Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] Missing Posts

1999-07-21 Thread Civileme


I never knew majordomo was from the twilight zone.  My mailbox is
full of July 12th posts, about 14 of them.
 
 
"Ty C. Mixon" wrote:
This is about the 3rd time this has come into my
mailbox.   Anyone know why?
Check the date too.
--  Forwarded Message  --
Subject: Re: [newbie] Missing Posts
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 23:16:54 -0600 (MDT)
From: Axalon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Yeah and i'm usualy in the year 2000
On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Civileme wrote:
> Well, the date and time ordering is using the sender's time, which
may
> make it seem that way.  I am on Alaska time which makes my posts
seem
> out of order to someone on the east coast of North America. 
That is
> what I see.
>
> Civileme
>
>
> Patrick Putteman wrote:
>
>
>
> > I have the strange feeling I'm not getting all the posts in either
> > newbie, expert or cooker mailing lists. Just seems I'm missing
some
> > messages of some threads... Anyone else experiencing the same?
Patrick
>
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Re: [newbie] Installing

1999-07-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]


 Best way is to find out what kind it is,but the next best is to look
closely at the bottom.and see how many jumpers there are on it,on most
drives there's only one,and that will be in the master position
already,so just move the jumper over one set of pins and you should be
in slave position. Sometimes you run into a drive that has a pin you
need to add to slave it,but not all that often.
 look close for ma/sl/cs near the pins,master/slave/cable select It
should get it up and running in no time

merc.



Re: [newbie] Installing

1999-07-21 Thread Andy Goth

> I don't know about that "special driver" you mention.  It sounds like a
> problem with your motherboard (or IDE controller not recognizing 2 disks).
> If that's so, then what I'm about to say won't help, and may even hurt
> (you'd have to re-format the MBR and put that "special driver" on again).

Both disks are recognized, but DOS can't seem to handle the second disk
without the driver.  Maybe it has some optimized low-level format.  I
saw an improved format command that managed to fit maybe two megabytes
on a 1.44MB floppy, but special DOS-only drivers were needed for DOS to
understand them.  Windows, on the other hand, will modify any disk put
in a drive that doesn't already support long file names.  The two don't
mix!
 
> /etc/lilo.conf is the config file for lilo.  When you run /sbin/lilo, it
> will read this config file (or another if you use the -C option).

I know.  And then it will reconfigure a boot sector to conform with the
options.
 
> */etc/lilo.conf (on my machine):
> 
> boot=/dev/hda   #tells where to put LILO (in the MBA of
> #the first IDE drive)

I'll do that.

> map=/boot/map   #Specifies location of map file
> install=/boot/boot.b#Which file to install in boot sector?
> prompt  #Tells LILO to prompt before booting
> timeout=50  #Wait 50 tenths of a second before going to
> #default selection
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdk #Kernel image to load
> label=linux #What you type at the lilo prompt
> root=/dev/hda1  #Which file system is / (root)

If I don't swap my master and slave disks, then I'll have to change this
to be /dev/hdb5.

I first formatted this disk to have two partitions.  Obviously it made
the second one an extended partition.  What's the difference between an
extended partition and the other kind?  The kind that would be called
hdb2?

> read-only   #Mount the root fs as read-only (in case
> #it has errors)
> 
> Instead of an "image=..." entry for Linux kernels, you need an
> "other=..." entry for another OS.  You need to add an entry like this (at
> the bottom of the file):
> other=/dev/hda2 #Which partition's boot sector do I load?

/dev/hda1, unless I change.

> label=dos   #What you type at the lilo prompt
> table=/dev/hda  #Pass this partition table table to the other OS

What does that last line mean?
 
> You might try this, to see if it works.  Be sure to save all your boot
> disks, at least the first time, just in case.  Be sure to modify this as
> is appropriate for your system.



Re: [newbie] Sound -- probably revisited.

1999-07-21 Thread Andy Goth

> Have you run 'sndconfig' yet?

I know that Red Hat 5.1 has a program called setup that presents you
with a menu of configurators to choose from.  It might be in Mandrake,
too.  Try it.



Fwd: Re: [newbie] Missing Posts

1999-07-21 Thread Ty C. Mixon

This is about the 3rd time this has come into my mailbox.   Anyone know why? 
Check the date too.

--  Forwarded Message  --
Subject: Re: [newbie] Missing Posts
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 23:16:54 -0600 (MDT)
From: Axalon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


Yeah and i'm usualy in the year 2000 

On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Civileme wrote:

> Well, the date and time ordering is using the sender's time, which may
> make it seem that way.  I am on Alaska time which makes my posts seem
> out of order to someone on the east coast of North America.  That is
> what I see.
> 
> Civileme
> 
> 
> Patrick Putteman wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > I have the strange feeling I'm not getting all the posts in either
> > newbie, expert or cooker mailing lists. Just seems I'm missing some
> > messages of some threads... Anyone else experiencing the same? Patrick
>
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Re: [newbie] Installing

1999-07-21 Thread Andy Goth

> Actually, it sounds like you just need to edit your lilo.conf  file.
> There's a section on how to do that in the Mandrake docs on the CD,
> which you can view with a web browser. After editing the file, you
> must run lilo again, i.e., /sbin/lilo
> When the boot prompt comes up  (LILO boot:), hit the "Tab" key.  This
> will give you a choice of OS you can boot. Type in the one you want
> (dos, Win95, Linux, or whatever you have) at the prompt and hit enter.

I already have set up LILO on the laptop with Mandrake on it, so I know
how to mess with things like the default operating system.

How do I install LILO on a different disk?  How do I make sure it
doesn't trash the Ontrack program?
 
> PS: If you actually have Win95 installed, I'm surprised you need
> Ontrack Disk Manager at all.

Most of the time I just boot into DOS.  Windows 95 is horribly slow, and
my programs are DOS based.

> My BIOS  (AMI) is over 5 years old and I
> had a 7G drive in here with no additional software. Was your 3G drive
> formatted with LBA? It SHOULD have been if it wasn't.Does your BIOS
> have an LBA setting? However changing it now without reformatting
> your drive will probably make it unreadable.

LBA?



I am dealing with a 1993 computer.



Re: [newbie] Installing

1999-07-21 Thread Andy Goth

> With normal IDE-drives you would just switch the master (MA) and the
> slave jumpers (SL). With SCSI-drives you would change the assigned
> SCSI-ID's. I get the impression it starts to count from 6 downwards for
> assigning drive letters. In your case I wouldn't repair what isn't
> broken.

