Re: [newbie] problems!!
I have had the exact same problem, unfortunately to this day I have not got a satisfactory conclusion, even from Mandrake Tech support. I have loaded Red Hat first time onto the same machine, with no problems, if you want to get into Linux quickly. - Original Message - From: granduke To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 15, 1999 7:42 PM Subject: [newbie] problems!! Hi everyone, this is the first time I get on list. I have tried to install Mandrake 6.0 on my Pentium, 2Gb, computer without success. Two main problems occcur me: first - when the installation process gets to the rescue disk step it doesn't seem to find a diskette driver (the light doesn't turn on at any moment) and then obliges me to ommit this step. Second - After the diskette driver problem has occured LILO is not able to install itself, I have tryed all possible options given in the installation menus. My hard disk is recognized by LBA mode. So, after all these things I have all inside but I'm not able to reboot because I have no LILO installed nor a system disk to boot from. Can anyone help me?? I guess I will have tu put on some more information in order to bring you a consistent clue, but at the moment my knowledge about Linux is limited so when you were so kind to do so ask me whatever you find necessary. Thank you very much in advance
Re: [newbie] cdrw
as a followup, i wrote to the author of the cd-writing howto. i asked if one wrote to a cdrw the same way one writes to a cdr. he replied that there was no difference in writing but that the cdrw should be blanked before rewriting. i asked the original question because when i was in windows, i had to use special software to write cdrw. i have now discovered, like so many other windows products, it is unneeded. thanks for the replies guys :P John Aldrich wrote: On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, you wrote: since i dont want to mess up a perfectly good cdrw disc, is it alright to write to them as i would any cdr? in other words, are there any special tricks or is it business as usual? [yes or no would be an appropriate answer, not a lecture on my reading skills] Caveat: I don't have one yet, but I intend to purchase a CDRW. :-) It should work just fine to use a CDRW as a plain CDR. At least from what I've been reading here. :-) John
[newbie] Soundcard Help Needed
Has anyone had success with installing the OSS driver on a Compaq Presario with ESS1888? I've gone as far as I could but it now tells me that not all devices have been initialized. This is after the ./soundon command. Any insights or perhaps successes with the ALSA drivers? Seve
Re: [newbie] Thanks for insights and one more question
Steve, I just learned something new and in my opinion quite excelent about the fsck forced check when it runs and finds problems. Last night while doing my email thing, I experienced a power failure. When the power did not come back on, I went to bed. Today, I got up and went to work, then just now, after returning home, I started Linux, and the time for a forced check had come. Of course fsck found problems which it could not repair on it's own. It gave me a message that it was dumping me to a prompt, and that I should enter my root password ( for a bash prompt) to repair the problems, or press CTRL+D for a normal start. Of course I chose to repair the problems, and ran fsck with only the / filesystem partition as a parameter. ex: fsck /dev/hda# (in my case # = 3). fsck then went into action, and checked the filesystem again, and interactively gave me the option to repair the things which had gotten fouled up by the power failure. What a great way to handle such a situation! I almost did not have to know what to do. This distro continues to impress me more and more as I use it. My heart felt thanks to the Mandrake team and the authors of fsck for their excelent work! Ernie On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Steve Winston wrote: Hy ernie, no soapbox, just the truth. Anyway, I will go update that kernel. Thanks for the advice. adios, Steve --- "Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are using the 6.0 version of Linux-Mandrake off the CD, you will want to go to one of the ftp mirrors listed on the Mandrake site, and in the download folder, get the kernel version 2.2.9-27mdk RPM file. Use either the rpm command or the graphical RPM icon on the KDE desktop to install the updated kernel, then edit the /etc/lilo.conf file with a text editor to use the updated kernel. It fixes some issues with the shutdown procedures. If you already have the updated kernel, then the message you are getting is not an error, it is a good thing, because it means that the system is checking the condition of your filesystem for you. You want this to happen every now and then. If fsck finds any problems, it will repair most of them, without any intervention from you. If it can not do a needed repair, it will tell you so, at which point you should remount the filesystem in read only mode (read the man page for instructions), and run fsck from a command line to do the needed repair. When the forced check is finished, it will tell you "% files are non contigious", but then the next time you boot Linux, the check will report that /dev/hd# is clean, indicating that fsck did indeed defragment the filesystem for you. So be patient when this message comes up. It is a good safety measure, and was set up for you when you installed Linux-Mandrake. To me, this is just another example of the care and interest in stability we get from the good people at Mandrakesoft. You do not get this kind of pre configured maintenance with Windoze. They give you tools of sorts, but you have to find them on your own, and remember to use them, or set up still another app to run them for you on a scheduled basis, and then it is when the OS is all up and running. I think this solution is more elegent. Well, I'll get off the soapbox now red cheeks, Ernie On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, PSM 0x2710] wrote: Firstly thanks to everyone who offered insight as to the Office Suite question. Another question for any interested parties. At boot i get the following message: /dev/hda5 has reached maximum mount count, check forced. . . could someone tell me what that's in reference to and how i might go about fixing that? Thanks all! -- Seth Gibson www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710 members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under Construction) To paraphrase my friend stephen: "life can be like that great ifs. screensaver . .random garbage goes in and beautiful things come out." = __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] (newbie) screen placement is to the far right
The main account you mentioned would be the root account, and you were required to provide a root password when you installed Linux-Mandrake. So at the login prompt, type "root" (without the quotes) and ENTER, then type your root password and ENTER. This will log you on a the superuser. Maybe then you will be able to save the changes. Hoping this helps, Ernie On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, LGreer wrote: %_I have the video resolution where i want it, but the screen is off to the right. i can see the screen except for everything on the right side. i've use the xvidtune to get the screen placement centered but i can't save the changes. i don't know how to log on as the main account. also isn't the xf86config file the place where the changes are stored.thanks in advance. Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description:
Re: [newbie] ADSL and DHCP and Linux, oh my...
