Re: [newbie] I'm back..... and with a few problems......
get allt he updates - Original Message - From: Guillermo Belli [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 03, 1999 8:47 PM Subject: [newbie] I'm back. and with a few problems.. Hello everyone: I was a litle busy and didn't have time to read the messages on th list (or post some). But now I'm back at the Linux stuff. I've installed Venus and there then problems startted... I was a bit dissapointed about Mandrake 6, in my opinion it's got a lot of bugs: unmount problems at shutdown, boot errors, TT fonts didn't work, and i got two system lockups (i was impressed!!! first time my pc lcoks running linux). I reinstalled Venus several times, and problems persisted. And that update tool caused KDE to stop responding! And also some opther KDE programs did the sameIf I wanted my computer to stop responding i'll stay with M$ products :). After I manually downloaded and updated my system with fresh rpms from Mandrake some flaws dissapeared. No more boot or unmount problems. Kde also worked properly. I also got my TT fonts to work. If I configure my X server with XF86Setup I can say goodbye to TT fonts and color to the Netscape and WP8 toolbars. This doesn't happen when using Xconfigurator. Can anyone tell me why? When using Kppp i got no problems connecting to the internet.. but after i do that I can't start any other program! damn! So I used Linuxconf to start the ppp conection. And guess what. I click on terminate connection but nothing happens, and I have tu pull of the line cable from the modem to get disconnected (aggrr!!) Even after kdenetwork package update Kppp restricts me from opening any other program. Any ideas? The claimed HD optimizations doesn't seem to work. At least I dont see 'em. So I run hdparm -c1 /dev/hda to get better performance. Hmm, how can I run this command automatically every time linux starts? I also run hdparm -k1 /dev/hda but after reboot the IO transfer is set back to 16 bits. Why? (Also tried hdparm -K1 /dev/hda) That's it for now... I hope someone help me solve these peroblems, after all I love Linux, and Mandrake too, and would like to have it runnign properly. Festen was stable and trouble free. Venus is a little buggy, sort of windoze98 style (but, of course, the M$ "OS" is a real piece of crap). I would like a rock solid distribution for the next Mandrake release, as Festen was. Anyway, Venus with all it bugs is better than RH6.
Re: [newbie] I'm back..... and with a few problems......
I installed every update (incuiding the new kernel) except netscape. El Sun, 04 Jul 1999, escribiste: get allt he updates - Original Message - From: Guillermo Belli [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 03, 1999 8:47 PM Subject: [newbie] I'm back. and with a few problems.. Hello everyone: I was a litle busy and didn't have time to read the messages on th list (or post some). But now I'm back at the Linux stuff. I've installed Venus and there then problems startted... I was a bit dissapointed about Mandrake 6, in my opinion it's got a lot of bugs: unmount problems at shutdown, boot errors, TT fonts didn't work, and i got two system lockups (i was impressed!!! first time my pc lcoks running linux). I reinstalled Venus several times, and problems persisted. And that update tool caused KDE to stop responding! And also some opther KDE programs did the sameIf I wanted my computer to stop responding i'll stay with M$ products :). After I manually downloaded and updated my system with fresh rpms from Mandrake some flaws dissapeared. No more boot or unmount problems. Kde also worked properly. I also got my TT fonts to work. If I configure my X server with XF86Setup I can say goodbye to TT fonts and color to the Netscape and WP8 toolbars. This doesn't happen when using Xconfigurator. Can anyone tell me why? When using Kppp i got no problems connecting to the internet.. but after i do that I can't start any other program! damn! So I used Linuxconf to start the ppp conection. And guess what. I click on terminate connection but nothing happens, and I have tu pull of the line cable from the modem to get disconnected (aggrr!!) Even after kdenetwork package update Kppp restricts me from opening any other program. Any ideas? The claimed HD optimizations doesn't seem to work. At least I dont see 'em. So I run hdparm -c1 /dev/hda to get better performance. Hmm, how can I run this command automatically every time linux starts? I also run hdparm -k1 /dev/hda but after reboot the IO transfer is set back to 16 bits. Why? (Also tried hdparm -K1 /dev/hda) That's it for now... I hope someone help me solve these peroblems, after all I love Linux, and Mandrake too, and would like to have it runnign properly. Festen was stable and trouble free. Venus is a little buggy, sort of windoze98 style (but, of course, the M$ "OS" is a real piece of crap). I would like a rock solid distribution for the next Mandrake release, as Festen was. Anyway, Venus with all it bugs is better than RH6.