They're IDE.  I know how to do master and slave jumpers with the new
disk, but I don't know the settings for the old one.  I don't even know
what the old one's name is!  Maybe the Ontrack configuration utility can
tell me: It has tons of information on hard disks and was able to
identify my old disk.

Can you describe the process?



Re: [newbie] Login Background

1999-07-21 Thread Andy Goth

> http://www.acid.org
> 
> doing ansi by hand is a long drawn out proccess i personaly do not enjoy.

I'm downloading it now.

Is it anything like TheDraw?



Re: [newbie] Sound -- probably revisited.

1999-07-21 Thread John Aldrich

Try logging in as "root" and running (in text console mode) "sndconfig" and
see if that doesn't work. Default RedHat6/Mandrake 6 kernels SHOULD come
with the SB16 sound installed. What are the settings on this card, btw? Are
they the "standard" IRQ5 (or 7) I/O 220, etc? or are they non-standard?
Also, is this an ISP PNP card or is this one of the old "jumper-configured"
cards?
What else do you have (hardware wise) in your system which might be
conflicting with the sound card? What about a modem? What brand/model of
modem do you have in there? Is it a card, and if so, ISA or PCI? (Chances
are if it's PCI, it's a "WinModem" with one known exception, and if so,
ditch it, 'cause it wont' work!)
John

- Original Message -
From: Beo d'Wulfie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 3:51 PM
Subject: [newbie] Sound -- probably revisited.


> I'm new to the list, and very new to Linux. The only thing I've mastered
> at this point is how to do the installation from a cd. *chuckle*
>
> Anyhow, here is my problem and my apologies if this has been covered
> before. I've installed RH6.0/mandrake. The soundcard I'm using is a sb16.
> It doesn't work. I've gone through the help docs and followed their
> instructions but still no go.
>
> Can anyone help with this???
>
> A few things to note:
>
> - Yes, the speakers are turned on.
> - Yes, the system bell does come through the internal speaker.
> - No, I don't know how to decompress a module or recompile a kernal, but
> I'm a quick study and will find out how if this is what it takes to
> correct the problem.
>
> Thanks everyone.
>
> Beo
> the newly frustrated.
>
> ---Beo d'Wulfie
>
> 'We all enter this world in the same way:
>  naked; screaming; soaked in blood. But if
>  you live your life right, that kind of thing
>  doesn't have to stop there.'
>



Re: [newbie] problème de modem

1999-07-21 Thread Andy Goth

> Thank you for your answer. By the way you understood the whole question very
> well.

Cool.

> My modem is an Olitec 56k, and I bought it 3 days ago.

Did you intend to use it with Linux when you got it?  Do you have the
ability to exchange it for another one that's more Linux-friendly?
 
> I heard that it did only work with windows, but that some people were
> working on a special driver that could make it work with linux. Did you
> hear of it ??

No.  I haven't heard.

When did you find out that it was Windows-only?

Try using it in DOS (with no Windows running)--if you have DOS.  It
shouldn't work if it's a Winmodem.



Re: [newbie] printing from netscape

1999-07-21 Thread John Aldrich

Hmm...do you have your printer set up in Linux? That's What about setting up
the printer in Netscape IIRC (unfortunately, not running Linux here yet,
and don't currently have access to a Linux box at this moment...) Netscape
has it's own Printer config options, plus you have to configure your printer
specifically in Xwindows (I think) as well as just generally defining it for
Linux.
Unfortunately, I haven't done more than glance at the printer configs as I
don't have access to a printer at work where I run Linux.
John

- Original Message -
From: Lyndon Lininger Sr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 4:16 PM
Subject: [newbie] printing from netscape


> Does anyone know how to print from netscape? TIA
>
> Lyndon Lininger Sr.
>



[newbie] My turn with printing problems

1999-07-21 Thread Ty C. Mixon

Ok, but it's with Star Office 5.1.  I can print a test page from the printer
setup screens, but no documents print.  Any ideas?


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[newbie] Get rid of theme from outside KDE

1999-07-21 Thread Sean Brzozowski

Somebody heeelp,

How can I get rid of the theme from the prompt.  I installed one and now
can't start KDE _at all_.

TIA
Sean Brzozowski




Re: [newbie] Sound -- probably revisited.

1999-07-21 Thread Beo d'Wulfie

Oh yes, that was the first thing that I ran. It seems to have no effect at
all. :(

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Matt Stegman wrote:

> Have you run 'sndconfig' yet?
> 
>  -Matt
> 
> On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Beo d'Wulfie wrote:
> 
> > The soundcard I'm using is a sb16.
> > It doesn't work. I've gone through the help docs and followed their
> > instructions but still no go.
> > 
> > Can anyone help with this???
> > 
> > A few things to note:
> > 
> > - Yes, the speakers are turned on.
> > - Yes, the system bell does come through the internal speaker.
> > - No, I don't know how to decompress a module or recompile a kernal, but
> > I'm a quick study and will find out how if this is what it takes to
> > correct the problem.
> > 
> > Beo
> > the newly frustrated.
> > 
> 
> 

---Beo d'Wulfie

'We all enter this world in the same way:
 naked; screaming; soaked in blood. But if   
 you live your life right, that kind of thing
 doesn't have to stop there.'



Re: [newbie] printing from netscape

1999-07-21 Thread Lyndon Lininger Sr

Ramon Gandia wrote:
> 
> Lyndon Lininger Sr wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know how to print from netscape? TIA
> >
> > Lyndon Lininger Sr.
> 
> When you display what you want, push the "Print" button.
> Netscape sends it to lpr.  If it doesn't print, its because
> you have a general printing problem (not a Netscape problem).
> 
> --
> Ramon Gandia  ---Sysadmin  ---  http://www.nook.net
> 285 West 1st Avenue  ISP for Western Alaska
> P.O. Box 970  tel. 907-443-7575
> Nome, Alaska 99762fax. 907-443-2487
> ===

Thank you Ramon and Ty for your help. I finally figured it out. I had to
instead of going directly to lpr. I had to use  lpr -Plp1  that way it
went to my printer.

Lyndon Lininger Sr.



Re: [newbie] old mail

1999-07-21 Thread Ty C. Mixon

I've been noticing it too, but wasn't sure if it was the list, or KMail, as I
just switced to an all Linux system.  (For me anyhow.)

