RE: [newbie] About soundcards...
At terminal type 'sndconfig' ~~ Avionix ~~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/7373 Powered by: Linux Mandrake / Windows 98 ** Recycle - Save our planet ** -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jose Alberto Abreu Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 4:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [newbie] About soundcards... And how does one configure a soundcard manually (when the card included drivers for every OS except Linux)? --- "Free your mind... and your ass will follow" Bono, U2 Get your FREE Email at http://mailcity.lycos.com Get your PERSONALIZED START PAGE at http://my.lycos.com
[newbie] Kernel upgrade, kppp problem
Hi.., I've recently upgrade my kernel and follow the instruction at www.linux-mandrake.com for kernel 2.2.3-ac4 but after upgrading, I cannot use my kppp anymore. I always had this 'timeout expired' error message even I manage to dial the server. Now what is the problem? Script? ~~ Avionix ~~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/7373 Powered by: Linux Mandrake / Windows 98 ** Recycle - Save our planet ** -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jose Alberto Abreu Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 4:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [newbie] About soundcards... And how does one configure a soundcard manually (when the card included drivers for every OS except Linux)? --- "Free your mind... and your ass will follow" Bono, U2 Get your FREE Email at http://mailcity.lycos.com Get your PERSONALIZED START PAGE at http://my.lycos.com
Re: [newbie] unix and shell programming CBTs
they are computer based ( windoze unfortunately ) training [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tuesday, April 20, 1999 11:37:38 PM On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 06:28:23PM -0400, Charley Sparks wrote: I have cbts available for unix and shell programming. if you have the bandwidth, and want a copy drop a note to me at work.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] where I am the net geek. I will send them out tomorrow if there are any interests Excuse my ignorance, but what are cbts? -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] 3dfx card and MESA
I am unable to get the MESA (OpenGL clone) demos working on my Voodoo Graphics card. 1. I have downloaded installed the binary rpm's for the Linux Glide driver. The 3dfx test program does work (displays the rotating 3dfx logo). 2. I have downloaded installed the binary rpm's for the MESA 3.1 driver, GLUT library, and MESA demos. However nothing happens when I try running the demo programs (do'h!). Could it be a version mismatch? Has anyone tried these MESA demos? Here are the links for those rpm files: 3dfx Glide driver http://www.3dfx.com/view_io.asp?ID=107 MESA rpms ftp://blitzen.inter-web.net/pub/mesa-rpms/ MESA home page: http://www.mesa3d.org/download.html Thanks, Richard
RE: [newbie] A Story for Linux Users.
There is a artical with many links on Linux certification at www.linuxgazette.com, issue November 1998. "Creating a Linux Certificate Program." -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lloyd Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 7:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] A Story for Linux Users. "James J. Capone" wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 grap a cup of coca and read on. I think Steve would like this one. He could be a teacher and get paid for all of his wisdom :) Please goto. http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/JamesJCapone/JamesJCapone3.html And read my story. Let me know what you all think, I read your story, James. You're right;there should be an LCSE. And guess what? It's already in the works! I've seen some references (although I don't remember where) to the Linux Certification Project. If I find the place where I saw it, I'll mail it to you. Have a great day! -- Lloyd Osten [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Dual OS Install
At 10:45 21/04/99 -0400, you wrote: I have a 486Dx2/66 computer with a Pentium overdrive chip and a 1.2 GB HD. I would like to install Linux on this machine as well as keeping the copy of windows 95 that is already loaded on the machine. I have seen references for doing this with two hard drives, but I only have one. Is it possible to load two operating systems on one drive and what do I need to do to accomplish this. I am still fairly new to Linux and I am very new to using two operating systems on one computer so any help would be appreciated. Sorry to be the beare of bad news, but you won't get the best out of linux if you have 1.2 gb - I tend to go for 2gb installs. Also you have that Other Operating System (?) on there so you actually have quite a bit less that 1.2gb to play with. I've just had a look at my laptop which has a fairly minimal install on it and that has 600mb of linux on it - and of course you'll need some free space for the future. Try and get another drive - I know it will cost some cash but you'll be much happier in the long run. Perhaps you could find a second user 2gig somewhere? Better still junk wind*^ (oops - almost said the Word) May the fish be with you. nick@nexnix
RE: [newbie] soundcard problems revisited...
