Re: [newbie] Modem settings.
I'm running dual boot Win98SE MD6.1. I set my ISA 56K modem to non PNP. I then set dip switches to Com 4 IRQ 3. It connected first time under Linux. I then had to delete and re-install it under WIndows. That took longer than under linux. Regards John the Nadger 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... Thanks again for help. Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description:
Re: [Re: [newbie] Install problems...]
No, my Linux box is also a desktop, and it doesn't support ATAPI devices, which is why I do what I do! BTW, I have actually researched connectivity for my laptop IDE interface, apart from the size, my laptop IDE interface is the same as standard!! I'm tempted to wire up a conector and give it a go! - Original Message - From: Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [Re: [newbie] Install problems...] WOW...your desktop ( tower ) PC supports a LAPTOP IDE interface I am impressed. Jaguar "Simon Norris" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Couple of suggestions; snip 2. This is the method I use on my machine, a variation may work on yours. As I haven't got access to a CD-ROM on my Linux box, I physically take the hard drive over to my main machine, and copy the files onto a FAT16 partition on the hard drive. I then take it back, and install from hard drive. I can then delete this install partition. What I'm basically suggesting is to use DOS/Windows or similar to load a partition from the Linux CD-ROM (If you're short on disk space, you only need the RPMS folder), then boot from floppy and install from hard drive. If DOS can see your backpack CD-ROM, boot from a DOS floppy with the CD-ROM plugged in the back. Or use a DOS floppy to get the hard drive partition bootable, boot with the CD-ROM in place, and copy the files from there. snip - Original Message - From: Michael D. Kirkpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 8:48 PM Subject: [newbie] Install problems... I have a WinBook Laptop computer and I am trying to figure out how to install Mandrake RH6.0. I can not get the computer to recognize the CD-ROM drive. Here is what is going on... 1. I insert the removable floppy drive and boot from the boot disk. 2. When I get to the point where it asks me to pick which cd-rom drive to use, I remove the floppy drive and insert the cd-rom drive with the CD #1 in it. 3. I went through the entire list for CD-ROM drivers and it can not find the cd-rom. 4. It is not SCSI. I have an external CD-ROM drive as well that hooks up to the parallel port as well. I tried it and it can not be found. The CD-ROM is a "Backpack". I tried Fdisk the hard drive and copied the 9 files from the boot disk to it to see if it may be a problem from swapping the CD-Rom with the Floppy drive. I can not get it to boot from the hard drive. I fdisked the hard drive using DOS 6.0 fdisk utility and formatted it. I copied the boot disk to the hard drive and it would not boot from the hard drive. I just need to install Apache web server and X-Windows so I can show off a working copy of my web site when I am on the road. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Re:
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Mark E Hood 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 Mom voice Don't you two make me come in there /Mom voice Sorry he doesn't appear tobe in my city you'll need to pay somebody else to whack his kneecaps for ya ;) - 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] 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. Use the setserial command: setserial /dev/ttyS3 irq 11 Then try using the dialer again. If it works correctly, add the setserial line to the bottom of /etc/rc.d/rc.local and it will be run automatically everytime you boot. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] OT: useless factoid part deux
That's a Gaaame??? I thought it was some nightmarish exercise in recurssion my old functional programming prof tortured us with *wink* Take a look at the Towers of Hanoi game inside Emacs. The code should be similar to what you're trying to solve. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PadLocke the Ogre There are three types of people in this world... those who can count, and those who can't
Re: [newbie] A little OT- Memory
Check out: http://www.pricewatch.com or http://www.shopper.com HTH, Matt From: Eric Mings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] A little OT- Memory Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 17:24:53 -0500 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. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Monitor resolution settings
Help! I want to set the screen resolution of my Q-71 monitor to 1024x768. Problem is that installation of Mandrake Linux 6.1 set default resolution to something around 1280x1024. When using xConfigurator, the default resolution is about 640x480 with the screen moved to the right... and screen is larger than the monitor. What should I do??? Thanks
Re: [newbie] Quake 3 Arena video cards
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: 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 :) If you're serious, I've got a 32M TNT Ultra 2. :) -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS)
Oh, now you've got my juices flowing. When is ground not zero volts? Of course this has nothing to do with Linux, but I'm really curious. David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry" **Rock on with glowing glass** -Original Message- From: Lyndon Lininger Sr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, November 21, 1999 11:29 PM Subject: 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.**
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[newbie] Here's the latest info on Opera for Linux...
This story was copied from: http://www.opera.com/interviews/linux.html QA with Darren Starr Lead programmer of the Opera for Linux port QT edition Darren, I know the first question on everyone's mind has got to be: when will a public beta be available? DS I'm thinking before Christmas because I get a bonus! The test group is quite pleased with what we've sent out and I've gotten a lot of positive feedback. Are you adding anyone to the test group? Can I e-mail somewhere to get on the list? DS No, I'm afraid not as the test group has already been settled. I hear that you've been literally swamped with e-mail requests. DS The response has been gratifying, but we simply can't deal with the influx of e-mail. I really didn't expect this much -- it has been amazing. So, basically if people are mailing don't expect a response? DS Right, I'd love to be able to give everyone a response but with so many we just can't. We're getting so much e-mail that no-one is getting answers. We will try to have something out soon though. How will the Linux version compare to the Windows version when it comes to features? DS We don't have mail and news but we should have everything else. In a lot of cases we will have more features to make Linux users happy. Like what? DS Control from outside programs so that it may be used with other programs such as KDE and Gnome. Will the memory footprint be as low under Linux as it is under Windows? DS Currently it's using 7 megs when running in debug mode and the entire executable right now is 2 megs. Which GUI toolkit will Opera for Linux be based on? DS It's based on QT right now and the window manager that we use will work under Gnome and KDE which is my first priority. We'll add support for other window managers in version 4.1. It should run under all the window managers but will lack integration. What kind of dependency problems, if any, might a user run into installing it? DS Right now it's running on a computer with nothing but a kernel, the standard C++ libraries and X Windows. There are no other requirements as we include the libraries. Will Opera for Linux offer an automated install script for generic Linux or come packaged for the different flavors (rpm, deb etc...), or both? DS There will be a lot of different installation options including simple tar files for advanced users as well as advanced shell scripts for end users. Will Opera for Linux offer browsing from the console? DS The QT edition does not, however another version we are currently working on will be console, right now we have two different versions: console and X-Windows. Which flavors of Linux will be supported initially? DS Linux in general - anything with a 2.x kernal and X free 86 version 3.3.3.1 or better on an intel platform. Within a week after the first release we expect a public beta on Linux for Sparc. Will Opera for Linux support integration into different desktop environments, for instance "NeXTish docking", Gnome Panel integration and KDE? DS To a certain degree yes, however, the first version will be focused on browsing. This is something we'll be implementing, but in later versions; perhaps after 4.1 or 4.2. Well thank you, Darren, for taking some time out of your busy schedule to chat with us today. DS It's no problem, I don't mind at all. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] kppp wants module support ...
