Re: [newbie] It Works!!
Russ Westbrook wrote: I suppose there is no way to set it up to skip this part and go directly to the desktop? Which part? The logging in? No, there isn't, at least not as far as I know (this is a feature, not a bug g -- it's inherent in a Unix-type OS). However, you can get the system to start up with a graphical login screen, rather than a text-based one. To do this, you need to edit /etc/inittab, and change the line that says id:3:initdefault: to say id:5:initdefault: ...at least, I _think_ that's it; I'm working largely off memory here. -- Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
Re: [newbie] Display Problems
On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, Carla Boltin-Romere wrote: Fatal server error: No "Display" subsection for default depth 8 Your XF86Config is broken. Run Xconfigurator or xf86config. If that doesn't help, try starting with a different depth (i.e. startx -- -bpp 16). Hope this helps... LLaP bero
[newbie] In seek of some installation advice
I am trying to install Linux Mandrake 5.3, and for some reason I am having a great deal of difficulty. I am trying to put it on a system that currently runs Redhat Linux 5.0, and in a sense 'upgrade' it. It doesn't seem to want to work. I have the CD, and I made the boot disk from the CD, as I did with Redhat 5.0 (since the original got stepped on..). The system is an older 486 66mhz with 16mb ram, and all the hardware is currently supported and works fine under Redhat 5.0. It will not boot into the CD automatically. Here are some of the things I have tried: Creating the boot disk from 5 different disks. Some I formatted under Windows 98, some under Windows 95. I run Scandisk on them as well. None worked. I tried 'dd boot.img /dev/fd0' under Linux. Didn't work. I tried using a boot disk from Redhat Linux 5.0. Didn't work. I downloaded a copy of boot.img )off of the Linux Mandrake site) and used that for the boot disk eventualy, (using rawrite) figuring the cd copy might be corrupt. Didn't work. When the 'Welcome to Linux Mandrake 5.3' comes up, I've also typed in 'expert' thinking I may have unsupported hardware (Remember this system works fine with Redhat 5.0 though). Still didn't work. I have read through various info at the Linux Mandrake homepage (http://www.linux-mandrake.com). This includes the Atapi FAQ, The Linux BLFAQ, etc. I've worked on this for literally 10+ hours in thelast 2 days, and I am really looking forward to getting it going. (I can use it just fine under RH 5.0 still though). The systen hangs after I boot from the boot disk, and it starts to say: 'Loading initrd.img" After four dots, the system hangs and I am forced to reboot. Does anyone have any ideas to help me out? I'd really appreciate it. -Rich
[newbie] X server and monitor problems
I am running Linux-Mandrake on a clone computer. I have a built-in Cyrix MediaGX (which Mandrake supports). My monitor is a CTX PL5. What I am wondering is a can't go beyond resolutions of 640x480 with 8 bit color. Here is what Windows 98 on the same machine can do... 640x480 - 256 color 800x600 - 256 color 1024x768 - 256 color 640x480 - high color 800x600 - high color I want to run X in 800x600 high color. I've tried tweaking my config file to no avail. Please Help! Jonathan C. Bailey P.S. - My video RAM is set to 1.25MB (1,280k)
Re: [newbie] It Works!!
Is there a way to have it boot directly to the desktop? There's a way to setup the login process so that after logging in you will automatically go into X Windows. You have to edit a file called INITTAB which is located in the /etc folder. This specifies the runlevel that linux starts at. There are notes in the file to tell you what settings to use, but just so everyone else will know set the runlevel to 5 and this will launch the KDM. This is a graphical login screen where you'll be asked to enter your login name and password. once you do that you hit the "Go!" button and it launches you straight into X Windows. When you logout of X Windows, it will automatically take you back to that same login screen. From there you can re-login under another user id or you can shutdown the system by clicking the "Shutdown" button, which will pop up another menu asking if you want to totally shut down or to simply restart. Hope this helps you. Arnold Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] In seek of some installation advice
Rich, Mandrake is Red Hat 5.2. Shut down restart your computer. on its boot up hit the del key. this will allow you to get into the bios in the advance section you will find the boot sequence. It should be listed as A:, C:, by using page up or page down the selection should change to cdrom first, after this is done hit esc, f10, y, and the computer should reboot. " don't forget to change it back after you finish the install" With the cd in the program should come up, follow the prompts choose upgrade, when you get to server, workstation, custom choose either of the first two, according to your use. if you get to the screen that says skip disk choose that, the following screen may say that all will be lost, (back up all files that you want to keep before you start) choose yes and you will get an automatic install, if you have a separate HD for linux you may want to make a boot disk, I chose this method and my two HDs don't see each other. after the install when you reboot you must change the boot sequence back, to have things happy. I hope that this will help, I have found that Mandrake makes the install much easier. KDE has working icons, one will even mount and unmount the cdrom imagine that. John Rich Christie wrote: I am trying to install Linux Mandrake 5.3, and for some reason I am having a great deal of difficulty. I am trying to put it on a system that currently runs Redhat Linux 5.0, and in a sense 'upgrade' it. It doesn't seem to want to work. I have the CD, and I made the boot disk from the CD, as I did with Redhat 5.0 (since the original got stepped on..). The system is an older 486 66mhz with 16mb ram, and all the hardware is currently supported and works fine under Redhat 5.0. It will not boot into the CD automatically. Here are some of the things I have tried: Creating the boot disk from 5 different disks. Some I formatted under Windows 98, some under Windows 95. I run Scandisk on them as well. None worked. I tried 'dd boot.img /dev/fd0' under Linux. Didn't work. I tried using a boot disk from Redhat Linux 5.0. Didn't work. I downloaded a copy of boot.img )off of the Linux Mandrake site) and used that for the boot disk eventualy, (using rawrite) figuring the cd copy might be corrupt. Didn't work. When the 'Welcome to Linux Mandrake 5.3' comes up, I've also typed in 'expert' thinking I may have unsupported hardware (Remember this system works fine with Redhat 5.0 though). Still didn't work. I have read through various info at the Linux Mandrake homepage (http://www.linux-mandrake.com). This includes the Atapi FAQ, The Linux BLFAQ, etc. I've worked on this for literally 10+ hours in thelast 2 days, and I am really looking forward to getting it going. (I can use it just fine under RH 5.0 still though). The systen hangs after I boot from the boot disk, and it starts to say: 'Loading initrd.img" After four dots, the system hangs and I am forced to reboot. Does anyone have any ideas to help me out? I'd really appreciate it. -Rich -- John R. Wilkerson 1442 B-1 New Castle Durham NC 27704 919-471-6731
