RE: [newbie] printing in Word Perfect
Set WordPerfect to use Passthru Postscript. It will then hand it off to lpr which does a wonderful job of rendering to the printer. -- Steve Philp [snip] I've tried using WP8 with an Epson Colour 200 - one of those 1997 budget printers that only ever appeared to be fast because it replaced an even older dot matrix. Now the printer using lpr works fine - printing from kwrite or Applix is of high quality and extremely fast. I get a much faster speed from the lpr than I ever got with the Windows driver. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case with WP8. I've tried using Passthru Postscript (after previous posts on this subject) however it is a) very slow and b) appears as though it is using double the required amount of ink - black blobby text that doesn't look good and stays wet for a long time. Is Passthru Postscript simply handing the job through to lpr or is it doing something else in between? Does it make decisions on resolution or fonts or anything like that? As far as I know there is no option to print a postscript file. Yes I know - get a decent printer ;-)
[newbie] Fresh IRC Server - Linux Chatroom OPEN
Dear List: I have noticed lots of individuals on this list who have had difficulties getting their messages replied to, as there are so many messages which pass through this list daily. I have teamed up with an individual who owns a reasonably new chat server that has a lot of potential for a #Linux chat room, and have registered one on his server through his authorization. As the server is new, traffic is low, and therefore lag time is very respectable. The server is FAST and worthy to be used as a tool to discuss the best operating system on Earth... Linux. NOTE to more accomplished Linux users: I am taking applications for those who would like chatroom Operator status to watch the room when I can't be there, and to be able to answer questions. I will be accepting a limited number of OPS, with a ration of two OPS to every ten regular visitors. At this time, I am looking for two individuals who can demonstrate their knowledge of Linux, as well as provide me a history of chat room OP experience. To apply for OPS priviledges in this new room, on this new server, please email me at my alternate email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The reason to use this email address is that I am soon undergoing a change in internet service providers, and the one I am using now to compose this message will be obsolete within several weeks. Only experienced IRC OPS people and accomplished Linux/Systems administration people need apply. Before applying for OPS priviledges, please visit the official chatrooms web site and read it thoroughly first. If you agree with the purpose of the chatroom after reading it, then please proceed with the next paragraph of this email. The #Linux webpage (in relation to this server) is located at the following: http://primalwisdom.hypermart.net/info66_irc/Linux/ When applying, please summarize your experience with Linux, state a few of your accomplishments in using Linux, and also state your experience and time frames in which you have performed the duties of chatroom OP and on which server(s). For those of you who wish to begin visiting #Linux chatroom, you are also encouraged to first read the web page at the above URL so that you can use the services of the room to your own benefit as well as that of others. Then, point your chat client to the following chat server. We would really like to establish a good base of people who visit the room regularly. New chat servers aren't much fun at first until a little traffic begins to pour in regularly. To visit and hopefully stay a while, point your chat client program to the following: Server Name: Info66 Server Owner: |BONE| Server Location: chat1.info66.com Port: 6667 This is a NEW server, which means the #Linux chatroom isn't as congested as you would find on Dalnet or Undernet, etc. Take advantage of this new tool, and I hope to see some of you there! Thanks Kurt aka [DeNiZeN] (on the IRC)
Re: [newbie] Executing binaries in Mandrake 6.1
If you see something like the following: username@localhost on your screen along with the underline curser, you can use the command "startx" to get the X-session running. To do this type in the word "startx" and then the ENTER key. If you do not see something like the above, or maybe "root@localhost" in the prompt, or if you do not see any kind of a prompt at all, then sorry but I'm lost for what to do. The fact that you can see the cursor indicates that the video is working at least in "character mode". If what you see is something like "login", then you need to log into Linux with your username and password, or with the "root" name and password, then try the "startx" command as above. A little more detail on what you did prior to the "black screen with the flashing underline cursor" would be of help as I have not been following this thread closely enough. Hope what I gave you helps at least a little, Ernie - Original Message - From: Ty Mixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Executing binaries in Mandrake 6.1 Original Message On 10/9/99, 12:06:09 PM, Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Executing binaries in Mandrake 6.1: [snip] and the f-keys 7-12 are mapped to access 6 different x-sessions. [snip] Alan Is there any way I can get to those X-sessions now? Or do I have to wait for version 4 of the X-server? Right now all I get are black screens with an underline cursor that doesn't do anything but blink. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 26147713
Re: [newbie] running linux
First question is: did you elect to start the x-server automatically, and if so, are you sure that you installed the correct video driver for X? A little information about your box, and the way you configured Linux would help to limit the possibilities as well. Maybe someone else has seen this behavior, but I haven't. Sorry I can't be of any more help, Ernie - Original Message - From: Jan Herbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 10:11 AM Subject: [newbie] running linux Hello, I am having trouble running Linux. Instalation went fine but when my computer loads up, it looks like linux is going to load up but a bunch of number 10's go scrolling across my screen and I can't do anything else but shut the computer down. Any help is aprieciated. thanks in advance, Ian Herbert
Re: [newbie] ISP dialup help
Paul: Type ifconfig at the prompt. This will spew out a bunch of information that will indicate if your ppp interface is connected to the ISP. You will see the IP address assigned to you by the ISP too. Prabhakar 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
Re: [newbie] Executing binaries in Mandrake 6.1
- Original Message - From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 3:27 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Executing binaries in Mandrake 6.1 On Sat, 09 Oct 1999, you 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, too, downloaded 'em and thought I could run them. However, IIRC, you need to have the DOS version as well, for the *.wad files. 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. Well, if you only want to do it occasionally, you could boot the machine and type "linux3" at the LILO prompt. Otherwise, just do what I do and boot to console and then type "startx" to get to KDE. John Or if you want to run KDE as your default interface, then you can type: CTRL+ALT+F#(where # indicates the console to be used - I usually use F2) Then you must log in as whatever user you want to be ( even if it is the same username as the KDE session ), and you are on your way. Then to get back to KDE, use: CTRL+ALT+F7 The above will keep the KDE (X) session loaded, but it will not affect the console session, except that you cannot use the "startx" command when X is already running. I believe that the function keys F1 through F6 start new full screen console sessions, and that F7 through F12 start new X-sessions, but I have not tried multiple X-sessions as yet. Using these "hot keys" you can switch sessions as easily as you can switch windows, with the added bonus that each session is something like a terminal on a mainframe ( that's an analogy, and not entirely accurate, it is the way I understand Linux sessions ) in that you can switch sessions in Linux, and on a mainframe, you can work from terminal number 1 while an associate works from terminal number 2 at the same time, and neither of you will have any affect on the other unless you are both trying to use the same file at the same time. Well I'm starting to ramble, but I hope something in here is of help, Ernie
