Re: [newbie] Quake2 in Xwin
Thanks everyone who replied to my email. i will try killing gpm and running quake after i have sent this, whats more important than the mouse is getting quake2 to run in X. I changed my init levels to 5 so X starts up at boot and you cant log out into console. when i run quake and it closes my X server it tries to restart X in the background until i quit quake2 then it seg faults and exits. Thanks Again Mr-X- On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Ribbo said: On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 06:02:35AM +0800, Mr-X- said: Hi. I downloaded the RPM of Quake2 from ftp.iinet.net.au and it wont run in ANY window manager under Xwin (KDE, enlightenment, gnome, afterstep), i managed to get it running in console 680x420 with my voodoo2 but the mouse wont work. Iv tried to edit /etc/vga/vgalib.config like it says in the README file but it still will not work, anyone have any ideas ? did you try to turn off GPM ? # ps aux | grep gpm # kill (gpm PID number) -- Rib
Re: [newbie] Essential sys admin tool for us newbies
i was just downloading it as your email arrived heeeh it looks pretty good but as it said on the linuxquake.com review the problem is that if you shoot something like csh your program terminates. anyway, back to the testing! Mr-X- On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Aaron deRozario said: Probably old news to a lot of you, however I came across the following site... http://www.cs.unm.edu/~dlchao/flake/doom/ It seems to me a Doom (or even better Quake2) user-interface is what a cutting-edge Linux distribution needs. I for one think that Mandrake should have a Doom interface for process management and even as a file manager. A 3d interactive desktop, computer navigation as fun as Quake 2, I tell you my Windows mates will be Linux converts faster than you could say Mandrake! Aaron
[newbie] Installing kdelibs on a 486 style machine
For anyone else who has run into the problem with the kdelibs rpm not getting installed properly, and if the previously posted fix methods (using rpm -Uvh kdelibs-1.1.2-4mdk.i586.rpm) does not work, as in reporting that the rpm is for a diferent architecture, then this may work: Boot the machine with the Linux-Mandrake 6.1 instalation boot disk . Proceed through the installer screens until you get to the Install, Updgrade screen. When you get to the screen with the "Install" and"Upgrade" buttons, choose the "Upgrade" button. Proceed through the screens until you get to the one which offers you the chance to edit (customize) the packages which will be updated. This will be a check box. Navigate to it with the TAB key. Select it with the SPACE bar (key). Then navigate to and select the "OK" button. Next you will be presented with packages screen. after the "rebuilding RPM database" message. Navigate to System Environment/Libraries/kdelibs. You can use the UP-ARROW and the DOWN-ARROW keys to navigate between headings, and the SPACE key opens and closes collapsed sub-headings (with the "+" or "-" in the small box at the left). Select the kdelibs package with the SPACE bar, then TAB to "OK", and select it. Continue through the upgrade process, answering the questions as suitable for your system configuration. When you re-start into Linux, in KDE, the icons will work as expected. Please note that I removed the kcmclock RPM package as indicated in other posts to this list previous to trying to install the kdelibs package. There is a conflict between these two packages as indicated in the RPM program error message while the kcmclock package is still installed, when trying to install the kcmclock RPM package. Now that I have the kdelibs package installed properly, I not only get the icons in kfm properly displayed, but I can now run the kmail e-mail reader again. I am using it now! Also, if I have gone into greater detail than anyone needs or wants, please forgive in advance. I do not know if this work-around solution will work on all 486 style machines, but it did on mine. Imagine that, Linux-Mandrake 6.1 running on an AMD x5-133 with a 486 style main board! Ernie
Re: [Re: [newbie] Recompile Problems.]
On 18 Oct 1999, Sean Armstrong wrote: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, you wrote: I have the Mandrake 6.1 withe the 2.2.13-7mdk kernel. My computer has a K5 processor. i recently recompiled the kernel using the following commands: make xconfig make dep make modules make modules_install make install When I go to boot the new kernel, the computer begins to load the kernel and crashes. The following is where my computer crashes at: Partion check: request_module [ide-disk]: Root fs not found hda: driver not present You need 'CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y' in your .config The problem is your ide-disk is a module, and you do not have an initrd. VFS: Cannnot open root device 03:08 Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:08 Fortunately I left my old kernel in lilo.conf so I just rebooted the old kernel. This boots with no problems. I tried to delete the modules from /lib and rerun Make modules_install, but I still get the same hangup when I boot the new kernel. Any ideas? What does your /etc/lilo.conf look like? Here's mine: boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=50 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-15 label=linux root=/dev/hda5 read-only other=/dev/hda1 label=dos table=/dev/hda I suspect the problem is that you don't have anything for the /root= in the new kernel module. IIRC, isn't the K5 a 486-class CPU? I think you're lucky it's working at all! John My LILO.conf reads the similar. Root=/dev/hda8 this is my root partition. I'm wonering if my last command, make install, which I use to automatically install the newly compiled kernel is the reason for the problem. It replaces the system map also. I have some success and some failures when using this command. I have the same version of linux on a dell with a 133Mhz Pentium and it runs slower than my 133Mhz K5. I am very pleased with the K5 chip.(as archaeic as it is) This chip has yet to give me any hassle. I'm not sure if it is a 486 class chip or not. But it is much better than the earlier pentiums. And works wonderfully with every distribution of linux I have tried. No complaints. Anyways, I'm going to try to recompile the kernel again without using the make install command and see if I can manually transfer the kernel and if that solves the problem. I don't really know. Anymore ideas? Thanx, SA Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
[newbie] Harddrive problem
Hi, when I tried to install Mandrake 6.1, it cannot detect any harddrive. I have a 27.3 GB Ultra ATA with ATA 66 controller card. Is this problem due to this type of HD being to new or something and is not supported yet? Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
Re: [newbie] DNS Server for Mandrake?
On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Paul Hoy wrote: Hello, Does anyone know the name of the DNS RPM package that comes with Mandrake? Thanks Paul Hoy bind-8.2.1-8mdk.i586.rpmbind-utils-8.2.1-8mdk.i586.rpm bind-devel-8.2.1-8mdk.i586.rpm caching-nameserver-6.0-3mdk.noarch.rpm -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] DCC
On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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. I've always wondered if those two were compatible. :) let me know how it turns out -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Lilo won't recognize my Linux partition.
