― Mary (Mary), Friday, 30 January 2004 17:06 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ed (dali), Friday, 30 January 2004 17:11 (twenty-one years ago)
― Chris V (Chris V), Friday, 30 January 2004 17:19 (twenty-one years ago)
― Mary (Mary), Friday, 30 January 2004 18:47 (twenty-one years ago)
it's extremely weird that you have both 8.6 and 9.2 startup options.
― Ed (dali), Friday, 30 January 2004 18:54 (twenty-one years ago)
― Mary (Mary), Friday, 30 January 2004 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)
― bert (bert), Friday, 30 January 2004 19:00 (twenty-one years ago)
I ran AdAware and Spybot a bunch of times...AdAware has begun finding 'possible broswer hijack' and deletes it, but it keeps happening. Any advice?
― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 30 January 2004 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)
alternatively boot up holding down s and u
when you get the prompt type in fsck -y
Might be a disk error (I'd delete the 8.6 system folder as well)
Jordan, you'll need to get dirty in the register, can't really tell you what to look for. In the mean time replace your browser with opera or mozilla firebird.
― Ed (dali), Friday, 30 January 2004 19:06 (twenty-one years ago)
Thanks!
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Sunday, 1 February 2004 00:55 (twenty-one years ago)
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Sunday, 1 February 2004 00:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ed (dali), Sunday, 1 February 2004 01:10 (twenty-one years ago)
― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 1 February 2004 10:18 (twenty-one years ago)
― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 1 February 2004 17:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Sunday, 1 February 2004 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 2 February 2004 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)
What is likely to be happening when I turn on my PC (and the monitor) but the screen remains blank - ie. it's a slightly lighter colour than when it's off but no start-up process/message/interface/ANYTHING is visible?
― Archel (Archel), Monday, 2 February 2004 15:28 (twenty-one years ago)
― Archel (Archel), Monday, 2 February 2004 15:35 (twenty-one years ago)
Exactly how many times is Barry going to say this?
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 2 February 2004 17:10 (twenty-one years ago)
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 2 February 2004 17:18 (twenty-one years ago)
― Surprisingly Grumpy Today! (starry), Monday, 2 February 2004 17:19 (twenty-one years ago)
― RJG (RJG), Monday, 2 February 2004 17:20 (twenty-one years ago)
(cheer up barry :))
― Sarah (starry), Monday, 2 February 2004 17:20 (twenty-one years ago)
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 2 February 2004 17:21 (twenty-one years ago)
I haven't been able to open Mozilla since. (Error message: Error launching browser window. No XBL binding for browser) I looked around on a Mozilla forum, which suggested deleting chrome.rdf. I did so--no difference. I deleted the Mozilla folder and re-unzipped the zip file I'd originally downloaded. When that didn't help, I deleted all the Mozilla stuff and downloaded it anew. It still won't open. Is this a lost cause?
(Interestingly, the IE6 browser window is showing the Mozilla icon instead of the usual IE icon in the address bar. But not consistently.)
― JuliaA (j_bdules), Monday, 2 February 2004 21:36 (twenty-one years ago)
― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 2 February 2004 21:49 (twenty-one years ago)
Julia, did you try uninstalling moziall with add/remove programs?
― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 01:26 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 01:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― JuliaA (j_bdules), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 04:24 (twenty-one years ago)
Obvious question: is everything plugged in properly? Try unplugging then replugging all the connectors, in case one's come slightly loose.
Does *anything* happen to the monitor at all? If something's seriously wrong, I wouldn't be surprised if the monitor gives some kind of "eep, something's fucked" warning, even if it's just the power light flashing or something like that.
Does the computer make any noise? Some machines will beep in certain ways if something's seriously up when they try to start.
― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 11:14 (twenty-one years ago)
― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 11:19 (twenty-one years ago)
a. steady green?b. amber?c. flashing green?d. other?
― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 12:32 (twenty-one years ago)
― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 13:05 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 19:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 20:29 (twenty-one years ago)
― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 20:36 (twenty-one years ago)
RIGHT. I am starting again on the Mame Project. On dialup. I bet I have to download something again... I might be here for a while...
― Sarah (starry), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 20:38 (twenty-one years ago)
-- Ed (dal...), January 30th, 2004.
Um, to get even less computer savvy, how exactly do I go about this?
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 20:47 (twenty-one years ago)
Of course I might be off the mark with this one and it's just shagged :)
― Sarah (starry), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 21:20 (twenty-one years ago)
― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 21:22 (twenty-one years ago)
ARGH. I appear to have specially downloaded what I now assume is an xmame front end:
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/x/xmame/xmame-x_0.74.1-1_i386.deb
If I can't find a .deb of REAL ACTUAL xmame soon I am going to scream.
― Sarah (starry), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 21:29 (twenty-one years ago)
http://packages.debian.org/
^ search by text
then
apt-get install packagename
― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 21:30 (twenty-one years ago)
― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 21:32 (twenty-one years ago)
MOBO info will have to wait on me flipping the lid on the PC again. I did look up the chipset once already but info was far from conclusive.
― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 23:15 (twenty-one years ago)
You need to run ... um ... I think it's called gdm-configurator. Something like that, anyway. Or, you might be able to select 'configure' from the login screen, depending on how it's set up.
Anyway, do that, as root, and it lets you enable root login from the login screen.
― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 11:05 (twenty-one years ago)
Yeah Will, this is what you get when someone a little TOO obsessed with security sets it up for you innit :)
― Sarah (starry), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 11:10 (twenty-one years ago)
― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 11:17 (twenty-one years ago)
― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 11:19 (twenty-one years ago)
― Sarah (starry), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 11:21 (twenty-one years ago)
― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 11:24 (twenty-one years ago)