Re: [newbie] mirroring
If you download the raidtool090 latest software RAID package, it won't work. Someone from mailing archive said that you have to patch it by raid145. But I still cannot figure out the file format of raid145, it is neither a rpm nor tar (after gzip -d) file. Anyone comment? Ken -- > Hello all!! > > do any of you know where I could get some mirror software for linux? > I would like to mirror my internal 4 scsi 9gb's to 4 external 9gb's. (maybe a > raid package where I could do raid 10 w/stripeing??) The raidtools package should contain what you need. -- Steve Philp ___ Get your hongkong.com freemail at http://www.hongkong.com Free newsletters center at http://post4u.hongkong.com
[newbie] NumLock Key - On As Default - How?
How do you get the NumLock Key to come on automatically upon reboot? Seve
Re: [newbie] Monitor and Video Card configuation problems...
Hmmm Just ran Xconfigurator & xf86config - xf86config gave me a bigtime crash as I didn't comment out the 16 bit VGA modes (HEE..) Xconfigurator *did* give me an option to custom configure my monitor (right at the top of the list),but Steve is right, it only gives you 4 options for hsync. works o.k. for me. Just don't choose an option higher than your monitor can do. I'd reccommend using Xconfigurator, rather than xf86config, & SiS chipsets can't use XF86Setup -Warren.
Re: [newbie] SiS 6326 AGP
you have to download X-server for SiS from SuSe website and don't use XSVGA. I also recommend you download and install XFree86-3.3.5. in case you will be unable to download XSIS, reply me via email and i'll send you this file as attachment. >please help me, I can not make this card work fine in graphical >environment (I'm novice), I mean I hope look kde like windows but I >can't read the little words of the icons and the pop up menu leaves a >shadow after use it. /Slava __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] plugger's not cooperating
I tried to install plugger under netscape 4.61 (libc5 version of both). I first tried the rpm and it appeared to install fine but then whenever I went to a page with audio files, netscape would die. Since then I have uninstalled the rpm, installed the tarball by placing the plugger.so and pluggerrc files in the right places (specified in the README file), upgraded to netscape 4.7 and reinstalled plugger, first in my user's home dir and then globally and netscape still dies. This is even worse than not having any sound. I got plugger working fine when I had LM6.0, I'm not sure what, if anything, I did then that I'm not doing now. Any ideas? DvB
Re: [newbie] plugger's not cooperating
David van Balen wrote: > > I tried to install plugger under netscape 4.61 (libc5 version of both). > I first tried the rpm and it appeared to install fine but then whenever I > went to a page with audio files, netscape would die. > Since then I have uninstalled the rpm, installed the tarball by placing > the plugger.so and pluggerrc files in the right places (specified in the > README file), upgraded to netscape 4.7 and reinstalled plugger, first in > my user's home dir and then globally and netscape still dies. This is even > worse than not having any sound. > I got plugger working fine when I had LM6.0, I'm not sure what, if > anything, I did then that I'm not doing now. Any ideas? > > DvB I've had the exact same results with plugger.. Obviously I'm ( we're ) doing something wrong.. I since marked it as a no no.. If anyone has any info as to how to make this work without crashing netscape it would be greatly appreciated.. I find it easier and better just to go into netscape and edit the apps to call a program to handle the task.. Alan -- == [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) running Linux Mandrake 6.1 and/or BeOS.
Re: [newbie] Re: your mail
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote: > On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > Thanks. > > I have a static ip from my isp already. allowing port 80 access will be no > > problem, as I am going to set up another pc just for the purpose of hosting my > > web site, on the world side of the firewall, this way there will be little > > chance of someone getting into my home lan. At least I think this will work. > > What do you think? > > Do I still need my isp for basic internet access, or is > > there a way for me to get that access without the isp? > > > Have you got several thousand dollars a month for a T1 from > AT&T, MCI or Sprint? ;-) Seriously, it's a LOT of > work...unless you're going to have someone host your site > for you (there are free website hosting places --yahoo, > TheGlobe.com, etc) which will host your site for the price > of you allowing them to place a banner ad or two on your > site (typically a "pop-up" window.) > John I was just curious mostly about what it would require to go isp-less. So it's basically out of the question for the average user looking to host his own site. I may have found a way to do it, but with a twist. A site called myinternet.com has a forwarding service that allows one to host a web site at home. I haven't checked the detail yet, though. chip
[newbie] Netscape, on and off
When I try to get up Netscape, it flashes on and then off again. This is happening only as of tonight and I'm baffled by it. How can I get Netscape to come up and stay on until I want to close it? Any pointers would help Thanks, Richard
Re: [newbie] gnome freezes
Miguel Rodriguez wrote: > > I want to know what packages did you use in order to update your gnome version? > ftp.gurulabs.com The latest version. > Are you using Mandrake 6.1? > Yes. > I am really interested on installing Octuber Gnome on my system but I don't know if >it's a good idea to mix Redhat's and Mandrake's rpms. I did it.. Seems to fix my problems. Forever, I had an ESD sound error. Even though my SB 128 was correctly installed, KDE worked sound wise.. Not e though.. It DOES now. :) Alan -- == [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) running Linux Mandrake 6.1 and/or BeOS.
[newbie] RE: Segmentation Fault THANKS
Thanks to everyone that have offered advice on my problem. Along with your comments and suggestions and other msg from other sources. I've come to the conslusion that the motherboard needs the jumper pins reviewed for proper setting. My project for this weekend.. I'll post the results here. Regards, Clyde J. Kell
Re: [newbie] Multiple ethernet cards
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I had pretty much the same thing happen with my cable modem setup. The problem > was caused by IRQ conflicts. Something odd with the Intel cards I used? It > sounds weird, but try simply switching the slots for the ethernet cards. Put > eth0 where eth1 is, and vice-versa. This worked for me. Don't really know > why > > Bryan snip Unfortunately, the 3C509b is an ISA card and the genius is a PCI. My MB has only 2 ISA slots, one used by the soundcard, and the other by the ethernet card so I can't switch. The setup works with (yuk) win2000 and win98, so I don't think IRQ conflicts are the problem. My next move will be to try modprobe 3c509 as suggested by another answer. Thanks for the suggestion though, It increases the knowledge base. Jim -- James Mellema, CRNA MA - The idea that an arbitrary naive human should be able to properly use a given tool without training or understanding is even more wrong for computing than it is for other tools (e.g. automobiles, airplanes, guns or power saws). (Thanks to Mike Marion - Unix SysAdmin/Engineer, Qualcomm Inc.)
Re: [newbie] shockwave
I installed to that directory, yes, and I followed all directions in the installeation file. Thanks again. On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: > On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > Hello all! I am a bit new, just as a warning... I downloaded and installed a > > netsacape version - the only version available - from the linux-mandrake ftp, > > and i also downloaded shockwave from the maker's sitte. The problem I > > encounter is that it doesn't work! I installed it correctly, yet netscape > > comes up with some error. Could I not have the glibc version of netscape? > > > Where did you install Shockwave? IIRC, it needs to go in > /usr/lib/netscape/plugins. > John -- Drew Jackman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ - 20177604
Re: [newbie] SQL systems comparison?
We run Sybase at work for our in-house apps. But, if your application does not need to do "fancy" transactions or stored procedures than MySQL is my choice. The speed blows Sybase away because it doesn't have all that "overhead". John Aldrich wrote: > On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 02:40:03PM -0500, Damien Mc Kenna wrote: > > > For doing a pretty large databased web site for a college department > > > (with all the cool stuff in PHP), which would people recommend I use: > > > PostreSQL or MySQL? I've noticed that a lot of the PHP packages I'm > > > looking at seem to favor MySQL, but PostgreSQL is getting more support > > > these days. Should I just read through their respective documentations > > > and figure it out for myself, or does anyone have a recommendation, or > > > are there any good comparisons of them on the net? > > > > I'm rather partial to MySQL, but only because it seemed easier to deal with > > to me. PostgreSQL seems to do alot of things _outside_ the database, rather > > than dealing with them inside normal tables. > > > > Some of the decision will depend on what sorts of things you need to do > > with the database. I know that MySQL doesn't handle straight transactions, > > nor can it do table or row locking. I don't recall whether PostgreSQL > > handles those normally. > > > > I do know there was a rather lengthy discussion about this very topic on > > Slashdot awhile ago. You might try there. http://slashdot.org > > > Try Sybase... :-) It rocks!!! At the ISP where I work, we are hosting > the FIRST authorized electronic check conversion system (authorized > by the Feds and by the banking industry!) and it has a HUGE database, > and is being run off a couple Sybase servers. :-) > John
[newbie] ne2000 problems
I am having problems getting my nic recognized by Linux. Upon start when all the devices and whatnot are mounting I get a failed message beside "Bringing up eth(0)" (or something like that). I've been to several websites. One of them said not to put in any irq's or io addresses, while another said that you should set the default irq/io to something other that 10/300 as everything gets autoprobed at that address. I've tried 5/320 as well as leaving the fields blank. One solution seems to switching to a Cabletron (yuck) card, at least it gets recognized by the o/s. I'm running a P133, 64 mbs of ram, 1.2 gb hard drive Mandrake 6.0 (venus edition). As a side note when I had installed the Cabletron card my mouse failed and I had X loading by default on startup. Couldn't even do a 3 point crash (ctrl-alt-del) to shut the server down or stop X and get into text mode. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Chuck
Re: [newbie] as of last posting, i got ip-masquerading to work... but...
