Re: [newbie] /swap file - 128 or 256
Brett2.2 Alan Brett Jones wrote: 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] Retriving files in windoze via Linux
Ernestdosemu isn't necessary. Alan "Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." wrote: 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] Monitor resolution settings
Run XF86config. Lets you set the resolution with several options. For example, selecting 543 should have it try to run at 1024 X 768 first and go down in resolution if necessary. You can also st it so it won't make the screen so large you have to scroll off the edges. You should know your monitor verticle and horizontal refresh rates and the capabilities of your video card if it isn't listed on the list before running the program. Excuse me, but what is "st it"? I want my screen not so large I have to scroll around. How can I make my K desktop fit on my screen? Also, if Web Pages are being rendered in a tiny unreadable font, is it a problem with X, fonts, or what? TIA... Gregg
[newbie] OFF TOPIC !
Hi ! I've just joined this list, and I wonder why the h?ck is there so much debate about getting EI to run on a Linux system ?? Isn't it better to get Mozilla in working order giving us an alternativ to propriety software ?? /Jocke! --- The New Testament offers the basis for modern computer coding theory, in the form of an affirmation of the binary number system. But let your communication be Yea, yea; nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. -- Matthew 5:37
[newbie] New Instalation
Hello to All! I have ordered from CheapBytes Mandrake 6.1 (not the powerpack version) and intend to install it on a homebuilt machine as follows: M/B Abit BX6 Revision 2 Celeron 400 overclocked to 450mhz (FSB@75mhz) Rock Solid! 3DFX Voodoo3-2000 Soundcard Creative Vibra128 Memory 192mb PC100 SDRAM HardDisk Western Digital 10.1GB EIDE UDMA33 CDROM Noname EIDE UDMA33 40X CDR SmartFriendly EIDE UDMA33 4X2X32 DVD Memorex MD-6032 6X/32X Network Card 3C509 something as far as I remember The Computer is running Windoze98 at the moment and I Intend to set it up as a dual boot system Any pointers from those of you in the know? Hopefully I will receive the Mandrake 6.1 in the next few days but I would like to be as prepared as possible before I trash my Son's Computer :-) All the Best to All of Ya's Mike. Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack
RE: [newbie] Retriving files in windoze via Linux
You should try to edit /etc/fstab and put your windows partition. Mine is hda1 for C:, and hda5 for the second partition, which is D: for DOS. Here is the two lines I append to /etc/fstab : /dev/hda1 /mnt/DOS_hda1 vfat user,exec,rw,conv=auto 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/DOS_hda5 vfat user,exec,rw,conv=auto 0 0 If it doesn't work, you can try a more simple syntax : /dev/hda1 /mnt/DOS_hda1 auto 0 0 0 Don't forget to create /mnt/DOS_hda1... -Original Message- From: David Loke [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 25, 1999 3:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] Retriving files in windoze via Linux File: ATT1.txt; charset = windows-1257 application/ms-tnef
[newbie] MSIE when? The Frog and The Scorpion
Ever heard of that story "The Frog and The Scorpion"? In short, M$ will not change its ways. Letting them in this camp is like inviting a scorpion into your sleeping bag. In case you hadn't heard, I'll bore you.. in brief: On day a scorpion had to cross a river. Since it couldn't swim, it needed help. Then comes a frog. The scorpion begs the frog. The frog says it doesn't trust the scorpion because the frog might get stung. The scorpion promised and promised and finally the frog agrees. Half way across, the frog is overwhelmed by searing pain. As they both begin to drown, the frog asked why the scorpion stung him. The scorpion replied, "it's because I'm a scorpion." I'm sure all of you have heard similar stories. Seve
Re: [newbie] modem configuration problem
Are you also running Windows on this machine? What COM port is Windows using for the modem? (Even if you don't run Windows, try the following four options first) In KPPP, setup the modem according to the following: COM1 = /dev/ttyS0 COM2 = /dev/ttyS1 COM3 = /dev/ttyS2 COM4 = /dev/ttyS3 Next, run the "query modem" option from within KPPP and see if KPPP is able to talk to your modem using an of the four devices listed above. If KPPP is able to query your modem, then go ahead and dialing your ISP with KPPP. Let us know if this worked and also wheather you use any console applications that make use of the modem. For the sound, run the following from the command line (login as root): sndconfig From: Miranda Heinz-AHM008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'newbie'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] modem configuration problem Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 18:44:58 -0500 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. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] How to use Iomega Zip drive?
Hi, Sorry if this question gets posted twice, but the mail I sent yesterday seems to have fallen into a bit bucket... I have Linux-Mandrake 6.1, and I want to use my parallel-port Zip drive. The L-M hardware list says that the Zip drive is supported. My question is, how do I access it? I know the parallel port works fine (because my printer works fine), but I can't figure out the magic to talk to the Zip drive. I just want to move files to from it, just like any other disk. If it's as simple as my mounting the drive, can someone tell me what the mount device is? Thanks in advance, John DeRosa Seattle, WA
Re: [newbie] Monitor resolution settings
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, you wrote: Also, if Web Pages are being rendered in a tiny unreadable font, is it a problem with X, fonts, or what? TIA... rendered by what program? Netscape? KFM? another browser? If its Netscape, it may be as simple as changing the character encoding -- look in your Netscape view menu. Gregg -- -- Keith Robinson
Re: [newbie] Retriving files in windoze via Linux
Hi Thanks a lot. It works for me. However when I want to umount it, it always says that the device is busy. Why is that so? -Original Message- From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, November 25, 1999 1:16 PM Subject: 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]
IglooFTP... HTH Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hay, i was wondering what a good FTP program is for linux. Preferably graphical. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [[newbie] modem configuration problem]
IMHO Integrated services like sound, video, etc are usually flakey/inferior quality/or modified by the M/B manuf. Disable them in the BIOS and buy REAL cards. Jaguar Miranda Heinz-AHM008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
[newbie] Happy day
Thought I'd drop a line and say happy BirdDay to everyone out there. Remember to say thanks for something to someone. *wave* -- PadLocke the Ogre There are three types of people in this world... those who can count, and those who can't!
