Dapper Dan

Is your video "on board?" Seems I had this same problem with my Dell. When I installed a Nvidia the problem was resolved. We also discussed this a few months back, and martouf had the fix for it. I sure wish I could remember which thread that was... I'll try to hunt for it.

With Slackware it certainly does matter. Slack is not an RPM based distro. Look here...

What is the make and model of your video card and monitor?

Are you needing to connect to the router for maintainance?

When you say you are trying to get a "GUI", is it that you are trying to run a specific program that way such as evolution or mozilla? Or is it that you want a complete desktop environment? I don't know if this will help any but let me tell you how I'm set up. I am in the unique position of having a restaurant that I own and operate on the first floor of a "downtown" building. The upstairs is my family's apartment. Upstairs I have my home/server box with SuSE 9.1. In the restaurant, I also have a box with SuSE 9.1. When I'm downstairs I contact the home/server box by going: ssh -Y home@192.168.1.101 [enter] It asks for password and I enter it which establishes the connection. Then, to get a IceWM desktop environment I go icewm-session [enter] And I am then in control of my upstairs home/server box as though I were sitting at its terminal. I can do this through ssh because both machines are on the same LAN. But your situation is different in that you can't get X to forwardto your workstation specifically, only the general IP address of your business's server. Do I have that right? Hmmm. Have you tried using tightVnc?

Can you connect to other machines through the router using ssh or ftp?

With an external modem you'll get better reliability of connection and overall better performance in Linux and Windows both. Good Luck!

You don't have -Y in your ssh options? Code: dapper@dan:~> ssh --optionsUsage: ssh [options] host [command]Options: -l user Log in using this user name. -n Redirect input from /dev/null. -F config Config file (default: ~/.ssh/config). -A Enable authentication agent forwarding. -a Disable authentication agent forwarding (default). -X Enable X11 connection forwarding. -Y Enable trusted X11 connection forwarding. -x Disable X11 connection forwarding (default). -i file Identity for public key authentication (default: ~/.ssh/identity) -t Tty; allocate a tty even if command is given. -T Do not allocate a tty. -v Verbose; display verbose debugging messages. Multiple -v increases verbosity. -V Display version number only. -q Quiet; don't display any warning messages. -f Fork into background after authentication. -e char Set escape character; ``none'' = disable (default: ~). -c cipher Select encryption algorithm -m macs Specify MAC algorithms for protocol version 2. -p port Connect to this port. Server must be on the same port. -L listen-port:host: port Forward local port to remote address -R listen-port:host: port Forward remote port to local address These cause ssh to listen for connections on a port, and forward them to the other side by connecting to host: port. -D port Enable dynamic application-level port forwarding. -C Enable compression. -N Do not execute a shell or command. -g Allow remote hosts to connect to forwarded ports. -1 Force protocol version 1. -2 Force protocol version 2. -4 Use IPv4 only. -6 Use IPv6 only. -o 'option' Process the option as if it was read from a configuration file. -s Invoke command (mandatory) as SSH2 subsystem. -b addr Local IP address.dapper@dan:~>

Have you tried: Code: ssh -Y ?

It's also possible there are issues with your cd reading the disk correctly. This cdrom has been OK otherwise? You'll get differing views on the best distro. If I were to suggest the best way to spend money on a distro, I'd say SuSE 9.2 Professional. SuSE is to me the best all around distro for new and experienced users. It's well worth the price. Between Mandrake and RH/Fedora, I much prefer Fedora.

iamroot, I never can remember which distro you use! And you had no problems with Nautilus before? Can you run Nautilus OK as root? I've used Nautilus for a while, but it seems I always have trouble with it! It gave me trouble in Mdk 8.3, 9, 10.1, RH 8,and especially 9, Core one and two, and now SuSE 9.1 Pro! I finally decided to switch to konqueror in those instances where a "gui" file browser is helpful.

I'm not really sure, but I'll take a stab at it... Are you using a router? How is your firewall set? Can you reach any websites using just their IP addresses? Does your ISP use DHCP?