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote: you could make a rc.firewall BUT, if you do when / where and how will it be called during the boot process? I know that rc.local is called and you can easily add the commands as well as comments to it. I use rc.local and have no problems. > >>> "Ronald" == Ronald Rand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [snip] > > Ronald> Also, according to the IP-Masquerading FAQ, there's a file > Ronald> called /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall that I had to make for it to > Ronald> work. But after I made it, and upon rebooting, it didn't > Ronald> take effect. I had to type all the code at the command > > [snip] > > Please do not use html mail. > > Is rc.firewall executable? You might have to 'chmod 775 rc.firewall' > > -- > Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA > X-Mailer: XEmacs 21.1, VM 6.75 and random-sig.el > Kernel 2.2.13-22mdk > http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm > Nov 2 All Souls > "Civilization has run on ahead of the soul of man, and is producing > faster than he can think and give thanks." - [G.K. Chesterton, in > Daily News, 2/21/02]
Re: [newbie] User privileges
On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, rsalts wrote: > How can an ordinary user be configured in 6.0 so as to be able to write, send > and receive e-mail? > > Richard Simply by creating the login. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
RE: [newbie] IP Masquerading
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote: I did not have to modify my kernel at all for ip MASQ. I just ran the ipchains commands as posted and I was MASQ'ing > Does this mean that the kernel already supports masquerading or do you need > to load a module or what? > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 12:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] IP Masquerading > > > > > From: Ronald A. Yacketta > > Ron, > > do you have a dual nic (network card) setup? > if so you would more than likely have to turn on ip_forwarding as well > then you could do s/sbin/ipchains -F forward > > /sbin/ipchains -P forward DENY > /sbin/ipchains -A forward -i eth0 -j MASQ > /sbin/ipchains -A forward -i eth1 -j MASQ > > > > > > > "Ronald Rand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 11/02/99 11:16:12 AM > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc:(bcc: Ronald A. Yacketta/958157/EKC) > Subject: [newbie] IP Masquerading > > > > > What's the best way to go about setting up Mandrake for IP-Masquerading? > Sorry if this has been asked already, but I'm a newbie to this newbie > group. > :) I already set up internet access on my Linux machine, and also networked > it to my Win98 computer, so they're both able to ping each other with no > problem. I understand Linux is IP-Masq capable out-of-the-box, so is there > just some switch I have to set somewhere? Thanks! > > Ron
Re: [newbie] mirroring
On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 08:32:15AM -0500, Ronald J. Yacketta wrote: > Hello all!! > > do any of you know where I could get some mirror software for linux? > I would like to mirror my internal 4 scsi 9gb's to 4 external 9gb's. (maybe a > raid package where I could do raid 10 w/stripeing??) The raidtools package should contain what you need. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Netscape - Locking Up and Self-terminating - How toprevent?
On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 07:28:28AM -0500, Joseph S. Gardner wrote: > Steve Philp wrote: > > > Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 1 Nov 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > BTW, a neat trick I picked up from a budding "cracker" at work: (I chastised > > > > him severely for the action, but you gotta love his spirit!) > > > > > > > > We completely lock down the factory floor workstations running > > > > Win95 using a product called WinLock95. There's nothing runnable > > > > on that machine outside the data entry application they need and > > > > IE4 for their quality manuals. I felt pretty comfortable with > > > > the situation. > > > > > > > > Wrong! IE gives you the ability to browse the network by just > > > > punching in the domain (e.g. \\GRAND_RAPIDS). Surf to your > > > > hearts content. Read whatever you'd like. BAH!!! > > > > > > Guess i shouldn't tell you you can excecute things from the address bar > > > also. huh > > > > Well known. The other "fun trick" for these guys is playing with the > > clock. It seems there's no way to _display_ the clock without also > > allowing the ability to modify the system time on Win95/8. We caught it > > when we suddenly had around 600 units of inventory with an aging date of > > -31 days. > > > > Remind me again why I love this job? :) > > > > -- > > Steve Philp > > Network Administrator > > Advance Packaging Corporation > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Try leaving access to the system clock alone and inform them that their time cards > and payroll checks are tied into it. It's amazing how people leave things alone when > they believe any discrepancy in the date/time will effect their paychecks. (kind of > like installing a non-working smoke detectors in the bathrooms here at work to > discourage "smoking in the boys room", they're not real bright around these parts) Nope, we already had THAT fight. Approximately 80% of the timestamps utiltized by our ERP software takes the server-side notion of time. Time cards, of course, are one of those types. We've had knock-down, drag-out discussions about how "they punched in before the bell, but the computer said they were late." So, we installed clock sync software to all of the workstations. Now it's that they want to play with the clock (because it will, for the most part, flip back to the correct time within 10 minutes). Unfortunately, THAT PC isn't one of the clock sync clients. I find it amusing that we got a shareware solution for the clock syncs (this was before we discovered "net time /set /yes"). After a couple days, we started having problem with the clients erroring out when started. Wrote a nice email to the developer, included the full error message and asked if he had any suggetsions... never heard a thing from him. We use completely open source solutions for our web/email server. We needed some additional functions from qmailadmin to deal with a quirky situation in our operation. I wrote an inquiry to the qmailadmin author and had a patch in my mailbox in around 45 minutes. God, I love Open Source! -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] NMB Services.
I finally got NMB services to boot [OK] when I start up. But, I still can't see my computer on another NT box's netbios. I ran the nmbd -B 'server name' and got back the correct IP addres for my server. I also ran nmbd -d 'server name' '*' and got back a slew of IP addresses from the server. So, I believe that my Linux box is correctly communicating with the NT server. The way I corrected the NMB [FAILS] at boot problem was to add the servers' name and IP address to hosts and lmhosts files. Also I left the hostname on netconf as localhost.localdomain and left out the gateway address and netmask address. This left my netconf almost the way it was when I first installed the Mandrake 6.1 distribution. If anyone knows how to fix my current problem I would be most appreciative. Thanx, SA
Re: [newbie] Terminals
++ 01/11/99 13:27 -0500 - John Aldrich: >> >I use Konsole here for all my command-line apps, and I have >color *shrug* John, does your lynx looks colored in Konsole? -- Rib
Re: [newbie] Wine
HI I was looking for some winedows emulator in the menu made by the kpackage and did not found wine. Does this have a different name or it is simplz not there? And I cannot find the ./configure file. Any suggestions? FG On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Sean Armstrong wrote: > Foris Gabor wrote: > > > > Dear Sirs, :) > > > > I would like to set up Wine under my linux mandrake and I have downloaded > > a file (Wine990131-ja.tar.gz). I could unpack it with gunzip and then I > > could copy README.jis and Wine990131-ja.Patch from it with midnight > > commander. > > How can I gon on or am I on the wrong track? > > > > FG > Should be an install text file that tells you how to install the wine > package. Maybe: > ./configure > make > make install > I'm not sure. But, the mandrake 6.1 distribution should come with the > wine rpm then all you have to do is install the rpm.(much easier) You > can use kpackage to do this. > SA >
Re: [newbie] KDE is unreadable - weird transparent windows
>> Click on any pop-up menu like the K menu and the menu is displayed as >> word only, very difficult to read against the desktop background. In >> other words, there's no solid window background against which one can >> read the words. The same is true if I open the KDE Manager. I see the >> frame of its window, the words in it vaguely, but the background of >> the desktop shows through. I can't tell how to change a thing, >> because I can't read anything. If I try to move windows around, >> strange afterimages are left all over the place. >> >Sounds like you've got Enlightenment on top of KDE for your >X-windows manager. E, AFAIK, is the only Window Manager >which allows transparent windows... > John Thanks for the reply! So, KDE is a Window Manager, as is Enlightenment, correct? So I don't need Enlightenment, correct? How can I get rid of it or tell if it is indeed installed? I have the default installation of Mandrake, that should use KDE, not GNOME. (I thought Enlightenment was a Gnome thing). I'm not sure, but it seems like I didn't even install GNOME. Where should I poke around to further investigate? Thanks! Gregg
Re: [newbie] as of last posting, i got ip-masquerading to work... but...
I heard you the first time, John. I wrote that second message before I ever got your first one. This is the Newbie section, by the way. Don't worry, I won't waste your precious bandwidth because I won't be back. It seems to me you're wasting more bandwidth by responding to my message without even having anything worth saying. - Original Message - From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ronald Rand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 3:48 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] as of last posting, i got ip-masquerading to work... but... > On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > > > I didn't realize the delay on these posts were over an hour. Thanks in > > advance to anyone who answers it in the next hour. But I did get > > IP-Masquerading to work. But I have more newbie questions. > > > > First, is there a way to send an ifconfig command to eth0 before Linux tries > > to initialize it upon bootup? It keeps hanging for a few minutes and failing > > and then I have to poke it with an ifconfig command that changes some specs. > > It would be nice if I could automate this. > > > > Also, according to the IP-Masquerading FAQ, there's a file called > > /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall that I had to make for it to work. But after I made > > it, and upon rebooting, it didn't take effect. I had to type all the code at > > the command prompt line-by-line before my Masquerading worked. So my > > question is, what is this directory? Are all these rc files supposed to > > automatically run on every bootup? Why didn't mine run? Do I have to assign > > each one somewhere? > > > > Much thanks in advance! > > > > > Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Content-Description: > > Please ditch the HTML when posting to this or any other > Linux-related list. It's a pain to try to read and it's > also a waste of bandwidth. > Thanks... > John >
[newbie] SiS 6326 AGP
please help me, I can not make this card work fine in graphical environment (I'm novice), I mean I hope look kde like windows but I can't read the little words of the icons and the pop up menu leaves a shadow after use it. Can somebody helpme please? CARLOS
[newbie] User privileges
How can an ordinary user be configured in 6.0 so as to be able to write, send and receive e-mail? Richard
Re: [newbie] Monitor and Video Card configuation problems...
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Hello, > Thank you for all the response on my Monitor configuration problems. I got a lot of > response and would like to ask a couple more question. > > 1. I will try to run XF86Config or XF86Setup to try to configure my monitor setting > manually. However, I don't know how to run them. After I boot Linux from LILO boot, > a screen ask me to logon. Should I log on as root or user? After that, what do I > have to type in to run XF86Config or XF86Setup? At the Linux show, after the > installation, the computer reboot directly to window interface (Genome). How can I > set up like that? > Logon as "root." Also, you'd be advised to type "linux 3" at the LILO prompt. This will put you into console mode. Log in as "root" with the root password and then type "XF86Setup" Then once you've got X configured, go edit /etc/inittab and change the line that says id:3:initdefault: to id:5:initdefault: John
[newbie] as of last posting, i got ip-masquerading to work... but...
>>> "Ronald" == Ronald Rand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] Ronald> Also, according to the IP-Masquerading FAQ, there's a file Ronald> called /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall that I had to make for it to Ronald> work. But after I made it, and upon rebooting, it didn't Ronald> take effect. I had to type all the code at the command [snip] Please do not use html mail. Is rc.firewall executable? You might have to 'chmod 775 rc.firewall' -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: XEmacs 21.1, VM 6.75 and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.13-22mdk http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm Nov 2 All Souls "Civilization has run on ahead of the soul of man, and is producing faster than he can think and give thanks." - [G.K. Chesterton, in Daily News, 2/21/02]
[newbie] Install Problem
Hi there I have a Serious Problem Before i tell you what it is i'll to you what my system is have a P3-450, 13Gig HD, 64megs of ram, Voodoo 2 12 Meg, Ok my problem i did all the partition and im about to install, just soon its going to install the Pakages It Says "Abnormal Termanation" and it says to reboot my system. Can someone please help me. Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] IP Masquerading
Does this mean that the kernel already supports masquerading or do you need to load a module or what? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 12:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] IP Masquerading From: Ronald A. Yacketta Ron, do you have a dual nic (network card) setup? if so you would more than likely have to turn on ip_forwarding as well then you could do s/sbin/ipchains -F forward /sbin/ipchains -P forward DENY /sbin/ipchains -A forward -i eth0 -j MASQ /sbin/ipchains -A forward -i eth1 -j MASQ "Ronald Rand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 11/02/99 11:16:12 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Ronald A. Yacketta/958157/EKC) Subject: [newbie] IP Masquerading What's the best way to go about setting up Mandrake for IP-Masquerading? Sorry if this has been asked already, but I'm a newbie to this newbie group. :) I already set up internet access on my Linux machine, and also networked it to my Win98 computer, so they're both able to ping each other with no problem. I understand Linux is IP-Masq capable out-of-the-box, so is there just some switch I have to set somewhere? Thanks! Ron
Re: [newbie] as of last posting, i got ip-masquerading to work... but...