Re: [newbie] I'm back..... and with a few problems......
I'm not sure if this applies to your system, but I use the XBF server for my i740 chipset, and it places the generated xf86config file in a different location than the original one. ( under /etc/ instead of /etc/X11/ --this is from memory, so I could be wrong ) It may be worth checking to see if you have more than one xf86config file. Ben I also got my TT fonts to work. If I configure my X server with XF86Setup I can say goodbye to TT fonts and color to the Netscape and WP8 toolbars. This doesn't happen when using Xconfigurator. Can anyone tell me why?
[newbie] RE; WordPerfect Printer Driver's
I have just installed Wordperfect 8. Seems quite nice, BUT useless to me unless I can find a print driver for my BJC-600 Canon. I see Corel is up to date on the drivers I have found on there web site. List the printer but only for an older version and a dos driver to boot. Anyone have any ideas as to were this driver might be located. Or do we just install Star Office. thanks for any and all advice, ...Daryl ( a Linux wanabee)
[newbie] Config Internal Modem
Hi All,Could anyone kindly instruct me how i can config internalISA 56k modem card in order to access ISP with PPP. In windows, this modem is on COM2. But kppp always tells me the modem, which is theoretically onCOM2 also, is busy whenever i try to access it. I know for sure no application is using the modem.Or where can I find some info with regards to config internal modem card and get modem drivers?Thanks in advance.
Re: [newbie] SBLive under Mandrake 6.0
You will find a SBlive driver at http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux The driver is for 2.0.36 and 2.2.5 kernels but can be made to work using insmod -f sblive. Works flawlessly for me, bu... no midi yet :/ Just folow the manual installation procedure and use the 2.2.5 kernel module. Patrick - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 03, 1999 5:24 PM Subject: [newbie] SBLive under Mandrake 6.0 Is it possible to have a SoundblasterLive under Mandrake6.0? There is a driver for SBLive, but just for kernelversions 2.0.36 and 2.2.5. Is it possible to use these drivers, and how can this be done!? I also tried to set up a 2.2.5kernel, but it doesn´t boot properly. I think the problems are caused during the loading of the modules. Is it possible to run different kernels of different kernelversions on the same system!? Can anybody help me with this! thanks stefan
Re: [newbie] I'm back..... and with a few problems......
Yes I have an i740 too, and use XBF for it. But there is just one XF86Config and is located in /etc/X11/ El Sab, 03 Jul 1999, escribiste: I'm not sure if this applies to your system, but I use the XBF server for my i740 chipset, and it places the generated xf86config file in a different location than the original one. ( under /etc/ instead of /etc/X11/ --this is from memory, so I could be wrong ) It may be worth checking to see if you have more than one xf86config file. Ben I also got my TT fonts to work. If I configure my X server with XF86Setup I can say goodbye to TT fonts and color to the Netscape and WP8 toolbars. This doesn't happen when using Xconfigurator. Can anyone tell me why?
[newbie] Resolution, please help!
