debian....knoppix
Hola; Soy novato en esto y estoy leyendo con mucho interés la discusión creada Entre el uso de mandriva y debian. Pero que me pueden decir acerca de knoppix? Knoppix se basa en debian así que podria ser una buena idea pasar de Windows a knoppix Y después hincar el diente a debian o mejor directamente debian? Gracias por todo, Espero ansioso sus respuestas
Make menuconfig????
Hola, intentando instalar el driver de la Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 en mi portatil y puestos de lectura hasta arriba, me propongo configurar el kernel y me da el siguiente error al teclear make menuconfig make: *** No hay ninguna regla para construir el objetivo `menuconfig'. Alto. Que ocurre?? Gracias desde ya!!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Centrino y debian
Hola a todos, primero decir que ya solucione lo de la resolucion de pantalla que os pregunte con el dpkg-reconfigure. gracias pero ahora, antes de empezar a meterle horas al pinguinillo, quiero primero poder instalar mi tarjeta inalambrica intel PRO/Wireless 2100 tipica de un centrino. Alguien puede ayudarme o en el peor de los casos referenciarme algun documento ??? Gracias de antemano -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Resolucion de pantalla
Hola, saludos pues soy nuevo en la lista y en el mundo Debian. Una preguntita facil. Acabo de instalar debian sarge 3.1 en un portatil centrino y como resolucion de pantalla solo me deja 800x600 e inferior resolucion. Como lo pongo a 1024x768? Tendre mal puesto el monitor? si es asi, donde lo cambio? Gracias de antemano y saludos nuevamente -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cyrus-imap
Prosze Sznowne Grono o refleksje, zle lub bobre opinie ! Z tego co zdazylem sie zorjetowac to niezly kombajn ale ... moze ktos mial inne doswiadczenia lub jest zaproponowac cos lepszego. ;) ??? Janusz ps Z gury, dzieki !
[OT] jumper for CPU Host Clock
Hi. I am building my computer today and have a question about a jumper setting. I need to set the jumper for the CPU Host Clock Selection and I'm not sure what this refers to. There are two choices, 100MHz and 133Mhz. the 133Mhz has a asterisk by it that says Reserved. Does this refer to the kind of SDRAM I'm using? I am using PC 133 SDRAM 32x64 168 pin DIMM. The processor is an Amd Athlon 700MHz slot A. Thank you for your time. -Jeff H
[OT] jumper for CPU Host Clock (Thanks and solved)
I finally found some info on the mb website. Says to place jumper on 100MHz then change CMOS setting alowing memory to run at the CPU bus plus an extra 33MHz. -Jeff H At 09:35 AM 4/10/01 -0600, you wrote: Hi. I am building my computer today and have a question about a jumper setting. I need to set the jumper for the CPU Host Clock Selection and I'm not sure what this refers to. There are two choices, 100MHz and 133Mhz. the 133Mhz has a asterisk by it that says Reserved. Does this refer to the kind of SDRAM I'm using? I am using PC 133 SDRAM 32x64 168 pin DIMM. The processor is an Amd Athlon 700MHz slot A. Thank you for your time. -Jeff H
[OT] (floppy?? and win 95) two questions
Hello. I am still a Debian want to be. All that I know is win98. I am in the process of a major hardware upgrade and have two questions I wanted to run by the list. 1) I intend to setup a Debian desktop. I will be re partitioning my 6.4gb drive allowing approx 4gb for Debian. I need to keep my windows system going for a while because of some of the apps I and my wife use. I am contemplating putting win95 instead of win98 back on the smaller partition. My feeling is that every release of an ms opperating system is much slower and more buggy. I have plenty of RAM and hd space for win 98 but like the idea of the smaller footprint of win95. Any thoughts? 2) I'm thinking of not installing a floppy drive. I have a rewritable cd drive and rarely use a floppy drive. I am thinking less wattage less heat, more open space in the case. Any thoughts? Thanks for your help and bandwidth. -Jeff H
[OT] AMD Athlon fan
Hello all. I am setting up an AMD Athlon box and have a question about the cpu fan. There is no brand name info on the fan box but the unit itself says it is an ARX. My question concerns how the heatsink side mounts to the processor. There seems to be white paper on that side that is really stuck down. I thought there was some kind of adhesive under it. I have torn it away in a small area revealing a white undersurface. Also there is none of that heat gel that is sometimes included with a new fan. There is no documentation accept what little mechanical installation info is printed on the box. I want to install everything right. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. -Jeff H
(OT) - Static electricity grounding device?
