[newbie] Cannot save or backup in SO
Dear Steve: Thanks so much for writing. I checked and double-checked: I set the path to my Work Folder and to my Backup folder to /home/sher/docs. I have used StarOffice before and never had this problem. Will try to reinstall and see what happens. Benjamin Steve Philp wrote: Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: 1) Can't SAVE: "Error while saving document Untitled 1: Object not accessible The object cannot be accessed due to insufficient user rights." 2) Can't BACKUP: "Could not create backup copy" Check to make sure that it's trying to save it in your home directory. If you were in another directory when you started StarOffice, it's possibly trying to save it there. Don't laugh, it happens to me in Netscape all the time. :) -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
[newbie] Newbie
Hello, I'm a newbie to this list, and obvious Linux. So before I make a complete fool out of myself, what are the general rules and guidelines to this list? (besides the general no-flaming and no-spamming) Thanx! :3)~~ __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com
[newbie] For Axalon
Good morning Axalon PC Answers magazine here in the UK (http://www.pcanswers.co.uk) didn't do the cause much good by putting what was supposed to be a copy of MD6.1 on the cover CD. What a screw-up. Lin4Win didn't work (not that I use it) and the graphics weren't configed at all during installation. When one rebooted and tried to log on at the penguin it even rejected "root". You haven't heard anything about Microshaft buying this publishing group have you? Regards John the Nadger http://www.goon.freeuk.com
[newbie] kernel-smp question
Dear friends: A simple question: In an earlier installation, I let Linux autodetect SMP and set up entries for both the regular kernel and the kernel-smp in my /etc/lilo.conf. This time, I choose to say "No" during Install. I assumed that SMP is for dual or multimple processors and that therefore my single machine (AMD K6-2 400 Mhrtz) would not quality for SMP. However, when I updated my kernel by clicking in MandrakeUpdate on "initscripts", Update automatically selected all 8 kernel files, including kernel-smp. So, kernel-smp is in fact installed on my system as you can see below: [sher@adsl-77-232-173 sher]$ rpm -q kernel-smp kernel-smp-2.2.13-22mdk [sher@adsl-77-232-173 sher]$ Just curious: what does this in fact mean? Is my computer using SMP? Does it need it? Is SMP in fact installed and running on it? Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
[newbie] Cannot save or backup in SO -- No luck
Dear friends: Reinstalled StarOffice51a. No luck. Still can't save new files or backup new or existing files. I am told that it is a permissions problem, but all my SO files are in my home/sher directory. Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
[newbie] root and /usr?
If I make / (root) and /usr different partitions on my hard disk, how big do these partitions need to be? DRX
Re: [newbie] DNS problems.
Launch Kppp - click setup - click accounts - click on the one you're using, to highlight it - click edit - click DNS tab - enter doman name: "connected.bc.ca" in your case - enter domain name server addresses "207.23.253.201" - click add "207.23.253.202" - click add (Dont type " marks in) click OK - try it out. - Original Message - From: "Ken" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 27, 1999 6:12 PM Subject: [newbie] DNS problems. Hi again all. Okay got my KPPP to dial out nice. It connects awsome, i can manually enter in IP numbers and it goes there. But i still cant access my DNS server. I have even edited my /etc/resolv.conf it looks like this search connected.bc.ca nameserver 207.23.253.201 nameserver 207.23.253.202 I really am getting frustated as to what i have done wrong. Any idea?? maybe i missed something in config? Thanx for your time and for letting me pick your brains. =0 Ken
Re: [[newbie] modems for Linux]
"Lovister LJ" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Can anybody send me a complete lists of current brands and models of modems for Linux? I have tempted to go ahead and buy from a vendor but I know the vendor will tell the wrong things about the modems that are supported by Linux. Can anybody help me? Just get an external. Virtually any of them should work with linux. I'll recommend USRobotics 56k v.90 faxmodem. If you must get an internal, be certain it is an ISA. Make certain that the box doesn't indicate that Win 9x is a requirement. Mike Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] For Axalon
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, bluebottle wrote: Good morning Axalon PC Answers magazine here in the UK (http://www.pcanswers.co.uk) didn't do the cause much good by putting what was supposed to be a copy of MD6.1 on the cover CD. What a screw-up. Lin4Win didn't work (not that I use it) and the graphics weren't configed at all during installation. When one rebooted and tried to log on at the penguin it even rejected "root". You haven't heard anything about Microshaft buying this publishing group have you? Not yet.. (send an, rpm -qp *.rpm, off the cd and i'll have a gander) Regards John the Nadger http://www.goon.freeuk.com -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] kernel-smp question
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: A simple question: In an earlier installation, I let Linux autodetect SMP and set up entries for both the regular kernel and the kernel-smp in my /etc/lilo.conf. It shouldn't have installed the SMP kernel, the test for the newt install seems is not so good. This time, I choose to say "No" during Install. I assumed that SMP is for dual or multimple processors and that therefore my single machine (AMD K6-2 400 Mhrtz) would not quality for SMP. It doesn't really hurt anything, slightly bigger kernel is all. However, when I updated my kernel by clicking in MandrakeUpdate on "initscripts", Update automatically selected all 8 kernel files, including kernel-smp. So, kernel-smp is in fact installed on my system as you can see below: Of course it is, MandrakeUpdate only shows _whats already installed_, thus needing updated.. [sher@adsl-77-232-173 sher]$ rpm -q kernel-smp kernel-smp-2.2.13-22mdk [sher@adsl-77-232-173 sher]$ Just curious: what does this in fact mean? that you have a /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-22mdksmp, and the various modules sitting on your HD (or atleast you have the "kernel-smp-2.2.13-22mdk" entry in your rpm database) :) Is my computer using SMP? Is your machine SMP, doubtful. Is your machine running an SMP kernel, maybe.. (uname -r|grep -q mdksmp echo "Yep this is a SMP kernel from mdk" || \ uname -a|grep -q SMP echo "Well its not a mdk kernel but it is SMP" ) Does it need it? Is SMP in fact installed and running on it? I tend to hope one would know if their MB was SMP or not, but cat /proc/cpuinfo will tell you if there is more than one proccessor installed. Thanks so much. Benjamin -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] root and /usr?
