Re: [newbie] SIgh...
Martin Cleaver wrote: [...] And linuxconf (repeatedly) wants to change file permissions: owner of /spool/mqueue to root:mail permissions of /usr/sbin/pppd from 104755 to 100755 owner of /var/spool/mqueue to root:root permissions of /usr/sbin/pppd from 100755 to 104755 Very strange... This happens to me too: anything I change or add with linuxconf, it ends with this request. Anyone's got an idea why? There are now 35 rpm upgrades available from Mandrake... Can I assume that Venus was released a little too early... :-( You can, but you'd be wrong :) In my (limited) experience, Linux is changing every day, with new programs, patches, etc., so its just normal that a certain number of packages appear in the 'updates' directory; I'd rather worry if it wasn't so. Is there anyone who can put together a little faq telling us what to do with which of the 35 rpms and when? Isn't there an 'Errata' page explaining what and why upgrade? Rgds Martin Ciao -- Roberto Rosselli Del Turco e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dipartimento di Scienze[EMAIL PROTECTED] del Linguaggio Then spoke the thunder DA Universita' di Torino Datta: what have we given? (TSE) Hige sceal the heardra, heorte the cenre, mod sceal the mare, the ure maegen litlath. (Maldon 312-3)
Re: [newbie] Kernel update
Yes the 2.2.9-27 seem to resolve but I prefer to use 2.2.7 older but more stable (it' seem) --- Wilhelm Bertalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] scritto: A few days ago I installed Mandrake 6.0 on my PC and it was an almost completely painless installation, even for a newbie ;-)) However, sometimes I have a problem when shutting down - filesystems get not cleanly unmounted - which causes some delay on next startup and may (??) lead to data loss. From reading this list I understand this maybe associated with my kernel-version (2.2.9-19mdk) and I saw some newer versions in the "updates" dir. My question is: a) would updating eliminate my problem b) if yes, how to do it, i.e. which files to download and how to proceed - I suppose this could not be done from a running system?! I did my first install from hda (with some other os on it...) and Mandrake lives on hdb, booting from diskette. Any advice or FAQ out there? Regards Willy __ DO YOU YAHOO!? Il tuo indirizzo gratis e per sempre @yahoo.it su http://mail.yahoo.it
Re: [newbie] Kernel 2.2.9-27mdk
rpm -q -a | grep kernel to see what kernel parts are installed so download the new rpms with the same name (but number of verswion upgraded) and you have to download the initscripts rpm too so do that rpm -Uvh for all kernel rpms and iniscripts rpm too. After you have to tell lilo that you have changed the kernel (I don't know how because I use loadlin). In loadlin case you have to use new kernel linuz (see at /boot/linuz) to boot --- Rodrigo F Oliveira [EMAIL PROTECTED] scritto: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: I've just finished uploading the 2.2.9-27mdk kernel to updates. It should appear on the mirrors shortly. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Envelope-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: 9906141943132268300@ebb This kernel really fixes the defunct processes problem, which also caused the "umount: device is busy" problem at shutdown. LLaP bero I would like to take a look and possible install it. But I have to tell you the truth: I have no idea about how to do it. I have never done it. So, my question is simple: Where can I find a HOWTO about upgrading the kernel? Does it come in rpm format? Can it be upgraded as easily as any other software or do I have to compile it before? Another guy has the same doubts that I have. He has sent a message to the list today. best regards, Rodrigo __ DO YOU YAHOO!? Il tuo indirizzo gratis e per sempre @yahoo.it su http://mail.yahoo.it
Re: [newbie] Kernel 2.2.9-27mdk
use this command to see what are the rpm installed in your PC rpm -q -a | grep kernel --- Rodrigo F Oliveira [EMAIL PROTECTED] scritto: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: I've just finished uploading the 2.2.9-27mdk kernel to updates. It should appear on the mirrors shortly. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Envelope-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: 9906141943132268300@ebb This kernel really fixes the defunct processes problem, which also caused the "umount: device is busy" problem at shutdown. LLaP bero I am looking to the directory at ftp.informatik.hu-berlim.de/pub/Linux/distributions/Mandrake/updates/6.0/RPMS. There I can find a lot of packages. How many of them am I supose to download and in Which sequence do I have to install them? I am talking just about the new kernel. The packages related to the upgrade to kernel 2.2.9 27 mdk. beste regards, rodrigo __ DO YOU YAHOO!? Il tuo indirizzo gratis e per sempre @yahoo.it su http://mail.yahoo.it
Re: [newbie] Sound!
