Re: [newbie] changing partition table....
Re: Cache size. Basically, the more the better. For an example, price up the intel Xeon chips, you'll find a 256K cache Xeon is about a tenth of a 1Mb Xeon. You will see a performance increase, but you may then hit other bottlenecks, like your main memory speed, and the IDE interface to your hard drives. Owning a PC is a very expensive business, it's difficult to upgrade one item without upgrading another, and soon you're on a spiralling course to an empty bank acocunt. Or piggybank, if thats your thing ;-) - Original Message - From: Josh McCaffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 5:09 PM Subject: [newbie] changing partition table I've been following the thread about appropriate partitions under Linux, and I'm still not sure what would be appropriate for my uses. I'm running a P133, 48M RAM, 1.6G HD and I'm the primary user on the system. My mom does wordproccessing, and my brother doesn't do much at all. I'm getting a bigger HD around Xmas and some more memory. What about the cache sixe? It's a 256k pipeline -burst, would I get any more performance out of a 512? Oh yeah, about the partitions... Currently I've got 2, one for swap at 50mb and the rest for / . How could I change the partion table w/o going back through the install process? What's the purpose of the /home partition? Please tell me there's some way to change my partitions w/o reinstalling again. -Josh
Re: [newbie] SIS vid cards
hi! I am unable to use my sis 6326 8mb. how did u manage to get it working on mandrake 6.0? -Original Message- From: Jim Kempton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 5:05 PM Subject: [newbie] SIS vid cards Hey, Probably been done but Have a SIS 6326 on board AGP 8MB vid card. Installed and used, happily, Mandrake 6.0. Upgraded to the boxed, shrinkwrpaaed 6.1 Powerpack and X don't like it. Tried it both ways eg fresh install and upgrade. The X section of the installer comes back with the 'there's a problem with your X configuration' stuff. Left it there and ran 'Setup' from the shell as root and the same thing occurs. Running out of ideas, short of new vid card. TIA Jim
[newbie] CD image problem
Hello, I'm trying to burn a mandrake CD-R with Nero using the iso image avaible by FTP. My problem is that the iso image isn't recognized by Nero and I fail to configure it properly. Here's what Nero asks: - Image Type : Data Mode1/Data Mode2/Audio/HFS - Raw data (check box which needs to ben checked, I assume) - Bloc size - Image generic - Image final info - Indifferent/Exchanged (check boxes) Help would be greatly appreciated! :) --- Jerome DARMONT | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://altern.org/darmont/ ---
Re: [newbie] SIS vid cards
There may be someting in the archives of the mailing list about the version of X that ships with 6.1 not working with some SiS chips (works fine with my 620). IIRC you have to update to another version of X. -Warren. David Loke wrote: hi! I am unable to use my sis 6326 8mb. how did u manage to get it working on mandrake 6.0? -Original Message- From: Jim Kempton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 5:05 PM Subject: [newbie] SIS vid cards Hey, Probably been done but Have a SIS 6326 on board AGP 8MB vid card. Installed and used, happily, Mandrake 6.0. Upgraded to the boxed, shrinkwrpaaed 6.1 Powerpack and X don't like it. Tried it both ways eg fresh install and upgrade. The X section of the installer comes back with the 'there's a problem with your X configuration' stuff. Left it there and ran 'Setup' from the shell as root and the same thing occurs. Running out of ideas, short of new vid card. TIA Jim
Re: [newbie] need help
On Tue, 23 Nov 1999,hugahog wrote: | Ernie, | Thanks for that info. I ended up fdisking and recreating the swap | files on both hard drives but that did no good. As you may recall | when booting hdc it stalled because it didn't like the swap partition | on hdb (which was booting fine). So I ended up wiping hdb clean | and reinstalling, since it was just installed there was no loss. | | This solved the problem, whatever the problem really was :-) | | Both drives are booting fine. | Larry Most happy you got it working. Hrmmm, perhaps some error in the earlier install? Strange things like that can happen for no comprehensible reason I guess. -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
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Re: [newbie] audio in K
On Tue, 23 Nov 1999,Gregg Carrier wrote: | On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: | have you run sndconfig? | | Ran it, found my soundcard chipset. Guessed at the settings and tried every | possible combination I think. The problem is, I don't know those settings. | Plus, in the same way that Xconfigurator (is that it?) failed to get video | working without further manual tweaking, I kind of don't expect sndconfig to | solve the issue. Any help on where I can find the answers to those setting | questions in sndconfig? From somewhere in Windoze? I have dual boot, so I can | get into Win and find out what it is, but have not been able to find anything | useful. |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! If your sound card is not PnP, you can look on the card to get the set-up by looking at the jumpers. If it is PnP, the job's a little harder. You may have to run (as root) "pnpdump /etc/isapnp.conf" (without the quotes from a shell prompt). Then edit the resulting file to meet your needs (controle resource conflicts etc.). Usually the suggested default settings in the users manual will work ok (hopefully you have one). One thing to note - the /etc/isapnp.conf file can be intimidating. Read the documentation for isapnptools prior to trying my suggestion. Next you run "isapnp" (as root - no quotes). Then you should be able to run sndconfig after a restart (not sure if the restart is needed, but maybe to set up the card - isapnp will/should do that automatically on start-up after the previous proceedure is performed). HTH, -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
