Re: [newbie] Zip question
At 07:50 06/05/99 +, you wrote: Linux detects my hardware allright. Zip is hdc and gives info about it when it starts up (partition table, cylinders, etc). Funny thing, underneath that info it repeats hdc as unknown partition table even though it recognized hdc perfectly in the previous line. And of course i did the mounting properly before i sent the previous message. The zip is a linux partition done with fdisk. However, it still says it can't read superblock. Moreover, I have a zip disk with StarOffice in it and it has no problems mounting it. I just wonder if i have to add something to fstab or mstab. Hasta luego... Did you make a filesystem on the zip disk?? -- "mkfs /dev/hdc1" hih nick@nexnix
[newbie] Wrong date! NEED HELP.
Hi: I am runing linux based Intel CPU . I found the linux cannt read system date from BIOS,isnt it? Here is my problem: 1. I type "date" and the system show "Fri May 7 22:20:00 CST 1999". But the BIOS time is "14:48:00" . 2. I type 'date -s "14:50:00" +%T ' to correct the date. All thing is ok now. 3. After reboot, I type 'date' and the system show "Fri May 7 22:20:00 CST 1999". Why? Linux have lost my config. Thanks! John l.yn
Re: [newbie] Wrong date! NEED HELP.
At 16:08 07/05/99 +0800, you wrote: Hi: I am runing linux based Intel CPU . I found the linux cannt read system date from BIOS,isnt it? Here is my problem: 1. I type "date" and the system show "Fri May 7 22:20:00 CST 1999". But the BIOS time is "14:48:00" . 2. I type 'date -s "14:50:00" +%T ' to correct the date. All thing is ok now. 3. After reboot, I type 'date' and the system show "Fri May 7 22:20:00 CST 1999". Why? Linux have lost my config. You have told your system that the CMOS clock is set to GMT and then what the local time zone is. Therefore it is compensating to give you the correct local time. This will allow automatic changeover to summertime if you have that in your timezone. The system is working correctly. John l.yn
[newbie] Mandrake 6.0
Sorry if I am repeating anything that's been asked before, but I've been without e-mail for a few days. Anyway my question is this. When is Mandrake 6.0 coming out, and will there be an ISO9660 image available when it does? I appreciate any information anybody can give me in regards to this question.
Re: [newbie] Other user except root can shutdown server?
Tried it and it does not work here Jeanette - Original Message - From: Stefan Dozier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 06, 1999 3:16 PM Subject: 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] Any web page that teaches how to install Linux?
Ripcrd6 [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] said: http://www.magma.ca/~bklimas/ Try this. It's the Linux Newbie Administration Guide. It talks about Redhat, but it applies and it is written by newbies. That means it shouldn't be over your head. It cleared up some questions for me. Also check out: The Linux Documentation Project http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/ The Newbie's Linux Manual http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~thebits/manual/linuxmanual.html Regards, Richard
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0? Me too
Yes, yes, I want to know. I want it!! Steve W --- Craig Burlingame [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry if I am repeating anything that's been asked before, but I've been without e-mail for a few days. Anyway my question is this. When is Mandrake 6.0 coming out, and will there be an ISO9660 image available when it does? I appreciate any information anybody can give me in regards to this question. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0? Me too
Yes, yes, I want to know. I want it!! Steve W --- Craig Burlingame [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry if I am repeating anything that's been asked before, but I've been without e-mail for a few days. Anyway my question is this. When is Mandrake 6.0 coming out, and will there be an ISO9660 image available when it does? I appreciate any information anybody can give me in regards to this question. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] By the way
No I'm serious. How do you start to compile (configure) the kernel in mandrake? That is...where diablos is "linux".?! IS it in /usr/src/linux...No! Where do I go to use "make xconfig"? Tell me el secreto...Por favor.
Re: [newbie] Other user except root can shutdown server?
On Fri, 07 May 1999, you wrote: Tried it and it does not work here Jeanette Snip That is because the shutdown command is not available for su root, as the standard su root path doesn't include /sbin. I would recommend putting a symlink maybe in the /usr/bin or somewhere where the path is on the su root. To find out what the path is, do an echo $PATH and put the symlink in one of the directories that it spews out to you. That should work. Good luck Martin -- I tell them to turn to the study of mathematics, for it is only there that they might escape the lusts of the flesh. -- Thomas Mann, "The Magic Mountain"
Re: [newbie] Other user except root can shutdown server?
At 06:45 AM 5/7/99 -0500, you wrote: I accomplished that feat issuing the "chmod u+s /sbin/shutdown" Now my regular user as well as root can perform system shutdown. Tried it and it does not work here Jeanette Do you have your regular setup as a member of the root group ? Stefan Dozier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Other user except root can shutdown server?
