[Wolves] I installed kubuntu recently BUT.............

[Bobby Singh]

Hello,

I have tryed Ping and 'ping localhost' commands but i
just get a long list of some memory on a localhost.  I
had to stop the terminal as it just went on and on.

During 'verbose' of kubuntu at start up and shut down
I quickly writen down (it was similar to this):

/lib/module/2.6.1.8.1-12mdk/modules.dep no such file
exist FATAL ERROR

The /lib/module folder has my drivers folder. So i may
have to install drivers for sound (realtek) and
ethernet (VIA Rhine).

Any other ideas please let me know.

Thanks

Bob
 --- Bobby Singh <bs_wm at yahoo.co.uk> wrote: 
> Hello,
> 
> There is lots of info when entering the 'dmesg |
> less
> less /var/log/messages' command (if i did paste it
> here it would take up pages).
> Basically my HD map (80gb maxtor)
> 
> #1 XP
> #5 FAT32
> #6 swap
> #4 mandrake
> #3 kubuntu
> 
> Would Kubuntu have issues of multibooting.  Maybe i
> have done this wrong.  Because rather than using the
> kubuntu MBR i did it myself in Mandrake using GRUB.
> Simply because when i but on the kubuntu/ubuntu MBR
> i
> lost all my partitions (mandrake resuce or xp
> command
> or adjusting grub in ubuntu did'nt save me).
> 
> You have /lib kernal modules (2.6....) during start
> up
> of Kubunt.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Bob
> less /var/log/kern.log
> --- Adam Sweet <drinky76 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > --- Bobby Singh <bs_wm at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > > I will have a go at that 'Ping command' soon and
> > let
> > > people know how i get on.
> > > If that don't work i may try downloading drivers
> > for
> > > my sound card (realteak) and ethernet (VIA
> Rhine)
> > > for
> > > internet.
> > 
> > Normally with Linux you don't have to download any
> > drivers, if they work then they are built into the
> > kernel. I am pretty certain that your ethernet
> card
> > and sound card are supported. I have a Realtek
> card
> > (maybe a different model) and it works, though you
> > may
> > have an unsupported variant. I am pretty certain
> > that
> > Via Rhine cards are supported too.
> > 
> > > I use Mandrake mainly and it autoconfigs
> > > everything and assumed so would Kubuntu.
> > > (on booting kubuntu it does complain about
> unable
> > to
> > > load '/lib' files 'don't exsist').
> > 
> > Ubuntu and Kubuntu should automatically detect all
> > supported hardware but...
> > 
> > To me, that sounds really bad, but I might be
> wrong.
> > Your kernel modules live under /lib, usually in
> > /lib/modules/<kernel-name>/kernel/ (in Ubuntu at
> > least) so this might be why you're having
> problems.
> > 
> > I don't know why this might have happened. It
> > shouldn't. Maybe a dying hard disk but you would
> get
> > other more worrying messages to do with your hard
> > disks. If you understand Linux disk naming
> > conventions
> > you will know what to look for, if you don't,
> either
> > ask or google for it. It's relatively easy.
> /dev/hda
> > is your primary master hard disk on an normal ATA
> > IDE
> > controller /dev/hda1 is the first partition on
> that
> > disk, /dev/hdb2 is the second partition on the
> > primary
> > slave disk and so on. For SCSI, serial ATA and USB
> > drives, change the 'h' for an 's'.
> > 
> > Look for errors about /dev/hdX where X is the name
> > of
> > your disk a, b, c, d or whatever. Look in the
> > following files using the following commands on
> the
> > command line:
> > 
> > dmesg | less
> > less /var/log/messages
> > less /var/log/kern.log
> > 
> > You can filter this for your hard disk name by
> using
> > grep and your hard disk name, if your disk is
> > /dev/hdb
> > (primary slave), add | grep /dev/hdb to the end of
> > each of the above like so:
> > 
> > less /var/log/messages | grep /dev/hdb
> > 
> > but have a look at them unfiltered too so you can
> > also
> > look for more about the /lib errors.
> > 
> > This may also have been caused by an incomplete
> > installation or bad install media, but if it were
> a
> > bad CD then I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have
> > installed
> > the rest of the system.
> > 
> > Can you paste here a sample of the lib errors and
> > any
> > other errors that look interesting (such as disk
> > errors). It may help us diagnose whats wrong.
> > 
> > It may also be worth your while using google to
> > search
> > for information on your errors if any. Just paste
> > what
> > looks like the important bit into google. Thats
> all
> > I'll be doing.
> > 
> > HTH
> > 
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