Re: [newbie] Can Cheapo Lexmark Printer Work with LINUX?
The Lexmark 2050 is classified as a "Paperweight" at Grant Taylor's page http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/ HOWEVER You are in luck. There is an ACTIVE project on it, and they are looking for some owners/users to help out. http://bimbo.fjfi.cvut.cz/~paluch/17kdriver read their news, then perhaps drop them a line if you feel inspired. Civileme Kurt wrote: Ok, call me dense. I went and bought a lexmark 2050 printer a couple of years ago for my windows system. I can't afford a new printer at the moment, and would like to use my Lexmark under Mandrake. For some reason, everything seems to spool ok, but nothing ever prints. Not to mention that during installation, there aren't any selections for Lexmark inkjet printers. Am I screwed? Or does anyone here know where a guy can get a driver for this particular animal? Thanks Kurt *** *** The RULES have CHANGED! You can now get PAID to surf the Web! FREE *** *** signup, get paid fifty cents per hour, up to forty hours a month!! *** *** Nothing to lose - Signup today! *** ***-*** ***http://alladvantage.com/go.asp?refid=DDV630 *** *** -- Civileme Say: "Are we techs or warlocks? Let's go arm ourselves with knowledge!"
Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ??
Glad to hear the instructions were of help !! A BIG word of warning though - consider carefully if the kernel upgrade will actually give you anything extra that you REALLY need or fix any problems that you REALLY need fixing. I recently learnt my first painful lesson in the 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' way of thinking. I upgraded to the 2.2.9-27mdk kernel - simply because i thought it would be nice to try the latest (that was when it was the latest from Mandrake !!). All of a sudden my SBLive stopped working. So i went back down to my previous kernel (and yes i did remember to do all the stuff with LILO), and it still didn't work. To cut a very long stroy short, i had to do a complete re-install to get things back to a working state. As i mentioned in another post yesterday, my kernel upgrade was a pointless excercise - no extra functionality, simply security fixes. My box is only ever connected to my laptop - never anything like the net as i don't have a modem in it. I beleive i don't pose much of a security threat to myself, so all i did was cause myself a lot of work !! Just my thoughts. Martin. - Original Message - From: Steve Spiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 8:53 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? A big thanks goes to Martin for getting that sorted out. I now have CD Audio, etc. But I would still like to upgrade to 2.2.10 tho...
Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ??
- Original Message - From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 10:00 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? Yeech! Try it with one / between screensavers and answertips and the full .html on the end, not just h? Partly my fault and partly Netscape http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answertips/story/0,3656,2259636,00.ht ml Now that one should work. Civileme [SNIP] Are those links permanent or do they only exist for a while ?? I'm still getting a broken link off of that URL. I'd like to check it out tho, as i'm always interested to see if there are easier ways to do things than how i do now... Martin.
Re: [newbie] Fetchmail using the correct quotes
Beo d'Wulfie wrote:
Steve Philp wrote:
Maybe if you emailed the verbose output from fetchmail (-v)
Hokay, back at the linux box and here it is. *grin* Okay, I'm rather
pleased that I figured out how to get the verbose output into a file...
gads, I'm /almost/ beginning to understand how this stuff works...
I modified the line you gave me a bit and entered the following through
the shell:
Those quotes are facing the wrong direction. Use the other quote (the
one below tilde).
Ahhh, don't /I/ feel silly. *snark* Okay, attached is the output using
the other quote... It seems to have found stuff, but neither pine, nor
elm, nor *shudder* mail finds it.
fetchmail: IMAP )
fetchmail: IMAP A0018 OK FETCH completed
fetchmail: IMAP A0019 FETCH 5 BODY[TEXT]
fetchmail: IMAP * 5 FETCH (BODY[TEXT] {932}
fetchmail: (932 body octets)
fetchmail: IMAP )
fetchmail: IMAP * 5 FETCH (FLAGS (\Recent \Seen))
fetchmail: IMAP A0019 OK FETCH completed
fetchmail: SMTP. (EOM)
fetchmail: SMTP 250 Ok: queued as 8BCE447E7
fetchmail: not flushed
fetchmail: IMAP A0020 FETCH 6 FLAGS
fetchmail: IMAP * 6 FETCH (FLAGS (\Recent))
fetchmail: IMAP A0020 OK FETCH completed
fetchmail: IMAP A0021 FETCH 6 RFC822.HEADER
fetchmail: IMAP * 6 FETCH (RFC822.HEADER {1000}
fetchmail: reading message 6 of 6 (1000 header octets)
fetchmail: SMTP MAIL FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] SIZE=1406
fetchmail: SMTP 250 Ok
fetchmail: SMTP RCPT TO:beo@localhost
fetchmail: SMTP 250 Ok
fetchmail: SMTP DATA
fetchmail: SMTP 354 End data with CRLF.CRLF
Your local MTA is rejecting the messages because they're improperly
formatted. Not sure what to do in that case. Are you using qmail??
--
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ??
- Original Message - From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 10:00 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? Yeech! Try it with one / between screensavers and answertips and the full .html on the end, not just h? Partly my fault and partly Netscape http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answertips/story/0,3656,2259636,00.ht ml Now that one should work. Civileme [SNIP] Are those links permanent or do they only exist for a while ?? I'm still getting a broken link off of that URL. I'd like to check it out tho, as i'm always interested to see if there are easier ways to do things than how i do now... Martin.
[newbie] Re: [newbiw] new sound card suggestions ??
Glad to hear the instructions were of help !! A BIG word of warning though - consider carefully if the kernel upgrade will actually give you anything extra that you REALLY need or fix any problems that you REALLY need fixing. I recently learnt my first painful lesson in the 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' way of thinking. I upgraded to the 2.2.9-27mdk kernel - simply because i thought it would be nice to try the latest (that was when it was the latest from Mandrake !!). All of a sudden my SBLive stopped working. So i went back down to my previous kernel (and yes i did remember to do all the stuff with LILO), and it still didn't work. To cut a very long stroy short, i had to do a complete re-install to get things back to a working state. As i mentioned in another post yesterday, my kernel upgrade was a pointless excercise - no extra functionality, simply security fixes. My box is only ever connected to my laptop - never anything like the net as i don't have a modem in it. I beleive i don't pose much of a security threat to myself, so all i did was cause myself a lot of work !! Just my thoughts. Martin. - Original Message - From: Steve Spiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 8:53 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? A big thanks goes to Martin for getting that sorted out. I now have CD Audio, etc. But I would still like to upgrade to 2.2.10 tho...