Stefan Dozier wrote: At 11:30 AM 5/7/99 +0800, you wrote: The fastest way for a regular user to shutdown is to press ctrl-alt-del then press the off button when the screen shows the initial boot up sequence. eg before memory check You're kidding righthehehehehehe Stefan Dozier [EMAIL PROTECTED] No, actually I saw that trick in one of the Linux Documentation. Don't know which one but it does work. Of course you can't do that if you're logged in over a network. It is found in the /etc/inittab file. It sure sounds funny though. 8^) Gilbert
Re: [newbie] Other user except root can shutdown server?
Gilbert Espinosa wrote: Stefan Dozier wrote: At 11:30 AM 5/7/99 +0800, you wrote: The fastest way for a regular user to shutdown is to press ctrl-alt-del then press the off button when the screen shows the initial boot up sequence. eg before memory check You're kidding righthehehehehehe Stefan Dozier [EMAIL PROTECTED] No, actually I saw that trick in one of the Linux Documentation. Don't know which one but it does work. Of course you can't do that if you're logged in over a network. It is found in the /etc/inittab file. It sure sounds funny though. 8^) Gilbert Actually, this is a very legit way of shutting down. Ctrl-Alt-Del key combo is trapped by linux to reboot. You can actually change this default behaviour - someone posted about it a long while ago but I cannot remember it now. You cannot do this over the network, I think. As that will reset your local machine. The easiest way to do it, IMHO is to make a small script containing this line: su -c /sbin/halt save it (as say, "halt") and make the script executable [chmod +x myfile] and copy it into your /home/myhome/ directory. Now, typing "halt" will ask for your root password, once entered, it will immediately shutdown your machine in the proper manner. You could also replace the /halt with /reboot for rebooting. Or...if you somehow do not have the halt and reboot commands (scripts) in your /sbin, you can write: su -c "/sbin/shutdown -r now" instead. The " are required since you are passing arguments and need to separate with a space...uhm...you know what I mean, right? :-P Regards, -- -- Kuraiken - Apprentice Codecaster Python breeder --
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0
What changes are they going to be? will it just be a kernel update? is it something that is easy to update? (NEWBIE) - Original Message - From: Ripcrd6 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Probably mid to late May. May be longer if they are making serious headway on Lothar. Rip -Original Message- From: Craig Burlingame [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, May 07, 1999 7:17 AM Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Sorry if I am repeating anything that's been asked before, but I've been without e-mail for a few days. Anyway my question is this. When is Mandrake 6.0 coming out, and will there be an ISO9660 image available when it does? I appreciate any information anybody can give me in regards to this question.
[newbie] IP Forwarding
I think I may have IP forwarding turned on. But I'm not sure. Whats the best way to find out/disable it? Thanks, Jason
[newbie] Upgrading Kernal
For the person who asked about upgrading, this was in alt.os.linux.mandrake: First, you must go to /usr/src/linux directory here you must type "make config, make xconfig, or make menuconfig" If you don't have the source, you must first download it and untar it in /usr/src (the kernel) then you can configure if you have everything configured you must type "make dep" after this is finished type "make clean" and after this type "make" this takes a while. If you have done this all, you can make a bootdisk by typing "make bzdisk" Else goto linux-mandrake.com and click on the subject on the left of the page to see the official upgrade method for Mandrakers. BTW they use 2.2.3 as their example. Rip
Re: [newbie] Upgrading Kernal
Ripcrd6 wrote: For the person who asked about upgrading, this was in alt.os.linux.mandrake: First, you must go to /usr/src/linux directory here you must type "make config, make xconfig, or make menuconfig" If you don't have the source, you must first download it and untar it in /usr/src (the kernel) then you can configure if you have everything configured you must type "make dep" after this is finished type "make clean" and after this type "make" this takes a while. If you have done this all, you can make a bootdisk by typing "make bzdisk" Else goto linux-mandrake.com and click on the subject on the left of the page to see the official upgrade method for Mandrakers. BTW they use 2.2.3 as their example. Rip Some mirrors at http://www.linux-mandrake.com have the 2.2.5 kernel with the Alan Cox patch. They are all RPMs so its very easy actually. Just be sure to follow the README file. Gilbert
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0
Ripcrd6 translated his thoughts to electrons:
They are going to stay with KDE I would bet. On second thought, Lothar
won't be ready even for day-time much less prime time by the end of the
month. I looked at the pages again today and they are on ver. 0.3 or
something. Oh well. Definitely look for stuff from BeroLinux to be
integrated such as Trutype font support.