Just installed the Kernel 2.2.13-22mdk from the /Updates folder of a Mandrake mirror. All works as before, except that when I start kppp as a regular user, I get a message that this kernel does not support ppp, and that I should consult the sysadmin (me) or recompile the kernel with ppp support or as a module. I click the "OK" button and kppp starts as usual from here, but doing this each time I log on is a hassle. If anyone can explain whats up I'd be gratefull. Note: When I run /sbin/lsmod I get the following: Module Size Used by ppp20908 2 (autoclean) slhc4312 1 (autoclean) [ppp] autofs 9380 1 (autoclean) nls_iso8859-1 2052 4 (autoclean) nls_cp437 3548 4 (autoclean) vfat 11100 4 (autoclean) fat33664 4 (autoclean) [vfat] opl3 14312 0 cs4232 2440 0 ad1848 24592 0 [cs4232] uart401 6448 0 [cs4232] sound 66072 0 [opl3 cs4232 ad1848 uart401] soundlow 304 0 [sound] soundcore 4004 5 [sound] Now correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks as if a ppp module is loaded. Guess I'm still a real newbie, 'cause I'm confused! -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS)
The voltage at ground can fluxiate from moment to moment on a circuit board. It can be a positive or negative voltage. It is never a constant when referenced to a true ground like a grounding rod. And this too can very depending on ground and atmospheric conditions for the area you are in. - Original Message - From: "David P. Greenberg" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 6:34 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS) Oh, now you've got my juices flowing. When is ground not zero volts? Of course this has nothing to do with Linux, but I'm really curious. David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry" **Rock on with glowing glass** -Original Message- From: Lyndon Lininger Sr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, November 21, 1999 11:29 PM Subject: 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.**
[newbie] Apologies Due
To those who may have been offended by my reply to Mr. M. Kesow's "love mail" I must sincerely apologize. It was in bad taste and uncalled for, it was also very early Saturday morning (B.C. before coffee) and now that I read it with a clear head on Monday I am taken back by my own comments. Whilst the sentiment still stands it was no excuse for my reply. Again, please accept my humble apologies. -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] MVP3 chipset and L-M 6.0
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: 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? It should handle it just fine. Whether or not Windows will like it or not is a totally different question. :-) 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 I'm not sure it will need recompiling. You may be reading about an OLD kernel. Question #2: Are there any other special precautions to take before/during/after installing Mandrake 6.0 because of this hardware? Hmm...I don't see anything that would cause a problem. The AWE64 may need some special setup, but other than that, I don't see a problem. John
Re: [newbie] Quake
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: 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. Agreed! I meant that if this release doesn't show good support for Linux (as far as retail sales go) we may be stuck with electronic "upgrades" to the Linux version of *future* releases by Id. (I sure hope not! G) PS. i here lokigames plans to tripple their output in 2000 WooHoo! Great! :-) I'm hoping to buy from a standard retailer rather than from Linuxmall (after all THEY already support Linuxwhy not show my support to NON-Linux supporting places! G) John
[newbie] Beware this is OT!!!!!!!!
From: Ronald A. Yacketta I have been doing a online tutorial of C++ and came acrost this little bit that gave me a good laugh. this came from a section regarding "friends" You should not use friends very often because they break . If you have to use friends very often it is always a sign that it is time to restructure
Re: [newbie] Athlon Linux
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: 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. oh i dunno those G4s look pretty sexy. . .(:-D well, Seth, you wait till the G5's come out, ...then you buy a G4 cheaper (like 1/2) ... and they'll be an rpm for it by then ;-) I tried to install Linux PPC on the Powermac we have here at work... (it was just sitting around taking up space, so the boss told me to try installing it G) Unfortunately, the Linux PPC still needs the MAC O/S to boot. :-( John
Re: [newbie] need help
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: 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 :-( So, what happens when you fsck the drive/partitions? Does that fix it or does it continue to drop you to a shell for maintenance? John
Re: [newbie] Scanner
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: 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! Ahh...well, guess you'll have to dual-boot or something to get it working. :-( John
Re: [newbie] Monitor resolution settings
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: Help! I want to set the screen resolution of my Q-71 monitor to 1024x768. Problem is that installation of Mandrake Linux 6.1 set default resolution to something around 1280x1024. When using xConfigurator, the default resolution is about 640x480 with the screen moved to the right... and screen is larger than the monitor. What should I do??? Thanks Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: Please ditch the html. it's hard to read and not as pretty under KMail as I'm sure it is under Outlook Express. :-) John
Re: [newbie] Quake
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: 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. . . Well, I feel like emailing them and complaining about the delay in *SHIPPING* the Linux version to the store shelves! THAT sucks, as it means there probably won't be a Linux version before Christmas! John
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.1 Telnet problem
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: 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. Install the Telnet-Server RPM and I'm guessing everything will work fine then. Never having done a "server" install, I can't be sure, but I know in the "custom" and "desktop" configs, the telnet-server rpm isn't installed. John
Re: [newbie] Quake 3 Arena video cards
- Original Message - From: Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 10:44 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Quake 3 Arena video cards On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Lionel Barrow wrote: um, line length needs a little fixeing :) [SNIP] Um, i hate to bite the hand that feeds and all that, (i have a fair bit of time for you as you have solved a few of my problems in the past), but you seem to be the only one i have ever heard complaining about line lengths needing fixing (and yes this reply probably suffers the same). Everyone else either doesn't have the problem or quietly puts up with it !! Anyhow, fully expect to get flamed for that, but just had a bad day and snapped ;o) - BTW, been quiet of late as all i seem to have been doing is hitting delete 2/300 times a day. The list seems to have gone very off topic and/or hostile - or is that just my impression ?? Martin.
