Re: [newbie] VERY URGENT, PLEASE HELP ME
Hello, I' ve tried to lauch X as a normal user without success : xauth message = xauthentication failed ! I have tried startx, xinit , xdm , kdm ( xdm and kdm are root only) I have generated a new .Xauthority but it is alway the same .. Please , why can't i start X as a normal user. What should i do ?? Im using Mandrake 6 + kernel 2.2.12 AND KDE is my window manager . Please help me dudes , its very important because users need the possibility in my box tio launch X . Sorry for my very bad english and than a lot by advance for your help .
[newbie] Copy CDROM to Harddrive
Hello, I am new to Linux but not UNIX in general. I have been facsinated with = Linux for a long time but never had the space to install it. Now i do. The install of Linux get all the way to trying to read from the CD-ROM = drive, it even spins it but then takes a serious error and tell me it is = OK to reboot. I would like to just get Linux installed and fix the = CD-ROM later. Is there a way to copy all the needed installation files to a directory = throught Windows and then install from that directory?
Re: [newbie] can someone
Thanks ;-) Hi! I've put a new ISO-image made from the sunsite.uio.no-mirror at 11:30 CET 990910 on: ftp://svt1a225.sv.ntnu.no/pub/linux/Mandrake/cassini.iso Pl Arne Hoff
[newbie] ntfs
Hey all, Well it got me finally!! I was useing my ntfs as a place to drop files and was writeing a cd and guess what ? I only lost about 2.5 gb of files no shit!!! The partition was blank and unformated and would not even mount. Be careful if ya use it. Ralph
Re: [newbie] Modem and kppp
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, you wrote: I have a Creative Modem Blaster Flash56 PCI DI5630 on com3 and I can't get the kppp dialer to inatialize my modem. Any seggestions on setup or drivers or a another 56k modem I could buy that has avalible Linux drivers would be greatly appreciated. AFAIK, virtually all PCI modems are "WinModems." That means that they use software to emulate hardware. HSP modems are an example of a type of "WinModem." These modems are useless in Linux. What you should do is go out and buy an EXTERNAL 56k modem or find an ISA modem that does NOT say it requires Windows. John
[newbie] /dev files changing owner???
Howdy!! I have a problem, the following /dev file keep changing ownership to my user acount. crw--- 1 klund root 14, 4 May 5 1998 /dev/audio crw--- 1 klund root 14, 20 May 5 1998 /dev/audio1 brw--- 2 klund floppy 22, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/cdrom crw--w--w- 1 klund root 5, 1 Sep 8 19:03 /dev/console crw--- 1 klund root 14, 3 May 5 1998 /dev/dsp crw--- 1 klund root 14, 19 May 5 1998 /dev/dsp1 brw--- 1 klund floppy 2, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/fd0 brw--- 1 klund floppy 2, 12 May 5 1998 /dev/fd0D360 brw--- 1 klund floppy 2, 17 May 5 1998 /dev/fd1H720 brw--- 1 klund floppy 2, 28 May 5 1998 /dev/fd0H1440 brw--- 1 klund floppy 2, 12 May 5 1998 /dev/fd0H360 brw--- 1 klund floppy 2, 16 May 5 1998 /dev/fd0H720 brw--- 1 klund floppy 2, 4 May 5 1998 /dev/fd0d360 brw--- 1 klund floppy 2, 8 May 5 1998 /dev/fd0h1200 brw--- 1 klund floppy 2, 20 May 5 1998 /dev/fd0h360 brw--- 1 klund floppy 2, 24 May 5 1998 /dev/fd0h720 brw--- 1 klund root 2, 28 May 25 05:19 /dev/fd0u1440 brw--- 1 klund root 2, 32 May 25 05:19 /dev/fd0u2880 brw--- 1 klund root 2, 104 May 25 05:19 /dev/fd0u3200 brw--- 1 klund root 2, 108 May 25 05:19 /dev/fd0u3520 brw--- 1 klund root 2, 112 May 25 05:19 /dev/fd0u3840 brw--- 1 klund floppy 2, 1 May 5 1998 /dev/fd1 brw--- 1 klund floppy 2, 13 May 5 1998 /dev/fd1D360 brw--- 1 klund floppy 2, 17 May 5 1998 /dev/fd1D720 brw--- 1 klund floppy 2, 29 May 5 1998 /dev/fd1H1440 brw--- 1 klund floppy 2, 13 May 5 1998 /dev/fd1H360 brw--- 1 klund floppy 2, 17 May 5 1998 /dev/fd1H720 brw--- 1 klund floppy 2, 5 May 5 1998 /dev/fd1d360 brw--- 1 klund floppy 2, 9 May 5 1998 /dev/fd1h1200 brw--- 1 klund floppy 2, 21 May 5 1998 /dev/fd1h360 brw--- 1 klund floppy 2, 25 May 5 1998 /dev/fd1h720 brw--- 1 klund root 2, 29 May 25 05:19 /dev/fd1u1440 brw--- 1 klund root 2, 33 May 25 05:19 /dev/fd1u2880 brw--- 1 klund root 2, 105 May 25 05:19 /dev/fd1u3200 brw--- 1 klund root 2, 109 May 25 05:19 /dev/fd1u3520 brw--- 1 klund root 2, 113 May 25 05:19 /dev/fd1u3840 brw--- 2 klund floppy 22, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/hdc crw--- 1 klund root 14, 2 May 5 1998 /dev/midi00 crw--- 1 klund root 14, 18 May 5 1998 /dev/midi01 crw--- 1 klund root 14, 34 May 5 1998 /dev/midi02 crw--- 1 klund root 14, 50 May 5 1998 /dev/midi03 crw--- 1 klund root 14, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/mixer crw--- 1 klund root 14, 16 May 5 1998 /dev/mixer1 crw--- 1 klund root 14, 1 May 5 1998 /dev/sequencer this is mainly causing problems with other users using the sound system... I have chown the files back to root.* and chmod to a+rw but after a while they are back again. I have not been able to trace down what is causing this can anyone help??? I'm running mandgrake 6.0 Linux kernal 2.2.9-19mdk -- /> / Ken Lund (Goomba) |o[\|(O):::==- \ \>
Re: [newbie] 3 Button Mouse -- Configuration
John Aldrich wrote: On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, you wrote: So I can set a scroll wheel mouse to emulate 3 buttons? Two books here say no? Select Imouse when setting up your mouse. It'll automatically use the third wheel to paste. I'm using one right now! John Hi John, Do you mean IM Wheel? I have that installed. How do you get it to work? The mouse wheel does not seem to scroll anything. Thanks Jeanette
Re: [newbie] Mount point installation error
It sounds like you are probably trying to mount your / directory on your CD drive. Your current hard drives will look like this in Linux c: = hda1 e: = hdb1 f: = hdb2 g: = hdb3 h: = hdb4 on 22:31 10/09/1999 -0700, Jerry,wrote I have two hard drives. One is C drive with W95. Other is E F G H 8.4 Gig Maxtor with Windows NT installed on one of the partitions. I am having trouble installing mainly as I dont know how to make sure I install to right partition on second hard drive. When I select hdc instead of hda1 and type " / " for mount point I get an error message "illegal mount point " I have 2047 megs free on three of the four partitions. Any help appreciated. JDW
Re: [newbie] 3 Button Mouse -- Configuration
I stuck "IMWheel -k" in my startup folder. By creating a kdelink and dragging it in there. I gotta have my wheel! :) Wayne Boaz, Network Analyst John Aldrich wrote: On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, you wrote: So I can set a scroll wheel mouse to emulate 3 buttons? Two books here say no? Select Imouse when setting up your mouse. It'll automatically use the third wheel to paste. I'm using one right now! John Hi John, Do you mean IM Wheel? I have that installed. How do you get it to work? The mouse wheel does not seem to scroll anything. Thanks Jeanette
Re: [newbie] ntfs
