Re: [newbie] is ISO 6.1.1 stable or developer edition ?
Aldo: ISO images are only for stable versions and not for development versions. You can safely use 6.1.1 !!! Prabhakar hi all. i wonder whether MANDRAKE ISO 6.1.1 (the one available at mirror sites at the present time) is either a stable edition for newbies or an advanced developer edition. Are there any special aspects I should watch up before the install ? Cheers, APS -- Linux --- the choice of a GNU generation :-)
Re: [newbie] problems with ./configure while trying to install new application
Which of the RPM's on the CD do I need to install? TIA, Matt From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] problems with ./configure while trying to install new application Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 12:37:50 -0400 On Thu, 07 Oct 1999, you wrote: What does this mean? How do I fix it so that I can install this program (btw - I already looked for an RPM packaged version of the application and had no success) You need to have the c-compiler packages installed. Obviously you didn't install that stuff when you installed Linux. :-) Unfortunately, I'm not familiar enough with the package names to tell you what all needs to be installed. John __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Heh, my XWindows screen is enormous... what did I do wrong?
Nojust get back to your console (control-alt-backspace will kill X if nothing else!) and re-run your video setup. "/usr/X11R6/bin/XF86Setup" or "/usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config" are the two most popular config programs for X. Be sure NOT to select the setting to allow the display to be larger than your actual screen size. Also make sure you have properly identified your video card and monitor. If necessary, run xf86config and say you want to specify your monitor settings and select a slightly more conservative setting than your monitor will actually perform. i.e. instead of stating that your monitor will do 1280x1024 in 32-bit color at 70 hz with a horizontal synch of 60-90 hz, say it'll do 1024x768 in 24-bit at 60 hz, etc. Good luck! John Hrmmm... still no luck. I'm trying to use a Riva TNT2 Ultra card, but obviously in 6.0 there's no support for it. So I've tried a variety of options, from just the plain TNT to Unsupported Cards. I'm also using a Gateway Cystalscan 17" monitor. When I run startx, the screen is still way too big. If I Ctrl-alt-bspace back out, it shows that it is putting it in 320x204??? Crazy. I've tried everything from 16 color VGA all the way up, and still can't seem to find the right combination. Anyone have any bright ideas? -Paul __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Heh, my XWindows screen is enormous... what did I do wrong?
Nojust get back to your console (control-alt-backspace will kill X if nothing else!) and re-run your video setup. "/usr/X11R6/bin/XF86Setup" or "/usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config" are the two most popular config programs for X. Be sure NOT to select the setting to allow the display to be larger than your actual screen size. Also make sure you have properly identified your video card and monitor. If necessary, run xf86config and say you want to specify your monitor settings and select a slightly more conservative setting than your monitor will actually perform. i.e. instead of stating that your monitor will do 1280x1024 in 32-bit color at 70 hz with a horizontal synch of 60-90 hz, say it'll do 1024x768 in 24-bit at 60 hz, etc. Good luck! John Hrmmm... still no luck. I'm trying to use a Riva TNT2 Ultra card, but obviously in 6.0 there's no support for it. So I've tried a variety of options, from just the plain TNT to Unsupported Cards. I'm also using a Gateway Cystalscan 17" monitor. When I run startx, the screen is still way too big. If I Ctrl-alt-bspace back out, it shows that it is putting it in 320x204??? Crazy. I've tried everything from 16 color VGA all the way up, and still can't seem to find the right combination. Anyone have any bright ideas? -Paul __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Modem is busy, but it really isn't
Mike, First of all, I hope your modem has jumpers. If not, I can be of no help. I had the same problem with my PnP USR Sportster 33.6. Everybody told me that isapnp would work, but it didn't. I even did the confusing setserial stuff everybody told me to do and nothing worked. My modem has jumpers, so I just jumpered it to the COM # and IRQ instead of leaving it jumpered as Plug and Play. If yours has jumpers, jumper it to COM1 and the generic IRQ 3. I don't know how to tell what IRQ to really use, mine was already set to 3 so I used it and got rid of the "modem busy" messages immediately. Most likely you can just change the COM jumper and leave the IRQ jumper alone. I don't dual boot, so I don't know how this will affect Win95 -- you might have to remove the modem configuration and let it detect and reinstall it again as a non-PnP device. Hope this helps, Jeremy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been fighting with my modem till I'm blue in the face. kppp reports that "modem is busy", but it's just sitting there. I made sure when I bought it that it was not a WinModem. I have an internal ISA PlugPlay US Robotics 56K Voice Faxmodem, model 5685. I have tried isapnp. I've set IRQs etc to what works with dual-boot 95. I've used modemtool. I'm using /dev/ttyS0 since I use COM1 on 95. But I tried the other /dev/ttySx devices as well. No joy. PLEASE HELP ME. Thanks, Mike Dennison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] missing config, menuconfig, xconfig files
Where can I find the config, menuconfig, or xconfig files for use with the make command to rebuild the kernel? Thanks rmw ***Internet Email Confidentiality Footer*** Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer does not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of my firm shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it.
[newbie] Linux Machine Freezing
One of the main reasons I started using linux was the much touted great reliability and minimal crashes. However recently I have had considerable problems with the machine (pentium 450) freezing up when left alone for several hours. The situation is that I am running KDE and using Kppp to maintain a connection to my ISP. No other programs are running during these times except daemons. When I return to the machine my mouse is completely unresponsive as is the keyboard. At first I thought maybe a screen saver was doing it, but it did the same thing last night with no screen saver running. I have looked at the system log but don't see anything obvious. Ideas and suggestions for solving this would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
[newbie] KDE upgrade double icons
I just upgraded my Mandrake 6.0 KDE packages to version 1.1.2 using the RPMs from Mandrake 6.1. Everything seems to work but I ended up with duplicate icons and menu entries. 1. Could this have been prevented by using a different upgrade proceedure? 2. Is there an easy way to correct this other than having to delete the individual icon and menu item duplicates? TIA -- Scott Miller Using Linux Mandrake Operating System Take a look at http://www.linux-mandrake.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Machine Freezing
Eric.. I have had this problem before in Windows. The fix was I had to setup the power down functions in the properties where the screen saver is. What happens is after 1 hour the computer will start shutting down my hard drives and will not wake them up when I come back and making me restart the machineI don't know if Linux has this option yet (as I am just installing it and getting it to limp for me atleast.) but, check that and see if that could be the cause. Then again. could be a windows thing. Jess ___ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.