Re: [newbie] error when try to mount zip
There must be a folder on the DOS partition (/dev/hda4) named in this case "zip" since that is what you put in your fstab file, as that will be the entry point for the partition, if I remember the post correctly. Ernie - Original Message - From: Joe Brault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 12:57 PM Subject: [newbie] error when try to mount zip Hello, I have put the commands in my /etc/fstab file that Jack recommended in a previous post (yesterday) but when I try to mound the drive with mount -t vfat /dev/hda4 /mnt/floppy/ it tells me: mount: mount point /mnt/zip doesnot exist What does this mean and what can I do to correct it! Thanks in advance! Joe :)
Re: [newbie] OK maybe I should start from scratch
Or go spend some $70 smackers on Partition Magic, it'll run in Windoze, and can be used to fix a bunch of HD problems. A cheaper alternative may be to try the "format /mbr" command in DOS, you should be able to get there with the F8 key when you see the "loading Windoze9x..." message, then select the "command prompt only" option from the menu, and hit ENTER. Good luck, Ernie - Original Message - From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 10:35 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] OK maybe I should start from scratch On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, you wrote: Linux loads VERY slowly compared to RedHat on an old 486, once loaded however the startup process is normal and generally the machine appears to run OK. LILO also loads very slowly before that, and I can no longer get DOS to load at all from LILO (it says loading DOS and nothing happens). I have the same symptom here when I first boot up my computer. However, I go ahead and walk away from the 'puter and let it get into Linux and then I hit CTL+ALT+DEL and reboot and it starts up VERY quickly. For some reason when it first boots up, I get something like 2 Bogomips. But, when I reboot, I get 198 bogomips. I don't know why, but I have to do that initial reboot. Give that a shot! I have had some intermittent problems with screen freezes in KDE under one of two conditions, either while scrolling a window quickly with the scroll tab or when the machine is left alone for several hours. Scrolling sounds like a video card problem. The locking after being left alone sounds like hardware APM. Turn off APM and see if that doesn't help. Now the kicker. I decided to see if upgrading to 6.1 would help before I went to more desperate measures. The machine will NOT boot from either the CDROM or the floppy (yes I did set the bios boot sequence to allow that). It will wait a LONG time and then go on to boot from the C drive. Hmm...strange. *shrug* At this point, it probably wouldn't hurt to wipe the system and reinstall might have to get a Windows floppy (IF it'll boot from that!) and wipe the system that way! John
Re: [newbie] File Structure
Steve Philp wrote: "Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: Steve Philp wrote: Axalon Bloodstone wrote: BIG SNIP Ah! Look for a document called the Linux File Hierarchy Standard v2.0. It lists the where and why of Linux. It should pop up in a web search. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Steve, I found some info at: http://www.infocom.cqu.edu.au/Units/aut99/85321/Resources/Print_Resources/Textbook/chap4/index.html -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] OOP Programming in Linux - Questions
Original Message On 10/10/99, 9:50:53 PM, Kurt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] OOP Programming in Linux - Questions: [snip] I'd recommend a different book for learning C and C++ though. "C: How to Program" and "C++: How to Program" are published by Prentice Hall and have served well as a "do it yourself" classroom for learning the languages. I will check for these two titles on Amazon. Copperfield books here in our area is excessively lame in carrying the "right books for me". Of course, I don't like considering myself an "average user" either, which is who they cater to mainly because there are more of them than us "do-it-yourself'ers". Thanks for the recommendation in Prentice Hall, I'm sure it will come in handy. Also check your local college book stores. My CSC 160 class uses the C++ book. [really big snip] -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
Re: [newbie] Start modem without netcfg?
Steve Philp wrote: "Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: Steve Philp wrote: Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Mulvaney, Jerry wrote: Everything works great under Mandrake 6.0, but I can't find out how to start a dial up connection without starting X and running netcfg. Can I do this from the command line? Thanks! ***There's a fine line between an attitude problem and thinking clearly*** ifup ppp0 And since /sbin isn't in a normal user's path, it's: /sbin/ifup ppp0 for a normal user. OK, stupid question time (forgive me I'm not anywhere my linux box and been having a brain fart all day). Isn't the /sbin directory where all "system binary's" go to live their happy little lives, if so wouldn't these be protected and why would an ordinary user have access to them, or does each user have an /sbin directory with copies (or links) back to the files in an administrator/system directory? (see why I was looking for a hierarchy of the file system earlier 8-)). You're correct, /sbin is where system binaries go (actually, I think the historic purpose of the directory was for statically linked binaries -- you could use them to recover the system incase of shared library failures). For a "normal" Unix system, you really wouldn't want normal users having access to bringing interfaces up and down. I certainly wouldn't want it. But, we're not really dealing with "normal Unix systems" when you're talking about home systems. PPP interfaces are brought up and down at will and normal users need to be able to control them. As for the later part, there is only one /sbin, not a directory per user. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] OTAY, I tend to treat my home systems as a real life work system, between the wife I we have 5 kids and I figured it best to get them used to the real world but still be able to teach them "system" goodies should any of them show any interest. Thanks -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Linux very slow to load - repost
Eric Mings wrote: I never received any solutions or explanations for the difficulty I mentioned in my prior post so I figured I would try again. I know that with a high volumn list such as this, questions quickly become lost in the pile if not addressed soon after posting. Anyways, below is my problem. Any suggestions greatly appreciated. Thanks. I recently installed Mandrake 6 on a 450 pentium box and, although it runs well, it seems very slow to initially load up. I have redhat 6 running on an old 486 and it loads MUCH faster. Here is the difference, it takes forever for the LILO prompt to come up after the basic bios settings display is finished. Sometimes I even have to restart to get it to come up at all. It then takes almost forever for the "loading linux" to finish. After that point all is normal in the startup process. Both of these aspects are very fast on my old 486 with redhat. Any ideas what could be causing this? Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D. Is there a particular daemon that the boot-up seems to stick linger on? -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Xserver
From: Ronald A. Yacketta Hello all!! I have been using linux at work for a good 2 - 3 months now and have been loving it! recently I have been required to use winblows NT (for lotus notes). I do not want to give up my linux gui for the winblows gui etc.. What would be the procedures to export the kwm to winblows NT (under exceed) I tried: 1) telnet to linux 2) set display to winblowsbox:0 3) startx (got a wm is already running on 0) 4) xinit -display winblowsbox:0 (same error as above) I have exceed set in passive mode, it appears that exceed is not allowing linux to take over the wm and manage it. I then did a telinit 5 on linux (got the gui etc..), used the broadcast feature of exceed, which listed my server. When I clicked on my server and ok , exceed just chugged along and never displayed the kconsole login etc.. (as I would have expected) can ne1 out thier assist me in exporting my linux kde to winblows (under exceed or anyother xwin client/server for winblows) Thanxs!