[newbie] apm
Hi All, Not a serious problem but one which makes life harder. I've got to machines both Intel P2 both ATX One will shut down automatically when requested (just like win95/98) and the other a Gateway 2000 system will instead of shutting down will restart when using Linux. I have to wait till Linux says shut down to physically power down the system. Any ideas are welcome. TIA Stephan Rex
[newbie] KDE
How do I get to that GUI known as KDE once I am logged in under GNOME? please help. neil
Re: [newbie] Lilo
I fixed the lilo problem. It now defaults to dos. thanks neil - Original Message - From: Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 6:29 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Lilo On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, RICHARD FRIEDMAN wrote: As far as I (also a newbie) understand it, you could do what you ask and LILO would default to DOS but, what's the point? If LILO isn't in the MBR, then, unless you have another boot manager in MBR, DOS (or Windows) will automatically boot anyway. And if you DO have another boot manager in MBR, you don't need to change LILO to default to DOS. Just change the boot manager you are using to default to DOS. If I am wrong, I hope someone will correct me. :-) Tada, guess who's beeen paying attention. ;) Nice job Rick Rick Friedman Salant Corp. - MIS 800-472-8013 x75105 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The closest thing to heaven on earth is... Yankee Stadium! -Original Message- From: Neil P. [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 5:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Lilo If at installation I didn't put lilo in the MBR can I still have it default to DOS if I change the lilo.conf to be the dos partition first and I rerun lilo?? let me know thanks neil thanks neil - Original Message - From: Ken Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 1:24 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Lilo To re-run lilo you run '/sbin/lilo' at the command prompt as root. And yes, it does matter if you put Lilo in the mbr. Having Lilo in the mbr allows you to run a multiple boot system. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Neil P. Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 10:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Lilo I don't know what it means to rerun lilo after editing? Explain. Also, does it matter whether or not I put lilo in my MBR or not during installation of linux 6.0? because I didn't do that. I put it on my linux hard drive instead of the dos hard drive (my MBR). -out neil - Original Message - From: Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 6:02 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Lilo On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Neil P. wrote: wait I don't understand. I moved the Dos label above the linux and it still didn't work. I don't have a line that says default=linux or default=dos am I suppossed to add that somewhere? Do I put that line right above the label=dos line? let me know thanks for the help -out neil From: Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 5:34 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Lilo On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, Neil P. wrote: How do you change the lilo bootup to automatically startup the DOS paritition by default instead of linux? what file do i edit and what do i edit it to? Opps, hit send and forgot to mention. You will need to rerun lilo after the edit "You will need to rerun lilo after the edit" you did this? The very top line, of your lilo.conf says something like? default=dos -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
[newbie] PRINTER PROBLEMS!!!!
Will someone please tell me how to get this printer icon to work on my KDE desktop. It uses the lpr command and I know your suppose to drag and drop the text icon onto it. But the lpr command doesnt seem to work on my computer. In fact the only way I can print is to open the klpq window and drag/drop the text icon onto the open window. What command does klpq use to print? maybe this is the direction I need to go. Thanx, SA ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
[newbie] Screen (resolution) problem?
Hello. I just installed Mandrake 6.0. I think I messed up the screen settings, everything is too big, icons, windows...etc. How can I change the settings? I tried different things, but I can't seem to adjust the screen settings under Linux anywhere. (I assume the problem is with the screen settings...) Any thoughts? Thanks. Radek Dobias --- "He that overcometh shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be my son." Revelation 21:7 ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
Re: [newbie] PRINTER PROBLEMS!!!!
Sean Armstrong wrote: Will someone please tell me how to get this printer icon to work on my KDE desktop. It uses the lpr command and I know your suppose to drag and drop the text icon onto it. But the lpr command doesnt seem to work on my computer. In fact the only way I can print is to open the klpq window and drag/drop the text icon onto the open window. What command does klpq use to print? maybe this is the direction I need to go. Thanx, SA ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com What kind of printer do you have?? Joseph Gardner
Re: [newbie] parallel scanners?
At 06:29 PM 8/23/99 +, you wrote: anyone know if there is any support for parallel scanners in linux? i have a mustek 1200 III EP that i might like to try soon, but i havent seen any info about parallel scanners, just scsi. :P Yeah I would be very interested as well.. I have one attached to my system too. It sees my printer which is running from the back of the scanner so I think I can do it.. just need a twain driver for linux I guess. I have a pci ltp 2 port that I need to get recognized so that I can get the PPA3 (zip drive) on it recognized. James
Re: [newbie] Boot problems w / dual-processor system
Hey people.. I am running an AMD K6ii 350 with 64meg ram. I am running both win98 and Mandrake 6.0(venus) I am getting a 699 rating on this computer. Would memory be my best investment for this machine? I only have 1 64meg chip in it right now.. so I could go and put a 128 and bring me up to 192meg? is that the best idea?? The machine runs fine otherwise. - Anyway to get a theme for KDE that will do a machine busy cursor? you know so when you click on an Icon you know that it is doing something? James
[newbie] I Really Goofed this time
Heh, thanks to all you guys who pushed me in the correct place.. after reading all the docs on PAM i think ill keep it.. =). /me feels stupid now but oh well. =) Justin Fisher: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Gui problems
Title: Message not deliverable how do I get to the KDE gui from GNOME (the prompt command) I can never get into that windows like GUI. What is the command? thanks neil
Re: [newbie] KDE
On 24 Aug, Neil P. wrote: How do I get to that GUI known as KDE once I am logged in under GNOME? please help. neil On the Gnome menu (With the foorprint) choose the "Run" option (it might be "run command") and type "switchdesk" minus the quotes into the window that comes up. This will let you choose between GNOME, KDE, and AnotherLevel. -- -Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] KDE
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, you wrote: How do I get to that GUI known as KDE once I am logged in under GNOME? please help. If you open up the Gnome menu, you'll see an option called "KDE Tools" or something like that. Click on that, and then go to System and click on "desktop switching tool." From there you can choose KDE. Once you've chosen KDE, log out and log back in. It'll change your default dekstop to KDE. John
RE: [newbie] parallel scanners?
I would also be interested in an answer to this -- mine is a Logitech PageScan Color Parallel connected to LPT2 along with my HP DeskJet 670C. -Original Message- From: James Schofield [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 1999, August, 24 7:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [newbie] parallel scanners? At 06:29 PM 8/23/99 +, you wrote: anyone know if there is any support for parallel scanners in linux? i have a mustek 1200 III EP that i might like to try soon, but i havent seen any info about parallel scanners, just scsi. :P Yeah I would be very interested as well.. I have one attached to my system too. It sees my printer which is running from the back of the scanner so I think I can do it.. just need a twain driver for linux I guess. I have a pci ltp 2 port that I need to get recognized so that I can get the PPA3 (zip drive) on it recognized. James
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems
Who cares what a coward uses. If you believe so strongly in your statements, next time sign your name. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 11:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems I had to stop using the Mandrake distribution all together, it was just too much trouble to bother with. I now use the *OFFICAL* RedHat ditribution, and I've had absolutely no problems.
Re: [newbie] Screen (resolution) problem?