RE: [newbie] Restricting user access by IP
I have spent allot of time with /etc/httpd/conf/access.conf httpd.conf(many hours). The results I'm getting are not what I'm looking for! I can restrict users based on subnet but not at the ip level no matter what $%* I do My assumption is that, the above mentioned files will not restrict users from telnet access. You're right, telnet is handled by the inetd daemon, you have to configure the following files: inet.conf - to enable the telnet daemon (I guess you already have this running) hosts.deny - here you specify which hosts are not allowed to access the service you specify in your machine hosts.allow - like hosts.deny, but the other way :) My suggestion is: disable everybody in hosts.deny and enable just the subnet you want in hosts.allow. In your case it could be: hosts.deny: ALL: ALL hosts.allow: in.ftpd: here_is_your_subnet Please note that, for this to work, you must have tcp wrappers running, I think is always running by default, so you shouldn't have any problem. BTW, all this stuff is better explained in NET3-HOWTO, you should read that document Regards, Toshiro.
Re: [newbie] missing config, menuconfig, xconfig files
Hi, use make menuconfig or xconfig from /usr/src/linux ... Cheers On Sat, 09 Oct 1999, you wrote: Where can I find the config, menuconfig, or xconfig files for use with the make command to rebuild the kernel? Thanks rmw ***Internet Email Confidentiality Footer*** Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer does not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of my firm shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it.
Re: [newbie] Heh, my XWindows screen is enormous... what did I do wrong?
Paul Stansel wrote: Nojust get back to your console (control-alt-backspace will kill X if nothing else!) and re-run your video setup. "/usr/X11R6/bin/XF86Setup" or "/usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config" are the two most popular config programs for X. Be sure NOT to select the setting to allow the display to be larger than your actual screen size. Also make sure you have properly identified your video card and monitor. If necessary, run xf86config and say you want to specify your monitor settings and select a slightly more conservative setting than your monitor will actually perform. i.e. instead of stating that your monitor will do 1280x1024 in 32-bit color at 70 hz with a horizontal synch of 60-90 hz, say it'll do 1024x768 in 24-bit at 60 hz, etc. Good luck! John Hrmmm... still no luck. I'm trying to use a Riva TNT2 Ultra card, but obviously in 6.0 there's no support for it. So I've tried a variety of options, from just the plain TNT to Unsupported Cards. I'm also using a Gateway Cystalscan 17" monitor. When I run startx, the screen is still way too big. If I Ctrl-alt-bspace back out, it shows that it is putting it in 320x204??? Crazy. I've tried everything from 16 color VGA all the way up, and still can't seem to find the right combination. Anyone have any bright ideas? Grab the XFree86-3.3.5 rpms from the Cooker directory of your favorite Mandrake mirror. I'm also using a TNT2 Ultra card and can confirm that the updated XFree86 works extremely well. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Linux Machine Freezing
Eric Mings wrote: One of the main reasons I started using linux was the much touted great reliability and minimal crashes. However recently I have had considerable problems with the machine (pentium 450) freezing up when left alone for several hours. The situation is that I am running KDE and using Kppp to maintain a connection to my ISP. No other programs are running during these times except daemons. When I return to the machine my mouse is completely unresponsive as is the keyboard. At first I thought maybe a screen saver was doing it, but it did the same thing last night with no screen saver running. I have looked at the system log but don't see anything obvious. Ideas and suggestions for solving this would be greatly appreciated! Is this the same machine that has the slow boot problem? I'd begin looking at BIOS options to see if there's something obvious causing problems. If it's not odd BIOS settings, I suspect you've got hardware going flakey. What is running on the machine when it freezes? (daemons as well as userspace). -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Linux Machine Freezing
Check to see if you have the power saver functions in your bios turned on Eric Mings wrote: One of the main reasons I started using linux was the much touted great reliability and minimal crashes. However recently I have had considerable problems with the machine (pentium 450) freezing up when left alone for several hours. The situation is that I am running KDE and using Kppp to maintain a connection to my ISP. No other programs are running during these times except daemons. When I return to the machine my mouse is completely unresponsive as is the keyboard. At first I thought maybe a screen saver was doing it, but it did the same thing last night with no screen saver running. I have looked at the system log but don't see anything obvious. Ideas and suggestions for solving this would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
Re: [newbie] Can't run MODEMTOOL
On Wed, 06 Oct 1999, you wrote: Hello I am a newbie under Linux and have a big difficulty with the modem setup procedure. I run Mandrake 6.1 (which is redhat in fact) and read that the first step is to declare the modem (quite obvious). MANDRAKE IS **NOT** RedHat. Nor is it even "BASED" on RedHat any longer. Please disabuse yourself of this notion! John
Re: [newbie] Linux Machine Freezing
On Sat, 09 Oct 1999, you wrote: One of the main reasons I started using linux was the much touted great reliability and minimal crashes. However recently I have had considerable problems with the machine (pentium 450) freezing up when left alone for several hours. The situation is that I am running KDE and using Kppp to maintain a connection to my ISP. No other programs are running during these times except daemons. When I return to the machine my mouse is completely unresponsive as is the keyboard. At first I thought maybe a screen saver was doing it, but it did the same thing last night with no screen saver running. I have looked at the system log but don't see anything obvious. Ideas and suggestions for solving this would be greatly appreciated! Sounds like possibly a heat problem. What's the average ambient temp in the room with the P450? Also, are you overclocking it? If so, that's a good way to get it to lock up! John
Re: [newbie] Heh, my XWindows screen is enormous... what did I do wrong?
