Re: [newbie] Quake
Me too.. Epic is doing the same thing.. Making the Linux client available for download instaed of including it on the CD.. I guess we cant expect miracles overnight.. At least companies are starting to recognize that Linux users want to play games. - Original Message - From: Seth Gibson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 1:17 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Quake On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote: update. ( you can see it for yourself by going to the console or xterm window and typing 'finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] | more') Oh yah. . .totally. . .ive worked in the software industry hehe. . ."when its done" is quite a mantra there. . .yah i been following plans and stuff. . .was pretty disappointed to see no simultaneous ship date): -- Seth Gibson www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710 members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under Construction) The Functional Design of the UNIX Operating System is probably one of the few truly beautiful things left in the world.
[newbie] Built in Soundcard....
Help needed desperately! My motherboard has a built in Soundcard based on a CMI8330 chip. In Windoze98 it appears as follows: Dos mode mpu401 emmulator i/o 0310-0311 External midi mpu401i/o 0300-0301 Joystick device i/o 0200-0207 SB16 audio device i/o 0220-022F IRQ5DMA1DMA5 Windows sound system device i/o 0530-0537 i/o 0388-038F IRQ10 DMA3 All functions work fine in Windoze. The only way that I could get it to partly work (running Linux-Mandrake 5.5) is as follows Useing a SB16 driver i/o 0x220 IRQ=5 DMA1=1 DMA2=5 MPU i/o 330 It plays wave files fine, midi works via fm synthesis, the audio from a CDROM doesn't work, mic and line don't know yet. Whats important to me to get working is the CDROM audio input. Oh, and the mixer seems to be working too, just no sound on the CD Channel Any words of wisdom out there? Rgds: Mike Perry. RD. Engineer Netafim Magal. Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack
Re: [newbie] Quake
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote: CompUSA, Bestbuy, and Linuxmall will all carry it when it's released i'd wager. Kewl. I'll have to see if I can put in a "pre-order" order. ;-) Thanks, man! :-) John
Re: [newbie] segmentation fault?
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hi John, I tried from a console window within KDE and I unpack it whit tar xfv file.tar Oder. I don't recall how I did it, but you might try running ./setup (or whatever) from a console TTY (NOT a console window.) I don't know why it would make any difference, but it might. I forget...did you use the Star Office Tarball off the CDROM or did you download it? I downloaded it and it works fine for me... John
[newbie] remove
-- William B. Winslow
RE: [newbie] ADSL?
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote: On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, John Aldrich wrote: On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, you wrote: While this is fine if you have a box to destroy, I mean put windows on. I'm sure they have a tech that can verify the ethernet connection with a laptop. Setting up the network card is truly trivial, no matter what OS good ones don't even require a reboot. Do you already have a home network, or ethernet card? Yes to both. :-) I have a Windows box and a Linux box hooked to my ISDN router. I've got to start paying more attention :) i didn't realise this was your question Nope. Not my questionI replied because you (or someone) appeared to ask me if I had a network already. :-) The dsl modems here in Denver aren't that much different than the cable modems, with the exception the dsl modems you can get one with upto 4 eth ports. Hardcodeing the mac address of the nic, I really doubt is going on, and if they do really do it they need smacked cause they're just causeing more work for them selves. It may be the case the've skimp'd on them, and got cheap ones without arp support *shrug* Dunno. I'm just going by what I've heard. Ok true but theres easier ways, i Know lots of isp's that block port 25, for those reasons, to all their customers ip's Hmmyeah...Oh, well...Hope the gent who was asking got the info he needed. :-) John
Re: [newbie] segmentation fault?
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote: On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Oder Santos wrote: John Aldrich wrote: On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote: My processor is a intel 200MHz with MMX, 96 MB EDO DRAM - notebook toshiba 315 CDS - and 350MB free drive space. regards, Oder. Hmm..Pentium 200mmxI don't see anything obvious here Have you tried from a console window within X as well as from console prompt? IIRC, the directory names sound correct...how did you unpack it? John Hi John, I tried from a console window within KDE and I unpack it whit tar xfv file.tar Oder. try testing the archive "tar tvf foo.tar" (isn't that supposed tobe a tgz though?) Nope. I checked the one I downloaded from Sun/Stardivision. It's a tarball, not a tgz. :-) John
Re: [newbie] Re: your mail
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote: On 20 Nov 1999, Jaguar wrote: Can I boot from LM 6.0 CDRom, and then using a cable modem point to LM 6.1 on an FTP and end up with a working LM 6.1??? TIA Jaugar no, the cd would need to be remade to use the network.img instead of the cdrom.img from images/ dir OTOH, you could probably make a "network install" boot disk using the 'network.img' file in the /images directory and point to the internet site and end up with a 6.1 system. :-) John
Re: [newbie] eth0
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hey everyone. When booting, it takes FOREVER to start interface eth0. Is it plugged into anything? John
[newbie] Re:
Dood, I thought i told you to beat it? So scram. Get the hell on out of here. You're clearly not interested in discussing Linux. Axalon? You with me here? M H - Original Message - From: Mike J. Kesow [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 11:43 AM Hey Chip Wiegand, you claim you hate people who whine, well, what do you think you are doing?