Re: [newbie] running linux
From: Ronald A. Yacketta I have seen / had this happen to me b4 I emailed the support geeks at RH and they said that it was due to my MBR being whacked and lilo was pukeing (not thier exact words) I ended up booting off a floopy, running fdisk /MBR and reinstalling linux "Ernie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 10/11/99 05:29:13 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Ronald A. Yacketta/958157/EKC) Subject: Re: [newbie] running linux First question is: did you elect to start the x-server automatically, and if so, are you sure that you installed the correct video driver for X? A little information about your box, and the way you configured Linux would help to limit the possibilities as well. Maybe someone else has seen this behavior, but I haven't. Sorry I can't be of any more help, Ernie - Original Message - From: Jan Herbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 10:11 AM Subject: [newbie] running linux Hello, I am having trouble running Linux. Instalation went fine but when my computer loads up, it looks like linux is going to load up but a bunch of number 10's go scrolling across my screen and I can't do anything else but shut the computer down. Any help is aprieciated. thanks in advance, Ian Herbert
Re: [newbie] running linux
I think someone else has already mentioned the solution. It refers to the BIOS disk types being set to large or normal, when it should be LBA. I saw the same problem, and the solution worked for me. And for the other chap who said that they are LO's not 10's, they looked suspicously like 10's to me, AND I hadn't installed LILO!! - Original Message - From: Ernie [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 10:29 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] running linux First question is: did you elect to start the x-server automatically, and if so, are you sure that you installed the correct video driver for X? A little information about your box, and the way you configured Linux would help to limit the possibilities as well. Maybe someone else has seen this behavior, but I haven't. Sorry I can't be of any more help, Ernie - Original Message - From: Jan Herbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 10:11 AM Subject: [newbie] running linux Hello, I am having trouble running Linux. Instalation went fine but when my computer loads up, it looks like linux is going to load up but a bunch of number 10's go scrolling across my screen and I can't do anything else but shut the computer down. Any help is aprieciated. thanks in advance, Ian Herbert
Re: [newbie] gAim
Ok, but I can't even get gAim to come up. HOw do I make it run the program? Thanks. From: PSM 0x2710 / PriFunct: Search Destroy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] gAim Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 20:27:23 -0700 On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, you wrote: I have installed all the necessary files, and I rune the configure script, but it tells me to specify the host. What do i need to tell it? Thanks;-) go to ToolsPreferences under host enter:.oscar.aol.com port: 9898 under login enter: login.oscar.aol.com port: 5190 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 __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] panoramix must change its name
YOU HAVE ONLY 24h to answer before the choice is done... so answer fast :) the panoramix name is unfortunately copyrighted (wishing there were only GPL ;-) so i'm making a poll here to know which name it will change to! some ideas: - pearl (perl+a, maybe too generic) - cameleon (camel=perl, alas SuSE) - koala - mangoose (snake killer) - WizDrake - MagicDrake - pixdrake - MagiX - DragonFly - Houdini - Sandbox - Isix - Easix - easX - easyX - isX Please tell me the one(s) you prefer or give marks. If you have a truly cool name not listed here, you can give it.
RE: [newbie] panoramix must change its name
Actually, it's Mongoose, not Mangoose. I Like Mongoose.. Thanks, Donald D. Richards (Don) Georgia Resource Center Administrator Georgia Power Economic Development Organization (404) 506-4054 (Office) (404) 525-1021 (Fax) (770) 660-2395 (Pager) (404) 697-7037 (Mobile) Georgia Power, A Southern Company. -Original Message- From: Pixel [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 09:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] panoramix must change its name YOU HAVE ONLY 24h to answer before the choice is done... so answer fast :) the panoramix name is unfortunately copyrighted (wishing there were only GPL ;-) so i'm making a poll here to know which name it will change to! some ideas: - pearl (perl+a, maybe too generic) - cameleon (camel=perl, alas SuSE) - koala - mangoose (snake killer) - WizDrake - MagicDrake - pixdrake - MagiX - DragonFly - Houdini - Sandbox - Isix - Easix - easX - easyX - isX Please tell me the one(s) you prefer or give marks. If you have a truly cool name not listed here, you can give it.
RE: [newbie] Is NFS really that bad (reality check)
Aaron, Thanks for the clarification of your question, which I think has now been answered. I'm afraid you misinterpreted my original post. I did not refer to you as a "Troll." I said it looked as if you were "trolling" (ie. fishing) for damaging information. My apologies for any offense taken. Best regards, Frank Hilliard On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, you wrote: Good morning Frank and Mike I don't appreciate being called a troll and I am actually offended by any suggestion that I might be a front for Microsoft. I put forward this question after reading the LAME guide. It specifically says: Note: Please be aware that having an NFS service available on your system can be a security risk.
[newbie] setting passthru postscript in linux...
Hello How do I set the passthru postscript in Linux? I was unable to find it anywhere I looked. Thanks! Also... In Word Perfect I was unable to find the driver for my printer, I am currently using a driver for the cannon bj 300, while I have a bjc 4200. Is there anywhere I can get the updated driver?
Re: [newbie] OK maybe I should start from scratch
I am pleased to say that I seem to have solved the problems I reported. I changed some nonobvious settings in bios and was able to get the machine to boot from floppy (though I am not sure why the changes I made were necessary). I then did an upgrade to Mandrake 6.1 and, lo and behold, now my machine loads up Linux at lightning speed (as it should). Again I am not sure why the improvement but all seems normal. Now I will just wait and hope the freezing problems are gone as well! Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
Re: [newbie] panoramix must change its name
I vote for Houdini. A magicians theme in the names would be cool. Brian Y2K Flunky
[newbie] Re:
On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, you wrote: %_Good day, I am having a problem with Netscape while running Linux Mandrake 6.5. I have set up my ppp and can connect to my ISP. After clicking to open Netscape I get the nice "Welcome to Mandrake Linux" Screen, but when I attempt to go to the Netscape Home, or any other site, I get the following error message. -Unable to connect to the server. Perhaps there is a problem with your name server? If your site must use a non-root name server, you will need to set the $SOCKS_NS environment variable to point at the appropriate name server, It may (or may not) be necessary to set this variable, of the SOCKS host preference, to the IP address of the host in question rather than it's name. I have set the hosts.allow to my ISP's server and the Host.deny to ALL. I have searched for the socket files that might contain a reference to Netscape but have not found anything. I am running a stand alone 100MHz Pentium with a USR 33.6 external modem on ttyS1 (have tried the cua also). Localhost name remains the same as installed and so is the address 127.0.0.1. Thanks in advance. James Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: James...the first thing you need to do is turn OFF the HTML. That teeny-tiny text is VERY difficult to read. :-) Second, have you configured /etc/resolv.conf? It should look something like this: search chattanooga.net nameserver 209.54.120.2 nameserver 209.54.120.3 Replace "chattanooga.net" with the domain name of your ISP, then replace the IP addresses of the name servers with the name server addresses of your ISP. **YOUR** resolv.conf should look like this: search mindspring.com nameserver 207.69.200.210 nameserver 207.69.200.211 You'll have to make the above changes as "root." John
[newbie] Problems with 6.1 new Apache
Since upgrading to Mandrake 6.1, I can no longer access any of my PHP pages on Apache (Advanced Extranet Server?). I get the error: Fatal error: midgard module not found in - on line 0 What is this about? Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
[newbie] test
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Re: [newbie] printing in Word Perfect
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, you wrote: Hello again I have recently set up my printer, and can print text fine, but my printer (cannon 4200) is not supported in Word Perfect. Is there a place where I can get this driver, or how do I get my printer to work?!? Thanks in advance. I think you have to use GhostScript. You should be able to tell WP to just use the Linux Print spooler and leave it at that. John
Re: [newbie] Two Problems ATAPI CD BURNER and Soundcard problem on Install.
