Problems after Linux HDD Install

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07-20-2005, 05:05 PM
adityasn

Problems after Linux HDD Install

Hi Friends;

I am sorry if there is any wrong usage of keywords here. But i hope you will understand my problem.

I am a newbie to knoppix and i yesterday installed knoppix on my HDD and made my system dual boot. I got the GRUB bootleader automatiically made by knoppix on my MBR. Now there is a problem. I can see 2 different entries for Debain/GNU linux on the bootloader. First one says Debian/GNU Linux (Default) and second one is the Debain/GNU Linux. Is it possible to remove the second entry from the bootloader?

My Second question is kind of a very stupid one, but please bear with me. Can somebody tell me where can i find the volume control Icon? When i booted from the CD i could see it in the bottom right corner, but now i cant see it.

Third question: I tried installing RealPlayer and VLC Media Player. The real player setup i did it using chmod r+x "Realplayer.bin" and the used ./ toinstall it. It did the install but it made a directory of realplayer on my desktop. When the installation was goin on it said it configured Mozilla support, but when i try to run streaming audio it says helix player or realplayer not found. Can you please tell me how to run streaming audio or video and where has the real player files to be extracted to get it work correctly?

for the VLC media player i did copied the 2 lines given on their webiste in the /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sarge main
deb-src http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sarge main

then ran apt-get update and apt-get install vlc libdvdcss2

But the installation fails. Please help on this too....

Last question: I have the windows partition mounted on the linux but its read only mode and i need write mode. I know i have to change the /etc/fstab entry, but can someone please tell me the exact command to do that?

I am again sorry for putting so many questions, but any help would be highly appreciated.....

Regards,
Adi
07-20-2005, 05:39 PM
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Welcome to Knoppix.net!
You mentioned that you are new to Linux & this forum MS Windows & New to Linux might appear to be the correct forum but is not. Since you have done a HD install your requests for assistance should have been created in the Hdd Install / Debian / Apt forum where it is not just more appropriate but will also get more people viewing it.

Next, if every newbie creates a new post with the subject line "Few problems in knoppix - newbie" then we would have tons of useless not helpful non-descriptive subject lines. Over a period of time (weeks/months), these not so good subjects lines would mess up the forums search engine results and would ultimately make the forums less helpful for newbies. A better subject line would be "Problems after knopix HD install".

All that said, there is nothing wrong with being a newbie. I am a unix & linux sysadmin & I too was once a newbie. Did you have a chance to read the the HD Install Howto? It discusses some of the problems of a HD install and why it is not recommended for newbies.
Now onto your problems:

Quote:

Originally Posted by adityasn

First one says Debian/GNU Linux (Default) and second one is the Debain/GNU Linux. Is it possible to remove the second entry from the bootloader?

As root edit the file /boot/grub/menu.lst and comment out (put a # at the front of the line) that additional Debian GNU/Linux section. Then save the changes and reboot to check it out.

Volume control (called kmix) should be located in the Kmenu under Multimedia. You should also be able to run it right from a command window: kmix
07-20-2005, 05:55 PM
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As for your vlc & libdvdcss2 problem, I am running a Debian 3.1r0 (codename sarge) PC that was not installed from Knoppix but from the official Debian 3.1r0 CDROM. I added the lines you suggested to the /etc/apt/sources.list file and 'apt-get install vlc libdvdcss2' failed.
I remembered that there is yet another repository for libdvdcss2 so I looked it up & added its line to the sources.list file. The line you will need is listed at http://debian.video.free.fr/

See below for a output of my sources.list and a apt-get simulation 'apt-get -s install vlc libdvdcss2'

