Re: [expert] spaces and command line
Hi, when you cd to a directory that has spaces in its name, you have to escape the spaces with a back slash, e.g.: [/]$ cd dir\ name\ with\ spaces\ in\ name [/dir name with spaces in name]$ as for scrolling up, try SHIFT+PGUP. HTH, David Charles On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, Mike & Tracy Holt wrote: > I've got a couple of newbie questions that I've just never really > bothered asking before but it's always bothered me, so here goes. 1st, > I've noticed that bash doesn't seem to handle spaces in directory or > file names very well. When I look at my windows partitions from linux, > I can see the complete file names, but when I try to 'cd' to a certain > directory, bash doesn't seem to deal to well with the spaces. I've > found that I can just use an asterisk in place of the spaces, but is > there another way? > > 2nd, if I'm at the command line, no X server involved, is there a way to > 'scroll' up to see what stout was previously on the screen? Say I do > 'ls' and then do some other stuff and lose that information, is there > anyway to retrieve that screen or is it just printed once and lost? > > > Mike & Tracy Holt > Kirkland, WA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] oki4daemon problem with LM8.1b3
I have encountered a problem with the daemon for an Okipage_4w printer. The oki4daemon (perl script) dies when I try to print a test page; but the user space driver works fine: oki4drv file.ps -o /dev/lp0 Any ideas? -- Bjarne Thomsen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] spaces and command line
Thanks! > Hi, > > when you cd to a directory that has spaces in its name, you have to escape > the spaces with a back slash, e.g.: > > [/]$ cd dir\ name\ with\ spaces\ in\ name > [/dir name with spaces in name]$ > > as for scrolling up, try SHIFT+PGUP. > > HTH, > David Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] samba printing
Ok, to append that last message, I've narrowed it down to Microsoft photo editor that comes with office. I was able to print with the gimp (a windows port) and I was able to print a project from publisher. It seems like I'm going to have to go through and find out which programs can and can't print to samba. I would still like some insight as to why this is if anyone feels qualified to take a stab at an explanation? Again, tia, Mike > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:expert-owner@linux- > mandrake.com] On Behalf Of Mike & Tracy Holt > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 2:42 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] samba printing > > Hello again, > Ok, I'm new to Samba but I think I've covered all my bases and > I'm still having trouble. 1st, I'm using mdk 8.1b3 and cups on my linux > server. I've got Windows 2000 setup on another box and it can see my > linux stuff under network neighborhood. I've got my Epson 860 setup > with cups using the recommended gimp / ghostscript driver and it will do > test pages fine from both linux and the Win2k boxes, and I was also able > to print a .doc file from word. When I try to print .jpg files though, > I get "print error" from windows and if I try to print another test > page, it says "can't find printer" at the top of the print queue window. > I let it sit for a few minutes, and then I can print my windows test > page again. Any thoughts? When I'm connect to a windows machine, I can > print beautiful photos and I've had pretty nice ones come out of linux > too. The linux driver shouldn't be the issue, I wouldn't think. > > TIA, Mike > > > Mike & Tracy Holt > Kirkland, WA > www.holt-tech.net > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] spaces and command line
Backquote them. For example cd A\ directory\ with\ spaces Don't forget you can always uses filename completion by typing part of the name and hitting tab. As for scrolling back up console screens, you can use SHIFT-ARROW-UP or PAGE-UP Steve Flynn NOP Data Migration Ops Analyst * 01603 687386 -Original Message- From: Mike & Tracy Holt [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 7:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[expert] spaces and command line I've got a couple of newbie questions that I've just never really bothered asking before but it's always bothered me, so here goes. 1st, I've noticed that bash doesn't seem to handle spaces in directory or file names very well. When I look at my windows partitions from linux, I can see the complete file names, but when I try to 'cd' to a certain directory, bash doesn't seem to deal to well with the spaces. I've found that I can just use an asterisk in place of the spaces, but is there another way? 2nd, if I'm at the command line, no X server involved, is there a way to 'scroll' up to see what stout was previously on the screen? Say I do 'ls' and then do some other stuff and lose that information, is there anyway to retrieve that screen or is it just printed once and lost? Mike & Tracy Holt Kirkland, WA [EMAIL PROTECTED] << File: message.footer >> ** This email and any files sent with it are intended only for the named recipient. If you are not the named recipient please telephone/email the sender immediately. You should not disclose the content or take/retain/distribute any copies. ** Norwich Union Life & Pensions Limited Registered Office 2 Rougier Street York YO90 1UU Registered in England Number 3253947 A member of the Norwich Union Marketing Group which is regulated by the Personal Investment Authority. Member of the Association of