Hi. Does anyone know how or have a link to building your own grounding device that could attach to your wrist for hardware upgrades? I live in a very small town with no way to get one quickly. I know there are places online that sell them. Hoping to make something that would do the same job. I am in the process of upgrading my motherboard and don't want to take any chances. Thank you. -Jeff H
pain in the a-- guys monitor problem solved
I want to thank the list for all the help and advice you have been giving me. I am the one who has been trying to run xf86config to set up x-windows. As you may know I do not have any specs for my monitor, and every time I would run xf86config I would get a scrambled screen. During my probably 50th attempt to configure, and the monitor was scrambled, my hand darted out and turned the monitor off and on. Guess what came back? A beautiful x-window. It seems there is some kind of problem with the monitor itself. When I bought this computer several months ago the lady said there was some problem. I did not notice it because I was mostly fooling around with dos. Apparently it doesn't like graphics. Anyway, x is coming up fine and when it doesn't I flip the monitor off and on. How's that for a simple, idiotic solution? Jeff
question about this mailing list
I am going on vacation. In order to stop mail while I am away do I need to completely unsubscribe and then re-subscribe when I return? Thanks, Jeff
another question about my monitor
As you may know I have been having trouble getting my monitor set up under x. Because of not having any documentation on the used computer that I have, as well as not finding any info on the net about horiz and vert sync settings for my monitor, I have been shooting in the dark while trying to set up xf86config. I keep missing. My question is: What if I reinstalled Windows 3.11 Would there be some kind of utility that would show me what settings Windows is using for the monitor sync? Or Dos? Thanks for your advice. Jeff
Looking for monitor sync settings
Sorry to keep posting on this subject. I have tried about 35 different combinations in xf86config, but I still cannot find what the monitor needs. Every time I run xf86config and then do startx I get a screen with screwed, flickering and unreadable characters. My monitor is a Micron m14fg During xf86config it says that I may find info on my monitor by reading /usr/doc/xserver-common/monitors.gz I do not know how to look at this file. I have run many searches on the internet including all over Micron's site but can find no info on this monitor. Also, Micron's tech department has not e-mailed me back. Does anybody have any suggestions? Do I want or need x on my computer? I am interested in running spreadsheet and database programs like star office or similar. Thank you for any help you may be able to give. Jeff
Re: Need help for x window
At 08:12 PM 10/22/99 PDT, you wrote: Hey :) Post your monitor type here, and maybe someone else can help you. Just for the sake of mentioning it... There should be a sticker on the back that lists at least the base Horz Vertical Frequencies(it may be a long shot...) Here's an even longer shot... If you need the company that made the monitor to tell you, you should be able to find an FCC id search page, and get the # off of your monitor What kind of monitor have you got? I run a small computer business, so I may be able to get the specs for ya, if all else fails... HTHSM (Hope This Helps Some More) Brant Hi Brant. It is a Micron model M14FG. It says on back: 115/230V/1A, 60/50hz. I have tried manually entering 60 for the horiz and 50 for the vert. I have tried selections that were preconfigured at 60 and 50. I feel like I have tried most of the combinations listed. I know the info on my vid card so I do not think that is the issue. One question I have is during the install of debian, the install screen was at first in full color, as if it was in some kind of window, doesn't that indicate that the program has some basic settings that would work for my monitor? I'm wondering if I should go with another distribution. Jeff
I messed up my resolution.
Is there a way to keep debian from trying to start x at start up? I messed up the resolution and can't read anything. I think MS products sometimes use F8. How about debian? Is there any other way to get to the command line and re-run xf86config? I tried using my boot disk, but this too tried to start x. I got into this trouble because I do not know my systems settings. It is a vga monitor. I thought I set the resolution quite low. Thank you for any help you can give. Jeff
How can I find specs on my monitor?
I am trying to set up x. I keep running xf86config but I do not know the specs for my monitor. It is a Micron monitor model # m14fg. I have gone to Micron's home page but they do not list this old monitor. Does anyone have any ideas? Jeff
Re: How can I find specs on my monitor?
No Luck. They do not list Micron or my model # in search. Jeff At 10:37 PM 10/21/99 -0400, you wrote: From: Ethan Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How can I find specs on my monitor? Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 18:16:49 -0800 On 21/10/99 jh wrote: I am trying to set up x. I keep running xf86config but I do not know the specs for my monitor. It is a Micron monitor model # m14fg. I have gone to Micron's home page but they do not list this old monitor. Does anyone have any ideas? I was wondering why Debian's X config tool does not have a list of monitors like redhat's Xconfigurator, yes long list can be clumsy but its sure beats trial and error when you get a monitor from someone with no documentation whatsoever and no idea what the refresh rates are... I had to copy the numbers from my redhat XF86Config file made by Xconfigurator to get it right... Best Regards, Ethan Benson To obtain my PGP key: http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/pgp/
device name for mouse?
