Re: [newbie] alternative browser?
I really don't think anyone is going to be happy with Hot Java. It is slow, not too stable and has problems with login's or SSL sites. Maybe Opera will be better than Netscape but right now I am happy to have Netscape because the alternatives are much worse. Jeanette jeremy wrote: 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
[newbie] Re: Real G2 and kde
Hello everybody, Does anybody know how to associate Real G2 to rm or ra files under KDE? I created a new mime type in the audio section (i.e. audio/x-pn-realaudio that already exists under GNOME) but I don't know how to set reaplay as the default application to open real movie or real audio files( things work under GNOME but I prefer KDE :-( ) By the way I have a sound problem with GNOME I mean if I enable the system sounds I can't play any other sound file or video file (I mean in avi mov rm file and so on the sound is off). Any suggestions! Thanks in advance maurizio __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Build a small home LAN
I have a Linksys hub and the same at-home network. I would recommend Linksys. Good Luck, Bryan Luca Braglia [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/10/99 07:19:32 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject: [newbie] Build a small home LAN Hi all, I use Linux Mandrake 6.0 and I would like to build a small home network, connecting two PC and maybe later a laptop. I plan to start first with thin ethernet ( BNC-10Base2 ) and than switch to a 10Base-T ( Unshielded Twisted-pair-Rj45 ) with a small 5 ports hub. The two manufacturer I am looking at right now are: Linksys ( http://www.linksys.com ) Micronet (http://www.micronet.com.tw ) I have found a lot about Linksys, they also have a linux www support page http://www.linksys.com/support/solution/nos/linux.htm , it looks that the ethernet card is supported. They also offer a network starter kit with everything you need to connect 2 PC. Micronet reports also to be compatible with Linux, but I did not find any information on the Ethernet HOWTO. Anyone with some experience with the above products to help me to make a good choice ? Thank you in advance for any reply. Best regards Luca
[newbie] OT Quantum Fireball Plus KA shows only 371KB cache (vs 512KB)
Here is a question I sent to Quantum (disk drives) along with the response I received from them. Does anyone know if their response is bogus? Matt = Original Message From DiskSupport [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Matt The drive is fine. What happens is during bootup 140k of diskware (firmware) is put into the buffer (cache) and that is why your bench marks are reporting 371K. Doug Product Support Engineer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 8:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Disk Fireball Plus KA Interface ata-tuyen FirstName: Matt LastName: Thompson Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Location: North America - U.S. Serial_Number: Drive_Part: Drive: Fireball Plus KA Interface_Type: ata OS_Type: Linux OS_Version: Linux Mandrake 6.1 Computer: BIOS: BIOS_Version: Adapter: SCSI_ID: Select Value Termination: Select Termination Drive_Position: Primary Master with Slave Description: I installed a Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18GB) drive on my PC and I ran some benchmarks that show the drive having 371Kb cache. The drive is supposed to have a 512KB cache. I ran "hdparm -Tt" and also "cat /proc/ide" Both the following show the drive having 371Kb cache. I am also running NT4 Workstation(w/ SP4) and Windows 95 (OSR2) on the same PC, so I can run Windows/DOS programs if you need me to. Has this issue been reported before? Please help! Thanks in advance, Matt __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] IDE - Mixing HD CD-RW On Same Cable Running Linux - Possible?
Its more of a hardware/performance rule then OS rule. The THING iwth E-IDE/U-DMA is that only one DEVICE is accessed at the same time on each CHANNEL. So, use that logic and you know that you have 2 IDE Channels. I mean if you have two IDE hard drives, logic says put one on each IDE channel. That way they can both be accessed at the same time instead of one at a time if you put them on the same IDE channel. I would have to know your system uasage pattern to give you the best settings but the guide I use is following [IDE0 Master, Master on Fist Channel is HardDrive, obvious. When I say 1st/2nd/3rd Most Used, I mean after Hard Drive] IDE0 Master - HD [obivious] IDE0 Slaver - 3rd Most Used Device IDE1 Master - 1st Most Used Device IDE1 Slave - 2nd Most Used Device You will have to fit your CD-R/CD-RW/ and TR-4i Tape into a logical order for yourself and fit it into the above formula/guide. The basic philsophy behind that order is the 1st MUD [Most Used Device] should be on a different channel. The 2nd and 3rd MUD must be slaves, but since 2nd has a higher usage then the 3rd, it should be on the lesser used IDE channel, therefore 1, therefore 3rd goes on IDE #1. Hopefully this helps, if thats not confusion enough, lemme give you my partition scheme. IDE0 Master: Quantuam 20.4 GIG HD [Windows98SE(games) - Mandrake 6.0] IDE0 Slave: Quantum 6.4 GIG [Spare Backup Drive] IDE1 Master: Quantum 20.4 GIG HD [MP3 DRive] IDE1 Slave: 48x CD-ROM [used more then Backup, Less them MP3] On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Sevatio Octavio wrote: I have a dilemma in that I have 3 ATAPI devices (CD-R, CD-RW, TR-4i tape drive) and 1 IDE HD that I would like put in my Linux Box. I know that in Windows you're not supposed to put ATAPI with IDE HardDrives on the same ribbon cable. Does the same rule apply to Linux? Is that more of a hardware rule than an OS rule? Seve
Re: [newbie] IDE - Mixing HD CD-RW On Same Cable Running Linux - Possible?
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote: I have a dilemma in that I have 3 ATAPI devices (CD-R, CD-RW, TR-4i tape drive) and 1 IDE HD that I would like put in my Linux Box. I know that in Windows you're not supposed to put ATAPI with IDE HardDrives on the same ribbon cable. Does the same rule apply to Linux? Is that more of a hardware rule than an OS rule? Seve I don't believe it is a rule. Over the years I've had ATAPI cdroms, on the same ide as a harddrive, sometimes as master, sometimes as slave, in both Windows and Linux. -- .. Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] .
