[newbie] Hardware recommendations
I would like to get a new external modem and a PS/2 mouse, OR aninternal modem and a PS/2 mouse (that's how my system has to be set up). I would appreciate anyone's brand name recommendations for the least hassle getting these to work in Linux-Mandrake. Thanks! Karen __My greatest fear in life is that no-one will remember me afterI'm dead. - some dead guy
Re: [newbie] Hardware recommendations
"Mrs. Karen Heiby" wrote: I would like to get a new external modem and a PS/2 mouse, OR an internal modem and a PS/2 mouse (that's how my system has to be set up). I would appreciate anyone's brand name recommendations for the least hassle getting these to work in Linux-Mandrake. Thanks! Karen __ My greatest fear in life is that no-one will remember me after I'm dead. - some dead guy The logitech mouse seems to work well. I never could get the scroll to work? As for modems I have always had good luck with externals. I am using USR. Costs a bit more but they are the best IMHO. Jeanette
[newbie] Tablet
Still havn't found anything on the CalComp Drawing Tablet. III. Anyone have any ideas? Jeff
[newbie] Samba 2.0.5a dates on NT
L-M 6.0, upgraded Samba to 2.0.5a via the mandrake update tool. Any files which Linux creates on a mounted disk from NT have really weird dates assigned to them. Often they are pre-1950, but sometimes in the future as well! Also, when using tar to backup the mounted NT drive, I get the message: "tar: Octal value '767322036300' is out of range for time_t" and many of the files are not added to the archive. The number given in the message above is an example, as many different but similar numbers are reported for various files. Since NT only seems to want to backup to a tape drive (which I don't have!), Linux seems like an obvious backup tool :-( Are any others experiencing this problem? If so, and ideas for a fix? I have looked at the various docs that came with samba, but can't see anything that looks relevant. I used Samba under RH5.2, but didn't see this problem, but that was obviously an earlier version of Samba. Amy offers? Thanks. Mike Holden
Re: [Re: [newbie] Choose Pentium? OR 586?]
On Mon, 08 Nov 1999, you wrote: Intel will probably withhold this technology like they have in the past so that MicroShaft can be ready also. Jaguar I believe I remember that this is just one of the things they agreed they would no longer do when they settled their recent case with the government (?) -- .. Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Darin Martin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip From what I've heard, they will not have anything ready for at least a year or two *after* the Itanium is released. However, Linux will probably be available for Itanium shortly after its release.. I've read a few articles about compiler development for the Itanium.. This is a tremendous chance for Linux to get a giant leap ahead of MS in the server and high end workstation market. snip Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Hardware recommendations
Mrs. Karen Heiby wrote: snip I would appreciate anyone's brand name recommendations for the least hassle getting these to work in Linux-Mandrake. /snip Try here for starters http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html -- Bill Schoolcraft, Technical Support Engineer. Linuxcare Inc. 650 Townsend Street, San Francisco CA 94103 415.354.4878 x343 tel. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxcare.com Linuxcare. At the center of Linux.
Re: [newbie] Zip drive
JerryI'm curious as to why you'd want any removable media device to automount at bootup? The media needs to be inserted for the mount to occur and that is a bad practice with any removable read/write device. Alan Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: Sean Armstrong wrote: Sysadmin wrote: I have ordered a zip250, which I think uses the same SCSI card as the regular zip 100. Hmm, now I know how to set it up during installation, but is it possible to set it up without running the installer by just telling it to load the correct driver assuming one has the directories /mnt/zip250 created and the moint point in their /etc/fstab file? I think this will work if you have a Zip disk with the proper media on it inserted into the zip drive at boot up time. At least it does for me. My setup could just be a fluke though. SA Sean, Could you please give me what your line looks like in your fstab file to get your zip to mount at boot time. I have: /dev/sda4 /mnt/zipauto defaults 0 0 but mine never mounts at bootup time. I always have to run "modprobe ppp" for my system to see my Zip 100 drive. Thanks
[newbie] cannot get shared lock on database in MandrakeUpdate
i tried using makndrake update to get any new stuff for my 6.1 system. i got and installed the new kernal as well as virc. no problems with either. however, when i tried to get the new netscape, it crashed with the error 'cannot get shared lock on database'. is there a lock file i need to remove or can i install the netscape rpms manually (if so, where are they on my system?)? thanks :P
Re: [newbie] Choose Pentium? OR 586?
