[expert] Mandrake 7.0
I've just come across a disk containing Mdk 7.0. Wasn't someone recently asking for this? Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mandrake 7.0 Install problem
Greetings, I have a question that may have been covered in earlier posts but I could not locate them. I have Mandrake 7.0-2 ISO (I belive). Whenever I attempt to install the OS via the text based or GUI install it seems to hang after I select what kind of install that I wish, such as a Expert, Custom and what not. I did not download the patch for the install that is listed on the mandrake website because it was for pre 7.0-2 ISO's. And I do not have a fast enough connection to download Mandrake 7.1. Any help would be appreciated. Al Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Mandrake 7.0 as a ppp Server
Hello all, Can anyone point me to the steps required to setup Mandrake 7.0 as a ppp server? My box is already setup as a gateway with ipmasq for local lan. I only need to set it up for 1 modem/line. The dial in machine is a laptop running Win98SE It must me assigned a private ip address and use ipmasq also, since I do not have any real ip's I can assign. Thanks for any help. Karl Olivier Gaetjens. --- This message has been posted from Mail2Web http://www.mail2web.com/ Web Hosting for $9.95 per month! Visit: http://www.yourhosting.com/ ---
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 on Dell PowerEdge with RAID
Joe Walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The problem is when I reboot I cannot mount the drive and I get the following error: cannot open root dev 8:05 unable to mount root fs on 8:05. it should work, but initrd is mandatory. Is the boot process using one?
[expert] Mandrake 7.0 on Dell PowerEdge with RAID
Hello, I am wondering if anyone can help me out. I am looking for information about Mandrake 7.0 on a Dell PowerEdge 4300/400 with a PERC raid controller based off of AMI MegaRaid. I am doing the install with Mandrake 7.0 Power Pack. Has anyone gotten Mandrake to run on this machine or another with the root device raided using hardware raid? I can get everything installed by choosing the MegaRaid controller through DrakX. I see that during the install both of the drives that are under raid 1 are being written to. The problem is when I reboot I cannot mount the drive and I get the following error: cannot open root dev 8:05 unable to mount root fs on 8:05. Is it possible to mount a root device that is under raid 1? Is it possible that it has something to do with the AMI raid controller? Is there something that I forgot to do? Is there something I can do? Any help would greatly be appreciated. Thank you for you time. J Walton
[expert] Mandrake 7.0 update - GNOME Desktop items broken
I upgraded my Linux-Mandrake 6.0 installation to 7.0 - successfully. However, after completing the update, two things in the GNOME environment are broken, they are: 1. the enlightenment window manager complains that the /usr/share/enlightenment/themes/CleanBig theme does not exist, and the /usr/share/enlightenment/themes directory doesn't exist either. What happened to the distribution? I cannot find the CleanBig theme on ethemes.org either. Where can I find this? 2. the desktop links to MDK.com, MDK support, MDK updates, MDKldp, MDKgnome . do nothing. In fact that default action for open to select a program. The version 6.0 desktop included the objects as some kind of icon, whereas the verions 7.0 desktop indicates that they are blank pieces of paper. How do I correct this? -- Albert E. Whale [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hky.com/aewhale.html -- Sr. Database, Internet and Unix Systems Consultant Pennsylvania Parenthood Initiative - PAPI http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4688/papi.htm The Father's Rights Network - http://www.hky.com/frn/frnhome.html Parents without Partners - Past President Co-Founder of The Purple Heart Foundation
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 RAM issue.
Stephen Boulet wrote: Don't you have to specify one meg of RAM less than you have? At least this was suggested to me to help with my Abit BP-6 problems. I have the following in my lilo.conf: image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.15-0.7mdksmp label=linux-2.2.15 root=/dev/hdb1 read-only append="hdc=ide-scsi mem=255M" During installation of Air you get a screen where you can choose various options like supermount or numlock, etc. There the system shows you how much mem it found and asks you whether you want to append a mem-line in lilo.conf. There mine showed 191M (Mandrake Full Pack 7.0 from Mandrake themselves) BIOS (at bootup) counts to 201326208 (roughly 192M) top tells me that I have 193104K (roughly 188.5M) Linux login screen shows 192M So you never know exactly, do you? wobo -- GPG-Fingerprint: FE5A 0891 7027 8D1B 4E3F 73C1 AD9B D732 A698 82EE For Public Key mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: GPG-Request --- ISDN4LINUX-FAQ -- Deutsch: http://www.wolf-b.de/i4l/i4lfaq-de.html
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 RAM issue.