[newbie] Reverse Windoze Internet sharing
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have two network cards and both are working fine . I am able to ping the other system, and the linux box shows up fine in network neighborhood on the windoze machine. I have internet connection sharing working fine from the win only box. I dual boot Mandrake 6.1 and 98 se. When I am in windoze it works fine. When I boot to linux I can no longer share the connection. I want to use the win box to be the main connection. Is it possable? If so how? I have set everything up from the Mandrakeuser.org site. But just by the way it reads it seams to expect the linux box as the main connection. Thanks for any help Steven -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.1 iQA/AwUBOCl8fcu0Jnj1RPEREQLVJQCfRecJW5vM0c4Fj2smtDY+kfGQ1bkAoILh +bupbsnV2B3/jYKlsiDlsnei =zl2q -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[newbie] No boot filename received - UPDATE
I have disabled DHCP for eth0 using linuxconf, but still am forced to boot from a floppy. Where can I copy the floppy's contents to on the hard drive to make the computer NOT require the floppy? Thanks, Bryan On the fresh, new 6.1 box, I am using DHCP to get assigned an IP address. However, on bootup, I get the following: DHCP MAC ADDR: 00 90 27 41 84 30 PXE-E53: No boot filename received I can boot from my recover disk, and all works well. I get assigned an IP address and go about my merry way. If it helps, I'm runnin' on a Gateway P75 80 mb RAM Intel Pro/100 Ethernet Card Maxtor 8 GB Drive 1995 BIOS Date?? Thanks, Bryan
Re: [newbie] Build a small home LAN
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Luca Braglia wrote: Hi all, I use Linux Mandrake 6.0 and I would like to build a small home network, connecting two PC and maybe later a laptop. I plan to start first with thin ethernet ( BNC-10Base2 ) and than switch to a 10Base-T ( Unshielded Twisted-pair-Rj45 ) with a small 5 ports hub. The two manufacturer I am looking at right now are: Linksys ( http://www.linksys.com ) Micronet (http://www.micronet.com.tw ) Delt with them but I really don't trust their products that much to say anythig good. I had horrible experiences with both of their products in the past and I'm kind of an big person to try something once I had some bad experiences. Rececently, I use a lot of D-LINK and SMC Card. I recommend some of the D-LINK COMBO Cards, they work well for me. I have found a lot about Linksys, they also have a linux www support page http://www.linksys.com/support/solution/nos/linux.htm , it looks that the ethernet card is supported. They also offer a network starter kit with everything you need to connect 2 PC. Micronet reports also to be compatible with Linux, but I did not find any information on the Ethernet HOWTO. Anyone with some experience with the above products to help me to make a good choice ? Thank you in advance for any reply. Best regards Luca
Re: [newbie] Dos partition
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you 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? By default, Linux (or at least RedHat and Mandrake) do not permit users to write to a DOS partition. However, you can change this by adding "user" to the string describing the dos/windows partition. i.e. /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos vfat defaults, user0 0 The above is how you'd mount a Win98 partition. Just change the filesystem type to "fat" for a plain MSDOS (pre Win9x) file system. OTOH, you may want to use FAT32 to address that partition/logical drive so that you can save long file names of the type acceptable to Linux and Win98. John
Re: [newbie] Lilo won't boot off HD!
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote: Would really appreciate someone's help. I can't figure this out. The boot sequence using my boot diskette is perfect: everything is normal and everything got an OK. So, why won't Linux boot up from the HD. Never had this problem before. Thank you all so much. You don't mention re-running LILO to write the changes to the MBR. I suspect that if you boot from the floppy, then run /sbin/lilo, and then reboot, things will be fine. John
Re: [newbie] Build a small home LAN
From: Ronald A. Yacketta I use two linksys nic's in my home network with the supplied 3com card from my cable company. I did not buy a started kit tho, just picked up two extra cat5 cables and a 5 port hub. put a linksys in my winblows box (for my son/wife) connected it to a port on the hub put the ohter linksys in the linux box (eth1) enabled ip_fw and ip_masq (as well as firewall will fwtk/ipchains) pointed the winblows box to the linuxbox (ip 10.100.100.1/25) and as well as the DNS etc.. I am currently looking at gauntlet and firewall1 (but neither as I know of support linux) need more info send me a email and I will help out Regards, Ron oh, almost forgot the ip_ftp_masq and other masq moduals. Luca Braglia [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/10/99 07:19:32 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Ronald A. Yacketta/958157/EKC) Subject: [newbie] Build a small home LAN Hi all, I use Linux Mandrake 6.0 and I would like to build a small home network, connecting two PC and maybe later a laptop. I plan to start first with thin ethernet ( BNC-10Base2 ) and than switch to a 10Base-T ( Unshielded Twisted-pair-Rj45 ) with a small 5 ports hub. The two manufacturer I am looking at right now are: Linksys ( http://www.linksys.com ) Micronet (http://www.micronet.com.tw ) I have found a lot about Linksys, they also have a linux www support page http://www.linksys.com/support/solution/nos/linux.htm , it looks that the ethernet card is supported. They also offer a network starter kit with everything you need to connect 2 PC. Micronet reports also to be compatible with Linux, but I did not find any information on the Ethernet HOWTO. Anyone with some experience with the above products to help me to make a good choice ? Thank you in advance for any reply. Best regards Luca
Re: [newbie] Zip drive
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you 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?? Suggestion: make a BASH script to run "modprobe ppa" and then mount the ZIP drive. Then, just call that script when you're wanting to talk to the ZIP drive. For example, I haven't bothered to change the default color depth in my XF86Config file, I just created an alias in my .bashrc for "sx" which calls "startx -- -bpp 16" and I'm happy. 'Course that wouldn't work if I booted to a GUI desktop, but you could put it in your /etc/bashrc or something similar. Alternatively, you could edit your /etc/rc.d/rc.local to add the "modprobe ppa" to your boot sequence. John
[newbie] Reverse Internet Sharing
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have two network cards and both are working fine . I am able to ping the other system, and the linux box shows up fine in network neighborhood on the windoze machine. I have internet connection sharing working fine from the win only box. I dual boot Mandrake 6.1 and 98 se. When I am in windoze it works fine. When I boot to linux I can no longer share the connection. I want to use the win box to be the main connection. Is it possable? If so how? I have set everything up from the Mandrakeuser.org site. But just by the way it reads it seams to expect the linux box as the main connection. Thanks for any help Steven P.S sorry if this is a double post. it appeared as though the first one bounced. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.1 iQA/AwUBOCmDocu0Jnj1RPEREQK/7ACfTRFnLnRLZY7w6K95zqo/lwUw8rgAoOqO SRn3cWDhOxj72LR4GJRpVy30 =6MIV -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[newbie] BLAS.a or BLAS-OPT.a
One of the programs I'm trying to TGZ.Compile [hehe :)] is asking for someothing called BLAS.o or BLAS-OPT.a and it says its in RedHat, but I use Mandrake, any chance its ther also? I can't find it. SInger Thanks all
Re: [newbie] alternative browser?
