Re: [newbie] Honest opinions on Linux
Theres no better time than now to get on the Linux Bandwagon I think. The Earlier you understand linux the better off you'll be when later versions come around..
[newbie] new user access problems
I had problems running any of the apps after logging in as a normal user. I click on the shell icon and pressed ctrl-alt-F1and all I see is sh:/lib/cpp: No such file or directory stdin: is not a tty Does this mean anything? I am kinda wondering if I didn't have certain things installed in order for the normal user to access those apps.
Re: [newbie] build rpm from tar.gz
Please download the alien rpm (maybe from http://rufus.w3.org . read the man page. -Original Message- From: Lang Zhi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 1:08 AM Subject: [newbie] build rpm from tar.gz How to build rpm from a tar.gz file ? thanks.. -lz __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Acer 'Prisa' 620ST Scanner
Hi All - I have recently obtained an Acer 620ST Scanner which works OK under Windows. This scanner has an 'Acard' AEC6710D PCI Ultra - SCSI-3 adapter, which from the 'Acard Technology' website uses the atp870u.o driver. On inspection in 'Mandrake 6.0', this file is located in :- /lib/modules/2.2.9-19mdk/scsi/atp870u.o Can someone please advise me the correct procedures to get this scanner up and running under linux. I have looked at the 'sane' info and website and also all driver module information I have been able to find, but being a relative newbie to linux, I am rather confused. Any information and help regarding the above will be much appreciated. Tony F
Re: [newbie] Honest opinions on Linux
IMNSHO, he is asking a good question! First a word about the BeOS. Save your money at least untul release 5 (better even 6). I run version 4.5-1 but I would not buy it again, because there are no apps that Windows or Linux dont have. Linux is the OS of the future. For a casual computer user however, it is next to impossible to manage. As of yet, a practical manual does not exist. (This is the only weakness). If you can not download it for free, maybe wait for another year. You will save a lot of time and frustration. Maybe after Corel releases their planed distro things might change, but I would not count on them. Win98 or a Mac are the best bet for the average user. I work in the audio recordig industry and could not do my job without Microsoft or Apple. Having sayed all that I want you all to know that I hate Microsoft with a passion, but the worst is over. Thank god, becase the past ten years have been hell! Via Magna ps: Do your hands a favor, learn the Dvorak layout. IMNSHO, that is exactly the wrong reason to switch to Linux (or Be, or FreeBSD, or any other OS). If you want a desktop OS that works like Win98 but is non-Microsoft, maybe MacOS or BeOS would be better for you. If you want to work (or play) with a powerful, flexible, open system, where you can, with enough study, find out exactly what makes it tick, Linux is great--but it isn't Windows, and it never will be.
[newbie] Recommendation needed for Dual PentiumII/III board with Mandrake
Hi everyone, I need a quote/recommendation for the above which should be rock solid and very problem free with Linux(running Mandrake of course). It is to be used as a fileserver, database/mining server and my future Q3 machine. Don't recommend me the dual celeron BH6. ATA-66 interfaces would be very nice even if kernel doesn't have drivers for it yet. Overclocking is not important but reliablity is. Lionel
[newbie] IGNORE: New Guy here. Where do I start?
Hi: I'm happy to say that while I was waiting for a reply I Read The FM one more time and found my answer. Now, approximately 2 hours later I have a very nice and easy install accomplished with my hard drives set up as I originally planned. I really expected this to be a heck of a problem but it was smooth as silk. Yeah Linux Woohoo! I'm 100% sure hear from me again soon but I promise I'll read first. Thanks everyone. It's great to be a part of this. Toby Brett Jones wrote: If you bought an official dist it came with nice pretty docs. READ THEM. This list has the worst case of newbie laziness. RTFM... An acronym to live by. After you've done this, if your still stuck then ask your question. But please try first. If your having trouble finding info ask where to find it, just ask question that help you help your self. On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, you wrote: OK folks: I've heard the stories of the greatness of Linux so I bought it. It's completely Greek to me. It's so Greek I don't know where to begin with the installation. I have 2 hard drives: 1) my primary C drive which has Windows 98 on it and not enough room to partition it and install Linux as well and 2) a new HD I bought yesterday just for my new happy Linux system. I am getting the impression I have to install Linux on my primary drive. Is this true? Can I just install it on my new 17.6 Gig hard drive which I have already partitioned into 2 equal sizes? If I can install on my new drive can I skip using the fips crap and just do a normal install? Then how do I set up the boot manager to ask me which OS I'd like to use at startup? Sorry for all the questions but that's what we're here for right? Thanks in advance for your help. Toby Sheets New Linux Fan and hoping to get in on the IPO tomorrow!!! Ian W Douglas wrote: Hey everyone. I have Mandrake 6.0 installed at my church and it's giving us some grief for outgoing Email. Which files do I have to set to allow relaying from office systems which are connected on an internal 192.168.* network? For whatever reason, I can send mail through the church's server from my house but not from an internal office system. Can anyone help me out? I currently have /etc/mail/ip_allow filled with the IP addresses of the office systems yet none of them can send mail. So I started putting their system names in /etc/name_allow but that doesn't work either. Thanks for any info, --- Ian W. Douglas, Wild Web Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ UIN: 506679 -- Brett Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Honest opinions on Linux
Well, Mr Gates is not my *only* reason for switching, thank you. I'm planning on diving into C/C++ and the openness of this OS makes it a great place to experiment. Next time I'll keep the personal details to myself and stick to the questions. T Dan Brown wrote: From: Toby Sheets [EMAIL PROTECTED] to running this OS rather than a Windows 98 system? Believe me I hate Bill Gates and will be happy when he folds - that is why I am switching to Linux - but is there really an advantage at this point in the game or IMNSHO, that is exactly the wrong reason to switch to Linux (or Be, or FreeBSD, or any other OS). If you want a desktop OS that works like Win98 but is non-Microsoft, maybe MacOS or BeOS would be better for you. If you want to work (or play) with a powerful, flexible, open system, where you can, with enough study, find out exactly what makes it tick, Linux is great--but it isn't Windows, and it never will be.