Rip
YES!!! YES!!! Im in ecstasy!!! ("estoy extático", para los que ahora sólo
hablan Español, jeje)
Working in a magazine, Truetype fonts are a necesity ("las fuentes Trutype son
necesarias")
Ripcrd6 [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] said:
Probably mid to late May. May be longer if they are making serious
headway on Lothar.
Do you believe its worth waiting? ("¿vale la pena esperar?")
I still havent got my Mandrake Festen copy ("aún no compro my copia de Mandrake
Festen")
... Im just learning Linux with the Redhat 5.1 included in the book I bought
last week.
("estoy aprendiendo Linux con el Redhat 5.1 que venía con el libro que compré)
I would be happy if MandrakeSoft waited until GNOME 1.1 was released.
GNOME
1.0 behaves like buggy beta software.
snip
It makes me appreciate the excellent job that MandrakeSoft did integrating
Red Hat 5.2 and KDE 1.1!
Yep... thats true... I WANT MY MANDRAKE (and my Lothar too!)
("Efectivamente... QUIERO MI MANDRAKE --y también mi Lotario")
Jose Alberto Abreu
Magazine Editor and Native Mexican
"¡Viva Linux!"
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Re: [newbie] Other user except root can shutdown server?
Gilbert Espinosa escribió: Stefan Dozier wrote: At 11:30 AM 5/7/99 +0800, you wrote: The fastest way for a regular user to shutdown is to press ctrl-alt-del then press the off button when the screen shows the initial boot up sequence. eg before memory check You're kidding righthehehehehehe Stefan Dozier [EMAIL PROTECTED] No, actually I saw that trick in one of the Linux Documentation. Don't know which one but it does work. Of course you can't do that if you're logged in over a network. It is found in the /etc/inittab file. It sure sounds funny though. 8^) Gilbert I thought that was the normal way to do it!!! 8 D =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Get Your Own Free Pop or Web Based Email and a 10MB Web Site for FREE at: http://www.nettaxi.com! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: [newbie] Como Hacer yo cambio el conectarse Mensaje por Linux.
¿Cómo no? Steve W. --- Jose Alberto Abreu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: hehe ¿¿Ahora todos van a hablar Español?? (is now everybody going to speak spanish???) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Get Your Own Free Pop or Web Based Email and a 10MB Web Site for FREE at: http://www.nettaxi.com! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Como Hacer yo cambio el conectarse Mensaje por Linux.
¿Cómo no? Steve W. --- Jose Alberto Abreu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: hehe ¿¿Ahora todos van a hablar Español?? (is now everybody going to speak spanish???) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Get Your Own Free Pop or Web Based Email and a 10MB Web Site for FREE at: http://www.nettaxi.com! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Como Hacer yo cambio el conectarse Mensaje por Linux.
Why not? Mandrake's site has translation for many languages except in Spanish. I respect all languages and people. I wrote them and they say that they were working in the problem and that they had a hard time finding tranlators. Yo me ofreci the voluntario (I offered myself as a volunteer). Hey there are only 300,000,000 speaking that language. Ey hay solamente300,000,000 hablando este lenguage
Re: [newbie] Voluntarios
JM escribió: Why not? Mandrake's site has translation for many languages except in Spanish. I respect all languages and people. I wrote them and they say that they were working in the problem and that they had a hard time finding tranlators. Yo me ofreci the voluntario (I offered myself as a volunteer). Hey there are only 300,000,000 speaking that language. Ey hay solamente300,000,000 hablando este lenguage True... where can I post myself as a volunteer? (¿dónde me puedo ofrecer como voluntario?) I currently work as a magazine editor and I have worked as an English-Spanish translator before. __ "I happen to be very selective about the reality I choose" -Calvin, from Waterson's "Calvin Hobbes" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Get Your Own Free Pop or Web Based Email and a 10MB Web Site for FREE at: http://www.nettaxi.com! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: [newbie] Now everyone speaks spanish!!
omaigod... Steve Winston escribió: ¿Cómo no? Steve W. --- Jose Alberto Abreu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ¿¿Ahora todos van a hablar Español?? (is now everybody going to speak spanish???) -- __ "I happen to be very selective about the reality I choose" -Calvin, from Waterson's "Calvin Hobbes" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Get Your Own Free Pop or Web Based Email and a 10MB Web Site for FREE at: http://www.nettaxi.com! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: [newbie] Now everyone speaks spanish!!
Por Dios! --- Jose Alberto Abreu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: omaigod... Steve Winston escribió: ¿Cómo no? Steve W. --- Jose Alberto Abreu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ¿¿Ahora todos van a hablar Español?? (is now everybody going to speak spanish???) -- __ "I happen to be very selective about the reality I choose" -Calvin, from Waterson's "Calvin Hobbes" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Get Your Own Free Pop or Web Based Email and a 10MB Web Site for FREE at: http://www.nettaxi.com! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Now everyone speaks spanish!!