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: 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"). Unfortunately, Opera has been "in progress" for some time. What I really don't understand is why it's taking so long for them to get it working if they have it working for RedHat Mandrake!! It seems to me that they should be able to release the RedHat/Mandrake version and just add the rest of the distributions as they get done! :-) John
Re: [newbie] Lexmark 3200
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: Well, I know there aren't any drivers for my Lexmark printer yet, but someone told me that as long as I had it set up as a plain text printer, it would print. Is this true? I set it as a plain text printer during install, but it won't print anything. Just wondering... I've read that Lexmark printers are "Win Printers" (printer version of a WinModem) i.e. it ONLY works under Windows. John
Re: [newbie] IDE - Mixing HD CD-RW On Same Cable Running Linux - Possible?
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote: I have a dilemma in that I have 3 ATAPI devices (CD-R, CD-RW, TR-4i tape drive) and 1 IDE HD that I would like put in my Linux Box. I know that in Windows you're not supposed to put ATAPI with IDE HardDrives on the same ribbon cable. Does the same rule apply to Linux? Is that more of a hardware rule than an OS rule? Why??? I've got an ATAPI CDROM in my Windows 98 box at home and it's working fine as the final device in the IDE chain. I'd say give it a shot and don't worry about it. Just make sure that the IDE hard drive is the primary master, and you should be set. :-) John
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Re: [newbie] Build a small home LAN
I am using the Linksys network kit plus several other nics on my home network of 5 pc's. I have 3 lynksys nics and 2 3com, and they all work great. One pc has one of each in it and I had no problem with Linux recognizing both on boot-up. They both use the native drivers in Linux also. Chip On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hi all, I use Linux Mandrake 6.0 and I would like to build a small home network, connecting two PC and maybe later a laptop. I plan to start first with thin ethernet ( BNC-10Base2 ) and than switch to a 10Base-T ( Unshielded Twisted-pair-Rj45 ) with a small 5 ports hub. The two manufacturer I am looking at right now are: Linksys ( http://www.linksys.com ) Micronet (http://www.micronet.com.tw ) I have found a lot about Linksys, they also have a linux www support page http://www.linksys.com/support/solution/nos/linux.htm , it looks that the ethernet card is supported. They also offer a network starter kit with everything you need to connect 2 PC. Micronet reports also to be compatible with Linux, but I did not find any information on the Ethernet HOWTO. Anyone with some experience with the above products to help me to make a good choice ? Thank you in advance for any reply. Best regards Luca
[newbie] Changing monitor settings
When I installed linux-mandrake 6.1 it asked me what the settings were for the monitor. At the time I didn't know. However, now I do know and would like to change it. How do I do this? Do I go into XConfigurator and if so how do I do it? Second, do I install my video card driver? I am very new to the whole Linux thing. Any help is greatly appreciated. thanks, Chris
Re: [newbie] Hardware recommendations
Hi pete moss ! On 11/9/99 3:33:33 PM, you wrote: 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! How does it compare to the FirstMousePlus, I assume its just bigger? Does Mandrake (6.1) have imwheel as standard? Damien Mc Kenna Keene State College, BSc Computer Science Student http://www.mckenna.brinet.net/[EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ 17066133
Re: [newbie] Hardware recommendations
Hi John Aldrich ! On 11/9/99 2:46:53 PM, you wrote: Much as I hate microsoft software, if I had the money, I'd probably get their new optical PS/2 scroll mouse. It does seem interesting, and it'll fit a large hand too.. 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. Is it just me or are _all_ PCI modems winmodems? Some of them don't say it, but at some of the prices they go for, I wonder sometimes. Your best assurance that a modem will work with Linux is to pick up an external modem. Nah, just make sure its ISA and non-winmodem - almost guaranteed to work every time. My 3com/USR 56k PnP Int is cool. Damien Mc Kenna Keene State College, BSc Computer Science Student http://www.mckenna.brinet.net/[EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ 17066133
Re: [newbie] Apache PHP
Hi "David M. Kufta" ! On 11/9/99 8:15:25 PM, you wrote: I find the below statement rather curious Midgard works just fine I have it installed and use it to administer my web pages with no problem, it does require one to read the documentation and understand how Midgard work's. The INSTALL file for Midgard gives very good instruction on how to install it and MySQL, I find to be one of the easier to configure. My main issue with the whole Mandrake/Midgard/PHP thing is that the default installation doesn't work, you have to go playing with it to get it to a reasonable stage, which I thought was a problem that Mdk wanted to solve. Heck, if I'd known it wasn't going to work I'd have just stuck with RH6.0 and RPM'd everything I needed instead. Midgard help is avilable from vmware should you have difficulty with the installation, and I find it to have many advantages over standard php That may be true, but when a ditro aimed at beginners has one of its major advantages shortchanged due to lack of bugtesting, it sucks. I thought Mdk would be better than that. Maybe Mdk 6.2 will be? I'd like it if there was a KDE configurator for Midgard, which could also make the relevant changes to your httpd.conf too. *That* would bring a lot of converts. Damien Mc Kenna Keene State College, BSc Computer Science Student http://www.mckenna.brinet.net/[EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ 17066133
Re: [newbie] Lexmark 3200
John Aldrich wrote: On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: Well, I know there aren't any drivers for my Lexmark printer yet, but someone told me that as long as I had it set up as a plain text printer, it would print. Is this true? I set it as a plain text printer during install, but it won't print anything. Just wondering... I've read that Lexmark printers are "Win Printers" (printer version of a WinModem) i.e. it ONLY works under Windows. John go to http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/ and you will notice that the 3200 is listed as a paperweight. however, my lexmark optra e+ works great in linux. :P
Re: [newbie] Hardware recommendations
Damien Mc Kenna wrote: Hi pete moss ! On 11/9/99 3:33:33 PM, you wrote: 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! How does it compare to the FirstMousePlus, I assume its just bigger? i dont know, never seen a first mouse plus. its an optical trackball with the ball at the thumb. there are three buttons with the middle button a wheel. i have large hands and it works great for me. (much better than that damn small iMac mouse!) because of its design, it might be a problem for left handed mouse users. i havent seen a lefty version. Does Mandrake (6.1) have imwheel as standard? yup! :P
Re: [newbie] Hardware recommendations
Yeah...but try using a trackball for Quake. ;-) actually i prefer using the keyboard for quake. or a joystick! :P
Re: [newbie] Reverse Windoze Internet sharing
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: I have two network cards and both are working fine . I am able to ping the other system, and the linux box shows up fine in network neighborhood on the windoze machine. I have internet connection sharing working fine from the win only box. I dual boot Mandrake 6.1 and 98 se. When I am in windoze it works fine. When I boot to linux I can no longer share the connection. I want to use the win box to be the main connection. Is it possable? If so how? I have set everything up from the Mandrakeuser.org site. But just by the way it reads it seams to expect the linux box as the main connection. Might one enquire why you're not using the full potential of your Linux box? After all, Linux is DESIGNED to do exactly the sort of thing you're trying to make your Windows box do. With special software (WinGate, I think...) you can do it, but Linux already has the capability of sharing the connection by default! John
Re: [newbie] Netscape error
On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Karen M. Heiby wrote: 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 Try, "touch ~/.netscape/bookmarks.html", it sounds to me like it has a filedate that is in the future
[newbie] Message of The Day
Hi guys, I have what I hope is an easy question to answer. My first experience with Linux was an old Slackware distribution from 1995. I knew nothing of it then and paid little or no attention until early this year. That old distribution hada random message of the day that would come up when you logged in. It varied from jokes, to thinks to think about etc My question is if there is similar utility that I can download to give me similar functionality in Redhat 6.1. Thanks in advance guys:)
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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: snip 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 Jerryyou can put "modprobe ppa" at the end of your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file for it to autoexecute at boot time. Alan
Re: [newbie] Zip drive
On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, pete moss wrote: 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 add to /etc/conf.modules, alias scsi_hostadapter0 ppa or, alias block-major-8 ppa and "mount /dev/sda4" should autoload pppa if it's needed.
