[newbie] printtool and print quality
Uhm, printtool does not appear to let me set the quality of output to my HP DJ 693C. How do I tone down the quality to same myself time and ink? ___ Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED] zap.to/andygoth/ UIN: 35256413
[newbie] To the best list!
I just want to let everyone know that someone on this list went out of his way to fix my Mandrake Venus Kernal and initscripts problem by burning me a CD-R with all the updates. I can just run it and away I go with a fixed Mandrake Venus box. This just goes to show true support you get on this list. I thank everyone. You have all been a great help. Even the ones who tell me to quit whinnin. I am sorry but I just say what I think needs to be said. I still love Mandrake, and I still promote Mandrake on my site. The person who held me his Name is Michael B. I am not going to publish his last name becuase he may not want it known. But thanks to all ! Jeanette
[newbie] Star Office
It seems that everyone likes Star Office and I am the odd one out that have a problem with Star Office. I have downloaded Staroffice 5.1 from the net and have installed it sucessfully onto my PCs running Linux Mandrake 6.0 and Redhat 6.0. However, after the installation, all other components of the Linux, eg. Console, X windows, games can no longer be launched. Upon frastration, I power down the machine and switched it back on again in the hope of some magical remedy, only to find my Linux hang up at booting stage. I suspect that Staroffice has overwritten or modified some of my essancial files during installation. I would appreciate if anyone can help. regards michael
Re: [Re: [Re: [newbie] UPS and developing countries...]]
Tymanthius Rune Speak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This reply is to John - go get educated man! That is just about the mostpompous post I've read!! People with opinions like that are the reason othercountries can't stand Average Joe America!Do you think EVERY country is like Japan/Canada/Australia(sp)? More or lesscomparable to the US? Gz . . . I've been to Mexico (my mother-in-law isfrom there) and at the time I was working a 1992 minimum wage job and I wasRICH in comparison!!My Aussie friend says it best:"Now I know why we have America - it's a good place to keep the Americans!" == Relax Ty, When I read John's post, I remember thinking that he was probably suggesting spending a month's salary (or significantly more) on a UPS. But your ARROGANT response is uncalled for. I'm sure John doesn't need any one to respond for him, but he has posted generously on this list time and again to help others. I'm sure a gentle reminder would be most enlightening. John is usually anything but pompous on this list. By now, he's probably already recognized the problem with his initial response so lighten up, please. Mike:o) ++ Michael Scottaline COL 2.2 Linux 2.2.5 * * * * * * * * * * * It's a fresh wind that Blows Against the Empire Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Print quality
> So log out of your user and log in as root. You'll only ever have to do > it once. THAT part is taken care of, but I'm still wondering about the unable-to-connect-to-server errors. Is it not possible to have multiple users running programs on the same X server? ___ Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED] zap.to/andygoth/ UIN: 35256413
Re: [newbie] KMail
> Is possible to have Netscape opening the links from KMail, instead of KFM ?
Currently I don't see this ability in kmail, but a little source-code
hacking should fix that. In fact, I think it would be awfully nice of
kmail if it allowed the user to choose the commandline to open browser
links. I've seen a similar feature before, but that was for printing
("Enter print commandline: ").