On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, you wrote: Second I have been trying to configure xcdroast with no success. I have a Mitsumi 4801 IDE/ATAPI cd burner. The xcdroast program only recognizes my scsi cdrom but will not let me choose the writer. I have read the faq and the manual pages. I see where I can configure the kernel to support ATAPI as SCSI. But I can not get to the config screens as they suggest. They suggest using make xconfig or make menuconfig. I type make xconfig and get make is not a valid command. So I have no idea how to get the kernel to recognize my ATAPI as a SCSI drive so I burn CD's again. go to www.linux-mandrake.com, click on the link to the mailing lists and then the link for the archive for this list. Search the archive for ide-scsi. This has been discussed in-depth, and you should find what you need there! John
Re: [newbie] error when try to mount zip
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, you wrote: There must be a folder on the DOS partition (/dev/hda4) named in this case "zip" since that is what you put in your fstab file, as that will be the entry point for the partition, if I remember the post correctly. Err...actually, Ernie, I believe you have it backwards. He's trying to mount /dev/hda4 as /mnt/zip. :-) He just needs to make the directory /mnt/zip. :-)
Re: [newbie] panoramix must change its name
Houdini sounds good to me to! Joe :) On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, you wrote: I vote for Houdini. A magicians theme in the names would be cool. Brian Y2K Flunky
Re: [newbie] modem detection
On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, you wrote: Just because it is not a Winmodem does not mean it is not a Windows modem. Winmodem is a brand name of US Robotics. On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, you wrote: Under window my modem is known as: Motorola Modem SURFR 56k internal Input/Output range: 03e8-03ef Interupt request : 10 You may not realize it, but the above modem is an ISDN modem. I seriously doubt if it's a "Windows modem." He MAY have better luck using KISDN than KPPP John
[newbie] Changing Graphics card config and SiS5597 problems
Hello, This is my 1st post I just installed Mandrake 6.1 this weekend on a PC with a Cyrix 333Mhz, 32Mb RAM, 6.4 Gb HD, 44X CDROM, and 4Mb APG SiS 5597. When I select SiS5597 as the graphic device during istall, the test of X displays graphics ok but text gets displayed as black boxes and is unreadable. I ended up installing the 16 color VGA driver and would like to try changing it to the SiS5597 driver. Is anyone aware of a problem with the on-board SiS 5597? Is there another driver that will work? Is there something I can adjust in the CMOS that will fix this problem? Is there a generic SVGA driver that will get me 800x600x256? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Tony Zoccolillo
Re: [newbie] setting passthru postscript in linux...
Take a look at the following link which should answer all your questions about printing in WordPerfect. Someone on this list was kind enough to send it to me a few weeks and it's been very helpful. http://members.bellatlantic.net/~smithrod/wpfonts.html Scott A. Miller - Original Message - From: joebrault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 9:05 AM Subject: [newbie] setting passthru postscript in linux... Hello How do I set the passthru postscript in Linux? I was unable to find it anywhere I looked. Thanks! Also... In Word Perfect I was unable to find the driver for my printer, I am currently using a driver for the cannon bj 300, while I have a bjc 4200. Is there anywhere I can get the updated driver?
[newbie] NMB problems. Help Please.
First, let me apologize if this email comes out looking funky and you can't read it. I am posting from my webmail at linux-start.com. In the past people ignored my email because it only read as on long line. I don't know what causes this or how to fix it. Second, I am having problems getting NMB services to work correctly on my linux box. I am using the Mandrake 6.0 distribution with the SAMBA distribution that came with Mandrake. The first time I booted into this distribution NMB came up [OK] on boot up. Yet, after connecting to the network with netconf NMB comes up [FAILED] at boot up. I think I may have isolated the problem. (But then again I could be totally wrong since my network experience is limited.) I connect to the NT domain with DHCP. If there is any DHCP SAMBA issues out there, I am unaware of them. But when I run the command /usr/bin/smbclient -L (the computer's hostname) I get a message saying that SAMBA failed to get the hostname. Could this resolution problem be due to DHCP? I don't have a hostname on the NT server because I let DHCP connect my computer to the NT domain and receive a temporary IP address that way. (Or at least thats is how I think it works. Once again, my knowledge of networks is limited) Also, when I say (the computer's hostname), I am refering to the hostname without the domain name in it, or the name of the computer. I tried to use another computers name that I know of on the NT Domain and I got the same messages, except that the unresolvable hostname was that of the computer I was trying to connect to. Therefor, I assumed the problem was due to DHCP and resolving of the hostname. I apologize if this does not make alot of sense, but it does not make a lot of sense to me either. Yet, I would really appreciate any help that anyone could give me to help me resolve this matter. Thanx in advance, SA -- Do you do Linux? :) Get your FREE @linuxstart.com email address at: http://www.linuxstart.com
Re: [newbie] panoramix must change its name
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, you wrote: YOU HAVE ONLY 24h to answer before the choice is done... so answer fast :) the panoramix name is unfortunately copyrighted (wishing there were only GPL ;-) so i'm making a poll here to know which name it will change to! - koala Not bad, but the image it conjures up in my mind is that of a sleepy little creature... not necessarily the best image, I would think, for Mandrake. :-) - mangoose (snake killer) Assume you meant a play on words here? If so, I think it's a nice touch, but a mite bit confusing for some. Might just want to go with "Mongoose." :-) Hmm...how about "Dragonslayer?" ;-) - pixdrake Hmm...Pixar Studios might possibly see a TM infringement. It would be hard to prove, but still, does anyone want to mess with those guys??? I surely don't! :-) - Houdini Interesting - Sandbox Sorry.I don't like the "kiddie" connotation that (to me) brings. - Isix L-Six Don't get it. Sorry. - Easix A new flavor of Unix I think that might be too confusing. - easX - easyX Either of the above wouldn't be too bad, although if you choose one of 'em I think easyX would be better. Whichever you choose, good luck! :-) John
Re: [newbie] setting passthru postscript in linux...