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Re: [newbie] Samba
Just a thanks to the people that responded,all is well now,Thanks again. -- Keith jeff wrote: Just a note. There is a bug in Windows 95-98 that sometimes makes it impossible to log in. There is a fix .. goto http://www.samba.org They have a area that list problems and fixes. Jeff Bruce Endries wrote: I've seen the same thing many times. Here are some suggestions: 1. Make sure you have a linux username and password that exactly matches your windows username and password. 2. Make sure that you have a samba share that is useable by the particular user. 3. Make sure that you have the samba share configured in smb.conf for the particular user, or make it a public share (writable). 4. Make sure smb.conf is configured to use encrypted passwords. 5. Make sure you add the linux/windows user to the encrypted password file by using the command: smbpasswd -a XX where XX is the linux/windows username. You will be prompted for the password. Then try it again. Bruce Date sent: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 17:23:31 -0600 (CST) From: David van Balen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [newbie] Samba Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you log in as your unprivileged user? If so, your problem is probably that you aren't allowing guest logins to your share (you can do this by adding "guest ok" or something like that to the share). Also, check which user account you have set as your Samba guest account. DvB On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Gerry Doyon wrote: Sounds like an "encrypted password" problem. I bet when you click on the sahre in Network Neighborhood it asks for a password for the a share with "$" in it. If so, you must enable password encryption in your Samba setup. Keith wrote: Hi all, I seem to have Samba up and running after many days of pulling my hair out,and now have another problem.I can see my 2 windows machines and my linux files (i am using LinNeighborhood) and can mount and use the windoze file systems no problem.Now on my windoze boxes i can see the linux box but cannot access it,its asking for a password and i cant for the life of me find out where to put this password.Swat has no offering for a password when i set up my shared linux files.Any suggestions welcome. Thanks -- Keith
[newbie] REMOVAL from LISTS
Hello Everyone... Please excuse the second posting of this message, but it seems people r still having probs removing themselves from here. This taken from the intro letter after joining the list.. -- cut and pasted from welcome message -- Welcome to the newbie mailing list! Please save this message for future reference. Thank you. If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, you can send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following command in the body of your email message: unsubscribe newbie or from another account, besides " your email account " unsubscribe newbie " your email " If you ever need to get in contact with the owner of the list, (if you have trouble unsubscribing, or have questions about the list itself) send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . This is the general rule for most mailing lists when you need to contact a human. end cut and paste -- Hope this helps David
Re: [newbie] Is Mutt restricted to 80x24 Screen?
Hello Steve, On Sun, Nov 21, 1999 at 11:02:51PM -0500, Steve Philp wrote: Peter Heckert wrote: Steve Philp wrote: Did you try resizing while running mutt or before starting it? Maybe xterm isn't reporting the change in window size correctly? Try a 'resize' (it's a command) before starting mutt and see if that makes a difference. I resized the console first,then I typed "resize | sh". This solved the problem. Now I'm wondering why mc and tin dont need this command. Thanks! Peter -- Nur in /var/log/messages steht die Wahrheit.
re: [newbie] O.T. the billy dance
Just got the same one from Radio news group I belong to in UK. Penguins Rule! John The Nadger ** Original Subject: [newbie] O.T. the billy dance ** Original Sender: "Joseph S. Gardner" [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Original Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 14:19:34 -0500 ** Original Message follows... Sorry about this but I had to send this through. Enjoy http://halloweendance.com/billy/ -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** - End Original Message --- ** John the Nadger http://www.goon.freeuk.com
[newbie] Apache/public_html
Hi, all -- I am the one who needed to allow users to ftp various web documents to their home directories and then have them visible on the web. Several of you answered me that one should put these web documents into the public_html directory and to be sure that the UserDir public_html statement existed in the httpd.conf file. Well, I did this. Users have public_html directories on their home directories, and these directories have html stuff in them. But when I try to go to the directory, I get the "Forbidden" message. Clearly the directory exists, and there is html there. But I can't see it. I suspect that there is some configuration step that needs to be done in order to tell the browser that the "public_html" directory is, in fact, public. Can anybody advise me what it is? Thanks. Cheers, pete Pete Clapham Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences Cleveland State University Cleveland, Ohio, 44115 Phone: [216] 697-4820 Fax: [216] 523-7175 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Test
This is a test. It is only a test. Please Ignore -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
Re: [newbie] need help
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999,hugahog wrote: | -Original Message- | From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Date: Monday, November 22, 1999 10:00 AM | Subject: Re: [newbie] need help | | | On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: | 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 :-( | | So, what happens when you fsck the drive/partitions? Does | that fix it or does it continue to drop you to a shell for | maintenance? | John | | | John, | When I fsck the partitions they all check clean except if I | fsck /swap or / . When I check / a warning note comes | up saying If I fsck a mounted file system serious damage | could occur so I backed out. | Thanks | Larry When you are dropped to the shell, do fsck -t ext2 hdc# (where # = the partition number you want to check). This way you are telling fsck which partition to check. If you use / or /swap, you may be trying to check a partition on the hdb drive which may be mounted in read - write mode. For better information you can do man fsck while in the maintenance shell. Don't know if this will help, but it looks right to me. -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
Re: [newbie] Quake 3 Arena video cards
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999,Martin White wrote: | - Original Message - | From: Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 10:44 PM | Subject: Re: [newbie] Quake 3 Arena video cards | | | On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Lionel Barrow wrote: | | um, line length needs a little fixeing :) | | [SNIP] | | Um, i hate to bite the hand that feeds and all that, (i have a fair bit of | time for you as you have solved a few of my problems in the past), but you | seem to be the only one i have ever heard complaining about line lengths | needing fixing (and yes this reply probably suffers the same). | | Everyone else either doesn't have the problem or quietly puts up with it !! | | Anyhow, fully expect to get flamed for that, but just had a bad day and | snapped ;o) - BTW, been quiet of late as all i seem to have been doing is | hitting delete 2/300 times a day. The list seems to have gone very off topic | and/or hostile - or is that just my impression ?? | | Martin. AX really talks for us all who use text based readers. It's just that he has more patience than most. When I have to try to read something eithr in html or too long for my screen, I just hit the DEL key and ignor the post. Why should I be requires to go to extreme lengths to help another when it is not really necessary. I don't mind doing a little research when needed, but why should reading the request be more dificult that needed? Just my 2 cents, -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
[newbie] Memory - what a hoot!
