i am facing a very strange problem

when i get the login window for my mandrake i choose safrout and type my pass and choose as usual kde
when i press login the montir turns off and on a couple of times and then i go back to the log in window again
but when i choose failsafe insted of kde i can log in but with a console openned with an error msg in it saying
"bash: dircolors: command not found"

and i can't do anything at all

can anyone help

Ok, don't get mad of of me SaF. I was facing the same problems with Mandrake 9.1 and my problems was much worse. I also discovered that openmotif is not there in it- which I need very much.

I wish you a very quick recovery to RH 9.0, believe me, it is better than this version. But if you want mandy, then it is ersion 9.0 that rocks.

PS.
1- I know this is not a solution
2- As a veteran linuxer, please choose an indicative name for your posts, this will make it easier with those who may search the forum.

Max

no mandrake is great

it was my fault 100%

i discovered that i had installed my mandy on a linux native partition (ext2) which is considered as a dumb thing to do but i swear i didn't notice that :(


and today my coputer was improplly shutdown which leaded to lose almost everything on my system

thats why i got this error msg and 100 more
ana besara7a shoft kol 2anwa3 el error msg few min ago
LOL

i installed it agian but this time on ext3 :P

and plz stop comparing etween redhat and mandrake and don't keep on saying redhat is the best we mandy dah zebala

cos 7ata lao kan zebala fa kol wa7ed leh zo2o we ana eza kan kan zo2i zebala 3alashan basta7'dem mandrake fa ana ya sedi mabsoot we ma7ebesh 7ad ye2oli 7aga 3'er keda

fa plz ALL stop this kind of disccusion and thanx all for ur help here

and sure no bad feelings to anyone and hope that no one hates me

yala battal el 7am2a de

ma7adesh en mandy zebala we ma7adesh hay2ol

ma 3alena


ba2olak howa ext2 tala3et kol el errors de ??

leeh heya tefre2 ??

mota2aked en da kan el sabab fe kol el errors de ?? eno ext2 mesh ext3 ??

yup i think so

cos ext2 can't recover from improper shutdown as ext3 ( journalized filesystem)

we hea mesh 7am2a walahi bas ya3ni ana sa2el so2al 3an moshkela 2ablenti ma3 mandrake

mesh me7tag 2asma3 dars 3an en redhat hea el sa7 we en mandrake 2ay kalam

we bardo ana mesh asdi 2ay bad feeling or mean to harm anyone but just want to stop just acting

we begad ana mesh 3ayez 7ad yez3al meni

2om 7eb 3la eed 3ammak yala :p

lol

so

yes i know that the major change from ext2 to ext3 that it recovers more faster from imporper shutdown

but could imporper shutdown cause all these ??

and why u don`t shutdown 3edel men asaso ??

tekonsh fakro 98 walla 7aga :p

Why shutdown aslan !!!!!!!!!
$ uptime
04:46:16 up 4 days, 21:23, 1 user, load average: 1.66, 1.14, 0.89

that's not my normal value el noor 2ta3 :(

wana bardo el noor 2ata3

plz uniball can u name me a program which watch and displays the info about my system like uptime and net transfer and ram used we keda

gkrellm

Originally posted by uniball
Why shutdown aslan !!!!!!!!!
$ uptime
04:46:16 up 4 days, 21:23, 1 user, load average: 1.66, 1.14, 0.89

that's not my normal value el noor 2ta3 :(

el kaharaba el zeft de bete2ta3 keteer fel seef. fe el sheta kan momken el wa7ed ye3mel uptime 7 days or more. :(

safrout, apart from the fact that mandrake 9.1 contains newer software. I think that mborn is right, 9.0 was more stable than 9.1. But still I am mandraker, untill someone downloads ArkLinux for me.