Re: [newbie] Retriving files in windoze via Linux
David Loke wrote: Hi Thanks a lot. It works for me. However when I want to umount it, it always says that the device is busy. Why is that so? Because this partition is busy, which means you are in a directory of this partition. Hit "cd" to get back to your home, then umount!
Re: [newbie] OFF TOPIC !
Joachim Holst wrote: Hi ! I've just joined this list, and I wonder why the h?ck is there so much debate about getting EI to run on a Linux system ?? Isn't it better to get Mozilla in working order giving us an alternativ to propriety software ?? Yes! It's of immensely more importance to get Mozilla stable. Unfortunately, old habits die hard and people want to stick with software they've used before. I have a feeling that THAT (or quite possibly, people just want to troll the mailing list for reactions) is the reason for the IE postings. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Anybody got this modem working?
Greetings... Using a fresh install of "Complete Linux OS 6.5" (The Macmillan version of Mandrake 6.1) and I can't get my modem working. The hardware is a Dell I7K and a 3Com/Megahertz 3CCM156 PCMCIA modem. I'm not sure whether to start checking the PCMCIA stuff, or keep fiddling with the modem settings. So far, I've had no luck trying various options in KPPP, which makes me wonder if there's a PCMCIA problem. This card is listed at http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html as "?" and the 3CCM156B is listed as "OK" So, before I waste time trying to get the modem working... has anyone gotten this card working under Linux?? Thanks for any help or pointers!! Joey M. Jackson I am lord and master of all I survey... unfortunately, I'm really nearsighted.
Re: [newbie] Retriving files in windoze via Linux
Davidbecause you still have at least one open file in the mounted partition, close it/them and the device busy message will no longer occur when you attempt to do a umount. Alan David Loke wrote: Hi Thanks a lot. It works for me. However when I want to umount it, it always says that the device is busy. Why is that so? -Original Message- From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, November 25, 1999 1:16 PM Subject: 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
You're right. Igloo can't stop immediately (quite annoying). Right now I'm trying out GFTP. But it lacks a lot of Igloo's features. Do you know of any other graphical FTP Clients that are feature-rich? Seve -Original Message- From: Ty C. Mixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 10:51 PM Subject: 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.
[newbie] Mouse Driver screwup in KDE
Hello all, first off, im totally new to Linux and everything about it. Anyways, I installed Linux Mandrake last night, all went well, but when it boots now, and loads KDE, my mouse wont work, it just goes to the upper right hand side corner and wont come out. I have a Genius Netscroll (PS/2) Mouse. I chose those drivers durning setup. How do i go about changing the mouse driver, when i cant use the mouse in KDE. Any help is appreciated! Thank you. Ken
Re: [newbie] OFF TOPIC !
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, you wrote: i hear the beast is buying up linux. remember i while ago, when aohell supposedly merged with netscape, when aol was in with ms. this isn't over yet. if all else fails. Follow The Money! Um. . .buying up linux from who? since no one really owns linux that would be kinda diff. . .the best they could do is release their own distro i think. . .. -- 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] Mouse Driver screwup in KDE
In Console as root type mouseconfig (it may be mouse-config) - Original Message - From: Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 25, 1999 1:05 PM Subject: [newbie] Mouse Driver screwup in KDE Hello all, first off, im totally new to Linux and everything about it. Anyways, I installed Linux Mandrake last night, all went well, but when it boots now, and loads KDE, my mouse wont work, it just goes to the upper right hand side corner and wont come out. I have a Genius Netscroll (PS/2) Mouse. I chose those drivers durning setup. How do i go about changing the mouse driver, when i cant use the mouse in KDE. Any help is appreciated! Thank you. Ken
[newbie] Netscape
hi... I'm using Linux-Mandrake 6.0 and i want to upgrade Netscape version 4.61 to version 4.7. I went to www.rpmfind.net and downloaded the netscape-common, communicator, and navigator rpm files that were version 4.7 mdk and installed them, but it does not run... Can anyone help me? Ben I Got My Free E-mail Account, Get Yours! - http://www.AntiOnline.com AntiOnline - The Internet's Information Security Super Center!