[newbie] video card Intel 740 server
I recently bought a new machine with a card with the intel 740 chipset. But when reinstalling Linux it doesn't support my card, is there a server for my card to be found? If so where? And (i still have to learn) how do i install it?? Tanks in advance. Greetz LEN __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Please remove my address from your list
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[newbie] about wine
How may I install wine from CD rom mandrake 6.0 ? Actually it refuses to install - of course I set the parameters of /etc/wine.conf - The files appeared in the Kpackage are not present in the directories Thanks Salvador Morua
[newbie] Finger
Whenever I try to use "finger" I get an error msg: finger: connect: no route to host The only place with success is my ISP, eg: finger @pacific.net.ph All other services seem to work OK. When I try to traceroute to where I previously cannot finger, it works OK as well. I have tried this from my IP Masqed machine and also the internal machines. Any suggestions greatly appreciated. TIA. -- Ronald Yeo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Correct color depth
On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, you fingered: Make that DefaultColorDepth 16 Works. Thanks -- Ronald Yeo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Mandrake Cries for help
Hello, I manage a pentium II - 400Mz with 128M RAM and MANDRAKE 6.1 on. my question, if anyone can help me out, is: What's the main source of troublesome behavior in this equipment? for instance: what's going on if I share CD ROM through SAMBA and I get a "not available resource" message? or What happens when I run KMPG and the sound goes off? Might be it a Lack of Memory problem? if so, Can you tell me please how to deal with it?. Thank you. Hernan Alonso Campo Portocarrero --- e-mail :[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] /home -- final question
Dear friends: I notice that my hda, which is supposed to be 4.3 gig, is actually 3.8G, and my hdb, which is supposed to be 3.2 gig is actually 2.9G. Could someone please explain to me what's happened to the missing 500 meg and 300 meg respectively? Thank you so much. Benjamin [sher@adsl-77-232-138 sher]$ df FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 3.8G 1.6G 1.9G 46% / /dev/hdb1 2.9G 427M 2.3G 15% /bs -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] MSIE when?
Dear friends: Just curious: I understand that IE is available for Solaris. That's for Sun, Microsoft's arch enemy. How did that happen? Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] Soundblaster Awe32
FWIW, I have a SoundBlaster AWE 32 and I'm almost certain that it is PnP. Matt From: Pierre Lucas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Soundblaster Awe32 Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 18:27:16 -0500 Creative Labs did sell a SoundBlaster AWE 32 (not PnP). If it can help... Pierre Lucas __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] make dep error --SOLVED
I learned the hard way that the kernel supplied with MDK 6.1 is not the same as the one that you can download from ftp.kernel.org. Apparently MDK 6.1 ships with kernel 2.2.13pre??. The final version of kernel 2.2.13 is found at ftp.kernel.org. The "ide.2.2.13.1999.patch" patch file was written to be applied to the final version of kernel 2.2.13. I believe my errors resulted because I tried to apply the "ide.2.2.13.1999.patch" patch to kernel 2.2.13pre?? that came with MDK 6.1. In order to finally apply the patch, I had to remove the MDK 6.1 kernel-source and kernel-headers using RPM. I had to delete the /usr/src/linux directory. I had to download the official kernel 2.2.13 from ftp.kernel.org. I applied the "ide.2.2.13.1999.patch" patch. I then had to fix some broken links. Finally, I recompiled the kernel to add support for my "Promise Ultra66 IDE controller." If any newbies are looking to patch the kernel, I hope your ride isn't nearly as bumpy as mine. Mandrake "may" have released an update RPM that patches the kernel source to look exactly like the kernel source that can be downloaded from ftp.kernel.org. Matt From: "M Thompson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] "make dep" error (was "Problems patching the kernel...") Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 03:11:18 GMT I applied the "ide.2.2.13.1999.patch" patch file to the kernel. I then typed "make mrproper" then "make xconfig" and then "make dep" When I typed "make dep" I received the error message: snip ../../.config: no such file or directory ***no rule to make target ../../.config stop [_sfdep_fc4] error 2 [fastdep] error 2 [sfdep_drivers] error 2 [dep_files] error 2 What do I do to get rid of these error messages so I can recompile my kernel? What do these error messages mean? If anyone could even point me to a webpage that has help on these error messages, I'll take that too. thanks all, Matt From: Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Problems patching the kernel... Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 15:09:23 -0700 (MST) On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, M Thompson wrote: I'm trying to patch my kernel with a patch file. I placed the patch file in /usr/src. I ran the command "patch -p0 (patch file)" and received the following message---"File to Patch:" What should I type when I receive that message? Is there anything else I should be doing to accomplish this task? BTW - I am using the file "ide.2.2.13.1999.patch" to add support for my Promise Ultra66 IDE controller. I thought patching the kernel was a painless procedure. do it like zcat ide.2.2.13.1999.patch.gz | patch -p1 or patch -p1 ide.2.2.13.1999.patch With the later you'll recieve a few of the same messages skip them (they should all refer to different archs), the prompting gets skiped if you zcat, because stdin is not a tty Thanks all, Matt __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] MSIE when?
