Re: [newbie] DVD-RAM?
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: with a standard dvd my cd-r just spits them backout. Will it write to a standard cd-r? According to the manufacturer's web page, no. I haven't gotten the drive yet so I'm not sure from personal experience. I suspect I can trust them on this. I think it's safe to assume booting from a dvd isn't a major problem SuSE is doing it. Basicly what was done was just to allow for a 4gig iso9660 filesystem. Okay, I already have a normal DVD drive on this box and I have been booting CDs from it but never a DVD since software isn't usually distributed that way. It is good to hear that at least one of the distributions is doing it. cdrecord is your only option barring another OS. I remeber hearing about a packet driver maybe being started, but don't know what became of it. Standard usage of even cd-rw drives use cdrecord's -blank switch to re prep the disk for a re-write. I was afraid of that SIGH. Oh well, since you have heard that cdrecord works with DVD-Ram it isn't that big a deal. At least there is a solution that works GRIN. Thanks. -- Traci Collins, MA Professor of Computer Education Colorado Mountain College http://www.rof.net/wp/tcollins/traci.html
Re: [newbie] Made a mistake in setup
In a message dated 1/1/00 1:20:43 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Could you please explain a few things really quick? I'm assuming that your machine is coming up in runlevel 5 graphical mode Runlevel 5...is there level 4 graphical mode? What is with these runlevels, I see them all over but don't quite understand. Just each runlevel is a level of complexity, where each level depends on the processes going on in the level beneath? type " linux 3 " with out the quotes. And don't take all day. you only have a few seconds. This will boot you into linux without X. How did you know this? -- == [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) running Linux Mandrake 6.1 and/or BeOS. Don't bother answering this on the mailing list, but if you feel inspired perhaps you could tell me what you think of BeOS... Thanks! Dan
Re: [newbie] Quake ]I[
On Mon, 01 Feb 1999, Sam Walker wrote: I got RR Tycoon II Gold Edition from my kids for Christmas. It works better than the windows version. The play area scrolls faster and it MULTITASKS- this is cool. Right on. . .yah im noticing little things like that between q3win and q3linux. .. .Its actually a pretty convincing argument when you see one version stutter every so often and one version run pretty smoothly. . . i got H2 i guess about a week before i got q3 and i gotta say loki's doin some serious work there. . .im pretty excited to see what comes out of next year from them. . .Draeker is sayin something like 16 games for next year. . .col. Cool games + XF86 4 = good stuff (i hope!).
Re: [newbie] unsubscribe
This is purely just a passing thoughtbut maybe list listserver could do with a tag line pointing people to the website to unsibscribe or explaining how to unsubscribe. Or perhaps automatic deletion of any email that has "unsuscribe" in the subject, plus removal of the sender with an email telling them that they were removed and why
Re: [newbie] BBSes and Linux
Dansorry, but I've not investigated any of the BBS software. I understand that there are many folks running Mandrake successfully on 486's, so it's my contention that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. But, if you really feel you must change, try Peanut. http://metalab.unc.edu/peanut/ Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan, Thanks for the link! I think I was at that page once, a long time ago. I'd been interested in running a BBS since 1996 or so, but then I had to wait for the 2nd phone line so my parents wouldn't get mad, and had to get it working straight and everything. I finally decided on Telegard, because it is *nice* software, and it was easy to use, plus it was freeware. Do you have any suggestions for something to try for Linux? I would like something with a simple file transfer and mailing system, and maybe some door games and something thats free or cheap. Obviously, thats what everybody wants :) But its really not shelling out much money to me, since I'm really only experimenting with the possibility of using Linux. I think I really need to find a better distribution for my computer than Mandrake, my copy came in a magazine and I didn't understand when I installed it that it was optimized for 586s, and mine's only a 486. Sorry for the unnecessary details :) Any suggestion for the software though? Thanks, Dan Danpoint your browser here. I ran PCBoard for years, carried RIME and some other smaller nets. Good luck. http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/bbs/!INDEX.htm
Re: [newbie] MP3 software for Linux
Dantell him it's time for him to upgrade (PII or Athlon) to a more modern computer and pass his present one on to you. That's what I do with my 2 sons ;o) Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DanI use Kmpg which is included in mdk 6.1 and is on the multimedia menu as Audio Mpeg Player. It works fine right out of the box. My system is an Intel PII/400. I would hope it works fine on a 400 mhz Pentium 2but I am running mdk 6 on an Intel pre-Pentium 486DX2/66 :( I wish I could try it on this computer, which is 300 mhz but my dad's annoyed at the way I go through hard drive space like I do food :) And also there's the fear of me goofing something else and erasing the 6 gigs of data already on this machine Dan
Re: [newbie] Windows to Linux networking
Dansamba is available in rpm form for 386's and up. Get it from the archives at RedHat. The server ftp server is probably already running on your system unless you're running mdk 6.0 which was missing the server part of ftp. In that case you'll need to download it. Read the how-to's and go to the faq's at http://www.mandrakeuser.org/ for all the info on how to set up this stuff. Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dansamba. But before I figured out how to implement samba I would ftp into my linux machine from my windows machine to transfer files. This all comes down to my computer being a piece of crap, doesn't it? :) Samba won't work because the one that came with my copy was designed for the 586 architecture. Maybe I'll try finding a 486 version of Samba, sound like a plan? It's not distribution specific is it? Whats that about ftping into the linux machine? I do need an ftp server on Linux don't I? Is there one built in? How do I go about setting Linux up with an IP address, I don't believe I've done it before. It wouldn't automatically be the same one as it is in Windows 95 because of the way this computer handles the network is it? Sorry for all the stupid questions, thanks for any answers. Happy New Years! Dan
Re: [newbie] scsi devices
John, it was that simple to find the card and now the system recognizes both the card and the CDVR, in the settings , scsi (on the kde desktop) it now shows "attached devices:" Host: scsi0 Channel:00 Id: 05 Lun : 00 Vendor : PhillipsModel : CDD2600 Rev: 1.07 Type : CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision : 02 Question is, I can't mount it, and what I am wanting to do is make this my only cdrom on this machine, since I have numerous others that can be accessed on a share. What in the heck am I doing or not doing? Bill John Aldrich wrote: On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, you wrote: John Aldrich wrote: On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, you wrote: Any hints on how to set up a pci scsi card? It should be as simple as doing modprobe module where module== the Linux driver for your SCSI card. I'm using a PCI Advansys Ultra SCSI card at home and it works fine. John Once again, thanks John. I thought I was on the right track, but am still a little bit gunshy of my own "just do it" philosophy. Hey, we're all there to contribute what we can. :-) Hope that helps. :-) John
Re: [newbie] Programming on Linux
On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, you wrote: What do I need to do to compile a c++ program? http://www.mandrakeuser.org/basics/bsource.html#Important I have a compiler, and edited and saved a source file using some really lame text editor. Whats next? The --? argument's answers weren't very helpful. Also, is there a chance that someday Netscape's handling of the JavaScript "alert" method will be fixed? Maybe I'm asking the wrong people. But overlapping windows really annoy me. Dan -- .. Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] .
[newbie] oracle installation :newuser login failed in kde
Thank you all for the previous reply to the questions I have sent . During the preparation stage of installing oracle 8.05 for linux I am encountering probleme creating user and adding it to the group I have followed the how to install oracle : created a group dba created a user oracle pwd oracle typed a new password log out tried to log back into KDE :login failed Okay then I go to emacs passwd edit user put * instead of password again failed groups oracle =id:oracle:no such user and yes after each modification using emacs I think it autosaves the changes Thank you in advance for the help
Re: [newbie] FTP and Telnet
Never mind, problem fixed YAH!!!
Re: [Re: [newbie] Icons to large]
John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: big snip I would recommend that you reboot the system, and type "linux 3" at the prompt. Then, log in as "root" when you get the prompt. Then, type "xf86setup" (minus quotes on all of these) and re-select your resolution and such. snip John Remember, case sensitive though: XF86Setup ;o) Mike ## Michael Scottaline Linux 2.2.13 ## Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Lilo install en boot floppy problems
Search the archives on ultra66. There is a lot of info that should help. Hans de Ruiter wrote: Hi, I have tried to install Linux-Mandrake 6.1 on a 13 GB Quantum Fireball CX1 hard disk with a Promise Ultra66 hard disk controller. I used the Ultra66 RedHat Linux 6.0 Driver partitionising the hard disk. Everything seemed to go well. But I can't create a linux boot floppy or install Lilo in the MBR. What is the problem?
Re: [Re: [newbie] New Millenium]
Food for thought... I checked my Mom's elderly 486 66 with a Phoenix BIOS and Win3.11 and discovered that it had defaulted to 1980, a simple reset of the date and all is well...MS Word correctly inserts present date + 2000 Jaguar Etien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "Jeffrey A. Crum" wrote: H. Don't ya think that the hype about Y2K brought to light what people and companies had to do to make the fixes so there wouldn't be any problems? I am in the computer field and know for a fact that if we hadn't made the changes, our systems would NOT have worked. We are working with 10-20 year old code and they didn't even imagine that the programs would still be in use come 2000. -Original Message- From: Etien T. VanDenBroecke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 12:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] New Millenium Yes that is true, but it has been said that somewhere along the lines we all lost a year, so is it the year 2000 or the year 2001?? who knows, all that I know is that the media hype about the Y2K bug, looks like it turn out to be a big money making scam... Anybody else agree? Example: three days ago a friend of mine heard on the radio that some fool went and purchased and re-wired his whole house, to on run generators for the Y2K blitz!! HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL! Etien On Sat, 01 Jan 2000, Daniel wrote: There is no argument the new millenium does not start until 2001. A millennia is 1000 years, there was no year "0", so 1 AD through 1000 AD was the first millennia, 1001 AD through 2000 the second (see a pattern forming?) and the third millennia starts 2001. Just some food for thought... Dan - Original Message - From: "Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 07:25 Subject: Re: [newbie] New Millenium On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Warren Doney wrote: | 00.32 01/01/00 NZDT | Happy new Millenium all... | | -- | Full plate packing steel! - Minsk I've heard all the arguments about the new millenium not starting until 1/1/2001, but I think we should all compromise, and make the entire year of 2000 a celebration of our miraculous survival for two millemia. This way, by the end of the year, no one will care when the third millemium starts. The finest the new millenium has to offer to all, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) I work int the computer/internet technical support too, we have a computer in the back that runs MS-DOS 6.2 and windows 3.11 at the stroke of midnight last night, we rebooted the computer and test the applications, no problems what so ever also the company that I work for takes call from all over the country (canada) thousands of those users are still running old windows 3.1 machines and most of them are dumer that dirt! Absouly no called about there computer crashing! We also have a Cisco Router that the Company could not grantee that would pass that Y2K test, after 12:00am last night we were still surfing the net, with no problems.. BTW, that windows 3.11 machine aslo have a BIOS dating well before 1996. I don't what to believe, but I'm starting to have this feeling that we have all gotten the Y2K flew Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [Re: [[newbie] Icons to large]]
Just out of curiosity... Does anyone realise that the key strokes CTL+ALT+(keypad +/-) is the method of the system BIOS to toggle the CPU between older TURBO/NORMAL modes. I also wonder is anyone knows about the "(press and hold SHIFT) click OK" while in a WIN9x RESTART that Win will drop out of windows and immediately restart, as opposed to dropping all the way to BIOS screen. Jaguar "Tim Kubista" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: just as root run Xconfigurator... or you can try ctrl+alt+-(minus button) and that should go through the different resolutions -- From: Michael Scottaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [[newbie] Icons to large] Date: Sat, Jan 1, 2000, 11:09 PM Jennifer Ricki Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had to reinstall Mandrake, when xconfig came up I was stuck using the default as all the other sizes would not be accepted. Now the icons are way to large and when I open some of the icons like Netscape I can't see the accept button. Is there any way to change the screen size to something like 800 x 600. Thanks Jennifer ICQ:6765592 As root, try XF86Setup of xf86config. You can test BEFORE accepting new configurations. HTH, Mike ## Michael Scottaline Linux 2.2.13 ## Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Lilo install en boot floppy problems
in order to install lilio you need to be in the first 1024 cylinders of the disk. in order to do this use partition magic to find out if you are in the boot boundary Audrey Beck wrote: Search the archives on ultra66. There is a lot of info that should help. Hans de Ruiter wrote: Hi, I have tried to install Linux-Mandrake 6.1 on a 13 GB Quantum Fireball CX1 hard disk with a Promise Ultra66 hard disk controller. I used the Ultra66 RedHat Linux 6.0 Driver partitionising the hard disk. Everything seemed to go well. But I can't create a linux boot floppy or install Lilo in the MBR. What is the problem? __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com
[newbie] Welcome to list newbie
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Re: [newbie] Programming on Linux
On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do I need to do to compile a c++ program? I have a compiler, and edited and saved a source file using some really lame text editor. Whats next? The --? argument's answers weren't very helpful. Probably some of the more useful options are -o, -I, -L and -l. -o lets you specify an output file, otherwise the compiler will default to an a.out binary. -I and -L let you specify the locations of include files and library files respectively, useful if you have libraries or headers built outside of the default dirs and -l lets you specify a certain libFile to link against. Usually you can bypass -L by symlinking to /lib/whatever or /usr/lib/whatever or adding the path to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH var. So for example we have a program called. . .magic_box1.c that uses OpenGL (Mesa) libraries. To compile and link it we would say: gcc -o magic_box1 -lglut -lGL -lGLU -lMesaGL -lMesaGLU magic_box1.c The order isnt really important ie you could put the source file first then the options and the output file or whatever. . .hope that helps. . .