it's sndconfig No it isn't... that isn't there either (ever since I upgraded from 5.3 to 6 :-( Maybe it's just not in your path? Type this to see if it's where it's supposed to be: ls /usr/sbin/sndconfig It aint't there... (I did a find... and didn't.) If it's not there, install the sndconfig-0.33-2mdk.i586.rpm package from the CD or FTP site and try again. Okay! But sndconfig needs playmidi and playmidi needs libvga.so.1 and libvgagl.so.1 and where do I find those? Rgds Matyin
[newbie] Ide-scsi.o
Can someone shed some light on scsi emulation for me please ? I offered to put together a howto-type web page on recompiling the kernel to allow scsi emulation for stuff like cdroast. Before i did that i upgraded my kernel to the latest 2.2.9-27mdk. I noticed there was a module called 'ide-scsi.o' in the scsi subdirectory of the modules. So, i (wrongly perhaps) assumed that the whole idea of kernel recompilation would be unnessary. I added 'alias scsi ide-scsi' into my conf.modules, added 'hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi' to the append statement in my lilo.conf, reran lilo and rebooted. Nothing. What did i mis ?? Surely i don't need to recompile just to tell the kernel to use the precompiled module do i ?? Incidentally, if this will work, the machine that i really want to do this on has an aha152x for my zip drive - is there anything else i need to do to get the two 'scsi' adapters to co-exist. If all else fails, i'll carry on with my web page on recompiling!! Martin.
Re: [newbie] Mounting Zip Drive
Lei Tie wrote: I just installed LM 6.0 on /dev/hda6 of my computer. /dev/hda7 is linux swap and /dev/hda5 is a FAT32 logical partition which is drive D in windows 98. All these partitions, including the primary partition for windows 98 are on a fixed hard drive which is 8.4gb. This hard drive is the master drive on my primary IDE controller. Now i have an internal zip drive which is the slave drive on my primary IDE controller. So how do I mount that zip drive? What is the exact command line and filesystem type? I tried "mount -t vfat /dev/hdb /mnt/zip(the mount point i created)" But it gave me this error message saying wrong file system type, bad superblock on /dev/hdb, or too many mounted systems. Instead, i could mount one more cdrom. Well, anyway, how do I mount this zip drive?thank you :) Try to take a look at your fstab and see if you can include the following line just like this: dev/hdb /mnt/zipautosync.user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0 It worked fine to me. beste regards, rodrigo
[newbie] Please help with installation...
I am a newbie to this Linux thing. In the past I have used Win95, which I feel comfortable with, but now I'am after a better, more stable OS. For this I chose Mandrake 6.0. My problem is installation, which I have spent the past 4-5 days trying to accomplish, before I explain my problem I will give you a brief description of my system, just in case it is something obvious that's wrong: Cyrix 6x86 P150+ 32 Mb RAM 2.1 Gb HD (master) 420 Mb HD (slave) - with old Windows files on (*.doc, .etc.) Acer Acerview 33D monitor (14") Atapi 4x CD-ROM Soundblaster 16 sound card 56K clone modem Scanner Interface card HP Deskjet 690C Diamond 3D 200 PRO graphics card I think that's about it Anyway, I install virtually all of Mandrake, with a disk partition of 64Mb swap and the rest native (/) on the 2.1Gb. The 420Mb is called "/dos" with all my docs and stuff on. I then configure the rest of the OS - printer, mouse, graphics, etc After about an hour of installation, the time has come to reboot the machine, so I take out all boot media... and log in as root. This is when the problem arises. Sometimes all I get is a nice blue screen with my cross in the middle - this doesn't go anywhere, so I have to reset, which completey screws it all up and back to re-installing. Or, I can get in, change permissions for all to shutdown the machine, logout and then it crashes, so I have to reset, screwing it up again and back to re-installing. Or, finally, I can get in and shutdown and then it dies on me... What to do? It's getting a tad bring now, unfortunately!! If I have to reset, and lucky enough to get back in, then I'm offered a different "log-in Window", which doesn't allow me as many options, and I can never get the original back!! Could it be a problem with my BIOS? - I'm pretty sure it's set properly. Hardware problem? Installation problem? Should I not boot into X? A problem with me?!?!?! I think I've tried everything now. Cheers, Andy -- Andrew Weller M.Sc. Computing in Earth Sciences Dept. of Earth Sciences Keele University Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel. (+44) 01782 246883
Re: [newbie] Sound!
