[newbie] VMWare X Server
Is it safe to install VMWare X Server? I've got S3Trio64V+. It's said that it is accelerated and works better than the original, but I'd like to have not only manufacturer's oppinion... Thanx NoOne
Re: [newbie] zip drive
AK Isent out the file ZipZAP.kdelnk setup for /dev/hdc Here is one for hdd. It's no big deal, just right-click (button 3) the icon and open with kedit and change the /dev/hdd to whatever device your removable storage is recognized as, then save back. Remember there is a corresponding entry in fstab which had better name the same device. Civileme Civileme wrote: Item 1 Check the mode of /mnt/zip Item 2... Short file attachment for your K desktop... use /mnt/zipzap in /etc/fstab and in making your mount point directory... Don't forget as root mkdir /mnt/zipzap chmod 0777 /mnt/zipzap I set it for hdd. It could as easily be hdc, hdb, sdx, etc., depending on what sort of zip (or jaz or SPARQ or EZFLyer) you use. your fstab line is correct, except remember the mount point is /mnt/zipzap And you should have the icon once you drag zipzap_u.xpm, zipzap_m.xpm to /usr/share/icons and then drag the other file (ZipZAP.kdelnk) to your desktop. The process of writing a script file to auto copy these files to their proper locations and to do the whole thing automatically without echo is left as an exercise for the student. WEG> Joel VanderWerf wrote: Hi, I'm having trouble mounting my zip drive (100M NEC ATAPI) from an account other than root. I set up a disk with mke2fs. And here's the relevant line in /etc/fstab: /dev/hdd /mnt/zip auto sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0 Then I can mount the disk with: [root] # mount -t ext2 /dev/hdd /mnt/zip This lets me create new directories and, presumably, other things. But when I become a user, I can no longer mount: [root] $ su joel [joel] $ mount -t ext2 /dev/hdd /mnt/zip mount: only root can do that I thought that was what the "user" option in fstab was for! I even tried changing "nosuid" to "suid" Any ideas? BTW: is there any significant difference between NEC and Iomega zip drives? The invoice for my new computer says Iomega, but the installed drive is a NEC. Just wondering if I should demand a replacement TIA Joel -- Civileme Say: "One who buys on leading edge soon know feeling of slide down razor blade of life." # KDE Config File [KDE Desktop Entry] UnmountIcon=zipzap_u.xpm MountPoint=/mnt/zipzap Comment=Zip_drive Icon=zipzap_m.xpm Dev=/dev/hdc ReadOnly=0 FSType=default Type=FSDevice -- Civileme Say: "One who buys on leading edge soon know feeling of slide down razor blade of life." # KDE Config File [KDE Desktop Entry] UnmountIcon=zipzap_u.xpm MountPoint=/mnt/zipzap Comment=Zip_drive Icon=zipzap_m.xpm Dev=/dev/hdd ReadOnly=0 FSType=default Type=FSDevice
[newbie] HP Deskjet 722C
I am trying to print from Linux to an HP DeskJet 722C that is attached to a win98 machine named KB0498 and IP address of 192.168.1.3. In the Linux Print Tool, I am unsure which printer to choose. There seems to be drivers for 5xxx,6xxx, and 8xxx, but not 7xxx. I have tried most of them with no success. That is, the ASCII Test from PrintTool shows up in the Printer Queue, but never prints. Well, when I first ran the setup and did an ASCII print, I managed to get a page to the printer that consisted of a single line of text, but after that, nothing would make it out of the spooler. I see the lights on the hub blinking, and I can ping 192.168.1.3 so I know they are communicating. Now I DO have the same printer shared on my NT Server box(KB01NT, 192.168.1.1) I know, NT should at as the print server, but I've gotta be different. I have tried configuring the printer to go through the NT box to no avail, figuring that since the printer is shared, it could somehow be found. I guess what I'm trying to ask is Does anybody know if a driver is available for the HP 722C in case that is the problem, AND/OR can anyone tell from the rambling information above if I am going about this in the right way? Thanks, Bryan Moorehead Newbius Linux Ignoramus
RE: [newbie] Ethernet Question (was 10/100 Ethernet)
A hundred meters is a lot of cable (325 ft), you should not be any problem running this in a house. (if you do I'd like to talk to you about moving in - it seems you way more house than you can use G. Besides if you put a hub up in the attic then you couldn't look at those pretty blinking lights 8-). Regards, Joseph Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Company Cleveland, OH -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 3:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [newbie] Ethernet Question (was 10/100 Ethernet) I am setting up another network, and i am going to have to go way up in the attic and back down thru the floor. This means that i am going to use A LOT of wire, and thus i am concerned about poor performance. Can i buy something that will amplify the signal, or should i put another hub in the attic? jerrud application/ms-tnef
Re: [newbie] Kernel upgrade
edit /etc/lilo.cof to your new kernel in /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.1.whatever yhen rerun lilo Thats all... Kalju - Original Message - From: Ji-Haw, Foo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 1:12 PM Subject: [newbie] Kernel upgrade I have installed Mandrake with kernel 2.2.9. 9 is good, but the app. I want to use asks for 10, so I am trying to install 2.2.11 (which is the latest). However the download Mandrake sites do not come with 9 or 10. I have the non-RPM .11 kernel. I have done the make dep; make clean; make bzImage. But whenever I boot up Mandrake, it always says that it is using 2.2.9. How can I make sure? Is there something missing in my compilation (perhaps something I should do with lilo?)? regards, Foo Ji-Haw Berkom raum 6067 extension 3150 - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 12:06 PM Subject: Welcome to newbie -- Welcome to the newbie mailing list! Please save this message for future reference. Thank you. If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, you can send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following command in the body of your email message: unsubscribe newbie or from another account, besides [EMAIL PROTECTED]: unsubscribe newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you ever need to get in contact with the owner of the list, (if you have trouble unsubscribing, or have questions about the list itself) send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . This is the general rule for most mailing lists when you need to contact a human. Here's the general information for the list you've subscribed to, in case you don't already have it:
Re: [[newbie] HP Deskjet 722C]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to print from Linux to an HP DeskJet 722C that is attached to a win98 machine named KB0498 and IP address of 192.168.1.3. In the Linux Print Tool, I am unsure which printer to choose. There seems to be drivers for 5xxx,6xxx, and 8xxx, but not 7xxx. I have tried most of them with no success. That is, the ASCII Test from PrintTool shows up in the Printer Queue, but never prints. Well, when I first ran the setup and did an ASCII print, I managed to get a page to the printer that consisted of a single line of text, but after that, nothing would make it out of the spooler. I see the lights on the hub blinking, and I can ping 192.168.1.3 so I know they are communicating. Now I DO have the same printer shared on my NT Server box(KB01NT, 192.168.1.1) I know, NT should at as the print server, but I've gotta be different. I have tried configuring the printer to go through the NT box to no avail, figuring that since the printer is shared, it could somehow be found. I guess what I'm trying to ask is Does anybody know if a driver is available for the HP 722C in case that is the problem, AND/OR can anyone tell from the rambling information above if I am going about this in the right way? Thanks, Bryan Moorehead Newbius Linux Ignoramus Hi Bryan, I'm a newbie also, but I believe that your HP 722C requires windows software to work. In other words the printer equivalent of a "winmodem". One of the gurus on this list may have a work around for you, especially since you are networked with an NT box. Good Luck, Mike Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Fw: [expert] Fw: [newbie] VMWare X Server
Thanx. It appeared to be not my card. S3V == S3Virge !=S3Trio64V+. Also I don't know for sure about the original Venus release, I use Linux Mandrake 6.0 Russian Edition from IPLabs (www.iplabs.ru), but in my release X server for S3Trio is a bit buggy... It has some screen problems at 1024x768. It's advised to use RedHat6.0 version of this server instead. It's adopted for Mandrake and can be found at ftp.iplabs.ru (as said). I'm sure ftp.redhat.com as well... I didn' change it as far as I use 800x600 and it works OK. If anybody have this problem try this method. Good Luck. NoOne. NoOne wrote: Is it safe to install VMWare X Server? I've got S3Trio64V+. It's said that it is accelerated and works better than the original, but I'd like to have not only manufacturer's oppinion... Thanx NoOne Experienced no probs with it. Go ahead! Since you only have to change the symlink you can go back to the old server anytime, anyway. tom
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I am completely new to the Linux game. A couple questions. If I forgot my original login name and password but remember my second, can I use the second to change the original ID and Password? Also, How do I change the screen to where it appears smaller than a 640 x 800. Thank you, Jason Cunningham
RE: [newbie] Linux Voodoo3 Help
Hello, Everything went well with the steps below except for one part. When I do the rebuild as follows: rpm --rebuild Device3Dfx-2.2-3.src.rpm And I try to execute the following command the file isn't present in that directory. (I made sure I had the case correct in the directory names) rpm -Uvh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i386/Device3Dfx-2.2-3.i386.rpm Where is it going? Also, if I get the GUI working at 640X480 and install the src file through kpackage will it rebuild it and install it all in one shot? Just continuing my barrage of questions... Brian :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of RReed Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 5:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Voodoo3 Help Below is what Scott Worley sent me and it helped alot on the setup of my voodoo3 One extra thing.. make sure you installed vga16 server and not svga server Before you do any of this! I believe you can reconfig your linux for the vga16 server in the xconfigurator. then refer to the below instructions. Start voodoo3 installation text *** I've used the same card recently. 3dfx has a link on their site under drivers to the site http://glide.xxedgexx.com which has the RPM's you will need to download. I downloaded the following: Glide_V3-2.60-6.i386.rpm Device3Dfx-2.2-3.src.rpm This is optional but recommended XFree86_3DFX-SVGA-3.3.3-5.i386.rpm XFree86_3DFX-XF86Setup-3.3.3-5.i386.rpm I did: rpm -Uvh Glide_V3-2.60-6.i386.rpm for the next command you need the C compiler/libs to be installed rpm --rebuild Device3Dfx-2.2-3.src.rpm rpm -Uvh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i386/Device3Dfx-2.2-3.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh XFree86-SVGA-3.3.3-5.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.3-5.i386.rpm You can't use Xconfigurator to setup X anymore. Use XF86Setup. On the card page it will have the Voodoo cards listed. * End voodoo3 installation text - Original Message - From: Sengir [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie Linux Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 12:18 PM Subject: [newbie] Linux Voodoo3 Help I have found the Voodoo3 beta drivers at http://glide.xxedgexx.com/3dfxrmps_vb_glibc.html http://glide.xxedgexx.com/3dfxrmps_vb_glibc.html but find the instructions VERY cryptic. I have several years of Windows experience but none with Linux. Can anyone help me out with clear, easy to understand, step by step instructions for the newbie to install these drivers Xfree86 from the command prompt? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Brian P.S. I sent a message regarding this before and I don't think it went through the listserv. If it did and you get duplicates I apologize.
