[newbie] Is g++ and gcc the same compiler???
I want to install the K-Development package. The instructions say that I need g++ 2.7.2/g++ 2.8.1/egcs 1.1 (or compatible), available at http://www.gnu.org. I went out to the sight but didn't find g++. I found gcc which is also a C++ compiler but is it the same compiler?? How can I tell if I already have g++ 2.7.2 on my system? Thanks
Re: [newbie] How do U edit smb.conf?
Sevatio, Samba comes with a really nice utility called SWAT. (Samba Web Administration Tool) It is run through your Web browser. Type http:// Your IP Address:901 -Original Message- From: Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, September 25, 1999 9:11 PM Subject: [newbie] How do U edit smb.conf? What program do you use to edit smb.conf? I used a text editor and it looked like a bunch of gibberish. Seve
Re: [[newbie] KPPP With Earthlink]
"Taki Shirayanagi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have been having trouble to get KPPP to work with earthlink. It will dial but then when i open netscape it can not connect. I have tried minicom and also using nameservers in resolve.conf Thanks Taki What does your /etc/resov.conf look like? Did you put: search earthlink.com just before your two nameserver lines? Mike ++ 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] How do U edit smb.conf?
Also, you NEVER want to use a Windows or DOS text editor to edit the smb.conf. Use "vi" instead. SWAT is very good as well. "Eric L. Damron" wrote: Sevatio, Samba comes with a really nice utility called SWAT. (Samba Web Administration Tool) It is run through your Web browser. Type http:// Your IP Address:901 -Original Message- From: Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, September 25, 1999 9:11 PM Subject: [newbie] How do U edit smb.conf? What program do you use to edit smb.conf? I used a text editor and it looked like a bunch of gibberish. Seve
Re: [newbie] startup procs.
On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Steve Philp wrote: "David P. Greenberg" wrote: that command that gives you the startup processes ntsysv, ya sissy! :) -- Steve Philp --Thanks Steve, what can I say? David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry" *Confirmed Linux Newbie* **Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
Re: [newbie] startup procs.
"David P. Greenberg" wrote: On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Steve Philp wrote: "David P. Greenberg" wrote: that command that gives you the startup processes ntsysv, ya sissy! :) -- Steve Philp --Thanks Steve, what can I say? I think it's typically called a "brain fart". Happens to me quite alot too! -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] 4 days without install. SUCCESS!
Regional Webmaster wrote: I have finally installed 6.0 onto my laptop. Killed the mouse by pulling the computer to tiny little bits, and then putting it back together agian, and like all good mechanics was left with a few too many screws and wires at the end of it.. I presumed this to be the mouse.. So it installed fine, will reconnect everything and see what happens now. Thank you all for your input, muchly appreciated. Glad to hear it. There's usually more than one path from here to there. Some are just a little harder to find or a bit rockier. :-) As for the extra parts, I think that they put those in to make the uninitiated nervous. ;-) Good luck Bob J.
Re: [newbie] how to set up monitor res and more problems
By pressing CTL+ALT+F2, while I am in KDE, I could get to a new console.
But how can I get back to the previous KDE. (Like what buttons combination)
On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, you wrote:
For future reference, you can log out of X, then at the log-in screen
enter the user name "root" and the root password to get logged on as
root. If you need to shut down and restart the system, and you cannot
get farther than the Log on screen, for whatever reason, try pressing
CTL + ALT + F2 ( a three key combo). This will put you into another
console. Then log on as root, and to shut down, use the command
/sbin/shutdown -{h|r} now [ENTER]. This will send all running processes
the message that the system is going down, then if you used the -h
option, the system will halt, or if you used the -r option, the system
will reboot.
As far as powering down a running system, being a newbie myself, I would
suggest re-installing the whole thing. It's a lotta work, but then you
know that all parts are there, and working correctly. Someone else may
have a better answer for you on this part. I will be watching so I can
learn more myself.
Good luck, Ernie
Chris Price wrote:
Thanks for the info, but how do I close X to get to root? I can log out, but
can't get out of the "desktop enviornment logon" screen. When I reset the
computer it won't allow me root access anymore and tells me my hard drive was
improperly unmounted. What do I do now, reinstall and try again? Thanks for
any help.
Chris
Hidong Kim wrote:
I just installed mandrake 6.0. Install went great, but when I rebooted,
My desktop area was larger then my screen. There was no way to navigate
the windows to even shut down.
How do I change the screen settings? Do I need to change something in
the install or is there somewhere to change this?
I am a major newbie with about an hour of experience on Linux.
Thanks for the patience,
Chris
Hi, Chris,
You need to set the virtual screen size. Go to the "Screen" section of
your /etc/X11/XF86Config. I'm running X at 32 bpp color depth and 1024
x 768 screen resolution. Set the virtual screen size to the same as
your screen resolution. The lines from my /etc/X11/XF86Config look like
this:
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort0 0
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection
Restart X and your desktop should be the same size as your screen. Good
luck,
Hidong
Re: [newbie] how to set up monitor res and more problems
By pressing CTL+ALT+F2, while I am in KDE, I could get to a new console.
But how can I get back to the previous KDE. (Like what buttons combination)
On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, you wrote:
For future reference, you can log out of X, then at the log-in screen
enter the user name "root" and the root password to get logged on as
root. If you need to shut down and restart the system, and you cannot
get farther than the Log on screen, for whatever reason, try pressing
CTL + ALT + F2 ( a three key combo). This will put you into another
console. Then log on as root, and to shut down, use the command
/sbin/shutdown -{h|r} now [ENTER]. This will send all running processes
the message that the system is going down, then if you used the -h
option, the system will halt, or if you used the -r option, the system
will reboot.
As far as powering down a running system, being a newbie myself, I would
suggest re-installing the whole thing. It's a lotta work, but then you
know that all parts are there, and working correctly. Someone else may
have a better answer for you on this part. I will be watching so I can
learn more myself.
Good luck, Ernie
Chris Price wrote:
Thanks for the info, but how do I close X to get to root? I can log out, but
can't get out of the "desktop enviornment logon" screen. When I reset the
computer it won't allow me root access anymore and tells me my hard drive was
improperly unmounted. What do I do now, reinstall and try again? Thanks for
any help.
Chris
Hidong Kim wrote:
I just installed mandrake 6.0. Install went great, but when I rebooted,
My desktop area was larger then my screen. There was no way to navigate
the windows to even shut down.
How do I change the screen settings? Do I need to change something in
the install or is there somewhere to change this?
I am a major newbie with about an hour of experience on Linux.
