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Strange screen cause the system to hang during boot

Posted: 04 Apr 2004 02:04 PM PDT

rodsbooks.com (Rod Smith) wrote in message news:<rodsbooks.com>... 

The screen display: "Localhost login" in textmode. It clears and comes
up again 3 times and clears and then I get the strange text mode
window with a light blue background. and a dark blue smaller window.
In the darkblue rectangel there is two smaller rectangels with text
gibberish on black bakground inside. (What I called buttons).
It's my first try with Linux so I dont know how the graphical login
window is supposed to look?
 

I did some google and by means of adding a 3 in the startup sequency I
managed to boot up linux in text mode. Then the computer stopped at
the text "localhost login:" and after that it's not possible to do
nothing. I tried the Ctrl-Alt-F1 hovever nothing happens. Maybe as you
say it's problem with the keyboard?

Since the computer doesn't have any original USB card there is a PCI
usb card installed. Maybe this causing problem for linux? During boot
sequensy linux say that it's installing USB keyboard and USB mouse, so
therefore it causing the system to hang or maybe not only takes
command from the keyboard at the login prompt?

Thanks in advance for any help. This is my first try with Linux.
Everybody say it's great! However I got problem so therefore I doubt
that? Shall I restore good old Windows 98 again? ;-) But normally I
never give up when it comes to computers and since I still think that
Linux is the future.

Importing WingDings font into Open Office

Posted: 04 Apr 2004 12:08 PM PDT

In article <co.uk>,
Maurice Batey <co.uk> writes: 

The easiest ways to do it is to copy the font from a Windows
installation. For instance, if you dual- boot Windows, and if Windows is
accessible as /mnt/c, and if the OpenOffice.org fonts are in
/opt/OpenOffice.org/share/fonts/truetype/, then you could copy the font
by typing "cp /mnt/c/windows/fonts/wingding.ttf
/opt/OpenOffice.org/share/fonts/truetype". Alternatively, you can use the
oopadmin utility to install the font by selecting it in a file selector.
 

My guess is that OpenOffice.org is able to fall back on X core fonts for
display purposes, and you've got Dingbats installed as an X core font.
When printing, though, it can't do that, so you get the wrong font.
Another possibility is a bug related to non-alphabetic fonts specifically.
These are both just guesses, though. Ultimately, the best solution is to
install the font(s) you want in the OpenOffice font directory.

--
Rod Smith, com
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux, FreeBSD, and networking

I have re-installed my Windows. Where is my Linux?!

Posted: 04 Apr 2004 07:18 AM PDT

Massoud B. Zadeh wrote:
 

.... windows OSes are MBR-destructive - it will replace
whatever is there. simply boot with your CD#1 (Linux)
and 'boot installed system', then reinstall the boot
manager (lilo or grub)
..
--
<< http://michaeljtobler.homelinux.com/ >>
Old age is the most unexpected of things that can happen to a man.
-- Trotsky

Partitioned following Linux Administrators Security Guide - Debianwon't boot

Posted: 04 Apr 2004 05:56 AM PDT

Hello

Tim Kaufmann (<de>) wrote:
 

Normally you (at least I) would leave that stuff on the root file system
that I need to boot into single user mode. /dev and /lib are part of
that stuff. Maybe you want to take a look at the Securing Debian
Manual, which has a lot of useful information on hardening, including
partitioning. It also explains advantages and disadvantages of some
partition layouts and mount options:

<http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/index.en.html>

best regards
Andreas Janssen

--
Andreas Janssen <com>
PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674
Registered Linux User #267976
http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html

Fedora installation and J2SDK1.4

Posted: 04 Apr 2004 03:55 AM PDT

This is the installation description I refer to.
http://www.fedora.info/release/1.2/userdocs/distribution/installation.html#d
0e207
It is a bit unclear and informal.
By the way, it suggests to configure the environment variable before the
first start of the server.
How can I do it under windows environment?
Thanx


"Lenard" <0.0.1>
???????:0.0.1... 

fdisk/sfdisk/Disk Management problems + unallocated sectors

Posted: 04 Apr 2004 01:45 AM PST

In article <c4q025$f0$grec.isp.9tel.net>,
sberlusconi)" <"(sberlusconi <"(sberlusconi)"@hotmail.com> wrote:
:
:I don't mind blowing away the existing hda4. Yeah I can setup
:everything again from scratch, but as long as I don't understand
:what is happening and why I'm afraid that's not going to help. Plus,
:I hate wasting a lot of time doing dumb stuff when I MIGHT
:instead PERHAPS learn something and do it quick and smart :-)
:
:So... how do I move the last cylinder in hda4 to the last cylinder
:of the disk...???