I originally posed the question about where to find good prices on memory. Thanks to everyone who responded! Anyways, as a comparison, the local CompUSA quoted me a price close to $500 for 128 meg PC 100 memory. I just ordered it from Access Micro for $140! I repeatedly asked to make _sure_ the Access Micro memory was PC100 (not 66) and they assured me it is. Amazing to me. There are probably other sources that would have been close to that amount but I wanted to pay by business check instead of plastic (which many others couldn't/wouldn't do). Pays to shop around! Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
[newbie] amd question
Can someone please tell me what this means in the syslog and what needs to be done about it? Thanks! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Nov 22 16:53:17 tiger amd[508]: Unknown host: .directory Nov 22 16:53:17 tiger amd[508]: Using NFS version 0, protocol udp on host .directory Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
Re: [newbie] O.T. the billy dance
"Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: Sorry about this but I had to send this through. Enjoy http://halloweendance.com/billy/ snip Crashed Netscape trying to play it, any suggestions? -- James Mellema, CRNA MA --- Linux User #71650
Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS)
42... The answer is 42 :) For those who don't know that was an allusion to the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: 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.** -- PadLocke the Ogre There are three types of people in this world... those who can count, and those who can't!
Re: [newbie] Memory - what a hoot!
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Eric Mings wrote: I originally posed the question about where to find good prices on memory. Thanks to everyone who responded! Anyways, as a comparison, the local CompUSA quoted me a price close to $500 for 128 meg PC 100 memory. I just ordered it from Access Micro for $140! I repeatedly asked to make _sure_ the Access Micro memory was PC100 (not 66) and they assured me it is. Amazing to me. There are probably other sources that would have been close to that amount but I wanted to pay by business check instead of plastic (which many others couldn't/wouldn't do). Pays to shop around! Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D. I only pay at the door, and the great thing about it is the guy can't leave till you've signed so you cna make them wait while you test :) -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Memory - what a hoot!
Eric Mings wrote: I originally posed the question about where to find good prices on memory. Thanks to everyone who responded! Anyways, as a comparison, the local CompUSA quoted me a price close to $500 for 128 meg PC 100 memory. I just ordered it from Access Micro for $140! I repeatedly asked to make _sure_ the Access Micro memory was PC100 (not 66) and they assured me it is. Amazing to me. There are probably other sources that would have been close to that amount but I wanted to pay by business check instead of plastic (which many others couldn't/wouldn't do). Pays to shop around! Sure, call me lazy, but do you happen to have an URL for Access Micro? I'd like to pick up another 128 for this machine and that's the best price I've seen since I bought this stick 6 months ago. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Is Mutt restricted to 80x24 Screen?
Peter Heckert wrote: Hello Steve, On Sun, Nov 21, 1999 at 11:02:51PM -0500, Steve Philp wrote: Peter Heckert wrote: Steve Philp wrote: Did you try resizing while running mutt or before starting it? Maybe xterm isn't reporting the change in window size correctly? Try a 'resize' (it's a command) before starting mutt and see if that makes a difference. I resized the console first,then I typed "resize | sh". This solved the problem. Now I'm wondering why mc and tin dont need this command. They're probably linked against the ncurses library instead of slang. You _could_, of course, recompile the mutt package against the ncurses libraries if it's not already linked that way (haven't looked). -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] kmail won't load, tool bars mangled
Hi all, I wrote to kde-users with my woes and they haven't been able to help (thus far, anyway) other than to suggest a reinstall. Just installed my fresh new mandrake 6.1 with k. when I run kmail for the first time it set up its new mail folder in my user folder and then fails to do anything else. kmail does not load. no interface and no error messages other than: *** KMail got signal 11 *** KMail got signal 11 (I wonder if anyone grammer-checks error messages. ;-)) and kmail fails to load with subsequent tries. all other apps seem to work ok ... but all the kde apps' tool bars are mangled. some of the icons are blacked out, some are in the wrong place. -- the icons work, ie clicking them does what they are meant to; but you can't tell by looking at them what they are meant to do. here are the error message I get when I load a kapp: KToolBarButton: pixmap is empty, perhaps some missing file KToolBarButton: pixmap is empty, perhaps some missing file KToolBarButton: pixmap is empty, perhaps some missing file like I said, the suggestion I received was to reinstall. So i did, again off of ftp. and again the exact same phenomena occur. help, please? -- Keith Robinson Calgary, AB
Re: [newbie] Here's the latest info on Opera for Linux...
M Thompson wrote: This story was copied from: http://www.opera.com/interviews/linux.html [SNIP] DS I'm thinking before Christmas because I get a bonus! The test group is quite pleased with what we've sent out and I've gotten a lot of positive feedback. Great, we get fed crap because the guy gets a bonus for shipping before Xmas... I thought Linux was supposed to free us from the "rush it out the door" syndrome. That's the joy of open source boys and girls, it ain't done til it's done... Are you adding anyone to the test group? Can I e-mail somewhere to get on the list? DS No, I'm afraid not as the test group has already been settled. The bigger the pool of eyes, the shallower the pool of bugs. [SNIP] How will the Linux version compare to the Windows version when it comes to features? DS We don't have mail and news but we should have everything else. In a lot of cases we will have more features to make Linux users happy. 2 years and no mail or news? Double-bah. [SNIP] Which GUI toolkit will Opera for Linux be based on? DS It's based on QT right now and the window manager that we use will work under Gnome and KDE which is my first priority. We'll add support for other window managers in version 4.1. It should run under all the window managers but will lack integration. Someone mind explaining to me why a BROWSER requires it's own window manager? It's a fscking application for pete's sake! Create the top-level window and forget it. Sheesh... this thing's gonna be a pile of crap. What kind of dependency problems, if any, might a user run into installing it? DS Right now it's running on a computer with nothing but a kernel, the standard C++ libraries and X Windows. There are no other requirements as we include the libraries. What about the concept of shared libraries. Thanks, but I've already GOT Qt installed on this machine. Use it. This "ship the system libraries with the applications" is Windowsish to the core. Will Opera for Linux offer an automated install script for generic Linux or come packaged for the different flavors (rpm, deb etc...), or both? DS There will be a lot of different installation options including simple tar files for advanced users as well as advanced shell scripts for end users. How about creating a tarball, a .deb and an .rpm package and calling it a day. What system did I miss? Will Opera for Linux offer browsing from the console? DS The QT edition does not, however another version we are currently working on will be console, right now we have two different versions: console and X-Windows. Unless that's an FBDev graphical browser for the console, thanks but no thanks. Lynx and (umm, what's the name of the other one?) work just fine. Which flavors of Linux will be supported initially? DS Linux in general - anything with a 2.x kernal and X free 86 version 3.3.3.1 or better on an intel platform. Within a week after the first release we expect a public beta on Linux for Sparc. Will Opera for Linux support integration into different desktop environments, for instance "NeXTish docking", Gnome Panel integration and KDE? DS To a certain degree yes, however, the first version will be focused on browsing. This is something we'll be implementing, but in later versions; perhaps after 4.1 or 4.2. Well thank you, Darren, for taking some time out of your busy schedule to chat with us today. DS It's no problem, I don't mind at all. I think what the interviewer forgot to mention was that we might have had a browser over a year ago if these putzes weren't out trying to reinvent the wheel. We've got a variety of window managers and people are highly tied to their personal choice of manager. Forcing them to move to another one for a browser will seal the browser's fate. Step back and think hard about forking your money over to a company that clearly does not get the Linux platform. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Re: [newbie] Install problems...]