Hello, I just purchased Linux Mandrake "The Complete Operating System" v6.0 and I've had no problems installing at all, except one thing. My monitor or video card are not in the lists, I know the setting and set it up manually, but when I get into Linux's desktop the resolution is low and the desktop extends FAR off the screen and it will not allow me to pan across the desktop at all. I cannot change the resolution because I cannot see what I am doing. Please let me know how to do so, I would like it to be in at least 800x600 res and in 24bit. Please help, my cpu: PII 350MHz, 256mb ram, Creative Labs 16mb Banshee 3D video card (AGP), 17" Daytek monitor Thanks, Karl Kazan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Resolution
Go to Creative's website http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/ and download the X-server for that video card. That should help things quite a bit. As for the monitor, you'll just have to play around with the settings good luck! - Original Message - From: Fret [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 12:57 PM Subject: [newbie] Resolution Tech Support, Hello, I just purchased Linux Mandrake "The Complete Operating System" v6.0 and I've had no problems installing at all, except one thing. My monitor or video card are not in the lists, I know the setting and set it up manually, but when I get into Linux's desktop the resolution is low and the desktop extends FAR off the screen and it will not allow me to pan across the desktop at all. I cannot change the resolution because I cannot see what I am doing. Please let me know how to do so, I would like it to be in at least 800x600 res and in 24bit. Please help, my cpu: PII 350MHz, 256mb ram, Creative Labs 16mb Banshee 3D video card (AGP), 17" Daytek monitor Thanks, Karl Kazan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Resolution
Login as root , open Konsole , type in Xconfigurator , and try some different options . - Original Message - From: Fret [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 11:57 AM Subject: [newbie] Resolution Tech Support, Hello, I just purchased Linux Mandrake "The Complete Operating System" v6.0 and I've had no problems installing at all, except one thing. My monitor or video card are not in the lists, I know the setting and set it up manually, but when I get into Linux's desktop the resolution is low and the desktop extends FAR off the screen and it will not allow me to pan across the desktop at all. I cannot change the resolution because I cannot see what I am doing. Please let me know how to do so, I would like it to be in at least 800x600 res and in 24bit. Please help, my cpu: PII 350MHz, 256mb ram, Creative Labs 16mb Banshee 3D video card (AGP), 17" Daytek monitor Thanks, Karl Kazan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Resolution
On Sun, 04 Jul 1999, you wrote: Tech Support, Hello, I just purchased Linux Mandrake "The Complete Operating System" v6.0 and I've had no problems installing at all, except one thing. My monitor or video card are not in the lists, I know the setting and set it up manually, but when I get into Linux's desktop the resolution is low and the desktop extends FAR off the screen and it will not allow me to pan across the desktop at all. I cannot change the resolution because I cannot see what I am doing. Please let me know how to do so, I would like it to be in at least 800x600 res and in 24bit. Please help, When you ran Xconfigurator did you select multiple screen resolutions? If you did, to switch between them press CTRL ALT + or - . my cpu: PII 350MHz, 256mb ram, Creative Labs 16mb Banshee 3D video card (AGP), 17" Daytek monitor Linux drivers for your 3D Banshee ;) http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/ -- Jeremy Mann http://manndesigns.dynip.com icq://21081443 email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Kppp DNS
anyone having problems with Kppp and DNS entries? It connects to my ISP fine, and I've manually entered my DNS IP address, but i still cannot resolve names, even the mandrake linux site won't. However I have had a few to resolve after an extended period of time. Anyone know what I could check, or do to maybe fix this problem? TIA Michael Rich http://alphax86dev.cjb.net
Re: [newbie] Modem Setup
Try : modemtool jsm Steve Winston wrote: i think you can with linux.conf. i didn't seem to have any trouble, but I have had other problesm --- James Caldwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I heard that to setup your modem you have to go to Gnome. Could someone please tell me how to setup my modem? THanks --- James Caldwell Woodberry Forest , Virginia , 22989 --- _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] I'm back..... and with a few problems......