On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, 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! dmesg|grep hdc # says? and whats the exact error lilo says -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Installing kdelibs on a 486 style machine
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. wrote: For anyone else who has run into the problem with the kdelibs rpm not getting installed properly, and if the previously posted fix methods (using rpm -Uvh kdelibs-1.1.2-4mdk.i586.rpm) does not work, as in reporting that the rpm is for a diferent architecture, then this may work: Just hack the rpmrc like so arch_compat: i486: i386 i586 arch_compat: osfmach3_i486: i386 osfmach3_i586 buildarch_compat: i486: i386 i586 Boot the machine with the Linux-Mandrake 6.1 instalation boot disk . Proceed through the installer screens until you get to the Install, Updgrade screen. When you get to the screen with the "Install" and"Upgrade" buttons, choose the "Upgrade" button. Proceed through the screens until you get to the one which offers you the chance to edit (customize) the packages which will be updated. This will be a check box. Navigate to it with the TAB key. Select it with the SPACE bar (key). Then navigate to and select the "OK" button. Next you will be presented with packages screen. after the "rebuilding RPM database" message. Navigate to System Environment/Libraries/kdelibs. You can use the UP-ARROW and the DOWN-ARROW keys to navigate between headings, and the SPACE key opens and closes collapsed sub-headings (with the "+" or "-" in the small box at the left). Select the kdelibs package with the SPACE bar, then TAB to "OK", and select it. Continue through the upgrade process, answering the questions as suitable for your system configuration. When you re-start into Linux, in KDE, the icons will work as expected. Please note that I removed the kcmclock RPM package as indicated in other posts to this list previous to trying to install the kdelibs package. There is a conflict between these two packages as indicated in the RPM program error message while the kcmclock package is still installed, when trying to install the kcmclock RPM package. Now that I have the kdelibs package installed properly, I not only get the icons in kfm properly displayed, but I can now run the kmail e-mail reader again. I am using it now! Also, if I have gone into greater detail than anyone needs or wants, please forgive in advance. I do not know if this work-around solution will work on all 486 style machines, but it did on mine. Imagine that, Linux-Mandrake 6.1 running on an AMD x5-133 with a 486 style main board! Ernie -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Quake2 in Xwin
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Seth Gibson wrote: On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, you wrote: did you try to turn off GPM ? # ps aux | grep gpm # kill (gpm PID number) killall gpm should work too i think. . . it has built in kill functions 'gpm -k' also /etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm stop should do it
Re: [newbie] Quake2 in Xwin
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Mr-X- wrote: Thanks everyone who replied to my email. i will try killing gpm and running quake after i have sent this, whats more important than the mouse is getting quake2 to run in X. I changed my init levels to 5 so X starts up at boot and you cant log out into console. when i run quake and it closes my X server it tries to restart X in the background until i quit quake2 then it seg faults and exits. Thanks Again Mr-X- HHave you read that howto yet? are you doing ./quake2 +set vid_ref softx ? On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Ribbo said: On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 06:02:35AM +0800, Mr-X- said: Hi. I downloaded the RPM of Quake2 from ftp.iinet.net.au and it wont run in ANY window manager under Xwin (KDE, enlightenment, gnome, afterstep), i managed to get it running in console 680x420 with my voodoo2 but the mouse wont work. Iv tried to edit /etc/vga/vgalib.config like it says in the README file but it still will not work, anyone have any ideas ? did you try to turn off GPM ? # ps aux | grep gpm # kill (gpm PID number) -- Rib -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Bash and Aliases problem
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, John Aldrich wrote: On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, you wrote: the source command (as in source .bashrc) should run the script and put the changes in to effect with no need to log out. True. However, the only way to be SURE is to log out and then log back in (it's not like it's rebooting or anything G) John not the only way.. su - `whoami` :) -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Installing kdelibs on a 486 style machine
hmm i never thought of doing that.. i just rpm -Uvh --force kdelib* and half the other kde packages like kdebase and it worked fine.. also in Work Station install it doesnt install MandrakeUpdate, i had to find the rpm on the cd and install it myself, and it still doesnt work.. It collects the mirror sites and connects to one but doesnt give any programs to update but i ftp into the mirror and look in the dir it has heaps that i havnt upgraded.. wierd eh? On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. said: For anyone else who has run into the problem with the kdelibs rpm not getting installed properly, and if the previously posted fix methods (using rpm -Uvh kdelibs-1.1.2-4mdk.i586.rpm) does not work, as in reporting that the rpm is for a diferent architecture, then this may work: Boot the machine with the Linux-Mandrake 6.1 instalation boot disk . Proceed through the installer screens until you get to the Install, Updgrade screen. When you get to the screen with the "Install" and"Upgrade" buttons, choose the "Upgrade" button. Proceed through the screens until you get to the one which offers you the chance to edit (customize) the packages which will be updated. This will be a check box. Navigate to it with the TAB key. Select it with the SPACE bar (key). Then navigate to and select the "OK" button. Next you will be presented with packages screen. after the "rebuilding RPM database" message. Navigate to System Environment/Libraries/kdelibs. You can use the UP-ARROW and the DOWN-ARROW keys to navigate between headings, and the SPACE key opens and closes collapsed sub-headings (with the "+" or "-" in the small box at the left). Select the kdelibs package with the SPACE bar, then TAB to "OK", and select it. Continue through the upgrade process, answering the questions as suitable for your system configuration. When you re-start into Linux, in KDE, the icons will work as expected. Please note that I removed the kcmclock RPM package as indicated in other posts to this list previous to trying to install the kdelibs package. There is a conflict between these two packages as indicated in the RPM program error message while the kcmclock package is still installed, when trying to install the kcmclock RPM package. Now that I have the kdelibs package installed properly, I not only get the icons in kfm properly displayed, but I can now run the kmail e-mail reader again. I am using it now! Also, if I have gone into greater detail than anyone needs or wants, please forgive in advance. I do not know if this work-around solution will work on all 486 style machines, but it did on mine. Imagine that, Linux-Mandrake 6.1 running on an AMD x5-133 with a 486 style main board! Ernie
Re: [newbie] Harddrive problem
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Yifan Yu wrote: Hi, when I tried to install Mandrake 6.1, it cannot detect any harddrive. I have a 27.3 GB Ultra ATA with ATA 66 controller card. Is this problem due to this type of HD being to new or something and is not supported yet? Any help would be appreciated, thanks. You need to tell the kernel the is a 3rd and 4th ide controller, because the ide patches were not applyed they were causeing problems with cdrom drives. at the boot prompt enter linux ide2=0xd800 or linux ide2=0xa800 (sorry i thought these were generaly the same, but i've done some checking looking for what i thought was the address for a chip other than the HPT366, but it was the same card with several different addresses :/ ) -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Quake2 in Xwin
i did that and it worked, to get it fullscreen in X (in KDE) i have to set vid mode to 1024 and when i start a game it is incredibly slow and chunky, if i change the driver from X11 to my voodoo2 it does this: --- Loading ref_gl.so --- ref_gl version: GL 0.01 R_SetMode() - CDS not allowed with this driver Initializing OpenGL display ...setting mode 5: 960 720 ref_gl::R_SetMode() - invalid mode Initializing OpenGL display ...setting mode 3: 640 480 ref_gl::R_SetMode() - could not revert to safe mode ref_gl::R_Init() - could not R_SetMode() --- Loading ref_soft.so --- Illegal instruction (core dumped) Is runnin q2 with the X11 driver the _only_ way im gunna get it to work in X? On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Axalon Bloodstone said: On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Mr-X- wrote: Thanks everyone who replied to my email. i will try killing gpm and running quake after i have sent this, whats more important than the mouse is getting quake2 to run in X. I changed my init levels to 5 so X starts up at boot and you cant log out into console. when i run quake and it closes my X server it tries to restart X in the background until i quit quake2 then it seg faults and exits. Thanks Again Mr-X- HHave you read that howto yet? are you doing ./quake2 +set vid_ref softx ? On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Ribbo said: On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 06:02:35AM +0800, Mr-X- said: Hi. I downloaded the RPM of Quake2 from ftp.iinet.net.au and it wont run in ANY window manager under Xwin (KDE, enlightenment, gnome, afterstep), i managed to get it running in console 680x420 with my voodoo2 but the mouse wont work. Iv tried to edit /etc/vga/vgalib.config like it says in the README file but it still will not work, anyone have any ideas ? did you try to turn off GPM ? # ps aux | grep gpm # kill (gpm PID number) -- Rib -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
[newbie] Opera for Linux
If anybody is interested in Opera for Linux, you can go to Opera's homepage at: http://www.opera.com/alt_os.html and check on the status. There are ports for BeOS (currently downloadable in Beta 5 form), Psion/EPOC32, MacOS, Linux, OS/2 and they are working on getting started on Amiga. It doesn't look as though there will be a beta version of the Linux/X11 port anytime soon, so I guess I will keep using Fontastic Netscape, but then again, I do have a BeOS 4.5 CD that needs to be installed :-)
Re: [newbie]
Hello, I'm so new I haven't even loaded Linux; I've never seen a Linux screen and I don't know one command. When you pick yourself up off the floor I have one question. I've decided on Mandrake based on the strength of support. Where do I go to begin to learn the raw basics? My goal is to have a pure Linux box. Thanks, Pj
Re: [newbie] Installing kdelibs on a 486 style machine
Hey Ernie, Linux does things windoze has nightmares over! .. Pj
RE: [newbie] Lilo won't recognize my Linux partition.