Re: [newbie] IDE - Mixing HD CD-RW On Same Cable Running Linux - Possible?
I have a IDE HD as master on Primary IDE and a ATAPI CDROM as slave on it. On the Secoundary IDE I have a HP 7200 CDRW as slave in both windows and linux and all its OK. I have not tested write cds on linux yet, but I think evertyhing its ok. Anderson A. eMiranda Virtualcase Brazil [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #54651099 -Original Message- From: Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] IDE - Mixing HD CD-RW On Same Cable Running Linux - Possible? On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote: I have a dilemma in that I have 3 ATAPI devices (CD-R, CD-RW, TR-4i tape drive) and 1 IDE HD that I would like put in my Linux Box. I know that in Windows you're not supposed to put ATAPI with IDE HardDrives on the same ribbon cable. Does the same rule apply to Linux? Is that more of a hardware rule than an OS rule? Seve I don't believe it is a rule. Over the years I've had ATAPI cdroms, on the same ide as a harddrive, sometimes as master, sometimes as slave, in both Windows and Linux. -- .. Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
RE: [newbie] alternative browser?
Try Amaya for a graphical browser. www.w3.org http://www.w3.org -Original Message- From: Karen M. Heiby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 5:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[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 ;-)
[newbie] TNT 2 Ultra
Hi all, I´m not sure this subject has already been discussed, but here it goes. Does the mandrake 6.0 include support for the TNT untra? I tryed using the RIVA TNT in the Xconfigurator setup, but whatever I do, the X-windows doesn´t show corretly. The screen appears completely messy and I have to reboot. Any tips? Thank you, Fabricio Tofoli
Re: [newbie] Message of The Day
Lionel Barrow wrote: Hi guys, I have what I hope is an easy question to answer. My first experience with Linux was an old Slackware distribution from 1995. I knew nothing of it then and paid little or no attention until early this year. That old distribution had a random message of the day that would come up when you logged in. It varied from jokes, to thinks to think about etc My question is if there is similar utility that I can download to give me similar functionality in Redhat 6.1. Thanks in advance guys:) You should be able to download a program called fortune (actually it should be on your distribution disk) This is the program you are looking for...what you could do is just run it from a .login file when you login or .profile depending on your shell. -- 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] Hardware recommendations
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hi John Aldrich ! On 11/9/99 2:46:53 PM, you wrote: Much as I hate microsoft software, if I had the money, I'd probably get their new optical PS/2 scroll mouse. It does seem interesting, and it'll fit a large hand too.. Yeah...nice thing is you don't need a mouse pad or anything! :-) Is it just me or are _all_ PCI modems winmodems? Some of them don't say it, but at some of the prices they go for, I wonder sometimes. Pretty much so...though there are a couple "lin-modems." :-) Nah, just make sure its ISA and non-winmodem - almost guaranteed to work every time. My 3com/USR 56k PnP Int is cool. *shrug* YMMV. However, you can be POSITIVE that any *external* modem is NOT a WinModem. :-) John
[newbie] mysql socket
Hi, I'm trying to install MySQL on my Mandrake 5.3 machine. I'm installing from source. When I try running mysqladmin, I get an error saying that /tmp/mysql.sock doesn't exist. It doesn't. What is this file, and how do I create it? Thanks, Hidong
[newbie] Unable to telnet into Mandrake box
Hello, I just installed Mandrake 6.1 on HP NetServer LH Pro, and love it so far.. I am in the process of decommisioning an HP9000 UNIX server that is serving our web page and just can't see how paying the $3000/year maintenance fee on HP-UX is a benefit, when a better, faster, stable OS is free! Anyway after installing, everything seems to work but a few little quirks, I can't telnet into the linux box.?? I have been researching and researching and I must not be researching in the right place. I looked in the inetd.conf file and there is a section for the ftpd and the telnetd, but if I do a ps -ef |grep telnetd it isn't running. I can ftp into it just fine?? Any help appreciated. Also if i 'ping hostname' it won't ping, if i 'ping hosname.xxx.com' it works. Where is the DNS stuff at that I need to change for that to work.. Jason Bowne
Re: [newbie] Hardware recommendations
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: Yeah...but try using a trackball for Quake. ;-) actually i prefer using the keyboard for quake. or a joystick! I've seen too many people kick butt with a mouse. There's just so much more maneuverability and better aiming! John
[newbie] Quake
How/where does one get Quake for linux??
[newbie] mcopy corrupts floppies
When I perform an mcopy operation to a floppy, where a duplicate file is encounterred and then overwritten, the floppy becomes unreadable and unwriteble on my Win/NT system. I can't even reformat the floppy. Has anyone else seen this? Bill Smith Intel ASC Santa Clara Phone: 408-765-4570 / Fax: 408-653-8511 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [[newbie] IDE - Mixing HD CD-RW On Same Cable Running Linux - Possible?]