Depends on where you go, I have seen a CD and license (green patterned thingy) of Windows NT workstation for £40 GBP at a computer fair, about the same price as my Mandrake package!! - Original Message - From: Rendus Maiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 17, 1999 12:21 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] ADSL and DHCP and Linux, oh my... Scrap the Linux-Mandrake and get yourself RedHat. Once it's installed, you'll notice that, at boot, eth0 won't fail. Once that's done, open a console and type "dhcpcd -DH" and that should get your information. I actually paid for Linux-Mandrake, but I got Redhat for free from a mag. And I constabtly use Win95 and NT for everything. I also disagree that only linux is for people who want to "know" their machines. I find NT the best overall OS, even though it's more expensive. From: "Ernie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] ADSL and DHCP and Linux, oh my... Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 08:14:47 -0400 Sorry, I don't know anything about ADSL as yet, but your last remark needed a response! It is true that Windoze is easier to set up than Linux. It is designed for people who are not interested in the computer, but only the things the computer can do. Linux on the other hand is designed by computer users, for computer users who want to know a little about what goes on on the inside. It is quite difficult to master, and is not for the faint of heart. The truth of the matter is that if you want easy, use Windoze, but if you want power, and are willing to work for it, use Linux. The rewards will be greater understanding of your computer, greater stability on the OS, and more power in your hands. For myself ( also a new Linux user ) the learning curve is well worth the effort. Ernie - Original Message - From: David E. Metzener To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 10:23 AM Subject: [newbie] ADSL and DHCP and Linux, oh my... I have been trying to get Linux to see the internet. I have ADSL that was working fine for Windows, and now, when I try to get Linux to see the internet, I get this error: Determining IP information for eth0...Operation failed. The 'pump' command is the one failing. I have tried all the suggestions that I can in the mini-howto for DHCP. It still doesn't work. My ISP isn't much help, they tell me that they don't support Linux yet, but here is what has worked for others: IP Address: Obtain from server automatically WINS configuration: DHCP IP Gateway or default router: Leave blank or (0.0.0.0) Host: (YOUR userID) IP Network Class: C IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Domain: swbell.net DNS Server: If you cannot select "Server Assigned Name Server", then select the following: Primary DNS: 151.164.1.8 Secondary DNS: 151.164.1.7 I tried that too, I wasn't using my userID as my hostname. However, that also didn't work. I am just hoping that others here that have set up their Linux with ADSL will know what needs to be done. Everything else with the setup/install of Linux went VERY smoothly! I use Linux at work now and compared to Windows, it's billions of times more stable. However, so far I am finding connecting to the internet is still much easier in Windows. Sorry guys. *PLEASE* prove me wrong! :) Dave - [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Office Suites
That'l make it tough to get the stuff you want, no matter which way you go. Maybe you should talk to your local phone co. and see what the damage would be to go with either an ADSL, or a T1 line (I think that's the right term). ADSL might be a bit iffy since it is not available everywhere, but maybe the T1 line might be an option. You could get better bandwidth than with your 33.6 modem (I think you would have to replace the modem), and the line noise issue would be greatly diminished if not eliminated all together. The down side will be that the cost will undoubtedly be higher, and likely considerably so. But it can't hurt to check. There may also be connection options that I know nothing about since I have only used a modem. Maybe someone else can pass along some suggestions as to what you might consider as viable alternatives to a niosy phone line. Ernie On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Jesse Royall wrote: Ernest: the problem here is I am 90 miles from any place that would even resemble a book store or even a computer place. we do have a radio shack but they just carry DSS and Cell phones. so I had no choice... but the thing is I used Go!Zilla which allowed me to stop the download in mid stream and continue on later. so most of the time I setup Go!Zilla to start downloading from 11:00p till 7:00a and it took about 2 weeks to get the whole thing.. During the day its a pain also, becuase the lines and ISP gets congested and I have alot of line noise and can't get the full 33.6 transfer during the day. On Sun, 17 Oct 1999 06:07:40 -0400 "Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You got that right! Neither of those suites I mentioned is as large as a CD. I'd believe the 183 Hrs., that'd be a lot to get in one bite, for sure. That's why I usually try to get my distro's on the CD from my local software store. I just picked up the Linux-Mandrake 6.1 (the Macmillan release [6.5??]) for $35.00 US from BestBuy. That's more than I would have to pay from Mandrakesoft, but I don't have to hold my breath waiting for the CD to be delivered, and I don't have to tie up my phone line for all those hours (I have only one line here, and it is shared with the household telephone). I will likely be trying to get it installed tomorrow or the next day, if work permitts. It'll be interesting to see if I have any of the troubles the other guys have had getting it to work properly. The one thing I would like to have happen, would be for Linux-Mandrake (the official release) to be available at one of my local software stores. Maybe for the next release, I'll get my front side ahead of my backside, and look on the Mandrake site for a vendor in my area. It'd be just my luck that it's allready here, and I just don't know about it. Ernie On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, Jesse Royall wrote: Ernest.. 6 hours download time is a walk in the park for 56k... try 183 hours that is what it took to download the .iso file for linux! hehehe...alot of line noise on my end didn't help matters either! On Sat, 16 Oct 1999 07:32:16 -0400 "Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I like it. It does the job. It is big though, and the decision on installing it depends on what your needs are. If you just want a word processor, StarOffice is overkill, but if you need a complete office suite, designed to compete with the one from Redmond, then this baby is for you. It has everything you could need. Just search "StarOffice" in your web browser to locate the website. From there you can check out the features, system requirements and even do a download or order the CD if you want to. Note that the download is big!! Some 67Meg.!! So unless you have a cable connection, or an ADSL connection, or other fast hookup, be ready to spend maybe 6 Hrs. on the download (with a 56K modem). On the other hand, if the above is overkill for your needs, you may want to try WordPerfect 8 for Linux. This is a fine word processor, and has many bells and whistles. Personally, I used to use the 5.1 version for DOS way back when, and I liked it a lot (showing my age here). It is not nearly as big a download as StarOffice, and will provide you with most of what you will need for home use. The only real drawback is that if you want to use it for commercial purposes, you will have to buy the retail version. So, if you need something for home or school use, WordPerfect 8 is a good choice. If your need is for business purposes, then I personally would recomend the StarOffice suit, both for it's completeness, and the fact that it is free for both personal use and commercial use. Please note that the above are my personal opinions, and I am not an authority on the subject, as I am only mildly familiar with either one. I am still learning to use both
Re: [newbie] 100dpi
This is to make it absolutely clear that HTML is not appreciated in email lists, and that it is considered bad net ettiquet in all such lists as well as in newsgroups! Often, those of us who attempt to use this list, grow tired of repeatedly making the same request, and our patience wears thin. Although it may not be your fault, you unfortunately, have the honor of being the recipient of our frustration. Your highly intelectual responce does nothing to improve the situation. As a result, when people on this list see your ID in the future, they will likely delete the request for assistance, rather than provide an answer. This is unfortunate, but it is human nature. So with your childish retort, you have made yourself the loser in the end. What a shame Ernie On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Donny wrote: wat da hell. This faggot dont even ask me to stop using HTML, he makes a friggin sarcastic remark. So im not apologizing for jack crap. U dont like it? tough. And if u dont like HTML mail... at least ~ask~ for me to turn it off. Hay, heres a nice HTML hyperlink for yall. www.F-OFF.com Theres your apology. - Original Message - From: Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 16, 1999 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] 100dpi Don wrote: Sorri u dont like my HTML. Too bad. Apologize. Please. I almost feel upset that I posted an answer for your question after your crappy attitude in this reply. Ken Wilson wrote: Yup, it sure does. So does HTML in your postings. I was wondering how to enable Linux to use 100 dpi fonts and my windows TT fonts. Netscape looks terrible! -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Need ttfonts -- Can you help?