[newbie] module dependancy errors
LM 6.1 helios kernel 2.2.13-7mdk this my first time to recompile a kernel with EXTRAVERSION, but not my first recompile. for us newbies, recompiling a kernel can be a great way to learn linux, learn our own systems and have fun. perhaps there are some traps I missed. make deps ran ok, as did make modules and make modules_install when I first reboot I got an error -- modprobe: insmod: :329: parsing error in dependency file and the machine hung at checking module dependencies. ctrl c kept it booting, but the modules aren't loading, (support for vfat, parport, etc.) so I ran depmod -a and moved the /usr/src/module file (renamed it, actually). and reboot with the same result. so, I recompiled, ran depmod -a again and reboot. this time it didn't hang, but Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol inode_setattr Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol __generic_copy_from_user Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol clear_inode Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol kdevname Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol _ctype Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol __get_free_pages Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol file_fsync Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol iput Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol bread Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol update_vm_cache Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol panic Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol generic_file_read Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol request_module Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol d_alloc_root Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol event Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol kfree Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol iunique Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol utf8_wcstombs Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol xtime Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol read_ahead Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol sprintf Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol insert_inode_hash Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol inode_change_ok Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol set_writetime Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol generic_readpage Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol inode_setattr Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol __generic_copy_from_user Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol clear_inode Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol kdevname Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol _ctype Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol __get_free_pages Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol file_fsync Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol iput Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol bread Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol update_vm_cache Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol panic Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol generic_file_read Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol request_module Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol d_alloc_root Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol event Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol kfree Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol iunique Nov 25 13:57:49 24 keytable: Loading /usr/lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/us.kmap.gz Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol utf8_wcstombs Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol xtime Nov 25 13:57:44 24 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/fs/fat.o:
Re: [newbie] How to use Iomega Zip drive?
Hi! Just plug in the parallel-port Zip, then put in /etc/rc.d/rc.local modprobe parport_pc modprobe ppa regards, Kenny bluebottle wrote: Just thinking about buying Zip drive. We can't get Linux Mag in UK. Is it available on-line? John the Nadger On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, you wrote: This month Linux Mag. has an artcle on the zip drive. Worth reading On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hi, Sorry if this question gets posted twice, but the mail I sent yesterday seems to have fallen into a bit bucket... I have Linux-Mandrake 6.1, and I want to use my parallel-port Zip drive. The L-M hardware list says that the Zip drive is supported. My question is, how do I access it? I know the parallel port works fine (because my printer works fine), but I can't figure out the magic to talk to the Zip drive. I just want to move files to from it, just like any other disk. If it's as simple as my mounting the drive, can someone tell me what the mount device is? Thanks in advance, John DeRosa Seattle, WA -- Predawnia Universe - The Ultimate Chat Resource The only place on the Web that will change your life forever http://www.predawnia.org/main.php3 Get a free EMAIL account at http://email.predawnia.org
[newbie] Lilo with System Commander
Hi, When I installed Mandrake linux 6.1 I could not get it to install lilo. It gave me an error message that said that it could not write to the mater boot record. saying something like it was busy. I have system commander installed and there is a linux option in the menu but it says that there is a defect in the master boot record. i am trying to dual boot with Windows 2000. I already have Windows 2000 installed. Please help! Taki __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Mouse Driver screwup in KDE
Kenfrom KDE press ctl-alt f2. Sign in as root. Type mouseconfig and reinstall your mouse. When you're done press ctl-alt f7 to return to KDE and restart KDE by pressing ctl-alt bksp. Alan Ken wrote: Hello all, first off, im totally new to Linux and everything about it. Anyways, I installed Linux Mandrake last night, all went well, but when it boots now, and loads KDE, my mouse wont work, it just goes to the upper right hand side corner and wont come out. I have a Genius Netscroll (PS/2) Mouse. I chose those drivers durning setup. How do i go about changing the mouse driver, when i cant use the mouse in KDE. Any help is appreciated! Thank you. Ken
[newbie] postfix email configurations help needed
Hello fellow penguins: I've recentely switched from redhat to mandrake and i can no longer recieve email on my computer. When i use my isp's mail system to mail my box, I recieve an error that says - This is a collection of reports about email delivery process concerning a message you originated: smtp linuxnet.yi.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] 99: ...\ - RCPT To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - 554 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Recipient address rejected: Relay access denied - When I used RedHat, All i needed to do was add an entry in /etc/sendmail.cf, ie.. Cwlinuxnet.yi.org Now I'm lost. I've got an adsl connection via a dynamic IP address and use yi.org's dns service so that my current IP is resolved, though it worked before. Does anybody know what I need to do to be able to recieve mail on my box? I know my isp doesn't block my mail port, so i'm certain it's a configuration issue. I've even tried defining myhostname and mydomainname variable in /etc/postfix/main.cf needless to it hasn't worked. Any suggestions would be appreciated, bob from cincy
Re: [newbie] Mouse Driver screwup in KDE
Hi, In console, type mouseconfig . And it will bring you the mouse configuration program. Rgds -Original Message- From: Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, November 26, 1999 5:41 AM Subject: [newbie] Mouse Driver screwup in KDE Hello all, first off, im totally new to Linux and everything about it. Anyways, I installed Linux Mandrake last night, all went well, but when it boots now, and loads KDE, my mouse wont work, it just goes to the upper right hand side corner and wont come out. I have a Genius Netscroll (PS/2) Mouse. I chose those drivers durning setup. How do i go about changing the mouse driver, when i cant use the mouse in KDE. Any help is appreciated! Thank you. Ken
Re: [newbie] Netscape
bendownload netscape 4.7 from one of the mirror sites mirroring the cooker section found in the developer's area of Linux-Mandrake's web page. There are 3 seperate parts to download. They've been specifically compiled and packaged for Mandrake. Alan ben bradley wrote: hi... I'm using Linux-Mandrake 6.0 and i want to upgrade Netscape version 4.61 to version 4.7. I went to www.rpmfind.net and downloaded the netscape-common, communicator, and navigator rpm files that were version 4.7 mdk and installed them, but it does not run... Can anyone help me? Ben I Got My Free E-mail Account, Get Yours! - http://www.AntiOnline.com AntiOnline - The Internet's Information Security Super Center!