Re: [newbie] Quake
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote: On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote: I'm still waiting (myself) to find out where/when I can buy the Linux version of Q3 Arena. :-) I called Id software on Friday and they said they don't have a release date yet. :-( Yah rumor was nov 24, then dec 7. . .according to folks at all the comp shops i been to. What i understand from reading the plans of id staff, it seems that the Elite (tin box) edition won't have linux binaries, additionally, the Linux version WILL NOT ship simultaneously with the Win/Mac versions as originally planned. Linux binaries will not be able for dload until post xmas, mainly for the purpose of collecting stats. Bummer! :-( Guess we need to email Id and complain! :-) John
Re: [newbie] M$ windows finally Y2K safe (joke)
Did you mean to include a URL with this message? Mark - Original Message - From: Carsten M. Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 6:42 AM Subject: [newbie] M$ windows finally Y2K safe (joke) Hi! Check this one out. Some of you might get at giggle out of this :o). Try clicking on "my computer", and "start". Also try right-click :o) You'll find something something about Linux there too (perhaps Bill's secret dream :o) By the wayyou stop by right-clicking, go under "properties", choose "stop".eventhough some of you might have thought of "ctrl-alt-del" HA! C
Re: [newbie] Quake
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: Me too.. Epic is doing the same thing.. Making the Linux client available for download instaed of including it on the CD.. I guess we cant expect miracles overnight.. At least companies are starting to recognize that Linux users want to play games. And Id has said they're committed to supporting Linux even if the major distributors aren't. :-) That may mean we'll have to buy an "electronic copy" or something if we want the Linux version of future Id games (assuming there isn't enough "linux" support seen in Q3.) John
Re: [newbie] How to
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: I install StarOffice in my root under "Gnome and X apps" k menus but I'm not found it in my user account,why ? please advise how can i install [StarOffice] it in my user account ? You probably needed to do an "install --net" to get multi-user support. John
[newbie] Athlon Linux
I'm going to build a new computer and wanted to know if there is any problems with the athlon cpu and linux. I'm going to be using an Athlon 550Mhz and the FIC SD11 motherboard with PC133 Ram. Any input would help. If I can't use linux with it, I'll go with another setup. Thanks a lot. Jeff Filapose
[newbie] epson stylus color 740 and laptops
I just bought an epson stylus color 740 printer that i would like to get working under linux 6.1. I used printtool hit the add button. It said it found a device at lp0. I hit the select button and choose the epson one (i think it is the last one that says epson color). In that category, there is no 740, only a 600 inkjet and a 800 inkjet. I first choes 800, hit ok, and then tried to print a test page in all three formats and nothing happened. Same thing when i chose the 600. Any suggestions? Also, i am interested in getting a nice laptop for a low price. Maybe a pentium 3 450, 128 mb ram, 14 " display, 4-6x dvd, modem, ethernet card, 10gb hard disk. I am currently looking at the a company at www.pro-star.com. Does anybody have any other suggestions as to another company with better and/or cheaper laptops? Any help you could offer would greatly be appreciated. thanks, jas
Re: [newbie] It's here
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hey John, quake3 official demo (test version anyway?) is out. . .grab it now before everyone finds out about it!!! yes i know it's sad ive been sitting here the last 2 hrs waiting for carmack's announcement. . .no, i have no life(:-D :-) I just need it before MLK weekend I'm using my box at a local SF convention as a Q3 arena host (lan-only G) John
Re: [newbie] Scanner
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote: Sorry, John, parallel. How's this from the SANE-mustek.5 notes: "Note that this scanner comes with its own ISA card that implements a funky parallel port (in other words the scanner is not connected to the printer parallel port. The code present in this release has not been tested so proceed at your own risk! Be prepared to pull the scanner cable on short notice in case the situation grows dangerous and/or noisy." Talk about a beta release. Maybe that's why I can't find any files. Anyway, I'm prepared to have a go if I can find a way. Another reason not to use Windoze. Paralell is not generally supported under Linux for scanners. I've seen ONE post that has indicated that there is limited support for paralell port scanners under Linux. You'd have a LOT better luck getting a SCSI scanner (although those can be hard to find these days!) John
Re: [newbie] M$ windows finally Y2K safe (joke)
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Carsten M. Larsen wrote: Hi! Check this one out. Some of you might get at giggle out of this :o). Try clicking on "my computer", and "start". Also try right-click :o) You'll find something something about Linux there too (perhaps Bill's secret dream :o) By the wayyou stop by right-clicking, go under "properties", choose "stop".eventhough some of you might have thought of "ctrl-alt-del" HA! C Should this work with NT? DvB
Re: [newbie] epson stylus color 740 and laptops
I am using a PRO STAR / Saeger they work well with Linux. There tech support is not good however but they work well Jeanette - Original Message - From: Jaswinder S. Ahluwalia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 1:29 PM Subject: [newbie] epson stylus color 740 and laptops I just bought an epson stylus color 740 printer that i would like to get working under linux 6.1. I used printtool hit the add button. It said it found a device at lp0. I hit the select button and choose the epson one (i think it is the last one that says epson color). In that category, there is no 740, only a 600 inkjet and a 800 inkjet. I first choes 800, hit ok, and then tried to print a test page in all three formats and nothing happened. Same thing when i chose the 600. Any suggestions? Also, i am interested in getting a nice laptop for a low price. Maybe a pentium 3 450, 128 mb ram, 14 " display, 4-6x dvd, modem, ethernet card, 10gb hard disk. I am currently looking at the a company at www.pro-star.com. Does anybody have any other suggestions as to another company with better and/or cheaper laptops? Any help you could offer would greatly be appreciated. thanks, jas
[newbie] Test
wanted to see if my server is fixed. Frontiernet has had bad mail problems since there upgrade three months ago Thanks
Re: [newbie] Quake
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, John Aldrich wrote: On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: Me too.. Epic is doing the same thing.. Making the Linux client available for download instaed of including it on the CD.. I guess we cant expect miracles overnight.. At least companies are starting to recognize that Linux users want to play games. And Id has said they're committed to supporting Linux even if the major distributors aren't. :-) That may mean we'll have to buy an "electronic copy" or something if we want the Linux version of future Id games (assuming there isn't enough "linux" support seen in Q3.) John Negative, suffer the month and buy the linux version, it truely is the only way others will get the hint. And as for complaining, make sure you only whine about the shipping dates not all being the same, as they really are only trying to help in shiping seperate versions for linux mac and win32. PS. i here lokigames plans to tripple their output in 2000 WooHoo!
RE: [newbie] ADSL?