Hi blaaBLAAA and welcome! When it throws you back to the "sign in" screen, (kdm), do you get a message saying something about wrong username and or password? I ask this because if you don't, the problem you're having may have nothing to do with incorrect username and password. If it is saying you put in the wrong username and/or password, just sign in as root. Type: root [enter] It will ask for root's password. type that in and press enter. You should then have an operational desktop environment as root. Now, look in your menu and find the Mandrake Control Center. Go into it and look for the utility that allows you to configure users and passwords. You can then fix the username and/or password you want to use as regular user. After that, log out to kdm and sign in as regular user under the name and password you just changed or fixed. If this doesn't work, please let us know.

matrix3000k, you need to calm down. It often happens that I begin writing posts at work, get busy and don't have time to finish editing and posting it until later. Often much later. I probably read vettebl71s message, began a response and wasn't able to edit and post it until after you posted yours, having never seen it. I'm sure that's what happened today because I don't remember seeing your message until now and I was also quite busy.

I just wanted to make sure your modem was not detected somewhere else. wvdial is a great tool for configuring modems as well as a great command line dialer. Follow danleff's advice in trying to compile the driver. If that doesn't pan out, we'll have to go to plan 'B,' whatever that may be... From my perspective, it's looking like a quite formidable task. Have a look at some of these... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...G=Google+Search Are you sure I couldn't interest you in a a nice Actiontec 56k external serial modem that would work flawlessly right out of the box?

What type errors are they? Can you write some of them down and post them here? It's possible you have bad media.

Someone help me here. Is it you just type "text" at first screen? Or do you have to press F1, then choose it or type it as an option? I can't remember...

Once installed, it *should* work OK. It's just the install itself that will sometimes give trouble if you don't have enough RAM. As I said, the newer distros, some of them anyway, need more RAM to install in "GUI" mode. Have you tried a text install? Does it give you the same problems when you do?

What is the exact make and model of your modem? Before you post back, please run wvdial, and post back what it says as well. If you are unfamiliar with it, or don't have it installed, you should be able to install it through the package manager without any difficulty. It's a command line dialer. You can install it with yum, and apt as well. After installation, run: wvdialconf wvdial.conf [enter] And post back its results.

Shut down your box properly, and unplug it for 30 seconds or more. Plug it back in and everything should reboot normally. I have the same problem on my Dell box after running certain Live CDs, Knoppix being one of them. I have no idea what causes this. I have speculated, (I'm sure wrongly) that the Live CD somehow gets "stuck" in the memory, and won't go away unless you unplug the box. This works for me every time.

Unless there is something about Mandrake I don't yet know, that sounds like a bunch of nonsense. Mandrake is good with recognizing hardware as soon as you install it. Just shut your box down, install the device, make sure its secure and reboot. *IF* your hardware is detected and configured by Mandrake, just follow the on screen instrucrions for configuring it. I say *if*, because there is a chance Mandrake will not recognize it, in which case you may have to configure it yourself, or your hardware is not supported with Linux. What is the make and model of this network device? Is it an internal PCI? External? Cable or ADSL? USB or serial? Wireless, etc.

Hi timolthy_keithy and welcome, I don't think paultazzyman will mind if I point you in the right direction. Yum is a package management utility that will install apps and take care of dependencies for you. Open a terminal, and as root go: yum update [enter] This may take a while... After yum updates itself, go: yum install nameofpackge [enter] And it should take care of it. Apt-get RPM is also another great utility for installing packages. I hope this helps. Dapper

What Ram and processor is in this old box? Many Linux distros will do what you describe upon an attempted installation if less than 256 RAM. Did you try it in text mode?

Yes, so no more, "YEEHAWs," or "rambling and reminiscing" please...

Originally posted by mjwebb007: Quote: YEEHAW!!!! (Yeah Dapper I am born and raised too....) Every time I see "Hampton Roads" below your name, it always makes me think of the C.S.S. Virginia! There's a lot of history in your part of the country! Sorry for getting off topic...