Re: [newbie] Any web page that teaches how to install Linux?

http://www.magma.ca/~bklimas/ Try this. It's the Linux Newbie Administration Guide. It talks about Redhat, but it applies and it is written by newbies. That means it shouldn't be over your head. It cleared up some questions for me. Rip - Original Message - From: Enoch Ko <[EMAIL PROT

[newbie] Any web page that teaches how to install Linux?

Is there any web page that teaches how to install Linux (best if it is Linux Mandrake 5.2)? Or is there any very cheap book (i'm almost broke) on that?

[newbie] Re:

I set the option for "no_accel". That seems to have fixed the problem. Thanks again!! :) Arnold >Hi Arnold, > >May I suggest you try the following that has been sent to me sometime >ago ( courtesy of Mauro Tortonesi). > >" I used to have a SiS card. Usually SiS cards need the following >lin

Re: [newbie] Other user except root can shutdown server?

Stefan Dozier wrote: > At 04:16 PM 5/6/99 +0800, you wrote: > >Hi: > > I have added a user named "lyn" as group of root. But the command of > >"shutdown" cannt be used by "lyn". How to assign the right of root to "lyn". > > I accomplished that feat issuing the "chmod u+s /sbin/shutdown" > > Now

Re: [newbie] backups

You can mount the second hard drive in your Linux and then perform something like an Hard Disk upgrade. So all the Linux system gona be copied on your second one. Take a look in Hard Disk Upgrade Howto to perform the copy. Hope that help. Take a look at this link. http://www.redhat.com/m

Re: [newbie] Zip question

Linux should detect your zip drive when it boots. When I boot up, my computer sees the zip drive as hdd. It mounts it as the first partition on that drive. Here is the command: mount /dev/hdd1 /mnt/zip I made the /mnt/zip directory using mkdir. To unmount the zip drive, I use: umount /dev/hdd

Re: [newbie] How can run program automatic at boot?

On Thu, May 06, 1999 at 03:44:20PM +0800, John l.yn wrote: > Hi: >I dont know which file include the information. I have tired many *.conf. > I want to run one program at boot. /etc/rc.d/rc.local -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] About command ps.

On Thu, May 06, 1999 at 02:42:01PM +0100, Nick Kay wrote: > At 08:47 06/05/99 -0400, you wrote: > >John l.yn [EMAIL PROTECTED]] said: > > > >>I want to kill the daemon of inetd avoid rebooting. I use command > >>"ps aus" ,but inetd isnt listed. Why ? How to rerun the daemon after > >>kill it? > >

Re: [newbie] TCP/IP for LAN

On Thu, May 06, 1999 at 06:18:21AM -0500, Meanie wrote: > Hey all.. thanks a ton for all the help thus far. I don't know much, > but I try to help out when I can. My new problem regards my Realtek 8029 > (NE2k compatible) PCI LAN card. I was pretty sure I had it set up right > upon installation

[newbie] Zip question

I installed an internal zip drive (ATAPI). I can use only a preformated zip. Other zip disks I use give me the message I can't read superblock or I have to specify the file system (depending what i did on the fstab i guess) How do i edit the fstab? do i have to do anything else? Also, the c

Re: [newbie] Other user except root can shutdown server?

>Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 02:03:46 -0700 (PDT) >From: Roberto Angelo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... >"John l.yn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scritto: >> >> Hi: >>I have added a user named "lyn" as group of root. But the command >of >> "shutdown" cannt be used by "lyn". How to assign the right of root >to "lyn".

[newbie] Upgrade to 1.1.1 failed on Mandrake

Hi. Newbie here. I have a two day old Mandrake 5.3. The kde-installer script encountered a bunch of conflicts while upgrading to kde 1.1.1 , leaving me without kde. I managed to recover, mostly... Mandrake says they are 100% compatible with RedHat 5.2. Maybe not? Maybe a fix needed to kde-insta

Re: [newbie] Other user except root can shutdown server?