[newbie] Modem difficulties
Thus far I have figured out how to get connected to my ISP. I have setup Kppp with the DNS and everything dials up seemingly correct. But, this is where my issue is, when I attempt to use Netscape it can't look up any pages I try to access. Even when I put the IP address in directly so a domain look up isn't needed. I also have a second issue. I have a 56k V.90 Acer Modem and it can't seem to get it to connect any higher than 38600 in Linux but I get 49333 in windows. Any suggestions? Thanks to everyone, Brian P.S. Thanks to all who have helped so for with my Voodoo3 questions.
Re: [newbie] Copying with Kmail and Navigator Mail
On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, you wrote: I am running Mandrake 6.0 with Communicator 4.61 and Kmail. I assume that there should be a way to copy things to a system clipboard so that data can be copied from one application to another. However, I even have to play around to get Kmail or Navigator to copy within the applications - for instance, from a received e-mail to one that I am composing. In Kmail, I have to first make a reply to message window, select my copy from that window and then paste it to my new message window. I have to edit out the quote marks. Any suggestions? Thanks. Sure...highlight the text you want to copy (hold down left mouse button and drag) then click on EDIT | COPY and that'll copy it to the "clipboard." OR RIGHT-click on the high-lighted material and select "copy." Then, in either case, just paste the material into whatever document you want with CTL+V or the "middle" mouse button (both mouse buttons simultaneously when emulating 3-button mouse.)
Re: [newbie] Modem difficulties
On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, you wrote: Thus far I have figured out how to get connected to my ISP. I have setup Kppp with the DNS and everything dials up seemingly correct. But, this is where my issue is, when I attempt to use Netscape it can't look up any pages I try to access. Even when I put the IP address in directly so a domain look up isn't needed. I also have a second issue. I have a 56k V.90 Acer Modem and it can't seem to get it to connect any higher than 38600 in Linux but I get 49333 in windows. Any suggestions? Thanks to everyone, Brian P.S. Thanks to all who have helped so for with my Voodoo3 questions. -- Well I will address your modem speed issue since I hear some of our users complain about this quite a bit. Modems initially connect at the best speed. however windows is not always true with it. Sometimes it connects at a speed a little too high. Your modem will retrain itself to get to its maximal speed whether it be slowing down or speeding up. I would do a file transfer to see if the transfer speed is the same. If not try playing around with init strings. You'd be amazed at how many people connect at 49k and then we look at there actual speed on the terminal server and its like 40k. this used to be a big flaw in the old x2. I think v.90 is the worst thing since windows. Anyone who doesnt connect at the impossible 56,000 thinks that there isp is messed up little do they know that their is many factors that play roles in your connect speed. Regards, Gavin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ENTER.NET - "The Road to the Internet Starts Here!" (tm) (610) 437-2221 * http://www.enter.net/ * email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] nVidia TNT/TN2 Drivers
Anybody looking for TNT/TNT2 drivers for Linux go here: http://www.nvidia.com/Products.nsf/htmlmedia/software_drivers.html nVidia has developed an SVGA for their TNT/TNT2 chipset.
Re: [[newbie] HP Deskjet 722C]
On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, you wrote: Now I DO have the same printer shared on my NT Server box(KB01NT, 192.168.1.1) I know, NT should at as the print server, but I've gotta be different. I have tried configuring the printer to go through the NT box to no avail, figuring that since the printer is shared, it could somehow be found. I guess what I'm trying to ask is Does anybody know if a driver is available for the HP 722C in case that is the problem, AND/OR can anyone tell from the rambling information above if I am going about this in the right way? Thanks, Bryan Moorehead Newbius Linux Ignoramus Hi Bryan, I'm a newbie also, but I believe that your HP 722C requires windows software to work. In other words the printer equivalent of a "winmodem". One of the gurus on this list may have a work around for you, especially since you are networked with an NT box. I believe you'll have to set up SAMBA to get NT to act as the print server. I'm assuming that you haven't tried this as you don't mention it Having never configured it before, I'm not sure how to go about doing that OTOH, if you figure it out, I hope you'll send me detailsI'm looking for a good inkjet printer myself... :-) John
[newbie] Re:
On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, you wrote: %_I am completely new to the Linux game. A couple questions. If I forgot my original login name and password but remember my second, can I use the second to change the original ID and Password? No. You'll have to use a "boot" disk and a "rescue" disk (or boot to single-user mode) and change it that way. Also, How do I change the screen to where it appears smaller than a 640 x 800. Try startx -- -bpp 16 or -- -bpp 24 or -- -bpp 32 (Please note that space BEFORE the double-dashes and between the bpp and the numbers!) John
Re: [newbie] HP Deskjet 722C
Douglas Nordwall New Mexico Highlands University [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rex.nmhu.edu/~musashi On Thu, 19 Aug 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to print from Linux to an HP DeskJet 722C that is attached to a win98 machine named KB0498 and IP address of 192.168.1.3. In the Linux Print Tool, I am unsure which printer to choose. There seems to be drivers for 5xxx,6xxx, and 8xxx, but not 7xxx. I have tried most of them with no success. the postcript driver is usually a safe bet. That is, the ASCII Test from PrintTool shows up in the Printer Queue, but never prints. Well, when I first ran the setup and did an ASCII print, I managed to get a page to the printer that consisted of a single line of text, but after that, nothing would make it out of the spooler. I see the lights on the hub blinking, and I can ping 192.168.1.3 so I know they are communicating. Now I DO have the same printer shared on my NT Server box(KB01NT, 192.168.1.1) I know, NT should at as the print server, but I've gotta be different. I have tried configuring the printer to go through the NT box to no avail, figuring that since the printer is shared, it could somehow be found. I guess what I'm trying to ask is Does anybody know if a driver is available for the HP 722C in case that is the problem, AND/OR can anyone tell from the rambling information above if I am going about this in the right way? this sounds less like a printer driver problem and more like a network configuration problem, and specifically with samba. Try running smbclient with the appropraite switches (man smbclient, or just smbclient to get the help). basically, you should be able to see the printer listed when you run this smb client.. After that, try putting in a username into the printer's config (under the samba section in printtool). Thanks, Bryan Moorehead Newbius Linux Ignoramus
Re: [newbie] Modem difficulties
Douglas Nordwall New Mexico Highlands University [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rex.nmhu.edu/~musashi On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Sengir wrote: Thus far I have figured out how to get connected to my ISP. I have setup Kppp with the DNS and everything dials up seemingly correct. But, this is where my issue is, when I attempt to use Netscape it can't look up any pages I try to access. Even when I put the IP address in directly so a domain look up isn't needed. Are you behind a proxy/firewall? trying pinging an internet address. That should tell you a lot. Also. do an ifconfig and a route to make sure that you have the ppp interface up and that it has a route out. I also have a second issue. I have a 56k V.90 Acer Modem and it can't seem to get it to connect any higher than 38600 in Linux but I get 49333 in windows. Any suggestions? turn off your flow control. This one got me for a while. Thanks to everyone, Brian P.S. Thanks to all who have helped so for with my Voodoo3 questions.