[newbie] Newbie to mails
Hi! Just installed a mandrake 6 with 'everything' as the packages to be installed. Problem is I cannot send emails thru the linux box using a windows box with a mail client software (eudora lite, calypso, etc.) Did I miss something or is there additional configuration to be done? Thanks! Itch __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] 900 MB too small partition?
Since I am totally ignorant of everything in the Linux world, I tend to believe what I read and what people who have experience of Linux tell me. In one guide for Linux newbies it is recommended that an 80 MB root partition is quite sufficient, and people have told me that Linux programs take up extremely little space and RAM. This led me to believe that 900 MB would be sufficient -- especially since I didn't believe that a 650 MB CD could install more than, at most, 650 MB of software. Now that you have explained it I feel pretty foolish for not realizing that the installation files were compressed. Your recommendation that I swap partitions makes sense, but since I don't have anything at all on the hard disk as yet, I might as well repartition it instead. Perhaps it would be better to make a special /usr partition as well? I'll follow Brett Jones's advice and NOT install everything. I won't run a news group or an YP server. In fact, I don't know what I'll use Linux for -- I just want to learn more about it first. Then eventually it may become clearer to me what I'll mainly use it for. The reason I made a rather large /home partition was because I figured that if I happened to get a lot of things I wanted to keep I could have those things in this partition even if I eventually would upgrade Linux by making a completely new installation in the root (and /usr?) partition. Of course 2 GB is a bit of overkill, and it'll take me several years to fill that, but, as I said, I didn't realize that linux itself required that much space. How would you recommend that I partition the hard disk to get the most out of it? Does for instance this seem reasonable: / 300 MB /usr 1500 MB /home1500 MB (and about 1000 MB for Solaris) By the way, thanks Brett for wishing me luck with the Solaris installation. I know that it's a hassle to install it, and it's a pretty godawful system as well in many ways, but I have to install it since I am taking a course in Solaris and I need to practice at home. I only hope it won't be too difficult to double boot with Linux on the same hard disk. At least I am keeping that disk Micro$oft free (although I do prefer IE over Netscape -- a Linux version of IE sounds interesting). Thanks for your help. DRX 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
Re: [newbie] Lilo with System Commander
BE SURE YOU DON'T WRITE LILO TO THE MBR (This assumes you want to keep System Commander as your boot manager) If you write LILO to the MBR, you will erase System Commander. You need to write LILO to the first sector of your Linux partition. HTH, Matt From: "Taki Shirayanagi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Lilo with System Commander Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 14:42:56 PST Hi, When I installed Mandrake linux 6.1 I could not get it to install lilo. It gave me an error message that said that it could not write to the mater boot record. saying something like it was busy. I have system commander installed and there is a linux option in the menu but it says that there is a defect in the master boot record. i am trying to dual boot with Windows 2000. I already have Windows 2000 installed. Please help! Taki __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] OFF TOPIC !
On tor, 25 nov 1999, you wrote: Joachim Holst wrote: Hi ! I've just joined this list, and I wonder why the h?ck is there so much debate about getting EI to run on a Linux system ?? Isn't it better to get Mozilla in working order giving us an alternativ to propriety software ?? Yes! It's of immensely more importance to get Mozilla stable. Unfortunately, old habits die hard and people want to stick with software they've used before. I have a feeling that THAT (or quite possibly, people just want to troll the mailing list for reactions) is the reason for the IE postings. You could have a point there, and now I have reacted. I don't join a mailinglist concerning Linux to get updates on the possibility of porting an MS app to Linux. Another thing about IE, is that a Swedish computer magazine (PC+) made a survey of what browsers were most used. Of cuorse, IE won the race, but it doesn't really mean a thing. I mean, that if someone gave you a pre installed machine with window maker for example and you don't know about alternatives, then why should you use for example KDE or Gnome insteas. May it be that KDE or Gnome ar far superior to Windowmaker when it comes to usability for Linux starters. Hope you get my point here. Think I lost it somewhere.. /Jocke! -- ... The free UNIX operating system :::' ... .. ::: * ::.::' ::: .:: .:.::. .:: .:: ::. :' ::: :: :: :: :: :: :::. ::: .::. .:: ::. . .:' ::. ..:::.::' ..
Re: [newbie] OFF TOPIC !
On tor, 25 nov 1999, you wrote: i hear the beast is buying up linux. remember i while ago, when aohell supposedly merged with netscape, when aol was in with ms. this isn't over yet. if all else fails. Follow The Money! my preferences: netscape over irritate-explorer anyother 0.x os over winx-trust If I understand the GPL correctly, that's impossible. I believe that GPL says something that you must distribute the source code together with the software or make it easily available to whoever wants it. The Linux kernel and many if not most of the programs that come with a distribution follow this licence, it would be impossible for any company to keep the source code closed. I welcome MS to try and make their own *nix version which I believe they tryed once. I guess that that's something they need to do if they want to make something good. Personally, my preferences are like follows: Netscape as a web browser (also use KFM) and an operating system that allows ME to make the desitions of how to run and what to do whitout having to pay major $ to a company. There might be a possibility that IE could get ported to Linux (shouldn't be to har using existing Unix source), but MS is as I percieve in war with us (users of alternative operating systems especially Linux). No one has officially pronounced war, but M$ is putting quite a bit of mony to the task to make Linux look like an inferior operating system. They even have devoted serverspace on their own servers to this task. Hi ! I've just joined this list, and I wonder why the h?ck is there so much debate about getting EI to run on a Linux system ?? Isn't it better to get Mozilla in working order giving us an alternativ to propriety software ?? /Jocke! -- ... The free UNIX operating system :::' ... .. ::: * ::.::' ::: .:: .:.::. .:: .:: ::. :' ::: :: :: :: :: :: :::. ::: .::. .:: ::. . .:' ::. ..:::.::' ..
