Hp a220n not accepting linux
alright i know ive posted about quite a fewquestions bout various distros but ive noticed none of them work on my hp, is my hp linux retarded or something because the only one that worked was evil e.
alright i know ive posted about quite a fewquestions bout various distros but ive noticed none of them work on my hp, is my hp linux retarded or something because the only one that worked was evil e. I put on ark linux installs fine boot screen appears detects everything, then mid procedure while loading the screen goes black i left it on over night around 8 hours nothing when i wake up. But when i press the power button the screen appears and it boots to the gui, yet then it turns right off. This also happened with gentoo, debian, knoppix, morphix, featherlight,mepis, mandrake (yeah i finally got mandrake on it.), and red hat. Now i pushed it to ark last night and reset it to windows today. I looked at my hardrive it s now 111gb i know thats still rather large but before i went on trying to install linux it was at 120 gb thats a total of 9gb disappearing. What im trying to figure out is whether i should quit messing with my hp a220n (because it has a big fat sticker that says designed for win xp.), or try something i havent. Note i got all the listed distros to workj in some form on my old laptop so i know its not the distros. So is the problem the computer, or the user.
my issue is i dont want to eat much more of my hard drive.
my issue is i dont want to eat much more of my hard drive.
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im told im stubborn as a ox
and i figure that since im so young im getting a good learning through this but ill try that as well
and i figure that since im so young im getting a good learning through this but ill try that as well
i got fedora on and its coexsisting with xp but i switched the resolution from 800*600 to 1024*768 or whatever the number is anywho i screwed the screen over anyway i can change that through text now i have another 25 gb for redhat noob is excited
I'm glad you got one running.
You're right ,at your age ,it's good to get the experience. You have the potential
to become a real guru if keep it up.
How is fedora ? I haven't tried it yet . I have Fedora core 1 but I haven't gotten it
to install . I'm going to try another DL since I had a bad connectioin when I got it and
may have some corruption.
You're right ,at your age ,it's good to get the experience. You have the potential
to become a real guru if keep it up.
How is fedora ? I haven't tried it yet . I have Fedora core 1 but I haven't gotten it
to install . I'm going to try another DL since I had a bad connectioin when I got it and
may have some corruption.
thanks for the guru comment i practically run my school network because of our network peoples incompetence
fedora is exactly like redhat cept you start in text i really havent noticed much difference other than that
heres how my hard drive looks now
60 GB Xp
25 GB Redhat 9
25 GB Fedora Core 1
1GB Linux swap
the only issue im having is setting up the network again i got the nvidia drivers for 9.0 and it aint working right i havent had to much time to play in the shell just with the sndconfig and graphics
but another issue is speed i heard that linux was supposed to be faster but its the other way around whats up im running a 2.8ghz amd
the thing about fedora i think is its meant for advanced users it didnt list my monitor or my graphic but hey its a great peace of work
fedora is exactly like redhat cept you start in text i really havent noticed much difference other than that
heres how my hard drive looks now
60 GB Xp
25 GB Redhat 9
25 GB Fedora Core 1
1GB Linux swap
the only issue im having is setting up the network again i got the nvidia drivers for 9.0 and it aint working right i havent had to much time to play in the shell just with the sndconfig and graphics
but another issue is speed i heard that linux was supposed to be faster but its the other way around whats up im running a 2.8ghz amd
the thing about fedora i think is its meant for advanced users it didnt list my monitor or my graphic but hey its a great peace of work
NEw issue cant configure network i manually installed the most recent kernel and it said its a missing a init file
so problems are kernel and network
so problems are kernel and network
actually my cable modem is like this
motorolla surboard to belkin router to hub to pcs
i looked at the belkin, motorolla and hub site all support linux
when i reinstall fedora again ill post the error i got win updates and it decided to format my partition.
the card it says is nvnet
motorolla surboard to belkin router to hub to pcs
i looked at the belkin, motorolla and hub site all support linux
when i reinstall fedora again ill post the error i got win updates and it decided to format my partition.
the card it says is nvnet
Mel i dont mean to be a pain im known to make incoherent remarks at times but im just trying to get linux to read my card
i tried the source code
drivers
tar files and nothing
i tried the source code
drivers
tar files and nothing
Did you try "Network" in System Settings ?
How about "Network Device Control" and "Internet Configuration
Wizard" in System Tools.
Do you have GUI with Fedora ?
"Network" in System Settings had no problem finding my netcard.
Have you tried posting on any of the other Linux forums ?
There are a few that are dedicated to Fedora.Red Hat home page
has a list of links to Red Hat and Fedora forums.Some of those
distro specific forums have a couple dedicated users that can almost tell how many times you blinked when you installed it.
I didn't intend to sound sarcastic on that last post.It's just that my present network consists of plugging whichever computer I decide to go on the web with into my cable box.
How about "Network Device Control" and "Internet Configuration
Wizard" in System Tools.
Do you have GUI with Fedora ?
"Network" in System Settings had no problem finding my netcard.
Have you tried posting on any of the other Linux forums ?
There are a few that are dedicated to Fedora.Red Hat home page
has a list of links to Red Hat and Fedora forums.Some of those
distro specific forums have a couple dedicated users that can almost tell how many times you blinked when you installed it.
