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 Apr 28 2005, 01:14 AM
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1. I'm going to school to get my A+ certification and am trying to install Knoppix on the computer there. Ive got everything installed but when i log in it says Something about my DCOP not running i don't have the exact error message with me but when i get to school tomorrow i will post the error message. If some1 could help me out i really like knoppix so far it seems like a great tool for working on computers but i also want to test out a linux O/S as a perm O/S (Im doing this at school so if I mess anything up i dont hurt all my personal files) The Sys specs at school are as follows: -AMD 800mHz Processors -ATI Rage 8Mb AGP videos card -128Mb Ram -20Gb HD (this is divided up into 2 10GB partitions) -first partition-Windows 2000 Pro -2nd partition-Knoppix 3.8 i dont think there is much else very special about them other than this if you can think of anything plz help me out im stuck and have NO clue what im doing -------------------- My Specs:
Albatron PX915P4C Pro Intel P4 3.0 Ghz Processor w/ HT technology 2x 512MB PC3200 Memory 120 GB Western Digital IDE HD SAPPHIRE X550 256Mb Video Card |
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Apr 28 2005, 12:33 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 63 Joined: 28-April 05 Member No.: 18,355 |
Hey guys i just got to school and got the errors that show up on start up here they are the first one is this:
There Was an error setting up inter-process communications for KDE. The message returned by the system was: Could not read network connection list //.DCOPserver_JoshW_O Please check that the "dcopserver" program is running after i clik okay it pops up a couple more times then i get this message Will not save Configuration Configuration file "//.kde/share/config/kwinre" not writable Confiuration file "//.kde/share/config/kdeglobal" not writable after click okay on that error i get the first error a couple more times then i get this error No write access to $HOME directory (/) KDE is unable to start finally after clicking okay on this error i get both the first and second errors a couple more times then the desktop looks like its gonna start and i get this error Could not start Ksmserver. Check your install i some how got into the shell command mode this morning but i dont know how i did it if some one could plz help me i really want to get to know how to use linux. but plz remember that i am very new to this so any instruction you give will have to be step by step -------------------- My Specs:
Albatron PX915P4C Pro Intel P4 3.0 Ghz Processor w/ HT technology 2x 512MB PC3200 Memory 120 GB Western Digital IDE HD SAPPHIRE X550 256Mb Video Card |
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May 2 2005, 06:32 PM
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 Bleeping Hacker Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,978 Joined: 14-April 04 From: Texas Member No.: 151 |
I only run knoppix off the CD...haven't installed it to disk. Try these knoppix forums.
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/ http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/forum-49.html This post has been edited by raw: May 2 2005, 06:36 PM -------------------- |
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