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> Today I received two messages from this list dated July 12  (today is
> the 21st)
> 
> Strange.anyone else have that happen?
> 
> Lloyd Osten
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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[newbie] old mail

1999-07-21 Thread Lloyd Osten

Today I received two messages from this list dated July 12  (today is
the 21st)

Strange.anyone else have that happen?

Lloyd Osten
[EMAIL PROTECTED]



[newbie] SMB Printing woes

1999-07-21 Thread Civileme

VArious people, including me, have reported difficulty printing to
printers on other boxes in networks using Festen and/or Venus.

I have an UGLY solution for now.

In /var/spool/lpd/lp/filter

The lines

if [ "$PRINTER_TYPE" = "SMB" ]; then
bestpath="$bestpath | ${FPIDIR}/smbprint ${SPOOLDIR}/acct"

change to


if [ "$PRINTER_TYPE" = "SMB" ]; then
bestpath="$bestpath | /usr/bin/smbprint ${SPOOLDIR}/acct"

AND

change /var/spool/lpd/lp/.config

to read

server=SERVERNAME#  name your server here  For example mine is a
windows box called testrig so I
 #   enter server=TESTRIG
service=PRINTERNAMEONSERVER  #  here mine is called HPWIN  because it is
a stupid winprinter

password='whatever_password_is_assigned'  #  For mine, anything will
work since I haven't set one

user='username'#optional
logfile=/tmp/errorlog_for_printer_hpwin
#logfile=/dev/null   #works too

I get output which I did not have before.  Plain ASCII seems to go to
limbo on the printer test, but all else seems to print OK

Civileme

ANALYSIS:  The FPIDIR variable appears to point to a path where smbprint
is a directory rather than a filter.




Re: [newbie] Sound -- probably revisited.

1999-07-21 Thread Matt Stegman

Have you run 'sndconfig' yet?

 -Matt

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Beo d'Wulfie wrote:

> The soundcard I'm using is a sb16.
> It doesn't work. I've gone through the help docs and followed their
> instructions but still no go.
> 
> Can anyone help with this???
> 
> A few things to note:
> 
> - Yes, the speakers are turned on.
> - Yes, the system bell does come through the internal speaker.
> - No, I don't know how to decompress a module or recompile a kernal, but
> I'm a quick study and will find out how if this is what it takes to
> correct the problem.
> 
> Beo
> the newly frustrated.
> 



Re: [newbie] SAMBA why so dificult?

1999-07-21 Thread Suryo Mataram

I have installed linux several times.  This procedure always works.
1. Edit /etc/smb.conf and change the following
MAKE SURE that the line "workgroup = MYGROUP' is CHANGED to be
"workgroup = (what ever you have in windows under workgroup in
settings-control panel-network-identification"
2. Change the line 'security = user' to security = share'
3. Uncomment (take out the semi-colon) the section that looks like
this:
;[public]
;path = /home/samba
;public = yes
;writable = yes
;printable = no
4. If you want your whole linux machine to show up in windows, change
the above "path = /home/samba" to 'path = /", otherwise, only the
/home/samba directory will be available to windows.
5. Shutdown and restart samba or reboot you linux machine and it will
be visible in windows network neighborhood.



On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 09:06:51 -0700, Jason Riesa wrote:

>I have a working two computer network with file, print, and internet
sharing in Windows. I would like to have the
same thing in Linux, but I know almost nothing about networking in Linux.
Both computers have 2 NIC cards. My
internal IP is 192.168.244.132 and the other computer has an IP of
192.168.244.131.
>The card type is an "NDC 10/100 Fast Etherent PCI (MX-A)(MX987x5)". That is
what shows in the Windows
Network Control Panel. What are the steps that I would need to take to get a
working two computer network in
Linux with file, print, and internet sharing? My computer switches between
Windows 98 and Mandrake 6.0. The
other computer is only Windows 98. Will Linux see the other Windows computer
and will the other windows
computer see my Linux computer? Thanks a whole lot!
>
>The Webmonkey
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
>Free web-based email, anytime, anywhere!
>ZDNet Mail - http://www.zdnetmail.com

>> > Is there any one there that knows how to use linuxconf to set up
windows
>> > connectivity -- I have seen 3 MCSE people try for 2 hours! It should
not, can
>> > not be that impossible!
>> >
>> > All I want to do is share a couple of folders to everyone and access my
user
>> > folder in the nt box. I have Linux Mandrake 6.0 and I have run the
update so
>> > everything should be the latest supported version.




Re: [newbie] printing from netscape

1999-07-21 Thread Ramon Gandia

Lyndon Lininger Sr wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know how to print from netscape? TIA
> 
> Lyndon Lininger Sr.

When you display what you want, push the "Print" button.
Netscape sends it to lpr.  If it doesn't print, its because
you have a general printing problem (not a Netscape problem).

-- 
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285 West 1st Avenue  ISP for Western Alaska
P.O. Box 970  tel. 907-443-7575
Nome, Alaska 99762fax. 907-443-2487
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Re: [newbie] Klicq problems

1999-07-21 Thread Robert Sheskin

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999 14:52:14 -0600, "Ty C. Mixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Ok, I'm not picky about which icq client I use, so where do I get kxicq?
>
> On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, you wrote:
>> On Wed, 21 Jul 1999 12:55:51 -0600, "Ty C. Mixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >
>> > Isn't that IRC?  I'm trying to get into ICQ with Klicq.
>> >
>> sorry about that. That's what I get for running my mouth before I'm awake ;-).
>> I never had luck with klicq but kxicq works great. And that is for icq. It docks 
>next to the time if you want it to.
> --
Here is the home page http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~herwinjs/

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Re: [newbie] printing from netscape

1999-07-21 Thread Ty C. Mixon

For me, once I set up my printer for Linux in general all I have to do is hit
the print button and make sure that it's set to print to lpr and portrait and
letter.

However, I can't get Star Office to print . . . .

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> Does anyone know how to print from netscape? TIA
> 
> Lyndon Lininger Sr.
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Re: [newbie] Klicq problems

1999-07-21 Thread Ty C. Mixon

Ok, I'm not picky about which icq client I use, so where do I get kxicq?