I didn't intend to sound sarcastic on that last post.It's just that my present network consists of plugging whichever computer I decide to go on the web with into my cable box.
i apologize as well
i tried everything network related and each time it comes with another network area
im the type that plugs into the router shares files and manages a network
and thats why im so interested in linux is its network capabilities
i tried everything network related and each time it comes with another network area
im the type that plugs into the router shares files and manages a network
and thats why im so interested in linux is its network capabilities
odd posts didnt go up tried this twice before ill try again
i went through all the network things ive been using redhat 9.0s drivers because i couldnt get the tar file to work ill try the nvidia board
i went through all the network things ive been using redhat 9.0s drivers because i couldnt get the tar file to work ill try the nvidia board
Did you use RH9 up2date. You get 1 week full service and after that you
have the demo support which is everything except live support and
installation help.
Run up2date to get all the updates.It doesn't cost anything unless you sign
up for a premium service.You can still update with the demo version.You
just don't get personal help from RH.
have the demo support which is everything except live support and
installation help.
Run up2date to get all the updates.It doesn't cost anything unless you sign
up for a premium service.You can still update with the demo version.You
just don't get personal help from RH.
dont you have to be online for that and i tried that from windows and cant figure out how to get it to work
and redhat said i needed to be connected
and i dont have dialup
and redhat said i needed to be connected
and i dont have dialup
Quote:dont you have to be online for that and i tried that from windows and cant figure out how to get it to work
and redhat said i needed to be connected
and i dont have dialup
Have you tried dhcp? Knoppix used that to set up my cable modem. I don't know how to initiate it after installing Linux. Do you have a cable modem? Or dsl? If cable modem do you have a static ip address? 8)
and redhat said i needed to be connected
and i dont have dialup
Have you tried dhcp? Knoppix used that to set up my cable modem. I don't know how to initiate it after installing Linux. Do you have a cable modem? Or dsl? If cable modem do you have a static ip address? 8)
under xp it automaticlly detects
under linux nothing
i have comcast cable
and im unfamiliar with dhcp and no knoppix based distros will work on this system just evil e and redhat
i cant grab the right ip for linux itll work under xp but not redhat
under linux nothing
i have comcast cable
and im unfamiliar with dhcp and no knoppix based distros will work on this system just evil e and redhat
i cant grab the right ip for linux itll work under xp but not redhat
Quote:under xp it automaticlly detects
under linux nothing
i have comcast cable
and im unfamiliar with dhcp and no knoppix based distros will work on this system just evil e and redhat
i cant grab the right ip for linux itll work under xp but not redhat
OK, I use comcast as well. I'm afraid I'm not sure how to get dhcp to start under Red Hat. It started during my Debian install. Anyone else out there who can tell him how to start it, or manually set up his ip and other 'net stuff? 8)
under linux nothing
i have comcast cable
and im unfamiliar with dhcp and no knoppix based distros will work on this system just evil e and redhat
i cant grab the right ip for linux itll work under xp but not redhat
OK, I use comcast as well. I'm afraid I'm not sure how to get dhcp to start under Red Hat. It started during my Debian install. Anyone else out there who can tell him how to start it, or manually set up his ip and other 'net stuff? 8)
thanks Maillion
i forgot to mention this it detects ip during boot up
like there is this long long network module that spews out subnet gateway ip everything port address
but when i enter the command to look through it again its gone
so i think it knows my network card is there but im doing something wrong
i forgot to mention this it detects ip during boot up
like there is this long long network module that spews out subnet gateway ip everything port address
but when i enter the command to look through it again its gone
so i think it knows my network card is there but im doing something wrong
Quote:thanks Maillion
i forgot to mention this it detects ip during boot up
like there is this long long network module that spews out subnet gateway ip everything port address
but when i enter the command to look through it again its gone
so i think it knows my network card is there but im doing something wrong
Well, I wish I could help, but in network stuff, I'm lost... 8)
i forgot to mention this it detects ip during boot up
like there is this long long network module that spews out subnet gateway ip everything port address
but when i enter the command to look through it again its gone
so i think it knows my network card is there but im doing something wrong
Well, I wish I could help, but in network stuff, I'm lost... 8)
ll say what files i grabbed then what i did then list the two errors i get
the redhat 9.0 rpm-just double clicked let it install reboot still nothing
the tar.gz unified driver file- unzipped to /usr/src then put the files also in all kernel folders
the error messages
1nvnet device eth0 does not seem to be present delaying initialization (with profile checked)
2Sbin/Ifup is not configured
Ifup<Device> has not been configured (without profile checked)
Okay i go over to the hardware and the card says its configured
I have to use dhps because i use comcast cable isp
and there seems to be no host or dns and whenever i try to configure those even after saving they will not stay.
im totally lost on this any more info needed just ask
and i apologize for the lack of information henceforth
the redhat 9.0 rpm-just double clicked let it install reboot still nothing
the tar.gz unified driver file- unzipped to /usr/src then put the files also in all kernel folders
the error messages
1nvnet device eth0 does not seem to be present delaying initialization (with profile checked)
2Sbin/Ifup is not configured
Ifup<Device> has not been configured (without profile checked)
Okay i go over to the hardware and the card says its configured
I have to use dhps because i use comcast cable isp
and there seems to be no host or dns and whenever i try to configure those even after saving they will not stay.
im totally lost on this any more info needed just ask
and i apologize for the lack of information henceforth
