danleff

Is it a Rockwell WaveArtist sound card? Were the sound card and usb keyboard present when you installed Suse? You should have seen a general list of hardware durng the install, one being the sound card. it would have said if the card was configured or not. It is easy to miss. Is this an HP system? If so, which model?

I guess my first question is, if mandrake 10 is working, why upgrade to 10.1? What computer magazine did you get the cd from? Often such disks are not full versions of Mandrake. How many disks are there? You stated that you also tried another set, from where?

What printer do you have and is it a USB printer or parallel port printer?

Yes, and note where you got the installation cd disks, or if you burned them yourself, what speed did you burn then at. Especially note what your video card is, or if it is onboard video.

Look at the readme file for installation instructions. Did you compile it as per the directions? For example, this page notes; ./configure make make install As the compiling sequence. It also may help if you post a link where you got the source code, so we can look at it.

Correct. Windows fdisk will not see the Linux partitions. But, as you found out, the drive/partition space is still there. Since you deleted the Linux partitions, they are no longer there. If you choose, you can now reclaim the space with fdisk, or if you are using Windows XP, the partitioning utility within Windows. If you are planning to re-install Linux/Fedora again, let us kno and we will walk you through the installation. Fedora will install a bootloader (grub or lilo) when it is installed. At some point during the installation, it asks you where to install Grub or Lilo. This overwrites the master boot record (assuming that you picked this option)and allows you to boot Windows or linux. Are you able to boot into Windows now? If not, what version of Windows is currently on the system?

Could you add a little more information? By not seeing the hard drive, do you mean that Fedora will not boot-up? The bios does not detect it? By fdisk, do you mean via fdisk from a Windows boot disk, or Linux? How is the hard drive jumpered? Master primary? What hard drive is this new one? Make and model?

Is the modem either of these?

A few suggestions. With Synaptic or apt-get. Try not to upgrade. This can cause some issues with installing packages. Stay with up[censored], as this maintains the system, with updates to a stable running system. Upgrading actually moves the system to a more advanced level, which is considered more "unstable" (in terms of packages) state. This is better left for experienced users. In terms of the kernel. It is best to stick with one kernel. If you upgrade the kernel, and you are happy with it, stay with it. The reason being that certain packages that you install (say NVIDIA video drivers) are kernel version dependent. If you install NVIDIA drivers using one kernel version, you need to re-install the package again if you uddate the kernel, so that it rebuilds the drivers for that version's library tree. Potentially, making other changes in the system, such as modifying fstab, may be kernel dependent, as well. As kernels are released, some subtle changes can be made to how hardware and filesystems are handled (say scsi detection) and can affect how such devices are handled. The reason that the old kernel is retained in the boot options, is as a fallback if the new kernel causes some unexpected problems with the system. That way, you can fallback to the older, proven and stable kernel.

In Mandrake, many of the packages that you need should be right on the cd disks 1-3. Did you try to install any packages using the "Configure you Computer" option in the Mandrake Control Center? this is designed to deal with dependencies within the packages included on the three cd disks.

As I thought, these drivers are built for the kernel 2.4 series. I believe Suse 9.1 comes with the 2.6 series kernel, unless you picked the option on install to use the 2.4 kernel. The file is for the older RedHat 7.3 distro. I doubt very much that this will work at all. But, here is a link to a thread that Dapper Dan responded to, suggesting some external modems. You may want to have a look. If I see one of the best modems available at Computergeeks.com, I will let you know. They probably can be had for as little as $20.00 USD. Suggested modems. P.S. The Best Modem is not on the site, but the SupraExpress would work. Make sure it is the serial version...not the usb version at ComputerGeeks.com

Could you post the link location for the driver? I still get a 404 message. I would like to see what kernel it was made for. If it is a RedHat rpm it may not work for Suse. but let's see what it is first.

Quote: I can't even access my linux box anymore with any of the three different versions kernel that I have. Let me make a few suggestions. You have tried a number of distros, including Knoppix, which is a fine distro, in my opinion. it also looks like knoppix worked fine for you, until you tried up[censored] some packages. Did you really try three kernels with knoppix? Or were you referring to three different distros? When I install a disro, I stick with the base kernel, unless I really have a good reason to update the kernel. The base kernel is designed to work the best in any distro that you use. It is always best to stick with it, this avoids real problems. Once you get comfortable with usng Linux, then you can decide if you really need to upgrade the kernel. Adding packages in any distro, especially a Debian distro can be a challenge at times. I had the same problem with Frozen Bubble and it sounds like the fix is posted on this thread. Rather than jumping around from distro to distro, try to decide what one is suited for your needs. Try to stick with it, especially if ir has most of the packages that you need. When you run into an issue, post a question and wait for an answer. While waiting, google around and look at other who have had problems like yours. Most likely you will find one. Try not to get frustrated with glitches, as they do happen. Many folks feel that they need to upgrade, as soon as they get the distro up. This is not always the case. In the case of Knoppix, it is a very complete custom Debian distro. It is designed to work with the packages already in it. Same with Mepis. If you feel the need to update (not upgrade) the distro's packages, do one at a time. If one causes issues, let us all know. We will do our best to help. The secret with Linux is patience. I'm sure that you will find one distro that will work for you. There are tons of new hardware out there that makes finding a Linux distro difficult, especially with the ever evolving hardware scene. Same with Windows. What about Mandrake 10? What was problematic with that, if it ran "rock solid" on your system?