It's really a question of performance. Will the slowest device on the chain dictate the maximum speed of the data access? With Windows, I think the answer is YES. With linux, you can tune the ide access parameters... S. Douglas Smith Sr. -- "Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience, and the last effort of genius." George Sand -- -Original Message- From: Jaguar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 11:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [[newbie] IDE - Mixing HD CD-RW On Same Cable Running Linux - Possible?] I have to disagree with the ATAPI/IDE statement... I am a self-employed PC technician and have almost exclusively used an ATAPI CD chained behind an IDE HD, and so far..( in excess off 100 systems) _NEVER_ a problem. I have at this moment an IDE chained behind an ATAPI on one of my home systems. Everything works perfectly. :) Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sevatio Octavio) wrote: I have a dilemma in that I have 3 ATAPI devices (CD-R, CD-RW, TR-4i tape drive) and 1 IDE HD that I would like put in my Linux Box. I know that in Windows you're not supposed to put ATAPI with IDE HardDrives on the same ribbon cable. Does the same rule apply to Linux? Is that more of a hardware rule than an OS rule? Seve Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Reverse Windoze Internet sharing
Hi, I using 2 stations at home: 1 - NT 4.0 2 - Linux As I use thw windowz NT for develope PHP and Cold Fusion, this is (yet) main machine and my connection to the internet is made by NT. I use Winroute (www.winroute.com) on NT to share the internet connection (it works as a router). Setups: Windows - Gateway: - (no entry) Linux - Gateway: windows machine IP (this works like your gateway, making a NAT between your LAN and the internet via modem) You will see more information on Winroute user manual (must be downloaded from www.winroute.com). This is a cool software and works very well. I think that the Linux Box do it better, and I will setup it in a near future. Anderson Miranda Virtualcase Brasil [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 54651099 -Original Message- From: G_REEPER [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 1:21 PM Subject: [newbie] Reverse Windoze Internet sharing -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have two network cards and both are working fine . I am able to ping the other system, and the linux box shows up fine in network neighborhood on the windoze machine. I have internet connection sharing working fine from the win only box. I dual boot Mandrake 6.1 and 98 se. When I am in windoze it works fine. When I boot to linux I can no longer share the connection. I want to use the win box to be the main connection. Is it possable? If so how? I have set everything up from the Mandrakeuser.org site. But just by the way it reads it seams to expect the linux box as the main connection. Thanks for any help Steven -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.1 iQA/AwUBOCl8fcu0Jnj1RPEREQLVJQCfRecJW5vM0c4Fj2smtDY+kfGQ1bkAoILh +bupbsnV2B3/jYKlsiDlsnei =zl2q -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [newbie] Quake
I believe you have to buy the other platform version. There are how-tos to make it work for linux. At 01:51 PM 11/10/1999 -0700, you wrote: How/where does one get Quake for linux??
Re: [newbie] Where's the Sound?
Does anybody know whether HP-Pavailion 8550C has problems with Linux-Mandrake 6.5 installation. On the Video side it doesn't say about intel chipset -810 support. Thanks in advance, Niraj
Re: [newbie] Monitor Trouble
run Xconfigurator or xf86config On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Christian Charles Opp wrote: When I first installed Linux Mandrake 6.1 I didn't know what the resolutions were. I know now and would like to change it. How do I do this? Thanks, chris
Re: [newbie] Hardware recommendations
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote: Yeah...but try using a trackball for Quake. ;-) John Haha. . .oh but i do! and i gotta say i love it. . .havent gotten the panther xl to work under linux very well yet tho): -- Seth Gibson www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710 members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under Construction) Aggression Takes Its Toll.
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 ;-) if you want lightweight and fairly simple, try grail. Entirely written in python, you can get it from http://www.python.org -- Alex
Re: [newbie] Monitor Trouble
Cris , To solve your problem on the monitor side select Viewsonic ES 14 using 600x800 or the default setting detected by Linux. Clyde At 02:05 PM 11/10/99 -0600, you wrote: When I first installed Linux Mandrake 6.1 I didn't know what the resolutions were. I know now and would like to change it. How do I do this? Thanks, chris
Re: [newbie] Quake
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: How/where does one get Quake for linux?? 1() Buy it 2() if you have the dos/win version go to www.linuxquake.com to get the client, then check out /usr/doc/HOWTO/Quake-HOWTO (or you can just look at it while at linuxquake.com) -- Seth Gibson www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710 members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under Construction) Aggression Takes Its Toll.
Re: [newbie] Message of The Day
Hi Lionel,
You can get the same result by adding a line to /etcbashrc or
/home/lionel/.bashrc this would consist of:
/usr/games/fortune
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you
wrote:
Hi guys, I have what I hope is an easy question to answer. My first experience
with Linux was an old Slackware distribution from 1995. I knew nothing of it then and
paid little or no attention until early this year. That old distribution had a random
message of the day that would come up when you logged in. It varied from jokes, to
thinks to think about etc My question is if there is similar utility that I can
download to give me similar functionality in Redhat 6.1. Thanks in advance guys:)
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if (feel_like_it)
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}
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Re: [newbie] Quake
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: How/where does one get Quake for linux?? http://www.linuxgames.com/quake/ ... good place to start? -- .. Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: [newbie] Changing monitor settings
Just type XConfigurator in a terminal window. It will take you through the steps. If your card is on the compat list, it should already be there. At 10:50 AM 11/10/1999 -0600, you wrote: When I installed linux-mandrake 6.1 it asked me what the settings were for the monitor. At the time I didn't know. However, now I do know and would like to change it. How do I do this? Do I go into XConfigurator and if so how do I do it? Second, do I install my video card driver? I am very new to the whole Linux thing. Any help is greatly appreciated. thanks, Chris
Re: [newbie] TNT 2 Ultra
You either have to download the new version of x (3.3.5) from LM 6.1 or go to www.nvidia.com and download their x-server updates. Richard On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hi all, I´m not sure this subject has already been discussed, but here it goes. Does the mandrake 6.0 include support for the TNT untra? I tryed using the RIVA TNT in the Xconfigurator setup, but whatever I do, the X-windows doesn´t show corretly. The screen appears completely messy and I have to reboot. Any tips? Thank you, Fabricio Tofoli
Re: [newbie] Message of The Day
I believe all distro have this. Don't quote me but I think there is a MOTD file somewhere. At 02:15 PM 11/10/1999 -0500, you wrote: Hi guys, I have what I hope is an easy question to answer. My first experience with Linux was an old Slackware distribution from 1995. I knew nothing of it then and paid little or no attention until early this year. That old distribution had a random message of the day that would come up when you logged in. It varied from jokes, to thinks to think about etc My question is if there is similar utility that I can download to give me similar functionality in Redhat 6.1. Thanks in advance guys:)
Re: [newbie] Reverse Windoze Internet sharing
Try this web site : http://qnat.csb.com/masquera.htm This should help .