Thanks for the patience,
Chris
Hi, Chris,
You need to set the virtual screen size. Go to the "Screen" section of
your /etc/X11/XF86Config. I'm running X at 32 bpp color depth and 1024
x 768 screen resolution. Set the virtual screen size to the same as
your screen resolution. The lines from my /etc/X11/XF86Config look like
this:
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort0 0
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection
Restart X and your desktop should be the same size as your screen. Good
luck,
Hidong
[newbie] can't lauch X apps when su'ed as root
I am running Linux Mandrake 6.1 on a home built PC. I just upgraded from linux-mandrake 6.0 (where I did NOT have the problem I am about to describe.) I boot to run level 5 (I edited /etc/innitab to do this). Here's my problem: When I log in as myself and them bring up a console window and su to root I get the following message when I try to run any X app: (FOR X-FILES FILE MANAGER, I GET) [root@localhost msh]# !X X-Files [1] 1024 [root@localhost msh]# Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display ":0.0" Starting X-Files... Error in startup script: invalid command name "wm" while executing "wm withdraw ." (procedure "MAIN" line 5) invoked from within "MAIN $argc $argv" (file "/usr/X11/bin/X-Files" line 4993) (OR FOR NEDIT I GET) [root@localhost msh]# nedit [1] 1184 [root@localhost msh]# Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server NEdit: Can't open display Incidentally, when I log in directly as root everything works fine. How do I get things to work the way they did under Mandrake 6.0?
[newbie] real player
Ok, I installed the 5.0 rpm a few days ago and got a segfault when I tried to run it then today I saw the message stating that that rpm was broken and to use the G2 alpha. I proceeded to download the alpha rpm and try to uninstall v. 5.0 so I could install the new one (rpm -e) and was informed by my system that rv50-whatever wasn't installed. I took its word for it and went on to install the G2, which promptly segfaulted when I tried to run it (I'm not even sure which one I ran now). The situation now is that running rpm -e on either package results in a message that it's not installed (even though rvplayer is in my bindir) and kpackage can't find either of them and, of course, running rvplayer results in a segfault. Any ideas? -- DvB
Re: [newbie] Wierdness
On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, you wrote: I'm not using an ABIT motherboard...this is a dual PPro motherboard, not a dual-PII motherboard. :-) Thanks, though... My mistake, I thought you had previously mentioned owning a Abit board. Nope...but my favorite computer store (local "Mom Pop" type) got one, put dual-celerons in and is running a demo system on RedHat. :-) John
Re: [newbie] how to set up monitor res and more problems
On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, you wrote: By pressing CTL+ALT+F2, while I am in KDE, I could get to a new console. But how can I get back to the previous KDE. (Like what buttons combination) alt+F7 John
Re: [newbie] how to set up monitor res and more problems
On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, you wrote: Thanks for the info, but how do I close X to get to root? I can log out, but can't get out of the "desktop enviornment logon" screen. When I reset the computer it won't allow me root access anymore and tells me my hard drive was improperly unmounted. What do I do now, reinstall and try again? Thanks for any help. Chris Nope.go edit /etc/inittab and change the id:5:initdefault: to id:3:initdefault: and then tell KDE you want to reboot. Then, you'll reboot and log back into the command-line console, instead of X. Then, to get to X, type "startx." I'm too lazy to edit my X-windows configs to start at a preferred resolution/color depth, so I just made an alias to "startx -- -bpp 16" in my .bashrc file and type the alias (sx) when I want X. :-) John
Re: [newbie] can't lauch X apps when su'ed as root
On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, ottffss wrote: I am running Linux Mandrake 6.1 on a home built PC. I just upgraded from linux-mandrake 6.0 (where I did NOT have the problem I am about to describe.) I boot to run level 5 (I edited /etc/innitab to do this). Here's my problem: When I log in as myself and them bring up a console window and su to root I get the following message when I try to run any X app: It's not a bug, it's a feature: This is for security, to prevent other users from popping up windows on your system. (i.e. telnet your.computer, login, export DISPLAY=:0.0, while true; do xclock ; done). To turn it off, do xhost +localhost before su'ing. LLaP bero -- Tired of waiting for Windows 2000? STOP WAITING! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
[newbie] Any KDE applicaiton work like PKZIP for multi-floppy disks zipping
I would like to backup some *.rpm, but the file size is over 1 floppy capacity. Any command line or references would be helpful. Thanks Dominic
Re: [newbie] realplayer (never mind)
I found the problem... the G2 is called realplay instead of rvplayer. I still would like to uninstall rvplayer which is still in my bin dir though. Would rming the executable do it? -- DvB
Re: [newbie] ICQ for Java in Linux
Screw that version, its slow, unreliable and often miss messages. I would recommend KLICQ, LICQ, or MICQ On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Jeremy Kersenbrock wrote: Has anyone here successfully installed and run ICQ for Java in Linux? I can't get it to install -- I follow the (few) instructions in it's INSTALL.TXT file and only get a "too few arguments" error back. Yes, I have installed JDK (v 1.1.7). I think I did it right, but Its install instructions were even worse, so it might not be right. Any help would be appreciated. The Mirabilis/ICQ people won't help since this is a supposedly unsupported version of ICQ. Thanks. Jeremy
[newbie] K-Development IDE
I'm trying to get the K-Development IDE to compile using Mandrake 6.0. When I type ./configure it does a bunch of checking but errors off giving this output: checking whether the C++ compiler (g++ -s) works . . . no configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler cannot create executables. Can anyone tell from this what I need to do? Thanks.