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, drx wrote: If I make / (root) and /usr different partitions on my hard disk, how big do these partitions need to be? DRX / 500-1000MB+ /usr 1500-2500MB+ The bigger the better of course, but you didn't say what you had to work with. The dreaded "install everything" sucks up 1450-1650Mb i can't remeber which right now it's late -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] kernel-smp question
Dear Axalon: Thanks so very much for the very informative reply. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
[newbie] Motherboards
Help! A friend wants to build a linux box using either a single or twin Celeron. As I use AMDs I dont know much re Intel. He is thinking about ABIT boards either: ABIT BP6 i440BX Dual Socket 370 ATX or ABIT BM6 BX 370 ATX Has anyone used either of these? Many thanks John the Nadger
[newbie] MTAB file screwed up. How to get back in and fix?
I screwed up /etc/mtab and now it stops at "Remounting root filesystem" on bootup. I've tried booting up with a linux diskette and it still gets stuck. How do you get back into that file and correct it? Seve
[newbie] Monitor specs
Does anyone have a recommendation for a site that contains specs for various monitors? I have a Victor VM-240 without the users manual and no specs on the backplate. Victor (In Fort Worth, Texas, USA) doesn't seem to have a web site and the only specs I can find are for a 220 (and they are advertised on a commercial site that wants $45 for them!!) Thanks for any recommendations. -- "Americans are broad-minded people. They'll accept the fact that a person can be an alcoholic, a dope fiend, a wife beater, and even a newspaperman, but if a man doesn't drive there's something wrong with him." - Art Buchwald
[newbie] update retrieval error
Hi, I've recently installed linux mandrake with kernel v 2.2.13 - 4mdk. I've reinstalled a couple of times to get the hang of it before the hard disk gets full of sensitive data and feel confident with that. The problem is that I tried to update from the UK mirror and it first downloaded the files before announcing that there was an error retrieving the file. This happened with e2fsprogsv1.18, initscripts v4.23, kernel v2.2.13mdkand the pcmia file(which incidently I don't beleive I require as my system has no pcmcia devices). Could it be related to the fact that I first tried to download e2fsprog on its own (because I wanted to test connection speed before committing to a download of the larger files) which I cancelled after 5min as it seemed an excessively long download time for such a small file. I rebooted after the update program froze but without any luck. I can't get it to successfully download anymore. Thanks for reading this long and simple problem. Thankyou especially if you deem it worthy of a reply (and a thousand thankyous if you actually do reply:) yours sincerely, Chris
[newbie] question about modems
Will the Newcom Internal 56K Data/Fax ISA Modem work with Linux? Thanks in advance, Ian Herbert
Re: [newbie] question about modems
As it's ISA it should. Check that it has jumpers to set it as non PnP. Set to non PnP and config jumpers/dip switches to say Com 4 IRQ 3. My ISA Modem is set to this and works fine. On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, you wrote: Will the Newcom Internal 56K Data/Fax ISA Modem work with Linux? Thanks in advance, Ian Herbert
Re: [newbie] Motherboards
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 12:20:51 +, you wrote: Help! A friend wants to build a linux box using either a single or twin Celeron. As I use AMDs I dont know much re Intel. He is thinking about ABIT boards either: ABIT BP6 i440BX Dual Socket 370 ATX A fair to middlin board from all that I have heard about it. Its an inexpensive route to go if you want a dual processor board for celeron chips. In fact...the ONLY dual cpu board for the celeron that I know of. ABIT BM6 BX 370 ATX This one is ok..quality wise..and should work good with linux. Has anyone used either of these? The BP6 I have had a little experience with. Not in the context of a linux box though. Used solely in Windoze boxes. But its an excellent choice especially if you want to do some heavy overclocking (if you are into that) Heard of the 333's up to the 400's being overclocked as high as 600 on that board Takes some serious cooling though. A standard cpu blower taint gonna work. Seen some boxes with mini-refridgerator units built into them. Now THATS serious cooling grin But seriously...for either board, they are better than alot, no worse than others and worsethan a few. So your friend will most likely do ok with either of them. Many thanks John the Nadger
Re: [Re: [Re: [newbie] MSIE when?]]