BTW, I discovered that my CPU fan was not working for the past several months !! It seems that PI 233 MMX processors don't mind working without fans. Got it to work again with the incredible WD40 spray.

uniball can you beat my 15days uptime on windows? ;)
my firebird wont upload or i woulda submited a screenshot.
my record on linux is 11 days, thats how long i coulda stayed w/o installing a new kernel ;)

peace

el kahraba wel maya we 7aga teen

btw ppl why do keep it up all that time ??

mekaselen te3melo shutdown ??

state ur resons plz

Assalam Alikum,
Hi SaF and All.

I dont mean to say that mandrake is bad, you know that. In fact for any one who wants to have a linux distro he should start with it.
But owing to my work, and noticing that I was less than a newbie to linux....I would have hone into a vacous circle if I started my linux experience with mandy because of my IGNORANCE with linux.
Mandrake is a 100% right choice, but I was lucky to start with RH 7.0 for my work, thats it.
As for 9.1 or 9.0, yes I still says that I can't (couldn't) make it work. The KDE I mean. I remember I promissed Sattia to send him the error reprot I had. But it was too long and very large and I could not copy it (I was out without a window manager, KED did not work) and so I think he will have to wait.

Now I have 2 questions,
1- What is the uptime? is that the max time it can work without rebooting? in that case I rovk you all...I had it working for 21 days making calculations.
2-whirlpool, what is WD40 spray?

Max

---> not working for the past several month

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2e7med rabena ba2a ya 3am

wb40 is a spray besyhel el sada we bey3mel 3amal el tazyet wel tash7eem lel ma3aden
ya3ni lao 3andak bab beyzaye2 rosh wd40 fel mafsal mesh hayzaya2


and uptime is what u said exaclty

Originally posted by ^3aFrEt^
el kahraba wel maya we 7aga teen

btw ppl why do keep it up all that time ??

mekaselen te3melo shutdown ??

state ur resons plz

3alashan a3raf en el kahrabah et ata3et, 3alashan azbot el sa3ah beta3et el PVR

whirlpool: The only symptons that i get when my fan is not working is that gcc
segfaults "since i have gcc running all the time!!"

OneOfOne: My maximum uptime for Linux was 49 days.
I can't keep windows runnung for more than 1/2 hour, I can't tolerate more!
And why didn't he complete beyond 15 days ?

mborn: the uptime is the time from the start of your PC till you decide "or
forced" to reboot/shutdown it :)

^3aFrEt^: I Can't work on my PC except in the dark, So that's the only way to
know that there is electricity other than trying to put my finger on the
wire :D

PVR da el vedio ?:)

Personal Video Recorder

la2 ta3ala

eh el personal dah ??

ya3ny mewasal el computer bel vedio ?? walla 3amel eh bezabt ?

PVR: Performance Validation Report :D

Originally posted by ^3aFrEt^
la2 ta3ala

eh el personal dah ??

ya3ny mewasal el computer bel vedio ?? walla 3amel eh bezabt ?

we bought from 3 weeks a digital satellite reciever (Starport T9700PVR), that is also a PVR, i.e. it contains a normal 40GB HDD and record 60 hours of broadcasted MPEG video. It also supports trick modes like the ability to pause live broadcast. I can also adjust it to record daily repeating or weekly repeating shows. It is very impresive, but my only problem is that if power is lost, the clock resets back to 1 Jan 12:00.

It is also very easy to use, my family is very happy with it.

Here is the website:
http://www.starport-ecc.com
It is designed in korea and assembeled here in egypt. It uses the impressive STi5518 (http://www.st-japan.co.jp/data/adv/20010712_omega/brochure_htm/sti5518.htm)processor. You can read the technical specs: http://starport-ecc.com/english/T9700.htm

3la keda elly 3andena dah a7`ro radio :D

and how much did it cost ??

cos my mum want to buy a reciever and i have no experince iin this area

sorry for the off-topic question

Originally posted by uniball

OneOfOne: My maximum uptime for Linux was 49 days.
I can't keep windows runnung for more than 1/2 hour, I can't tolerate more!
And why didn't he complete beyond 15 days ?