Dear friends: I did something wrong and lost half of my true type fonts. I have fixed X Font Server but even when I reinstall my ttfonts. rpm (rpm -Uvh ttfonts.rpm I still only get half of them. Could one of you folks who has broadband kindly send me all the fonts in the true type font directly that begin with the letter L, that is, from the letter L to the end. I think that includes about 50 fonts. You will find the fonts in: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ttfonts [sher@adsl-77-232-172 ttfonts]$ ls Adventure.ttfbazaroni.ttfdavis.ttf fadgod.ttfikart.ttf Bluehigb.ttf beast wars.ttf demon.ttf failed.ttfikarv.ttf Bluehigc.ttf betadance.ttf densmore.ttf fakerece.ttf independ.ttf Bluehigh.ttf betsy.ttf dienasty.ttf flubber.ttf indigo.ttf CaptainPodd.ttf binary.ttf dirtydoz.ttf fontrstc.ttf kenyan.ttf a_d_mono.ttf brandnew.ttfdistortia.ttf fonts.dir kingrichard.ttf actionis.ttf capacitor.ttf edgewater.ttf fudd.ttf larabief.ttf babelfish.ttfcontourg.ttfelectroh.ttf goldengi.ttf balconya.ttf creature.ttfeli5.0-.ttfhydrogen.ttf baltar.ttf crystalr.ttfembargo2.ttf ikarrg.ttf [sher@adsl-77-232-172 ttfonts]$ Before you send them, please let me know first that you will be sending them. That will help avoid confusion. Please be sure you have the right ttfonts directory. As soon as I receive them, I'll send a message to the list informing everyone that I have them. Thank you all so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] changing window managers
I use KDE myself, and the K-login display allows me to choose which desktop I will use, by clicking the down-arrow next to where it says KDE. I don't know about any of the other managers, but I suspect that they all provide some way of accomplishing this as well. Sorry I couldn't be of any more help here, Ernie PS - I think that mvwm allows you to restart using... E On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, cyberclay wrote: Hey, Currently, my x desktop consists of enlightenment and gnome. I'd like to try some of the other gnome-complient window managers (and blackbox). How do I go about changing my window manager in the newest version of Mandrake? Regards, cyberclay --- cclay at fastlane dot net http://www.abednego.com
Re: [newbie] Ethernet card recognition
My turn to ask a question! I just got the 6.1 (Macmillan's 6.5) on a CD. You are suggesting that I will be better served to use the "Install" option in the instalation program, rather than the "upgrate" option, even if I am upgrading from Linux-Mandrake 6..0 to Linux-Mandrake 6.1 (both Macmillan releases). Just checking, Ernie On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Civileme wrote: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.24 Your Linksys may be one of two different chipsets, both handled by the tulip driver. Now for the CD-ROM, if it is SCSI, it is understandable that it might not be working after install unless you made sure the system detected and loaded all SCSI Drivers. It is also inderstandable if it is an IDE working off a third IDE channel attached to a soundcard. I went to the Panasonic Tech Support site and didn't find that model number listed, not even in the old devices. I do know that there were some, long ago, on a 34-pin interface (Long ago, ancient history, like 1995), and this might be one of them. 6.1 is NOT an upgrade option. You can install 6.1 but do not upgrade. Install it. Most of your files and settings will be left intact if you install without formatting any of the partitions. If you upgrade, well, you'll have the same problems people did going from RH 5.0 to 5.1 to 5.2. There are still optimal ways to set up directories being sought by vendors, and the location of objects is changing. And yes, 6.1 is worth it. Civileme "Mr.InterNet @ Home" wrote: Wow - back to school after all these years About time I jumped into the Linux foray and kept ahead of technology, and not just trying to "keep up" with Windows! Problem 1: using Linux-Mandrake 6.0 I want to setup my network connection in Linux. My card is a Linksys EtherFast 10/100 PCI LAN I cannot locate it in the accepted list of cards. Is there an upgrade (I cannot locate one) or a workaround? Does upgrading to 6.1 help at all, and is it worth it after I just installed 6.0 ? Problem 2: CD ROM Matshita CR-584 Not working after install. Is there a compatible setup option using another CD ROM driver in Linux? Problem 3: me No help there - I'll have to fix that! James Cousineau [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Independent IT Contractor and Consultant Internet and Web Design "Finally back in my sandbox, playing with a new toy"
Re: [Re: [newbie] boot disk LILO installation crash down]
Thank you for not using HTML. It is appreciated, but, when someone responds as this person did, it is not at all acceptable. We are not whining about HTML, we are expecting a level of good net ettiquet when it comes to using a mail list. This is the same ettiquet expected on a news group. The use of HTML in these two media is inconsiderate and impolite, and since the vast majority of those using this mail list have been on the net from Windoze, it is not unreasonable to expect that they will observe good manners when requesting assistance. After all, if you ask your neighbor to do something for you, will you ask in a manner that will make it more dificult for the neighbor to be of assistance? That would not be reasonable. And if a user has such a low level of self respect that being instructed to turn off the HTML is offensive to said user, then said user really needs to work on self esteem. Flames will not improve either the user's self image, or the chances for recieving assistance. Well that's my position on this subject, Ernie On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Jaguar wrote: BTW this is NOT being sent in HTML About the guy who flamed getting flamed re: being TOLD to turn off HTML...I can agree with some of his opinion. Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First tip: turn off HTML in your mail client when posting to this list. Plenty of us use mail clients that don't handle HTML too well, and tend to disregard posts using HTML- or flame those who use it. So either quit whining about the use of HTML, or get a better Mail reader Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
[newbie] is GUI linux becoming a RAM beast ?