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, seanc wrote: Install detects 128 mb of ram. top/free report only 64. Reinstalled. Same deal. Where is this setting kept and how can I change it? This is my workstation / game-box so it runs windoze too and it likes and uses all 128 mb. tell it 128 when the install asks, just remeber to update the lilo.conf if you add or remove ram. Oh yeah using loadlin rather than lilo. Could that be the problem? (Don't think so but I can't rule it out). 3 DIMMS (64,32,32 respectively). (note to self read all of msg b4 replying) Yes you can check, find a blank floppy and run mkbootdisk `uname -r` boot with this disk and see if the ram is reported correctly. Any ideas??? (i'm frustrated and stumped).. I've gone through all the init scripts I could find and every config file with no luck. There are some differences between the install and production kernel that may cause this. Sense you are useing loadlin, create if you do not have one already a linux.bat that has the loadlin command, open properties-program-advanced, click MS-DOS mode and "Specify a new configuration" and clear out both the config.sys and autoexec.bat it generates, now it will boot without anything else hideing in the background. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
[expert] Mandrake 7.0-2 Memory recognition
Well, I finally found a machine that would not properly recognize memory. free kept telling me I had 64M while I had 128. The problem was that some of the 128 was "shared" by the on-board AGP video and the BIOS didn't know how to report that. OK with kedit, I add a line in lilo.conf append = "mem=120M" (Since 8M is "shared" to the AGP --manufacturer's term, not mine--I would tend to use the terms "taken, grabbed, stolen") Then # /sbin/lilo and at the next boot I have 120. This was an AMI BIOS on a NEC Motherboard. Previously I had instant recognition of the "shared video memory" situation on a Shuttle HOT 599 and on an FIC PAG 2130, both of which use Award BIOS, no append line necessary. But, this NEC Board didn't stop there in its efforts to confound me. I saw the legend silkscreened on the almost impossible to access motherboard that said "IDE1" OK--now the manual (8.5x11 stapled sheets) fails to mention that they use IDE0 and IDE1 instead of the more conventional IDE1 and IDE2, so the hard disk goes into IDE1 and the LS120(master) and CDROM(slave) go into the unlabeled one --- *** M A N D R A K E 7.0-2 IS SO SO COOL*** Yes, I am booting off of /dev/hdc and I installed that way and it didn't even bother to tell me that things were backwards or that /dev/hdc is an unusual place for a boot record, and if I hadn't used linuxconf to try to modify lilo.conf for the append line, I might still be blissfully ignorant--until I tried to look at fstab. I remember the pain and suffering to try to get things to boot from /dev/hdc before. Maybe you folk at Mandrakesoft did it because ABIT decided to put its business IDE connections (ATA/66) on separate channels, but whatever the reason, it is neat. Quality advocates call such experiences "lagniappe" that little extra spice which promotes customer loyalty. Civileme
[expert] Mandrake 7.0 RAM issue.
Install detects 128 mb of ram. top/free report only 64. Reinstalled. Same deal. Where is this setting kept and how can I change it? This is my workstation / game-box so it runs windoze too and it likes and uses all 128 mb. Oh yeah using loadlin rather than lilo. Could that be the problem? (Don't think so but I can't rule it out). 3 DIMMS (64,32,32 respectively). Any ideas??? (i'm frustrated and stumped).. I've gone through all the init scripts I could find and every config file with no luck. Sean Cody ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) "Codito ergo sum" (I code therefore I am) Rasterman
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 RAM issue.
