Re: Help!
- From: ac <"aec$news"@candt.clara.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:13:23 +0100
Adamski wrote:
ac wrote:
> Adamski wrote:
>> Hi there, apologies in advance for the length, and also for
>> possibly posting in the wrong type of group. I am completely
>> reliant on the kindness of strangers here.
> Welcome! This looks like a group which is ok for your questions
>
>> A long time ago, I got really fed up with Windows and decided to
>> give Linux a go. Someone recommended Mandrake and perhaps through
>> my inability to follow the instructions(?) I couldn't get the
>> damn thing to install, let alone run.
>>
>> Now though, after getting even more annoyed with Microsoft's
>> products, I became determined to install Linux. unfortunately,
>> determination doesn't really help much when you have no idea what
>> you're doing!
> LOL (Sympathies!) Things are improving fast in the distributions
> and grioups such as this are easy to use.
>
>> First off, I couldn't get my monitor to work, it said the signal
>> was out of range,
> You were a bit unlucky here, I have used installs and live CDs in
> quite a lot of systems an dhav eonly encounrtered this problem when
> I have installed using one monitor (CRT) and then changed to
> another of a different technology (flat screen) when the new
> monitor was not set up in the system first (or the basic
> preparations done in the system).
>
> One way to get some reassurence would be to use a 'live CD'
> distribution such as Knoppix and see what that displays, as a test
> also. It is quite good at finding how to set things up for itself.
>
>> I searched the internet (using Windows, I assume that means I
>> have a dual boot system?)
> yes it sounds like it. If both windoze and linux are on th esame PC
> and you have a menu allowing choice of OS when you boot up.
>> for an answer but I couldn't understand a lot of the answers I
>> found, in the end I reinstalled Suse a few times until I could at
>> least get the system to boot.
> Well done for persistence. As a non-urgent matter, it would be sort
> of interesting to know what led you to install suse repeatedly and
> why the first attempt was not useful to you?
>> Now the problem is, I can't read the writing on the screen. I
>> have tried fiddling with the resolution, but to no avail.
> Other responses here are good ones, I expect they will be useful.
> However, for future reference, you can gain acess to the display
> and monitor setup settings and choices, actually during the initial
> install process. It is someway through, at the Hardware
> Configuration stage I think. A complete set of system hardware is
> listed at this point and usually you will want to just accept all
> the defaults. I certainly did, particularly coming from windoze.
> And anyway it aloways worked great for yesars but not on one
> occasion! It is possible easily to 'Change' the items and or
> resolution chosen. You will provbably notice that the same setup
> applications are used as with the other appproches. But it willin
> theory allow a known setup (eg display resolution etc etc) to be
> ensured during install.
>> I also opened Yast as one site suggested, but once I got in
>> there, my only instructions were, (edit manually in Yast) which
>> is great if you have even a basic understanding of Linux, I
>> don't.
> Yast is a really useful tool, it is almost all GUI and pointy
> clicky (which has suited me just fine to date). It also works well
> in harmony with konquerer browser.
>
>> My other problem is that I can't access the internet at all.
>> Again, I was told to go to Yast, edit and configure manually.
>> Apart from the writing being really hard to read because I messed
>> up my monitor settings, I wouldn't know what to do once I got
>> into the system anyway.
> The initial problem is obviously the display things. The internet
> connection is also, not usually a problem, particularly with a
> single machine. Note that a wired ethernet connection is easier
> than a wireless card connection, at least to start with.
>> I feel as if I have been dragged out of a cave, which is full of
>> people in forums telling each other to root the boot to x and
>> edit, if that doesn't make sense to you, you can have an idea of
>> how I am feeling!
> Yes I know it well, and I got a lot of help here!
>> Please don't let me fall back into the evil hands of Microsoft!
>> And also if anyone does respond, could they please give me simple
>> step by step instructions I can print out and follow?
>>
>> I'm not an idiot, in fact, I can fix most crashes on Windows,
>> it's just a completely new operating system which I have never
>> been introduced to before, I am willing to learn, but I need some
>> help, please!
>>
>> Oh and before I forget, here's what I know. I am using a 32 bit
>> processor to run Suse Linux 10.1, I have partitioned the drive so
>> I can run Windows (mostly because I knew I'd get into trouble
>> somewhere along the way!) I connect to the internet using an
>> internal ethernet card. I don't know my IP address and I am
>> pretty sure it changes every time I reboot my system. I hope
>> that's enough info.
> Dont be too worried about continuing to use another os just because
> it is there while you are learning. You probably took years to
> learn about it and its ways. Linux needs asonme learning, but you
> dont have to keep learning it differently again and again going in
> circles. I found a book on simple unix I bought many years ago, and
> it is still perfectly useful to me with linux now!
> hth -- ac
Hello there again, firstly thanks for the help everyone, and I feel
really stupid now, but I just can't get it to work! First of all, I
tried running fail safe mode and logged in as root and entered my
password, it said have a lot of fun! So I thought, so far so good!
But no matter what I typed in from there it either said it didn't
understand my command or it followed with the command
linux-a6mp:~(hash, for some reason my hash key isn't working) I tried
entering init 3, sax 2 and init 5 but got the same prompt each time.
Ctrl Alt and F1 don't seem to help either. I am thinking that
perhaps I installed the OS incorrectly, as some of the things in
failsafe said failed but they flew by so quickly I couldn't catch
what they were. I did notice that my network card failed and it said
warning something (didn't catch what) wasn't clean. Sorry to be so
vague, but this is really annoying me. I guess I want to run before
I| can walk, but I didn't think it was too much to ask to get an
operating system that I can read on screen and connect to the
internet!!
Again, my apologies if I am doing something really stupid, but as I
said, this operating system is brand new to me and I need REALLY
basic instructions! Thanks again, Adam
1) You do not yet know, but - I am now going to say something which is *very* important - use bottom posting, NOT top posting! If you wish to use usenet groups such as this, you will find that you will almost always get little or no responses at all, if you top post. There are very good reasons for this, but they take time and you want results. Believe me, you have already lost most of the respondents to your original message by top posting! Ok I am here but it is difficult to reply to top posting, I had to edit, and in future I may not have time! Unfortunately you seem to be using the google facility which is an awfully bad news client. If you want it easy, use a mail client such as thunderbird. Or at least, whatever you do, avoid top posting! It is not your fault, but unless you avoid top posting, it will be in future! :-(
2) you have not said how you arranged to run failsafe mode, please explain in a bit more detail. You have said you installed a
'few times' so I wonder if you are using the default installation?
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ac
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