From: Ronald A. Yacketta try putting the commands in /etc/rc.d.rc.local instead of rc.firewall "Ronald Rand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 11/02/99 01:49:57 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Ronald A. Yacketta/958157/EKC) Subject: [newbie] as of last posting, i got ip-masquerading to work... but... I didn't realize the delay on these posts were over an hour. Thanks in advance to anyone who answers it in the next hour. But I did get IP-Masquerading to work. But I have more newbie questions. First, is there a way to send an ifconfig command to eth0 before Linux tries to initialize it upon bootup? It keeps hanging for a few minutes and failing and then I have to poke it with an ifconfig command that changes some specs. It would be nice if I could automate this. Also, according to the IP-Masquerading FAQ, there's a file called /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall that I had to make for it to work. But after I made it, and upon rebooting, it didn't take effect. I had to type all the code at the command prompt line-by-line before my Masquerading worked. So my question is, what is this directory? Are all these rc files supposed to automatically run on every bootup? Why didn't mine run? Do I have to assign each one somewhere? Much thanks in advance! I didn't realize the delay on these posts were over an hour. Thanks in advance to anyone who answers it in the next hour. But I did get IP-Masquerading to work. But I have more newbie questions. First, is there a way to send an ifconfig command to eth0 before Linux tries to initialize it upon bootup? It keeps hanging for a few minutes and failing and then I have to poke it with an ifconfig command that changes some specs. It would be nice if I could automate this. Also, according to the IP-Masquerading FAQ, there's a file called /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall that I had to make for it to work. But after I made it, and upon rebooting, it didn't take effect. I had to type all the code at the command prompt line-by-line before my Masquerading worked. So my question is, what is this directory? Are all these rc files supposed to automatically run on every bootup? Why didn't mine run? Do I have to assign each one somewhere? Much thanks in advance!
Re: [newbie] Davicom PCI Ethernet Card
Rafael wrote: > I'm having the problems with the Davicom DM9102 PCI Ethernet Card. > How can I make my Mandrake 6.1 recognize this board? What should I do to > install it? > > - Original Message - > From: Gilmar Caiado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 4:12 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] PCI Ethernet Card > > > The name of the chip used is DM9102, Davicom Chip Lan Controller, for > > 10/100 Mb. > > - Original Message - > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 11:48 AM > > Subject: Re: [newbie] PCI Ethernet Card > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Ronald A. Yacketta > > > > > > look at the card, what chip does it use? > > > with this info we can more than likley give you more insight/help > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Gilmar Caiado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 10/27/99 08:56:02 AM > > > > > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > cc:(bcc: Ronald A. Yacketta/958157/EKC) > > > Subject: [newbie] PCI Ethernet Card > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have got some problems regarding the network installation, because I > am > > > not able to recognize my PCI ethernet card, type Davicom 9102 Fast > > > Ethernet. > > > It is not on the list supplied by the linuxconf. What should I do in > this > > > case? Regards! Gilmar. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > try looking here for a driver http://www.davicom8.com/lan/dm9102.htm -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Monitor and Video Card configuation problems...
Hello, Thank you for all the response on my Monitor configuration problems. I got a lot of response and would like to ask a couple more question. 1. I will try to run XF86Config or XF86Setup to try to configure my monitor setting manually. However, I don't know how to run them. After I boot Linux from LILO boot, a screen ask me to logon. Should I log on as root or user? After that, what do I have to type in to run XF86Config or XF86Setup? At the Linux show, after the installation, the computer reboot directly to window interface (Genome). How can I set up like that? 2. In case I need to upgrade to X3.3.5, what do I need to download, what files? How may I install it to my computer? I am so new to Unix/Linux that I don't understand the Linux system. Please help. --- Jesse Royall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know how to find the version that comes with Mandrake 6.1... but > what i got is what looks like 3.3.3 or whatever. since I installed 3.3.5 > its a totally different interface..I also keep getting a PAGE NOT FOUND > when clicking on your link. I did alittle trace back and the best I can > do is. > http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.5 > but that can also be my browser burping alsocommon thing in windows98 > > > On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 22:44:16 +1300 "Warren Doney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > > Mandrake 6.5 (Macmillan) is 6.1 which ships with X3.3.5 > > But do go to http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.5/SiS.html&; look at the > > options you have to add to your config file etc. Sorry, I forgot > > about that > > > > -Warren. > > ___ > Get the Internet just the way you want it. > Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! > Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. > = __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
RE: [newbie] IP Masquerading
BTW, I want to do the same thing. I will watch this topic and jump in if need be. -Original Message- From: Ronald Rand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 11:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] IP Masquerading What's the best way to go about setting up Mandrake for IP-Masquerading? Sorry if this has been asked already, but I'm a newbie to this newbie group. :) I already set up internet access on my Linux machine, and also networked it to my Win98 computer, so they're both able to ping each other with no problem. I understand Linux is IP-Masq capable out-of-the-box, so is there just some switch I have to set somewhere? Thanks! Ron
Re: [newbie] FrameBuffer
Thanks Eric, I could finally get it running... Piyush Eric Kimminau wrote: > You said: > > From: Piyush Patnaik > Subject: Re: [newbie] FrameBuffer > Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 22:30:13 -0700 > > Thanks Axalon.I made the changes in XF86Config using the > modeline from > fbset.but > still it doesn't change anything. > > I think the problem is because startx is invoking XF86_SVGA > server instead of > XF86_FBDev > server...or somehow XF86_SVGA server is the default > server.may be because I used > svga > during initial installation. > > How can I change the settings to run XF86_FBDev instead of > XF86_SVGA? Do I have to make > changes to the .config file, if so where is it located and what > changes should I make? > > Thanks, > Piyush > > cd /etc/X11 > ls -la X > ls -la /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86* > > I had same problem trying to get my Dell Latitude to work > here is what I did (as root in /etc/X11) > mv X X_SVGA > ln -s ../../usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_FBDev X > then either: > alt-F7 and ctrl-alt-bkspace to kill/restart X server > rerun startx > or reboot > whichever is required for your current installation. > > Hope that helps. > > Please post these steps to the list if they do. > > EAK. > > -- > .1-2-3-4-5-6-7. > Eric Kimminau [EMAIL PROTECTED] Electronic Support Tools > Vox:248-848-4455 Fax:248-848-5600 VNET:6-327-4455 > "I speak my mind and no one else's." > "I am a bomb technician. If you see me running, try to keep up..." > http://support.sgi.com begin:vcard n:Patnaik;Piyush tel;fax:530-509-5504 tel;home:716-873-4103 tel;work:716-829-2133 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.ap.buffalo.edu/~patnaik org:University at Buffalo version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] adr;quoted-printable:;;1970 Delaware Ave,=0D=0AApt # 1;Buffalo;NY;14216;USA fn:Piyush Patnaik end:vcard
[newbie] KDE windows not refreshing
Hello all, I just installed Linux-Mandrake 6.1 Power Pack and managed to get my X server configured. I am able to run startx and get into KDE. The appearance of KDE is, to say the least, weird. It's pretty much unusable. Here's whats wrong: Click on any pop-up menu like the K menu and the menu is displayed as word only, very difficult to read against the desktop background. In other words, there's no solid window background against which one can read the words. The same is true if I open the KDE Manager. I see the frame of its window, the words in it vaguely, but the background of the desktop shows through. I can't tell how to change a thing, because I can't read anything. If I try to move windows around, strange afterimages are left all over the place. Another annoying effect is that submenus display right on top of the main menu. For instance, I click the K menu, and marginally readable selections pop up. I roll over a selection that has sub-selections, and those are displayed right on top of the original menu without repainting. The result is a jumble of characters that quickly becomes unreadable. Layer upon layer of windows and menus can pile up creating total gibberish. I tried opening the GIMP and the same situation occured: no substance to its window, dewsktop shows through, and the destop menu shows through, making the GIMP controls unusable. Having looked at some screenshots on the Web, and determined that everyone isn't getting these same terrible results, I still don't know where to start solving this problem. Looking for a solution via KDE is tough, since its unusable. If anyone has any ideas or has seen this before, any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! Gregg [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS...sorry if this posts twice. Something about this listserv doesn't like my posts and it usually takes me 3 or 4 tries to get it posted...
Re: Re: [newbie] gnome freezes
I want to know what packages did you use in order to update your gnome version? Are you using Mandrake 6.1? I am really interested on installing Octuber Gnome on my system but I don't know if it's a good idea to mix Redhat's and Mandrake's rpms. Miguel (Venezuela) Get your free email from http://www.linuxmail.org powered by OutBlaze
Re: [newbie] Which server and OS is your site running on?
