Impi linux problems

8thSin · Post by **8thSin** » 27 Aug 2005, 19:13

I installed impi linux from the .net mag cd and after a succseeful install i tried logging onto linux, only to get the logon screen refreshing after entering my username and password, and then to be taken me back to the logon screen for impi linux with no joy?

Please assist....................ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

AlphA · Post by **AlphA** » 27 Aug 2005, 19:15

Its a long shot, but are you sure you have enough hard disk space for logs and temp files to be written to?

8thSin · Post by **8thSin** » 27 Aug 2005, 19:26

Hi there,

Thanks for the quick reply. Well i have a 40 GBHDD so there should be any problems?

AlphA · Post by **AlphA** » 27 Aug 2005, 19:33

No problem.....and by the way....welcome to the forums....

A 40GB HDD is way more than ample space....but does the partition that your logs are written to have enough space?

8thSin · Post by **8thSin** » 27 Aug 2005, 19:37

Hi there AlphA,

Thanks for the welcome. Well i followed all the steps in the .net mag, so i guess that i have done the right thing?

AlphA · Post by **AlphA** » 27 Aug 2005, 19:47

No problem - I've never installed Impi Linux, so I dont even know what steps you followed..

I've had that problem before on SuSE Linux and the solution was to create more space in /var and /tmp. Solved my problem.

Other possibilities that come to mind are hardware issues....like your graphics card.

Is the problem only occuring when you log into the GUI? Are you able to log in via command-line? Are you able to telnet or SSH from a client onto the Linux machine; if its on a network?

8thSin · Post by **8thSin** » 27 Aug 2005, 19:50

hi there Alpha,

well while talking to you i'm trying once again to follow the steps of the .net mag and re-install impi linux, but to no joy

ahhhh.................i'm going to throw this laptop of mines out of the window

iREADyourEMAIL · Post by **iREADyourEMAIL** » 27 Aug 2005, 20:26

i think i know what ur
problem is
there are a couple
if u dont hav sufficient
RAM
if ur swap partition
is to small
or
if ur harddrive cant read/write fast enough
so then ur swap partition can be used because
it cant read/write fast enough
or
this is a long shot
but if it has multiple window manegers
try using a different one to KDE
coz KDE is not the stabelest
and is known for it's blackouts

AlphA · Post by **AlphA** » 28 Aug 2005, 06:28

8thSin wrote: ahhhh.................i'm going to throw this laptop of mines out of the window

Just throw it my way! hehe

IReadYourEmail could be onto something here. whats the spec of your laptop?

Also, can you install with another GUI like Gnome?

Post by **Cameron_Losco** » 28 Aug 2005, 15:39

Are you trying to run it on a PII?

iREADyourEMAIL · Post by **iREADyourEMAIL** » 28 Aug 2005, 15:41

gnome is the stabelest
there are some others like
fluxbox
imcWM
ect.ect.
but the stabelest is non graphical
or just X

iREADyourEMAIL · Post by **iREADyourEMAIL** » 28 Aug 2005, 15:44

he is gone
not likely ever to return!

iREADyourEMAIL · Post by **iREADyourEMAIL** » 28 Aug 2005, 15:57

1 day
if u return
login in non graphical mode
then tipe "startx"
or "startX"
or "startX11" "startx11"
or"runX" "runx"
or "runX11" "runx11"
or "startXorg"
or "runXorg"
or "startXfree"
or "runXfree"

after u got x running
tipe "gnomepanel" to get gnome working
or "KDEstat" for statistics for KDE
or "man kde" for the manuel
or "kde help" for help

OR install debian and leave impi far behind!

TheAlteredState · Post by **TheAlteredState** » 28 Aug 2005, 23:05

Don't think he's coming back, he has 4 posts, all of which are in this thread.

8thSin · Post by **8thSin** » 29 Aug 2005, 08:14

Good morning guys,

Thanks for getting back to me. my Laptop is a P4 2.0 GHz, though i wished it would have been a AMD, but anyways.

Yesterday, sunday i formatted my whole laptop and then installed impi linux all over again and it worked fine, so i think it could of been a problem with selecting the right amount of space for the install.

I need to ask you guys, if you guys know where i can get a partion software, which has a gui interface, so that i re-install windows and partion windows and then go again and re-install linux?

Thanks
8thSin

AlphA · Post by **AlphA** » 29 Aug 2005, 08:38

Hi,

Glad to hear you got it working. You can use Partition Magic 6, 7 or 8 to do what you need to do on XP or Win2k. Any earlier versions only support Win9x.

You can get a trial version from http://www.soft32.com/download_151.html

8thSin · Post by **8thSin** » 29 Aug 2005, 09:46

thanks alot.

8thSin

AlphA · Post by **AlphA** » 29 Aug 2005, 10:27

No problem - good luck......and welcome to the (wonderful) world of Linux

8thSin · Post by **8thSin** » 29 Aug 2005, 10:56

Hi there AlhpA,

Thanks alot. Please advise if you know where i can get good tutorials for linux, as i am very new to all this?

Thanks
8thSin

AlphA · Post by **AlphA** » 29 Aug 2005, 14:27

Well, the best tutorial would be to actually play around with it. If you're using KDE, then its very similar to Windows. The more you use it, the more you will get used to it...

Hang around some linux forums (you can google for them as I dont want to post other forum names here)....read some of the questions and answers, you will learn heaps from doing that.

I say one of the best ways to get familiar with Linux, is to try to find and install Linux equivalents to the Windows programs you use. Installing will be a b!tch at first, but you will soon get used to it.

I just google'd now and found this site : http://www.linux-tutorial.info/

Check it out , I dont know how good the content is...

8thSin · Post by **8thSin** » 29 Aug 2005, 14:41

Hi there AlphA,

Thanks

you the man!

AlphA · Post by **AlphA** » 29 Aug 2005, 14:53

Glad to help....

TheAlteredState · Post by **TheAlteredState** » 29 Aug 2005, 20:07

Great.

This Impi Linux has half the features of all the others, but anyway, here's my prob.

I want to install my nVidia drivers.

1.How on earth do I log in as root, it says it won't let me.

Okay, but I got around that by going into the super user mode console.

2. When I type "init 2", the pages just keeps scrolling down and nothing happens!

WTF?!?

3. Once the drivers are installed, where do I change the card. i.e. Where is impi's "device manager"?

AlphA · Post by **AlphA** » 30 Aug 2005, 19:23

Dont know much about the GUI in Impi as I've never used it.

As for your root account.....All distros i've installed prompt you to enter a root password at install-time....

You should then be able to log in as user "root" with the password you specified at install-time..

Just thing though....In all versions of Linux I've used.....if you not logged in as root and try to start up the super-user console....it will prompt you for the root password. If it does'nt then you probably logged on as a user with root privilages...

Are you sure this is not the case?

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Hi there, well i have a 40 GBHDD so there should be any prob