On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Martin Cleaver wrote: If it's not there, install the sndconfig-0.33-2mdk.i586.rpm package from the CD or FTP site and try again. Okay! But sndconfig needs playmidi and playmidi needs libvga.so.1 and libvgagl.so.1 and where do I find those? Rgds Matyin Those should be in svgalib-1.4.0-6mdk.i586.rpm , try installing that. -Tom
[newbie] HELP ME PLEASE with Mandrake 6.0 and my Iomega Internal ATAPI Zip Drive
hello, i would like to know how to get my zip drive working on my system. here is a list of the things i have done: - installed Mandrake6 on a fresh pentium pro 200mhz, 72 mb RAM, creative labs infra 1800 cd-rom, soundblaster16 sound card, generic 33.6 modem from old compaq computer, ctx 1451es monitor, generic 3 button serial mouse, at keyboard with ps/2 adapter, fic6010 motherboard, iomega internal atapi zip drive 100mb, 2.0gig samsung hard drive - during the install i was able to see the kernel detect my zip drive as "hdb": it is a slave to my hard drive - i tried to find the drive in the kde device manager (i am not sure what it is called, i just know that i could mount and unmount different drives and file systems through mount and unmount buttons) that shows which drives are mounted: did not see "hdb" or any other similar device (i was also looking for sdb possibly on account of some vague information gathered from various internet sites, deja.com, ldp, etc.) - i tried recompiling my kernel as instructed in the linux documentation project's HOWTO on the zip drive - i also followed the external link to the linuxgazette tip offered in the HOWTO: this tip said to recompile the kernel with scsi support rather than with the ide-atapi-floppy support (i did this using "make xconfig" "make dep" "make clean" "make zImage" "make modules" "make modules_install" "make zlilo") - after rebooting, i still saw the "hdb" recognized as the internal zip drive, but no scsi device detection as the tip suggested - i have recompiled the kernel about 10 times now trying to find the correct options for the detection of the drive as a scsi device that i can mount and eject disks from (the linuxgazzette tip suggested doing it this way so that one could use some "eject" utility that would keep one from damaging the drive due to improper unmounting) - i have nothing important on the system as yet, and am willing to reinstall if there is a way to do things from the installation - i have not made a mount point yet due to the fact that i couldn't find the drive anywhere i will not be upset if i am told that the fix is relatively easy, i would just like to use the programs i downloaded onto the disks i have. many thanx, michael
Re: [newbie] Video Card
--- hevnsnt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Currently I have a diamond stealth II s220 card (4meg) and I want to get a better one.. Anyone have any recomendations? -Bill Go with a tnt2 based card with 32 megs) You dont need to spend the extra 50 - 100 bucks 4 a tnt2 ultra unless your processor is about 450 or mor (I am guessing not.) Look on the web and youll see im right per4mance value) If you dont have approx 150 2 spend then just go with a tnt card (still great performance.) Egghead.com is going to have the tnt (stb velocity 4400) for 60 bucks soon EXTREME DEAL!! bye4now -XBJS _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card
Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, hevnsnt wrote: Currently I have a diamond stealth II s220 card (4meg) and I want to get a better one.. Anyone have any recomendations? Never had a problem with Matrox cards here... LLaP bero I'm currently using a TNT based card. (mainly for playing games in Win98 - but the high res and stability in X is a damned GoodThing(tm)) I am running it at 1280x1024x32bit. (in X) And it's nice. High freq - solid picture. However, for hassle free VGAs, Matrox (as Bernhard, said) is very well supported. The other one I can safely recommend if you are on a tight budget is the S3 Virge/DX based cards. Hassle free. (better hold off the Savage4 ones for now since there's no X server for it yet...IIRC, that is.) -- -- Kuraiken - Apprentice Codecaster --
Re: [newbie] Venus 6.0
On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, you wrote: We effectively had more bugs than expected in Venus. I'd just like to say that: 1/ migration to Kernel 2.2.x is really a difficult task 2/ 2.2.x Linux kernels have some bugs (2.2.x is normally a stable serie) 3/ nearly all bugs have been fixed now. The new (and I hope last!) 2.2.9 kernel is being uploaded right now. It should definitela fix the / umount problem. 4/ Mandrake 5.3-6.0 upgrade is difficult especially because KDE packages moved from /opt/kde to /usr (Red Hat has decided to do so, and we can't do anything else following them for well-known compatibility reasons) So if I'm a normal non-technical user who is using 5.3 (kernel 2.0.36) why should I get the new kernel? I downloaded all the necessary files for 2.2.5-5mdk should I take the time and install this kernel? Everything is working fine, so what would be the difference? -- Jeremy Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 21081443 "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" http://www.linux-mandrake.com
[newbie] ISA Pnp File?
Does anyone know the exact name and the exact path for ISA Plug and Play configuration file under LM 6.0? I need to configure my ISA 56k modem. Thank you.
Re: [newbie] ISA Pnp File?
I believe you have to create this file first. pnpdump /etc/isapnp.conf Does anyone know the exact name and the exact path for ISA Plug and Play configuration file under LM 6.0? I need to configure my ISA 56k modem. Thank you.
[newbie] NNTPSERVER variable, where do I put it?
Where can I set this variable so I don't have to keep typing it? Thanks... -- E-Mail: Greg Aeschliman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 17-Jun-99 Time: 12:43:24 --
[newbie] parsing error in 6.0
When I attempt to configure the my soundcard (SB-16 PnP) using sndconfig, I get a parsing error and the config has a fatal error. Any help?