[newbie] Swap size
Well, now that I've already done the setup with the recommendation of 2.5 x my RAM as swap file size how can I quickly change that back down to 100MB or so instead of my current 300MB? T alann wrote: Ian W Douglas wrote: The swap partition is for virtual memory. How much memory do you have? I've heard that it's a good idea to make it 250% of how much physical RAM you have. Guys? Ack! I've already got 128MB of RAM ... don't need a 300MB swap partition too, IMO. I have a 128MB swap partition, I figure that'll be plenty for use as a workstation. Of course, if you're setting up a server then by all means, set up a larger swap partition if you really think you'll need it. I'm running a PII/350 w/ 128 Meg ram. I've got a 100 Mb swap. Never gets used. :( ( It feels left out! ) I based this on my Windows usage. Boy was I stupid. Alan === [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Coming to you with Linux-Mandrake 6.0
Re: [newbie] LILO question
Howdy, sorry about the delay, over run with work education at the moment - Original Message - From: Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 07, 1999 4:37 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] LILO question specify in a .pif file (program properties), so taht when the game is run, it reboots to dos mode, specifcy a custom autoexec/config.sys, with nothing in them, and voila - no need for a dos partion for your situation ... Even with a stripped-down config.sys, Windows seems to have its icy grip on memory. I had more conventional memory with DOS 6 and Windows 3.1 than I do now with DOS 7/Windows 95. have you had a look at the shutdown to dos mode? with a specified config/autoexec, you can actually reclaim a fair chunk of memory, with about 40k being used for command.com, and without EMM386/IFSHLP.SYS and HIMEM.SYS, you've probably got the best you're going to get with as little effort as possible. (even though we're technically off-topic) =] We're talking about a use for LILO, aren't we? *grin* you wouldn't have a closet interest in politics or law would you??? =] Zak (again, sorry about the delay in posting)
RE: [newbie] pcmcia support on Compaq Armada 7730MT
Scott: Thanks for the reply. I am unable to use the virtual terminal at that point. No error messages are present. and it is the only card in the pcmcia bay. I downloaded the newest driver "pcmcia.img" yesterday, so thats not the problem. Still stuck but still trying. thanks Bill At 07:09 PM 8/10/99 -0500, you wrote: William, Are you able to Alt-F2 or F3 or F4 to see the other virtual terminals and what error messages maybe there? I checked the Linux PCMCIA homepage supported device list and the 1460a is on it. Do you have any other PCMCIA/Cardbus cards installed at the same time. The laptop your using should have IRQ10 free unless BIOS setup options have been changed or Windoze has moved resources. If I remember correctly the IRQ's are: IRQ 3 IR Port on older BIOS IRQ 4 COM1 9pin IRQ 5 Audio IRQ 7 lpt IRQ 9 IR port with newest BIOS, but I'm not sure the Armada 7400 and up moved the IR to IRQ9 IRQ 10 should be free unless some other pcmcia card is installed IRQ 11 PCI only. The controller is a TI-1131. I know the 1480 is Cardbus but I can't remember if the 1460a is pcmcia or cardbus. I worked an issue with a 1460a on an Armada 7400 with NT4 where it hung. The hang was caused by bent pins on the SCSI cable. These guys had ruined one cable and two 50/68 pin adapters by bending the pins. Hope this helps. scott worley [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 10-Aug-99 William D. Taylor wrote: I am trying to install Mandrake 6.0 on a Compaq notebook utilizing the pcmcia slot using an adaptec APA 1460a pcmcia card. I boot Lilo get to the pcmcia support option, answer yes, insert the pcmcia.img disk that I made using rawrite, it loads the data then hangs at starting card services. any suggestions? ___
Re: [newbie] Swap size
On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, you wrote: Well, now that I've already done the setup with the recommendation of 2.5 x my RAM as swap file size how can I quickly change that back down to 100MB or so instead of my current 300MB? T alann wrote: Ian W Douglas wrote: The swap partition is for virtual memory. How much memory do you have? I've heard that it's a good idea to make it 250% of how much physical RAM you have. Guys? Ack! I've already got 128MB of RAM ... don't need a 300MB swap partition too, IMO. I have a 128MB swap partition, I figure that'll be plenty for use as a workstation. Of course, if you're setting up a server then by all means, set up a larger swap partition if you really think you'll need it. I'm running a PII/350 w/ 128 Meg ram. I've got a 100 Mb swap. Never gets used. :( ( It feels left out! ) I based this on my Windows usage. Boy was I stupid. Alan === [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Coming to you with Linux-Mandrake 6.0 -- Please, please, PLEASE! Do not perpetuate that old fallacy. The idea that the more ram you have, the more swapfile you need it utterly rediculous. The person who started this rumor needs to be taken out drawn and quartered. I have suspicious that the person who may have started this rumor works in Redmond, Washingtons and has spewed forth other, tacky quotes like "We will never need more than 640k of memeory" :-) For a more real appriasal check out this page: http://epsilon.silicon.net.my/adrian/Speed_Demonz/Swapfile_Optimization/Swapfile_Optimization_01.htm Enjoy(and stop spreading those damn rumors!) Joe -- http://f-cpu.tux.org/ the future of the CPU!!!