[newbie] hi
Hi, I wonder if there is any documentation in *.doc format about Linux generally. Thanks tvp
Re: [newbie] Message of The Day
I'm having troubleI just installed latest Mandrake and I can't get Xwindows to run. I have both a PCI and a AGP sis 6326 video cards and have tried both of them in itany suggestions? ps, I live in a small town and would you believe all the computer stores in town only carry the sis...I've already tried to get a different type of card.
Re: [newbie] Motorola PCI modem
Motorola PCI SM56 is a WinModem. Cannot work under LINUX. On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Tony Bao wrote: Hi, I have a Motorola PCI modem SM56, how to configure it? I can see that it takes the "COM4" in Window98. Thanks in advance. Tony = __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Changing monitor settings
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: When I installed linux-mandrake 6.1 it asked me what the settings were for the monitor. At the time I didn't know. However, now I do know and would like to change it. How do I do this? Do I go into XConfigurator and if so how do I do it? Second, do I install my video card driver? I am very new to the whole Linux thing. Any help is greatly appreciated. thanks, Chris I believe 'XF86Setup' is the easiest. If you type that in while runnin X (eg, Konsole), it'll ask you if all you want to do is make some changes. -- .. Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: [newbie] TNT 2 Ultra
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hi all, I´m not sure this subject has already been discussed, but here it goes. Does the mandrake 6.0 include support for the TNT untra? I tryed using the RIVA TNT in the Xconfigurator setup, but whatever I do, the X-windows doesn´t show corretly. The screen appears completely messy and I have to reboot. Any tips? Go get the latest version of X from the 6.1 archives, or from "cooker." (6.1 is the "stable" release... G) John
[newbie] Creative Labs 3D Blaster S4
Does anyone know if XFree86 3.3.5 supports the Creative Labs 3D Blaster with the Savage 4 chipset? Rick Friedman Salant Corp. - MIS 800-472-8013 x75105 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Heaven on earth is... Yankee Stadium!
Re: [newbie] Quake
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: How/where does one get Quake for linux?? Presumeably in the software store. :-) John
Re: [newbie] Unable to telnet into Mandrake box
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hello, I just installed Mandrake 6.1 on HP NetServer LH Pro, and love it so far.. I am in the process of decommisioning an HP9000 UNIX server that is serving our web page and just can't see how paying the $3000/year maintenance fee on HP-UX is a benefit, when a better, faster, stable OS is free! Anyway after installing, everything seems to work but a few little quirks, I can't telnet into the linux box.?? I have been researching and researching and I must not be researching in the right place. I looked in the inetd.conf file and there is a section for the ftpd and the telnetd, but if I do a ps -ef |grep telnetd it isn't running. Go get the telnet SERVER package. Mandrake (and perhaps RedHat and others) has seen fit to split telnet into a "server" rpm and a "client" rpm. Also if i 'ping hostname' it won't ping, if i 'ping hosname.xxx.com' it works. Where is the DNS stuff at that I need to change for that to work.. /etc/resolv.conf is wher eyou put your ISP's name servers in. If that's not your question, I'm not sure what the answer is. :-) John
[newbie] Zip Drive parallel help
I'm new to the list ( about a week or so) I bought a 100mb parallel zip but just can't seem to get it to work. When I type ( mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip) it reads can't find device (maybe insmod driver) Any help would be great. I need as much detail as possible. (I'm real new.) P.S. Should linux find my drive when I install Mandrake 6.1 under,do you have any scsi adapters? Thanks Jeff Filapose
Re: [newbie] Monitor Trouble
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: When I first installed Linux Mandrake 6.1 I didn't know what the resolutions were. I know now and would like to change it. How do I do this? As root, rerun "setup" and choose "video" or run /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config or /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86Setup John
Re: [newbie] Motorola PCI modem
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hi, I have a Motorola PCI modem SM56, how to configure it? I can see that it takes the "COM4" in Window98. Thanks in advance. Can you say "WinModem"??? At this point I almost guarantee it won't work under Linux. 99.9% of all PCI modems are WinModems/HSP modems. (WinModem being a TM of 3Com/USR) These modems require special software that takes the place of hardware that was intentionally left off to save money. Unfortunately this software ONLY runs under Windows. John
[newbie] OT: Novel recommendation
Completely off-topic but I thought it might be of interest to many, if not most, of you. I just finished reading a novel titled: "format c:" by Edwin Black. It is published by Brookline Books. It is a thriller (although there is quite a bit of humor) concerning the Y2K bug and Armageddon. It tells of how the richest man in the world, who is the CEO of a software company which produces an "OS" called, "Windgazer ." The company is based in Seattle. Now, you might think this CEO represents Bill Gates in the real world (I certainly do), however the author actually has Bill Gates make an appearance. BTW... the CEO in the book is, essentially, the Antichrist. Anyway, I think this book appeals to just about everyone on this list and I thought I would pass it along. Rick Friedman Salant Corp. - MIS 800-472-8013 x75105 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Heaven on earth is... Yankee Stadium!
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Re: [newbie] OT Quantum Fireball Plus KA shows only 371KB cache (vs 512KB)
M Thompson wrote: Here is a question I sent to Quantum (disk drives) along with the response I received from them. Does anyone know if their response is bogus? Their answer is legitimate. It's unfortunate, but true.
[newbie] OT: Novel recommendation
Completely off-topic but I thought it might be of interest to many, if not most, of you. I just finished reading a novel titled: "format c:" by Edwin Black. It is published by Brookline Books. It is a thriller (although there is quite a bit of humor) concerning the Y2K bug and Armageddon. It tells of how the richest man in the world, who is the CEO of a software company which produces an "OS" called, "Windgazer ." The company is based in Seattle. Now, you might think this CEO represents Bill Gates in the real world (I certainly do), however the author actually has Bill Gates make an appearance. BTW... the CEO in the book is, essentially, the Antichrist. Anyway, I think this book appeals to just about everyone on this list and I thought I would pass it along. Rick Friedman Salant Corp. - MIS 800-472-8013 x75105 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Heaven on earth is... Yankee Stadium!
