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Hi, since MDK 10.1 CE has been announced I've been interested in upgrading mi MDK 10.0 OF but I don't know how, I really don't want to download and burn all the four ISOs again so, is there any other way to upgrade my system??

I've read something about upgrading via urpmi but I still don't get it, does Linux itself download what is necessary or do I have to point it out?

Thanks!

Well, I did as you told me to but it won't compile.

It shows the same, "no objective for make, please specify a target"

What can I do, has anybody installed this programs successfully??

Thank you!

Hello, some days ago I downloaded the following programs

gnotepad+-1.3

gpaint-2-0.2

linux-509 (This is Acrobat Reader 5.0 for linux)

zinf-2.2.5.tar

clamav-0.75.tar

But, when I decided to install them I simply couldn't because something happened, I'm a real newbie so there are plenty Linux things I can't handle.

When I unzip for instance gnotepad+-1.3 I see 2 archives, a Makefile.am and a Makefile.in, yesterday I read that the .in file was created with the .am file using automake, I checked and they were right, but , when I try the normal linux commands for installing I can't get any further than ERROR.

Here is what I do

make

(here pops out a message "make *** no target found, please specify a target")

Damn! not working, probably I should skip this step and go on. Then I try

make install

(here pops out another message "No instructions for install")

So, after I check the files and find the following

Install

Install-sh

Makefile.am

Makefile.in

I don't know what to do to install these kind of programs, could you please tell how do I install programs which have Makefile.am and Makefile.in files but not a unique Makefile file?

Hello, I just downloaded gnome-themes-extras-0.7.tar.gz and when I try to install it, I simply can't, here is what I do

./configure

make

su

make install

Once I read something about automake I successfully installed it from the 2nd CD but, again when I type the same above, nothing happened, all I saw was a message saying. No target for make , please specify a target

What can I do??

P.S: Has anybody installed a slmodem-2.9.9 driver and connected internet successfully?

Well, it seems I'm gonna have to downgrade to kernel 2.4, but, how do I do it?

Well, thanks for your help but, when I unzipped it and tried to run it, it told me that It was built for a 2.4.x kernel, so I couldn't do anything further.

Another thing bother me, I downloaded a program and when I unzipped it, there were 2 makefile, a makefile.in, and a makefile.am, when I typed in console make or make install, it said "No makefiles", many of the programs I downloaded showed this makefiles, how can I get them to compile??

I also think I found a possible modem for me in this page

http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/ricardowongbr/pctel/

Thanks for everything, but, I'm still stucked, please give me a little nudge!

Well, I don't know , could be the driver's problem??, here is the driver I downloaded slmodem-2.9.9.tar, HSP56 MR (SIS) (COM3), that's under windows, should I put COM3 in linux as well??

Hello, after having donwloaded the drivers for mi PCtel hsp56 modem, and after doing everything for them to work, I finally decide to make the last step, connecting through kppp, here is what I did.

Kppp>Configure>Accounts>Tutopia>Authentication>PAP

Kppp>Configure>Device>Modem Device= /dev/ttySL0 Flow control= CRTSCTS Line Termination= CR/LF

Then

I went to console, typed /usr/sbin/slmodemd /dev/slamr0 and Ctrl-C

After that, I pressed connect in KPPP and after pumping the message "Modem Ready" it just stayed for eternity in "Initializing Modem"

I don't know if the following has something to do with it but, when I pressed Query Modem .. it said "Modem Ready", but, in the ATI text boxes show nothing, does it have to do with this problem?

I read something about trying with different combinations of Line Terminations, I tried with CR, LF and CR/LF but, nothing happened, KPPP got stucked for ever.

I also read that it might work if the pre init and post init delay setting but, again, nothing happened.

What could I do? I feel like I'm really close to it, but, I'm missing one piece of the whole puzzle

Thanks!

well, I think that's not the problem, thanks for the suggestion though.

I'm still stucked with the same problem , the modem just waits for eternity.

Help!!!!!

Hello, after having donwloaded the drivers for mi PCtel hsp56 modem, and after doing everything for them to work, I finally decide to make the last step, connecting through kppp, here is what I did.