Re: [newbie] LILO
On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, you wrote: Yesterday I broadcasted a question on CD-rom mounting. There is no answer so far, I wonder that I am in the wrong mail group or is it just too simple for anybody to be bothered with ?? Appreciate anyone with any response. Nope...not too simple. It SHOULD be as simple as defining it in your fstab (typically /dev/hdb or /dev/hdc depending on your configuration -- hdb is the SECOND physical IDE drive, hdc is the THIRD physical ide device, /dev/cdrom may work as well) as well as defining a mount point (/mnt/cdrom or /cdrom or whatever you want.) Then, just tell Linux "mount /cdrom-mountpoint" and it should automagically know that it needs to mount the cdrom device.
Re: [newbie] Honest opinions on Linux
On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, you wrote: New guy here again: It seems the Linux OS is very complex so far. What is the true advantage to running this OS rather than a Windows 98 system? Believe me I hate Bill Gates and will be happy when he folds - that is why I am switching to Linux - but is there really an advantage at this point in the game or should people wait another few years until the hard parts have been made easy for the common man with GUI's and such? My feeling about the BEST reason to switch is the following: When an app crashes in Windows, the whole O/S crashes along with it to some extent. When an app crashes in Linux, only in rare circumstances will it cause the O/S to crash. Even when Linux becomes unstable due to an app crashing, you can USUALLY just kill the offending app and Linux will become stable again, and if not, you can at least shut down cleanly and reboot (making sure NOT to start up the offending app until you know what you did wrong G) John
Re: [newbie] Acer 'Prisa' 620ST Scanner
On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, A.M. (Tony) Finnis wrote: Hi All - I have recently obtained an Acer 620ST Scanner which works OK under Windows. This scanner has an 'Acard' AEC6710D PCI Ultra - SCSI-3 adapter, which from the 'Acard Technology' website uses the atp870u.o driver. On inspection in 'Mandrake 6.0', this file is located in :- /lib/modules/2.2.9-19mdk/scsi/atp870u.o Can someone please advise me the correct procedures to get this scanner up and running under linux. I have looked at the 'sane' info and website and also all driver module information I have been able to find, but being a relative newbie to linux, I am rather confused. Any information and help regarding the above will be much appreciated. I had to install a SCSI card after I'd built my system (needed to FDISK a SCSI drive that Windows wouldn't let me FDISK because it had OS/2 on the drive!) and I played around and did an "insmod advansys.o" from the appropriate directory and then mounted the hard drive on a mount point I'd created for it. However, I'm not sure how to get that module PERMANENTLY installed, although I suspect it would be something you could add to the boot script. Right now I don't need to have SCSI support on a regular basis, so I'm not worried about it. But, that should get you started in the right direction. As always, RTFM will be your best bet. :-)
Re: [newbie] build rpm from tar.gz
On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Lang Zhi wrote: How to build rpm from a tar.gz file ? ftp://ftp.mandrakesoft.com/pub/bero/Mandrake-RPM-HOWTO LLaP bero -- Tired of waiting for Windows 2000? STOP WAITING! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
Re: [newbie] info. about kernel
try www.kernel.org Brian -Original Message- From: krishna prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 7:19 AM Subject: [newbie] info. about kernel Hi guys, Does anyone of know info. of any books or sites which provide detailed information about internals of linux along with description of kernel code. Krishna Prasad
Re: [newbie] LILO
We may have just missed the message in the mass of postings, or the list server may have hicupped. Anyway, I'll give it a shot. Unless something went wrong during the install, you should be able to mount the CD-ROM (once you've got a disk in it) by typing: 'mount /mnt/cdrom' Before it will let you eject it, you'll have to UNMOUNT it by typing: 'umount /mnt/cdrom' (Note: it's 'umount', not 'unmount'. That gets most people at first.) If my answer had nothing to do with your question, repost it, and I'll see what I can do. - Theo Michael Lim Shek Sia wrote: Yesterday I broadcasted a question on CD-rom mounting. There is no answer so far, I wonder that I am in the wrong mail group or is it just too simple for anybody to be bothered with ?? Appreciate anyone with any response. regards michael lim
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 book