Re: [newbie] Reverse Windoze Internet sharing
John Aldrich wrote: On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: I have two network cards and both are working fine . I am able to ping the other system, and the linux box shows up fine in network neighborhood on the windoze machine. I have internet connection sharing working fine from the win only box. I dual boot Mandrake 6.1 and 98 se. When I am in windoze it works fine. When I boot to linux I can no longer share the connection. I want to use the win box to be the main connection. Is it possable? If so how? I have set everything up from the Mandrakeuser.org site. But just by the way it reads it seams to expect the linux box as the main connection. Might one enquire why you're not using the full potential of your Linux box? After all, Linux is DESIGNED to do exactly the sort of thing you're trying to make your Windows box do. With special software (WinGate, I think...) you can do it, but Linux already has the capability of sharing the connection by default! John Windows 98 Second Edition (second try?) shipped the new Internet Connection Sharing functionality. As to the problem, it sounds like the Windows box isn't being referenced as the default gateway on the Linux machine. Should be fixable using netcfg, linuxconf, or just editing /etc/sysconfig/network or /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Re:
Hello , send this msg to true adress , see in mandrake hp ! Bye. -- Michel Thadeu Sabchuk A brasilian user of Linux .
[newbie] FW: Creative Labs 3D Blaster S4
Does anyone know if XFree86 3.3.5 supports the Creative Labs 3D Blaster with the Savage 4 chipset? I am sorry if this message was received twice. I'm having some problems I'm trying to iron out. Rick Friedman Salant Corp. - MIS 800-472-8013 x75105 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Heaven on earth is... Yankee Stadium!
[newbie] It's a (SB)Live !!!
Hello all, Well I finally figured this @#$%! thing out. In my extrem newbieness I was trying to save myself some time when I was editing and moving files around (ie the makefile and the conf.modules file) and would open them in separate windows, make my changes but I would not close them or the window I used to edit them. DUH, linux didn't see the saved file I had just made because I still had it open but would instead use an image file and compile that instead. One of my OTHER blunders was to read the line that said COMPILE the KERNEL (personally scrared the sh$t out of me but I tried anyway - thank God it bombed), as well as I had no clue how to compile the module. BTW, I found it necessary to compile in this order 1. make 2. make clean 3. make install. Go figure 8-).So the moral of the story is ... well ok there itsn't one I just wish I knew about the closing of the open files BEFORE I could use them to compile, perhaps this is TOO obvious so an experienced user but to us virgins G it's wasn't so clear. Next project is to get sound working in gnome and then networking - joy. Thanks all for trying to help, Joe
Re: [[newbie] FW: Creative Labs 3D Blaster S4]
Twice? Try three times...:( RICHARD FRIEDMAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know if XFree86 3.3.5 supports the Creative Labs 3D Blaster with the Savage 4 chipset? I am sorry if this message was received twice. I'm having some problems I'm trying to iron out. Rick Friedman Salant Corp. - MIS 800-472-8013 x75105 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Heaven on earth is... Yankee Stadium! Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Message of The Day
Lionel and Brianon my Mandrake 6.1 CD there is no fortune, but there is a kfortune that runs in KDE. Alan "Brian K. Garel" wrote: Lionel Barrow wrote: Hi guys, I have what I hope is an easy question to answer. My first experience with Linux was an old Slackware distribution from 1995. I knew nothing of it then and paid little or no attention until early this year. That old distribution had a random message of the day that would come up when you logged in. It varied from jokes, to thinks to think about etc My question is if there is similar utility that I can download to give me similar functionality in Redhat 6.1. Thanks in advance guys:) You should be able to download a program called fortune (actually it should be on your distribution disk) This is the program you are looking for...what you could do is just run it from a .login file when you login or .profile depending on your shell. -- 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)
[newbie] multiple cards
Having some trouble setting up multiple nics on my 486. I'm using ne clones with Mandrake 5.3 kernel 2.0.36. The cards work fine individually, but with both configured I can only get one to work at a time. I have tried netconf but that is not doing the trick. At this point I have done the configuration by hand. Both cards are recognized at boot and ifconfig shows both up and running. But only one works..ie ping etc I have edited /etc/conf.modules: alias eth0 ne alias eth1 ne options ne io=0x260,0x300 irq=9,3 and copied ../../network-scripts/ifcfg-eth-0 to eth-1 ( editing accordingly ) What other file need to be created/edited. And what else am I missing. Pat
Re: [newbie] Quake
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: I believe you have to buy the other platform version. There are how-tos to make it work for linux. Oh...yeah. Original Quake you have to have the Dos/Windows version, plus download some stuff for Linux. Quake II is the same way. Quake3 has a version that is linux-native on store shelves right now, I think. John
Re: [newbie] Message of The Day
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: I'm having troubleI just installed latest Mandrake and I can't get Xwindows to run. I have both a PCI and a AGP sis 6326 video cards and have tried both of them in itany suggestions? ps, I live in a small town and would you believe all the computer stores in town only carry the sis...I've already tried to get a different type of card. SIS is very tricky to set up. Basically, the easiest thing to do is download the latest X server from ftp.linux-mandrake.com (and you do NOT need X to do this. Type "ncftp" at the command line after connecting to the 'net and once the prompt is up, type "open ftp.linux-mandrake.com" and browse around in there! G) John
[newbie] video settings?
How can i change the video setting under kde (i.e. 16-bit to 24-bit and/or resolution)? Thanks, Jas
[newbie] network cards
Having some trouble setting up multiple nics on my 486. I'm using ne clones with Mandrake 5.3 kernel 2.0.36. The cards work fine individually, but with both configured I can only get one to work at a time. I have tried netconf but that is not doing the trick. At this point I have done the configuration by hand. Both cards are recognized at boot and ifconfig shows both up and running. But only one works..ie ping etc I have edited /etc/conf.modules: alias eth0 ne alias eth1 ne options ne io=0x260,0x300 irq=9,3 and copied ../../network-scripts/ifcfg-eth-0 to eth-1 ( editing accordingly ) What other file need to be created/edited. And what else am I missing. Pat
[newbie] XMAGIC ELF (COFF)?