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, you wrote: Also... In Word Perfect I was unable to find the driver for my printer, I am currently using a driver for the cannon bj 300, while I have a bjc 4200. Is there anywhere I can get the updated driver? You don't necessarily need the driver for WP. It should have something in the printer config about using the local print spooler or something. John
Re: [newbie] Changing Graphics card config and SiS5597 problems
Tony I got the same problem. And have been working on it for about 2 weeks now with nothing to show. I thought that it might have been my Network Card since I had problems with it when I ran Windows 98 and the N-Card in that they were trying to use the same IRQ. well i uninstalled the card and I still have the same problems. Glad to see I am not the only one though! If ya come up with any thing let me know and I will do the same for you... This is a message I recieved the other day... as for what it means I have no idea. I have yet to figure out where to get to these settings. I have used the Linux install disk and SETUP to change my settings and XE86conf and none of these help anything out. Jess 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 ___ 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] running linux
I might be missing something hereKen. I am running Linux on a my slave drive. I have 2 drives C,E-G on a 20gig and D on a 4 gig and Linux is on my D drive setup as a slave on the primary. on the secondary I have 2 CDs On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 12:05:18 -0700 "Ken Wilson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I stand to be corrected if I'm wrong but I believe Linux must reside on a master drive, be it the Primary Master or the Secondary Master. If you have two drives on the primary controller only one can be master. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') 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] modem detection
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, you wrote: Sorry John but an ISDN modem is 64k/128k. The Motorla line of ISDN modems were BitSurfer and BitSurfer Pro. (I've go 2 of them and KPPP works just fine.) The Surfer 56 was available as a Modem Surfer and Voice Surfer both internal and external models so I don't believe that the problem is a "winmodem". Duh! You're right. :-) I wasn't thinking. :-)
RE: [newbie] running linux
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, you wrote: I stand to be corrected if I'm wrong but I believe Linux must reside on a master drive, be it the Primary Master or the Secondary Master. If you have two drives on the primary controller only one can be master. I think you're mistaken. I can't prove it, mind you, because I *do* have Linux on the Primary hard drive, however, it IS on an extended partition. As long as the kernel is within the first 1024 cylinders of whichever drive it's on, it should boot! John
Re: [newbie] panoramix must change its name
Ripcrd6 wrote: I vote for Houdini. A magicians theme in the names would be cool. Brian Y2K Flunky Houdini is a registered trademark of an FEA (Finite Element Analysis) package. Sorry. -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] running linux
Jan Herbert wrote: I set the BIOS disk type to LBA,Normal,and Large and the 10's still came up. Also for some reason I can't set the drive to primary master I can only set it to primary slave. I don't know if that would have an effect on it. snip There has GOT to be a jumper somewhere to set the drive to slave or master. What make and model do you have?? -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Upgrading to KDE 1.1.2?
Are there going to be upgrade RPMs for Mandrake 6.0 users to upgrade to KDE 1.1.2? Or should we just grab the new RPMs from Cooker and use them? I just checked on ftp.linux-mandrake.com in the /upgrades/6.0/ directory and there were no new KDE RPMs for 1.1.2. Thanks... John
Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Win98/Linux
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, you wrote: John: I got it working... without a manual (too lazy to print it I guess) I got it figured out reading some of the stuff on the Newbie list. I figured out that I could configure the boot and everything I needed with linuxconf. However, the problem I had was I didn't know how it was suppose to look. I was thinking I was suppose to get a menu and I don't I just get the LiLo boot prompt. when I figured that out I was on my way. Would be nice to have a menu to get it started. Is there a way to do that? You mean get a menu at boot? Well, sorta. I think if you hit "tab" it'll bring up the various things you have configured in your lilo.conf.
Re: Re: [newbie] Stupid Newbie Question
I didn't, but thanks to your help I do now: # rpm -qa | grep telnet ktelnet-0.61-2mdk telnet-0.12-10mdk telnet-server-0.12-10mdk However, I'm still getting the same thing: # telnet my_box_name Trying xxx.xx.xx.xxx... Connected to my_box_name. Escape character is '^]'. telnetd: All network ports in use. So, I'm still confused. Thanks, Chad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, you wrote: Hey all, I'm kinda new to this and I can't figure out what simple thing I'm missing... When trying to telnet to the linux-mandrake box in question, I get connected but then dropped with "telnetd: All network ports in use". I get this whether I just telnet to the box using only the hostname and also with the hostname portname. I'm using the default port 23 in /etc/services... inetd is obviously loading up telnetd or else I wouldn't get the error message I'm getting. What am I missing? Do you have the telnet server??? I'd make sure you have both the telnet client and the telnet server.
Re: [newbie] Changing Graphics and setup programs
Hello, Thanks for the reply. I found some Q/A on the internet stating that SiS chips don't run with Linux. I'll probably just get another video card that does work. I see 2Mb ATI PCI cards on eBay for $10. How do I re-run the setup to install a new video driver? (or anything else...I still need to load my sound card module) I don't have a bood for Red Hat...I do have SuSE but I couldn't get past partitioning with it so I put Mandrake on instead. The books I have on SuSE and Caldera describing the setup utility don't seem to work with Mandrake RedHat. regards, Tony Z. - Original Message - From: Jesse Royall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 3:55 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Changing Graphics card config and SiS5597 problems Tony I got the same problem. And have been working on it for about 2 weeks now with nothing to show. I thought that it might have been my Network Card since I had problems with it when I ran Windows 98 and the N-Card in that they were trying to use the same IRQ. well i uninstalled the card and I still have the same problems. Glad to see I am not the only one though! If ya come up with any thing let me know and I will do the same for you... This is a message I recieved the other day... as for what it means I have no idea. I have yet to figure out where to get to these settings. I have used the Linux install disk and SETUP to change my settings and XE86conf and none of these help anything out. Jess
Re: [newbie] Changing Graphics card config and SiS5597 problems
Never mindI just discovered that no SiS graphic chips work with Linux...just my luck! TZ - Original Message - From: Tony Zocolillo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 11:26 AM Subject: [newbie] Changing Graphics card config and SiS5597 problems Hello, This is my 1st post I just installed Mandrake 6.1 this weekend on a PC with a Cyrix 333Mhz, 32Mb RAM, 6.4 Gb HD, 44X CDROM, and 4Mb APG SiS 5597. When I select SiS5597 as the graphic device during istall, the test of X displays graphics ok but text gets displayed as black boxes and is unreadable. I ended up installing the 16 color VGA driver and would like to try changing it to the SiS5597 driver. Is anyone aware of a problem with the on-board SiS 5597? Is there another driver that will work? Is there something I can adjust in the CMOS that will fix this problem? Is there a generic SVGA driver that will get me 800x600x256? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Tony Zoccolillo
Re: [newbie] panoramix must change its name
- mangoose (snake killer) That's actually "mongoose", but "mangoose" is an interesting twist with Mandrake in the name. Actually, it sounds rather homosexual, but I'd overlook it. - DragonFly - Houdini I like either of these, preference to Houdini. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] OK maybe I should start from scratch
Curiousity makes me ask what you changed in the BIOS... :) Eric Mings wrote: I am pleased to say that I seem to have solved the problems I reported. I changed some nonobvious settings in bios and was able to get the machine to boot from floppy (though I am not sure why the changes I made were necessary). I then did an upgrade to Mandrake 6.1 and, lo and behold, now my machine loads up Linux at lightning speed (as it should). Again I am not sure why the improvement but all seems normal. Now I will just wait and hope the freezing problems are gone as well! Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
Re: [newbie] modem detection
John Aldrich wrote: On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, you wrote: Just because it is not a Winmodem does not mean it is not a Windows modem. Winmodem is a brand name of US Robotics. On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, you wrote: Under window my modem is known as: Motorola Modem SURFR 56k internal Input/Output range: 03e8-03ef Interupt request : 10 You may not realize it, but the above modem is an ISDN modem. I seriously doubt if it's a "Windows modem." He MAY have better luck using KISDN than KPPP I think you're thinking of the BitSurfer... Can't say I've seen 56k ISDN modems... -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] test
My dog ate my pencil. Tony Zocolillo wrote: This is a test#2 pencils only!
