Hi all,
If you have a problem with the supermount option:
perhaps you can check what mount says about your mounted devices after
boot-up.
Just do a "mount" on a prompt and see what that gives. Part of my 'mount'
output:
/dev/hda3 on /boot type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda12 on /usr type ext2 (rw)
On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Don W. Jenkins wrote:
Bluefish is a good one, too, with fewer bells and whistles than Coffecup,
but it does use Weblint to check your HTML for you. Another possibility is
AsWedit, although I would chose Bluefish over that as far as the free
editors.
I have heard someone
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Mogens wrote:
Hej there
Hei Mogens!
Hva er du? (I know, this is norwegian, and all I master *grin*)
I am new to this list, and I dont know how to search for diffrent
issues, that allready have been discussed - please tell me.
I have two problems.
1. I am about to buy me
On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Todd Wells wrote:
How can I get this to happen automatically during boot? Well, at least
the insmod part?
Hi Todd,
put it in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
Then it will do it's thing without using hands!
Paul
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Why do you need BELIEF when
Hi all,
Thanks for the great advice on my question, I have just moved /usr and
/home to the new partitions, and it all went without a problem.
Paul
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On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, [iso-8859-1] Stéphane Tran-Ngoc wrote:
I just install Mandrake 7 on my system. I know that linux don't have
module for my aha 1505, but i have a rather old pc (P150) and no more
free PCI slot. So I try to load the module for aha 152x on the command
line (modprobe aha152x
On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Anthony Huereca wrote:
"And remember, it's spelled N-e-t-s-c-a-p-e,
but it's pronounced 'Mozilla.'" --"famous" quote from Netscape
documentations
And in there lies your answer, type "mozilla" to start it. And make sure your
in the directory that you installed N6 in when you
Have you visited http://www..cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop - I
found a lot of useful info there.
On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, you wrote:
Dear Ian,
I have a similar problem with another computer. I am not sure yet what the
problem is (videocard ?) but maybe if you use the settings
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Jeff wrote:
thanks alot Paul! i like getmail and it wa very very easy to configure. i
noticed Don was looking for something as an alternative to fetchmail so heres
the url for anyone else...
http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/getmail/
i was going to give qmail a
I prefer 80X25 when in command-line mode (sometimes, there
just isn't any reason to start X :) most of the time.
However, there are times when more lines would be useful
when using emacs to modify longer text files. I know the
resolution can be changed in lilo for startup (in
/etc/lilo.conf or
On Sat, 22 Apr 2000, Matthew Clegg wrote:
I'm completely new to Linux and am having difficulties with the Mandrake
install program. When it gets to the point where it is supposed to test
X no window appears and the install program does not go back to the
previous step after a period of time as
Ok, I have a problem with X-Windows
How can I write the $, ] and } in X?
When I try I only get a 4, a 9 and a 0.
I'm writing this in the console, and as you can see
it works fine there. I just can't get it to work in X (Using KDE).
I've already tries to change the usual rows in the XFConfig file,
Hi All,
I recently installed linux-mandrake 6.5 on my Sony
VAIO pc, the installation went fine for most of the
part. But for some reason the linux is not
recognizing the DVD drive, where as I used the same
drive to install linux.
When the os comes up, it comes up with set of junk
characters
hi,
this is worring me, i use netscape4.72 with antivirus software set to
turn all that gubbins off so i guess i shoudn't worry to much about
activex controls -though i could be speaking rearwards, but i did notice
harddrive activity when reading the opening message so any one who can
reassure
Whats this rubbish about ctrl A?
when the zipdrive is initialised? I tried that
and it does Nothing.
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, you wrote:
On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, [iso-8859-1] Stéphane Tran-Ngoc wrote:
I just install Mandrake 7 on my system. I know that linux don't have
module for my aha 1505, but i
Dear Ian,
I've had the same problem on a compaq armada 1590 dx and finally i solved it
by choosing high frequency generic monitor 1024x768 in 800x600 mode. In
fact, during installation Mandrake 7.0 marqued this monitor and after
testing some other monitors i decided that the installation
That URL has too many dots between www cs
Don
john wrote:
Have you visited http://www..cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop - I
found a lot of useful info there.