Just a lite-hearted jab. I'm not sure what fatuous means, bit now that I think about it, my comment was probably silly and/or idiotic ;-) Bryan liz & phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 11/02/99 12:44:45 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject: Re: [newbie] Which server and OS is your site running on? My husband & I find your remarks fatuous :-) On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote: > The Royal Family Of Britain on Linux? A sure sign of the Apocalypse! > > Bryan > > > > > "Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 11/02/99 05:54:07 AM > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) > Subject: Re: [newbie] Which server and OS is your site running on? > > > > > Oh! My! Thats rich!!! > > Ernie > > > On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Benjamin Sher wrote: > | Dear friends: > | > | The answer is right here below: > | > | http://www.netcraft.com/whats/ > | > | > | Type: > | > | www.hotmail.com > | > | and see for yourself which server and OS Microsoft is using to run their > | 50-million user Hotmail service. > | > | Benjamin > | > | -- > | Benjamin and Anna Sher > | Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Sher's Russian Web > | http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] Clean uninstall
> Unless I am mis-informed, when you remove a partition, all the information in > the partition is irrevocably lost - forever! To my knowlege, Linux does not put > any kind of information in the CMOS, or re-do the BIOS. If you remove the Linux > partition, then do the DOS fdisk /mbr, that should remove any trace of Linux. > Then reinstall to your hearts content. On the other hand, if the problems are > persistent, then you may have either a hardware problem, or some > incompatibility. > > KFM, unless I am sorely misinformed is the KDE file manager (perhaps a typo?). > Since it is a KDE app, are you using it in KDE, or GNOME? Yes, it is one file manager in KDE (it seems to be the default one whenever I click on a shortcut to a directory, which is why this problem annoys me so much. I am using it in KDE and have these problems. Incidentally, it also behaves this way when accessed from Gnome. > If you can give more concise information, perhaps someone on this list can > assist you. Please include hardware information too. I have a QDI motherboard, SB16 sound card, Wisecom modem (that isn't recognized yet) on COM2, Serial Port Mouse on COM1, an unrecognized printer on LP0, 96MB SDRAM, an Intel 430TX Pentium 233MHz chipset, a KDE monitor, a second hard drive on DOS_hdb2 that's 2.6 GB, an Acer ATAPI IDE CD-ROM drive, S3 Virge video card... If I can give you more info, just let me know. I didn't have problems the very, very first time I installed Linux a few weeks ago (Mandrake is my first). None of my problems that I have now existed then. Thank you. Karen > Sorry I could not be more helpfull, > > Ernie > > > On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Karen M. Heiby wrote: > | I would like to know how to cleanly uninstall Linux. I'm having peculiar > | problems that I think can only be fixed with a clean install. > | > | Here's what I've tried *several times over* but still does not work: > | > | 1.) Deleting the Linux partition from Windows > | a.) (In Windows 98) filling up my hard drive with junk--totally, then > | deleting the junk (just to make sure anything of Linux that might still > | be there is overwritten) > | b.) scandisk (Windows 98) and defrag (Windows 98) > | > | or > | > | c.) formatting the entire hard drive (with DOS "fdisk") and reinstalling > | Windows 98, repartitioning it for Linux (Partition Magic) and then > | reinstalling Linux > | > | 2.) Going into Linux as root, going to /, and typing the rm -fr /* command, > | which > | a.) gets stuck even if I wait a couple hours, I don't see anything > | happening. > | > | 3.) Going into runlevel 3 as root, going to /, and deleting each directory > | individually with "rm -fr nameofdirectory" > | a.) (However: I can't delete /proc > | b.) and I can't delete /lib) > | > | then, > | > | c.) I boot to DOS with a disk and using "fdisk \mbr" to delete LILO > | d.) I reinstall Linux > | > | All three methods fail to get rid of my problems. For ex., KDE freezes when I > | use KFM to browse the /mnt directory. No other file managers (Gnome, KDE file > | manager, or any terminal) freeze, and it is not a permissions problem. It's > | just KFM/KDE! When I click the /dev directory in KFM and look at its > | permissions properties, the text (User, Group, Other) is grayed out but the > | checkboxes are nonfunctional but the proper permissions are assigned. Same goes > | for everything else in /dev. I can use chmod or any other file manager to > | modify permissions and have done so. > | > | GAIM (AOL Instant Messenger clone) is retaining my contact list, when that > | should never happen if it were a clean install. This is not a problem, per se, > | but just an indicator that I still have old information from previous > | installations haunting which are likely the cause of my persistent > | problems. > | > | Gnome's "Settings" on the panel is kaput. I can click Gnome Control Center and > | get it running, but if I click anything else on the Panel under > | Settings, (Multimedia, Peripherals, etc. ) nothing happens. That's just a > | minor annoyance since I can use these from Gnome Control Center anyway, but > | annoying nonetheless. > | > | During installation, I am never asked certain questions that I vaguely remember > | being asked the very first time I installed Linux, such as how much RAM do I > | have, etc. It seems to install as if it knows or thinks it's installing on top > | of another installation of itself. > | > | What gets me is that after I tried Route #1(above), by filling up my hard drive, > | I should have written over anything hard drive clusters that had Linux in them > | at one time, right? Even the boot record was re-made with a new LILO. How come > | old Linux glitches are still haunting me? Why is my GAIM contact list still > | intact when it shouldn't be? > | > | I really want to cleanly install Linux to
Re:[newbie] Wierd TCSH thing...
Hi everybody. I had that problem after install Mandrake 6.1 on several machines. I fixed it by editing the file /etc/csh.cshrc. In this file you will find the following: limit coredumpsize 100 change it to: limit coredumpsize unlimited Thats worked to me. Happy hacking with Linux! Miguel (Venezuela). Get your free email from http://www.linuxmail.org powered by OutBlaze
Re: [newbie] Wine
Foris Gabor wrote: > > Dear Sirs, :) > > I would like to set up Wine under my linux mandrake and I have downloaded > a file (Wine990131-ja.tar.gz). I could unpack it with gunzip and then I > could copy README.jis and Wine990131-ja.Patch from it with midnight > commander. > How can I gon on or am I on the wrong track? > > FG Should be an install text file that tells you how to install the wine package. Maybe: ./configure make make install I'm not sure. But, the mandrake 6.1 distribution should come with the wine rpm then all you have to do is install the rpm.(much easier) You can use kpackage to do this. SA
Re: [newbie] IP Masquerading
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > What's the best way to go about setting up Mandrake for IP-Masquerading? > Sorry if this has been asked already, but I'm a newbie to this newbie group. > :) I already set up internet access on my Linux machine, and also networked > it to my Win98 computer, so they're both able to ping each other with no > problem. I understand Linux is IP-Masq capable out-of-the-box, so is there > just some switch I have to set somewhere? Thanks! > > Ron > > > Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: man "ipchains" And please ditch the html. It's hard to read and it's a waste of bandwidth. Thanks... John
RE: [newbie] IP Masquerading
Title: RE: [newbie] IP Masquerading Get PMfirewall (from Freshmeat) It configures your MASQ and Firewall rules... very easy! (it's a script...) Patrick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2 novembre, 1999 12:41 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] IP Masquerading From: Ronald A. Yacketta Ron, do you have a dual nic (network card) setup? if so you would more than likely have to turn on ip_forwarding as well then you could do s/sbin/ipchains -F forward /sbin/ipchains -P forward DENY /sbin/ipchains -A forward -i eth0 -j MASQ /sbin/ipchains -A forward -i eth1 -j MASQ "Ronald Rand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 11/02/99 11:16:12 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Ronald A. Yacketta/958157/EKC) Subject: [newbie] IP Masquerading What's the best way to go about setting up Mandrake for IP-Masquerading? Sorry if this has been asked already, but I'm a newbie to this newbie group. :) I already set up internet access on my Linux machine, and also networked it to my Win98 computer, so they're both able to ping each other with no problem. I understand Linux is IP-Masq capable out-of-the-box, so is there just some switch I have to set somewhere? Thanks! Ron
Re: [newbie] KDE is unreadable - weird transparent windows
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Hello all, > > I just installed Linux-Mandrake 6.1 Power Pack and managed to get my X > server configured. I am able to run startx and get into KDE. The > appearance of KDE is, to say the least, weird. It's pretty much > unusable. Here's whats wrong: > > Click on any pop-up menu like the K menu and the menu is displayed as > word only, very difficult to read against the desktop background. In > other words, there's no solid window background against which one can > read the words. The same is true if I open the KDE Manager. I see the > frame of its window, the words in it vaguely, but the background of > the desktop shows through. I can't tell how to change a thing, > because I can't read anything. If I try to move windows around, > strange afterimages are left all over the place. > Sounds like you've got Enlightenment on top of KDE for your X-windows manager. E, AFAIK, is the only Window Manager which allows transparent windows... John
Re: [newbie] ne2000 netcard
On Sun, 02 Nov 1997, you wrote: > > I have a ne2000 compatibility .But my linux cant find it.It report as "core >dump".what can i do? > Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: Have you tried "modprobe ne2" or "ne2k-pci"? (ne2 for isa cards and ne2k-pci for pci.) John
[newbie] as of last posting, i got ip-masquerading to work... but...
I didn't realize the delay on these posts were over an hour. Thanks in advance to anyone who answers it in the next hour. But I did get IP-Masquerading to work. But I have more newbie questions. First, is there a way to send an ifconfig command to eth0 before Linux tries to initialize it upon bootup? It keeps hanging for a few minutes and failing and then I have to poke it with an ifconfig command that changes some specs. It would be nice if I could automate this. Also, according to the IP-Masquerading FAQ, there's a file called /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall that I had to make for it to work. But after I made it, and upon rebooting, it didn't take effect. I had to type all the code at the command prompt line-by-line before my Masquerading worked. So my question is, what is this directory? Are all these rc files supposed to automatically run on every bootup? Why didn't mine run? Do I have to assign each one somewhere? Much thanks in advance!
Re: [newbie] executing programs
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote: > This is second reply. Read the post again. You may have to make the program > executable, unfortunately, I do not know how to do this, as I have never had > the need to do so - I am not a programmer as yet - maybe someday. > "chmod +x" is how you mark something as "executeable." :-) John
Re: [newbie] Davicom PCI Ethernet Card
I'm having the problems with the Davicom DM9102 PCI Ethernet Card. How can I make my Mandrake 6.1 recognize this board? What should I do to install it? - Original Message - From: Gilmar Caiado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] PCI Ethernet Card > The name of the chip used is DM9102, Davicom Chip Lan Controller, for > 10/100 Mb. > - Original Message - > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 11:48 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] PCI Ethernet Card > > > > > > > > From: Ronald A. Yacketta > > > > look at the card, what chip does it use? > > with this info we can more than likley give you more insight/help > > > > > > > > > > "Gilmar Caiado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 10/27/99 08:56:02 AM > > > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > cc:(bcc: Ronald A. Yacketta/958157/EKC) > > Subject: [newbie] PCI Ethernet Card > > > > > > > > > > I have got some problems regarding the network installation, because I am > > not able to recognize my PCI ethernet card, type Davicom 9102 Fast > > Ethernet. > > It is not on the list supplied by the linuxconf. What should I do in this > > case? Regards! Gilmar. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
Re: [newbie] Re: your mail
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Thanks. > I have a static ip from my isp already. allowing port 80 access will be no > problem, as I am going to set up another pc just for the purpose of hosting my > web site, on the world side of the firewall, this way there will be little > chance of someone getting into my home lan. At least I think this will work. > What do you think? > Do I still need my isp for basic internet access, or is > there a way for me to get that access without the isp? > Have you got several thousand dollars a month for a T1 from AT&T, MCI or Sprint? ;-) Seriously, it's a LOT of work...unless you're going to have someone host your site for you (there are free website hosting places --yahoo, TheGlobe.com, etc) which will host your site for the price of you allowing them to place a banner ad or two on your site (typically a "pop-up" window.) John
Re: [newbie] linux & games, and Matrox m3D
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: > If you haven't bought a 3D card yet, I'd suggest a TNT2 or TNT. Both are > supported in Xfree86 3.3.4 and later, and Nvidia is one of the vendors > working with Mesa and X free on setting up 3D API's for Linux. I'm running > the Leadtek TNT2 board and it works flawlessly (their standard TNT2 board > uses SGRAM, has a TV out, and a cooling fan on the TNT2 chip) you can get > info on them at www.leadtek.com > Well, I need a PCI 3D card... my dual-ppro doesn't have any AGP slots. :-) I know that people USED to make TNT-based PCI cards, but I can't seem to find one. :-( I was planning on probably going with a PCI Voodoo3-2000. Thanks...