On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Joseph Gardner wrote: I just latched on to a series from IDG books. Titles include "Linux Configuration Installation", "Linux Network" , "Linux System Administration" "Linux Internet Server". They are well written, very informative, don't assume too much and come with Slackware, while there may be some differences between Mandrake and Slackware I have found the general background to be excellent. Having just moved from Slackware to Mandrake I can assure you that the differences are considerable! I would steer well clear of Slackware-centric books, and aim for a Redhat-centric one. I'm afraid I can't be more specific. -- Richard Lamont [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stonix.demon.co.uk/
Re: [newbie] Honest opinions on Linux
John Aldrich wrote: On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, you wrote: New guy here again: It seems the Linux OS is very complex so far. What is the true advantage to running this OS rather than a Windows 98 system? Believe me I hate Bill Gates and will be happy when he folds - that is why I am switching to Linux - but is there really an advantage at this point in the game or should people wait another few years until the hard parts have been made easy for the common man with GUI's and such? My feeling about the BEST reason to switch is the following: When an app crashes in Windows, the whole O/S crashes along with it to some extent. When an app crashes in Linux, only in rare circumstances will it cause the O/S to crash. Even when Linux becomes unstable due to an app crashing, you can USUALLY just kill the offending app and Linux will become stable again, and if not, you can at least shut down cleanly and reboot (making sure NOT to start up the offending app until you know what you did wrong G) John A nice example of this happened to me last night. I've got a glitchy video card that I can't afford to replace just yet. It causes problems in Windows, and even Linux occasionally. Last night it locked up KDE to the point that keyboard input was dead. I telnetted across from my server, 'su'd to root, and successfully rebooted the machine (I couldn't seem to kill all of the X-Windows processes because some had '?' where the pid# should have been). Now, what I'm suspecting is happening with the video card is that it's overheating (lousy air circulation in an over-packed case), and when I try to kill X with the ctrlaltbackspace trick, it hangs because it can't get the video card back into a known state. The short of it is, I would have just had to hard boot the machine if I'd been running windows at the time. - Theo
Re: [newbie] Modem Problems
- Original Message - From: sinx [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 6:59 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem Problems Ok, is it not a winmodem, and not a pci bus modem, it's isa. When I did the 'setserial /dev/ttyS2' it said irq4, I noticed though, that my modem is on irq10, is that the problem? How can it be changed? You may leave it on irq 10. Looking at man setserial gives us an answer. Using setserial /dev/ttyS2 irq 10 should do it. Then try setserial /dev/ttyS2 and you should see that it shows irq 10. Then try kppp again using /dev/ttyS2 as the modem device. If it works, you can add the line setserial /dev/ttyS2 irq 10 to /etc/rc.local or create a new file called /etc/rc.serial and put it there so it runs at startup every time. If you create rc.serial, make certain that the file permission are the same as rc.local. Hoyt
Re: [newbie] Default Boot
Thanks!! Will make the change. Steve Philp wrote: root wrote: Hi all, I have installed Mandrake 6.0 on hda3, and have Win95 on hda1, would like to boot default to Win95, but the machine keeps booting to Mandrake. How do I make the adjustment? With Caldera 1.3 the install asked which I would like to boot as default, but I did not notice it during Mandrake setup. Thanks, Doug Switch the two sections in /etc/lilo.conf. Here's my normal setup: image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-22 label=linux root=/dev/hda3 read-only other=/dev/hda1 label=win98 table=/dev/hda whichever one is listed first will be your default. So, to make Windows the default switch them to this: other=/dev/hda1 label=win98 table=/dev/hda image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-22 label=linux root=/dev/hda3 read-only After making that change, run this: /sbin/lilo that will write the changes back out to the drive so they'll take effect on the next boot. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corp. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] frame buffer
Hello everyone: I'm just going to compile kernel 2.2.11 and would like to know what do I have to add into the kernel in order to enable the frame buffer. Also, if something else is needed to to this, please tell me. thaks Guillermo
[newbie] anonftp?
Ok... I've checked and double checked to make sure that inet is being started at system boot. It is. I've also made sure that anonftp is installed. it is. BeroFTPD is also installed. when I try to ftp into my system I get a "service not available" message. should there be some mention of anonftp in my inetd.conf file in /etc or? what am I missing here.