Re: [newbie] HP Deskjet 722C
Select Postscript printer. Linux has only a very basic driver for the 722 (no color) which is sort-of a WINPrinter. Just use the postscript driver and let windows use its driver for the major work. On the windows machine, make sure you have shared out the printer both through the "Network Neighborhood" settings and by right-clicking the printer icon and setting it to shared. Finally, make sure you have a good copy of printtool from the Mandrake Update site, and the latest Samba. Many things, including the print script for samba and the filter routines, are broken in previous versions (including RedHat 6.0, where it began). Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to print from Linux to an HP DeskJet 722C that is attached to a win98 machine named KB0498 and IP address of 192.168.1.3. In the Linux Print Tool, I am unsure which printer to choose. There seems to be drivers for 5xxx,6xxx, and 8xxx, but not 7xxx. I have tried most of them with no success. That is, the ASCII Test from PrintTool shows up in the Printer Queue, but never prints. Well, when I first ran the setup and did an ASCII print, I managed to get a page to the printer that consisted of a single line of text, but after that, nothing would make it out of the spooler. I see the lights on the hub blinking, and I can ping 192.168.1.3 so I know they are communicating. Now I DO have the same printer shared on my NT Server box(KB01NT, 192.168.1.1) I know, NT should at as the print server, but I've gotta be different. I have tried configuring the printer to go through the NT box to no avail, figuring that since the printer is shared, it could somehow be found. I guess what I'm trying to ask is Does anybody know if a driver is available for the HP 722C in case that is the problem, AND/OR can anyone tell from the rambling information above if I am going about this in the right way? Thanks, Bryan Moorehead Newbius Linux Ignoramus -- Rejoice, the wait for Windows 2000 is over! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
Re: [newbie] zip drive
Joeltry hdd4 instead of hdd. Alan -Original Message- From: Joel VanderWerf [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 8:02 PM Subject: [newbie] zip drive Hi, I'm having trouble mounting my zip drive (100M NEC ATAPI) from an account other than root. I set up a disk with mke2fs. And here's the relevant line in /etc/fstab: /dev/hdd/mnt/zipauto sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0 Then I can mount the disk with: [root] # mount -t ext2 /dev/hdd /mnt/zip This lets me create new directories and, presumably, other things. But when I become a user, I can no longer mount: [root] $ su joel [joel] $ mount -t ext2 /dev/hdd /mnt/zip mount: only root can do that I thought that was what the "user" option in fstab was for! I even tried changing "nosuid" to "suid" Any ideas? BTW: is there any significant difference between NEC and Iomega zip drives? The invoice for my new computer says Iomega, but the installed drive is a NEC. Just wondering if I should demand a replacement TIA Joel
Re: [[newbie] HP Deskjet 722C]
If you need a good printer try any of the epson inkjets (600-800)... they freakin' rock in linux. John Aldrich wrote: On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, you wrote: Now I DO have the same printer shared on my NT Server box(KB01NT, 192.168.1.1) I know, NT should at as the print server, but I've gotta be different. I have tried configuring the printer to go through the NT box to no avail, figuring that since the printer is shared, it could somehow be found. I guess what I'm trying to ask is Does anybody know if a driver is available for the HP 722C in case that is the problem, AND/OR can anyone tell from the rambling information above if I am going about this in the right way? Thanks, Bryan Moorehead Newbius Linux Ignoramus Hi Bryan, I'm a newbie also, but I believe that your HP 722C requires windows software to work. In other words the printer equivalent of a "winmodem". One of the gurus on this list may have a work around for you, especially since you are networked with an NT box. I believe you'll have to set up SAMBA to get NT to act as the print server. I'm assuming that you haven't tried this as you don't mention it Having never configured it before, I'm not sure how to go about doing that OTOH, if you figure it out, I hope you'll send me detailsI'm looking for a good inkjet printer myself... :-) John
Re: [newbie] Not getting anywhere!!
James, don't lose the faith man. I had the same problem w/ Mandrake 5.3 and have since replaced the sound card and modem with used parts that work better in both windows and Mandrake than the old ones did. I had a power supply and a CD-ROM die on me at different times and replaced those too. Some of my hardware didn't always play nice under windows95 either. Just try to stay w/ fairly standard parts. For a modem, I went to a USR 33.6 internal w/ jumpers and on sound card I went to a Creative Sound Blaster 16 w/ half jumpers and half PnP and the PnP was still not recognized and I set it up manually in sndconfig. I tried three power supplies before one worked and switched to an ATAPI compliant CD after the 1994 Panasonic w/ proprietary interface died. If you are having trouble, but really want to try Linux just go to a local computer store and see what used parts they have available. Make sure you can return the item if it doesn't work in your system. See how much each part is going to cost you and save up for a while, it is worth it. Brian my $0.02 Well I think I am going to give up on my install of Mandrake. I cannot get it to recognize my modem or sound card. I have found out the my modem is on Com3 IRQ11 but have found no way.. even with everyones help of finding it or configuring it. As for my sound card it is found by linux when it boots.. but it aborts putting it in memory because it is sharing an IRQ with another item on the PCI bus.. which is fine in windows but not in linux I guess.. So thanks all for your help.. but this is just not hardware friendly enough for my current system. I guess if I want to run Linux I am going to have to build a specific box with all the specific hardware able to be detected and run. James
[newbie] Re:
LILO Boot: linux 1 When the system comes up [bash]# passwd root It will then ask you for the new password. Civileme Jason Cunningham wrote: I am completely new to the Linux game. A couple questions. If I forgot my original login name and password but remember mysecond, can I use the second to change the original ID and Password? Also, How do I change the screen to where it appears smaller thana 640 x 800. Thank you, Jason Cunningham -- Rejoice, the wait for Windows 2000 is over! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
Re: [[newbie] HP Deskjet 722C]
I'll post my results... good or bad. Bryan John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 08/19/99 12:18:34 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings@Allied Holdings Subject: Re: [[newbie] HP Deskjet 722C] On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, you wrote: Now I DO have the same printer shared on my NT Server box(KB01NT, 192.168.1.1) I know, NT should at as the print server, but I've gotta be different. I have tried configuring the printer to go through the NT box to no avail, figuring that since the printer is shared, it could somehow be found. I guess what I'm trying to ask is Does anybody know if a driver is available for the HP 722C in case that is the problem, AND/OR can anyone tell from the rambling information above if I am going about this in the right way? Thanks, Bryan Moorehead Newbius Linux Ignoramus Hi Bryan, I'm a newbie also, but I believe that your HP 722C requires windows software to work. In other words the printer equivalent of a "winmodem". One of the gurus on this list may have a work around for you, especially since you are networked with an NT box. I believe you'll have to set up SAMBA to get NT to act as the print server. I'm assuming that you haven't tried this as you don't mention it Having never configured it before, I'm not sure how to go about doing that OTOH, if you figure it out, I hope you'll send me detailsI'm looking for a good inkjet printer myself... :-) John
Re: [newbie] how to connect thru proxy
I set the default and I got connected and then I changed something so that now my new problem is that when I boot the eth1 is no longer mounted. any idea where i went wrong besides making any changes on a system that works g? Is there a place that tells what should be in each of the windows of network setup? like for each tab I have: TAB names: Hostname: SeaPort6 nameserver: 192.168.1.6 TAB Hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.1.6 SeaPort6 TAB interfaces: lo 127.0.0.1 none yes active eth1 192.168.1.6none yes inactive eth0 none -- this is not connected to anything yet TAB routing: x network packet forwarding default gateway 192.168.1.254 default device eth1 when i activate the eth1 above and save nothing changes On Mon, 16 Aug 1999 17:45:33 +0200 Jo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: did you set your default gateway to point to the internal network interface of the proxy? Jo Dave Reinhardt wrote: I would like to connect my Linux server thru an existing proxy Server on my intranet. BUT I can not even ping the location. I have been having problems finding instructions for setting up Linux as a server. Most instructors are for a client and dial-up access. Please point me in the right direction.. Dave Reinhardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.WoodsideDelSer.com Dave Reinhardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.WoodsideDelSer.com
Re: [newbie] Not getting anywhere!!