On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, you wrote:
Dear Ian,
I have a similar problem with another computer. I am not sure yet
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, bascule wrote:
hi,
this is worring me, i use netscape4.72 with antivirus software set to
turn all that gubbins off so i guess i shoudn't worry to much about
activex controls -though i could be speaking rearwards, but i did notice
harddrive activity when reading the opening
Hey dude is there a way to make certain web pages
(or the browser) stop grumbling at you when you
don't have an active x plug-in?
For that, I have no idea : (
Maybe something I can put in my plugger config file?
By the way, I "swiped" comic sans ms font and now have it
as one of the
On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Andrew Scotchmer wrote:
I use to use bluefish but now I use Quanta. It has all the features of
Download from: http://quantaplus.spedia.net
Hmm, blank page...oh one of those membership only javascript
script sites, anyone have the crack/password?
Okay, now how can I make it so that I just have to type "mount /mnt/cdrom2"
rather than
"mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0/mnt/cdrom2"?
-Original Message-
From: Paul [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2000 1:47 AM
To: newbie
Subject:Re: [newbie] difficulty
I use Quanta+. you can download it from linuxberg
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Dave Lers wrote:
On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Andrew Scotchmer wrote:
I use to use bluefish but now I use Quanta. It has all the features of
Download from: http://quantaplus.spedia.net
Hmm, blank page...oh one of
??? I just went there - no problem.
Mike
- Original Message -
From: "Dave Lers" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2000 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] HTML Editor
On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Andrew Scotchmer wrote:
I use to use bluefish but now I use Quanta.
Daniel Anderson escribió:
Hi,
I recompiled the kernel on a Mandrake 6.5 system and forgot to run
depmod before rebooting,now it hangs at checking module dependencies.Is
there a way to rescue the system without reinstalling?
Thanks,
Dan
If you did a boot disk when
On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, gerald green wrote:
help, i have a soundblaster pci 128 that will not
work for me, my install of mandrake 7.0 was not
as bad as i thought it was going to be.
Have you tryed with sndconfig from shell's prompt. It's a Red Hat's SW
but I think it's installed in Mandrake
Take one out ?
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, you wrote:
That URL has too many dots between www cs
Don
john wrote:
Have you visited http://www..cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop - I
found a lot of useful info there.
On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, you wrote:
Dear Ian,
I
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, you wrote:
Take one out ? and make it http:www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, you wrote:
That URL has too many dots between www cs
Don
john wrote:
Have you visited
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Hugh Semmler wrote:
I did get my scsi card to work under Mandrake 7. But I can only scan
when Logged in as root. How can I allow all users to use the scanner.
I should know this, But for some reason I cant get it to work.
I've noticed that in linuxconf I can add users to
For who is looking to try it:
http://sourceforge.net/project/filelist.php?group_id=4113
Paul
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but not her age.
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http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208
Thats all I have Paul and it works for me
I can get there with plain Netscape 4.7 nothing special...
Paul
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but not her age.
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http://nlpagan.net
Hi-
Why I thought this was a good idea to tinker with the week before finals
I'll never know. I tried upgrading XFree86 4.0 so I could use the
newly-released Nvidia drivers, but I must have missed a step or
misconfigured something, because now X won't run at all.
When I initially tried the
Hi !!
I just installed Mandrake 7.0. (This is my very first Linux
installation).
I have an internal modem: US Robotics 56K, ISA, COM3, IRQ 5 . When I
try to connect with my ISP (using KPPP) I receive the messages:
Modem Ready
Sorry, the modem doesn't respond
Can somebody give me some tips..
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Vic wrote:
Whats this rubbish about ctrl A?
when the zipdrive is initialised? I tried that
and it does Nothing.
Thank you for this wealth of info.
Where did you see ctrl-a?
Paul
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Why do you need BELIEF when you KNOW?
