[newbie-it] Risoluzione

Ciao a tutti, Ho sempre il problema del Loop video, ma questa volta sono riuscito a leggere la scritta che mi da. Premetto che il tutto succede quando ancora X non è avviato e che sul testing iniziale di avvio da tutto OK. La frase è: According to /var/run/gdm.pid gdm was already running

[newbie-it] /etc/modules.conf

Ciao, avendo seri problemi con kmid e kmidi, che non ne vogliono proprio sapere di funzionare (Mandrake 7.2, KDE 2.0), vorrei chiedere come sia il vostro file /etc/modules.conf. Il mio e' pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start alias usb-interface usb-uhci alias

[newbie-it] memoria video

Ho un piccolo problema che forse qualcuno puo aiutarmi a risolvere . Possiedo una creative geforce 256 con 32 mb di sgram. Con linux mandrake 8.0 installato la mia scheda viene riconosciuta in modo corretto ma con la differenza che invece di 32 mb di memoria video ne vede solo 4 mb , come posso

[newbie-it] errori di ricompilazione del kernel

Saluti a tutti gli aficionados di questa fantastica lista, vi scrivo per esporvi il mio problema. Ho cercato per la cinquantesima volta di ricompilare il kernel, volevo passare dal 2.5.3 al 2.4.5. Non che ne abbia un'esigenza particolare, più che aaltro perchè mi piacerebbe poter dire di esserci

[newbie-it] CD Audio sul cdrom2

Ciao a tutti, ho due cdrom ma solo il secondo è collegato con la scheda sonora per l'ascolto dei CD. Come faccio a dire a Linux che questo è il cdrom da cui deve farmi ascoltare i brani musicali?! Con Riproduttore CD funziona perchè nelle opzioni si può specificare il device di origine ma con

RE: [newbie] Copy *.* to *.bak -- how?

I believe in my very limited knowledge that the command is mv oldfilename newfilename e.g. mv mydocument mydocument.bak Nick -Original Message- From: Benjamin Sher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 31 May 2001 04:37 To: Newbie Subject: [newbie] Copy *.* to *.bak -- how? Dear friends:

RE: [newbie] Copy *.* to *.bak -- how?

Oops, sorry bout that, just got in and jumped the gun - you can write a script to loop through the contents of a directory and perform commands on the files therein, but I don't know it off the top of my head. Nick -Original Message- From: Benjamin Sher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

Re: [newbie] nVIDIA TnT2

On Wednesday 30 May 2001 13:27, OOzy Pal wrote: No, no games. I don't play games. I just want Mandrake to run fast enough. I used to have PIII 450 with Asus AGP-V2740 (AGP Bus, Intel740TM accelerator) and Mandrake was so slow. I hope nVIDIA runs fast enough. OOzy If you want it to run

[newbie] [OT] linux hosting in US

I'm sorry for posting an Off-List topic. Do you, by any chance, know a good linux hosting company in US that will allow me setup our application here and just send the hdd off to US? Sherwin p.s. pls email me off-list.

Re: [newbie] Copy *.* to *.bak -- how?

Have a look at the man page of mmv (multiple move). Nico On Thursday 31 May 2001 05:36, you wrote: Dear friends: Let's say I have the following files: File1 File2 File3 etc. Now, normally to make a backup copy of each, I would do the following: cp File1 File1.bk cp File2 File2.bk

[newbie] [newblie] Segmentation fault

Hi, Can anyone shed any light on as to what causes this error. Occasionally when running simple commands such as ps -aux|grep xxx and find . -name xxx all I get is a segmentation fault returned to me. also when installing LM7.2 I got the error. I can't remember the exact error but it's

[newbie] Search for text in a directory

Hi there, how can a search for a specific text string in all files inside a directory/directory tree? Thanks Phil. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.255 / Virus Database: 128 - Release Date: 17-May-01

RE: [newbie] Getting the network to work

i don't know if anyone else mailed you re this (or if this will go via the list but the NIC (if it is an ISA card at least)you have to use a DOS prog to set the IRQ /memory settings.. i'm not sure i understand it but the process is described in better detail here;

[newbie] Locked in 800 X600 in LM8

Hi everybody, I'm locked in 800 X 600 using 16 bit mode. I need to get back to 1024 X768. It used to work. My card is an NVIDIA GeForce 256 on a Dell Dimensions XPSB733. It was working flawlessly. And, yes it works in Windows NT4. I tried the Mandrake Control Center last night and I was to bring

