Re: [newbie] Real Audio
My presets work ok in my alpha release.. (dont have the version) but the volume is all messed up. But it is easy to fix, but next time you start it, it is messed up again. -Bill On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Jeanette Russo wrote: No problem the G2 Player seems to work right off the bat. I am glad Real is working to fix the 5.0 Players Problems with Linux. I can't wait for the G2 Final. It would be nice to have working presets. Am I the only one that has greyed presets? Jeanette Thanks, worked perfectly when I d/l the G2 one.. thanks for your help. -Bill On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Jeanette Russo wrote: Then you can try the unknown trick. Install the RedHat rpm and the Linux elf.tar file both. The problem with one fix the others Also there is a new g2 player for linux at http://www.real.com/products/player/linux.html Hope this helps Jeantte - Original Message -
RE: [newbie] command prompt
Sure. Login as root, and edit /etc/inittab. About 17 lines down, is a line: id:5:initdefault Change the 5 to a 3, and you will now boot to the init level 3, which is the command prompt. Take care. Bill -Original Message- From: Bert Bullough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 9:33 AM To: Mandrake Subject: [newbie] command prompt Hello. By default when I start Mandrake 6.0 it goes straight to the cute little logon manager. Is there a way to change this so that it will go straight to a command prompt?
RE: [newbie] command prompt
Are you talking about the logon screen with that cute ASCII graphic of Tux? If so, no, this would be the minimum screen. One of the security features of Linux is you 'must' log on and be authenticated. If you are talking about coming up with an X logon screen just edit the 'inittab' file line that reads "id:5:initdefault" to read 3 instead of 5. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bert Bullough Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 9:33 AM To: Mandrake Subject: [newbie] command prompt Hello. By default when I start Mandrake 6.0 it goes straight to the cute little logon manager. Is there a way to change this so that it will go straight to a command prompt?
[newbie] AHA1542 Scsi
Does anyone know what the options are to get an Adaptec aha1542 card running with Mandrake please (i'm running with all the default options - i/o 330, IRO 11, DMA 5) ? I know the options line is 'aha152x=0x330,11,7,1' (for instance) for an AHA1520, but i can't seem to get the 1542 working using the same method. Thanks in advance. Martin.
Re: [newbie] how does one.......
from [arglebargle@localhost]# Xconfigurator It will allow you to setup the color depth again. You will need to answer the same questions about your video card and monitor that you did at install time. It is likely that you will have to be root or superuser to do this since it writes a privileged file /etc/XF86Config Civileme Suryo Mataram wrote: Type setup in prompt Suryo Mataram. how does one change the x window system? i was told that i should change my res and color depth to help with the screen turning black. how do i go about doing this in the command promt. i am trying hard to find a site that can anwser my questions so i wont be such a nuscance :)
Re: [newbie] one more time!- dont i feel dumb- argh!
Jose Alberto Abreu wrote: On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] translated thoughts to electrons: when i type in startx :) my monitor goes blank just after the screen scrolls with some stuff. then nothing. ay! el diablo tene mi computadora! I don't fully understand it but it seems something about devils in your computer? That's a tough one that...first you need a super sharp knife, a white chicken, some brown rice...heh, just kidding. :-) No se preocupe m'ijo... teclee "xconfigurator" y exorcisele todos sus demonios... ;^) translation dont worry son... type "xconfigurator" and exorcise all the demons... /translation -- It should be "Xconfigurator" with a capital X. Also, do you know your hardware settings? Entering wrong ones can be...disastrous. You'll want to know your monitor brand and model or at least the timing info... Speaking of demons..."Inside every PC is a daemon waiting to be set free...unleash it with FreeBSD" I thought it's a nice "slogan". Err...OT, I know...been a long day. -- - Kuraiken - Python fanatic. - Python. Try it. It'll swallow you whole! -
[newbie] vmware help
Ok, I have another one.. Basically I would like http://www.vmware.com/support/vmodules.html #Fixing /usr/include/linux and /usr/include/asm explained to me in lamans terms. =) I understand what they are saying, but I dont know how to do it. Please help, and maybe I will leave you all alone for awhile. =) -Bill
No Subject
I am in the process of setting up my first linux box and have the opportunity to select a new graphics adapter. I have an STB Lightspeed 128 available which appears to give reasonable output with the SVGA server however I am unsure about the differences between the various servers. Could someone recommend one server over another (and for that matter a graphics adapter) or do I have a decent combination already. My principle usage at this time is internet browsing but anticipate the need for higher quality graphics. Thank you, Joseph Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Company Cleveland, OH
Re: [newbie] command prompt
Go to a command line shell. Type "linuxconf". Scroll down until you see "Boot Mode". You can choose text or graphical. Bert Bullough wrote: Hello. By default when I start Mandrake 6.0 it goes straight to the cute little logon manager. Is there a way to change this so that it will go straight to a command prompt?