Try using the DrakConf icon on the KDE desktop.
Enter the root password when prompted. A GUI should pop-up showing a load
of packages that can be used to configure your system.
Select the printer configuration button. Another window called "Local
Printer Options" should appear. The queue name
I think I had to make sure mt-st was installed (maybe taper too, can't
remember).
Michelle
On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, you wrote:
Michelle,
thank you for your e-mail. I'd appreciate it if you could advise me as to how
you went about invoking those commands. I tried using them under the bash
How do i configure FTP access. I want to be able to send web pages to
/home/httpd/html. When i run the ftp command it connects ok, then i
never get a logon prompt. eventually it times out. It comes back with
connection closed by remote host.
any help would be appreciated--
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Paul wrote:
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Dave Lers wrote:
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Mike Tracy Holt wrote:
Download from: http://quantaplus.spedia.net
Yah, I hear its pretty easy to get in if you have/use the right
browser/settings.
I can get there with plain Netscape 4.7
On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, you wrote:
Does Mandrake 7 include a default HTML editor (not including Netsape)?
then, has anyone had any luck installing CoffeeCup
(http://www.coffeecup.com) on Mandrake?
Cheers
Word Perfect for Linux inludes an HTML editor. I have the download version,
and it
Hi Miguel
Firstly I'm no guru but have you checked if it is a winmodem (most internal
modems are)? If so it would be doubtfull if you could use it.
If not click on setup in the kppp window followed by the device tag at the top.
My settings for Modem device can either be /dev/ttyS0 or
you went about invoking those commands. I tried using them under the bash
shell, but only received error messages saying those commands could not be
found.
As root? Just checking, that message can be misleading
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, City of Warren IS Department wrote:
How do i configure FTP access. I want to be able to send web pages to
/home/httpd/html. When i run the ftp command it connects ok, then i
never get a logon prompt. eventually it times out. It comes back with
connection closed by remote
I reinstalled Mandrake 7.02 yesterday. An indicaation of insufficant
memory created an uncontrolable desire to delete large files. :) Not something
I will take lightly in the future.
Would someone tell me which file I should to reinstall the
DrakConf/icons file. Thanks in
I'd like to try a clean install of Mandrake 7.1, but would like to try the
installation via FTP or HTTP.
Has anyone had luck with a network installation? I know Red Hat 6.x can be easily
installed, using a boot disk, via FTP and HTTP, but what about Mandrake?
7.0 only supported installation
On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Michelle Schneider wrote:
I think I had to make sure mt-st was installed (maybe taper too, can't
remember).
Michelle
insmod ftape
insmod zftape
I have set up my PC (a Gateway G6-233) as a dual boot systen. I am able to
boot into Windows 95 and Linux Mandrake
Try tar -cvfM /dev/fd0 /home/user/[location of files].
The "f" has to be there to work.
Michelle
On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, you wrote:
I'm trying to create a multiple volume backup onto floppy discs.
Using konsole, when in root I change to the directory that contains the
files I want to
Paul wrote:
On Sat, 22 Apr 2000, Matthew Clegg wrote:
I'm completely new to Linux and am having difficulties with the Mandrake
install program. When it gets to the point where it is supposed to test
X no window appears and the install program does not go back to the
previous step after a
Anders Linden wrote:
Ok, I have a problem with X-Windows
How can I write the $, ] and } in X?
When I try I only get a 4, a 9 and a 0.
I'm writing this in the console, and as you can see
it works fine there. I just can't get it to work in X (Using KDE).
I've already tries to change the
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Bob Root wrote:
I reinstalled Mandrake 7.02 yesterday. An indicaation of insufficant
memory created an uncontrolable desire to delete large files. :) Not something
I will take lightly in the future.