Tom: Thank you for the explainations of some of the Linux file features. And Yes I was using Win98 as my main comparison to Linux. They have, like LINUX, fixed the Bootable aspect of the CD-Rom, and unless you have really cheap components, it will install and setup most of your hardware. Steve (or Ben )I think it was the other day mentioned that a simpler install ie: one that gave newbie's _check box_ options to install ALL card software (sound, more than 1 NIC -- to name just 2 that I have run across) would probably reduce some of the Newbie _HELP_ emails. (take note Axalon :)) IMO Jaguar Thanks again Tom :) "Thomas J. Hamman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 26 Nov 1999, Jaguar wrote: "Thomas J. Hamman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. wrote: stable manner. But you have to admitt that they have done a great job with the installer. Any user can install M$'s OS. Now if they'd just stop trying to Gee I hate to knock you off your soap box, but just about ALL new mother boards support the self-same boot of CD Rom to install Linux AND Win9X. Yes I realize booting from CD's is a motherboard/BIOS feature; I don't know what that has to do with what I said. It doesn't mean all CD's are bootable; and, frankly, my Win95 OSR2 CD is not bootable. Risking more Flames here...Win98 is MORE user friendly after first install, all most all components ARE installed WITH their driver's. I hope you don't take any disagreement as a flame. :) Are you comparing Win98 to Win95, or to Linux? If you're saying Win98 doesn't have the stupid "We're trying to load some drivers from your CD-ROM drive which we can't access because we haven't installed the drivers for it yet" problem, then good, I'm glad they fixed it in Win98. I just know that problem exists in my Win95 OSR2 CD. If you're comparing to Linux, I would suggest that how user-friendly someone perceives a particular OS depends greatly on what that person is accustomed to. To me Linux seems very user-friendly, because I'm used to it. And no I'm not an expert or a programmer or a Computer Science student. Anyway, you stated that we had to admit that they did a "great job with the installer", and the only point of my reply was to point out that the options and variations in a Windows install are so few that it would be difficult for the installation program to NOT be very simple. Now untill I learn the method to Linux's madness for installing programs and WHERE the heck they are after that, I will continue using Win98 as my primary OS. But to be fair Linux has many points in it's favor, the foremost one is that it is a free OS, and more important...very stable. I'm sure many people on this list would be glad to help you with any questions you have. For starters, it's good to know that Linux's file system works differently from Windows; instead of every program making its own directory, there are directories for different parts of a program to go. Most importantly, the binary/executable file of a program installed from an rpm (especially from the rpm packages in the distribution) usually goes in /usr/bin (or /usr/X11R6/bin where some X programs go), and a binary compiled and installed from sources usually goes in /usr/local/bin. Both of those directories are in your path so you can run the program simply by typing the name of the binary in the command line (in an xterm if you're running X). Installing a program from an rpm file is pretty simple; just type: rpm -ivh filename (i=install, v=verbose, h=hash. i is the only option you really need to install, but the v and h add nice features that let you know how the install is going.) If you want to see what files were installed and where they went, you can use this command: rpm -ql packagename (q=query, l=list packages) For example, here's me listing the files in the vim-X11 package: [hawk3 : ~]$ rpm -ql vim-X11 /etc/X11/wmconfig/gvim /usr/X11R6/bin/gvim /usr/X11R6/bin/vimx /usr/man/man1/gvim.1.bz2 /usr/man/man1/vim.1.bz2 I can see from this that 5 files are installed by the package. By the directories they're in, I can infer that /etc/X11/wmconfig/gvim is a configuration file, the gvim and vimx in /usr/X11R6/bin are both binary files (and thus two commands to run two programs, which in this case happen to be X versions of the vim text editor), and then the last two files are the manual pages which can be viewed by typing "man vim" or "man gvim". And that's the "hard" way (though really the commands are easy to remember once you've used them a few times, and you can always refer to the man pages to remind yourself of which letter invokes which option); if you prefer, you can use user-friendly, graphical tools for installing/uninstall rpm's and looking at the files they install. I believe gnorpm and kpackage are the most popular of those graphical tools.