You could also go into FDISK once you have the system booted off the floppy and make sure one of the partitions is set as bootable. I ran into the same situation three times when I loaded and reloaded one of my systems with RedHat 5.1 and 5.2. I've not had it happen yet with 6.0 but I've only loaded it on two machines so far. -Trebor -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Axalon Bloodstone Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 5:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Lilo won't recognize my Linux partition. On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, 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! dmesg|grep hdc # says? and whats the exact error lilo says -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Quake2 in Xwin
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Mr-X- wrote: i did that and it worked, to get it fullscreen in X (in KDE) i have to set vid mode to 1024 and when i start a game it is incredibly slow and chunky, if i change the driver from X11 to my voodoo2 it does this: --- Loading ref_gl.so --- ref_gl version: GL 0.01 R_SetMode() - CDS not allowed with this driver Initializing OpenGL display ...setting mode 5: 960 720 ref_gl::R_SetMode() - invalid mode Initializing OpenGL display ...setting mode 3: 640 480 ref_gl::R_SetMode() - could not revert to safe mode ref_gl::R_Init() - could not R_SetMode() --- Loading ref_soft.so --- Illegal instruction (core dumped) Is runnin q2 with the X11 driver the _only_ way im gunna get it to work in X? to work? no should be able to run from svgalib, but gl under X i'm sure is the best graphics. Check the howtos and such from linuxquake and linuxgames i'm sure you will find a solution. I'm a bit busy to test quake2 (as much fun as it sounds : ) On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Axalon Bloodstone said: On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Mr-X- wrote: Thanks everyone who replied to my email. i will try killing gpm and running quake after i have sent this, whats more important than the mouse is getting quake2 to run in X. I changed my init levels to 5 so X starts up at boot and you cant log out into console. when i run quake and it closes my X server it tries to restart X in the background until i quit quake2 then it seg faults and exits. Thanks Again Mr-X- HHave you read that howto yet? are you doing ./quake2 +set vid_ref softx ? On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Ribbo said: On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 06:02:35AM +0800, Mr-X- said: Hi. I downloaded the RPM of Quake2 from ftp.iinet.net.au and it wont run in ANY window manager under Xwin (KDE, enlightenment, gnome, afterstep), i managed to get it running in console 680x420 with my voodoo2 but the mouse wont work. Iv tried to edit /etc/vga/vgalib.config like it says in the README file but it still will not work, anyone have any ideas ? did you try to turn off GPM ? # ps aux | grep gpm # kill (gpm PID number) -- Rib -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] DCC
I am not sure about Linux-Windows95 on PILP. The author od the PLIP HOWTO has specifically mentioned that there have been no successful attempts to do PLIP between a Linux and Win95 box. However, things might have changed since then . On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 03:40:15AM -0600, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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. I've always wondered if those two were compatible. :) let me know how it turns out -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon == E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ No.: 38756924 Demand the establishment of the government in its rightful home at Disneyland. ==
[newbie] gtk libs, not obvious!
Hello everybody, I would like to compile Gzilla (a small graphical web browser) but while configuring it: checking for gtk-config... (cached) no checking for GTK - version = 1.2.0... no *** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found *** If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in *** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the *** full path to gtk-config. configure: warning: Unable to find Gtk+ with a version = 1.2.0 ...so I'm stuck. I installed gtk+-1.2.5-1 (or something like that) and even tried to indicate the path to the gtk libs the following way: #./configure --with-gtk-prefix=/usr/lib but still, it doesn't want to use those libraries and aborts the make procedure with errors 1 and 2. It looks like the configure script only wants to refer to the gtk_config file, which doesn't exist in mdk6.1. I even tried: #setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib but the *setenv* command doesn't exist either. My questions: 1. In what rpm could I find the *setenv* command? 2. How to tell the configure script where my libraries are so that I can compile and use it. Thanks for any help. Martin from Geneva, Switzerland.
Re: [newbie]
Hi, Have you tried : http://www.linux.start.com or better try MandrakeUser.org. The link for this can be found at the linux mandrake home page, which is http://www.linux-mandrake.com Hope this sets you off. Other people from the list will possibly be able to assist you more info. Cheers Bernardo
Re: [newbie] gtk libs, not obvious!