As it stands, hda4 is sitting on cylinder 4852 and acts as a wall
preventing you from extending your hda3 (Ext'd) partition beyond that
point. If you don't mind blowing away hda4 and are sure there's nothing
in there that needs to be saved, do it. Then delete and re-create your
Extended partition (hda3) and its contents, leaving the last cylinder
for the new hda4.

It strikes me as a lot of work to gain less than 1/4 of 1% of your total
disk capacity. If it were my system, I certainly wouldn't bother.

--
Bob Nichols AT interaccess.com I am "rnichols"

Linux on SGI O2 ?

Posted: 02 Apr 2004 01:27 PM PST

Jason Byrne wrote:
 

I thought the O2's debuted with R10K procs; but I could be wrong. I've
seen ancient Challenge S machines with r5K procs @ 200 mhz and these
_have_ to predate the O2 by a far margin.

 


The problem with the Ebay route is that it's not technically "ok" as far
as SGI's license is concerned. And while I think the O2 had some pretty
good graphics capability, you do not get that without forking over the
cash. Plain and simple, if you're going to run Irix you're going to pay
even if you're just goofing around to learn it.

Which, I guess makes as good a case for installing Linux on it than
anything else.

Resolution problem on a wide screen laptop monitor

Posted: 02 Apr 2004 03:37 AM PST

Euripides J. Sellountos wrote:
 

.... i run xandros on a laptop at 1400 with no issues.
have you tried using 'xf86config' for configuration?
..
--
<< http://michaeljtobler.homelinux.com/ >>
The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
-- Lewis Carroll

dual boot Fedora / Mandrake

Posted: 02 Apr 2004 03:22 AM PST

On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 13:22:08 +0200, Patrick Guio wrote:
 

Sharing swap is no problem at all. Sharing /tmp is cool, too, though I
recommend setting both fedora and mandrake to clear out /tmp on boot just
as a precaution.

As for sharing /home, I don't like doing it when I dual- or multi-boot.
Here's why: /home/username/ contains a bunch of hidden files (files
prefixed with '.' type ps -a in the directory to see them) with
configuration and customization info for many of the apps you use. If
Mandrake and Fedora use different versions of some apps, the hidden file
for that app may need to be different for each. If this is the case, and
you use the same partition for /home on both OSes, then your configuration
files for several apps could be all messed up.

Some apps like gimp are very good about seperating such things. My home
directory currently has a .gimp-1.2 directory and a .gimp-2.0 directory.
If you aren't sure that both fedora and mandrake will use the same version
of everything, or that all the apps you plan to use are as good as gimp in
this respect, then I wouldn't use the same /home on both. What I would do,
so that you don't need 2 copies of every file you may want to use, is to
mount fedora's /home to some other arbitrary mount point like /otherhome
on mandrake and vice versa.

In order for this to work properly (or if you intend to use the same /home
in both) you need to make sure that each user has the exact same number on
each OS. This is because GNU/Linux only gives users names to make life
easier for us humans. GNU/Linux really only uses the numbers to keep
track of users, then uses the names when communicating with humans. So,
if illecebra is user 501 on Mandrake, but user 1001 on Fedora, then any
files I make on Fedora won't be accessible to me from Mandrake (unless
set so all can rwx). 501 is a different person than 1001 as far as
GNU/Linux is concerned, even if they have the same name.

Hope that helps,

Susan

Strange bootup problem

Posted: 01 Apr 2004 09:13 PM PST

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Doug Laidlaw wrote: 

# man sfdisk

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New USB memory-stick howto: Flash-Memory-HOWTO

Posted: 01 Apr 2004 03:29 PM PST

Error BR-549: MS DRM 1.0 rejects the following post from Kenny McCormack:
 

I've had very little trouble with Linux on my Dell Inspiron. I am going to
replace it's RedHat install with Debian someday soon, however.
 

The general public is like my old neighbor who called me to ask what specs he
should look for in a new computer.

Why was he buying a new computer? His old one "always freezes up." Sigh.
Do I help him unfreeze his computer, or should I just offer to buy the old one
so I can have another box?

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Windows XP: the OS with a load in its pants