Re: [newbie] running linux
Ken Wilson wrote: I stand to be corrected if I'm wrong but I believe Linux must reside on a master drive, be it the Primary Master or the Secondary Master. If you have two drives on the primary controller only one can be master. Nope, Linux has no restriction on which drive you put it on. Unlike that +other+ OS. :) I set the BIOS disk type to LBA,Normal,and Large and the 10's still came up. Also for some reason I can't set the drive to primary master I can only set it to primary slave. I don't know if that would have an effect on it.
Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Win98/Linux
John: You mean get a menu at boot? Well, sorta. I think if you hit "tab" it'll bring up the various things you have configured in your lilo.conf. Ya.. that is what I was looking for ... I know about the TAB to bring up the options... but I was thinking that there was a message file you could load with LILO to make a menu... I will have to check into it and see where it was.. I know it was in the linuxconf boot section for Lilo somewhere.. not sure which option. 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] running linux
Yes their is a jumper and I did hook it up as a primary master but the computer didn't recognize it. It is a Caviar Western Digital. - Original Message - From: Joseph S. Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 4:34 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] running linux Jan Herbert wrote: I set the BIOS disk type to LBA,Normal,and Large and the 10's still came up. Also for some reason I can't set the drive to primary master I can only set it to primary slave. I don't know if that would have an effect on it. snip There has GOT to be a jumper somewhere to set the drive to slave or master. What make and model do you have?? -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Modem is busy, but it really isn't
Thank you to everybody who replied to my call for help. So far, I haven't had much success. Jeremy wrote that he had the same trouble as me, and all the advice he received didn't help him. That's about the shape I'm in. Jeremy also told me that if my modem has jumpers, he might be able to help me. As it turns out, my modem has two sets of jumpers. One set of jumpers is clearly marked IRQ with jumper settings for "2", "3", "4", "5", and "7". The jumper was not set to anything, so I set the jumper to IRQ 3. The other block is not labeled and has settings for "0", "1", and "SEL". Does anybody know what this means? What should I choose? Ernie suggested that I turn off PnP in the BIOS. My BIOS does not give me that option. Ernie asked if I have a serial mouse. I don't. It's a standard PS2 mouse. Sam suggested that I go to http://www.o2.net/~gromtitkc/11007a.html and see if my modem was really a Winmodem. I was unable to connect to that web site. Civileme suggested that I switch the motherboard BIOS to turn off PnP. I cannot do that. Civileme also suggested that I disable COM1. How do I do that? I don't see it in the BIOS setup parameters. Finally, Civileme suggested that I use the jumpers on the modem. See my response to Jeremy above. I need help setting the jumpers marked 0, 1, and SEL. Richard asked if I did pnpdump followed by isapnp. Yes, I did follow the steps he outlined in his email. I had no luck. I did do a setserial command and I did manage to dump a UART number. I forget the exact number. Once again, I'm hoping someone can help me get my modem working. Thanks again, Mike Dennison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Is NFS really that bad (reality check)
No harm done ;-) -Original Message- From: Frank Hilliard [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 10:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Is NFS really that bad (reality check) Aaron, Thanks for the clarification of your question, which I think has now been answered. I'm afraid you misinterpreted my original post. I did not refer to you as a "Troll." I said it looked as if you were "trolling" (ie. fishing) for damaging information. My apologies for any offense taken. Best regards, Frank Hilliard On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, you wrote: Good morning Frank and Mike I don't appreciate being called a troll and I am actually offended by any suggestion that I might be a front for Microsoft. I put forward this question after reading the LAME guide. It specifically says: Note: Please be aware that having an NFS service available on your system can be a security risk.
[newbie] Re: LICQ personal user info
HELP!!! :( I d/l'ed LICQ in RPM from the net...and installed it. How does a person pass your personal info (read UIN) to the program. Is it a parameter/flag during LICQ starting, or an OPTION somewhere Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [[newbie] OT: Screenshot]
"PSM 0x2710]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Picture this. . .you go to the airport to pick up a friend you havent seen in years, a relative that youve been dying to see, perhaps a child back from a long trip. . .so you enter the terminal, look up to the arrival monitor, and what awaits you? How bout this? http://www.3dshack.com/cgi-bin/pic.cgi?iotd/airport.jpg Enjoy. . .i sure did! ROTFLMAO!!! Hey, Thanks for sharing! Mike Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
[newbie] Setting environment variables
Greetings all. . .can someone point me in the direction of finding some info about setting linux environment variables? Thanks! -- Seth Gibson www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710 members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under Construction) To paraphrase my friend stephen: "life can be like ifs. . .random garbare goes in and beautiful things come out."