I just tried two links (included the one provided by LinuxCrusader above) and get a 404 error. it looks like Dell took it down. Probably because the driver only worked in older versions of Linux/RedHat. You would also need the kernel source installed to get it up. Personally, I think it would be easier to get an external hard modem and you should have no problems. These Winmodems are probably legacy and not worth the effort in linux to get it working.

Just a practical note. Just a few months ago, an e-mail "virus" hijacked the web browsers of 3 family computers, my sister's my Dad's and my mom's system. All three were running Windows XP. After getting my sister's system back to normal, she asked me why my system was not hit. I replied "I'm using Linux." Today, I received a message from Roadrunner that it's firewall detected a virus attached to an incoming e-mail message. The messaged asked me to contact the sender to inform them that their system was sending out an e-mail with a virus attached. The incoming message was labeled as coming from Roadrunner. You know it was a fake e-mail message, as it asked you to click on the attachment to clean your system of a virus that was detected. It was also signed, "cheers, the Rr team." So, you have a valid warning of an e-mail with an infected attachment (that was deleted by the firewall/security of Roadrunner), with a fake message from Rr.com as the sender of the infected e-mail. There are two variables here. Targeting windows users (a large company's OS and it's users) and users of Roadrunner, who are expected to have Windows systems. Virus issues are likely to affect those who are not experienced users and are less likely to pick such things up, or assure that they have proper security software on their systems, or who are not able to repair their systems easily. For this reason, security risks are less for Linux users, because the hackers are targeting large companies and users not likely to take many precautions. Linux developers are making security updates before the attack happens, or as soon as a vulnerability is identified. Microsoft, unfortunately, is in a position where their users are being actively attacked and developing patches and updates once their OS vulnerabilities are exposed.

Then make sure that you run /sbin/lilo as root user, in a terminal window and lilo will run. If you get no errors, then it should work.

I bet the apci problem was fixed with the new kernel. Good going! 8)

Quote: I caught something while linux was loading that said something.... "0.4% uncontigious This doesn't mean amything to worry about. It is Fedora's check of the hard drive, telling you that 0.4% percent of the partition is fragmented. This is normal. If you formatted the hard drive and just installed Fedora, allowing it to use the whole hard drive, then the windows install disk can't find a valid hard drive to install to, as it is unable to read linux partitions. It thinks that there is no hard drive on the system. Since you removed Windows by reformatting the drive, we can't get grub to fix the problem booting into XP. If you need to keep Windows, then I suggest reformatting the drive to fat32 or ntfs and reinstalling Windows. Leave some space free for Fedora (unformatted)at the end of the drive, then re-install Fedora again, allowing it to use the free space that you left unformatted. You will get some differing views on this, but Windows should be the first OS on the system, as trying to install XP after will overwrite the Master Boot Record and remove Grub, which is there now. There are ways to do this, but not really for newbies using Linux. It is easier to start from scratch and set things right. If the dual booting now works, great! If not, come back and we will walk you through dual booting, if needed. Otherwise, enjoy Fedora sans Windows!

What motherboard/system is this? I had to add acpi=off to my lilo config. to solve the shutdown issue. I forget what Fedora uses (or if it gives you a choice), since I use lilo from my Lindows install as my bootloader.

Where did you get the dvd iso image?

Ahh...this brought back memories. My sister had one of these. During a thunder storm, the modem blew. As you may know, these use a laptop modem. Hard to get and a pain to install. The issue is that these systems are made for Windows. There specific setup allows it to work under Windows, but I never got it to work with linux. Part of the bios config. information is on a hidden partition on the hard drive. If you trash this, you have problems. I have no solution, I dumped the machine and built her a new one. This Dell system is legacy, which means Windows only. These systems wer designed just for one purpose...Windows and the original setup. No PS/2 ports or serial port to add an external modem.And, if you don't have the rescue disk, your also cooked if windows goes down or the hard drive fries. Hopefully someone will prove me wrong. You may try Mepis and see what happens. but I am not hopeful about this.

Yes, correct. I have 5 distros sharing the same swap partition. Most distros have a custom or expert install option for partitioning. Pick that and set root to the partition that you made for Mepis and also tell it to use the existing sweap partition. Be aware, that you need to use lilo or grub as a bootloader. So, if the option is there, tell the second distro to install lilo or grub on a floppy. You can then add the Mepis install to Suse's bootloader when you are satisfied that all looks good. That is if you want to keep the suse bootloader. Alternately, if you elect to use the Mepis bootloader, then it may automatically add Suse as a boot option. If not, then you can add it manually.

Yes, it is possible to install from a second hard drive. Let us know how you make out with the cd install first. The other solution to try is to pass the acpi=off option during the install. So, when you get the Mandrake boot screen, type in acpi=off and see if the installation continues without error.

In terms of the uudecode error, install the sharutils rpm package, then try the install of nessus again.

See the Link below under "related threads" for removing grub/lilo from mandrake 10. Or click here. Of course, you will still have the RedHat partition on your drive and will need to reclaim that space with a partitionig utility. like PartitionMagic.