Simon Norris wrote: No, my Linux box is also a desktop, and it doesn't support ATAPI devices, which is why I do what I do! BTW, I have actually researched connectivity for my laptop IDE interface, apart from the size, my laptop IDE interface is the same as standard!! I'm tempted to wire up a conector and give it a go! You'll also find that the 2.5" laptop IDE drives have 44 pin connectors that are spaced much more closely together than a typical 3.5" desktop IDE drive. There are adapters available, but for what you get, they're damned pricey. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] eth0
Its plugged in from my 'puter to a 4-port hub -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Aldrich Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 11:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 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
Re: [newbie] Monitor resolution settings
Gilles Lahaie wrote: Help! I want to set the screen resolution of my Q-71 monitor to 1024x768. Problem is that installation of Mandrake Linux 6.1 set default resolution to something around 1280x1024. When using xConfigurator, the default resolution is about 640x480 with the screen moved to the right... and screen is larger than the monitor. What should I do??? Thanks When you run Xconfigurator you will be told the default resolution, somewhere in there you get the opportunity to choose. At that point go in and set the resolution for what you want it to be. Jim
RE: [newbie] aol
AOL has no dial-up or pop access. Linux people are outta luck. I just switched from AOL to mindspring a few months back. Im much happier now. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jaswinder S. Ahluwalia Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 7:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [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] remove from mailing list
Why noo... No I don't. BUT I have Yoohooed on occasion, does that count? On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: Please remove my name from the mailing list. Thank You __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com -- PadLocke the Ogre There are three types of people in this world... those who can count, and those who can't
Re: [newbie] audio in K
have you run sndconfig? On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: HI, Can anyone point me to a help file on setting up sound for XWindows. I'm basically just taking a stab in the dark at those settings it asks for, but to no avail. Thanks! Gregg -- PadLocke the Ogre There are three types of people in this world... those who can count, and those who can't!
Re: [newbie] Here's the latest info on Opera for Linux...
Some people would complain if you hung them with a new rope!!! Steve Philp wrote: M Thompson wrote: This story was copied from: http://www.opera.com/interviews/linux.html [SNIP] DS I'm thinking before Christmas because I get a bonus! The test group is quite pleased with what we've sent out and I've gotten a lot of positive feedback. Great, we get fed crap because the guy gets a bonus for shipping before Xmas... I thought Linux was supposed to free us from the "rush it out the door" syndrome. That's the joy of open source boys and girls, it ain't done til it's done... Are you adding anyone to the test group? Can I e-mail somewhere to get on the list? DS No, I'm afraid not as the test group has already been settled. The bigger the pool of eyes, the shallower the pool of bugs. [SNIP] How will the Linux version compare to the Windows version when it comes to features? DS We don't have mail and news but we should have everything else. In a lot of cases we will have more features to make Linux users happy. 2 years and no mail or news? Double-bah. [SNIP] Which GUI toolkit will Opera for Linux be based on? DS It's based on QT right now and the window manager that we use will work under Gnome and KDE which is my first priority. We'll add support for other window managers in version 4.1. It should run under all the window managers but will lack integration. Someone mind explaining to me why a BROWSER requires it's own window manager? It's a fscking application for pete's sake! Create the top-level window and forget it. Sheesh... this thing's gonna be a pile of crap. What kind of dependency problems, if any, might a user run into installing it? DS Right now it's running on a computer with nothing but a kernel, the standard C++ libraries and X Windows. There are no other requirements as we include the libraries. What about the concept of shared libraries. Thanks, but I've already GOT Qt installed on this machine. Use it. This "ship the system libraries with the applications" is Windowsish to the core. Will Opera for Linux offer an automated install script for generic Linux or come packaged for the different flavors (rpm, deb etc...), or both? DS There will be a lot of different installation options including simple tar files for advanced users as well as advanced shell scripts for end users. How about creating a tarball, a .deb and an .rpm package and calling it a day. What system did I miss? Will Opera for Linux offer browsing from the console? DS The QT edition does not, however another version we are currently working on will be console, right now we have two different versions: console and X-Windows. Unless that's an FBDev graphical browser for the console, thanks but no thanks. Lynx and (umm, what's the name of the other one?) work just fine. Which flavors of Linux will be supported initially? DS Linux in general - anything with a 2.x kernal and X free 86 version 3.3.3.1 or better on an intel platform. Within a week after the first release we expect a public beta on Linux for Sparc. Will Opera for Linux support integration into different desktop environments, for instance "NeXTish docking", Gnome Panel integration and KDE? DS To a certain degree yes, however, the first version will be focused on browsing. This is something we'll be implementing, but in later versions; perhaps after 4.1 or 4.2. Well thank you, Darren, for taking some time out of your busy schedule to chat with us today. DS It's no problem, I don't mind at all. I think what the interviewer forgot to mention was that we might have had a browser over a year ago if these putzes weren't out trying to reinvent the wheel. We've got a variety of window managers and people are highly tied to their personal choice of manager. Forcing them to move to another one for a browser will seal the browser's fate. Step back and think hard about forking your money over to a company that clearly does not get the Linux platform. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] /home partition -- how?