Is GUI (KDE) linux becoming a RAM monster ? Well, we have all read about the "RAM beast in NT" ... but how is about linux when we use KDE ? A few days ago, I read at the mandrakeuser.org a few guidelines about xwindows and the memmory issue: console apps are recommended instead. Is there any app which will allow to delete from the system any drivers or routines which are loaded but not used ? Thanx for any comments. APS
Re: [newbie] Q about excessive HDD swapping when in KDE
In the KDE environment as root, navigate to the /etc folder, and right-click the lilo.conf file, then select "text editor". Add the line below in the image section: append="mem=128M' Include the quotes this time. The line is just above the read only line in my lilo.conf file. This should help. It is my understanding that by default, Linux will use 64 Meg of RAM, and the above line will tell Linux to use the amount stated. Then save the file, and run lilo from a konsole window. This will re-configure the boot loader, then when you are finished, re-start your system, and you should be using all 128 Meg of RAM. I hope this helps, Ernie On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Michael Lueck wrote: I've just had time to setup a "serious" Linux learning box finally. When in KDE / Xwindows using a single application - WordPerfect 8, Netscape 4.6... the hard drive is just thrashing away - as bad as NT on 32MB. Strange thing, I have 128MB and a PIII 450 CPU. Is there some trick I missed somewhere which I need to do to use all 128MB? I installed w/ a 32MB /boot partition, 2GB / partition and a 40MB swap partition which I was hoping to never use since Linux code seems quite unbloated. Thanks in advance for hints. Michael Lueck Lueck Data Systems http://www.lueckdatasystems.com/
[newbie] the GPL effect ?
Redhat becomes Mandrake and Mandrake becomes Macmillan which is sold by the "Mighty Mouse" at Pepito's Taco Bar under the Trade Mark of Dr. Vampire :-) Is there any order under the GPL ? Cheers, APS ] From: "Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Just tossing in my 2 cents worth. Macmillan Publishing is just that...
Re: [newbie] (OT) -- About HTML
On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, you wrote: There is another solution if the list owner chose to implement it. Although I am relatively new to linux, I have run large volumn discussions lists for several years. We have implemented a filter on our lists that rejects all attempts to send attachements to the list, and ALSO _rejects_ all HTML formatted email. Works great! Put the guidlines in the welcome message and let them figure out themselves why none of their postings make it to the list if they choose to ignore the guidlines. If they contact the list manager about it, I tell them what the problem is and how to fix it. FWIW I would also recommend that whoever is running this list take a more visible and active approach in dealing with list problems so that members don't feel they need to fight out the issues on the list that should be delt with by the list manager. HmmI wondered if there weren't an option like that. :-) John
Re: [newbie] (OT) -- About HTML
Just a quick query, not really suited to this group, but necessary just the same. I have been using Outlook for some time now, and have had no problems sending plain text. Unfortunately, I have just sent a post to this group, and got a courteous comment directly to me asking for me to drop my HTML. All of the settings I have refer to plain text, so my question is, does Outlook have a mind of it's own, as most Microsoft products do? Does it inherit the format from the post I am replying to? The way I have Outlook is that there is no visible difference between plain text and HTML, so whenever I see someone ask for HTML to be dropped, I haven't got a clue whats going on!! I would like to add my assistance to this group, as they have given me lots of ideas for things to do and I'd like to give something back, however I have no intention of receiving a similar flurry of comments as Donny did, for sending HTML (Although he did give as good as he got!!). As far as the comments about filtering HTML, that would be useful for us poor sods stuck with Outlook, who don't even know whether they're sending plain text or HTML!! Thanks for your generous assistance. Simon - Original Message - From: Eric Mings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 2:16 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] (OT) -- About HTML Based on the number of "remove" requests posted to the list, the actual number of people who actually *READ* the welcome message is probably quite small. Thus, the chances of the "Nettiquette" tutorial having any effect is negligible. However, if it saved us ONE post in HTML, I suppose it'd be worth it, and it wouldn't be that much trouble, as it would automatically go out with the 'welcome' message... just create that "nettiquette" tutorial once and it would go out automatically from there. :-) John There is another solution if the list owner chose to implement it. Although I am relatively new to linux, I have run large volumn discussions lists for several years. We have implemented a filter on our lists that rejects all attempts to send attachements to the list, and ALSO _rejects_ all HTML formatted email. Works great! Put the guidlines in the welcome message and let them figure out themselves why none of their postings make it to the list if they choose to ignore the guidlines. If they contact the list manager about it, I tell them what the problem is and how to fix it. FWIW I would also recommend that whoever is running this list take a more visible and active approach in dealing with list problems so that members don't feel they need to fight out the issues on the list that should be delt with by the list manager. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
Fw: [newbie] (OT) -- About HTML
Not to worry, I found my problem. FYI, there is an option in Outlook, 'reply to messages in the format in which they were sent' , which when checked, inherits the original poster's format. Selecting the plain text option is not enough. The post I was replying to was HTML without my knowledge. - Original Message - From: Simon Norris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] (OT) -- About HTML Just a quick query, not really suited to this group, but necessary just the same. I have been using Outlook for some time now, and have had no problems sending plain text. Unfortunately, I have just sent a post to this group, and got a courteous comment directly to me asking for me to drop my HTML. All of the settings I have refer to plain text, so my question is, does Outlook have a mind of it's own, as most Microsoft products do? Does it inherit the format from the post I am replying to? The way I have Outlook is that there is no visible difference between plain text and HTML, so whenever I see someone ask for HTML to be dropped, I haven't got a clue whats going on!! I would like to add my assistance to this group, as they have given me lots of ideas for things to do and I'd like to give something back, however I have no intention of receiving a similar flurry of comments as Donny did, for sending HTML (Although he did give as good as he got!!). As far as the comments about filtering HTML, that would be useful for us poor sods stuck with Outlook, who don't even know whether they're sending plain text or HTML!! Thanks for your generous assistance. Simon - Original Message - From: Eric Mings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 2:16 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] (OT) -- About HTML Based on the number