LinuxQuestions.org
Share your knowledge at the LQ Wiki.
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Newbie
User Name
Password
Linux - Newbie This Linux forum is for members that are new to Linux.
Just starting out and have a question? If it is not in the man pages or the how-to's this is the place!

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 06-26-2003, 09:59 AM   #1
sshah
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Jun 2003
Posts: 2

Rep: Reputation: 0
red hat probs after install


hey y'all,
installed red hat 9 on my dell laptop -- its now dual booted w/ red hat and winxp. took me like 10 tries to get it installed (red hat install kept crashing on me), but i finally got it on the machine. now it boots up fine and all, but when i run linux, certain apps (like open office) are all jacked up when i open them. some of the things don't work too. i tried putting XMatrix as my screensaver cause its damn cool, but that didn't work properly, and some of the apps wouldn't open when i opened them. i know thats a lotta stuff, but any ideas? thx.
sunny
 
Old 06-26-2003, 10:03 AM   #2
KDE4me
Member
 
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Australia
Distribution: RedHat 9.0 / Slackware 9.0/ FreeBSD 4.8 / Solaris 8 x86 / Mandrake 9.0
Posts: 90

Rep: Reputation: 15
I'm just taking a guess here but how much <swap> space/RAM etc. did you set up? You'll have to look for the command that tells you this( I can't remember it)
 
Old 06-26-2003, 10:32 AM   #3
sshah
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Jun 2003
Posts: 2

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 0
512 MB Ram
 
Old 06-28-2003, 07:11 PM   #4
cropcircle
Member
 
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Netherlands
Distribution: Red Hat Linux 9, FreeBSD 4.8, Knoppix 3.2
Posts: 182

Rep: Reputation: 30
Maybe Red Hat did not install correctly.
Can you be more specific on the errors?
Does the command "rpm -Va" do anything strange?
 
Old 06-28-2003, 11:00 PM   #5
kichuraj
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Jun 2003
Posts: 10

Rep: Reputation: 0
check for swap or reinstall

$df -a

will show you the swap allocated.. typically, it should be twice the system memory, i.e 1GB in your case..

otherwise, try installing it from the scratch. ensure that the partitions adhere to recommended standards

/boot 100MB of type ext3
<swap> twice the size of your system memory
/ for the rest of the space

hope this helps...
krishna
 
Old 06-28-2003, 11:10 PM   #6
contrasutra
LQ Guru
 
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: New Jersey
Distribution: Arch Linux
Posts: 1,445

Rep: Reputation: 47
lol. NO ONE needs a gig of swap space.

300-400MB is the max you'd need.
 
  


Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Red Hat 9 installation probs - PCI cache line size stuseed Linux - Newbie 8 01-24-2008 07:14 AM
Big Samba probs - Red Hat 9.0 TheRealDeal Linux - General 15 10-20-2004 07:24 PM
Red Hat Install Probs Fordy Linux - Software 5 01-21-2003 12:48 AM
red hat 7.2 win2k dual boot probs 79er Linux - Software 1 04-10-2002 11:04 AM
win2k red hat 7.2 dual boot probs 79er Linux - General 1 04-10-2002 11:01 AM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Newbie

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:45 PM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration