Re: [newbie] Networking question
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > First, you'll need to be able to compile the kernel so you need all of the You do -NOT- need to mess with the kernel to set up IP-Masq on a stock mandrake box. Read the IP-Masq how-to and follow the directions, but don't worry about the kernel. -- Brett Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Networking question
First, you'll need to be able to compile the kernel so you need all of the sources, compilers and so on loaded onto your box. If you didn't do this at install time then you'll need to use rpm to get them (it's easier at install time). There's a couple of "experiment" flags that need to be set in the kernel so it's unlikely the kernel you're using will work. Give it a try anyway. There's a good web site that tells you all you nedto know about IP Masquerading. It's http://members.home.net. Go to the /ipmasq/ipmasq-HOWTO-1.79.html page and browse away. Section 3.3 tells you what to set for compiling the kernel. Follow it exactly. When setting the kernel options use "make xconfig" instead of "make config". This brings up a GUI screen that makes it much easier to set the flags you need (I learned this the hard way). It has help for just about every option so you can understand what you're doing. At the end of the make process instead of using "make" or "make zImage" I found I had to use "make bzImage" to get a kernel small enough to load. There are plenty of HOWTOs for building the kernel. Use the same addresses that are used in the examples. They're not absolutely necessary but will keep you from making a simple type-os and spending hours trying to figure out what you did wrong. You can always change them later. My problem is that I started with a "good" book which had one line in one of the rc files wrong. It took two days to figure it out. When I did EVERYTHING on this web site it worked perfectly. This stuff's slicker than Willie. Lemme know how it works. I'm using it the same way you'll be, with two network cards in the Linux box. Regards, Tom
Re: [newbie] Major RAM Problem
I think append line should read: append=mem=128mb Seung-woo Nam Payne Stanifer wrote: > I am having troubles with Linux not recgnizing my 128mb of ram. I added the > append RAM=128MB to my lilo.conf, but it didn't work. By the way, this is > caldera 2.3. Please help. > Payne > __ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] sis5597
but where can i get this driver again?
Re: [newbie] sis5597
hey thanks
Re: [newbie] Networking question
i mis spell my name for fun, but anyway yea im totally intrested in doing this any help would be nifty thanks george
Re: [newbie] Networking question
First let me show my suspicion at someone who misspells their own name (goerge). Jokes aside, you need to set up your box for IP Masquerading. This includes compiling the kernel and a few startup scripts. Been there, done that. It ain't hard, just a hassle. This will let your Win98 box into the internet, as mine does. Lemme know if you wanna do the kernel thing. Tmo
[newbie] Major RAM Problem
I am having troubles with Linux not recgnizing my 128mb of ram. I added the append RAM=128MB to my lilo.conf, but it didn't work. By the way, this is caldera 2.3. Please help. Payne __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] sis5597
Hi.. I'm using mandrake 6.1 and SiS 6326AGP. At first i also have the same problem like you but i can use SVGA server, just that certain things in the display didn't satisfied me. I visited SuSe linux and found that they have driver for SiS. I downloaded it and voila!.. my dislay is great. It's called XCom_Sis server. Try it first. But now unfortunately, now i cannot boot my linux since i upgraded the kernel.. hey that's not because of the server. It's because of other thing.. still figuring it out ..so becareful before you upgrade your kernel... bye... --- "Ernesto Bartels (Yahoo profile)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks Dan for the help, but I just reinstalled > linux and this time it > is loading it right. I still have display problems, > and I got to say and > am very irritated about it. I looked through the > archives and found out > that sis5597 is not really supported. I went through > this message that a > guy used ATI Mach64 driver for it. For some reason I > could not change my > driver through Xconfigurator, it told me that the > file did not exits. So > I went to waste my time re-instaling the whole thing > again, but this > time I would use ATI Mach 64 as the driver, only to > find out it did not > work at all! I went back to Xconfigurator and > changed it to VGA > compatible, guess what, that was gone (sis drivers > also gone). Currently > I am stuck with the dos-type linux. I spent 5 days > downloading mandrake > 6.1 and... I can't use it. I am loosing hope, and I > don't want to use > Windows but I think I will be forced to. Please > help. > One more thing, some "extra system files" (I think > that's what it said) > failed to mount. > Ernesto. > > > _ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Mouse freaks
Tried that. I have even had the xserver to send it's output to a file to look for a error. It is clean of errors. thanks steven - Original Message - From: Alex V Flinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 1999 9:08 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mouse freaks > On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, you wrote: > > Logitech Mouseman+ PS2 Same in Linux. > > I'm fixing to re install for the third time since this started having this > > trouble which was about 4 days ago. > > > > I have the same mouse and told Linux that it is a generic ps2 mouse, and have > had no problems with it. > > > -- > Alex > (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life) >
Re: [newbie] Mouse freaks
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, you wrote: > Logitech Mouseman+ PS2 Same in Linux. > I'm fixing to re install for the third time since this started having this > trouble which was about 4 days ago. > I have the same mouse and told Linux that it is a generic ps2 mouse, and have had no problems with it. -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
Re: [newbie] Mouse freaks
Logitech Mouseman+ PS2 Same in Linux. I'm fixing to re install for the third time since this started having this trouble which was about 4 days ago. - Original Message - From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 1999 8:27 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mouse freaks > On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, G_REEPER wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > this is aproblem that has just started in the last few days. I can be in kde, > > gnome, or window maker , it doesn't matter. After a short time it's like the > > mouse freaks out the panel at the bottom" that is where mine is" slides off > > screen, and all kinds of popup menus start appearing. It wil lnot let me move my > > mouse to the center of the screen. Instead it just jumps off of one side to the > > other. I haven't changed any settings, in either Xconfig, or with the mouse. > > Sometimes the only way out is to reset the system. Everything works fine in > > Windows so I'm a little lost here. I'm using Mandrake 6.1. > > Thanks for any help. > > Steven > > > What kind of mouse do you have and what kind of mouse did you tell > Linux you're using? You may need to rerun mouseconfig as root. > John >
Re: [newbie] Mouse freaks
Logitech Mouseman+ PS2 Same in Linux. I'm fixing to re install for the third time since this started having this trouble which was about 4 days ago. - Original Message - From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 1999 8:27 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mouse freaks > On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, G_REEPER wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > this is aproblem that has just started in the last few days. I can be in kde, > > gnome, or window maker , it doesn't matter. After a short time it's like the > > mouse freaks out the panel at the bottom" that is where mine is" slides off > > screen, and all kinds of popup menus start appearing. It wil lnot let me move my > > mouse to the center of the screen. Instead it just jumps off of one side to the > > other. I haven't changed any settings, in either Xconfig, or with the mouse. > > Sometimes the only way out is to reset the system. Everything works fine in > > Windows so I'm a little lost here. I'm using Mandrake 6.1. > > Thanks for any help. > > Steven > > > What kind of mouse do you have and what kind of mouse did you tell > Linux you're using? You may need to rerun mouseconfig as root. > John >
Re: [newbie] Mouse freaks
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, G_REEPER wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > this is aproblem that has just started in the last few days. I can be in kde, > gnome, or window maker , it doesn't matter. After a short time it's like the > mouse freaks out the panel at the bottom" that is where mine is" slides off > screen, and all kinds of popup menus start appearing. It wil lnot let me move my > mouse to the center of the screen. Instead it just jumps off of one side to the > other. I haven't changed any settings, in either Xconfig, or with the mouse. > Sometimes the only way out is to reset the system. Everything works fine in > Windows so I'm a little lost here. I'm using Mandrake 6.1. > Thanks for any help. > Steven > What kind of mouse do you have and what kind of mouse did you tell Linux you're using? You may need to rerun mouseconfig as root. John
Re: [newbie] Scanner
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Josh McCaffrey wrote: > What about a SCANNER that connects via parallell port, but in Device Mgr in windows, > there's a device for the scanner that says SCSI? I don't know anything about SCSI > devices, and my scanner is a Microtek ScanMaker X6, which i found a config file for > at /etc/sane.d/microtek.conf. Doesn't specify a Scanmaker, but i remember this as > being supported but that's just what I *remember* ;-) > If the SCANNER connects to the Paralell port, it's a Paralell scanner. Period. No M$ tricks can make it into a SCSI scanner. According to Microtek, the X6 comesx in three versions: USB, EPP (Paralell) and SCSI. If your scanner came with a proprietary card, then it's SCSI. If it plugs into your printer port it's paralell. If it plugs into the USB port, it's probably not supported yet. There is only "beta" support in current release versions of Linux for USB. The URL for the info on the Scanmaker X6 is http://www.microtek.com/usi-smx62.html John
[newbie] sis5597 - thanks Jeanette
I found a driver on SuSE - http://www.suse.de/en/support/xsuse/#sis - and I want to try it out. This is my first time using linux, only things I really know are "shutdown", "Xconfigurator", "xf86config" and "startx". I think I just download and copy the rpm on the place were "Xconfigurator" looks for and type "rpm -i [name]", but I don't want to mess up my pc more than it is. Could someone tell me how I should download and the install the rpm driver that's on suse site (currently running windows98) - think of me as a first time mac user. You guys are of great help, thanks. Ernesto. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
[newbie] Mouse freaks
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 this is aproblem that has just started in the last few days. I can be in kde, gnome, or window maker , it doesn't matter. After a short time it's like the mouse freaks out the panel at the bottom" that is where mine is" slides off screen, and all kinds of popup menus start appearing. It wil lnot let me move my mouse to the center of the screen. Instead it just jumps off of one side to the other. I haven't changed any settings, in either Xconfig, or with the mouse. Sometimes the only way out is to reset the system. Everything works fine in Windows so I'm a little lost here. I'm using Mandrake 6.1. Thanks for any help. Steven -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.1 iQA/AwUBOGa5vlA8vPzno69SEQIt0ACfV6UwARAeU3WYa43t0AmnrmnyT88An0J5 /qkXZ4uEOeSFC9sICbS2TTnk =XpTF -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[newbie] changing font
In Linux Mandrake 6.1 how do you change the font size from the default of 75dpi to 100dpi? Ed Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Weird problem
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, root wrote: > Hi, > > I have a question for when I log on. Once kppp logs on to my ISP, I > can't open the browser or ANY other program. This occurs as the root > user and as a normal user. > > If I open a program BEFORE I log on, I can continue to use the program > normally. However, I can't open any program that wasn't aleady opened > before logging on. > In KPPP there is a checkbox for "Autoconfigure hostname from this IP." Uncheck that and your problems will likely go away. John
Re: [newbie] Scanner
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. wrote: > On Sat, 25 Dec 1999, John Aldrich wrote: > | On Sat, 25 Dec 1999, Alejandro Arredondo wrote: > | > Hello Everybody, > | > > | >I have an HP ScanJet 3200C. How can I make it work with Linux? > | > > | Paralell or SCSI? If the former, forget it. If the latter, it very > | well may work. There is almost NO support for Paralell printers under > | Linux. > | John > > I have a HP DeskJet 500 b&w printer attached to my LPT1 (DOS) paralell port. It > was detected and installed wothout a wrinkle. Now I must admit that this is an > older printer, but it is still a paralell printer, so there are at least some > that work ok. > Yeah. I meant paralell SCANNERs... :-) John
[newbie] Grip - CD ripper/encoder - problem solved
I solved the problem with grip (version 2.9) - it was only recording 3/4 of the song and then quitting. It was using "cdda2wav" for the rip and "lame" for the mp3 encoding - I changed the configuration of grip to use "bladeenc", instead of "lame" (had to install bladeenc first); now it rips and encodes the whole song easily. Guess it was just a lame problem (heh). Chip Rose. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Opera
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'd say you did the install just fine. It seams to freeze up on many of us. On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, you wrote: > I've downloaded this betta version and somehow installed it (I've never > used a tar file before) > > It seems to freeze a lot is is that my installation. > > Regards > > John the Nadger -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.1 iQA/AwUBOGZU5VeS/5Kk6BM+EQLNkwCdH7zPlZ/k0bvDS1EZeeEXeEryNPgAn2Fl I3yWLwOLhgoCBxBWKy2ednJR =69L5 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [newbie] Install failure was: (no subject)
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > dear who ever is reading this > i have recently purchased linux-mandrake 6.5 and am having a small amount of > difficulty with one part of the installation. After the "choose the > components to install screen", it begins to install then an error message > comes up and says that" Error Loading Installation" It may have something to > do with the partitions but i am not sure.If you know what the problem is or > how to fix it please tell me . Thank you very much and a response as quickly > as possible would be appreciated. Do the install again, this time write down the full message. Cause it doesn't make that one ;) -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
[newbie] (no subject)
dear who ever is reading this i have recently purchased linux-mandrake 6.5 and am having a small amount of difficulty with one part of the installation. After the "choose the components to install screen", it begins to install then an error message comes up and says that" Error Loading Installation" It may have something to do with the partitions but i am not sure.If you know what the problem is or how to fix it please tell me . Thank you very much and a response as quickly as possible would be appreciated.
[newbie] Opera
I've downloaded this betta version and somehow installed it (I've never used a tar file before) It seems to freeze a lot is is that my installation. Regards John the Nadger
[newbie] cannot boot
Hi... I have this problem. I upgraded my kernel from kernel-2.2.13-7mdk to kernel-2.2.13-22mdk. But when i booted, lilo cannot find the new kernel (i guess, since it stoped after the prompt) I booted using bootdisk and tried to change lilo configuration to boot the new image file '/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-22mdk'. But there was an eror that won't accept my root partition which in /dev/hda7. It says that hda7 either invalid or not linux partition. I dont understand because before this (for kernel-2.2.13-7mdk) the root partition is the same, /dev/hda7 which is linux partition, and that where my root partition is. Even before this (when i still with kernel-2.2.13-7mdk) when i tried to change the label (in lilo, for boothing linux) it won't accept it with the same error. What's the problem? _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
[newbie] Shutdown Rights
When I log in as root, I can issue the command "shutdown -h now", but when I log in as a normal user, I cannot. How can I give a normal user the rights to shutdown a Linux workstation. Rick Bonczek LAN Administrator (although still a newbie user)
Re: [newbie] RE: Source Code
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > windows > doesn't cut it... > Truer words have never been spoken
Re: [newbie] Questions re: man pages, Netscape
On Sat, 25 Dec 1999, Joe Marcom wrote: > Merry Christmas, all: > > I THINK I got Wine installed from the RPM CD, but don't know how to > access it, so I tried to print "man wine" by using lpr. Got the reply > "unable to access man. Unable to access wine." Run 'locate wine'. You'll get back a lot more than what I copied below, and the '991114' part will likely reflect a different date, but you should see at least: /usr/X11R6/bin/wine<-- executable /usr/X11R6/bin/wine-config /usr/X11R6/bin/wine-strip /usr/X11R6/man/man1/wine.1.bz2 <-- man /usr/doc/wine-991114 <-- many docs So, what is the correct > syntax to print a man page (lpr filename is obviously wrong)? I need a > hard copy of this (and other) man pages to study. Actually I believe the best source of info is the wine-howto on your CD. Concentrate on the example wine.conf in the how-to as a guide to editing your /etc/wine.conf. As a newbie myself, I'd say it takes very little studying to get wine up and running and test your first program: cd /windows wine sol.exe After that it seems to me you need to rapidly elevate your Unix and wine ability to that of super guru, to take on more challenging Windows programs ;-) > > Re: Communicator 4.6. KMail works, but I would prefer to use Messenger. > However, I can't get past the error msg "Default Inbox folder does not > exist. You will not be able to get new messages." I did set up my inbox > per Earthlink's instructions for Linux, and I can find a /nsmail/inbox > folder in command line mode. Is the problem me or Communicator? > Regards, >Joe Can't help much with NetScape, I found out early on that for me it's best to keep my cussin of NutScrape to a minimum by using 4.7 common and netscape-navigator, and stayin far away from comunicator. I use Kmail, and StarOffice for News. NutScrape is terrible, unfortunately it's the lesser evil right now as Linux browsers go. -- .. Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: [newbie] Installation without cdrom player
Hello Mark, Saturday, December 25, 1999, 2:45:17 PM, you wrote: MB> Hello, MB> First of all a merry cristmas to all of you! MB> I have an older pc without a cd rom player and want to install Linux Mandrake on it. From the manual I understood that I have to make a bootable floppy from the image file pcmia.img but that MB> won't start up. Can anybody tell me how to do it? On ur CD u have DOSUTILS directory One of that utils is "raw" And also u got some .img files on ur CD - use 'em - how - see the "raw" help. Best regards, Miklermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Weird problem
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, root wrote: > Hi, > > I have a question for when I log on. Once kppp logs on to my ISP, I > can't open the browser or ANY other program. This occurs as the root > user and as a normal user. > > If I open a program BEFORE I log on, I can continue to use the program > normally. However, I can't open any program that wasn't aleady opened > before logging on. > > Thanks, > > Sam Walker Uncheck the "set hostname on connect", specifics of where to find it are in the archives.. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Email Client that can send & receive multiple accounts... where to find?
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Sevatio Octavio wrote: > I'm in search of an email client that can receive and send multiple accounts. I've >seen ones with the ability to receive from > different accounts but they can only send from one. > > Seve Pine does it. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] iNSTALL WOES , pHASE ii
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Glenn White wrote: > Now that I have Linux installed. I am needing to setup my NIC and my sound > card. My Nic is attached to my cable mode. The unit (NIC) is very generic > in nature, so do I need to by one thats on the "approved list" or should I > try it the one I have. in my experiances rr generaly supplies you with a 3com card. you need to know what the card is exactly though so pop the case and look. > Next is toi setup my sound card, /I have a Diamond Monster card the I am > duely imppressed with. I hope its on one of the " approved list" No clue, run sndconfig.. > THanx again > -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] RE: Source Code
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Jennifer Ricki Wise wrote: > I tried to take a look at the source code for Mandrake using the source > code cd. > I was unsuccessful, I tried to open it in Borland C++ but could not find > any files that would display anything. > Could someone please tell me how I can see the source code and which > language it is written in. > Thanks and Season's Greetings > Jennifer Wise > ICQ:6765592 You have to extract the tarballs from the src.rpms, then extract the files from the tarballs. You will need a linux machine todo this. windows doesn't cut it... -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
[newbie] Weird problem
Hi, I have a question for when I log on. Once kppp logs on to my ISP, I can't open the browser or ANY other program. This occurs as the root user and as a normal user. If I open a program BEFORE I log on, I can continue to use the program normally. However, I can't open any program that wasn't aleady opened before logging on. Thanks, Sam Walker
Re: [newbie] Scanner
Alejandro, I think this may be the best place for you to get information: http://www.mostang.com/sane/ They do a great job of maintaining linux scanning info! Good Luck Tim Goff Seattle
[newbie] Email Client that can send & receive multiple accounts... where to find?
I'm in search of an email client that can receive and send multiple accounts. I've seen ones with the ability to receive from different accounts but they can only send from one. Seve
RE: [newbie] RE: Source Code
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Ken Wilson wrote: | I am going to hazard a couple of guesses here. One is it is more than | likely written in C. The second is that the files you want to view | follow the standard Unix convention for text files and have only a | single linefeed/carriage return (can never remember exactly which one it | is, might even be an EOL) and not the carriage return/linefeed | combination used in a windows world. | | -Original Message- | From: Jennifer Ricki Wise [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | Sent: December 25, 1999 10:10 PM | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: [newbie] RE: Source Code | | | I tried to take a look at the source code for Mandrake using the source | code cd. | I was unsuccessful, I tried to open it in Borland C++ but could not find | any files that would display anything. | Could someone please tell me how I can see the source code and which | language it is written in. | Thanks and Season's Greetings | Jennifer Wise | ICQ:6765592 Also, the source files are stored in the .rpm format just as are the binaries. Windows will not recognize this file format - who'da guessed? - I think MS is unwilling to recognize anything Linux. To look at them, you will need to extract the contents from the .rpm's. Sorry I'm unable to be more help, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie]
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Theo Brito Ribeiro wrote: > Dear Mandrake crew, > > I've recently downloaded Linux-Mandrake, but I can't configure my video card... It's >a Diamond Monster Fusion and I'd like to know if there is any other video card that >my Monster Fusion is compatible with, and if that card is compatible with linux!!! I >really want to get the best graphics from linux... I restricted to do just a few >things using Xwindows... e.g: I can't navigate on the web, because netscape keeps >showing messages that it can't use all colors!!! I can only use vga colors >Please, give me a reply as soon as possible > > > Theo Ribeiro I'm not 100% positive about 6.1, but 7.0 should recognise it. Run this to find out. Xconfigurator --help >& ~/delete.me grep Diamond ~/delete.me -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
[newbie] iNSTALL WOES , pHASE ii
Now that I have Linux installed. I am needing to setup my NIC and my sound card. My Nic is attached to my cable mode. The unit (NIC) is very generic in nature, so do I need to by one thats on the "approved list" or should I try it the one I have. Next is toi setup my sound card, /I have a Diamond Monster card the I am duely imppressed with. I hope its on one of the " approved list" THanx again
