Dapper Dan

Are you trying to install it via urpmi, or from an .rpm you got off the net?

What the heck is Oneniisama and how does it work?? Is this another drive, secondary hard drive or external device? Please explain exactly what it is so I can know what I'm dealing with. Presuming it is a file system of some sort, you would have to change the permissions again if, after putting what you want to on it, you wanted it re-restricted. To change the permissions where the file system can be read, and not written to, as root do: chmod 444 -R /Oneniisama [enter] Now, all folders in /Oneniisama can be read, but not written to. I would think though, it would be more convenient for the owner, (you), to be able to write to it and no one else, in which case you would substitute the 444 with 644. To get more familiar with Linux permissions, this page will be helpful.

If it's just you wanting to write to that drive, I'd continue to do it as root for security reasons. On the extremely rare occurance someone tries to hack your computer, the first thing he's gonna look for is a place where "anyone" has permissions. If you really want everyone to be able to read and write and execute everything on that drive, just change it's permissions. As a for instance, let's say the drive in question was an external USB memory reader which is mounted at /mnt/usbstick. As root you would go: chmod 777 -R /mnt/usbstick [enter] The -R is to also give user permisions not only to /mnt/sbstick, but to all the files and programs that are on that drive.

Don't worry about how many installs. It may seem like a pain at first, but the more you do it the more you learn! I think I did about four installs the my first time out with Linux with Mdk 8.2! It's hard to believe how far the Linux desktop has come in just two years! I guess I should have said, if you've got the disk space, install everything! It makes things easier in the long run. Did you put /home on a seperate partition?

It will be even faster if you play it under the IceWM desktop manager rather than KDE! Interested? Did you install "other Desktops" when you installed? If so, Icewm is already on your box. I use IceWM most of the time because it's just smokin' fast. Log out, then go back out to the KDE login thingie, called (KDM), then under "sessions". look for IceWM. If you don't have it installed, as root go: urpmi icewm [enter] After it installs do: icepref [enter] icepref is the IceWM cofigurator. Then go to sessions for IceWM and see how fast it loads! (Don't blink or you might miss it!) Right click anywhere to get the menu. Then, open a terminal and type in the command to start UT2004. If you like IceWM enough, you can then add UT2004 to the IceWM menu. I can show you how, it's real simple.

Here's a way to "cheat." I presume you are using KDE? Open the konsole terminal. It will be either on your bottom tool bar or in your menu under "terminals." You can copy and paste with it! place your konsole terminal and your directions from your browser side by side on your desktop. Then copy each line from the "how to", and paste it in konsole and press enter like this. mkdir /root/ut2k4_installer [enter] cd /mnt/cdrom [enter] cp -Rv * /root/ut2k4_installer [enter] Then, just do that with every command they give you until done. I also presume all of this must be done as root.

If you're not getting that error then I wouldn't worry about it. I just found out from this page that you also can replace "vesa" with "nvidia" rather than just "nv". I love learning new things in Linux!! So, yes, you did the right thing, and should be good to go!

Look in that install cd. Is there a Windows executable - .exe in there only? Or do you also see a file that ends in .rpm or .gz or .tgz etc? I'm fairly certain there is a Linux port of UT2004 that comes as an .rpm

If you got the NVIDIA splash logo, the drivers are installed correctly! You did replace "nv" with "nvidia"? Did you do urpmi binutils?

By the way, on that binutils deal, become root and go: urpmi binutils [enter] and tell me what happens...

By the way, on that binutils deal, become root and go: urpmi binutils [enter] and tell me what happens...

It's null because you are starting X by the "startx" command. Yes, you can do all of it before a startx, only you won't be able to use gedit. You'll have to use vi. Are you familiar with vi? If not, it would be easier to do startx, then go into gedit, and proceed as prescribed above.

Yes, that is incredibly detailed.. I'm not sure what could be causing this problem, except you are somehow either putting in the wrong user name or password, and that doesn't seem to be the case. Are you getting any errors at all? If so, can you post them here? Do you have any compunctions about doing a re-install? Would you have any objections to trying a new distro? I had a pile of trouble with Mandrake 9.2, only exceeded by the problems I had with Mdk 9.1. If a complete re-install of Mdk 9.2 won't help you, you may want to consider Fedora Core 1 which is very stable after all the updates.

Please tell me, (step by step), the steps you are taking to log in as a regular user. Let me know what the screen looks like too, whether the "log-in manager" is up or not. Thanks.