Would someone tell me which file I should to reinstall the
during bootup linux mandrake 7.0 (air)
...Checking for new hardware /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/so5kudzu
145 segmentation fault line 46 /usr/sbin/kudzu -t 30
the above error message appears during boot
would like to resolve this issue.
shamuu
using kppp compaq vsc 56k modem (lucent) worked fine with redhat
5.1 ..
installed mandrake 7.0p (air)
ttyS0 using kppp modem query gives ati sequence with no responses
ttyS1 gives sorry, modem busy
using setserial command both ttyS0 and ttyS1 show correct
configuration.
in
When I start installing Mandrake 7.0 from a harddrive I get this message
after beginning second stage install:
"In second stage install died at usr/bin/perl-install/install_steps_gtk.pm
line 202
install exited abnormally
sending termination signals... done"
My computer is a Pentium 75MHz,
Hello!
Does anyone know of other programs with the concept like XFishTank -
i.e. to make the desktop background animated? The 'Fly through space'
would be great! :-)
Thanks,
-- Koly
How do i configure FTP access. I want to be able to send web pages to
/home/httpd/html. When i run the ftp command it connects ok, then i
never get a logon prompt. eventually it times out. It comes back with
connection closed by remote host.
any help would be appreciated--
I use gftp
i'm a newbie so take this for what it is worth but i have read that
X...4 only uses one server and not one of the selection available before
and that as a result the symbolic link that was probably made during
your previous install needs to be undone -before installing the new
version i think-
Greetings!
Can anyone advise, now with this patch, how to install a fresh version of Linux on a
computer
beyond the 1024th cylinder? How do we go about this?
Many thanks
SM Foo
I'm having a bit off a problem upgrading/installing some rpm files. Gnapster
stopped working for me for some odd reason, so I was trying to get some other
Linux ports for Napster. I found Gnome-Napster but it said I needed gnome-libs
1.0.53 and I have 1.0.14. So I went over to rpmfind.net to get
basculethe active partition flag tells dos/windows what
dos/windows partition to boot. There can be only one active
partition per drive and it needs to have a bootable dos/windows
operating system on it. Making a linux native partition active
is incorrect.
Why, if you're using win98, do
basculeyou haven't yet tried the linear boot mode? I
thought you'd done that days ago and I just assumed it hadn't
worked. Let me know.
Alan
bascule wrote:
thankyou,
your point is well made,
true a sizable proportion of 'my stuff' comprises stuff hoarded over the
years that i could
You're unlucky. That printer wont work in linux, it is one of those called
WinPrinters. You can't even print text.
Anyway, it looks like you don't have parrallel port support in the kernel.
You should compile your kernel with support for parrallel port, and maybe
parport too. However, as I
On 29 Apr 2000, Anthony Huereca wrote:
I'm having a bit off a problem upgrading/installing some rpm files. Gnapster
stopped working for me for some odd reason, so I was trying to get some other
Linux ports for Napster.
im not sure about the libs thing but i had the same thing happen with
Anyone know of a good FREE vcd player for linux? I am trying to use an
unregistered MTV at the moment but the audio cuts out until it is registered.
THanks,
Wayne
You can use "mtvp" instead of "mtv". It comes with mtv, but it's the
command-line version, and doesn't cut the audio.
Jean-Michel Dault
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On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, Wayne Petherick wrote:
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 09:38:00 +1000
From: Wayne Petherick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To:
Ok, here goes, gang . . . I'm a 42 y/o (male) RN on my 5th or 6th
computer, now. (So much for knowing computer programming, etc.) I have
done Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, and some version of Mac once, on one
"Macintosh" I had (at home), and Windows NT at work.
I understand basic options, with
flupke wrote:
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Hugh Semmler wrote:
I did get my scsi card to work under Mandrake 7. But I can only scan
when Logged in as root. How can I allow all users to use the scanner.
I should know this, But for some reason I cant get it to work.
I don't know anything about
I had same problem with a modem that worked fine with an earlier
installation but not with a 2nd one (same modem and same version of
Mandrake). Here's an older post that helped me get things working
again:
For all you with pnp modem problems, this is how I got my usr 56k
internal
ISA modem to
I Hate to rehash the Micro$oft virus topic, but when checking for the
ActiveX virus that found it's way on the list recently, my anti-virus
program found a virus executable in my attachments folder. Kind of like a
viral spore I guess because it could only do it's thing and reproduce
itself if it
The other day, I gave up on Windows 98, and installed Linux-Mandrake
6.5, and let me say, first, that I LOVE it. It is SO much more stable!