At 04:16 PM 5/6/99 +0800, you wrote: >Hi: > I have added a user named "lyn" as group of root. But the command of >"shutdown" cannt be used by "lyn". How to assign the right of root to "lyn". I accomplished that feat issuing the "chmod u+s /sbin/shutdown" Now my regular user as well as root can

Re: [newbie] SiS Driver

Arnold Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scritto: > > yes please. > > Arnold > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Budhi Setiaji) > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [newbie] SiS Driver > >Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 23:38:49 +0700 > > > >Would you like to give me an information abou

[newbie] backups

I have installed a mandrake 5.3, updated with kernel 2.2.5 and recompiled succesfully. As I am a linux newbie, I installed on a 1.6Gb WD Caviar hd mounted on a removable frame. I have a identical hd mounted on a second frame. My goal is to copy the installation as is on the second hd, just to carr

Re: [newbie] Install network card

martijn wrote: > > How can I install a network card ? > I have mandrake 5.3 > > THANKS### Hi, Martijn, Assuming that your network card is on the list of supported hardware, recompile the kernel to include support for your particular card. When you reboot the new kernel, your card should be a

Re: [newbie] SiS Driver

yes please. Arnold >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Budhi Setiaji) >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [newbie] SiS Driver >Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 23:38:49 +0700 > >Would you like to give me an information about SiS 6326 AGP driver. >Thank you. > > > ___

RE: [newbie] About command ps.

At 08:47 06/05/99 -0400, you wrote: >John l.yn [EMAIL PROTECTED]] said: > >>I want to kill the daemon of inetd avoid rebooting. I use command >>"ps aus" ,but inetd isnt listed. Why ? How to rerun the daemon after >>kill it? > > >Try:ps -A or even "killall inetd" then restart it with "inetd"

[newbie] RE: SIS6326? Thanks, NOT, for now! WAS: "Flaky" video modes WAS: [newbie] Video Modes

Vladimir V. Popov [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] said: >I tested all Options recom. from README.SIS but it don't helps >me. In Win98/NT my SiS6326 works properly. Need to wait for >new X*_SVGA rel. Try running XF86Setup (the XFree86 utility), instead of XConfigurator (the Red Hat utility). It is more

RE: [newbie] Isa card problems

Tom A.H. Piel [EMAIL PROTECTED]] said: >I'm having some problems with my NE2000 plus >isa card which is not detected during installation >and my soundcard is not working (also not detected) >during install it asked me for autoprobe or specific >and both failed (can't detect device anywhere on the

RE: [newbie] About command ps.

John l.yn [EMAIL PROTECTED]] said: >I want to kill the daemon of inetd avoid rebooting. I use command >"ps aus" ,but inetd isnt listed. Why ? How to rerun the daemon after >kill it? Try:ps -A Then: kill -9 Regards, Richard

[newbie] Scanner SCSI & others

Hi, I've some problems and in order of importance I expose you, if there is somewhere, someone that can help my in something. :-)) I've Mandrake 5.3 with 2.2.5 kernel upgraded. --- scanner --- I have a problem with my scanner an Artec ViewScan A6000C plus SCSI with DTC 3151/3181 h

Re: [newbie] Re: SIS6326? Thanks, NOT, for now! WAS: "Flaky" video modes WAS: [newbie] Video Modes

Owen Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scritto: > > On Thu, 6 May 1999, Vladimir V. Popov wrote: > > [...] > > > > I tested all Options recom. from README.SIS but it don't helps me. > > In Win98/NT my SiS6326 works properly. Need to wait for new X*_SVGA rel. > > > > SY! Vladimir- > > > > PS. I had

[newbie] TCP/IP for LAN

Hey all.. thanks a ton for all the help thus far. I don't know much, but I try to help out when I can. My new problem regards my Realtek 8029 (NE2k compatible) PCI LAN card. I was pretty sure I had it set up right upon installation (never had a chance to test it out), but after I _finally_ got m

Re: [newbie] modems

At 05:49 06/05/99 -0500, you wrote: >> > > Com 1 : Mouse = Com 4 : Modem >> > > Com 2 : Mouse = Com 3 : Modem >> > > >> > > This is because most PC's are only allowed 2 serial ports. Usually, >> > > Internal Modems have a Com 4 setting which means you have to set it to >> > > cua3, Externa

Re: [newbie] Other user except root can shutdown server?