At the command line type "setup", then on the menu choose Xconfigurator and follow the on screen instructions. Let the card be auto probed and choose your monitor from the list if possible and then you need to check the boxes next to the resolutions and color-depths you want to use (e.g. 800x600 16-bit). You are probably currently on 640x480 or 320x480 or somesuch. Brian -Original Message- From: Radek Dobias [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello. I just installed Mandrake 6.0. I think I messed up the screen settings, everything is too big, icons, windows...etc. How can I change the settings? I tried different things, but I can't seem to adjust the screen settings under Linux anywhere. (I assume the problem is with the screen settings...) Any thoughts? Thanks. Radek Dobias --- "He that overcometh shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be my son." Revelation 21:7 ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
[newbie] Just a bit of Professionalism
Soapbox Mode On I realize many of us are switching to Linux due to what we percieve as shortcoming of other operating systems, Windows in particular it seems. Even though we all have our pieves with Microsoft for whatever reason does it really add any credibility to what we have to say if we can only refer to the aformentioned company in a slanderous way, i.e. Windoze. I put this to you, would you be happy campers if someone kept referring to your favourite distribution of Linux as Manduck? I am currently working in both worlds, Windows and Linux. I have tried two flavours of Linux, RedHat 5.2 and now Mandrake 6.0 I have lived with various operating systems from MS-DOS 3.3, through Windows 3.1 to Windows 95. If you want a real slug of an operating system try a Radio Shack Color Computer II running OS9. They all had one thing in common, they were operating systems for a computer and all had their strong points and weak points in their given venue. Whether we like Bill Gates and his strong arm marketing tactics and/or the fact that some of his programmers couldn't program a toaster with with both hands and a library of manuals is irrelevant. It was through his effort and those at IBM that we had the explosion of computers available for home and business desktops. I work in both worlds right now because I am in the process of studying to be a professional in the IT business. I find both sytems provide me with two ways of looking at a problem. And, the reality is, when I go out to work as a consultant, programmer or whatever I realize that market constraints and position will probably dictate that I will have to be competent with Microsoft and the various flavours of unices. My apologies to those who understand that you can hang on to your beliefs without belittling the efforts of the other guy. This wasn't meant for you. Soapbox Mode Off Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
[newbie] ppa
I have an Iomega Zip 100 parallel port zip drive connected to my system. When I used Mandrake 5.3, it was detected during installation, and was ready to be mounted when I first started the system. with 6.0, it was not detected, and would not mount until I used "modprobe ppa". Unfortunately, this does not completely fix the problem. I have to use modprobe everytime I start my linux system in order to mount my zip drive. Is there a way I can get around this, and/or have the ppa module load at boot? 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] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems
Gee, Chuck thanks for sharing. Next time just wave, it's quieter and more
productive. You didn't say what you didn't like, what equipment you had
trouble w/, why it was so much trouble.
Thanks for your stunning input and insightful commentary, but next time
just wave, my inbox will silently thank you.
Brian
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I had to stop using the Mandrake distribution all together, it was just
too much trouble to bother with. I now use the *OFFICAL* RedHat
ditribution, and I've had absolutely no problems.
--
On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:23:53 Gabriel Fernandez wrote:
Dear all:
I am a Slackware user, but I have heard so many good things about Read
Hat that I decided to give it a try. So far it has not been a positive
experience . . .
My machine is configured as follows:
Pentium 75MHz
64MB RAM
ide0 @ 0x1f0-0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 @ 0x170-0x177, 0x376 on irq 15 (serialized with ide0)
hda: Conner Peripherals 1275MB - CFA1275A,
1220MB w/256KB Cahce, CHS=619/64/63
hdb: Maxtor 72004 AP,
1916MB w/128KB Cache, CHS=973/64/63
hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM DVD-RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048KB Cache
Partition check:
hda: hda1, hda2, hda3
hdb: hdb1, hdb2
I have Windows 95 and Slackware Linux currently installed. The first
hard drive has a partition for Windows 95 and two partitions for Linux
(/swap and /). The second hard drive has one partition for Windows 95
(mounted under Linux) and a partition for Linux (/usr). Everything works
fine so far . . .
When I tried installing Mandrake 6.0, I was under the impression that
the
installation would take care of deleting or repartition the hard drives.
However, this is not the case.
After the installation type is selected and the kernel is loaded. I
see
a message "Running install..." and everything hangs.
When I check with ALT-F4, I can see the following error messages:
VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
hdb: lost interrupt
hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest}
status error: status 0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest}
hdb: drive not ready for command
VFS: Disk change detected on device ide1 (22,0)
hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04
hdc: lost interrupt:
hdc: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason=0x1)
hdc: lost interrupt:
hdc: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason=0x1)
...
I do not understand why the hard drives are used and mounted correctly
with Windows 95 and Slackware.
Do you have any ideas?
Thanks,
Gabriel
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Re: [newbie] RealPlayer G2 and MP3 problems ... now sound in general
- Original Message - From: Ripcrd6 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] RealPlayer G2 and MP3 problems ... now sound in general Manny, I have a card just like yours (Aztech Snd Galaxy 16). I could never get it to play nice with Linux so I removed it and put it in another PC. Mine had a jumper to set the card to use the EEPROM settings for the card, which I assumed was to turn off PnP. I tried this and saw no change. I probably tried every jumper setting and sndconfig setting combination possible and it would not work. I put in a used Creative Sound Blaster 16 and in a minute had it working under Mandrake 5.3. If you ever get it working let me know how as I am sick of playing with it. By the way the old Panasonic CD drive I had attached to the card gave up the ghost. Brian "My God, it's full of penguins!" -Original Message- From: Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip My card is an Aztech Labs Sound Galaxy Washington 16, but it is SoundBlaster 16 compatible, so that is the setting I have been usng. I have /dev/dsp and /dev/dsp1, but no /dev/dsp2 ... does tthat make a difference with my card? My new problem is that I lose my soundcard settings after using my modem. I got it to work again after the first time, but it has happened again. I can't get my sounds back this time. I even tried the Aztech Labs driver (which I have found is more precise), but still no sound. Does anyone have a solution to this? Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Error: Keyboard not attached. Press F1 to continue. When I use sndconfig, it tells me that it does not detect a PnP or PCI card, so I enter the I/O and IRQs myself. I never bother with the jumpers at all. On another note, my original CD-ROM drive dies before I ever did my first install of Mandrake, but I have since replaced it with one that does not attach to the soundcard except for the one wire for sound (which I had to juryrig). 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] Just a bit of Professionalism
