[expert] rpm/deb files
Hi.. Can anyone tell me If I convert a .rpm to a .deb file will the .deb file find it's dependencies as a normal .deb file will.. Is there a way to view the contents of a .rpm and a .deb file as you can with a .tar file or a way to strip the .deb or rpm file down so as to see the contents without installing it ?? Regards Ted Wager
[expert] Seg fault
--Hi.. When I try to use the Gnome games (Freecell) I get a segfault message Has anyone else had this and cured it ??..I have done several installs on different machines and all are the same.. Regards Ted Wager Mandrake Linux
Re: [expert] Mail Bouncing Wantonly
Brian Hartman wrote: Hi, all. I've got e-mail I'm trying to send, but it keeps getting bounced back from a specific address. The error message I'm getting is: nvalid final delivery userid: xxx@localhost Has anyone heard of this error? I'm assuming the problem's on my end, since I'm prettty sure the person at the other end (using a Windows box) isn't "localhost". I'm trying to send via Kmail. Any suggestions? Hi... Have you set the smtp entry in setup to your isp or is it set to localhost ..I had it set to localhost and certain isp's woould not accept the mail as soon as I changed it was ok -- Regards Ted Wager Storm Linux
Re: [expert] Booting with Floppy
On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, tabanna wrote:
Hi, Mandrakesters :)
~ Am having a problem, booting from /dev/fd0
_
After my BIOS message reports: 'Verifying DMI Pool Data . . . . '
"Boot failed" appears, and the system hangs :(
...
My floppy drive is able to Boot DOS Disks OK
, but I get "Boot failed" , from ALL my Linux Boot Disks
with, ONE exception : 'Tom's Killer Boot Disk' DOES Boot OK
... . . Good 'ole Tom !
...
Any ideas, please, what may be the mysterious cause
... . . did 3 of my Linux Boot Disks, ALL, get hit my a Cosmic Ray $#@%
{ LILO works OK }
thanks
best wishes
Richard
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Hi..
Did you use the mkbootdisk command or use the create bootdisk from the
install screen??
I found on an earlier the installscreen bootdisk did not work but the
mkbootdisk was ok
You can always copy /etc/lilo to /root and create a bootdisk from that or
if you have reconfigured the kernel by doing a make bzdisk
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Re: [expert] Printers Mandrake 7.2
On Thu, 07 Dec 2000, you wrote: Hi, I know that this is a common question, but I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has had experience with either a Canon BJC-6200 or an Epson ColorStylus 760 under Linux (and particularly Mdk 7.2) I have shortlisted these as the best 2 printers in my budget range that are presently available locally. I have been to various sites that seem to suggest the Epson is better supported under Linux, but others describe the Canon drivers as "operational". I am after a printer to do good quality printing - some colour photos, but mostly BW - at home. It must be useable under Linux, M$ Windows (98 NT) and maybe even BeOS, and also network accessable. I currently have a Lexmark 2030 which is a Win-printer and not able to network even then! so I'm looking to replace it with something decent. Any help/opinions would be much appreciated. TIA Trevor Hi I am using a H/P DJ610c and find it works well under linux, is recognised by Mandrake ans seems to print anything I throw at it.. ( Very cheap too ) Regards Ted Wager Mandrake linux 7.2 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Printing from kmail
On Fri, 01 Dec 2000, Till Kamppeter wrote: Can you print from other, especially non-KDE, apps? Can you print into a file with kmail and then display the PostScript file with gv? What is the default language on your machine? kmail has some bugs concerning the feneration of PostScript files for printing. If printing to a file and displaying with gv works fine and/or printing does work from any application or even from the command line, please send me the files /etc/cups/cupsd.conf /etc/cups/printers.conf /etc/cups/ppd/*.ppd Till Ted Wager wrote: Have just installed 7.2..The only problem on install was it skipped the create bootdisk and did not allow me to tell it I did not give me the bootloader option but installed grub on /dev/hda1..Anyway I am very pleased with the distroI am writing to ask if anyone else has a print problem from kmail?? I try to print a mail and the printer and kmail lock up and have to be killed ...Any advice anyone ?? Content-Type: text/plain; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Hi Till... Thanks for the reply I could send the mail to a file and print from it...This was late at night ,,I shut down the machine and when I rebooted next day all was well...I can run the printer and print from any application. I do much prefer cups from the old print system and my dj610 will now shine. All in all I am really pleased with Mandrake 7.2...The mailer and knode exceed anything else I have used Perhaps other distros will take heed and try to reach the standards Mandrake is setting Many congrats to you and the Mandrake team.. Regards Ted Wager Mandrake linux 7.2 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Printing