seanc wrote: Install detects 128 mb of ram. top/free report only 64. Reinstalled. Same deal. Where is this setting kept and how can I change it? This is my workstation / game-box so it runs windoze too and it likes and uses all 128 mb. Oh yeah using loadlin rather than lilo. Could that be the problem? (Don't think so but I can't rule it out). 3 DIMMS (64,32,32 respectively). Any ideas??? (i'm frustrated and stumped).. I've gone through all the init scripts I could find and every config file with no luck. Sean Cody ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) "Codito ergo sum" (I code therefore I am) Rasterman I just posted a message about this. Linux and lilo take what is reported by the BIOS. Some common problems: 1. If you have the BIOS set for OS/2 you end at 64. 2. If you leave the memory hole open you get to see 14 or 15. 3. If you have anything memory mapped and you have an AMI BIOS likely it will misreport. The solution: 1. Figure out how much memory you have. Some video cards take a chunk of it. Make sure you have the RAM available. 2. In lilo.conf add this line append = "mem=xyzM" where xyz = 120 for 120M of RAM, for example. 3. You likely will be root just to edit /etc/lilo.conf, so stay root long enough for # /sbin/lilo Then you should see the right amount of memory on your next boot. Q.E.D. Why doesn't linux check its own memory and instead rely on either the BIOS or a line in lilo? Well, consider memory-mapped video including video clock registers. Checking memory destructively even if you read a word, write a test word then replace the original word after verifying thereby being "non-destructive" in net effect, you may have placed a clock in a runaway condition that could damage a card or a monitor. Civileme -- experimentation involving more than 500 trials with an ordinary slice of bread and a tablespoon of peanut butter has determined that the probability a random toss will land sticky side down (SSD) is approximately .98
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 RAM issue.
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, you wrote: seanc wrote: Install detects 128 mb of ram. top/free report only 64. Reinstalled. Same deal. Where is this setting kept and how can I change it? This is my workstation / game-box so it runs windoze too and it likes and uses all 128 mb. Oh yeah using loadlin rather than lilo. Could that be the problem? (Don't think so but I can't rule it out). 3 DIMMS (64,32,32 respectively). Any ideas??? (i'm frustrated and stumped).. I've gone through all the init scripts I could find and every config file with no luck. Sean Cody ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) "Codito ergo sum" (I code therefore I am) Rasterman I just posted a message about this. Linux and lilo take what is reported by the BIOS. Some common problems: 1. If you have the BIOS set for OS/2 you end at 64. 2. If you leave the memory hole open you get to see 14 or 15. 3. If you have anything memory mapped and you have an AMI BIOS likely it will misreport. The solution: 1. Figure out how much memory you have. Some video cards take a chunk of it. Make sure you have the RAM available. 2. In lilo.conf add this line append = "mem=xyzM" where xyz = 120 for 120M of RAM, for example. Don't you have to specify one meg of RAM less than you have? At least this was suggested to me to help with my Abit BP-6 problems. I have the following in my lilo.conf: image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.15-0.7mdksmp label=linux-2.2.15 root=/dev/hdb1 read-only append="hdc=ide-scsi mem=255M" I also pass in that I want to use ide-scsi as my other option. -- Stephen
[expert] Mandrake 7.0 install/security