On Sat, 09 Oct 1999, you wrote: Hrmmm... still no luck. I'm trying to use a Riva TNT2 Ultra card, but obviously in 6.0 there's no support for it. So I've tried a variety of options, from just the plain TNT to Unsupported Cards. I'm also using a Gateway Cystalscan 17" monitor. When I run startx, the screen is still way too big. If I Ctrl-alt-bspace back out, it shows that it is putting it in 320x204??? Crazy. I've tried everything from 16 color VGA all the way up, and still can't seem to find the right combination. Anyone have any bright ideas? In that case (don't recall you stating what card you had before G) You need to go get the RPM for the latest version of X, or download and compile it yourself. There's support for the TNT cards in the latest full-release version of Xfree86. John
Re: [newbie] missing config, menuconfig, xconfig files
On Sat, 09 Oct 1999, you wrote: Where can I find the config, menuconfig, or xconfig files for use with the make command to rebuild the kernel? You would get to a console (for config/menuconfig) and change to your /usr/src/linux directories after making sure you have the source. Then just type "make config" or "make menuconfig." I have no experience using xconfig. John
Re: [newbie] Install Help
On Fri, 08 Oct 1999, you wrote: Johnthanks, yeah, I might. That is, I might if/when it supports html (-: Your loss, my friend. :-) It will allow you to READ HTML OK, but trying to reply to messages is a real pain and the incoming word-wrap doesn't always work well, either. :-) Hey, no one said it was perfect, but, IMNSHO, it's got many of the best features of Outlook Express w/o the bloated tie-in to a specific browser, as well as other problems with OE. :-) John
Re: [newbie] Heh, my XWindows screen is enormous... what did I do wrong?
You are correct, 6.0 doesn't support the TNT2. You can download and install the patches from Nvidia. Their website contains instructions and links to the compiled versions, or get 6.1 Although the book tells you not to probe the card if yours doesn't come up ( ihave a leadtek tnt2 board and it come up as a viper 770), go ahead and probe. My configuration was still messed up until I did the probe. I think it works because xfree plugged in the generic tnt2 drivers in the new release. Paul Stansel wrote: Ok, so I'm a true newbie at this. I'm installing Mandrake 6.0 (haven't been able to finish downloading the ISo for 6.1 yet!), and when it fires up XWindows what should be about 1/4 of the window is my whole screen. What did I do wrong, and where do I go to fix it? Am I better off just scrapping it and reinstalling since I haven't really done anything at this point? Many thanks, Paul __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
[newbie] Executing binaries in Mandrake 6.1
I have been trying to figure out how to set up games, etc on my computer running Linux Mandrake 6.1. I downloaded linux-doom-1.8.tar.gz and have extracted it okay. However, I have not been able to launch the game. I have a couple of different executables to run, but I keep getting a message "cannot execute binary file." The executables are "sdoom" or "xdoom." According to the README file, I am suppose to be able to launch "xdoom" from an x-server. I'm not quite sure what that means, but I was thinking that it meant that I could run it from within KDE. So, I started up a konsole window and tried to start the game by just typing "./xdoom." This is where I see the message "cannot execute binary file." I also get this message if I am at the command line "outside" of KDE (I haven't started xwindows at this point). Another thing that the README file says is that I need to have these executables in my path. Which file would I edit to do this and what would the syntax be? The path for the extracted doom files is /opt/doom-1.8. I have also been trying to find out how to exit KDE down to a command line (like DOS mode only in WIN98). Could someone tell me how to do this? I know how to use linux config to make Linux boot to a command line or to xwindows, but I like to switch back and forth between the two without necesarily having to use a console window for the command line. Thanks for your replies -Bill
Re: [newbie] STB nVidia ZX 8MB accelator card
The nvidia ZX is limited in the settings and resolutions you can use. I think they have something about this on the nvidia website in the linux drivers section. Leith Shabbot wrote: I am trying to create a dual OS with my Win 98. I had installed The Complete Linux OS 6.0. X windows does not support my video card(STB nVidia ZX). I was wondering if anybody could give some advice on affordable($50-90) video card that will support both Mandrake's X-windows and Windows 98. Thanks, Leith
Re: [newbie] 6.1
If you downloaded the iso image and addedWP, you buggered the iso image. there isn't enough room on a CD for both. I created an iso image cd, then i ran all over the net downloading stuff for linux. When I wsa done I created an iso formatted cd where I copied all the downloads to. That's how you should go about it- I mean jeez- I can get CDRW's for $2.50 each. I try burning the imag on one of these first. Once I know it works, I copy it to a CD-R, erase the CD-RW and use it for the next cd I want to make. Sam Walker John Aldrich wrote: On Fri, 08 Oct 1999, you wrote: Newbie story: I've a CD burned by a guy that has cable. We thought we save some trouble and inserted Corel WP8 in the distro. When I try to install M6.1 from that CD, it didn't work - I was able to create boot.img from it but after the Welcome screen, select language, keyboard map ...got stuck. Is that wrong - to put WP8 in the Iinstall disk? or is it just one of those cases when the CD just doesn't want to work. Did you download an ISO image or did you download all the files? I would recommend AGAINST adding anything to that ISO image. John
Re: [newbie] TNT video board with Mandrake 6.1
If you have 6.1, the updates are included, just make sure the SVGA and VGA16 servers are installed. go ahead and probe when the viper v770 message comes up- it worked fine for me John Aldrich wrote: On Fri, 08 Oct 1999, you wrote: Hi On the NVIDIA www I could download the TNT linux drivers. However I don't know which archive I should use (there are 4 gz files which contain almost the same thing) Does someone already have the answer please ? Have you tried going to http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/ There are TNT drivers there... :-) OTOH, you may just want to use your favorite FTP client (I like NCFTP from console) and go to ftp://ftp1.detonator.nvidia.com/pub/drivers/english/riva-tnt-tnt2-vanta/linux/ and get the "static" version of either the libc or glibc driver. The reason I say to get the "static" version is that way you don't need to have the lib file for that version of whichever c-compiler they used to compile the driver. John