damn power went out :-/
usually power goes out once a week or something in my building, i was just lucky that time with winxp ;)

peace

Sorry for interfere but , leaving my personal computer working for that large period of time , wont harm it?
:D

i don't think that i need to leave my PC turned on al that time

don't i sleep sure i do and i don't think that i need my computer turned on while sleeping except when i am d/l anyfile

don't i go out, sure i do all the time and i don't need my PC to be on when i am out

leaving it on without the need for it is considered as waste in Electercity and money and the computer itself walazi yo3tabar no3 men el tabzer wal 2esraf

Salamo 3alaikom,

It is not necessary a waste of electricity if you let your PC be on with one condition settled. That is to turn off your monitor since the monitor is the most consuming part of the PC. I have a large mp3 library. I let the PC on to hear music at night. I let it by day for nothing but to return to it fastly. Letting the PC on or off again is a matter of freedom so long you don't waste electricity as you said ya Safrout afandi.

Salam.

Originally posted by safrout
and how much did it cost ??


Look, I have this very bad memory. I think it was either 1700LE or 1775LE. But my brain tends to stress more on 1700LE, you can call them. There are contact information on the website.

1700LE is not very expensive (someone might think) as it accepts 2 Common Interface modules. A receiver without the harddisk but with 2 CI modules cost around 1200 LE. If you do some arithmetics and add the 400 LE price of HDD. It is OK.

Originally posted by safrout
waste in Electercity and money and the computer itself walazi yo3tabar no3 men el tabzer wal 2esraf

YES it is. Cairo is obtaining electricity from non-renewable resources (coal). The more you consume electricity the more you put more carbon in the atmosphere the more the Earth becomes warmer.

I admit that I do leave my PC on 24hours. But I usually avoid using the air condition, even on the hottest days in the year. I rarely go down town with a car, I never litter and I refuse plastic bags from the pharmacy.

and i use my feet to kill inscets instead of spray :)
'

but i can't live with Air conditiong but i can decrease my usage time

whirlpool have any idea if you TiVio clone runs Linux inside??

Hi Safrout i have the same problem here with mandrake 9.1
I did as you and reinstalled it in a partion formatted by ext3 and still cannot load any x , neither KDE nor Gnome nor anything :rolleyes:

Originally posted by alaa
whirlpool have any idea if you TiVio clone runs Linux inside??

unfortunatly, no. But there is a guy who is supposed to get the technical documentation of the STi5518 processor from ST Japan and start making it speak opensource. It will be very exciting since this chip can do DVD in addition to the DVB functionality. Imagine putting an IDE DVD player as slave to the HDD and have the ultimate media box. I placed a link on previous post to the technical specification of the STi5518.

jo-jo -->

it is sure a problem with ur X configure

plz give some more info like what nga card do u have and what error msg do u get when u type startx form console

Originally posted by safrout
jo-jo -->

it is sure a problem with ur X configure

plz give some more info like what nga card do u have and what error msg do u get when u type startx form console

Salamo 3alaiikom,

X error messages should lie in the following dir:
/var/log/

Salam.

I reinstalled , added Gnome ( i didnot add it first time ) and it worked !!!!

This is the result of typing startx :-
XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: January 8 2000
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux 2.4.18-23mdkenterprise i686 [ELF]
Configured drivers:
SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 1):
NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, RIVA ULTRA TNT2,
RIVA VANTA, RIVA ULTRA VANTA, RIVA INTEGRATED, GeForce 256,
GeForce DDR, Quadro, ET4000, ET4000W32, ET4000W32i, ET4000W32i_rev_b,
ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p, ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b,
ET4000W32p_rev_c, ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000, pvga1,
wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, r128, ati,
sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, sis86c215, sis86c225, sis5597,
sis5598, sis6326, sis530, sis620, sis300, sis630, sis540, tvga8200lx,
tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga8900d, tvga9000,
tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9400cxi, tgui9420, tgui9420dgi,
tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320, tgui9660, tgui9680, tgui9682,
tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, cyber9388, cyber9397, cyber9520,
cyber9525, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, cyber9397dvd, blade3d, cyberblade,
clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429, clgd5430,
clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480, clgd5462, clgd5464, clgd5465,
clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541, clgd7542, clgd7543,
clgd7548, clgd7555, clgd7556, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga, mga2064w,
mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, mgag200, mgag100, mgag400, oti067,
oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101, ali2228, ali2301, ali2302, ali2308,
ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, video7, ark1000vl, ark1000pv,
ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx, realtek, s3_savage, s3_virge, AP6422, AT24,
AT3D, s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090, NM2093, NM2097, NM2160, NM2200,
ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546,
ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct65555, ct68554, ct69000, ct64200,
ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2100, V2200, p9100, spc8110, i740, i740_pci,
Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, smi, generic
(using VT number 7)