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Jul 1999 12:55:51 -0600, "Ty C. Mixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Isn't that IRC?  I'm trying to get into ICQ with Klicq.
> >
> sorry about that. That's what I get for running my mouth before I'm awake ;-).
> I never had luck with klicq but kxicq works great. And that is for icq. It docks 
>next to the time if you want it to.
--
Ty C. Mixon
ICQ #: 26147713
[EMAIL PROTECTED]



[newbie] UDP

1999-07-21 Thread James J. Capone

Does anyone know of a Program that can Send UDP packets with different IP 
addresses in it. Where I work out some of our Equipment uses CDPD like a open 
communications line that uses IP address. What we want is to test out having 
say 100+ of our units pinging us at the same time. Then have a Program that 
reads the UDP packet look for a certain String/header etc.. and send 
information back to the unit..

If someone knows about this or how to do it Please let me know..

Also If you would like to Email me a answer to my personal email account please 
use

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Thanks,
James J. Capone
Also if you goto http://www.ptm.com you can see what we do

Thanks Again


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[newbie] printing from netscape

1999-07-21 Thread Lyndon Lininger Sr

Does anyone know how to print from netscape? TIA

Lyndon Lininger Sr.



[newbie] Sound -- probably revisited.

1999-07-21 Thread Beo d'Wulfie

I'm new to the list, and very new to Linux. The only thing I've mastered
at this point is how to do the installation from a cd. *chuckle*

Anyhow, here is my problem and my apologies if this has been covered
before. I've installed RH6.0/mandrake. The soundcard I'm using is a sb16.
It doesn't work. I've gone through the help docs and followed their
instructions but still no go.

Can anyone help with this???

A few things to note:

- Yes, the speakers are turned on.
- Yes, the system bell does come through the internal speaker.
- No, I don't know how to decompress a module or recompile a kernal, but
I'm a quick study and will find out how if this is what it takes to
correct the problem.

Thanks everyone.

Beo
the newly frustrated.

---Beo d'Wulfie

'We all enter this world in the same way:
 naked; screaming; soaked in blood. But if   
 you live your life right, that kind of thing
 doesn't have to stop there.'



Re: [newbie] Klicq problems

1999-07-21 Thread Robert Sheskin

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999 12:55:51 -0600, "Ty C. Mixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Isn't that IRC?  I'm trying to get into ICQ with Klicq.
>
sorry about that. That's what I get for running my mouth before I'm awake ;-).
I never had luck with klicq but kxicq works great. And that is for icq. It docks next 
to the time if you want it to.



Re: [newbie] Re: Linux/MS networking connectivity was (no subject)

1999-07-21 Thread Seth Rosen

I'm sorry this list doesn't allow embeded links:

Click on this link about, Joining an NT domain with Samba 2.0:
http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/docs/htmldocs/DOMAIN_MEMBER.html

At 02:13 PM 7/21/99 -0700, you wrote:
>What you are talking about is SAMBA. It's not that it's impossible it's
>just that there is some planning and configuration that needs to be done on
>both ends. First you should (or the MCSE's should visit ) www.samba.org all
>of the doc's are there. Now you seem to imply that you want the linux box
>to be a client to the NT box in the NT domain? If this is true then look at
>this doc about Joining an NT domain with Samba 2.0




Re: [newbie] Clock wont show correct time

1999-07-21 Thread Steve Winston


mandrake did post a site for a patch to cure the clock problem, but I
can't find it anymore. It was a month ago, I think
--- James Capone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>   We are having this problem sort of at
> work. We change it VIA
> LinuxConf and even a few others and it keeps
> Defaulting back to GMT a few
> hours later. We have run Grep and Tail commands and
> everything and still can
> not figure out why it happens.
> 
> But if you go to the Mandrake site, I believe there
> is a fix for your
> problem if not it is in the RedHat search area..
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> James J. Capone
> - Original Message -
> From: Bert Bullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 12:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Clock wont show correct time
> 
> 
> > run linuxconf from command line. you can do all
> kinds of nifty stuff here,
> > including change the clock
> >
> > Jo wrote:
> >
> > > GMT would be 5-7 hours ahead of US times. Sorry
> don't know the answer
> either.
> > >
> > > "Ty C. Mixon" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Looks like you have your clock set to GMT.  I
> know there is a way to
> tell it
> > > > weather you want local time or GMT when
> installing, but I don't know
> how to
> > > > change it later.
> > > >
> > > > Sorry!
> > > >
> > > > Ty C. Mixon
> > > >
> > > > -Original Message-
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Dennis Podein
> > > > Sent: July 12, 1999 6:57 PM
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: [newbie] Clock wont show correct time
> > > >
> > > > I am having a problem . The clock on my panel
> displays the
> > > > time incorrectly . It is 6 hours behind . I
> have looked
> > > > through the entire K menu , help files , etc .
> I cannot find
> > > > out where , or how to change the time Can
> someone please help
> > > > me .
> >
> 
> 

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Re: [newbie] Klicq problems

1999-07-21 Thread Ty C. Mixon

Isn't that IRC?  I'm trying to get into ICQ with Klicq.

Ty

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 19:56:47 -0600, "Ty C. Mixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Ok, as I know some of you have klicq working, I'm hoping  to get some help.  It
> > connects to the server, but then times out without loging me in.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> Just a thought, do you have ident running? Efnet wont let you in without it.
>  __
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>/ /  |  |  \ \
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> (((\ \  |/ )[EMAIL PROTECTED]( \|  / /)))
> ( \_/ /ICQ:5788323   \ \_/ )
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Re: [newbie] SAMBA why so dificult?

1999-07-21 Thread Axalon


This is by the way the most common thing overlooked when setting up a
linux/windows smb file shareing system

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Axalon wrote:

> 
> Did you import the registry hack for encrypted passwords? it's in
> /usr/doc/samba-%{version}/
> 
> On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, stephan schutter wrote:
> 
> > Is there any one there that knows how to use linuxconf to set up windows
> > connectivity -- I have seen 3 MCSE people try for 2 hours! It should not, can
> > not be that impossible! 
> > 
> > All I want to do is share a couple of folders to everyone and access my user
> > folder in the nt box. I have Linux Mandrake 6.0 and I have run the update so
> > everything should be the latest supported version.
> > 
> > In nt the values are:
> > Domain: ASG
> > computer name: mandrake
> > wins: 209.240.84.14
> > 
> > Share : /home/ftp
> > 
> > I added this to the obvious places in linuxconf, and now it appears in the
> > brows list in the domain. However, when ever I double click on the icon in the
> > network neighbourhood i get the error: network path can not be found
> > 
> > It is there i can see it, ican ping it... 
> > 
> > I can log on from other windows machines... 
> > 
> > help!
> > stephan
> > 
> > 
> > ___
> > Stephan Schutter[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 
> 



Re: [newbie] Clock wont show correct time

1999-07-21 Thread James Capone

Hello,

  We are having this problem sort of at work. We change it VIA
LinuxConf and even a few others and it keeps Defaulting back to GMT a few
hours later. We have run Grep and Tail commands and everything and still can
not figure out why it happens.