Re: [newbie] [newblie] Segmentation fault

more info please... are you running Xwindows (with only 32 meg ram?) On Thursday 31 May 2001 06:01, Rob F wrote: Hi, Can anyone shed any light on as to what causes this error. Occasionally when running simple commands such as ps -aux|grep xxx and find . -name xxx all I get is a

[newbie] Most appropriate driver for the HP DeskJet 930C

Civileme wrote: Choose another driver. There are many for each printer, so you can achieve the best quality/speed tradeoff for yourself. In which case, is anyone familiar with a suitable driver for the HP DeskJet 930C (I suppose such a driver would also cover the 932C, if not the entire 900

Re: [newbie] nVIDIA TnT2

I almost always think that anyone complaining about the speed of MDK7.x or greater MUST have a configuration problem (most likely in network settings) that is slowing them down. like looking for a DNS that ain't there.. I maen, heck how fast do you think it should be. every one I ever see that

[newbie] cdrom trouble =/

hi there master of mandrake =] ik have some trouble with my iso copies of your mandrake cd's. CD1 works fine no problem there but when i insert cd2 it over with the fun... =[ during installation there is no problem but ik got a little video player to play avi and quicktime files but during

Re: [newbie] [newblie] Segmentation fault

Hi, I'm not running X, (There's not enough memory for that) I'm using Xwin32 on a win98 machine and launching xterms and apps as needed. which seems to run ok. The problem is intermitent, and sometimes goes away for a while after a reboot. On Thu, 31 May 2001 06:44:57 -0400 etharp [EMAIL

[newbie] OT: Network Hub Question

We are looking at setting up a test small network at work , and are wanting a cheapish hub. I was looking at getting a Netgear DS108. Which i also have at home (its work great peer-to-peer). The real question i want to know is will this hub work when connected to a server (ie managed as

[newbie] core system network

does annybody have a linux and windows me system connected. if yes wich program and could you send me the urls of that. Ben de man running linux mandrake 8.0 using KDE2 desktop on a AMDk6-3-450mhz 196ram voodoo2 and rivatnt 2, 2x 3.4 gb hd and using tv-card (pinnacle tv rave) and using a burner

[newbie] newaliases error..

Hi all, I am getting these messages whenever I try to run newaliases I was getting it with my normal file, so I changed it to a clean file from the rpm update, and it still does it.. /etc/aliases: line 18: daemon... cannot alias non-local names /etc/aliases: line 19: buildaddr: no mailer in

Re: [newbie] OT: Network Hub Question

Any network hub will work for a small test network, regardless of the types of hosts (client vs. server). But if you have a larger network, as it appears you are already aware, then a managed hub or even a programmable switch is the way to go, as it gives you much more control over network

[newbie] Mandrake 8.0

Hola, Estoy interesado en comprar el nuevo Linux Mandrake 8.0, y me gustaria saber si todo el paquete esta disponible completamente en espanol. Gracias.

Re: [newbie] Modems?

John David Molina wrote: Any external modem should work. They are always real modems (not winmodems). I've heard that some USB external modems are winmodems. Randy Kramer

Re: [newbie] nVIDIA TnT2

On Thursday 31 May 2001 12:57, you wrote: On Wednesday 30 May 2001 13:27, OOzy Pal wrote: No, no games. I don't play games. I just want Mandrake to run fast enough. I used to have PIII 450 with Asus AGP-V2740 (AGP Bus, Intel740TM accelerator) and Mandrake was so slow. I hope nVIDIA runs

[newbie] pop3 server problem

hi all ! i have following problem with the pop3 server that came with mandrake 7.2 (imap package, ipop3d executable): it always complains about a invalid format of my mailbox file. although its a standard unix mailbox format, created by procmail which delivers my mails into the mailbox. if

Re: [newbie] nVIDIA TnT2

Just out of curiosity... What exactly do you mean by fast enough? I run Mandrake 7.2 on a 300MHz Celeron overclocked to 450 MHz, with 128 MB RAM, and a Western Digital Expert 7200 RPM, 8.5 GB HD. The system runs great, with most apps loading in 1-2 seconds. Dave On Wednesday 30 May 2001

[newbie] Asshole alert

In reply to my earlier message [newbie] Most appropriate driver for the HP DeskJet 930C, wang ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) has emailed me offlist with a malicious attachment, docs.scr. Assuming that he/she is a member of this list, perhaps the list administrator could remove him/her forthwith. Michael

Re: [newbie] Linux Modem

Guillemo: One good source for information about modems is www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html. It has a very long list of modems that identifies them as (1) real modems, (2) winmodems for which there is no fix, and (3) winmodems that can be made to work under Linux -- and where the drivers can

Re: [newbie] Copy *.* to *.bak -- how?

