-17mdk file /usr/lib/qt3/plugins/designer/libcppeditor.so from install of libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk conflicts with file from package libqt3-devel-3.2.3-17mdk file /usr/lib/qt3/plugins/designer/libwizards.so from install of libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk conflicts with file from package libqt3-devel-3.2.3-17mdk file /usr/lib/qt3/bin/qtconfig from install of qt3-common-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk conflicts with file from package qt3-common-3.2.3-17mdk [root@localhost david]#

[root@localhost david]# urpmi libqt3 -a To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed (48 MB): libqt3-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586 libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586 qt3-common-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586 Is this OK? (Y/n) y The following packages have bad signatures: /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586.rpm: Invalid signature (sha1 MD5 GPG GPG#22458a98 NOT OK) Do you want to continue installation ? (y/N) y installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/qt3-common-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586.rpm Installation failed: libqt3 = 3.2.3-19.1.100mdk is needed by libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk qt3-common = 3.2.3-17mdk is needed by (installed) libqt3-3.2.3-17mdk Installation failed, some files are missing: ftp://helios.dii.utk.edu/pub/linux/Mandrake/official/updates/10.0/RPMS/./libqt3-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586.rpm You may want to update your urpmi database [root@localhost david]# --nope

yep, and i changed sources, and then also updated them....

so i went in as root and deleted the cached files in /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/ then i did this [root@localhost david]# urpmi --auto --auto-select ftp://helios.dii.utk.edu/pub/linux/Mandrake/official/updates/10.0/RPMS/./qt3-common-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586.rpm ftp://helios.dii.utk.edu/pub/linux/Mandrake/official/updates/10.0/RPMS/./libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586.rpm installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/qt3-common-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586.rpm error: /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586.rpm: MD5 digest: BAD Expected(ace51d181476fc2508d7f268f9fc81bc) != (7703d71856eb276816ca2baefd75eab9) unable to install package /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586.rpm Installation failed: qt3-common = 3.2.3-17mdk is needed by (installed) libqt3-3.2.3-17mdk Installation failed, some files are missing: ftp://helios.dii.utk.edu/pub/linux/Mandrake/official/updates/10.0/RPMS/./libqt3-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586.rpm You may want to update your urpmi database [root@localhost david]# urpmi qt3-common To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed (48 MB): libqt3-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586 libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586 qt3-common-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586 Is this OK? (Y/n) y installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/qt3-common-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586.rpm error: /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586.rpm: MD5 digest: BAD Expected(ace51d181476fc2508d7f268f9fc81bc) != (86ea20ae4bce8a91786f14d156369cad) unable to install package /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586.rpm Installation failed: qt3-common = 3.2.3-17mdk is needed by (installed) libqt3-3.2.3-17mdk Installation failed, some files are missing: ftp://helios.dii.utk.edu/pub/linux/Mandrake/official/updates/10.0/RPMS/./libqt3-3.2.3-19.1.100mdk.i586.rpm You may want to update your urpmi database [root@localhost david]# is this an md5 sum mismatch? should i go and download all of the dependencies manually from a rpm download site then install them using the rpm command?