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Thread ID: 83774	2007-10-12 15:15:00	PCLOS Safe Mode Q's	SurferJoe46 (51)	Press F1

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600945	2007-10-12 15:15:00	OK...I got to here: PCLinuxOS release 2007 (PCLinuxOS) for i586 Kernal 2.6.18.8.tex5 om a i686 / tty1 localhost login: (I put root here) Password: (I put root here too) [root@localhost ~]# .......now what?	SurferJoe46 (51)
600946	2007-10-12 15:33:00	Tried non safe mode... "The process for the file protocol died unexpectedly" 2 times and then the desktop appears. Ugh! There are no desktop icons..so how can I do the install? I am drilling thru the Synaptic packages trying to find something I can use.	SurferJoe46 (51)
600947	2007-10-12 19:18:00	Joe, you should be well aware of the fact by now that unless you provide more details than that, advice cannot be given. I have absolutely no idea on what you are trying to do other than, yes that is the root command line you now have. Please post back with pertinent details on what exactly you are trying to do and what error messages (if any) you have seen.	Jen (38)
600948	2007-10-12 19:30:00	OK . . . I got to here: PCLinuxOS release 2007 (PCLinuxOS) for i586 Kernal 2 . 6 . 18 . 8 . tex5 om a i686 / tty1 localhost login: (I put root here) Password: (I put root here too) [root@localhost ~]# . . . . . . . now what?Try typing 'install' or 'installer' (without the quotes)	Myth (110)
600949	2007-10-13 01:51:00	Joe, you should be well aware of the fact by now that unless you provide more details than that, advice cannot be given . I have absolutely no idea on what you are trying to do other than, yes that is the root command line you now have . Please post back with pertinent details on what exactly you are trying to do and what error messages (if any) you have seen . Sorry . . . I am having a running conversation with anyone who will listen to me and I just got carried away . . . or should be carried away by now . OK . . Trying to install PCLOS on another Dell XP750 with native hardware . . but I do have that vid card that I noted . (RagePro AGP) . I have a fresh install of XP on a 40g hdd and wanted to try to install a different hdd for the L-install . . but somehow that failed and led me down the road of no return for a few days until I found that the vid card was loose and needed a reseat . I decided to stay with just a 40g for now . . . I can always add another hdd for the files that will get generated in XP later . OK . . it works now . . . and XP is running bright and bushy-tailed and all updates and SP2 are installed . . but NO WMP11! . I then reboot with the PCLOS2007 live, and I can get all the way thru to the little thermometer running where it stops at about 20% or so . I tried a Safe Boot version of PCLOS, and I watched it stop several times, but got it to go one last time as far as building a desktop and then I get a notice two-times from the PCLOS Wizard (?) . . . . (maybe not running yet though) the last good, up to that point, in time . PCL had told me that: "The process for the file protocol died unexpectedly" . . and I think it was the cause of the no-icons situation . This is 'way before I can get to the "Install" icon . . as I can't even get it up and running as a live disc . At this point I was gonna send Mr . Torvalds a blistering e-mail and accuse him of some nasty things, but I went to sleep instead . I can however go online by clicking on Firefox, and some of the things that aren't installed yet are available by "marking" them and getting a download . . . . . . although quite a few of them failed too . I can run thru the router and get DSL running well . . although slowly as it exists in a semi-live mode anyway . I got an automatic sign-in going thanks to another helper . FYI: This is the same . iso version that successfully installed on two other puters . It worked on a P4, and this is a P3 . . so I don't see any problems there . I even have more RAM in this Dell than the other successful install . I am lost here as to why the Dell refuses to allow this installation . I've tried the various modes in the install . . ones that concern the vid card I believe . No go .	SurferJoe46 (51)
600950	2007-10-13 02:33:00	When first booting it could be worth a try putting pci=noapic as an extra option. Mine won't boot without it.	mikebartnz (21)
600951	2007-10-13 03:03:00	When first booting it could be worth a try putting pci=noapic as an extra option. Mine won't boot without it. I'll try that...do we have similar systems that require this tweak?	SurferJoe46 (51)
600952	2007-10-13 03:12:00	I tried a Safe Boot version of PCLOS, and I watched it stop several times, but got it to go one last time as far as building a desktop and then I get a notice two-times from the PCLOS Wizard (?) . . . . (maybe not running yet though) the last good, up to that point, in time . Sorry, I'm confused . You got an notice or error message that said what was "last good"? PCL had told me that: "The process for the file protocol died unexpectedly" . . and I think it was the cause of the no-icons situation . This is 'way before I can get to the "Install" icon . . as I can't even get it up and running as a live disc . I think you are trying to say the graphical desktop (window manager, icons, wallpapered desktop etc) does not load at all? Did the "process for the file protocol died unexpectedly" mention X server or xorg? I can however go online by clicking on Firefox, and some of the things that aren't installed yet are available by "marking" them and getting a download . . . . . . although quite a few of them failed too . How are you getting online with Firefox when you cannot get the desktop to load according to your previous description of the problem?	Jen (38)
600953	2007-10-13 03:39:00	With the problems you have had all along I have to assume you have either a faulty CD player or a Bios fault or wrong setting.When booting from the live CD your HDD is not used.	kjaada (253)
600954	2007-10-13 03:42:00	Sorry, I'm confused . You got an notice or error message that said what was "last good"? The last good was my definition . . I got as little further every time I tried to boot the live cd . But I got to the last decent boot-up and never saw any desktop icons . . . especially the one that says: "install" I think you are trying to say the graphical desktop (window manager, icons, wallpapered desktop etc) does not load at all? Did the "process for the file protocol died unexpectedly" mention X server or xorg? No . . never any other words or text . . . just that notification that it died . I can set/change the wallpaper and the update GUI etc, but I am at a loss to find anywhere to install PCL . How are you getting online with Firefox when you cannot get the desktop to load according to your previous description of the problem? There are some icons on the taskbar . . . if that's what PCL calls that area . . . . but they are few and there's no "Install" icon there . . . just HOME, PC, Firefox, I think SAGE or Konqueror . . . but that's about all . The desktop is bare . Something's broken . . and I am kinda trying to not throw distro this outta out the window . I really LIKE it on that other homebuilt puter . . it works smoothly and it's kinda pretty too . I might try a sole-install a little later if you think that an NT bug is stopping it . I'd really like to have the dual-ness of it though . I need to run that same educational/reference program and L-base doesn't seem to have any way of displaying the text I need to see . The icons in it are there, but the text areas are all blank . I had to install and run WINE and WINE Doors to get it to display . . . but it was incomplete . I am learning some of this L-talk no matter how confused I am . . . I just don't understand the reluctance of this puter to accept PCLOS .	SurferJoe46 (51)
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