It was Thu, 31 May 2001 12:23:30 +0800 when newbie-mandrake wrote: try something like bash# for i in *; do cp $i $.bak; done for i in *; do cp $i $i.bak; done Note the i in front of the second $ Paul -- Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things. -Denis Diderot

Re: [newbie] a quick note

i'm having a heck of a time too. when i go to install using the tar file i get an error that says my c== compiler isn't working. any thoughts on how can i fix this? matt --- Dave DeGear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had never tried Galeon before so I thought that I should try it after these

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 and DSL here we go again....

There is a DSL modem made by Alcatel (External USB Ethernet) that has Linux drivers. I currently have a 3Com PCI that doesn't support Linux. The USB modem will run you about $115 and the Ethernet about $150. Alan Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 05/31/2001 01:32:26 PM To: Newbie List

[newbie] hdlist, did you ever get an answer about your install I have the same thing?

Yep my install is giving me this error "invalid hdlists". Would appreciate your help! Rene

Re: [newbie]cups printing again

On Wednesday 30 May 2001 23:49, John David Molina wrote: El Jue 24 May 2001 13:16, Marcia Waller escribió: Dear All, I cannot print at all now in my LM8 with my Epson Stylus Color with cups+gimp driver. I did download the new cups, too. It will printout a test page and do the calibration

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 and DSL here we go again....

I do absolutely have ZERO problems using DSL with MDK 7.2 or 8.0. I am using a Cisco DSL router with DHCP. All the configuration was done on the router. My home LAN is a simple static IP LAN. The LAN side my router is 10.0.0.1 = default gateway, and my 2 home Linux PCs are 10.0.0.50 and

[newbie] trouble in getting Mandrake LInux 8.0 started

Hi folks, I have a Toshiba Satellite 2805 S202 laptop with intel Pentium III 700Mhz and 128MB RAM. I just installed Mandrake Linux 8.0 on one of the partitions. The installation process went on without any glitches. My problem is, I can't seem to get linux started. When I boot linux, the initial

[newbie] menudrake, mandrake 8, and windowmaker

I'm using windowmaker and a new install of mandrake 8. So far, I like mdk8.0 quite a bit -- it's working smoothly (right down to perfect installation of the nvidia drivers). However, I cannot get windowmaker to read the menu generated by menudrake. WM errors out on it, as does wmakerconf's menu

[newbie] Help: Install of LM-8.0 on Sony VAIO

If there is another mail list that I should send this request to, please let me know. I have a Sony VAIO PCV-LX800 SlimTop. The install hangs during the X configuration test. If you have successfully installed LM8.0 on this machine, please tell me how you did it. I can provide more detail

Re: [newbie] newaliases error..

Probably a formatting error in /etc/aliases. Send along an example. Ric Franki wrote: Hi all, I am getting these messages whenever I try to run newaliases I was getting it with my normal file, so I changed it to a clean file from the rpm update, and it still does it..

Re: [newbie] cdrom trouble =/

If it burned the first one, then I doubt that the problem with the second is the burner. I would more suspect that the ISO image was damaged before you tried to burn it (fairly common to see them get corrupt on download. You should always check the md5sum before you burn them. I'd suggest

Re: [newbie] OT: Network Hub Question

There are many. Personally, considering the prices, I'd look at a switch, not a hub. For just a little bit more money, you get much better performance. It just depends on the size of the network. Linksys makes a good one, as does 3com. Ric Jamie Kerwick wrote: We are looking at setting up

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 and DSL here we go again....