Dear friends: I will be reinstalling my Mandrake 6.1 from CD in a day or two. I would appreciate advice on how to make a /home partition. [Specs: AMD K6-2 400 Mhrtz, 128 megs of RAM] Currently, I have an all-Linux system consisting of two hard drives: hda (4.3 gig) for the Linux system and hdb for my storage needs (3.2 gig). Both drives are Linux native ext2 drives. Plus a swap drive of 128 meg. Obviously, I do not want to do anything with my hdb drive. So, the question is how to partition my main hda 4.3 drive? I have up until now been partitioning my hda using DiskDruid by simply letting the entire hda become my / directory (by selecting hda1, "1" and "growing" from the Disk Druid partition options (while hdb is my /bs directory). The problem, of course, is that each time I reinstalled Red Hat or, now Mandrake, I lost my /home/sher directory and everything in it. If I could separate my /home/sher from my regular Linux installation, would that allow me in the future to install, upgrade or reinstall Mandrake and keep my /home/sher directory separate and intact? If so, could someone suggest specifically how to go about doing it. I am sure it's simple, but I want to make sure I am doing the right thing. Should I have not two (hda1 and swap file) but three partitions on hda (hda1, /home and swap)? If so, how do I do the math here. Just what do I need to do? Thank you so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] amd question
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: Can someone please tell me what this means in the syslog and what needs to be done about it? Thanks! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Nov 22 16:53:17 tiger amd[508]: Unknown host: .directory Nov 22 16:53:17 tiger amd[508]: Using NFS version 0, protocol udp on host .directory Looks like you've got NFS (Network File System???) turned on. If this is a standalone computer or at least you don't want to "share" drives (a la MS Windows, or Novell) you may want to consider turning this feature off. As root, type "setup" at the shell prompt. Select "System Services" and disable nfs and anything else you don't want. To find out what each thing does, hit "f1" when it's highlighted in that list (hint: this works for the old non-gui install as well!) You would be advised to probably turn off rwhois, and any other "r" services (I forget what they all are G) as these pose a potential security hole in your system which COULD (theoretically) be exploited by a hacker if enabled. (Again, speaking hypothetically!) John
Re: [newbie] O.T. the billy dance
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: "Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: Sorry about this but I had to send this through. Enjoy http://halloweendance.com/billy/ snip Crashed Netscape trying to play it, any suggestions? KFM. ;-) I used plain old KFM to view the site! :-) John
Re: [expert] Re: [newbie] need help
-Original Message- From: Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, November 22, 1999 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Re: [newbie] need help On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, John Aldrich wrote: On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: To append the directly above: I copied the bootup screen messages and the relative part is as follows. Checking filesystems fsck.ext2: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hdb1 (null): The super block could not be read or does not descirbe a correct ext2 file system ( and not swap or something else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: e2fsck -b 8193 device Try booting with a "rescue" disk and then "chroot /dev/hdxx" (drive partition where / is located.) Then, mkswap /dev/hdb1. It *should* re-format the swap space, I think. Before you do this, though, you should wait awhile to see if someone (Axalon???) can provide a better suggestion. It *sounds* as if your swap space is FUBARED! John Sorry wasn't following along, if it's just a swap drive reformat is ok. whats the partition layout (again?) i thought the bad fs was hdc# -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon Axalon, Yes the hdc drive is the non bootable drive but the one bootup message applies to the most recent LM 6.1 installation on hdb's swap file. My total system except for cd-rom drives: hda..dos hdb LM 6.1 , last installation , boots OK but swap file (irregularity?) hdb1./swap hdb2./ hdc.LM 6.1 my main installation , been using for awhile which now does not boot per info previously provided but pasted again below to bring you up to speed :-) hdc1.../boot hdc2../swap hdc3../ hdc4..extended hdc5../usr/local hdc6../usr The problem started directly after installing LM on hdb. snip John, When I fsck the partitions they all check clean except if I fsck /swap or / . When I check / a warning note comes up saying If I fsck a mounted file system serious damage could occur so I backed out. Thanks Larry To append the directly above: I copied the bootup screen messages and the relative part is as follows. Checking filesystems fsck.ext2: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hdb1 (null): The super block could not be read or does not descirbe a correct ext2 file system ( and not swap or something else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: e2fsck -b 8193 device /dev/hdc1: clean (blah blah) /dev/hdc6: clean " /dev/hdc5: clean " *** An error occured during the file system check. *** Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot *** when you leave the shell. Give root password for maintenance (or type control-D for normal startup): - The first few lines of the above message "Bad magic number" is indeed talking about a swap file on the hdb drive. This is the drive that I just installed the second MD 6.1 and is booting OK. But I don't know why the message is there? On that drive I have my swap partition first and the / partition is the balance of the drive. Normally I don't set it up that way but during the install linux wanted to install it all in the / partition no matter how I set the partitions up it acted like I didn't have enough room in the / partition (even though I had it as 1 gb) so I just made it all /. The last thing I tried is booted the MD cd-rom to due and "upgrade" on the problem drive (hdc) even though I had installed "everything" before I figured it might straighten itself out that way. However, it couldn't mount hdc3 so I had to back out. Sorry for this long post but wanted to provide more info :-) Larry snip Hope this is not too confusing, Thanks to all for your help so far, I'm still working on it. BUT, I haven't found the rescue image on the cd , just the readme about it and the boot disk info and I already have a boot disk. Larry
RE: [newbie] Apache/public_html
Are the permissions for the directories you want people to be able to access world readable? This is necessary otherwise only the owner of the parent directory will be able to see anything in it. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pete Clapham Sent: November 22, 1999 12:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Apache/public_html Hi, all -- I am the one who needed to allow users to ftp various web documents to their home directories and then have them visible on the web. Several of you answered me that one should put these web documents into the public_html directory and to be sure that the UserDir public_html statement existed in the httpd.conf file. Well, I did this. Users have public_html directories on their home directories, and these directories have html stuff in them. But when I try to go to the directory, I get the "Forbidden" message. Clearly the directory exists, and there is html there. But I can't see it. I suspect that there is some configuration step that needs to be done in order to tell the browser that the "public_html" directory is, in fact, public. Can anybody advise me what it is? Thanks. Cheers, pete Pete Clapham Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences Cleveland State University Cleveland, Ohio, 44115 Phone: [216] 697-4820 Fax: [216] 523-7175 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Memory - what a hoot!