Hi.. I recently wrote saying that I could not print from the mailer...Til replied and asked me to put the mail to a file..This was ok and now I can print from the mailer..I do not know why this has happened but all is ok now.. Thanks for the input... -- Regards Ted Wager Mandrake linux 7.2 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.2 upgrade problem
On Fri, 01 Dec 2000, you wrote: Hi all, I have upgraded my Mandrake 7.1 to 7.2 today and have a few problems. When booting from the cdrom to upgrade the system hung half way through the boot sequence. So I rebooted into 7.1 and did the upgrade from there, all seemed to go well but the system would not boot, so again I booted using my old kernal and it worked. However, I am now in KDE2 and cannot even run the file manager - I get the error - Konqueror - The Crash Handler saying:- The application Konqueror crashed and caused the signal 11 (SIGSEGV) Can any body help me please Thanks Paul Hi... Using the Macmillan version I had to reinstall, it would not go through the upgrade. Regards Ted Wager Mandrake Linux Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Printing from kmail
Hi.. Have just installed 7.2..The only problem on install was it skipped the create bootdisk and did not allow me to tell it I did not give me the bootloader option but installed grub on /dev/hda1..Anyway I am very pleased with the distroI am writing to ask if anyone else has a print problem from kmail?? I try to print a mail and the printer and kmail lock up and have to be killed ...Any advice anyone ?? Regards Ted Wager Mandrake linux 7.2 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] LCP error
Hi.. I cannot connect to my isp ..They tell me I have LCP extensions enabled The problem has occurred over the last couple of weeks..I used to get a first time connect but not anymore..I have not edited any files so am sure the problem is not at my end.My isp uses chap authentication and it is obviously is something wrong with that...Any ideas appreciated .. -- Regards Ted Wager Mandrake Linux Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] LCP error
Hi... When I try to connect to my isp I now get LCP errors...I have not altered any files and I did get a first time connect but now I cannot connect at all to btinternet.com...It uses chap authentication and I think they have made alterations there but they will give no help..Anyone any ideas please ?? -- Regards Ted Wager Mandrake linux Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Fwd: Re: [expert] utility soundcard modem
From: Ted Wager [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, you wrote: Dear sir , My name hendri and I am student of sepuluh november institut of technology. I am interested in aplication of soundcard as radio modem base on linux My computer using linux mandrake 7.1 kernel 2.2.15mdk secure that have connection to internet network through ethernet card and my soundcard has no problem. I want to make my linux as a server of radio internet package and the clients using linux and windows operating system. I want to ask you about: 1. how to configure modem soundcard for linux os for server and client? 2. what kind of utilities that needed (including signal diagnostik) and where can i find it ? 3. Where can i find about documentation , articles and informations ? 4. Do i need to recompile kernel ? 5. Which one the better baycom modem or soundcard modem (considering the quality and the price) ? Hi If you are meaning the amateur radio packet you will need the ax25 utils package and howto's...All the docs atre in there.If you have a supported soundcard there is no need to go for a Baycomm unit. With the s/card you may have to build an interface` but it is quite a simple circuit... Regards Ted Wager Mandrake Linux 7.2 g3tpi.ampr.org --- -- Regards Ted Wager Mandrake Linux Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] drakboot - making boot floppy
On Sun, 22 Oct 2000, Roland Hightower wrote: Has anyone had any problems making a boot floopy or formatting a floppy with ext2 file system with drakboot? After trying, when I go to mount the floppy I get an error saying 'wrong fs type, bad super block, or too many mounted file systems'. If I format the floppy with a dos fs, the floppy is readable and writeable. But after creating a boot floppy, the floppy isn't readable. How do I go about creating a boot floppy from a command line? I thought I would try it that way and see whaat happens. Hi... uname -a to get the kernel version then mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 kernel version Assuming you use fd0 .. If you have a .config file in /usr/src/linux you can make bzdisk too -- Regards Ted Wager g3tpi.ampr.org Mandrake linux Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Lilo questions????