Re: [newbie] vmware help
hevnsnt wrote: Basically I would like http://www.vmware.com/support/vmodules.html #Fixing /usr/include/linux and /usr/include/asm explained to me in lamans terms. =) I understand what they are saying, $ su Password: # cd /usr/include # rm linux # rm asm # ln -s linux /usr/src/linux/include/linux # ln -s asm /usr/src/linux/include/asm -- Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Since all the world is but a story, it were well for thee to buy the more enduring story rather than the story that is less enduring" -- The Judgment of St. Colum Cille
[newbie] System Sounds CD Player
Sorry to respond to my own post, but I did some further research concerning the system sounds...It seems that the first user to log-in gets sound, but any user thereafter that logs-in doesn't get sound. Solution: don't log in at the console more then once, or find my prior postings on the subject for detail Is there any way to fix this problem with pam? Try dev and pam packages from cooker (http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cooker) add anyone that needs sound access at all times to the audio group Well I upgraded the dev and pam packages using the cooker packages, but there was no luck...I also looked to see if there was an audio group but I didn't see one. Is there anything else I can do, or am I out of luck? Thanks in advance. djp
[newbie] Fwd: System Sounds CD Player
I spoke to soon...After upgrading the dev and pam packages and unfortunately e-mailing the list again, I checked the group definitions one more time to be sure, and lo and behold there was the 'audio' group. I entered in the members and voila, it worked! thanks to axalon for the help. djp
[newbie] Re:
Well, the best list of which server works with what has to be at www.xfree86.org. You might want to talk to some of their contributors and make specific improvenments to the driver, if you are so inclined. Michael Moore Joseph Gardner wrote: I am in the process of setting up my first linux box and have the opportunity to select a new graphics adapter. I have an STB Lightspeed 128 available which appears to give reasonable output with the SVGA server however I am unsure about the differences between the various servers. Could someone recommend one server over another (and for that matter a graphics adapter) or do I have a decent combination already. My principle usage at this time is internet browsing but anticipate the need for higher quality graphics. Thank you, Joseph Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Company Cleveland, OH
[newbie] Re:
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, you wrote: I am in the process of setting up my first linux box and have the opportunity to select a new graphics adapter. I have an STB Lightspeed 128 available which appears to give reasonable output with the SVGA server however I am unsure about the differences between the various servers. Could someone recommend one server over another (and for that matter a graphics adapter) or do I have a decent combination already. My principle usage at this time is internet browsing but anticipate the need for higher quality graphics. www.xfree86.org/cardlist.html is the site you need to visit to see if your card is supported by the current version of the FREE X-server, xf86. If it is not, you'll need to decide if you want to BUY an X-server or buy a new card.
[newbie] fstool and filesystems
Blushes deeply CAUGHT!!! I use Kedit on /etc/fstab, and I haven't lost a filesystem in a very long time. But I would NEVER advise anyone else to do that. Civileme Thanks, Doug
RE: [newbie] Re:
If you are interested in playing some of the newer games, I would recommend one of the 3DFX chip set based cards. Bill -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 12:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Joseph Gardner Subject: [newbie] Re: On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, you wrote: I am in the process of setting up my first linux box and have the opportunity to select a new graphics adapter. I have an STB Lightspeed 128 available which appears to give reasonable output with the SVGA server however I am unsure about the differences between the various servers. Could someone recommend one server over another (and for that matter a graphics adapter) or do I have a decent combination already. My principle usage at this time is internet browsing but anticipate the need for higher quality graphics. www.xfree86.org/cardlist.html is the site you need to visit to see if your card is supported by the current version of the FREE X-server, xf86. If it is not, you'll need to decide if you want to BUY an X-server or buy a new card.
Re: [newbie] now what- super newbie question....