British Insurers. For further Enquires 01603 622200 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Changing mounts and partitions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I know it saves a keystroke, and that is PRECISELY the reason I use -R > instead of -r; as I explained in my posting, using "rm -Rf /dir" is NOT > something to be taken lightly, and that is why I got into the habit of -R, > so that I HAD to do one extra keystroke, and therefore have one more > chance to think of what I am doing and change my mind. Anyone interested in saving keystrokes can save a whole lot more by typing these first thing upon login: mc Once you do that, you find the dir you think you want to remove and hit enter. Now you can see whether what's in there is what you really do want to rm. Hit enter again, then F8, confirm, and it's gone. -- "The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected, in one indissoluble bond, the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity."President John Quincy Adams Team OS/2 *** Rotary ONLY since 1973 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net/ <- Not just a FAQ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Blocking oulook/outlook express
Tom Badran wrote: > > On Sunday 16 September 2001 7:14 am, you wrote: > > I'm not sure exactly what your network situation is, but can't you > > simply instruct people that are using your network in the proper > > etiquette for using Outlook? People attack Outlook because so many > > people use it and aren't familiar with it's "features" (the bigger the > > target, the easier to hit); if you're the company admin, simply turn off > > the scripting abilities of Outlook for each of your clients and you're > > set. I'm typing this reply using Outlook on my Win2k box and to my > > knowledge, I've never given, received or passed a virus. Let me make > > this analogy: > > Your roommate comes in the apartment at 3am with a loud group of friends > > after a party and walks in your bedroom (knowing full well that you have > > to get up at 5am for work) and flips on your light to ask you if he / > > she can borrow some money ~ the following day, do you rip all the light > > switches out of the apartment? > > The reason i wish to block is that i dont have access to all the client > machines, nor do i trust most of the users ability to do as i ask, whether > through laziness or inability > > And my roomate does that frequently, so i just bolt the door to the flat so > he cant get in :) > > -- > Tom "Tomahawk" Badran > Department of Computing, Imperial College > Well, that explains the "Tomahawk" :) -- Carroll Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Blocking oulook/outlook express
> Well, that explains the "Tomahawk" :) > -- Carroll Actually, it was the only 'cool' name based on Tom i could think of in my old duke nukem 3d days, and it sort of stuck for cs/unreal/quake3/quake2 so i just thought it would look cool in my sig :) -- Tom "Tomahawk" Badran Department of Computing, Imperial College Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] postcript and text printing
Hallo, I've finelly managed to make my printer work. But it still does not produce desired results. I'm using cups with a 24dot matrix printer. It prints the postscript printer test page all fine, BUT hwne printing e.g. from StarOffice I get garbage. The same from Netscape or from Kmail. I assume, that StarOffice and other applications do not produce postscript files and that this is the reason for the garbage. Can someone plz help me here? How to make all applications print with the same quality as the postscript testpage? I made all apps use qtcups or xpp...but hte same probs. I cannot print pdf files at all. gv says thet it cannot find a temp file it creates and the pdf viewer from KDE sends something into the que, but this gets deleted. Any ideas? Thanx in advance Andreas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] postcript and text printing
Hi Andreas, Greetings from Switzerland. Under Staroffice b.e. choose a Postscript Printer in the Printer Manager. Should do the trick. Cheers Joerg On Sunday, 16 September 2001 17:13, you wrote: > Hallo, > > I've finelly managed to make my printer work. But it still does not produce > desired results. > I'm using cups with a 24dot matrix printer. > It prints the postscript printer test page all fine, BUT hwne printing e.g. > from StarOffice I get garbage. The same from Netscape or from Kmail. I > assume, that StarOffice and other applications do not produce postscript > files and that this is the reason for the garbage. Can someone plz help me > here? How to make all applications print with the same quality as the > postscript testpage? > > I made all apps use qtcups or xpp...but hte same probs. > I cannot print pdf files at all. gv says thet it cannot find a temp file it > creates and the pdf viewer from KDE sends something into the que, but this > gets deleted. > > Any ideas? > > > Thanx in advance > > Andreas -- Badges? We don't need no stinking badges. | Joerg Mertin : [EMAIL PROTECTED](Home)| | in Neuchâtel/Schweiz : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Work)| | Stardust's LiNUX System : Mobile Diax: +41(0)76 / 490 52 54 | | PGP 2.6.3in Key on Demand : Voice & Fax: +41(0)32 / 725 52 54 | Home-Page: http://www.solsys.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] postcript and text printing