[newbie] Installing Linux using a Parallel port CDRom Drive
Greetings: I am attempting to install Mandrake 6.1 on a Gateway laptop computer that does not have a CDRom drive. Is there a way that I can use my Kingston parallel port CDRom? If not, what are my alternatives? Thanks WRY
Re: [newbie] Newbie to mails
Yeah, it's a big problem, postfix and sendmail where both picked when you hit everything, and they screw with eachother, the fix is to remove one. got to [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ and look for some messsages on how to do this, i had the problem and this fixed it :-) - Original Message - From: Harold Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 25, 1999 5:22 PM Subject: [newbie] Newbie to mails Hi! Just installed a mandrake 6 with 'everything' as the packages to be installed. Problem is I cannot send emails thru the linux box using a windows box with a mail client software (eudora lite, calypso, etc.) Did I miss something or is there additional configuration to be done? Thanks! Itch __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com
[newbie] /home install -- Success!
Dear friends: First, my thanks to everyone who went out of their way to help me with all the little questions having to do with installing a /home partition, including questions about swap partitions, etc. Everything went fine as you can see below: [sher@adsl-77-232-173 sher]$ df Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 2.6G 1.4G 1.1G 56% / /dev/hda3 1.2G 330M 793M 29% /home /dev/hdb1 2.9G 422M 2.3G 15% /bs [sher@adsl-77-232-173 sher]$ One question: I updated my Mandrake 6.1 CD using MandrakeUpdate. Everything went more or less smoothly (you need to add "kdesu -c" to the Properties. Execute of MandrakeUpdate to make it work as root, thus "kdesu -c MandrakeUpdate" without the quotes). This included updating my kernel (all 8 files along with "initscripts" (I think that's the name of the file). Well, as you can see below, my new kernel is indeed 2.2.13-22mkd, and I made a bootdisk with that new number after installation (and updated my /etc/lilo and /sbin/lilo) and everything works fine. But the first entry for the kernel includes BOTH kernel numbers, the original one and the updated one. Can anyone explain this? Thanks again to everyone. Benjamin [sher@adsl-77-232-173 sher]$ rpm -q kernel kernel-2.2.13-7mdk kernel-2.2.13-22mdk [sher@adsl-77-232-173 sher]$ rpm -q kernel-headers kernel-headers-2.2.13-22mdk [sher@adsl-77-232-173 sher]$ rpm -q kernel-source kernel-source-2.2.13-22mdk [sher@adsl-77-232-173 sher]$ Recommendations to Mandrake: DURING INSTALL: 1) Explain to users what SMP means. By the way, the autodetect insisted that I had an SMP, when I only have one AMD k6-2 400 Mhrtz processor. 2) Explain to users what all those acronyms in "Which processes or programs do you want Linux to automatically start?" (such as amd, httpd, innd, etc. etc.). A newbie is likely to feel that he has just landed on the moon when seeing these cryptic acronyms without any explanation and/or advice on whether he/she needs it or not. I do however, appreciate the tremendous advance over the old RH 5.2 and 6.0, I think, where none were checked off at all. At least here you can accept the defaults. 3) Suggest that the user add ALL : ALL to /etc/hosts.deny and ALL: LOCAL to /etc/hosts.allow or add that tot he final stage of installation to give the user some basic online security right off. 4) It's about time that sound configuration was included along with video and printer and everything else. I've reinstalled RH and Mandrake several times, yet, believe it or not, it took me a while to figure out after installing RealPlayer and getting no sound that I had clean forgot to do my sndconfig sound configuration. 5) When updating, you need to choose an FTP site. Fine, I chose rpmfind.net. But the next time I opened Update, it returned, unless I am mistaken, right back to the first site on the list, someplace in Belgium. 6) Why not spare us the Utilities agony (all the more so because it is such a minor inconvenience) of having to figure out how to view all the Utilities (by creating an extra Utilities subfolder, then copy and paste). 7) What do you do if you DON'T want or need to accept certain updates, e.g. Netscape or the new and defective lpr? How do you keep it from appearing every time you open Update? Otherwise, I am very pleased with Mandrake 6.1. Just thought that these suggestions may help to make Mandrake even more user-friendly. Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] Mouse Driver screwup in KDE
Thanx to everyone who replied. I got it working great now. I really love the look of things so far. Will just have to learn a whole new system and all that goes with it, looks sweet thou, so far. Do have a question thou, can anyone recomend any good books, and such for helping a person learn Mandrake And/or KDE Thanx to all. Ken
Re: [newbie] desktop vs CPU/memory?