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, John Aldrich wrote: [...] Hmmyeah...Oh, well...Hope the gent who was asking got the info he needed. :-) John Me too
[newbie] MVP3 chipset and L-M 6.0
Hello, I've been happily using L-M 6.0 on a single-boot system for a couple months. Now I'm in the process of assembling another system from spare parts and would like to configure it as triple boot setup with 2 installs of Win98 (one for games the other for everything else) and Linux Mandrake 6.0. Question #1: Can LILO handle the two different installations of Win98, or will I need a different boot loader? I have seen in the archives that the kernel will need to be recompiled to take full advantage of the VIA IDE controller on the MVP3 chipset on my motherboard. Here is a list of my hardware: Motherboard: Soyo 5EHM SuperSocket7 with the VIA MVP3 chipset CPU: AMD K6-2/300 (for a 100 mhz FSB) RAM: 64MB 72pin EDO (I'll get PC100 DIMMS later!) Video: Creative Labs Graphics Blaster TNT 16MB AGP Sound: Creative Labs AWE64 HDD: Maxtor 8.4GB w/UDMA33 and an old IDE Quantum Fireball 1.6GB CD-ROM: old (but reliable) IDE Toshiba 4X Modem: External USR Sportster 28.8 Question #2: Are there any other special precautions to take before/during/after installing Mandrake 6.0 because of this hardware? Thanks! Jeremy
Re: [newbie] epson stylus color 740 and laptops
I don't remember the web address where I found them, but I'm sending you some files direct to your e-mail address that work for the epson 740. I have it too. Original Message On 11/21/99, 12:29:03 PM, "Jaswinder S. Ahluwalia" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] epson stylus color 740 and laptops: I just bought an epson stylus color 740 printer that i would like to get working under linux 6.1. I used printtool hit the add button. It said it found a device at lp0. I hit the select button and choose the epson one (i think it is the last one that says epson color). In that category, there is no 740, only a 600 inkjet and a 800 inkjet. I first choes 800, hit ok, and then tried to print a test page in all three formats and nothing happened. Same thing when i chose the 600. Any suggestions? Also, i am interested in getting a nice laptop for a low price. Maybe a pentium 3 450, 128 mb ram, 14 " display, 4-6x dvd, modem, ethernet card, 10gb hard disk. I am currently looking at the a company at www.pro-star.com. Does anybody have any other suggestions as to another company with better and/or cheaper laptops? Any help you could offer would greatly be appreciated. thanks, jas
[newbie] Quake 3 Arena video cards
Does anyone know if the demo of Quake 3 Arena that just came out works with any other cards that those based on 3Dfx I really don't wanna have to download this thing only to find out that I can't use it. Also, how can I set up my Red Hat 6.1 box to run it usinga TNT2 Ultra card Thanks in advance. 2.2.12 kernel X ver 3.3.5 Lionel a.k.a Salty1
Re: [newbie] Words Of Wisdom
Any idea when the new Microsoft-Linux is due to roll out? I'm wondering if it's being considered and to what extent. I mean, why not? Then there wouldn't be a problem w/ people dumping Windows for Linux distributions, cuz they could get it all from the same company. Hmmm, I probably wouldn't buy a M$-Linux distribution just out of principal. Josh Atlanta, GA Sevatio Octavio wrote: Hey, is it just me? Or do you experience a renewed sense of excitement when messing with Linux that you haven't had since the early days of DOS? I know M$ will remain as a player of some sorts but the question has now evolved from "which is the better OS" to "why be confined with M$?" Seve BTW, who is Scott?
[newbie] A little OT- Memory
If anyone has suggestions for places to find the best prices on memory upgrades that I can use for my PIII 450 linux box I would appreciate it. I am going to be using it as a server and need at least PC100 128 meg chips (though I would like to buy 256 if I could find an affordable source). I have looked at several mainstream mailorder places and prices vary widely. Y'all can email me directly if you think this is not of general interest to others. Thanks much. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
Re: [newbie] Quake 3 Arena video cards
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Lionel Barrow wrote: um, line length needs a little fixeing :) Does anyone know if the demo of Quake 3 Arena that just came out works with any other cards that those based on 3Dfx I really don't wanna have to download this thing only to find out that I can't use it. Also, how can I set up my Red Hat 6.1 box to run it using a TNT2 Ultra card Thanks in advance. 2.2.12 kernel X ver 3.3.5 Lionel a.k.a Salty1 Works yes, fully support I'm not sure. Checkout the glx project (http://glx.on.openprojects.net) You can get precompiled versions of the mentioned software (after reading atleast some of the site please) from cooker in the Mesa-3.1cvs rpms, I have a mga and rage card to test with but not a tnt yet. Lenny has said he had problems with the .so for tnt, but he's the only one i know of that has tested tnt. Mga should be ok (heretic2 plays nice on the G400). There isn't any hardware support for the Rage cards yet, they're finishing up changes needed in Mesa today so it will be along shortly. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS)
A positive nothing is better than a negative anything. byte - Original Message - From: "James Lewis" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 7:46 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS) 0 is in fact an imaginary number. Try and imagine having zero of something. 0 x 1 implies there are some ones, but there are none of them. Having a zero quantity of something is in its self contradiction. You can't have nothing of something. Or have i just drank too much coffee today... -Original Message- From: Peter Heckert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 November 1999 21:46 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS) PadLocke wrote: zeros aren't odd or even. They're Pretty much just place holders. If you define even as: "can be divided by 2 without remainder" then 0 is even. 0 div 2 = 0, remainder = 0. Pretty long thread! ;-) Peter
Re: [newbie] M$ windows finally Y2K safe (joke)
WllI did mean to include an attachment..but the mail gets lost somewhere in cyberspace...it never shows on the list. I tried twice now.sorry...it's a good one :o) C -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Mark E Hood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dato: 21. november 1999 20:30 Emne: Re: [newbie] M$ windows finally Y2K safe (joke) Did you mean to include a URL with this message? Mark - Original Message - From: Carsten M. Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 6:42 AM Subject: [newbie] M$ windows finally Y2K safe (joke) Hi! Check this one out. Some of you might get at giggle out of this :o). Try clicking on "my computer", and "start". Also try right-click :o) You'll find something something about Linux there too (perhaps Bill's secret dream :o) By the wayyou stop by right-clicking, go under "properties", choose "stop".eventhough some of you might have thought of "ctrl-alt-del" HA! C
Re: [newbie] Is Mutt restricted to 80x24 Screen?