On Sunday 16 September 2001 4:13 pm, you wrote: > Hallo, > > I've finelly managed to make my printer work. But it still does not produce > desired results. > I'm using cups with a 24dot matrix printer. > It prints the postscript printer test page all fine, BUT hwne printing e.g. > from StarOffice I get garbage. The same from Netscape or from Kmail. I > assume, that StarOffice and other applications do not produce postscript > files and that this is the reason for the garbage. Can someone plz help me > here? How to make all applications print with the same quality as the > postscript testpage? > > I made all apps use qtcups or xpp...but hte same probs. > I cannot print pdf files at all. gv says thet it cannot find a temp file it > creates and the pdf viewer from KDE sends something into the que, but this > gets deleted. Ive often found that after install, i need to set up the printer again as it moves to the one in the list after the one i originally chose. It should then work fine. (i used drakconf to reset). -- Tom "Tomahawk" Badran Department of Computing, Imperial College Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] spaces and command line
Mike & Tracy Holt wrote: 01c13e91$be4fded0$0200a8c0@matrix"> Thanks! Hi,when you cd to a directory that has spaces in its name, you have to escape the spaces with a back slash, e.g.:[/]$ cd dir\ name\ with\ spaces\ in\ name[/dir name with spaces in name]$as for scrolling up, try SHIFT+PGUP.HTH,David Charles u can also replace all spaces with ? (most appropriate) or * or simply type some letters of the directory and use some * to go to "my mp3 directory" -> cd my*ry or cd *mp3* can run fine if no other directory in the parent directory uses the same chains of characters in its name. bye jipe
[expert] Lilo login gibberish
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The command line for Lilo on bootup starts with various odd characters on the same line as the Lilo logon selection prompt. What might be causing this and how do I fix it? - -- David Boles [EMAIL PROTECTED] My GnuPG Key ID: 78A3ADB0 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7pNKZ/aa++Hijq9ARAnacAJ9yAA2IMFF8k3c2b5OsBjSRfJnhPQCgnN9Z z3yroFSvN9m9Jre0gReJE+g= =5BNp -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] spaces and command line
Thank you! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of jipe Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 9:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] spaces and command line Mike & Tracy Holt wrote: Thanks! Hi, when you cd to a directory that has spaces in its name, you have to escape the spaces with a back slash, e.g.: [/]$ cd dir\ name\ with\ spaces\ in\ name [/dir name with spaces in name]$ as for scrolling up, try SHIFT+PGUP. HTH, David Charles u can also replace all spaces with ? (most appropriate) or * or simply type some letters of the directory and use some * to go to "my mp3 directory" -> cd my*ry or cd *mp3* can run fine if no other directory in the parent directory uses the same chains of characters in its name. bye jipe
Re: [expert] spaces and command line
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 16 September 2001 08:22 am, FLYNN, Steve wrote: > Backquote them. > > For example > > cd A\ directory\ with\ spaces Why not just use double-quotes? cd "A directory with spaces" > Don't forget you can always uses filename completion by typing part > of the name and hitting tab. > > As for scrolling back up console screens, you can use SHIFT-ARROW-UP > or PAGE-UP > > Steve Flynn > NOP Data Migration Ops Analyst > * 01603 687386 > > > -Original Message- > From: Mike & Tracy Holt [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 7:23 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject:[expert] spaces and command line > > I've got a couple of newbie questions that I've just never really > bothered asking before but it's always bothered me, so here goes. > 1st, > I've noticed that bash doesn't seem to handle spaces in directory or > file names very well. When I look at my windows partitions from > linux, > I can see the complete file names, but when I try to 'cd' to a > certain > directory, bash doesn't seem to deal to well with the spaces. I've > found that I can just use an asterisk in place of the spaces, but is > there another way? > > 2nd, if I'm at the command line, no X server involved, is there a > way to > 'scroll' up to see what stout was previously on the screen? Say I > do > 'ls' and then do some other stuff and lose that information, is > there > anyway to retrieve that screen or is it just printed once and lost? > > > Mike & Tracy Holt > Kirkland, WA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ><< File: message.footer >> > > > * >* This email and any files sent with it are intended only for the > named recipient. If you are not the named recipient please > telephone/email the sender immediately. You should not disclose the > content or take/retain/distribute any copies. > * >* > > > Norwich Union Life & Pensions Limited > Registered Office 2 Rougier Street > York YO90 1UU > Registered in England Number 3253947 > A member of the Norwich Union Marketing Group > which is regulated by the Personal Investment Authority. > Member of the Association of British Insurers. > > For further Enquires 01603 622200 - -- ++ | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA | || | "Those who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a | | little temporary safety, deserve neither Liberty nor | | safety." | | Ben Franklin | ++ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7pOIKjTz5dS9Us5wRAuWKAJsFMoJWJc4zOwNdLWb5GTTmzgJO3QCfaE7u 7PYTA4VbzcOTET4A0tG6fnc= =xC+i -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] spaces and command line