Did you say that you had turned off pnp? If you have, then try re-enabling pnp and using isapnp tools available at http://www.roestock.demon.co.uk/isapnptools/ . Follow the directions to create an isapnp.conf and the you should be able to get your sound working. -Original Message- From: Adam Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 10:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] soundcard problems revisited... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try removing /etc/isapnp.conf, then rebooting and running sndconfig again. Maybe it's getting stuck because isapnp has already setup things... -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tried that and when I went to get the file /etc/isapnp.conf I discovered that it wasn't there. Any other ideas. I really appreciate the help. Adam Wright
RE: [newbie] Dual OS Install
Jerry Owens [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] said: I have a 486Dx2/66 computer with a Pentium overdrive chip and a 1.2 GB HD. I would like to install Linux on this machine as well as keeping the copy of windows 95 that is already loaded on the machine. I have seen references for doing this with two hard drives, but I only have one. Is it possible to load two operating systems on one drive and what do I need to do to accomplish this. I am still fairly new to Linux and I am very new to using two operating systems on one computer so any help would be appreciated. You can use FIPS.EXE (DOS utility that comes on the Mandrake CD) to create a new partition out of the free space in your existing DOS partition. It's like a free version of Partition Magic. The Mandrake installation sets up LILO for you (like a free version of System Commander). However, are you using an overlay program (to be able to use a 1.2 GB hard disk with a 486)? Are you using Ontrack Disk Manager, EZ-Drive, or equivalent? Do you see a bootup message about this? Since these overlay programs modify the MBR (master boot record) and shift all the disk tracks, there may be some risk in using FIPS and LILO. Definitely back up your data before proceeding if this is the case... Regards, Richard
Re: [newbie] how to get apps on KDE desktop
Steve, I appreciate your wanting to help. I feel at this time very frustrated with Linux. I have Mandrake 5.3 installed and (hoping) that everything installed is as it should be. Anyway, I have a program called ProSplitter and the file name is: splitv20x_tar.gz. It is currently on a floppy and the one thing that I do know how to do is get it dropped onto my desktop. All this in KDE. It is at this point that I am stopped. I have noticed that a person can click on a filename on the desktop and it unzips (or untars) at this point, but I suspect that this is not the way to do the job, but if it were, what do I do next? Do I change to root and try to find the new directory. I have clicked on the setup files, and for the most part they come back with what I think is an error telling me that I cannot do that on local something. I don't remember the wording. There always seems to be more than one .setup file with different name endings. How does one know which one to use to create the directory? Or does unzipping the file create a directory? My husband and I have three books on Linux and I just don't find what I need to learn this or I am not understanding what I am looking at. BTW, I never understood all the commands in DOS either. Was quite grateful for Windows at the time 5 years ago. I really do want to understand what I am doing in Linux but I am very confused by it all. Linda Hatch At 12:04 AM 4/21/99 -0400, you wrote: On Mon, Apr 19, 1999 at 03:28:53PM -0700, Linda Mike wrote: I wish that I was even as proficient as you to be able to install a program. I still can't figure out how to install a program and so it makes me not want to even use the OS. Linda What programs are you trying to install? Are they binaries? .rpm packages? source .tar.gz packages? We can help, we just need more information! -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] how to get apps on KDE desktop
Steve, I also downloaded the 5.0 version of StarOffice and would very much like to install it also. If it would help, my user is: /home/ladylake Linda Hatch At 12:04 AM 4/21/99 -0400, you wrote: On Mon, Apr 19, 1999 at 03:28:53PM -0700, Linda Mike wrote: I wish that I was even as proficient as you to be able to install a program. I still can't figure out how to install a program and so it makes me not want to even use the OS. Linda What programs are you trying to install? Are they binaries? .rpm packages? source .tar.gz packages? We can help, we just need more information! -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Re:Printer
I did check for the most up-to-date Ghostscript package and it would appear that my printer, the HP722c is not supported yet. The HP690's and the 800's are on the list, but not the 720's. I really hate the idea of having to buy a new printer just for Linux. Linda Hatch help and make sure that I print out this information. Since my printer is unusable in Linux, I have to do all my questions on Win98. I have a HP Deskjet 722c, and have already found out that it is handled like a winmodem. Bummer!!! You might try finding updated Ghostscript packages. I know they've done alot of work supporting HP WinPrinters, so it's possible that you'll be able to use it under Linux. WinPrinters are a bit different than WinModems, so they are supported for the most part. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] RealPlayer 5.0 setup