[newbie] ATI announces official support for Linux OS
ATI Technologies Inc. has announced that it is fully supporting the development of drivers for the Linux Operating System and is endorsing the open source movement by releasing 2D, 3D and multimedia programming specifications for its industry-leading RAGE graphics technology. Recognizing the phenomenal growth and increasing popularity of Linux, ATI is committed to ensuring that the open source development community has access to technical development information on all its key components. For more info click on the following link, http://www.ati.com/ca_us/corporate/press/1999/4241.html
[newbie] UPDATE: lost my printer
I screwed something up, and had to do a complete re-install. Set up a printer (H-P 6xx on lp0), but when I try to print, using either "lpr" or by clicking a "print" box in KDE, I get an UNKNOWN PRINTER error. In command line mode, typing "cat /proc/devices" does not list #6 lp. The printtool command returns the error "Application initialization failed: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable. Couldn't load bindings.tcb". The "tunelp command does not seem to exist in L-M, and I can't find a path to printer setup in the KDE control panel. Where can I go from here??? Regards, Joe
Re: [newbie] Motherboards
bluebottle wrote: Help! A friend wants to build a linux box using either a single or twin Celeron. As I use AMDs I dont know much re Intel. He is thinking about ABIT boards either: ABIT BP6 i440BX Dual Socket 370 ATX I'm currently using this board and I'm extremely happy with it. The machine only runs Linux and is very stable. Support for the UDMA/66 interface is available in Mandrake and in 2.3.x kernels. I'd recommend this board for someone wanting to play around with SMP and who doesn't mind being dead-ended at Celeron socket 370 chips. I do recall someone else posting about using a slot-1 motherboard and the slotket boards. This probably represents a better investment since you can then move to any of the slot-1 cpus when you decide you've outgrown the Celerons. Sorry, I don't recall the model or manufacturer of the board. Anyone? -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Newbie
Ger-Bil Jinn wrote: Hello, I'm a newbie to this list, and obvious Linux. So before I make a complete fool out of myself, what are the general rules and guidelines to this list? (besides the general no-flaming and no-spamming) No HTML is probably the big rule. Decent line lengths (around 70-72 works well) is probably second. Check the archives first, we've covered alot of the general stuff. Post detailed info about the problem. Follow those things and you'll have a wonderful time on the list! (You're already three steps ahead of most just by asking!) -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Netscape displays tiny fonts
Gregg Carrier wrote: Hi, The display of some web pages in Netscape in Linux is entirely different from what is displayed under Windows. The fonts are small to the point of unreadability. I have changed the View-- character encoding but they all sort of suck and are very small. Do I need to configure some file to expand my font options. I am runnng L-M 6.1. Thanks! Gregg This may help, select in "Netscape" as follows: Edit Preferences Appearence Fonts This gives the "Fonts Encodings" screen. Experiment with different fonts and sizes until you find something you like. I use: for encodings: Western (iso-8859-1) variable width font: Charter (Bitstream) size 18.0 fixed width font:Clean (Schumacher) size 14.0 Next be sure to select the box which says: "use my default fonts, overriding document-specified fonts." I can now read it. try It. stan
Re: [newbie] Anybody got this modem working?
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, JMJ fingered: Hmmm got a "no DNS entry" for that URL. I did manage to get into http://www.thot.net but didn't find any sign of anything Dell- related. Suggestions? www.portablenews.net -- Ronald Yeo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] manual install.
i am trying xf86config to circumvent the problem i am having with the auto monitor install of 6.5. since 6.0 worked fine at install, i assume my monitor is compatible. i perform the auto install, bypass the monitor section, go into root with xf86config. my question is: what path do i use to enter the new config file? /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 or /etc/X11 do not seem to work. ps- i have posed this question to macmillan with unsatisfactory replies.
[newbie] XMMS Player in KDE - How to get it to play MP3s via drag-n-drop?
How do you get XMMS Player (in KDE) to play MP3 files via drag-n-drop? ... (and Alsaplayer while we're at it) Seve
Re: [newbie] How to use Iomega Zip drive?
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, John DeRosa wrote: 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 see that several other people have already covered the basics on getting the zip drive working. You might also want to check out the jaZip uitility at: http://www.scripps.edu/~jsmith/jazip/
[newbie] No Sound
Well I managed to install Linux on my third try (embarrassing newbie mistakes, reading documentation does help) but for some reason I don't get sound. I don't believe that sound is configured correctly for my Creative AWE64 (if that's supported). So where do I start to get this fixed? Thanx. :3)~~ __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com
[newbie] Kernal update disabled CR-RW
I am using a Mitsumie IDE/ATAPI CD-rw. The last time I checked for updates, I downloaded the Kernal Update (2.2.13-22mdk). I installed it, added a stanza to lilo.conf so that I could use either the new kernal or my older one, and made a new initial ramdisk. The new kernal seems to work fine, except that the CD-rw is no longer accessible. Checking my boot messages I found the following: modprobe: can't locate module block-major-8 I am assuming that I need to rebuild some of the modules I needed to get the CD working. Does the message indicate which module is missing? Any assistance, or a point in the right direction would be appreciated.
Re: [newbie] Can't connect via Telnet or FTP
i had the same problem. go to the rpm directory on the mandrake cd and reinstall ftp and telnet servers __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [[newbie] Mandrake 6.1 Telnet problem]
I did this too... I apologize if this was already answered... There is a server telnet package you need to install in addition to the default installation of the client telnet program. "Richard G. Samuels" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What changes were made between Mandrake 6.0 and 6.1 related to the Telnet server? I installed 6.1 (from the downloaded ISO image) on a computer (P200 with 32 megs RAM, 2 gig hard drive, WD ethernet card) using the "server" choice and the machine won't accept an inbound telnet connection. The connection is refused before it even offers a login prompt, whether I try from the console or over the local lan. I can ping the server fine over the lan. If I install Mandrake 6.0 (from the McMillan disk) using hte "server" option on the same hardware, telnet works fine. Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
[newbie] linuxconf installing compiled kernel
I've recompiled my kernel as I've done in years past cept this time I'm trying to use linuxconf to install the newly compiled kernel. I am not provided any partitions in the drop down box where it asks for the root partition and if I tell it /dev/hda1 it says that is not a valid partition (it is what I am using now for my /). Why isn't it accepting my answer? Why am I provided no choices? What should I do? All help is appreciated. Travis Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: [[newbie] No Sound]
As root type 'setup' and follow it through till your sound works. Ger-Bil Jinn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I managed to install Linux on my third try (embarrassing newbie mistakes, reading documentation does help) but for some reason I don't get sound. I don't believe that sound is configured correctly for my Creative AWE64 (if that's supported). So where do I start to get this fixed? Thanx. :3)~~ __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: [Re: [newbie] MSIE when?]