This is a waste of bandwidth. Please post pertinate messages. - Original Message - From: Steve Winston [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 6:22 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Now everyone speaks spanish!! Por Dios! --- Jose Alberto Abreu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: omaigod... Steve Winston escribió: ¿Cómo no? Steve W. --- Jose Alberto Abreu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ¿¿Ahora todos van a hablar Español?? (is now everybody going to speak spanish???) -- __ "I happen to be very selective about the reality I choose" -Calvin, from Waterson's "Calvin Hobbes" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Get Your Own Free Pop or Web Based Email and a 10MB Web Site for FREE at: http://www.nettaxi.com! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Other user except root can shutdown server?
I used that Linux Conf to add the feature to shutdown as user but it does not seem to work so I tried doing what you suggested but that does not work either? Jeanette - Original Message - From: Stefan Dozier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 11:03 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Other user except root can shutdown server? At 06:45 AM 5/7/99 -0500, you wrote: I accomplished that feat issuing the "chmod u+s /sbin/shutdown" Now my regular user as well as root can perform system shutdown. Tried it and it does not work here Jeanette Do you have your regular setup as a member of the root group ? Stefan Dozier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0
I would like to try GNOME but can't imagine it to be better than KDE with Mandrake Jeanette - Original Message - From: Birchall, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 12:30 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Ripcrd6 [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] said: Probably mid to late May. May be longer if they are making serious headway on Lothar. I would be happy if MandrakeSoft waited until GNOME 1.1 was released. GNOME 1.0 behaves like buggy beta software. I've tried the default environment of Red Hat 6.0, GNOME/Enlightenment; it is nothing that I'd wish on us newbies. It makes me appreciate the excellent job that MandrakeSoft did integrating Red Hat 5.2 and KDE 1.1! Regards, Richard
Re: [newbie] Como Hacer yo cambio el conectarse Mensaje por Linux.
I wish I could, then I would :( Martin On Sat, 08 May 1999, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: hehe ¿¿Ahora todos van a hablar Español?? (is now everybody going to speak spanish???) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Get Your Own Free Pop or Web Based Email and a 10MB Web Site for FREE at: http://www.nettaxi.com! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- Fortune finishes the great quotations, #6 "But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks?" It's nothing, honey. Go back to sleep.
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0
Thanks for the info...did you use the official release? Gracias por la info ...Usastes la version oficial?
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0
I just hope that Mandrake 6.0 is not $79.99 Solamente espero que Mandrake 6.0 no sea $79.99
[newbie] configuring Kernal
I am extreemly new at this and I was wondering how I can configure my kernal. I tried logging onn to usr/src/linux and then typing "make xconfig" but all it say's is "no rule to make target 'menuconfig'Stop." now in every web site I have went on and every news group posting I have read states that what I am do'ing is correct, can someone please post the proper syntax for me to configure the kernal. I am running mandrake 5.3 festen with default "vannilla" settings. thank's ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lance DiBitetto
RE: [newbie]This is geeting Stupid
A person posts a message Many days ago, Yet still people are talking about it. Give it up, Drop it. It is over yet it is dead. Pardon me for posting in Spanish. Now that it is said and done drop it. James J. Capone Webmaster http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/Linux Asst. Webmaster http://www.ptm.com "The Only Person To Hear Both Sides Of A Argument Is The Guy In The Apartment Next To Yours!" On Friday, May 07, 1999 5:22 PM, Jose Alberto Abreu [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: hehe ¿¿Ahora todos van a hablar Español?? (is now everybody going to speak spanish???) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Get Your Own Free Pop or Web Based Email and a 10MB Web Site for FREE at: http://www.nettaxi.com! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: [newbie] Voluntarios
Hey, Mandrake 1.3 comes in many languages, incluiding spanish. KDE does come in spanish as well. De hecho, yo los estoy usando en espanol =) On vie, 07 may 1999, you wrote: Hum after the offer they never answered me (nunca contestaron). I guess you can e-mail them with your credentials. Escribele pronto...
[newbie] MS Linux 98 is out!!!!!!
Hi all Did you know Microsoff Linux 98 has been relased?? Don't trust me?? then check it out by yourself at www.microsoff.com/linux and you'll see. PS: Before you get a heart attack or go crazy, take a close look at the address. Don't panic :)
[newbie] about spanish posts.......
Some days ago I posted a message in spanish about a linux news site called SoloLinux (www.SoloLinux.com) in case that someone would be interested about it. Then came a couple of messages in spanish from other users, and I realyzed I wasn't the only spanish speaker here, and I answered these messages trying to help 'em. I thnik this was the beginning of all this "trouble". Sorry if I did wrong. Guillermo