On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, you wrote: Steve Litt's article (Litt's Lilo Lessons) is without doubt the best Hi... If the Lilo Lessons was a mail I missed it...Anyone tell me where I can obtain the article ?? -- Regards Ted Ted Wager..Mandrake linux g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8
Re: [expert] New h/drive
Iam buying a new h/drive for my machine.It has a Maxtor in at the moment but I need another drive...I know Ican read the h/ware howtos but they are not so up to date..Any info on recommended drives or ones to steer clear of other than Western Digital would be welcome... Hi.. Thanks to all who offered advice on the drive...A local vendor has offered me a Samsung and a Fujitsu to try outHe intends to start selling machines preloaded with linux and will let me have the drives to try out...I do have a couple of Samsung drives in this machine so hope they will be ok but there again it is not costing me anything !! Regarding Civileme's comments on Stampede...I had problems loading that on the boxes here but I took it to work and tried it out on a H/P box and it went ok first time...Did not get a chance to look inside the box and as I retired the next day will never find out the spec. Regards Ted Ted Wager..Definite Linux g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8
[expert] New h/drive
Hi... I am buying a new h/drive for my machine.It has a Maxtor in at the moment but I need another drive...I know Ican read the h/ware howtos but they are not so up to date..Any info on recommended drives or ones to steer clear of other than Western Digital would be welcome... Regards Ted Ted Wager..Mandrake linux g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8
[expert] Re: Windows 95 !!!
On Sun, 04 Jun 2000, Ted Wager wrote: Hi.. Thanks to all who replied...The machine is now totally linux Regards Ted Ted Wager..Mandrake linux g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8
[expert] Re: Windows 95 !!!
Hi... A message of thanks to all who gave me advice on this problem The windows partition is a thing of the past now Regards Ted Ted Wager..Mandrake Linux g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8
[expert] Windows 95 !!!
Hi.. Sorry abt the title... I have just inherited a Dell computer with a 4 gig h/drive.it has been partitioned into 2 2gig'sI have the win95 cdrom's but no driver disks for the cdrom drive..I wanrt to remove the win95 system and put the whole lot to linux...I am running Mandrake on the second partition..I have made a sys disk for the win partition tooIf I use the sysdisk to reformat the first drive it will of course delete the cdrom driverWill the linux boot.img pickup the cdrom on a bare drive or doe it read the dos sys files...I have never used w95 the only GUI I have used is GEM on Dr Dos so the Windows system is a closed book to me Regards Ted Ted Wager..Mandrake linux g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8
Re: [expert] SawFish problem
On Thu, 01 Jun 2000, Espen wrote: Thanks, Anton!!! That did the trick! BTW, with a 56k modem, does anyone know how long it takes to download Helix-Gnome? Hi When you choose the bits you want it will tell you the d/load time using a 56k modemMine said 1hr 30 minutes..I was online for 5 hours and got a segmentation fault on the last meg !!! ...Needless to say my ISP is not too good :-( Regards Ted Ted Wager..RedHat Linux 6.2 g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8 OS From :- www.eridani.co.uk
Re: [expert] SHIT
Mahmuth Mathumba The lll wrote I think MDK is shit Netscape craches all time and there are no any other good browser that works better! Hi.. Netscape seems to work ok here...Perhaps you might give advice to the list how to make it craches...Are no kde browser better ?? Regards Ted Ted Wager..RedHat Linux 6.2 g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8 OS From :- www.eridani.co.uk
[expert] /opt
Hi... I see quite a lot of mail about kde files being in /opt...On all three distros I am using /opt is emptyWondered why ?? Regards Ted Ted Wager..Mandrake linux g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8 OS From :- www.eridani.co.uk
Re: [expert] lost bootup disk, recover ?