Our best hope for IE on linux is Mainsoft's work as described in the article on this webpage: http://www.mainsoft.com/press/pr-linux.html Here's an excerpt out of that page: About MainWin MainWin puts the Win32 on UNIX and supports a full range of the Win32 API. This is possible because of the WISE agreement with Microsoft where Mainsoft received and incorporated several million lines of original Windows NT source code into MainWin. This ensures that applications developed with C or C++ for Windows will run on UNIX as it does on Windows NT. For example, some of the more compelling business applications re-hosted to UNIX with MainWin include; Microsoft's Internet Explorer; Microsoft's Outlook; Computer Associate's Unicenter and Alcatel's X-Vision Enterprise. About Linux International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that Linux commercial shipments will grow faster than the total shipments of all other client or server OS systems through 2003. Linux is strongly differentiated from virtually all other operating systems because it is "open source" software, with the source code freely available to all users. Unlike proprietary operating systems that restrict access to the source code, Linux benefits from a worldwide community of highly experienced programmers and technically savvy academics who have the access to enhance and improve the system. About Mainsoft Corporation Mainsoft automates re-hosting Windows NT applications on UNIX and soon Linux platforms. Mainsoft, founded in 1991 is privately held with its corporate headquarters in San Jose, California, provides worldwide support for its product lines. Mainsoft maintains sales offices in Boston, Atlanta, Austin, Washington D.C., and London. =donning flame suit = I personally have had a lot more problems with Netscape 4.7 than 4.6 and am looking forward to a better linux browser. Judging from the number of attempts to test IE running under wine (see their website, I'm unsure of the URL right now) there are a lot of linux users who would love to use a FREE copy of IE5 on linux. I am one of them! And if Konquerer or any other browser is to have any hope, they better have 128-bit encryption before I use it. =taking flame suit off= -- Doug Craig - Original Message - From: "Chip Wiegand" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] MSIE when? On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, you wrote: Chip Wiegand wrote: On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hay, wasnt MSIE supossed to be out in november for linux? Thats wat i heard. I don't know about ya'll, but my reason for moving to Linux was to get away from micro$oft, not use that stuff in Linux. Isn't that defeating the purpose of using an alternative OS? -- Chip Wiegand Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly Robert F. Kennedy not necessarily. another reason to use Linux is cause it is perceived as superior -- not just cause it isn't MS. And as much as I dislike MS business practices and their products generally, IMHO IE is superior to the alternatives. -- Keith Indeed Linux is a superior OS to what is available from micro$oft. That is why I changed os's. And I personaly do not endorse companys that follow the type of business practices that micro$oft does. I don't like seeing any company monopolize the market place, that kills competition and just about prevents innovation. Intel doesn't have the market wrapped up like micro$oft and they have some stiff competition, and they aren't crying foul about it. I believe what it comes down to is if you change to a better OS, then support it and the developers, support the new releases and help make them it better so they can be competitive, on the same level, because if we who use the better OS don't - who will? How will it ever get better? Anyway, that's my thoughts, not bad for middle of the night I guess. Good nite -- Chip Wiegand Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly Robert F. Kennedy
Re: [newbie] make dep error --SOLVED
On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, M Thompson wrote: I learned the hard way that the kernel supplied with MDK 6.1 is not the same as the one that you can download from ftp.kernel.org. Apparently MDK 6.1 ships with kernel 2.2.13pre??. The final version of kernel 2.2.13 is found at ftp.kernel.org. Actualy i think the vanilla src starts at 2.2.11, and then the feature patchs are placed in intermixed with the various kernel upgrade patchs The "ide.2.2.13.1999.patch" patch file was written to be applied to the final version of kernel 2.2.13. I believe my errors resulted because I tried to apply the "ide.2.2.13.1999.patch" patch to kernel 2.2.13pre?? that came with MDK 6.1. The ide patch intended for the kernel that shiped is contained in the kernel-*.src.rpm, it only needs to be uncommented and rebuild In order to finally apply the patch, I had to remove the MDK 6.1 kernel-source and kernel-headers using RPM. I had to delete the /usr/src/linux directory. I had to download the official kernel 2.2.13 from ftp.kernel.org. I applied the "ide.2.2.13.1999.patch" patch. I then had to fix some broken links. Finally, I recompiled the kernel to add support for my "Promise Ultra66 IDE controller." standard proceedure for a kernel upgrade (the patch for the kernel version we shiped is in the old/ directory btw) If any newbies are looking to patch the kernel, I hope your ride isn't nearly as bumpy as mine. Mandrake "may" have released an update RPM that patches the kernel source to look exactly like the kernel source that can be downloaded from ftp.kernel.org. Unlikely, we won't quit adding patchs to the kernel untill everything we want is in it. We are thinking of shipping a kernel-vanilla for debugging purposes Matt From: "M Thompson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] "make dep" error (was "Problems patching the kernel...") Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 03:11:18 GMT I applied the "ide.2.2.13.1999.patch" patch file to the kernel. I then typed "make mrproper" then "make xconfig" and then "make dep" When I typed "make dep" I received the error message: snip ../../.config: no such file or directory ***no rule to make target ../../.config stop [_sfdep_fc4] error 2 [fastdep] error 2 [sfdep_drivers] error 2 [dep_files] error 2 What do I do to get rid of these error messages so I can recompile my kernel? What do these error messages mean? If anyone could even point me to a webpage that has help on these error messages, I'll take that too. thanks all, Matt From: Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Problems patching the kernel... Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 15:09:23 -0700 (MST) On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, M Thompson wrote: I'm trying to patch my kernel with a patch file. I placed the patch file in /usr/src. I ran the command "patch -p0 (patch file)" and received the following message---"File to Patch:" What should I type when I receive that message? Is there anything else I should be doing to accomplish this task? BTW - I am using the file "ide.2.2.13.1999.patch" to add support for my Promise Ultra66 IDE controller. I thought patching the kernel was a painless procedure. do it like zcat ide.2.2.13.1999.patch.gz | patch -p1 or patch -p1 ide.2.2.13.1999.patch With the later you'll recieve a few of the same messages skip them (they should all refer to different archs), the prompting gets skiped if you zcat, because stdin is not a tty Thanks all, Matt __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
[newbie] Can't connect via Telnet or FTP
Hi, I just installed Mandrake 6.0 on my machine, when I tried to connect to this machine from another using Telnet or FTP the client would just refuse to connect through. I have checked both telnetd and ftpd are both setup properly in inet. Can anybody help? Thanks Kenny
[newbie] install bug?