Thats why the Write option comes with a big WARNING notice. At 08:04 AM 9/11/99 -0400, you wrote: Hey all, Well it got me finally!! I was useing my ntfs as a place to drop files and was writeing a cd and guess what ? I only lost about 2.5 gb of files no shit!!! The partition was blank and unformated and would not even mount. Be careful if ya use it. Ralph
Re: [newbie] 3 Button Mouse -- Configuration
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote: Hi John, Do you mean IM Wheel? I have that installed. How do you get it to work? The mouse wheel does not seem to scroll anything. Nope. When you set up your mouse originally, did you choose "Microsoft Intellimouse"? That's an option in Mandrake 6. It works fine for a "paste." However, it doesn't scroll or anything. I suspect that if you didn't select "MS Intellimouse" (or whatever it's called) you will find that IMWHEEL doesn't work... :-) John
Re: [newbie] Copy CDROM to Harddrive
I have the entire Linux on CD-ROM right now. I need to know what files to copy off the CD-ROM onto the harddrive so I can install off the harddrive? - Original Message - From: Rex Deaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 11, 1999 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Copy CDROM to Harddrive | At 07:22 AM 9/11/99 -0400, Bob wrote: | | Is there a way to copy all the needed installation files to a directory = | throught Windows and then install from that directory? | | Bob, I downloaded all the files from FTP site and installed from a | directory, so I would say yes. Do the hard drive install, it will ask you | where the files are, point to the Win partition and directory. | - | KC Celtic http://members.xoom.com/rdeaver
Re: [newbie] 3 Button Mouse -- Configuration
John Aldrich wrote: On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote: Hi John, Do you mean IM Wheel? I have that installed. How do you get it to work? The mouse wheel does not seem to scroll anything. Nope. When you set up your mouse originally, did you choose "Microsoft Intellimouse"? That's an option in Mandrake 6. It works fine for a "paste." However, it doesn't scroll or anything. I suspect that if you didn't select "MS Intellimouse" (or whatever it's called) you will find that IMWHEEL doesn't work... :-) John No I set it for a PS2 Mouse. Its a Logitech mouse so I didn't think it would be good to set it as an Intelmouse? BTW, I am back on Mandrake 6 thanks to people on the list. Jeanette
Re: [newbie] 3 Button Mouse -- Configuration
i have a logitech trackman marble+ using imwheel. if you follow the instructions that come with imwheel for setup, then it will work as both a three button mouse and the scroll button will work. it works better for me in linux than it ever did in windows. :P Jeanette Russo wrote: John Aldrich wrote: On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote: Hi John, Do you mean IM Wheel? I have that installed. How do you get it to work? The mouse wheel does not seem to scroll anything. Nope. When you set up your mouse originally, did you choose "Microsoft Intellimouse"? That's an option in Mandrake 6. It works fine for a "paste." However, it doesn't scroll or anything. I suspect that if you didn't select "MS Intellimouse" (or whatever it's called) you will find that IMWHEEL doesn't work... :-) John No I set it for a PS2 Mouse. Its a Logitech mouse so I didn't think it would be good to set it as an Intelmouse? BTW, I am back on Mandrake 6 thanks to people on the list. Jeanette
Re: [newbie] RPM's without docs?
i too have had these problems. every package i installed when i first installed mandrake has the docs. packages i have installed since then have the doc directories built, but they are empty. i have only used kpackage for installation, so i wonder if there is a bug? :P "R. David Whitlock" wrote: Ok, second question: I recently downloaded the SSH package available from one of the sites linked off the mandrake web page. I used Kpackage to open and install the rpm, and everything worked successfully, as far as the program goes and all. However, when I look at the installed package for ssh, under ApplicationsInternetSSH, at the file list, I see many files listed which are NOT installed, namely all of the documentation. All files have a green check next to them, the package installed correctly, and all the directories referred to were created, but none of the man pages, or files under /usr/doc/ssh-1.1.27/ are there (this is a blank directory!). Did I do something wrong, or is it that the files were somehow omitted? If so, why do they show up in kpackage's list as there? Thanks, David
Re: [newbie] Mount point installation error
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Stuart Burbridge wrote: It sounds like you are probably trying to mount your / directory on your CD drive. Your current hard drives will look like this in Linux c: = hda1 e: = hdb1 f: = hdb2 g: = hdb3 h: = hdb4 close but not quite, extended partitions start at hdX5 so if you have one primary partition it'll look like e: hdb1 f: hdb5 g: hdb6 h hdb7 on 22:31 10/09/1999 -0700, Jerry,wrote I have two hard drives. One is C drive with W95. Other is E F G H 8.4 Gig Maxtor with Windows NT installed on one of the partitions. I am having trouble installing mainly as I dont know how to make sure I install to right partition on second hard drive. When I select hdc instead of hda1 and type " / " for mount point I get an error message "illegal mount point " I have 2047 megs free on three of the four partitions. Any help appreciated. JDW Whatd drive d: windows doesn't skip letters -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
[newbie] redundant partition question
i know this has been addressed several times, but i want to ask it again. when 6.1 comes out, i plan to wipe my drive and install it. my linux drive is 6 gigs. right now, i have one big / partition. i want to create three partitions next time (in addition to swap): /, /boot, and /home. can some one give some ideas of partiton sizes for these? i figure /boot will be 10 or 15 megs, maybe less since i wont have too many kernals on it.what are good sizes for / and /home? thanks for your tips. :P
Re: [newbie] 3 Button Mouse -- Configuration
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote: No I set it for a PS2 Mouse. Its a Logitech mouse so I didn't think it would be good to set it as an Intelmouse? BTW, I am back on Mandrake 6 thanks to people on the list. Jeanette Hmm...I'd say try setting it to Intellimouse...worth a shot. :-) The worst that can happen (AFAIK) is that you'll have to reconfigure your mouse again. John
[newbie] The Doors CD
I picked up a CD from The Doors that supposedly has a data section in addition to the music. Well... Not only am I unable to access that data, but I also cannot play the cd with kscd! It doesn't work in Windows, either. The CD player (physical thing separate from the computer) has no trouble, though. ___ Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED] zap.to/andygoth/ UIN: 35256413
Re: [newbie] PostgresSQL - Thanks Steve!