But if you go to the Mandrake site, I believe there is a fix for your
problem if not it is in the RedHat search area..

Thanks,

James J. Capone
- Original Message -
From: Bert Bullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Clock wont show correct time


> run linuxconf from command line. you can do all kinds of nifty stuff here,
> including change the clock
>
> Jo wrote:
>
> > GMT would be 5-7 hours ahead of US times. Sorry don't know the answer
either.
> >
> > "Ty C. Mixon" wrote:
> >
> > > Looks like you have your clock set to GMT.  I know there is a way to
tell it
> > > weather you want local time or GMT when installing, but I don't know
how to
> > > change it later.
> > >
> > > Sorry!
> > >
> > > Ty C. Mixon
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Podein
> > > Sent: July 12, 1999 6:57 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: [newbie] Clock wont show correct time
> > >
> > > I am having a problem . The clock on my panel displays the
> > > time incorrectly . It is 6 hours behind . I have looked
> > > through the entire K menu , help files , etc . I cannot find
> > > out where , or how to change the time Can someone please help
> > > me .
>



[newbie] Re:

1999-07-21 Thread Brett Jones

I would suspect it's a permissions related thing. The ftp dir is set up
to be it's own world (for anon ftp at least) that people can't get out
of, and into your sys. 

Here is a URL to a great samba howto:

http://www.sfu.ca/~yzhang/linux/samba/toc.html

Follow it to a tee and it will work like a charm.

Note: Never send in an MCSE to do the work of a penguin ;-)
  It's hard to stop thinking winblows and clear your head.

stephan schutter wrote:
> 
> Is there any one there that knows how to use linuxconf to set up windows
> connectivity -- I have seen 3 MCSE people try for 2 hours! It should not, can
> not be that impossible!
> 
> All I want to do is share a couple of folders to everyone and access my user
> folder in the nt box. I have Linux Mandrake 6.0 and I have run the update so
> everything should be the latest supported version.
> 
> In nt the values are:
> Domain: ASG
> computer name: mandrake
> wins: 209.240.84.14
> 
> Share : /home/ftp
> 
> I added this to the obvious places in linuxconf, and now it appears in the
> brows list in the domain. However, when ever I double click on the icon in the
> network neighbourhood i get the error: network path can not be found
> 
> It is there i can see it, ican ping it...
> 
> I can log on from other windows machines...
> 
> help!
> stephan
> 
> ___
> Stephan Schutter[EMAIL PROTECTED]

-- 
Brett Jones
[EMAIL PROTECTED]



[newbie] Re: Linux/MS networking connectivity was (no subject)

1999-07-21 Thread Seth Rosen

What you are talking about is SAMBA. It's not that it's impossible it's
just that there is some planning and configuration that needs to be done on
both ends. First you should (or the MCSE's should visit ) www.samba.org all
of the doc's are there. Now you seem to imply that you want the linux box
to be a client to the NT box in the NT domain? If this is true then look at
this doc about Joining an NT domain with Samba 2.0

Another thing is encrypted passwords, look into that. 

As a word of caution, MS networking doesn't play nice with others, in other
words what is "OK" in MS networking doesn't always work in the pure TCP/IP
way of doing things. I've seen some messy NT Domain's that require days of
work to "fix" too get them to work the way TCP/IP is meant to be used. Two
examples, one-name computer names, (i.e. Sally has a PC with the IP
192.168.55.27 and the name of sally, not sally.ntdom.com) and spaces in the
computer name (i.e. kit gloves) I know that Most MCSE's wouldn't allow this
due to "best practices" but I've seen it and it's not good if you have to
deal with it. Windows networking in general allows for sloppy
configuration, which just doesn't cut it for pure TCP/IP networks. The
reason for this is in part due to NetBIOS, but is also helped along by MS
things like WINS, and NetBEUI. I've seen a configuration that I was
consulting Client on, they had an NT server that had TCP/IP and NetBEUI
configured. The company I worked for at the time had a pure TCP/IP
client/server product on the Clients system. The complaint was that this
product was giving flaky performance. The Client kept pointing there finger
at us, because they could xfer files between the NT server and the windows
clients but our software was taking hours to do 15 minutes worth of work.
To top it off some of the windows workstations didn't even connect between
our client/server software. First thing they had wrong, running NetBEUI.
Because NetBEUI provides NetBIOS level linkage between all of the Microsoft
boxes that made it seem like the problem was with our software. First thing
I did was told everyone that I know what the problem is and to prove it
when I turn off NetBEUI on the server every thing will stop working. It
did. Next thing no name resolution, they where running with an out of date
and typo ridden hosts file. Next thing hostnames, or NetBIOS names with
spaces in them, bad, bad, bad, not going to work. The last thing I can
remember I found was that they we're using a class B TCP/IP network number
on the server and class A netmasks on the client boxes. I'm sorry if this
was more then you wanted to know but I just started getting into this whole
thing and I started remembering all stuff that can go wrong.

Seth

At 05:46 AM 7/21/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Is there any one there that knows how to use linuxconf to set up windows
>connectivity -- I have seen 3 MCSE people try for 2 hours! It should not, can
>not be that impossible! 
>
>All I want to do is share a couple of folders to everyone and access my user
>folder in the nt box. I have Linux Mandrake 6.0 and I have run the update so
>everything should be the latest supported version.
>
>In nt the values are:
>Domain: ASG
>computer name: mandrake
>wins: 209.240.84.14
>
>Share : /home/ftp
>
>I added this to the obvious places in linuxconf, and now it appears in the
>brows list in the domain. However, when ever I double click on the icon in the
>network neighbourhood i get the error: network path can not be found
>
>It is there i can see it, ican ping it... 
>
>I can log on from other windows machines... 
>
>help!
>stephan
>
>
>___
>Stephan Schutter   [EMAIL PROTECTED]




[newbie] MandrakeUpdate.pm Script File

1999-07-21 Thread David Peerless

Is it possible to edit the MandrakeUpdate.pm script file so that it will
update the system using the rpms from the 'cooker' directory instead 
of the 'updates' directory?