Hi all, We got an Alcatel DSL modem here.. and it connects to the PC via ethernet and requires no drivers.. you plug it in, set your IP's and stuff and DNS, and off you go,, it required nothing specific to it at all,,, It was no harder to set it up in Linux then it did in windows. plug it in,

Re: [newbie] [newblie] Segmentation faultu

Occasionally when running simple commands such as ps -aux|grep xxx and find . -name xxx all I get is a segmentation fault returned to me. Have you checked your RAM? Look for memtest86 (one place is http://reality.sgi.com/cbrady_denver/memtest86/). Another possibility is that maybe there is a

Re: [newbie] a quick note

It was Thu, 31 May 2001 09:56:06 -0700 (PDT) when Matt Moore wrote: i'm having a heck of a time too. when i go to install using the tar file i get an error that says my c== compiler isn't working. any thoughts on how can i fix this? Install it, and the devel-packages. Paul -- Only passions,

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0

Perdona mi, no habla Espanol. On Thursday 31 May 2001 07:32 am, so spoke Roma Vinas: Hola, Estoy interesado en comprar el nuevo Linux Mandrake 8.0, y me gustaria saber si todo el paquete esta disponible completamente en espanol. Gracias.

[newbie] Gabber and libglade

I've been using Gabber 0.8.2 on LM8 for a while now and a new version 0.8.3 just came out (no mdk versions yet). I keep getting reminders every time I start Gabber so I decided to get the update. I download the source rpm and do rpm --rebuild gabber_0.9.3.src.rpm and it gives me an error that the

Re: [newbie] More memory, more swap file?

It all depends on what you use. I have 1GB memory with 1GB swap and still run out sometimes. However, I run graphics programs, video editing, netscape,pan with HUGE newsgroups, and have two vmware machines running at the same time, etc In either case, if you really did not need it before,

Re: [newbie] nVIDIA TnT2

can you explain further what you mean when you say window related? as in ment to run under M$ winders? also, am I correct in that you are not trying to run games under some emulator like wine? On Thursday 31 May 2001 07:13, you wrote: do you run (window related) games under linux

Re: [newbie] Asshole alert

Michael Carr wrote: In reply to my earlier message [newbie] Most appropriate driver for the HP DeskJet 930C, wang ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) has emailed me offlist with a malicious attachment, docs.scr. Assuming that he/she is a member of this list, perhaps the list administrator could remove

[newbie] Interesting Aurora configorator...

Hi all, did you know that there is a webmin module for Aurora ?? http://www.thirdpartymodules.com/webmin/?page=New+Modules check it out, its free as one would expect.. so those of you that have requested some method of doing this, now have one.. regards Frank

[newbie] gcc ?

I just curious about the gcc 2.96 packaged with Mandrake 8.0, is it stable ? because the history of gcc 2.96 packaged with redhat 7.0 was not good right ?

[newbie] DNS and DSL problem: can only browse as root

Hi,I reinstalled Mandrake 8.0 this morning on my laptop. I can connect to the internet using rp-pppoe (version 3), but looking up names like http://www.google.com/linux only works as root. As a normal user, I can only browse using ip addresses. This never happenned before and I'm not sure

[newbie] win4lin and mandrake 7.2

i downlaoded and installed win4lin - howvever, after stage one of the install was completed and the win4lin kernel patch was installed i rebooted and continued with stage 2 (instalation of windows). but when the win4lin installer tries to access the windows install cd to do so it says could

Re: [newbie] A good Motherboard

*sigh* HTML in email is EVIL! But back to the point... the ASUS A7V133, is a VERY NICE motherboard. That's what I'm running right now. It supports 266 FSB, it has a Promise ATA Controller on board, which will handle 4 IDE devices. IT then comes with the regular IDE controller that all

[newbie] Path

Hello! I want to add /usr/java/jdk1.3.1/bin/ to my PATH The shell is bash How do I do?? //Magnus

Re: [newbie] A good Motherboard

I have already ordered my system with MSI K7T Turbo-R I hope it works fine. Even though it is RAID but I am running it as a normal IDE. --- Tim Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *sigh* HTML in email is EVIL! But back to the point... the ASUS A7V133, is a VERY NICE motherboard. That's

Re: [newbie] Remote access to Webmin

There's something else you're going to want to look for, or your webadmin will NOT allow you access to the interface. As ROOT, edit the file /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf I believe it's line 11, that by default reads: ssl=1 Unless you have ssl configured and the cert created, you will not be

Re: [newbie] Modems?