i am installing mandrake 6.5. all goes well until i specify monitor resolution. at testing x configuration, i get the "do you see this message" "yes or no" screen, but i just can't read the question. if i enter yes anyway, when i reboot, my screens overlap, meaning kde, gnome and such. i've tried all possible resolutions and most of the time i get a white line at the top of my screen. i know my res' settings are right. i just don't get the go ahead. my friend installed this same copy on his system and it worked fine. i also used Xconfigurator manually, and that didn't help, with Control- Alt-+ not solving anything. Any suggestions?
[newbie] modem configuration problem
Hi folks, My computer has all the peripheral incorporated in the mainboard ( I mean the video system, modem, and sound system). The problem is that I can't configure either the modem or the sound system. I tried using the kppp but it didn't work. Does anybody know how to deal with that ? Heinz Miranda V.
[newbie] Good FTP prog
Hay, i was wondering what a good FTP program is for linux. Preferably graphical.
RE: [newbie] install bug?
I think that the problem is the video card, which is the model of your video card? Perhaps need to download the correct Xserver for your card. -Original Message- From: touco [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 6:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] install bug? i am installing mandrake 6.5. all goes well until i specify monitor resolution. at testing x configuration, i get the "do you see this message" "yes or no" screen, but i just can't read the question. if i enter yes anyway, when i reboot, my screens overlap, meaning kde, gnome and such. i've tried all possible resolutions and most of the time i get a white line at the top of my screen. i know my res' settings are right. i just don't get the go ahead. my friend installed this same copy on his system and it worked fine. i also used Xconfigurator manually, and that didn't help, with Control- Alt-+ not solving anything. Any suggestions?
Re: [newbie] video card Intel 740 server
-Mensagem original- De: Len de Roder [EMAIL PROTECTED] Data: Quarta-feira, 24 de Novembro de 1999 11:05 Assunto: [newbie] video card Intel 740 server I recently bought a new machine with a card with the intel 740 chipset. But when reinstalling Linux it doesn't support my card, is there a server for my card to be found? If so where? And (i still have to learn) how do i install it?? Tanks in advance. Greetz LEN The newer version of XFree86 supposedly supports it. It can be downloaded from www.xfree86.org . FTP site is ftp.xfree86.org . They suggest using mirrors instead of main site. Am facing same problem on my computer at work. I'm trying to set it up fully in Linux to prove that it is a viable company alternative. If other computers are this much trouble, it might not be. I have so far downloaded the sources from ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/current/ sources (?). Tonight, left docs downloading. Sure would like to find a nice RPM file - with good instructions on installation, however. Antonio CT Rocha Brasil __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] MSIE when?
Took a look at Mozilla. Liked it. Haven't heard of Konqueror though. Is it any smaller than Mozilla? Can you point me to a page where I get get it? thanks :) On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, you wrote: On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Donny wrote: Hay, wasnt MSIE supossed to be out in november for linux? Thats wat i heard. Probably won't be out until MainSoft's MainWin IDE for Linux is released, if ever. Last I heard, MainWin was scheduled for next year. Pesonally, I'm hoping for Mozilla or Konqueror to beat 'em to it. DvB -- PadLocke the Ogre There are three types of people in this world... those who can count, and those who can't!
[newbie] Remove
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Re: [newbie] Good FTP prog
You might like IglooFTP. http://marshallnet.linuxberg.com/x11html/net_ftp.html at Tucows with ratings http://www.littleigloo.org/ takes you straight to it. Seve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 4:21 PM Subject: [newbie] Good FTP prog Hay, i was wondering what a good FTP program is for linux. Preferably graphical.
[newbie] Retriving files in windoze via Linux
Hi, I read on Linux Mandrake website that its possible to get files from my windoze partition from Linux . How can I do that? I am not able to see my windoze directories from Linux file manager. What kind of software should I use? Rgds
Re: [newbie] MSIE when?