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Martin wrote: Hello everybody, I would like to compile Gzilla (a small graphical web browser) but while configuring it: checking for gtk-config... (cached) no checking for GTK - version = 1.2.0... no *** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found *** If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in *** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the *** full path to gtk-config. configure: warning: Unable to find Gtk+ with a version = 1.2.0 rpm -q gtk+-devel ...so I'm stuck. I installed gtk+-1.2.5-1 (or something like that) and even tried to indicate the path to the gtk libs the following way: #./configure --with-gtk-prefix=/usr/lib but still, it doesn't want to use those libraries and aborts the make procedure with errors 1 and 2. It looks like the configure script only wants to refer to the gtk_config file, which doesn't exist in mdk6.1. I even tried: #setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib but the *setenv* command doesn't exist either. My questions: 1. In what rpm could I find the *setenv* command? 2. How to tell the configure script where my libraries are so that I can compile and use it. Thanks for any help. Martin from Geneva, Switzerland. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Installing kdelibs on a 486 style machine
"Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." wrote: For anyone else who has run into the problem with the kdelibs rpm not getting installed properly, and if the previously posted fix methods (using rpm -Uvh kdelibs-1.1.2-4mdk.i586.rpm) does not work, as in reporting that the rpm is for a diferent architecture, then this may work: Boot the machine with the Linux-Mandrake 6.1 instalation boot disk . Proceed through the installer screens until you get to the Install, Updgrade screen. When you get to the screen with the "Install" and"Upgrade" buttons, choose the "Upgrade" button. Proceed through the screens until you get to the one which offers you the chance to edit (customize) the packages which will be updated. This will be a check box. Navigate to it with the TAB key. Select it with the SPACE bar (key). Then navigate to and select the "OK" button. Next you will be presented with packages screen. after the "rebuilding RPM database" message. Navigate to System Environment/Libraries/kdelibs. You can use the UP-ARROW and the DOWN-ARROW keys to navigate between headings, and the SPACE key opens and closes collapsed sub-headings (with the "+" or "-" in the small box at the left). Select the kdelibs package with the SPACE bar, then TAB to "OK", and select it. Continue through the upgrade process, answering the questions as suitable for your system configuration. When you re-start into Linux, in KDE, the icons will work as expected. Please note that I removed the kcmclock RPM package as indicated in other posts to this list previous to trying to install the kdelibs package. There is a conflict between these two packages as indicated in the RPM program error message while the kcmclock package is still installed, when trying to install the kcmclock RPM package. Now that I have the kdelibs package installed properly, I not only get the icons in kfm properly displayed, but I can now run the kmail e-mail reader again. I am using it now! Also, if I have gone into greater detail than anyone needs or wants, please forgive in advance. I do not know if this work-around solution will work on all 486 style machines, but it did on mine. Imagine that, Linux-Mandrake 6.1 running on an AMD x5-133 with a 486 style main board! Ernie Even easier, use kpackage to remove kcmclock and then install kdelibs with kpackage. This is what I did on my computer. Took all of about one minute. SA
Re[2]: [newbie]
I would say the only real way to learn Linux is to install it and Mandrake 6.1 install is so easy that anybody should be able to do it :-) If you buy the boxed package, you get the manuals and the 6 reference books on CD that you can use and the manuals walk you through the basics of installing and using Linux and so you should be on your way. As it lets you boot up straigt into a GUI environment via KDE, you should be more or less in familiar territory if you've used Windows g i I'm so new I haven't even loaded Linux; I've never seen a Linux screen i and I don't know one command. When you pick yourself up off the floor I i have one question. I've decided on Mandrake based on the strength of i support. Where do I go to begin to learn the raw basics? My goal is to i have a pure Linux box. Fahim
Re: [newbie]
Hi, Well you can start by reading the manual that came with your mandrake (if you got the box set). if you downloaded it or just havnt got a manual you can pick up some realy good linux newbie books at your local library or you can buy better ones at a book shop depending on how much you want to spend. You can also get text documentation on the internet like www.linux.org and www.redhat.com (redhat has a whole ftp full of how-to doc's). i baught the box'd set of "The complete LINUX Operating System 6.5" which came with Mandrake 6.1 and the books "Teach yourself KDE 1.1 in 24 hours", "Teach yourself GIMP in 24 hours", "Teach yourself Linux in 24 hours", "Linux Unleashed 6" and "Using Linux - special edition" all included on the cdrom. I hope that helps you in someway. Mr-X- On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, ibi said: Hello, I'm so new I haven't even loaded Linux; I've never seen a Linux screen and I don't know one command. When you pick yourself up off the floor I have one question. I've decided on Mandrake based on the strength of support. Where do I go to begin to learn the raw basics? My goal is to have a pure Linux box. Thanks, Pj
Re: [newbie]
ibi wrote: Hello, I'm so new I haven't even loaded Linux; I've never seen a Linux screen and I don't know one command. When you pick yourself up off the floor I have one question. I've decided on Mandrake based on the strength of support. Where do I go to begin to learn the raw basics? My goal is to have a pure Linux box. Thanks, Pj Go to the nearest computer, login to the internet, visit http://www.cheapbytes.com or http://www.linuxmall.com and pick up a disk. Just load and have fun. There is no substitute for making mistakes (oops, I mean experience) 8-). Don't expect to become an expert except for reinstallation but that's part of the fun. You could spend a fortune buying books but I wouldn't recommend that yet until you've got an idea what you want to do with your new-found freedom from M$-ware. Many people recommend ORieley books but I find them a little intimidating for a novice, you might wish to consider a Dummies book as a place to start your soon to be expanding Linux library. After that start looking at http://www.mandrakeuser.org for good basics. I have also found good info regarding the file structure at http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.0/fhs-toc.html and http://www.infocom.cqu.edu.au/Units/aut99/85321/Resources/Print_Resources/Textbook/chap4/index.html. Just a start and I'm sure others will add to this but I gotta go ( go figure, work actually wants me to DO something other than play here ). Good luck and feel free to ask questions, that's why every one's here. Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Bash and Aliases problem
You do not need to logout and log backin to make new alias's in a .bachrc file take affect. Just use "source .bashrc". This is a UNIX command to execute a script file. From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Bash and Aliases problem Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 15:38:52 -0400 On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, you wrote: Hi everyone: I am trying to set up some aliases for frequently used commands. I have tried adding them to ~/.bashrc and /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc, but have not had any luck in getting bash to recognize the aliases. Would there be any reason at all that my ~/.bashrc would not get read by bash. Does anyone have any ideas as to what I am doing wrong here?? Have you tried ~/.bash_profile so that when you use a Konsole window, it'll read those? Also, have you logged out and logged back into the system (no need to reboot, just log out and log back in) to get it to re-read the ~/.bashrc??? John __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] DNS Server for Mandrake?
