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  1. Posted

    two command i would try before just uninstalling, first update the sources

     

    apt-get -f install

    dpkg --configure -a

    then i would try to remove the packages if those did nothing.

  2. Posted

    My guess is you have nothing but console, dont use ubuntu but you should be able to use the mouse in the console. Anyhow this is what i would say.

     

    First login

    #sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

    #ctrl+w (type in screen)

    look at the resolution under 24 make sure it matches your monitor.

    #ctrl+w device go until to you get something that looks like its for video (no input device)

    #switch driver to vesa make sure theres no caps and its in the quotes

    #ctrl+x > y > enter

    #startx (if it complains about X or gdm issue >)

    #sudo killall -9 X (captial X) (then try >)

    #startx

     

    (If you know you vertical and horizontal refreshrate)

    If that doesnt work again sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

    #ctrl+w monitor

    --you should see something like horizontal refreshrate and vertical refreshrates

    -make sure there the same for your monitor

     

    1: Login at the console

    2: make sure you have lynx or links (console base web browser)

    In lynx navigate (sorry if you know how to use these just giving every step in case) To move up and down moves through the page note it only moves through the links not line by line, left goes back, and right goes forward or the the link your on. One Last note at the bottom of the page will be a blue bar it may ask you to accept a cookie go here yes or no etc.

    g allows you to input a url

    A: g linuxcomptible.org

    B: navigate to this thread, then reply

    _______

    you dont have links/lynx

    #sudo apt-get install lynx/links

    (biggest difference is lynx has more color)

    _______

    3: switch to another console alt+Fx, alt+F1 should equal lynx,

    4: cd /var/log

    5: ls (look for xorg.log something to this effect)

    6: nano Xorg.0.log(or whatever) now with the mouse highlight the log youll have to page down it will probaly be pretty long.

    7: alt+f1 in the reply box hit either the scroll wheel button or the right button. you made need to do this a couple of times

     

    Your other option is to upload the log file to an website, but it will make diagnosing the problem a lot easier to have the log (something like /var/log/Xorg.0.log and would also be helpful to have /etc/X11/xorg.conf)

     

    if someone can explain this better that would be helpful.

     

     

     

  3. Posted

    If im understanding you corretly you want to get rid of linux and keep windows. If true grab a livecd or use the mandrake rescue cd if there is one dont know, you can try sys rescue cd. Anyhow at the command line you can use a program called cfdisk, or qtparted/gparted if it is included. Delete the partition that contains linux. Now to get the boot manager to work i dont know of way to do this with a win98 cd, because the boot files used for xp and 98 are vastly different. What you need more than likely is a regular cd not to install. While windows is loading or when done loading hit r (repair) a dos prompt is presented type in fixmbr this will reinstall the windows xp boot loader.

     

    Option 2 bypass the linux livecd just do the windows install cd and fixmbr, then in windows start>settings>control panel>administrative tools>computer management>disk manager you should see something along the lines of unrecognized partition format.

     

    At this point after the mandrake partition is wiped you have one of two options and im not following exactly you want done.

     

    A. If you have xp pro you can convert the drive to a dynamic partitiona and add the free space back to xp.

    B. Create a spare partition to hold data so if windows crashes you wont lose all data.

    C. Leave the partition blank and install your flavor of linux.

     

    I have no idea if this is what you want, either way hope this helps somewhat.

     

    This is the link to sysrescue cd, this includes graphical partitioning tools.

    http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page

  4. Posted

    1: I very rarely like to play online games i just don't like the attitude. Online is with a bunch of people you dont know and while you can meet new people its not my favorite situation.

     

    2: I pretty much play offline games, it is very rare i play online (enemy-territory primarily).

     

    3: Popular games Windows its always changing, in MMO guild war, WOW, city hero/villanm,everquest, dungeons and dragons Battlefield 2.

    Linux UT2004, Quake 4, Doom 3, Never Winter Nights, Etc.

     

    4: Online as stated attitude when i go on more often than not im not playing seriously i just want to relax im not working to impress, and you may get messages like you suxors, or i ownz you, or the your mama statement. The attitude isn't that fun to play in. Local or just me i like that i can just relax and not let my guard down without remarks being made. Do i like to play games with other people, yeah mostly friends, i havent had a lan party but that is what i would probaly prefer.

  5. Posted

    Ubuntu is by no means stable compared to debian sarge. Just use sarge and youll know what i mean. I switched from fedora core to debian a while back, and am quite pleased. Debian offers you the ability to use whatever software you want to use bleed edge or a version old but rock solid. Also the package management while there may be some issues is very good and offers a wide range of selection. There are all these other distros based on it, but they will usually make there own pacakges and use the latest stuff. Debian goes through and makes sure each package is very stable, for multiple architectures. However most debian derived distros come from sid, which means the packages arent very stable. It can be one of those tinkeres distro or a easy to use distro. It really just leaves the packages be.