I understand this, and I did work with the CoCo III. Fun! However, I think that a lot of the 'M$' 'Windoze' etc. is mostly blowing off steam. I would think that most of the people who work in the field, and, in fact, anyone who has to deal with others with Windows machines realize that it has some very strong points. The biggest being that almost anyone can use it. Linux still takes a little work, and that's one of the reasons I love it. Windoze isn't going away, but maybe, just maybe, our diparaging of it, and our refusal to use it unless forced (in many cases) will cause good ol' Uncle Bill to start hiring real programmers and set realistic deadlines and put out software that works the FIRST time. After all, if you think he doesn't watch the competition (via our own mailing listes etc.) you're nuts. My 0.02 worth. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 8/24/99, 12:15:50 PM, "Ken Wilson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] Just a bit of Professionalism: Soapbox Mode On I realize many of us are switching to Linux due to what we percieve as shortcoming of other operating systems, Windows in particular it seems. Even though we all have our pieves with Microsoft for whatever reason does it really add any credibility to what we have to say if we can only refer to the aformentioned company in a slanderous way, i.e. Windoze. I put this to you, would you be happy campers if someone kept referring to your favourite distribution of Linux as Manduck? I am currently working in both worlds, Windows and Linux. I have tried two flavours of Linux, RedHat 5.2 and now Mandrake 6.0 I have lived with various operating systems from MS-DOS 3.3, through Windows 3.1 to Windows 95. If you want a real slug of an operating system try a Radio Shack Color Computer II running OS9. They all had one thing in common, they were operating systems for a computer and all had their strong points and weak points in their given venue. Whether we like Bill Gates and his strong arm marketing tactics and/or the fact that some of his programmers couldn't program a toaster with with both hands and a library of manuals is irrelevant. It was through his effort and those at IBM that we had the explosion of computers available for home and business desktops. I work in both worlds right now because I am in the process of studying to be a professional in the IT business. I find both sytems provide me with two ways of looking at a problem. And, the reality is, when I go out to work as a consultant, programmer or whatever I realize that market constraints and position will probably dictate that I will have to be competent with Microsoft and the various flavours of unices. My apologies to those who understand that you can hang on to your beliefs without belittling the efforts of the other guy. This wasn't meant for you. Soapbox Mode Off Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
Re: [[newbie] I Really Goofed this time]
Justin Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heh, thanks to all you guys who pushed me in the correct place.. after reading all the docs on PAM i think ill keep it.. =). /me feels stupid now but oh well. =) Justin Fisher: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Hey Justin, I am NOT one of those who had responded to your original queries about PAM. I have to admit I was disturbed by your apparent obstinance in the phase of obvious well intentioned advice from the "experts" who are good enough to monitor this list. But.., it takes a "big man" to make the response you did above. Good for you. The linux community is great, isn't it? Mike COL 2.2 Linux 2.2.5 It's a fresh wind the Blows Against the Empire Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
[newbie] Setting up a web development environment
Does any one know how to set up a web development environment on Linux? Any suggestions? I currently can program ASP pages in NT 4.0 and want to be able to parallel my efforts using perl and possibly C but first I need to know how to set my system up? Thanks CLW
[newbie] Netscape won't browse
I can connect to my ISP but netscape won't browse. I have done the following - *changed the resolv.conf file to say search flashnet.com nameserver 209.30.0.9 nameserver 209.30.0.100 Did I leave something out? What else can I do? Please remember that I am new to Linux and need everything spelled out for me. Thanks Chad __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems
Don't be so offended. I just was stating the fact that from my peronal experience, I had no problems with RedHat as opposed to Mandrake. Given my current time constraints is was simply less time consuming to try a different distribution. Thus far I've no problems the "different" distribution. If you're still fussy and wanting to rant you can mail me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 11:58:52 Ken Wilson wrote: Who cares what a coward uses. If you believe so strongly in your statements, next time sign your name. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 11:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems I had to stop using the Mandrake distribution all together, it was just too much trouble to bother with. I now use the *OFFICAL* RedHat ditribution, and I've had absolutely no problems. --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
[newbie] Boot problems w / dual-processor system
I don't know if this is a "newbie" question or an "expert" question, so I'm asking in both... I'm hoping someone here can give me a suggestion -- I can ONLY boot off my floppy that I made at install. I am running Mandrake 6.0 (have not upgraded from what is on the CD yet.) My system hardware is as follows: Dual-PPro 200 mhz on a Micronics W6-LI motherboard 192 Megs RAM S3 Virge GX (Aopen PT75 Plus II) video card w/ 4 megs RAM Advansys ABP940-UA Ultra SCSI Hard drives: 1 x 850 meg Conner/Seagate, 1 X 10.5 GIG (only formatted out to 8.5 GIG for some reason) Seagate (full-height 5.25") SCSI drive. USR "Big Picture" Video Phone capture card (PCI) The problem is as follows: If I take my boot floppy out of the drive, it just sits there at boot with a blinking cursor in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. However, if I put the floppy IN the drive, it boots off the floppy VERY slowly -- I can watch each separate letter of "LILO" be typed. This doesn't seem right any suggestions?
Re: [newbie] RealPlayer G2 and MP3 problems ... now sound in general
- Original Message - From: Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 21, 1999 3:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] RealPlayer G2 and MP# problems On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Manny Styles wrote: My sound configuration is fine as far as I can tell. Audio CD's and wav files play clearly, it's just the .rm, .ram, .mp2, and .mp3 formats that are garbled to the point of incomprehension. What card? check if /dev/dsp2 exists I forget the cards but some have one and give much better sound for mp3 Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon My card is an Aztech Labs Sound Galaxy Washington 16, but it is SoundBlaster 16 compatible, so that is the setting I have been usng. I have /dev/dsp and /dev/dsp1, but no /dev/dsp2 ... does tthat make a difference with my card? My new problem is that I lose my soundcard settings after using my modem. I got it to work again after the first time, but it has happened again. I can't get my sounds back this time. I even tried the Aztech Labs driver (which I have found is more precise), but still no sound. Does anyone have a solution to this? Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Error: Keyboard not attached. Press F1 to continue. 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] RealPlayer G2 and MP3 problems ... now sound in general
- Original Message - From: Ripcrd6 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] RealPlayer G2 and MP3 problems ... now sound in general Manny, I have a card just like yours (Aztech Snd Galaxy 16). I could never get it to play nice with Linux so I removed it and put it in another PC. Mine had a jumper to set the card to use the EEPROM settings for the card, which I assumed was to turn off PnP. I tried this and saw no change. I probably tried every jumper setting and sndconfig setting combination possible and it would not work. I put in a used Creative Sound Blaster 16 and in a minute had it working under Mandrake 5.3. If you ever get it working let me know how as I am sick of playing with it. By the way the old Panasonic CD drive I had attached to the card gave up the ghost. Brian "My God, it's full of penguins!" -Original Message- From: Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip My card is an Aztech Labs Sound Galaxy Washington 16, but it is SoundBlaster 16 compatible, so that is the setting I have been usng. I have /dev/dsp and /dev/dsp1, but no /dev/dsp2 ... does tthat make a difference with my card? My new problem is that I lose my soundcard settings after using my modem. I got it to work again after the first time, but it has happened again. I can't get my sounds back this time. I even tried the Aztech Labs driver (which I have found is more precise), but still no sound. Does anyone have a solution to this? Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Error: Keyboard not attached. Press F1 to continue. When I use sndconfig, it tells me that it does not detect a PnP or PCI card, so I enter the I/O and IRQs myself. I never bother with the jumpers at all. On another note, my original CD-ROM drive dies before I ever did my first install of Mandrake, but I have since replaced it with one that does not attach to the soundcard except for the one wire for sound (which I had to juryrig). 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
[newbie] Lexmark Printer
Hi Dense..(you said to call you that 8-) ) Check your documentation that came with the Lexmark you might be able to list it as some other type of printer. I have an old hand-crank Panasonic on my Linux system (the wife has the good printer on her Win95 system) and it is listed as an Epson. Panasonic gave several choices that could be used. Luckily one worked for me. This is newbie advice, so it could be in left field! Tom
[newbie] Screen problems
Try XF86Setup (watch the caps), Xconfigurator, lisa (always get confused as to which works with Mandrake or Caldera) You'll need to know the spec on your monitor and card. I generally use the generic multisync monitor selection and choose 1024x768 or 800x600 for resolutionand I'm able to set at 24bpp.. Hope I'm close here, just trying to give some back. I believe there is another program possibly xf86config? Tom
Re: [newbie] NMB
Sean Armstrong wrote: I am trying to get my computer to talk with the network with SMB. I was told that I need NMB also. On startup, SMB loads fine but NMB fails. Is there something in the kernel i need to install and if so, can i reconfigure that part of my kernel without having to recompile the whole kernel. You probably just need to configure the Samba configuration files. Check in /usr/doc/samba-version for more information. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] rpms for gcc?