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Josh McCaffrey wrote: What's a good way to free up some sys. resources under LM 6.1 running KDE? When I check Kmemmon w/ no other apps running I've only got like 2mb's out of 48 remaining. I think that's normal... I could be wrong but I think it's just tossing most of your unused memory into a cache. Run ktop and click on the "Performance Meter" tab. See where it says "Cache (kB)" ? That will probably show a large amount of RAM put into your cache, and if you open a program that needs to use some of that RAM, the size of the cache will shrink accordingly. I have 48MB as well, though, so I feel obligated to mention that though KDE ran adequately for me, it DOES use more RAM than most other window managers (except Gnome, which is just as bad). I get much better performance from XFCE and Window Maker which are also simple, graphically configurable, and easy to get comfortable with IMO. -Tom
Re: [newbie] modem configuration problem
hi there, i have the exact same problem with modem installation. I try the kppp, and when i query, it report that the modem is busy. I try all com ports liao, but in vain. I have no problem connecting my modem over the net using window 98. Any comments? Is there anything i have to set b4, the linux can check fo my modem ? Modem : External Prolink 56K V90bis Linux : Mandrake 6.0 software used : kppp Are you also running Windows on this machine? What COM port is Windows using for the modem? (Even if you don't run Windows, try the following four options first) In KPPP, setup the modem according to the following: COM1 = /dev/ttyS0 COM2 = /dev/ttyS1 COM3 = /dev/ttyS2 COM4 = /dev/ttyS3 Next, run the "query modem" option from within KPPP and see if KPPP is able to talk to your modem using an of the four devices listed above. If KPPP is able to query your modem, then go ahead and dialing your ISP with KPPP.
[newbie] Using multiple WM's
Looking over this older e-mail, I see how I could manually switch my default WM, but how can I set it so that I can start any WM I want by entering the right command. I'm thinking of something like this - startx for 'default' (kde in Mandrake) AS for AfterStep black for blackbox etc, ad nausem. TIA :) And happy T-Day to the Americans. :) Ty Original Message On 11/17/99, 7:32:28 AM, "Sean Armstrong" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Blackbox: Hello Blackbox Users, I was impressed by the supporting comments for blackbox, so I installed it with KDE enabled. Here is the dumb question. I read the install and run notes but nothing tells me how to actually start it ie get it on my desktop. Has the install not worked or am I missing something obvious? Please be kind. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first. I just changed my Xclients file to read: #!/bin/bash kpanel kfm -d /usr/local/bin/blackbox Of course you don't have to add the lines kpanel and kfm -d , I added these so that the desktop icon for kde and the kpanel would appear. These are my own tastes. The blackbox binary was located in my /usr/local/bin file. Make sure that you place the bsetroot bin somewhere where the OS can access it ie. /bin . Then just save this to your Xclients file, remember to back up the original Xclients file in case something goes wrong. Then just run startx from the command line prompt and you will be on you way. left/right clicking the desktop will pull up the blackbox menu, which probably needs to be edited to work properly with your system (..very easy to do), or the iconify menu. Have fun, and spread the word. Blackbox is the fastest and easiest to modify GUI out there. SA
Re: [Re: [newbie] Mouse Driver screwup in KDE]
Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanx to everyone who replied. I got it working great now. I really love the look of things so far. Will just have to learn a whole new system and all that goes with it, looks sweet thou, so far. Do have a question thou, can anyone recomend any good books, and such for helping a person learn Mandrake And/or KDE Thanx to all. Ken There is a new book that should be published any day now called "Practical KDE". For a more genral view of linux try "Running Linux". Both are available from amzon.com Mike Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Lilo with System Commander
Lets see. which one u install first ... linux or window ? When I installed Mandrake linux 6.1 I could not get it to install lilo. It gave me an error message that said that it could not write to the mater boot record. saying something like it was busy. I have system commander installed and there is a linux option in the menu but it says that there is a defect in the master boot record. i am trying to dual boot with Windows 2000. I already have Windows 2000 installed. Please help! Taki __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Using multiple WM's
I'm not sure, but couldn't you do this with aliases from your shell profile file? - Original Message - From: "Ty C. Mixon" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 25, 1999 9:31 PM Subject: [newbie] Using multiple WM's Looking over this older e-mail, I see how I could manually switch my default WM, but how can I set it so that I can start any WM I want by entering the right command. I'm thinking of something like this - startx for 'default' (kde in Mandrake) AS for AfterStep black for blackbox etc, ad nausem. TIA :) And happy T-Day to the Americans. :) Ty Original Message On 11/17/99, 7:32:28 AM, "Sean Armstrong" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Blackbox: Hello Blackbox Users, I was impressed by the supporting comments for blackbox, so I installed it with KDE enabled. Here is the dumb question. I read the install and run notes but nothing tells me how to actually start it ie get it on my desktop. Has the install not worked or am I missing something obvious? Please be kind. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first. I just changed my Xclients file to read: #!/bin/bash kpanel kfm -d /usr/local/bin/blackbox Of course you don't have to add the lines kpanel and kfm -d , I added these so that the desktop icon for kde and the kpanel would appear. These are my own tastes. The blackbox binary was located in my /usr/local/bin file. Make sure that you place the bsetroot bin somewhere where the OS can access it ie. /bin . Then just save this to your Xclients file, remember to back up the original Xclients file in case something goes wrong. Then just run startx from the command line prompt and you will be on you way. left/right clicking the desktop will pull up the blackbox menu, which probably needs to be edited to work properly with your system (..very easy to do), or the iconify menu. Have fun, and spread the word. Blackbox is the fastest and easiest to modify GUI out there. SA
[newbie] /home install -- Success! -- footnote on sound