I have a serial mouse. Does anyone know what the device name would be? Thank you. Jeff
Need help for x window
Hi. I have recently installed the x packages from cd. When I type startx I receive: Could not find file! Tried /root/xf86config /etc/x11/ef86config /usr/x11r6/lib/x11/xf86config.debian /usr/x11r6/lib/x11/xf86config Fatal server error: No config file found! -x11TransSocketUNIConnect: Can't connect: errno= 111 Giving up. xinit: connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to x server xinit: no such process (errno 3): server error. My question is how do I find and properly install xf86config? I'm pretty sure that I installed all the x packages in dselect. Could someone help me in layman's terms? Thank you all very much. Jeff
small dselect question
Hi. If I just want to install 1 program from dselect, would I want to go through and put an = sign by the programs that are currently installed so it doesn't have to go through all the files when installing? I hope this question makes sense. Thanks, Jeff
dselect is killing me
Hi. As anyone who has followed any of my posts knows, I'm totally green. At this point I have debian installed. (from floppy) I now have access to my cdrom. What I would like to do is install the x-window manager, as well as some other things like joe. (some kind of text editor) I also want to install the manual pages. Anyway, I go into dselect and mark the things I want to install, I take care of the conflicts (that is I generally press enter and let dselect figure it out) I go out of that screen and install the packages that I marked. The message comes back: Iso9660 extensions: Microsoft Joliet level 3 Unable to load NLS Charset iso8859-1(nls_iso8859_1) Get currently installed package versions got 71 installed/pending packages scanning available packages cannot open var/lib/dpkg/methods/multicd/available: no such file or directory Does anyone know what this means? How can I get some things installed? Thanks for your assistance, Jeff
can I list just the directories, executables?
Hi. I would like to know if there is a command that will list just directories? Also, is there a command that will list executable files. I just got debian installed from floppy so there is not too much on my system. The only fairly interesting program that I have discovered is ae (I think it stands for anthony's editor) I have not figured out how to use it, it's pretty arcane. Thanks for any suggestions, Jeff
RE: dselect is killing me
At 10:41 PM 10/18/99 -0400, you wrote: Did you, by chance, re-compile your kernel? I assume not, but there is a kernel module for reading NLS Charset iso8859-1. It should be automagically loaded for you. Let me know. Bryan I did not recompile. I may have done something to hurt the kernel though I don't know what. I messed around a little in root doing things like ls /* just to list the files (It makes me feel like I'm doing something) Not much seems to happen automagically in debian. I'ts like the difference between manual and stick shift. Now if I could just keep from killing the engine. Jeff
Thanks for all the advice.
Just wanted to send a general thanks to the group for the advice on shutting down my computer and buying a debian specific book. My book is on the way. I'm ready to join the big leagues. (Or at least triple A) Jeff
need help for my mitsumi cdrom
At 12:00 PM 10/16/99 +0200, you wrote: Try this as root : # modprobe mcd /lib/modules/2.0.36/cdrom/mcd.o: init_module: Device or resource busy # mount /dev/mcd /cdrom -t iso9660 -o ro mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/mcd as block device (maybe 'insmod driver'?) If that doesn't work, post here the error messages you got. You should know the I/O and IRQ used by your interface (defaults are 0x300, irq 11), if you do not remember hve a look at the interface, these parameters are setted by jumpers and switch on it. I found a manual for my old cdrom. It says concerning DIP switch - I/O address: DIP switch 1 (SW1) of the interface card assigns the input/ounput (I/O) portaddress for the cd-rom drive. The default I/O port address is 300h through 303h. Table 1 lists the settings of DIP switch SW1 and the corresponding I/O port selections. Concerning IRQ Channel: Blah, blah, blahIRQ10 (default) It shows in diagram how to make settings IRQ9, IRQ2, IRQ3, IRQ5, IRQ10, IRQ11 Jeff
turning your computer off
Is there a best way to shut down linux and turn off your computer? I read in an online guide that you should press ctrlaltdelete. When I do this and I later turn my computer on it says last boot failed...Then it installs. Is this the recommended way to turn off your computer? Jeff
[no subject]
Hi. At the command line, how do I keep a message from scrolling so fast and missing it? Something like dos /p? Also, is there a keyboard combination that will re-enter the last command? Like dos F3? Thanks, Jeff
scrolls too fast
Hi. At the command line, how do I keep a message from scrolling so fast and missing it? Something like dos /p? Also, is there a keyboard combination that will re-enter the last command? Like dos F3?
success for the mitsumi cdrom painintheneck guy
I have good personal news. I got the kernel to accept my cdrom module for my old mitsumi. I pulled the interface card and discovered that nothing seemed to be set to default. I tried changing the I/O jumper to default and the IRQ switches to default and modconf recognized the first time. I am jubilant. I am now trying to learn how to mount the cdrom. Thanks for everyone's assistance! Jeff
need a linux book
Just a brief question. Do you guys think it is necessary to buy a debian specific book on linux or just a linux book in general? Do regular linux books cover topics like dselect? I live in a very small community and will need to buy online, so I can't browse. Thanks, Jeff
installed but now what?