___
Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED] zap.to/andygoth/ UIN: 35256413
Re: [newbie] screen size
I agree- that whole desktop-bigger-than-the-screen thing bugs me, too. You can get around it by making sure you either don't have a "Viewport" section or commenting said section out (by starting the line with a pound sign: Shift-3). The other problem is that it sounds like you have 2 resolutions defined in XF86Config: > I use the Xconfigurator RIVIA TNT driver. > I choose the 800 X 600 and the 1024 X 786 at 24bit > I can switch between the two by clt alt + with no problems When X starts up, it reads the section applying to the chosen color depth, and then sets the desktop size to the largest resolution present. Thus, if you have listed "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" then your desktop size will be 1280 pixels by 1024 pixels. When you change resolutions by Ctrl-Alt-+ (or minus) your desktop size will not change. As far as I can tell, there is no way around this. This will happen, regardless of your "Viewport" settings. -Matt Stegman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Ed Santiago wrote: > I am running Linux Mandrake 6.0 with the 2.2.9-27 kernel. Everything > seems to work fine but I have this question. The same that many others > have had. > I want to run my video at 800X 600 but it doesnt fit the screen. I have > to use the mouse to move the screen around to see all of the desktop. I > have to run at 1024X 786 in order to view the whole desktop. I have > rerun the Xconfigurator and I still have the same thing. > I use KDE almost exclusively. > I have a 17" monitor. > I have a Creative Labs Graphics Blaster RIVIA TNT 16mb (PCI) video card. > > I have no problem getting into console mode and running Xconfigurator. > But what do I need to do in order to make the 800 X 600 fit the screen? > > Thanks in advance, > Ed Santiago > >
[newbie] Netscape - Sound - Printer
Hi all, #1 I was wanting to upgrade Netscape but they have 2 versions at Download.com (glibc2 & libc5). Which one should I use? or should I get it from someplace else? #2 My sound was not set up during setup. I haven't got the foggiest idea how to go about setting it up. I tried "sndconfig" at the terminal prompt as root but it did not detect it and it was not on the list. It is a Yamaha SYXG50 any help getting it working would be appreciated #3 I have a Cannon BJC - 6000 Printer. During setup, I chose BJC - 4000 (mine wasn't on the list). I can't get it to print anyway. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Russ
Re: [newbie] Terasound A3d PCI linux driver .
You might try Open Sound Systems: http://www.opensound.com/lynxos.html There driver is not free, but you can try it, and if it works, it is less expensive than buying a new sound card. Murray Strome Lang Zhi wrote: > > Hi, > How can i configure this soundcard to work ? > sndconfig did't detect it . > > where can i find the driver for it ? > > Thanks > -lz > > __ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- Murray and Diane Strome 1275 Burnside Road West VICTORIA BC V8Z 1P3 Canada Phone: (250) 479-6448 Fax: (250) 727-3427
Re: [newbie] Ethernet NIC not recognized
Just so theres no mis-understanding, I did not do any of the steps that Richard suggested. Out of ignorance I ass-umed that an autoprobe would be performed during install. tks - Original Message - From: Chris Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 3:37 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Ethernet NIC not recognized > Richard, > > Wrong: "You have defined it as a module right.? " > Rignt: "you have not entered the following into /etc/conf.modules" > > Thanks for the response. I thought an autoprobe should have detected it. > I'll give it another try. > > > -Original Message- > From: Richard Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 7:58 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Ethernet NIC not recognized > > > >On Tue, 07 Sep 1999, you wrote: > >> I have just installed Mandrake 6. Unfortunately my 3Com 3C515TX was not > >> recognized. How do I get this up? The logs just say "Delaying start of > >> eth0" > > > >You have defined it as a module right.? you have not entered te > >following into /etc/conf.modules > > > >aslias eth0 3c515 > > > >right.? > > > >If you have then check your system logs you may need to add irq and > >io addresses with the options commands in /etc/conf.modules. > > > >man conf.modules for examples. > > > > > > > >> thanks. > >-- > >Regards Richard > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
RE: [newbie] screen res
> > i've seen various posts about screen resolution probs (with no > answer to my > > particulart situation). > > unfortunately, the ctrl-alt-plus does nothing. in > > fact, the resolution isn't even 640x480, its some > > sort of default resolution (like 240x310).. > > > Which cards do you have and which x-server(s) are you trying to use? > Which version of Mandrake are you running? > John > hi john, i'm currently running: mandrake 6.0 diamond viper v770d with 32mb dell trinitron 19" monitor svga xserver currently, no matter how i configure the system, it goes into some sort of default mode. the verbage tells me: svga: using builtin driver modes svga: builtin mode: 320x200 there is additional verbage which i can relay to you if its useful. thanks so much for the help. ~alan
Re: [newbie] Terasound A3d PCI linux driver .
On Wed, 08 Sep 1999, you wrote: > Hi, > How can i configure this soundcard to work ? > sndconfig did't detect it . > > where can i find the driver for it ? > > Thanks > -lz I've never heard of it but, try 'cat /proc/pci' does it show up there.? if so send the results to the list. "Maybe someone can then help you more. > __ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Linux slooooow!
Hi! Usually, Sendmail is really slow to start when there is a DNS problem. you may check your /etc/hosts file or your DNS configuration in order to see if your hostname is well defined. Fred Kevin Fife wrote: I have Mandrake 6.0 installed on a 450 Pentium-II computer. Everything worked fine. I installed a Adaptec 2940 SCSI adapter so that I could share an optical drive on my network. When I started the machine the first time after installing the card, linux started going very slow when starting sendmail. Each service afterwards takes about 5 minutes each! I then shut down the computer and ripped out that card (which did work fine in another computer). After restarting the machine, linux still acts the same. I start at the GUI login normally, but it would not come up. So I pressed Alt-F2 to login as root. I was able to 'startx' and get to the GUI login and eventually to KDE. The shell program works normally, but Netscape takes about 5 minutes to start. What has happened?? kevin -- -- Frederic PLE email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
Re: [Re: [newbie] UPS and developing countries...]
Guys, don't give others the impression that Americans are like this. Everyone, many of us have not been outside our country and some of these conditions, especially the customs problems, are hard for us to believe. Myself, I have already heard much of this from an American living in Singapore or Thailand who is building PCs for poor children and their schools. People in an internet based PC repair class were sending him used PC parts and some times he didn't receive them. Please give us time we are all learning to think globally. Brian -Original Message- From: Tymanthius Rune Speak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >This reply is to John - go get educated man! That is just about the most >pompous post I've read!! People with opinions like that are the reason other >countries can't stand Average Joe America! > >Do you think EVERY country is like Japan/Canada/Australia(sp)? More or less >comparable to the US? Gz . . . I've been to Mexico (my mother-in-law is >from there) and at the time I was working a 1992 minimum wage job and I was >RICH in comparison!! > >My Aussie friend says it best: > >"Now I know why we have America - it's a good place to keep the Americans!" > >Ty >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Jose Alberto Abreu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Ribbo wrote: >> >> On Sun, Sep 05, 1999 at 10:30:37AM -0400, John Aldrich said: >> >> > Get a UPS! I don't know why they would be SO much more expensive >> > there in Indonesia. A UPS is the ONLY thing that will save you, even >> > in Windows 95/98! I don't know if flushing the buffers more >> > frequently (continuously?) would make any difference, but you really >> > can't expect ANY O/S to *like* being shut down improperly, even >> > Windows! >> > Here in the US, you can purchase an APC 200 VA UPS for $66. I can't >> > imagine it would be more than $100 for a similar piece of equipment >> > there in Indonesia, even accounting for exchange rates, shipping, >> > etc! You really need a UPS! PERIOD! >> >> John, >> US $66 is sooo expensive in here indonesia. mostly for student like me. >> thats why we choose linux for works. >> with $66 you can make a living for a month in Indonesia >> >> -- >> Rib > >Yup, a UPS is more or less the same price here in Mexico... >Problem is, i make around 2USD an hour (and thats a good salary here!), >so its very problematic to buy hardware (long live AMD and Cyrix!) >
Re: [newbie] Partition question...
Ummm, your /boot partition only needs to be 5-15MB and 5 would do fine. It only holds Lilo and kernels. Kernels are roughly 300Kb and Lilo is about 150-300Kb. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong here. Brian -Original Message- From: Chris Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... >I have a 1.5Gig drive. I had problems making my primary/boot partition >larger than 500MB. I settled for a 500MB primary/boot partition, an 80MB >swap partition. My question is, what should I make the 3rd partition, a >primary or extended? What directory should be assigned to it? Is my sawp >partition too big?(I have 32MB of RAM) > >thanks in advance
[newbie] update (fwd)
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 14:40:20 +0200 (CEST) From: Markus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: update can someone tell me why my autoupdate isn't working, i always get the message : fetching of mirror list failed, please try again later thanx
RE: [newbie] screen size
Ed - In the /etc/XF86Config file, down near the bottom of the file, is the "Screen" subsection. Within that subsection are definitions for the various video modes. If you look at each, there is probably a 'viewport x y' line. If you set the x, and y to both be 0, you will disable the viewport capability - the ability to have a larger display than will physically fit on the screen. Bill -Original Message- From: Ed Santiago [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 11:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] screen size I am running Linux Mandrake 6.0 with the 2.2.9-27 kernel. Everything seems to work fine but I have this question. The same that many others have had. I want to run my video at 800X 600 but it doesnt fit the screen. I have to use the mouse to move the screen around to see all of the desktop. I have to run at 1024X 786 in order to view the whole desktop. I have rerun the Xconfigurator and I still have the same thing. I use KDE almost exclusively. I have a 17" monitor. I have a Creative Labs Graphics Blaster RIVIA TNT 16mb (PCI) video card. I use the Xconfigurator RIVIA TNT driver. I choose the 800 X 600 and the 1024 X 786 at 24bit I can switch between the two by clt alt + with no problems I have no problem getting into console mode and running Xconfigurator. But what do I need to do in order to make the 800 X 600 fit the screen? Thanks in advance, Ed Santiago
Re: [newbie] Kernels
Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: > On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, JK wrote: > > > I have mandrake 6.0 venus running on my machine with the 2.2.9-27mdk kernel. I > > was reading about the 2.2.13 kernels that you can get from cassini and > > cooker Will this affect my machine in any way? 'cause I am going to use a > > kernel from a newer version? > > > > Or it does that not matter? > > The kernel does not depend on any other packages. You can safely update. > > LLaP > bero Thank you for the help:)
[newbie] Linux slooooow!