Thanks Steve! I followed your instructions and I'm up and running!
Re: [newbie] RPM's without docs?
At 06:03 PM 9/11/99 +, you wrote: i too have had these problems. every package i installed when i first installed mandrake has the docs. packages i have installed since then have the doc directories built, but they are empty. i have only used kpackage for installation, so i wonder if there is a bug? I think this might be a bug with kpackage, as I have had it happen to me also. It seems that any documentation just is not installed when using kpackage. I ended up reinstalling a bunch of packages from the command line, and everything worked ok then. Now I usually use kpackage to view the package contents and install from a commandline.
Re: [newbie] The Doors CD
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Andy Goth wrote: I picked up a CD from The Doors that supposedly has a data section in addition to the music. Well... Not only am I unable to access that data, but I also cannot play the cd with kscd! It doesn't work in Windows, either. The CD player (physical thing separate from the computer) has no trouble, though. By any chance, is your CD-Drive old enough not to support multisession CDs? A number of dual-mode CDs are multisession... LLaP bero
Re: [newbie] VERY URGENT, PLEASE HELP ME
You might find that such alarmist titles in your Subject line only serve to bother some people, and thus net you less possible replies. But here's one stab: You say that xauthentication fails, I get that error if I am anyone but the origional user that logged in when I do something that requires permission from the xserver, for example, if I log in as root, su to ryan, and then try to start x. To fix this, as the origional user root, type "xhost + 127.0.0.1". This allows all requests to connect that come from the local machine to the local display. Then you can change to a different user and run x apps, start x, etcetera. This may not solve your problem, but it's difficult to think of other causes. Can you give us better details? The kernel level you list is not the default with MDK 6, have you made significant patches? What exactly happens when you type "startx"? Have you run Xconfigurator (located in /usr/X11R6/bin/Xconfigurator) ? Have you tried xf86config (same directory, but use the other program if possible) ? What video card do you have? Some of these things happened during install, did you miss them? Has it been awhile since you installed? If not, I would reccomend re-installing and paying attention to exactly every step if none of the above options seem to be working. Good luck, David On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Netrider wrote: Hello, I' ve tried to lauch X as a normal user without success : xauth message = xauthentication failed ! I have tried startx, xinit , xdm , kdm ( xdm and kdm are root only) I have generated a new .Xauthority but it is alway the same .. Please , why can't i start X as a normal user. What should i do ?? Im using Mandrake 6 + kernel 2.2.12 AND KDE is my window manager . Please help me dudes , its very important because users need the possibility in my box tio launch X . Sorry for my very bad english and than a lot by advance for your help .
Re: [newbie] 3 Button Mouse -- Configuration
Jeanette Russo wrote: John Aldrich wrote: On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote: Hi John, Do you mean IM Wheel? I have that installed. How do you get it to work? The mouse wheel does not seem to scroll anything. Nope. When you set up your mouse originally, did you choose "Microsoft Intellimouse"? That's an option in Mandrake 6. It works fine for a "paste." However, it doesn't scroll or anything. I suspect that if you didn't select "MS Intellimouse" (or whatever it's called) you will find that IMWHEEL doesn't work... :-) John No I set it for a PS2 Mouse. Its a Logitech mouse so I didn't think it would be good to set it as an Intelmouse? BTW, I am back on Mandrake 6 thanks to people on the list. Jeanette Jeanettetry 'Logitech First Mouse + PS2'. Alan
[newbie] Partition Erro
Thanks foe the tip. I used Fdisk and change the cylinder size and then used Druid. Everything went fine. Sorry for the html. Thanks again for the help. Leonard W. Miller Microsoft Certified Professional A+ Certified Technician
[newbie] Services
Thanks for the tips. I tried it at home and it worked. I'll try at work on Monday. Sorry for the HTML post. Thanks again Leonard W. Miller Microsoft Certified Professional A+ Certified Technician
Re: [Re: [newbie] Mount point installation error]
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[newbie] Telnet Server Not Working -- Help!
Hi Folks, Another odd little question. I can no longer Telnet into my Linux box, and don't know why. It establishes the connection, but doesn't give any login prompt (even if you whack RETURN a few times), and then disconnects about 5 seconds later. What's going on? Sean
Re: [newbie] Partition Erro
On 11 Sep 99, at 14:59, Leonard W. Miller wrote: Thanks foe the tip. I used Fdisk and change the cylinder size and then used Druid. Everything went fine. Sorry for the html. Thanks again for the help. Leonard W. Miller Microsoft Certified Professional A+ Certified Technician Pardon me Mr. Miller if I poke a little fun at (possibly) your expense... Anyone else notice the irony of a Microsoft Certified Professional on a Linux newbie mailing list? I realize that the more one has in the way of information, the better. Becoming more informed about multiple OS's is a good idea, but I can't help but imagine some kind of disenchantment or "there has to be a better way" behind the interest in Linux. Just my 2 cents, and you know what you can buy with that these days. -- Tim and/or Wendy If you don't think life is interesting, You're not paying attention.
Re: [newbie] PostgresSQL - Thanks Steve!
"Eric L. Damron" wrote: Thanks Steve! I followed your instructions and I'm up and running! Great! Glad to hear it helped. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Mount hd on boot
Hello all, Every time I boot I have to tell Linux to mount my secondary master, a MS-Dos disk. I believe there is a way to do that automatically, either in one of the initialization files or in an item on the desktop (such as the ones for the CD-Rom and Floppy), but have not found a trace of that in the documentation. Can anyone help me out? Thanks, /Gustavo.
RE: [newbie] RPM's without docs?
You raise a very good question. I loaded the rpm for mysql and although the package lists all of the docs, none of them made it into the alleged directory, or anywhere else on my system for that matter. 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: Saturday, September 11, 1999 11:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] RPM's without docs? i too have had these problems. every package i installed when i first installed mandrake has the docs. packages i have installed since then have the doc directories built, but they are empty. i have only used kpackage for installation, so i wonder if there is a bug? :P
Re: [newbie] Telnet Server Not Working -- Help!