If your modem is a PCI or even if it is not, there is a chance (nearly a certainty if it is PCI)that it is a Winmodem which will never work under Linux. The hardware normally associated with a modem is replaced by (secret) software DLed to it. It may be that such software does not even fit the Linux security model, which keeps applications walled off from the op system core. (That's why windows has 50,000 exploits and viruses and linux laughs at such). It is possible to relocate a PnP sound card's interrupts, and it is possible to use pnpdump to build a basic isapnp.conf file, but your sound card is PCI. The rig you mention smells highly proprietary. I would hazard a guess or two at brand names from my own experience, but I see no reason to. Linux has requirements for hardware a little saner than those of Windows, and of course it doesn't support those things made to run only under windows. (Would you rather write a driver for a cheap, poorly-performing modem where all is secret or one which supports all the latest bells and whistles for which you have good hardware information, given that your time is limited and you're not getting paid for it?) Yes, it is possible to buy hardware that is distinctly unfriiendly to Linux, and I fear that is what has happened here. Civileme James Schofield wrote: Well I think I am going to give up on my install of Mandrake. I cannot get it to recognize my modem or sound card. I have found out the my modem is on Com3 IRQ11 but have found no way.. even with everyones help of finding it or configuring it. As for my sound card it is found by linux when it boots.. but it aborts putting it in memory because it is sharing an IRQ with another item on the PCI bus.. which is fine in windows but not in linux I guess.. So thanks all for your help.. but this is just not hardware friendly enough for my current system. I guess if I want to run Linux I am going to have to build a specific box with all the specific hardware able to be detected and run. James -- Rejoice, the wait for Windows 2000 is over! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
RE: [[newbie] HP Deskjet 722C]
To expand on your question (And probably state the obvious but, hey, I'm a total newbie to Linux.) I just checked out HP page since I have a 722C also and I do not see drivers to even run it locally. Do you have such drivers or are you going to print from across the network only? Just wondering, Brian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Aldrich Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 12:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [[newbie] HP Deskjet 722C] On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, you wrote: Now I DO have the same printer shared on my NT Server box(KB01NT, 192.168.1.1) I know, NT should at as the print server, but I've gotta be different. I have tried configuring the printer to go through the NT box to no avail, figuring that since the printer is shared, it could somehow be found. I guess what I'm trying to ask is Does anybody know if a driver is available for the HP 722C in case that is the problem, AND/OR can anyone tell from the rambling information above if I am going about this in the right way? Thanks, Bryan Moorehead Newbius Linux Ignoramus Hi Bryan, I'm a newbie also, but I believe that your HP 722C requires windows software to work. In other words the printer equivalent of a "winmodem". One of the gurus on this list may have a work around for you, especially since you are networked with an NT box. I believe you'll have to set up SAMBA to get NT to act as the print server. I'm assuming that you haven't tried this as you don't mention it Having never configured it before, I'm not sure how to go about doing that OTOH, if you figure it out, I hope you'll send me detailsI'm looking for a good inkjet printer myself... :-) John
[newbie] Re: password
Jason Cunningham wrote: I am completely new to the Linux game. A couple questions. If I forgot my original login name and password but remember my second, can I use the second to change the original ID and Password? Also, How do I change the screen to where it appears smaller than a 640 x 800. Thank you, Jason Cunningham Hi, Jason, Did you forget your root user password or a regular user password? If you forgot your regular user password, then you can log in as root user and run 'linuxconf' to reset a regular user password. If you forgot your root user password, I'm not sure how you can reset this. I'm sure someone else on this list will know. Good luck, Hidong
[newbie] partitioning hard drive
Does anyone know of any program that will work in dos, or win95 that I can get off the internet that will lwet me delete a linux partition??? I have an exteded partition on my system with linux on it, and I want to wipe the whole system and start over, but I can't even get it to reboot with my origional disk. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance... Nighthawk
Re: [newbie] 3-button mouse
- Original Message - From: Murray Strome [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LINUX Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 3:34 PM Subject: [newbie] 3-button mouse Thanks to several people on the list I was able to solve a KDE problem. Now I wonder if someone can help me to get my three button mouse to work properly. (It operates as a two button mouse now). When I did 'mouseconfig', it detected my serial mouse on COM1. However, I had to select which one to use. My mouse is a Matsonic Model No. ADO-101. Not knowing what to choose from the table, I picked 3-button generic (serial). I did not select "Emulate 3 button mouse" on first try, but did later. Both selections resulted in the mouse acting as a simple two button mouse (the centre button does not work, nor does pushing both buttons at once). Murray Strome The generic selection should work for most mouses. You should never select 'Emulate 3 button mouse" when you have 3 buttons. Unlike Windows, the middle/third button is not for double-clicking. In linux, when you highlight text, it is automatically copied. The middle/third button is used to paste that text. It takes a little getting used to when you are accustomed to the double-clicking function. 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] StarOffice Installation
- Original Message - From: Paul Hendrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 1:54 PM Subject: [newbie] StarOffice Instalation I bought the box set of Mandrake with StarOffice 5.1 Searching all of the CD's, the only RPMs I can seem to find is Staroff and staroffice-wrapper. None of these refers to SO 5.1. When I run the install and try typing "staroffice" to run the prog, it isn;t a recognised command. I also tried going to the directory of the program and clicking the icon, nothing happens. I know Im going wrong somewhere. When I install some RPMs, and I type the command to run them they work, some others are unrecognised commands :( Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul Hendrick Try "soffice" (no quotes, of course). While I'm at it, I have been having a problem with my StarOffice 5.1. I installed it using the /net switch. After the GUI starts installing the files, I get this error: error: invalid compressed (deflated) data for libsw516li.so I retried a few times, but still the same error, so I chose to ignore it to continue the installation. Everything seemed fine after that, even doing the user installation. The problem comes when I start StarOffice. The program loads, but when I try to start a text document, I get some error message about abnormal termination then it shuts down. I can't give the exact error there because I uninstalled the program. Does anyone have any ideas? Could this be a simple download corruption? Thanks for any help. Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- 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] Newsgroup threads
- Original Message - From: Victor Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 2:56 PM Subject: [newbie] Newsgroup threads Is there anyway to view this forum as a newsgroup with threads, rather than receiving every post as a seperate email? If so, where is it located(news server)? Victor If you are still using Windows to read the list (I am ... ugh), you can use Outlook Express, and set it to group the messages by thread. It really does save a lot of time. As far as linux goes, one of the mail readers should do the same thing (try Netscape Messenger). Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- 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] Recommended reading for would-be SysAdmin?
Have you checked out www.ugu.com ? Lot of info ranging from the UNIX general to the Linux specific. UNIX history, commands, systems administration, etc. A Unix guru from my LUG pointed me there and said to read all the basic intro stuff and then the sysadmin stuff to get a clear picture. Ugu.com is like a clearing house for links to all things Unix, but it applies to Linux too. Brian On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, you wrote: %_How about the MT books (Slackware series) "Linux System Administration" ? Well, I'm going to be running Mandrakenot Slackware. Why would I want to get a book on Slackware Just wondering
Re: [newbie] how to connect thru proxy
Hmmm, I do bel.ieve eth0 needs to be activated, even if not connected Is there some reason that eth0 is hanging? Why not use eth0 to connect to the proxy and eth1 to connect to whatever you will have in the future? Move the wire and change eth1 to eth0 in each of the panels. Civileme Dave Reinhardt wrote: I set the default and I got connected and then I changed something so that now my new problem is that when I boot the eth1 is no longer mounted. any idea where i went wrong besides making any changes on a system that works g>? Is there a place that tells what should be in each of the windows of network setup? like for each tab I have: TAB names: Hostname: SeaPort6 nameserver: 192.168.1.6 TAB Hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.1.6 SeaPort6 TAB interfaces: lo 127.0.0.1 none yes active eth1 192.168.1.6 none yes inactive eth0 none -- this is not connected to anything yet TAB routing: x network packet forwarding default gateway 192.168.1.254 default device eth1 when i activate the eth1 above and save nothing changes On Mon, 16 Aug 1999 17:45:33 +0200 Jo [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: did you set your default gateway to point to the internal network interface of the proxy? Jo Dave Reinhardt wrote: > > I would like to connect my Linux server thru an existing proxy Server > on my intranet. > BUT I can not even ping the location. > I have been having problems finding instructions for setting up Linux as > a server. Most instructors are for a client and dial-up access. > Please point me in the right direction.. > > Dave Reinhardt > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.WoodsideDelSer.com Dave Reinhardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.WoodsideDelSer.com -- Rejoice, the wait for Windows 2000 is over! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
Re: [newbie] StarOffice Installation
Have you tried the StarOffice news groups? They are fairly good. Not sure what that error is tho. Did you try downloading the latest from the site and reinstall? Just some thoughts. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 8/19/99, 11:34:30 AM, "Manny Styles" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] StarOffice Installation: [snip] Does anyone have any ideas? Could this be a simple download corruption? Thanks for any help. Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- 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] Not getting anywhere!!