Re: [newbie] Modem is busy, but it really isn't
Go to this website, use the "find in pages" command on the edit menu and type in your modem, or just browse the list. this is a table of modems compatible with Linux. I found out a modem I thought wasn't a winmodem uses a software controlled rockwell chipset :-( http://www.o2.net/~gromtitkc/19991007a.html If that doesn't work, go to the mandrakeuser.org website, click on the hardware link, then the hardware resources link, then Winmodems information page link about 3/4 of the way down the page. Check this out and make sure it'll work under linux before beating your head against the wall. The homepage for this website gives a really good explanation why winmodems don't work. One ruke of thumb- if the modem isn't compatble with DOS- it most likely won't run under linux Jeremy Kersenbrock wrote: Mike, First of all, I hope your modem has jumpers. If not, I can be of no help. I had the same problem with my PnP USR Sportster 33.6. Everybody told me that isapnp would work, but it didn't. I even did the confusing setserial stuff everybody told me to do and nothing worked. My modem has jumpers, so I just jumpered it to the COM # and IRQ instead of leaving it jumpered as Plug and Play. If yours has jumpers, jumper it to COM1 and the generic IRQ 3. I don't know how to tell what IRQ to really use, mine was already set to 3 so I used it and got rid of the "modem busy" messages immediately. Most likely you can just change the COM jumper and leave the IRQ jumper alone. I don't dual boot, so I don't know how this will affect Win95 -- you might have to remove the modem configuration and let it detect and reinstall it again as a non-PnP device. Hope this helps, Jeremy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been fighting with my modem till I'm blue in the face. kppp reports that "modem is busy", but it's just sitting there. I made sure when I bought it that it was not a WinModem. I have an internal ISA PlugPlay US Robotics 56K Voice Faxmodem, model 5685. I have tried isapnp. I've set IRQs etc to what works with dual-boot 95. I've used modemtool. I'm using /dev/ttyS0 since I use COM1 on 95. But I tried the other /dev/ttySx devices as well. No joy. PLEASE HELP ME. Thanks, Mike Dennison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Can't open modem
Here's the same reply I posted to the other modem thread Go to this website, use the "find in pages" command on the edit menu and type in your modem, or just browse the list. this is a table of modems compatible with Linux. I found out a modem I thought wasn't a winmodem uses a software controlled rockwell chipset :-( http://www.o2.net/~gromtitkc/19991007a.html If that doesn't work, go to the mandrakeuser.org website, click on the hardware link, then the hardware resources link, then Winmodems information page link about 3/4 of the way down the page. Check this out and make sure it'll work under linux before beating your head against the wall. The homepage for this website gives a really good explanation why winmodems don't work. One ruke of thumb- if the modem isn't compatble with DOS- it most likely won't run under linux Jones wrote: On Fri, 08 Oct 1999, you wrote: COM3 = dev/ttyS2 COM4 = dev/ttyS3 also if you choose to use one of these you may have to make a call to setserial to adjust the resources. My modem is on /dev/ttyS2 which at boot time used to assign irq 4 to it, but /dev/ttyS2 uses irq 5. . . .something to keep in mind -- Seth Gibson http://www.mp3.com/PsMX http://members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder/welcome.html "The only way left is to hack your own brain. . .then loop it through Jones."
Re: [newbie] Can't run MODEMTOOL
So what if "MANDRAKE IS **NOT** RedHat." I have read some documentation that can make a person think that it is, if the documentation isn't interpreted correctly. The only reason I am replying to this message is because the way it is worded can be taken offensively. - Original Message - From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 9:56 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Can't run MODEMTOOL On Wed, 06 Oct 1999, you wrote: Hello I am a newbie under Linux and have a big difficulty with the modem setup procedure. I run Mandrake 6.1 (which is redhat in fact) and read that the first step is to declare the modem (quite obvious). MANDRAKE IS **NOT** RedHat. Nor is it even "BASED" on RedHat any longer. Please disabuse yourself of this notion! John
Re: [newbie] Install Help
John Aldrich wrote: On Fri, 08 Oct 1999, you wrote: Johnthanks, yeah, I might. That is, I might if/when it supports html (-: Your loss, my friend. :-) It will allow you to READ HTML OK, but trying to reply to messages is a real pain and the incoming word-wrap doesn't always work well, either. :-) Hey, no one said it was perfect, but, IMNSHO, it's got many of the best features of Outlook Express w/o the bloated tie-in to a specific browser, as well as other problems with OE. :-) John Johnok, if I agree that I'll look at it again when KDE 2 comes out will you get off the soapbox? (-: But I honestly believe we'll still disagree, even then, because we differ even in the orientation of our smileys (yours are upside down). (-: Alan
[newbie] Display/monitor Problems
I am running a SiS 5597/5598 driver for my video card (actully the video is built into the mother board). I have my cmputer setup on the video to have 4 Megs of mem. I am running a Vision Graphic 17" monitor... when I goto setup my video (Linux Mandrake 6.1) My monitor will switch over and I get a window with the words blacked out. ie. no text. the mouse and everything looks fine for a desktop I just don't get the text Now I have setup my monitor using the custom command in SETUP and just tried it. when the desktop loads however I get the same thing I got in the setup. all text is Boxed/Blacked out where I can't read it I have been able to see the Min. and Close buttons on the windows that are open. Any ideas? 1280x1024 60Hz is the info I got off a web site for this monitor. Jess ___ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.