On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, you wrote: (which its now doing) itll give MS a better run for its money. hehe funny we mention money in the presence of linux! -- 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] unsupported! try your luck!
Hi, I was introduced to Linux-Mandrake 6.0 last June and I managed to install it myself after spending almost 6 hours. This is because first I didn't know that Mandrake doesn't support the newest brand of hardware out there, especialy top brand video, audio and modems. My machine is a PII 400 Mhz,Asus 440BX slot1 MB,6.4 Gig hard disk, Creative 3dfx Voodo card, Yahama XG, and a Motorola chip modem. All of this combinations of hardware is unfortunately isn't supported by except for a few. After painstakingly combing the net, I finally found a beta version driver for the graphic card and I also found a commercial driver(hence $$)for the sound card. But my joy was short lived, as a few weeks after that the hardware went kaput one by one. Starting from my 32 Mb SDRAM, next the soundcard, and then finally my graphic is a bit crazy now(fuzzy lines at 600*480 and at 1024*9800). This of course will need about $300 to replace. However, I cannot attribute the breakdown of the machine to Mandrake wholly but somehow I feel that during the many hours of trying to adjust(espcially the graphic, XF86setup) the system I couldn't remember just how many times I rebooted the machine. And I couldn't set aside the probable tear and wear of my machine. So, that's why I am sharing this with you'all. I just want to warn potential users of Mandrake(newbie) to be wary about the potential dangers here. Lastly, does anybody know the exact hardware supported by Mandrake 6.1? If anybody know then feel free to mail me. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] MSIE when?
PadLockeKonqueror will be part of KDE 2.0 when it is released. Alan PadLocke wrote: Took a look at Mozilla. Liked it. Haven't heard of Konqueror though. Is it any smaller than Mozilla? Can you point me to a page where I get get it? thanks :) On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, you wrote: On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Donny wrote: Hay, wasnt MSIE supossed to be out in november for linux? Thats wat i heard. Probably won't be out until MainSoft's MainWin IDE for Linux is released, if ever. Last I heard, MainWin was scheduled for next year. Pesonally, I'm hoping for Mozilla or Konqueror to beat 'em to it. DvB -- PadLocke the Ogre There are three types of people in this world... those who can count, and those who can't!
[newbie] /swap file - 128 or 256
Dear friends: Last question: I have an AMD K6-2 400 Mhrtz with 128 megs of real RAM. Should I go for a 128 swap file or a 256 swap file? Any special advantage to having a 256 swap file? Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] Retriving files in windoze via Linux
Davidhere's one way how (as root): 1. create a new subdirectory /mnt/c-drive 2. add the below line to your /etc/fstab file /dev/hdXY /mnt/c-drivevfatnoauto,user 0 0 (hdX must be the windows drive and Y is the partition number) 3. in the console mode type: mount -t vfat /dev/hdXY /mnt/c-drive Alan David Loke wrote: Hi, I read on Linux Mandrake website that its possible to get files from my windoze partition from Linux . How can I do that? I am not able to see my windoze directories from Linux file manager. What kind of software should I use? Rgds
Re: [newbie] Good FTP prog
On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, you wrote: You might like IglooFTP. http://marshallnet.linuxberg.com/x11html/net_ftp.html at Tucows with ratings http://www.littleigloo.org/ takes you straight to it. Seve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 4:21 PM Subject: [newbie] Good FTP prog Hay, i was wondering what a good FTP program is for linux. Preferably graphical. Another one is WXFTP, it is very similar to the winblows program WSFTP. I don't recall where I downloaded it from, though it must have been one of the main download sites, maybe linuxberg or tucows. -- Chip Wiegand Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly Robert F. Kennedy
Re: [newbie] /swap file - 128 or 256
Benjamin128, no. Alan Benjamin wrote: Dear friends: Last question: I have an AMD K6-2 400 Mhrtz with 128 megs of real RAM. Should I go for a 128 swap file or a 256 swap file? Any special advantage to having a 256 swap file? Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] unsupported! try your luck!
