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[newbie] Diald, kppp and Mandrake 7.2 - installation issue
Hello I am trying to install diald with Mandrake 7.2 Kppp is running ok so I know that the modem and connections are fine. I read diald Howto many times but to no avail. Could someone out there help me out? I want to run diald (I got the latest mandrake rpm file .99.1) without wrecking kppp and, if possible, taking advantage of all scripts that I have already installed under kppp. Many thanks. Eduardo
[newbie] /proc/kcore - what is it?
Hello Can anyone tell me what the file /proc/kcore is? Can I delete it? Many thanks Eduardo
[newbie] Lost root password
Hello Somehow I lost root password. Is thre any way to login as root again? Thanks a lot. Eduardo
[newbie] X server is small and looks funny
Hello I am trying to install linux on P-II 300 with RIVA 128 - 4mb. The installation went fine but the x server is kind of funny. First, it doesn't fill the whole screen; it is just a small square on the middle of it. Second, the taskbar is not there. Linux can find all the parameters so I don't know what is wrong? The monitor is LG 20". Any help is appreciated. Thanks a lot. Eduardo
Re: [newbie] Silly question - I don't know how to use man
Hello Thanks all for the suggestions regarding getting man to work. Here is what I tried: a) Re-installation of man softaware - It didn't work. b) Copy of somebody else's man.config to /etc/man.config. - It didn work. c) Use man as man -M /usr/man - it worked. The funniest thing about it is I don't know why man won't work. root@armagedon:/etc$ man -d Reading config file /etc/man.config found man directory /usr/man found man directory /usr/local/man found man directory /usr/X11R6/man found man directory /usr/lib/perl5/man found manpath map /bin -- /usr/man found manpath map /sbin -- /usr/man found manpath map /usr/bin -- /usr/man found manpath map /usr/sbin -- /usr/man found manpath map /usr/local/bin -- /usr/local/man found manpath map /usr/X11R6/bin -- /usr/X11R6/man found manpath map /usr/bin/X11 -- /usr/X11R6/man found manpath map /usr/bin/mh -- /usr/man it sounds good, doesn't it? Unfortunately it doesn't, root@armagedon:/etc$ man -w /usr/local/qt/man Man is stuck with qt somehow. Any suggestions? Thanks a lot. Eduardo
[newbie] Kmail panic
Hello I have been running kmail-1.29 for quite a while, unfortunately it decided to not send emails anymore (error 550). Would anyone know what could be wrong? Thanks a lot. Ed
[newbie] Silly question - I don't know how to use man
Hello I know that this is a rather silly question but I definitely need help. For instance, I installed procmail on my system. The manuals were placed at /usr/man/man1 and /usr/man/man5 as *.1.gz or *1.bz2 and *.5.gz or *.5.bz2. When I type man procmail the sys returns no manual page for it. What am I missing here? Thanks a lot. Ed
[newbie] newbie - telnet with exporting display?
Hello I wonder if there is a software (or even a script) that can do remote login and export the display automatically (of course I will have to enter login passwd etc.). Thanks a lot. Eduardo
[newbie] Mandrake on old 486 -CD not found !!!
Hello I am trying to install Mandrake-7.02 (486 iso) on a 486 PC/33 with 20MB and 2 HDs: 210 MB and 1.08 GB. It has a CD (Creative 1220 E) attached to a Sound Blaster Card 16. I created a boot disk using a cdrom.img. I tried all the modules for cdrom available (sbpc etc.) and got nothing. The cd is working pretty fine on Windows. I run out of ideas. Can you help me? Thanks a lot. Eduardo
Re: [newbie] Mandrake on old 486 -CD not found !!!
On Wed, 24 May 2000, you wrote: during the boot up messages when you run the install disk, do you see references to the cdrom drive being found? No, but I think this is because the cdrom is attached to a sound card. I tried something simailr with on old 486 and worked. cdrom.img managed to get the cdrom as sbpc. Any ideas? Thanks Ed i just installed red hat 6.0 on a very old vlb 486 on account of mandrake being i586 optimised and i had loads of difficulty, after messing with changing master/slave options for the drive and using a different ide interface i eventually got a reference to 'hdd atapi 8x cdrom found' in the messages scolling on the screen at boot up, prior to this i had the problem with not being able to find an appropriate module and i noticed at that time that only the hard disk was being 'found' at boot up bascule mendes wrote: Hello I am trying to install Mandrake-7.02 (486 iso) on a 486 PC/33 with 20MB and 2 HDs: 210 MB and 1.08 GB. It has a CD (Creative 1220 E) attached to a Sound Blaster Card 16. I created a boot disk using a cdrom.img. I tried all the modules for cdrom available (sbpc etc.) and got nothing. The cd is working pretty fine on Windows. I run out of ideas. Can you help me? Thanks a lot. Eduardo
[newbie] Have someone used Hamcom Word?