Steve Philp wrote: You should be able to change the size of the xterm before starting mutt and have it automatically notice the larger size. I already have tried this,no success. Maybe this is a compile time option,I didnt have the time to look to the sources. Thanks, Peter
[newbie] matrox marvel g200 tv
Does anyone know how to get the program pc-vcr remote to work under linux. I tried to use wine but the program just crashes. pc-vcr remote lets you watch tv on your computer if you have the card in the subject line. Any help you could offer would greatly be appreciated. Thanks, jas
Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS)
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Ralph | byte | wrote: A positive nothing is better than a negative anything. byte Not really, it just depends what the numbers represent, i can think of several uses for ground wires :) - Original Message - From: "James Lewis" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 7:46 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS) 0 is in fact an imaginary number. Try and imagine having zero of something. 0 x 1 implies there are some ones, but there are none of them. Having a zero quantity of something is in its self contradiction. You can't have nothing of something. Or have i just drank too much coffee today... -Original Message- From: Peter Heckert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 November 1999 21:46 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS) PadLocke wrote: zeros aren't odd or even. They're Pretty much just place holders. If you define even as: "can be divided by 2 without remainder" then 0 is even. 0 div 2 = 0, remainder = 0. Pretty long thread! ;-) Peter -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] A little OT- Memory
Eric Mings wrote: If anyone has suggestions for places to find the best prices on memory upgrades that I can use for my PIII 450 linux box I would appreciate it. I am going to be using it as a server and need at least PC100 128 meg chips (though I would like to buy 256 if I could find an affordable source). I have looked at several mainstream mailorder places and prices vary widely. Y'all can email me directly if you think this is not of general interest to others. Thanks much. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D. as was recommended to me the other day, check pricewatch.com. i just ordered a new processor and memory for much less than the price of other sources. good shopping! :P
Re: [newbie] Re:
Thankyou, his last remark didn't deserve a response, why make the flame war worse than it already has gotten? Chip On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: Dood, I thought i told you to beat it? So scram. Get the hell on out of here. You're clearly not interested in discussing Linux. Axalon? You with me here? M H - Original Message - From: Mike J. Kesow [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 11:43 AM Hey Chip Wiegand, you claim you hate people who whine, well, what do you think you are doing?
Re: [newbie] A little OT- Memory
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Eric Mings wrote: If anyone has suggestions for places to find the best prices on memory upgrades that I can use for my PIII 450 linux box I would appreciate it. I am going to be using it as a server and need at least PC100 128 meg chips (though I would like to buy 256 if I could find an affordable source). I have looked at several mainstream mailorder places and prices vary widely. Y'all can email me directly if you think this is not of general interest to others. Thanks much. Don't know 'bout everyone else, but I'm sure interested... DvB Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
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The truth hurts, huh Marky Boy.
Re: [newbie] A little OT- Memory
Pricewatch.com is a good place to start looking. It's an advertising place with a search engine. Original Message On 11/21/99, 3:24:53 PM, Eric Mings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] A little OT- Memory: If anyone has suggestions for places to find the best prices on memory upgrades that I can use for my PIII 450 linux box I would appreciate it. I am going to be using it as a server and need at least PC100 128 meg chips (though I would like to buy 256 if I could find an affordable source). I have looked at several mainstream mailorder places and prices vary widely. Y'all can email me directly if you think this is not of general interest to others. Thanks much. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
[newbie] Keyboard Canadain-French
Help again, bis I an searching a way to find a Canadian-French keyboard definition for Linux. Is one available??? I do not want to use the French because of AZERTY, but I want to be able to use accented characters. Thanks again, bis
[newbie] Modem settings.
Help Again! My modem is ISA PnP. the Windows settings are COM 4, IRQ 11. When using Dialer and trying to interrogate the monitor, I receive message saying that modem is occupied.. which is truly false.(I use the right stty3) Is there a way to manually set the IRQ in Linux or should I configure the modem as non PnP? if I do so, i will set it to COM 4, with the IRQ who goes along with this Com port and I guess this will cause some problem when using Windows... Thanks again for help.
Re: [newbie] Words Of Wisdom
The new MS Linux will be out March 21st 2133. Or at least that was when a friend told me that hell was freezing over. BTW I understand it will be called MS Linux 2100. Ron mccaffrey wrote: Any idea when the new Microsoft-Linux is due to roll out? I'm wondering if it's being considered and to what extent. I mean, why not? Then there wouldn't be a problem w/ people dumping Windows for Linux distributions, cuz they could get it all from the same company. Hmmm, I probably wouldn't buy a M$-Linux distribution just out of principal. Josh Atlanta, GA Sevatio Octavio wrote: Hey, is it just me? Or do you experience a renewed sense of excitement when messing with Linux that you haven't had since the early days of DOS? I know M$ will remain as a player of some sorts but the question has now evolved from "which is the better OS" to "why be confined with M$?" Seve BTW, who is Scott? -- Ron Marriage E-Mailmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage http://www.seidata.com/~marriage
Re: [newbie] A little OT- Memory
If anyone has suggestions for places to find the best prices on memory upgrades that I can use for my PIII 450 linux box I would appreciate it. I am going to be using it as a server and need at least PC100 128 meg chips (though I would like to buy 256 if I could find an affordable source). I have looked at several mainstream mailorder places and prices vary widely. Y'all can email me directly if you think this is not of general interest to others. Thanks much. I would check out www.pricewatch.com first to see what's there. I've bought several modules from www.memorymonster.com, which one of my engineers found through the pricewatch site. Good price, good merchandise (PNY), terrible email response, no phone. (Misspellings, no order number, etc. Obviously a garage type low budget operation.) But the stuff worked, delivery time was quick to the US east coast, and the price was right. No sales outside the USA. Don't know where you're located. MB
Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS)
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Ralph | byte | wrote: A positive nothing is better than a negative anything. byte Not really, it just depends what the numbers represent, i can think of several uses for ground wires :) --Except that ground is zero volts. a negative voltage, is as pleasant to the touchee as a positive one. Take it from a veteran who has been many times bitten. David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry" *Confirmed Linux Newbie* **If it's a dog eat dog world, then I must be a fire hydrant.**
Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS)
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, David P. Greenberg wrote: On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Ralph | byte | wrote: A positive nothing is better than a negative anything. byte Not really, it just depends what the numbers represent, i can think of several uses for ground wires :) --Except that ground is zero volts. a negative voltage, is as pleasant to the touchee as a positive one. Take it from a veteran who has been many times bitten. Think, lightening attractor David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry" *Confirmed Linux Newbie* **If it's a dog eat dog world, then I must be a fire hydrant.** -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Athlon Linux