Re: [newbie] Executing binaries in Mandrake 6.1
Bill Munden wrote: I have been trying to figure out how to set up games, etc on my computer running Linux Mandrake 6.1. I downloaded linux-doom-1.8.tar.gz and have extracted it okay. However, I have not been able to launch the game. I have a couple of different executables to run, but I keep getting a message "cannot execute binary file." The executables are "sdoom" or "xdoom." According to the README file, I am suppose to be able to launch "xdoom" from an x-server. I'm not quite sure what that means, but I was thinking that it meant that I could run it from within KDE. So, I started up a konsole window and tried to start the game by just typing "./xdoom." This is where I see the message "cannot execute binary file." I also get this message if I am at the command line "outside" of KDE (I haven't started xwindows at this point). Another thing that the README file says is that I need to have these executables in my path. Which file would I edit to do this and what would the syntax be? The path for the extracted doom files is /opt/doom-1.8. I have also been trying to find out how to exit KDE down to a command line (like DOS mode only in WIN98). Could someone tell me how to do this? I know how to use linux config to make Linux boot to a command line or to xwindows, but I like to switch back and forth between the two without necesarily having to use a console window for the command line. Thanks for your replies -Bill BillI don't have a clue about your games questions, but can try and help you on your other subject. In conjunction with the key combination control-alt, the f-keys numbered 1-6 are mapped by linux to access 6 different consoles and the f-keys 7-12 are mapped to access 6 different x-sessions. So, to get from your x-session that you booted into, to a console, just hold down the control-alt key combination and press f2 (f1 is already full of messages stuff from booting and starting your x-session, so is probably best left alone, at least for now). You can sign in as anyone you want and be in a console just as if the x-session wasn't running. When you're done and want to go back, just hold down control-alt and press f7 (f7 is the f-key mapped for the first [session 0] console session). You'll pop back into your x-windows session, just as it was when you left. Alan
Re: [newbie] Linux Machine Freezing
Well, I would guess Linux does not have the information to wake up something shut down by a hardware or firmware power manager. I turned off the power savers on board and let my machine hum. I use it as an alarm clock, you see. The mp3s I hate the most blare at me from the other side of the room after 7 hours of the machine's sitting there. And I am running KDE, vigmeup, and Kppp. Civileme Eric Mings wrote: One of the main reasons I started using linux was the much touted great reliability and minimal crashes. However recently I have had considerable problems with the machine (pentium 450) freezing up when left alone for several hours. The situation is that I am running KDE and using Kppp to maintain a connection to my ISP. No other programs are running during these times except daemons. When I return to the machine my mouse is completely unresponsive as is the keyboard. At first I thought maybe a screen saver was doing it, but it did the same thing last night with no screen saver running. I have looked at the system log but don't see anything obvious. Ideas and suggestions for solving this would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
Re: [newbie] Can't run MODEMTOOL
Bill Munden wrote: So what if "MANDRAKE IS **NOT** RedHat." I have read some documentation that can make a person think that it is, if the documentation isn't The only way to ensure that people realize that Mandrake is not Red Hat is to educate people to the fact. That's ALL John was attempting to do. interpreted correctly. The only reason I am replying to this message is because the way it is worded can be taken offensively. I must have a few missing words in the message, since I don't find anything offensive about John's response whatsoever. Could you point out what you found troubling? On Wed, 06 Oct 1999, you wrote: Hello I am a newbie under Linux and have a big difficulty with the modem setup procedure. I run Mandrake 6.1 (which is redhat in fact) and read that the first step is to declare the modem (quite obvious). MANDRAKE IS **NOT** RedHat. Nor is it even "BASED" on RedHat any longer. Please disabuse yourself of this notion! John -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Display/monitor Problems
Try 1024x768 I was getting good results off a 5598 at that setting Also, look at the speed number in the modeline (following the "1280x1024" and try in the device setting to use the following line DACSpeed (number slightly greater than the speed number) I use DACSpeed 63 for a modeline that has 1024x768 61.3 and it works Civileme Jesse Royall wrote: I am running a SiS 5597/5598 driver for my video card (actully the video is built into the mother board). I have my cmputer setup on the video to have 4 Megs of mem. I am running a Vision Graphic 17" monitor... when I goto setup my video (Linux Mandrake 6.1) My monitor will switch over and I get a window with the words blacked out. ie. no text. the mouse and everything looks fine for a desktop I just don't get the text Now I have setup my monitor using the custom command in SETUP and just tried it. when the desktop loads however I get the same thing I got in the setup. all text is Boxed/Blacked out where I can't read it I have been able to see the Min. and Close buttons on the windows that are open. Any ideas? 1280x1024 60Hz is the info I got off a web site for this monitor. Jess ___ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.
