[newbie] printer and sound card
hello world I've just installed Mandrake 5.3 on a Pentium II 266 machine, and I'm relatively unexperienced; everything seems to work well, but I can't get printer and sound card work at all; the printer is a HP Laserjet 4L connected to LPT1 (there is also a parallel ZIP, but I've disconnected it for the moment) ; I tried to configure it with printtool, but the system doesn't see the parallel port. The sound card is a common Sound Blaster 16 compatible. I also tried to upgrade to kernel 2.2.5, without results. Someone can tell me how to solve these problems? Thanks Cristiano
Re: [newbie] modems
Meanie [EMAIL PROTECTED] scritto: Gilbert Espinosa wrote: Jason Cotterell wrote: I have used modemtool to set cua0 to use, I've tried adjusting the volume settings in modem commands from Kppp I've setserial to configure the ports all that happens though is the modem will be ready, then try and set the speaker volume, forever. It won't get past that part... I've even tried the isapnpconf to use the PnP, and it didn't change anything , so now I'm still stuck!!! I don't know anything else to do, and if someone helps me, I'll promise to always post in English lol jacott or The Flying Nun Hello: cua0 is Com 1 under Windows/Dos. Are you sure your modem is at Com 1? Modems are usually in Com 3 if you're mouse is in Com 2 and Com 4 if your mouse is in Com 1. You can't have a setting other than : Com 1 : Mouse = Com 4 : Modem Com 2 : Mouse = Com 3 : Modem This is because most PC's are only allowed 2 serial ports. Usually, Internal Modems have a Com 4 setting which means you have to set it to cua3, External Modems have Com 3 which is cua2 in Linux. That's all that I can suggest for now. Gilbert Does this apply to busmouses (busmice?)? No, for example PS/2 mouse don't use a com but often COM1 COM2 was used and installed directly by BIOS so there aren't disponible to accept a modem. So a modem appear or in COM3 or in COM4 (internal only, ext will be connect to a installed COM as 1 or 2) _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Il tuo indirizzo gratis e per sempre @yahoo.it su http://mail.yahoo.it
Re: SIS6326? Thanks, NOT, for now! WAS: Flaky video modes WAS: [newbie] Video Modes
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 06:07:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Roberto Angelo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: "Flaky" video modes WAS: [newbie] Video Modes Hi, All Roberto! Arnold Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] scritto: I've just built a new system ... The video is SiS 6326 3D Pro AGP and the monitor is a Goldstar [...] And Roberto: Two thing that I hope will be usefull: 1) In my SiS 6236 card config file (/etc/X11/XF86Config) I have added the line Option "no_linear" Option "sw_cursor" as you can found in the README.SIS (find / -iname readme.sis) [...] I tested all Options recom. from README.SIS but it don't helps me. In Win98/NT my SiS6326 works properly. Need to wait for new X*_SVGA rel. SY! Vladimir- PS. I had problems with AGP SVGA-i740/8M on M/B LS 5-VP3+Cyrix-II-PR300. I tested new spec. X-server for i740 from Mandrake 5.3 CD and now i can use KDE w/8/16/24/32bpp 1024x786 (monitor 31-48.5 50-90)!!! But Win98(final-2, sum 98) w/i740 works only on 16 colors 640x480... NT box - just 16 col. 800x600 (???) And it is all... No com. Last dayes, i tested dif. AGP cards: Trio64, CLabs Permidia-2, Rendition. Trio64 - just 8bpp ;(( The bests of cards was CL Permidia-2! __ -- Vladimir POPOV, KOCMOC STPCoop (Dec/16/1988, Reg# 04638194, I-R-N-S 50464), Business-Systems automation (designing, programming and mounting, consulting, training), Accounting Support on base of Linux+DOS+Windows (C/C++, *sh,...). POB #5, Nikolaev, 327055, the Ukraine; Tel.# (380-512)-35-16-68+a/a HTMLA HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" I-mail via POP3 HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" E-mail via UUCP /a/html __
[newbie] About command ps.
Hi: I want to kill the daemon of inetd avoid rebooting. I use command "ps aus" ,but inetd isnt listed. Why ? How to rerun the daemon after kill it? Thanks! John l.yn
[newbie] How can run program automatic at boot?
Hi: I dont know which file include the information. I have tired many *.conf. I want to run one program at boot. Thanks! John l.yn
[newbie] Other user except root can shutdown server?