On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote: A GNU/Linux rescue disk that is made with newbies in mind. http://airmid.netpedia.net/Ted Wager wrote: Alan P.S. but, in my experience Airmid, like tomsrtbt needs a kernal update to work completely with the latest distributions. Booting with your own kernal (using the boot disc made during installation) and then inserting a floppy made with rescue.img works best, IMHO. Hi... Thanks for the info...Not tried this as I did not see it on sunsite...Will d/load and have a play Regards Ted Ted Wager..RedHat Linux 6.2 g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8 OS From :- www.eridani.co.uk
Re: [expert] lost bootup disk, recover ?
On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Hoyt wrote: You can use tomsrtbt as a boot disk aor you can use Armid as a generic GNU/Linux boot disk. At the LILO prompt: Linux root=/dev/hda ro Hoyt Hi... Please excuse my ignorance but what is Armid ?? Regards Ted Ted Wager..RedHat Linux 6.2 g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8 OS From :- www.eridani.co.uk
Re: [expert] lost bootup disk, recover ?
On Sun, 23 Apr 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Ted Wager wrote: On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Civileme wrote: Ted.tomsrtbt is in need of a kernal update to support the ext2 filesystems created by the newest distros. He has said that he is working on it but with the recent birth of a new baby daughter in March his time has been severely limited. A chroot to any of my 3 linux partitions tells me.. chroot usage chroot directory program [arg] Also if I try to mount any of the linux parttitions I get couldn't mount because of unsupported optional features mount: wrong fs type bad option etc. Wonder if anyone can tell me what is wrong...I have used tomsrtbt in the past but this is the latest version.Is it my machine or the tomsrtbt disk ?? Regards Ted Ted Wager..RedHat Linux 6.2 g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8 OS From :- www.eridani.co.uk -- Hi Alan Thanks for the info..I have used the tomsrtbt on an old p75 running Storm linux and it will mount /dev/hdc1 on that machine so think the problem lies with this machine..It would not chroot on the p75 though... Regards Ted Ted Wager..RedHat Linux 6.2 g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8 OS From :- www.eridani.co.uk
Re: [expert] lost bootup disk, recover ?
On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Civileme wrote: Well, try downloading tomsrtbt and making a boot floppy to boot his linux, then # chroot /dev/hdb1 # mkbootdisk --2.2.13-7mdk :-) Civileme -- Beta-Testing Netscape 6 Mailer -- Hi... I downloaded the latest tomsrtbt.. A chroot to any of my 3 linux partitions tells me.. chroot usage chroot directory program [arg] Also if I try to mount any of the linux parttitions I get couldn't mount because of unsupported optional features mount: wrong fs type bad option etc. Wonder if anyone can tell me what is wrong...I have used tomsrtbt in the past but this is the latest version.Is it my machine or the tomsrtbt disk ?? Regards Ted Ted Wager..RedHat Linux 6.2 g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8 OS From :- www.eridani.co.uk
Re: [expert] Modem connect speed
On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ted Wager wrote: Hi.. I have a Hayes Accura 56k external modem, when I connect to the www or pick up email, I chaec on the details in the kppp dialler and the connection speed never goes above 6kb, in fact it seldom reaches this .Is there any way to tweak the startup scripts or have I just got a slow ISP.I realise the modem speed is quoted in kbits and assume so is the kppp dialler ?? Regards Ted Ted Wager...Mandrake Linux 7 g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8 OS From :- www.eridani.co.uk Hi Ted, Just checking, but are you sure it is reporting 6 kilobits or 6 KiloBytes, if the latter, then 6 X 8=48 kbps (not bad for a 56 k modem) -- Hi.. Thanks for the reply... I have looked through the docs and can find no mention of the d/load speed Regards Ted Ted Wager...Mandrake Linux 7 g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8 OS From :- www.eridani.co.uk
[expert] Modem connect speed
Hi.. I have a Hayes Accura 56k external modem, when I connect to the www or pick up email, I chaec on the details in the kppp dialler and the connection speed never goes above 6kb, in fact it seldom reaches this .Is there any way to tweak the startup scripts or have I just got a slow ISP.I realise the modem speed is quoted in kbits and assume so is the kppp dialler ?? Regards Ted Ted Wager...Mandrake Linux 7 g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8 OS From :- www.eridani.co.uk
Re: [expert] Printer recommendation
On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I would like to know if any of you can recommend me a printer (lower price category, quality and speed suitable for home-use) that works alright with Mandrake 7.0 ? I've had problems with my Epson Stylus Color 300 ever since I began to use Linux, and I don't want to make a similar mistake again and/or have to scan the net for the umpteenth hack of what might be a working driver ... Thank you for your assistance. cya, Volker My HP DJ610c works a treat cost 70 UK £... Regards Ted Ted Wager...Mandrake Linux 7 g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8 OS From :- www.eridani.co.uk
Re: [expert] shutdown..
