My Redhat has gone bonkers>>>

[BruceLeroy]

I have no clue what happened. Everything was workin fine a few hours ago. Here's the deal: I boot into Redhat from a floppy. When It tries to boot, the screen starts flashing and I get this error message: GDM was already running, but seems to have been murdered mysteriously... WTF does that mean? What kind of freaky error message is that Any ideas?

[pbharris]

hello,
i am positive that you xwindows configuration has been messed up, although I have no idea on how. Try hitting ctrl+alt+bkspc while it is doing that and then logging in as root and enter the password, you may have to take a couple of cracks at it because gdm will respawn. when you get logged in try the command startx and it X does not start up properly you need to run Xconfigurator to set up X winodws again.
hth and welcome to linux junior in case no one else said that

[BruceLeroy]

Thanks for the welcome pbharris. Well, I did a search on google and got lucky to find the answer. Ironically someone had done exactly what I did. I configured my mouse as a USB, when in reality it is a USB mouse, but using a PS2 adapter. I just typed linux 3, then I went into mouseconfig and presto...Linux sure is tempermental......BTW, I hate to keep posting with every problem I have, so if anyone can answer this question i'd appreciate it. I have a USB cable modem and have no clue how to configure my internet connection. Any step by step explanation or guide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again pb....

[pbharris]

hi Bruce,
What brand/model of cable modem?

[Coral_Sea]

Linux sure is tempermental

Perhaps, or perhaps it could be viewed as being more configurable. Some of that misery is half the fun, compared to mindless -- but sometimes totally frustrating -- Windoze.

BTW, your USB mouse tip was great...

[BruceLeroy]

My cable modem is a toshiba USB modem. Model # PCX1100U..Was that TOO much info? ;D Happy that mouse tip helped....

[Coral_Sea]

Happy that mouse tip helped....

I don't have a USB mouse, but I thought it would be useful for others who do...

[Schotty]

Gimme a chance to check my RH7.1 box here at work (I run 7.2 at Home on 3 boxes)

But, I think there is a networking option for a USB network connection. If I am not mistaken, your ISP was too evil to give you a PCI NIC and gave you a lttle USB dongle that you plug the CAT5 into, right? Mandrake has an option for sure. I dicked with it a few times and it may work. With RH I never needed to try it since mostly my friends who trust me use RH and own a $20-200 NIC (one guy is all horny for 3Com.. Linksys is fine for me....). Either way, try this -- in KDE, the system or whatever folder it is has a Network Configuration app. Use that and try finding a USB option. If that isnt getting anywhere, try the Internet Connection or whatever it is called. That may prove fruitful. After I get going to lunch Ill boot the RH7.1 box and see. Later I can call my roommate and have him poke around on his box and see. He should be home by 2 or 3 CST (I think -6 GMT).

Good luck.

[pbharris]

hello,
a google search tell on that modem tells me it should work, but you *might* need to upgrade or patch your kernel.

http://www.google.com/search?q=toshi...PCX1100U+linux

[BruceLeroy]

a google search tell on that modem tells me it should work, but you *might* need to upgrade or patch your kernel.

That sounds painful :-/ .. Anyway, I read something about compiling a Kernel, but the only Kernel I know anything about sells chicken and has been dead for 20 years..Can anyone shed some light upon this for me???


USB Communication Class Ethernet driver
+CONFIG_USB_CDCETHER
+ This driver supports devices conforming to the Communication Device
+ Class Ethernet Control Model. This is used in some cable modems.
+ For more details on the specification, get the Communication Device
+ Class specification from <http://www.usb.org>.
+
+ This driver should work with the following devices:
+ * Ericsson PipeRider (all variants)
+ * Motorola (DM100 and SB4100)
+ * Broadcom Cable Modem (reference design)
+ * Toshiba PCX1100U and possibly other cable modems
+
+ The device creates a network device (ethX, where X depends on what
+ other networking devices you have in use), as for a normal PCI
+ or ISA based ethernet network card.
+
+ This code is also available as a module ( = code which can be
+ inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
+ The module will be called CDCEther.o. If you want to compile it as
+ a module, say M here and read <fileocumentation/modules.txt>.
+



The only thing I gathered from that is that they're talking about my modem ???