Dear friends: A footnote on my request for sound configuration during install. Just wanted to clarify that when I forgot to configure sound (sndconfig) and turned on Real Player G2, I did not simply hear nothing. I got an error message: "Sorry, audio device being used by another program" or something like that. Then it sent me to RealPlayer's Tech Support for a lengthy and irrelevant (for us Linux users) explanation why my sound was not working. Naturally, if you haven't configured your sound during install (not included yet in RH or Mandrake) and forgot to do so right afterwards (or if you are a newbie and don't even know that you are supposed to configure your sound AFTER the full install), then you'll find yourself completely confused until you suddenly remember to configure your sound or, in the case of a newbie, until someone tells him/her what needs to be done. So, why not include sound configuration as part of the regular Installation procedure, so that when you are told at the very end "Congratulations, your installation is successful, welcome to Linux" (can't remember the exact words), you really have completed your installation. I can only imagine a newbie installing RealPlayer G2 and getting the message I got and trying to figure out what in the world is going on? Let's help the newbies, who have enough problems as it is, and let's make Mandrake even more user-friendly by including sound configuration in the regular Install! It's about time! Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] Using multiple WM's
That's exactly what I'm talking about, but I haven't the first clue how to start up an X server with a specified WM from the cmd line. If I'm at the cmd line, I just type startx, and a light bulb just went off . . . I'd still like input, but I'm gonna go look at startx . . . . Ty Original Message On 11/25/99, 8:56:07 PM, "Lyndon Lininger Sr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Using multiple WM's: I'm not sure, but couldn't you do this with aliases from your shell profile file? - Original Message - From: "Ty C. Mixon" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 25, 1999 9:31 PM Subject: [newbie] Using multiple WM's Looking over this older e-mail, I see how I could manually switch my default WM, but how can I set it so that I can start any WM I want by entering the right command. I'm thinking of something like this - startx for 'default' (kde in Mandrake) AS for AfterStep black for blackbox etc, ad nausem. TIA :) And happy T-Day to the Americans. :) Ty
Re: [newbie] modem configuration problem
are you sure that you don't have a winModem? I got that same message and had to take the modem out and look at it and it was a winModem. I am not sure if it that is your problem or not but you should start there and rule that out first coin wrote: hi there, i have the exact same problem with modem installation. I try the kppp, and when i query, it report that the modem is busy. I try all com ports liao, but in vain. I have no problem connecting my modem over the net using window 98. Any comments? Is there anything i have to set b4, the linux can check fo my modem ? Modem : External Prolink 56K V90bis Linux : Mandrake 6.0 software used : kppp Are you also running Windows on this machine? What COM port is Windows using for the modem? (Even if you don't run Windows, try the following four options first) In KPPP, setup the modem according to the following: COM1 = /dev/ttyS0 COM2 = /dev/ttyS1 COM3 = /dev/ttyS2 COM4 = /dev/ttyS3 Next, run the "query modem" option from within KPPP and see if KPPP is able to talk to your modem using an of the four devices listed above. If KPPP is able to query your modem, then go ahead and dialing your ISP with KPPP.
[newbie] screenshots
Could anyone tell me if there is a way to take a screen shot of the desktop or what software would be useful for doing such? -- 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] KDE Not Starting Up - Please Help.
My KDE startup for a second and then goes back to the logon screen. When I logged on to "fail-safe" and run KDE from the console, it tells me: KCharset: Wrong charset! KiKbd: X11 error: BadWindow (Invalid Window Parameter) What could have caused this? And, how can I fix this? Seve
[newbie] Mouse Driver screwup in KDE
Hello all, first off, im totally new to Linux and everything about it. Anyways, I installed Linux Mandrake last night, all went well, but when it boots now, and loads KDE, my mouse wont work, it just goes to the upper right hand side corner and wont come out. I have a Genius Netscroll (PS/2) Mouse. I chose those drivers durning setup. How do i go about changing the mouse driver, when i cant use the mouse in KDE. Any help is appreciated! Thank you. Ken
[newbie] Where is list of rpms?
Dear friends; Another suggestion to Mandrake: It would help immensely if users, especially paying users, had a full and complete list of all Mandrake rpms, either on the installation CD or the rpm contrib, in fact, there should be, I believe, a full and up-to-date list of all rpms, programs, documentation, etc available in a separate constantly updated brochure. Strangely enough, I like the simple and short Mandrake User's Guide. Obviously, it only touches upon basics, and, speaking as a newbie, I mean real basics, but that's its great advantage. It will not overwhelm a new user, and that's a plus. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] Modem settings.
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, coin fingered: I had that and it turned out to be a win modem I had to take it out and look at it I do not know if yours is or not The Prolink has been nothing but trouble since it's first iteration. I remember one ISP practically giving it away with a paid subscribtion. I don't know if things have changed much now, but I found out that it could not be used with NT. SOme knowledgable vendors will warn you away from them. Get a real modem - like a 3Com :-) CAn anyone recommend any good simple documentation on connecting to the singapore isp using Mandrake 6.0 ??? You could try kppp. Most ISP's setup shouldn't differ that much. Can't say specifically for Cyberway, but I know of friends who have been able to connect to Singnet and Pacific, with Linux, though I've read that there was some problem with Magix. All you need would be the DNS and dialup numbers which should be available from your Wndoxe setup. Good luck. Luff(x3) coin -- Ronald Yeo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Good FTP prog
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Sevatio Octavio fingered: How about nt? It supports interrupted d/ls etc. Can't remember where I d/l it from, though. HTH You're right. Igloo can't stop immediately (quite annoying). Right now I'm trying out GFTP. But it lacks a lot of Igloo's features. Do you know of any other graphical FTP Clients that are feature-rich? -- Ronald Yeo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Anybody got this modem working?