Try running xf86setup again. Near the end of the setup it will ask if it is ok to overwrite an existing setup file. Make a note of where the file is located. After using the XBF xf86setup I had to go in and manually setup my ttfonts path and set my default resolution. To set up ttfonts, add this line to your config file : FontPath "unix/:-1" ( I'm not looking at the file, but it should be clear where this line goes ) To set your default resolution ( for 16bpp ) add the line DefaultColorDepth 16 Under #Screen sections ( this is just a sample, salt to taste ) Monitor "Multi sync" DefaultColorDepth 16 Subsection "Display" Hope this helps, as I had the same problems just a few weeks ago, Ben Yes I have an i740 too, and use XBF for it. But there is just one XF86Config and is located in /etc/X11/ El Sab, 03 Jul 1999, escribiste: I'm not sure if this applies to your system, but I use the XBF server for my i740 chipset, and it places the generated xf86config file in a different location than the original one. ( under /etc/ instead of /etc/X11/ --this is from memory, so I could be wrong ) It may be worth checking to see if you have more than one xf86config file. Ben
[newbie] Linux license plate
Does anyone know where to get those license plates that say: Linux Free or Die Thanks, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Need help on Minicom
Verify nothing is infact useing the port "lsof /dev/ttySX" where X is the number, if nothing is remove the /var/lock/subsys/modem. try +++ in minicom this should return you to command mode enter ATH to hang up the modem. On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, John Aldrich wrote: It's sensing that DTR is "high" which is a signal that your modem is in an "online" state. You should either issue the "hang-up" command or the command "ath0" to drop the DTR signal. Chances are you have Minicom misconfigured and need to re-configure it or tell it where your modem is. - Original Message - From: Lei Tie [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 11:02 AM Subject: [newbie] Need help on Minicom When i was trying to dial using Minicom, it poped up and error message saying I was already online, log off first. Obviously i wasn't. So what does that mean? How do I fix it so Minicom will dial the entry?
Re: [newbie] Xwindows crash
Rerunning Xconfigurator should have remedied this for you. On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, Steve Winston wrote: Friday, I installed a new motherboard, and Venus seemed to accept that with no problems. But. When I tried to start my computer this a.m., it wouldn't boot into Xwindows. Instead, the screen was black. Sometimes a faint green band would appear across the top. I couldn't find the problem and finally reinstalled. Was this something stemming from the new motherboard or from some other problem? None of my linux books mention such a thing. any help is appreciated, adios, STeve _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
[newbie] mounting other drives
I just finished repartitioning my HD to accomodate both win98 and Mandrake. However, I need help mounting my floppy drive (A:) and my parallel zipdrive. And if I wanted to access files on my Win98 partition, how would I do that? I'd appreciate any help! Yants
[newbie] Temp monitor?
Does anyone know if there is a temp/cpu monitor that sits in the panel? I just did a motherboard swap and since it shows the temp in bios I thought it would be a nice addition to my desktop. -- Robert Sheskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 5788323 AIM RobertLS
Re: [newbie] mounting other drives
Add a mount point in FSTAB for the Win98 partition with the filesystem type of "vfat." This will allow you to access the partition (primarily in read-only mode.) Basically, if you don't know how, you'll create a mount point (say /mnt/win98 or maybe /mnt/dos or just /win98) and use the existing stuff in there as a pattern for how to write the partition entry. It'll probably be /dev/hda for your MSDOS/Win98 partition, btw. John - Original Message - From: Yants [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 4:47 PM Subject: [newbie] mounting other drives I just finished repartitioning my HD to accomodate both win98 and Mandrake. However, I need help mounting my floppy drive (A:) and my parallel zipdrive. And if I wanted to access files on my Win98 partition, how would I do that? I'd appreciate any help! Yants
Re: [newbie] Temp monitor?
On Sun, 04 Jul 1999, you wrote: Does anyone know if there is a temp/cpu monitor that sits in the panel? I just did a motherboard swap and since it shows the temp in bios I thought it would be a nice addition to my desktop. There are several: look for them at http://www.freshmeat.net, http://www.linuxberg.com. Or, do like we do here in the south, set a cold Pabst Blue Ribbon on th' cpu. Huh? You mean to tell me you've got a _case_ on yer computer? My ain't we fancy? Irv
Re: [newbie] Kppp DNS
On Sun, 04 Jul 1999, you wrote: anyone having problems with Kppp and DNS entries? It connects to my ISP fine, and I've manually entered my DNS IP address, but i still cannot resolve names, even the mandrake linux site won't. However I have had a few to resolve after an extended period of time. Anyone know what I could check, or do to maybe fix this problem? Well, if any of them eventually resolve, then your DNS IPs are probably correct. Find a specific IP (204.71.200.74 is www.yahoo.com) and 'ping -c10' it from the command line. That should eliminate the DNS server from the equation. If that returns in a reasonable amount of time (about 200-250 ms for me with a 56K modem connection) then the problem is likely the DNS server itself. If the ping time is long then your connection is probably poor in general and that could be line noise or a problem at your ISP. Hope that helps. ~Mike