Re: [newbie] Executing binaries in Mandrake 6.1
Alan Shoemaker wrote: Bill Munden wrote: I have been trying to figure out how to set up games, etc on my computer running Linux Mandrake 6.1. I downloaded linux-doom-1.8.tar.gz and have extracted it okay. However, I have not been able to launch the game. I have a couple of different executables to run, but I keep getting a message "cannot execute binary file." The executables are "sdoom" or "xdoom." According to the README file, I am suppose to be able to launch "xdoom" from an x-server. I'm not quite sure what that means, but I was thinking that it meant that I could run it from within KDE. So, I started up a konsole window and tried to start the game by just typing "./xdoom." This is where I see the message "cannot execute binary file." I also get this message if I am at the command line "outside" of KDE (I haven't started xwindows at this point). Another thing that the README file says is that I need to have these executables in my path. Which file would I edit to do this and what would the syntax be? The path for the extracted doom files is /opt/doom-1.8. I have also been trying to find out how to exit KDE down to a command line (like DOS mode only in WIN98). Could someone tell me how to do this? I know how to use linux config to make Linux boot to a command line or to xwindows, but I like to switch back and forth between the two without necesarily having to use a console window for the command line. Thanks for your replies -Bill Well In an xterm or console $ path=path;/opt/doom-1.8 will put it on your path. To start, from an xterm (NOT from a console) Well, first find the exact directory where xdoom resides, then type in the complete path without the dot on the command line. Alternatively, edit the menu, add an item for it, and use that same path there in command. Then you can start it from within KDE which is just an X client. Civileme
[newbie] ISP dialup help
Ok, so I'm using the good old fashioned command line to try and configure my dial-up connection since my XWindows won't work so I can download the latest XFree. I *THINK* I configured ppp-on correctly. My modem seems to connect and stays on for a while, but after a couple of minutes if I don't do anything it hangs up. So what I need to know is how I can see if it is actually logging in correctly, or just hanging out waiting for a correct login? Once I run ppp-on, it just goes back to the prompt while the modem dials out. Is it executing in the backgrounnd? Is there a screen I can bring up to see if I am connecting correctly? Also, where do I put the Primary and Secondary DNS IP addresses so I can resolve names once I'm on? I thought I read that it was in the /etc/resolv.conf, just trying to make sure. Again, many thanks. -Paul __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Can't run MODEMTOOL
- Original Message - From: Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Can't run MODEMTOOL Bill Munden wrote: So what if "MANDRAKE IS **NOT** RedHat." I have read some documentation that can make a person think that it is, if the documentation isn't The only way to ensure that people realize that Mandrake is not Red Hat is to educate people to the fact. That's ALL John was attempting to do. interpreted correctly. The only reason I am replying to this message is because the way it is worded can be taken offensively. I must have a few missing words in the message, since I don't find anything offensive about John's response whatsoever. Could you point out what you found troubling? On Wed, 06 Oct 1999, you wrote: Hello I am a newbie under Linux and have a big difficulty with the modem setup procedure. I run Mandrake 6.1 (which is redhat in fact) and read that the first step is to declare the modem (quite obvious). MANDRAKE IS **NOT** RedHat. Nor is it even "BASED" on RedHat any longer. Please disabuse yourself of this notion! John -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] I understand that was what he was doing, but the ALL CAPS part can make a person feel like they are being yelled at or that he (John) was getting tired of repeating himself, or that the person was ignorant for thinking that Mandrake was Red Hat. By all means, there is nothing wrong with educating someone or pointing out a mis-understanding, but I felt that John was cursing this person for thinking that Mandrake was Red Hat. Maybe if he had thrown in a smiley face somewhere, his original reply would not have been mis-interpreted by someone such as me. -Bill
Re: [newbie] vmware hardware compatibility
On Sat, 09 Oct 1999, you wrote: I've ran VMWARE on a P233 and ran Win95 quite happily. Don't think about running WIN98 or NT because that will be just too slow. About your soundcard: as long as your soundcard works in Linux, VMWARE will support it. It only emulates a SB16 in the guest OS, meaning that to have sound in the guest OS you have to install the SB16 drivers. All in all, VMWARE is a very good and clever product. I haven't ran accross one single app that doesn't run on the guest OS (as long as you don't want to run apps that rely on low level hardware acces, say you have a CDR on your host OS, but you won't be able to use that as a CDR in VMWARE, only as a CD). I recently read in a leading UK PC magazine (PCPLUS) that Vmware was a clever but stupid and useless product. I don't agree! Its the Ideal way of developing and testing cross-platform applications (or webpages for that matter) without the need of several expensive machines. But then PCPLUS only talks about Redhat, Suse and Debian as being THE linux distro's Patrick Putteman Internet Support Manager Net7 - member of the Advalvas Group - Original Message - From: David van Balen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 10:03 AM Subject: [newbie] vmware hardware compatibility I'm considering trying out vmware using linux as host and running nt as a guest os. Before I start, however, I have a couple questions for anyone who is familiar with this product: - On their web site they say that vmware will run on any pentium system but they recommend a PII266. Is the performance degraded significantly on anything slower? (I have a PII233). - Second, vmware is supposed to support only sb16 compatible sound cards. Will my Yamaha OPL3SA2 card work under vmware? - I'd also appreciate any other comments anyone might have about this product. DvB I agree! Vmware is a great product. Just installed it again yesterday, and put Win98 on as a guest OS. It might be a little slower, but I have access to my MS Visual C++ and other necessary programs, just a mouse click away...which is alot faster than rebooting, plus I never have to leave Linux.! Haven't played with the sound or networking part yet, but I don't really need either one in the guest OS, it's just for schoolwork. Linux is my playground. Vmware is so cool, I might even buy it one of these days! My $ .02 Tom
Re: [newbie] Please help with gAIM or AIM