Hi Thomas, "Thomas J. Hamman" wrote: Installing a program from an rpm file is pretty simple; just type: rpm -ivh filename (i=install, v=verbose, h=hash. i is the only option you really need to install, but the v and h add nice features that let you know how the install is going.) If you want to see what files were installed and where they went, you can use this command: rpm -ql packagename (q=query, l=list packages) When I was first reading the man page of rpm, I coulndt find what I looked for and I didnt understand most of it. Given more such examples, as yours above, many things would be easier for beginners. I remember,when I used VMS before some years, I had less difficulties to get started. VMS has a very fine help system and for every command and most options there is a chapter "Examples". Most every-day-jobs are covered there. Also the VMS help pages are structurized and hyperlinked,starting with basics and going to advanced usage at the deeper levels. If somebody has working examples,then he can get started,even if he has a lack of knowledge. I think this is a shortcomig of Linux,the online help (man and info pages) is made for the experienced user and not for the beginner. An alphabetical listing of options is not very helpful for beginners. However,if I had a help as in windows,then it wouldnt be helpful either. Given a help index with some 100 entries starting with "how can I.." wouldnt be helpful in Linux. Linux is much more complex than windows. greetings, Peter -- Nur in /var/log/messages steht die Wahrheit.
Re: [newbie] No Sound
run sndconfig from a terminal window to setup your sound. - Original Message - From: "Ger-Bil Jinn" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Linux" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 27, 1999 12:22 PM Subject: [newbie] No Sound Well I managed to install Linux on my third try (embarrassing newbie mistakes, reading documentation does help) but for some reason I don't get sound. I don't believe that sound is configured correctly for my Creative AWE64 (if that's supported). So where do I start to get this fixed? Thanx. :3)~~ __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] No Sound
gerbilYour sound isn't configured at all, yet. As root, in a console, type sndconfig. Alan Ger-Bil Jinn wrote: Well I managed to install Linux on my third try (embarrassing newbie mistakes, reading documentation does help) but for some reason I don't get sound. I don't believe that sound is configured correctly for my Creative AWE64 (if that's supported). So where do I start to get this fixed? Thanx. :3)~~ __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] No Sound
Dear Ger-Bil: I also have an AWE64. If you run sndconfig as root, you should have no problem configuring your sound card. It's easily recognized by Mandrake. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] DNS problems.
Hi again all. Okay got my KPPP to dial out nice. It connects awsome, i can manually enter in IP numbers and it goes there. But i still cant access my DNS server. I have even edited my /etc/resolv.conf it looks like this Did you enter your DNS servers' IP addresses in KPPP config? Sounds like what happened to me before I configured KPPP fully. When configuring a dialup account, there's an option for servers or name servers. Good luck! Gregg
[newbie] Printers
I have a Canon bjc-4300 printer. I would like to install the software so that I can use it. I am using Mandrake 6.0 . Anyone have an idea on how to tackle this? I emailed Canon's tech support with my question, and I doubt I find out anything positive. Thanks for the help. Chris
[newbie] Innstalling Linux: CRC Error
Howdy all, I am attempting to load Mandrake v6.0 off a CD that I have used a dozen times before. I for the most part get an error as follow: Uncompressing... CRC error --System halted. Sometimes I've gotten almost all the way through the install. Now I don;t get any further than pressing the Enter key to begin the install. I started with 32MB of ram and added another 32MB. Thinking that the RAM might be bad I backed that out. I added a second hard drive. Thinking that might be causing a problem I backed THAT out. Now I am left with the original comonents. Any ideas? Maybe it is the RAM. Maybe it is the CD? Maybe it is the CD-ROM drive? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance! - Gerry Doyon
[newbie] remove
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[newbie] kernel-update loaded, but installed?
Hi, I'm a newbie - my first mail was sent a few hours ago and I see Ive signed it root, e-mail : hostname etc Well, the problem with downloading the kernel update has me puzzled quite frankly. I tried another ftp and it didn't skip me with an error message but it DID use a local file because it never downloaded 6MB in 10 seconds via my 28.8 modem?? I took note of the lilo.conf manual update warning and guessed that it required the line to be retyped *22mdk from the previous *4mdk. The new files are in theboot dir along with the old ones but it continues to boot vmlinuz-2.2.13-4mdk. Could somebody please explain what I need to do here - I noted Richard T Waters posting where he leaves an option to load either - this may be useful for future hardware compatibility issues. My apologies are proffered to those bored by my astounding ignorance in matters linux; It is stable and so far the problems like sndconfig etc have been more stimulating than w95-frustrating. cheers Chris Hanning
Re: [newbie] Printers
Christian Charles Opp wrote: I have a Canon bjc-4300 printer. I would like to install the software so that I can use it. I am using Mandrake 6.0 . Anyone have an idea on how to tackle this? I emailed Canon's tech support with my question, and I doubt I find out anything positive. Thanks for the help. Chris I've got a BJC-4200.. Same thing, more or less.. Open a terminal, make yourself su ( root ) then: printtool Choose the Canon BJC-600/4000 driver.. SHould work just fine.. Alan -- == [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) running Linux Mandrake 6.1 and/or BeOS.
[newbie] Where is Mandrake support?
Dear friends: I just registered my PowerPack with Mandrake support. I received a letter asking me to confirm my registration by writing my registration number in the subject header and sending it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I did this about an hour ago. I know this is Saturday, so I am wondering when I will hear from Mandrake so I can start my email support. I have a few minor problems to deal with. Thank you. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] XMMS Player in KDE - How to get it to play MP3s viadrag-n-drop?