Matthew A Stegman wrote: If you do 'ps aux' you should get a list of most every process- you can then 'kill pid' to kill any process belonging to you (or any at all, if you're root). In X, you might try Ctrl-Alt-Bkspc. That may kill the X server, depending on how locked up it is. -Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED] one quick question for you, While trying to configure a few things I've managed to lock up the terminal I'm using,x most often it seems, now how do you go about killing something from a different login/term? I've read (skimmed) through the man kill,and the ps(? running processes, still not all in memory yet) pages,and it wasn't all that clear,plus I'm primarily trying to get the system running right first,then learning the nuances afterwards,my philosophy being that if I know how to get it up and running right,it won't be so terrible if I screw it up. thanks merc. alright thanks,that's what I was looking for,had it lock up once,while I was in x,and while I had a fair idea of how to straighten it out,I only knew how to do it in x,so I was stuck. thanks.
[newbie] Old QIC-80 Tape Drive and KDat
Ok, I'm getting pretty good at this, but I found something I can't seem to find written down - How do I mount an old (at least 3 years) floppy driven QIC-80 tape drive so that I can use it under Kdat? Or is there some other program that I will have to use to back up to it? I would think I'd need an fstab entry, but I don't know what to put. Thanks everyone! Ty C. Mixon ICQ: 26147713 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No Subject
I suppose I was unclear regarding my posting earlier. I am the only person I know who has ventured into linux and therefor have no way to compare graphics adapters / monitors. I have the STB Lightspeed 128 adapter installed and it gives what I would consider reasonable performance for the time being (considering that I only have the Mandrake KDE environment and no apps. to compare it with.) I am wondering if anybody has something they would definitely recommend as a "higher end" graphics adapter (please, keep it under $200.) Regards, Joseph Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Company Cleveland, OH
Re: [newbie] icq
- Original Message - From: J Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 12:35 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] icq Yants wrote: Is it possible to run ICQ on Linux using WINE? If so, how..? There are plenty of ICQ clients for Linux. Surf on over to www.freshmeat.net and search for ICQ. -- Jeremy Mann http://manndesigns.dynip.com icq://21081443 email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you want to hang with the original, there is ICQJava from Mirabilis. It doesn't offer all of the options you get with ICQ99 in windows, but neither do the linux ICQ clones. You can register for a new UIN with ICQJava though if you don't have one. One important note, with windows, you need to create a 'conf' folder in your ICQJava directory to store your UIN and contacts; I believe you need to do the same in linux (haven't tried it yet). Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- If the cops arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent? NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] command prompt
Hi, Wouldn't it be possible to change that 3 to a 2 or a 1? Then, he wouldn't need to give a password... Or am I totally missing something? Jo Ken Wilson wrote: Are you talking about the logon screen with that cute ASCII graphic of Tux? If so, no, this would be the minimum screen. One of the security features of Linux is you 'must' log on and be authenticated. If you are talking about coming up with an X logon screen just edit the 'inittab' file line that reads "id:5:initdefault" to read 3 instead of 5. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bert Bullough Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 9:33 AM To: Mandrake Subject: [newbie] command prompt Hello. By default when I start Mandrake 6.0 it goes straight to the cute little logon manager. Is there a way to change this so that it will go straight to a command prompt?
[newbie] Re:
I have no personal experience with this but I have heard and read that the ati rage 128 works great +-$180 Joseph Gardner wrote: I suppose I was unclear regarding my posting earlier. I am the only person I know who has ventured into linux and therefor have no way to compare graphics adapters / monitors. I have the STB Lightspeed 128 adapter installed and it gives what I would consider reasonable performance for the time being (considering that I only have the Mandrake KDE environment and no apps. to compare it with.) I am wondering if anybody has something they would definitely recommend as a "higher end" graphics adapter (please, keep it under $200.) Regards, Joseph Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Company Cleveland, OH
Re: [newbie] a sad kmail story
On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Civileme wrote: Steve, Get to kmail and click on file. Choose settings. The fourth tab from the left is "Composer" It has a bullet-circle select near the bottom that says "send now/send later"... Assure that that says send now. Then, on the Misc tab, you might want to assure that you have a "Send Mail on Check" box and that it is checked. Also, try the sendmail server in the settings dialog. The SMTP often doesn't get past the first relay. Civileme If those settings are all correct, then send me a snapshot of the screen when you get the error message, and send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also check "mailq" and see if it's actualy building up, i think we have it queued at 1hour by default. And then theres your buddy /var/log/maillog, who may have a few answers for you. On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, you wrote: I notice that messages I am sending via kde mailer are piling up in the /var/whatever/ mailbox. I get signals to this effect when I sign out of Xwindows or when I have just booted up. Any ideas why, anyone? why shouldn't i be able to send mail or reply to mail? (this on yahoo, a different accoutn) Steve W _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Civileme Say: "Man who buy on leading edge learn what it is to slide down razor blade of life." "Man who buy Dual-Scan display discover new best friend in optometrist." "Man who read the fine material available make wiser decisions, much wiser after some experience."