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 08:12:02PM +1000, Bela Lantos wrote: Hello guys, 3. go further down, and just above the Troff document entries you find another entry for Real Audio. Edit it: Description: RealAudio MIMEType: audio/x-pn-realaudio Suffixes: rm,ra,ram Click the Application radio button and type into the field: rvplayer %s lick OK. Restart Netscape. Now when you click on a link RealPlayer will comeup and search the link. My present problem with it is that it complains that the compression format is not correct. This is as far I got, you have to help me further. I know the answer to this one! You'll need to create a wrapper script to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH before calling rvplayer. First, move /usr/bin/rvplayer to /usr/bin/rvplayer.real Then, a script like this should do the trick (name it /usr/bin/rvplayer and chmod +x /usr/bin/rvplayer after you edit it): #! /bin/bash export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib/Real /usr/bin/rvplayer.real $1 That will fix the problems that you're having! -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] unix and shell programming CBTs
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 09:03:58PM +0800, Kuraiken wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 06:28:23PM -0400, Charley Sparks wrote: I have cbts available for unix and shell programming. if you have the bandwidth, and want a copy drop a note to me at work.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] where I am the net geek. I will send them out tomorrow if there are any interests Excuse my ignorance, but what are cbts? -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't worry, Steve, it's Character Based Terminals...I think it's market speak for the command line interface terminals. :-) AH Well, I've got an old VT100 in the closet that I'm not currently using, so I guess I'll pass on this round of CBTs! :) -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] unix and shell programming CBTs
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 08:24:52AM -0400, d.r.stewart wrote: On 20 Apr 99 at 23:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Excuse my ignorance, but what are cbts? ComputerBasedTraining Similiar to products like those things that TigerDirect sells to teach ya how to use microsoft products. oh perfect example remember the cd that came with Win9x, Windows9x starts here? well that's a cbt although not a good one but one never the less And here I've been using the manpages and HOWTOs! How silly of me! :) -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Installing TV Tuner
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 07:13:20PM +0700, Lukman Hakim wrote: Check http://www.thp.uni-koeln.de/~rjkm/linux/bttv.html for the driver and information on supported cards. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've allready installed my TV Tuner with kwintv and bttv, the picture works well but I couldn't get my sounds out of my speaker. Whats wrong with mine ? Is the tv card plugged into the sound card? Is the volume on the mixer turned up for the line in (or wherever it's plugged into the soundcard)? Is sound turned on in the tv app? Lots of questions!!! -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Committee for the Moral Defense of Microsoft
At 04:11 AM 4/21/99 -0700, you wrote: I'm not convinced that it is a joke... It is definitely not a joke, but it *IS* an alternate mind set. (Not an altered mind set, an alternate one.) Basically the argument boils down to, "Microsoft deserves whatever success they work to create. (And they're very good at it.) If you choose to take them on, feel free. Best of luck, and such. If you - the Linux community - become wildly successful as the result of your own work, then you, too, deserve the success you work to create." Or to paraphrase Walt Whitman, "Breaking up your neighbor's furniture won't make your furniture look any better." Or in street vernacular, "You want to beat Bill Gates? Then quit worrying about Bill Gates, build a better product, and start worrying about your customers." Michael -- Michael R. Batchelor Industrial Informatics Instrumentation, Inc.
Re: [newbie] Mail Archive
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 12:25:49PM -0400, Matthew S. Freeman wrote: I have SO many questions that I'd drive everybody nuts. So instead, I'd like to know if theres someplace I can browse all these messages to pick and choose what I need to know... Just a short list of my questions: What device driver to use for Iomega Zip drive, Is there a program to use with it. Same question for my CD-RW and what programs... Mustek Scanner, How to set up Canon bjc620 ..etc.etc.etc...:) There are mailing list archives available at the Mandrake site. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] soundcard problems revisited...