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: I'm going to build a new computer and wanted to know if there is any problems with the athlon cpu and linux. I'm going to be using an Athlon 550Mhz and the FIC SD11 motherboard with PC133 Ram. Any input would help. If I can't use linux with it, I'll go with another setup. Thanks a lot. Jeff Filapose Hard for me to believe anybody's spending big $$'s for mhz just now. Between Intels' P3-600 disaster, they're scramblin' around to get a Cu proccessor/mobo market ready, and AMD's Athlon lack of, or 'unwilling' mobo/chipset support, problems with even ram/PS's, why anybody'd want to jump into the fray beyond me (?) Unless you've got an application specific need for processor power and SMP doesn't fit the bill, the only reason I can think of to go for CPU mhz, 133 fsb, and such .. is games under Windows. Certainly, I'd be cautious about trusting anything else to the current 'not ready for prime time' hardware. that off my chest, let's get down to opinion... There is no such thing as PC133 ram. There's 7, 7.5, and 8 ns dimms which will run flawlessly at 133 or (lot's) higher FSB's. The only way to rate it is to use it, IMNSHO. For over a year now, and before the gimmick of 'PC133' was advertised, clocker's have been runnin some ram 'rated' as PC66 at 133 mhz! The label doesn't mean a thing. It's how fast you time it in bios that provides the memory speed. I'm runnin a stick of 13 mo. old 'pc100' at 2-2-2 (cas2 timings) 126mhz right now as I type. Before they hyped 'PC133, I ran it in a p2-467 at 133.6 mhz for almost a year. OK, down to facts. There's all kinds of problems with Athlon's and with iCuMine's, any OS. Not this boy, wouldn't touch one with a 10' pole. When a quality manufacturer's like Asus won't even put they're name on it (you haven't seen an Aopen-Athlon bd. yet (?) either), and Intel's in there squashing they're own 8whatever chipset based boards 'cause they're (own, Intel boards are defective -- ram wise) not ready for 'prime time', I say... stay away. Guess I'm just defending why I spent $186 to go from a p2-467 to a p3-567 (one reason, a M$ flight sim that does use the Katmai instructions) recently. There's nothin on the market right now that deserves going to ... or is ready yet 'specially in a U*ix environment that lags behind the leading edge hardware. to answer the original question... I do a lot of hardware reading and the worst Athlon board reportedly is the FIC SD11. Which doesn't surprise me 'cause they never made a good BX board either. -- .. Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] .
[newbie] aol
If aol is my isp, is there anyway for me to get on the internet through linux? If so, how? I tried using wine, but that just crashes. Thanks jas
Re: [newbie] Words Of Wisdom
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: Seth Gibson wrote: No, probably Scott McNealy, president of Sun Microsystems. You know, Java, Jini, Solaris... Yah that's why i said sellers of 3dfx he's cool with sun. . .trust me i know the dude
Re: [newbie] Keyboard Canadain-French
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: Help again, bis I an searching a way to find a Canadian-French keyboard definition for Linux. Is one available??? I do not want to use the French because of AZERTY, but I want to be able to use accented characters. Thanks again, bis In KDE, (also in Gnome), there is International Keyboard Layout in the System menu that will allow you to easily switch between CF and US setting the one you want as default. Pierre Lucas Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description:
Re: [newbie] A little OT- Memory
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, pete moss wrote: Eric Mings wrote: If anyone has suggestions for places to find the best prices on memory upgrades that I can use for my PIII 450 linux box I would appreciate it. I am going to be using it as a server and need at least PC100 128 meg chips (though I would like to buy 256 if I could find an affordable source). I have looked at several mainstream mailorder places and prices vary widely. Y'all can email me directly if you think this is not of general interest to others. Thanks much. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D. as was recommended to me the other day, check pricewatch.com. i just ordered a new processor and memory for much less than the price of other sources. good shopping! :P hmmm... just the other day I saw a 128mb dimm on hardwarestreet.com for $230 or so. I believe that's less than what I saw on pricewatch... DvB
Re: [newbie] A little OT- Memory
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Eric Mings wrote: If anyone has suggestions for places to find the best prices on memory upgrades that I can use for my PIII 450 linux box I would appreciate it. I am going to be using it as a server and need at least PC100 128 meg chips (though I would like to buy 256 if I could find an affordable source). I have looked at several mainstream mailorder places and prices vary widely. Y'all can email me directly if you think this is not of general interest to others. Thanks much. Don't know 'bout everyone else, but I'm sure interested... DvB I could use another 128 myself. I'm waitin' (hopin) for after Christmas, that's the usual deal. Last year I got a good price on excellent ram from memman.com, pc100 they said was good for 124mhz cas2, I used it at cas3 133.6 mhz, 3.3v for a long time, now it's 126 mhz cas2 3.4v. I don't buy the 'earthquake' reasons for ram prices being so high after the early summer low. I suspect it's the yearly 'September Flush' and 'Christmas computers' that've got us in a bind. Damn Windows and flight sims are gonna drive me into the poorhouse ;-) Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] aol
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: Yeah, get a real ISP ;) on the other hand (I never used AOl so I am going out on a limb here) does A-O-HELL offer dialup ppp? if so then you could possibly (not sure tho) use kppp If aol is my isp, is there anyway for me to get on the internet through linux? If so, how? I tried using wine, but that just crashes. Thanks jas
Re: [newbie] aol
Yes. Dump AOL and get a real ISP. AOL is not an ISP. "Jaswinder S. Ahluwalia" wrote: If aol is my isp, is there anyway for me to get on the internet through linux? If so, how? I tried using wine, but that just crashes. Thanks jas
Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS)
Very true, but ground is not always zero voltage. It depends on the point of reference that you measure it against. - Original Message - From: "David P. Greenberg" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "Axalon Bloodstone" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 7:34 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS) On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Ralph | byte | wrote: A positive nothing is better than a negative anything. byte Not really, it just depends what the numbers represent, i can think of several uses for ground wires :) --Except that ground is zero volts. a negative voltage, is as pleasant to the touchee as a positive one. Take it from a veteran who has been many times bitten. David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry" *Confirmed Linux Newbie* **If it's a dog eat dog world, then I must be a fire hydrant.**
Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS)
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Ralph wrote: A positive nothing is better than a negative anything. I'm fixin to declare a winner how 'bout y'all ?:) -- .. Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: [newbie] aol
"Ronald J. Yacketta" wrote: does A-O-HELL offer dialup ppp? if so then you could possibly (not sure tho) AFAIK, AOL doesn't offer PPP (enough acronyms there?). If wine doesn't work, there's always VMware, but it'd be stretching it to say that you were online with AOL "using Linux" that way... -- Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
Re: [newbie] Modem settings.