If you want user lyn to have temporary root access, simply type su at the command prompt, then enter the root password. -- Meanie

Re: [newbie] printer and sound card

> The sound card is a common Sound Blaster 16 compatible. > I also tried to upgrade to kernel 2.2.5, without results. > Someone can tell me how to solve these problems? If you have Windows 95 on your machine, just go to Control Panel / System / Device Manager / Sound, Video, and Game Controllers

Re: [newbie] modems

> > > Com 1 : Mouse = Com 4 : Modem > > > Com 2 : Mouse = Com 3 : Modem > > > > > > This is because most PC's are only allowed 2 serial ports. Usually, > > > Internal Modems have a Com 4 setting which means you have to set it to > > > cua3, External Modems have Com 3 which is cua2 in Linux

Re: [newbie] Isa card problems

"Tom A.H. Piel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scritto: > > Hi, > > I'm having some problems with my NE2000 plus > isa card which is not detected during installation > and my soundcard is not working (also not detected) > during install it asked me for autoprobe or specific > and both failed (can't detect

[newbie] Re: SIS6326? Thanks, NOT, for now! WAS: "Flaky" video modes WAS:[newbie] Video Modes

On Thu, 6 May 1999, Vladimir V. Popov wrote: > [...] > > I tested all Options recom. from README.SIS but it don't helps me. > In Win98/NT my SiS6326 works properly. Need to wait for new X*_SVGA rel. > > SY! Vladimir- > > PS. I had problems with AGP SVGA-i740/8M on M/B LS 5-VP3+Cyrix-II-PR30

Re: [newbie] Which file include "PATH" ?

"John l.yn" wrote: >I think there must have some file include PATH. But I can found > it.Please! Depends which shell you're using. If you're using bash, for example (which is the default shell for Mandrake installations), you'll need to edit ~/.bashrc. -- Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Other user except root can shutdown server?

"John l.yn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scritto: > > Hi: >I have added a user named "lyn" as group of root. But the command of > "shutdown" cannt be used by "lyn". How to assign the right of root to "lyn". > > > Thanks! > > John l.yn > > try by linuxconf about lyn to set super-users privilege

Re: [newbie] printer and sound card

Cristiano Baldoin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scritto: > > hello world > I've just installed Mandrake 5.3 on a Pentium II 266 machine, and I'm > relatively unexperienced; everything seems to work well, but I can't get > printer and sound card work at all; the printer is a HP Laserjet 4L > connected to LP

[newbie] Other user except root can shutdown server?

Hi: I have added a user named "lyn" as group of root. But the command of "shutdown" cannt be used by "lyn". How to assign the right of root to "lyn". Thanks! John l.yn

[newbie] About command ps.

Hi: I want to kill the daemon of inetd avoid rebooting. I use command "ps aus" ,but inetd isnt listed. Why ? How to rerun the daemon after kill it? Thanks! John l.yn

[newbie] How can run program automatic at boot?

Hi: I dont know which file include the information. I have tired many *.conf. I want to run one program at boot. Thanks! John l.yn

[newbie] Which file include "PATH" ?

Hi: I have installed interbase v4 on linux. But these files located at "/usr/interbase/bin" which not include in my PATH? I have to change my path manually with "PATH= PATH:/usr/interbase/bin". The PATH is lost after booting. I think there must have some file include PATH. But I can found it

Re: SIS6326? Thanks, NOT, for now! WAS: "Flaky" video modes WAS: [newbie] Video Modes

>Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 06:07:15 -0700 (PDT) >From: Roberto Angelo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: "Flaky" video modes WAS: [newbie] Video Modes Hi, All & Roberto! >Arnold Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scritto: >> >> I've just built a new system ... >> The video is SiS 6326 3D Pro AGP and the m