kshuff

Got it loaded just int time to upgrade to 9.2! Hehe

Na, I'll stick to 9.1 for now, don't want to go through that nighmare again...

-ks

Now for the real criticisms ... IBM machines go in the basement ... Its the only place for such UGLY looking pieces of kit.  You can't hide the beautfully crafted SGI's in a basement ......

That's the only place I have room for all of them, but their well cared for :D

-ks

welcome to the linux world i hope ya enjoy it 

have questions ask here this fourm helps big time  :wink:

It was a challenge to get 9.1 installed where on the other hand 9.0 went with no problems right off the bat. I'm not new to the unix world, have 14 Silicon Graphics workstations in the basement running IRIX, only new to the Linux idea. Takes some getting used to.

-ks

Excellant  8) 

 

Now I would get those 300 megs of updates installed before something decides to go sour.

Maybe tonight if time permits :D

-ks

As some of you may recall I've been having a tough time trying to get 9.1 loaded onto a Dell Latitude CPx laptop, problems with X, and so on. After banging my head against the wall for a few months, I finally gave up and let it sit for three months. But last night I decided to try again, guess what, the installation went off without a hitch, no problems whatsoever. And everything actually works! Guess I'll never know what the problem was, but who cares as long as everything is functioning A-OK!

-ks

I was thinking most seem to know to turn off pnp in their bios, but I found other things that need attention in the bios that I had never bothered with before. From:

http://www.mandrake.tips.4.free.fr/install.html

Shadow Video Bios = No

Just a wild guess, but maybe kde is acting finicky because of something like this?

I'll give it a shot, couldn't hurt to try anything at this point, thanks.

Also, if you have a functioning linux system somewhere, you might want to check the md5sums of the CDs by placing a CD in a drive, mounting the drive and running:

 

$ cat /dev/hdx | md5sum

Don't have any linux systems, but do have six SGI IRIX systems in the basement.

I did do yet another install and it went through, but I'm having the same stupid X problem I was having with 9.0 a month ago. KDE refuses to come up, all I get is text. Gnome comes up with no problems. I'm done pulling hair out over that. :x

Sounds similar to a condition described in the errata. Check out this link re the kernel panic and the flashing lights:

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/errata.php3

I seen that in another post, just got the patch file. When I booted from the CD this time it said I had errors in my filesystems. I'm going to wipe the drive again and start over, I ran fsck to try to fix the problem but that just hosed everything, it wouldn't boot after that.

Yes, you would think that should have taken care of the problem.

Wish I could help further... Maybe you should list your hardware in case someone else would recognize any possible problems. I'll keep an eye out for any solutions.

 

PS: Allentown is a nice place, and not too far away... I've been noticing there are quite of few Penn Stater's here now.

I got the install to go through using a text install, everything went fine, configured the system, but upon reboot I get a kernel panic, the system hangs with the caps lock and scroll lock lights flashing. Locks up tight.

The upgrading option seems to be causing havov everywhere.

I looked up what ldconfig is:

Ldconfig is a basic system program which determines run-time link bindings between ld.so and shared libraries. Ldconfig scans a running system and sets up the symbolic links that are used to load shared libraries properly. It also creates a cache (/etc/ld.so.cache) which speeds the loading of programs which use shared libraries.

which makes me wonder if you emptied/reformatted your partition(s) before the re-install? Maybe something is getting confused.

If so, I would try letting it install whatever it wants first, and then go back to install / remove other apps later.

 

Also - you anywhere near Schuylkill County?

Actually, when I did the fresh install I erased the entire disk and repartitioned, so that should have taken care of any problems.

Actually, I'm to the east of Schuylkill, in Lehigh county, Allentown to be exact :D

First question that must be asked -- did you check the md5sums before burning the ISO's? If not, you may have a corrupted CD.