    My biggest gripe with ubuntu is that it is more of a debian splinter, than a debian based distro. Meaning the packages do not work well with each other. Debians just one of those distros you should try its a learning experience as well.

     

    Danleff i agree with you though no matter how many other distros i have installed debian is my default.

  7. Posted

    Just going on what blackpage said, i recommend amd cpus over intel any day, especcialy the 64 bit, im currently running the MSI K8N neo2 platinum and it is an excellent motherboard and offers plenty of storage options. Distro i would say is debian its an all around excellent distro i have yet to try woody, but sarge is rather stable(very stable), and debian makes it very easy to configure things as well. Debian youll only have to do minor reading, on things to get a basic system setup, and the others are painless to install in my view. Some harder distros with more options would be gentoo or slackware. But a good start would be a debian based distro, personally i wouldnt recommend ubuntu though, because that is more of a desktop distro.

  8. Posted

    Rig 1 (primary)

     

    MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum

    Amd64 3000+

    512MB Memory (Corsair XMS)

    Nvidia Geforce 6660GT 128MB(evga)

    Creative Audigy 2 ZS platinum+(cheap)Altec Lansing 4.1 speakers

    160 GB Seagate IDE Hard Drive

    160 GB Western Digital Sata Drive

    2 5 port USB cards

    2 CD rws at 52x, one is cdrw/dvd

    Fan Control and tempature monitor

    OSes: Gentoo(Stage1), Debian, Ubuntu, Win2kPro(for gaming),FreeBSD, slackware

     

    Rig 2 (testing box)

     

    Creative I440BX

    PIII stock at 650 overclocked to 850MHZ

    4x 128MB Sdram sticks

    Nvidia Geforce 2(Mx) 32 MB

    15GB hard drive

    Dlink ethernet card

    Creative DVD drive

    48x CDrw

    OSes: Gentoo(Stage 2), Debian(sarge), and Slackware

  10. Posted

     

    1. Debian GNU/Linux

    2. Open BSD

    3. Gentoo Linux

    4. Xandros Desktop OS

    5. Free BSD

    im currently using Debian sid as my primary desktop and dabbling in freebsd and gentoo, overall it got my choices covered in the right order

  11. Posted

    all right the thing to check would be whether the sync is correctly set and the resolution is provided so open an editor go to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 or for xorg /etc/X11/xorg.conf and scroll down to something like this

     

    Section "Monitor"

    Identifier "Generic Monitor"

    HorizSync 30-70

    VertRefresh 50-160

    Option "DPMS"

     

    (dont know if lcds need refresh rates)

     

    then scroll down to something like this

     

    SubSection "Display"

    Depth 24

    Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

     

    if the set resolution is not entered say like this

     

    SubSection "Display"

    Depth 24

    Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

     

    add in with a "1600x1200" and any other resolutions, or if you have other distros on the pc that have the correct resolution, just copy over the config file hope this helps

  13. Posted

    maybe list the sound card type, check the volume mixer app for whatever enviroment you use and play around with the settings, make sure the volume is up, pcm, wave, etc.

    if your trying to play an mp3 through xmms or another program fedora doesnt come with plugins to play mp3s so youll need to grab something, there are many guides just search for them, video however im unsure of,

    possibly to help list

    the programs your using

    file type

    and soundcard

     

  14. Posted

    i know this isnt going to be much help but fedora core 2/3 has a 2.6.X kernel so for the two

    you can easily expect any older system to work with a processor at least 400 mhz

     

    so any board essentialy with a 400 mhz processor and up, the newer leading edge tech can work more than likely with some tweaks, say pci express or sata, bluetooth wireless, the best way to go about this sense there is no official hardware compatibility list is to find out what hardware the 2.6 kernel supports, you chould be able to find something on that, then that will be a minor part of the hardware list add whatever modules, then that should cover your hardware compatibility list, reall the only the thing it may be incompatible with is newer stuff or ati cards, know this isnt much

  15. Posted

    (1)all right im going to be posting questions for two machines ill start with the one im using the most

    (the questions will be the same for both systems just different specs) repeat questions are the same for both systems just different hardware

     

    system specs

     

    HP A220N

    NVIDIA NFORCE 2 chipset

    NVIDIA GEFORCE 5200 FX Plus 128 MB

    DELL E772c max 1400x??? @? i never made notes on it

    DEBIAN SARGE/SID (im running a mixture of the two)

    i think those are the main things needed to fix the problems

     