Al Andersen wrote: >Am I the only one who uses quotes? i.e., > >#cd "to directory with a spaces in the name" > > no, but in this case cd to*name is easier to use ;-) by jipe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] irq conflict
Ok, ive got a mean IRQ conflict on my flatmates machine. We had the same problem under winblows that meant he could no longer use the scsi card for his zip-drive. Anyway, the network card loads fine, HW address and everything, we just cant ping any other local machine. Also we are trying to get his geforce 2 card to work with nvidias drivers, but x crashes completely after about 10 seconds use. The geforce card we think is the culprit as the network used to be on irq 12 (its a realtek 81930 or something). Here is the important otput from /proc/pci : //first bit removed Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU1 (rev 4). IRQ 7. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=20. I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdc1f]. Bus 0, device 9, function 1: Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! (rev 1). Master Capable. Latency=32. I/O at 0xe000 [0xe007]. Bus 0, device 10, function 0: SCSI storage controller: Advanced System Products, Inc ABP940-UW (rev 0). IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=6.Max Lat=13. I/O at 0xe400 [0xe43f]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdb00 [0xdbff]. Bus 0, device 11, function 0: Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev 16). IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64. I/O at 0xe800 [0xe8ff]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdb001000 [0xdb0010ff]. Bus 1, device 0, function 0: VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV15 (Geforce2 GTS) (rev 163). IRQ 12. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd800 [0xd8ff]. Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd000 [0xd7ff]. This is without USB interface loaded which uses irq 10 also. How can i delibrately change the IRQs that the cards use? Or fix this. Thanks Guys, sorry for length but im completely stumped -- Tom "Tomahawk" Badran Department of Computing, Imperial College Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] irq conflict
Tom Badran wrote: >Ok, ive got a mean IRQ conflict on my flatmates machine. We had the same >problem under winblows that meant he could no longer use the scsi card for >his zip-drive. Anyway, the network card loads fine, HW address and >everything, we just cant ping any other local machine. Also we are trying to >get his geforce 2 card to work with nvidias drivers, but x crashes completely >after about 10 seconds use. The geforce card we think is the culprit as the >network used to be on irq 12 (its a realtek 81930 or something). Here is the >important otput from /proc/pci : > > //first bit removed >Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU1 (rev 4). > IRQ 7. > Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=20. > I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdc1f]. > Bus 0, device 9, function 1: >Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! (rev 1). > Master Capable. Latency=32. > I/O at 0xe000 [0xe007]. > Bus 0, device 10, function 0: >SCSI storage controller: Advanced System Products, Inc ABP940-UW (rev 0). > IRQ 11. > Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=6.Max Lat=13. > I/O at 0xe400 [0xe43f]. > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdb00 [0xdbff]. > Bus 0, device 11, function 0: >Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev 16). > IRQ 10. > Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64. > I/O at 0xe800 [0xe8ff]. > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdb001000 [0xdb0010ff]. > Bus 1, device 0, function 0: >VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV15 (Geforce2 GTS) (rev >163). > IRQ 12. > Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1. > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd800 [0xd8ff]. > Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd000 [0xd7ff]. > >This is without USB interface loaded which uses irq 10 also. How can i >delibrately change the IRQs that the cards use? Or fix this. > >Thanks Guys, sorry for length but im completely stumped > if really what u mean, www.scyld.com/expert/irq-conflict.html bye jipe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] weird less problem
* Ray Warren ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I did have group permissions on the ttys showing as write permitted but I > haven't found out where it's getting set at.The umask is handled by mandrake > Security and should be set to 022 if I'm reading the file right.the group tty > appears to have a default permisions setting of 700 .This is a new area for > me so it will probably take me some time to chase it down.I tried manually > changing the permissions on a console that was already logged in and it had > no effect but I'm not sure at what point the console permissions are > checked. Well, this is a typical case of YMMV and "It works for me" :) > I do thank you for the info. No problem, happy to help :) >You might set up a script to login the rest > of the consoles after you log in to the first one and start it from .bashrc so it > would come up as soon as you logged in and prompt for what terminal you > wanted root on and what terminals you wanted a user on.It would seem to be > a security risk if you're on an exposed network so you would have to be > careful how the passwords were handled. I hadn't thought of that, sounds fine, and of course i'd have to be very careful with the security. And maybe i'll check out the code from autologin and start modifying it to fit my needs, if i get over my lazyness :) --- Microsoft: Writing viruses has never been easier! Microsoft: The company that made email dangerous Microsoft: Having a false sense of security was never so expensive - Jaime Herazo Barrios/"\ jherazo at geocities dot com\ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign ICQ number: 14721935 X Against HTML Mail, Yahoo! id: jherazo_1999 / \ and News Too Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Icewm desktop icons