Re: [newbie] Ears don't work
I would love to try this myself, but I am only a couple of days into linux, and I can not find out how to deal with the compression format this driver came in. It seems that in it's default form Mandrake has no knowledge of what seems to be some kind of gzip/tar combination. What do I need to deal with that file as downloaded from creative? it's called sblive-0.2b.tar.gz I have to use my winbox to grab files at present (while I get Linux pulled together enough to do it) I then transfer to LS120 disk - and in the first couple of days I have managed to get linux to see this drive and even copy the files to the linux partition (where I am keeping these kind of support files). I can't be far off the right method, because I have managed (somehow) to install star office this way - but this has me a bit stumped. I have no clue where to look to find out how to de-compress the file to even attempt what you outlined - but want to try it. I am using Mandrake 6.0 Venus - and hopefully 6.1 Helios in next few days when I can lay hands on it. Can you suggest an approach please? Regards, Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zap.to/atelier Or when that server is down go direct to http://www.btinternet.com/~bay56/ - Original Message - From: Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 26, 1999 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Ears don't work Try the command "sndconfig" without the quotes from a console window. Then follow the on screen instructions. One thing I have noticed on my system is that the sound card output volume is very low, and so you must listen carefully when the util plays the test sounds. Even if you only think you hear something from your speakers, answer yes to the test question "Did you hear the Sound?" or something like that. Also, if the speakers are amplified, turn up the volume before running sndconfig. This may help. You can read up on the util with "man sndconfig". To get out of the man util press "q". I hope this helps. Ernie Thomas Peter wrote: I am a total newbie. I've had a computer for 1 1/2 years. I never worked with Dos. I got sick of Win 98 always crashing. I have everything running except my sound card. I am running Mandrake 6.0 and my sound card is a Sound Blaster Live. I went to their download site and downloaded the driver. It has two ways to execute it, automatic and manuel. When I try to use its self install. I get the error "can only run executibles on local disks only". I thought that was what my hard drive was. I even tried to install it the manul way but had no luck at that either. Creative is not offering any help for linux at this time. Do you have any suggestions. Thomas
Re: [newbie] K-Development IDE
On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, Eric L. Damron wrote: checking whether the C++ compiler (g++ -s) works . . . no configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler cannot create executables. Can anyone tell from this what I need to do? Install the pgcc-c++, libstdc++ and libstdc++-devel packages. LLaP bero -- Tired of waiting for Windows 2000? STOP WAITING! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
Re: [Re: [newbie] Upgradeing all packages destroys my system]
Ok, but I don't understand why I can't just grab the rpms, and then upgrade what I have installed, using kpackage or rpm. Which is why I didn't read the readme or install files - didn't think I had to do an install. That's what I get for thunking . . . Anyhow I wrote down the error messages, and did some tracking: INIT: version 2.76 booting sh: error in loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.4.0: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory INIT: Entering runlevel: 5 bash: error in loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.4.0: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory INIT cannot execute "/etc/X11/prefdm" (it then goes into a respawning loop and eventually quits trying.) Now, using a Debian CD I have lying around I went in and mounted /usr/lib and I found libreadline.so.4.0. I even cp'd it to / hoping that this would put it unmistakably in the path. Guess not. So which file can I edit to make it explicitly point to libreadline? I THINK (and that hurts!) it will fix my problem. Thanks so much for the help!! Ty "Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To do the upgrade, you will need to download the entire contents of the /Mandrake folder. You will need to make a boot disk to run the instalation program. From DOS or Windoz, you can do this with the boot.img file from the Images folder on the FTP site, and rawrite (not sure of the spelling of names) from the DOSUTILS folder. Run rawrite while loged into the directory which contains the rawrite utility, and folow the on screen prompts. With a floppy in drive A: , rawrite will produce a boot disk for Linux. Boot from the boot disk you just made, then when the install program runs, select the "update" option, not the "install" one. This will update your current instalation, and hopefully fix any errors you may now be encountering. Also note that the people at Mandrake are kind enough to provide "readme" files. I make it a practice to always read these things, as they usually keep me out of trouble, or at least reduce the depth of trouble I get myself into. There is a Readme file and a INSTALL file. Read 'em both. They may help. Good luck, Ernie Tymanthius Rune Speak wrote: Ok, I downloaded all the packages from 6.1. I then went thru and tried to install them all using kpackage. Some, no matter what I did, would always give me unsatisfied depends - even tho I JUST installed those depends! So I reboot, thinking that will wake up kpackage - Instead I get "Can't start something" It was lookingin X11R6/.../predfm(?). I know, I know, I don't have the whole error msg. This happened to me when I tried to use autorpm too. Same msg's. I'm using my web based email account from a Windoze machine so I don't have access to the errors. If anyone can tell me: A) What went wrong, and B) How to prevent it, and C) How to reinstall w/o losing anything, I'd Really Really love it!! Thanks, Ty Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: [Re: [newbie] Upgradeing all packages destroys my system]
On 26 Sep 1999, Tymanthius Rune Speak wrote: Ok, but I don't understand why I can't just grab the rpms, and then upgrade what I have installed, using kpackage or rpm. INIT: version 2.76 booting sh: error in loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.4.0: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory Looks like what you were doing here is upgrading the readline library without upgrading the programs using it - therefore, they still depend on the old library, which you removed. The only curious thing is that libreadline.so.4.0 is still current... Did you try to "update" to an older version or something? LLaP bero -- Tired of waiting for Windows 2000? STOP WAITING! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
[newbie] Lnx4win?????
is it worth tinstalling?
[newbie] More PHP woes
I finally got PHP to compile properly. It seems I had two versions of apache-devel installed. I uninstalled them both, then reinstalled the later version and that did the trick. I've run through the make process and edited the relevant lines in httpd.conf but now I can't start the httpd daemon. I get the error: Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 67 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Cannot load /usr/lib/apache/libphp3.so into server: /usr/lib/apache/libphp3.so: undefined symbol: ap_regexec And it stops. Have I not included some relevant option in the ./configure line? or is the problem elsewhere? cheers. James. -- James Stewart | Britlinks | The Phantom Tollbooth [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.britlinks.co.uk | http://www.tollbooth.org Sixpence None The Richer UK -- http://www.britlinks.co.uk/sixpence/
RE: [newbie] thanks
Thanks for all the help with my cdr emul. is there a way to use cdr emul without putting in modprobe ide-scsi every time? Yes but having it in /etc/conf.modules automaticly loads and unloads it, as soon as you mount the device and unloads it after you have unmounted the device. Your alternative is manualy typing modprobe ide-scsi which will load the module but it will stay loaded even after you have unmounted the device, you then need to manualy type rmmod ide-scsi. There are at least two other alternatives to this, but i'm starting to get fed up with sounding like a parrat all the time. Either check out the mailing list archives (you'll only need to go back, oh about 1 day i should say ;o) or if you prefer go to the hardware section of mandrakeuser.org, theres a link at the bottom of the page which should see you sorted. As for having to manually remove the module - why would you want to ?? Unles you're on a really tight memory budget, just load the module at boot time and leave it loaded all day long, can't do a great deal of harm as long as you also amend your desktop icons to mount to the correct place. Martin.