Kppp>Configure>Accounts>Tutopia>Authentication>PAP

Kppp>Configure>Device>Modem Device= /dev/ttySL0 Flow control= CRTSCTS Line Termination= CR/LF

Then

I went to console, typed /usr/sbin/slmodemd /dev/slamr0 and Ctrl-C

After that, I pressed connect in KPPP and after pumping the message "Modem Ready" it just stayed for eternity in "Initializing Modem"

I don't know if the following has something to do with it but, when I pressed Query Modem .. it said "Modem Ready", but, in the ATI text boxes show nothing, does it have to do with this problem?

I read something about trying with different combinations of Line Terminations, I tried with CR, LF and CR/LF but, nothing happened, KPPP got stucked for ever.

I also read that it might work if the pre init and post init delay setting but, again, nothing happened.

What could I do? I feel like I'm really close to it, but, I'm missing one piece of the whole puzzle

Thanks!

[moved from Installing Mandrake by spinynorman]

well, I'm using Gnome (for some reason KDE didn't want to be installed in my computer ).

Is kppp a way to create a dial up connection?.

Can I use kppp in a Gnome enviroment?

Is RP3 the Gnome's "kppp"?

If none of the questions before is useful for helping me resolve the problem, then, what should I do?

Once again, thank you guys, you've been really pacient with me

Hi there, I just installed the kernel source and everything worked perfectly but, I don't know what to do next , this is what I got after installing everything:

[root@localhost sbin]# /usr/sbin/slmodemd --country=USA /dev/slamr0

SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.9 Aug 10 2004 19:35:08

symbolic link `/dev/ttySL0' -> `/dev/pts/1' created.

modem `slamr0' created. TTY is `/dev/pts/1'

Use `/dev/ttySL0' as modem device, Ctrl+C for termination.

After that, what do I have to do in order to connect to the Internet?, I really don't know what to do, so I'm lost big time, I suppose it has something to do with Configuring your Computer>Internet>New connection, though I'm not pretty sure.

Thanks for all your help so far!

Well, I'm so newbie in Linux I don't know whether or not I installed it, could you please tell me how to install (o check if) the kernel source?

Thanks!

I don't know what I did, but, now when I get in the console it appears david@tutopia instead of david@localhost.

When I was trying to configure my internet access I put many times Tutopia and its phone number, then, I realized my modem wasn't being recognized (PCTEL), but, how do I change it back to localhost, when I load GNOME it shows an error, telling me it can't connect tutopia, so , please help me!

Thanks!

Hello, I just downloaded the driver for my modem, and when I try to install it following the directions of the Readme file, it shows me two critical error during the making and installing of the driver.

According to the Readme file, it should install itself on

"KERNEL_DIR=/path/to/linux

Default KERNEL_DIR is '/lib/modules/<kerne-version>/build'"

But, mandrake 10.0 doesn't have such a directory, the only BUILD directory is in usr/src/RPM/BUILD, but, even if I put that one on the makefile, it still shows the following errors.

[david@Tutopia slmodem-2.9.9]$ make

make -C modem all

make[1]: Entering directory `/mnt/win_e/slmodem-2.9.9/modem'

make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/win_e/slmodem-2.9.9/modem'

make -C drivers KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/RPM/BUILD

make[1]: Entering directory `/mnt/win_e/slmodem-2.9.9/drivers'

cc -I/usr/src/RPM/BUILD/include -o kernel-ver kernel-ver.c

make all KERNEL_VER=2.6.0

make[2]: Entering directory `/mnt/win_e/slmodem-2.9.9/drivers'

make modules -C /usr/src/RPM/BUILD SUBDIRS=/mnt/win_e/slmodem-2.9.9/drivers

make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/RPM/BUILD'

make[3]: *** No hay ninguna regla para construir el objetivo `modules'. Alto.

make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/RPM/BUILD'

make[2]: *** [all] Error 2

make[2]: Leaving directory `/mnt/win_e/slmodem-2.9.9/drivers'

make[1]: *** [all] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/win_e/slmodem-2.9.9/drivers'

make: *** [drivers] Error 2

And, afterwards, when I type make install and search for the files that are supposed to be installed I see there aren't any of them, I think I should change the directory in the Makefile, but, I don't know where the Kernel Tree is.