LJrebooting your machine is not harmful, only irritating and boring. The supported hardware list is accessible from the Linux-mandrake web page but below is the direct URL to it: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fhard.php3 Alan Lovister LJ wrote: Hi, I was introduced to Linux-Mandrake 6.0 last June and I managed to install it myself after spending almost 6 hours. This is because first I didn't know that Mandrake doesn't support the newest brand of hardware out there, especialy top brand video, audio and modems. My machine is a PII 400 Mhz,Asus 440BX slot1 MB,6.4 Gig hard disk, Creative 3dfx Voodo card, Yahama XG, and a Motorola chip modem. All of this combinations of hardware is unfortunately isn't supported by except for a few. After painstakingly combing the net, I finally found a beta version driver for the graphic card and I also found a commercial driver(hence $$)for the sound card. But my joy was short lived, as a few weeks after that the hardware went kaput one by one. Starting from my 32 Mb SDRAM, next the soundcard, and then finally my graphic is a bit crazy now(fuzzy lines at 600*480 and at 1024*9800). This of course will need about $300 to replace. However, I cannot attribute the breakdown of the machine to Mandrake wholly but somehow I feel that during the many hours of trying to adjust(espcially the graphic, XF86setup) the system I couldn't remember just how many times I rebooted the machine. And I couldn't set aside the probable tear and wear of my machine. So, that's why I am sharing this with you'all. I just want to warn potential users of Mandrake(newbie) to be wary about the potential dangers here. Lastly, does anybody know the exact hardware supported by Mandrake 6.1? If anybody know then feel free to mail me. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] /swap file - 128 or 256
Linux will not use a swap partition over 128. if you need more swap space, make two swap partitions. Benjamin wrote: Dear friends: Last question: I have an AMD K6-2 400 Mhrtz with 128 megs of real RAM. Should I go for a 128 swap file or a 256 swap file? Any special advantage to having a 256 swap file? Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net -- Brett Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] XFree86 3.3.5
Hi, May I know whats the simpliest way to update my XFree86 3.3.3 to XFree86 3.3.5? Rgds
Re: [newbie] Samba
Samba is a file sharing server. It allows you to share directories on your Linux server to a network of Windows PCs. Works something like NetBoui. oic , thank you so much, u really had enlighten me . :-) luff(x2) coin
Re: [newbie] /home -- final question
On Wed, 24 Nov 1999,Benjamin wrote: | Dear friends: | | I notice that my hda, which is supposed to be 4.3 gig, is actually 3.8G, | and my hdb, which is supposed to be 3.2 gig is actually 2.9G. | | Could someone please explain to me what's happened to the missing 500 | meg and 300 meg respectively? | | Thank you so much. | | Benjamin | | [sher@adsl-77-232-138 sher]$ df | FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on | /dev/hda1 3.8G 1.6G 1.9G 46% / | /dev/hdb1 2.9G 427M 2.3G 15% | /bs | | -- | Benjamin and Anna Sher | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sher's Russian Web | http://www.websher.net Benjamin, The reduction in size is due to the fact that the HD itself must store information about the partitions (MBR), and each partition stores information about the data it stores (Partition Table). The names may not be correct, but the idea is that this information requires space, so while hda may be a 4.3 Gig HD, the available space after partitioning is 3.8 Gig., and for hdb the capacity may be 3.2 Gig, but the available space is 2.9 Gig. Hopefully I have answered your question, -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
Re: [newbie] /swap file - 128 or 256
Benjamin wrote: Dear friends: Last question: I have an AMD K6-2 400 Mhrtz with 128 megs of real RAM. Should I go for a 128 swap file or a 256 swap file? Any special advantage to having a 256 swap file? It will depend on the kinds of jobs that you'll be running on the machine. If you estimate that you'll go over 256M of virtual memory, go for the extra swap space. Hard drive space is cheap. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] /swap file - 128 or 256
Brett Jones wrote: Linux will not use a swap partition over 128. if you need more swap space, make two swap partitions. That hasn't been true for quite awhile now... Benjamin wrote: Dear friends: Last question: I have an AMD K6-2 400 Mhrtz with 128 megs of real RAM. Should I go for a 128 swap file or a 256 swap file? Any special advantage to having a 256 swap file? Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net -- Brett Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Good FTP prog
Igloo is good, but if I hit the stop button, I then have to close (sometimes kill) it to do anything else. I'd assume the pay for version fixes some of the bugs. Ty Original Message On 11/24/99, 6:56:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sevatio Octavio) wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Good FTP prog: You might like IglooFTP. http://marshallnet.linuxberg.com/x11html/net_ftp.html at Tucows with ratings http://www.littleigloo.org/ takes you straight to it. Seve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 4:21 PM Subject: [newbie] Good FTP prog Hay, i was wondering what a good FTP program is for linux. Preferably graphical.
Re: [newbie] XFree86 3.3.5
download the RPMs from a Mandrake Cooker FTP and install them El mié, 24 nov 1999, escribiste: Hi, May I know whats the simpliest way to update my XFree86 3.3.3 to XFree86 3.3.5? Rgds -- Guillermo Belli Registered Linux User #131340 http://sites.netscape.net/memo81 (under construction)
Re: [newbie] Good FTP prog
IglooFTP is a good one, you can also try gftp. Look for them in www.linuxberg.com El mié, 24 nov 1999, escribiste: Hay, i was wondering what a good FTP program is for linux. Preferably graphical. -- Guillermo Belli Registered Linux User #131340 http://sites.netscape.net/memo81 (under construction)
[newbie] 900 MB too small partition?