RE: [newbie] Signal 11
This is only my suggestion, as AFAIK there are several possible causes of this. I also was running happily for months when all of a sudden it started happening - about a year ago now so nothing to do with 6.0/6.1. I was running a Cyrix chip which i had setup according to my motherboards recommendations. On further inspection the chip had different settings printed on the chip itself. I changed the settings on my m/b to those printed on the chip. The change effectively used a higher multiplier with a slower bus speed - hey presto my problems went away and never came back. I think the Cyrix chips may already be overclocked, so it pays to set them up slightly on the slower side - you REALLY won't notice the difference! Just a suggestion, perhaps worth checking out. Martin. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Arend teRaa Sent: 23 September 1999 23:04 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Signal 11 Hi all, I have a machine that has been running Mandrake 6.0 for the last couple of months. Yesterday I tried to upgrade it to 6.1 but I keep getting signal 11 errors. Actually, I wasn't even doing an upgrade, I wiped the drive clean and did a fresh installation. I seem to remember that Signal 11 errors always mean a hardware problem of some sort but I don't understand why it was working fine under 6.0? The errors are happening during the installation process - usually when it is installing packages. I have tried having it check for bad blocks during the format - that didn't help. Is there anything I can do or should I just go back to 6.0? It's running on a Cyrix MII/PR300 chip. IDE 1.2 GB drive (I don't know the make and model offhand). The MB is a PCCHIPS M571 with 64MB Ram installed. Thanks Arend teRaa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Ears don't work
I'm doing a bit of catchup on the list right now, so i'm sure someone will have already answered, but just in case... 'tar -xvzf fname' The z incorporates an unzip. Martin. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of bay56 Sent: 26 September 1999 22:23 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Ears don't work I would love to try this myself, but I am only a couple of days into linux, and I can not find out how to deal with the compression format this driver came in. It seems that in it's default form Mandrake has no knowledge of what seems to be some kind of gzip/tar combination. What do I need to deal with that file as downloaded from creative? it's called sblive-0.2b.tar.gz I have to use my winbox to grab files at present (while I get Linux pulled together enough to do it) I then transfer to LS120 disk - and in the first couple of days I have managed to get linux to see this drive and even copy the files to the linux partition (where I am keeping these kind of support files). I can't be far off the right method, because I have managed (somehow) to install star office this way - but this has me a bit stumped. I have no clue where to look to find out how to de-compress the file to even attempt what you outlined - but want to try it. I am using Mandrake 6.0 Venus - and hopefully 6.1 Helios in next few days when I can lay hands on it. Can you suggest an approach please? Regards, Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zap.to/atelier Or when that server is down go direct to http://www.btinternet.com/~bay56/ - Original Message - From: Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 26, 1999 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Ears don't work Try the command "sndconfig" without the quotes from a console window. Then follow the on screen instructions. One thing I have noticed on my system is that the sound card output volume is very low, and so you must listen carefully when the util plays the test sounds. Even if you only think you hear something from your speakers, answer yes to the test question "Did you hear the Sound?" or something like that. Also, if the speakers are amplified, turn up the volume before running sndconfig. This may help. You can read up on the util with "man sndconfig". To get out of the man util press "q". I hope this helps. Ernie Thomas Peter wrote: I am a total newbie. I've had a computer for 1 1/2 years. I never worked with Dos. I got sick of Win 98 always crashing. I have everything running except my sound card. I am running Mandrake 6.0 and my sound card is a Sound Blaster Live. I went to their download site and downloaded the driver. It has two ways to execute it, automatic and manuel. When I try to use its self install. I get the error "can only run executibles on local disks only". I thought that was what my hard drive was. I even tried to install it the manul way but had no luck at that either. Creative is not offering any help for linux at this time. Do you have any suggestions. Thomas
RE: [newbie] Ears don't work
[snip] Try the command "sndconfig" without the quotes from a console window. Don't bother. If i caught the thread correctly, you're trying to get an SBLive! up and running and the best it will do (under 6.1) is recognise it and tell you it's not supported yet. If you're using 6.1 AFAIK, even using the module from Creative won't get it running (come on Creative pull your finger out!). If you're using 6.0 it will work, but as Axalon says there's plenty of instructions in the mailing list archive for getting it going. If for some reason you can't get to the archives or you're still stuck, mail me directly and i'll point you in the right direction, but try first. Martin.
Re: [newbie] More PHP woes
Was the devel rpm the same version as the apache rpm your running. If not, upgrade the apache rpm to the same version as the apache-devel rpm. On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, you wrote: I finally got PHP to compile properly. It seems I had two versions of apache-devel installed. I uninstalled them both, then reinstalled the later version and that did the trick. I've run through the make process and edited the relevant lines in httpd.conf but now I can't start the httpd daemon. I get the error: Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 67 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Cannot load /usr/lib/apache/libphp3.so into server: /usr/lib/apache/libphp3.so: undefined symbol: ap_regexec And it stops. Have I not included some relevant option in the ./configure line? or is the problem elsewhere? cheers. James. -- James Stewart | Britlinks | The Phantom Tollbooth [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.britlinks.co.uk | http://www.tollbooth.org Sixpence None The Richer UK -- http://www.britlinks.co.uk/sixpence/ -- Brett Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] SBLive under 6.1
Hi, Has anyone had any luck with the SBLive card under 6.1 yet ? I've been trying to get it to go, but Creative's modules (all three) complain bitterly about 'unresolved externals' (or whatever they're called under Linux). If anyone has had better luck than me could they let me and/or the list know and i will update the info on my site. Thanks, Martin. PS: I really think that if Creative refuse to release details of the card for programmers to support, the least they could do is have the courtesy to keep up with the two most popular distros in the world.
[newbie] Starting httpd on boot
How do I do that? It's httpd, the one that is built wiht Apache 1.3.9. I have it configured to standalone in ../../apache/conf/httpd.conf right now, but I don't know how to start it automatically. It says in the docs something about rc3.d, but I don't know what file to edit inside the directory. -- /-|rcana - - * - - Pern - Araby Weyr: http://members.tripod.com/~Araby/ FF7 - Tales of Midgar: http://members.tripod.com/~ArcanaTxM/ Xenogears - DeM: http://members.tripod.com/~project_xat/ Xenogears - Guardian Angels: http://guardian.zenogias.com/
[newbie] DHCP install for Linux-Mandrake and other problems...