Thanks Ax ... once again :) Paul Hoy On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote: On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Paul Hoy wrote: Hello, Does anyone know the name of the DNS RPM package that comes with Mandrake? Thanks Paul Hoy bind-8.2.1-8mdk.i586.rpmbind-utils-8.2.1-8mdk.i586.rpm bind-devel-8.2.1-8mdk.i586.rpm caching-nameserver-6.0-3mdk.noarch.rpm -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Quake2 in Xwin
On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 07:41:00PM +0800, Mr-X- said: Is runnin q2 with the X11 driver the _only_ way im gunna get it to work in X? Hi, Quake2 running just fine with my old voodoo graphic. i just follow the README steps, and Quake-HOWTO. remember to remove /baseq2/config.cfg everytime you change the setting. ones it running well for you, copy it to autoexec.cfg. -- Rib
Re: [newbie] Procmail
On Thu, Oct 21, 1999 at 10:38:28PM -0400, Thomas J. Hamman said: Indeed my .procmailrc was group writable... I did a chmod 644 and bam it works. Go figure. glad you made it... so which will you using then, postfix or sendmail? with or without .forward? more things to consider, you should try Fetchpop, its faster than fetchmail, but cant handle multiple email-account like fetchmail does. try Mutt instead of PINE. Since i use Mutt (with vim) i never want to use another mail-client again. dont forget to use transparent Aterm/Eterm if you want to read from X :) have a good weekend -- Rib
Re: [newbie]
Rather than spend a fortune buying books, head over to; http://www.informit.com/ They currently have in their range three Linux books, which you can read online, completely free. Go through them and see what you think. They also do have lots of other books for all sorts of computer related stuff, highly recommended. Simon - Original Message - From: Joseph S. Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 2:30 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] ibi wrote: Hello, I'm so new I haven't even loaded Linux; I've never seen a Linux screen and I don't know one command. When you pick yourself up off the floor I have one question. I've decided on Mandrake based on the strength of support. Where do I go to begin to learn the raw basics? My goal is to have a pure Linux box. Thanks, Pj Go to the nearest computer, login to the internet, visit http://www.cheapbytes.com or http://www.linuxmall.com and pick up a disk. Just load and have fun. There is no substitute for making mistakes (oops, I mean experience) 8-). Don't expect to become an expert except for reinstallation but that's part of the fun. You could spend a fortune buying books but I wouldn't recommend that yet until you've got an idea what you want to do with your new-found freedom from M$-ware. Many people recommend ORieley books but I find them a little intimidating for a novice, you might wish to consider a Dummies book as a place to start your soon to be expanding Linux library. After that start looking at http://www.mandrakeuser.org for good basics. I have also found good info regarding the file structure at http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.0/fhs-toc.html and http://www.infocom.cqu.edu.au/Units/aut99/85321/Resources/Print_Resources/Te xtbook/chap4/index.html. Just a start and I'm sure others will add to this but I gotta go ( go figure, work actually wants me to DO something other than play here ). Good luck and feel free to ask questions, that's why every one's here. Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] SB AWE64 install
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote: Hi, i'm new to this, can anyone tell me how to make my soundcard work in linux? type "man sndconfig" from a console prompt. Also i have a T-1 line, and i put in all the ip adresses, subnet etc etc. but it does not go online. does anyone have a idea how to fix this?? Dunno. What kinda router do you have? Here at the ISP where I work, we usually use Ascend/Lucent Pipeline routers for jobs like this. John
[newbie] Fastest Download Site
What is the fastest site where I can download Linux Mandrake 6.1 (Helios)? I'm on a T1. Thanks, Eddie
Re: [newbie] GREP
I usually use grep to search either files or command output for string ocurrences. Ex. grep "bryanm" user.txt result would return the contents of any line that contained bryanm in a file called user.txt and dump the results to a file called result leave result off to dump to screen You can do many things with it. The man page, IMOHO, is all lecture with little practical application. The best source I have found on most *nix commands is Unix Unleashed. Hope this bit of rambling points you in the right direction. Bryan "Shannon M. Johnston" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 10/22/99 12:04:30 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject: [newbie] GREP Does anybody know what the grep command do?
Re: [[newbie] Delayed Messages]
It could be that your ISP does timed MAIL dumps to allow faster normal surfing instead of "sending" mail to the 'Net when you click SEND... Mr-X- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI all.. when ever i send an email to the list it takes atleast 15 mins to half an hour for me to recieve it back from the list.. i dont know if this is a problem with my email client (Kmail) or maybe the list script has a timer to send the messages... anyone know ? Mr-X- Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [[newbie] Delayed Messages]
It could be that your ISP does timed MAIL dumps to allow faster normal surfing instead of "sending" mail to the 'Net when you click SEND... Mr-X- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI all.. when ever i send an email to the list it takes atleast 15 mins to half an hour for me to recieve it back from the list.. i dont know if this is a problem with my email client (Kmail) or maybe the list script has a timer to send the messages... anyone know ? Mr-X- Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
[newbie] Test, please ignore
;-)
[newbie] Well I'm back in the saddle again
Thanks for the help guys and gals. I appreciate it. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] Fastest Download Site
Dear Eduardo: From my experience, the download site that is most consistently fast for T1 (ADSL in my case) in the U.S.A. is ftp.rpmfind.net. (Directory: /linux/Mandrake/6.1) Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
[newbie] Deleting URLS in Netscape -- Solved!
Dear friends: The answer, I am embarrassed to say, is simply to close down Netscape and relaunch it. All of the old URL's disappear and you begin with a new slate. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] Fastest Download Site
ummm if your on a T1 you should just be able to download from any of the mandrake mirros cause they wouldnt be any slower than cable/T1 either On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Eduardo Jimenez said: What is the fastest site where I can download Linux Mandrake 6.1 (Helios)? I'm on a T1. Thanks, Eddie
Re: [newbie]
Thank you all for the suggestions. I did purchase the Linux 3rd Ed Complete Reference Manual which seems straight forward enough. Now, all I need to do is read it. Maybe. :-) Thanks again.
Re: [newbie] Bash and Aliases problem
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote: not the only way.. su - `whoami` Wierd...it gives me an "invalid option --w" Is it supposed to? John
Re: [newbie] Delayed Messages
It also might be your ISP. I have two. One uses Linux and has great mail response time. The other sux. .. Pj
[newbie] X-Windows Font Server Problem
Steve Philp wrote:
Arcana wrote:
This specifically deals with KDE.
I can't start it up. Here are the messages:
/**
{all sorts of graphics card startup stuff}
(--) Mach64: Font cache: 0 fonts
_FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1'
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
giving up
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno3): Server error
/**
Obviously, it has something to do with the fonts! Maybe I'm missing
some?
You're not missing any, it's just that the font server isn't running.
You can start it with:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start
and configure it to always start with:
chkconfig xfs on
I type in /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start, and it says, "Starting X
Font
Server, OK", but when I type "startx", I still get the same error (as
root):
/**
{all sorts of graphics card startup stuff}
(--) Mach64: Font cache: 0 fonts
_FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1'
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
giving up
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno3): Server error
/**
When I type "startx" as a regular user, I get the message:
"authentication failed
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
giving up
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): Unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error
On boot, it says that the X Font Server starts up okay. Do you
have
any diagnosis?