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Sevatio Octavio wrote: How do you get XMMS Player (in KDE) to play MP3 files via drag-n-drop? ... (and Alsaplayer while we're at it) Seve Not sure that you can, should work with the kde mpeg plays though. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] How could......
edit the runlevel in your inittab file from 3 to 5. - Original Message - From: "Jan Herbert" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 27, 1999 5:43 PM Subject: [newbie] How could.. How could one configure linux to start x windows right uppon start up? Thanks in Advance, Ian Herbert
Re: [newbie] Innstalling Linux: CRC Error
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Gerry Doyon wrote: Howdy all, I am attempting to load Mandrake v6.0 off a CD that I have used a dozen times before. I for the most part get an error as follow: Uncompressing... CRC error --System halted. Sometimes I've gotten almost all the way through the install. Now I don;t get any further than pressing the Enter key to begin the install. I started with 32MB of ram and added another 32MB. Thinking that the RAM might be bad I backed that out. I added a second hard drive. Thinking that might be causing a problem I backed THAT out. Now I am left with the original comonents. Any ideas? Maybe it is the RAM. Maybe it is the CD? Maybe it is the CD-ROM drive? Any suggestions? All of the above. Make a floppy from the images/cdrom.img, if that works i'd blame the drive. Thanks in advance! - Gerry Doyon -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Where is Mandrake support?
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: I just registered my PowerPack with Mandrake support. I received a letter asking me to confirm my registration by writing my registration number in the subject header and sending it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I did this about an hour ago. I know this is Saturday, so I am wondering when I will hear from Mandrake so I can start my email support. I have a few minor problems to deal with. When they wake up? It is like 3am over there.. Thank you. Benjamin -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] ATI announces official support for Linux OS
Hey AxeI got that today in a newsletter direct from ATI and just passed it on :-) Alan Axalon Bloodstone wrote: [...] ;) only a month behind too Alan http://www.ati.com/ca_us/resource_centre/dev_rel/linux.html is the non PR page (which i'll comment a little on) gatos has been out for quite sometime now, the Rage128 driver shipped with 6.1 the glx module will be along shortly I've not played with the TV out yet on my AIW, but I suspect it's much the same as the tv out of my matrox, and may work in 640x480 on the vga16 fbcon.
Re: [newbie] ATI announces official support for Linux OS
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Hey AxeI got that today in a newsletter direct from ATI and just passed it on :-) Alan No worries, I only am aware of it cause I have an all-in-a-wonder and i package the gatos rpm ;) no one ever said they were the quickest people on the planet.
Re: [newbie] video card Intel 740 server
Thanks immensly! Antonio C T Rocha -Mensagem original- De: Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Data: Sexta-feira, 26 de Novembro de 1999 19:08 Assunto: Re: [newbie] video card Intel 740 server http://ring.asahi-net.or.jp/archives/linux/RedHat/XBF/ it's also available on the mandrake 6.0 cd under /apps you need to grab the xf86config.tar as well. it's available at the above address as well. instructions are included in the readme file. 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
[newbie] sound line in
To those who might be able to offer some help, I hooked up a cassette player to the "line-in" of my sound card. In windows, i have a program that lets me listen to what ever i play through the "line-in" but this program crashes when i try to use it through linux through wine. Is there any way i can listen to the "line-in" in linux? Thanks in advance, jas
Re: [[newbie] Macmillan Mandrake Books (was Mouse Driver screwup in KDE)]
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, you wrote: This is probably outdated by, I'm late getting to my backlog of email. It's been my experience in reading books from Que and Sams that they contain a lot of typos and misleading if not to say incorrect information. Perhaps they have better publishers now, but I don't really care for them. My experience with sams has been highly varied. Some books are great and accurate, others are pure cr*p. There seems to be no middle ground on their publications. just one geek's opinion. just another's -- Alex
Re: [newbie] kernel-update loaded, but installed?
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, you wrote: Could somebody please explain what I need to do here - I noted Richard T Waters posting where he leaves an option to load either - this may be useful for future hardware compatibility issues. My apologies are proffered to those bored by my astounding ignorance in matters linux; It is stable and so far the problems like sndconfig etc have been more stimulating than w95-frustrating. Below is is what my lilo.conf file looks like now. I did a copy and paste to have two linux boot commands, one for the new kernal, one for the old. once this is done (and saved), be sure to update your MBR by typing the following: /sbin/lilo Before I made the switch to Mandrake I was running Redhat. There's some pretty straight forward information on kernal updates on this page: http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/docs/kernel-upgrade/kernel-upgrade.html **lilo.conf*** boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=50 other=/dev/hda1 label=win table=/dev/hda image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-7mdk label=oldlinux root=/dev/hda3 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.13-7mdk.img read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-22mdk label=linux root=/dev/hda3 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.13-22mdk.img read-only
Re: [newbie] Where is Mandrake support?