Just so you all know .. I have said it before.. The modem is an ISA PNP Motorola VOICESURFER.. it is hardware.. I can run it from dos. The sound card.. well you cant get anymore brand name than Creative. Its a SB64pci James
Re: [newbie] Not getting anywhere!!
My AWE64 card was not identified properly either. I ran a report from my Win98 side on all my devices, set it to the Win98 identified DMA channels and it worked. To get a report (I am assuming you are dual boot and could be wrong) right click 'My Computer', select 'Properties', select the 'Device Manager' tab and then the 'Print' button on the bottom right. Select the 'All devices and system summary' radio button and 'OK'. This resolved an issue with both my PnP network card and my AWE64 card. I hope this helps, Wayne - Original Message - From: James Schofield [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Not getting anywhere!! Just so you all know .. I have said it before.. The modem is an ISA PNP Motorola VOICESURFER.. it is hardware.. I can run it from dos. The sound card.. well you cant get anymore brand name than Creative. Its a SB64pci James
Re: [newbie] Linux Voodoo3 Help
It said that for me too but it worked for me... And I try to execute the following command the file isn't present in that directory. (I made sure I had the case correct in the directory names) Not sure.. i did it before i went into xwin... Also, if I get the GUI working at 640X480 and install the src file through kpackage will it rebuild it and install it all in one shot? Just continuing my barrage of questions... Brian :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of RReed Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 5:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Voodoo3 Help Below is what Scott Worley sent me and it helped alot on the setup of my voodoo3 One extra thing.. make sure you installed vga16 server and not svga server Before you do any of this! I believe you can reconfig your linux for the vga16 server in the xconfigurator. then refer to the below instructions. Start voodoo3 installation text *** I've used the same card recently. 3dfx has a link on their site under drivers to the site http://glide.xxedgexx.com which has the RPM's you will need to download. I downloaded the following: Glide_V3-2.60-6.i386.rpm Device3Dfx-2.2-3.src.rpm This is optional but recommended XFree86_3DFX-SVGA-3.3.3-5.i386.rpm XFree86_3DFX-XF86Setup-3.3.3-5.i386.rpm I did: rpm -Uvh Glide_V3-2.60-6.i386.rpm for the next command you need the C compiler/libs to be installed rpm --rebuild Device3Dfx-2.2-3.src.rpm rpm -Uvh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i386/Device3Dfx-2.2-3.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh XFree86-SVGA-3.3.3-5.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.3-5.i386.rpm You can't use Xconfigurator to setup X anymore. Use XF86Setup. On the card page it will have the Voodoo cards listed. * End voodoo3 installation text - Original Message - From: Sengir [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie Linux Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 12:18 PM Subject: [newbie] Linux Voodoo3 Help I have found the Voodoo3 beta drivers at http://glide.xxedgexx.com/3dfxrmps_vb_glibc.html http://glide.xxedgexx.com/3dfxrmps_vb_glibc.html but find the instructions VERY cryptic. I have several years of Windows experience but none with Linux. Can anyone help me out with clear, easy to understand, step by step instructions for the newbie to install these drivers Xfree86 from the command prompt? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Brian P.S. I sent a message regarding this before and I don't think it went through the listserv. If it did and you get duplicates I apologize.
Re: [newbie] partitioning hard drive
fdisk the partition through windows... that how i set up my drive for linux.. straight through a lower end software like windows... - Original Message - From: Joe Brault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 11:43 AM Subject: [newbie] partitioning hard drive Does anyone know of any program that will work in dos, or win95 that I can get off the internet that will lwet me delete a linux partition??? I have an exteded partition on my system with linux on it, and I want to wipe the whole system and start over, but I can't even get it to reboot with my origional disk. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance... Nighthawk
[newbie] wierd lilo thing...
I have an interesting problem... I have totally wiped my hard drive, (thanks for all the help guys!) and I formatted it, even reinstalled DOS, but it still boots with the lilo and starts to run linux, then I get a kernel panic error. Does anyone know how to get rid of linux for good??? I wan to reinstall it, and I can't do it until all of this stuff is off... Thanks in advance for your help!!! Nighthawk
Re: [[newbie] HP Deskjet 722C]
On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, you wrote: If you need a good printer try any of the epson inkjets (600-800)... they freakin' rock in linux. Ok...I looked at the "Linux Printer Compatibiltiy" web site and was really tempted to go more to the HP side, especially since they say they're supported under DOS 3.3 and above. My thinking on that was that if they're supported by DOS 3.3, they CAN'T require any special drivers :-) I guess what HP means when they say it'll work under DOS is that it'll print black white text! :-) Do you know anything about the Apollo P-1200 Color printer? It's supposed to be an HP printer in disguise -- Apollo being a subsidiary of HP. John
Re: [newbie] StarOffice Installation
Actually, the network install is preferable also if you have more than one person using the computer. It allows most of the files to be stored in a central location, then you just have each user run setup and it will only take a little more space rather than a full installation each time. IE: Husband and wife and kids all on one Linux box (or network). But you're not allowed to use it free for business purposes. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message dated 8/19/99, 1:30:01 PM Author: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: Re: [newbie] StarOffice Installation: [snip] For setup, choose a single user install. I believe the Network Option is for many users on a network who would need individual licenses, and it must be installed on the network server by the system administrator. Try again as a Single User installation. Civileme
Re: [newbie] partitioning hard drive
On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, you wrote: Does anyone know of any program that will work in dos, or win95 that I can get off the internet that will lwet me delete a linux partition??? I have an exteded partition on my system with linux on it, and I want to wipe the whole system and start over, but I can't even get it to reboot with my origional disk. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance... Try Partition Magic??? (www.pquest.com, I think.) They should have a "trial" version there you can download. John
Re: [[newbie] Modem difficulties]
"Sengir" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thus far I have figured out how to get connected to my ISP. I have setup Kppp with the DNS and everything dials up seemingly correct. But, this is where my issue is, when I attempt to use Netscape it can't look up any pages I try to access. Even when I put the IP address in directly so a domain look up isn't needed. == Try entering "nameserver DNS#" (w/o quotes) in /etc/resolv.conf If your ISP has provided you with two numbers, you can repeat this on a second line. === I also have a second issue. I have a 56k V.90 Acer Modem and it can't seem to get it to connect any higher than 38600 in Linux but I get 49333 in windows. Any suggestions? = Not sure on this one. I get almost identical speeds either way [though I haven't booted into windows in a while ;o)] Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] wierd lilo thing...