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: Help Again! My modem is ISA PnP. the Windows settings are COM 4, IRQ 11. When using Dialer and trying to interrogate the monitor, I receive message saying that modem is occupied.. which is truly false.(I use the right stty3) Is there a way to manually set the IRQ in Linux or should I configure the modem as non PnP? if I do so, i will set it to COM 4, with the IRQ who goes along with this Com port and I guess this will cause some problem when using Windows... Com 4 isn't a good sign, check here http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html -- .. Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: [newbie] Modem settings.
Gilles Lahaie wrote: Help Again! My modem is ISA PnP. the Windows settings are COM 4, IRQ 11. When using Dialer and trying to interrogate the monitor, I receive message saying that modem is occupied.. which is truly false.(I use the right stty3) Is there a way to manually set the IRQ in Linux or should I configure the modem as non PnP? if I do so, i will set it to COM 4, with the IRQ who goes along with this Com port and I guess this will cause some problem when using Windows... Thanks again for help. Actually I did the same thing. It doesn't really cause any problems in Windows excepts that you will have to reinstall the modem and its software if needed. I have found that I can make things alot easier if I just delete the modem in windows and then reinstall the drivers with the modem setup as non-PnP. Jim
Re: [newbie] aol
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Dan Brown wrote: "Ronald J. Yacketta" wrote: does A-O-HELL offer dialup ppp? if so then you could possibly (not sure tho) AFAIK, AOL doesn't offer PPP (enough acronyms there?). If wine doesn't work, there's always VMware, but it'd be stretching it to say that you were online with AOL "using Linux" that way... If you can get the tunnel from the POP to the actual AOL servers up yes it will work. Good luck i've yet to see it done.
Re: [newbie] aol
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: "Ronald J. Yacketta" wrote: does A-O-HELL offer dialup ppp? if so then you could possibly (not sure tho) AFAIK, AOL doesn't offer PPP (enough acronyms there?). If wine doesn't work, there's always VMware, but it'd be stretching it to say that you were online with AOL "using Linux" that way... -- Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. I suspect he's hopin Wine will circumnavigate a softmodem answer isNope! other than Agent, I can't get wine to navigate hardly anything M$, for long anyhow fun to play with tho -- .. Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: [newbie] Quake
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Steve Philp wrote: Axalon Bloodstone wrote: [...] PS. i here lokigames plans to tripple their output in 2000 WooHoo! I'm just hoping for something from Loki that isn't a strategy/sim game. I'd LOVE to vote with my dollars and support Loki, but I'm just not interested in the stuff they've put out so far. Let em know what your in the mood for sure they'd love to hear it. Also maybe some of the good old game makers will come out with some new games with an influx of cash from linux ports :)
Re: [newbie] Quake 3 Arena video cards
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Steve Philp wrote: Lionel Barrow wrote: Does anyone know if the demo of Quake 3 Arena that just came out works with any other cards that those based on 3Dfx I really don't wanna have to download this thing only to find out that I can't use it. Also, how can I set up my Red Hat 6.1 box to run it using a TNT2 Ultra card Thanks in advance. 2.2.12 kernel X ver 3.3.5 How about posting to the id mailing list or the Red Hat mailing list? Nothing in your post makes it even remotely applicable to a Mandrake mailing list. Hey your right, 'cept i need a tnt guinepig :) -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
[newbie] need help
Hi Gurus, I have been running LM 6.1 on my ide drive c (hdc) and have it somewhat configured enought to get online, print, etc. Today I installed another copy on a clean drive which is hdb. It boots OK but I don't have it configured as yet. My problem is now my original (hdc) won't boot, drops me to a shell for maintenance :-( I have lilo set up to triple boot dos and the 2 copies of linux. I want the extra copy to fool around with so as not to mess up my main copy (the one I can't boot now). My hdc is partitioned as follows: /boot.hdc1primary /swap...hdc2" / ...hdc3" extended partiion= hdc4 /usr/local .hdc5.logical /usr ..hdc6.logical As I said it had been boot fine and I made not changes to it. During boot the fs check gets through hdc1, hdc5 hdc6 then fails so assume it is having a problem with the swap or / partitions? Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Larry
RE: [newbie] Athlon Linux
Besides, you can buy a Dual Celeron Mobo, and 2 500mhz cpus for less than an Athalon CPU and Mobo, and the startup message of 1000+ BogoMIPS is a thing of Beauty!!. Matt. Well we're of like mind, the only damn reason I stick with P3's (and it's maybe hype too) is the flight simulators I like the best are advertised as optimized for the kni instructions. An I do get same or better fps than those fools that bought the p3-700e's from Dell. 'sides it's only money, and i can wring a p3-600 out'a Intel for the price of a 450. They want too much money to let them o/c it for me ;-0 seriously tho, I reckon the best SMP solutions right now are either a pair of C366's clocked to 550 (the bus speeds get right, any other Celery is the wrong choice to o/c), or let Intel clock 'em and buy 500's. 'course the way I'd go you get 1100+ bogo's, for less $$'s :) BUT, gettin real serious, I suspect the reason a lot of SMP system's get built is so it can be said, "I've got a 1100mhz wicked killer fast computer" fine print is 'in very few applications and not in Windows' Whereas, the only viable reason well I don' wanna think about that too hard I'd havt'a get a job ;-) -- .. Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: [newbie] aol
Josh...why did you give up on your Mindspring account? Just curious...i've been with them since they started..'94 or '95...and i've always been very pleased and satisfied with their performance. Especially with their news servers. i've yet to find one as fast. They really do a good job! This may be changing though..now that they're buying up every ISP in sight. I'd just like to hear your comments on it, as well as the comments of others. Thanks. mark - Original Message - From: Josh McCaffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 10:33 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] aol I'm happy w/ my new CORE.COM account. $9.95/month, first month free unlimited access.