On Sat, 09 Oct 1999, you wrote: Can someone please tell me how to install and run gAIM or AIM for Linux. I am frustrated, and the more throuogh the answer the better. Thanks. Payne If yer using a distro that supports RPM just grab the rpm file and type: rpm -Uvh rpmfilename. . .it will setup and do all the config stuff itself. . .then jut run gaim and proceed as normal. . . -- Seth Gibson www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710 members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under Construction) "The Kill Is Swift It Makes No Sound, Aggression Takes Its Toll Rhythm Of Violence Cuts Through The Air, There's No More Control Sky Turns Brighter An Evil Red, Missiles Fly Through The Air Shattered Dreams, Shattered Hopes, There's Bodies Everywhere." -FLA
[newbie] OT (kinda): mime types
Could someone please tell me the mime type for an mp3? visits to mp3.com are not quite as much fun as they used to b right now(: thanks all! A little bit of humor for those who havent seen this yet: http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/news/msnw/LinuxMyths.asp Those of you who know the horror that is Win32 and are now enjoying the relatively fatal exception errorless OS that we all know and love should have a look at this. . .and then go to linuxmall.com and order your MicroScared T-shirt(:-D I will say Win32 was workable dont get me wrong i still use it (and moreso DOS) for some tasks but its kinda cute to see Lord Gates sit up and take notice in this manner. Thanks again! -- Seth Gibson www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710 members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under Construction) "The Kill Is Swift It Makes No Sound, Aggression Takes Its Toll Rhythm Of Violence Cuts Through The Air, There's No More Control Sky Turns Brighter An Evil Red, Missiles Fly Through The Air Shattered Dreams, Shattered Hopes, There's Bodies Everywhere." -FLA
Re: [newbie] Linux Machine Freezing
Sounds like possibly a heat problem. What's the average ambient temp in the room with the P450? Also, are you overclocking it? If so, that's a good way to get it to lock up! John No overclocking. Don't know the temp, but I have two Macs and a 486 running in the same room with no problems. The problem is intermittent and not associated with a change in the general temp. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
[newbie] sound, backspace, emacs, and other things
Few simple questions: 1) My sound card (CMI8330 blt into motherboard) is not working properly. How do i correct this? I tried using /etc/sbin/sndconfig but I get an error and says there some kind of conflict. Also how do I change the bass/treble setting? 2) How do I enable backspace? I tried stty erase but it doesn't work.. (it says parameters are missing) 3) how do i enable tab auto indent in emacs? 4) how do I enable files like "Makefile" that have compilation and linking instructions to be executed? I've also noted that a.out of a C file cannot be executed unless I type in "./a.out" 5) how do i extrace .tar.gz files? how about just plain .tar files? = __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
[newbie] zip drive
I'm using mandrake 6.0 with KDE. I have everything working except my zip drive. What do I need to do to make the zip drive work. I have looked for info online and on the system with no luck. Ken
[newbie] clock problems
I have set my clock many times in as many ways as I can find to do. My system clock is correct, but everytime I reload my KDE Xserver it reverts to a time 5 hours earlier than the system clock. I can reset it, but each time I reboot the system it goes back to the old time. I have recently installed Mandrake 6.0. -- ...Jack [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] X server
Hey I have installed Linux Mandrake 6.0 from a CD-ROM I got with a magazine. I have an S3 Trio3D AGP gfx card (yuck), and XF86 3.3.3 that came with the installation does not support it. I read somewhere that it is supported by the SVGA server of XF86 3.3.5 though. How do I update and reconfigure my X system in the best and simpliest way? The VGA server is no fun. Thanks a lot for any pointers, Marcus
[newbie] How to use ns-install that comes with v47 of Netscape for Linux 2.0
How do I use ns-install to install v47 of Netscape for Linux 2.0? Richard
[newbie] zip drive help
Hello, I am in the process of installing my zip drive, and have hit a snag. I have linux mandrake, and while following the mini-howto, I hit this problem: I cannot find the file mentioned as local.boot the howto says: You also need to load the modules somewhere. On my system I just added a couple of lines to the boot.local file. insmod ppa insmod lp My system is Suse 5.3 and this file is in /etc/rc.d. The location of this file will vary by distribution, but there will be a file somewhere, for local changes to be made at start up time. You should use the file that is applicable for your distribution. I have looked all over my system, but cannot find the file anywhere, is this named differently for mandrake, or do I even need to include this step at all? Thanks in advance!!! Joe :)
Re: [newbie] clock problems
Jack Ellis wrote: I have set my clock many times in as many ways as I can find to do. My system clock is correct, but everytime I reload my KDE Xserver it reverts to a time 5 hours earlier than the system clock. I can reset it, but each time I reboot the system it goes back to the old time. I have recently installed Mandrake 6.0. -- ...Jack [EMAIL PROTECTED] My guess would be that you told the setup program your system clock was set to GMT (universal) time then told the machine you wanted Central Daylight time for your local time. It would reset each time you boot the system. Unfortunately, I don't know where you go to fix it. But I'm sure someone on the list can enlighten us both. -- James Mellema, CRNA MA - The idea that an arbitrary naive human should be able to properly use a given tool without training or understanding is even more wrong for computing than it is for other tools (e.g. automobiles, airplanes, guns or power saws). (Thanks to Mike Marion - Unix SysAdmin/Engineer, Qualcomm Inc.)
Re: [newbie] RealAudio - Quick Link Question
"Paul Hoy (LinuxMail)" wrote: Hello, Sorry: I know this was recently discussed, however, can someone provide the correct link to the newest version of RealAudio. The version downloaded from the site is version 5 and a segmentation fault occurs when I try to enable the programme. The Mandrake site contains a searchable archive of the expert and newbie lists. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Installing the ZIP drive
I am looking for the mount command that can make me use the zip drive (parallel port) under Mandrake 6.1 . thanks Cyril
[newbie] clock question
I stumbled around and answered my own clock question. My system was set to GMT (UTC). I simply set UTC=false in /etc/sysconfig/clock and that fixed it.-- ...Jack [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] What now?