Re: [newbie] installation problem: no enough disk space
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Jackal wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 i have amd k6/2 450 Mhz no problem so far...humming along just fine On 16-Jul-99 J Mann wrote: -- From: Chun-wah Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] installation problem: no enough disk space Date: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 1:48 PM hi I have installed mandrake 6.0 in my AMD6-2 300 PC with 64MB RAM and 4.3G hard drive. I have tried making 1004MB linux ext2 partition (for path / ) and 70MB swap: 1) by partition magic under win 98; and 2) by disk druid from empty space during installation. however, in either case, I got the following error msgs: First of all, Mandrake is optimized for INTEL chips. So it may crash or not work properly with AMD chips. Correction, Mandrake 6.0 is optimized for the i586 architechure, this includes INTEL CYRIX and AMD chips. (after choosing packages) error msg: You don't appear to have enough disk space to install the packages you've selected. you need more space on the following filesystems: Mount point space needed / 290M Try and make these partitions. / /usr /home If you ever have to reinstall again, your /home directory will be fine and won't be reformatted. Jeremy - - PGP Public Key : http://jackal.dhis.org/jackal.txt http://pgp5.ai.mit.edu/pks-commands.html ICQ # : 38756924 Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last. -- Marcus Aurelius - - -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBN47Zp9/tgTsNXrtmEQI8EACeLG1pwO11itdC8FW3pKhzbQdcAJwAn3m2 EsjIgQ0L9hGMRPP1SCinYsmC =8cMa -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[newbie] Re:
You might consider a Graphics Blaster TNT or a GB TNT2 from Creative Labs. NVidia, the chipset Manufacturer, now has an accelerated X-server you can download for free for those cards. :-) - Original Message - From: Joseph Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux-newbie (E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 4:54 PM I suppose I was unclear regarding my posting earlier. I am the only person I know who has ventured into linux and therefor have no way to compare graphics adapters / monitors. I have the STB Lightspeed 128 adapter installed and it gives what I would consider reasonable performance for the time being (considering that I only have the Mandrake KDE environment and no apps. to compare it with.) I am wondering if anybody has something they would definitely recommend as a "higher end" graphics adapter (please, keep it under $200.) Regards, Joseph Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Company Cleveland, OH
Re: [newbie] command prompt
On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, Jo wrote: Hi, Wouldn't it be possible to change that 3 to a 2 or a 1? Then, he wouldn't need to give a password... Or am I totally missing something? Jo The difference between 3 and 2, 3 has nfs 2 does not. Yes you could set the default runlevel to 1 this however isn't general usefull, only get one login, two if you background startx or something. If your looking for a runlevel to customize my choice would be 2 or 4 0 = halt 1 = single 2 = no nfs 3 = nfs 4 = umm you know i forgot, does this one even have a real purpose? 5 = XDM 6 = reboot Ken Wilson wrote: Are you talking about the logon screen with that cute ASCII graphic of Tux? If so, no, this would be the minimum screen. One of the security features of Linux is you 'must' log on and be authenticated. If you are talking about coming up with an X logon screen just edit the 'inittab' file line that reads "id:5:initdefault" to read 3 instead of 5. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bert Bullough Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 9:33 AM To: Mandrake Subject: [newbie] command prompt Hello. By default when I start Mandrake 6.0 it goes straight to the cute little logon manager. Is there a way to change this so that it will go straight to a command prompt?
Re: [newbie] Fwd: System Sounds CD Player
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, David Peerless wrote: I spoke to soon...After upgrading the dev and pam packages and unfortunately e-mailing the list again, I checked the group definitions one more time to be sure, and lo and behold there was the 'audio' group. I entered in the members and voila, it worked! thanks to axalon for the help. djp I'm sure glad i read the next message before throwing my temper tantrum. ;)
[newbie] Banshee under LM
Hello,Do someone know how I can use my banshee under Xwindows ?I was looking for drivers but I can't find it !!Thank you.
Re: [newbie] Banshee under LM
Hello, I got this link from the helpful people on this mailing list: http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/ it has what you want. Fret RB wrote: Hello, Do someone know how I can use my banshee under Xwindows ? I was looking for drivers but I can't find it !! Thank you.
Re: [newbie] command prompt
Possibly...but what's the use in running Linux if you're just going to run it in Single-User modeI don't even think you'll be allowed VTs 2+! John - Original Message - From: Jo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 6:23 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] command prompt Hi, Wouldn't it be possible to change that 3 to a 2 or a 1? Then, he wouldn't need to give a password... Or am I totally missing something?
