How to have a perfect install..
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Download/install MEPIS....
Open Konsole <The monitor/clamshell icon on the taskbar>
enter the following commands followed by enter at the prompt, user input is denoted with <user input>. Notes are denoted with * Please follow the steps in order.
su
<password>
apt-get update
* This can take awhile, on my cable connection it takes about 2 hours from CD install to where I am now. If you get any errors like 'unable to fetch whatever' rerun the above until the errors go away. The servers get busy..
apt-get upgrade
* During this choose the suggested options. If it fails rerun the apt-get update command and repeat until the errors go away. Sometimes the servers are really busy. When asked if you should
allow a script change, select i. There are several, SELECT i TO ALL.
reboot
* You shall/will get Sound Server errors, they are addressed below. Reopen Konsole
* You MUST know the chipset of your sound card BEFORE you start the following.
su
<password>
apt-get install alsa-base
<sound chipset>
<cntl-alt-bkspc>
* Sound errors should be gone.. Open a Konsole..
su
<password>
apt-get install nano
*nano is a command line text editor.
cd /etc
nano -w fstab
< none /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults,devmode=0666 0 0 >
* Add the above line at the end of the file.?? This allows ALL users to access USB devices, like cameras.
<cntl-o>
* Saves the file
<cntl-x>
*exits nano
apt-get install gtkam
* A camera access program.
reboot
* System fonts can be changed in.
<K-Settings-Control Center-Apperiances-Fonts-General>
* Mine defaults to script? Whatever..
Everything should work.. The above steps on a clean install allowed me to access my digital camera via Gtkam, have sound, access/use my burner, access the net, all multimedia played via XMMS using this test site http://www.hubbe.net/~hubbe/plugger/test.html which has AVI, RealPlayer, Quicktime, and streaming tests..
Please note that this is a 'base install', to get the major stuff to work.. Networking, wireless, printers, etc. must me found elsewhere..
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other consoles
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try other consoles
Ctrl-Alt-F1 through to Ctrl-Alt-F6
and then you should be able to log in.
F7 shuld be your first graphical console; F8 the second.
Liz
I also
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I also had that problem, the boggle was that the text mode was not supported.?? I edited /etc/lilo.conf and changed the video mode from 7xx to normal, and I now can see text.?? It really sucked when X quit on me once, and all I had was a black screen.?? 
Closed-Source software is the only thing you own, but cannot legally modify. Paint your house, rewire your vcr, recrystal your scanner, but try to change the splash screen in MS-Office and get sued. Welcome 127.0.0.1 or ::1 for
I'm afraid to do an update li
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I'm afraid to do an update like that because that's what ruined my Libranet system and brought me to Mepis in the first place. How long before a new release? I would feel more comfortable doing a fresh install as the only problem I have is USB. Also, why edit the "fstab" file with nano? I think it's easier to enter launch konqueror from a root window and use the editors included with KDE such as "kate."
Is this correct?:
/dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
/dev/hda6 /home auto defaults,noatime 1 2
# Dynamic entries
/dev/hda4 /mnt/hda4 ext2 noauto,users,exec 0 0
/dev/hda7 swap swap sw,pri=1 0 0
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults,devmode=0666 0 0
USB fixed
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USB for user is at long last fixed on my Mepis system the mistake I made before was to add the line above "the dynamic entries" now I have it as the last line as in my above post and it does seem to be working as it should. Thanks very much for the help. I was able to do this without a system upgrade.
Control-Alt-Backspace?
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My problem with this is the Control-Alt-Backspace keystroke.?? I loose the graphical interface(which is by design) and don't get a text screen at all.?? Now when I try and restart, I get this same black screen and end up having to turn off the machine to power down.??
Thanks,
Matt Armfield??