Hi "Darin Martin" ! On 11/8/99 9:34:23 PM, you wrote: BING! Wrong. Merced is a different technology (IA-64) that HP is designing for Intel using some of the HP-PA wizardry. The first chip in that series seems like it won't be much faster than the 786 chips due next year... ... which are called Williamette. They'll be Intel's first official 786 chips and will probably have a number of similar tricks to AMD's Athlon to speed things up yet again. Umm.. Sorry, but you are in fact, incorrect... I'm not. Maybe the way I phrased it may have looked like I was saying Merced was a 786 when its not. And, if you go to this page, you will see the IA-32 is targeted at mainstram desktop, mobile, and low end server/workstations while the IA-64 (Merced) is targeted at high-end servers. I know that, I didn't say it wasn't. The Merced (aka Itanium) uses the IA-64 architecture which is backward compatible with IA-32.. But the Willamete design is IA-32 only.. Not IA-64. I know, thats what I was saying... Intel are continuing the x86 line (IA32) with the Williamette chips due some time next year. This will probably be the last new x86 core that they'll do, after that they'll try to push everyone to the IA64. The first IA64 chip is also due next year, and is called Itanium, as we've discussed. The Itanium is being designed a lot by HP (its an HP/Intel cross-development thing, but a lot of the original Intel guys on the project left). Even HP are saying that the IA64 won't hold up much until the second generation of it, codename McKinley I believe, hence my statement that the Itanium wouldn't be much faster than the 786 (Williamette). Damien Mc Kenna Keene State College, BSc Computer Science Student http://www.mckenna.brinet.net/[EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ 17066133
Re: [newbie] Hardware recommendations
Hi "Mrs. Karen Heiby" ! On 11/9/99 3:24:52 AM, you wrote: I would like to get a new external modem and a PS/2 mouse, OR an internal modem and a PS/2 mouse (that's how my system has to be set up). I would appreciate anyone's brand name recommendations for the least hassle getting these to work in Linux-Mandrake. For a modem, 3Com/USRobotics non-Winmodems work great (either internal or external), and for a mouse, Logitech are excellent. Both are pretty much plug in, tell Mdk what they are, and they work! I've got an internal 3c/USR 56k plain faxmodem and a Logitech First Mouse Plus, both work well, though I dunno how to get the scroll-wheel to work on the mouse (anyone got any ideas?). In general, any mouse should work fine, but stay well clear of any "Winmodem" type modems, they suck! Damien Mc Kenna Keene State College, BSc Computer Science Student http://www.mckenna.brinet.net/[EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ 17066133
RE: [newbie] SB Live!!!!
Creative relieced a driver for it not to long ago you can download it from there site along with the driver for the Dxr2 decoder if you have one here is the web site addr. http://opensource.creative.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jaswinder S. Ahluwalia Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 7:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] SB Live I have a SB Live sound card tht is not being recognized under linux? Could anyone offer some help? Thank You Jas
Re: [newbie] Choose Pentium? OR 586?
On Mon, 08 Nov 1999, you wrote: Yes.. This is all dealing with L2 cache.. All P-Pro versions had full speed cache on the chip. Thats the primary reason the P-Pro was so expensive when it was released. Today, even the 1 meg P-Pro chips are still pretty expensive.. Around $350 each. Heh. I've seen 'em on www.hitechcafe.com for about5 $200 each... still too rich for my blood. :-) John
Re: [newbie] SB Live!!!!
On Mon, 08 Nov 1999, you wrote: I have a SB Live sound card tht is not being recognized under linux? Could anyone offer some help? http://opensource.soundblaster.com Download compile the drivers there. Check the archives of this list for information about HOW to compile it. Depending on which versino of Mandrake you're using and which version of the kernel, you may have to recompile the kernel. John
[newbie] AOL
Does anyone know how to run AOL from linux, or if it's even possible? Thanx, SA
Re: [newbie] Re: Where's the Sound?