of "remove" requests posted to the list, the actual number of people who actually *READ* the welcome message is probably quite small. Thus, the chances of the "Nettiquette" tutorial having any effect is negligible. However, if it saved us ONE post in HTML, I suppose it'd be worth it, and it wouldn't be that much trouble, as it would automatically go out with the 'welcome' message... just create that "nettiquette" tutorial once and it would go out automatically from there. :-) John There is another solution if the list owner chose to implement it. Although I am relatively new to linux, I have run large volumn discussions lists for several years. We have implemented a filter on our lists that rejects all attempts to send attachements to the list, and ALSO _rejects_ all HTML formatted email. Works great! Put the guidlines in the welcome message and let them figure out themselves why none of their postings make it to the list if they choose to ignore the guidlines. If they contact the list manager about it, I tell them what the problem is and how to fix it. FWIW I would also recommend that whoever is running this list take a more visible and active approach in dealing with list problems so that members don't feel they need to fight out the issues on the list that should be delt with by the list manager. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
[newbie] SBLive 6.1
Has anyone been able to get an SBLive or PCI512 working with Mandrake 6.1 yet. I know someone was working on this once upon a time but haven't heard from them in a while. Regards , Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] DCC
I need to share some file betweeb two PCs I own, and because the files are big (5 mb or so) it is not possible to do that with floppies. So I connect them via parallel-clable with winsucks' Direct Cable Connection utility. How can I do the same in Linux? If I could do this in Linux I won't need to boot into winsucks from my primary PC, Thanks ---
Re: [[newbie] RLilo and Win98]
Steve Winston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am getting ready in my clutzy ignorant way to try to rewrite lilo so that I gives me choice between Linux Mandrake 6.0 and Win98. Does anyone have any suggestions? Linux is on the master hard drive and win98 is on the slave. I notice that linux recognizes the win98 drive on boot-ing up although it doesn't seem to any but the first partition on the windows drive. Any recommendations will be appreciated. thanks, steve = Real easy. Edit your /etc/lilo.conf file manually. Mine looks like this: boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=50 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-7mdk label=linux root=/dev/hda8 read-only other=/dev/hda1 label=dos table=/dev/hda Just change yours to match your partitions (for instance my / is on hda8 and my win98 is on hda1) save the file. Then run /sbin/lilo from the command prompt. Your lilo has just been modified. Reboot and when the lilo prompt comes up type in your windows label or linux label(or press enter since the linux label is the default.) My windows label is dos because no matter how much they upgrade it Windows is still just a GUI for Dos. ;-) __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
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[newbie] LILO and the blasted 1024 cylinder limit
I've just used Partition Mmagic to split up a 13.6 gig drive into a few partitions to install Mandrake 6.1 on. However, I can only boot linux from floppy (which takes 5-7 minutes), and not from LILO, cause lilo can't install itself into the MBR due to a "1024 cylinder limit". Is there any way around this?...I've read the how-to's, but can't find a simple, easy way to pull this off. `Kumba = __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
[newbie] Using Netscape offline.
Here is something that should highlight my ignorance. Using Netscape for email, when I'm not connected to the internet, I get error messages complaining about not being able to find the server. Should I have something set up lcoally to stop this? Something similar happened when I tried to view a locally stored htnl file.
Re: [newbie] Q about excessive HDD swapping when in KDE
On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 10:22:24 -0400, John Aldrich wrote: "memory hole at 16 M"??? I did double check this and it is set to disabled. Seemed like a possability since Linux only was using 14MB. I do have the 64MB switch set to OS/2 mode since both OS/2 and DOS bassed like OS's like Win98 work better set in that mode. Possibly this is part of it, tho I am not making a change to this paramater - hurting other OS's on the box - since the lilo.conf file works fine in my case. FYI - the motherboard is an IWill BD100plus which is a really well designed board. The vendor I have build my private label boxes recomended them and BCM/GVC. I tried BCM first and had BAD success when it comes down to BIOS updates - they don't update! As well, their tech support was lacking, unorganized web site, etc... IWill has been professional and organized - and well supporting of the under-dog OS's I like to work with. Thanks to all! Michael Lueck Lueck Data Systems http://www.lueckdatasystems.com/
[newbie] Symbolic links between Netscape inbox files in Linux and DOS
It would be kinda neat if I could set up a symbolic links for Netscape in Linux to use the equivalent DOS files for things like the message files. This would keep both Netscape's in sync. Would this work? More importantly, if not, why not? Sometimes there's more to be gained by understanding why something doesn't work. Of course, if it is practical, how would you go about it?
Re: [newbie] Mail filter
Nope your not creepy enough :) On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, you wrote: On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Hugh wrote: Can someone walk mr through the Kmail filter process? I want to kill file someone on this list :) Hugh -- Boling's postulate: If you're feeling good, don't worry. You'll get over it. --Not me, I hope! Anyway, why kill file when you can flame. Much more fun and gratifying G. David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry" *Confirmed Linux Newbie* **Dogs wonder why each week we take our best stuff outside and let people in big trucks steal it** -- Boling's postulate: If you're feeling good, don't worry. You'll get over it.
Re: [newbie] LILO and the blasted 1024 cylinder limit
On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, you wrote: I've just used Partition Mmagic to split up a 13.6 gig drive into a few partitions to install Mandrake 6.1 on. However, I can only boot linux from floppy (which takes 5-7 minutes), and not from LILO, cause lilo can't install itself into the MBR due to a "1024 cylinder limit". Is there any way around this?...I've read the how-to's, but can't find a simple, easy way to pull this off. Create a "/boot" directory at the head of the drive. Then, install Linux. It should auto-detect that /boot directory and all should be well with the world. It doesn't have to be huge, just 10-15 megs should be sufficient. John
[newbie] Kernal 2.2.5
I do I get and upgrade to kernal 2.2.5? I downloaded the beta drivers for SB Live! and it says that I need kernal 2.2.5 David
Re: [newbie] 100dpi