Hello, I have finished all of what the mini howto tells you to do to install a zip drive, but I do not know how to actually access my drive. What is the command to actually mount the drive? Or am I forgetting some steps in between. Thanks in advance! Joe :)
Re: [newbie] Fwd: licq libstdc++-libc6
On 6 Oct, David M. Kufta wrote: I was attempting to instal licq-0.70 and found failed deps for libstdc++-libc6. Has anyone managed to get licq running on 6.1 and if so I would certainly appreciate some advice as to what I need to do to find and install libstdc++-libc6 without wrecking other deps on my 6.1 system. I presume you're trying the one from Cooker? I'd bet that the best way to install it would be to install Cooker first, then Licq. You could always use the --force option with rpm, but like you say, that _may_ break things. Again, I'll recommend a different that you go get a different licq rpm from http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/licq.html There's a .70f RPM at the top of that page that works fine on any Mandrake 6.0+ system (maybe even 5.x, but I haven't tried it) _without_ (this is the important part for me) any required qt2 or libstdc++ library upgrades! The only downside is that you have to specify the option on the command line- run `licq -p qt-gui` instead of just `licq`. Bero says that the Cooker package gets around this, but I'll have to take his word for it, as I'd rather not jump through hoops upgrading my libraries just to install licq. Not to knock the Mandrake distribution or anything; it's a fine product that I recommend to anyone who wants to use Linux. With licq, however, I'm more comfortable running this other RPM than the one offered in Cooker. Now, they may have uploaded a new one that doesn't require QT2 new libstdc++, or perhaps made qt2 and/or libstdc++ easier to install (i.e. no dependency issues with 6.x), in which case I'd try it again. As it stands, though, I'll stick with what works right now. -- -Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] zip drive
Add a line like the following to your /etc/fstab file. The hdc is for the secondary master ide controller where I have my zip. "a" is for primary master, "b" is for primary slave, etc. The 4 normally means 4th partition, but this is something required for zip drives apparently. /dev/hdc4 /mnt/zipvfat sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0 Also make sure your permissions are in order. Log on as root and set the owner and group on the desktop file for your zip drive in each home directory so that they can be accessed without super user privileges. -- ...Jack [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 09 Oct 1999, you wrote: I'm using mandrake 6.0 with KDE. I have everything working except my zip drive. What do I need to do to make the zip drive work. I have looked for info online and on the system with no luck. Ken -- ...Jack [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Widgets?
On 7 Oct, Kaplan, Paul wrote: I created a color scheme in kde 1.1.2 that has mostly dark gray backgrounds. However, in dialog boxes the check boxes use a black "x" to indicate an item is selected. Since black is hard to see on dark gray, I was if it is possible to change the color of the "x"s to something that provides a higher color contrast. Sure- on the "Style" menu, change uncheck the Windows 95 style widgets. The resulting "checkboxes" show up well on dark backgrounds. -- -Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] What now?
On 9 Oct, Joe Brault wrote:
Hello,
I have finished all of what the mini howto tells you to do to install a
zip drive, but I do not know how to actually access my drive. What is the
command to actually mount the drive? Or am I forgetting some steps in
between. Thanks in advance!
Joe :)
Use the `mount` command. Hopefully, somewhere in the HOW-TO there was
a step about putting a line in /etc/fstab. Just mention either the
device name or the mount point (directory) to mount, and you'll be able
to access it. Let's say that your zip drive is /dev/hdd (did you
create a '/dev/zip'?) and to be mounted at /mnt/zip. You could give
either of two commands:
mount /dev/hdd
mount /mnt/zip
Both would work; mount just looks in /etc/fstab for the corresponding
line. Be sure it's user-mountable ("user" being one of the
mount options) or else only root will be able to use the drive.
--
-Matt Stegman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] RealAudio - Quick Link Question
"Paul Hoy (LinuxMail)" wrote: Hello, Sorry: I know this was recently discussed, however, can someone provide the correct link to the newest version of RealAudio. The version downloaded from the site is version 5 and a segmentation fault occurs when I try to enable the programme. Thanks all PaulI believe that this is what you're looking for: http://www.real.com/products/player/linux.html Alan
[newbie] vmware hardware compatibility
I'm considering trying out vmware using linux as host and running nt as a guest os. Before I start, however, I have a couple questions for anyone who is familiar with this product: - On their web site they say that vmware will run on any pentium system but they recommend a PII266. Is the performance degraded significantly on anything slower? (I have a PII233). - Second, vmware is supposed to support only sb16 compatible sound cards. Will my Yamaha OPL3SA2 card work under vmware? - I'd also appreciate any other comments anyone might have about this product. DvB
Re: [newbie] vmware hardware compatibility
I've ran VMWARE on a P233 and ran Win95 quite happily. Don't think about running WIN98 or NT because that will be just too slow. About your soundcard: as long as your soundcard works in Linux, VMWARE will support it. It only emulates a SB16 in the guest OS, meaning that to have sound in the guest OS you have to install the SB16 drivers. All in all, VMWARE is a very good and clever product. I haven't ran accross one single app that doesn't run on the guest OS (as long as you don't want to run apps that rely on low level hardware acces, say you have a CDR on your host OS, but you won't be able to use that as a CDR in VMWARE, only as a CD). I recently read in a leading UK PC magazine (PCPLUS) that Vmware was a clever but stupid and useless product. I don't agree! Its the Ideal way of developing and testing cross-platform applications (or webpages for that matter) without the need of several expensive machines. But then PCPLUS only talks about Redhat, Suse and Debian as being THE linux distro's Patrick Putteman Internet Support Manager Net7 - member of the Advalvas Group - Original Message - From: David van Balen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 10:03 AM Subject: [newbie] vmware hardware compatibility I'm considering trying out vmware using linux as host and running nt as a guest os. Before I start, however, I have a couple questions for anyone who is familiar with this product: - On their web site they say that vmware will run on any pentium system but they recommend a PII266. Is the performance degraded significantly on anything slower? (I have a PII233). - Second, vmware is supposed to support only sb16 compatible sound cards. Will my Yamaha OPL3SA2 card work under vmware? - I'd also appreciate any other comments anyone might have about this product. DvB
[newbie] Please help with gAIM or AIM
Can someone please tell me how to install and run gAIM or AIM for Linux. I am frustrated, and the more throuogh the answer the better. Thanks. Payne __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