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 book
Is there THAT much difference between the 2 that the general information given should be questioned ? Regards, Joseph Gardner -Original Message- From: Richard Lamont [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 11:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 book On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Joseph Gardner wrote: I just latched on to a series from IDG books. Titles include "Linux Configuration Installation", "Linux Network" , "Linux System Administration" "Linux Internet Server". They are well written, very informative, don't assume too much and come with Slackware, while there may be some differences between Mandrake and Slackware I have found the general background to be excellent. Having just moved from Slackware to Mandrake I can assure you that the differences are considerable! I would steer well clear of Slackware-centric books, and aim for a Redhat-centric one. I'm afraid I can't be more specific. -- Richard Lamont [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stonix.demon.co.uk/ application/ms-tnef
RE: [newbie] Modem Problems
Does every thing in the /etc/ dir get run at boot up ??? Regards, Joseph Gardner -Original Message- From: Hoyt [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 11:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [newbie] Modem Problems - Original Message - From: sinx [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 6:59 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem Problems Ok, is it not a winmodem, and not a pci bus modem, it's isa. When I did the 'setserial /dev/ttyS2' it said irq4, I noticed though, that my modem is on irq10, is that the problem? How can it be changed? You may leave it on irq 10. Looking at man setserial gives us an answer. Using setserial /dev/ttyS2 irq 10 should do it. Then try setserial /dev/ttyS2 and you should see that it shows irq 10. Then try kppp again using /dev/ttyS2 as the modem device. If it works, you can add the line setserial /dev/ttyS2 irq 10 to /etc/rc.local or create a new file called /etc/rc.serial and put it there so it runs at startup every time. If you create rc.serial, make certain that the file permission are the same as rc.local. Hoyt application/ms-tnef
Re: [newbie] frame buffer
On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Guillermo Belli wrote: I'm just going to compile kernel 2.2.11 and would like to know what do I have to add into the kernel in order to enable the frame buffer. Just enable support for Frame Buffer Devices... Also, if something else is needed to to this, please tell me. thaks Add append="vga=something" to your /etc/lilo.conf, where something indicates the graphics mode. See /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/* for details. LLaP bero -- Tired of waiting for Windows 2000? STOP WAITING! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
[newbie] libMesaGL.so.3 and libMesaGLU.so.3
I am new to Mandrake, but have dabbled in Linux for a couple of years. I am trying to install KDE. I get the messages: libMesaGL.so.3 is needed by whatever RPM I am installing libMesaGLU.so.3 is needed by whatever RPM I am installing What are these files, and where can I find them? I know, I know. I am too cheap to buy the manual and too dumb to figure it out on my own, but I have always been able to count on my fellow Penguins to guide as well as tolerate me. tia Bryan Moorehead
[newbie] jdk
has anyone had any luck installing the jdk package from miribalis that is required to run java icq? documentation is pretty scarce and i'm not really sure what some of the environmental variables are for.
Re: [newbie] Acer 'Prisa' 620ST Scanner
Isn't that something you'd add to '/etc/modules.conf'? I might be wrong, but the impression I got is that that's where you put the 'insmod' to load a module on boot. Bear in mind, I'm still new at this, so I might be wrong. - Theo John Aldrich wrote: I had to install a SCSI card after I'd built my system (needed to FDISK a SCSI drive that Windows wouldn't let me FDISK because it had OS/2 on the drive!) and I played around and did an "insmod advansys.o" from the appropriate directory and then mounted the hard drive on a mount point I'd created for it. However, I'm not sure how to get that module PERMANENTLY installed, although I suspect it would be something you could add to the boot script. Right now I don't need to have SCSI support on a regular basis, so I'm not worried about it. But, that should get you started in the right direction. As always, RTFM will be your best bet. :-)
Re: [newbie] libMesaGL.so.3 and libMesaGLU.so.3
On Wed, 11 Aug 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am new to Mandrake, but have dabbled in Linux for a couple of years. I am trying to install KDE. I get the messages: libMesaGL.so.3 is needed by whatever RPM I am installing libMesaGLU.so.3 is needed by whatever RPM I am installing Install the Mesa package from the Mandrake CD. LLaP bero -- Tired of waiting for Windows 2000? STOP WAITING! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
Re: [newbie] hard drive problems
Hi I have the same problem and I didn't update anything. I bought my Mandrake 6.0 (Venus) in CheapBytes. Is it necessary to update some thing to avoid that? If yes, which are the files and where do I catch them? Thank you. Bernhard Rosenkraenzer ha scritto: On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Bert Bullough wrote: Ok, this really sucks. My hard drive isn't unmounting properly when i shut down. By any chance, are you using Mandrake 6.0-1 without having updated the kernel and initscripts package? LLaP bero -- Tired of waiting for Windows 2000? STOP WAITING! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/ -- João Carlos [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brasil - SP ICQ - 33.965.439 usuário Linux # 106644
Re: [newbie] jdk
Hi Bert, Yeah. I've done it before but reverted to back to my old one. The java version lacks most of the features of even the previous generation of ICQ. Not very good at all. I don't know abt the linux hacks like licq and stuff(check freshmeat), but most of them suffer from this problem with various degrees(eg no chat). If u really want to go ahead with the jdk, fire your questions away. Lionel Bert Bullough wrote: has anyone had any luck installing the jdk package from miribalis that is required to run java icq? documentation is pretty scarce and i'm not really sure what some of the environmental variables are for. -- iMac : Idiot Machine. (Health Warning : Suitable only for ages below 12) iBook : currently open for entries
Re: [newbie] anonftp?
On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, you wrote: should there be some mention of anonftp in my inetd.conf file in /etc or? I'm currently running Red Hat here, and have a line in my inetd.conf: #ftpstream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd -l -a If you have a similar line, uncomment it (remove the #) and restart your system (maybe just killall -HUP inetd???) and see if that fixes the problem.