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote: Yeah I tried it as root. Any other possibilities? Thanks. At 11/8/1999 9:52:00 AM you wrote: On Mon, 08 Nov 1999, you wrote: Thanks John and Seve. I ran sndconfig; It said it didn't find any PNP devices, even though I have a standard Sound Blaster Pro PNP card. But I was able to select it from the list, which contained 3 entrys for SB. It tested the card, and it was able to play sound clips. The mixer program now runs, but sound still doesn't work in Xwin. In KDE Genome, when I try to setup system sounds, nothing happens. The default beep test button only makes the simple internal pc-speaker respond. Yet, when the system starts, it starts the sound server and the speakers make a brief pop sound. So I tried the "chmod a +rw /dev/mixer" command in the terminal, and it said "invalid mode". Any ideas? I can't think of anything else to try. Thanks. Did you try the chmod as root? If not, it won't work. John Sounds like it may be an IRQ conflict or an I/O conflict. What other devices/cards do you have in your system? John
Re: [newbie] Hardware recommendations
Speaking of mice, I am planning to get a Kensington trackball, and it appears from the photograph to have only two buttons, just to verify, should I config it as "2 button mouse" and turn on "emulate 3 buttons"? Thanx -- Normal=boring x 100 and for a mouse, Logitech are excellent. Both are pretty much plug in, tell Mdk what they are, and they work! I've got an internal 3c/USR 56k plain faxmodem and a Logitech First Mouse Plus, both work well, though I dunno how to get the scroll-wheel to work on the mouse (anyone got any ideas?).
Re: [newbie] Hardware recommendations
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote: I would like to get a new external modem and a PS/2 mouse, OR an internal modem and a PS/2 mouse (that's how my system has to be set up). I would appreciate anyone's brand name recommendations for the least hassle getting these to work in Linux-Mandrake. Thanks! Karen __ My greatest fear in life is that no-one will remember me after I'm dead. - some dead guy Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: Much as I hate microsoft software, if I had the money, I'd probably get their new optical PS/2 scroll mouse. As for a modem, almost any ISA modem will work, but I would recommend you avoid PCI modems, as the vast majority of them are not compatible with Linux. Your best assurance that a modem will work with Linux is to pick up an external modem. I personally like Supra modems (Supra is now owned by Diamond MultiMedia) Compaq/Microcom makes pretty good modems as well... John
Re: [newbie] cannot get shared lock on database in MandrakeUpdate
My guess Pete is that maybe you have netscape open already and you need to close every window of it down first before you can continue the installation. De Salty1 - Original Message - From: pete moss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 12:36 PM Subject: [newbie] cannot get shared lock on database in MandrakeUpdate i tried using makndrake update to get any new stuff for my 6.1 system. i got and installed the new kernal as well as virc. no problems with either. however, when i tried to get the new netscape, it crashed with the error 'cannot get shared lock on database'. is there a lock file i need to remove or can i install the netscape rpms manually (if so, where are they on my system?)? thanks :P
Re: [newbie] Hardware recommendations
John Aldrich wrote: Much as I hate microsoft software, if I had the money, I'd probably get their new optical PS/2 scroll mouse. As for a if you want an optical pointing device, check out the logitech trackman marble+. it is ps/2 and it has a scroll wheel that works under imwheel perfectly in linux. the best mousy thing i have ever used! :P
Re: [newbie] cannot get shared lock on database in MandrakeUpdate
i tried that idea. doesnt show up in ps. i also rebooted just to be sure everything was clear. seems like there is a problem with opening the rpm database, even though i have installed things before and since then. :P Lionel Barrow wrote: My guess Pete is that maybe you have netscape open already and you need to close every window of it down first before you can continue the installation. De Salty1 - Original Message - From: pete moss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 12:36 PM Subject: [newbie] cannot get shared lock on database in MandrakeUpdate i tried using makndrake update to get any new stuff for my 6.1 system. i got and installed the new kernal as well as virc. no problems with either. however, when i tried to get the new netscape, it crashed with the error 'cannot get shared lock on database'. is there a lock file i need to remove or can i install the netscape rpms manually (if so, where are they on my system?)? thanks :P
Re: [newbie] cannot get shared lock on database in MandrakeUpdate
i found the rpm files in /tmp (couldnt figure out why they werent in /var/tmp :) and i installed them from there just fine. does netscape 4.7 do anything differently? :P pete moss wrote: i tried that idea. doesnt show up in ps. i also rebooted just to be sure everything was clear. seems like there is a problem with opening the rpm database, even though i have installed things before and since then. :P
[newbie] alternative browser?
Does anyone have any suggestions for an alternative browser for Linux? I don't like Netscape's, KFM, or Star Office's very much. I won't dare go into all the problems, though ;-)
Re: [newbie] Re: Where's the Sound?