Re: [newbie] SQL systems comparison?
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > Try Sybase... :-) It rocks!!! At the ISP where I work, we are hosting > > the FIRST authorized electronic check conversion system (authorized > > by the Feds and by the banking industry!) and it has a HUGE database, > > and is being run off a couple Sybase servers. :-) > > What size servers? expected DB size? > > Anyone else tried Sybase? I'm always interested in fun new things to > play with. I'm still waiting for an Oracle 8i CD to show up so I can > "get smart" before we move to Oracle at work. > Well, we're running 'em on a couple HP LPRs. :-) Oracle called us awhile back. The price they wanted for the version of their software to run on the HP LPR machines was astronomical! :-) I'm not sure what size servers, all I know is the system is capable of handling hundreds of database hits per minute. :-) John
Re: [newbie] Making an ext2 drive +rw for all users.
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Forgive me if this comes up twice, but I've had a few problems with my > e-mail, and didn't remember seeing it get to the list. > > > I want to make a dir (my FTP dir) +rw for all real users, so that > anyone I > create a log on for can log in and read/write to that dir, and anyone > else can also read (dwnld) those same files. > > Anyone have any idea how to do this? > "chown -R nodbody.users" (minus quotes.) might do it. The "-R" should make it recursive so that any directories in there would also be +rw for all real users. John
Re: [newbie] Trouble installing/configuring X/video card
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > What about xf86config? xf86setup??? I think xf86config will let you > > put in the infohaven't used it nearly as much as xf86setup, > > though... :-) > > xf86config allows it, as does xf86setup. Xconfigurator wraps a "comfy" > interface around the configuration process and limits you to, what, 4 > choices?? > Yeah I thought one of those two would allow it. :-) I'm happy to say I haven't had to use either one in a LONG time. :-) John
Re: [newbie] Want to create more than one Linux partition with Disk Druid
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > I am the original querant and I said that *one* time (don't confuse all the > other things I've been doing with this isolated incident I mentioned) I tried a > reinstall telling Mandrake *not* to format my hda2 drive (linux native) but it > did anyway and I lost my /home directory. I replicated this a second time. > Ahh..the joys of following a thread on two different machines... :-) I hereby declare myself baffled. :-) John
Re: [newbie] Netscape - Locking Up and Self-terminating - How to prevent?
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > You also need the compat-glibc-5.3-2.0.7.1.i586.rpm package (very > > important for prevent Netscape crashes). > > > > I've been having a lot of netscape lockups. I've found the > compat-glibc-5.3-2.0.7.1.i586 file in both the mandrake and redhat rpms on my > cdrom. Neither will install. any ideas? > What happens when you try? John
Re: [newbie] Freeware Partition Magic & Boot Magic?
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Guillermo Belli wrote: > > > > Go to my address below and there you'll find a version of partition magic > > I didn't realize that Powerquest had made a freely distributable version > of Partition Magic. > Well, let me put it to you this way ever hear of an RPM called "resize2fs.rpm" :-) FTP anonymously to ftp.powerquest.com/pub/utilities and see what you think. :-) John
Re: [newbie] Netscape - Locking Up and Self-terminating - How to prevent?
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: > You also need the compat-glibc-5.3-2.0.7.1.i586.rpm package (very > important for prevent Netscape crashes). > Hmm...isn't that normally installed automatically? John
Re: [newbie] Netscape - Locking Up and Self-terminating - How to prevent?
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Nope. The common package is needed for either the communicator or the netscape > (browser only) package. > Umm...isn't that what I said? ;-) Seriously. I said you'll need netscape-common and your choice of netscape-navigator or netscape-communicator. "netscape-navigator" is the browser-only package. Netscape-communicator is the all-in-one package. :-) John
Re: [newbie] Monitor and Video Card configuation problems...
DOH! try: http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.5/SiS.html good old Outlook Express -Warren - Original Message - From: Jesse Royall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 5:00 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor and Video Card configuation problems... > I don't know how to find the version that comes with Mandrake 6.1... but > what i got is what looks like 3.3.3 or whatever. since I installed 3.3.5 > its a totally different interface..I also keep getting a PAGE NOT FOUND > when clicking on your link. I did alittle trace back and the best I can > do is. > http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.5 > but that can also be my browser burping alsocommon thing in windows98 > > > On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 22:44:16 +1300 "Warren Doney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > > Mandrake 6.5 (Macmillan) is 6.1 which ships with X3.3.5 > > But do go to http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.5/SiS.html&; look at the > > options you have to add to your config file etc. Sorry, I forgot > > about that > > > > -Warren. > > ___ > Get the Internet just the way you want it. > Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! > Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.
[newbie] Re: [expert] Important: Intel 810 Chipset and Mandrake
"Patrick Putteman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > My boss is pulling is hairs out because of the NT crashes, but I don't = > want to dismantle his PC before being sure that linux will run on an = > I810 chipset with 128megs of ram, 18GB hdd and a celeron466... so, to = > all of you... will it? > short answer: it won't :( even with framebuffer. Only XF86_VGA16. It is the most dreadfull card!
[newbie] ne2000 netcard
I have a ne2000 compatibility .But my linux cant find it.It report as "core dump".what can i do?
RE: [newbie] Installed 6.1 - KDE has GNOME menus
It is not supposed to have GNOME menus under KDE. I am running KDE. None of the menus have KDE things on them. I don't have my system here but when I pull down the first entry - Applications?? - it has things like gEDit and all the GNOME things instead of the KDE things. The rest of it is unaffected. The desktop is KDE. The task bar is KDE and has KDE things on it. It's just the menus are screwed up and look like the menus you would get if you logged into GNOME. Sam Gentile Principal Software Engineer & Viridien Team Leader toysmart.com 170 High Street Waltham, MA 02454 -Original Message- From: Axalon Bloodstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 4:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Installed 6.1 - KDE has GNOME menus Going to have to describe better than that (better yet screenshot) as it's supposed to have gnome menus... it's kinda hard to guess what you mean. On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Karen M. Heiby wrote: > I'd just like to affirm that this is a problem that I have had, too. Maybe > it's a bug? > > Karen > > Sam Gentile wrote: > > > I just installed Mandrake Power Pack 6.1 last night on a fresh system and > > when I boot into KDE, it has the KDE look, the KDE taskbars and such but > > Gnome menus!! How did this happen and how can I fix it? > > > > Sam Gentile > > Principle Software Engineer/Team Leader - Viridien Team > > -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
[newbie] Wine
Dear Sirs, :) I would like to set up Wine under my linux mandrake and I have downloaded a file (Wine990131-ja.tar.gz). I could unpack it with gunzip and then I could copy README.jis and Wine990131-ja.Patch from it with midnight commander. How can I gon on or am I on the wrong track? FG
Re: [newbie] Resolv.conf
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 11:23 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Resolv.conf > On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 08:35:32PM -0200, Gustavo Viola wrote: > > Been forced to send this msg under the other OS, since kppp is misbehaving. > > > > I had one of those misconfigurations of etc/resolv.conf -- although I am not > > sure how that happened to begin with, since I haven't fooled with it > > lately -- that have been mentiond in the list so often. As root, I wrote > > the 2 DNS nameservers to resolv.conf. As user, I use kppp, log in fine, but > > can't use any app since they can't find the server. Log out, go check > > resolv.conf and it is entirely empty! > > > > Any suggestions? Because I can't really deal with Outlook Express much > > longer. ;-) Thank you, > > Make sure that you don't set the option in KPPP to "use these DNS servers". > If you do, KPPP will "append" it's information to your resolv.conf and just > bring heartache and trouble. Interesting. Where can I find this option, could not see it under Kppp config tabs? Thanks, /Gustavo > > -- > Steve Philp > Network Administrator > Advance Packaging Corporation > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: [newbie] Resolv.conf
- Original Message - From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 11:24 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Resolv.conf > On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > Been forced to send this msg under the other OS, since kppp is misbehaving. > > > > I had one of those misconfigurations of etc/resolv.conf -- although I am not > > sure how that happened to begin with, since I haven't fooled with it > > lately -- that have been mentiond in the list so often. As root, I wrote > > the 2 DNS nameservers to resolv.conf. As user, I use kppp, log in fine, but > > can't use any app since they can't find the server. Log out, go check > > resolv.conf and it is entirely empty! > > > > Any suggestions? Because I can't really deal with Outlook Express much > > longer. ;-) Thank you, > > > As root, open a console window, call up your favorite console-mode > editor and retype your resolv.conf, making sure it's named in all > lowercase letters (i.e. "resolv.conf" instead of "Resolv.conf") > > Here's the permissions on my resolv.conf which works perfectly: > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root > > As you can see it's owned by user "root" and group "root." Also, ONLY > root can write to it, but any user can READ it. > John > Here is the permission on my resolv.conf which does not work: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root0 Nov 2 11:07 resolv.conf I also checked the permission of the kppp link for "user", and all he can do is read and execute, but not write. Even so, kppp keeps deleting the content of resolv.conf as "user". I also notice that, while the connection is open, the text inside resolv.conf is "search localdomain". Summing up: As user, the contents of resolv.conf are: nameserver x nameserver y before using kppp search localdomain during kppp usage (neither kmail nor netscape can find the server) empty after kppp usage Any help would be appreciated, /Gustavo.
Re: [newbie] Netscape - Locking Up and Self-terminating - How to prevent?
Rick Murphy écrivit : [...] > > You also need the compat-glibc-5.3-2.0.7.1.i586.rpm package (very > > important for prevent Netscape crashes). > > > > I've been having a lot of netscape lockups. I've found the > compat-glibc-5.3-2.0.7.1.i586 file in both the mandrake and redhat rpms on my > cdrom. Neither will install. any ideas? Hi, What is the error message? Regards, David BAUDENS -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --David
RE: [newbie] SB LIVE open source?