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Sean McMains wrote: Hi Folks, Another odd little question. I can no longer Telnet into my Linux box, and don't know why. It establishes the connection, but doesn't give any login prompt (even if you whack RETURN a few times), and then disconnects about 5 seconds later. What's going on? Sean rpm -q telnet-server, says??? -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
RE: [newbie] Partition Erro
I can't speak for Mr. Miller but I can for myself. I have a dual boot with Windows and Linux on it. I use them both as somethings are more convenient in one OS then the other. Also, I am currently studying computer systems technology and have come to the realization that, in the real world, what I would like to work with and what I get to work with are two completely different animals. So the more I know about each the better. 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 11, 1999 5:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Partition Erro On 11 Sep 99, at 14:59, Leonard W. Miller wrote: Thanks foe the tip. I used Fdisk and change the cylinder size and then used Druid. Everything went fine. Sorry for the html. Thanks again for the help. Leonard W. Miller Microsoft Certified Professional A+ Certified Technician Pardon me Mr. Miller if I poke a little fun at (possibly) your expense... Anyone else notice the irony of a Microsoft Certified Professional on a Linux newbie mailing list? I realize that the more one has in the way of information, the better. Becoming more informed about multiple OS's is a good idea, but I can't help but imagine some kind of disenchantment or "there has to be a better way" behind the interest in Linux. Just my 2 cents, and you know what you can buy with that these days. -- Tim and/or Wendy If you don't think life is interesting, You're not paying attention.
Re: [newbie] Mount point installation error
Okay, you guys got me. H is the CD Rom Drive. NT is on D and E, F and G are empty. So, do I follow the FIPS procedure now? Why isn't the / Mount POint legal here? -Original Message- From: Stuart Burbridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, September 11, 1999 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mount point installation error on 12:05 11/09/1999 -0600, Axalon Bloodstone,wrote On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Stuart Burbridge wrote: It sounds like you are probably trying to mount your / directory on your CD drive. Your current hard drives will look like this in Linux c: = hda1 e: = hdb1 f: = hdb2 g: = hdb3 h: = hdb4 close but not quite, extended partitions start at hdX5 so if you have one primary partition it'll look like e: hdb1 f: hdb5 g: hdb6 h hdb7 Oops! on 22:31 10/09/1999 -0700, Jerry,wrote I have two hard drives. One is C drive with W95. Other is E F G H 8.4 Gig Maxtor with Windows NT installed on one of the partitions. I am having trouble installing mainly as I dont know how to make sure I install to right partition on second hard drive. When I select hdc instead of hda1 and type " / " for mount point I get an error message "illegal mount point " I have 2047 megs free on three of the four partitions. Any help appreciated. JDW What's drive d: windows doesn't skip letters I wondered that too. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Multitasking in Windows allows you to screw up a several things at once.
Re: [newbie] Telnet Server Not Working -- Help!
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Sean McMains wrote: Hi Folks, Another odd little question. I can no longer Telnet into my Linux box, and don't know why. It establishes the connection, but doesn't give any login prompt (even if you whack RETURN a few times), and then disconnects about 5 seconds later. What's going on? Sean rpm -q telnet-server, says??? It says it's not installed. But as far as I can tell, telnet relies on inetd and tcpd, both of which are there and apparently working, since FTP is working fine, and I think it also relies on them. (This is from reading man pages and poking around, so I may be mistaken here.) Is there a separate telnet-server package that somehow got uninstalled? Thanks for the help. Sean
Re: [newbie] The Doors CD
By any chance, is your CD-Drive old enough not to support multisession CDs? Multisession? This CD-ROM drive comes from 1996, and my other one is probably older (it's a 4X). A number of dual-mode CDs are multisession... This CD is dates 1996. ___ Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED] zap.to/andygoth/ UIN: 35256413
Re: [newbie] Mount hd on boot
Certainly. Do a "man fstab" at a shell prompt to get full details, but the file /etc/fstab is read on boot time to configure who and how everything in the system is automatically booted. Some examples from my own below: /dev/hda5 / ext2defaults1 1 /dev/hda10 /burn ext2defaults1 2 /dev/hda8 /home ext2defaults1 2 /dev/hda7 /opt ext2defaults1 2 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0 etcetera. Hope that helps! David Hello all, Every time I boot I have to tell Linux to mount my secondary master, a MS-Dos disk. I believe there is a way to do that automatically, either in one of the initialization files or in an item on the desktop (such as the ones for the CD-Rom and Floppy), but have not found a trace of that in the documentation. Can anyone help me out? Thanks, /Gustavo.
Re: [newbie] Mount point installation error
I have: hda primary (W95)Master hdb secondary Master(NT and the rest, each 2074megs each 4 all together) -Original Message- From: Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, September 11, 1999 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mount point installation error On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Jerry wrote: Okay, you guys got me. H is the CD Rom Drive. NT is on D and E, F and G are empty. So, do I follow the FIPS procedure now? Why isn't the / Mount POint legal here? Well, you couldn't posibly have selected 'hdc', hdc1 hdc2 etc maybe but never hdc, thats only used to reference a whole drive, eg cdroms. My understanding of your system is as follows hda Primary master. size irrelevent hda1 win95 hdb Primary slave. size 8.4 Gig e: hdb1 - How big are these partition f: hdb5 - g: hdb6 - h: hdb7 - The reason i ask is that the kernel image needs to be located somewhere within the first 1024 Cylinders of the drive. Which is likely what caused the illegal mount point error. in the directory images/rescue/ will be a compressed file, open it up follow the floppy disk creation. This is a self contained mini linux distribution, you can boot the computer with this disk and run fdisk -l /dev/hd[abcd] This will print out the partitions as linux sees them, once armed with this information you might want to take another try at it. -Original Message- From: Stuart Burbridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, September 11, 1999 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mount point installation error on 12:05 11/09/1999 -0600, Axalon Bloodstone,wrote On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Stuart Burbridge wrote: It sounds like you are probably trying to mount your / directory on your CD drive. Your current hard drives will look like this in Linux c: = hda1 e: = hdb1 f: = hdb2 g: = hdb3 h: = hdb4 close but not quite, extended partitions start at hdX5 so if you have one primary partition it'll look like e: hdb1 f: hdb5 g: hdb6 h hdb7 Oops! on 22:31 10/09/1999 -0700, Jerry,wrote I have two hard drives. One is C drive with W95. Other is E F G H 8.4 Gig Maxtor with Windows NT installed on one of the partitions. I am having trouble installing mainly as I dont know how to make sure I install to right partition on second hard drive. When I select hdc instead of hda1 and type " / " for mount point I get an error message "illegal mount point " I have 2047 megs free on three of the four partitions. Any help appreciated. JDW What's drive d: windows doesn't skip letters I wondered that too. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Multitasking in Windows allows you to screw up a several things at once. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] 3 Button Mouse -- Configuration
pete moss wrote: i have a logitech trackman marble+ using imwheel. if you follow the instructions that come with imwheel for setup, then it will work as both a three button mouse and the scroll button will work. it works better for me in linux than it ever did in windows. :P Jeanette Russo wrote: John Aldrich wrote: On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote: Hi John, Do you mean IM Wheel? I have that installed. How do you get it to work? The mouse wheel does not seem to scroll anything. Nope. When you set up your mouse originally, did you choose "Microsoft Intellimouse"? That's an option in Mandrake 6. It works fine for a "paste." However, it doesn't scroll or anything. I suspect that if you didn't select "MS Intellimouse" (or whatever it's called) you will find that IMWHEEL doesn't work... :-) John No I set it for a PS2 Mouse. Its a Logitech mouse so I didn't think it would be good to set it as an Intelmouse? BTW, I am back on Mandrake 6 thanks to people on the list. Jeanette Instructions? I didn't see any I just installed it from the Mandrake 6.0 CD-ROM. It does seem to be running just doesn't scroll, maybe doesn't work with this mouse? Jeanette
[newbie] system beep
Is it possible to configure the system beep to use external speakers rather than the (rather loud) internal speaker in the cpu? -- Joel VanderWerf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] slowness in reply
This mailing list is REALLY slow to send out messages sent to it, there's a huge lag between my send time and the receive time. Apologies to all for the duplicate answers. It makes me look like I'm not reading the previous replies, but that's cause I haven't gotten em yet... "Without the Law, there is no Liberty. Without Justice, there is no Law."