I've posted earlier about my problem with getting connected to my cable company. Well, the DHCP version that is installed with Linux-Mandrake is CRAP. I got this CD from a book with Redhat 6.0 and did a fresh install, and guess what? DHCP worked first shot. I could ping Videotron's IP with no problem. Te problem is that this RedHat has nothing on it, and seeing as I'm a newbie, I couldn't even access the Linux-Mandrake CD-Rom to install stuff. So I re-installed the Linux-Mandrake 6 version and again, DHCP failed. I decided to try installing DHCP and DHCPCD from the RedHat CD, but again, network fails. Maybe I didn't install it correctly... So for now, I'm typing up this message while using Windows. I have to say I'm disappointed in LM for not getting the "RedHat 6.0 distriution with enhancements" correctly into the box. I thought buggy software was the Microsoft department... Maybe I'm too new... Also, Mandrake's version has a problem with unmounting its stuff when shutting down, it fails very often and goes through some sort of scandisk at startup. Never happened while I was trying RedHat 6. Later __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Install nightmare
Hello, I just installed Linux on my system. I d/l'ed all the files from the Mandrake-Linux FTP site, and set them up in a folder called "Mandrake" I didn't notice the "Lnx4win" subfolder until later, so I just ran "autoboot.bat" from the "dosutils" folder and went on with the install. Minus losing 1 or 2 partions in the process, all went well. But, when LILO runs, it delays in two places: Starting system loggers and starting sendmail. After the delays it gets all the way to the Login prompt, pauses a few seconds, and in the middle of me typing, the screen starts to scroll down and fills with messages (too fast for me to read) and the monitor resets itself, but stays in power-on mode (green light), and it's pretty much dead after that. Any one have ideas? Sorry to ramble, I'll post hardware list later if needed. Thanks in advance, Frank
Re: [newbie] Ears don't work
bay56 wrote: I would love to try this myself, but I am only a couple of days into linux, and I can not find out how to deal with the compression format this driver came in. It seems that in it's default form Mandrake has no knowledge of what seems to be some kind of gzip/tar combination. What do I need to deal with that file as downloaded from creative? it's called sblive-0.2b.tar.gz I have to use my winbox to grab files at present (while I get Linux pulled together enough to do it) I then transfer to LS120 disk - and in the first couple of days I have managed to get linux to see this drive and even copy the files to the linux partition (where I am keeping these kind of support files). I can't be far off the right method, because I have managed (somehow) to install star office this way - but this has me a bit stumped. I have no clue where to look to find out how to de-compress the file to even attempt what you outlined - but want to try it. I am using Mandrake 6.0 Venus - and hopefully 6.1 Helios in next few days when I can lay hands on it. Can you suggest an approach please? Regards, Ian Ianclick on your home directory icon on the deskyop or in the Panel area at the bottom of the desktop. Navigate to where you put the file (if you'd downloaded it with Netscape in Linux it would already be in the directory where the icon opened the window). Now right click on the icon representing the sblive-0.2btar.gz file. Choose Archiver. A window showing the contents of the file will open. Click on the Edit drop-down menu in that window and choose Extract. Go back to the file manager window and right-click the background and choose New View. Go to the new window that opens, the contents of the sblive-0.2btar.gz will be in a new sub directory called package. Alan
Re: [newbie] Install nightmare
From: Valheru [EMAIL PROTECTED] starting sendmail. After the delays it gets all the way to the Login prompt, pauses a few seconds, and in the middle of me typing, the screen starts to scroll down and fills with messages (too fast for me to read) and the monitor resets itself, but stays in power-on mode Sounds like it's set to start up X windows, but the settings are incorrect for your video card/monitor. When the Lilo prompt comes up, type "linux 3" and it should bring you to the console login.
Re: [newbie] K-Development IDE
I have successfuly installed the K-Development IDE! It looks fantastic. However (there's always a however isn't there?) the first time I ran it it configured itself and told me that it was missing about six files. Preventing me from doing several things including debugging inside the IDE! I have looked in the list of RPM files that came with Mandrake 6.0 but I can't find these. I need to know two things: 1. Where can I find the missing files? 2. How can I make the K-Development IDE go through its configuration again? The files are: sgml2html kdoc glimpse glimpseindex a2ps kdbg Thanks.
[newbie] Kernel Image file
Hi folks. ... I have a problem ... I've just installed the Mandrake 5.xx (5.1 I guess) and when I call to reboot on Linux it ask me for some boot Kernet Image File (boot=XXX) or (@file =xxx) ... something like that .. I'm not a Linux expert .. so .. can anyone help me? Thanks anyway Giovani Luiz Giuberti Ciências da Computação - PUC-MG ·GritantE· ICQ UIN: 2932905 http://gritante.cjb.net Belo Horizonte · MG · BRAZIL
Re: [newbie] Starting httpd on boot
On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, you wrote: How do I do that? It's httpd, the one that is built wiht Apache 1.3.9. I have it configured to standalone in ../../apache/conf/httpd.conf right now, but I don't know how to start it automatically. It says in the docs something about rc3.d, but I don't know what file to edit inside the directory. Hmmgood point. I'd say put the httpd command in /etc/rc.d/rc.local and let it go from there. AFAIK, that *should* be the equivalent of putting it in MSDOS's "autoexec.bat" where it'll start automagically at boot. 'Course, this is only a guess, as I'm not running httpd here... John
Re: [newbie] DHCP install for Linux-Mandrake and other problems...
On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, you wrote: Also, Mandrake's version has a problem with unmounting its stuff when shutting down, it fails very often and goes through some sort of scandisk at startup. Never happened while I was trying RedHat 6. Known problem. Go update the kernel and init scrips from the Mandrake 6.0 "upgrades" directory. This has been posted HUNDREDS of times in various mailing lists. Go to www.linux-mandrake.com and find one of the mirror sites, go get the new kernel rpm file (you should ONLY need *ONE* kernel RPM file -- ie kernel-version.i586.rpm, as well as the initscripts rpm. Alternatively, you may try buying the Mandrake 6.1 Cheapbytes CD and upgrade your Mandrake 6 install. John
[newbie] Two (hopefully) small problems
I just installed 6.1 this weekend (fresh install) and have two problems with it: 1) The icons in kfm (and a few other programs that use the common back, copy, paste... icons) are messed up. Either they appear in the wrong place (cut and paste look like refresh, for example) or its just a square with garbage in it. This happens at all resolutions and color depths. 2) When I click on the help button on the KDE panel, I get a message box telling me that the main.html file cannot be found. I checked myself and the directory that should be holding main.html is non-existant. Are these a separate download? Thanks for any help. Keep in mind that I just moved from that other operating system this weekend and that I am a total UNIX/Linux moron. If it's any help here are the specs: Mandrake 6.1 PII-400 384M RAM Seagate (ST33210A) 3G IDE HD Diamond Viper V770 (AGP, although Mandrake recognized it as the PCI) Viewsonic PS790 Mike Cathcart __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] K-Development IDE
On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, Eric L. Damron wrote: I have successfuly installed the K-Development IDE! It looks fantastic. However (there's always a however isn't there?) the first time I ran it it configured itself and told me that it was missing about six files. Preventing me from doing several things including debugging inside the IDE! I have looked in the list of RPM files that came with Mandrake 6.0 but I can't find these. I need to know two things: 1. Where can I find the missing files? kdbg is in 6.1, the rest you'll need to look for cause i dunno off hand. 2. How can I make the K-Development IDE go through its configuration again? rerun the setup, it should be on your menu under Development right above kdevelop. The files are: sgml2html kdoc glimpse glimpseindex a2ps kdbg Thanks. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Ears don't work
