Re: [newbie] 3DFX Voodoo Banshee (Diamond Monster Fusion AGP) support
On Wed, 31 Dec 1969, you wrote: There is a blurb about Voodoo Banshee cards in the XFree86 FAQ (http://www.xfree86.org) - there is a link in that FAQ to a site written by a gentleman who has developed a patched SVGA server, as well as an XF86Config which will work. I have both, if you cannot find them, email me privately, and I will pass it on to you! Take care, Paul Thanx I think I've fount what you meant though. Just one more question. Will existing drivers work for the 2D portion of my card or will I have to go with "Beta" drivers or the other meathod witch apparatly involvs editing the Kernal (I'm an advanced Win user but am just starting w/ Linux so that could be just a bit beoyond me right new)? Robert -- No, everything should work with the 2D portion of your card. Recompiling your kernel is *NOT* necessary (besides, it's a function of XFree86, not your kernel). Paul -- +---+ Paul A. Bernicchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #1287814 http://www.ascend.net/jacuzzi +---+
Re: [newbie] Installing from Hardisk problem
On Fri, 26 Feb 1999 22:41:37 GMT, you wrote: -:I'm failing to install Mandrake 5.3 from a Win95 partition (d:) on my -:hardrive. Hi, all: Well, I found a full answer to the hardrive install problem we/many share. Someone else mentioned part of the solution, but wasn't too clear on the whereabouts of the fix. Go to: http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/jduguay/ for the fix. This solution works for FAT 16 (i.e., typical Win file system) as well as the mentioned FAT 32. I have the former F.S. so I know, 1st hand. =) It works. One clarification, on said author's description: o On step 1, the last line means to say: the "MV" file should be in the same level as the RPMS directory. I found it a bit confusing and had to redo the thing, as I placed the file in the top of the partition. o Step 10, "fred" does not need to be created before hand. However, I do not know if that means that said partition must have enough space to handle ~twice its original content as it's being used for a temp file. My d: partition could accommodate 3x total the Linux install files, so I dunno if this could be a problem for someone w/o enough space. Just an FYI, a hypotheses. Perhaps over analysis on my part. Try it and see. o Step 11, except where specifically listed here, all my input-ed DOS partition dir names were lowercase, the procedure hiccupped several times when I tried to use Uppercase here and there--it preferred lowercase all around, except as mentioned above. Note: I re-installed Mandrake several times, as I played and butchered it g, and except for the first install instance I never had to invoke this rigamarole again. I suspect that except for re-partitioning one's hard-disk/prior-Linux-partitions this isn't needed each time an install is performed via HD. Lastly, I found little eagerness on Usenet to address this particular newbie HD install problem. The HD-install problem is quite common, I saw many REQs for help, most unheeded. Several folks had different opinions as to the cause: outdated images (a known problem, I read), I checked the Mandrake 5.3 *update* dir in the FTP sites to no avail, in this regard. Everyone else coalesced around the file structure issue; that worked so I'm here to share. I intend to be on the lookout for the many others whom have the same problem and point them to the above URL. As, I was grateful to the Usenet individual whom filled me in, I'd like to start giving back--never too early. If you won't find me too presumptuous, may I suggest you keep your eyes open for individuals in a similar predicament--there are many if Usenet is any indicator--and show them the way of the penguin.
[newbie] Linux kernel, modem, and dosemu questions
first question...i have a rockwell hcf 56k data fax pci modem and was wondering if anyone else had the same modem and was able to get it to work under linux mandrake with kppp and if so how? second question. this has to due somewhat with first question what adavantages will i have by installing latest linux kernel and how do i install it? also if i install it do you think that might help my modem get working because i know my modem is a PnP and i heard somewhere that latest linux kernel has full PnP support... third question... i can't seem to get xdos to work it says there is some error in some .global file or something like that and i looked that file but couldn't figure out what the heck to do in it and what was causing the problem... well any help anybody can provide with these questions would be greatly appreciated! ps.. i am affraid i already know the answer to my first question and that is get a new modem (like an externel one)...but if you know something i don't about getting a PnP modem to work under linux i would greatly appreciate it! NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download.html
[newbie] one more question i almost forgot...
how do you get linux mandrake to see my fat 32 partition i have used linux slackware and was able to get it to see my fat 16 partition on my older computer but didn't see a way to get my fat 32 visible under linux...again any help would be appreciatied NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download.html
Re: [newbie] one more question i almost forgot...
Linux does not use fat 32 only fat 16 Clay wrote: how do you get linux mandrake to see my fat 32 partition i have used linux slackware and was able to get it to see my fat 16 partition on my older computer but didn't see a way to get my fat 32 visible under linux...again any help would be appreciatied NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download.html
Re: [newbie] one more question i almost forgot...
create the dir /mnt/c/ also replace the first x with what hard drive it is ( like a or b) and the second x with the number of the partition for windows it is normely 1 sorry for how stupid that sounds i just got up : ) mount -t vfat /dev/hdxx /mnt/c (BTW: someone else on this list told me how to do this so thank him/her!)
Re: [newbie] one more question i almost forgot...