Re: [newbie] running linux
I don't know about that because I installed Linux on my drive that was a primary slave and when my computer booted up a bunch of tens scrolled across my screen and nothing else happened. Then I changed my drive to primary master and installed it the same way as the first time and Linux booted up. Nope, Linux has no restriction on which drive you put it on. Unlike that +other+ OS. :)
Re: [newbie] How to use ns-install that comes with v47 of Netscape for Linux 2.0
- Original Message - From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 7:53 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] How to use ns-install that comes with v47 of Netscape for Linux 2.0 Netscape is a bit behind the times, compiled gaainst libraries we have passed by I think for 2.0 means for kernels 2.0.xx 2.0.39 being the last I am aware of So you need Netscape for Linux 2.2. Unless their terminology refers to something else. I didn't see that in Netscape's 'Other Platform' webpage where I went to get another 'updated' version of Netscape. Have any idea where I can get a copy of Netscape for Linux 2.2 or is there such a place? I looked in the Linuxberg website and the only browser listed there was something called 'Express' which is supposed to be an open source browser. I would like to find an updated Linux Netscape if there is one. Thanks, Richard rsalts wrote: How do I use ns-install to install v47 of Netscape for Linux 2.0? Richard
Re: [newbie] running linux
SUCCESS! I didn't realize the jumper comes off for a one drive system, i kept trying to configure it to primary master and Bios couldn't reconize the drive. Took jumper off, reinstalled Linux and Presto! Its always the last thing you look for that fixes it! I really appreciate all the help i have recieved! WOW ! - Original Message - From: Ed and Kristi Townsend [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] running linux IF it is the only drive in your system then you should leave all the jumpers off for a W/D Caviar. That sets it up for a single drive system. The other problem may be that it is not compatible with another drive on the same controller. I have ran into both of these problems. -- From: "Jan Herbert" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] running linux Date: Mon, Oct 11, 1999, 10:25 PM Yes their is a jumper and I did hook it up as a primary master but the computer didn't recognize it. It is a Caviar Western Digital. - Original Message - From: Joseph S. Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 4:34 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] running linux Jan Herbert wrote: I set the BIOS disk type to LBA,Normal,and Large and the 10's still came up. Also for some reason I can't set the drive to primary master I can only set it to primary slave. I don't know if that would have an effect on it. snip There has GOT to be a jumper somewhere to set the drive to slave or master. What make and model do you have?? -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Audio
Ok so I'm running a dual boot win9x/Mandrake 6.1. Mandrake is on its own hard drive, and im using LoadLin in my windows initiation to avoid problems with LILO (cause i have to reinstall win9x every once in a while. you know how it goes :P) So LILO is just on the second hdd. ANYway. My problem is that I'm not quite sure how to go about getting audio working. sndconfig tells me that I dont have the proper object files installed to do modular sound. I was under the impression that i wouldn't have to do a kernel recompile to get audio working. Is there anything short of a kernel recompile i can do to get this working? suggestions? I have an ensoniq 16bit sound card.. anyway anything you could tell me would be helpfull. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading to KDE 1.1.2?
John Aldrich wrote: Are there going to be upgrade RPMs for Mandrake 6.0 users to upgrade to KDE 1.1.2? Or should we just grab the new RPMs from Cooker and use them? I just checked on ftp.linux-mandrake.com in the /upgrades/6.0/ directory and there were no new KDE RPMs for 1.1.2. I can, at least, confirm that the 1.1.2 packages from Cooker work extremely well. I've molded them into my machine and haven't had any problem with them. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] support for ATI Xpert 2000 graphics card
Hi, I have just installed Linux-Mandrake 6.0 on my system. However, I was unable to configure my graphics card and therefore cannot run X. I have an ATI Xpert 2000 card and an ADI 5P+ monitor. Does anyone know if this card is supported? If it is isn't, are there plans to add support for it any time soon? If it is, what should I do in order to get things working? Any help would be much appreciated... Thanks, Tom
Re: [newbie] panoramix must change its name
Original Message On 10/11/99, 6:04:18 AM, Pixel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] panoramix must change its name: YOU HAVE ONLY 24h to answer before the choice is done... so answer fast :) the panoramix name is unfortunately copyrighted (wishing there were only GPL ;-) so i'm making a poll here to know which name it will change to! [snip] - MagicDrake [snip] Please tell me the one(s) you prefer or give marks. If you have a truly cool name not listed here, you can give it. That's the one I like from the list.
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Re: [newbie] panoramix must change its name
Pixel wrote: YOU HAVE ONLY 24h to answer before the choice is done... so answer fast :) OK i hope this is fast enough. ; ) the panoramix name is unfortunately copyrighted (wishing there were only GPL ;-) Good, i didnt like it anyway ; ) And my vote goes to: - DragonFly Mangoose also has points for style, but DragonFly is a real winner. -- ___ Jose Alberto Abreu - Executive Editor PlanB Mystical Enterprises - http://pagina.de/planb "I intend to live forever - So far, so good." ___
Re: [newbie] OT: Screenshot
"PSM 0x2710]" wrote: http://www.3dshack.com/cgi-bin/pic.cgi?iotd/airport.jpg Enjoy. . .i sure did! IIRC, my compadre Miguel de Icaza (of Gnome fame) was the one to take this photo. Anyway, this is a great example of why Windows doesnt belong to mission-critical applications. If it BSOD's on the arrivals display, would you trust it for the flight navigation systems? -- ___ Jose Alberto Abreu - Executive Editor PlanB Mystical Enterprises - http://pagina.de/planb "I intend to live forever - So far, so good." ___
[newbie] several questions/please, advice
Hi all. I would need some advice on the following questions: (1). Do rpms/binaries for RED HAT run OK under Mandrake 6.1 ?; or do they have to be recompiled ?; (2). I have not been able to configure the soundcard through the KDE control panel. How do I go about to get the sound working ?; It is a 16 bit soundblaster; (3). A dumb question but does Mandrake erase an app from the HD when it is deinstalled ?; (4) How do I get the screen to fit the 17'' of the monitor (dont like the huge area of the virtual desktop); (5) How do I get linux to "remember" the screen resolution I want. Linux starts in 640 and and want it in 1024; (6) Is there any driver and backup software for the Qic 80 Colorado Jumbo 350 ?; Thank you all. APS
RE: [newbie] panoramix must change its name
You may want to avoid the name Houdini. It is a trade name registered to a Canadian software company, Side Effects Software, and is the name of their complete 3-D solution, encompassing modelling, compositing, lighting, particle systems, texture management, rendering and animation features. BTW, this product is in the process of being ported to Linux. It may already be. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ty Mixon Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 8:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] panoramix must change its name
Re: [newbie] (not so) Incompatible Hardware
- Original Message - From: David P. Greenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 8:44 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] (not so) Incompatible Hardware On Thu, 07 Oct 1999, Manny Styles wrote: big snip On Mon, 04 Oct 1999, Brian J. Babiuk wrote: snip Packard Bell computers of any vintage. snip I have never experienced anything more likely to drop its MBR or a few clusters off the disk than these babies. --I agree! Packard Bell, the Star Office of Computers g ROTFLMAO!!! David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics Maybe I have one of those 1 in 3 Packard Bells, so I needed to interject. I believe that it is the newer Packard Bell pc's that are really crap. I have a Packard Bell Legend 100CD that has built-in Cirrus Logic 1 MB video, and a 480 MB Seagate harddrive (bought in mid '95). By your standards, I should have been dead in the water. It is true that I have made some hardware changes in that time (ie: upgraded the 14.4 kbps faxmodem to a x2 56kbps faxmodem [now v.90], and a 50x CD-ROM drive since the original Panasonic-Matsushita died, plus more RAM). I also added a Maxtor 4.3 GB harddrive as a slave device (but it is now the master), with my swap and /home partitions on the original Seagate. I also dual boot. It is true indeed that I have had some problems with linux, but nothing hardware related. I understand that the original e-mail was just a start, but all of these things can't just be automatically scratched out. Now if you say there may be hardware that conflict with each other, that may be a bit more acurate. Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html --How did you get your old PB bios to accept the big drive? David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics The Maxtor drive came with EZ-Drive, but that doesn't affect linux in any way since it can see large drives with no BIOS changes. Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] (not so) Incompatible Hardware
