arctic Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 hmm... did you log in as root? try it this way: enter your desktop, open konsole, type: su then enter password now type: drakconf ...still no result? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrencethecat Posted July 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Hi Arctic, I receive a bash: drakconf: command not found I remember I have recently ran some of the Mandrake updates, could this be related to the MCC going walkabout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aperahama Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Hi terrencethecat get a listing of the files in /usr/bin/ (using konqeror or whatever) and check if the file drakconf is listed, it is a PERL Program. If it's there, check its permissions eg mine is rwxr-xr-x. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrencethecat Posted July 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Hi I tried that using konsole but it is not listed in /usr/bin , I am logged in as root. Thank you for your contiuned help ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aperahama Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 I am perplexed as to what has happened to your system. I personally at this point would reboot my machine with the first CD in it and do an upgrade of 10. This might not be the best thing to do but I have come to the end of my experience in this direction. Someone out there may have a better solution. As far as I know an upgrade will replace the missing bits, but I offer no guarantee. It shouldn't take very long to do but don't rush into this option. I've got to go to work now but I'll look in a little later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrencethecat Posted July 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 I am already using Mandrake 10, will an upgrade lose my photos and documents? I still reckon all this has occured after I updated some componets using the updater tool shipped with mandrake Thanks for all you help, you have been very kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 (edited) I personally at this point would reboot my machine with the first CD in it and do an upgrade of 10. i think what he means is simply placing the mdk10 boot-cd into your cd-drive and then not selecting →"install" but →"advanced". there you can repair the system, if all is broken. your files should remain in place, but you should nevertheless back-up your sensitive data, just in case... good luck! p.s: next time you update the system, go to easyurpmi.net and follow the instructions. this is the easiest and safest way to keep your system in top-contidtion. ;) Edited July 18, 2004 by arctic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrencethecat Posted July 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 oh I see - ok I will give it ago Thanks chaps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 as root in a terminal do; rpm -qa | grep drak and rpm -qa | grep perl and post the results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrencethecat Posted July 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 here are the results you requested ... [root@localhost david]# rpm -qa | grep drak mandrake-doc-common-10.0-3mdk mandrake-menu-directory-1.0-42mdk mandrake-release-10.0-3mdk mandrake-theme-0.2.5-1mdk mandrake_desk-10.0-10mdk mandrakegalaxy-10.0-13mdk harddrake-10-29mdk drakxtools-newt-10-29mdk mandrake-mime-0.4-9mdk [root@localhost david]# rpm -qa | grep perl perl-5.8.3-5mdk perl-Glib-1.021-3mdk perl-TimeDate-1.16-3mdk perl-IO-Tty-1.02-9mdk perl-Expect-1.15-6mdk perl-File-Slurp-2002.1031-3mdk perl-Crypt-SSLeay-0.51-3mdk perl-MDK-Common-1.1.11-2mdk perl-URPM-0.94-11mdk perl-Libconf-0.27-1mdk perl-Locale-gettext-1.01-11mdk perl-Gtk2-1.023-3mdk perl-HTML-Tagset-3.03-7mdk perl-HTML-Parser-3.35-2mdk perl-URI-1.25-1mdk perl-libwww-perl-5.76-3mdk perl-DBI-1.40-2mdk perl-Gnome2-Vte-0.02-1mdk perl-base-5.8.3-5mdk perl-MailTools-1.59-2mdk perl-Gtk2-TrayIcon-0.03-3mdk perl-SDL-1.20.0-8mdk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 drakconf is not installed. do; urpmi drakconf go here a scroll way down to see the files in the pkg. http://www.rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/cooker/c...14mdk.i586.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 oh, and yes, it is possibe to have mandrake or install it w/o drak_stuff. I recently did a 375MB install of ML-10-OE on a 1 GB partition and I do not think I have any drak pkgs. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest a-man Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 when I try /usr/sbin/drakconf as root, I still get an bash: /usr/sbin/drakconf: No such file or directory message. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hey ive been having ur problem and i was doing wat u were doin and nothing worked. after some time i knew how to fix the problem. if u still want 2 know how reply back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiedra Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 You should post your suggestion in public. Someone else with the same problem may find that useful. [copy of preceding post removed by spinynorman - please use 'add reply' button] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest a-man Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 ive been having the same problem. to solve it you need to install the menudrake and drakconf package. the package is found on the linux install cd. to install them follow those steps: 1- log on as a normal user and open a terminal. 2- type in "su" so u can switch to root. 3- insert the first install cd in the cd-rom. 4- open the cd through the terminal (mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/) 5- then search for "drakconf" package by typing "ls drakconf*" 6- after you find the drakconf package type "rpm -ivh @" @ stands for the complete name of the package for example: "rpm -ivh drakconf-9.1-11mdk.i586.rpm" 7- it may ask you to install couple of packages before you can install the drakconf package then you will manually do the same thing for the required packages. 8-when you finish installing the drakconf package install the menudrake package in the same way. 9- when you finish installing the packages type "update-menus -v" 10- exit the terminal and check it out. if it didnt work plz write back and if it did work then "Who's The Man? A-MAN" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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