Re: [newbie] Kppp DNS
On Sun, 04 Jul 1999, you translated thoughts to electrons: On Sun, 04 Jul 1999, you wrote: anyone having problems with Kppp and DNS entries? It connects to my ISP fine, and I've manually entered my DNS IP address, but i still cannot resolve names, even the mandrake linux site won't. However I have had a few to resolve after an extended period of time. Anyone know what I could check, or do to maybe fix this problem? Well, if any of them eventually resolve, then your DNS IPs are probably correct. Find a specific IP (204.71.200.74 is www.yahoo.com) and 'ping -c10' it from the command line. That should eliminate the DNS server from the equation. If that returns in a reasonable amount of time (about 200-250 ms for me with a 56K modem connection) then the problem is likely the DNS server itself. If the ping time is long then your connection is probably poor in general and that could be line noise or a problem at your ISP. Hope that helps. ~Mike And when it says if _cannot_ resolve? one of my users (my wife actually!) gets an error, something like "the following nameservers are unknown : yahoo.com, internic.net." etc... I got this problem (among others) when i was setting up my own user stuff about a month ago, but this was one of the problems i solved out of serendipity... :-( Could somebody help us here? (and help convince my wife that i made a sane decision getting rid of ms?) -- ___ Jose Alberto Abreu Executive Editor Plan B Mystical Enterprises ___ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Get Your Own Free Pop or Web Based Email and a 10MB Web Site for FREE at: http://www.nettaxi.com! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
[newbie] Games in this Linux distribution
Other than the demo QuakeII that comes with the boxed version of Linux, is it possible to play very many games on this OS? If not, then would using a virtual machine software like wmware enable a Mandrake Linux user to play MS-Windows based games? Richard
Re: [newbie] Games in this Linux distribution
How about games that don't require Direct X, like the Quake games, etc.? Richard At 10:51 AM 7/5/99 +0800, you wrote: nope, vmware does not support direct X :( Richard Salts [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 07/05/99 09:14:19 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Hamka B Hj Suleiman/SKO/PCSB/Petronas) Subject: [newbie] Games in this Linux distribution Other than the demo QuakeII that comes with the boxed version of Linux, is it possible to play very many games on this OS? If not, then would using a virtual machine software like wmware enable a Mandrake Linux user to play MS-Windows based games? Richard
RE: [newbie] Games in this Linux distribution
hey, that snake game that installs with KDE kina rulez. Since we have it, why would we need Quake! :) hehe I believe the Quake3 Test runs on Linux now right? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Richard Salts Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 9:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Games in this Linux distribution Other than the demo QuakeII that comes with the boxed version of Linux, is it possible to play very many games on this OS? If not, then would using a virtual machine software like wmware enable a Mandrake Linux user to play MS-Windows based games? Richard
RE: [newbie] mounting other drives
Does Mandrake 6.0 support mounting NTFS paritions? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of K-LineD Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 6:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] mounting other drives To see what's on the windows partition start a console and type: mount -t vfat /dev/hdax /whatever replace the x in hda according in what hda is your windows partition mine is in hda1 so it's mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /win98 the last part correspond to a directory where is going to be mounted the partition, so when you access that directory the partition is visible... make sure that the directory exists before mounting the partition. hope this helps.
Re: [newbie] lynx
Duh.. Thanks Wilhelm Bertalan wrote: You need to have a "tmp" dir in your home dir, then everything is ok. willy Mike Julien wrote: Does anybody know how to fix this? When in console mode.. I give the command "lynx" and the response that I get is .. "metmail: cannot open temporary folder" TIA Mike Julien
RE: [newbie] mounting other drives
Yes it includes the ntfs module On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Michael Rich wrote: Does Mandrake 6.0 support mounting NTFS paritions? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of K-LineD Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 6:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] mounting other drives To see what's on the windows partition start a console and type: mount -t vfat /dev/hdax /whatever replace the x in hda according in what hda is your windows partition mine is in hda1 so it's mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /win98 the last part correspond to a directory where is going to be mounted the partition, so when you access that directory the partition is visible... make sure that the directory exists before mounting the partition. hope this helps.