Re: [newbie] aliases for shell?
OK, well, maybe there's a flaw in how I'm testing this:
I edit ~/.bashrc which before I edit it looks like this: # .bashrc
# User specific aliases and functions
alias rm='rm -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
So I add the line
alias clr='clear'
to the end
And then exit out of the konsole I'm in. Start up a new Konsole in KDE or
flip to a new VT, log in and type clr.
Never heard of it, says the shell. (sigh). This has got to be absurdly
easy, but I'm just missing something. (oh, and btw, yes, I edit all the
files in the /etc dir as root. And if the modification I use doesn't
work, I remove it and find a new file to mess with...)
Later,
david
"Without the Law, there is no Liberty. Without Justice, there is no Law."
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote:
I have edited ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, /etc/bashrc, /etc/profile, and I
think some others, all to no avail. Do I just need to use a different
shell, or create a config file or what? I know I used to have this set
up, I don't remember how in other dists...
Here's my ~/.bashrc, and everything there works fine:
# .bashrc
# User specific aliases and functions
alias rm='rm -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias clr='clear'
alias cls='clear'
alias ls='ls --color'
alias sx='startx -- -bpp 16'
alias v='ls --color'
alias bye='logout'
export EDITOR=/usr/bin/joe
# Need for a xterm co if we don't make a -ls
[ -n $DISPLAY ] {
. /etc/profile.d/alias.sh
}
# Read first /etc/inputrc if the variable is not defined, and after the /etc/inputrc
# include the ~/.inputrc
[ -z $INPUTRC ] export INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
fi
Ok...here's the $64,000 question: HOW did you enter the "test
aliases"? Were you "root" when you made the changes? If not, chances
are it won't work (except for the personal ~/.bashrc and
~/.bash_profile) Also, did you enter the alias defs EXACTLY as
follows:
alias command='some_other_command'
??? Please note the SINGLE quotes around "some_other_command." above.
John
Re: [newbie] 3 Button Mouse -- Configuration
run the command "imwheel -k" from a X command line (right click on desktop and select Run Command". I think you can scroll then. Wayne Boaz, Network Analyst O- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -O http://members.home.net/wayneboaz "Consider adoption another option." "The avalanche has already started... it's too late for the pebbles to vote." - Kosh - Original Message - From: Jeanette Russo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 11, 1999 5:30 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] 3 Button Mouse -- Configuration pete moss wrote: i have a logitech trackman marble+ using imwheel. if you follow the instructions that come with imwheel for setup, then it will work as both a three button mouse and the scroll button will work. it works better for me in linux than it ever did in windows. :P Jeanette Russo wrote: John Aldrich wrote: On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote: Hi John, Do you mean IM Wheel? I have that installed. How do you get it to work? The mouse wheel does not seem to scroll anything. Nope. When you set up your mouse originally, did you choose "Microsoft Intellimouse"? That's an option in Mandrake 6. It works fine for a "paste." However, it doesn't scroll or anything. I suspect that if you didn't select "MS Intellimouse" (or whatever it's called) you will find that IMWHEEL doesn't work... :-) John No I set it for a PS2 Mouse. Its a Logitech mouse so I didn't think it would be good to set it as an Intelmouse? BTW, I am back on Mandrake 6 thanks to people on the list. Jeanette Instructions? I didn't see any I just installed it from the Mandrake 6.0 CD-ROM. It does seem to be running just doesn't scroll, maybe doesn't work with this mouse? Jeanette
[newbie] Hardware
Hi guys, my big question is hardware. I posted a question this morning about my second floppy, but it doesn't appear to have made it through. Anyway, how do I get my second floppy drive, my paraport zip+ 100 or my scanner to work in Mandrake 6 (or any Linux, for that matter). I'm willing to get the answers one at a time if it will be easier on y'all. BTW, I _have_ tried to find this info in the manuals and on the net. -- David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry" *Confirmed Linux Newbie* **The pessimist sees the glass as half empty. The optimist sees it as half full, but to the engineer it's just too big.**
[newbie] HP 870Cxi and ghostscript
Hi, I have an HP 870Cxi printer on my Festen Linux machine. I've installed ghostscript v5.50 so I can print PostScript files on the HP. I installed ghostscript by creating an rpm and installing the rpm. The problem is, I've been using the supplied HP550C filter which only allows 300 x 300 dpi. This printer can do 600 x 600 dpi. I found a driver for this printer at http://www.erdw.ethz.ch/~bonk/hp850/hp850-node1.html which is supposed to allow it to do 600 x 600 dpi. The installation instructions say to include a line in the ghostscript makefile. I checked my ghostscript files and there are several makefiles. Which makefile needs to be modified to install this printer driver? In a more general sense, has anyone installed this printer on a Linux machine and gotten it to do 600 x 600 dpi? Thanks for any suggestions, Hidong
[newbie] 6.1
when will 6.1 be out of beta? :P
Re: [newbie] 3 Button Mouse -- Configuration
Check out the instructions for imwheel located on your system at: /usr/doc/imwheel-0.9.6 On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote: Instructions? I didn't see any I just installed it from the Mandrake 6.0 CD-ROM. It does seem to be running just doesn't scroll, maybe doesn't work with this mouse? Jeanette -- Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 Powered by Linux ++ Mailed by Kmail
Re: [newbie] /dev files changing owner???