...and when they wake up it'll be Sunday...!! :-) Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: I just registered my PowerPack with Mandrake support. I received a letter asking me to confirm my registration by writing my registration number in the subject header and sending it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I did this about an hour ago. I know this is Saturday, so I am wondering when I will hear from Mandrake so I can start my email support. I have a few minor problems to deal with. When they wake up? It is like 3am over there.. Thank you. Benjamin -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] ATI announces official support for Linux OS
AxI have one of those too, which is probably why I'm on their newsletter mailing list. I wonder how come you didn't get the [old]newsletter today too!!? :-) Alan Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Hey AxeI got that today in a newsletter direct from ATI and just passed it on :-) Alan No worries, I only am aware of it cause I have an all-in-a-wonder and i package the gatos rpm ;) no one ever said they were the quickest people on the planet.
[newbie] Mandrake 6.1 - First post
Hello all, Just a post to introduce myself and see if I'm posting correctly. I have just subscribed today. I am so new a newbie, my Mandrake 6.1 CD's hasn't even arrived yet. hehe. Best! Mark Fitzgerald NB, Canada
Re: [newbie] update retrieval error
1000 thankyous as promised: 1000xthankyou much appreciated i've given my last posting some thought and suspect that a kernel update requires a reinstall of sorts yes? i'll check the manual and query here if i can't get the clues there. cheers, chris
Re: [newbie] sound line in
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Jaswinder S. Ahluwalia wrote: To those who might be able to offer some help, I hooked up a cassette player to the "line-in" of my sound card. In windows, i have a program that lets me listen to what ever i play through the "line-in" but this program crashes when i try to use it through linux through wine. Is there any way i can listen to the "line-in" in linux? Thanks in advance, jas run aumix from a terminal, move down to the "Line" line, and press space, you should see the "P" at the beginning of the line change to an "R" and should now hear the cassette -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] How could......
type: setup and then click on X config on the bottom of that menu, and then probe it, and it will ask you if u like to start it automatically next time and click on "yes" -Original Message- From: Jan Herbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, November 27, 1999 6:00 PM Subject: [newbie] How could.. How could one configure linux to start x windows right uppon start up? Thanks in Advance, Ian Herbert
Re: [newbie] Upgrade from Mandrake Linux 6.0 to 6.1
yes you can, get the two bootup disks that is placing somewhere on the ftp.rpmfind.net and boot with that two disk and follow the instruction and u can get it done. -Original Message- From: David Loke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, November 26, 1999 10:06 PM Subject: [newbie] Upgrade from Mandrake Linux 6.0 to 6.1 Hi! Is there a way which I can upgrade my Linux 6.0 to 6.1 via the internet? Please advice. Rgds
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[newbie] True Type Fonts
Hi people, where are the TTFs on Mandrake 6.1? I remember adding them during install. The supplied fonts are uninspired or amateurish, ragged-edged, and half of them don't work. This is on excellent hardware on which NT works and displays impeccably. I tried the online help, typed 'true type' into the text box, and pressed enter. After about ten minutes of disk thrashing I received a terabyte of links, including to the most obscure of developer documentation. Despairingly selecting one at random, I could not find the words 'true type' anywhere in the reference :( I then pressed the 'back' arrow on the browser and, incredibly, started off another ten minutes of disk thrashing. THIS is the wonderful M$ killer OS? It seems barely usable. I will save printing questions for another message... -- Best regards, John Holman Eastax WWW Melbourne, Australia Get paid $ to receive those banner ads: http://www.alladvantage.com/go.asp?refid=FSS-737 S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
[newbie] Brand new newbie seeks help.
Hello all, I'm brand new to linux/unix environments. Having only experience in microsoft operating environments, I am at a loss. Being of true faith that I can find anything on the internet without going to a book. I am attempting to learn linux without consulting a text (OK so I'm stupid). How the hell do I access the floppy and cdrom after they have been mounted? (By the way discovering that I have to mount hardware to use it took a long time to figure out.) Still confused by the flashing cursor, Tom Jacobs __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] ATI announces official support for Linux OS
That makes me happy :) I use a 3D Rage on one of my machines at work :) On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, you wrote: ATI Technologies Inc. has announced that it is fully supporting the development of drivers for the Linux Operating System and is endorsing the open source movement by releasing 2D, 3D and multimedia programming specifications for its industry-leading RAGE graphics technology. Recognizing the phenomenal growth and increasing popularity of Linux, ATI is committed to ensuring that the open source development community has access to technical development information on all its key components. For more info click on the following link, http://www.ati.com/ca_us/corporate/press/1999/4241.html -- PadLocke the Ogre There are three types of people in this world... those who can count, and those who can't!
Re: [[newbie] Macmillan Mandrake Books (was Mouse Driver screwup in KDE)]
I've tended to stay with O'reilly Associates or the Waite Groupe Press IDG books are actually quite fun to read too :) I like the comics. C for Dummies was one of my first C programming books. On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, you wrote: On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, you wrote: This is probably outdated by, I'm late getting to my backlog of email. It's been my experience in reading books from Que and Sams that they contain a lot of typos and misleading if not to say incorrect information. Perhaps they have better publishers now, but I don't really care for them. My experience with sams has been highly varied. Some books are great and accurate, others are pure cr*p. There seems to be no middle ground on their publications. just one geek's opinion. just another's -- Alex -- PadLocke the Ogre There are three types of people in this world... those who can count, and those who can't!
Re: [newbie] Brand new newbie seeks help.