I have Mandrake 6.0 installed on a 450 Pentium-II computer. Everything worked fine. I installed a Adaptec 2940 SCSI adapter so that I could share an optical drive on my network. When I started the machine the first time after installing the card, linux started going very slow when starting sendmail. Each service afterwards takes about 5 minutes each! I then shut down the computer and ripped out that card (which did work fine in another computer). After restarting the machine, linux still acts the same. I start at the GUI login normally, but it would not come up. So I pressed Alt-F2 to login as root. I was able to 'startx' and get to the GUI login and eventually to KDE. The shell program works normally, but Netscape takes about 5 minutes to start. What has happened?? kevin
[newbie] Partition question...
I have a 1.5Gig drive. I had problems making my primary/boot partition larger than 500MB. I settled for a 500MB primary/boot partition, an 80MB swap partition. My question is, what should I make the 3rd partition, a primary or extended? What directory should be assigned to it? Is my sawp partition too big?(I have 32MB of RAM) thanks in advance
Re: [newbie] Ethernet NIC not recognized
Richard, Wrong: "You have defined it as a module right.? " Rignt: "you have not entered the following into /etc/conf.modules" Thanks for the response. I thought an autoprobe should have detected it. I'll give it another try. -Original Message- From: Richard Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 7:58 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Ethernet NIC not recognized >On Tue, 07 Sep 1999, you wrote: >> I have just installed Mandrake 6. Unfortunately my 3Com 3C515TX was not >> recognized. How do I get this up? The logs just say "Delaying start of >> eth0" > >You have defined it as a module right.? you have not entered te >following into /etc/conf.modules > >aslias eth0 3c515 > >right.? > >If you have then check your system logs you may need to add irq and >io addresses with the options commands in /etc/conf.modules. > >man conf.modules for examples. > > > >> thanks. >-- >Regards Richard >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: [Re: [newbie] UPS and developing countries...]
This reply is to John - go get educated man! That is just about the most pompous post I've read!! People with opinions like that are the reason other countries can't stand Average Joe America! Do you think EVERY country is like Japan/Canada/Australia(sp)? More or less comparable to the US? Gz . . . I've been to Mexico (my mother-in-law is from there) and at the time I was working a 1992 minimum wage job and I was RICH in comparison!! My Aussie friend says it best: "Now I know why we have America - it's a good place to keep the Americans!" Ty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jose Alberto Abreu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ribbo wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 05, 1999 at 10:30:37AM -0400, John Aldrich said: > > > Get a UPS! I don't know why they would be SO much more expensive > > there in Indonesia. A UPS is the ONLY thing that will save you, even > > in Windows 95/98! I don't know if flushing the buffers more > > frequently (continuously?) would make any difference, but you really > > can't expect ANY O/S to *like* being shut down improperly, even > > Windows! > > Here in the US, you can purchase an APC 200 VA UPS for $66. I can't > > imagine it would be more than $100 for a similar piece of equipment > > there in Indonesia, even accounting for exchange rates, shipping, > > etc! You really need a UPS! PERIOD! > > John, > US $66 is sooo expensive in here indonesia. mostly for student like me. > thats why we choose linux for works. > with $66 you can make a living for a month in Indonesia > > -- > Rib Yup, a UPS is more or less the same price here in Mexico... Problem is, i make around 2USD an hour (and thats a good salary here!), so its very problematic to buy hardware (long live AMD and Cyrix!) -- _ | Jose Alberto Abreu || Would you drive a car that has | | Executive Editor|| its hood welded shut? | | Plan B Mystical Enterprises || Use Linux, the Open Source OS | | http://pagina.de/planb || http://www.linux.com | _||| Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
[newbie] Terasound A3d PCI linux driver .