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: Eric Mings wrote: I originally posed the question about where to find good prices on memory. Thanks to everyone who responded! Anyways, as a comparison, the local CompUSA quoted me a price close to $500 for 128 meg PC 100 memory. I just ordered it from Access Micro for $140! I repeatedly asked to make _sure_ the Access Micro memory was PC100 (not 66) and they assured me it is. Amazing to me. There are probably other sources that would have been close to that amount but I wanted to pay by business check instead of plastic (which many others couldn't/wouldn't do). Pays to shop around! Sure, call me lazy, but do you happen to have an URL for Access Micro? I'd like to pick up another 128 for this machine and that's the best price I've seen since I bought this stick 6 months ago. Hey, Steve...bet you didn't think to TRY the obvious: www.accessmicro.com! :-) John
Re: [newbie] kmail won't load, tool bars mangled
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hi all, I wrote to kde-users with my woes and they haven't been able to help (thus far, anyway) other than to suggest a reinstall. Just installed my fresh new mandrake 6.1 with k. when I run kmail for the first time it set up its new mail folder in my user folder and then fails to do anything else. kmail does not load. no interface and no error messages other than: *** KMail got signal 11 *** KMail got signal 11 (I wonder if anyone grammer-checks error messages. ;-)) and kmail fails to load with subsequent tries. all other apps seem to work ok ... but all the kde apps' tool bars are mangled. some of the icons are blacked out, some are in the wrong place. -- the icons work, ie clicking them does what they are meant to; but you can't tell by looking at them what they are meant to do. here are the error message I get when I load a kapp: KToolBarButton: pixmap is empty, perhaps some missing file KToolBarButton: pixmap is empty, perhaps some missing file KToolBarButton: pixmap is empty, perhaps some missing file like I said, the suggestion I received was to reinstall. So i did, again off of ftp. and again the exact same phenomena occur. help, please? Keith...just got through posting a suggestion. This sounds disturbingly like the problem that has been reported with kcmclock. Try "rpm -e kcmclock" and then try "rpm -Uvh kdelibs" and see if that helps EITHER of these problems. I'm *guessing* (not yet having installed/upgraded to 6.1) that this will solve BOTH problems. John
Re: [newbie] Memory - what a hoot!
Sure, call me lazy, but do you happen to have an URL for Access Micro? I'd like to pick up another 128 for this machine and that's the best price I've seen since I bought this stick 6 months ago. U http://www.accessmicro.com/ ;-) Actually the price they quoted me on the phone was better than what I remember seeing on their website. I would call for a price. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
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RE: [newbie] eth0
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: Its plugged in from my 'puter to a 4-port hub *shrug* I think the answer given yesterday was to turn OFF DHCP. I never have any problems 'cause I *always* use a static IP for my system 'course I'm using an ISDN router and not a cable modem or ADSL which requires a dynamic IP. :-) John
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[newbie] Install
If you look at http://www.linux-mandrake.com/userguide/en/000.html installation guide I can get through step 8 but on step 9 I get a blue screen that says "Welcome to Linux Mandrake" And a command line on the bottom. What do I do to install? I am installing off a cd using a boot disk. Jonathan Heizer winmail.dat
Re: [newbie] Quake
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: Well, I feel like emailing them and complaining about the delay in *SHIPPING* the Linux version to the store shelves! THAT sucks, as it means there probably won't be a Linux version before Christmas! We. . .that again is not id's decision. . .it has to do with retailers making shelf space for non windows versions. . .i mean im sure all versions will be gold at the same time. . . -- 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] /home partition -- how?
I usually run two distrobutions on a 8.4 meg hd. An even split gives 2.5 gig to / 1.5 gig to /home and the balance in swap. When you reinstall or upgrade you only have to worry about / Benjamin wrote: Dear friends: I will be reinstalling my Mandrake 6.1 from CD in a day or two. I would appreciate advice on how to make a /home partition. [Specs: AMD K6-2 400 Mhrtz, 128 megs of RAM] Currently, I have an all-Linux system consisting of two hard drives: hda (4.3 gig) for the Linux system and hdb for my storage needs (3.2 gig). Both drives are Linux native ext2 drives. Plus a swap drive of 128 meg. Obviously, I do not want to do anything with my hdb drive. So, the question is how to partition my main hda 4.3 drive? I have up until now been partitioning my hda using DiskDruid by simply letting the entire hda become my / directory (by selecting hda1, "1" and "growing" from the Disk Druid partition options (while hdb is my /bs directory). The problem, of course, is that each time I reinstalled Red Hat or, now Mandrake, I lost my /home/sher directory and everything in it. If I could separate my /home/sher from my regular Linux installation, would that allow me in the future to install, upgrade or reinstall Mandrake and keep my /home/sher directory separate and intact? If so, could someone suggest specifically how to go about doing it. I am sure it's simple, but I want to make sure I am doing the right thing. Should I have not two (hda1 and swap file) but three partitions on hda (hda1, /home and swap)? If so, how do I do the math here. Just what do I need to do? Thank you so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] /home partition -- how?