Also, is there any way I can get the script file to clean-up and delete the
files from the '/tmp' directory after the update is completed.

Thanks in advance..
djp



Re: [newbie] SAMBA why so dificult?

1999-07-21 Thread Hidong Kim

Hi, Stephan,

Here's a really good samba installation guide
http://www.sfu.ca/~yzhang/linux/samba/index.html.  Good luck,



Hidong






stephan schutter wrote:
> 
> --  Forwarded Message  --
> Subject:
> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 05:46:56 -0500
> From: stephan schutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> Is there any one there that knows how to use linuxconf to set up windows
> connectivity -- I have seen 3 MCSE people try for 2 hours! It should not, can
> not be that impossible!
> 
> All I want to do is share a couple of folders to everyone and access my user
> folder in the nt box. I have Linux Mandrake 6.0 and I have run the update so
> everything should be the latest supported version.
> 
> In nt the values are:
> Domain: ASG
> computer name: mandrake
> wins: 209.240.84.14
> 
> Share : /home/ftp
> 
> I added this to the obvious places in linuxconf, and now it appears in the
> brows list in the domain. However, when ever I double click on the icon in the
> network neighbourhood i get the error: network path can not be found
> 
> It is there i can see it, ican ping it...
> 
> I can log on from other windows machines...
> 
> help!
> stephan
> 
> ___
> Stephan Schutter[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --
> 
> ___
> Stephan Schutter[EMAIL PROTECTED]



[newbie] Re:

1999-07-21 Thread Bert Bullough

you would need to use samba to do this.

stephan schutter wrote:

> Is there any one there that knows how to use linuxconf to set up windows
> connectivity -- I have seen 3 MCSE people try for 2 hours! It should not, can
> not be that impossible!
>
> All I want to do is share a couple of folders to everyone and access my user
> folder in the nt box. I have Linux Mandrake 6.0 and I have run the update so
> everything should be the latest supported version.
>
> In nt the values are:
> Domain: ASG
> computer name: mandrake
> wins: 209.240.84.14
>
> Share : /home/ftp
>
> I added this to the obvious places in linuxconf, and now it appears in the
> brows list in the domain. However, when ever I double click on the icon in the
> network neighbourhood i get the error: network path can not be found
>
> It is there i can see it, ican ping it...
>
> I can log on from other windows machines...
>
> help!
> stephan
>
> ___
> Stephan Schutter[EMAIL PROTECTED]



[newbie] Re:

1999-07-21 Thread John Aldrich

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> Is there any one there that knows how to use linuxconf to set up windows
> connectivity -- I have seen 3 MCSE people try for 2 hours! It should not, can
> not be that impossible! 
> 
>From what I've read, if you want to be able to talk to an
NT network, you HAVE to have SAMBA set up and running. I
haven't tried it, as I don't have a Windows network to talk
with



Re: [newbie] new computer means new linux questions

1999-07-21 Thread Alan Schussman

Thanks, Sean. The nvidia drivers did the trick!

-alan

| note my new non-Whitman email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]|
| Bye-bye Whitman; I'll be writing from U of Arizona in August! |



[newbie] big modem problem (bis)

1999-07-21 Thread Sebastien DRUON

I tried www.olitec.com to fix the incompatibility between my internal
modem Olitec 56k, but no drivers are proposed at this day.

If anyone knows an address where I can find it ...

Thanx




[newbie] Re: your mail

1999-07-21 Thread Axalon


Did you import the registry hack for encrypted passwords? it's in
/usr/doc/samba-%{version}/

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, stephan schutter wrote:

> Is there any one there that knows how to use linuxconf to set up windows
> connectivity -- I have seen 3 MCSE people try for 2 hours! It should not, can
> not be that impossible! 
> 
> All I want to do is share a couple of folders to everyone and access my user
> folder in the nt box. I have Linux Mandrake 6.0 and I have run the update so
> everything should be the latest supported version.
> 
> In nt the values are:
> Domain: ASG
> computer name: mandrake
> wins: 209.240.84.14
> 
> Share : /home/ftp
> 
> I added this to the obvious places in linuxconf, and now it appears in the
> brows list in the domain. However, when ever I double click on the icon in the
> network neighbourhood i get the error: network path can not be found
> 
> It is there i can see it, ican ping it... 
> 
> I can log on from other windows machines... 
> 
> help!
> stephan
> 
> 
> ___
> Stephan Schutter  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 



Re: [newbie] I CANT BELIEVE IT

1999-07-21 Thread Hidong Kim

Sinful Weeper wrote:
> 
> HELLO ALL!
> 
> Sorr for the caps, im really really happy, I followed the instructtions Alan
> gave me and downloaded from glibc2, the new xsis actually worked!! I'm in
> XWINDOWS KDE ! I love this :) :)
> I just wanted to thank you all for putting up with me and everything, you guys
> rock, and hey.i still do need to get the hang of this since its so very new
> and very different from console mode which im used to but hey, damn i love it
> 
> I just have 2 little questions to set this up correctly
> i seem to have a desktop bigger than my screen, how do i fix this ?
> and i think i didnt configure the size well cuz to my left side, theres a black
> frame
> 
> any hints please mail me back
> and thanks again !!!


Hi, Sinful,

If your desktop is bigger than your screen, you probably haven't set the
virtual screen size in /etc/X11/XF86Config.  Here's a portion of my
/etc/X11/XF86Config:

# The Colour SVGA server

Section "Screen"
Driver  "svga"
# Use Device "Generic VGA" for Standard VGA 320x200x256
#Device  "Generic VGA"
Device  "mystique"
Monitor "vivitron"
Subsection "Display"
Depth   8
# Omit the Modes line for the "Generic VGA" device
Modes   "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
ViewPort0 0
# Use Virtual 320 200 for Generic VGA
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth   16
Modes   "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
ViewPort0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth   24
Modes   "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
ViewPort0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth   32
Modes   "1024x768"
ViewPort0 0
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection
EndSection

I run X in 32 bpp at a screen resolution of 1024x768, so I have the
Virtual screen set to 1024 768.  If there's extra black frame in your
display, you can probably fix this with the hardware controls on your
monitor.  OK, good luck,



Hidong



[newbie] SAMBA why so dificult?