Didn't burn them, got em off Ebay

Ok, got Mandrake 9.1 and went to upgrade my 9.0 install, but that didn't go so well. I'm now doing a fresh install of 9.1 but ran into a problem. All the packages I select install but (2), I go on the error, but at the end of the installation I get "ldconfig failed". This puts me back into the package installation menu. If I go into the individual package selection and deselect the packages that are not installing correctly, I still get "ldconfig failed". I seem to be stuck in a loop, how do I get out of it to finish the installation?? The packages failing to install are:

texinfo-4.3-3mdk.i586 and

screen-3.9.13-2mdk.i586

Probably nothing I really need, I just want to be able to complete the installation without getting that ldconfig error, it won't let me past that point.

Don't know how, but its fixed. I loaded a copy of Caldera's Open Linux I had laying around, then reloaded Mandrake 9, now everything is happy and KDE starts.

??? Anyone? I'm willing to try anything at this point.

I don't know???? from your earlier posted errors....do you have these?

 

[bvc@localhost bvc]$ urpmf root-interface<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteEBegin-->kdebase:/usr/share/mdk/kde/root-interface<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteEBegin-->kdebase:/usr/share/mdk/kde/root-interface/Root_interface.kcsrc<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteEBegin-->kdebase:/usr/share/mdk/kde/root-interface/background-Root_interface.png<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteEBegin-->kdebase:/usr/share/mdk/kde/root-interface/kdesktoprc<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteEBegin-->kdebase:/usr/share/mdk/kde/root-interface/kickerrc<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteEBegin-->kdebase:/usr/share/mdk/kde/root-interface/klipper.desktop<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteEBegin-->[bvc@localhost bvc]$ ls -a /usr/share/mdk/kde/root-interface<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteEBegin-->./   background-Root_interface.png  kickerrc         Root_interface.kcsrc<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteEBegin-->../  kdesktoprc                     klipper.desktop<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteEBegin-->[bvc@localhost bvc]$

Yes, everything is there

Is there anything in ~/.xsession-errors?

[kshuff@localhost ~]$ more .xsession-errors

/usr.bin/startkde: line 107: 1409 Bus error /usr/bin/nspluginscan

/usr/bin/startkde: line 199: 1414 Bus error ksplash

/usr/bin/startkde: line 204: 1415 Bus error LD_BIND_NOW=true kdeinit +kcminit +knotify

/usr/bin/startkde: line 204: xmessage: command not found

Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory

/usr/bin/startkde: line 212: 1417 Bus error kwrapper ksmserver --restore

/usr/bin/startkde: line 212: xmessage: command not found

Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory

Error: Can't contact kdeinit!

[kshuff@localhost ~]$

You mentioned hangups during the install on your laptop. This may be a longshot, but does your laptop have a cdrom drive that connects through a PCMCIA Card? If it does, there are certain things you have to do or you will be plagued with read errors from the cdrom during the install. Post back if this applies.

Nope, Atapi/IDE

Ok, did yet another fresh install, this one went through with no problems, no errors. Everything went fine, got the first time wizard, configured everything, KDE did not come up, only text. Shut down, reboot, same deal, no KDE only text. Logged in, tried startx and kde, no deal. Next brought up gnome, as before this worked. What the H*LL gives!!!! No errors or anything in the logs.

Are you installing off downloaded isos that you burned? If so, you should check the md5 check sums to make sure you have good downloads. If your not sure how to do that post back or search this forum. There are many posts dealing with this issue. It may be just a bad download or a bad burn. If the files for kde are corrupted it'll never work.

No, these were not downloaded. I know they work as they installed fine on the other laptop I just got rid of, the only problem with that one was I could not get the sound to work.

Anyway, I tried two seperate fresh installs, both stop at different intervals and lock the machine up. Guess I'm back to pulling my hair out and it's not meant to be :x

Yes....uninstall and reinstall kde.

Didn't work, same deal, gnome works, kde does not. I wiped the disk and I'm starting a fresh install right now, hopefully whatever screwed up the first time will be fixed with a fresh install. I should know in about 30 minutes.

Yes....uninstall and reinstall kde.

Tomorrow, its getting late on the east coast and I've pulled enough hair out tonight :?