you have to format your master boot record. Boot with a dos boot disk and type fdisk /mbr. that should clear it up Douglas Nordwall New Mexico Highlands University [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rex.nmhu.edu/~musashi On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Joe Brault wrote: I have an interesting problem... I have totally wiped my hard drive, (thanks for all the help guys!) and I formatted it, even reinstalled DOS, but it still boots with the lilo and starts to run linux, then I get a kernel panic error. Does anyone know how to get rid of linux for good??? I wan to reinstall it, and I can't do it until all of this stuff is off... Thanks in advance for your help!!! Nighthawk
Re: [newbie] Linux Voodoo3 Help
On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Steve Philp wrote: Sengir wrote: Hello, Everything went well with the steps below except for one part. When I do the rebuild as follows: rpm --rebuild Device3Dfx-2.2-3.src.rpm And I try to execute the following command the file isn't present in that directory. (I made sure I had the case correct in the directory names) rpm -Uvh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i386/Device3Dfx-2.2-3.i386.rpm Where is it going? Also, if I get the GUI working at 640X480 and install the src file through kpackage will it rebuild it and install it all in one shot? Just continuing my barrage of questions... Brian :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of RReed Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 5:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Voodoo3 Help Below is what Scott Worley sent me and it helped alot on the setup of my voodoo3 One extra thing.. make sure you installed vga16 server and not svga server Before you do any of this! I believe you can reconfig your linux for the vga16 server in the xconfigurator. then refer to the below instructions. Start voodoo3 installation text *** I've used the same card recently. 3dfx has a link on their site under drivers to the site http://glide.xxedgexx.com which has the RPM's you will need to download. I downloaded the following: Glide_V3-2.60-6.i386.rpm Device3Dfx-2.2-3.src.rpm This is optional but recommended XFree86_3DFX-SVGA-3.3.3-5.i386.rpm XFree86_3DFX-XF86Setup-3.3.3-5.i386.rpm I did: rpm -Uvh Glide_V3-2.60-6.i386.rpm for the next command you need the C compiler/libs to be installed rpm --rebuild Device3Dfx-2.2-3.src.rpm rpm -Uvh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i386/Device3Dfx-2.2-3.i386.rpm That should be: rpm -Uvh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/Device*.rpm Just watch for wrote: /usr/src/something it's right at the end give or take 5 lines -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] partitioning hard drive
you can find a stripped down version of Partition Magic 4 that works in DOS. get it at http://sites.netscape.net/memo81/archivos El jue, 19 ago 1999, escribiste: Does anyone know of any program that will work in dos, or win95 that I can get off the internet that will lwet me delete a linux partition??? I have an exteded partition on my system with linux on it, and I want to wipe the whole system and start over, but I can't even get it to reboot with my origional disk. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance... Nighthawk
[newbie] How do I get Bootmagic to see Linux Partition
My problem:Bootmagic only displays the win98 partition. Here's what I've done:I used partition magic to make room for linux along side win98. Then I used Disk-Druid during the installation process to make additional partitions over the linux-native partition created by partition magic. Also along the way, the linux installation process asked to format the new partitions and I chose yes. Question:How do I get bootmagic to display both the win98 and linux partition? Sincerely, Sevatio
[newbie] Sound permissions SLab
I have been using Linux successfully with sound for some time now. However I have recently tried a couple of things and now sound has gone haywire. I have done the following... 1) Setup a specific user account for playing Civilisation-CTP. Don't ask me why, it just seemed like a good idea at the time. 2) I have tried installing and using SLab 3.01 hard disk recording system. I've played around with it a bit, but as yet have not actually recorded anything. I first noticed problems when I tried playing Civ - CTP under another user account. There was no sound. On further investigation I found that access to kmix was refused, as was access to the device for playing wav files and midi files (these previously did work). Having a look at the permissions on /dev/audio and /dev/mixer I found that they had r/w permission for my Civilisation user account only (I don't recall changing any permissions). I have changed this so that all users have r/w access (chmod 666) however I'm still left with the following problem. My Civisation user account works fine. All other user accounts can play cd's without a problem but cannot play wav or midi files (Civ-CTP has no sound). Cannot open output device error messages appear. Root works fine. What devices and permissions must I configure so that all users can operate sound. I am using a single AWE64 card. Will re-running sndconfig help at all (I haven't tried this yet). One last question - does anyone out there use SLab, and can you give me any assistance in setting up the programme? Aaron
[newbie] Root instability
I have noticed that when using the root account KDE seems to crash with an alarming regularity. I have noticed this when copying files and directories, right clicking on items in the /dev directory and a few other things. What happens is the icons on screen go black and all kfm windows stop working. The panel works in a strange way. You can launch programmes from the K button - so long as it doesn't involve opening a kfm directory (eg using Disk NAvigator). OPening terminals works fine. No programs can be launched directly off the panel, though you are still able to change desktops. Logging out and relogging in as root yields a desktop without icons, and the same problems involving launching programs. The only way to solve the problem, that I have found, is to reboot. When logging back in as root there is a 0k sized core dump, which I delete. This has only ever occurred when running in root. Does anyone else ever have this problem or have any idea what the cause is? I have tried using the kfm(super-user) to perform root operations from user accounts, however after entering the password the programme crashes without giving any kind of error message. Has anyone had this problem? Thanks Aaron
[newbie] Linux compatible Modem and sound card WILL NOT work under Linux. Why???
My modem and sound card WILL NOT work in Linux. I have reset the bios which made everything get new IRQ addresses and such. But that just don't seem to work. I still can NOT get Linux-Mandrake fully installed. I can not seem to get the modem working after setting up the sound card. I just don't understand it. The modem works very good untill the sound card is configured under SETUP. Once the sound card is setup. The modem seems to get less dominant and stops working. Here is what I get when I type "isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf" [root@localhost /root]# isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf Board 1 has Identity 53 00 1e 1a 58 28 00 8c 0e: CTL0028 Serial No 1972824 [checksum 53] Board 2 has Identity 8b d2 b1 bd ab 31 30 72 56: USR3031 Serial No 3534863787 [checksum 8b] /etc/isapnp.conf:46 -- Fatal - resource conflict allocating IRQ5 (see /proc/interrupts) /etc/isapnp.conf:46 -- Fatal - Error occurred executing request 'IRQ 5' --- further action aborted [root@localhost /root]# One of the errors say "see /proc/interrupts". Well, the /proc/interrupts file is size zero and contains no data. Now what? My BIOS says that my modem is at IRQ 11 on COM 3 (ttyS2). Well, when I boot the computer, Linux puts out a line durring bootup that says... ttyS2 at 0X3E8 (IRQ=4) is a 16550A I don't understand how this can be possible. How can the Linux operating system see the modem at "IRQ 4" when the bios says it is at IRQ 11. The settings in Windows 98 even say that the modem is operating at IRQ 11. The bios also says that the sound card is set to operate at IRQ 5. So how could there be a resource conflict? If there is a resource conflict, why doesn't it get reported when I run Windows 98? Windows 98 says that the sound card is running on IRQ 5. That jives exactly with the bios. Windows 98 runs VERY smooth. LINUX is like a rough and rocky road. Is Linux-Mandrake 6.0 trying to invent its own bios and environment? What MUST I do to fix this mess? What information can I provide to help fix this thing? I am writing to MandrakeSoft and they are VERY slow at responding. Modem: Sportster 56K internal PnP Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 PnP. Postman
Re: [newbie] Networking
If I understand you correctly, you have a P90 linux box and it has a modem to an ISP while you have Ethernet connections between the computers. Well, define your gateway device as ppp0, and leave gateway address blank No real reason to set up dhcp with so few machines. Make your Linux box look at eth0 as 10.0.0.1 On your windows box Right Click Network Neighborhood Click TCP/IP and select "properties" Give it the IP address 10.0.0.2 Tell it the gateway is 10.0.0.1 Disable WINS reolution Type in the IPs of the DNS servers your ISP gave you after you ENABLE DNS and put in the hostname of your linux box. If your ISP didn't give you any, run a traceroute to, say, 195.186.30.244 and pick stuff six or seven hops from you, likely to be near the internet backbone and put THOSEIP numbers in your DNS list. Then take a browse to http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/IPCHAINS-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1 And those instructions should make everything work, provided you have set up Kppp properly for your modem If you want to get fancy... Make this file, or one similar to it #!/bin/sh ipchains -P forward DENY ipchains -A forward -i ppp0 -j MASQ echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward and Save it in the appropriate /etc/rc.d/ directory or Save it to your home directory, chmod to make it executable and drag it to the Autostart folder on the K desktop. After all of that, your windows machine should be able to access the internet with little to no protection from all the exploits out there. Since you have the URL to look at ipchains, read on and discover how to protect it better and maybe eliminate some of the annoyances from imgis.com and doubleclick.net from that important resource. Good luck Civileme Paul Hendrick wrote: Hello, Does anyone know how I culd solve this problem, or provide the URL with a guide, or a better solution? "I've just picked up a New Machine and a Ethernet Hub (100Mb/sec) Netgear FE-104 as well as two PCI Network cards with it (Both Netgear 100 Mb/sec) and wanted to turn my P90 into pure Linux box to use as a Dialup machine and a Host for my MUD's Development site so I code offline.. The other machine is Win(ahem)dows as It's more or less a game's machiine.. What I'm having trouble with is the actual networking to get TCP/IP connection outside from the Windows machine.. I've been told to use Squid but other then that nothing.. And Squid being a bitch to work with.. Was wondering if you knew of a better way or a Guide for SQUID" Best regards, Paul mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Rejoice, the wait for Windows 2000 is over! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
Re: [newbie] Copying with Kmail and Navigator Mail