I've been having the same problem. If you find out why, please post to the group. Thanks! -- Joel VanderWerf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Hardware
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, David P. Greenberg wrote: Hi guys, my big question is hardware. I posted a question this morning about my second floppy, but it doesn't appear to have made it through. Anyway, how do I get my second floppy drive, my paraport zip+ 100 or my scanner to work in Mandrake 6 (or any Linux, for that matter). I'm willing to get the answers one at a time if it will be easier on y'all. BTW, I _have_ tried to find this info in the manuals and on the net. -- David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry" *Confirmed Linux Newbie* **The pessimist sees the glass as half empty. The optimist sees it as half full, but to the engineer it's just too big.** It got thru just fine. floppy: should be auto detected. If it's on a auxilary card maybe it's not getting detected. zip: Read the faq's or check the mailing list archive (somebody don't remeber who, wrote step by step instructions) scanner: what kind? parallel or usb and it's likely not supported yet -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
[newbie] Size of icons and letters
Hi there. I am new in using Linux Mandrake. I have a small monitor, so I would like to know if it is possible to make the icons and fonts smaller on Gnome and KDE. I have Mandrake 6.0 installed. Thanks, Rommel __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] aliases for shell?
Logoff as user and then log back in again and your changes should take effect.
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote:
OK, well, maybe there's a flaw in how I'm testing this:
I edit ~/.bashrc which before I edit it looks like this: # .bashrc
# User specific aliases and functions
alias rm='rm -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
So I add the line
alias clr='clear'
to the end
And then exit out of the konsole I'm in. Start up a new Konsole in KDE or
flip to a new VT, log in and type clr.
Never heard of it, says the shell. (sigh). This has got to be absurdly
easy, but I'm just missing something. (oh, and btw, yes, I edit all the
files in the /etc dir as root. And if the modification I use doesn't
work, I remove it and find a new file to mess with...)
Later,
david
"Without the Law, there is no Liberty. Without Justice, there is no Law."
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote:
I have edited ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, /etc/bashrc, /etc/profile, and I
think some others, all to no avail. Do I just need to use a different
shell, or create a config file or what? I know I used to have this set
up, I don't remember how in other dists...
Here's my ~/.bashrc, and everything there works fine:
# .bashrc
# User specific aliases and functions
alias rm='rm -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias clr='clear'
alias cls='clear'
alias ls='ls --color'
alias sx='startx -- -bpp 16'
alias v='ls --color'
alias bye='logout'
export EDITOR=/usr/bin/joe
# Need for a xterm co if we don't make a -ls
[ -n $DISPLAY ] {
. /etc/profile.d/alias.sh
}
# Read first /etc/inputrc if the variable is not defined, and after the
/etc/inputrc
# include the ~/.inputrc
[ -z $INPUTRC ] export INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
fi
Ok...here's the $64,000 question: HOW did you enter the "test
aliases"? Were you "root" when you made the changes? If not, chances
are it won't work (except for the personal ~/.bashrc and
~/.bash_profile) Also, did you enter the alias defs EXACTLY as
follows:
alias command='some_other_command'
??? Please note the SINGLE quotes around "some_other_command." above.
John
--
Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801
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[newbie] Here goes.
I am getting ready to install Linux on my PC. Last time I installed Linux it was on a PC I was putting together a PC for a friend. I tried to install linux usisg the CD to boot up, but it didnt. I had to use me Win98 startup disk to load drivers for the CD-ROM. I forget the command to load Linux. Anybody know what it is? I forget where I found it and where I wrote it down. Another question.How do I install a program in Linux. I have TRIED to read a book, but I cant learn that way. I will need to get files for my ISP (Roadrunner) and I need to know how to install it so I can get it to work. I know this is something I should know.but I dont. I am waiting for your responce before I start the install. Thank you for your help. Tom Who cant wait to be a Linux user.
[newbie] shell scripts
OK, I figured out the aliases stuff on my own and made up a more elegant solution, in case any one here wanted to try it. And I'm always up for suggestions: The script /etc/bashrc _IS_ being executed, but just it, not the ~.bashrc as far as I can tell. My problem before was a stupid syntax error. So I have the /etc/bashrc source the ~/.login script, a file I created to hold any and all login to shell type stuff I want. This file in turn sources the .alias file in my directory. So now, new adds go into ~/.alias, and any other at-login style directions can be included in ~/.login. Later, David "Without the Law, there is no Liberty. Without Justice, there is no Law."
[newbie] Memory leaks
Maybe this is just inexperience with X or KDE of late, but I have the following problem, I think... My machine has 128 megs of ram. I and my wife are the only users. When I start up X, on a virtual term, 'top' reports that perhaps half of that is in use (i forget the numbers right now). As I continue to log in, log out, etc, over the period of a few hours, the 'top' reports less and less memory available. There are no runaway processes that I can find and my CPU is 98% idle now that I'm not in X. But with nothing at all barely running, I'm using 109 of the 128 megs. The amount of memory used NEVER decreases, and I've had x11amp and others in X refuse to start because there was "No more memory available". Is this a memory leak, a side consequence of using KDE, the sign of an obscure bug, or what? I have no perspective on what constitutes normal memory usage, but what looks appropriate? Thanks, David "Without the Law, there is no Liberty. Without Justice, there is no Law."
Re: [newbie] Mount hd on boot
On sáb, 11 set 1999, you wrote: On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote: Hello all, Every time I boot I have to tell Linux to mount my secondary master, a MS-Dos disk. I believe there is a way to do that automatically, either in one of the initialization files or in an item on the desktop (such as the ones for the CD-Rom and Floppy), but have not found a trace of that in the documentation. Can anyone help me out? As root, edit your fstab and tell it to auto-mount at boot. I don't have a copy of a dual-boot system fstab here, but IIRC, the command is something similar to the following: /dev/hda1 /mnt/dosvfat user, auto, etc 0 0 John I read the man mount and man fsat following Frederic PLE suggestion (thanks, Fred!) and modified my /etc/fstab which now reads: /dev/hda1 / ext2defaults1 1 /dev/hda6 /home ext2defaults1 2 /dev/hda5 swapswapdefaults0 0 /dev/hdc1 /mnt/disk vfat sync,user,auto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0 /dev/fd0/mnt/floppy auto sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0 none/proc procdefaults0 0 none/dev/ptsdevpts mode=0622 0 0 My problem is the hdc1 which does not work. I chose the "vfat" for a filesystem type according to John Aldrich suggestion, since the "msdos" type mentioned in the man fstab would not work (the HDD in question was formatted as a FAT32); also, I chose "sync,user,auto,nosuid,nodev,unhide" mount options because "defaults" did not work (so I just copied the options for my fd0 and changed noauto to auto); lastly, the "0 0" options were deemed appropriate because: 1) I don't know what "dump" is, my man files tell me nothing about it 2) I felt Linux did not need to check this specific filesystem at boot -- plus those were the options suggested in John's message. However, whenever I try to copy anything into my /mnt/disk Linux says "Could not write file. Perhaps access denied." I've checked my permission tab under KDE for /mnt/disk and everything is fine, and I can read the drive as well. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, /Gustavo.