[newbie] FTP access
Any ideas why I can't access a Mandrake 6.0 server with an FTP client as a "real" user when I can as an anonymous user? The ftpaccess file is set for the default.
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[newbie] Epson Stylus
just bought an epson stylus color 740 printer that i would like to getworking under linux 6.1. I used printtool hit the add button. It said it found a device at lp0. I hit the select button and choose the epson one (i think it is the last one that says epson color). In that category, there is no 740, only a 600 inkjet and a 800 inkjet. I first choes 800, hit ok, and then tried to print a test page in all three formats and nothing happened. Same thing when i chose the 600. Any suggestions? My 440 is running perfectly well under Linux. I just set it up as Epson Stylus Colour and 360dpi on initial set-up. John the Nadger
Re: [newbie] Words Of Wisdom
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: That's rather odd... At least 3dfx has been extremely good to the Linux people. True. . .from our (steve-o +myself) perception, there is another side of 3dfx. Suppose for a second that a little upstart chipmaker named nVidia had just said "Well, after the lukewarm reception our Riva 128 and NV1 chipsets received, let's just throw in the towel,", or suppose their neighbor down the block at Casa S3 had said "Ok so much for Virge, let's design. . .floppy drives!" Assume that for all the other players in the video card market EXCEPT 3dfx, who is now king of the hill. . .so what are we stuck with? Boards that are still only rendering in 16 bits (altho according to 3dfx "it's actually closer to 22 bits") and not using AGP sidebanding or addressing, or to simplify: Stagnant Technology. I mean honestly, with what other chipmakers are putting out, did nVidia really NEED to impliment a Geometry Engine? Probably not, but they did. Hopefully part of the reasoning there was just because they had the tech and they could. 3dfx assumes that status quo for the moment is just fine and they'll impliment "next-gen" features when we feel like it. So yah, maybe theyve done good things for linux, but the big picture there. . ? I'm sure to them linux users are just another market to be branded and subverted, figure if they get here first, we'll all settle for their substandard hardware just cuz it works. Well. . .Windows is substandard but it works. . .(not to down on any 3dfx owners, i have 2 V2s myself, but then. the V2 was a good product for its time). Sun. . .well. . .Java. . .yeah. . .that seems a really convoluted problem as it is. Microsoft wanted it they did their own thing sun didnt like that back forth etc. . . Jini? from a design standpoint its actually pretty cool. . .read the spec if you can find it somewhere (bn.com). . .it's actually a pretty entertaining read. Yah being an enemy of ms doesnt make em a friend of yours, but. . .to US its not so much about big billy vs tux. . .its about other things. Its about aesthetics, design, things that most people dont even consider anymore when it comes to computers (which is a shame). We both use AMD processors not because they were cheaper at the time or because we dont like intel, but because their design is quite neater than a comparable intel chip (if you dont believe it, order the Technical References from AMD and Intel and compare the design notes yerself). I think if the situation were reversed, linux being not free, but all the other good things it is, and windows being free but crap, id pay 100 for linux. . .and if something comes up that has a neater design than linux and performs comparably or better (and no, it's NOT BeOS), we'll probably use that too. . .even if it were to come from microsoft. . . i dunno i guess mr mccaul's statements were a bit vague true. . .but again its not about linux. . .i mean it could be the cancer researcher who finds a cure using an unorthodox but creative method, or it could just be all the people out there subverting dominant paradigms in their own way. . .i mean all those places where linux and microsoft and sun and 3dfx dont even matter. . .going with the superior and not the standard. . .or something. . . hmm. . .i sense i have rambled excessively again. . .sorry -- Seth Gibson www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710 members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under Construction) The Functional Design of the UNIX Operating System is probably one of the few truly beautiful things left in the world.