Hallo all, I have a question concerning the security settings of Mandrake. I installed the with the user defined and server option and high security setting. Now I'm not able to access any services on my local machine. No telnet/ftp/htpp available. As much as I understand it, this is ONLY due to settings in /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow. I've read the man page and tried some settings, but apparantly they're totally ignored. Can someone help here? where to local access? Then I suppose that there's a bug in the installation routine. I've installed using the option german language and german settings then userdefined and server. Apparantly all KDE stuff was NOT installed. It's only xdm and after login two shell windows, not even a menue. I suppose that this was not the intention. Of course all missing stuff can be installed later but it's somehow annoying. I tried an update, too. This took lot's of time and on the first try the installation did not check available space before installing...it happened during install after some 15 mins. and then the routine complained about some missing space with 200 MB free on /mnt Greetings Andreas -- Sent through Global Message Exchange - http://www.gmx.net
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 for 486
On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Hoyt wrote: - Original Message - From: Timothy Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 10:33 PM Subject: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 for 486 Hi everyone, I've seen mention of a version of 7.0 compiled for the 486. Is such a beast available anywhere? 1. Of course, I'll still respect you in the morning. 2. I'm from the government and am here to help. 3. There will be a non-Pentium version of Mandrake. Any questions? Hoyt Note to the clueless: read the above with tongue inserted fully in cheek. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers
[expert] Mandrake 7.0 for 486
Hi everyone, I've seen mention of a version of 7.0 compiled for the 486. Is such a beast available anywhere? -Tim -- Tim Wilson| Visit Sibley online: | Check out: Henry Sibley H.S. | http://www.isd197.k12.mn.us/ | http://www.zope.org/ W. St. Paul, MN | | http://slashdot.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | dtml-var pithy_quote | http://linux.com/
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 for 486
- Original Message - From: Timothy Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 10:33 PM Subject: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 for 486 Hi everyone, I've seen mention of a version of 7.0 compiled for the 486. Is such a beast available anywhere? 1. Of course, I'll still respect you in the morning. 2. I'm from the government and am here to help. 3. There will be a non-Pentium version of Mandrake. Any questions? Hoyt
[expert] Mandrake 7.0 and S3 Trio 3D
A lot of people are having problems with S3 Trio 3D cards in Mandrake 7.0. I have got this combination works perfect replacing XF86_SVGA file by the one which comes in the xsvga-3.3.5-38.i386.rpm packet from SuSE. XFree-3.3.6 SVGA server from SuSE works only if I limit the vertical refresh to 85 Hz (?!). XFree-3.3.5 and XFree-3.3.6 SVGA servers from Mandrake don't work at all in my computer (an Athlon at 500 MHz.). I hope this information is useful for somebody. Greetings.
[expert] Mandrake 7.0 network problem
Ok. I have tried sending this to cooker list several times and it never shows up over there. Here is my computer Dual Celeron 466, 256 meg ram. BP6 motherboard, I am not using the HPT66 connectors on the motherboard, ( waiting till drivers are stable.) This machine was running Mandrake 6.1 till first of last week when I wiped it clean to install Mandrake 7. Here is my problem I am doing an expert install and choosing medium security setting in the install process. The install all seems to be fine. It detects my network card, ( one note here, It does not detect the correct network setting like mandrake 5.3 - 6.1 did, the gateway and dns servers are incorrect) I put in the correct ip numbers for the network setting and continue, I even tried the crypto download one time to make sure the network is working at that point and it is. Then once past the install process the network is inaccessible. I can not ping that machine from another on the network nor can I ping out from it. I have done this 4 times now because I was sure that it was something that I was doing wrong. So then I did a Mandrake 6.1 install again to make sure that the computer was working ok. That worked just fine. What should I try next?