    BLASTER PC

    i440bx motherboard

    NVIDIA GEFORCE 2 MMX 32 MB

    DELL 828L MAX 1024x768 @ 72 HZ

    DEBIAN SARGE

     

    k first and foremost resoultion how do get above 800x640

    its such a pain

    anyhow i boot up ubuntu and i get the max resolution fedora allowed the max resolution

     

    Note following are taken from HP A220N config files

     

    Quote:
    Section "Screen"

    Identifier "Default Screen"

    Device "Generic Video Card"

    Monitor "Generic Monitor"

    DefaultDepth 24

    SubSection "Display"

    Depth 1

    Modes "800x600" "640x480"

    EndSubSection

    SubSection "Display"

    Depth 4

    Modes "800x600" "640x480"

    EndSubSection

    SubSection "Display"

    Depth 8

    Modes "800x600" "640x480"

    EndSubSection

    SubSection "Display"

    Depth 15

    Modes "800x600" "640x480"

    EndSubSection

    SubSection "Display"

    Depth 16

    Modes "800x600" "640x480"

    EndSubSection

    SubSection "Display"

    Depth 24

    Modes "800x600" "640x480"

    EndSubSection

     

    the xconfig is the same for both i know i know the modes are only 800x600 but if i try to put in any other resolution like 1024x768 x wont work and i input it like this "1024x768", and by wont work the screen flashes like 5 times just gray to black and then drops me back to the command line no error message, and if i type startx it does it again

     

    thing is should it be inputed like this

    "800x600" "1024x768" lowest to highest

    or "1024x768" "800x600" highest to lowest

    note i tried both

     

    here is the monitor config

     

    Quote:
    Section "Monitor"

    Identifier "Generic Monitor"

    HorizSync 30-92

    VertRefresh 50-85

    Option "DPMS"

    EndSection

     

    Quote:
    Section "Device"

    Identifier "Generic Video Card"

    Driver "nv"

    EndSection

     

    allright im using xfree 4.3.0

     

    _______________________________________________________

    (2)okay next question apt-build

    im interested in trying it but i dont know what to put in the options field what should i put in i read the how to and im lost and i plan on doing

    #apt-build world

    _____________________________________________________

    (3)next question how do i configure gdm to allow me to login and use enlightenment dr16 im using the gdm version that came with gnome 2.6 so im guissing 2.6

    _____________________________________________________

    again these are two different systems but the config files look almost exactly alike and all the config excerpts are from the HP A220N

    if anything more information is needed just tell me what you need

    thanks in advance

  16. Posted

    all right this happened to me as well i tried all the stuff that egorgry said and nothing happened i had just updated gnome and thought that was what it was so i uninstalled gnome and reinstalled it nothing

    anyhow keep us posted as to what happens because this has happened on four of my gnome fedora core 3 installs

  17. Posted

    personally ive been dying to try getnoo but my computer wouldnt boot the regular version so i had to ry anaconda and im loving it im learning alot in the process as well

     

    real quick i saw the guide but im not catching it

    what do i need to type to compile the kernel my self i saw gen kernel but that s bout it im looking for the latest one

  19. Posted

    i learned out an issue i tried emergeing kde and its doing it right now but it wont emerge anything gnome based i.e gnumeric or the such heres what i get when i type anything gnome based

     

    emerge there are no masked or unmasked ebuilds to satisfy virtual/fam

     

    so its halfway working

     

    [Edited by SoulNothing on 2004-11-22 10:42:15]

     

  20. Posted

    im unsure where to go after the install

     

    first hardware

     

    i440 BX with sound blaster 5.1 platinum built into mobo

    pentium 3 slot 1 651 mhz

    DLINk ethernet card (works with 2.4 kernels_

    GeForce 2 MX 32 MB video card

    the machine has no floppy

    usb is 1.x older version

     

    all right i installed i followed the change of /etc/fstab and network and cant figure where to go from there i also have the 2004.3 package cd because it said to install applications from package cd

     

    my /etc/fstab looks like this

     

    /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2

    /dev/hda3 / ext3 noatime 0 1

    /dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0

    /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0

     

    i configured eth0 like this

    iface_eth0="dhcp

     

    and then ran this

    rc-update add net.eth0 default

     

    thats bout all i did

    right now im just interested in getting a gui like gnome/kde so what should i do next?

     

     

  24. Posted

    i was just curious if htere wer e any repositories for fedora core 3 or rpms for that matter optimized and built for the i686 architecture or do these not even exsist

     

    i assumed that since yoper has i 686 optimized packages that there might be some for fedora core 3

    or could you possibly just use yopers repositories?

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