Speaking of sound, how do I change/load drivers from the KDE Iface? Yup, this guy is really new... On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote: Yeah I tried it as root. Any other possibilities? Thanks. At 11/8/1999 9:52:00 AM you wrote: On Mon, 08 Nov 1999, you wrote: Thanks John and Seve. I ran sndconfig; It said it didn't find any PNP devices, even though I have a standard Sound Blaster Pro PNP card. But I was able to select it from the list, which contained 3 entrys for SB. It tested the card, and it was able to play sound clips. The mixer program now runs, but sound still doesn't work in Xwin. In KDE Genome, when I try to setup system sounds, nothing happens. The default beep test button only makes the simple internal pc-speaker respond. Yet, when the system starts, it starts the sound server and the speakers make a brief pop sound. So I tried the "chmod a +rw /dev/mixer" command in the terminal, and it said "invalid mode". Any ideas? I can't think of anything else to try. Thanks. Did you try the chmod as root? If not, it won't work. John Sounds like it may be an IRQ conflict or an I/O conflict. What other devices/cards do you have in your system? John
Re: [newbie] alternative browser?
"Karen M. Heiby" wrote: Does anyone have any suggestions for an alternative browser for Linux? I don't like Netscape's, KFM, or Star Office's very much. I won't dare go into all the problems, though ;-) netscape was crashing on me every 10 min it seemed and then I upgraded to communicator 4.7 and it is just great...the difference between night and day...I was noticing crashes when I was entering work sites that required passwords. You would enter the password and kaboom! That was with 4.61 but I haven't had any problems today with 4.7 Hope that helps! ;-) -- Brian K. Garel ICQ #1598357 "Seize the time...Live now; make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again" -- Picard (The Inner Light)
Re: [newbie] Backup Utility for CD Burner - In Search Of...
Sevatio Octavio wrote: I'm in search of a Backup Utility for my Ricoh 7040A CD-RW. Is there such a program for Linux? Seve cdrecord works well with those drives. I've got one myself! -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] AOL
Sean Armstrong wrote: Does anyone know how to run AOL from linux, or if it's even possible? Thanx, SA You may want to search the newbie list archives at linux-mandrake.com. I remember someone somewhere posting this either to this list, or to the Mandrake newsgroup on Usenet. I *think* someone said AOL was used with "wine" (Windows emulator) successfully but I have a hard time believing that! ;-) In any case, I think AOL is set up so that you don't have to use their software to simply use them for an internet connection. Karen
Re: [newbie] Hardware recommendations
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote: (Supra is now owned by Diamond MultiMedia) Compaq/Microcom And sadly diamond is owned by s3. . .a shame. . .i was looking forward to a Diamond geForce board. . .ahh well. Does anyone know where to find any GOOD docs for E? -- Seth Gibson www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710 members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under Construction) Aggression Takes Its Toll.
Re: [newbie] GAIM
If the information helps, AIM was having problems too. From: "Mrs. Karen Heiby" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] GAIM Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 22:22:18 -1000 GAIM started working again today, after last night's freeze-up fest, but thanks for the input. It was useful for me to know whether I had a bug in it or if it was AOL. Karen - Original Message - From: Linux Cat [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] GAIM I think that was just a temporary malfunction with aol On Mon, 08 Nov 1999, you wrote: Gaim works fine on my system. Richard On Sun, 07 Nov 1999, you wrote: Is anyone else noticing GAIM (AOL Instant Messenger) is freezing upon connecting? I wonder if AOL might have anyone not using their version of AOL IM for Windows blocked from their system? Like they're doing to MSN Messenger? My other concern is that I had a friend here trying to get my modem to work. Is there a remote chance something he did could be causing GAIM to not connect? I didn't think so, because my ICQ-clone programs are still working fine. I have been deleting and reinstalling GAIM and this is the first time ever that it's freezing up on me, after using it for a month. When I use Windows 98, my AOL IM in that is working fine. Karen -- Normal=boring x 100 __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Netscape error
I keep getting a Netscape popup in the middle of my email/browsing (it doesn't matter which) that "Bookmarks have changed on disk and are being reloaded". I have to stop everything and tell it "OK". This is the first day I have had this problem. I'm running Netscape 4.7 . Thanks, Karen
Re: [newbie] AOL
I think there used to be a version a lonnng time ago, but it was for like version 3.x and I have not seen it anywhere since. On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote: Does anyone know how to run AOL from linux, or if it's even possible? Thanx, SA -- Normal=boring x 100
Re: [newbie] Hardware recommendations
I also recommend the USR V.everything. It is more expensive than most external modems, but it was the modem I've used. On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Seth Gibson wrote: On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote: I would appreciate anyone's brand name recommendations for the least hassle getting these to work in Linux-Mandrake. Im gonna have to recommend anything by USR, if looking for an external my personal choice would be a Courier V. Everything. They are a bit pricey but in all my experionce, they are pretty much bomb proof. On the internal side, say a Sportster or a FAX Int PnP are both good solid economical solutions. If you go intenla, definitely get something that can be jumpered. Mousewise, Logitech is good. Got a Trackman hear but theyre all good s. . .whatever is cool with you! Good Luck!! -- Seth Gibson www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710 members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under Construction) Aggression Takes Its Toll.