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Tom Jacobs wrote: Hello all, I'm brand new to linux/unix environments. Having only experience in microsoft operating environments, I am at a loss. Being of true faith that I can find anything on the internet without going to a book. I am attempting to learn linux without consulting a text (OK so I'm stupid). You don't have to BUY a book but you might want to consider reading through some of the freely available electronic documentation. I believe there's an html copy of the Mandrake user/install guide on the CD, and there's plenty of documentation on the web. It's good to read through some beginner guides to get yourself familiar with the basics of working with Linux. :) How the hell do I access the floppy and cdrom after they have been mounted? (By the way discovering that I have to mount hardware to use it took a long time to figure out.) The floppy and cdrom drives are accessed through the directories they were mounted under. Assuming you're using default settings, you're floppy drive is mounted under /mnt/floppy and cdrom drive is mounted under /mnt/cdrom. -Tom
[newbie] Yamaha OPL3-SAX Sound Card
Hi, I read the archived messages and found several postings on problems wiith this sound card, but none of the proposed solutions has done any good. It's a Yamaha OPL3-SAX card. Ran sndconfg a bunch. What i'd like to fnd out, is anyone successfully using ths card and can I see your /etc/conf.modules if so? When I set the sndconfig settings to some that worked for someone who posted to the archives, I still get an error message saying device busy. Any ideas? Thanks! Gregg
Re: [newbie] install bug?
my video card is a trident 3dimage975 agp i have these two options in manual install: when writing to /etc/X11/xf86Config i get a "explicit kill" message. when writing to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xf86Config i get: Vertical Refresh Rate Expected X11 TransocketUNIX Connect: can't connect: errno=111 giving up Xinit: Connection refused: unable to connect to Xserver Xinit: no such process (errno3): Server error i even tried vga16 just to get in to recon' later. nogo. in 6.0, my card wasn't in the list, but i got the res i wanted, 1024x768 with autoinstall. with 6.5, i'm stumped. Steve Philp wrote: touco wrote: i've done it everywhichway but loose video card is listed and i know the memory. i had the same hardware running on mandrake 6.0. i tried to xf86config the resolutions and all but it still gives me an "error Config: 302" What video card? Maybe you could post your XF86Config file? maybe my Komodo monitor just plain and simple isn't compatible with 6.5. if i go back to 6.0 i'll still have my hand's full with an os better than windows. ever hear of BeOS? Just kidding The Komodo monitors work with Mandrake without problems. I've got their 17" model here. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Where is Mandrake support?
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, you wrote: Dear friends: I just registered my PowerPack with Mandrake support. I received a letter asking me to confirm my registration by writing my registration number in the subject header and sending it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I did this about an hour ago. I know this is Saturday, so I am wondering when I will hear from Mandrake so I can start my email support. I have a few minor problems to deal with. I quickly learned that the best support you'll get for Mandrake is right here. Some really intellgent and knowledgable folks regularly read this list. Even cooler, they've been reading it and answering questions for some time and 9 tmes out of 10 a helpful answer to most basic problems has already been posted. Search the archives (linked from the linux-mandrake site) and you'll find some of your quickest solves for basic stuff. Then post here. Much faster and MUCH more helpful than L-M support which (for me) has been quite un-supportive. Good luck! Thank you.Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
[newbie] . . .that one question
Greetings all! Im taking a survey for a web project im working on and i was wondering if anyone interested would mind answering the following question: When you were just getting started in linux, what was question (or questions) you had that no one seemed to have an answer for? Thanx All! -- Seth Gibson www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710 members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (There,s Actually STUFF Here Now!) OpenGL: Everything should work this well
[newbie] Apache on mandrake 6.1
What exactly is 'customized' about the Apache software configuration for Mandrake 6.1? I want to add support for php3 and FP2000 extensions. Are either of these features already in and if not, can I just recompile each from source and build it myself like I did for FreeBSD. Thanks.
Re: [newbie] install bug?
touco wrote: my video card is a trident 3dimage975 agp i have these two options in manual install: when writing to /etc/X11/xf86Config i get a "explicit kill" message. when writing to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xf86Config i get: Vertical Refresh Rate Expected It looks like there's information missing from /etc/X11/XF86Config. Have you tried running Xsetup again to rewrite the file? Steve Philp wrote: touco wrote: i've done it everywhichway but loose video card is listed and i know the memory. i had the same hardware running on mandrake 6.0. i tried to xf86config the resolutions and all but it still gives me an "error Config: 302" What video card? Maybe you could post your XF86Config file? maybe my Komodo monitor just plain and simple isn't compatible with 6.5. if i go back to 6.0 i'll still have my hand's full with an os better than windows. ever hear of BeOS? Just kidding The Komodo monitors work with Mandrake without problems. I've got their 17" model here. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] . . .that one question
Seth Gibson wrote: Greetings all! Im taking a survey for a web project im working on and i was wondering if anyone interested would mind answering the following question: When you were just getting started in linux, what was question (or questions) you had that no one seemed to have an answer for? Why my Sony CDU31A cdrom worked during installation, but didn't work after rebooting and starting the new installation (was Slackware 2.3 or something like that -- Linux kernel was 1.0.9). How to configure X mode lines (this was before all the pretty configuration utilities). I spent just over a year using Linux without being able to use X. :) -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Does PortSentry need to be recomiled after a kernel upgrade?
I will be upgrading my kernel soon and I was wondering if anyone knows if PortSentry will have to be recompiled to work properly? Thanks