Hi, How can i configure this soundcard to work ? sndconfig did't detect it . where can i find the driver for it ? Thanks -lz __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] UPS Auto-Shutdown
You might want to check out the APC site at, www.apc.com as they recently released a program for auto shutdown and I think it might even be free in both senses of the term. Not sure it would matter what UPS you are using. I think its called Power Chute or something. Also if you are running any *nix OS w/ Apache they have a prog. that watches the power on those systems and can do a safe shutdown. Brian -Original Message- From: Scott Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Been running LM 6.0 for about a month and love it. The only thing I don't >yet have set up to my satisfaction is auto-shutdown when my UPS loses AC >power. > >My UPS is a CyberPower Power99 which came with monitoring and shutdown >software for Windows only. It's connected to ttyS1 (COM2) with the supplied >serial cable and it works fine with Win98. I would really like to get it >working with Linux since I don't use Win98 much anymore. I read the UPS >How-To, but it seems to be partially out of date and of course there's no >mention of my "off-brand" CyberPower UPS. I downloaded the upsd software, >but am not sure if this will work, so thought I would ask for help before >proceeding. > >Any suggestions on how to get this working as easily as possible? > >-- >Scott Miller >Using Linux Mandrake Operating System >Take a look at http://www.linux-mandrake.com
[newbie] screen size
I am running Linux Mandrake 6.0 with the 2.2.9-27 kernel. Everything seems to work fine but I have this question. The same that many others have had. I want to run my video at 800X 600 but it doesnt fit the screen. I have to use the mouse to move the screen around to see all of the desktop. I have to run at 1024X 786 in order to view the whole desktop. I have rerun the Xconfigurator and I still have the same thing. I use KDE almost exclusively. I have a 17" monitor. I have a Creative Labs Graphics Blaster RIVIA TNT 16mb (PCI) video card. I use the Xconfigurator RIVIA TNT driver. I choose the 800 X 600 and the 1024 X 786 at 24bit I can switch between the two by clt alt + with no problems I have no problem getting into console mode and running Xconfigurator. But what do I need to do in order to make the 800 X 600 fit the screen? Thanks in advance, Ed Santiago
[newbie] ethernet card w/ netcfg problems
When i try to use netcfg, i get a bunch of python errors saying that i dont have modules and the like. then it just quits. and yes, i am in root. i did this in caldera, and it worked fine... Sorry if this posted twice, but i sent in a mail last night, and i dont think it went thru. Sorry. thanks Jerrud
Re: [newbie] losing lilo
On Tue, 07 Sep 1999, you wrote: > > If not make another disk from your distribution cdrom or source. > > Sorry to bug you but: What kind of disk? I already tried making a boot disk > (and could not), I made a rescue disk, and my installation disk works fine. > How do I make the disk you are talking about? I presume you are talking to me, my signature and the rest of the text has been deleted, but i belive i stated the above. Now i have said, i dont know mandrake however i prsume it will have a directory on the cdrom holding different images for bootdisks, choose te bootdisk , it easy to crate, from dos use the rawrite.exe program, in linux you can use 'dd 'cp' or 'cat' dd if=bootfimage of= /dev/fd0 cat bootiamage /dev/fd0 cp bootimage /dev/fdo in dos. C:\> RAWRITE \path\to\bootimage > Thanks again > Idris -- Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Kernels
On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, JK wrote: > I have mandrake 6.0 venus running on my machine with the 2.2.9-27mdk kernel. I > was reading about the 2.2.13 kernels that you can get from cassini and > cooker Will this affect my machine in any way? 'cause I am going to use a > kernel from a newer version? > > Or it does that not matter? The kernel does not depend on any other packages. You can safely update. LLaP bero
Re: [newbie] losing lilo
Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: > Well, "su" was not a recognised command from #bash. Neither was "mkbootdisk" > nor "/sbin/lilo". Just to be clear: using the rawrite utility in DOS I OK, then try this: bash# mkdir /mnt bash# mount /dev/hda1 [or whatever is your root filesystem] /mnt bash# /mnt/sbin/lilo /mnt/etc/lilo.conf -- Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
[newbie] Kernels
I have mandrake 6.0 venus running on my machine with the 2.2.9-27mdk kernel. I was reading about the 2.2.13 kernels that you can get from cassini and cooker Will this affect my machine in any way? 'cause I am going to use a kernel from a newer version? Or it does that not matter? Thank you in advance JK