Glad you like it. Also, while the box says 6.5, it's acutally Mandrake 6.1.
That said, onward . . . (1) I've no sound, except rare beeps from the
Cesar Octavio Delgado wrote:
You're unlucky. That printer wont work in linux, it is one of those called
WinPrinters. You can't even print text.
Anyway, it looks like you don't have parrallel port support in the kernel.
You should compile your kernel with support for parrallel port, and
I had same problem with a modem that worked fine with an earlier
installation but not with a 2nd one (same modem and same version of
Mandrake). Here's an older post that helped me get things working
again:
For all you with pnp modem problems, this is how I got my usr 56k
internal
ISA modem to
i have tried the linear mode, i waited to see if anyone had any comment
about possible data loss, in the end it didn't make any difference, i
did try something that should have occured to me before and that was to
disable ide and try to boot from scsi;
an odd thing - instead of an instant
RDM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok, here goes, gang . . . I'm a 42 y/o (male) RN on my 5th or 6th
computer, now. (So much for knowing computer programming, etc.) I have
done Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, and some version of Mac once, on one
"Macintosh" I had (at home), and Windows NT at work.
does any one know of a program to set the monitor brightnes higher
my problem is a simple one
i have a voodoo 3 3000 on my pc and got it to work,
the thing is that when i run games (unreal tournament) the picture looks
way too dark, ive seen UT run on other linux machines and it looked really
Would not hurt to check it out!!!
don
I thought I knew that I knew what I thought
But now I know that what I thought I knew
Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew.
On Fri, 28 Apr 2000 16:50:34 -0700 Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL
My $1.03 worth,
The only time I had a problem was when I first installed Win98 on my new
system and had never done that before. Now I know what was not done
correctly and everythingy is working just great. I use the 128bit
encryption NetScape Navigator 4.08, very stable and not so big and
i just spotted it,
i've been helping a friend access his college email, i forgot to put all
the details back into netscapeeditpreferences, sorry for any confusion
bascule
If you are in Mandrake 7, you can get out of this by ctr-alt-backspace.
I have similar problem using Mandrake 6.5 and RedHat 6.0. It was also with
a Mitsubushi Monitor. You really have to known the full specification of
your monitor really well. Refer to the documentation that came with
The following message occured after activation changes to lilo setup.
Check LILO
Executing: /sbin/lilo
Added linux *
*open hda: No such file or directory
* return 1
I noticed since the second installation attempt, that the hda file/directory
was not available.
reinstall your previous version of X i heard somewhere that x114 really isnt
stable
kenny
- Original Message -
From: "Alan Schussman" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2000 1:31 PM
Subject: [newbie] Now I've done it -- broken X?
Hi-
Why I thought this
basculeok, now please see if all of the needed boot files
are actually there in the boot directory and if they're actual
files.
/boot/map
/boot/boot.b
/boot/uk.klt
/boot/message
/boot/vmlinuz
/boot/initrd.img
But I still think the best chance is to dual boot drom the IDE
drive.
Alan
hi,
Such is the coolness of activeX that everyone running MS OS's has to
disable or otherwise suffer the slings and arrows...Indeed such is the
nature of corperate,nevermind the kiddie hackers of the world,shanagins even
this will not save you. Only last week I read on the web that MS,and I
I haven't been following this thread closely, but I have been having what
must be similar problems with space, as my / partition is full, and I must
do something or I won't be able to save or create new docs or print or
stuff like that. I have two hard drives involved. On one, I have a /boot
The way to STOP Flames is put it out to pasture.
don
I thought I knew that I knew what I thought
But now I know that what I thought I knew
Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew.
On Fri, 28 Apr 2000 18:42:31 -0700 "Mike Tracy
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