Hi: I have added a user named "lyn" as group of root. But the command of "shutdown" cannt be used by "lyn". How to assign the right of root to "lyn". Thanks! John l.yn
Re: [newbie] printer and sound card
Cristiano Baldoin [EMAIL PROTECTED] scritto: hello world I've just installed Mandrake 5.3 on a Pentium II 266 machine, and I'm relatively unexperienced; everything seems to work well, but I can't get printer and sound card work at all; the printer is a HP Laserjet 4L connected to LPT1 (there is also a parallel ZIP, but I've disconnected it for the moment) ; I tried to configure it with printtool, but the system doesn't see the parallel port. The sound card is a common Sound Blaster 16 compatible. I also tried to upgrade to kernel 2.2.5, without results. Someone can tell me how to solve these problems? Thanks Cristiano try the command sndconfig or sndsetup try the command setup wich contains more possibilities Cristiano Ummhh forse sei italiano? (are you italian?) Se la risposta e` positiva io sono di GENOVA e tu? scrivi a [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Il tuo indirizzo gratis e per sempre @yahoo.it su http://mail.yahoo.it
Re: [newbie] printer and sound card
The sound card is a common Sound Blaster 16 compatible.
I also tried to upgrade to kernel 2.2.5, without results.
Someone can tell me how to solve these problems?
If you have Windows 95 on your machine, just go to Control Panel /
System / Device Manager / Sound, Video, and Game Controllers and find
your "SB16 Audio Device" or whatever. Get the properties on it and
write down the IRQ, both DMA values, and the IO port ("Input/Output
Range"). Reboot into Linux and run 'setup' at the command prompt. From
there you can plug those numbers into Linux.
If you don't have Windows, you can try the default numbers (which just
about every sound card I've seen use).
IRQ: 5
DMA: 1
DMA: 5 (or 6)
I/O: 220
If you're lucky, when you run setup and choose the "configure sound"
option, it'll just detect your card and be done with it. Good luck!
--
Meanie
Re: [newbie] Other user except root can shutdown server?
If you want user lyn to have temporary root access, simply type su at the command prompt, then enter the root password. -- Meanie
Re: [newbie] modems
At 05:49 06/05/99 -0500, you wrote: Com 1 : Mouse = Com 4 : Modem Com 2 : Mouse = Com 3 : Modem This is because most PC's are only allowed 2 serial ports. Usually, Internal Modems have a Com 4 setting which means you have to set it to cua3, External Modems have Com 3 which is cua2 in Linux. That's all that I can suggest for now. Gilbert Does this apply to busmouses (busmice?)? Sorry, I can't answer that one. 8^( Gilbert That's cool.. just wondering, cause I've got my mouse on COM2 (or so I think -- at least that's what Windows tells me) which would translate into cua1 and my modem is on cua0. BUT it is a PS/2 mouse, which obviously isn't a serial mouse... just making sure I wasn't going to wind up with some bizarre resource conflict at some point in the future... =) -- Meanie If the mouse is a PS2 (aka busmouse) then it doesn't use any of the COM resources (it's on it 12 if I remember correctly) therefore you can put the modem on com1 _or_ com2 without any hassle. ttfn nick @nexnix
[newbie] TCP/IP for LAN
Hey all.. thanks a ton for all the help thus far. I don't know much, but I try to help out when I can. My new problem regards my Realtek 8029 (NE2k compatible) PCI LAN card. I was pretty sure I had it set up right upon installation (never had a chance to test it out), but after I _finally_ got my modem working (read: dialing) it wouldn't actually connect to the 'net -- I had Infinite Domain Name Search Syndrome (IDNSS). So I fired up linuxconf and fiddled with the DNS and Gateway stuff, and now my modem works but my network card doesn't. I'm itching to fire up linuxconf and meddle some more, but I'm afraid I'll break my modem or worse... linuxconf is a scary beast to a newbie; and a dangerous one for "adventurous" newbies like myself who like to play around with stuff until it works. The whole "adapter one", "adapter two" thing confuses me. I set up my RTK8029 as adapter one originally and set my 'fictitious' IP address that I use on the LAN (172.16.83.2 if it's important). When my modem wouldn't work (dial but not actually connect), I set it up as adapeter two on ppp0 and put all the DNS and Gateway info in it. I also (stupidly it seems) changed my domain name to that of my ISP (I was desperate). After that my modem worked. Is this correct? Does the modem need to be set as a network adapter in linuxconf? Above all, is there a config program I can run to set up my network card? Thanks in advance! -- Meanie PS- If I talk too much, just tell me to shut up. =)