pete moss wrote: sure, sorry, sometimes i forget to provide the essentials. i am trying to install csound from sources. there is an autoconf ./configure script that i need to run before i can make it. it checks for various things right away. one of the things it checks for is gcc, which it finds. then it somehow tests it to see if it works, and it comes back with a no. then it says my c compiler cannot compile. i was also trying to install rosegarden from source. it has a make file. i edited the makefile with proper paths then did make. it crashed out after a few lines with an error looking for 'makedepend'. i am not a gcc guru, so i am not sure if i have everything installed and configured right for it to work. i used to run slackware and gcc worked right away then. seems like this one should too. more info: i am running mandrake 6.0 that i burned from an iso image that i d/l from mandrake software. i have also installed the system updates from the web site. i have many packages for development installed - perhaps i should send you a list? sounds like glibc-devel isn't installed. Ken Wilson wrote: Can you be specific with some of the error messages you are getting when you try to compile? This would give us a better idea of what may be missing. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of pete moss Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 8:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] rpms for gcc? what rpms do i need to install to get gcc to work? i have several installed but i cant get it to work right. any info or tips? :P -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] strange messages
The listserver might have hiccupped. I got them too, although I also saw my original e-mails come through in the normal list traffic. I don't think it's anything for the list users to worry about. The people at Mandrake may or may not be concerned however. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Manny Styles Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 3:44 PM To: Newbie Mandrake Subject: [newbie] strange messages I'm not sure if this is just me, but as of today, I have been getting messages returned to me that appear to be going to the mailing list. I resent my messages just in case (so if you have seen my messages twice, forgive me). The subject line is "Messgae not deliverable", and it is from Administrator at ISC7 ... CC'ed to administrator(IEC2). Is anyone else having this problem? 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] ppa
Manny Styles wrote: I have an Iomega Zip 100 parallel port zip drive connected to my system. When I used Mandrake 5.3, it was detected during installation, and was ready to be mounted when I first started the system. with 6.0, it was not detected, and would not mount until I used "modprobe ppa". Unfortunately, this does not completely fix the problem. I have to use modprobe everytime I start my linux system in order to mount my zip drive. Is there a way I can get around this, and/or have the ppa module load at boot? Sure, create a file /etc/rc.d/rc.modules that contains: #! /bin/sh modprobe ppa Then set it to be executable: chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.modules And it'll be run auto-magically whenever you boot. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems
Well, I've had the same problem with BOTH distributions of Linux. :-) My problem is it won't boot from the IDE drivebut if I boot off a floppy, everything is JUST fine! :-) Oh, well... I finally gave up and took my dual-PPro machine to the only computer store in town that I know of that knows anything besides Windows! :-) John - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 5:33 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems Don't be so offended. I just was stating the fact that from my peronal experience, I had no problems with RedHat as opposed to Mandrake. Given my current time constraints is was simply less time consuming to try a different distribution. Thus far I've no problems the "different" distribution. If you're still fussy and wanting to rant you can mail me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 11:58:52 Ken Wilson wrote: Who cares what a coward uses. If you believe so strongly in your statements, next time sign your name. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 11:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems I had to stop using the Mandrake distribution all together, it was just too much trouble to bother with. I now use the *OFFICAL* RedHat ditribution, and I've had absolutely no problems. --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
Re: [newbie] Setting up a web development environment
Casey Lovato-Winston wrote: Does any one know how to set up a web development environment on Linux? Any suggestions? I currently can program ASP pages in NT 4.0 and want to be able to parallel my efforts using perl and possibly C but first I need to know how to set my system up? Thanks CLW Both the C compiler and Perl interpreter are installed by default when you install Mandrake. Load up an editor and you're on your way to creating whatever you'd like. You might also be interested in the PHP scripting language. You embed your commands in your HTML code. It's got more features than you can shake a stick at, and I think I remember seeing an ASP-PHP converter somewhere on Freshmeat a couple weeks ago. Check http://www.php.net for more information. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Netscape won't browse
Chad Young wrote: I can connect to my ISP but netscape won't browse. I have done the following - *changed the resolv.conf file to say search flashnet.com nameserver 209.30.0.9 nameserver 209.30.0.100 Did I leave something out? What else can I do? Please remember that I am new to Linux and need everything spelled out for me. If you open a "shell" window, and issue the following two commands, what are the responses: ping www.yahoo.com ping 204.71.200.67 -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Linux and windows98
Back up what is already on the partition, split the partition up, restore the windows stuff back on the partition you set up for it. Some people swear by Partition Magic, it allegedly can resize your partitions non-destructively. You may want to look into it. I know a limited version of it came with either McMillan's or the official Mandrake distribution. Caveat: Make sure the version of Partition Magic you use is as current as you can get. And do the back up before you do any re-partition just for insurance. I used an earlier version on a 13 gig hard drive and it choked, something about DOS or the BIOS not being able to handle a drive over 8 gig or something. To say the least, everything on the drive was trashed. The backup saved the day. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Brett Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 4:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Linux and windows98 Hello: I just bought a Compaq PC with a 13 Gb hard drive and pre-installed win98. Currently, the hard drive is set up with a 2 Gb partition and an 11 Gb partition (both win98). I would like to take part of the 11Gb partition (say 7 Gb) and set it aside for Mandrake Linux 6.0. How would I go about doing this without destroying what already exists on the hard drive? Thanks. -TB
Re: [newbie] RealPlayer G2 and MP3 problems ... now sound in general
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Manny Styles wrote: - Original Message - From: Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 21, 1999 3:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] RealPlayer G2 and MP# problems On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Manny Styles wrote: My sound configuration is fine as far as I can tell. Audio CD's and wav files play clearly, it's just the .rm, .ram, .mp2, and .mp3 formats that are garbled to the point of incomprehension. What card? check if /dev/dsp2 exists I forget the cards but some have one and give much better sound for mp3 Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon My card is an Aztech Labs Sound Galaxy Washington 16, but it is SoundBlaster 16 compatible, so that is the setting I have been usng. I have /dev/dsp and /dev/dsp1, but no /dev/dsp2 ... does tthat make a difference with my card? Just haveing the dev enties isn't enough, the cards driver has to support it. I don't believe that card does.. My new problem is that I lose my soundcard settings after using my modem. I got it to work again after the first time, but it has happened again. I can't get my sounds back this time. I even tried the Aztech Labs driver (which I have found is more precise), but still no sound. Does anyone have a solution to this? Are they shareing IRQ's or something? Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Error: Keyboard not attached. Press F1 to continue. 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 -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Linux and windows98
Partition Magic - Original Message - From: Tom Brett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 7:51 PM Subject: [newbie] Linux and windows98 Hello: I just bought a Compaq PC with a 13 Gb hard drive and pre-installed win98. Currently, the hard drive is set up with a 2 Gb partition and an 11 Gb partition (both win98). I would like to take part of the 11Gb partition (say 7 Gb) and set it aside for Mandrake Linux 6.0. How would I go about doing this without destroying what already exists on the hard drive? Thanks. -TB
Re: [newbie] rpms for gcc?
