dual booting

[dibl]

Re: dual booting

could it have something to with a security program on xp ??

No. There's nothing in the Win XP installation that has any effect on your Linux system, when Linux is running.

[camdy]

Re: dual booting

hmm ok got me stumped

[dibl]

Re: dual booting

So, when open Konqueror > Media, do you see your hard drive(s)?

[camdy]

Re: dual booting

yep both hdd's & the floppy

[camdy]

Re: dual booting

ok so why doesn't 2.6.20-16- over write 2.6.20-15- instead of having 2 ?

It's a kind of a security measure. If the new kernel broke something (that can happen as kernel updates are a very sensible thing), you can still boot your old one.

Javier.

that makes sence

[dibl]

Re: dual booting

yep both hdd's & the floppy

So, can you copy a file from the Windows side of the system to your /home folder? If not, what is the error, or what do you observe when you try it?

[camdy]

Re: dual booting

i still can get in to the windows hdd i still get the premissions denied ,i can open the 2nd hdd which is well kubuntu :P

[dibl]

Re: dual booting

OK, so you need permission to copy files from the Windows side. Open Konqueror with Super User privileges by entering in the Konsole

kdesu konqueror

, then browse to the partition where your Windows data files are located, Right-click in the white space (i.e. not on top of a folder or file) and choose "Properties". Click the "Permissions" tab. In the upper part of the panel, where it says "Owner" and "Group", make sure the windows are set to "Can View And Modify Content". Then in the lower part of the panel, set yourself as the User and the Group. (I'm assuming this is your personal workstation and you don't need to exclude other users from that partition and data.)

That's it -- you should be able to copy data from the Windows drive/partition to your /home directory.

If you intend to copy in the other direction, from Kubuntu to Windows, there's another set of issue -- basically you'll have to install the package "ntfs-3g" and configure it. If you search on that package name, here or in Ubuntu Forum, you'll find the details.

[camdy]

Re: dual booting

ok this is what happened when typed in the konsole kdesu konqueror

dav@no:~$ kdesu konqueror
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 167
Major opcode: 144
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 167
Major opcode: 144
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device

that doesn't look good

[Fintan]

Re: dual booting

I know this is confusing but you should use the

 kdesu konqueror

only in conjunction with the following:
Alt+F2 (press Alt and F2 at the same time) or run program in K(Kmenu) then type the above code into the new panel, give your password then do the rest as dible so suitably describes.

If you want to use the terminal use sudo instead of kdesu.

[camdy]

Re: dual booting

ok i tried it in terminal this is what happens

dav@no:~$ sudo konqueror
Password:
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 167
Major opcode: 144
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 167
Major opcode: 144
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
DCOPClient::attachInternal. Attach failed Could not open network socket
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

kdeinit: Can't connect to the X Server.
kdeinit: Might not terminate at end of session.
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

kded: cannot connect to X server :0.0
DCOP aborting call from 'anonymous-6120' to 'kded'
kded: ERROR: Communication problem with kded, it probably crashed.
konqueror: WARNING: Can't open /root/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/bookmarks.xml

oh the conquer your desktop window opens up tho :P

i did try the alt+F2 but again the conquer your desktop window opens up

[Fintan]

Re: dual booting

....again the conquer your desktop window opens up

What does that mean? Is your konqueror open and can you go to the files you wish change/copy?

[camdy]

Re: dual booting

....again the conquer your desktop window opens up

What does that mean? Is your konqueror open and can you go to the files you wish change/copy?

ok the 1st time you use kubuntu konqueror the 1st screen or window that opens up says "conquer your desktop" which how i understand is to help you learn how to use kubuntu which i turned off because eve time i wanted to use konqueror this screen or window would come up 1st

[Fintan]

Re: dual booting

Oh okay. Well I suppose that is a question of choice. I like that screen as it lets me access my network files directly.

So can you change the permissions and copy files now?

[camdy]

Re: dual booting

if i could i wouldn't be here asking for help but it doesn't mater now as i'm going to uninstall it & start fresh on another hdd nut to all that did help i thank you