Re: [newbie] Here goes.
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote: I am getting ready to install Linux on my PC. Last time I installed Linux it was on a PC I was putting together a PC for a friend. I tried to install linux usisg the CD to boot up, but it didnt. I had to use me Win98 startup disk to load drivers for the CD-ROM. I forget the command to load Linux. Anybody know what it is? I forget where I found it and where I wrote it down. Go to the /dosutils directory on your Mandrake CD and copy the program "rawrite.exe" to your harddrive. Then, run rawrite and select the file "boot.img" in the /images directory (command line would be somthing like "rawrite d:\images\boot.img".) Then, boot from the floppy that rawrite makes and say you're installing from CD. It should be pretty easy from there. Another question.How do I install a program in Linux. I have TRIED to read a book, but I cant learn that way. I will need to get files for my ISP (Roadrunner) and I need to know how to install it so I can get it to work. I know this is something I should know.but I dont. Depends. If it's a tar.gz or .tgz file, you'll need to run it through the following command (or some variant) "tar xzvf filename.tgz or filename.tar.gz If it's just a tar file use "tar xvf filename.tar". Chances are this will create it's own directory off the current directory, so you MAY want to run these commands while in your /usr/src directory. There should be some instructions there in a file called README or something similarly self-explanatory. :-) If it's an RPM file (doubt it in this case) you'd run RPM -i. Oh, yeah... I forgot to mention all these commands should be run as "root."
Re: [newbie] Hardware
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote: Hi guys, my big question is hardware. I posted a question this morning about my second floppy, but it doesn't appear to have made it through. Anyway, how do I get my second floppy drive, my paraport zip+ 100 or my scanner to work in Mandrake 6 (or any Linux, for that matter). I'm willing to get the answers one at a time if it will be easier on y'all. BTW, I _have_ tried to find this info in the manuals and on the net. Floppy SHOULD be easy enough. Just copy your /dev/fd0 line in /etc/fstab to another line and change it to /dev/fd1. Paralell Port Zip+ will take some more work. Basically there's a module for it (sorry, don't know the name) that you have to install and put into fstab as well. I don't know if paralell port scanners are supported yet. I've heard of a util/driver called SANE, but I don't know much about it. John
Re: [newbie] aliases for shell?
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote: OK, well, maybe there's a flaw in how I'm testing this: [clip] And then exit out of the konsole I'm in. Start up a new Konsole in KDE or flip to a new VT, log in and type clr. Never heard of it, says the shell. (sigh). This has got to be absurdly easy, but I'm just missing something. (oh, and btw, yes, I edit all the files in the /etc dir as root. And if the modification I use doesn't work, I remove it and find a new file to mess with...) Yes, there is a flaw. For these changes to take effect, you must log out and log back in...completely, not just exit a Konsole or console. IIRC, ~/.bash_profile only applies to console/Konsole windows, but I"m betting you have to completely log out of Linux and log back in (don't have to restart, just log out) for this to take effect. Give that a shot and see... OTOH, the alias you have indicated works just fine here... :-) I also have it aliased as "cls" (from my 4dos days G) John
Re: [newbie] Mount hd on boot
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote: However, whenever I try to copy anything into my /mnt/disk Linux says "Could not write file. Perhaps access denied." I've checked my permission tab under KDE for /mnt/disk and everything is fine, and I can read the drive as well. YeahI think Linux is trying to protect you from yourselfit doesn't like to let anyone other than "root" write to a non-ext2 drive John
Re: [newbie] Hardware
for the Zip drive do insmod ppa then modprobe ppa and u can mount it from /dev/sda4/ i think - Original Message - From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 11, 1999 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Hardware On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote: Hi guys, my big question is hardware. I posted a question this morning about my second floppy, but it doesn't appear to have made it through. Anyway, how do I get my second floppy drive, my paraport zip+ 100 or my scanner to work in Mandrake 6 (or any Linux, for that matter). I'm willing to get the answers one at a time if it will be easier on y'all. BTW, I _have_ tried to find this info in the manuals and on the net. Floppy SHOULD be easy enough. Just copy your /dev/fd0 line in /etc/fstab to another line and change it to /dev/fd1. Paralell Port Zip+ will take some more work. Basically there's a module for it (sorry, don't know the name) that you have to install and put into fstab as well. I don't know if paralell port scanners are supported yet. I've heard of a util/driver called SANE, but I don't know much about it. John
[newbie] QuEsTioN about some stuff...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-Hash: SHA1 You know when you type: startx..it starts X.And you don't have to be in a specific directory when you type it. How would i do that with any other program. like if i wanted to starta certain ircd from any dir by typing: ircd anywhere thanx..-BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-Version: PGP 6.0.2 iQA/AwUBN9s9ZCnpnu/dHCKOEQI2CQCgrfmixf0JOuXaWBfUrEneWu5NomoAnRTX9agej66oX5f7j7mGcmCNZMmu=jw2u-END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [newbie] QuEsTioN about some stuff...
Roy Cormier wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You know when you type: startx..it starts X. And you don't have to be in a specific directory when you type it. How would i do that with any other program. like if i wanted to start a certain ircd from any dir by typing: ircd anywhere thanx.. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.0.2 iQA/AwUBN9s9ZCnpnu/dHCKOEQI2CQCgrfmixf0JOuXaWBfUrEneWu5NomoAnRTX 9agej66oX5f7j7mGcmCNZMmu =jw2u -END PGP SIGNATURE- Hi, Roy, You can set a symbolic link to the program in a directory which is in your path. The /bin directory is most likely in your path. If you want to start a program called /home/roy/progs/application from anywhere, do ln -s /home/roy/progs/application /bin/application This will set up a file /bin/application which is linked to the program. Then whenever you type 'application', it'll execute the program. Good luck, Hidong
[newbie] nfs problems part 2
Hi, I tried rebooting my machine to see if that would solve the "mount program not registered" issue. when the machine was shutting down, I noticed an error message saying: rpc.nfsd forgot to set AF_INET in udp sendmsg. Fix it! Would this be causing the problems I'm seeing? And how do I fix it? Thanks, Hidong
Re: [newbie] Linux RPM, how to open.