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Dear folks, > Snipped long description of request of info on IceWM desktop icons Hola Francisco (No hablan mucho español en estas listas, eh? :) Ok. AFAIK IceWM doesn't support icons on the desktop by itself But you could use another thing that does, along with it. Typical examples are the corresponding parts of KDE or GNOME that do that, but as you appreciate the memory savings that could not be a good idea (when are they going to optimize those to run fine on a 32Mb box?). For that, check out DFM (Desktop File Manager). It imitates the look and feel of the OS/2 WPS (if you used it before you may like this), and as the name says one of it's functions is exactly that, to put icons on the desktop. It's light on memory too, and it's not hard to get used to it. I used it before, but since a hard disk crash some time ago i haven't reinstalled it, i'll do it soon :) The URL is http://www.kaisersite.de/dfm/ --- Microsoft: Writing viruses has never been easier! Microsoft: The company that made email dangerous Microsoft: Having a false sense of security was never so expensive - Jaime Herazo Barrios/"\ jherazo at geocities dot com\ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign ICQ number: 14721935 X Against HTML Mail, Yahoo! id: jherazo_1999 / \ and News Too Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Hard Drive Performance SUCKS under LM8
> What can I do to boost hard disk performance. I've got /, /usr/local, > and /home set up as ReiserFS partitions, and /boot as ext2 (that little > trick let me upgrade my kernel in 7.1 without the ReiserFS filesystem > work-around, so I kept with it). > > I can't verify it until I find the rpm which contains hdparm, but I > think I remember the result of hdparm -t was 2.6 or 6.2 Mb/sec. > Obviously, either of those is FAR slower than it should be. > > - Theo I have inserted this line at the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit: /sbin/hdparm -c 1 -d 1 -k 1 /dev/hda - and I also have a line just like it for /dev/hdb and /dev/hde. This has proven to be the best place to put it, at least for me, unless you want to put it in a script and run it from your init.d. Bear in mind that I am using ext2 partitions, not Reiser; so make sure you check the viability of the options I used before you go trashing your system by blindly following my lead. I haven't checked into the Reiser system's differences from ext2. I am just telling you what works for me. Jay -- Q: How many IBM 370's does it take to execute a job? A: Four, three to hold it down, and one to rip its head off. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] irq conflict
is the card a pci or agp? what slot is it in? it must in the slot next to the agp slot, and the network card should not be in the slot next to it or next to the isa slots if possible. your BIOS "should" have settings to set a certain slot with a certain irq, but no warranty there. when you say "after 10 seconds use, do you mean only in Linux? or when X is running? or during boot up no matter what OS you are using? On Sunday 16 September 2001 17:32, you wrote: > Ok, ive got a mean IRQ conflict on my flatmates machine. We had the same > problem under winblows that meant he could no longer use the scsi card for > his zip-drive. Anyway, the network card loads fine, HW address and > everything, we just cant ping any other local machine. Also we are trying > to get his geforce 2 card to work with nvidias drivers, but x crashes > completely after about 10 seconds use. The geforce card we think is the > culprit as the network used to be on irq 12 (its a realtek 81930 or > something). Here is the important otput from /proc/pci : > > //first bit removed > Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU1 (rev 4). > IRQ 7. > Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=20. > I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdc1f]. > Bus 0, device 9, function 1: > Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! (rev 1). > Master Capable. Latency=32. > I/O at 0xe000 [0xe007]. > Bus 0, device 10, function 0: > SCSI storage controller: Advanced System Products, Inc ABP940-UW (rev > 0). IRQ 11. > Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=6.Max Lat=13. > I/O at 0xe400 [0xe43f]. > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdb00 [0xdbff]. > Bus 0, device 11, function 0: > Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev 16). > IRQ 10. > Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64. > I/O at 0xe800 [0xe8ff]. > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdb001000 [0xdb0010ff]. > Bus 1, device 0, function 0: > VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV15 (Geforce2 GTS) (rev > 163). > IRQ 12. > Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1. > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd800 [0xd8ff]. > Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd000 [0xd7ff]. > > This is without USB interface loaded which uses irq 10 also. How can i > delibrately change the IRQs that the cards use? Or fix this. > > Thanks Guys, sorry for length but im completely stumped Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Changing mounts and partitions
