Bruno Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Hi Colin, Hi Et-alsCan PCLos PV8.1 (I think crying.gif ) be upgraded through Synaptic to PCLos PV 9???Sure you can . . . . . and seeing the problems you had with Prev.8 it seems the way to go ( I will give you a hand as soon as I get back from work . . . maybe start "Colin is at it again . . part ??" ):"> Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Hi JeberNext to the FF problem I see you write: The installation changed my partition table (what was hdb8 is now hdb2) and now I cannot restore Xandros and Mandriva has disappeared altogether from LILO Did you by any chance use the partitioner and /delete/recreate the partition you installed PCLos after ?? . . . . Because in that case a re-install ( of Mandriva and Xandros ) would not be needed, you *only* have to track down the new partition numbers and change the /etc/fstab of both distros to reflect the new numbers. Also you will have to take a look at the Lilo you use to make sure that also there the correct numbers are used. So, in a nutshell, the /etc/lilo.conf and /etc/fstab are the only 2 files where the boot looks for the numbers, if in both files the numbers match the current situation the distro should be able to boot without hesitation.Now the FFox . . . . maybe I missed it in your text, but the personal settings of FF are located in /home/jeber/.mozilla/firefox, deleting the /home/jeber/.mozilla folder should normally give you a clean start for both FF and Mozilla.( The real blunt way to solve your FF problems would be: log in as root . . . delete the user called "jeber" . . delete the /home/jeber . . . . and re-create a new user called "jeber" . . and reboot to log in as the "new jeber" ) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeber Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 You guys really take all the fun out of self-pity and angst. OK, I'll give all that a try and see if I can straighten out this mess. Thanks.(What's really ironic is I'm in the middle of writing a review of the Linux Cookbook Vol. ll for LG and just read the LILO chapter. Obviously not enough sunk in...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Oky Doky BrunoWill start Colin's at it again...part??? I even forget the ??? - too Cheers for YearsColin :"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dard Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 I just tried to run p9 in livecd mode. Have 512 megs ram. It almost made it to the login screen, just hangs at the blue background with the clock wait icon going round and round for as long as I'll give it. After waiting for 3 minutes I hit the reset switch on the computer case. At least the mouse would move the clock icon around on the monitor for entertainment. :'(P81a went all the way to the kde. Conclusion, this release isn't right. :thumbsdown:To bad too, because up till now PCLos worked most excellent on this system.I take comfort in knowing that others are having problems with this release, so I'm not alone. :PIs it time to give suse 9.3 a try? Should do a poll, who is more lucky? Jeber with his pclos issues or Dard who can't get pclos to boot into kde from the livecd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross549 Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Another note: P9 is using something called unionfs (which I do not really understand). If the regular ISO is not working, there is a new "alt" iso available with unionfs disabled. You might want to give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 DardIf you needed the 8a then you should use the 9a. It seems that they are doing quite well at tailoring the releases for specific distros to keep it on one disk rather than having multiple disks for folks. It worked like a dream on my tower. I need to install it on my laptop this morning now that I am back home. So many options, so many things to do - clean house before company arrives tomorrow, play with distros, or go to the beach. Tough decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross549 Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Well, since the company will probably be able to handle a slightly messy house..... that leave the distro or the beach. For me, that would not be a difficult decision! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Well, since the company will probably be able to handle a slightly messy house..... that leave the distro or the beach. For me, that would not be a difficult decision! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Slightly messy? Oh well, I cleaned house, did laundry, installed PCLos on the laptop, did a page in wiki and now I am headed to the beach! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quint Posted June 18, 2005 Author Share Posted June 18, 2005 Slightly messy? Oh well, I cleaned house, did laundry, installed PCLos on the laptop, did a page in wiki and now I am headed to the beach! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross549 Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 ROFL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ikerekes Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This reply to a few people, try everybody to chose whatever they reported:Bruno! Yes Texstar realized the very last moment, after sending the iso to ibiblio, that nluug out of sync.Easy to correct with commenting nluug and uncommenting ibiblio. Or use belnet the fastest mirror in your area.The sound doesn't really muted just very low. We were fighting the muted sound till test-4 (Yes there were 4 test isos unpublicized for limited number of people)After the iso showed up on ibiblio and on http://pclinuxonline.com/tracker, there were a number of people reporting total failure booting on nforce2 boards. In order to find out where the problems lies Tex created the p9-alt iso where he turned off most of the new features. It turned out that cpufreq/powerdown is the culprit.For FierFox issues you can blame prelinking. If you remove FF and reinstall with synaptics, theese problems normally gonzo.In the meanwhile Texstar updated a few rpm's which seems fixed the hp multifunction printer issues.True p81a upgrade will get you "there" but you will miss out a few new exciting options (unionfs most significantly)Yes the boot times a bit to long, texstar and the gang works very hard on it.Ivan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Hi IvanAll went well on my main system . . . sound was okay and after the updates ( still from nluug but other URL ) even my HP printer is functioning ! . . . then, moving some modules from hotplug to /etc/modules.preload improved the boot-time . . . so I am pretty happy right now Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dard Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Thanks IvanThe nforce2 explains my problem with p9.The p9-alt boots in livecd mode. And p9 is looking very good.I'll install this as soon as I make my backups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
réjean Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Should do a poll, who is more lucky? Jeber with his pclos issues or Dard who can't get pclos to boot into kde from the livecd? Hi Dard and everyone!Just want to let you know that I have no problem running pclos from a livecd as long as I use a few cheatcode when booting (xres=800x600 xbpp=24 xdrv=vesa) on a primitive machine; 500 Mhz, 192 Mb RAM, 15 inch KDS monitor.I have also installed it on my hda1 partition and it worked like a charm there also. FF is the way it should be; one click is enough but I prefer going into "about:config to make sure that "middlemouse.openNewWindow" is set to true and changing "middlemouse.contentLoadURL" to false so I can middle click on a link and open a new window and middle mouse on a tab entry to close it.As far as speed is concerned I am used to a slow machine so it doesn't make any difference to me.Just wanted to participate to your post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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