Code:

james-test:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list #deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r0a _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20050607) ]/ unstable contrib main # deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib deb http://debian.mirrors.pair.com/ stable main deb-src http://debian.mirrors.pair.com/ stable main deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sarge main deb-src http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sarge main deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main james-test:~# james-test:~# apt-get -s install vlc libdvdcss2 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: aalib1 liba52-0.7.4 libdvbpsi3 libdvdnav4 libdvdread3 libglib1.2 libgtk1.2 libgtk1.2-common liblircclient0 libmpeg2-4 libpng10-0 libtar libwxgtk2.4 libxosd2 ttf-freefont wxvlc Suggested packages: lirc xfonts-base-transcoded vlc-plugin-alsa mozilla-plugin-vlc Recommended packages: x-ttcidfont-conf ttf-thryomanes videolan-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: aalib1 liba52-0.7.4 libdvbpsi3 libdvdcss2 libdvdnav4 libdvdread3 libglib1.2 libgtk1.2 libgtk1.2-common liblircclient0 libmpeg2-4 libpng10-0 libtar libwxgtk2.4 libxosd2 ttf-freefont vlc wxvlc 0 upgraded, 18 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded. Inst libgtk1.2-common (1.2.10-17 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Inst libglib1.2 (1.2.10-9 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Inst libgtk1.2 (1.2.10-17 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Inst aalib1 (1.4p5-22 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Inst liba52-0.7.4 (0.7.4-1 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Inst libdvbpsi3 (0.1.4-2 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Inst libdvdcss2 (1.2.8-0.0 Unofficial Multimedia Packages:stable) Inst libdvdnav4 (0.1.9-3 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Inst libdvdread3 (0.9.4-5 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Inst liblircclient0 (0.7.1pre2-2 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Inst libmpeg2-4 (0.4.0b-2 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Inst libpng10-0 (1.0.18-1 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Inst libtar (1.2.11-2 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Inst libwxgtk2.4 (2.4.3.1 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Inst libxosd2 (2.2.14-1.1 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Inst ttf-freefont (20031008-1.1 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Inst wxvlc (0.8.1.svn20050314-1 Debian:3.1r0/stable) [] Inst vlc (0.8.1.svn20050314-1 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Conf libgtk1.2-common (1.2.10-17 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Conf libglib1.2 (1.2.10-9 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Conf libgtk1.2 (1.2.10-17 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Conf aalib1 (1.4p5-22 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Conf liba52-0.7.4 (0.7.4-1 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Conf libdvbpsi3 (0.1.4-2 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Conf libdvdcss2 (1.2.8-0.0 Unofficial Multimedia Packages:stable) Conf libdvdnav4 (0.1.9-3 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Conf libdvdread3 (0.9.4-5 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Conf liblircclient0 (0.7.1pre2-2 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Conf libmpeg2-4 (0.4.0b-2 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Conf libpng10-0 (1.0.18-1 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Conf libtar (1.2.11-2 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Conf libwxgtk2.4 (2.4.3.1 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Conf libxosd2 (2.2.14-1.1 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Conf ttf-freefont (20031008-1.1 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Conf vlc (0.8.1.svn20050314-1 Debian:3.1r0/stable) Conf wxvlc (0.8.1.svn20050314-1 Debian:3.1r0/stable) james-test:~#
07-20-2005, 05:57 PM
adityasn

Thanks a lot for the help and thanks also for guiding me to the location where i should be asking these questions. As far as creating a post with non-descriptive subject line, i am really sorry for that. I didnt realize that somwbody else also could benefit by reading my post in the near future. Next time onwards i will make sure I dont mess up.

Thanks for all the help....

Regards,
Adi
07-20-2005, 06:05 PM
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Your windows drive question:
The Linux kernel used in every distribution (Knoppix, Suse, RedHat, whatever) can not safely write or change files on an NTFS drive. Forcing it to do so may end up scrambling the underlying NTFS filesystem. So enabling write access on a Windows drive (unless it is a FAT32 drive) is a very bad idea.

I assume that the C: drive is hda1 and I also assume that the directory /mnt/windows_C already exists.
The fstab entry for a NTFS Windows C: drive should read something like:

Code:

/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows_C ntfs ro,user 0 0

The fstab entry for a FAT32 Windows C: drive should read something like:

Code:

/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows_C vfat user 0 0