Hoorah!! As you say, about time too... Downloaded the driver, and whilst i'm not at home at the moment, so haven't had the chance to try compiling it, it all looks good and genuine. Does this mean that we can expect things to be set up automatically for newbies in an update to Mandrake 6.1 (or at least the next version - presumably 6.2)? Martin. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joseph S. Gardner > Sent: 02 November 1999 12:08 > To: Linux Newbie > Subject: [newbie] SB LIVE open source? > > > This article claims that Creative Labs have released SB Live > drivers as > open source - it's about TIME > > http://opensource.creative.com/ > > -- > Joseph S. Gardner > Senior Designer / Technical Support > Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: [newbie] Want to create more than one Linux partition with Disk Druid
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Karen M. Heiby wrote: | > What about swap space? Also, you need to leave a bit of | > room for "overhead." Linux reserves a few k of each meg for | > "bad spots" which may crop up later and uses that to fix | > itself as needed. I'm *guessing* you didn't tell Linux to | > make the /home on an "extended" partition, did you??? | > John | | | Of course, I know about having to have a swap partition and I'm not having a | problem with that. It's only 128Mb. | | I deleted a 5GB partition and tried to make one 2 GB and | one 1.5 GB partition which only totals 3.5GB. That would leave 1.5GB for Linux | to use to reserve space for the bad spots you mention, wouldn't it? Is there any un-partitioned space in your extended partition? I think you are allowed four partitions in the primary space, one of which needs to be an extended partition. If you want to use any non-booting partitions, they have to be in the extended partition. When you removed the 5 Gig partition, it was most likely in the primary partition area (outside the extended partition), so when disk druid tried to write the second Linux (/home) partition, it could not find any free (unpartitioned) space in the extended partition. To change this situation without doing yet another re-install of Win98, you could try fips to set up or resize your existing partitions, or if you have the full version of PartitionMagic 4 (my personal preference), that will work well too. I am not familiar with fips, since I use PartitionMagic here. Unfortunately, the limited version of PartitionMagic that comes with the Macmillan publication of L-M 6.1 will not produce more than one Linux partition, and I do not know if it will re-size your DOS partitions in the extended partition or not. The advantage of fips is that it is free, and should be on your L-M CD. Sorry I couldn't be more helpfull, Ernie | | I don't think the Disk Druid (used during Mandrake installation) asked me | whether i wanted the partitions to be extended or primary. It just asks if I | want "native", "swap" "DOS" etc. But then I'm all confused anyway. I know | fdisk (Linux) asks that, but I didn't use that. | | ;-) | | Karen | | | | | > On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: | > > Hi, | > > | > > I followed the Ebooks instructions for partitioning in Disk Druid so I | > > could make a separate partition for /home. | > > | > > I chose my native partition which was 5GB and deleted it, and tried | > > adding two partitions--one 2GB, one 1.5GB (allowing for lots of extra | > > room, even) one "native" mounting at / and one "native" mounting at | > > /home. But as soon as I add the second partition it tells me it was not | > > allocated, not enough room. I figure I must be doing something wrong. | > > Any advice? | > >
Re: [newbie] Want to create more than one Linux partition with Disk Druid
Although I now have /home on a separate partition, I previously upgraded from 6.0 to 6.1 when I had just one big / partition (and, of course, a swap partition). /home was retained with no problems whatsoever. --On Monday, November 01, 1999, 10:59 PM -0500 John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: >> And the problem with that is? All my Linux partitions lie within and >> extended partition, which has caused absolutely no problem with SuSE 6.2, >> or Mandrake 6.0/6.1. Furthermore MDK 6.1 is an upgrade, as opposed to a >> fresh install. >> > If you wish to save your /home directory, you HAVE to have it in a > separate partition when formatting "/" otherwise, it's toast. At > least that's what I've always understood. What I'm saying is / and > /home need to be two separate partitions, NOT that one needs to be a > primary partition and the other an extended partition, although you > WILL need to have a bootable primary partition, I think. >John /b - Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University of Georgia (706)542-0742 (voice) (706)542-0059 (fax)
[newbie] mirroring
Hello all!! do any of you know where I could get some mirror software for linux? I would like to mirror my internal 4 scsi 9gb's to 4 external 9gb's. (maybe a raid package where I could do raid 10 w/stripeing??) thanks in advance.
Re: [newbie] Inet problems
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: what error do you get? it is kinda hard to help without an error.. if your trying to ftp / telnet in as root that is generaly disabled as a default > Greetings, > I am running Mandrake 6.1 in a predominately solaris 2.6 network, and am > having trouble ftp'ing and telneting to my system. I can use these > services to get to other hosts, but am unable to get into my own system > from any other workstation. I have checked the /etc/inetd.conf, and it > has the telnet and ftp services activated. > > Anyone seen this before? > > Thanks in advance, > Todd White
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Update not working
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Karen M. Heiby wrote: | I select all of the updates and click "GO". I get the explanations for each | update, click "OK". I enter my root password and click "OK". | | I get the "Please wait..." dialog box for a split second, then it disappears. | It isn't updating anything. | | Any help would be appreciated. | | Karen This is assuming that you are using KDE as your desk top. Check the "updates" icon's properties by right-clicking the icon, then selecting "properties" in the pop-up dialog, then select the "execute" tab. In the text box which contains the MandrakeUpdate command, edit it to look like "kdesu -c MandrakeUpdate" (without the quotes). I did this and all goes well. I enter my superuser password when I start the update program (make sure the "keep password" check box is checked), and I am not asked for it again untill I run the program again. HTH, Ernie
Re: [newbie] Multiple ethernet cards
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: have you tried modprobe 3c509 ? if it fails it should give you some type of error like device/resource busy > I am attempting to set up a server using ip masq connecting a mixed > linux/win 98 and nt network to a cable modem. The system works using > Win2000 as server, but I have been unable to get linux to recognize more > than one of the ethernet cards. > > The system is a AMD K6-2 350 with 64 MB of RAM, the cable modem is > connected to a 3c509b, and local network is connected to a Genius > (Realtek) card. Upon setup the realtek driver is loaded as eth0 (found > by the system PCI probe). I have attempted to setup the 3c509b with a > line in lilo.conf, listing IRQ and address, without success. I have also > tried listing the card in the networking section of linuxconf with the > same information, also without success. > > How can I get linux to recognize and load both cards? > -- > James Mellema, CRNA MA > - > The idea that an arbitrary naive human should be able to properly use a > given tool without training or understanding is even more wrong for > computing than it is for other tools (e.g. automobiles, airplanes, guns > or power saws). > (Thanks to Mike Marion - Unix SysAdmin/Engineer, Qualcomm Inc.)
Re: [newbie] Netscape - Locking Up and Self-terminating - How to prevent?
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, David BAUDENS wrote: > John Aldrich écrivit : > > > On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > > Sorry to butt in here butt, what are those 3 different Netscape > > > files that you gotta download, common, and the other 2? > > > > > > Do they do it tat way so it is not one long download? > > > > > Don't know why they did it that way. I assume you're > > correct in the assumption that they did it that way to > > reduce the download time and to make it more "modular." You > > download two of the three for a complete install > > download the "common" RPM and either the "communicator" or > > the "navigator" depending on which you want. > > > Hi, > > You also need the compat-glibc-5.3-2.0.7.1.i586.rpm package (very > important for prevent Netscape crashes). > I've been having a lot of netscape lockups. I've found the compat-glibc-5.3-2.0.7.1.i586 file in both the mandrake and redhat rpms on my cdrom. Neither will install. any ideas? Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] Resolv.conf
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Gustavo Viola wrote: | Been forced to send this msg under the other OS, since kppp is misbehaving. | | I had one of those misconfigurations of etc/resolv.conf -- although I am not | sure how that happened to begin with, since I haven't fooled with it | lately -- that have been mentiond in the list so often. As root, I wrote | the 2 DNS nameservers to resolv.conf. As user, I use kppp, log in fine, but | can't use any app since they can't find the server. Log out, go check | resolv.conf and it is entirely empty! | | Any suggestions? Because I can't really deal with Outlook Express much | longer. ;-) Thank you, | | /Gustavo. Don't know if this answers your question, but I set up kppp as a regular user since I try to do most of my on-line stuff as not root. The only thing I have noticed with kppp is that it does not save my user name or my ISP password even though I have the checkbox checked (for saving the password). As a result, I have to enter this information each time I log onto the internet, but it is only a minor inconvenience. If yoy start kppp, then select the "setup" button, the acounts dialog will appear. Select the account for your internet connection, and then the "edit" button. In the dialog that pops up, select the DNS tab, and enter the needed information there. Maybe kppp is removing the DNS information from your resolve.conf because this information is not in kppp? HTH, Ernie
[newbie] DNS implementation questions...
I need to implement a DNS server to provide 1) DNS for my local network, and 2) cacheing for internet DNS addresses to help speed response times. I'm using Mandrake 6.0 and I don't see anything in the docs that points me in the right direction. Can someone tell me what package(s) I need to acquire/install, and what parameters I need to get this simple application going? Thanks in advance! Ned
Re: [newbie] adjust Dbl-click ?
> my mouse responds to One click. I'm sure you can adjust to do the same. > KDE control center, input devices, mouse might be a place to start. > xf86config is another place where a mouse can be configured, but you had > better learn something about it before you try to use it. > stan I've played with KDE Ctrl, and all my KDE apps are OK, it's mostly NS and SO that give me fits. By 'One click', are you refering to the single clk needed to navigate in KFM? or all apps? That's how I have Windows, everything's a single clk. For now I've been doing as Alan suggested, r-clk and then choose from the menu. -- .. Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: [newbie] linux & games, and Matrox m3D
Axalon Bloodstone écrivit : > > Aldrich> I'm going to have to give up this video card and get a 3d card, > > > > Anyone know where I can find information on setting up a > > Matrox m3D under Linux? > > Refresh me, > Isn't that the dedicated card with a powerVR chip stuck on it? Hi, Yes, it is and it's doesn't work under Linux. Regards, David BAUDENS -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --David
Re: [newbie] Netscape - Locking Up and Self-terminating - How toprevent?
Steve Philp wrote: > Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > > > > On Mon, 1 Nov 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > BTW, a neat trick I picked up from a budding "cracker" at work: (I chastised > > > him severely for the action, but you gotta love his spirit!) > > > > > > We completely lock down the factory floor workstations running > > > Win95 using a product called WinLock95. There's nothing runnable > > > on that machine outside the data entry application they need and > > > IE4 for their quality manuals. I felt pretty comfortable with > > > the situation. > > > > > > Wrong! IE gives you the ability to browse the network by just > > > punching in the domain (e.g. \\GRAND_RAPIDS). Surf to your > > > hearts content. Read whatever you'd like. BAH!!! > > > > Guess i shouldn't tell you you can excecute things from the address bar > > also. huh > > Well known. The other "fun trick" for these guys is playing with the > clock. It seems there's no way to _display_ the clock without also > allowing the ability to modify the system time on Win95/8. We caught it > when we suddenly had around 600 units of inventory with an aging date of > -31 days. > > Remind me again why I love this job? :) > > -- > Steve Philp > Network Administrator > Advance Packaging Corporation > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Try leaving access to the system clock alone and inform them that their time cards and payroll checks are tied into it. It's amazing how people leave things alone when they believe any discrepancy in the date/time will effect their paychecks. (kind of like installing a non-working smoke detectors in the bathrooms here at work to discourage "smoking in the boys room", they're not real bright around these parts) -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Netscape - Locking Up and Self-terminating - How to prevent?