Hello I wonder whether someone has used Hamcom. I can't get characters such as cedilla (ç), á, é etc. Per chance, does someone know how to set up the keyboard to get these characters? Thanks a lot. Eduardo
Re: [newbie] Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso ???
Hello Thanks a lot. Can I simply mount the CD with Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso on a P-133 with CD on the other side of the lab and then use it to install mandrake on the old 486? Regards Eduardo There is a way to do a net install via FTP (and maybe HTTP too). I've been tempted to try it, just to say I did, but haven't needed to. It involves making a boot disk which contains an extremely small version of linux. You boot off the disk, and then into the installer, where you input the address of some ftp site which contains Mandrake. However, finding a non ISO of the i486 install might be hard. Blashpemous as it sounds, Red Hat might be a better choice for your particular installation. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Demo/Mandrake7/install/pages/install.html Has pointers on where to start. Pedantic as it sounds, you'll probably want a fast connection. Regards, Nathan - Original Message - From: "mendes" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 9:22 AM Subject: [newbie] Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso ??? Hello Is Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso an image for 486 SX? I have an old 486 SX machine without CD rom but if a netcard. Could someone give a help on how to install Mandrake on such a machine? Thanks a lot. Eduardo
Re: [newbie] Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso ???
Many thanks Eduardo On Sat, 6 May 2000, mendes wrote: Hello Thanks a lot. Can I simply mount the CD with Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso on a P-133 with CD on the other side of the lab and then use it to install mandrake on the old 486? Yes, but it is not necessary to burn the ISO image. You can mount it from your hard drive : mkdir mdk mount -o loop Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso mdk and the files will be accessible in the mdk directory HTH Flupke Regards Eduardo There is a way to do a net install via FTP (and maybe HTTP too). I've been tempted to try it, just to say I did, but haven't needed to. It involves making a boot disk which contains an extremely small version of linux. You boot off the disk, and then into the installer, where you input the address of some ftp site which contains Mandrake. However, finding a non ISO of the i486 install might be hard. Blashpemous as it sounds, Red Hat might be a better choice for your particular installation. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Demo/Mandrake7/install/pages/install.html Has pointers on where to start. Pedantic as it sounds, you'll probably want a fast connection. Regards, Nathan - Original Message - From: "mendes" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 9:22 AM Subject: [newbie] Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso ??? Hello Is Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso an image for 486 SX? I have an old 486 SX machine without CD rom but if a netcard. Could someone give a help on how to install Mandrake on such a machine? Thanks a lot. Eduardo
[newbie] Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso ???
Hello Is Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso an image for 486 SX? I have an old 486 SX machine without CD rom but if a netcard. Could someone give a help on how to install Mandrake on such a machine? Thanks a lot. Eduardo
Re: [newbie] CD's + burner for audio
Hi ya Did you check www.freshmeat.net? I think there is a software called kwav2cd that does what you want. It use cdrdao. Regards Eduardo Paul wrote: On Tue, 2 May 2000, KompuKit wrote: is thereor is there not...a application/program in mandrake...for creating/copying CD's using a CD-R or CD-RW ROM DRIVE? If so, what's it called...and where is it on the CD? On the distro there are files called CDRECORD... and MKISOFS... You need to install those. After that, get a decent graphical front-end like XCDRoast or Gcombust. That makes life a lot easier :) I know the XCDRoast - but does anybody know a program that can convert/burn wav-files to an audio-CD. I know how to make a copy of an music-CD but I am trying to make CD's out of my LP-collection. Regards Mogens Jæger
[newbie] Kmail problem - please help
Hello I had to upgrade kmail to version 1.0.29.1 as I was receiving loads of empty messages. Unfortunately the upgrade wasn't sucessful as I thought it would be. I can't download the messages anymore. In fact I can download only if the pop server has less than 10 messages on my mailbox. If it has more tthat I receive an error message: Can't find mail or stmp servers. Could you be so kind to help me out? Many thanks Eduardo
[newbie] PGP on 7.02 - need help, please!