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm doing a bit of catchup on the list right now, so i'm sure someone will have already answered, but just in case... 'tar -xvzf fname' The z incorporates an unzip. Martin. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of bay56 Sent: 26 September 1999 22:23 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Ears don't work I would love to try this myself, but I am only a couple of days into linux, and I can not find out how to deal with the compression format this driver came in. It seems that in it's default form Mandrake has no knowledge of what seems to be some kind of gzip/tar combination. What do I need to deal with that file as downloaded from creative? it's called sblive-0.2b.tar.gz I have to use my winbox to grab files at present (while I get Linux pulled together enough to do it) I then transfer to LS120 disk - and in the first couple of days I have managed to get linux to see this drive and even copy the files to the linux partition (where I am keeping these kind of support files). I can't be far off the right method, because I have managed (somehow) to install star office this way - but this has me a bit stumped. I have no clue where to look to find out how to de-compress the file to even attempt what you outlined - but want to try it. I am using Mandrake 6.0 Venus - and hopefully 6.1 Helios in next few days when I can lay hands on it. Can you suggest an approach please? Regards, Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zap.to/atelier Or when that server is down go direct to http://www.btinternet.com/~bay56/ - Original Message - From: Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 26, 1999 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Ears don't work Try the command "sndconfig" without the quotes from a console window. Then follow the on screen instructions. One thing I have noticed on my system is that the sound card output volume is very low, and so you must listen carefully when the util plays the test sounds. Even if you only think you hear something from your speakers, answer yes to the test question "Did you hear the Sound?" or something like that. Also, if the speakers are amplified, turn up the volume before running sndconfig. This may help. You can read up on the util with "man sndconfig". To get out of the man util press "q". I hope this helps. Ernie Thomas Peter wrote: I am a total newbie. I've had a computer for 1 1/2 years. I never worked with Dos. I got sick of Win 98 always crashing. I have everything running except my sound card. I am running Mandrake 6.0 and my sound card is a Sound Blaster Live. I went to their download site and downloaded the driver. It has two ways to execute it, automatic and manuel. When I try to use its self install. I get the error "can only run executibles on local disks only". I thought that was what my hard drive was. I even tried to install it the manul way but had no luck at that either. Creative is not offering any help for linux at this time. Do you have any suggestions. Thomas Thank you for all the help. My problem has not been opening the file but runnig the self install insside the tared file. I have found that because EZ Drive is controlling my HD so my Bios can see it's real size. The drive registers as a "tmp/dev/hda1" "tmp/dev/hda2" etc. The only way around this is to buy a HD that it is compatable with. Im not ready for that. Can any one help me with the detailed instruction on manuel install. When I go by their instructions I get somany problems my only alternative is to reinstall. Thank you
Re: [newbie] KDE broken
James Richards wrote: Hello, I recently installed Mandrake-Linux 6.0. It installed fine and I was [foolishly] playing with the themes for KDE running as root [wasn't thinking on that one]. I was switching through themes when suddenly my desktop blanked out and locked. I was able to shutdown and bring the machine back up, however whenever I logged back on to KDE, the desktop would appear, but as soon as I tried to open up any window [say open a terminal window], the screen would freeze again. I thought that maybe my desktop was to blame, so I removed the Desktop directory from root's home directory...since then I am unable to run KDE at all. Whenever I try to log back in to the KDE GUI as root, the screen blanks out and just sits there. I tried the same thing as a local user and after switching through a few themes, reproduced the same problem. However, when I try to log in to a KDE desktop as a local user, the login process starts then I am kicked back to a the main login screen. Has anyone seen a similar occurrence with Mandrake 6.0? I tried to verify all of the KDE RPMs using GnoRPM utility from GNOME [which doesn't seem to have this problem], but I couldn't see any obvious problems [I just went through and verified all of the rpms]. James Richards Hello, You too!! I was in my user account and was playing with themes. I assigned one particular theme, I can't be sure but I think it was the desert them. Immediately after this change or as near as I can remember. I have the same problem that you have had. Just kicks me out to X login prompt. In gnome I have tried checking the mouse settings under Kpanel still no go. Please cc me if you receive a fix. Thanks, Terence Golightly Just another newbie
Re: [newbie] Install nightmare
On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, Valheru wrote: Hello, I just installed Linux on my system. I d/l'ed all the files from the Mandrake-Linux FTP site, and set them up in a folder called "Mandrake" I didn't notice the "Lnx4win" subfolder until later, so I just ran "autoboot.bat" from the "dosutils" folder and went on with the install. Minus losing 1 or 2 partions in the process, all went well. But, when LILO runs, it delays in two places: Starting system loggers and starting sendmail. After the delays it gets all the way to the Login You need a resolvable hoostname, just put it in /etc/hosts prompt, pauses a few seconds, and in the middle of me typing, the screen starts to scroll down and fills with messages (too fast for me to read) and the monitor resets itself, but stays in power-on mode (green light), and it's pretty much dead after that. Any one have ideas? Sorry to ramble, I'll post hardware list later if needed. Thanks in advance, linux 3, at your lilo prompt your videocard is misconfigured. Frank -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Starting httpd on boot
On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, John Aldrich wrote: On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, you wrote: How do I do that? It's httpd, the one that is built wiht Apache 1.3.9. I have it configured to standalone in ../../apache/conf/httpd.conf right now, but I don't know how to start it automatically. It says in the docs something about rc3.d, but I don't know what file to edit inside the directory. Hmmgood point. I'd say put the httpd command in /etc/rc.d/rc.local and let it go from there. AFAIK, that *should* be the equivalent of putting it in MSDOS's "autoexec.bat" where it'll start automagically at boot. 'Course, this is only a guess, as I'm not running httpd here... John run ntsysv -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Starting httpd on boot
On 26 Sep, John Aldrich wrote: On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, you wrote: How do I do that? It's httpd, the one that is built wiht Apache 1.3.9. I have it configured to standalone in ../../apache/conf/httpd.conf right now, but I don't know how to start it automatically. It says in the docs something about rc3.d, but I don't know what file to edit inside the directory. Hmmgood point. I'd say put the httpd command in /etc/rc.d/rc.local and let it go from there. AFAIK, that *should* be the equivalent of putting it in MSDOS's "autoexec.bat" where it'll start automagically at boot. 'Course, this is only a guess, as I'm not running httpd here... John Actually, I believe the better way to do this would be to put the httpd executable in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ (which, I believe, should be the default for Mandrake). Did you not install Mandrake's Apache RPM? Try `ls /etc/rc.d/init.d/` Do you see httpd anywhere in there? If not, copy (or link) httpd to this directory. That should start it on a boot to runlevel 3 or 5. Copying it to /etc/rc.d/rc.3/ would just start it on a boot to runlevel 3. -Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Compiling Problems (Licq) -- Could be Off Topic
Here's an interesting question. This might be off-topic, because it's not exactly Linux-Mandrake specific, but there are a couple questions that branch off about the release. I've been having problems compiling programs under Linux-Mandrake 6.0. The gcc that I use is version 2.91.66. The programs I've been trying to compile are: -Fuzzball 5.64 (A MUCK); fb4.64; -Licq, 0.70.1; -The KDE plug-in for Licq. If there are compile errors, such as "gets function is dangerous and should not be used", then that is not my system's problem, but instead the programmer's problem, and I should report it to them? A side question. Has anyone managed to acquire a good ICQ Unix clone up and working? I have problems with the KDE plugin with Licq; it doesn't seem to want to compile. -- /-|rcana - - * - - Pern - Araby Weyr: http://members.tripod.com/~Araby/ FF7 - Tales of Midgar: http://members.tripod.com/~ArcanaTxM/ Xenogears - DeM: http://members.tripod.com/~project_xat/ Xenogears - Guardian Angels: http://guardian.zenogias.com/
Re: [newbie] K-Development IDE
In a message dated 9/26/99 9:37:21 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, Eric L. Damron wrote: I have successfuly installed the K-Development IDE! It looks fantastic. However (there's always a however isn't there?) the first time I ran it it configured itself and told me that it was missing about six files. Preventing me from doing several things including debugging inside the IDE! I have looked in the list of RPM files that came with Mandrake 6.0 but I can't find these. I need to know two things: 1. Where can I find the missing files? kdbg is in 6.1, the rest you'll need to look for cause i dunno off hand. 2. How can I make the K-Development IDE go through its configuration again? rerun the setup, it should be on your menu under Development right above kdevelop. The files are: sgml2html kdoc glimpse glimpseindex a2ps kdbg Thanks. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon Hello, Check out www.kde.org if you still have trouble. Scott
Re: [newbie] can't lauch X apps when su'ed as root
Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, ottffss wrote: I am running Linux Mandrake 6.1 on a home built PC. I just upgraded from linux-mandrake 6.0 (where I did NOT have the problem I am about to describe.) I boot to run level 5 (I edited /etc/innitab to do this). Here's my problem: When I log in as myself and them bring up a console window and su to root I get the following message when I try to run any X app: It's not a bug, it's a feature: This is for security, to prevent other users from popping up windows on your system. (i.e. telnet your.computer, login, export DISPLAY=:0.0, while true; do xclock ; done). To turn it off, do xhost +localhost before su'ing. LLaP bero -- Tired of waiting for Windows 2000? STOP WAITING! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/ Thanks, that works.