Okay, cool. Make sure that the /etc/lilo.conf line looks exactly like this: append="mem=64M" Also, after you check that or make the changes, run /sbin/lilo to write the boot block back out with the updates. Maybe that got missed after the previous change? Okay, new problem. KDE seems to crash on me a lot (I was working with kpackage). After one crash, I was working with the PPP interface, when suddenly, the shell crashed on me with a big stack error. When I reboot, it checks the hard disks, then it says, "/dev/hd1: Duplicate/bad block(s) in inode 22600:/dev/hd1: and it lists off a lot of other blocks with a similar label. After a bunch of errors, it concludes with, "/dev/hd1: UNEXPECTED CONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY. (i.e. without -a or -p options) In red, it concludes with, [FAILED]. Basically, it's a corrupted filesystem, I think. So how do I run fsck and fix it? -- /-|rcana - - * - - Araby Weyr Fandom: http://members.tripod.com/~Araby/ Tales of Midgar- FF7: http://members.tripod.com/~ArcanaTxM/ Xenogears Interactive Fiction: http://members.tripod.com/~project_xat/ Xenogears - Guardian Angels: http://www.zenogias.com/Guardian
RE: [newbie] aliases for shell?
Items you edit in the /etc directory won't take effect until the next
time you reboot your machine. Items edited in a person's home
directory, i.e. /home/username/.bash_profile, take effect the next time
the person logs on. The stuff in the /etc directory is global and only
run once at boot time.
Ken Wilson
First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is
irrelevant
(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of R. David Whitlock
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 1999 5:52 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] aliases for shell?
OK, well, maybe there's a flaw in how I'm testing this:
I edit ~/.bashrc which before I edit it looks like this: # .bashrc
# User specific aliases and functions
alias rm='rm -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
So I add the line
alias clr='clear'
to the end
And then exit out of the konsole I'm in. Start up a new
Konsole in KDE or
flip to a new VT, log in and type clr.
Never heard of it, says the shell. (sigh). This has got to
be absurdly
easy, but I'm just missing something. (oh, and btw, yes, I
edit all the
files in the /etc dir as root. And if the modification I use doesn't
work, I remove it and find a new file to mess with...)
Later,
david
"Without the Law, there is no Liberty. Without Justice,
there is no Law."
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote:
I have edited ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, /etc/bashrc,
/etc/profile, and I
think some others, all to no avail. Do I just need to
use a different
shell, or create a config file or what? I know I used to
have this set
up, I don't remember how in other dists...
Here's my ~/.bashrc, and everything there works fine:
# .bashrc
# User specific aliases and functions
alias rm='rm -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias clr='clear'
alias cls='clear'
alias ls='ls --color'
alias sx='startx -- -bpp 16'
alias v='ls --color'
alias bye='logout'
export EDITOR=/usr/bin/joe
# Need for a xterm co if we don't make a -ls
[ -n $DISPLAY ] {
. /etc/profile.d/alias.sh
}
# Read first /etc/inputrc if the variable is not defined,
and after the /etc/inputrc
# include the ~/.inputrc
[ -z $INPUTRC ] export INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
fi
Ok...here's the $64,000 question: HOW did you enter the "test
aliases"? Were you "root" when you made the changes? If not, chances
are it won't work (except for the personal ~/.bashrc and
~/.bash_profile) Also, did you enter the alias defs EXACTLY as
follows:
alias command='some_other_command'
??? Please note the SINGLE quotes around
"some_other_command." above.
John
[newbie] say it isn't so...
I'm an newbie. With lots of help and luck I've got a new partition and Mandrake 5.3 installed. I have very little knowledge of Linux. I was told my ESS 1869 sound wouldn't work but it's fine set up as ESS1868 or Soundblaster Pro. I'm hoping to have similar luck with my printer and modem. Does anyone know if I can run my Compaq IJ900 printer or Rockwell HCF Data Fax PCI modem from Linux. I was hoping to break away from Win98 over time but if I can't use my hardware I'll be stuck for a while. Thanx. James
Re: [newbie] system beep
Is it possible to configure the system beep to use external speakers rather than the (rather loud) internal speaker in the cpu? I know the SB16 allows you to solder in a wire to connect the buzzer to the sound card. The "rather loud" part doesn't always apply. In some computers, it's quiet. The volume isn't standard. Why, my first computer had a volume control for it! It was broken, though--I had to apply pressure to that control for the buzzer to even work. ___ Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED] zap.to/andygoth/ UIN: 35256413
Re: [newbie] say it isn't so...
The Drake's wrote: printer and modem. Does anyone know if I can run my Compaq IJ900 printer or Rockwell HCF Data Fax PCI modem from Linux. I was hoping to Your modem is a Winmodem, and there is no way to use it with Linux, unless and until somebody writes a driver (don't hold your breath). Don't know about the printer. Oh, BTW, please turn off HTML in your mail client... -- Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
[newbie] BW Netscape
A Netscape bug causes it to try to be black and white when run at 24bpp. Was there a fix for this? I'd appreciate it. Yes, I used MandrakeUpdate. ___ Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED] zap.to/andygoth/ UIN: 35256413
Re: [newbie] Linux RPM, how to open.
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, cool. Make sure that the /etc/lilo.conf line looks exactly like this: append="mem=64M" Also, after you check that or make the changes, run /sbin/lilo to write the boot block back out with the updates. Maybe that got missed after the previous change? Okay, new problem. KDE seems to crash on me a lot (I was working with kpackage). After one crash, I was working with the PPP interface, when suddenly, the shell crashed on me with a big stack error. When I reboot, it checks the hard disks, then it says, "/dev/hd1: Duplicate/bad block(s) in inode 22600:/dev/hd1: and it lists off a lot of other blocks with a similar label. After a bunch of errors, it concludes with, "/dev/hd1: UNEXPECTED CONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY. (i.e. without -a or -p options) In red, it concludes with, [FAILED]. Basically, it's a corrupted filesystem, I think. So how do I run fsck and fix it? give it the root password where it's prompting you, then 'fsck /dev/hda1' -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Mount hd on boot
John Aldrich wrote: YeahI think Linux is trying to protect you from yourselfit doesn't like to let anyone other than "root" write to a non-ext2 drive I don't think that's it exactly--it's more a matter that the FAT filesystem doesn't have any support for permissions, and it's got to default to _something_. It's safer, I guess, to disallow writes by default. There is a way to change this, but I forget how. -- Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