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,John Aldrich wrote: | On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: | > Sorry to butt in here butt, what are those 3 different Netscape | > files that you gotta download, common, and the other 2? | > | > Do they do it tat way so it is not one long download? | > | Don't know why they did it that way. I assume you're | correct in the assumption that they did it that way to | reduce the download time and to make it more "modular." You | download two of the three for a complete install | download the "common" RPM and either the "communicator" or | the "navigator" depending on which you want. | John They did it to eliminate duplication, both communicator and navigator use the stuff in common, so why put it in both packages, saves storage space. Ernie
Re: [newbie] Segmentation Faults?
Are you using the static linked version or a dynamic link version. If Dynamic which version of the lib are you using? I got the static link version to work but back then I had Mandrake 5.3 and they didn't have a version for the glib used in 5.3 I haven't upgraded since then since they are still haven't released a new release since 1.3. On Sun, 31 Oct 1999 19:20:47 -0500, "Clyde J. Kell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Help, >Whenever I try to run a particular program I receive an: >Segmentation Fault core dumped > >Then when I try to do anything else I receive: >unable to load interpreter >init: Id "3" >respawning too fast disabled for 5 minutes > >If I wait nothing happens. If I switch to another console Root or whatever >I receive the same error. I have to RESET the machine to reboot. > >I am running Mandrake 6.0 on an AMD K6-2 400mhz with 64 megs ram. >I recently upgraded to this mother board from an AMD 586/133mhz machine >running Red Hat 5.2 Everything was wonderful and I really loved it. > >However, the motherboard was old and had a crack so it DIED and well >now the nightmare has begun. I ended up re-installing Mandrake 6.0. > >Any suggestions as to why I am receiving the above errors. > >Regards, >Clyde J. Kell >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: [newbie] Want to create more than one Linux partition with Disk Druid
I do not know if this works anymore, but when I did L-M 6.0, I was able to first remove any partitions with disk druid, then go back to the previous screen - at which point disk druid would ask if I wanted to write the information to the dosk, and I said yes, then went forward again into disk druid, and set up my new partitions - no errors. Dunno, but HTH, Ernie On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Karen M. Heiby wrote: | Hi, | | I followed the Ebooks instructions for partitioning in Disk Druid so I | could make a separate partition for /home. | | I chose my native partition which was 5GB and deleted it, and tried | adding two partitions--one 2GB, one 1.5GB (allowing for lots of extra | room, even) one "native" mounting at / and one "native" mounting at | /home. But as soon as I add the second partition it tells me it was not | allocated, not enough room. I figure I must be doing something wrong. | Any advice? | | Thanks. | | Karen
Re: [newbie] Which server and OS is your site running on?
The Royal Family Of Britain on Linux? A sure sign of the Apocalypse! Bryan "Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 11/02/99 05:54:07 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject: Re: [newbie] Which server and OS is your site running on? Oh! My! Thats rich!!! Ernie On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Benjamin Sher wrote: | Dear friends: | | The answer is right here below: | | http://www.netcraft.com/whats/ | | | Type: | | www.hotmail.com | | and see for yourself which server and OS Microsoft is using to run their | 50-million user Hotmail service. | | Benjamin | | -- | Benjamin and Anna Sher | Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sher's Russian Web | http://www.websher.net
[newbie] SB LIVE open source?
This article claims that Creative Labs have released SB Live drivers as open source - it's about TIME http://opensource.creative.com/ -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Clean uninstall
In your first post, yopu mentioned PartitionMagic. Try creating, the formatting the Linux partition(s) with PM (presuming you have the full PM v4.x). If anything can do it, PM should be able to, else try fips. Ernie On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Karen M. Heiby wrote: | I have had someone else email me from the newsgroup, saying that the Mandrake | installation's re-formatting process also did not work... Any insight into | this? Here's what he wrote: | | | > I have had the same thing happen several months ago. The regular | | > format did not clean the partition. To make sure it is clean, do | a | > "check for errors" when formatting. This will take a longer | time.> | | > It was the strangest thing. I had got past the format and had | selected | > packages to be installed, when the computer seized up. I was | worried | > about one ext2 partition that I had not formatted to make sure | it was | > still ok. I ran tomsrbt and found my entire linux still intact. | The | > three partitions I asked to be partitioned (I even watched the | display | > and drive lights working) were still there. | | > I also was able to view them from Windows with "explore2fs" | | | Just wondering, because I tried this in addition to everything else I mentioned | before, and it did not work (during installation, checking the option to format | hda2, my Linux native partition). | | Thanks for the help, | Karen | | | | | Bero wrote: | | > On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, Karen M. Heiby wrote: | > | > > > Ok first off, if you allow it to format the drive during install it's | > > > gone, not sorta gone but gone, it would cost big money to retieve even a | > > > small piece... | > > | > > I tell it to format my Linux native partition but I swear it's keeping stuff. | > | > Can't happen. Unless of course you're using several partitions and | > formatting only one of them. | > | > > > > GAIM (AOL Instant Messenger clone) is retaining my contact list | > > | > > > Knowing AOL they don't trust you to keep track of your Buddies, so they | > > > store it on the server.. | > > | > > No, this can't be the case. | > | > It is the case. Try installing gaim on another machine and you'll see you | > have the contact list there too. | > | > > I also have Windows 98 and every time I reinstall | > > AOL IM, I have to re-add buddies. | > | > That's because their own implementation of their protocol is quite broken. | > | > LLaP | > bero
Re: [newbie] Netscape - Locking Up and Self-terminating - How to prevent?
Nope. The common package is needed for either the communicator or the netscape (browser only) package. Ernie On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Vic wrote: | Sorry to butt in here butt, what are those 3 different Netscape | files that you gotta download, common, and the other 2? | | Do they do it tat way so it is not one long download? | | | On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote: | > On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, you wrote: | > > Thanks John... | > > | > > So when you say "don't install the tarball version", are you referring to the version that was installed by Mandrake6.1? Secondly, | > > where does one find the Mandrake RPM version? | > > | > NoI mean the one you can download from Netscape. The one from | > Mandrake should be available from ftp://ftp.linux-mandrake.com You'll | > have to search around, but you'll need at least the "netscape-common" | > rpm and your choice of "Navigator" or "Communicator." | > John | -- | Vic | Student Of Linux
Re: [newbie] Which server and OS is your site running on?
Yeah, but it was new news to me! Thank you Benjamin, I needed a chuckle. Ernie On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Brett Jones wrote: | Old news | | Benjamin Sher wrote: | > | > Dear friends: | > | > The answer is right here below: | > | > http://www.netcraft.com/whats/ | > | > Type: | > | > www.hotmail.com | > | > and see for yourself which server and OS Microsoft is using to run their | > 50-million user Hotmail service. | > | > Benjamin | > | > -- | > Benjamin and Anna Sher | > Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > Sher's Russian Web | > http://www.websher.net | | -- | Brett Jones | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Clean uninstall
Karen, Unless I am mis-informed, when you remove a partition, all the information in the partition is irrevocably lost - forever! To my knowlege, Linux does not put any kind of information in the CMOS, or re-do the BIOS. If you remove the Linux partition, then do the DOS fdisk /mbr, that should remove any trace of Linux. Then reinstall to your hearts content. On the other hand, if the problems are persistent, then you may have either a hardware problem, or some incompatibility. KFM, unless I am sorely misinformed is the KDE file manager (perhaps a typo?). Since it is a KDE app, are you using it in KDE, or GNOME? If you can give more concise information, perhaps someone on this list can assist you. Please include hardware information too. Sorry I could not be more helpfull, Ernie On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Karen M. Heiby wrote: | I would like to know how to cleanly uninstall Linux. I'm having peculiar | problems that I think can only be fixed with a clean install. | | Here's what I've tried *several times over* but still does not work: | | 1.) Deleting the Linux partition from Windows | a.) (In Windows 98) filling up my hard drive with junk--totally, then | deleting the junk (just to make sure anything of Linux that might still | be there is overwritten) | b.) scandisk (Windows 98) and defrag (Windows 98) | | or | | c.) formatting the entire hard drive (with DOS "fdisk") and reinstalling | Windows 98, repartitioning it for Linux (Partition Magic) and then | reinstalling Linux | | 2.) Going into Linux as root, going to /, and typing the rm -fr /* command, | which | a.) gets stuck even if I wait a couple hours, I don't see anything | happening. | | 3.) Going into runlevel 3 as root, going to /, and deleting each directory | individually with "rm -fr nameofdirectory" | a.) (However: I can't delete /proc | b.) and I can't delete /lib) | | then, | | c.) I boot to DOS with a disk and using "fdisk \mbr" to delete LILO | d.) I reinstall Linux | | All three methods fail to get rid of my problems. For ex., KDE freezes when I | use KFM to browse the /mnt directory. No other file managers (Gnome, KDE file | manager, or any terminal) freeze, and it is not a permissions problem. It's | just KFM/KDE! When I click the /dev directory in KFM and look at its | permissions properties, the text (User, Group, Other) is grayed out but the | checkboxes are nonfunctional but the proper permissions are assigned. Same goes | for everything else in /dev. I can use chmod or any other file manager to | modify permissions and have done so. | | GAIM (AOL Instant Messenger clone) is retaining my contact list, when that | should never happen if it were a clean install. This is not a problem, per se, | but just an indicator that I still have old information from previous | installations haunting which are likely the cause of my persistent | problems. | | Gnome's "Settings" on the panel is kaput. I can click Gnome Control Center and | get it running, but if I click anything else on the Panel under | Settings, (Multimedia, Peripherals, etc. ) nothing happens. That's just a | minor annoyance since I can use these from Gnome Control Center anyway, but | annoying nonetheless. | | During installation, I am never asked certain questions that I vaguely remember | being asked the very first time I installed Linux, such as how much RAM do I | have, etc. It seems to install as if it knows or thinks it's installing on top | of another installation of itself. | | What gets me is that after I tried Route #1(above), by filling up my hard drive, | I should have written over anything hard drive clusters that had Linux in them | at one time, right? Even the boot record was re-made with a new LILO. How come | old Linux glitches are still haunting me? Why is my GAIM contact list still | intact when it shouldn't be? | | I really want to cleanly install Linux to solve some of my problems and give me | peace of mind and solid footing for more learning, but I have a problem doing | so when I know this machine isn't as pure as I'd like it to be. That is, when | something goes wrong, how do I know whether I'm doing something wrong or if | it's just a bad installation? That's tough on a newbie. Any ideas would be | helpful. | | Thanks, | Karen
Re: [newbie] Multiple ethernet cards
I had pretty much the same thing happen with my cable modem setup. The problem was caused by IRQ conflicts. Something odd with the Intel cards I used? It sounds weird, but try simply switching the slots for the ethernet cards. Put eth0 where eth1 is, and vice-versa. This worked for me. Don't really know why Bryan James Mellema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 11/01/99 08:11:14 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject: [newbie] Multiple ethernet cards I am attempting to set up a server using ip masq connecting a mixed linux/win 98 and nt network to a cable modem. The system works using Win2000 as server, but I have been unable to get linux to recognize more than one of the ethernet cards. The system is a AMD K6-2 350 with 64 MB of RAM, the cable modem is connected to a 3c509b, and local network is connected to a Genius (Realtek) card. Upon setup the realtek driver is loaded as eth0 (found by the system PCI probe). I have attempted to setup the 3c509b with a line in lilo.conf, listing IRQ and address, without success. I have also tried listing the card in the networking section of linuxconf with the same information, also without success. How can I get linux to recognize and load both cards? -- James Mellema, CRNA MA - The idea that an arbitrary naive human should be able to properly use a given tool without training or understanding is even more wrong for computing than it is for other tools (e.g. automobiles, airplanes, guns or power saws). (Thanks to Mike Marion - Unix SysAdmin/Engineer, Qualcomm Inc.)