Re: [newbie] jdk
On 11-Aug-99 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Bert Bullough wrote: has anyone had any luck installing the jdk package from miribalis that is required to run java icq? documentation is pretty scarce and i'm not really sure what some of the environmental variables are for. ICQ4Java sucks... Try using licq. It's contained in cooker if you don't want to compile it yourself. I really hate having to ask this, but what package is licq in? I'm mirroring cooker and do not have any licq packages. I've also checked the Mandrake/RPMS and contrib/RPMS directories of two cooker mirror sites and neither had a package with 'licq' anywhere in the name. -Tom
Re: [newbie] anonftp?
I tried running the BeroFTPD on my system and never did get it working properly. The only difference is that I was trying to log in as a user. I could log in anonymously with no problems. Have you run the BeroFTPD config yet ? This allows you to configure your anon accounts, directorys, and ratios. By the way, I finally un-installed BeroFTPD and installed wu-ftpd instead and everything seems to be working now. You may want to give this a try as a last resort. ~~~Ken Hodges, President~~~ ACME BrainWorks, Inc. http://www.rabun.net Rabun County, Georgia Where Spring Spends the Summer Business Office Phone: 706-782-9239 24 Hour Tech Support and Signup Phone 1-800-856-4053 ~~ - Original Message - From: John Brack [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 12:47 PM Subject: [newbie] anonftp? Ok... I've checked and double checked to make sure that inet is being started at system boot. It is. I've also made sure that anonftp is installed. it is. BeroFTPD is also installed. when I try to ftp into my system I get a "service not available" message. should there be some mention of anonftp in my inetd.conf file in /etc or? what am I missing here.
Re: [newbie] jdk
cooker's the developer version of mandrake right? Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Bert Bullough wrote: has anyone had any luck installing the jdk package from miribalis that is required to run java icq? documentation is pretty scarce and i'm not really sure what some of the environmental variables are for. ICQ4Java sucks... Try using licq. It's contained in cooker if you don't want to compile it yourself. LLaP bero -- Tired of waiting for Windows 2000? STOP WAITING! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
Re: [newbie] Acer 'Prisa' 620ST Scanner
On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, you wrote: Isn't that something you'd add to '/etc/modules.conf'? I might be wrong, but the impression I got is that that's where you put the 'insmod' to load a module on boot. Bear in mind, I'm still new at this, so I might be wrong. Well, I *did* say RTFM would be the best bet. :-) Seriously, insmod is a command to TEMPORARILY (I believe) insert a module that is not in the modules.conf (thanks for telling me where to put a new module I need to load at boot G) From the insmod man page: DESCRIPTION Insmod installs a loadable module in the running kernel. Insmod tries to link a module into the running kernel by resolving all symbols from the kernel's exported symbol table. If the object file name is given without extension, insmod will search for the module in some common default directories. The environment variable MODPATH can be used to override this default.
Re: [newbie] jdk
On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Thomas J. Hamman wrote: I really hate having to ask this, but what package is licq in? I'm mirroring cooker and do not have any licq packages. Argh... Just checked, it isn't there. I uploaded it quite a while ago; guess the package was removed in a broken update or something. I'll rebuild it and upload a new package. LLaP bero -- Tired of waiting for Windows 2000? STOP WAITING! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
Re: [newbie] jdk
On 11-Aug-99 Bert Bullough wrote: cooker's the developer version of mandrake right? Yes. Look at http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cooker for info and a list of mirrors. -Tom
Re: [newbie] jdk
On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Bert Bullough wrote: cooker's the developer version of mandrake right? Yes. LLaP bero -- Tired of waiting for Windows 2000? STOP WAITING! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
RE: [newbie] jdk
Just goto www.licq.com :) Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bernhard Rosenkraenzer Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 12:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] jdk On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Thomas J. Hamman wrote: I really hate having to ask this, but what package is licq in? I'm mirroring cooker and do not have any licq packages. Argh... Just checked, it isn't there. I uploaded it quite a while ago; guess the package was removed in a broken update or something. I'll rebuild it and upload a new package. LLaP bero -- Tired of waiting for Windows 2000? STOP WAITING! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
Re: [newbie] Recommendation needed for Dual PentiumII/III board withMandrake
I just built a (s1836dluan-bx)Tyan Thunder 100 motherboard running 2 500mhz PentiunIII cpu's. That board has built in audio(Creative Labs Vibra16xv), onboard dual channel Ultra Wide SCSI, and a 10/100 Ehernet(Intel) built in. After 2 months it is still running strong and I have had none,zero,zip,nada problems out of it. Of course I am also running Linux-Mandrake as my o/s, that explains alot of the problem free part. :) On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Lionel Siau wrote: Hi everyone, I need a quote/recommendation for the above which should be rock solid and very problem free with Linux(running Mandrake of course). It is to be used as a fileserver, database/mining server and my future Q3 machine. Don't recommend me the dual celeron BH6. ATA-66 interfaces would be very nice even if kernel doesn't have drivers for it yet. Overclocking is not important but reliablity is. Lionel
[newbie] startup problem