- Original Message - From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] (not so) Incompatible Hardware On Thu, 07 Oct 1999, you wrote: Maybe I have one of those 1 in 3 Packard Bells, so I needed to interject. I believe that it is the newer Packard Bell pc's that are really crap. I have a Packard Bell Legend 100CD that has built-in Cirrus Logic 1 MB video, and a 480 MB Seagate harddrive (bought in mid '95). By your standards, I should have been dead in the water. It is true that I have made some hardware changes in that time (ie: upgraded the 14.4 kbps faxmodem to a x2 56kbps faxmodem [now v.90], and a 50x CD-ROM drive since the original Panasonic-Matsushita died, plus more RAM). I also added a Maxtor 4.3 GB harddrive as a slave device (but it is now the master), with my swap and /home partitions on the original Seagate. I also dual boot. It is true indeed that I have had some problems with linux, but nothing hardware related. I understand that the original e-mail was just a start, but all of these things can't just be automatically scratched out. Now if you say there may be hardware that conflict with each other, that may be a bit more acurate. Yeah...but try to upgrade the motherboard/cpu with an "off-the-shelf" motherboard/cpu combo. Packard-Hell uses a non-standard layout and risers for many of their desktop computers to keep the vertical size down. However, this has the side-effect of essentially putting all your cards in one slot. You must not have tried upgrading any of the motherboard stuff or putting in a different video card or sound card (many of the PB systems have on-board sound as well!) John Because I have such an old computer, I can't upgrade the CPU without upgrading the whole motherboar (I asked someone in Comp USA about my particular system a while ago), plus my power source is not compatible with newer boards (verifying some of what you stated). I have a Genuine Intel Pentium 60 MHz processor. I contacted PB support a while ago about my system (which is past waranty), and I was told that it can be upgraded to a Pentium 120/133 MHz processor. I have upgraded my modem, which is connected to the same riser card as the soundcard, and even moved both of them to better slots for me to access; they are the only two things connected there. The original CD-ROM drive was connected to the soundcard, but I attached the new one directly to the IDE controller. I have not upgraded my video card, but the current one is built into the motherboard. As far as the soundcard, I did a ROM upgrade to make it full-duplex. It's an Aztech Sound Galaxy Washington 16, which is practically a SoundBlaster 16. All that to basically say that there has been no need (yet) for me to upgrade that. Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] Setting environment variables
man bash PSM 0x2710] wrote: Greetings all. . .can someone point me in the direction of finding some info about setting linux environment variables? Thanks! -- Seth Gibson www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710 members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under Construction) To paraphrase my friend stephen: "life can be like ifs. . .random garbare goes in and beautiful things come out." -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] support for ATI Xpert 2000 graphics card
I think that I have read somewhere on the Mandrake site that Mandrake 6.0 is 99% compatible with Red Hat 6.0. Given this is the case the Red Hat hardware compatibility lists might well be a good place to check to see if your hardware, or hardware you are planning to purchase, is supported. They say that the hardware has been tested with Red Hat but give no guarantees. I used their list when choosing components for my system and have not ever had any hardware problems. As far as I know, what works with Red Hat should work with Mandrake (does anyone know differently?), so try having a look at: http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/hardware/index.html The ATI Xpert 2000 didn't seem to show up, though it might be based on a chip set that is supported. You might want to see what chipset it uses and search for that. You might want to also have a look at the Xfree86 homepage - I can't remember the URL however. Aaron -Original Message- From: Tom Coleman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 10:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] support for ATI Xpert 2000 graphics card Hi, I have just installed Linux-Mandrake 6.0 on my system. However, I was unable to configure my graphics card and therefore cannot run X. I have an ATI Xpert 2000 card and an ADI 5P+ monitor. Does anyone know if this card is supported? If it is isn't, are there plans to add support for it any time soon? If it is, what should I do in order to get things working? Any help would be much appreciated... Thanks, Tom
Re: [newbie] OK maybe I should start from scratch
Curiousity makes me ask what you changed in the BIOS... :) I changed several things numerous times in attempts to get it to work. I believe the thing that finally did it was enabling a "swap" floppy setting (though I had previously setup the boot sequence to start with A and also enabled a one time floppy seek at bootup without success). BTHOOM (Beats the * out of me :-) Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
Re: [newbie] Large screen objects
Richard wrote: How do I do that? Would I have to go into the console? How to do that from KDE? Maybe some keystrokes would put me in the console and I could run XF86setup from console? Richard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, August 28, 1999 11:52 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Large screen objects Try to run XF86Setup from the prompt. If just set the info for your monitor ect. but then for your resolutions, try something smaller like 640x480 at 16bit. Then go up from there on up. I hope this helps. Sometimes Xconfigurator doesnt work so hot. Jerrud Richardcontrol-alt f2 will get you to a console where you can sign in as anyone you want. When you're done control-alt f7 will get you back to your x-session. Alan
[newbie] Free Open Source Hosting (OT)
First off, let me say that I am not affiliated with this site in any way; I saw the site and found it interesting. It's called XNOT, and they host web pages, FTP, chat, message boards, and more for free if it is an open source project. I've taken a cursory look at the main site, and it looks promising for anyone here who is a developer in the open source community. The URL is http://www.xnot.com Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
[newbie] about monitor display
where can i change the display color of the monitor. now i use 256 color. i want to use 16bits or higher.can anyone help? thanks a lot. wangtao [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] How to use ns-install that comes with v47 of Netscape for Linux 2.0
"Richard" == Richard Salts [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [snip] Richard Have any idea where I can get a copy of Netscape for Richard Linux 2.2 or is there such a place? I looked in the [snip] http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/NByName.html Find "netscape". Or, ftp it from ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/updates/6.1/i386/ ls netsc* netscape-common-4.7-1.1.i386.rpm netscape-common-4.7-1.i386.rpm netscape-communicator-4.7-1.1.i386.rpm netscape-communicator-4.7-1.i386.rpm netscape-navigator-4.7-1.1.i386.rpm netscape-navigator-4.7-1.i386.rpm -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: XEmacs 21.1, VM 6.71 and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.13-15mdk http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm
RE: [newbie] panoramix must change its name
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, you wrote: features. BTW, this product is in the process of being ported to Linux. It may already be. .. . .and if the most recent issue of linux journal i think? is correct its available to the tune of ~$!5,000. . .hehe i'll stick with Blender for that price! -- Seth Gibson www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710 members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under Construction) To paraphrase my friend stephen: "life can be like ifs. . .random garbare goes in and beautiful things come out."