Wassup ernest?Your at least half-way cool out of everyone on dis list. I was just EXTREMELY pissed off when i read the response for my question. I came expecting Linux to be the "help everyone out" type of people, but obviously i was wrong. I apologize to u and everyone else who got offended by my messeges... however, i WILL NOT apologize for the gay faggots (excuse me) who were involved. Maby if you people are gonna get so anoyed with giving people the same answer, maby you shuldnt be in a list for linux NEWBIES! Doesnt anyone else here agree wit me? L8r, Bababueee "Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." wrote: This is to make it absolutely clear that HTML is not appreciated in email lists, and that it is considered bad net ettiquet in all such lists as well as in newsgroups! Often, those of us who attempt to use this list, grow tired of repeatedly making the same request, and our patience wears thin. Although it may not be your fault, you unfortunately, have the honor of being the recipient of our frustration. Your highly intelectual responce does nothing to improve the situation. As a result, when people on this list see your ID in the future, they will likely delete the request for assistance, rather than provide an answer. This is unfortunate, but it is human nature. So with your childish retort, you have made yourself the loser in the end. What a shame Ernie On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Donny wrote: wat da hell. This faggot dont even ask me to stop using HTML, he makes a friggin sarcastic remark. So im not apologizing for jack crap. U dont like it? tough. And if u dont like HTML mail... at least ~ask~ for me to turn it off. Hay, heres a nice HTML hyperlink for yall. www.F-OFF.com Theres your apology. - Original Message - From: Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 16, 1999 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] 100dpi Don wrote: Sorri u dont like my HTML. Too bad. Apologize. Please. I almost feel upset that I posted an answer for your question after your crappy attitude in this reply. Ken Wilson wrote: Yup, it sure does. So does HTML in your postings. I was wondering how to enable Linux to use 100 dpi fonts and my windows TT fonts. Netscape looks terrible! -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Problem with swap partition
The problem I am about to describe existed on RH 5.2 and now exists on Mandrake 6.1. The Mandrake was installed from scratch, not as an upgrade. I used Disk Druid to destroy 5.2's partition before repartitioning and installing Mandrake. I have installed Mandrake on a 4.3 Connor which is my 2nd of 3 drives. (My first has win95 and my third has winnt.) This drive has a 200mb dos bootable partition and the rest of the disk is an (dos created) extended partition in which linux has 4 drives. This includes hd6, hd7, hd8, hd9 (swap). Strangely, Disk Druid skipped Hd5. For some reason, Linux is unable to access the swap partition. The swap partition was created with Disk Druid and, after failures to mnt it, recreated using fdisk (linux's). It is type 0x82 as reported by fdisk. When made using Disk Druid, it was prepared iaw the installation procedure. When I recreated it using fdisk, I tried to run mkswap on it. Got an error "No such Device". Everytime I have booted linux, the swapon command that occurs during boot up returns an error "no such device". However, the device is there. Why can't swapon nor mkswap see this drive? Is it because it exists in an extended partiton? or because it exist above cylinder 1024? Because it exists in an extended partition that had been created with win95's fdisk? I have looked high and low for answer and can't find one. I have 128 mb ram so the swap partition is not vital but it bugs me when I get an error that I can't figure out. I am a linux newbie and a newbie to this list. If I should have posted my question somewhere else, please forgive. Note, I boot Linux from floppy because I am a CIS student who can not afford to break winnt so am afraid to mess with mbr. Thanks Tom My system K6 233 128 mb sdram Mb FIC PA 2007 Apollo II chipset 10 gig seagate hd on primary master 4.3 Connor on primary slave 1.2 Quantum fireball on Secondary master Teac 6x cdrom on slave All windows file systems are Fat16 for obvious reasons.
Re: [newbie] Q about excessive HDD swapping when in KDE
On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, you wrote: FYI - the motherboard is an IWill BD100plus which is a really well designed board. The vendor I have build my private label boxes recomended them and BCM/GVC. I tried BCM first and had BAD success when it comes down to BIOS updates - they don't update! As well, their tech support was lacking, unorganized web site, etc... IWill has been professional and organized - and well supporting of the under-dog OS's I like to work with. May I suggest you look at Penguin Computing in the future? At least for straight linux boxes. :-) Don't know how their price compares (haven't really researched it) but at least you know that if it works in Linux, chances are it'll work under other O/S's! :-) www.penguincomputing.com. Note: I do NOT work for them and have no relationship with them. I just saw their poster/ad in Linux Journal (check it out! G) and liked their philosophy! :-) John
Re: [newbie] (OT) -- About HTML
All of the settings I have refer to plain text, so my question is, does Outlook have a mind of it's own, as most Microsoft products do? Does it inherit the format from the post I am replying to? Yes. Under tools options send There is a check box second from the bottom about replying in the format the sender used. Deselect the choice. MB
Re: [newbie] LILO and the blasted 1024 cylinder limit
Nope...brand new machine, Gateway PIII 500, 128 megs of ram, 13.6 drive, riva tnt2 card w/ SB Live! Value card, which I also hope to get working soon.. I just wanna get Lilo to install some how that doesn't involve damaging my windows 98 partition, or without buying a new harddrive cause the smallest they get around here is 13 gigs.. `Kumba --- CHUCK HARTFORD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is your machine an older one? It's sounds like your BIOS can't see past the 1024 cylinder. I've heard this is a problem on some older machines and not necessarily a restriction from Linux, but then I pretty new to this Linux stuff anyway. Chuck Hartford = __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
[newbie] Lilo won't recognize my Linux partition.
Well, got to playing around again. Found out that I can't use the newest svga server for X-windows. Oh well! Anyhow, the real problem is that I can't get Lilo (via linuxconf or klilo) to recognize that /dev/hdc1 is my root partion. It boots fine from a floppy (albeit slowly). Any ideas? TIA! -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
Re: [newbie] Q about excessive HDD swapping when in KDE
On Mon, Oct 18, 1999 at 09:01:21PM -0400, John Aldrich wrote: May I suggest you look at Penguin Computing in the future? At least for straight linux boxes. :-) Don't know how their price compares (haven't really researched it) but at least you know that if it works in Linux, chances are it'll work under other O/S's! :-) www.penguincomputing.com. Note: I do NOT work for them and have no relationship with them. I just saw their poster/ad in Linux Journal (check it out! G) and liked their philosophy! :-) Those are the "Good evening Mr. Gates, I'll be your server tonight" ads? I __LOVE__ that ad. There was a Tshirt place advertised on Linux Weekly News or LinuxToday that was offering that ad as a tshirt. I'm truly tempted. :) -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Q about excessive HDD swapping when in KDE