I just installed Madrake 6.0 last night and got it working fine. I'm new to linux and didn't know how to even shut down...I know, I know. I read in the users manual about the shutdown command. I tried that and it gave me a bunch of crap about the different parameters I could add to the command, so then I did a shutdown now. That did the trick. However, when I tried to start up my computer today I inevitably get stuck with this... Enter runlevel: No matter what number I enter it gives me the same message... INIT: Entering runlevel: * INIT: no more proceses left in this runlevel where * is any number between 0 and 6. I am also running win95, but at this point I can't even choose to start up in that. Basically I have an overpriced paperweight sitting in my house... Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Andrew Wallace ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
Re: [newbie] Recommendation needed for Dual PentiumII/III board withMandrake
drool Rob wrote: I just built a (s1836dluan-bx)Tyan Thunder 100 motherboard running 2 500mhz PentiunIII cpu's. That board has built in audio(Creative Labs Vibra16xv), onboard dual channel Ultra Wide SCSI, and a 10/100 Ehernet(Intel) built in. After 2 months it is still running strong and I have had none,zero,zip,nada problems out of it. Of course I am also running Linux-Mandrake as my o/s, that explains alot of the problem free part. :) On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Lionel Siau wrote: Hi everyone, I need a quote/recommendation for the above which should be rock solid and very problem free with Linux(running Mandrake of course). It is to be used as a fileserver, database/mining server and my future Q3 machine. Don't recommend me the dual celeron BH6. ATA-66 interfaces would be very nice even if kernel doesn't have drivers for it yet. Overclocking is not important but reliablity is. Lionel
[newbie] printing pdf
Hi, What is required to print pdf documents in Linux? I have Mandrake 5.3, and a HP 870Cxi ink jet printer. I'm using the HP 550C filter, and I have ghostscript installed so I can print PostScript documents fine. But when I try to print a pdf document, I get an ascii printout saying "No way to print this type of input file: PDF document, version 1.3". Thanks, Hidong
Re: [newbie] Recommendation needed for Dual PentiumII/III board withMandrake
Did you have any trouble setting up the on-board sound or ethernet. I have heard of those built-in devices not being recognized. I have a Socket 7 (Alton M570) mobo w/ built-in 3-d sound and I wonder how it will be. Have seen comments in Mandrake newsgroup about the sound quality being poor or not recognized. Would appreciate any comments. I will be installing soon. Brian -Original Message- From: Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just built a (s1836dluan-bx)Tyan Thunder 100 motherboard running 2 500mhz PentiunIII cpu's. That board has built in audio(Creative Labs Vibra16xv), onboard dual channel Ultra Wide SCSI, and a 10/100 Ehernet(Intel) built in. After 2 months it is still running strong and I have had none,zero,zip,nada problems out of it. Of course I am also running Linux-Mandrake as my o/s, that explains alot of the problem free part. :) On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Lionel Siau wrote: Hi everyone, I need a quote/recommendation for the above which should be rock solid and very problem free with Linux(running Mandrake of course). It is to be used as a fileserver, database/mining server and my future Q3 machine. Don't recommend me the dual celeron BH6. ATA-66 interfaces would be very nice even if kernel doesn't have drivers for it yet. Overclocking is not important but reliablity is. Lionel
[newbie] using remote /dev/st0
Hi, I have a Linux network running Mandrake 5.3. One machine is named ripley and has a 4 mm dds-2 tape drive mounted on /dev/st0. I would like to access this device from another machine called weaver. If I log in to weaver as a normal user, I can issue commands like tar cvf ripley:/dev/st0 and everything works fine. However, if I log in to weaver as root, and issue the same tar commands, I get an error saying Permission denied. tar: Cannot open ripley:/dev/st0: Input/output error tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now Is root supposed to be denied remote access? Thanks, Hidong
Re: [newbie] GUI for RPM installs ?
You might be thinking og Kpackage for KDE. It is a *very* nice RPM front end. Kpackage should already be installed. Just look off of your menu bar in System I think. Webmaster wrote: Is there anyway to install RPM's from the command line using a GUI ? I remember there being a GUI when I first installed Mandrake that gave you the options of installing packages, but I don't know how to get back to this (or another) GUI. I would like to install the KDE invironment, but I get lost with the long file names (and so many of them) that are needed to install all of this. Can anyone help ? Thanks, Ken
Re: [newbie] Recommendation needed for Dual PentiumII/III board withMandrake
Depends largely upon the manufacturer of the audio chips Who makes the on-board sound? John - Original Message - From: Ripcrd6 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 4:45 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Recommendation needed for Dual PentiumII/III board withMandrake Did you have any trouble setting up the on-board sound or ethernet. I have heard of those built-in devices not being recognized. I have a Socket 7 (Alton M570) mobo w/ built-in 3-d sound and I wonder how it will be. Have seen comments in Mandrake newsgroup about the sound quality being poor or not recognized. Would appreciate any comments. I will be installing soon. Brian -Original Message- From: Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just built a (s1836dluan-bx)Tyan Thunder 100 motherboard running 2 500mhz PentiunIII cpu's. That board has built in audio(Creative Labs Vibra16xv), onboard dual channel Ultra Wide SCSI, and a 10/100 Ehernet(Intel) built in. After 2 months it is still running strong and I have had none,zero,zip,nada problems out of it. Of course I am also running Linux-Mandrake as my o/s, that explains alot of the problem free part. :) On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Lionel Siau wrote: Hi everyone, I need a quote/recommendation for the above which should be rock solid and very problem free with Linux(running Mandrake of course). It is to be used as a fileserver, database/mining server and my future Q3 machine. Don't recommend me the dual celeron BH6. ATA-66 interfaces would be very nice even if kernel doesn't have drivers for it yet. Overclocking is not important but reliablity is. Lionel
[newbie] MANDRAKE WINS 2 LINUXWORLD AWARDS!