Re: [newbie] alternative browser?
"Brian K. Garel" wrote: "Karen M. Heiby" wrote: Does anyone have any suggestions for an alternative browser for Linux? I don't like Netscape's, KFM, or Star Office's very much. I won't dare go into all the problems, though ;-) netscape was crashing on me every 10 min it seemed and then I upgraded to communicator 4.7 and it is just great...the difference between night and day...I was noticing crashes when I was entering work sites that required passwords. You would enter the password and kaboom! That was with 4.61 but I haven't had any problems today with 4.7 Hope that helps! ;-) -- Brian K. Garel ICQ #1598357 "Seize the time...Live now; make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again" -- Picard (The Inner Light) I do have Netscape 4.7 and it crashes a lot less. But I am still getting this weird bookmark error. "Bookmarks have changed on disk and are being reloaded". I have to click "OK" to make it go away. It pops up about every 5 minutes, in a window. Very annoying. But no crashes, and yes, I have 4.7. The error happens when I'm reading mail as well as browsing, and I haven't made any bookmark changes. Thanks, Karen
Re: [newbie] alternative browser?
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote: Does anyone have any suggestions for an alternative browser for Linux? I don't like Netscape's, KFM, or Star Office's very much. I won't dare go into all the problems, though ;-) id check and see what the crew at freshmeat.net has. . . -- Seth Gibson www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710 members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under Construction) Aggression Takes Its Toll.
Re: [newbie] Zip drive
JerryI'm curious as to why you'd want any removable media device to automount at bootup? The media needs to be inserted for the mount to occur and that is a bad practice with any removable read/write device. Alan Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: Sean Armstrong wrote: Sysadmin wrote: I have ordered a zip250, which I think uses the same SCSI card as the regular zip 100. Hmm, now I know how to set it up during installation, but is it possible to set it up without running the installer by just telling it to load the correct driver assuming one has the directories /mnt/zip250 created and the moint point in their /etc/fstab file? I think this will work if you have a Zip disk with the proper media on it inserted into the zip drive at boot up time. At least it does for me. My setup could just be a fluke though. SA Sean, Could you please give me what your line looks like in your fstab file to get your zip to mount at boot time. I have: /dev/sda4 /mnt/zipauto defaults 0 0 but mine never mounts at bootup time. I always have to run "modprobe ppp" for my system to see my Zip 100 drive. Thanks
Re: [newbie] Changing to kde in Mandrake6.1
On Mon, 08 Nov 1999, you wrote: On Mon, 08 Nov 1999, you wrote: Just did fresh install of 6.1 on what will hopefully become our NT Ftp Server's competitor. startx automatically brings up fvwm which I am trying to change to kde Hmm. . .perhaps you might want to try startkde? Im not sure if that script assumes x is started or starts x itself, but its something to try. . . On my RedHat 6.0 system here at work, there a file in my home directory called .Xclients-default which has ONE line "exec startkde" See if that doesn't fix it. :-) John
Re: [newbie] AOL
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote: Does anyone know how to run AOL from linux, or if it's even possible? The only way *I* can think of is to use VMWARE or WINE to have a "windows" session under Linux and run AOL under that. John
Re: [newbie] cannot get shared lock on database in MandrakeUpdate
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote: My guess Pete is that maybe you have netscape open already and you need to close every window of it down first before you can continue the installation. Or he's got a stale lock file and needs to nuke it. It's typically in ~/.netscape and the file name is . "lock" :-) John