With previous versions of Slackware I could run some of my Unixware ELF executables (even some COFF's), but with Mandrakes distribution, I cannot even get Linux's old ZMAGIC binarys to run, whats the deal? bsd_comp is loaded. Thanks in advance. Christopher Cox
Re: [newbie] Changing monitor settings
XConfigurator may very well work for you. If, like I do, you have a video card or monitor that isn't supported with the current version of XFree86, then it is a bit more involved. I use xf86config which allows you to manually input your vertical and horizontal sync ranges. It is done in console, so you are not using the X envirnoment. It might be best to tell us what monitor you are using and what video card for more specifics. From: Christian Charles Opp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Changing monitor settings Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 10:50:39 -0600 (CST) When I installed linux-mandrake 6.1 it asked me what the settings were for the monitor. At the time I didn't know. However, now I do know and would like to change it. How do I do this? Do I go into XConfigurator and if so how do I do it? Second, do I install my video card driver? I am very new to the whole Linux thing. Any help is greatly appreciated. thanks, Chris __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [[newbie] downloading]
Probably...just hit the BACK button on the browser and then RIGHT click and choose SAVE AS... HTH Jaguar jeremy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am wondering about downloading from netscape. I click on a thing to download and the next page is a grey page with goobly-guk writing on it . is that the code? j Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
RE: [newbie] downloading
Hold the shift key down in Netscape then click to download. That should take care of it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of jeremy Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 10:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] downloading I am wondering about downloading from netscape. I click on a thing to download and the next page is a grey page with goobly-guk writing on it . is that the code? j
Re: [newbie] downloading
Try right clicking on the link and 'SAVE AS' command. On Wed, 10 Nov 1999 21:08:50 -0700 jeremy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am wondering about downloading from netscape. I click on a thing to download and the next page is a grey page with goobly-guk writing on it . is that the code? j ___ 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] Changing monitor settings
IN mandrake/redhat as follows: login: users name passwrd: xxx #su #pswd: enter root password #enter setup # enter xconfig follow the auto prompts and you should be fine until it asks you to accept the setting, say no or manual or whatever and use the tab key to set the default bpps you want...follow the menu and your laughing.. Ill be up for a while if you get stuck ch Larry Coolidge wrote: XConfigurator may very well work for you. If, like I do, you have a video card or monitor that isn't supported with the current version of XFree86, then it is a bit more involved. I use xf86config which allows you to manually input your vertical and horizontal sync ranges. It is done in console, so you are not using the X envirnoment. It might be best to tell us what monitor you are using and what video card for more specifics. From: Christian Charles Opp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Changing monitor settings Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 10:50:39 -0600 (CST) When I installed linux-mandrake 6.1 it asked me what the settings were for the monitor. At the time I didn't know. However, now I do know and would like to change it. How do I do this? Do I go into XConfigurator and if so how do I do it? Second, do I install my video card driver? I am very new to the whole Linux thing. Any help is greatly appreciated. thanks, Chris __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] ZMAGIC ; ELF (COFF)
With previous versions of Slackware I could run some of my Unixware ELF executables (even some COFF's), but with Mandrakes distribution, I cannot even get Linux's old ZMAGIC binarys to run, whats the deal? bsd_comp is loaded. Thanks in advance. Christopher Cox
Re: [newbie] Motorola PCI modem
Most PCI modems are Winmodems. If your motorola is a Winmodem, you can't use it in Linux From: Tony Bao [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Motorola PCI modem Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 14:01:56 -0800 (PST) Hi, I have a Motorola PCI modem SM56, how to configure it? I can see that it takes the "COM4" in Window98. Thanks in advance. Tony = __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] downloading
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, jeremy wrote: I am wondering about downloading from netscape. I click on a thing to download and the next page is a grey page with goobly-guk writing on it . is that the code? j It's opening the binary file in your browser. Netscape doesn't seem to be able to bring up the "open or save as" dialog under linux so you need to right click on the link instead of left clicking and choose "save as" from there... unless you have that type of file associated under "preferences", "applications"
Re: [newbie] Monitor Trouble
login as root, and run "setup" X will be at the bottom. On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Christian Charles Opp wrote: When I first installed Linux Mandrake 6.1 I didn't know what the resolutions were. I know now and would like to change it. How do I do this? Thanks, chris
Re: [newbie] Zip drive
Alan Shoemaker wrote: 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: snip 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 Jerryyou can put "modprobe ppa" at the end of your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file for it to autoexecute at boot time. Alan Thanks for the tips Alan John. I put "modprobe ppa" at the end of my rc.local file and guess what? It works! Just like you guys said it would. Now, does anyone know how to get "imwheel" to invoke during bootup? I tried putting that in the rc.local file and it didn't work. I use an MS IntelliMouse, I like the scroll wheel function and I need "imwheel" to make that work. Anybody got any ideas? Thanks, A newbie
Re: [newbie] Zip drive
Thanks for the tips Alan John. I put "modprobe ppa" at the end of my rc.local file and guess what? It works! Just like you guys said it would. Now, does anyone know how to get "imwheel" to invoke during bootup? I tried putting that in the rc.local file and it didn't work. I use an MS IntelliMouse, I like the scroll wheel function and I need "imwheel" to make that work. Anybody got any ideas? Thanks, A newbie just set it up according to the docs in /usr/doc/imwheel*. i am not sure about using it in the console, but it works great in X. you just need to make a few changes to your XF86Config. :P
Re: [newbie] Data Collision - How to improve transfer?
sorry can really help you but I remember reading something about mtu's on samba which I presume your using...if not it may be something to investigate. ch Sevatio Octavio wrote: I know this is not really a Linux issue but... I'm transferring data between my linbox and winbox. Both are equipped with 10/100 NICs through a 10/100 hub. My max transfer rate stops around 600k/s and my hub's collision light stays on for the majority of the time during transfer. Is there any way to improve this transfer rate by cutting down the data collision? Seve
Re: [newbie] Unable to telnet into Mandrake box
First is that r u using DHCP or Static IP the edit the etc/hosts be sure that the entry is like this etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.1.1 server save then reboot the system Lapu_Lapu #mindanao At 08:33 PM 11/10/99 -0500, you wrote: On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hello, I just installed Mandrake 6.1 on HP NetServer LH Pro, and love it so far.. I am in the process of decommisioning an HP9000 UNIX server that is serving our web page and just can't see how paying the $3000/year maintenance fee on HP-UX is a benefit, when a better, faster, stable OS is free! Anyway after installing, everything seems to work but a few little quirks, I can't telnet into the linux box.?? I have been researching and researching and I must not be researching in the right place. I looked in the inetd.conf file and there is a section for the ftpd and the telnetd, but if I do a ps -ef |grep telnetd it isn't running. Go get the telnet SERVER package. Mandrake (and perhaps RedHat and others) has seen fit to split telnet into a "server" rpm and a "client" rpm. Also if i 'ping hostname' it won't ping, if i 'ping hosname.xxx.com' it works. Where is the DNS stuff at that I need to change for that to work.. /etc/resolv.conf is wher eyou put your ISP's name servers in. If that's not your question, I'm not sure what the answer is. :-) John
