Re: Keyboard, modem, X11, and other problems..
On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 12:37:46PM +0200, Giovanni A.D. wrote: I've an Ati Rage 128 (rage right ? anyway, it is the only one that ends with 128 i think ;) Not really but that's probably it. oh, ok XFdrake .. :p a general note about linux: by the use point of view you should have commands not programs .. I mean that there should be at least one alias that opens for you XFdrake when you run a command like XConfig .. Ok, I know that the tab button on the keyboad is very useful, but... ;-) Umm Xconfigurator is just a redhat specific command that some other distributions have picked up. So basically what you're saying is we should just always copy redhat which is silly. what is tail ? A program. man tail for more information. using Mac OS X I don't need them.. but .. in Linux PPC I had to insert them to make it works, on Mandrake linux ppc no way: I can get connected but I can't visit any site or download mail.. (as when you don't insert dns and they are needed, but i've inserted them, also tryed to disable local dns and other options..) So do you or don't you have your modem working? Just an FYI. Linux on PPC is not very easy compared to on PC hardware. So just get used to the little issues... you'll have plenty of them. -- Ben Reser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ben.reser.org We tend to see all wars through the lens of the current conflict, and we mine history for lessons convenient to the present purpose. - Brian Hayes
Re: Keyboard, modem, X11, and other problems..
On Saturday, July 13, 2002, at 08:20 PM, Ben Reser wrote: I mean that there should be at least one alias that opens for you XFdrake when you run a command like XConfig .. Ok, I know that the tab button on the keyboad is very useful, but... ;-) Umm Xconfigurator is just a redhat specific command that some other distributions have picked up. So basically what you're saying is we should just always copy redhat which is silly. nope, I mean that there should be a command like Xconfigure that runs, according to the distro, Xconfigurator, XFdrake and so on.. For command I mean what you use to launch a program, not necessary the same program, expecially in the open source world ;-) (imho) what is tail ? A program. man tail for more information. ok, thanks using Mac OS X I don't need them.. but .. in Linux PPC I had to insert them to make it works, on Mandrake linux ppc no way: I can get connected but I can't visit any site or download mail.. (as when you don't insert dns and they are needed, but i've inserted them, also tryed to disable local dns and other options..) So do you or don't you have your modem working? I'm trying to using internal modem for now, and it works. But once connected I can't access to any remote content. Just an FYI. Linux on PPC is not very easy compared to on PC hardware. So just get used to the little issues... you'll have plenty of them. ;) Bye Thanks again, Giovanni
Re: Keyboard, modem, X11, and other problems..
On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 02:52:02AM +0200, Giovanni A.D. wrote: first of all .. X11 .. if I use XFree86 it doesn't works, so .. no way to have 3D support. I have to use Xpmac .. if I use XFree86 I get only a black screen. And I had to reinstall to change it .. no Xconfigurator .. i've found only a xf86cfg or something like that, but no way to make it works.. Not sure what video card your machine has but I think it should work with XFree86. However, what you need to keep in mind is that in many cases the technical details for Apple machines are sketchy... so the support for hardware can be equally sketchy. But in most cases video cards are identicaly to the PC versions and are supported fine. But there are always exceptions to the rule. Xconfiguratior is a RedHat tool. It has been phased out over the past several Mandrake versions and replaced with Mandrake's X Configuration tool: XFdrake. I've an iMac 400 DV SE with 128mb of ram, and an old iMac style italian keyboard. I set it as an US keyboard cause I can use it better: also if I set it as a IT keyboard I get the PC keyboard, not the mac one. But .. it works very fin in the shell.. but not in X11 .. all the keymap is wrong, and the only way to make it works is set up it in the kde control panel. it works fine but if i press space once it still pressed until i press backspace or another letter .. (ie: cd /) if i use the arrows i get some numbers (the keypad ones, hmm.. i should try to press block num :p) but.. i can't use any game or go up and down in the command history of xterm .. No idea here. i've an usb modem that is supported by 2.4 kernel : Draytek isdnVigor128 .. on the hardware list of mandrake control center i see it good under isdn devices but, how to use it with kppp ?? I would imagine your modem will show up as a USB tty device. tail the /var/log/messsages file while the modem isn't plugged into the machine. Then plug it in. Many times the driver will tell you the path to the device that it's installed the USB modem as. But I don't personally have any of this hardware so I don't have any experience with USB modems just other USB hardware. sometimes by default I can't mount the cd using the kde desktop link cause my user haven't the privileges to do it .. i try to use: userconf, userdrak, mandrake control center (mount points/dvd) but, nothing to do! No idea. for PPP connection, is DNS needded ? the installer say optional .. but .. before on linux ppc I had to setup them. In most cases DNS servers are assigned automatically via DHCP. If they are then they are optional. If they are not assigned via DHCP then you need to enter them. oh, about linux ppc .. can I install the linux ppc rpms on mandrake ppc ? I'd like to have the matrix screensaver and xevil .. Probably not a great idea but I believe they are still binary compatable in 8.2/ppc. But I wouldn't count on that in future versions as soon as Mandrake releases a PPC version using the newer gcc. -- Ben Reser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ben.reser.org We tend to see all wars through the lens of the current conflict, and we mine history for lessons convenient to the present purpose. - Brian Hayes