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 network problem
I've experienced quite the same. Mine is 3c509b, and eth0 is failed to startup. The problem is solved when I add "alias eth0 3c509.o" in /etc/conf.module. Hope this help. Maybe, we should wait for Mdk7.1 or Redhat ;-(( -isa- On Mon, 24 Jan 2000 19:26:13 -0600, you wrote: | Ok. I have tried sending this to cooker list several times and it never | shows up over there. | | | Here is my computer | Dual Celeron 466, 256 meg ram. | BP6 motherboard, I am not using the HPT66 connectors on the | motherboard, ( waiting till drivers are stable.) | This machine was running Mandrake 6.1 till first of last week when I | wiped it clean to install Mandrake 7. | | Here is my problem | I am doing an expert install and choosing medium security setting in the | install process. The install all seems to be fine. It detects my network | card, ( one note here, It does not detect the correct network setting | like mandrake 5.3 - 6.1 did, the gateway and dns servers are incorrect) | I put in the correct ip numbers for the network setting and continue, I | even tried the crypto download one time to make sure the network is | working at that point and it is. Then once past the install process the | network is inaccessible. I can not ping that machine from another on the | network nor can I ping out from it. | | I have done this 4 times now because I was sure that it was something | that I was doing wrong. | So then I did a Mandrake 6.1 install again to make sure that the | computer was working ok. That worked just fine. | | What should I try next? |
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 network problem
mine does have a line alias eth0 eepro100 should it have a .o on the end of the module name? istiqfar wrote: I've experienced quite the same. Mine is 3c509b, and eth0 is failed to startup. The problem is solved when I add "alias eth0 3c509.o" in /etc/conf.module. Hope this help. Maybe, we should wait for Mdk7.1 or Redhat ;-(( -isa- On Mon, 24 Jan 2000 19:26:13 -0600, you wrote: | Ok. I have tried sending this to cooker list several times and it never | shows up over there. | | | Here is my computer | Dual Celeron 466, 256 meg ram. | BP6 motherboard, I am not using the HPT66 connectors on the | motherboard, ( waiting till drivers are stable.) | This machine was running Mandrake 6.1 till first of last week when I | wiped it clean to install Mandrake 7. | | Here is my problem | I am doing an expert install and choosing medium security setting in the | install process. The install all seems to be fine. It detects my network | card, ( one note here, It does not detect the correct network setting | like mandrake 5.3 - 6.1 did, the gateway and dns servers are incorrect) | I put in the correct ip numbers for the network setting and continue, I | even tried the crypto download one time to make sure the network is | working at that point and it is. Then once past the install process the | network is inaccessible. I can not ping that machine from another on the | network nor can I ping out from it. | | I have done this 4 times now because I was sure that it was something | that I was doing wrong. | So then I did a Mandrake 6.1 install again to make sure that the | computer was working ok. That worked just fine. | | What should I try next? |
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 network problem
On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Timothy Litwiller wrote: mine does have a line alias eth0 eepro100 should it have a .o on the end of the module name? istiqfar wrote: No it shouldn't. does it print ok or failed when bringing up the device. what does ifconfig and route say?
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 network problem
on bootup it printed ok when bringing up eth0 Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Timothy Litwiller wrote: mine does have a line alias eth0 eepro100 should it have a .o on the end of the module name? istiqfar wrote: No it shouldn't. does it print ok or failed when bringing up the device. what does ifconfig and route say?
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 network problem
well I will try again tomorrow, but this afternoon I put in a pci 3c905 instead of the intel or the isa 3c509 and it work right off the bat, but since this card is borrowed from a friend and I can't keep it I will attempt to reconfigure without doing a reinstall. currently I have [tim@bcc53 tim]# route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 206.53.114.53 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 eth0 206.53.114.48 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.240 U 0 00 eth0 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 00 lo 0.0.0.0 206.53.114.62 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 eth0 [tim@bcc53 tim]# ifconfig eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:DA:19:EF:5E inet addr:206.53.114.53 Bcast:206.53.114.63 Mask:255.255.255.240 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:24924 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:1 frame:0 TX packets:14420 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:3 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:17 Base address:0xd400 this is from the 3c905 that is working, I will retry this when I get the other card put back in. Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Timothy Litwiller wrote: mine does have a line alias eth0 eepro100 should it have a .o on the end of the module name? istiqfar wrote: No it shouldn't. does it print ok or failed when bringing up the device. what does ifconfig and route say?
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 printer weirdness?