Hello I downloaded and installed pgp soft on a Mandrake box. I couldn't quite understand what I did so I wonder whether someone could help me with the follwoing: a) ID? As far as I know I entered Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes [EMAIL PROTECTED]. I am not sure which is my ID? b) Althoguh I have run the whole pgp -kg, I have not idea what is my secret and public keys. How can I see them? Thanks a lot. Regards Eduardo
Re: [newbie] Kmail problem - please help
Hello Thanks a lot. I tried to clean up the disk and tomorrow I will know if it is working. Many thanks Eduardo On Mon, 1 May 2000, mendes wrote: Perhaps a good idea is to uninstall everything you can find of Kmail, and then reinstall the last version that you downloaded. It sometimes helps (no garantuee, I use Qmail and Pine). Paul Hello I had to upgrade kmail to version 1.0.29.1 as I was receiving loads of empty messages. Unfortunately the upgrade wasn't sucessful as I thought it would be. I can't download the messages anymore. In fact I can download only if the pop server has less than 10 messages on my mailbox. If it has more tthat I receive an error message: Can't find mail or stmp servers. Could you be so kind to help me out? Many thanks Eduardo )0(---)0( Atheism: a non-prophet organization. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] portuguese accents mandrake 7.0 and staroffice
Hello Mine is working fine. There is a package by a brazilain guy that correct this problem. He made a special version for me so that all commands don't get translate to Portuguese. If you want it, please drop me an email and I will be happy to send it over to you. Regards Eduardo Marco Antonio Silva Picanco wrote: I can't get portuguese accents when I use the us-international keyboard and the staroffice. At the console and other KDE applications is ok, but with staroffice i can not get the ccedilla and the tilde. Could some one help me ?? I had the same problem here...I was using kikbd and a custom keymap -- works fine in every application except StarOffice. Very frustrating (in StarOffice my "dead_diaeresis" won't give me quotes at all, only diaeresis marks without a letter.) -Stephen-
[newbie] Samba -printing to a NT printer
Hello I am kind of tired of trying to ffigure out hwo to use samba to have linux printing to a NT printer. On the NT side, the printer is a share (without password) with the name HP1600. Here are pieces of printcap and smb.conf. HP1600:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/HP1600:\ :mx#0:\ :sh:\ :if=/usr/bin/smbprint: printing = bsd printcap name = /etc/printcap load printers = yes print command = /usr/bin/lpr -P%p -r %s min print space = 2000 lock directory = /var/lock/samba [homes] comment = Home Directory read only = No create mask = 0600 directory mask = 0700 browseable = No [printers] comment= All printers path = /tmp print ok = yes browseable = no printable = yes [HP1600] comment = Printer %p on a NT Box = %h path = /var/spool/lpd/HP1600 printable = yes read only = Yes guest ok = Yes guest account = pguest public = yes print ok = Yes printer name = HP1600 oplocks = No share modes = Yes writable = Yes create mode = 0700 directory = /tmp What could be wrong? Thanks a lot. Eduardo
[newbie] Samba setup - some issues.
Hello I have samba running for some time without much trouble. Unfortunately I am not that happy with it as I have to add and remove smbusers just to use the printer on the linux box. Can I set the printer as security=share so that anyone on the windows box can use irt? How does it work? Do I have to set up a psssword for it? How can I do that? In addition to that I wonder whether someone could tell me why my cdrom section won't work - denied. [cdrom_on_linux] comment = CDROM on a linux box - %h browsable = yes read only = yes path = /mnt/cdrom root preexec = /bin/mount /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom root postexec = /bin/eject /dev/hdb Finally is there documentation, tutorial (not samba.org, please) on how to setup a windows printer in a samba. Here is the section that doesn't work. [smb] comment = Printer %p on a NT Box = %h path = /var/spool/lpd/smb read only = Yes guest ok = Yes print ok = Yes printer name = smb oplocks = No share modes = Yes writable = Yes create mode = 0700 directory = /tmp ON Windows NT do I have to use lp1 as port or //angel/smb (samba)? Thanks a lot for your help. Eduardo
[newbie] Postfix or Sendmail?
Hello As a newbie I did worse thing possible: rm -rf /etc. As a result I have to install linux again (Have I?). The previous installation was RedHat 6.1 and now I am trying to install Mandrake 7.0. Ok, here are my questions: a) Why won't Mandrake delete all partitions when asked for? It created two new partitions /dev/hda5 and /dev/hda6 b) It seems that Mandrake is shipped with Postfix. How difficult is it to configure it? I had loads of headaches to get sendamail working. I hope postfix is different. Any suggestions to get a smooth installation? Thanks a lot. Eduardo
[newbie] How to config sound on Mandrake 7.0?
Hello I am running both Manrake 7.0 and Caldera 2.3 on the same machine (not simultaneously, of course!). I did not have probelm to config the ISA Sound blaster AWE 64 withtin Caldera but when I try to do the same on Mandrake 7.0 it won't work and sometimes wreckes the modem configuration (when I use lothar?). Any suggestions on how to configure the sound? Thanks a lot. Eduardo
Re: [[newbie] Office Question.]
Whem you install the star office it ask you about some question that you answered whem you fill the register form.Whem you install the package it ask you about the same questions to compare with your registration and code number. jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm in the process of installing Star Office, for Mandrake 6.1 Package. I's askingme for Company/Campus Key. Jeff Roberto Pedrozo Mendes - Vinhedo - SP Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1
[newbie] keyboard layout abnt2
i need to know how I configure my graphical interface (kde) to use the keyboard layout abnt2 Roberto Pedrozo Mendes - Vinhedo - SP Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1