I think I should replace something in the makefile , but I don't know what, help me, I'm really looking forward surfing the net with Mandrake.

An error was detected when establishing innerprocess communication for KDE

The message by the system was

Could no read network connection list /home/francisco/.DCOPserver_master_0

verify the dcopserver programme is running

It has something to do with dcopserver, when I try to start KDE it pops out that it "can't connect to the dcopserver, verify dcopserver is running, can't access david/home/IC_Security", something like that.

I reinstalled again Linux and it just keeps poping that message out, not only when I try to load KDE but with any application, what should I do?, is Gnome as good and easy as KDE or even better?

Hi,

I finally got to run my mandrake, I created my account and so, but, when I select as desktop manager KDE it pops out an error message, so I have to use ice ... something, I don't remember, so, what can I do to use KDE??, because, it really Icewin (I think that's the name) is quite different from windows, and I am newbie, so, I tough to get accostumed to it.

Luck!

Hello,

My LILO is booting Linux from hda8, when the real is in hda7, I know I have to change lilo.conf, so I did this, put CD 1, type F1, then rescue, goto console and finally I put this in the screen

vi /etc/lilo.conf

I does load vim but doesn't show me any of the lilo.conf info which is this (resumed)

....

boot=/dev/hda

map=/boot/map

default="linux"

keytable=/boot/es-latin1.klt

prompt

nowarn

timeout=100

message=/boot/message

menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw

image=/boot/vmlinuz

label="linux"

root=/dev/hda8

initrd=/boot/initrd.img

append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent"

vga=788

...

So, what's wrong?, do I have to type anything else, or what, I tried with emacs, joe, nano, but the only thing that works is vi, help me, I really want to try Mandrake 10.0, but, it seems my fate won't let me , anyway, I hope you guys help me, I'm sure you will.

Luck!

I did as you told me, but, when I type vi lilo.conf, nothing appears, as if it were a new paper, what should I do to be able to see lilo.conf as I saw it with Knoppix?

Luck! Thanks!

Hey, I think I've alreayd idetified the problem, according to lilo, it must boot linux from hda8, but, lilo.conf is mounted in hda7, the problem is a too new to this linux enviroment and I don't know how to open it for editing from console, anyway here is the lilo.conf

# File generated by DrakX/drakboot

# WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file

boot=/dev/hda

map=/boot/map

default="linux"

keytable=/boot/es-latin1.klt

prompt

nowarn

timeout=100

message=/boot/message

menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw

image=/boot/vmlinuz

label="linux"

root=/dev/hda8

initrd=/boot/initrd.img

append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent"

vga=788

read-only

image=/boot/vmlinuz

label="linux-nonfb"

root=/dev/hda8

initrd=/boot/initrd.img

append="devfs=mount acpi=ht"

read-only

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk

label="263-7"

root=/dev/hda8

initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3-7mdk.img

append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent"

read-only

image=/boot/vmlinuz

label="failsafe"

root=/dev/hda8

initrd=/boot/initrd.img

append="failsafe acpi=ht devfs=nomount"

read-only

other=/dev/hda1

label="windows"

table=/dev/hda

other=/dev/fd0

label="floppy"

unsafe

So, what command should I run in console so that I can modify this archive?

Luck and thanks!

I forgot to tell my computer characteristics

P III 800 mhz

HD 30 gb

RAM 600mb +/-

Hello.

After installing Mandrake 10.0 in my computer with the help of Partition Magic 8.0, when I tried to use it with LILO, it just collapsed, at the end it says ,

KERNEL PANIC, no init found.

Then, I loaded Win XP with LILO, saw the different partition created and there are three.

Linux Ext 3

SWAPSPACE

Linux Ext 3

So, what should I do in order to see for the first time linux in my computer??

Luck!