XF86Config: /etc/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(**) XKB: compat: ""
(**) XKB: options: ""
(**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/psaux, buttons: 3
(**) Mouse: 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms)
(**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "device1"
(**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "monitor1"
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 74.59 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 75.00 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 76.01 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 79.98 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 80.21 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1400x1050" needs hsync freq of 81.49 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 87.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 89.62 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 91.15 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 93.75 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 105.77 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 106.25 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 107.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 96.15 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1920x1440" needs hsync freq of 90.00 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1920x1440" needs hsync freq of 112.50 kHz. Deleted.
(**) FontPath set to "unix/:-1"
(--) SVGA: PCI: SiS 300 rev 144, Memory @ 0xd8000000, 0xe1000000, I/O @ 0xc000
Using XFree86 SiS driver version 3.0.0
(--) SVGA: using programmable clocks.
(--) SVGA: chipset: sis300
(--) SVGA: videoram: 16384k
(**) SVGA: Option "power_saver"
(**) SVGA: Using 16 bpp, Depth 16, Color weight: 565
(--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 334.820 MHz
(**) SVGA: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 98.900
(**) SVGA: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 69.650
(**) SVGA: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 45.800
(--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768
(--) SVGA: Using Linear Frame Buffer at 0x0d8000000, Size 16MB
(--) SVGA: SIS: Memory mapped I/O selected at 0x0e1000000
(**) SVGA: Using hardware cursor
(**) SVGA: SIS: Enabling Turbo-queue
(--) SVGA: Using XAA (XFree86 Acceleration Architecture)
(--) SVGA: XAA: Solid filled rectangles
(--) SVGA: XAA: Screen-to-screen copy
(--) SVGA: XAA: 8x8 color expand pattern fill
(--) SVGA: XAA: Indirect CPU to screen color expansion (imagetext, polytext)
(--) SVGA: XAA: Using 8 128x128 areas for pixmap caching
(--) SVGA: XAA: Caching tiles and non-transparent stipples
(--) SVGA: XAA: General lines and segments
(--) SVGA: XAA: Dashed lines and segments

waiting for X server to shut down

Thanx :)

> Using XFree86 SiS driver version 3.0.0
I wonder weather you have an ATI or nVidea or SiS based Display adaptor !!!

Originally posted by uniball
> Using XFree86 SiS driver version 3.0.0
I wonder weather you have an ATI or nVidea or SiS based Display adaptor !!!

:rolleyes:
Tayeb a3raf no3 el kart ezay?
I heared about program called superprobe which display my vga and monitors details but i cannot find it -the superprobe-in my system (slackware9)

You are supposed to know it ;-)
Try lspci

$ lspci
<!-- CUT -->
00:13.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5597/5598 VGA (rev 65)
<!-- END CUT -->

Thank god i have a sis5597/5597 VGA card.

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge (rev 12)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 12)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 12)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 12)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 12)
00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 12)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio (rev 12)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS300/305 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter (rev 90)

-------------------------
So i have SiS :
SiS300/305 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter (rev 90) ????
Is that correct information ??? I have really that VGA???Or that is the way Linux see my hardware?
BTW ; i wonder why my VGA card CD called s3 savage :p (kidding)

I donno what s3 put in their cards, but the chipset is SiS