I've found a fix for this, although it's probably not the "Best way" (tm) to do it. After comparing an lm6.1 machine (that works w/ an SMB printer), and the lm7.0 (that doesn't), I found that /var/spool/lpd/lp/.config was mode 644 on the 6.1 machine. Obviously not good. The .config on the 7.0 box was 640, root.root. Changed the .config on the 7.0 machine to 644 and printing thru smb works. Didn't like having .config world-readable, so I changed it back to 640, root.lp. This works. I've just noticed that if you run printtool and rebuild the .config, it sets it back to root.root. DrakConf will leave the owner.group perms the same as they were originally, root.lp in this case. Bottom line, the .config should be owner-root, group-lp. -- _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ Jeff Stewart _/ _/ _/ Computer Sciences Corporation _/ _/_/_/ _/Corporate Technology Center _/ _/ _/ 3170 Fairview Park Drive _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ Falls Church, VA 22042 703.641.3317 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, dagnir wrote: I've experience a number of weird things installing Mandrake 7.0 and have gone through the install 3 times and have managed to get past all but one problem. I can't get an SMB printer to work. I've tried the Mandrake configuration as well as Printtool. The printer is an HP600C that has worked fine with ever flavor of linux I've tried until now. The lpd daemon initalizes OK at boot. I've get the following response with lpc: [root@localhost /root]# lpc status lp: queuing is enabled printing is enabled no entries no daemon present I type lpd at the command line followed by ls /dev/lp0 and it just sits there. I've checked the lpd, lpc,lpr and lpq permissions. The printcap file is identical to a functional version on a backup. Samba is definately running and I can smbumount shared drives. Any help or direction is appreciated. Thanx Darrin
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 printer weirdness?
Igot some problem like that with lm 6.1 and Ican resolve it changin in smbprint (neare
the end)
/*cat | /usr/bin/smbclient "$share" "$password" -E ${hostip:+-I} \
$hostip -N -P $usercmd "$user" $workgroupcmd "$workgroup" \
-c \"$command\" 2/dev/null
*/
cat | /usr/bin/smbclient "$share" "$password" -E ${hostip:+-I} \
$hostip -N -P $usercmd "$user" $workgroupcmd "$workgroup" \
-c "print -" 2/dev/null
it look like \"$command\" sustitution dont go fine
El vie, 21 ene 2000, escribiste:
I've experience a number of weird things installing Mandrake 7.0 and
have gone through the install 3 times and have managed to get past all but
one problem. I can't get an SMB printer to work. I've tried the Mandrake
configuration as well as Printtool. The printer is an HP600C that has
worked fine with ever flavor of linux I've tried until now.
The lpd daemon initalizes OK at boot. I've get the following
response with lpc:
[root@localhost /root]# lpc status
lp:
queuing is enabled
printing is enabled
no entries
no daemon present
I type lpd at the command line followed by ls /dev/lp0 and it just sits
there. I've checked the lpd, lpc,lpr and lpq permissions. The printcap
file is identical to a functional version on a backup. Samba is definately
running and I can smbumount shared drives. Any help or direction is
appreciated.
Thanx Darrin
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 printer weirdness?
On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, dagnir wrote: I've experience a number of weird things installing Mandrake 7.0 and have gone through the install 3 times and have managed to get past all but one problem. I can't get an SMB printer to work. I've tried the Mandrake configuration as well as Printtool. The printer is an HP600C that has worked fine with ever flavor of linux I've tried until now. The lpd daemon initalizes OK at boot. I've get the following response with lpc: [root@localhost /root]# lpc status lp: queuing is enabled printing is enabled no entries no daemon present I type lpd at the command line followed by ls /dev/lp0 and it just sits there. I've checked the lpd, lpc,lpr and lpq permissions. The printcap file is identical to a functional version on a backup. Samba is definately running and I can smbumount shared drives. Any help or direction is appreciated. Thanx Darrin I had the same problem with my HP DJ 670C. Under printtool's input filter selection popup, the print options included "Fast text printing (non-PS printers only)?" as a default option. I unchecked the selection box, saved the config and it came back to life. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers
[expert] Mandrake 7.0 printer weirdness?
