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This is driving me nuts! I am trying to install UT2K and when it prompts me to mount the next cd nothing that I try works. I try unmount from the desktop icon - no luck - device busy I try unmount from console - no luck device busy Everything says that device is busy but nothing is using it? I have heard some odd things about supermount could this be causing the trouble? Please help this poor soul... I am sure all is well in fstab but here it is anyway. /dev/sda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/sda6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/storage ext3 defaults 1 2 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/sda5 swap swap defaults 0 0

I have searched and found many issues dealing with kernel panic, but nothing that quite answers my question. If there is an appropriate thread please forward link. I tried to do a drive duplication from hda to sda, which worked fine. Upon booting up the sda drive and loading the linux-smp kernel I get a Kernel panic - INIT not found error. (Sorry I did not write correct syntax down) At first I thought it was a problem with the drive duplication but after a fresh install - same problem. The non-smp kernel boots fine and so does the failsafe. I have checked lilo.conf and all is as it should be for my setup. Questions: 1. Are there issues with booting off an sda drive as apposed to hda drive? 2. Should I put the boot loader in MBR or root partition - Does this matter? 3. Why does this always happen to me As always, thanks in advance.

Very clear and concise!! Well explained - issue solved.

I see. I guess I should have done that before I disconnected the other drives - otherwise I have no access to the newly created partitions. Do you know if the recovery (Hitting F1 in Mandrake Install) gives you the ability to mount partitions?

Good day, I have been trying to migrate my system to a new drive. The question that I have is after the information is transfered to the new drive and the old drives are removed. How do you mount the partions? ie How do you tell the system which partion is /root and /home ect... The drive geometry is almost identical and there is more than enough room on the new drive. The drive being copied has 3 partitions root, swap and home. Command to dup drives was: dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/sda Information was copied fine but when I tried to do an upgrade with Mandrake 10.1 CE (Not really an upgrade but I thought this might allow me to label my partitions) It simply says no root partition found. Then it hangs. Any idea's?

Hello all, I have been pulling my hair out over the troubles with installing Ati drivers under Mandrake. It seemed that everywhere I looked everyone was saying how crappy the drivers were and that they did not work well. Well, I finally have installed them succesfully! However, before posting a message on how I did it I searched the forums for some key words. It appears that the basic problems with the Ati install issue are all covered on Mandrakeusers.org - just not together. Here then, is a brief tutorial on what happened. Had i had this available to me it would have saved me hours! Step#1 Get current drivers from ATI Ati Linux Drivers Step #2 Read and follow the details and process described on the ATI website for the installation of the drivers. LInux ATI install how-to Step #3 Pay close attention to the output from the installation of the driver - in most cases it says something to the effect of: Follow those directions above (or the ones from the output that you recieved if they are different -though they should not be!) Note errors that are output. (if you want you can compare them with the FAQ and see if they are listed. According to ATI these errors do not effect performance.) Step #4 If all else has gone succesfully it is time to run fglrxconfig as root. Use the defaults for all the settings at first - you can tweak it later if it works. Everything is straighforward, but be sure to have you Vertical and Horizontal scan frequency ranges for your monitor handy. Your monitor manual/website will have these. Step #5 Now if everything went well up to here - your would probably run [i}startx[/i] and wonder why it doesn't work! This is what had me - I had no errors yet it would not run at all. The Ati install is default for XFree86 not Xorg. Of course Mandrake uses Xorg - so the final configuration file that is going to be read defaults to XFree86Config-4. There are a number of ways around this you can choose whichever way you want - here is what I did. cd /etc/X11/ touch XF86Config cat XF86Config-4 > XF86Config This creates a file called XF86Config and then copies the contents from the ATI default config file into it. At this point exit from root and startx or whatever you use to start X environment. Run fgl_glxgears and if this works - you have been succesful!! Happy Gaming! Note: that the actual file called by default for the X environment is xorg.conf which is actually a symbolic link to XF86Config (this is already configured - do not change unless you know what you are doing) I installed UT2004 and it is working great! In case I have missed anything or there is something that I can clarify - do not hesitate to ask. I am no expert tutorial writer and would welcome feedback. Cheers!

I have recently found out that a lot of my emails have not been getting to their intended targets. I recently had turned off my MTA (Postfix). I had never thought about it before because I thought that the email client took care of the SMTP. Which way does this really work? Can SMTP emails be sent with no MTA running?

