Newbie needs Help
Nancy Sollars
plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Wed, 5 Dec 2001 22:02:02 -0700
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In short id say the installation is a wash out.. Try re-installing =
using a different mode
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From: Michael Kline=20
To: PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us=20
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 9:33 PM
Subject: Newbie needs Help
Please bear with me, I am not a IT Professional. I have just =
purchased Mandrake 8.0 and have installed on a new clean drive. I am =
running a AMD processor and had 256meg of RAM. The installation went =
smoothly with no problems using the expert mode. The problems began =
when i rebooted the first time. X-windows started but I am not sure that =
it started correctly. The screen flashed a few times, came up with a =
grey dotted screen, then a blue screen, with an arrow pointer. Then i =
keep getting error messages susch as: application "keyboard-properties" =
(process 1899) has crashed due to a fatal error. (Segmentation Fault)
What is a segmentation fault? Each time I startx the results are =
different. This last time I had no error messages, when Gnome started. =
When starting KDE desktop I get nothing but error messages saying that =
certain parts of the application have crashed and have sent out a
signal 11. I have been reading and reading all the books and internet =
sites on Linux--so much information i don't know where to start to put =
it all together. =20
I know that i installed the packages that i wanted during the =
install, such as game station and staroffice52, but how do I go about =
getting them to run--I can't even find them. what am i doing wrong. =
probly something simple. but I don't know where to start. please help =
if possible so I don't have to make Linux shelfware and put in Windows. =
Does anyone know where the Gnome application crash page can be found? I =
would like to see how a properly configured Linux machine works. =
frustrated but not giving up!!
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Newbie needs =
Help</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4>Please bear with me, I am not a IT=20
Professional. I have just purchased Mandrake 8.0 and have =
installed on a=20
new clean drive. I am running a AMD processor and had 256meg of =
RAM. The=20
installation went smoothly with no problems using the expert =
mode. The=20
problems began when i rebooted the first time. X-windows started but I =
am not=20
sure that it started correctly. The screen flashed a few times, came =
up with a=20
grey dotted screen, then a blue screen, with an arrow pointer. Then i =
keep=20
getting error messages susch as: application "keyboard-properties" =
(process=20
1899) has crashed due to a fatal error. (Segmentation =
Fault)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4>What is a segmentation fault? Each =
time I startx=20
the results are different. This last time I had no error messages, =
when Gnome=20
started. When starting KDE desktop I get nothing but error =
messages saying that certain parts of the application have crashed and =
have=20
sent out a</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4>signal 11. I have been reading =
and reading=20
all the books and internet sites on Linux--so much information i don't =
know=20
where to start to put it all together. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4> I know that i =
installed the=20
packages that i wanted during the install, such as game station and=20
staroffice52, but how do I go about getting them to run--I can't even =
find=20
them. what am i doing wrong. probly something simple. but I =
don't=20
know where to start. please help if possible so I don't have to =
make=20
Linux shelfware and put in Windows. Does anyone know where the =
Gnome=20
application crash page can be found? I would like to see how a =
properly=20
configured Linux machine works. frustrated but not giving=20
up!!</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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