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Steve Philp wrote: pete moss wrote: sure, sorry, sometimes i forget to provide the essentials. i am trying to install csound from sources. there is an autoconf ./configure script that i need to run before i can make it. it checks for various things right away. one of the things it checks for is gcc, which it finds. then it somehow tests it to see if it works, and it comes back with a no. then it says my c compiler cannot compile. i was also trying to install rosegarden from source. it has a make file. i edited the makefile with proper paths then did make. it crashed out after a few lines with an error looking for 'makedepend'. i am not a gcc guru, so i am not sure if i have everything installed and configured right for it to work. i used to run slackware and gcc worked right away then. seems like this one should too. more info: i am running mandrake 6.0 that i burned from an iso image that i d/l from mandrake software. i have also installed the system updates from the web site. i have many packages for development installed - perhaps i should send you a list? sounds like glibc-devel isn't installed. there should be a "config.log" check that and it will tell you precisely why it failed. Ken Wilson wrote: Can you be specific with some of the error messages you are getting when you try to compile? This would give us a better idea of what may be missing. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of pete moss Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 8:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] rpms for gcc? what rpms do i need to install to get gcc to work? i have several installed but i cant get it to work right. any info or tips? :P -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] strange messages
Manny Styles wrote: I'm not sure if this is just me, but as of today, I have been getting messages returned to me that appear to be going to the mailing list. I resent my messages just in case (so if you have seen my messages twice, forgive me). The subject line is "Messgae not deliverable", and it is from Administrator at ISC7 ... CC'ed to administrator(IEC2). Is anyone else having this problem? Yup, and the freak mail daemon reformats them as HTML mail! :) If the mailing list administrators could remove subscribers at inventec.com.tw, it'd be much appreciated. I've included the headers from a message of mine that got returned. Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from nav.inventec.com.tw ([210.64.20.14]) by mailhost.ind.ameritech.net (InterMail v4.01.01.00 201-229-111) with ESMTP id [EMAIL PROTECTED] for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tue, 24 Aug 1999 18:36:23 -0500 Received: from mailer.inventec.co.uk.20.64.210.in-addr.arpa ([210.64.20.41]) by nav.inventec.com.tw (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-0U10L2S100V35) with SMTP id tw for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 25 Aug 1999 07:39:50 +0800 Received: from IEC1-CS1 by mailer.inventec.co.uk.20.64.210.in-addr.arpa via smtpd (for [210.64.20.14]) with SMTP; 24 Aug 1999 23:36:04 UT Received: by iec1-cs1.iec.inventec with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id RQ6SN45V; Wed, 25 Aug 1999 07:31:10 +0800 From: Administrator at ISC7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: "administrator(IEC2)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Message not deliverable Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 08:27:00 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_=_NextPart_001_01BEEE88.BEA89930" Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mozilla-Status: 8001 X-Mozilla-Status2: X-UIDL: E1FE86B1BA18DF2A443710629C411147 -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] SCSI
Hi everyone, I have a (small) question, how to configure a scsi device after the instalation of Mandrake 6 ? Do I have to recompile the kernel ? -- Andrei B UIN# 40129060 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brazil
Re: [[newbie] strange messages]
"Manny Styles" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure if this is just me, but as of today, I have been getting messages returned to me that appear to be going to the mailing list. I resent my messages just in case (so if you have seen my messages twice, forgive me). The subject line is "Messgae not deliverable", and it is from Administrator at ISC7 ... CC'ed to administrator(IEC2). Is anyone else having this problem? Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Yeah, just this time. Thought it was odd since I saw my message on the list. 8^) Mike COL 2.2 Linux 2.2.5 It's a fresh wind the Blows Against the Empire Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [[newbie] Successful install of Real Audio now what?]
- Original Message - From: Andrei Bosco B Torres [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [[newbie] Successful install of Real Audio now what?] Where can I find G2? -- Andrei B UIN 40129060 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get it from the Real webite, the free player. www.real.com 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] strange messages
DEFINATELY!!! I have just emailed one of the Mandrake guys on the list (Axalon) in the hopes that he can pass the problem along to the Majordomo manager and get the offending user cut off or at least suspended until such time as the user gets the problem fixed. :-) John - Original Message - From: Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 6:43 PM Subject: [newbie] strange messages I'm not sure if this is just me, but as of today, I have been getting messages returned to me that appear to be going to the mailing list. I resent my messages just in case (so if you have seen my messages twice, forgive me). The subject line is "Messgae not deliverable", and it is from Administrator at ISC7 ... CC'ed to administrator(IEC2). Is anyone else having this problem? 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] Linux and windows98
Tom Brett wrote: Hello: I just bought a Compaq PC with a 13 Gb hard drive and pre-installed win98. Currently, the hard drive is set up with a 2 Gb partition and an 11 Gb partition (both win98). I would like to take part of the 11Gb partition (say 7 Gb) and set it aside for Mandrake Linux 6.0. How would I go about doing this without destroying what already exists on the hard drive? Thanks. -TB Partition Magic 4.0 is the easiest way. I've been using PM since 2.0 when it first arrived in the OS/2 market. Never let me down.. PM is the greatest utility I've ever bought/owned. Mandrake now also has a partition tool, I'm sorry, I forget the name.. But it sees all my partitions and seems feasible.. Maybe someone can jog my tired memory.. Alan -- === [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Coming to you with Linux-Mandrake 6.0
Re: [newbie] Good AGP card
Check out the Matrox Millenium G400 Max, it's now supported, renders in 32 bits and has TV out, dual monitor support. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 8:46 PM Subject: [newbie] Good AGP card I am looking for a good AGP card to replace my aging Viper V330. (Plus i need room for an ethernet card:) I have about $180 to spend, and no more. I would like something that can render in 32bits (ie. not a Voodoo3). I was looking at a Diamond Stealth III S540 w/ the new Savage 4 chip. Any comments would be great. Thanks, Jerrud
Re: [newbie] Linux and windows98
There are any number of utils to partition a hard drive non-destructively. The ONLY one I have ever had any experience with is Partition Magic, a commercial util that comes bundled with Mandrake and (I've heard/read) with Caldera Open Linux. I've heard of one that is in the /dos_utils directory of most Linux CDs, unfortunately, I don't know the name and have no experience using it. If you're going to BUY a distribution (not necessary, but a LOT faster than downloading everything you need G) you might as well use the utils that come with the operating system! :-) John - Original Message - From: Tom Brett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 7:51 PM Subject: [newbie] Linux and windows98 Hello: I just bought a Compaq PC with a 13 Gb hard drive and pre-installed win98. Currently, the hard drive is set up with a 2 Gb partition and an 11 Gb partition (both win98). I would like to take part of the 11Gb partition (say 7 Gb) and set it aside for Mandrake Linux 6.0. How would I go about doing this without destroying what already exists on the hard drive? Thanks. -TB
Re: [newbie] SCSI
Nope..."modprobe SCSI" I think. I found the EXACT drive for my SCSI card and just did an "insmod advansys.o" (insmod is the "old" way to do it...the newer kernels are supposed to use "modprobe.") Which card do you have??? You'll need to insert the "modprobe" line into something like rc.local so that it'll find it EVERY time... :-) John - Original Message - From: Andrei Bosco B Torres [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 8:19 PM Subject: [newbie] SCSI Hi everyone, I have a (small) question, how to configure a scsi device after the instalation of Mandrake 6 ? Do I have to recompile the kernel ? -- Andrei B UIN# 40129060 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brazil
Re: [newbie] Linux and windows98
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Tim Kubista wrote: Partition Magic - Original Message - From: Tom Brett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 7:51 PM Subject: [newbie] Linux and windows98 Hello: I just bought a Compaq PC with a 13 Gb hard drive and pre-installed win98. Currently, the hard drive is set up with a 2 Gb partition and an 11 Gb partition (both win98). I would like to take part of the 11Gb partition (say 7 Gb) and set it aside for Mandrake Linux 6.0. How would I go about doing this without destroying what already exists on the hard drive? Thanks. -TB -- Diskdrake http://www.linux-mandrake.com/diskdrake --Axalon
Re: [[newbie] Successful install of Real Audio now what?]