Hi, That IS a good solution Civileme; however, most of the time when I am going to delete a full directory, I do the following: ls /dir and if it IS in fact what I want to delete, I then type rm -Rf ESC+_ (that is escape and underscore, to insert that last argument from the last command) which prevents ANY possible typo/cat-from-hell incident. David Charles On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, civileme wrote: > On Sunday 16 September 2001 14:56, Felix Miata wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I know it saves a keystroke, and that is PRECISELY the reason I use -R > > > instead of -r; as I explained in my posting, using "rm -Rf /dir" is NOT > > > something to be taken lightly, and that is why I got into the habit of > > > -R, so that I HAD to do one extra keystroke, and therefore have one more > > > chance to think of what I am doing and change my mind. > > > > Anyone interested in saving keystrokes can save a whole lot more by > > typing these first thing upon login: > > > > mc > > > > Once you do that, you find the dir you think you want to remove and hit > > enter. Now you can see whether what's in there is what you really do > > want to rm. Hit enter again, then F8, confirm, and it's gone. > > > Heeheehee > > Yep > decide you are going to type > > rm -rf /.somercd/messages/ > > and you get this far > > rm -rf / > > and the housecat leaps onto the desk and tromps on the 'enter' > key. > > Could it be that briefly through your mind flashes a change in the dinner > menu before you begin reiterating every crime the cat ever committed and > exploring all the unlikely ancestries the cat may have had? Probably. > > Well I don't like the extra keystroke myself so, > > rm -r /.somercd/messages/ -f > > is my approach. > > Civileme > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] irq conflict
On Monday 17 September 2001 12:03 am, you wrote: > In the BIOS settings, find the advanced hardware properties. In there, > there should be an option to disable "IRQ for VGA" (that is, take away the > video card's IRQ). That's how all my systems are set up, and it works for > me (tm). Then tell it to "Reset ECSD Data" (this clears the IRQ-device > cache). > > That should free up that conflicting IRQs. Hey, that works! Thanks man, havent had time to test 3d but the network card now works at least. Maybe we can even get his scsi zip drive card in there too. Much appreciated, Tom -- Tom "Tomahawk" Badran Department of Computing, Imperial College Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Screen resolution
Hi everyone, I've just installed Mandrake 8.0 on my PowerPC G4. The installations works fine until I reboot for the first time. The resolution of the screen is not the right one and I'm unable to change it. I change the setting to be able to login in the "text mode" but when I type "startx" to go in the X window environment, it is impossible to work. Is there a way to change the default resolution without being in X window? I don't know where the screen resolution is set. Thanks Jasmin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Screen resolution
I ain't no ppc spurt, but have you tried the [ctrl]+[alt] key and the + or - at the same time while in X? On Sunday 16 September 2001 20:47, you wrote: > Hi everyone, > I've just installed Mandrake 8.0 on my PowerPC G4. The installations > works fine until I reboot for the first time. The resolution of the screen > is not the right one and I'm unable to change it. I change the setting to > be able to login in the "text mode" but when I type "startx" to go in the X > window environment, it is impossible to work. Is there a way to change the > default resolution without being in X window? I don't know where the screen > resolution is set. > > Thanks > > Jasmin Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Securty upgrade broke my system.
Hi, I added a security upgrade source to the software manager in Mandrake 8.0. There were a lot of packages that could be upgraded. I did them all thinking these are security ones and not from a unstable tree. After a reboot modules weren't loaded right. I didn't have sound and other things didn't work either. I resintalled Mandrake 8.0. I have now been upgrading again, but avoided the three packages that seem most "fundamental": glibc, ldconfig and the kernel stuff. Everything works fine. I was wondering which of these could be the "killer"? Since I am not sure if the kernel upgrade actually installs a new kernel I would think it is glibc or ldconfig, but I am not sure, and I do not want to test it! :) Ideas? TIA -- Kind Regards, Christian Dysthe Registered Linux user #228949 "Happiness is good health and bad memory" Ingrid Bergman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] spaces and command line
> when you cd to a directory that has spaces in its name, you have to > escape > the spaces with a back slash, e.g.: Sometimes putting double quotes around the filename helps too. In some cases, you can put a left double quote then use tab completion to call up the right file, then append another double quote. > David Charles David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Securty upgrade broke my system.
