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| Thread ID: 69739 | 2006-06-10 21:49:00 | Knoppix Question | SurferJoe46 (51) | Press F1 |
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| 462119 | 2006-06-11 15:32:00 | Now trying VESA version...VESA gives me a good screen..but....... VESA still wants a password and user..gonna Google for an answer....it's not fair to wake youse guys up as you're all still asleep in Upsidedownland or Othersideoftheworldland. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 462120 | 2006-06-11 15:50:00 | HELP! | MEPIS came up with this: 1 . boot your system with the Live CD, use the root account to log in . 2 . mount your "/" partition from the harddisk 3 . open konsole and type "chroot /mnt/partitionname /bin/bash" where, of course, the partition name is the "/" partition name (e . g . chroot /mnt/hda2 /bin/bash) 4 . type "passwd" and input a new password Is this some sort of test? If this was written in Swazi, I could understand it about the same . I didn't know I had a root account . . and if I do, where is it? I am assuming it is refereing to the cd-rom, as there's nothing I've installed in the hdd yet . . or not? It says to log in with that . . . and this is where the problem is . If I can't log in, then how am I going to access anything like opening the hdd to peek around for that "/" partition? I will stumble around in this for a while yet and see what I can muck up . The syntax is pretty foreign, but if I read it enough times, it might make sense . . . . . . . or not . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 462121 | 2006-06-11 16:07:00 | From memory when you bootup Mepis you can click on either user or root, I think the passwords are user and root. | Rob99 (151) | ||
| 462122 | 2006-06-11 16:44:00 | From memory when you bootup Mepis you can click on either user or root, I think the passwords are user and root . I accidently got into the demo area, and am trying it out . First impression: very slow . . . a lot slower than XP . . but let me try it for a while . Will any installs and settings be saved while I am in demo? If I decide to install this distro (there! I speak LINUX already!), will they still be there? Building Firefox browser with the Google homepage was interesting . . but I did it . That pendulum in screensavers is so neat . . . I stared at it for a full 15 minutes . Would like to think that all the fun I'm having setting this up in the demo area won't be lost . Having a little trouble getting sound to come out as the vol is very low . . . I think I did it right by dnlddng WMP10 first and then the RPM addon thing . . . at least it looks like the right direction to go . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 462123 | 2006-06-11 18:17:00 | Well . . . . forget WMP! I found on another Linux site that there's no such thing as a way to run WMP with Linux . . rats! Even the RPM addon is useless . I would like to go back and reboot and use the "USER" area, but I still wonder if I will lose all my settings and downloads if I do . It was fun to do it . . . ONCE! Hopefully there's some files being written to the HDD to save my prefs . I notice that many things are crippled in DEMO mode and that I cannot for instance change the weather reporting site to one that is more local to me . Memphis, Tennessee is not close enough . Speed is still a big issue, and hopefully that will clear up if I decide to actually install the system . So far I like it . If I can get this to run, there may be real hope for people out there who . . . . er . . . are younger . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 462124 | 2006-06-11 18:19:00 | From memory when you bootup Mepis you can click on either user or root, I think the passwords are user and root. Here goes...gonna try USER...wish me well. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 462125 | 2006-06-11 19:07:00 | If I say I am going to try Ubuntu now.....that means that I am a little hesitant to install Xandros at the minute...still LINUX shopping! | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 462126 | 2006-06-11 19:12:00 | The password for the Demo account (which is what you should be using) is demo . The password for the root account is root . These are default passwords for the LiveCD . If you install Mepis, you will be asked to set up a proper account . While using Mepis as a LiveCD, it will lose any settings you change once you reboot . There is a way to keep your settings I think by saving them to a USB flash drive, but I've never tried this so you will have to look up how yourself . Well . . . . forget WMP! I found on another Linux site that there's no such thing as a way to run WMP with Linux . . rats! Even the RPM addon is useless . Hmm . . now what does your signature say again? :p |
Jen (38) | ||
| 462127 | 2006-06-11 19:13:00 | If I say I am going to try Ubuntu now.....that means that I am a little hesitant to install Xandros at the minute...still LINUX shopping!Xandros isn't a live CD, it only comes in a version that requires installation to a hard drive. | Jen (38) | ||
| 462128 | 2006-06-11 19:18:00 | OK, I pulled Knoppix out and got a live cd of Simply Mepis, which would (so far) only work in the older version. It gave me choices on what version to boot and trying the first one, it just sat there and tried to find the cd-drive for 30 minutes. After I came back from breakfast, it still hadn't found it so I rebooted and now am trying the older version Simply Mepis 3.4-3 (2.6.15-1-586tsc) on the setup page. If your hardware is a little old, then using these options will allow the LiveCD to run. You may find other LiveCDs will not give you this option and will have problems like Knoppix did. Did you ever try the Knoppix cheat code I suggested and got it to boot? Many of the LiveCDs are designed for more modern computers. Doing a hard drive installation will allow you more flexibility, but it may indicate you may need to do a bit of tweaking to get your video to play nicely. :) |
Jen (38) | ||
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