Sure...highlight the text you want to copy (hold down left mouse button and drag) then click on EDIT | COPY and that'll copy it to the "clipboard." OR RIGHT-click on the high-lighted material and select "copy." Then, in either case, just paste the material into whatever document you want with CTL+V or the "middle" mouse button (both mouse buttons simultaneously when emulating 3-button mouse.) Thanks for your help! -- Art Rowe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] How do I get Bootmagic to see Linux Partition
Hi Sevatio. Just go the BootMagic Configuration utility in the Start Menu, click on Add, and select Linux. You may want to select the advanced button and choose the partition (root) where you installed Lilo, although that shouldn't be necessary. - Original Message - From: Sevatio Octavio To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 8:41 PM Subject: [newbie] How do I get Bootmagic to see Linux Partition My problem:Bootmagic only displays the win98 partition. Here's what I've done:I used partition magic to make room for linux along side win98. Then I used Disk-Druid during the installation process to make additional partitions over the linux-native partition created by partition magic. Also along the way, the linux installation process asked to format the new partitions and I chose yes. Question:How do I get bootmagic to display both the win98 and linux partition? Sincerely, Sevatio
Re: [[newbie] HP Deskjet 722C]
And, further, go to http://www.httptech.com/ppa/ The driver works for files output by ghostscript and makes the files to be sent to the printer. It uses what HPcalls "Performance Printing Architecture", a system that puts more of the calculation for printing on the CPU and allows the printer to have les hardware. HPdeveloped drivers for Windows, and left it at that. They ALSO decided that they would keep the protocols secret. What is displayed on this web page is what someone could intuit from looking at the files sent to the printer, and it works for the 720 (710), 820, and 1000 series in BW if you also use the ghostscript filter and you have the printer direct connected to the linux machine. This case is different, since NTknows how to handle the printer and also what to do with incoming files bound for the printer Civileme Civileme wrote: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor is where you will find additional links for the HP722C. It works only BW. Civileme Sengir wrote: To expand on your question (And probably state the obvious but, hey, I'm a total newbie to Linux.) I just checked out HP page since I have a 722C also and I do not see drivers to even run it locally. Do you have such drivers or are you going to print from across the network only? Just wondering, Brian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Aldrich Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 12:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [[newbie] HP Deskjet 722C] On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, you wrote: >Now I DO have the same printer shared on my NT Server > box(KB01NT, 192.168.1.1) I know, NT should at as the print server, but I've > gotta be different. I have tried configuring the printer to go through the > NT box to no avail, figuring that since the printer is >shared, it could somehow be found. I guess what I'm trying to ask is Does anybody know if a driver > is available for the HP 722C in case that is the problem, AND/OR can anyone tell > from the rambling information above if I am going about this in the right > way? > > Thanks, > Bryan Moorehead > > Newbius Linux Ignoramus > > Hi Bryan, > I'm a newbie also, but I believe that your HP 722C requires windows > software to work. In other words the printer equivalent of a "winmodem". One > of the gurus on this list may have a work around for you, especially since you > are networked with an NT box. > I believe you'll have to set up SAMBA to get NT to act as the print server. I'm assuming that you haven't tried this as you don't mention it Having never configured it before, I'm not sure how to go about doing that OTOH, if you figure it out, I hope you'll send me detailsI'm looking for a good inkjet printer myself... :-) John -- Rejoice, the wait for Windows 2000 is over! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/ -- Rejoice, the wait for Windows 2000 is over! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
Re: [newbie] Not getting anywhere!!
My sentiments exactly. I finally got my video configuration to go 1024x768 but the menus [for the most part] are black on black. This makes it just a tad difficult to read. Original Message Follows Well I think I am going to give up on my install of Mandrake. I cannot get it to recognize my modem or sound card. I have found out the my modem is on Com3 IRQ11 but have found no way.. even with everyones help of finding it or configuring it. As for my sound card it is found by linux when it boots.. but it aborts putting it in memory because it is sharing an IRQ with another item on the PCI bus.. which is fine in windows but not in linux I guess.. So thanks all for your help.. but this is just not hardware friendly enough for my current system. I guess if I want to run Linux I am going to have to build a specific box with all the specific hardware able to be detected and run. James ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
Re: [newbie] How do I get Bootmagic to see Linux Partition
OOPS! Sorry Sevatio, forget that last reply. Just re-read your message and I believe your problem has to do with Boot Magic not being able to see the partitions you re-created with Disk Druid. You're gonna have to delete all the Linux partitions with Partition Magic, and then re-create and format them. Then re-install with Druid and simply edit each partition to set the mount points, don't do any further partitioning! You can format them again if you wish to be sure the filesystem's ok. Be sure to install LILO in the root partition and not the MBR, and set it to boot only Linux. Hope this solves your problem! - Original Message - From: Sevatio Octavio To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 8:41 PM Subject: [newbie] How do I get Bootmagic to see Linux Partition My problem:Bootmagic only displays the win98 partition. Here's what I've done:I used partition magic to make room for linux along side win98. Then I used Disk-Druid during the installation process to make additional partitions over the linux-native partition created by partition magic. Also along the way, the linux installation process asked to format the new partitions and I chose yes. Question:How do I get bootmagic to display both the win98 and linux partition? Sincerely, Sevatio
Re: [newbie] wierd lilo thing...
From DOS disk, run "FDISK /MBR" (minus quotes) John - Original Message - From: Joe Brault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 5:03 PM Subject: [newbie] wierd lilo thing... I have an interesting problem... I have totally wiped my hard drive, (thanks for all the help guys!) and I formatted it, even reinstalled DOS, but it still boots with the lilo and starts to run linux, then I get a kernel panic error. Does anyone know how to get rid of linux for good??? I wan to reinstall it, and I can't do it until all of this stuff is off... Thanks in advance for your help!!! Nighthawk
Re: [[newbie] Modem difficulties]
- Original Message - From: Michael Scottaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 5:13 PM Subject: Re: [[newbie] Modem difficulties] I also have a second issue. I have a 56k V.90 Acer Modem and it can't seem to get it to connect any higher than 38600 in Linux but I get 49333 in windows. Any suggestions? = Not sure on this one. I get almost identical speeds either way [though I haven't booted into windows in a while ;o)] Windows has a bad habit of lying about it's true connect speed...it reports the MAXIMUM connect speed and you modem often retrains BACK down to a more stable speed. John
[newbie] lnx4win problems...
Two days ago, I downloaded the mandrake60-2 iso image, figuring that it'd be interesting to play with it. Since I don't want to do anything to my existing 5.3 installation, though (and also since I'm actually installing it on a work computer), I tried installing it using lnx4win. The installation itself went normally, if a bit slowly, with no errors reported. However, when I tried starting the system, I got lots of errors of the form, "kernel-module version mismatch. ..was compiled for kernel version 2.2.9-19mdk while this kernel is version 2.2.9-27mdk." The affected modules seem to be loop.o, fat.o, and vfat.o (though each is listed twice, once in /boot and once in /boot and /boot/modules). The modules in /boot are compiled for 2.2.5-14BOOT; the others are compiled for 2.2.9-19mdk. It would seem to me that modules from one 2.2.9 build should work as well as modules for another, but this apparently is not the case. I don't have any other Linux installation on this computer. What can I do to get this one to boot with lnx4win?
Re: [newbie] Modem difficulties
I'm sorry Gavin but as one that just left a position as technical support for a medium sized ISP after almost 2 years, I can say that most of my customers are smart enough to not expect that mythical 56K speed. For the most part, we're aware that the speed is multidependent in that it comes close to the restrictions on DSL connects. Things like number of pairs in any given cable, the ambient temperature around those pairs and the possibility of noise from outside influences including the number of birds sitting on any given cable and how many of their toes are touching the wires. They would, however, like to achieve at least 33.6K or at least the average 40K connect speeds. Also, you *nix guys that seem to have nothing but bad things to say about Windows are slowly realizing what some of us are finding out about *nix in a more pronounced way. Obviously these vendors, such as Diamond and others, that refuse to write drivers for *nix must know something that we don't. Somebody once commented about the plug 'n play capabilities of Windows. I'm finding that it's even less pronounced in *nix. So, quitcherbeleakin. Some of us don't really care how to make a watch. We just want to know what time it is. So, forget all these .config files we seem to have to manually edit with wonderful devices such as VI. [BLEAH!!] When you can make a version of this Linux, whether it be Red Hat or Mandrake, that's better at plug 'n play than Windows, maybe more of us will start using it on a more pronounced basis. It's starting to sound like the OS/2 wars we used to get into years ago. Then, let's not forget about CP/M even a few more years ago that I owned 3 different copies of that were totally incompatible with each other. Forget the competition. [Oh yeah, I'm leaving my position as technical support because of an acquisition and a merger. Not because of anything I did.] Original Message Follows On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, you wrote: You'd be amazed at how many people connect at 49k and then we look at there actual speed on the terminal server and its like 40k. this used to be a big flaw in the old x2. I think v.90 is the worst thing since windows. Anyone who doesnt connect at the impossible 56,000 thinks that there isp is messed up little do they know that their is many factors that play roles in your connect speed. Regards, Gavin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ENTER.NET - "The Road to the Internet Starts Here!" (tm) (610) 437-2221 * http://www.enter.net/ * email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
[newbie] Can't connect!!!!