Actually if you are at the command line in you home/dir you can just type cd .bash_history , eventhough you can't see the dir you can still access it. An alternative is to type: ls .* (note the period before the asterix)

This usually indicates that you have not started the mysql service - try these fixes In X environment: Control Center > System > Services - then find the mysql daemon and start it tagging 'run at boot' if you want it to start at boot. OR At the Command line: As root user type - 'service mysqld start' with no quotes ( I am pretty sure this is it, if not it is 'service mysql start') Hope this helps

I was going to suggest reading Using linux 4th Edition, but that rute guide is excellent too and in true open source tradition - free. I know when I started using Linux - I was lucky because I love reading tech manuals and all things computer related. I would say that it is important to understand if this is the type of person you are. This alone should suggest what type of distro that you might choose. Love reading man pages = slackware, debian etc or Hate reading anything = Linspire etc. Mandrake is kind of in the middle of those. IMHO

That was it! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. It works perfect. Cheers.

The only real reason that I was interested was because I would like to have a terminial open on the desktop all the time but not have it interfere with the background. I agree that it is not really that useful, but that is what look & feel is all about - what we want, nothing more. I have X11R6 installed, how do you make the settings so things are transparent? Thanks in advance,

That is very helpful. I wonder if changing the settings in Gnome will effect KDE as well? Also does anyone know if there is a = to this feature in KDE - I have been searching and cannot find any.

None taken. But somewhere there is something that is telling Totem to open when the DVD is installed. So what ever that file is can be configured, and configured only once, to open any program of your choice when that DVD is inserted. I still have yet to figure out what that is but I am confident someone will help us. In the meantime, use what works and 3 cheers for choice.

I have been trying to figure out how all the users that use transparent windows on their desktops do it. I am just missing it. I have looked through superkaramba themes and windows settings but cannot figure it out - yet I know it must be fairly simple. Someone fill me in please? Thanks,

I have found Xine to be the best though it doesn't recognize it at insertion. Otherwise it is a great DVD player fast and clean - I do recall having to configure it special for the CSS decrytion to work though. Btw- is the autoplay feature configurable anywhere I have not investigated yet. ie: can you tell system to open xine when DVD is inserted? I tried looking under file associations but could not find DVD or .VOB anywhere. Thanks,

When you say your sources, do you mean online sources? I was wondering were to get listings for those types of URPMI addresses. Or maybe I could check out the ones you use, if they are public that is.

Yes I checked everything! I use my machine for many purposes. The issue is that the correct RPM's are not even on the CD's unless I am just missing them for some reason - but I doubt it.

I was wondering if anyone else had any trouble with compilling programs on 10.1 CE? I have tried to compile over 10 different programs that use all sorts of libs. First the g++ compiler doesn't even come on the disks. Next the X includes are causing me no end of runaround - ending up saying that I need to install, due to dependancies) what I couldn't install in the first place! I did a full install of 10.1 when I first loaded it. So everything should have been peachy - like it was in 10 Official. I guess I am just ranting to see if anyone else had any trouble or if it is just me and it is my turn to take one for the team, so to speak. Ahhhhh! (still love linux though) bedtime - goodnight.

urpmi gcc -Packages installed urpmi g++ no package named g++

I know this issue is covered in another post but the solution there was that gc++ was missing. Simplest way is to show output: checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking for -p flag to install... yes checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for style of include used by make... GNU checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3 checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for g++... no checking for c++... no checking for gpp... no checking for aCC... no checking for CC... no checking for cxx... no checking for cc++... no checking for cl... no checking for FCC... no checking for KCC... no checking for RCC... no checking for xlC_r... no checking for xlC... no checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no checking whether g++ accepts -g... no checking dependency style of g++... none checking whether g++ supports -Wundef... no checking whether g++ supports -Wno-long-long... no checking whether g++ supports -Wnon-virtual-dtor... no checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check See `config.log' for more details. I can attach the config.log if it would help but it is very long. Suffice to say that I am frustrated with this issue. Everything is installed and where it is supposed to be. I have recently upgraded to 10.1 CE so nothing serious can be wrong yet - I hope :) Any suggestions as to what might have caused this to happen out of the blue? I have tried to compile numerous programs and re-install the gcc and associated libraries to no avail. Cheers,

Sorry I do not know the answer, but what are the two progs. you are running for system monitor and weather? I would like to check them out. Thanks,

I can relate to the windoze issue, I was there not long ago myself - though I have been using Linux for some time before I fully 'gave it up' :) To start with WINE is usually run as a system service and not an application off the 'start' menu. The idea is that you can simply click on a windows .exe file and wine will run and attempt to emulate the windows environment. That being said, if you have not used wine before there is usually some configuration to do, unless it is a very small simple app like the windows calculator and such. If you are truly new to Linux I would suggest that you familerize yourself with Linux more before attempting to config WINE. But, if you still are eager to try let me know and and I will help you out. Questions: What programs do you want to run? How long have you been using Linux?

I haven't actually run any backups yet. I am in the process of figuring out how to cron a job and back up to network or CD. I do have /home on a seperate partition. I have been working with Linux very indepth for a while now so I am fairly well versed - that said, any advice you may offer will be readily excepted. Specifically other than /home & /etc are there other things that should be backed up?

Fresh install it is then. I will do what you suggest.