It can't be correct that the root partition has to be at least 1426 megabytes, can it? That's right -- one thousand four hundred and twenty-six megabytes? The reason I ask is that this is what I am told during installation. I'll take it from the beginning: I have an EIDE disk, 4.3 GB, onto which I would like to install Mandrake. On the disk I have created three partitions, using fdisk which I ran from a DOS floppy disk. The three partitions are 902 MB, 1953 MB, and 1200-something, respectively. I had intended to use the 902-megabyte partition for Mandrake's root partition, and the 1953-megabyte partition for the /home partition. On the final 1200-something partition I had intended to install Solaris 7 for Intel machines. When I came to the Disk Druid part of the installation, I finally figured out that I had to delete these partitions and then add them again. Once I had done this, they became "Linux Native" and I could allocate them to the purposes I wanted. When the time came to choose which packages I wanted to install, I chose "everything," in the belief that I would have space enough for this. A little after this, installation failed however. The error message I was given read like this: "You don't appear to have enough disk space to install the packages you've selected. You need more space on the following filesystems: mount point space needed / 524 M " Since I already have 902 MB for the root filesystem, and Mandrake wants an additional 524 MB, it seems that it wants at least 1426 MB. I was asked if I wanted to go ahead and install anyway, but it seemed to me that I something had to be wrong, and I tried the other options instead -- "try again," and "menu." In the end I had to abort installation altogether and try to do it again from the beginning, but it always fails at this same point and for the same reason. When I come to the Disk Druid part, everything looks OK: requestedactual / hda1 902902 /home hda61953 1953 Despite this, it seems that Mandrake must have changed its mind at the last minute, and tried to use some other partition for the root installation -- a partition too small for it to fit. How do I fix this? DRX
Re: [newbie] Retriving files in windoze via Linux
On Wed, 24 Nov 1999,David Loke wrote: | Hi, | | I read on Linux Mandrake website that its possible to get files from my | windoze partition from Linux . How can I do that? I am not able to see my | windoze directories from Linux file manager. What kind of software should I | use? | | Rgds You must have dosemu installed I think - not sure of that but I do. Then you mount the desired partition (on the same machine in my case) with: mount -t vfat /dev/hd#$ /FolderName where # = HD letter as a-1, b-2 etc., $ = partition number as 1-first partition, 2-second partition etc. and FolderName is the folder you wish to mount the partition under. Then xfm will "see" the partition you have mounted. HTH, -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
Re: [newbie] 900 MB too small partition?
Do you intend to run a news group or YP server? How about objective C development? My point here is "You don't need to install everything". Your not going to use most of it so don't waist the space. The error message your getting is totally logical, and I don't see what your unsure of. You want to put 1400 megs of stuff on a 900 meg partition. The install program sees this and tells you about it. The avg. install of an X workstation, with a web,dns,mail server setup (for fun and games, not production), comes in around 500-600 megs. Go through the install selecting each package. If your not sure what the package is hit the f1 key for a description. By the way good luck on the solaris install, and prepare for a very, very, very long boot off the floppy. Oh and if you screw up during the install, you'll need to start all over again with that great boot floppy (no backup choice during the install). drx wrote: It can't be correct that the root partition has to be at least 1426 megabytes, can it? That's right -- one thousand four hundred and twenty-six megabytes? The reason I ask is that this is what I am told during installation. I'll take it from the beginning: I have an EIDE disk, 4.3 GB, onto which I would like to install Mandrake. On the disk I have created three partitions, using fdisk which I ran from a DOS floppy disk. The three partitions are 902 MB, 1953 MB, and 1200-something, respectively. I had intended to use the 902-megabyte partition for Mandrake's root partition, and the 1953-megabyte partition for the /home partition. On the final 1200-something partition I had intended to install Solaris 7 for Intel machines. When I came to the Disk Druid part of the installation, I finally figured out that I had to delete these partitions and then add them again. Once I had done this, they became "Linux Native" and I could allocate them to the purposes I wanted. When the time came to choose which packages I wanted to install, I chose "everything," in the belief that I would have space enough for this. A little after this, installation failed however. The error message I was given read like this: "You don't appear to have enough disk space to install the packages you've selected. You need more space on the following filesystems: mount point space needed / 524 M " Since I already have 902 MB for the root filesystem, and Mandrake wants an additional 524 MB, it seems that it wants at least 1426 MB. I was asked if I wanted to go ahead and install anyway, but it seemed to me that I something had to be wrong, and I tried the other options instead -- "try again," and "menu." In the end I had to abort installation altogether and try to do it again from the beginning, but it always fails at this same point and for the same reason. When I come to the Disk Druid part, everything looks OK: requestedactual / hda1 902902 /home hda61953 1953 Despite this, it seems that Mandrake must have changed its mind at the last minute, and tried to use some other partition for the root installation -- a partition too small for it to fit. How do I fix this? DRX -- Brett Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] unsupported! try your luck!
Check the HCL (Hardware Compatibility List). One should always check this before changing operating systems. It's in most new user Linux books and on some Linux web sites. -- Chip Wiegand Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly Robert F. Kennedy On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hi, I was introduced to Linux-Mandrake 6.0 last June and I managed to install it myself after spending almost 6 hours. This is because first I didn't know that Mandrake doesn't support the newest brand of hardware out there, especialy top brand video, audio and modems. My machine is a PII 400 Mhz,Asus 440BX slot1 MB,6.4 Gig hard disk, Creative 3dfx Voodo card, Yahama XG, and a Motorola chip modem. All of this combinations of hardware is unfortunately isn't supported by except for a few. After painstakingly combing the net, I finally found a beta version driver for the graphic card and I also found a commercial driver(hence $$)for the sound card. But my joy was short lived, as a few weeks after that the hardware went kaput one by one. Starting from my 32 Mb SDRAM, next the soundcard, and then finally my graphic is a bit crazy now(fuzzy lines at 600*480 and at 1024*9800). This of course will need about $300 to replace. However, I cannot attribute the breakdown of the machine to Mandrake wholly but somehow I feel that during the many hours of trying to adjust(espcially the graphic, XF86setup) the system I couldn't remember just how many times I rebooted the machine. And I couldn't set aside the probable tear and wear of my machine. So, that's why I am sharing this with you'all. I just want to warn potential users of Mandrake(newbie) to be wary about the potential dangers here. Lastly, does anybody know the exact hardware supported by Mandrake 6.1? If anybody know then feel free to mail me. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] /swap file - 128 or 256
When did this change? What kernel version? Steve Philp wrote: Brett Jones wrote: Linux will not use a swap partition over 128. if you need more swap space, make two swap partitions. That hasn't been true for quite awhile now... Benjamin wrote: Dear friends: Last question: I have an AMD K6-2 400 Mhrtz with 128 megs of real RAM. Should I go for a 128 swap file or a 256 swap file? Any special advantage to having a 256 swap file? Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net -- Brett Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brett Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] 900 MB too small partition?