Re: [newbie] Which server and OS is your site running on?
Oh! My! Thats rich!!! Ernie On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Benjamin Sher wrote: | Dear friends: | | The answer is right here below: | | http://www.netcraft.com/whats/ | | | Type: | | www.hotmail.com | | and see for yourself which server and OS Microsoft is using to run their | 50-million user Hotmail service. | | Benjamin | | -- | Benjamin and Anna Sher | Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sher's Russian Web | http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] Creating directory in KFM?
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999,Benjamin Sher wrote: | Dear friends: | | Am I imagining this or is it true that there is no way to create a | directory in KFM? I don't see an option for that anywhere. I have to do | it in xterm. Is that true or am I missing something? Surely, I must be | missing something. This can not be. | | Benjamin | -- | Benjamin and Anna Sher | Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sher's Russian Web | http://www.websher.net Benjamin, In KFM, right-click an open area of the KFM window, then in the pop-up menu move the cursor to "New" (the top item), then select the "folder" item in the pop-out menu. Ernie
Re: [newbie] Trouble installing/configuring X/video card
DOH! WRONG! I was thinking of xf86config... -Warren - Original Message - From: Warren Doney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 10:52 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Trouble installing/configuring X/video card > > - Original Message - > From: Tuan Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 11:31 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Trouble installing/configuring X/video card > > > > I have a monitor manual with all the spec such as horizontal and vertical > range, but > > Xconfigurator doesn't allow manual input the range. Unless, I am missing > something. > > Yes, you are. There is an option like choose monitor from list or choose > from a range of > specified settings. at the bottom of the list of specified settings, there > is an option to enter > your own. > > -Warren. >
Re: [newbie] Re: your mail
Thanks. I have a static ip from my isp already. allowing port 80 access will be no problem, as I am going to set up another pc just for the purpose of hosting my web site, on the world side of the firewall, this way there will be little chance of someone getting into my home lan. At least I think this will work. What do you think? Do I still need my isp for basic internet access, or is there a way for me to get that access without the isp? chip On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: > On Sun, Oct 31, 1999 at 09:43:22PM -0800, Chip Wiegand wrote: > > I am interested in this also. I have apache installed and it does run. I can > > connect to my pages from any pc in my home network. The next part is this - > > How do we (I) get to our pages from the outside world? Don't we need a > > connection to the internet, other than through an isp? When a friend of mine > > tried to ping my ip address it wouldn't work, my isp has a firewall and I have > > a firewall. > > Well, both of you are going to need to allow incoming connections on port > 80 on your firewalls. > > Next, you'll want to contact your ISP about getting a static IP and a domain > name else you'll be stuck using IP numbers to contact your system. > > > On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Sun, Oct 31, 1999 at 03:35:22PM -0800, Dreja Julag wrote: > > > > Hello all! I am wondering if I can create a web server of my own with my linux > > > > box for my friends and neighbors. I think it sounds like a cool experiment, > > > > but I don't know where to start. Thanks for the help. I know, I could > > > > probably look to a howto, but they are not the friendliest little creatures in > > > > the world. > > > > > > Install the apache package. > > > > > > Start the server with: > > > > > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start > > > > > > Put the documents you wish to publish into /home/httpd/html. > > -- > Steve Philp > Network Administrator > Advance Packaging Corporation > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Trouble installing/configuring X/video card
- Original Message - From: Tuan Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 11:31 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Trouble installing/configuring X/video card > I have a monitor manual with all the spec such as horizontal and vertical range, but > Xconfigurator doesn't allow manual input the range. Unless, I am missing something. Yes, you are. There is an option like choose monitor from list or choose from a range of specified settings. at the bottom of the list of specified settings, there is an option to enter your own. -Warren.
Re: [newbie] Monitor and Video Card configuation problems...
Mandrake 6.5 (Macmillan) is 6.1 which ships with X3.3.5 But do go to http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.5/SiS.html&; look at the options you have to add to your config file etc. Sorry, I forgot about that -Warren. - Original Message - From: Jesse Royall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor and Video Card configuation problems... > Gary. have you tried to upgrade your XF86 stuff? If you got the Mandrake > they ship with version 3.3.3 which does not work well with those video > cards. goto > www.xfree86.org > and download the 3.3.5 version > install that it should work. I had the same problems but with a SiS > 5597/98 video and then when I installed those it all worked > ___ > Get the Internet just the way you want it. > Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! > Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. >
Re: [newbie] Monitor and Video Card configuation problems...
Have you tried Xconfigurator? XF86Config? (case sensitive I may have got that wrong eg: xf86config) N.B. XF86Setup will not work with SiS chips. Type "SiS" in the search window at: http://www.redhat.com this is a common prob & they are a mine of imformation on it.. this is the third time I have answered a question on SiS chips tonight. I am sick of it. I am going to write a HOWTO. Could anyone with other imformation on the 6326 please mail/post to the list. specificly, I am interested on how it goes with X3.3.5 as I have heard it *might* be buggy (this could have been a reference to X3.3.4 that the person made by mistake though...) -Warren - Original Message - From: Gary Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 5:08 AM Subject: [newbie] Monitor and Video Card configuation problems... > No matter what I try, I am unable to get linux configured for my Video card and Monitor. > > If anyone has any suggestions, I would be glad to hear them. > > I have tried to include as much information as possilble below. > > Product: Macmillan Mandrake Deluxe Linux Operating System 6.5 > Computer: Homebuilt PC > CPU: AMD K6-2 450 MHz > RAM: 64 MB SDRAM > Hard Drives: 8.4Gb FAT32 partition Win98 > 2.1Gb Linux Partition - Mandrake 6.5 > Video Card: SIS 6326 3D Pro AGP > 8 Mb Video Ram > Monitor: GVC 1448L 14" Multisync/Multiscan > Maximum Resolution 1024 X 768 > Horizontal Scan: 30-50 Khz > Vertical Scan: 50-90 Hz > Bandwidth: 65 MHz > Monitor data retrieved from: http://www.monitorsolution.com/Monitorsdata/GVC-MaxTech/GVCMa01.html > > > > Gary W. Clark > Northeastern Counseling Center > POB 1908 > Vernal UT 84078 > 435-789-6326 Office > 435-789-6325 Fax > > mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: [newbie] Floppy & CD icons w/KDE
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999,Joe Marcom wrote: | Good day, all: | My L-M 6.0 user guide claims that the icons in KDE allow one to mount | and unmount floppys & CDs without using the command line. However, I | only get the error message: " KFM error - could not mount mount: you | must specify the file system type." What does it mean by this? Try checking the icon's properties (right-click the icon, then select the "properties" item in the pop-up menu), then look in the device tab. In my L-M 6.1 icons it reads /dev/hdxy (where x=disk letter, y=partition number). There is also a folder under the /mnt folder for each partition which can be mounted. I didn't (and still don't) know how to set up the partition mounting icons in KDE under L-M 6.0, so I simply used the console window to mount partitions when I needed to do so. After the first time I mounted a partition, I used the up arrow to return to the command when I needed it again. However, in L=M 6.1 the icons work as advertised (at least on my system). Ernie
Re: [newbie] executing programs
Don't know about the "sh", but try using the full qualified path to the program. The folder in which the application is located may not be in the system search path. HTH, Ernie On Sun, 31 Oct 1999,M L Cates wrote: | I am trying to learn how to do some C programming and my question is this: How | do I execute the program after it is compiled? I have tried typing the name | of the program in at the prompt and it says "command not found". I have tried | to type "sh" before the filename and am told "cannot execute binary file". | | Any help would be appreciated, also, what does the "sh" before a filename do? | | M L Cates
Re: [newbie] executing programs
This is second reply. Read the post again. You may have to make the program executable, unfortunately, I do not know how to do this, as I have never had the need to do so - I am not a programmer as yet - maybe someday. Sorry, Ernie On Sun, 31 Oct 1999,M L Cates wrote: | I am trying to learn how to do some C programming and my question is this: How | do I execute the program after it is compiled? I have tried typing the name | of the program in at the prompt and it says "command not found". I have tried | to type "sh" before the filename and am told "cannot execute binary file". | | Any help would be appreciated, also, what does the "sh" before a filename do? | | M L Cates
Re: [newbie] Trouble installing/configuring X/video card
On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 02:31:32PM -0800, Tuan Nguyen wrote: > I have a monitor manual with all the spec such as horizontal and vertical range, but > Xconfigurator doesn't allow manual input the range. Unless, I am missing something. You're right, it doesn't. You'll need to edit /etc/X11/XF86Config after running through Xconfigurator to get it "close". Just modify the HorizSync and VertRefresh lines to read what your monitor manual shows. > --- John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > > I also have problem installing/configure X/video card. Total Newbie. > > > > > > Linux-Mandrake 6.1, AMD 333MHz, 64MB > > > Video Trident 3DImage 975 (generic) > > > Monitor CyberVision C-70 > > > > > > Was able to select video card but unable to set up monitor Cybervision. Try > > custom, > > > every possible combination there was there as far as horizontal selection and > > > vertical selection, still not working for X-window. I can't find any way to type > > in > > > the range per monitor manual. Please help. > > > > > Hmmdo you know the settings for the monitor You can > > always go back to Xconfigurator and do it that way, now > > that you know to use Trident 3DImage for your video card. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