[newbie] Scanner SCSI others
Hi, I've some problems and in order of importance I expose you, if there is somewhere, someone that can help my in something. :-)) I've Mandrake 5.3 with 2.2.5 kernel upgraded. --- scanner --- I have a problem with my scanner an Artec ViewScan A6000C plus SCSI with DTC 3151/3181 host. I can't manage the SCSI host in Linux may someone help me? --- cdrw --- I've a Yamaha CDRW 1644E, EIDE/ATAPI and I' would use cdrecord but I don't know how to se ide-scsi emulation. --- 1024 boot limit --- I've patitionig a friend's hard-disk in two using FIPS. Naturally to not loss windoze I put linux in the second. The HD's map is FAT32, SWAP, EXT2. I install linux and all was ok untill I tried to start: it was halt the system. I supposed that is because of 1024 boot limits. (?) This HD is a Samsung 3,2G with 824 LBA cyls. Please someone can tell me if exist a way to install correctly Linux without loss windoze (for many my friend's that is very important). --- mount --- I've write a CD-ROM in file system OSTA UDF known as "packet writing" but I cannot mount it. If I mount this CD I see only a ISO9660 partition that contains a message about OSTA UDF file system ad a win95 driver for this file system. If OSTA UDF file system is supported by linux how I can get this features ? --- man command --- [root@localhost /root]# man -c ls Formatting page, please wait... standard input:34: warning: can't find character with input code 232 standard input:51: warning: can't find character with input code 233 standard input:52: warning: can't find character with input code 224 standard input:90: warning: can't find character with input code 249 standard input:245: warning: can't find character with input code 200 standard input:297: warning: can't find character with input code 242 and I can't see accented characters. Please, someone may send me the newbie-digest V1 #105 i lost it. Thank to all that will help me _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Il tuo indirizzo gratis e per sempre @yahoo.it su http://mail.yahoo.it
RE: [newbie] About command ps.
John l.yn [EMAIL PROTECTED]] said: I want to kill the daemon of inetd avoid rebooting. I use command "ps aus" ,but inetd isnt listed. Why ? How to rerun the daemon after kill it? Try:ps -A Then: kill -9 pid Regards, Richard
RE: [newbie] Isa card problems
Tom A.H. Piel [EMAIL PROTECTED]] said: I'm having some problems with my NE2000 plus isa card which is not detected during installation and my soundcard is not working (also not detected) during install it asked me for autoprobe or specific and both failed (can't detect device anywhere on the system) the same is happening with scsi card (adaptec 1542) I'm using a toshiba 3000 with 2 pci and 2 isa slots system is set to pnp os no. any help or hints would be appreciated :-) I am able to use my Adaptec 1542b SCSI card. In the BIOS, I reserved the IRQ and DMA of this ISA card. That should probably be done for any non-PnP ISA cards. Also, I selected PnP OS: Yes Perhaps try those changes. Regards, Richard
[newbie] RE: SIS6326? Thanks, NOT, for now! WAS: Flaky video modes WAS: [newbie] Video Modes
Vladimir V. Popov [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] said: I tested all Options recom. from README.SIS but it don't helps me. In Win98/NT my SiS6326 works properly. Need to wait for new X*_SVGA rel. Try running XF86Setup (the XFree86 utility), instead of XConfigurator (the Red Hat utility). It is more up-to-date with the latest XFree86 tweaks for various video cards.I was able to fix my Trident card that way. Regards, Richard
Re: [newbie] SiS Driver
Arnold Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] scritto: yes please. Arnold From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Budhi Setiaji) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] SiS Driver Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 23:38:49 +0700 Would you like to give me an information about SiS 6326 AGP driver. Thank you. In that newgroups was writed about 6326. I hope tha what I remeber will be usefull Arnold Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] scritto: I've just built a new system and am having a little bit of a video problem. The video is SiS 6326 3D Pro AGP and the monitor is a Goldstar (don't know the exact model). If I run Xconfigurator and do a probe it says that it wants to set the default to 800x600 w/8bpp. The only thing