Here you go... http://www.real.com/products/player/linux.html -tj On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, you wrote: Where can I find G2? -- Andrei B UIN 40129060 [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have successfully downloaded and installed G2alpha of real audio...
Re: [newbie] Linux and windows98
Partition Magic will make short work of that process... Tom Brett wrote: Hello: I just bought a Compaq PC with a 13 Gb hard drive and pre-installed win98. Currently, the hard drive is set up with a 2 Gb partition and an 11 Gb partition (both win98). I would like to take part of the 11Gb partition (say 7 Gb) and set it aside for Mandrake Linux 6.0. How would I go about doing this without destroying what already exists on the hard drive? Thanks. -TB
[newbie] Sweet smell of success real audio G2 part III
A, I've got it working. Real audio sounds great with linux. I had to download and install Netscape 4.61 and alter the files according to the instructions on real audio's web site. Now real player works as a plug-in to netscape. I guess you have to just keep plugging away to eventually figure it out. I still have a couple of more projects to go before I'm completely over to linux but I'm getting there. Next project is getting my cd-burner working in linux. I'd like to copy the files I've downloaded for linux 4.61 and real player G2 to a cd. Can anyone point me in the right direction here. Thanks, Rick "Mulerider" Murphy -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea." JB
Re: [newbie] Linux and windows98
As will FIPS, from what I've heard.never used it, but that's what is distributed with RedHat. :-) It's in the "dosutils" subdirectory off the CD. John - Original Message - From: Garrett Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 12:59 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux and windows98 Partition Magic will make short work of that process... Tom Brett wrote: Hello: I just bought a Compaq PC with a 13 Gb hard drive and pre-installed win98. Currently, the hard drive is set up with a 2 Gb partition and an 11 Gb partition (both win98). I would like to take part of the 11Gb partition (say 7 Gb) and set it aside for Mandrake Linux 6.0. How would I go about doing this without destroying what already exists on the hard drive? Thanks. -TB
[newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems
Dear all:
OK, I am starting to dislike this mailing list and Mandrake 6.0. I sent
a question to the list asking for help and what I get back is a flame war.
Could somebody please focus on the issue at hand and provide any type of
helpful information that will assist me in resolving my problem?
The description of the problem is below.
Thanks,
Gabriel
I am a Slackware user, but I have heard so many good things about Read
Hat that I decided to give it a try. So far it has not been a positive
experience . . .
My machine is configured as follows:
Pentium 75MHz
64MB RAM
ide0 @ 0x1f0-0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 @ 0x170-0x177, 0x376 on irq 15 (serialized with ide0)
hda: Conner Peripherals 1275MB - CFA1275A,
1220MB w/256KB Cahce, CHS=619/64/63
hdb: Maxtor 72004 AP,
1916MB w/128KB Cache, CHS=973/64/63
hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM DVD-RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048KB Cache
Partition check:
hda: hda1, hda2, hda3
hdb: hdb1, hdb2
I have Windows 95 and Slackware Linux currently installed. The first
hard drive has a partition for Windows 95 and two partitions
for Linux (/swap and /). The second hard drive has one partition for
Windows 95 (mounted under Linux) and a partition for Linux (/usr). Both
drives are under the IDE0 controller.
Under the IDE1 controller, I have a CD-R/RW drive.
Everything works fine with Windows 95 and the version of Slakware that I
have installed.
When I tried installing Mandrake 6.0, I was under the impression that
the installation would take care of deleting or repartition the
hard drives. However, this is not the case.
After the installation type is selected and the kernel is loaded. I see
a message "Running install..." and everything hangs.
When I check with ALT-F4, I can see the following error messages:
VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
hdb: lost interrupt
hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest}
status error: status 0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest}
hdb: drive not ready for command
VFS: Disk change detected on device ide1 (22,0)
hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04
hdc: lost interrupt:
hdc: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason=0x1)
hdc: lost interrupt:
hdc: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason=0x1)
...
I do not understand why the hard drives are used and mounted correctly
with Windows 95 and Slackware, but with Mandrake 6.0 they are not
recognized.
Do you have any ideas?
Thanks,
Gabriel
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[newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems
Dear all:
OK, I am starting to dislike this mailing list and Mandrake 6.0. I sent
a question to the list asking for help and what I get back is a flame war.
Could somebody please focus on the issue at hand and provide any type of
helpful information that will assist me in resolving my problem?
The description of the problem is below.
Thanks,
Gabriel
I am a Slackware user, but I have heard so many good things about Read
Hat that I decided to give it a try. So far it has not been a positive
experience . . .
My machine is configured as follows:
Pentium 75MHz
64MB RAM
ide0 @ 0x1f0-0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 @ 0x170-0x177, 0x376 on irq 15 (serialized with ide0)
hda: Conner Peripherals 1275MB - CFA1275A,
1220MB w/256KB Cahce, CHS=619/64/63
hdb: Maxtor 72004 AP,
1916MB w/128KB Cache, CHS=973/64/63
hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM DVD-RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048KB Cache
Partition check:
hda: hda1, hda2, hda3
hdb: hdb1, hdb2
I have Windows 95 and Slackware Linux currently installed. The first
hard drive has a partition for Windows 95 and two partitions
for Linux (/swap and /). The second hard drive has one partition for
Windows 95 (mounted under Linux) and a partition for Linux (/usr). Both
drives are under the IDE0 controller.