There is no isapnp.conf file to work with. Whenever I run isapnp it does nothing except tell me the usage i.e.isapnp configfile I don't know what the command is to create an isapnp.conf file is. I am very new to Linux and it's all kinda greek to me. As far as I know this is the only thing I have left to configure. It just doesn't make sense to me that I was able to easily set this same card up in another PC using the sndconfig command, but when I try to use it on this PC it just locks up. Adam Wright "Abbott, Jason MED/ATL" wrote: Did you say that you had turned off pnp? If you have, then try re-enabling pnp and using isapnp tools available at http://www.roestock.demon.co.uk/isapnptools/ . Follow the directions to create an isapnp.conf and the you should be able to get your sound working. -Original Message- From: Adam Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 10:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] soundcard problems revisited... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try removing /etc/isapnp.conf, then rebooting and running sndconfig again. Maybe it's getting stuck because isapnp has already setup things... -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tried that and when I went to get the file /etc/isapnp.conf I discovered that it wasn't there. Any other ideas. I really appreciate the help. Adam Wright
Re: [newbie] Installing TV Tuner
I've allready installed my TV Tuner with kwintv and bttv, the picture works well but I couldn't get my sounds out of my speaker. Whats wrong with mine ? Is the tv card plugged into the sound card? Is the volume on the mixer turned up for the line in (or wherever it's plugged into the soundcard)? Is sound turned on in the tv app? Lots of questions!!! -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] yes, my tv tuner plugged into sound card and I think I've already checked that my audio mixer works well (I did checked with x11amp).
RE: [newbie] soundcard problems revisited...
There is no isapnp.conf file to work with. Whenever I run isapnp it does nothing except tell me the usage i.e.isapnp configfile I don't know what the command is to create an isapnp.conf file is. I am very new to Linux and it's all kinda greek to me. As far as I know this is the only thing I have left to configure. It just doesn't make sense to me that I was able to easily set this same card up in another PC using the sndconfig command, but when I try to use it on this PC it just locks up. Adam Wright If you have ISAPNP tools, the command would be "pnpdump /etc/isapnp.conf"
Re: [newbie] Kernel upgrade, kppp problem
- Original Message - From: Avionix [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 6:07 AM Subject: [newbie] Kernel upgrade, kppp problem Hi.., I've recently upgrade my kernel and follow the instruction at www.linux-mandrake.com for kernel 2.2.3-ac4 but after upgrading, I cannot use my kppp anymore. I always had this 'timeout expired' error message even I manage to dial the server. Now what is the problem? Script? ~~ Avionix ~~ I have had the same problem with 2.2.3-ac4. Try upgrading to 2.2.5 and see if it fixes your problem, as it did with mine. Paul +---+ Paul A. Bernicchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #1287814 http://www.ascend.net/jacuzzi +---+
Re: [newbie] soundcard problems revisited...