I assume kde is your default gui. Try running in text mode so X doesn't try to start until you want it to. Do this by hitting the Esc button when the lilo screen comes up and typing "linux 3" w/o quotes at the prompt. This will put you into run level 3, text mode. Log in at the prompt and try starting gnome if you have it installed with the following:

 

$ startx /usr/bin/startgnome

 

The kde error messages seem to indicate some problem locating necessary kde startup files. Maybe gnome will work better. If you get gnome to fire up, repeat the above but try starting kde with

 

$ startx

 

It may be a problem with the graphical login and running in run level 3 will bypass this. If you get kde to start from run level 3, I would strongly suspect something with the graphical login which I've always found to be kind of buggy in mandrake not to mention it takes forever to come up on my box.

That did it, gnome came right up. I've shutdown and tried it with kde, no dice, I get:

XFree86 Version 4.2.1 / X Window System

(protocol version 11, revision 0, vendoe release 6600)

Release Date: 3 September 2002

Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18-23mdkenterprise i686 [ELF]

Module Loader present

(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Mar 20 13:42:38 2003

(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"

Using vt 7

waiting for X server to shut down

Would this indicate a problem with kde somewhere? I would assume XFree86 is working correctly if gnome came up with no problems, correct?

No errors in the XFree86.0.log other that what I posted previously.

Does it seem to attempt to go into gui?

Any error messages on the screen?

Any errors in /var/log/XFree86.0.log or XFree86.9.log?

 

If so, post them.

Yes it does, I get the blue screen with the watch which sits there for a minute or two before dumping me into a text login, then that blanks to a black screen with the watch which sits there another minute or two, until ultimately I end up back at the text login.

I don't see any real errors in both the XFree86.0 and XFree86.9 logs, there is a warning about inconsistent panel vertical dimension: 768 and 767, another warning about cannot shadow an accelerated frame buffer, and that's it, all modules seem to be loading.

When typing "kde" I get a black screen with the X in the center for a couple of minutes, then:

cp: cannot stat '/usr/share/mdk/kde/root-interface/kdeglobals': No such file or directory

/usr/bin/startkde: line 107: 1540 Bus error /usr/bin/nspluginscan

/usr/bin/startkde: line 199: 1545 Bus error ksplash

/usr/bin/startkde: line 204: 1546 Bus error LD_BIND_NOW=true kdeinit +kcminit +knotify

/usr/bin/startkde: line 204: xmessage: command not found

Warning: connect() failed: No such file or directory

/usr/bin/startkde: line 212: 1548 Bus error kwrapper ksmserver -- restore

/usr/bin/startkde: line 212: xmessage: command not found

Warning: connect() failed: No such file or subdirectory

Error: Can't contact kdeinit!

/tmp/mcop-kshuff is not owned by user

waiting for X server to shut down

When typing "startx" I get the blue screen with the watch, then just:

Using vt 7

xf86KbdEvents Resource temporarily unavailable

waiting for X server to shut down

This is true as both root and my account

Got a problem, just installed Mandrake 9.0 on a Dell Latitude CPx J605GT. The problem is the window manager will not start, everything seems to be configured correctly. I used DrakConf and reset everything, I get the nice color test pattern, KDE is set to autoload, but upon reboot, all I get is text and a text login. What gives?

System info for the curious...

Dell Latitude CPx J650GT

Mobile Pentium III 650 MHz processor

256 Mb Ram

9 Gb hard drive

ATI Mobility A1 8 Mb AGP Video

ESS Maestro 3 Audio

14.1" TFT display

Toshiba DVD-ROM or sometimes CDR/W-CD-ROM drive

go to the kde control center - sound - sound server.  select the sound i/o tab and try different sound i/o methods and see if that gets you sound.  i think that its set to autodetect by default and i know that that didn't work for me, so try it out.

Done all the settings, no dice.

Load kmixer or one of the other volume control apps and make sure that Mute isn't enabled and that the volume sliders are atleast half way up.

This also was done, nothing muted, volume at max, nothing. I'm almost to the point of giving up on it