Under the IDE1 controller, I have a CD-R/RW drive.
Everything works fine with Windows 95 and the version of Slakware that I
have installed.
When I tried installing Mandrake 6.0, I was under the impression that
the installation would take care of deleting or repartition the
hard drives. However, this is not the case.
After the installation type is selected and the kernel is loaded. I see
a message "Running install..." and everything hangs.
When I check with ALT-F4, I can see the following error messages:
VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
hdb: lost interrupt
hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest}
status error: status 0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest}
hdb: drive not ready for command
VFS: Disk change detected on device ide1 (22,0)
hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04
hdc: lost interrupt:
hdc: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason=0x1)
hdc: lost interrupt:
hdc: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason=0x1)
...
I do not understand why the hard drives are used and mounted correctly
with Windows 95 and Slackware, but with Mandrake 6.0 they are not
recognized.
Do you have any ideas?
Thanks,
Gabriel
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Fwd: Re: [newbie] Fetchmail
Those quotes are facing the wrong direction. Use the other quote (the one below tilde). I do believe that's called an enyay in Spanish. I could be wrong. It's been a few years since college, and the mind's the second to go. I forgot what the first was! :?) Kayla Pittillo
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems
Hi there:
Sorry, I'm a busy person I'm sure you can understand.
Nothing personal. Just frustrated that my message started a list of
messages not related to my question. ;-)
I appreciate all the help that I can get.
VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
hdb: lost interrupt
hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest}
status error: status 0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest}
hdb: drive not ready for command
VFS: Disk change detected on device ide1 (22,0)
hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04
hdc: lost interrupt:
hdc: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason=0x1)
hdc: lost interrupt:
hdc: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason=0x1)
...
There's some bad logic in the code that desides which drives to enable DMA
cdroms are less tolerant than hardrives when you try and activate it and
they do not support it.
I am confused by this statement. I think I understand the kernel does
not support the particular CD-ROM that I have and that's the reason for the
errors. However, below is the output from the kernel indicating that the
CD-ROM drive was recognized. It does not say the brand, but the description
is right on the money (HP CD-Writer Plus 8200i, 4X/4X/24X).
Pentium 75MHz
64MB RAM
ide0 @ 0x1f0-0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 @ 0x170-0x177, 0x376 on irq 15 (serialized with ide0)
hda: Conner Peripherals 1275MB - CFA1275A,
1220MB w/256KB Cahce, CHS=619/64/63
hdb: Maxtor 72004 AP,
1916MB w/128KB Cache, CHS=973/64/63
hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM DVD-RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048KB Cache
Partition check:
hda: hda1, hda2, hda3
hdb: hdb1, hdb2
These are your suggestions:
A: Swap the cdrom out for something "with less additude"
I do not have another CD-ROM. I actually want to use my CD-R/RW drive
under Linux. Also, I do not know what you mean by "less additude".
B: Find HD space and install it from there
If I keep the CD-R/RW unit installed, this won't make any difference. I
won't be able to finish the boot up.
C: Try it with a recent mirror of Cooker
I have no idea what this means. Could you please elaborate?
D: Ask me for custom boot disks and i'll see if i can find time
Please consider the request made. Could you be so kind to provide me
with a boot disk/image that I can use to install the software?
BTW, I just learned that there were several Mandrake "releases". I am
using the one provided by MacMillan (The Complete Linux OS 6.0).
Thanks,
Gabriel
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[newbie] What OS do I select for RealPlayer at www.real.com?
When I go to www.real .com I try to download the real player. It asks which OS I am using. I do not see Mandrake there. I see RedHat 5.2. That's not supposed to be compatible with Mandrake 6. I thought RedHat 6.0 was the only compatible platform to Mandrake 6.0. I installed the RedHat 5.2 version at it doesn't' launch or start up. Anyone gone to this web site to see the other options? What the heck to I do? Postman.
Re: Re[2]: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems
Hi Sebastian: Thanks for your input. Actually, I have errors by the time the kernel is trying to mount the filesystems. The only choice I have made so far is to press ENTER to start the installation. Hence, my partitions are still intact. In fact, I can still boot the current version of Slackware Linux that I have installed. However, I am unable to go far down in the installation to actually answer any other questions. Thanks, Gabriel From: "Sebastian L C Goh"[EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re[2]: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 11:57:25 -0700 I used the Mandrake-Macmillan Linux and managed to install though it is my first time. Maybe just good luck. Anyway, I probably took the wrong turn somewhere. I seems to have reinitialised my entire harddisk and now my Windows 95 partition is missing. Lucky for me this is a test machine. But I recognise that it is due to my fault in not reading the instructions properly and not following the prompts properly. Now I must learn how to recover back my Windows partition. Better luck to you with the new distribution. ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
[newbie] Network Card Support
I found out the hard way that my network card is not supported with Linux Mandrake. I have a D-Link DE-220 PCT, has anyone seen support for this? I'm unable to download Mandrake because I have a cable modem and it relies on the network card. Help would be appreciated! Thanks! -Kyle "Orange" Spahn Descent Chronicles - http://descent.gamestats.com/ E-Mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ # - 22966915
RE: [newbie] Good AGP card
How many of G400 Max features are supported by the Xfree86 drivers? I know they have been talking about multi-headed support for dual monitors/cards for their next release, but do the current drivers support dual monitors? Does anyone know if either the current or future Xfree86 drivers for the G400 will allow dual monitor support so that I can view desktop 1 on monitor A and desktop 2 on monitor B? Likewise does anyone know how long before it will be possible to have 2 monitors, 2 keyboards and 2 mouse set up on a single Linux machine, allowing either 2 users to use the machine, or to allow 1 user to have simultaneous control over 2 desktops? There are applications and uses of a computer that would benefit from both kinds of setup. Just wondering Aaron -Original Message- From: Randolph Way [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 25 August 1999 9:32 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Good AGP card Check out the Matrox Millenium G400 Max, it's now supported, renders in 32 bits and has TV out, dual monitor support. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 8:46 PM Subject: [newbie] Good AGP card I am looking for a good AGP card to replace my aging Viper V330. (Plus i need room for an ethernet card:) I have about $180 to spend, and no more. I would like something that can render in 32bits (ie. not a Voodoo3). I was looking at a Diamond Stealth III S540 w/ the new Savage 4 chip. Any comments would be great. Thanks, Jerrud
[newbie] eql
Hello Is anyone using or have used eql or mlppp with 6 or more modems? I need to connect a remote site to the lan and we cant get anything faster than 33.6 lines:( So im going to try a cyclades card with 6 or 8 33.6 modems and use eql. I'm just looking to chat with anyone who has used a setup like this in the past, to see what the pitfalls are:) Thanks DJ