1999-07-21 Thread stephan schutter



--  Forwarded Message  --
Subject: 
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 05:46:56 -0500
From: stephan schutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


Is there any one there that knows how to use linuxconf to set up windows
connectivity -- I have seen 3 MCSE people try for 2 hours! It should not, can
not be that impossible! 

All I want to do is share a couple of folders to everyone and access my user
folder in the nt box. I have Linux Mandrake 6.0 and I have run the update so
everything should be the latest supported version.

In nt the values are:
Domain: ASG
computer name: mandrake
wins: 209.240.84.14

Share : /home/ftp

I added this to the obvious places in linuxconf, and now it appears in the
brows list in the domain. However, when ever I double click on the icon in the
network neighbourhood i get the error: network path can not be found

It is there i can see it, ican ping it... 

I can log on from other windows machines... 

help!
stephan


___
Stephan Schutter[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--


___
Stephan Schutter[EMAIL PROTECTED]



Re: [newbie] Clock wont show correct time

1999-07-21 Thread Bert Bullough

run linuxconf from command line. you can do all kinds of nifty stuff here,
including change the clock

Jo wrote:

> GMT would be 5-7 hours ahead of US times. Sorry don't know the answer either.
>
> "Ty C. Mixon" wrote:
>
> > Looks like you have your clock set to GMT.  I know there is a way to tell it
> > weather you want local time or GMT when installing, but I don't know how to
> > change it later.
> >
> > Sorry!
> >
> > Ty C. Mixon
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Podein
> > Sent: July 12, 1999 6:57 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [newbie] Clock wont show correct time
> >
> > I am having a problem . The clock on my panel displays the
> > time incorrectly . It is 6 hours behind . I have looked
> > through the entire K menu , help files , etc . I cannot find
> > out where , or how to change the time Can someone please help
> > me .



No Subject

1999-07-21 Thread stephan schutter

Is there any one there that knows how to use linuxconf to set up windows
connectivity -- I have seen 3 MCSE people try for 2 hours! It should not, can
not be that impossible! 

All I want to do is share a couple of folders to everyone and access my user
folder in the nt box. I have Linux Mandrake 6.0 and I have run the update so
everything should be the latest supported version.

In nt the values are:
Domain: ASG
computer name: mandrake
wins: 209.240.84.14

Share : /home/ftp

I added this to the obvious places in linuxconf, and now it appears in the
brows list in the domain. However, when ever I double click on the icon in the
network neighbourhood i get the error: network path can not be found

It is there i can see it, ican ping it... 

I can log on from other windows machines... 

help!
stephan


___
Stephan Schutter[EMAIL PROTECTED]



Re: [newbie] DHCP problems (fwd)

1999-07-21 Thread Theo Brinkman

Well, I'm in the process of grabbing the dhcpcd package from Cooker.  In
the mean time, I'm trying to hook up to an NT network, is there any more
info I'll need?

I changed the pump line in /sbin/ifup to include the -h option, but had
no luck.


- Theo

Axalon wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Matt Stegman wrote:
> 
> > You might try to use the "-h" option on pump (to request a specific
> > hostname).  Make sure you have the latest version of pump (0.6.7-2mdk I
> > believe).  If so, you might want to try a different DHCP client (i.e.
> > dhcpcd).
> >
> > I believe the pump commandline for the hostname thing  would be
> >   pump -i eth0 -h $HOSTNAME
> > I hear (by way of Axalon) that some DHCP servers require the client to
> > specify a hostname.
> > "man dhcpcd" could tell you more, but it doesn't work on my system, and
> > the pump man page isn't very verbose on that subject (or any other).
> >
> > dhcpcd is available for download from:
> >   http://www.cps.msu.edu/~dunham/out/dhcpcd-1.3.17-pl2.tar.gz (for
> > 2.2 kernels)
> >
> >  -Matt
> 
> Theres also an rpm in the cooker, http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cooker



[newbie] Hey guys

1999-07-21 Thread Morpheus The Sinful Weeper

HEy guys

I just scored an internship with a local ISP, they're giving me a
silicon graphics to work with, i need any tutorials, websites, or books
you could point me to
i really need to get good at this
thanks a lot in advance




[newbie] script help

1999-07-21 Thread Robert Sheskin

I have a little log analysis perl script that I am trying to run. When starting form a 
terminal it works fine with the following in an executable script;
#! /bin/bash
echo "Mail Stats Log Analysis"
echo ""
su - root -c "DISPLAY=$DISPLAY; export DISPLAY; aterm -bg black -fg yellow -e perl 
/usr/bin/sm.logger"
When I setup a desktop shortcut and run the same thing with terminal window checked I 
a quick screen flash of the window and it is gone. How do I keep it around?

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Re: [newbie] modem big problem

1999-07-21 Thread John Aldrich

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> >%_I've got a very big problem with my MODEM :
> I bought an internal Olitec 56k and I can't use it with Linux : I'm
> using kppp and it always tells me that my modem is busy, but no
> application is using it at this time ...
> 
> 
try www.olitec.com/linux.html. Unfortunately, I don't
understand French (I, too, only know Spanish for my second
language ) There's also a link there
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Also, they have a Linux penguin on
their website, which would seem to indicate that they
support Linux.
Good luck!
John



[newbie] SOLUTION: updatedb/slocate problem

1999-07-21 Thread Nicholas Ritter

I found a solution to that updatedb problem.

Do this:

1) slocate -u /
2) updatedb &


The system will be slow for a bit, but it doesn't error out anymore. If
the above doesn't work, you me need to do this before step 1 above:

1) pico /var/lib/slocate/slocate
2) Don't type anything, just save and exit as a blank file


Nick



Re: [newbie] Installing

1999-07-21 Thread John Aldrich

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> I just got Linux-Mandrake 6.0 from a friend.  I've never used RedHat or 
> Mandrake Linux.  I've used Slackware 3.6 and 4.0.  I'm not sure how to go 
> about installing Mandrake 6.0.  I've looked for help files but nothing 
> really says anything definite.  It's as though they're afraid you'll crash 
> your computer and get mad at them.  It's a computer...you set it back up and 
> do it again.  I was just wondering if somebody could help me get a 
> step-by-step manual to print out.  I want to install it from cd because I 
> don't have room on my hd.  Thanks for the help.
> 
There should be an "images" directory on the CD. Go there,
and either using dd (linux) or rawrite (win/dos) make a
linux boot disk from the "boot.img" file you find there and
once you boot from that disk, just hit "enter" when the
black screen with nice multi-color lettering comes up and
then tell it you want to install from a CDROM.