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, JMJ fingered: The hardware is a Dell I7K and a 3Com/Megahertz 3CCM156 PCMCIA modem. I'm not sure whether to start checking the PCMCIA stuff, or keep fiddling with the modem settings. So far, I've had no luck trying various options in KPPP, which makes me wonder if there's a PCMCIA problem. Recommend this site: http://dellportables.thot.net Things seem to have quiet down a little on the list there but the list archives should help. The site is centred on Dell Portables but the focus seems to be on the I7K, until the I7.5K came along. -- Ronald Yeo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Re: [newbie] modem configuration problem
i believe, and this just might be me... but i don't think that you can use winmodems with linux hence the name winmodem i think they will only run with windows i know they won't run under dos anyone know if this is true? ben I Got My Free E-mail Account, Get Yours! - http://www.AntiOnline.com AntiOnline - The Internet's Information Security Super Center!
Re: [newbie] screenshots
xv ? "Grab" or autograb On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Seth Gibson fingered: Could anyone tell me if there is a way to take a screen shot of the desktop or what software would be useful for doing such? -- Ronald Yeo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] OFF TOPIC !
Joachim Holst wrote: On tor, 25 nov 1999, you wrote: Joachim Holst wrote: Hi ! I've just joined this list, and I wonder why the h?ck is there so much debate about getting EI to run on a Linux system ?? Isn't it better to get Mozilla in working order giving us an alternativ to propriety software ?? Yes! It's of immensely more importance to get Mozilla stable. Unfortunately, old habits die hard and people want to stick with software they've used before. I have a feeling that THAT (or quite possibly, people just want to troll the mailing list for reactions) is the reason for the IE postings. You could have a point there, and now I have reacted. I don't join a mailinglist concerning Linux to get updates on the possibility of porting an MS app to Linux. Another thing about IE, is that a Swedish computer magazine (PC+) made a survey of what browsers were most used. Of cuorse, IE won the race, but it doesn't really mean a thing. I mean, that if someone gave you a pre installed machine with window maker for example and you don't know about alternatives, then why should you use for example KDE or Gnome insteas. May it be that KDE or Gnome ar far superior to Windowmaker when it comes to usability for Linux starters. Hope you get my point here. Think I lost it somewhere.. Actually, that's a very good point. Think of Red Hat and Mandrake on both sides of this coin. Red Hat prefers to ship their distribution defaulting to GNOME. Mandrake ships theirs defaulting to KDE. Is one superior to the other? In technical ways, probably. In political ways, probably. Do they both allow you to simply get your work done? Yes. For that, neither is superior to the other. However, the interesting question is the one you raise: given the default desktop, how many people actively seek out other alternatives? I'd imagine it's probably a small percentage, probably those who've used other desktops/window managers previously. Could a Linux distribution survive (or alternately, keep it's customers happy) concentrating on one desktop? I'm not familiar enough with Corel's new offering to know whether they ship GNOME, but it could be an interesting path for them to completely concentrate on a single desktop. Personally, I'd love for a distribution to do it. Ship a single desktop. Ship a single set of applications created/molded to that desktop. Do away with the 15 choices of editors/mp3 players/mail readers/etc. For sure, it would be a much more compact installation. It would also be much easier from a quality control aspect since you'd be dealing with 1/3 to 1/2 the applications. Anyone know of a distribution currently taking that route? For the current extremes, you'd have to look at something like Mandrake which ships a "normal" distribution. For the most part, it's no more or less like any of the other big distributions (save one, but I'll get to that). Take a look at the package list and you'll find the same packages in Mandrake that you'll likely find in Caldera. Contrast that with SuSE and you'll find that Mandrake is rather conservative in the things they include. SuSE ships with applications and utilities that I haven't seen in 6 years of Linux use! Sure, it's nice to have all the choices, but the installation must seem extremely daunting to a new user. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Where is list of rpms?
Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends; Another suggestion to Mandrake: Please, don't think I'm trying to be an ass in answering this, it's not my intention. It would help immensely if users, especially paying users, had a full and complete list of all Mandrake rpms, either on the installation CD or cd /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS; ls ~/rpm-list and you've got a list of all of the shipped packages. Need a list that includes a bit more information? cd /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS for i in *.rpm; do rpm -qpli $i ~/rpm-full-descriptions done the rpm contrib, in fact, there should be, I believe, a full and up-to-date list of all rpms, programs, documentation, etc available in a separate constantly updated brochure. Just not possible. Packages are updated and added to the contrib sections constantly. Any attempt at tracking them with a static document is just asking for headaches. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] modem configuration problem
ben bradley wrote: i believe, and this just might be me... but i don't think that you can use winmodems with linux hence the name winmodem i think they will only run with windows i know they won't run under dos anyone know if this is true? Absolutely true. Of course, some company had to go and break that rule... That's right, there are now LinModems as well. Do yourself a favor and avoid them. There are better things for a CPU to be doing than the work of a $.50 part on a modem. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
