Mandrake error messages
 

Why do I keep getting all these error messages?! The first time I booted to Mandrake Linux everything was fine. Then the second time I got this error:

Could not start process Unable to create io-slave:
klauncher said: unknown protocol 'file'

After I received this message it opened up KDE but there weren't as many programs and I couldn't really do anything so I shut it down.

The second error message appeared after I rebooted:
Could not read network connection list.
/home/liesl/.DCOPserver_localhost__0. Please check that the dcopserver is running!

After that I rebooted under my login but got the following message when Linux boots up:

Shutting down NMB Services [Failed]

What in the world is going on? Ughhhh, this is soooooo frustrating!! :mad:

howdy. The easiest way to correct problems that I have found
is to simply start the install from the beginning again. This is coming from a relative newbie, I don´t know the console very well and my networking skills are rudimentary at best, but my last install has been running pretty smoothly for the last 6 mos.
(few anomalies but not too nasty) so good luck to you.

Now when you say reinstall, do I have to uninstall what I've already done or do I just pop in the discs?

Check you havent turned off the 'Network' service in the Mandrake Control Centre first. :)

To reinstall, just do exactly what you did to install, dont pick upgrade, and select to format the partitions before installation as usual.