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Re: [newbie] GREP
On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 10:04:30AM -0600, Shannon M. Johnston said: Does anybody know what the grep command do? $ man grep ... DESCRIPTION Grep searches the named input files (or standard input if no files are named, or the file name - is given) for lines containing a match to the given pattern. By default, grep prints the matching lines. -- Rib
Re: [newbie] Fastest Download Site
Eduardo Jimenez wrote: What is the fastest site where I can download Linux Mandrake 6.1 (Helios)? I'm on a T1. Thanks, Eddie --- it depends on what continent you are... and on the servers' trafic on the way to the download site. I tried some of them in Europe from the University of Geneva and ftp.sunet.se appeared the fastest with an average of 100kb/sec. Martin from Geneva. P.S. It would be easier to get the CD by asking someone living not too far from your place :)
[newbie] I really screwed up
I modified the startup script for mysql and now it hangs during the machine bootup. I tried using my Mandrake startup disk I created during installation, but it just gets to the same point and hangs (apparently loads the same init scripts). What do I do now? Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
Re: [newbie] GREP
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote: Does anybody know what the grep command do? Searches, essentially. For example, type the following at a command prompt: rpm -qa | grep sendmail that will show you all the packages you have installed which have "sendmail" as part of their name. Or you can try "cat somefilename | grep something" and that will search a specific file (typically a log file) for all occurrances of whatever you're requesting and print 'em all out for you on the screen. It's a very handy utility. :-) John
Re: [newbie] Delayed Messages
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote: HI all.. when ever i send an email to the list it takes atleast 15 mins to half an hour for me to recieve it back from the list.. i dont know if this is a problem with my email client (Kmail) or maybe the list script has a timer to send the messages... anyone know ? Hey, consider yourself lucky. The "generic" newbie list @ rutgers.edu sometimes took nearly a full week!!! :-) Seriously, it probably just took a few minutes for the list server to process your message and resend it. :-) John
Re: [newbie] GREP
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote: Does anybody know what the grep command do? For more detail type "man grep" (minus quotes) at the command prompt. :-) John
[newbie] I really screwed up- part two
I realized that when using the startup disk without a command it was loading from my regular hard disk. However, when I used the rescue mode, I got a kernel panic stating it couldn't find init. I really would appreciate some help on this!! Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
[newbie] .Xauthority error -- (repost -- please help)
I'm getting the following error message when I startx as a normal user (Everything works fine as root): "xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/scott/.Xauthority" I've tried removing and replacing the .Xauthority file in my home directory and it makes no difference. I read the man pages on xauth, but whenever I try to use any of the xauth commands, I get the same error message. I also searched the list archives and came up with nothing useful. This problem started after I deleted the 128-bit version of Netscape and installed the Mandrake 6.0 update 4.61 Netscape RPMs. I'm running Mandrake 6.0 with all updates installed. In addition, I upgraded KDE to 1.1.2 using the RPMs from 6.1. Everything was working fine until I uninstalled and reinstalled Netscape, although I don't understand how this could be connected to Xauth. Can someone please tell me how to fix this? TIA Scott Miller
Re: [newbie] [sphilp: BUG: 6.1 -- chkfontpath, portmap]
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's the second bug report I mailed last night. I haven't seen it hit the mailing lists, so I'm forwarding it back in. My apologies if it made it the first time and I missed it. Sorry steve (and all) i'm a busy boy as u might assume, and am still catching up with yesterdays things TODO. The portmap problem, the uninstall script fails (the files are already deleted) Yup, files are deleted. It's just the RPM database information that doesn't get purged out. The chkfontpath, i haven't the foggiest clue off hand. shall i assume it happens with all paths and not just SO? (that is SO from where? just in case : ) It happens with all fonts. Try installing then removing one of the XFree86 font packages and you'll see the segfault. The SO is from the MacMillan 6.5 Deluxe CD3. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Bash and Aliases problem
John Aldrich wrote: On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote: not the only way.. su - `whoami` Wierd...it gives me an "invalid option --w" Is it supposed to? John If you put the quotes backwards it will. You're looking for the ones next to the '1'. :) -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Device Drivers
Does Linux Mandrake 6.1 (Helios) support the SoundBlaster Live sound card and the Diamond Viper 550 video card. Where can I find the drivers for Linux.
Re: [newbie] Harddrive problem
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Yifan Yu wrote: Hi, when I tried to install Mandrake 6.1, it cannot detect any harddrive. I have a 27.3 GB Ultra ATA with ATA 66 controller card. Is this problem due to this type of HD being to new or something and is not supported yet? Any help would be appreciated, thanks. You need to tell the kernel the is a 3rd and 4th ide controller, because the ide patches were not applyed they were causeing problems with cdrom drives. at the boot prompt enter linux ide2=0xd800 or linux ide2=0xa800 (sorry i thought these were generaly the same, but i've done some checking looking for what i thought was the address for a chip other than the HPT366, but it was the same card with several different addresses :/ ) Be careful on those addresses! Those don't match what I've got here... I've got ide2=0xd800,0xdc02,11 -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] gtk libs, not obvious!
Martin wrote: Hello everybody, I would like to compile Gzilla (a small graphical web browser) but while configuring it: checking for gtk-config... (cached) no checking for GTK - version = 1.2.0... no *** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found *** If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in *** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the *** full path to gtk-config. configure: warning: Unable to find Gtk+ with a version = 1.2.0 ...so I'm stuck. I installed gtk+-1.2.5-1 (or something like that) and even tried to indicate the path to the gtk libs the following way: You need to install the -devel package for the gtk+. #./configure --with-gtk-prefix=/usr/lib but still, it doesn't want to use those libraries and aborts the make procedure with errors 1 and 2. It looks like the configure script only wants to refer to the gtk_config file, which doesn't exist in mdk6.1. I even tried: #setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib but the *setenv* command doesn't exist either. Probably because you're using /bin/bash and it's a /bin/csh command. My questions: 1. In what rpm could I find the *setenv* command? tcsh. 2. How to tell the configure script where my libraries are so that I can compile and use it. Install the -devel package and you'll probably be set! -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] I really screwed up
Eric Mings wrote: I modified the startup script for mysql and now it hangs during the machine bootup. I tried using my Mandrake startup disk I created during installation, but it just gets to the same point and hangs (apparently loads the same init scripts). What do I do now? Boot into single user mode so you can edit the script. At the LILO prompt use: linux s -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] tnt nvidia 32mg?