Adam Wright wrote: There is no isapnp.conf file to work with. Whenever I run isapnp it does nothing except tell me the usage i.e.isapnp configfile I don't know what the command is to create an isapnp.conf file is. I am very new to Linux and it's all kinda greek to me. As far as I know this is the only thing I have left to configure. It just doesn't make sense to me that I was able to easily set this same card up in another PC using the sndconfig command, but when I try to use it on this PC it just locks up. Adam Wright Hi, Adam, I had some problems installing a sound card a while ago on one of my Linux machines. I think the surest way of getting sound on Linux is to recompile the kernel with sound support built in. If you're running a stock Mandrake installation, you have kernel 2.0.36. You should upgrade to the latest 2.2.x kernel. Have you compiled a kernel before? If not, it goes like this: Get kernel source from ftp.kernel.org and place in /usr/src. tar zxvf kernel.tar.gz [unpacks the kernel source] Then follow the directions in the newly created /usr/src/linux/README. I recommend 'make xconfig' instead of 'make config' or 'make menuconfig' when you get to the kernel options configuration part. For the most part, you'll just want the default parameters, unless you have any special devices, like scsi. When you get to the sound part, select sound card support. Then select support for OSS sound modules. This will activate the 100% Sound Blaster configuration section. Choose the appropriate parameters. Compile the kernel, reboot with the new kernel, and you should get sound. I highly recommend the book Running Linux 2nd ed. by Welsh and Kaufman (http://www.briansbooks.com has the best prices I've found on the Internet). I'd be happy to try to answer any other questions you might have about kernel compiling. OK, good luck, Hidong
Re: [newbie] Can't get a loopback device
try to put "insmod loop" before mkinitrd -- Cordialement Jean-Paul Koziol Jean-Paul Koziol e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Université LUMIERE Lyon 2 Bron Centre de Ressources Informatiques
RE: [newbie] Re:Printer
Hi. When I searched the HP Deskjet support user community forum, a web site was listed that at least has correct b/w support for the 722C printer and Linux. The site to get the driver/information is: http://www.httptech.com/ppa/ Along with that, with HP saying it will be supporting linux, you should also log onto the HP deskjet support site, and ask them for a linux driver, or at least for HP to release the specifications of the PPA printer language that is used by the 722C, and other HP printers. Take care, Bill Moshier -Original Message- From: Linda Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 9:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Re:Printer I did check for the most up-to-date Ghostscript package and it would appear that my printer, the HP722c is not supported yet. The HP690's and the 800's are on the list, but not the 720's. I really hate the idea of having to buy a new printer just for Linux. Linda Hatch help and make sure that I print out this information. Since my printer is unusable in Linux, I have to do all my questions on Win98. I have a HP Deskjet 722c, and have already found out that it is handled like a winmodem. Bummer!!! You might try finding updated Ghostscript packages. I know they've done alot of work supporting HP WinPrinters, so it's possible that you'll be able to use it under Linux. WinPrinters are a bit different than WinModems, so they are supported for the most part. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] setting up WinE
I'm having difficulties setting up a user account. I type "/usr/sbin/adduser -p [the password I want] [username]", but when I try to login, it tells me that my password is incorrect, and I'm sure I typed it in right. Is there something I didn't do to set up my user account correctly? Any help on either problem would be appreciated. It's actually very simple to set up an account for youself. I haven't done it for awhile, but I think it goes something like this: useradd manny passwd manny retype passwd It's done! Login as you normally would (as manny) -- Lloyd Osten [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Actually, I got it working now. The problem seemed to be that my home directory was not being created, but I have that problem fixed now. Thanks for the help. 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] Committee for the Moral Defense of Microsoft
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 12:54:37PM -0400, Michael R. Batchelor wrote: At 04:11 AM 4/21/99 -0700, you wrote: I'm not convinced that it is a joke... It is definitely not a joke, but it *IS* an alternate mind set. (Not an altered mind set, an alternate one.) Basically the argument boils down to, "Microsoft deserves whatever success they work to create. (And they're very good at it.) If you choose to take them on, feel free. Best of luck, and such. If you - the Linux community - become wildly successful as the result of your own work, then you, too, deserve the success you work to create." Or to paraphrase Walt Whitman, "Breaking up your neighbor's furniture won't make your furniture look any better." Or in street vernacular, "You want to beat Bill Gates? Then quit worrying about Bill Gates, build a better product, and start worrying about your customers." Excellent. THAT is what the Linux community needs to remember. We didn't get this far because of the Anyone But Microsoft crowd. We got to this point because, quite simply, Linux works. And if it happens to work better than Microsoft's offerings, so much the better! -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] how to get apps on KDE desktop