[newbie] isdn
I need assistance in setting up a teles isdn adapter on my machine. I have LM 6.0 on 2 machines. I have Courier I-modem on one and it works with no help from me, but I really want to use the Teles. I have no idea where to start to set it up...it is installed and works with Windoze. Thanks in advance for any pointers. Ray
Re: [newbie] Configuration
Axalon wrote: Am I the only one that just got a large chunk of mail from July 7th? I've had a few older ones dribbling in, but no large chunk. -- -Paul-
[newbie] Steve the mailer half works. (fwd)
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 18:53:44 -0600 (MDT) From: Axalon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^^^Sorry, got s stupid blister.. Subject: Steve the mailer half works. Came thru, can't reply to localhost.localdomain though, and your isp has a mx covering the host you sent from not recogniseing the username. Give me your yahoo email and i'll forward the errors.
[newbie] lynx
Hello List, I am new to linux-mandrake and after a clean install when I tried to use my lynx browser from the console I get the message "Can't open temporary file! I have been using various Linux Distro's since 1992 and never had this happen with lynx before. I would appreciate any insight that anyone may be able to provide as to why this message would be encountered. Thank's Dave
[newbie]: Audio and Video Under X
Hi Folks, I'm just starting with Linux and really like what I'm seeing so far. A few questions, though: 1. I got the sound working ok, but it's really tinny, and the bass slider in the mixer doesn't seem to make much difference. Does this just mean I've got a cheesy sound card, or is it possible it's just misconfigured? I bought the machine used, and I can't tell anything about the sound card's make or model. 2. Xconfigure has done a decent job finding settings that will work, but whenever anything on screen animates (minimizing windows, sliding that tool bar thingy in and out) the screen goes kind of jittery. As soon as the animation finishes, the jitters stop too. I'm using the monitor for several other machines, and it works fine. The video is the built-in video on the Dell OptiPlex GMT5133 with 2MB of VRAM running at 1024x768 at 16 bits. How do I stop the jitters? Thanks in advance for any help! Sean McMains
Re: [newbie] Installation of LM 6.0: Best partition size
My personal recommendation for the swap file size is about 300 MB - Amount of physical memory installed Most people won't ever need more than 300 MB virtual memory, and if you do, you can still create temporary swap files. just curious...couldn't the swap file be a lot smaller since he has quite a bit of ram installed? e.g., if 512MB ram, a swap file wouldn't really be necessary, at least for a workstation setup. Tom
[newbie] Sound @ Modem
Hello All: Operating system seemed to intall fine but I cannot use my sound card (Crystal Chips) or my modem. I get a device busy message. I disabled plug-n-play from the bios before installing. ANY SUGGESTIONS...SNDCONGFIG DOES NOT CURE THE PROBLEM. --bILL Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: [newbie] lynx
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, David M. Kufta wrote: Hello List, I am new to linux-mandrake and after a clean install when I tried to use my lynx browser from the console I get the message "Can't open temporary file! I have been using various Linux Distro's since 1992 and never had this happen with lynx before. I would appreciate any insight that anyone may be able to provide as to why this message would be encountered. Thank's Dave Welcome to the list, known problem with the installer should only occur with the user created at install time, metamail's temp files have been moved to what should be a more secure location , mkdir ~/tmp chmod 700 ~/tmp
Re: [newbie]: Audio and Video Under X
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Sean McMains wrote: Hi Folks, I'm just starting with Linux and really like what I'm seeing so far. A few questions, though: 1. I got the sound working ok, but it's really tinny, and the bass slider in the mixer doesn't seem to make much difference. Does this just mean I've got a cheesy sound card, or is it possible it's just misconfigured? I bought the machine used, and I can't tell anything about the sound card's make or model. Yes, 2. Xconfigure has done a decent job finding settings that will work, but whenever anything on screen animates (minimizing windows, sliding that tool bar thingy in and out) the screen goes kind of jittery. As soon as the animation finishes, the jitters stop too. I'm using the monitor for several other machines, and it works fine. The video is the built-in video on the Dell OptiPlex GMT5133 with 2MB of VRAM running at 1024x768 at 16 bits. How do I stop the jitters? Thanks in advance for any help! Sean McMains I'm not clear what you mean by jitters, is it slowing down or is it more like bad tv reception. Judgeing from the hardware i'd lower the resolution or try a lighter windowmanager..