I am trying to install Mandrake 6.0 on my brothers machine. He has the tnt nvidia 32mg video card. During install linux recognized the video card but had problems with the ram. The probe did not work. It said unable to detect ram. It kept wanting us to retry. Is there any way to get it to work with the card? Has anyone had luck with this card? Thanks D Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Fastest Download Site
If you are still running Windows, download a program called Go!Zilla. It's a download manager that will search thru FTP sites to find the fastest server. It will start downloading when you click the "download" button. If the download starts to slow down, Go!Zilla will automatically switch to a faster server. **On a 56K connection, I was able to download at 48K using Go!Zilla. HTH, Matt From: Eduardo Jimenez [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Linux Support (E-mail)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Fastest Download Site Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 12:31:23 -0500 What is the fastest site where I can download Linux Mandrake 6.1 (Helios)? I'm on a T1. Thanks, Eddie __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
RE: [newbie]
Suggest you head on over to my web page lots of good links for newbies Jeanette http://www.stormloader.com/jrusso2/index.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mr-X- Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 6:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, ibi said: Hello, I'm so new I haven't even loaded Linux; I've never seen a Linux screen and I don't know one command. When you pick yourself up off the floor I have one question. I've decided on Mandrake based on the strength of support. Where do I go to begin to learn the raw basics? My goal is to have a pure Linux box. Thanks, Pj
Re: [newbie] Symbolic links between Netscape inbox files in Linux and DOS
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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. Well, it does seem to work. I've created the same directory structure in Linux Netscape(LNS) as I had in Windows Netscape (WNS) so that I had the right number of Subfolders in each. Taking the 'Unsent Messages' folder as an example, using Midnight Commander, I deleted the LNS file ~/nsmail/Unsent Messages and created a symlink, again using MC, by selecting the equivelent file from WNS directory and using the Symlink command. Then, going back into LNS and selecting the Unsent Message folder the messages originally created under Windows appear. I have not created symlinks for the WNS .snb files, which may be the equivelent to LNS *.summery files. I can't figure out for sure how important they are, but currently seem to be big and worthless. They may have some effect on the linking of follow-up messages, but even this seems to be already working in LNS, so I don't really know. I look forward to now hearing all the reasons why I shouldn't have made these symlinks ;-)
[newbie] nVidia drivers here:
In RPM files they can be found on the Mesa ftp site: ftp://ftp.mesa3d.org/mesa/misc/nVidia General info can be found at nVidia's website: http://www.nvidia.com/Products.nsf/htmlmedia/software_drivers.html -- 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 xscreensaver. . .random garbage goes in and sometimes, beautiful things come out."
Re: [newbie] Bash and Aliases problem
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote: If you put the quotes backwards it will. You're looking for the ones next to the '1'. :) Ahh...Ok. :-) The way it appeared on my screen at work was the one next to the 'enter' key. :-) John
Re: [newbie] Bash and Aliases problem
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote: John Aldrich wrote: On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote: not the only way.. su - `whoami` Wierd...it gives me an "invalid option --w" Is it supposed to? John If you put the quotes backwards it will. You're looking for the ones next to the '1'. :) Hmm...interesting. :-) It works...if you put two dashes after the "su" instead of the single dash and use the correct quotes. :-) John
Re: [newbie] tnt nvidia 32mg?
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote: I am trying to install Mandrake 6.0 on my brothers machine. He has the tnt nvidia 32mg video card. During install linux recognized the video card but had problems with the ram. The probe did not work. It said unable to detect ram. It kept wanting us to retry. Is there any way to get it to work with the card? Has anyone had luck with this card? Sure..don't probe. Just tell it how much RAM there is on the card. :-) That's all you should have to do. I believe if you tell the X setup program NOT to probe, it'll ask how much RAM you have. John
Re: [newbie] GREP
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Shannon M. Johnston wrote: Does anybody know what the grep command do? grep = Global Regular Expression Processor $ grep dog filename will spew out every line in filename which contains the string "dog" Read through the docs for grep and egrep, then get the O'Rielly book. Understanding this stuff will be the most useful thing you'll ever learn about Linux/Unix. (I've been doing this since '87, and I've learned a lot of useful and useless stuff.) MB
Re: [newbie]
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, ibi wrote: Hello, I'm so new I haven't even loaded Linux; I've never seen a Linux screen and I don't know one command. When you pick yourself up off the floor I have one question. I've decided on Mandrake based on the strength of support. Where do I go to begin to learn the raw basics? My goal is to have a pure Linux box. Thanks, Pj --Well, you've come to the right place. This list is chock full of people who can help you. One thing I'd suggest is, at least at first, go for a dual boot setup. Don't trash you Win95 untill you're really strong in Linux. It's not the easiest learning curve around. But, once you get a handle on it, I'm sure you'll love it. I know I do. David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry" *Confirmed Linux Newbie* **I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe.**
[newbie] tgz files
Are tgz files the same as tar.gz files? If not how do I decompress them? Thanks
Re: [newbie] Fastest Download Site
I hate to say this, download speed does not improve by using Go!Zilla, GoZilla finds the fatest site and goes there and that's why its fast. You can also pop up ftp and go there and you'll even get the same speed. - Original Message - From: M Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Fastest Download Site If you are still running Windows, download a program called Go!Zilla. It's a download manager that will search thru FTP sites to find the fastest server. It will start downloading when you click the "download" button. If the download starts to slow down, Go!Zilla will automatically switch to a faster server. **On a 56K connection, I was able to download at 48K using Go!Zilla. HTH, Matt From: Eduardo Jimenez [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Linux Support (E-mail)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Fastest Download Site Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 12:31:23 -0500 What is the fastest site where I can download Linux Mandrake 6.1 (Helios)? I'm on a T1. Thanks, Eddie __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [[newbie] Delayed Messages]
Jaguar wrote: It could be that your ISP does timed MAIL dumps to allow faster normal surfing instead of "sending" mail to the 'Net when you click SEND... If that's the case, I'd dump the ISP. Or at least install a MTA on my local machine so I can do the instant deliveries myself. Mr-X- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI all.. when ever i send an email to the list it takes atleast 15 mins to half an hour for me to recieve it back from the list.. i dont know if this is a problem with my email client (Kmail) or maybe the list script has a timer to send the messages... anyone know ? -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Lilo
To whom it may concern, I am running windows 98 on my machine with a 8 gb hard disk. I used fips to create a new partition (2 gb). Now my set up is 6gb and 2gb. I used disk druid to delte that partition and create two more the size of 1872 mb (linux native) and 128 mb (swap). I recently tried to install linux mandrake 6.1 but failed. When prompted if i would like to create a boot disk, i said yes but an error message came up that asked if wanted to go to the previous step, retry, or go into the install menu. I hit retry several times and used different floppies but i kept getting the same error. I decided to move on. when trying to set up lilo, i recieved the same error again, no matter what i set as the default os and no matter which partition i decided to set up lilo on (linux native or master boot record). Does any body have any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Jas
[newbie] Lilo
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 18:42:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Jaswinder S. Ahluwalia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Lilo To whom it may concern, I am running windows 98 on my machine with a 8 gb hard disk. I used fips to create a new partition (2 gb). Now my set up is 6gb and 2gb. I used disk druid to delte that partition and create two more the size of 1872 mb (linux native) and 128 mb (swap). I recently tried to install linux mandrake 6.1 but failed. When prompted if i would like to create a boot disk, i said yes but an error message came up that asked if wanted to go to the previous step, retry, or go into the install menu. I hit retry several times and used different floppies but i kept getting the same error. I decided to move on. when trying to set up lilo, i recieved the same error again, no matter what i set as the default os and no matter which partition i decided to set up lilo on (linux native or master boot record). Does any body have any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Jas
[newbie] Postfix mail will not deliver locally, will not error back
I switched from RH 5.1 to Mandrake 6, then 6.1, each a clean install. under RH, sendmail seemed ok, but there were numerous hacks and bugs reported for RH5.1 so I decided to upgrade. The first time I used mandrake 6, with Postfix, it seemed like all was well and running fine however, I started getting messages from friends that they were not getting mail to me or responses from me. I went through and manually configured all the options in postfix (the ones it supposedly figures out) and the problem got worse, then worse still so that I could not mail from one user to another ON the machine, and relays from one user to another didn't work either, along with sometimes getting mail, sometimes not. I wiped reinstalled, and the problem wasn't much different. I can relay through my box, the intent I wanted, but I can not receive mail on the machine. I finally received a little help from weise (maker of postfix) that at least showed me there were mail errors... postfix/local[3606]: fatal: open database /etc/postfix/aliases.db: No such file or directory of course the message is kindof false. the aliases are there... however I found that when I added new aliases, the "Newaliases" command would not operate on /etc/postfix/aliases, but instead operated on /etc/aliases. No problem I thought... Change Main.cf (postfix config file) and tell it the file is actually in /etc right?? wrong... different error (don't have it at this time) but it said it was an incompatible format or something similar to it, with a .dbm extension mentioned. Anyway.. I'm trying to install RH6.1 now to see if there is any difference. Has anyone had this kind of problem? Local Mail fails to deliver. NO Error messages returned for unknown users at my computer's domain name Oh... but after I had reloaded (when I gave up on my first attempt to manually fix) I could send locally, but not from OUTSIDE into users. So if I logged into my box, opened PINE and sent a message to someone else on the system, they WOULD get the message. so delivery out bound (either from a user directly logged onto the machine, or via relays) no problem.. In bound, no delivery all the emails just stack up in the deferred folder. help...