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999,drx wrote: | It can't be correct that the root partition has to be at least 1426 | megabytes, can it? That's right -- one thousand four hundred and | twenty-six megabytes? | | The reason I ask is that this is what I am told during installation. | I'll take it from the beginning: | | I have an EIDE disk, 4.3 GB, onto which I would like to install | Mandrake. On the disk I have created three partitions, using fdisk which I | ran from a DOS floppy disk. The three partitions are 902 MB, 1953 MB, and | 1200-something, respectively. I had intended to use the 902-megabyte | partition for Mandrake's root partition, and the 1953-megabyte partition | for the /home partition. On the final 1200-something partition I had | intended to install Solaris 7 for Intel machines. | | When I came to the Disk Druid part of the installation, I finally | figured out that I had to delete these partitions and then add them again. | Once I had done this, they became "Linux Native" and I could allocate them | to the purposes I wanted. When the time came to choose which packages I | wanted to install, I chose "everything," in the belief that I would have | space enough for this. A little after this, installation failed however. | The error message I was given read like this: | | "You don't appear to have enough disk space to install the packages | you've selected. You need more space on the following filesystems: | |mount point space needed | / 524 M " | | Since I already have 902 MB for the root filesystem, and Mandrake | wants an additional 524 MB, it seems that it wants at least 1426 MB. I was | asked if I wanted to go ahead and install anyway, but it seemed to me that | I something had to be wrong, and I tried the other options instead -- "try | again," and "menu." In the end I had to abort installation altogether and | try to do it again from the beginning, but it always fails at this same | point and for the same reason. | | When I come to the Disk Druid part, everything looks OK: | | requestedactual | | / hda1 902902 | /home hda61953 1953 | | Despite this, it seems that Mandrake must have changed its mind at the | last minute, and tried to use some other partition for the root | installation -- a partition too small for it to fit. | | How do I fix this? | |DRX Hate to say it, but if you try to install "everything", you may need the 1 1/2 Gig. Try taking the time to select the individual packages you want to use instead. This will take less space, and you will have a more secure system when finished. After all, if you are not going to use the Apache web server, why have it installed? Just my 2 cents worth, -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
Re: [newbie] 900 MB too small partition?
drxthe initial installation puts virtually nothing in a /home partition. So you're trying to do an "everything" install with just 900 megabytes of space allocated to store all of the compressed software on a 600+ megabyte CD. The installation is reporting to you that it needs, at a minimum, 524 bytes more allocated to the / partition to successfully complete your "everything" installation. Why don't you believe this? I recommend that you swap your allocations and give the / partition the 1900 megabytes and the /home partition the 900 megabytes. That will work and leave a little space for expansion in the / partition. Alan drx wrote: It can't be correct that the root partition has to be at least 1426 megabytes, can it? That's right -- one thousand four hundred and twenty-six megabytes? The reason I ask is that this is what I am told during installation. I'll take it from the beginning: I have an EIDE disk, 4.3 GB, onto which I would like to install Mandrake. On the disk I have created three partitions, using fdisk which I ran from a DOS floppy disk. The three partitions are 902 MB, 1953 MB, and 1200-something, respectively. I had intended to use the 902-megabyte partition for Mandrake's root partition, and the 1953-megabyte partition for the /home partition. On the final 1200-something partition I had intended to install Solaris 7 for Intel machines. When I came to the Disk Druid part of the installation, I finally figured out that I had to delete these partitions and then add them again. Once I had done this, they became "Linux Native" and I could allocate them to the purposes I wanted. When the time came to choose which packages I wanted to install, I chose "everything," in the belief that I would have space enough for this. A little after this, installation failed however. The error message I was given read like this: "You don't appear to have enough disk space to install the packages you've selected. You need more space on the following filesystems: mount point space needed / 524 M " Since I already have 902 MB for the root filesystem, and Mandrake wants an additional 524 MB, it seems that it wants at least 1426 MB. I was asked if I wanted to go ahead and install anyway, but it seemed to me that I something had to be wrong, and I tried the other options instead -- "try again," and "menu." In the end I had to abort installation altogether and try to do it again from the beginning, but it always fails at this same point and for the same reason. When I come to the Disk Druid part, everything looks OK: requestedactual / hda1 902902 /home hda61953 1953 Despite this, it seems that Mandrake must have changed its mind at the last minute, and tried to use some other partition for the root installation -- a partition too small for it to fit. How do I fix this? DRX