Re: [newbie] Hardware recommendations
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote: On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote: (Supra is now owned by Diamond MultiMedia) Compaq/Microcom And sadly diamond is owned by s3. . .a shame. . .i was looking forward to a Diamond geForce board. . .ahh well. Does anyone know where to find any GOOD docs for E? Actually, I *think* it's the other way around, or they merged or something like that... :-) Still, I stand by what I said earlier... the ISA internals are great modems, as are their externals but I wouldn't give you a penny for their (or most anyone's) PCI modems. :-) John
Re: [newbie] Playing Mp3's...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 28 Oct 1999 21:20:33 -0500, Vic wrote: Playing local mp3's over here (K6-2 233, 64 megs ram) has never gave me any probs,, I use xmms to listen... What about playing mp3s that are on your local drive? My sound skibbles terrbly and I cannot even play the dam things unless I shut down to maintenance mode. and downsample to 22050. I have a AMD4864-133Mhz with 32meg ram On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote: How fast of a machine do you have? When I first started playing Mp3's on my machine, it was a Pentium 166 with 80 megs of RAM. Now it's a PIII 450 with 128 m/RAM. Both machines gave me the same problem. When I upgraded to the PIII 450, I expected the problem to go away but it didn't. -Bill Since mp3's have become popular, I've had a P200 @ 225, a PII 350 @ 467, now a PIII 450 @ 505 soon to be a PIII 450 @608. All have had lot'sa ram, and all have had a 28,8 connection. I live in a rural area of Arkansas and my phone lines are the limiting factor. Every one of these system's has pauses (while buffering) playing mp3's off the Net. So much so that all I can viably do is download the mp3's (about 3k/sec) and then play 'em. I don't believe a lot of cpu horespower/ram is needed to play mp3's . just good phone lines ;-) MOF, only flying planes justifies the cpu horsepower I want ... and it never seems to be enough :) -- .. Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] . On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, you wrote: %_I just had to make a post about this because Linux impressed me when it comes to playing Mp3's on my computer. I used to listen to them in Win98 when I was surfing the Internet and everytime I changed to a new web page, there seemed to be a loss of 'processing power' taken away from the Mp3 player I was using (Winamp). This was causing the music to skip or come to a halt momentarily and then start playing again. I remember that someone else was having the same problem and had enquired about it. They had recieved a reply that explained how Win9x wasn't able to deal with the two tasks (web browsing and Mp3 song being played) very well and that was the reason for the poor playback of. Anyhow, I have been listening to Mp3's inside of Mandrake 6.1 and browsing the web without the music being interrupted at all. I like that.:) -Bill Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: -- Vic Student Of Linux -- Vic Student Of Linux - --- Arthur Stark (Top) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Top's Diamond Mine Online - http://www.tdmonline.com ICQ: 449 / AIM: thanagar23 / Yahoo Messenger: thanagar23 / MSM Messenger: arthur_stark PGP Key: C67C 834A 7D80 BB7A F922 854A FF96 8E01 http://www.tdmonline.com/pgpkey.asc - --- Linux user (Mandrake 6.1 / Redhat 6.0), sadly a Microsoft user Get paid to surf the web: http://www.alladvantage.com/go.asp?refid=AYA464 - --- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPsdk version 1.0 (C) 1997 Pretty Good Privacy, Inc iQA/AwUBOCjYdP+WjgE1i8woEQJZ/wCgpuqxkNK2YGmFlHbPjwc9pQCZHNIAn0G/ ChV/sX14D1tNXTXVUkjh4a6G =/Fwm -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[newbie] What is this?