Re: [newbie] Athlon Linux
Well, Asus does have a board for the Athlon but they hide behind a tree when they advertise it :-) Jeff, Got to www.tomshardware.com to get an eye opener on the Athlon boards. I suspect the support problem is very real because of the fear of Intel cutting back the chip supply for the big selling boards etc. I recently choose to go with a SOYO -sy-6ba+lV (which is an overclockers dream) coupled with a Plll 450 running at 600+/- at default voltage. Larry -Original Message- From: Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, November 21, 1999 8:33 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Athlon Linux On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: I'm going to build a new computer and wanted to know if there is any problems with the athlon cpu and linux. I'm going to be using an Athlon 550Mhz and the FIC SD11 motherboard with PC133 Ram. Any input would help. If I can't use linux with it, I'll go with another setup. Thanks a lot. Jeff Filapose Hard for me to believe anybody's spending big $$'s for mhz just now. Between Intels' P3-600 disaster, they're scramblin' around to get a Cu proccessor/mobo market ready, and AMD's Athlon lack of, or 'unwilling' mobo/chipset support, problems with even ram/PS's, why anybody'd want to jump into the fray beyond me (?) Unless you've got an application specific need for processor power and SMP doesn't fit the bill, the only reason I can think of to go for CPU mhz, 133 fsb, and such .. is games under Windows. Certainly, I'd be cautious about trusting anything else to the current 'not ready for prime time' hardware. that off my chest, let's get down to opinion... There is no such thing as PC133 ram. There's 7, 7.5, and 8 ns dimms which will run flawlessly at 133 or (lot's) higher FSB's. The only way to rate it is to use it, IMNSHO. For over a year now, and before the gimmick of 'PC133' was advertised, clocker's have been runnin some ram 'rated' as PC66 at 133 mhz! The label doesn't mean a thing. It's how fast you time it in bios that provides the memory speed. I'm runnin a stick of 13 mo. old 'pc100' at 2-2-2 (cas2 timings) 126mhz right now as I type. Before they hyped 'PC133, I ran it in a p2-467 at 133.6 mhz for almost a year. OK, down to facts. There's all kinds of problems with Athlon's and with iCuMine's, any OS. Not this boy, wouldn't touch one with a 10' pole. When a quality manufacturer's like Asus won't even put they're name on it (you haven't seen an Aopen-Athlon bd. yet (?) either), and Intel's in there squashing they're own 8whatever chipset based boards 'cause they're (own, Intel boards are defective -- ram wise) not ready for 'prime time', I say... stay away. Guess I'm just defending why I spent $186 to go from a p2-467 to a p3-567 (one reason, a M$ flight sim that does use the Katmai instructions) recently. There's nothin on the market right now that deserves going to ... or is ready yet 'specially in a U*ix environment that lags behind the leading edge hardware. to answer the original question... I do a lot of hardware reading and the worst Athlon board reportedly is the FIC SD11. Which doesn't surprise me 'cause they never made a good BX board either. -- .. Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
RE: [newbie] Built in Soundcard....
Help needed desperately! My motherboard has a built in Soundcard based on a CMI8330 chip. In Windoze98 it appears as follows: Dos mode mpu401 emmulator i/o 0310-0311 External midi mpu401 i/o 0300-0301 Joystick device i/o 0200-0207 SB16 audio device i/o 0220-022F IRQ5 DMA1 DMA5 Windows sound system device i/o 0530-0537 i/o 0388-038F IRQ10 DMA3 All functions work fine in Windoze. The only way that I could get it to partly work (running Linux-Mandrake 5.5) is as follows Useing a SB16 driver i/o 0x220 IRQ=5 DMA1=1 DMA2=5 MPU i/o 330 It plays wave files fine, midi works via fm synthesis, the audio from a CDROM doesn't work, mic and line don't know yet. Whats important to me to get working is the CDROM audio input. Oh, and the mixer seems to be working too, just no sound on the CD Channel Any words of wisdom out there? Well, upgrade to Mandrake 6.5, I have exactly the same configuration and everything works fine, even though i have a very crappy PC-Chips mobo.
Re: [newbie] Quake
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: Bummer! :-( Guess we need to email Id and complain! :-) John I dunno actually. . .theyre reasoning wakes good sense. carmack stated that the reason that he wants to hold off on downloadable linux binaries is so that they can accurately gauge purchases of the linux version. Makes sense, no? This way you don't have thousands of people buying the win version and then downloading the linux binaries. . . so their reasoning goes. . . -- Seth Gibson www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710 members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under Construction) The Functional Design of the UNIX Operating System is probably one of the few truly beautiful things left in the world.
[newbie] Mandrake 6.1 Telnet problem
What changes were made between Mandrake 6.0 and 6.1 related to the Telnet server? I installed 6.1 (from the downloaded ISO image) on a computer (P200 with 32 megs RAM, 2 gig hard drive, WD ethernet card) using the "server" choice and the machine won't accept an inbound telnet connection. The connection is refused before it even offers a login prompt, whether I try from the console or over the local lan. I can ping the server fine over the lan. If I install Mandrake 6.0 (from the McMillan disk) using hte "server" option on the same hardware, telnet works fine.
Re: [newbie] Scanner
John Aldrich wrote: On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote: Sorry, John, parallel. How's this from the SANE-mustek.5 notes: "Note that this scanner comes with its own ISA card that implements a funky parallel port (in other words the scanner is not connected to the printer parallel port. The code present in this release has not been tested so proceed at your own risk! Be prepared to pull the scanner cable on short notice in case the situation grows dangerous and/or noisy." Talk about a beta release. Maybe that's why I can't find any files. Anyway, I'm prepared to have a go if I can find a way. Another reason not to use Windoze. Paralell is not generally supported under Linux for scanners. I've seen ONE post that has indicated that there is limited support for paralell port scanners under Linux. You'd have a LOT better luck getting a SCSI scanner (although those can be hard to find these days!) John John, The sane-mustek.5 notes say: "The only non-SCSI scanner that has some support at this point is the 600 11N scanner which comes with its own parallel port adapter (i.e., it does not attach to the printer port)." I guess "some support"= not very much since I can't find the files needed. She who must be obeyed says it's my present scanner or nothing! Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] epson stylus color 740 and laptops
"Jaswinder S. Ahluwalia" wrote: I just bought an epson stylus color 740 printer that i would like to get working under linux 6.1. I used printtool hit the add button. It said it found a device at lp0. I hit the select button and choose the epson one (i think it is the last one that says epson color). In that category, there is no 740, only a 600 inkjet and a 800 inkjet. I first choes 800, hit ok, and then tried to print a test page in all three formats and nothing happened. Same thing when i chose the 600. Any suggestions? Also, i am interested in getting a nice laptop for a low price. Maybe a pentium 3 450, 128 mb ram, 14 " display, 4-6x dvd, modem, ethernet card, 10gb hard disk. I am currently looking at the a company at www.pro-star.com. Does anybody have any other suggestions as to another company with better and/or cheaper laptops? Any help you could offer would greatly be appreciated. thanks, jas jas, I had the same problem with my Epson sc600 and Steve Philp helped me by suggesting I amend printcap to change the lp0:\ line to read: lp| lp0:\ . That worked but I then found when installing M6.1 0n my son's IBM laptop (he has an sc600 as well) that simply not adding the 0 to lp during install provided a fix. I think there is a setup error that says a printer is detected at lp0 but then looks for it at lp. But then I am an absolute newbie so take that with a grain of salt. Good luck. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