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 09:11:39AM -0700, Linda Mike wrote: Steve, I also downloaded the 5.0 version of StarOffice and would very much like to install it also. If it would help, my user is: /home/ladylake There are installation instruction websites available that will walk you through the install. Do a websearch for "Linux StarOffice Install" and something should pop up. At 12:04 AM 4/21/99 -0400, you wrote: On Mon, Apr 19, 1999 at 03:28:53PM -0700, Linda Mike wrote: I wish that I was even as proficient as you to be able to install a program. I still can't figure out how to install a program and so it makes me not want to even use the OS. Linda What programs are you trying to install? Are they binaries? .rpm packages? source .tar.gz packages? We can help, we just need more information! -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] 3dfx card and MESA
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 10:37:37AM -0400, Birchall, Richard wrote: I am unable to get the MESA (OpenGL clone) demos working on my Voodoo Graphics card. 1. I have downloaded installed the binary rpm's for the Linux Glide driver. The 3dfx test program does work (displays the rotating 3dfx logo). 2. I have downloaded installed the binary rpm's for the MESA 3.1 driver, GLUT library, and MESA demos. However nothing happens when I try running the demo programs (do'h!). Could it be a version mismatch? What do you mean "nothing happens"? Do the demos run? Do they display in a window or full-screen (there is an environmental variable you have to set to get them to go full-screen and actually get 3Dfx acceleration)? -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] how to get apps on KDE desktop
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 09:09:46AM -0700, Linda Mike wrote: Steve, I appreciate your wanting to help. I feel at this time very frustrated with Linux. I have Mandrake 5.3 installed and (hoping) that everything installed is as it should be. Anyway, I have a program called ProSplitter and the file name is: splitv20x_tar.gz. It is currently on a floppy and the one thing that I do know how to do is get it dropped onto my desktop. All this in KDE. It is at this point that I am stopped. Open a terminal (the monitor looking icon on the bottom panel), and type: cd Desktop Then type: tar zxvf splitv20x_tar.gz This will open the tarball, probably creating a new directory. 'cd' to that directory and check for a README or INSTALL file for more instructions. I have noticed that a person can click on a filename on the desktop and it unzips (or untars) at this point, but I suspect that this is not the way to do the job, but if it were, what do I do next? Do I change to root and try I think that only lets you see what's inside the package. Not sure, however. to find the new directory. I have clicked on the setup files, and for the most part they come back with what I think is an error telling me that I cannot do that on local something. I don't remember the wording. There Exact error messages would be more helpful, but I have a feeling that it's probably just about your normal user not having permissions to install into the directory you're trying to install into. always seems to be more than one .setup file with different name endings. How does one know which one to use to create the directory? Or does unzipping the file create a directory? My husband and I have three Typically, untarring the package will create a new directory containing the package. After that, you'll have to rely on the instructions that the author of the program included. books on Linux and I just don't find what I need to learn this or I am not understanding what I am looking at. BTW, I never understood all the commands in DOS either. Was quite grateful for Windows at the time 5 years ago. I really do want to understand what I am doing in Linux but I am very confused by it all. I know this is going to sound bad, but have you considered picking up some basic Linux/Unix books? Linux for Dummies, Idiots Guide to Linux, Running Linux, etc. might be good choices at this point for you. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Video and Resolution
Hi All, I just changed my video card from a Trident SVGA to a Cirrus Logic VLB card. Linux boots just fine. When I log into KDE it is all messed up. How do I change the settings? Also, When I installed Linux it asked me what resolution I wanted to run. If I choose 800 x 600 it gives me 640 x 480 so I am stuck with 1024 x 768 which makes everything too small on this 14 inch monitor. How can I change the resolution without reinstalling everything (like ended up doing the last time)? Thanks Russ
Re: [newbie] Re:Printer
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 01:03:06PM -0700, Bill Moshier wrote: Hi. When I searched the HP Deskjet support user community forum, a web site was listed that at least has correct b/w support for the 722C printer and Linux. The site to get the driver/information is: http://www.httptech.com/ppa/ Along with that, with HP saying it will be supporting linux, you should also log onto the HP deskjet support site, and ask them for a linux driver, or at least for HP to release the specifications of the PPA printer language that is used by the 722C, and other HP printers. I did check for the most up-to-date Ghostscript package and it would appear that my printer, the HP722c is not supported yet. The HP690's and the 800's are on the list, but not the 720's. I really hate the idea of having to buy a new printer just for Linux. You might try finding updated Ghostscript packages. I know they've done alot of work supporting HP WinPrinters, so it's possible that you'll be able to use it under Linux. WinPrinters are a bit different than WinModems, so they are supported for the most part. You can find more information about the PPA drivers for Ghostscript at: http://www.rpi.edu/~normat/technical/ppa/index.html -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