On Mon, Oct 18, 1999 at 08:44:12AM -0400, Michael Lueck wrote: On Sun, 17 Oct 1999 23:17:46 -0400, Steve Philp wrote: To check what Linux detected, use the command 'free'. The output will look like: Right on the nose! Total Mem= 14616 Should I have used the paramater when starting the install to tell it I have 128MB? This last time I didn't want to look up the boot paramater so I just used the expert paramater. Your instructions worked 100% So, if this is a bug, how shall I report it. Unfortunately, it's a hardware bug. BUT, the good news is that it SHOULD be worked around in the 2.3.x/2.4.x kernel (when 2.4.x is released, of course). There are a number of ways to ask a machine how much RAM is installed. Some of those ways will crash a machine in extremely unpretty ways. For the 2.2.x line of kernels, Linux takes the safe route and believes what the machine tells it based on a single method. Since your hardware lies, you have to call it's bluff manually. Hope that helps! -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Procmail
Could somebody please point me to some documentation for setting up procmail to filter E-mail? The man pages aren't very helpful to someone completely new to filtering with procmail, and I've been following the Procmail Quickstart guide at http://www.ii.com/internet/robots/procmail/qs/ but unfortunately the line it said to put in my .forward file failed me. I set up my .procmailrc and .forward files as directed by the aforementioned quickstart guide. I then tried sending myself a test mail from Pine, and then ran fetchmail (which is properly set up) to try receiving the mail. The test mail, after being retrieved (and deleted from the server), was nowhere to be found on my hard drive. Then I retrieved my mail with XFMail and received a mail with the subject "Returned mail: Service unavailable" which had this in the body: The original message was received at Mon, 18 Oct 1999 21:52:47 -0400 from localhost [127.0.0.1] - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - "|IFS=' ' exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #hawk3" (expanded from: hawk3@localhost) - Transcript of session follows - sh: cannot use in command 554 "|IFS=' ' exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #hawk3"... Service unavailable I assume from that message that there is something wrong with the .forward file which contains this line: "|IFS=' ' exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #hawk3" This is exactly what the Quickstart guide said to use, except that I changed the path to correctly point to where Mandrake installs procmail, and I used my user ID instead of the example's, of course. If there is just a small adjustment I should be making to the .forward file, can someone tell me what it is? On the other hand, if there is other documentation that could give me more useable information on setting up mail filters with procmail, could somebody point me to it? Thanks for any help. -Tom
Re: [newbie] Symbolic links between Netscape inbox files in Linux and DOS
On Mon, Oct 18, 1999 at 10:49:03PM +0100, colin.murphy wrote: It would be kinda neat if I could set up a symbolic links for Netscape in Linux to use the equivalent DOS files for things like the message files. This would keep both Netscape's in sync. Would this work? More importantly, if not, why not? Sometimes there's more to be gained by understanding why something doesn't work. Of course, if it is practical, how would you go about it? Give it a try and let us know how it works! (Seriously, I don't think I've ever seen any messages from anyone who's tried it) Be sure to make a backup of the DOS side of things so they don't get hosed. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] LILO and the blasted 1024 cylinder limit
If you have the full version of partition magic or partition commander, do this. 1. copy any important datfiles on your linux partition to the windoze partition 2. delete one of the linux partitions, since you've just installed it, you'll lose less work than deleting your windows partition 3. move your windows partition to leave about 1.5-2 gig at the start of the drive, this will become your root partition 4. reinstall mandrake and set up the rest of your linux partitions or vice versa- depends if you set up the partitions using PM or PC or if you use disk druid during the install. I went through this on my 10 gig drive and both windows and linux will boot from lilo, Sam John Aldrich wrote: On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, you wrote: I've just used Partition Mmagic to split up a 13.6 gig drive into a few partitions to install Mandrake 6.1 on. However, I can only boot linux from floppy (which takes 5-7 minutes), and not from LILO, cause lilo can't install itself into the MBR due to a "1024 cylinder limit". Is there any way around this?...I've read the how-to's, but can't find a simple, easy way to pull this off. Create a "/boot" directory at the head of the drive. Then, install Linux. It should auto-detect that /boot directory and all should be well with the world. It doesn't have to be huge, just 10-15 megs should be sufficient. John
Re: [newbie] DCC
On Mon, Oct 18, 1999 at 09:27:50AM -0600, Guillermo Belli wrote: I need to share some file betweeb two PCs I own, and because the files are big (5 mb or so) it is not possible to do that with floppies. So I connect them via parallel-clable with winsucks' Direct Cable Connection utility. How can I do the same in Linux? If I could do this in Linux I won't need to boot into winsucks from my primary PC, I don't know much more than the name, but look into PLIP. It's something provided by the kernel that allows IP over a parallel cable. It _should_ allow you to do the Linux-Windows transfers with the stuff you've got now. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Problem with swap partition
I'm not sure, but I think the swap and root partitions both have to be on the primary hard drive- check and see if I'm right root wrote: The problem I am about to describe existed on RH 5.2 and now exists on Mandrake 6.1. The Mandrake was installed from scratch, not as an upgrade. I used Disk Druid to destroy 5.2's partition before repartitioning and installing Mandrake. I have installed Mandrake on a 4.3 Connor which is my 2nd of 3 drives. (My first has win95 and my third has winnt.) This drive has a 200mb dos bootable partition and the rest of the disk is an (dos created) extended partition in which linux has 4 drives. This includes hd6, hd7, hd8, hd9 (swap). Strangely, Disk Druid skipped Hd5. For some reason, Linux is unable to access the swap partition. The swap partition was created with Disk Druid and, after failures to mnt it, recreated using fdisk (linux's). It is type 0x82 as reported by fdisk. When made using Disk Druid, it was prepared iaw the installation procedure. When I recreated it using fdisk, I tried to run mkswap on it. Got an error "No such Device". Everytime I have booted linux, the swapon command that occurs during boot up returns an error "no such device". However, the device is there. Why can't swapon nor mkswap see this drive? Is it because it exists in an extended partiton? or because it exist above cylinder 1024? Because it exists in an extended partition that had been created with win95's fdisk? I have looked high and low for answer and can't find one. I have 128 mb ram so the swap partition is not vital but it bugs me when I get an error that I can't figure out. I am a linux newbie and a newbie to this list. If I should have posted my question somewhere else, please forgive. Note, I boot Linux from floppy because I am a CIS student who can not afford to break winnt so am afraid to mess with mbr. Thanks Tom My system K6 233 128 mb sdram Mb FIC PA 2007 Apollo II chipset 10 gig seagate hd on primary master 4.3 Connor on primary slave 1.2 Quantum fireball on Secondary master Teac 6x cdrom on slave All windows file systems are Fat16 for obvious reasons.