Re: [newbie] Re: makeinfo***missing
Quinton Jones Jr wrote: While running ./configure for glib-1.2.0. I get the following error message: checking for makeinfo...missing checking host system type...configure: error: can not guess host type; you must specify one I can somebody explain what is going on and how to correct it, so I can get on with the installation. BTW: glib-1.2.0 and gtk+1.2.0 or higher are needed to install Gftp. Well, got and installed the suggested glib rpm and Gftp installed but refused to run. The HD acts like it trying to start it, but no. Any error messages when you try to run it? Any suggestions! While looking around on my HD, I found two other ftp programs that were already installed ftp and tftp. What are these two program for and where I can I found instructions for there use? Hell, they might do the job that I'm looking for. If you've ever got programs that you find on your hard drive that you're not sure what they do, you can always use 'man program' and see the manual page for it. It's really quite handy! -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] It Still doesn't work...kppp
My Kppp still doesn't works after the upgrade to 2.2.3-ac4-4..It dont hear the sound of my modem..Tom, any ideas? Others? Thanks Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] It Works!!
From: "Paul A. Bernicchi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] It Works!! Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 15:11:42 -0500 Point of information, Arnold -- I've heard that Linux Mandrake isn't too stable (at this point) when it comes to setting inittab runlevel to 5 and using xdm/kdm. My experience is that since I have a way nonstandard video card (Voodoo Banshee), booting into xdm causes an infinite loop. The only way to fix this is to boot into single-user mode and edit the inittab back to the default runlevel (2?) Gael assures us this will be addressed soon ;) Good luck if you can pull it off! The default runlevel is 3. :) Well, I don't know about problems with using kdm. I only tried it once and then decided not to use it simply because it was too slow on my system (486DX2-66 w/32 meg of ram). I kinda like the logon screen anyway! :) I have to say though, being a now converted user of Caldera OpenLinux, that Mandrake as it is, is one of the better distributions of Linux. I'm sure that it'll only improve from here. Arnold :) P.S Does anyone know of another version of Linux that has a downloadeable ISO image? This was one of the deciding factors in me trying out Mandrake. I've got cable modem access at work, so it was easy for me to download the file and then burn it to a cd. :) Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Re: makeinfo***missing
On Sat, 03 Apr 1999 13:34:00 -0500, Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, got and installed the suggested glib rpm and Gftp installed but refused to run. The HD acts like it trying to start it, but no. Any error messages when you try to run it? Nope! Not a one. If you've ever got programs that you find on your hard drive that you're not sure what they do, you can always use 'man program' and see the manual page for it. It's really quite handy! Its funny, I just found that out. Anyway, I scraped Gftp and went with IglooFTP, it works great and was a lot easier to install. I think my problem with Gftp had something todo with it being a non-static rpm. Regards, Qman... "Don't you just feel good about yourself, you will!" [hp] 100LX: The power of computing in the palm of your hands.
[newbie] email client
Can someone recomend a good email client that can filter messages. HTML would be nice too. I use Netscape now but was hopping that something a bit more stable was around. -- Robert Sheskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 5788323
[newbie] Linux Ram limits?
I'm building myself a system up. I was planning to run 256 megs of sdram in the system. I have always heard that linux can't see over 256 megs of ram. So, my question is would i still need a swap partition? Thanks Steven
[newbie] Changing Bit Depth/Resolution
I'm new to linux and linux-mandrake alike, my friend sort of "coaxed" me into trying it. I have several problems, but I'll start with the one I'm most sure of. Simpily put, how do i change the bit depth and resolution for KDE???
[newbie] Cleaning up the ol' hard drive (Springtime!)
Hi all. Those of you that know me know that I've only been with Linux a few months now... and my learning curve has grown exponentially in that time. I started with Mandrake 5.2 (2.0.36) / KDE 1.0 and have upgraded systematically since - I am now using 2.2.3-ac4 and KDE 1.1 with the latest packages to boot. I fear that since I had to force a few installs in the past via RPM, and that I am still not totally familiar with directory structures (read: half-assed, jury-rigged installs grin), that I have, for lack of a better word, a tons of crap on my hard drive. My God, the source code for 2.2.3ac-4 takes up like 50+ megs! ;) Reason I'm asking is that, other than being a tidy guy that organizes on a regular basis, I also have my install on a 450 meg hard drive - not that I don't have access to about 6 gigs in other mount points, but you get the point. Any suggestions on how I can freshen up my installation, short of starting from scratch? Also, I know that, by nature, ext2 is efficient, but is there a defrag program out there? Thanks for your help. Paul -- +---+ Paul A. Bernicchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #1287814 http://www.ascend.net/jacuzzi +---+