Benjamin wrote: Dear friends: I will be reinstalling my Mandrake 6.1 from CD in a day or two. I would appreciate advice on how to make a /home partition. [Specs: AMD K6-2 400 Mhrtz, 128 megs of RAM] Currently, I have an all-Linux system consisting of two hard drives: hda (4.3 gig) for the Linux system and hdb for my storage needs (3.2 gig). Both drives are Linux native ext2 drives. Plus a swap drive of 128 meg. Obviously, I do not want to do anything with my hdb drive. So, the question is how to partition my main hda 4.3 drive? I have up until now been partitioning my hda using DiskDruid by simply letting the entire hda become my / directory (by selecting hda1, "1" and "growing" from the Disk Druid partition options (while hdb is my /bs directory). The problem, of course, is that each time I reinstalled Red Hat or, now Mandrake, I lost my /home/sher directory and everything in it. in diskdruid just limit the / partition to lets say 3g then create (add) a partition (linux native) that would be the rest of the disk and make its mount point /home currently my fstab looks like this: /dev/hda7 / /dev/hdb5 /ftp /dev/hda5 /home1 /dev/sdb1 /home /dev/hda8 /received /dev/hda6 /root /dev/sda5 /usr /dev/sda1 /var /dev/hda9 swap as you can clearly see I have put /usr, /var, /home and /root on there own partition. If I could separate my /home/sher from my regular Linux installation, would that allow me in the future to install, upgrade or reinstall Mandrake and keep my /home/sher directory separate and intact? If so, could someone suggest specifically how to go about doing it. I am sure it's simple, but I want to make sure I am doing the right thing. Should I have not two (hda1 and swap file) but three partitions on hda (hda1, /home and swap)? If so, how do I do the math here. Just what do I need to do? Yes, if you put /home on lets say /dev/hda5 when you upgrade/reinstall you wont lose that data (if you do not format it!) Thank you so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
RE: [newbie] eth0
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: Its plugged in from my 'puter to a 4-port hub *shrug* I think the answer given yesterday was to turn OFF DHCP. I never have any problems 'cause I *always* use a static IP for my system 'course I'm using an ISDN router and not a cable modem or ADSL which requires a dynamic IP. :-) John I have ADSL and it doesn't require a dynamic IP, my isp gave me a static IP for my nic and a seperate one for my virtual web hosting account. Just FYI. :-) Chip
Re: [newbie] need help
-Original Message- From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, November 22, 1999 4:34 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] need help On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: To append the directly above: I copied the bootup screen messages and the relative part is as follows. Checking filesystems fsck.ext2: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hdb1 (null): The super block could not be read or does not descirbe a correct ext2 file system ( and not swap or something else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: e2fsck -b 8193 device Try booting with a "rescue" disk and then "chroot /dev/hdxx" (drive partition where / is located.) Then, mkswap /dev/hdb1. It *should* re-format the swap space, I think. Before you do this, though, you should wait awhile to see if someone (Axalon???) can provide a better suggestion. It *sounds* as if your swap space is FUBARED! John Yeah but fubared on the hdb drive which is booting ok, why does the hdc drive care? Apparently according to the bootup messages when booting hdc from floppy or lilo all partitions check clean including hdc3 which is / but still it fails right after that. But still I agree it seemed to get hung up on the hdb1 swap partition. SoI did this booted from hdc boot disk ran mkswap on hdb1 ran mkswap on hdc2 no change in boot problems In partition magic moved hdb1 swap to end of drive no change in boot problems moved hdb1 swap back to front of drive but left as free space booted with hdc floppy and ran fdisk /dev/hdb created and formated the freespace as swap just in case it wasn't done correctly before. No change in boot problems, completely back to square one :-( Here is my lilo.conf boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=50 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-7mdk label=linuxb root=/dev/hdb2 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-7mdk label=linux root=/dev/hdc3 read-only other=/dev/hda1 label=dos table=/dev/hda I'm wondering if there might not be a corrupt file somewhere on hdc that is affecting the way it initializes? Everything else 'seems' OK :-) Larry
Re: [newbie] aol
Yeah, they suck, and they're overpriced, but for some reason or another people think there's more to do on AOL. Call me crazy, but all I need is a number to dial in to, an e-mail box, a browser with which to view HTML documents, maybe some graphics and JAVA and I'm happy. Their software is stupid. The whole interface is for people that need the web served to them on a platter. I liked it when I cancelled my free trial and they called me twice to try to get me back, and so I asked very politely if I could get their terrific software to work on Linux. No. Why not? I just had a good time pestering this poor CSR. I hope I didn't ruin her day. It's not her fault AOL sux. However, I was polite, and maybe I planted the Linux seed in just one more person's head. -Josh Sean Armstrong wrote: AOL SUCKS! Nuff said. They don't have PPP access. Their service sucks. They are afraid of ppp because people wouldn't use THEIR proprietary software. AOL is nothing more than another WINDBLO$E of the internet. If you try to get any info from them , they'll send you a generic answer saying that they are aware of the problem and are working to correct it. In english this means, Use our software, or TUFF #$!*. If you don't believe me try writing their technical service about this problem. Sorry for the rant. SA Larry Coolidge wrote: AOL Has to run to dial-up. AOL 5.0 is PPP compatible, but the AOL software has to be running. It will only run under Windows, so Linux isn't going to work. From: "Ronald J. Yacketta" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] aol Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 22:34:21 -0500 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 __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- When GOD endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guaratee them.
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Why not send this about 200 times to the idiots that sent those posts. That way they will know how to get off the list for sure. Ron Thomas Cox wrote: Hi, For all those who can't figure out how to get removed, here is some clipped info from the email that was sent to everyone when they signed up to this newsgroup: snip If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list,you can send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following command in the body of your email message: unsubscribe newbie or from another account, besides (your original email address): unsubscribe newbie (your other email address) If you ever need to get in contact with the owner of the list, (if you have trouble unsubscribing, or have questions about the list itself) send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . This is the general rule for most mailing lists when you need to contact a human. snip Hope that helps, -- Ron Marriage E-Mailmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage http://www.seidata.com/~marriage
Re: [newbie] Apache/public_html
check your .conf file for apache. in /httpd ( i think?). there should be a line in the file the specifies what the public directory is named. Although I think public_html is the default. Also check your folder permissions. I suspect that there is some configuration step that needs to be done in order to tell the browser that the "public_html" directory is, in fact, public. Can anybody advise me what it is?
Re: [expert] Re: [newbie] need help
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, John Aldrich wrote: On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: To append the directly above: I copied the bootup screen messages and the relative part is as follows. Checking filesystems fsck.ext2: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hdb1 (null): The super block could not be read or does not descirbe a correct ext2 file system ( and not swap or something else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: e2fsck -b 8193 device Try booting with a "rescue" disk and then "chroot /dev/hdxx" (drive partition where / is located.) Then, mkswap /dev/hdb1. It *should* re-format the swap space, I think. Before you do this, though, you should wait awhile to see if someone (Axalon???) can provide a better suggestion. It *sounds* as if your swap space is FUBARED! John Sorry wasn't following along, if it's just a swap drive reformat is ok. whats the partition layout (again?) i thought the bad fs was hdc# -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] need help
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: To append the directly above: I copied the bootup screen messages and the relative part is as follows. Checking filesystems fsck.ext2: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hdb1 (null): The super block could not be read or does not descirbe a correct ext2 file system ( and not swap or something else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: e2fsck -b 8193 device Try booting with a "rescue" disk and then "chroot /dev/hdxx" (drive partition where / is located.) Then, mkswap /dev/hdb1. It *should* re-format the swap space, I think. Before you do this, though, you should wait awhile to see if someone (Axalon???) can provide a better suggestion. It *sounds* as if your swap space is FUBARED! John