Christian Dysthe grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > After a reboot modules weren't loaded right. I didn't have sound and other > things didn't work either. I resintalled Mandrake 8.0. I have now been > upgrading again, but avoided the three packages that seem most "fundamental": > glibc, ldconfig and the kernel stuff. Everything works fine. I was wondering > which of these could be the "killer"? Since I am not sure if the kernel > upgrade actually installs a new kernel I would think it is glibc or ldconfig, > but I am not sure, and I do not want to test it! :) If you did the kernel update from MandrakeUpdate, that's what killed your system. You need to download the .rpm files for that one and install manually to make it work right. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Broken Filesystem, but I fsck'ed it----
No, 5. But it won't go all the way into it. On Sunday 16 September 2001 07:21 am, so spoke FLYNN, Steve: > Silly question but you don't have the default runlevel set to 1 do you? > > Steve Flynn > NOP Data Migration Ops Analyst > * 01603 687386 > > > -Original Message- > From: Expert [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 5:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject:Re: [expert] Broken Filesystem, but I fsck'ed it > > Oops, yes sorry about that. > I believe there was some kind of power glink, > but I fsck'ed -f many times, and the drive is a > Quantum, I even used the -c option to check for > bad blocks, and it said zero bad blocks, > since I did this from a rescue disc with all partitions > unmounted, I wonder if it did not write something > to some file telling fsck for bootup that it > was actually repaired or something? > > I am not sure how that works. > > I hope it is not the drive, it is a Quantum :( > > On Saturday 15 September 2001 08:49 am, so spoke etharp: > > are you the "by the way " subjuct line? helps when following a > > thread if > > > the subject line is not changed to much. where the file systems > > mounted > > > when you last fsked them? could be time to purchase a new hard > > drive? > > > mother board? MOBO battery? adjust the BIOS to correctly regognize > > the HD? > > > do you dual boot? did you have a bad shutdown? > > > > On Saturday 15 September 2001 05:42, you wrote: > > > Require help with system not booting. > > > > > > The system drops me to a shell every time. > > > > > > It said repair file system, so I said yes, > > > then it said it could not, and dropt me to > > > a shell, coulndt do anything productive. > > > > > > Booted rescue, fsck all partitions, fsck > > > reported all were clean. > > > > > > Rebooted. > > > > > > Still fscked up because it goes into same mode > > > > > > This result is un acceptable. > > > > > > How do I fix it? > > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; > > name="message.footer" > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > Content-Description: > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; > name="message.footer" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > Content-Description: > ><< File: message.footer >> > > > ** > This email and any files sent with it are intended only for the named > recipient. If you are not the named recipient please telephone/email > the sender immediately. You should not disclose the content or > take/retain/distribute any copies. > ** > > > Norwich Union Life & Pensions Limited > Registered Office 2 Rougier Street > York YO90 1UU > Registered in England Number 3253947 > A member of the Norwich Union Marketing Group > which is regulated by the Personal Investment Authority. > Member of the Association of British Insurers. > > For further Enquires 01603 622200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] irq conflict
In the BIOS settings, find the advanced hardware properties. In there, there should be an option to disable "IRQ for VGA" (that is, take away the video card's IRQ). That's how all my systems are set up, and it works for me (tm). Then tell it to "Reset ECSD Data" (this clears the IRQ-device cache). That should free up that conflicting IRQs. In the BIOS, there should also be a "Manual IRQ setup" configuration option. Make sure it is either disabled, or enabled with *all IRQs* set to "PCI / PnP". The only thing I'm worried about is 3D speed. None of the machines here are used for it, so I can't say disabling its IRQ doesn't slow it down. Does anyone else know? Hope this helps. -- Asheesh. On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, Tom Badran wrote: > Ok, ive got a mean IRQ conflict on my flatmates machine. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] irq conflict
Another note: If you don't need serial ports, disable them. You might be able to enable USB and still disable its IRQ in the BIOS as well. Disable all unneeded parallel ports. If he doesn't have any devices on the floppy controller (e.g., I don't have a floppy drive in my system), disable it. Same goes for any BIOS-controlled devices. You might be able to get around the IRQ conflict by just disabling serial ports (how long has it been since I used of those, anyway?). -- Asheesh. On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, Tom Badran wrote: > Ok, ive got a mean IRQ conflict on my flatmates machine. We had the same > problem under winblows that meant he could no longer use the scsi card for > his zip-drive. Anyway, the network card loads fine, HW address and > everything, we just cant ping any other local machine. Also we are trying to > get his geforce 2 card to work with nvidias drivers, but x crashes completely > after about 10 seconds use. The geforce card we think is the culprit as the > network used to be on irq 12 (its a realtek 81930 or something). Here is the > important otput from /proc/pci : > > //first bit