On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, you wrote: Linux does not use fat 32 only fat 16 Clay wrote: how do you get linux mandrake to see my fat 32 partition i have used linux slackware and was able to get it to see my fat 16 partition on my older computer but didn't see a way to get my fat 32 visible under linux...again any help would be appreciatied NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download.html WRONG... Clay, you would need to find a recent kernel (at least 2.0.36 that comes with Mandrake 5.2) and recompile it to include VFAT support. You would then add an entry to your fstab and/or lilo.conf to mount the FAT32 partition. It is possible, as I have done it. Paul -- +---+ Paul A. Bernicchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #1287814 http://www.ascend.net/jacuzzi +---+
Re: [newbie] Linux kernel, modem, and dosemu questions
Clay wrote: first question...i have a rockwell hcf 56k data fax pci modem and was wondering if anyone else had the same modem and was able to get it to work under linux mandrake with kppp and if so how? I don't have the same modem, but I might be able to provide some help. I take it from the later mailing that you also have Windows installed on this machine. That will help. Go into the Control Panel/System/Device Manager and find the modem device. Check the properties tab and write down the IRQ and comport number. Now reboot into Linux, login as root, and run this: pnpdump ~/isapnp.conf Edit the isapnp.conf file and uncomment the lines that match the IRQ and comport information that you saw under Windows. The config file is broken into sections, and there may be more than one section. Just choose the proper information from each section by uncommenting it. You'll also need to uncomment the line that says 'Activate'. When that's done, use the command: isapnp ~/isapnp.conf That should run the PNP configuration program and if everything is correct, you'll see a couple of informational lines printed to show that the modem has been found. You'll probably need to run setserial after that to tell the kernel where the modem is located. Something like: setserial /dev/ttySX irq Y should work. X will be the comport information (remember, everything is counted from 0 in linux, so comport 1 will be ttyS0, comport 2 is ttyS1, etc). Y will be the IRQ information from Windows. At this point you should be able to use minicom or seyon to attempt dialing out. second question. this has to due somewhat with first question what adavantages will i have by installing latest linux kernel and how do i install it? also if i install it do you think that might help my modem get working because i know my modem is a PnP and i heard somewhere that latest linux kernel has full PnP support... I'm not sure how much the PNP support in the 2.2.x kernels will help. I haven't even attempted trying it since the isapnptools seems to work very well here. third question... i can't seem to get xdos to work it says there is some error in some .global file or something like that and i looked that file but couldn't figure out what the heck to do in it and what was causing the problem... Dunno anything about that... hopefully someone else on the list is an avid xdos user. well any help anybody can provide with these questions would be greatly appreciated! ps.. i am affraid i already know the answer to my first question and that is get a new modem (like an externel one)...but if you know something i don't about getting a PnP modem to work under linux i would greatly appreciate it! As long as that modem is only PnP and not a WinModem, you'll probably be alright. If it's a WinModem, you're out of luck. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] ok sorry to be a pain but i have two more question...
ok i figured out my first dosemu problem now i have another one and can't seem to figure out how to even start with itok when i run xdos now it gives me some vga font error ... i probably should of written it down and wrote it exactly right here oh well... ok here is my second problem and a real anoying one... i downloaded the latest wine rpm and tried to install it and it looked like everything installed ok but it didn't...now i can't even use winei looked at where it put what looked to be the executable file but the file isn't a runable file... it put wine in a directory called /usr/local/bin i believe was it...i know i should be able to upgrade this program with no problem but apparently not :P... oh i a downloading the binary in tar.gz format right now and am going to try it that way but if you know what i did wrong with installing it with the rpm i would greatly apreciate it if you told me what i did wrong... NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download.html
Re: [newbie] Linux kernel, modem, and dosemu questions
On Sun, 28 Feb 1999 14:32:24 -0500, you wrote: first question...i have a rockwell hcf 56k data fax pci modem and was wondering if anyone else had the same modem and was able to get it to work under linux mandrake with kppp and if so how? second question. this has to due somewhat with first question what adavantages will i have by installing latest linux kernel and how do i install it? also if i install it do you think that might help my modem get working because i know my modem is a PnP and i heard somewhere that latest linux kernel has full PnP support... third question... i can't seem to get xdos to work it says there is some error in some .global file or something like that and i looked that file but couldn't figure out what the heck to do in it and what was causing the problem... well any help anybody can provide with these questions would be greatly appreciated! ps.. i am affraid i already know the answer to my first question and that is get a new modem (like an externel one)...but if you know something i don't about getting a PnP modem to work under linux i would Its not that its a PnP modem. Its a Rockwell based winmodem to all intents. I am not sure that there are any PCI PnP modems that are not win type modems. At least I havent run across any so far. James greatly appreciate it! NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download.html
[newbie] Q: How to install KOffice on Mandrake 5.3? - new GCC or EGCS needed!
Hi, I'd like to try running KOffice http://koffice.kde.org/ on Mandrake 5.3. This will require building KOffice from sources, which in turn will require upgrading to a newer version of GCC, or switching to EGCS. Please could someone talk me through this? I can find RPMs and 'tarballs' for GCC and EGCS but when I try to run them I always find dependency problems. Thanks for any help! - martin johnson
Re: [newbie] FAT32
To mount a FAT32 drive, enter the following at a command prompt (usually need to be root): mount /dev/hda1 -t vfat /mnt/WinC In this statement, the hda1 may be replaced by whichever partition you wish to mount, and you have to have a directory created in the /mnt subdirectory called (in this case) WinC. WinC can be whatever you wish, but remember you have to mount each FAT32 partition seperately, so if you have several drives/partitions, you'll get several mounted "drives" as well. Hope this is more clear than mud. :-) --- Nil Carborundum Illegitami http://www.bigfoot.com/~andysocial
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How do I set the ftp servers properties it loads at start and right now it lets anyone log on anonomously. Thanks, Jeff
[newbie] Re:
On Mon, 01 Mär 1999 03:33:13 Jeff Mason wrote: How do I set the ftp servers properties it loads at start and right now it lets anyone log on anonomously. Thanks, Jeff what about some more info like what ftp deamon do u run and so. and if u know this try a man ftp deamen name and or look in /usr/doc/ftp deamen name - version bye ron