Re: [newbie] RE:
Hi Ken. I'm not familiar with the free version of P.M., I've got 4.0; but a few questions. First, when you created the free space, did you create an extended partition to cover it? Did you create your Linux partitions as logical partitions inside it? Try that, and make sure you designate the correct filesystem for each logical partition you create, linux swap or ext2. And when you install using Disk Druid, don't re-create the partitions, just edit and set the mount points. Good luck! - Original Message - From: Ken Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 10:48 AM Subject: [newbie] RE: > One thing I can see right off the bat. Use '/', not '\' > > 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 Graham Innocent > > Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 4:03 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: > > > > > > Dear All, > > I have just bought Mandrake 6.0 and am having trouble getting > > the included > > version of partition magic to work properly from windows '98. > > > > I can create the Linux native '\' partition and the swapfile > > parition just > > fine, but I can't get it to create a '\home' partition. > > Please help. I don't > > want to delete all my win '98 data. > > > > > > > > > > __ > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > >
[newbie] UPS Auto-Shutdown
Been running LM 6.0 for about a month and love it. The only thing I don't yet have set up to my satisfaction is auto-shutdown when my UPS loses AC power. My UPS is a CyberPower Power99 which came with monitoring and shutdown software for Windows only. It's connected to ttyS1 (COM2) with the supplied serial cable and it works fine with Win98. I would really like to get it working with Linux since I don't use Win98 much anymore. I read the UPS How-To, but it seems to be partially out of date and of course there's no mention of my "off-brand" CyberPower UPS. I downloaded the upsd software, but am not sure if this will work, so thought I would ask for help before proceeding. Any suggestions on how to get this working as easily as possible? -- Scott Miller Using Linux Mandrake Operating System Take a look at http://www.linux-mandrake.com
Re: [newbie] LBA versus normal drives
-Original Message- From: Simon Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I am currently installing Linux, and have come across something in the docs. >Since MB delightfully informed me that my documentation could be a wee out >of date, I'd thought I'd pose it to this group. > >The system I'm installing on has normal disks, IE non LBA devices, although >the BIOS can support LBA. They are smaller than the 528M limit. Is there >anything in Linux which will prevent installation on non LBA devices? The >documentation suggests Linux requires LBA devices, but myself and my >colleagues cannot figure out why. Does anyone know? > LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is just an added feature of hard drives. It is not necessary for any OS. It is most important though that you shut off this feature in the BIOS if your hard drive doesn't support it. Brian
Re: [newbie] losing lilo
> If not make another disk from your distribution cdrom or source. Sorry to bug you but: What kind of disk? I already tried making a boot disk (and could not), I made a rescue disk, and my installation disk works fine. How do I make the disk you are talking about? Thanks again Idris
[newbie] To little Wine
Hi all, Though I would have a little play with WINE. So using the Kpackage manager I installed the Wine rpm from the Mandrake 6 CD. All seemed well. But then I find all the documentation files, although listed, are missing. So I have no idea what to do with it to make anything work. Do I need to have Windows installed? I haven't at the moment. What besides the Windows Application's .exe file do I need to import (if anything) and where to? Then how do I use it? If someone can point to an 'Idiot's guide to using Wine' I'd be jolly grateful. Stuart
[newbie] RE:
One thing I can see right off the bat. Use '/', not '\' 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 Graham Innocent > Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 4:03 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: > > > Dear All, > I have just bought Mandrake 6.0 and am having trouble getting > the included > version of partition magic to work properly from windows '98. > > I can create the Linux native '\' partition and the swapfile > parition just > fine, but I can't get it to create a '\home' partition. > Please help. I don't > want to delete all my win '98 data. > > > > > __ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >
[newbie] Re: [expert] Kernel 2.2.12 RPM?