I change is the color depth to 16bpp. Everything works ok, but some of the colors go kinda "wonky" (i.e.:Not all of the characters show up in xterm but everything works. Alsowhite blocks appear where the text under icons should be.) Everything works fine, just have to refresh the desktop three or four times before I can read some of the text. Any ideas what I can do to fix the problem? Oh! By the way.I'm using the SVGA Xserver and have it set for the SiS 6326 3D Pro AGP driver. Thanks! Arnold In my SiS 6236 card config file (/etc/X11/XF86Config) I have added the line Option "no_linear" Option "sw_cursor" as you can found in the README.SIS (find / -iname readme.sis) First of this my X windows was black black and only icos was visible. Attention because only 8 bpp colors depth are allow with "no_linear" and gimps don't works - My SiS6326 AGP was a problem because X was black and only the icons was visible Try to find newbie-digest the 3-4 old number to view all discussions. The solution at my home was: add the lines at /etc/X11/XF86Config in section device: Options "nolinear" or "no_linear" I don't remember Options "sw_cursor" This implies that you can use only 8 bpp colors Somebody resolve the problems using 24 bpp and low dot clocks Other resolve adding "no_btlbit" e "no_btlimage" with all colors you want Probably you have to try "noaccel" too. Use this command 'find / -iname readme.sis' and read the file istructions Probably you need 'man XF86Config' too. Good work and feedback as if you found a solution. Owen Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] scritto: On Thu, 6 May 1999, Vladimir V. Popov wrote: [...] I tested all Options recom. from README.SIS but it don't helps me. In Win98/NT my SiS6326 works properly. Need to wait for new X*_SVGA rel. SY! Vladimir- PS. I had problems with AGP SVGA-i740/8M on M/B LS 5-VP3+Cyrix-II-PR300. I tested new spec. X-server for i740 from Mandrake 5.3 CD and now i can use KDE w/8/16/24/32bpp 1024x786 (monitor 31-48.5 50-90)!!! But Win98(final-2, sum 98) w/i740 works only on 16 colors 640x480... NT box - just 16 col. 800x600 (???) And it is all... No com. Last dayes, i tested dif. AGP cards: Trio64, CLabs Permidia-2, Rendition. Trio64 - just 8bpp ;(( The bests of cards was CL Permidia-2! Odd - my machine's got a 6326 AGP and it works fine in '95, NT5 and X. except with a tendency to block out text on odd occasions. I'm using the SVGA driver, with the memory manually set to 4096k instead of 8192 - I don't know why that works, but it does, all other options as defaults, no problem at 1024x768 16bpp (or is it 24, it's been a bit since I set it up). Owen. I seen a better X when I've virually reduced mem at 4096k instead of 8Mb but at my home this don't work as solution but as helper. I hope that a X-server more stable for SiS will be released _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Il tuo indirizzo gratis e per sempre @yahoo.it su http://mail.yahoo.it
[newbie] backups
I have installed a mandrake 5.3, updated with kernel 2.2.5 and recompiled succesfully. As I am a linux newbie, I installed on a 1.6Gb WD Caviar hd mounted on a removable frame. I have a identical hd mounted on a second frame. My goal is to copy the installation as is on the second hd, just to carry out software changes safely. Only when the changes will prove to be correct, I transfer these changes on the first hd. Obvioulsy, I cant use linux bachup procedure to carry out the whole operation. I booted in msdos 6.2 via floppy, and I tryed several times whith Ghost 5.1c using or a Syquest Sparq, or a dos hd. But the thing, does'nt came: the copy on the second hard disk seems good only for the first boot. All works good. But, on the subsequent boot, during the boot, fsck see several hd failure and can't recover. I can't figure what happens. Suggestions ?
Re: [newbie] Other user except root can shutdown server?
At 04:16 PM 5/6/99 +0800, you wrote: Hi: I have added a user named "lyn" as group of root. But the command of "shutdown" cannt be used by "lyn". How to assign the right of root to "lyn". I accomplished that feat issuing the "chmod u+s /sbin/shutdown" Now my regular user as well as root can perform system shutdown. There's also some functions under Linuxconf, that allows you to assign shutdown priviledges to regular users, but it never worked for me while using Redhat Linux v5.1, so I used the above procedure to accomplish it. Probably not the best way to do it, but it works. Stefan Dozier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Other user except root can shutdown server?
Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 02:03:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Roberto Angelo [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... "John l.yn" [EMAIL PROTECTED] scritto: Hi: I have added a user named "lyn" as group of root. But the command of "shutdown" cannt be used by "lyn". How to assign the right of root to "lyn". Look at man 8 shutdown - ACCESS CONTROL. 73! __
[newbie] Zip question
I installed an internal zip drive (ATAPI). I can use only a preformated zip. Other zip disks I use give me the message I can't read superblock or I have to specify the file system (depending what i did on the fstab i guess) How do i edit the fstab? do i have to do anything else? Also, the cdrom does not eject unless i log out from KDE. Thanks
Re: [newbie] TCP/IP for LAN
On Thu, May 06, 1999 at 06:18:21AM -0500, Meanie wrote: Hey all.. thanks a ton for all the help thus far. I don't know much, but I try to help out when I can. My new problem regards my Realtek 8029 (NE2k compatible) PCI LAN card. I was pretty sure I had it set up right upon installation (never had a chance to test it out), but after I _finally_ got my modem working (read: dialing) it wouldn't actually connect to the 'net -- I had Infinite Domain Name Search Syndrome (IDNSS). So I fired up linuxconf and fiddled with the DNS and Gateway stuff, and now my modem works but my network card doesn't. I'm itching to fire up linuxconf and meddle some more, but I'm afraid I'll break my modem or worse... linuxconf is a scary beast to a newbie; and a dangerous one for "adventurous" newbies like myself who like to play around with stuff until it works. The whole "adapter one", "adapter two" thing confuses me. I set up my RTK8029 as adapter one originally and set my 'fictitious' IP address that I use on the LAN (172.16.83.2 if it's important). When my modem wouldn't work (dial but not actually connect), I set it up as adapeter two on ppp0 and put all the DNS and Gateway info in it. I also (stupidly it seems) changed my domain name to that of my ISP (I was desperate). After that my modem worked. Is this correct? Does the modem need to be set as a network adapter in linuxconf? Above all, is there a config program I can run to set up my network card? I'd try the network configurator in control-panel, myself. I've never been real fond of linuxconf. To use network configurator, login as root, start X, open a terminal, type control-panel, click on the button that looks like a network chart, then click on the Interfaces button. Personally, I'd probably delete the two interfaces you've got setup now and start over. Click on each of the interfaces (leave 'lo' alone) and click Remove. Then click 'Add' to add them back in. Be sure NOT to set the ethernet card to default route, since it'll screw up your routing on the PPP connection. Drop another message if you need more help. I have a feeling that the network configurator will help you out in getting it up and running quickly. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] How can run program automatic at boot?
On Thu, May 06, 1999 at 03:44:20PM +0800, John l.yn wrote: Hi: I dont know which file include the information. I have tired many *.conf. I want to run one program at boot. /etc/rc.d/rc.local -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] backups
You can mount the second hard drive in your Linux and then perform something like an Hard Disk upgrade. So all the Linux system gona be copied on your second one. Take a look in Hard Disk Upgrade Howto to perform the copy. Hope that help. Take a look at this link. http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Hard-Disk-Upgrade.html Carl mc wrote: I have installed a mandrake 5.3, updated with kernel 2.2.5 and recompiled succesfully. As I am a linux newbie, I installed on a 1.6Gb WD Caviar hd mounted on a removable frame. I have a identical hd mounted on a second frame. My goal is to copy the installation as is on the second hd, just to carry out software changes safely. Only when the changes will prove to be correct, I transfer these changes on the first hd. Obvioulsy, I cant use linux bachup procedure to carry out the whole operation. I booted in msdos 6.2 via floppy, and I tryed several times whith Ghost 5.1c using or a Syquest Sparq, or a dos hd. But the thing, does'nt came: the copy on the second hard disk seems good only for the first boot. All works good. But, on the subsequent boot, during the boot, fsck see several hd failure and can't recover. I can't figure what happens. Suggestions ?
[newbie] Re:
I set the option for "no_accel". That seems to have fixed the problem. Thanks again!! :) Arnold Hi Arnold, May I suggest you try the following that has been sent to me sometime ago ( courtesy of Mauro Tortonesi). " I used to have a SiS card. Usually SiS cards need the following line in /etc/X11/XF68config (in the "Device" section): option "no_bitblt" An extract from my XF86config follows: Section "Device" Identifier "SiS SG86C201" VendorName "Unknown" BoardName "Unknown" Option "no_bitblt" #VideoRam2048 Clocks 25.07 28.32 39.83 72.16 49.79 77.14 35.95 44.72 Clocks 129.50 119.53 79.67 31.51 109.52 64.71 74.68 94.55 Clocks 12.53 14.16 19.91 35.95 24.90 38.63 17.99 22.36 Clocks 64.73 59.75 39.83 15.76 54.90 32.35 37.33 47.27 EndSection If it still does not work try with: Option "no_linear" (perhaps in combination with "no_bitblt") or Option "no_imageblt" or Option "noaccel" Take a look at /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.SiS ;-) " I hope this can be of any help. Good luck. Bernardo Rodrigues ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
[newbie] Any web page that teaches how to install Linux?
Is there any web page that teaches how to install Linux (best if it is Linux Mandrake 5.2)? Or is there any very cheap book (i'm almost broke) on that?