Hello everybody, this is a great day! We are very pleased to announce that we have won: * the "Product of the Year" Award with Linux-Mandrake 6.0 * the "Distribution/Server" Awards with Linux-Mandrake 6.0 we are also in second position for the "Distribution/Client" Award! Details from Nicholas Petreley on: http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-08/lw-08-penguin_1.html MandrakeSoft is not the only winner: you - users and contributors - have won those prices with us! :) Greets, Gaël. -- Gael DUVAL - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mandrake 6.0 on http://www.linux-mandrake.com
[newbie] Modem problems. Looks like a bug in Mandrake 6.0
When I install Linux-Mandrake, I set up the modem first under KPPP. The device is set to ttyS1. Then I set up the rest of my PPP seatings. I then am able to successfully dial my ISP. The modem (sportster 56K internal) works GREAT! The next step in setting up mandrake is setting up the sound. So I type /usr/sbin/sndconfig and the system automatically detects my sound card and sets it up. Then it says that the file /etc/conf.modules already exists and backs it up as /etc/conf.modules.bak. That's it. My PnP SB16 sound card is setup and works GREAT. Now the modem doesn't work after setting up the sound card. I keep getting "modem is busy" and I can't dial out. The sound card and the modem DO NOT share the same resources. I did not EVER have this problem in Mandrake 5.3. I deleted /etc/conf.modules and replaced it with /etc/conf.modules.bak and renamed it accordingly. The modem still don't work. Even after rebooting. What do I need to do to fix this mess? Postman
Re: [newbie] that penguin at the login prompt
Thanks. I was wondering how to get rid of the bird, too! Art Andy Goth wrote: just wondering, how do i get rid of that ansi penguin at the login prompt? it really doesn't appeal to me. Edit issue.rc (or is it rc.issue?) in your /etc/rc directory to not generate it. Hmm. It might not be this way with Mandrake (I know this from Red Hat 5.0). In any case, you'll see whatever is in /etc/issue before the login prompt.
[newbie] Off-Brand 15 1024x768 Monitor
Hi, I installed M-RH6.0 last night, and even though I have the monitor above, and an ATI 4MB card, the only display settings that seemed to work are 640x480, in 8-bit. Anyone have similar experiances, or recommendations to fix? Thanks, Carlos
Re: [newbie] that penguin at the login prompt
Andy Goth wrote: just wondering, how do i get rid of that ansi penguin at the login prompt? it really doesn't appeal to me. Give me an F---ing break!!! This list is for people with real linux problems, not real people with decorating problems. - No. Give him a break. I asked a very similar question not too long ago, and I learned A LOT about Linux, shell scripting, ANSI, and the need to back stuff up from looking into issue and rc.issue. No one yelled at me. On the contrary, many people were just happy to help. -- I would like to change the rather poor graphic and appreciate that someone took time to answer the question. I learned a little more about how Linux works. Art
[newbie] ppp gradual slowdown
I just installed Mandrake, and setup my modem, etc, and after being connected for about 5-10 minutes, my connection seems to slow down to 500 bytes/sec, etc. I know it's not my isp or modem because it works fine in windows. Anyone have any tips or what is wrong? Thanks.
Re: [newbie] printing pdf
There is an acrobat reader on the Mandrake cd's in the 'Complete' set. If not, try the adobe website. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 8/11/99, 1:31:22 PM, Hidong Kim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] printing pdf: Hi, What is required to print pdf documents in Linux? I have Mandrake 5.3, and a HP 870Cxi ink jet printer. I'm using the HP 550C filter, and I have ghostscript installed so I can print PostScript documents fine. But when I try to print a pdf document, I get an ascii printout saying "No way to print this type of input file: PDF document, version 1.3". Thanks, Hidong
Re: [newbie] jdk
Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Bert Bullough wrote: has anyone had any luck installing the jdk package from miribalis that is required to run java icq? documentation is pretty scarce and i'm not really sure what some of the environmental variables are for. ICQ4Java sucks... Try using licq. It's contained in cooker if you don't want to compile it yourself. OK, I'll bite.. I've seen cookers before. Can you ( or anyone ) explain what a cooker is? learning_mode_on_now Alan === [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Coming to you with Linux-Mandrake 6.0
[newbie] Bug Reports. Who do I report them to?
What email address do I report bugs to at MandrakeSoft?
[newbie] updates ...
I updated the kernel and initscripts packages due to the unmount problem at shutdown time... well now i have another problem, the cardmgr program can't load the modules for the pcmcia and it saids that's because a lack of memory ... does anybody of you have (or had) the same problem? how did you fixed? _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
[newbie] samba or nfs
i have installed network csards in both my windows pc and my mandrake system. They are plugged into a hub, shuls i use nfs or samba to mount file systems across the 2 platforms? any help would be appreciated thanks brandon