[newbie] Items of interest
If any of you are planning on doing some web business with a linux server, you might be interested in this. Go to the red hat site and register w/ red hat .com for their mailing list. You can then sign up to have a full blown copy of Oracle8i mailed to you for free. Also, HP is offerring openmail for linux for a free 6 month trial. after that if you only have a small # of users, you can get an open ended extension on the licence. Of course, you don't get any manuals or support w/ the freebie. Sam
Re: [newbie] DCC
thakns for the help, but these computer have no NICs , and the only way I can onnect them is vis parallel port. What I need is a way to get them to communicate each other under linux with this kind of connection. El lun, 18 oct 1999, escribiste: From: Ronald A. Yacketta try minicom or better yet www.samba.org samba will allow you to share files/printers between the winblows world and the *nix world Guillermo Belli [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 10/18/99 11:27:50 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Ronald A. Yacketta/958157/EKC) Subject: [newbie] DCC I need to share some file betweeb two PCs I own, and because the files are big (5 mb or so) it is not possible to do that with floppies. So I connect them via parallel-clable with winsucks' Direct Cable Connection utility. How can I do the same in Linux? If I could do this in Linux I won't need to boot into winsucks from my primary PC, Thanks ---
Re: [newbie] Problem with swap partition
Swap problems aren't usually good, but I think you may have enough RAM to make up for them... :) Double-check the output from `fdisk -l /dev/hda` to make _sure_ the partition is there. If it is, try `ls -l /dev/hda*` to make sure the files corresponding to the partition are there, and that permissions are set correctly (should be 644 or 600... 644 would show up as -rw-r--r-- in ls). All the above assumes that Linux is installed on the primary master hard drive. Note, I boot Linux from floppy because I am a CIS student who can not afford to break winnt so am afraid to mess with mbr. Don't worry- NT doesn't care about the MBR. It's only it's own partition's boot sector that has to be intact. You can safely put LILO in your MBR. -Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] DNS Server for Mandrake?
Hello, Does anyone know the name of the DNS RPM package that comes with Mandrake? Thanks Paul Hoy
Re: [newbie] Kernal 2.2.5
Well, if you have Mandrake, you have either 2.2.9 or 2.2.13, so you exceed their requirements. http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,3656,2259636,00.html should have step-by-step instructions Civileme David Hayes wrote: I do I get and upgrade to kernal 2.2.5? I downloaded the beta drivers for SB Live! and it says that I need kernal 2.2.5 David
Re: [newbie] Kernal 2.2.5
Sheesh, just like me to forget history If you have Mandrake 6.0 or later you have a kernel that will work. Also if you have Caldera 2.2 or RH 6.0 or later. I am unsure of the other versions Actually, when the thing is booting, you should see the version number of the kernel. And if you can't, then look in /etc/lilo.conf. The easy way to get there is to run linuxconf either from a command line or from your favorite desktop, then select boot parameters and you will see a line that will number the kernel you are actually booting. If it is 2.2.9-19mdk, it would behoove you to go to www.linux-mandrake.com and click on "updates" on the left side of the screen. I hope that is a better answer. The link I gave you is an installation article for SBLive drivers. Civileme David Hayes wrote: I do I get and upgrade to kernal 2.2.5? I downloaded the beta drivers for SB Live! and it says that I need kernal 2.2.5 David
Re: [newbie] Procmail
"Thomas J. Hamman" wrote: Could somebody please point me to some documentation for setting up procmail to filter E-mail? The man pages aren't very helpful to someone completely new to filtering with procmail, and I've been following the Procmail Quickstart guide at http://www.ii.com/internet/robots/procmail/qs/ but unfortunately the line it said to put in my .forward file failed me. I set up my .procmailrc and .forward files as directed by the aforementioned quickstart guide. I then tried sending myself a test mail from Pine, and then ran fetchmail (which is properly set up) to try receiving the mail. The test mail, after being retrieved (and deleted from the server), was nowhere to be found on my hard drive. Then I retrieved my mail with XFMail and received a mail with the subject "Returned mail: Service unavailable" which had this in the body: The original message was received at Mon, 18 Oct 1999 21:52:47 -0400 from localhost [127.0.0.1] - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - "|IFS=' ' exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #hawk3" (expanded from: hawk3@localhost) - Transcript of session follows - sh: cannot use in command 554 "|IFS=' ' exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #hawk3"... Service unavailable I assume from that message that there is something wrong with the .forward file which contains this line: "|IFS=' ' exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #hawk3" This is exactly what the Quickstart guide said to use, except that I changed the path to correctly point to where Mandrake installs procmail, and I used my user ID instead of the example's, of course. If there is just a small adjustment I should be making to the .forward file, can someone tell me what it is? On the other hand, if there is other documentation that could give me more useable information on setting up mail filters with procmail, could somebody point me to it? Thanks for any help. -Tom Tom, I think I need to see the line before that one as well. The pipe established on that line has to be from something. Better yet, a copy of the file where it is. I see a shell error being reported which indicates a syntax problem is isolating an '' somehow. One elementary check is to make sure the example line isn't using ` (lowercase of the uppercase ~ key) where you are using ' (lowercase of the uppercase " key) . Civileme
Re: [newbie] Lilo won't recognize my Linux partition.
Ty Mixon wrote: Well, got to playing around again. Found out that I can't use the newest svga server for X-windows. Oh well! Anyhow, the real problem is that I can't get Lilo (via linuxconf or klilo) to recognize that /dev/hdc1 is my root partion. It boots fine from a floppy (albeit slowly). Any ideas? TIA! -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 U how about # cat /etc/lilo.conf mail_to_me Civileme
[newbie] gs printing not centered
i just got my printer setup (easier than i thought!). my only problem is that when i print by means of ghostscript (my printer speaks PCL not PS) the output is printed about 1/8 inch left of center. i tried altering the margins, but it is still the same. i have read up on the ghostscript site and docs, but i think i am too stupid with printer ideas to understand how to fix it. any ideas out there? relevant details: mandrake 6.1, lexmark optra e+ laser printer. the mandrake postscript test page prints 1/8th inch too far to the left. thanks :P
[newbie] terminal related lockups
i know, i have mentioned this before, but i am still having problems. anytime i open a terminal (xterm, gnome-terminal, etc.) from within X, the computer completely locks up and i have to hit reset. if i start the terminal from a virtual terminal (alt+F2) then it runs fine. i am running mandrake 6.1. i didnt have this problem with 6.0. i have reinstalled several packages that seem to be affected, but no luck. it seems like there is a software problem outside of the affected programs that might be causing this. anyone know how i can track down this problem? it is hindering some of my work in linux. please pass the slightest bit of info! thanks! :P ps - is there a quick way to reinstall all of the currently installed packages from the cdrom? i would like to avoid redoing a fresh install.
[newbie] Re: [expert] aic7xxx module
On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, you wrote: Hi We are running 6.0 on a DELL dimension XPS D266 (128 Megs) and sometimes LILO hangs during the following event: Loading aic7xxx module I can boot from the floppy to get around this, it is just annoying. Can anyone tell me what the aic7xxx module is and how I can fix the flakey boot process off the HD. If you do not have an Adaptec SCSI adapter (as someone else mentioned) you can do an "rmmod aic7xx" and that should remove it. You can also check and (manually) remove it from /etc/conf.modules if you don't need/aren't using that SCSI controller. Keep in mind that if you ever DO want to use it, you'll have to manually install the module for that controller. John