[newbie] Savage 4 Server
Does anyone know if XFree86 3.3.5 (I think that's the most recent version) has the appropriate x server for video cards with the Savage 4 chipset? TIA Rick Friedman Salant Corp. - MIS 800-472-8013 x75105 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The closest thing to heaven on earth is... Yankee Stadium!
Re: [newbie] Starting httpd on boot
On Sun, 26 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 26 Sep, John Aldrich wrote: On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, you wrote: How do I do that? It's httpd, the one that is built wiht Apache 1.3.9. I have it configured to standalone in ../../apache/conf/httpd.conf right now, but I don't know how to start it automatically. It says in the docs something about rc3.d, but I don't know what file to edit inside the directory. Hmmgood point. I'd say put the httpd command in /etc/rc.d/rc.local and let it go from there. AFAIK, that *should* be the equivalent of putting it in MSDOS's "autoexec.bat" where it'll start automagically at boot. 'Course, this is only a guess, as I'm not running httpd here... John Actually, I believe the better way to do this would be to put the httpd executable in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ (which, I believe, should be the default for Mandrake). Did you not install Mandrake's Apache RPM? Try `ls /etc/rc.d/init.d/` Do you see httpd anywhere in there? If not, copy (or link) httpd to this directory. That should start it on a boot to runlevel 3 or 5. the httpd file in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ is a shell script Copying it to /etc/rc.d/rc.3/ would just start it on a boot to runlevel 3. -Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Starting httpd on boot
If this is a build from a tar.gz source file do this. ln -s /path/to/apache/bin/apachectl /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd this puts a sym link in the init.d directory. add these lines to the apachectl file: chkconfig: 2345 10 90 description: starts stops apache do this just below the #!/bin/sh line. run: /sbin/chkconfig --del httpd /sbin/chkconfig --add httpd Now apache (httpd) will start at boot. You can start and stop apache while your messing around with it by going to /etc/rc.d/init.d and running: ./httpd stop|start|restart If this is a RPM install, all the files are in the correct places and you just need to set it up to start at boot. A good tool for this is ntsysv. Run it as root, it's simple to figure out. On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, you wrote: On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, you wrote: How do I do that? It's httpd, the one that is built wiht Apache 1.3.9. I have it configured to standalone in ../../apache/conf/httpd.conf right now, but I don't know how to start it automatically. It says in the docs something about rc3.d, but I don't know what file to edit inside the directory. Hmmgood point. I'd say put the httpd command in /etc/rc.d/rc.local and let it go from there. AFAIK, that *should* be the equivalent of putting it in MSDOS's "autoexec.bat" where it'll start automagically at boot. 'Course, this is only a guess, as I'm not running httpd here... John -- Brett Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Compiling Problems (Licq) -- Could be Off Topic
Licq .61 On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, you wrote: Here's an interesting question. This might be off-topic, because it's not exactly Linux-Mandrake specific, but there are a couple questions that branch off about the release. I've been having problems compiling programs under Linux-Mandrake 6.0. The gcc that I use is version 2.91.66. The programs I've been trying to compile are: -Fuzzball 5.64 (A MUCK); fb4.64; -Licq, 0.70.1; -The KDE plug-in for Licq. If there are compile errors, such as "gets function is dangerous and should not be used", then that is not my system's problem, but instead the programmer's problem, and I should report it to them? A side question. Has anyone managed to acquire a good ICQ Unix clone up and working? I have problems with the KDE plugin with Licq; it doesn't seem to want to compile. -- /-|rcana - - * - - Pern - Araby Weyr: http://members.tripod.com/~Araby/ FF7 - Tales of Midgar: http://members.tripod.com/~ArcanaTxM/ Xenogears - DeM: http://members.tripod.com/~project_xat/ Xenogears - Guardian Angels: http://guardian.zenogias.com/
[newbie] I'm new to Linux and loving it. :)
A little testimony. Had some Unix experience in Universerity some 6 years ago, but only learnt enough to send email, use telnet, ftp and some scripts. And here I am running Mandrake 6, KDE 1.1.1, XFree86 3.3.5 and having a blast! I've got an IBM Aptiva. It was manufactured on September 2nd, and I bought it on Sept 6th. Interesting. The computer came with Win98 of course, ESS Solo I Audio and the SiS 530 gfx chipset. And a bloody winmodem. I'm so glad I kept my external 33.6! Anyway, The Xserver installation (video and monitor stuff) and the sync probing went horribly. Of course, I didn't know what that meant just a few days ago, so I kept trying to reinstall Mandrake over and over again (20 times?) from the booting CD trying different configurations. (I'm so glad I know how to use the config file now!) So read read read read. :) Found out that the 3.3.5 version of Xfree fixed the SiS 530 bugs. Downloaded it, installed it and voila! Could finally see a terminal window in the X server. But KDE wouldn't work. I didn't know what the hell I was doing, but stumbled upon the xinit command which is the only command I've found so far that loads the X server, gives me a term window that I can type in the 'KDE' command and the graphical adventure begings. Perfectly. Had problems with virtual desktops (although I answered NO to all questions asking if I'd like to use them ???) but read read read and found the alt-ctrl-+ sequence to put my screen res high enough so that the 1024x768 it virtually used to for all screen modes, would equal the exact resolution therefore getting rid of any virtual effects. Phew! So now I've installed StarOffice (WOW!!) and I'm having a ball. I haven't booted into Win98 in days heh. Hadn't had the need to of course. Linux rocks. Was a bloody ride at first, but now it's smooth sailing. In 4 days (8 hours a night) I went from 'whats this Linux stuff?' to mounting my Win98 partition into Linux to access the bigger hard disk , compiling apps and editing those config files that people usually complain about. It's all so straightforward. Is that average learning curve? Or am I just catching on at a healthy rate? Still can't get audio to work however. Those motherboard chipsets are difficult to tap into. I keep getting 'resource busy' errors with any 0xnnn, DMA n, etc. Tried playing with the BIOS to turn off pnp, reset assignments, toggled IRQ sharing. Just can't get it! Halp! :) I've read messages from people having difficulty rebooting or shutting off their Linux, involving all those 'didn't shut down cleanly' or something messages. I'm so glad to say that I can either 'HALT', or ctrl-alt-delete and linux shuts down perfectly and even turns the power off on my computer. Just like Winsloth does. Power management works too. I love Linux! It really does lack nothing. best wishes, Darcy.