On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, John Aldrich wrote: > Anyone know where I can find an RPM of kernel 2.2.12? I compiled my > own yesterday, but I'm having some problems that I'm hoping will go > away by using a pre-compiled kernel. Get 2.2.13-2mdk from cooker or cassini (http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cooker, http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cassini) LLaP bero
Re: [newbie] Problems configuring a modem
Miguel Prestol wrote: > Hi. I have a HSP 56 Modem PCI, and when I try to configure it on > linux, it doesn't recognize the modem on any TTYS* port, windows > autodetects it. It has been pre-configured to work on COM 4. I would > like to know if there is a way to do an autodetect modem(s) or > something... I tried to configure it to TTYS3 that should be Com 4 I > guess... And it didn't worked... I don't know what can I do...help > me... thanks. BTW it would be ttyS* Joe
Re: [newbie] what is?
> > The one thing I would ask is, the 128M swap limit comment is taken from the > Linux Mandrake manual for version 6.0. Does this mean that I have bought a > product whose documentation is already out of date?? > Yes. Things change so fast in the Linux world that the documentation can be out of date in 24 hours!! MB
[newbie] Auto Answer/Fax Program
Anyone know how to set up Linux to automatically answer incoming data/fax calls? I used to use mgetty, but it was kind of cumbersome. I guess what I am asking is Does anyone know of anything similar to Procomm Plus for (shudder) windows (shudder) for Linux? Thanks, Bryan
[newbie] Kernel 2.2.12 RPM?
Anyone know where I can find an RPM of kernel 2.2.12? I compiled my own yesterday, but I'm having some problems that I'm hoping will go away by using a pre-compiled kernel. Primarily, my on-board sound won't work anymore (it DID work in 2.2.9-27mdk) and I'm having some other "wierdness" go on with KMail and still can't get SMP to work. :-( John
Re: [newbie] Re:
MaxiM Basunov wrote: > > >> What lists of dispatch are devoted to a /fresh/ kernel? > > > >What do you mean? > I want to find out addresses of the lists of dispatch on a kernel, where the > information about bugfixes, releases, DoS and other. > > PS: Sorry for bad english. Almost computer translation. Ah! I understand now! Send a message with "subscribe linux-kernel" in the subject and body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to subscribe to the Linux kernel mailing list. It carries all the kernel information. One other place you'll want to check is bugtraq. I don't have a URL for that, but a web search should turn up the site and it's mirrors. Good Luck! -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] screen res
On Mon, 06 Sep 1999, you wrote: > hi there, > i've seen various posts about screen resolution probs (with no answer to my > particulart situation). > unfortunately, the ctrl-alt-plus does nothing. in > fact, the resolution isn't even 640x480, its some > sort of default resolution (like 240x310). i've > tried to install on two different boxes, both have > the same problem, and both have AGP video cards > (but not the same card)... is the AGP card the > problem? if it is, what's the work-around for it? > the text console runs fine and even the GUI works > correctly (what i can see of it), so this just > seems to be a video issue. any help would be > greatly appreciated. thanks in advance. > Which cards do you have and which x-server(s) are you trying to use? Which version of Mandrake are you running? John
Re: [newbie] losing lilo
Dear folks John Connell wrote: > At the bash prompt try typing in "su" you should then get a > "[root@localhost root]#" prompt, then try typing "startx" and see if that > does anything. > I meant to say "/sbin/lilo" then type in "reboot." Well, "su" was not a recognised command from #bash. Neither was "mkbootdisk" nor "/sbin/lilo". Just to be clear: using the rawrite utility in DOS I created a rescue disk from the rescue.img file on the Mandrake CD. I booted from the installation disk, typed in "rescue" at the prompt. moments later I was asked for the rescue disk. I placed it in the floppy drive and I soon arrived at the #bash prompt. A very limited number of commands where available in /bin, identical to those in /sbin. As I mentioned, the commands you suggested were not available. I hope this more detailed description helps. Thank you Idris
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Dear All, I have just bought Mandrake 6.0 and am having trouble getting the included version of partition magic to work properly from windows '98. I can create the Linux native '\' partition and the swapfile parition just fine, but I can't get it to create a '\home' partition. Please help. I don't want to delete all my win '98 data. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Re:
On Tue, 07 Sep 1999, you wrote: > >> What lists of dispatch are devoted to a /fresh/ kernel? > > > >What do you mean? > I want to find out addresses of the lists of dispatch on a kernel, where the > information about bugfixes, releases, DoS and other. > > PS: Sorry for bad english. Almost computer translation. subscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED], to do that send a message to; [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the body of the message; subscribe linux-announce [EMAIL PROTECTED] nothing else, not even a sig. I hope its linux-announce and not linux-kernel-announce. if tits wrong, a help message will be sent to you. -- Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Ethernet NIC not recognized
On Tue, 07 Sep 1999, you wrote: > I have just installed Mandrake 6. Unfortunately my 3Com 3C515TX was not > recognized. How do I get this up? The logs just say "Delaying start of > eth0" You have defined it as a module right.? you have not entered te following into /etc/conf.modules aslias eth0 3c515 right.? If you have then check your system logs you may need to add irq and io addresses with the options commands in /etc/conf.modules. man conf.modules for examples. > thanks. -- Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Installation
On Tue, 07 Sep 1999, you wrote: > > > > > But where would it go? /usr/local? Should I make a special directory > > > > > to hold downloaded packages? > > > > > > > > I suppose the proper place would be /usr/src, but I've usually just left > > > > the source directories in /root (or, sometimes, in /home/danb/src). > > > > If you're in /root, and you unpack the tarball, you'll probably > > > > place all of its contents in /root/tinyfugue-1.2.3. The make > > > > install script will place the binaries where they need to go. > > > > > > That's WAY too messy for me! I'll go with /usr/src/, unless anyone > > > objects. > > > > > I dont object, but /usr/local/src is more for that sort of thing, i > > have made /usr/local/src/temp for that sort of thing. > > tar achives used in the wrong manner can bugger up ones system before > > one knows it. > > Yeah, that's what I meant to say. > > I untarred it to /usr/local/src/tf-1.2.3 (I forget the version...) and > looked inside. I had to run sh unixmake to compile. Then it installed > /usr/local/bin and some other places. I deleted the directory and kept > the source as the original .tar.gz file (in the /usr/local/src) > directory. Now if I need to change anything, I just look there... I'm glad you saw my point, you can always completly delete the whole directory, keep the tar archive in /home/ftp/pub/* somewhere. > By the way it works well. Does anyone want it? It doesn't need X. What is it and what does it do and where is it obtainable.?.. > > ___ > Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED] zap.to/andygoth/ UIN: 3525641 -- Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] losing lilo
On Mon, 06 Sep 1999, you wrote: > Dear folks: > I recently had to reinstall Windows after it began seriously > misbehaving, but lost lilo in the process. Now I can't get Mandrake 5.2 > to boot up. I tried using the rescue disk, got to the #bash prompt, but > have no idea what to do next. I tried reinstalling lilo from the CD > (using the upgrade mode) but to no avail. Can I get some help here? > I presume the bootdisk has a prompt stating "enter parameters or hit enter to boot." If so at the prompt type 'mount root=/dev/hdaX ro' where X is where you root fiilesystem is situated, then you should be able to rerun lilo and restore what you had. If not make another disk from your distribution cdrom or source. > Thanks! > Idris -- Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Re:
>> What lists of dispatch are devoted to a /fresh/ kernel? > >What do you mean? I want to find out addresses of the lists of dispatch on a kernel, where the information about bugfixes, releases, DoS and other. PS: Sorry for bad english. Almost computer translation.
Re: [newbie] ethernet card setup (an add on)
On Tue, 07 Sep 1999, you wrote: > Too help narrow down the program that i want, i know its not ifconfig. It had > more of a graphical interface. it let me choose my card, put in the IP and > such, and then it made everything work. I want to use my DSL in linux! I dont know much about caldera, so all i can do is guess, but i can suggest the moprmal way one would do such a task in console mode, then the commands should be the same weather it be caldera slakware redhat or whatever. findout what your card is, thats a thing you should know, ie look on the box, phone the shop where it came from. Read then /usr/src/linux/Documentation.networking/* maybe you card is memtioned there. /usr/doc/somewhere/Ethernet-HOWTO The chances are you have installed the distribution kernel from your installation, so ypu shopuld have all you need as modules already installed. Read /usr/doc/somewhere/mini/Modules Then ifconfig to configure the card if nessacary. That might not be much jhelp at first sight, but do what i say and you should get a lot further than you are now. The program netconfig might be called netconf at least it is here but ihave redhat. > > thanks once more > jerrud -- Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [[newbie] ethernet card setup]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i was told to use "netconfig" to set up my ethernet card, but when i do this, i get a "no command found". what is one to do? === Did you do this as root??? = Mike Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