Well, I got Debian installed. I currently do not have my cdrom mounted. I could not find any way to mount it during the installation. I also do not have a workable modem for this computer so I did not do a ppp connection, therefore I do not have any packages installed. How can I get my cdrom to work? It is a Mitsumi connected to an interface card. It worked under dos before I installed. The driver for it was mcdex or something like that. There was a module during install that should have worked but it failed. (I tried the others too.) I'm I s. o. l. ? One other question: I am logged on in root. Can someone give me something to type along with a brief description of what it does? I want to see Linux in action. Many thanks, Jeff
need help for my mitsumi cdrom
I am resubmitting my question with a little more clarity. Sorry for the redundancy. I got Debian installed. I currently do not have my cdrom mounted. I could not find any way to mount it during the installation. I also do not have a workable modem for this computer so I did not do a ppp connection, therefore I do not have any packages installed. How can I get my cdrom to work? It is a Mitsumi connected to an interface card. It worked under dos before I installed. The driver for it was mcdex or something like that. There was a module during install that should have worked but it failed. (I tried the others too.) Is this a kernel recompile thing? And how likely can I, tremendously green that I am, accomplish this? Jeff
install, I'm in over my head
Hi. I am doing a floppy install of debian. I am at the point of installing the driver modules but am very confused. I have a 486sx computer with a 408mb hard drive and 16megs. of ram. I have made the first partition swap with 32 megs and the rest a boot primary linux partition. Anyway at the driver installation page I went to Block disks and disk like devices. I installed, though I don't know what they do: Linear, paride, raid0, raid1, raid5. I could not install one module though it really sounds important: xdxt hard disk controller I get a message like: Installation failed /lib/modules/2.0.36/blocked/xd.0: init_module: device or resource busy Also in the Device drivers for cd-rom drives I see two that would seem to fit my setup. I have a Mitsumi cd-rom manufactured in September 1993. I see mitsumi cd-rom and mitsumi cd-rom with extended features. When I try to install these I get an error message like: /lib/modules/2.0.36//cdrom/mcd.0 : init_module: device or resource busy eval: 1: syntax error : eof in backquote substitution script: cd /dev rm -f cdrom ln -s cdrom eval: 1: syntax error: eof in backquote substitution Could anyone give me some advice? Should I try some of the other modules like aztcd, cdrom, optcd, cm206 ? Do I need to enter something in the argument section on any of the above? Could that be why the installation failled? I am sorry to be such a bother. It's probably hard to understand why someone with my lack of understanding would try to install. This is just for my home use. If I cannot complete the install tonight do my partitions stay intact? I am a man but I am nearly having tears of frustration, for as I was typing this out a few minutes ago with a Win98 sitting nearby I suffered a fatal exception and lost all the detailed questions that I am asking here just before sending it. Agh Jeff
recommended partitioning
Hi. If there is anyone out there, I am trying to install debian and wondered what would be a good partition scheme for a 408MB drive. It will be running solo debian. Thanks so much Jeff
trying to install
Hi. I have a few problems. I am trying to install debian on a 408mb hard drive. I also have a 345mb drive. I have tried every combination of jumper settings to get one to act as a master and one a slave. For some reason the computer (still in dos) does not recognize both drives. Does anyone have any suggestions? I decided to try installing debian just on the 408mb drive as the sole operating system. I managed to paw my way through cfdisk and everything was going ok till I got to the point where the kernel was to be copied to the hard drive. I was asked choose the type of cd interface or something similar. I was confronted with choices like /dev/scd0 and /dev/hda I tried every interface but the cdrom would not mount. The cdrom on my computer is connected to an interface card with 2 rca jacks out the back. This is my first install. Does anybody have any ideas for making the cdrom work. Or is there another way to install. I only have debian on cd. I am just a home user. Thanks for your time. Jeff
install problems
Hi. I have been trying to install my linux distribution and am having problems with my cdrom drive. The cd is connected to an interface card with 2 rca jacks sticking out the back. The install will not mount the cdrom. My computer is a 486 /sx33. The hard drive is connected to an input card with only one ide input. My main question is can I buy a new cdrom drive and expect it to work on this archaic system? If it is an ide cdrom interface, does that mean that it will connect to the same pin cable that the hard drive uses? Thanks for any help you can offer. Jeff