Re: [newbie] how to set up monitor res and more problems
You may be looking for Ctl + Alt + Bkspce -Original Message- From: Chris Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for the info, but how do I close X to get to root? I can log out, but can't get out of the "desktop enviornment logon" screen. When I reset the computer it won't allow me root access anymore and tells me my hard drive was improperly unmounted. What do I do now, reinstall and try again? Thanks for any help. Chris Hidong Kim wrote: I just installed mandrake 6.0. Install went great, but when I rebooted, My desktop area was larger then my screen. There was no way to navigate the windows to even shut down. How do I change the screen settings? Do I need to change something in the install or is there somewhere to change this? I am a major newbie with about an hour of experience on Linux. Thanks for the patience, Chris Hi, Chris, You need to set the virtual screen size. Go to the "Screen" section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config. I'm running X at 32 bpp color depth and 1024 x 768 screen resolution. Set the virtual screen size to the same as your screen resolution. The lines from my /etc/X11/XF86Config look like this: Subsection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "1024x768" ViewPort0 0 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Restart X and your desktop should be the same size as your screen. Good luck, Hidong
Re: [newbie] IP Masquerading: Questions.
-Original Message- From: Arcana [EMAIL PROTECTED] eth1: 21041 media #0, 10baseT. eth1: 21041 media #0, 10baseT. eth1: No 21041 10baseT link beat, Media switched to 10base2. swap their cables and make sure you can get eth1 running with eth0's ip and cable eth1 does in fact run with eth0's stuff. When I do that, eth1 gets its 10baseT connect up, but eth0 gives me the message, "Media switched to 10base2". What I have connected to eth0 is a Windows Box. Is it that my Windows machine isn't configured properly, which is why eth0 doesn't detect a 10baseT link beat? Here's a thought. If your Windows box is directly connected to the card in the Linux box, do you have a crossover cable or just a normal Cat5 cable? There is a difference. You may either need a hub ($30-40) or a crossover cable ($6-15 if you can find one). You dont need ipfwadm, it's been replaced with ipchains which is on the cd. Gotcha. I'm reading those manual pages right now. I'm not understanding what I need to know to get it to work, but I figure that it'll be better for everyone if I didn't just whine, "How do I set up IP Masquerading?" right away to everyone on the list, and instead something else. :) -- /-|rcana - - * - - Pern - Araby Weyr: http://members.tripod.com/~Araby/ FF7 - Tales of Midgar: http://members.tripod.com/~ArcanaTxM/ Xenogears - DeM: http://members.tripod.com/~project_xat/ Xenogears - Guardian Angels: http://guardian.zenogias.com/
Re: [newbie] Savage 4 Server
RICHARD FRIEDMAN wrote: Does anyone know if XFree86 3.3.5 (I think that's the most recent version) has the appropriate x server for video cards with the Savage 4 chipset? XFree86.org would know. They have a list of supported hardware. Check out their website. Bob J.
Re: [newbie] Compiling Problems (Licq) -- Could be Off Topic
On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, you wrote: Here's an interesting question. This might be off-topic, because it's not exactly Linux-Mandrake specific, but there are a couple questions that branch off about the release. I've been having problems compiling programs under Linux-Mandrake 6.0. The gcc that I use is version 2.91.66. The programs I've been trying to compile are: -Fuzzball 5.64 (A MUCK); fb4.64; -Licq, 0.70.1; -The KDE plug-in for Licq. If there are compile errors, such as "gets function is dangerous and should not be used", then that is not my system's problem, but instead the programmer's problem, and I should report it to them? A side question. Has anyone managed to acquire a good ICQ Unix clone up and working? I have problems with the KDE plugin with Licq; it doesn't seem to want to compile. LICQ is about the best ICQ clone that I have found. (personal preference there) I could compile the main program ok in 6.1 but the Gui needs QT 2.0. I didn't want to stuff around and risk running QT 2.0 but I did find a pre-compiled RPM, version of 70.f. I have been happlily running this for a while in Mandrake 6.0 and it works just as well in 6.1. I can't seem to find a later RPM .. but I will be on the lookout. If you want to look at it, it is available at: ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/contrib/libc6/i386/ Read the docs to make it install the GUI all the time. Seeya, Lindsay
SV: [newbie] how to set up monitor res and more problems
press ctrl+alt+backspace /Fredrik - Original Message - From: Chris Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 5:53 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] how to set up monitor res and more problems Thanks for the info, but how do I close X to get to root? I can log out, but can't get out of the "desktop enviornment logon" screen. When I reset the computer it won't allow me root access anymore and tells me my hard drive was improperly unmounted. What do I do now, reinstall and try again? Thanks for any help. Chris Hidong Kim wrote: I just installed mandrake 6.0. Install went great, but when I rebooted, My desktop area was larger then my screen. There was no way to navigate the windows to even shut down. How do I change the screen settings? Do I need to change something in the install or is there somewhere to change this? I am a major newbie with about an hour of experience on Linux. Thanks for the patience, Chris Hi, Chris, You need to set the virtual screen size. Go to the "Screen" section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config. I'm running X at 32 bpp color depth and 1024 x 768 screen resolution. Set the virtual screen size to the same as your screen resolution. The lines from my /etc/X11/XF86Config look like this: Subsection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "1024x768" ViewPort0 0 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Restart X and your desktop should be the same size as your screen. Good luck, Hidong