I want to connect to the Internet through linux but im not quit sure how to go about it, Im e-mailing the list from windows right now. Im connected to the internet through @home. I have an Ethernet card (obviously :-) I would like to now exactly what I should do to connect. I know this much configuring it is would probably done through linuxconf . If you know how to do this step by step. Please reply to this letter. I appreciate any replies! Thank you Jerome [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Stoopid Newbie SLRN question
Hi there, Im trying to get slrn working. Form the konsole, I do: "slrn" ENTER I get: "Reading startup file /usr/lib/slrn/slrn/rc. You need to set the NNTPSERVER environment variable to your server name. Example (csh):setenv NNTPSERVER my.news.server slrn fatal error: Unable to select server/post object." My ISPs news server is news.btinternet.com, so what command to I use to set up the NNTP server? :( I miss MP Gravity Also, is there a dialer that supports the CHAP protocol, which will auto dial/redial and display my connection speed and IP? Kppp only seems to show the port speed. -- Cheers, Paul Hendrick
Re: [newbie] Modem difficulties
From: Rick Fry [EMAIL PROTECTED] more pronounced way. Obviously these vendors, such as Diamond and others, that refuse to write drivers for *nix must know something that we don't. And what, do you think, would that be? I can tell you one thing that we all know: there are more Windows users than there are Linux users (duh!). So, where will Diamond's efforts most efficiently be invested? In Windows development, so that a given amount of effort will have the greatest return. They may or may not be right, but I expect that's their motivation. In any case, I'd be willing to bet that it has nothing to do with the capabilities of the OS. it is. So, forget all these .config files we seem to have to manually edit with wonderful devices such as VI. [BLEAH!!] You know, there _are_ more intuitive editors out there--lots of them, in fact. I like pico, but kedit is pretty good as well. Of course, there aren't that many cases any more where you _have_ to manually edit the .conf files, as software like linuxconf and others tend to work as well. Also, I guess this means you've never had to hack the Windows registry? When you can make a version of this Linux, whether it be Red Hat or Mandrake, that's better at plug 'n play than Windows, maybe more of us will start using it on a more pronounced basis. "So, quitcherbeleakin" yourself. Linux is getting much better at PnP, though it admittedly isn't to the level of Windows yet. Windows isn't anywhere near the level of the Mac, either, so why are you holding Windows out as the holy grail of PnP?
Re: [newbie] How do I get Bootmagic to see Linux Partition
Thanks! Why do you think Bootmagic does not show Linux as one of the options before having to use the Advanced option? Sevatio -Original Message-From: Randolph Way [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Thursday, August 19, 1999 7:24 PMSubject: Re: [newbie] How do I get Bootmagic to see Linux Partition Hi Sevatio. Just go the BootMagic Configuration utility in the Start Menu, click on Add, and select Linux. You may want to select the advanced button and choose the partition (root) where you installed Lilo, although that shouldn't be necessary. - Original Message - From: Sevatio Octavio To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 8:41 PM Subject: [newbie] How do I get Bootmagic to see Linux Partition My problem:Bootmagic only displays the win98 partition. Here's what I've done:I used partition magic to make room for linux along side win98. Then I used Disk-Druid during the installation process to make additional partitions over the linux-native partition created by partition magic. Also along the way, the linux installation process asked to format the new partitions and I chose yes. Question:How do I get bootmagic to display both the win98 and linux partition? Sincerely, Sevatio
Re: [newbie] Changing the default X windows color depth.
Steve Spiller wrote: You need to edit /etc/x11/XF86Config. Towards the end you will see something like Section "Screen" Driver "Accel" Device "Primary Card" Monitor ... so on and so forth.. Look for the line DefaultColorDepth 8 Change it to 16.. Save it.. Shutdown, reboot. You should only need to reboot if you run a graphical login - otherwise exit X, then restart X. The settings take effect the next time X starts. Even if you're running the graphical login, a Control-Alt-Backspace will restart the X server with the new settings. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corp. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Networking
Paul Hendrick wrote: Hello, Does anyone know how I culd solve this problem, or provide the URL with a guide, or a better solution? "I've just picked up a New Machine and a Ethernet Hub (100Mb/sec) Netgear FE-104 as well as two PCI Network cards with it (Both Netgear 100 Mb/sec) and wanted to turn my P90 into pure Linux box to use as a Dialup machine and a Host for my MUD's Development site so I code offline.. The other machine is Win(ahem)dows as It's more or less a game's machiine.. What I'm having trouble with is the actual networking to get TCP/IP connection outside from the Windows machine.. I've been told to use Squid but other then that nothing.. And Squid being a bitch to work with.. Was wondering if you knew of a better way or a Guide for SQUID" rpm -Uvh squid-whatever /etc/rc.d/init.d/squid start Then go to the Windows machine, open Internet Explorer, goto View, Options, click on the Connection tab and goto the Proxy setup. Enter the IP number of your Linux box and port 3128. If you haven't already setup your TCP/IP properties, you'll need to do that also. Just make sure that the Linux machine and the Windows machine both show on the same network and all should be fine. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corp. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Motherboard question
I was wondering if anybody else is using the Abit BH6 motherboard. I am having a problem with Linux where the mouse works fine in the console (text only, not in Xwin) and then when I start Xwin my mouse craps out and just jumps around all over the screen. I have tried stopping the GPM service and then restarting Xwin and that doesn't help, I have also tried different mouse protocols. BTW, the mouse is a PS/2 Generic Mouse (intellimouse clone). I have another linux box with Mandrake on it and the mouse works fine on that one, so I was wondering if it may be the motherboard, this is a new machine.
RE: [newbie] Not getting anywhere!!
I had a similar video configuration problem. The default setting Xconfigurator was choosing was giving a black screen with blackish icons (I think that means that the refresh rates don't synch). My problem was solved by manually choosing my display settings in Xconfigurator. Another thing I tried is reducing the type of monitor to one not quite so good (in custom monitor section). My monitor, being on the cheaper end of the scale does not work well at its maximum settings. By reducing the setting the picture quality improved considerably. I suffered similar problems using my hardware with Windows 95. My monitor does not perform well at its maximum refresh rates etc and I have terrible problems under Win95 with my AWE64 soundcard. If the soundcard is enabled in the device manager, Windows will not boot. I have to boot with the soundcard disabled and then manually turn on the soundcard using Device tab - a real pain in the arse if you forget to turn it off at the end of the session (Windows crashes on startup, reboot into safe mode, turn soundcard off, reboot again). I might have problems with sound permissions with my Linux box, but at least the card makes noise! -Original Message- From: Rick Fry [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, 20 August 1999 9:43 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Not getting anywhere!! My sentiments exactly. I finally got my video configuration to go 1024x768 but the menus [for the most part] are black on black. This makes it just a tad difficult to read. Original Message Follows Well I think I am going to give up on my install of Mandrake. I cannot get it to recognize my modem or sound card. I have found out the my modem is on Com3 IRQ11 but have found no way.. even with everyones help of finding it or configuring it. As for my sound card it is found by linux when it boots.. but it aborts putting it in memory because it is sharing an IRQ with another item on the PCI bus.. which is fine in windows but not in linux I guess.. So thanks all for your help.. but this is just not hardware friendly enough for my current system. I guess if I want to run Linux I am going to have to build a specific box with all the specific hardware able to be detected and run. James ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
Re: [newbie] Linux compatible Modem and sound card WILL NOT work underLinux. Why???
Sorry, but that don't work. I have alreay done that. I get "Modem is busy" when the correct values like that are plugged in. So now what? At 10:31 PM 8/19/99 -0400, you wrote: The Postman wrote: My modem and sound card WILL NOT work in Linux. I have reset the bios which made everything get new IRQ addresses and such. But that just don't seem to work. I still can NOT get Linux-Mandrake fully installed. My BIOS says that my modem is at IRQ 11 on COM 3 (ttyS2). Well, when I boot the computer, Linux puts out a line durring bootup that says... ttyS2 at 0X3E8 (IRQ=4) is a 16550A I don't understand how this can be possible. How can the Linux operating system see the modem at "IRQ 4" when the bios says it is at IRQ 11. The settings in Windows 98 even say that the modem is operating at IRQ 11. I took a few big snips out of the middle of the message, it doesn't change the advice I'm going to give you. Linux does not go searching for IRQs for serial ports like Windows does. If your modem is at IRQ 11, use the setserial utility to tell Linux what IRQ your modem is using. Here's the command you'd use: setserial /dev/ttyS2 irq 11 After that, everything should be fine. If it all works, add that command to the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local and it will be executed automatically everytime you boot. Let us know what happens... -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corp. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