Re: [newbie] tgz files
On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 06:16:51PM -0700, Eric L. Damron wrote: Are tgz files the same as tar.gz files? If not how do I decompress them? They're exactly the same, just named to be compatible with yucky "legacy" operating systems. :) -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Re: [newbie] tnt nvidia 32mg?]
Already tried not to probe and checked the 8mb or more selection but still had problems. Has anyone else got the tnt nvidia to work with mandrake 6.0 Thanks D John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote: I am trying to install Mandrake 6.0 on my brothers machine. He has the tnt nvidia 32mg video card. During install linux recognized the video card but had problems with the ram. The probe did not work. It said unable to detect ram. It kept wanting us to retry. Is there any way to get it to work with the card? Has anyone had luck with this card? Sure..don't probe. Just tell it how much RAM there is on the card. :-) That's all you should have to do. I believe if you tell the X setup program NOT to probe, it'll ask how much RAM you have. John Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
[newbie] Lilo
First off, i apologize if you are reading this message for the second or even third time, but i keep getting an error reply saying that the mail was not delivered. To whom it may concern, I am running windows 98 on my machine with a 8 gb hard disk. I used fips to create a new partition (2 gb). Now my set up is 6gb and 2gb. I used disk druid to delte that partition and create two more the size of 1872 mb (linux native) and 128 mb (swap). I recently tried to install linux mandrake 6.1 but failed. When prompted if i would like to create a boot disk, i said yes but an error message came up that asked if wanted to go to the previous step, retry, or go into the install menu. I hit retry several times and used different floppies but i kept getting the same error. I decided to move on. when trying to set up lilo, i recieved the same error again, no matter what i set as the default os and no matter which partition i decided to set up lilo on (linux native or master boot record). Does any body have any suggestions? Thanks, jas
Re: [newbie] Device Drivers
try downloading OSS from www.opensound.com, it supports well over 100 more sound cards than the normal sndconfig does. the only problem is its a 3 hour trial so you gotta find a crack or buy it heeeh. On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Eduardo Jimenez said: Does Linux Mandrake 6.1 (Helios) support the SoundBlaster Live sound card and the Diamond Viper 550 video card. Where can I find the drivers for Linux.
Re: [newbie] Fastest Download Site
Hmm i remember using gozilla ages ago.. think it would be compatible with wine ? On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, M Thompson said: If you are still running Windows, download a program called Go!Zilla. It's a download manager that will search thru FTP sites to find the fastest server. It will start downloading when you click the "download" button. If the download starts to slow down, Go!Zilla will automatically switch to a faster server. **On a 56K connection, I was able to download at 48K using Go!Zilla. HTH, Matt From: Eduardo Jimenez [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Linux Support (E-mail)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Fastest Download Site Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 12:31:23 -0500 What is the fastest site where I can download Linux Mandrake 6.1 (Helios)? I'm on a T1. Thanks, Eddie __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
RE: [newbie] tgz files
Yes, they are the same. It was just someone's shorthand instead of typing the full ".tar.gz" :o) R.'Trebor' Groves Network Technician, HarvardNet -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eric L. Damron Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 9:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] tgz files Are tgz files the same as tar.gz files? If not how do I decompress them? Thanks
RE: [newbie] Lilo
it is possible that your partitions are set in such a way that your Linux partitions are above the 1024 cylinder limit? it sounds likely, if you bought one of the retail versions of Mandrake, see if it has Partition Magic SE (special edition because they limit the size and number of partitions that you may create). With Partition Magic SE, you could create a 1.5gig partition, it would defragment and MOVE your data so that there is a slice of free space at the beginning of the drive for the boot and lilo. at least that's what it did on my laptop 8 gig drive. R.'Trebor' Groves Network Technician, HarvardNet -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jaswinder S. Ahluwalia Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 9:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Lilo To whom it may concern, I am running windows 98 on my machine with a 8 gb hard disk. I used fips to create a new partition (2 gb). Now my set up is 6gb and 2gb. I used disk druid to delte that partition and create two more the size of 1872 mb (linux native) and 128 mb (swap). I recently tried to install linux mandrake 6.1 but failed. When prompted if i would like to create a boot disk, i said yes but an error message came up that asked if wanted to go to the previous step, retry, or go into the install menu. I hit retry several times and used different floppies but i kept getting the same error. I decided to move on. when trying to set up lilo, i recieved the same error again, no matter what i set as the default os and no matter which partition i decided to set up lilo on (linux native or master boot record). Does any body have any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Jas
Re: [newbie] [sphilp: BUG: 6.1 -- chkfontpath, portmap]
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's the second bug report I mailed last night. I haven't seen it hit the mailing lists, so I'm forwarding it back in. My apologies if it made it the first time and I missed it. Sorry steve (and all) i'm a busy boy as u might assume, and am still catching up with yesterdays things TODO. The portmap problem, the uninstall script fails (the files are already deleted) The chkfontpath, i haven't the foggiest clue off hand. shall i assume it happens with all paths and not just SO? (that is SO from where? just in case : ) -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