Whiskers, "binutils" should be included with your distro install cd's. What distro are you using? There is a special way to install that nvidia driver package. You'll have to edit your /etc/inittab file. Become root and type "gedit", without the quotations and press enter. click "open", and in the left hand pane, double click the "../ " 2 times. In the left hand pane, scroll down to /etc and double click it. look for "inittab" in the right pane, and double click it. gedit will then open the inittab file. look for the line.. id:5:initdefault: edit this line and change the "5" to a "3" save, exit and reboot the computer. This time, your "user manager thingie" will not come up for you to enter your name and password because you will now not be in X windows. You will have to enter your username and password at the command line to become root. Then go: ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5328-pkg1.mun [enter] ..and follow the instructions. After completion, and at the command prompt, type "startx" and press enter. This will start X and will put you back in runlevel 5. log in as usual, and return to gedit as above. Go back to /etc/inittab and change the "3" back to a "5". Also while in gedit, find and open /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, and look for a line under... Section "Device" and where you see "nv", change it to "nvidia" (this time only, with the quotes just as you see them) save this file, exit out of gedit, reboot, and everything should work as before except your new updated Nvidia module will be installed. If it is installed properly, from here on out all you will have to do is update your drivers which is very easy. Just become root and not in Xwindows, (and if you're online) type: nvidia-installer --update [enter] That's it!

Whiskers, first, welcome! Are you trying to install the .rpm's or a file that is similar to: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.mun ?

martouf, please see your PM's

Is that unusual??

I'm not sure if Winex3/Cedega will even work with Mandrake 10 since there have been issues doing this with the 2.6 kernel. It's not yet clear to me if it's the kernel, or that my particular distro, Fedora, (core 2) isn't using Xfree86 anymore. I know as a fact Half-Life won't run with Cedega in Core 2 with the 2.6 kernel. You may want to try it anyway though since Mandrake 10 still uses Xfree86. If it won't work, you can always install the optional 2.4 kernel in Mdk 10 and shouldn't then have any problems running Warcraft under Winex3/Cedega.

Not sure what's going on with your user/password problem, but you can make a Mandrake boot disk while in Mandrake that should work fine for you. I can't remember where it is right now, but just look in your menu thoroughly, and you'll find the Mandrake utility for creating a boot disk. Once you have one made, (or two to be safe). Check it by going into BIOS and make sure your boot order has floppy before hard disk. Then reboot with the boot floppy in and see if it works OK. If so, you can then nuke and pave the MBR. I would also make Windows boot disks as well!! On the usr/password problem, run as root: drakconf [enter] This is your Mandrake Control Panel. Again, I can't remember exactly where it is, but look around in there and you'll see a utility to change users and passwords. Delete the existing users and passwords completely, and create a new user/password. There is also an option in there somewhere that will allow autologin. You may want to enable that until you can get it sorted out.

Have a look at this. By the way, if you've not yet installed RH 9, please consider this. I used "9" a long time and finally upgraded to Fedora Core 1. Core 1 is a big improvement in every way over RH 9. You may want to consider it.

Welcome quafboy! Here's a really good and easy to understand Linux manual. Look for "Agustin's Linux Manual." It's in .pdf. iamroot is right! Google is the best resource a Linux user has. The problem is many Windows users who take up Linux are not familiar with how to get the most out of an inquiry. I'm not sure about your Linux WPC54G Laptop wireless NIC, but you could Google it and see! Please keep in mind though that it is wise for a new Linux user to accept there will be hardware casualties when changing a former Windows machine over. It's just part of the swap off. Once you get to know what works and what doesn't, it becomes second nature.

I've never tried that, but I'll look into it. Someone else know how to do this?

Originally posted by martouf: Quote: I think it's a bit rude to post here and refer to a thread on a completely different board and not provide here: the name of the ISP and the contents of the problem /etc/resolv.conf file I for one don't see this as a problem. I can read off other boards as well as this one, then post back here. In many cases, there's way too much material on the other forum that can be valuable in solving a problem, that is impractical to move all of it here. Inconvenient maybe, I think "rude" is way to strong a word.

Originally posted by fantom5497: Quote: Hi, thanks for answering. I think Fedora 1 is really buggy, i mean it makes Windows XP look reliable. My version of Fedora 1 bombs out there, at hardware browser and various other places. Its bombed out of apps on at least 5 occasions in the 2 days i've had it! Richy, that has not been my experience at all. As compared to Redhat 9 and Mandrakes 9.1, 9.2 and 10, Fedora has been very stable and a breath of fresh air! I've never had any version of Red Hat or Fedora "bomb out" when running redhate-config-hardware. Have you downloaded all the upgrades using uptodate, apt-get rpm or yum? Edit: Ooops! It just occured to me you have no way of downloading the updates! Sorry. Once you have Internet with Linux, and can download the updates, most of what you are experiencing will disappear. How are things going on the Internet front?