I asked about this once before under a subject about being concerned regarding a possible scan of my machine. Unfortunately I did not receive a reply as yet. Just recently I have begun to find entries in my syslog such as: Nov 9 21:51:18 tiger kernel: nfs: RPC call returned error 111 Nov 9 21:51:18 tiger kernel: RPC: task of released request still queued! Nov 9 21:51:18 tiger kernel: RPC: (task is on xprt_pending) Can anyone tell me what would likely cause this? I have portsentry now and it doesn't appear to show any violations. The manual would appear to indicate that rpc allows c programs to make c calls across a network. Thanks. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
[newbie] Relay test your mail server
Just saw this on a Mac mail server list. You can relay test your mail server by using your mail server machine to telnet to: mail-abuse.org It will automatically relay test your mail server on that machine and provide you the results onscreen as it happens. Pretty cool! Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
Re: [[newbie] cannot get shared lock on database in MandrakeUpdate]
In my limited experience with L-M...you probably have another instance of RPM management open (ie: Mandrake Update or RPM install) close one and the problem will go away Jaguar pete moss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i tried using makndrake update to get any new stuff for my 6.1 system. i got and installed the new kernal as well as virc. no problems with either. however, when i tried to get the new netscape, it crashed with the error 'cannot get shared lock on database'. is there a lock file i need to remove or can i install the netscape rpms manually (if so, where are they on my system?)? thanks :P Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Hardware recommendations
pete JohnLogitech's Trackman Marble+ gets my vote too, it's simply the best available (IMHO). Alan pete moss wrote: John Aldrich wrote: Much as I hate microsoft software, if I had the money, I'd probably get their new optical PS/2 scroll mouse. As for a if you want an optical pointing device, check out the logitech trackman marble+. it is ps/2 and it has a scroll wheel that works under imwheel perfectly in linux. the best mousy thing i have ever used! :P
Re: [newbie] alternative browser?
On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Karen M. Heiby wrote: "Brian K. Garel" wrote: "Karen M. Heiby" wrote: snip I do have Netscape 4.7 and it crashes a lot less. But I am still getting this weird bookmark error. "Bookmarks have changed on disk and are being reloaded". I have to click "OK" to make it go away. It pops up about every 5 minutes, in a window. Very annoying. But no crashes, and yes, I have 4.7. The error happens when I'm reading mail as well as browsing, and I haven't made any bookmark changes. Thanks, Karen Have you tried downloading _only_ navigator (not communicator)? I agree with you that netscape sucks but that seems to be about the only choice if you wan't to take advantage of as much of the web as possible. When I upgraded, I installed just navigator and haven't really had any trouble with it other than its horrible shockwave capabilities. DvB
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[newbie] About SWAT
Does anybody here knows where ?? and how do I get SWAT..its some kinda Web Administration Tool Clyde
[newbie] Environment Variables
Hello, I have three Linux books and none of them really explain what it is I'm doing when I set an environment variable. I gather that I'm telling my kernel where to find things, but that's a foggy concept. My main concern is java libraries. I downloaded jdk117_v1a and jdk117_v3 and have those installed, besides a directory that is already in my /usr/local/bin directory called "java", and whatever java stuff Netscape puts on here. WHen I export a JAVA_HOME, am I appending to a file somewhere for a new place to include when looking for java files? Or am I overwriting the path (therefore making my other java homes not work anymore?) If there's a file I'm writing to, what is it? I ask because I have a few programs that call for different java versions (Netscape seems to come with its own package) and I don't want one program to screw the other over if possible. For example, I don't want to overwrite paths that Netscape needs when I install jdk117 for ICQJava and in doing so, export a JAVA_HOME path to jdk117. But is this what I am in fact doing? If someone can explain this to me, or point me to literature that will answer my question, I would appreciate it. Right now I have "Running Linux" by O'Reilly and I have "Redhat Unleashed" and then "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux" and they really don't answer my question. I don't see any HOW TO's about this topic, or any docs. Thanks!! Karen
[newbie] Enlightenment Clean theme--better speed/stability?
Hi, I noticed that Gnome's speed and stability just about tripled when I started using the "Clean" theme. Has anyone else noticed this? Before, it would take as much time to open a program as Windows 98 does on a 233 MHz Pentium. I guess I was using the default theme for Enlightenment before, whatever that was. Now things open really quickly and seem to freeze up less. If anyone can replicate this, please let me know. I'm curious about this. Karen
Re: [newbie] Dos partition
Earl Karch wrote: I have a Dos partition on a 2nd hard drive that I would like to access from Linux or Win98. However, I can't write to it as a user, and I can't change the file permissions or group as root. Any idea what's up? You need to edit ( as SU ) you're /et/fstab. At a terminal type 'man fstab' for more info. Alan -- == [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) running Linux Mandrake 6.1 and/or BeOS.
Re: [newbie] Environment Variables
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote: WHen I export a JAVA_HOME, am I appending to a file somewhere for a new place to include when looking for java files? Or am I overwriting the path (therefore making my other java homes not work anymore?) If there's a file I'm writing to, what is it? you might try 'man bash' or 'man setenv' From what i've gleaned by digging through various /etc files and frequent use of export myself, i dont think it necessarily overwrites anything. I think its just treated as a seperate environment variable. If you look in /etc/profile you see that there are several variables defined then all issued via one export command. So i think bash just treats each successive export as just another one. I think that anything exported via CLI only is in effect till logout. . . .. . .this is all probably wrong and im doing alot of guessing assuming and going on what ive seen/done/heard. . .someone correct me please! -- Seth Gibson www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710 members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under Construction) Aggression Takes Its Toll.