removed > Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU1 (rev 4). > IRQ 7. > Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=20. > I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdc1f]. > Bus 0, device 9, function 1: > Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! (rev 1). > Master Capable. Latency=32. > I/O at 0xe000 [0xe007]. > Bus 0, device 10, function 0: > SCSI storage controller: Advanced System Products, Inc ABP940-UW (rev 0). > IRQ 11. > Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=6.Max Lat=13. > I/O at 0xe400 [0xe43f]. > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdb00 [0xdbff]. > Bus 0, device 11, function 0: > Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev 16). > IRQ 10. > Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64. > I/O at 0xe800 [0xe8ff]. > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdb001000 [0xdb0010ff]. > Bus 1, device 0, function 0: > VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV15 (Geforce2 GTS) (rev > 163). > IRQ 12. > Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1. > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd800 [0xd8ff]. > Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd000 [0xd7ff]. > > This is without USB interface loaded which uses irq 10 also. How can i > delibrately change the IRQs that the cards use? Or fix this. > > Thanks Guys, sorry for length but im completely stumped > -- His life was formal; his actions seemed ruled with a ruler. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] irq conflict
On Monday 17 September 2001 12:29 am, you wrote: > is the card a pci or agp? what slot is it in? it must in the slot next to > the agp slot, and the network card should not be in the slot next to it or > next to the isa slots if possible. your BIOS "should" have settings to set > a certain slot with a certain irq, but no warranty there. when you say > "after 10 seconds use, do you mean only in Linux? or when X is running? or > during boot up no matter what OS you are using? The card is agp, an the crash is in X, not the linux framebuffer. It displayes the nvidia splash., then you get approx 10 seconds of kde usage and it just locks, although you can move the mouse the keyboard is unusable. But this may now be fixed thanks to asheesh's advice. Is this a common problem with the nvidia drivers? (im using stock mandrake 8 with no updates installed if that helps too) -- Tom "Tomahawk" Badran Department of Computing, Imperial College Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Changing mounts and partitions
Just a note The -r switch has been depricated and replaced by the -R. Why, so that you don't accidently type -r. This way it takes an extra finger. It's saved my butt a number of times when I'm tired. nothing like typing rm -r return /somedirectory instead of rm -r /somedirectry return. James On Sun, 16 Sep 2001 19:06:56 +0200 civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 16 September 2001 14:56, Felix Miata wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I know it saves a keystroke, and that is PRECISELY the reason I use > -R > > > instead of -r; as I explained in my posting, using "rm -Rf /dir" is > NOT > > > something to be taken lightly, and that is why I got into the habit > of > > > -R, so that I HAD to do one extra keystroke, and therefore have one > more > > > chance to think of what I am doing and change my mind. > > > > Anyone interested in saving keystrokes can save a whole lot more by > > typing these first thing upon login: > > > > mc > > > > Once you do that, you find the dir you think you want to remove and > hit > > enter. Now you can see whether what's in there is what you really do > > want to rm. Hit enter again, then F8, confirm, and it's gone. > > > Heeheehee > > Yep > decide you are going to type > > rm -rf /.somercd/messages/ > > and you get this far > > rm -rf / > > and the housecat leaps onto the desk and tromps on the 'enter' > key. > > Could it be that briefly through your mind flashes a change in the > dinner > menu before you begin reiterating every crime the cat ever committed and > exploring all the unlikely ancestries the cat may have had? Probably. > > Well I don't like the extra keystroke myself so, > > rm -r /.somercd/messages/ -f > > is my approach. > > Civileme > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] win2k to samba printing [This is a REPOST]
Hello all, Over the weekend I was able to setup Samba on mdk8.1b3 and I'm able to see my shares under Network Places on the win2k box and I can also see my Epson860 printer and I can print to it with most programs. However, there are a few programs that I've noticed so far that generate a simple "print error" message and fail to print (microsoft photo editor and kodak image editor are two such programs). After this happens, it takes a few minutes for the win2k box to find the printer again (maybe it actually is receiving the file and just not spooling it?) My question is this: How can I get seamless support for printing? I use multiple client platforms (imac, win2k, linux, etc...) but I would like my backbone stuff (web, email, printer, file servers, etc...) to run on linux only without having to unplug and plug cables different places or boot into different operating systems to get the job done. I will be setting up netatalk this week, but again, I would like to know that samba is functioning correctly first. Should I grab the newer Samba packages from cooker? Is there maybe a setting that I've overlooked? Is the problem more likely to be in the cups packages or another package that I haven't thought of yet? TIA, Mike If my email seems to vague, please write me for more info ~ I really need help!! Mike & Tracy Holt Kirkland, WA www.holt-tech.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