Actually, about 85% of all USB modems are Winmodems. I've only actually seen one hardware modem that was USB personally, and it was a good $150+. I have a Viking USB modem that works beautifully in Windows, but when I tried to give it to a friend to use in Linux, I found out it doesn't

Re: [newbie] Search for text in a directory

Do a man on grep. Grep is a VERY useful tool in *nix. It's great for use in scripts, as well as just basic use. For example, say you're looking for an error message, or something else in a log file, and you're too lazy to just read through the whole file, use a command like this. [timh@yoda

Re: [newbie] Path

Append it to your PATH line in /home/(user)/.bashrc or if you want it in root then change your /root/.bashrc file. -- It said uses Windows 95 or better, so I loaded Linux! In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates? Kelley Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Magnus Stenemo wrote:

Re: [newbie] a quick note

Sven Heinicke wrote: I'm a big galeon fan too, but I do have a user that galeon always crashes on him. I am yet to look into it but yea old netscape 4 is what he usually uses. Michel Clasquin writes: The browser wars are over. Galeon is browsing perfection. IMHO anyway

[newbie] Mandrake 8 setup hangs

mandrake 8 setup hangs at the moment the "cracklib" package is being copied during the installation process, i am trying to install mandrake 8 on a celeron 400 pc with 128 ram and a 10 gb hard disk, the same result happens while trying the same process in a thinkpad laptop. is this a bug,a

[newbie] Partition problem after install

Hi I just installed mandrake 7.2 and now dos can't see my fat32 extended partitions (although linux still sees them). Prior to the mandrake install my harddrive was configured into 5 partitions - a primary dos fat32 parition (c:) which I had recently formatted (in fact I was so slack I didn't

[newbie] pan and gtkhtml error

i have uninstalled and reinstalled pan and all it's dependencies two or three times, i have tried the update from cooker and i still get this message, it's funny but when i did an upgrade form 7.2 to 8 it worked, but i now i 've done a clean install of 8 it doesn't, does any one know how i

[newbie] MPG, VCD, and DVD player

Can anyone recommend a good player for these medias? I installed LM 8.0 and it defaults to playing mpgs with the KDE media player but to the best of my knowledge it only handles audio files. I also recently purchased a DVD-Rom and I would like to view both dvd's and vcd's in linux as i do in

[newbie] Installing RPM's

how do i do it? I tried rpm -i something.rpm but that doesn't seem to do it so could someone please help me? should the rpm be in a certain folder first?

[newbie] DNS and DSL problem: can only browse as root

Hi, I reinstalled Mandrake 8.0 this morning on my laptop. I can connect to the internet using rp-pppoe (version 3), but looking up names like http://www.google.com/linux only works as root. As a normal user, I can only browse using ip addresses. This never happenned before and I'm not sure

[newbie] errant processes again

is it possible for a process to be immune to all forms of 'kill'? i keep having to reboot every time xcdroast crashes because cdrecord and/or cdda2wav don't stop running, i've read the man for kill and inserted every possiblity after the -s option and also used kill -9 but nothing works, nor

[newbie] NVIDIA rpms

Hi! I just download the new NVIDIA rpms for LM 8.0, and it works very well. www.nvidia.com NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-1251.i386.rpm NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-1251.mdk80up.i386.rpm Install outside X and follow Installation Guide Carlos

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 and DSL here we go again....

I am using Telocity dsl with Mandrake. Mandrake 8.0 configured the dsl connection flawlessly during the install. Telocity uses DHCP to farm out all network settings which is awesome for Linux. Automatically assigns IP address and DNS servers. Telocity supplies a dsl router that handles the

Re: [newbie] Partition problem after install

Ivor Blockley wrote: Hi I just installed mandrake 7.2 and now dos can't see my fat32 extended partitions (although linux still sees them). Prior to the mandrake install my harddrive was configured into 5 partitions - a primary dos fat32 parition (c:) which I had recently formatted (in fact

[newbie] OT: anybody using bellsouth and understand the....

the new ng situation. I can't find sh*t off the website, and can't get into the ngs to find anything out. What's going on? I found out off of Hal Burgiss's site that one must now sign up with some 3rd party newserver, but we are limited or some sh*t. I just don't get it. Can anybody

Re: [newbie] MPG, VCD, and DVD player

First let me say good luck. :-) Ok, I've gotten mplayer to work on mpegs and avis, and vlc to almost do dvd. It's hard to find things that will compile/install on Mandrake insert your flame here, cause of dependencies that conflict when you try to satisfy them. anyway, those were the one's

[newbie] multiple network environment

Hi, I would like to have a ``receipt'' on the best way to define a network environment. I work at 2 different institutes, with each different domain names and different way of setting the IP address. The first uses a fix IP address and hostname, while the second uses a fix hostname, but a