Re: [newbie] Zip drive
Alan Shoemaker wrote: JerryI'm curious as to why you'd want any removable media device to automount at bootup? The media needs to be inserted for the mount to occur and that is a bad practice with any removable read/write device. Alan Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: Sean Armstrong wrote: Sysadmin wrote: I have ordered a zip250, which I think uses the same SCSI card as the regular zip 100. Hmm, now I know how to set it up during installation, but is it possible to set it up without running the installer by just telling it to load the correct driver assuming one has the directories /mnt/zip250 created and the moint point in their /etc/fstab file? I think this will work if you have a Zip disk with the proper media on it inserted into the zip drive at boot up time. At least it does for me. My setup could just be a fluke though. SA Sean, Could you please give me what your line looks like in your fstab file to get your zip to mount at boot time. I have: /dev/sda4 /mnt/zipauto defaults 0 0 but mine never mounts at bootup time. I always have to run "modprobe ppp" for my system to see my Zip 100 drive. Thanks It's just that every time I want to use the Zip drive I have to go into terminal and type "modprobe ppa", and then mount it. I guess I would be happy if I could just get "modprobe ppa" to run automatically at boot up. I guess your right, automounting a removable media device at boot up could be a questionable practice. I just get tired of running "modprobe ppa" every time I boot up my system. Any thoughts?? Jerry Sean - I'd still like to kmow what your fstab looks like. Thanks in advance, Jerry
Re: [newbie] Zip drive
Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: It's just that every time I want to use the Zip drive I have to go into terminal and type "modprobe ppa", and then mount it. I guess I would be happy if I could just get "modprobe ppa" to run automatically at boot up. I guess your right, automounting a removable media device at boot up could be a questionable practice. I just get tired of running "modprobe ppa" every time I boot up my system. Any thoughts?? sure, just put the command at the bottom of /etc/rc.d/rc.local this can be used like autoexec.bat in dos. just be careful editing rc.* files, you can make your system unbootable if you go changing things! :P
RE: Re: [newbie] Where's the Sound?
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Aldrich Sent: 08 November 1999 14:53 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: [newbie] Where's the Sound? On Mon, 08 Nov 1999, you wrote: Thanks John and Seve. I ran sndconfig; It said it didn't find any PNP devices, even though I have a standard Sound Blaster Pro PNP card. But I was able to select it from the list, which contained 3 entrys for SB. It tested the card, and it was able to play sound clips. The mixer program now runs, but sound still doesn't work in Xwin. In KDE Genome, when I try to setup system sounds, nothing happens. The default beep test button only makes the simple internal pc-speaker respond. Yet, when the system starts, it starts the sound server and the speakers make a brief pop sound. So I tried the "chmod a +rw /dev/mixer" command in the terminal, and it said "invalid mode". Any ideas? I can't think of anything else to try. Thanks. Did you try the chmod as root? If not, it won't work. John The command should be: chmod a+rw /dev/mixer Note that "a+rw" has no spaces in it!
Re: [newbie] alternative browser?
I was doing some searching and found that Opera is moving to port their browser to Linux in a couple of weeks(www.opera.com i think thats where i was). also Sun has HotJava. but I do not know what that is. it seems like a browser. i have not downloaded it yet (www.download.com type "browser"). J On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote: On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Karen M. Heiby wrote: "Brian K. Garel" wrote: "Karen M. Heiby" wrote: snip I do have Netscape 4.7 and it crashes a lot less. But I am still getting this weird bookmark error. "Bookmarks have changed on disk and are being reloaded". I have to click "OK" to make it go away. It pops up about every 5 minutes, in a window. Very annoying. But no crashes, and yes, I have 4.7. The error happens when I'm reading mail as well as browsing, and I haven't made any bookmark changes. Thanks, Karen Have you tried downloading _only_ navigator (not communicator)? I agree with you that netscape sucks but that seems to be about the only choice if you wan't to take advantage of as much of the web as possible. When I upgraded, I installed just navigator and haven't really had any trouble with it other than its horrible shockwave capabilities. DvB