On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, Civileme wrote: ` OS From :- www.eridani.co.uk It made a backup of the original S01halt script and the new one was not saved for some reason. make sure the new script (without the -p) is saved and delete the backup script (name ending in ~) And I goofed Edit rc.halt which S01halt is a symlink to... You may need to do a # whereis rc.halt to find it Civileme -- Remember that if it is done on networks, it may occur on your host which is a network unto itself. -- Hi again... For some reason the `back up script was being read. the edited script was there ok I did an mv on the ~ script and everything is perfect now..I do not seem to have a rc.halt..There is /sbin/halt though Thanks for your help.. Regards Ted Ted Wager...Mandrake Linux 7 g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8 OS From :- www.eridani.co.uk
Re: [expert] shutdown..
On Sat, 25 Mar 2000, Civileme wrote: "Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote: This must depend on your hardware; it worked just fine for me in RedHat 6.1 as well as in Mandrake 7.0. (With a Dell Inspiron 7500.) On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, you wrote: | On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, you wrote: | Linux can shutdown your machine automatically AND safely only if you | currently are running single processor mode. If you are shutting down | from smp, the power manager has been disabled and is unavailable to do | the shutdown. In the future maybe, but now from smp mode YOU get to push | the button. | | APM (at least in RedHat/Mandrake 5.x and 6.x) is buggy and will cause the | symptoms exhibited by the person who posted the original question. I can't | speak for Mandrake 7.x, though. | John -- "Brian, the man from babbleon-on" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian T. Schellenberger http://www.babbleon.org Support http://www.eff.org. Boycott amazon.com. Support http://www.programming-freedom.org. Support decss defendents. Look in initscripts /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S01halt On the very LAST line eval $command -i -d -p remove the -p Now it won't try to power down and you won't see the errors. Just switch off the power yourself. Civileme -- Remember that if it is done on networks, it may occur on your host which is a network unto itself. -- Hi.. Thanks for the info...I edited out the -p and on shutdown it tells m Starting halt~ /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S01halt~ call me as "rc.halt " or "rc.reboot" please [FAILED] It does seem to shutdown ok though as I get no error messages on reboot. Regards Ted Ted Wager...Mandrake Linux 7 g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8 OS From :- www.eridani.co.uk
Re: [expert] shutdown..
On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, John Aldrich wrote: On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, you wrote: Hi.. When I do a shutdown -h now the system shutsdown the various file systems and then says system is halted..After this mine says..stopping all md devices, the screen then is filled with columns of scrolling numbers like d3][c383fcff] [c383058e]Could anyone tell me how to avoid this.. It does not seem to affect the shutdown as I do not get a warning message on reboot..I tried a sync sync before shutdown but it made no difference.. Your system is trying to auto-power down. You need to tell it not to attempt to power down. Sorry, I forgot what you need to edit or what changes need to be made, but basically it's the APM trying to shut down your machine. It's just better to manually power it down by pushing the power button than to let Linux power it down John Thanks to all for the info.. This shutdown is basically what I do..The scrolling stops after abt 3 minutes and then I power down... I have run SuSe, Slackware, Debian on this partion in the past and not one of these has exhibited this tendency... Regards Ted Ted Wager...Mandrake Linux 7 g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8 OS From :- www.eridani.co.uk
[expert] shutdown..
Hi.. When I do a shutdown -h now the system shutsdown the various file systems and then says system is halted..After this mine says..stopping all md devices, the screen then is filled with columns of scrolling numbers like d3][c383fcff] [c383058e]Could anyone tell me how to avoid this.. It does not seem to affect the shutdown as I do not get a warning message on reboot..I tried a sync sync before shutdown but it made no difference.. Regards Ted Ted Wager...Mandrake Linux 7 g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8 OS From :- www.eridani.co.uk