I've experience a number of weird things installing Mandrake 7.0 and have gone through the install 3 times and have managed to get past all but one problem. I can't get an SMB printer to work. I've tried the Mandrake configuration as well as Printtool. The printer is an HP600C that has worked fine with ever flavor of linux I've tried until now. The lpd daemon initalizes OK at boot. I've get the following response with lpc: [root@localhost /root]# lpc status lp: queuing is enabled printing is enabled no entries no daemon present I type lpd at the command line followed by ls /dev/lp0 and it just sits there. I've checked the lpd, lpc,lpr and lpq permissions. The printcap file is identical to a functional version on a backup. Samba is definately running and I can smbumount shared drives. Any help or direction is appreciated. Thanx Darrin
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 (Air) bugs
On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Theo Brinkman wrote: I did a default 'SERVER' install on my test system and ran into a few major problems. First, I cannot log in as root. I can log in as any other user, and su to root with no problem, but no matter what I try I cannot log in as root. Not a bug it's called security, lower the msec level. Second, /usr/X11R6/bin is not included in the path for the users (it seems to be commeted out in /etc/profile for some reason). It does seem to be included in the path for root. same, Third, starting up my first X session as a non-privilaged user got me a desktop with just 'Trash' and 'Autostart' icons. Starting up my first X session as root got me a nice set of standard icons on the desktop. (conspicuously missing are cdrom and floppy) related to above they need xaccess, check /usr/doc/msec*/ iirc the group is xgrp. I haven't tried the 'WORKSTATION' install yet, but I have to comment that the actual install process went very well (in text mode, this machine couldn't run the graphical installer). - Theo -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0
"James Zavesky" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can't get it to recognize the DPT RAID controller isn't it the eata.o module? what is the problem?
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0
I tried the eata.o module. I also tried each of the listed ones. When I run the same RAID card on RH6.0 and RH6.1 I have to use the disks from DPT for RH to recognize the controller and boot from them. The mandrake literature made reference to that module and I can't get it to initialize (recognize) the RAID card. The RAID controller is the DPT #PM2654U2. Appreciate your help. Jim Zavesky MRZ Computers - Original Message - From: "Pixel" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 8:17 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 "James Zavesky" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can't get it to recognize the DPT RAID controller isn't it the eata.o module? what is the problem?
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0
I got it installed on my notebook. But I can not get it to use the PCMCIA ethernet card nor modem card. M.S. Now that it's released, and I have burned an ISO, I'm wondering if it's worth my while installing. I run 3 Linux servers here, and a test bed at home. Fancy GUI's and easier installs is no reason to upgrade. New X, or other desktp enhancements aren't either. What, if any compelling reason is there to upgrade a server? Cheers!, -- Richard Potter Re/Max Team ideal Realty Inc. Kingston, ON CANADA http://www.kingstonhouses.com
[expert] Mandrake 7.0 (Air) bugs
I did a default 'SERVER' install on my test system and ran into a few major problems. First, I cannot log in as root. I can log in as any other user, and su to root with no problem, but no matter what I try I cannot log in as root. Second, /usr/X11R6/bin is not included in the path for the users (it seems to be commeted out in /etc/profile for some reason). It does seem to be included in the path for root. Third, starting up my first X session as a non-privilaged user got me a desktop with just 'Trash' and 'Autostart' icons. Starting up my first X session as root got me a nice set of standard icons on the desktop. (conspicuously missing are cdrom and floppy) I haven't tried the 'WORKSTATION' install yet, but I have to comment that the actual install process went very well (in text mode, this machine couldn't run the graphical installer). - Theo
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 (Air) bugs
Ok, having played around some more, I've discovered that if you add a user AFTER the install, you get all the default desktop icons. Somebody want to fix the install add to do this also? And strangely, something I did (I'm not sure what) lets me log in as root now. - Theo Theo Brinkman wrote: I did a default 'SERVER' install on my test system and ran into a few major problems. First, I cannot log in as root. I can log in as any other user, and su to root with no problem, but no matter what I try I cannot log in as root. Second, /usr/X11R6/bin is not included in the path for the users (it seems to be commeted out in /etc/profile for some reason). It does seem to be included in the path for root. Third, starting up my first X session as a non-privilaged user got me a desktop with just 'Trash' and 'Autostart' icons. Starting up my first X session as root got me a nice set of standard icons on the desktop. (conspicuously missing are cdrom and floppy) I haven't tried the 'WORKSTATION' install yet, but I have to comment that the actual install process went very well (in text mode, this machine couldn't run the graphical installer). - Theo