[newbie] I CANT BELIEVE IT

1999-07-21 Thread Sinful Weeper

HELLO ALL! 

Sorr for the caps, im really really happy, I followed the instructtions Alan
gave me and downloaded from glibc2, the new xsis actually worked!! I'm in
XWINDOWS KDE ! I love this :) :)
I just wanted to thank you all for putting up with me and everything, you guys
rock, and hey.i still do need to get the hang of this since its so very new
and very different from console mode which im used to but hey, damn i love it

I just have 2 little questions to set this up correctly
i seem to have a desktop bigger than my screen, how do i fix this ?
and i think i didnt configure the size well cuz to my left side, theres a black
frame 

any hints please mail me back
and thanks again !!!



Re: [newbie] Installing

1999-07-21 Thread Matt Stegman

I don't know about that "special driver" you mention.  It sounds like a
problem with your motherboard (or IDE controller not recognizing 2 disks).
If that's so, then what I'm about to say won't help, and may even hurt
(you'd have to re-format the MBR and put that "special driver" on again).

/etc/lilo.conf is the config file for lilo.  When you run /sbin/lilo, it
will read this config file (or another if you use the -C option).

*/etc/lilo.conf (on my machine):

boot=/dev/hda   #tells where to put LILO (in the MBA of
#the first IDE drive)
map=/boot/map   #Specifies location of map file
install=/boot/boot.b#Which file to install in boot sector?
prompt  #Tells LILO to prompt before booting
timeout=50  #Wait 50 tenths of a second before going to
#default selection
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdk #Kernel image to load
label=linux #What you type at the lilo prompt
root=/dev/hda1  #Which file system is / (root)
read-only   #Mount the root fs as read-only (in case
#it has errors)


Instead of an "image=..." entry for Linux kernels, you need an
"other=..." entry for another OS.  You need to add an entry like this (at
the bottom of the file): 
other=/dev/hda2 #Which partition's boot sector do I load?
label=dos   #What you ype at the lilo prompt
table=/dev/hda  #Pass this partition table table to the other OS

You might try this, to see if it works.  Be sure to save all your boot
disks, at least the first time, just in case.  Be sure to modify this as
is appropriate for your system.

 -Matt

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Andy Goth wrote:

> My question: How can I get LILO to prompt me on which OS to use on
> booting without the use of floppies?




[newbie] modem big problem

1999-07-21 Thread Sebastien DRUON

I've got a very big problem with my MODEM :
I bought an internal Olitec 56k and I can't use it with
Linux : I'm using kppp and it always tells me that my modem
is busy, but no application is using it at this time ...
 

If you can help me ...

Thanks

Sébastien Druon


Re: [newbie] problème de modem

1999-07-21 Thread Andy Goth

> J'ai acheté un modem Olitec 56K interne et je n'arrive pas à le faire
> fonctionner avec linux : kppp considère le modem comme occupé alors
> qu'aucune application ne l'utilise.
> Si vous pouvez m'aider à résoudre ce problème ...

I don't know very much about French, but I think I get the general idea
of what you're saying.  KPPP tells me that my modem is busy, too.  My
modem is internal as well and might be a Winmodem (which will never be
supported by Linux).  Maybe your modem is a Winmodem?

In case you don't know, a Winmodem is a modem that leaves it up to the
CPU to do things like compression (which are the modem's
responsibility).  They degrade performance, are hard to work with, and
unfortunately are becoming increasingly common.

I hope I haven't mistranslated... my only foreign language course so far
was a year of high school Spanish I.



Re: [newbie] Installing

1999-07-21 Thread Andy Goth

> Now, if you want to share your Computer between Windows and
> Linux, you will have to get advice elsewhere.  But I would
> strongly suggest a second hard drive by itself for Linux;
> it works best.  In RedHat mailing list it was unearthed that
> in a significant number of cases Windows 98 (but not 95) gets
> annoyed sometimes at sharing the drive with Linux and
> corrupts it or wipes it out.  98 never bothers a second drive.

Hehehe.  I'm glad I don't have to put up with 98!

My question.

On my PC, I have two hard disks installed.  The first one is--get
this--125 MB or so.  Long ago I had to DoubleSpace it so that I could
actually do things with it.  That was just fine.  I accepted the fact
that it was no undoable.  Then I got Windows 95, which promised that it
would be able to undo it (guess what--it can't even reboot into the
special mode for exorcising DoubleSpace).  I made do for a while, but I
eventually got a big disk (3 gigabytes or so, I think) and installed it
as well.  Since I don't have documentation to tell me how to change
which drive is the first one, I'm stuck with booting from that little
disk.  In order to start Linux, which is on the second partition of the
second disk, I need a boot floppy.

My question: How can I get LILO to prompt me on which OS to use on
booting without the use of floppies?

Caveat: The second disk can't be recognized by DOS unless a special
Ontrack driver is loaded (which is loaded from the first disk's master
boot record).

Well?



Re: [newbie] Login Background

1999-07-21 Thread Andy Goth

> Eh, personaly i'd have just installed aciddraw onto my dosemu image ;)

Aciddraw?

And what does dosemu have to do with this?



Re: [newbie] Installing

1999-07-21 Thread Andy Goth

> I just got Linux-Mandrake 6.0 from a friend.  I've never used RedHat or
> Mandrake Linux.  I've used Slackware 3.6 and 4.0.  I'm not sure how to go
> about installing Mandrake 6.0.  I've looked for help files but nothing
> really says anything definite.  It's as though they're afraid you'll crash
> your computer and get mad at them.  It's a computer...you set it back up and
> do it again.  I was just wondering if somebody could help me get a
> step-by-step manual to print out.  I want to install it from cd because I
> don't have room on my hd.  Thanks for the help.

I installed it by putting the CD in, booting to it, and following the
dialogs.  I was cautious not to trash any partitions with data on them
(luckily there was already a free one ready to use, albeit with the
MSDOS filesystem on it).  I had to go through it a couple of times to
fix mistakes I had made when I realized them, but that was no big deal.

My installation took... uhm... around 600MB (but you can cut it down). 
How much do you have free?