Re: [Re: [[newbie] Icons to large]]
I use shift key on restart when I change something in windows. I suppose I'll not see the next millennium for admitting that! John the Nadger http://mklinux.cjb.net - Original Message - From: Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 3:10 PM Subject: Re: [Re: [[newbie] Icons to large]] Just out of curiosity... Does anyone realise that the key strokes CTL+ALT+(keypad +/-) is the method of the system BIOS to toggle the CPU between older TURBO/NORMAL modes. I also wonder is anyone knows about the "(press and hold SHIFT) click OK" while in a WIN9x RESTART that Win will drop out of windows and immediately restart, as opposed to dropping all the way to BIOS screen. Jaguar "Tim Kubista" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: just as root run Xconfigurator... or you can try ctrl+alt+-(minus button) and that should go through the different resolutions -- From: Michael Scottaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [[newbie] Icons to large] Date: Sat, Jan 1, 2000, 11:09 PM Jennifer Ricki Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had to reinstall Mandrake, when xconfig came up I was stuck using the default as all the other sizes would not be accepted. Now the icons are way to large and when I open some of the icons like Netscape I can't see the accept button. Is there any way to change the screen size to something like 800 x 600. Thanks Jennifer ICQ:6765592 As root, try XF86Setup of xf86config. You can test BEFORE accepting new configurations. HTH, Mike ## Michael Scottaline Linux 2.2.13 ## Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
[newbie] FW: oracle installation :newuser login failed in kde
More adventure : systemuser manager deleted the user oracle and the group dba created again user (therefore differenty pid ) assign a new password created group dba assigned oracle user to the group logout try to login using oracle and new password login failed in kde see yahhh -Original Message- From: Hassani Youssouf Sent: 02 January 2000 12:36 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: oracle installation :newuser login failed in kde Thank you all for the previous reply to the questions I have sent . During the preparation stage of installing oracle 8.05 for linux I am encountering probleme creating user and adding it to the group I have followed the how to install oracle : created a group dba created a user oracle pwd oracle typed a new password log out tried to log back into KDE :login failed Okay then I go to emacs passwd edit user put * instead of password again failed groups oracle =id:oracle:no such user and yes after each modification using emacs I think it autosaves the changes Thank you in advance for the help
Re: [Re: [Re: [newbie] New Millenium]]
Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Food for thought... I checked my Mom's elderly 486 66 with a Phoenix BIOS and Win3.11 and discovered that it had defaulted to 1980, a simple reset of the date and all is well...MS Word correctly inserts present date + 2000 Jaguar == Have the same set-up in one of my sons' bedroom. Had the identical experience!! No problemo AND Word inserts the correct dat also!! Mike ## Michael Scottaline Linux 2.2.13 ## Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
[newbie] Off Subject
Can anyone in USA help me with a question. A girl I email in California has asked about free domain names. We can get them in UK but have to dial in here. Any suggestions would be most welcome. John the Nadger http://mklinux.cjb.net
Re: [newbie] Display Resolution
Thanks! :o) btw have you ever recompiled for smp? I'm having trouble get lilo to use the smp kernel... On Sun, 02 Jan 2000 05:13:55 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ryan Sumstad wrote: I've gone through 3 books and 8 web sites, but I still can't change my "resolution." Maybe I'm stuck with microsoftese and I'm not searching for the right info . . . My system: Video card: 8M PCI Matrox Millenium Monitor: 17" ADI MicroScan 5V I configured with Xconfigurator and Xf86config. All I want to do is have and still see the entire thing on one screeen (without scrolling around this "virtual screen"). I know there must be a simple way to do this. By the way is "make config" the only way to compile the kernel? Super Newbie! -Ryan ___ Visit Excite Shopping at http://shopping.excite.com The fastest way to find your Holiday gift this season I don't know anything about your monitor, I do know that you can run "make xconfig" (without the qoutes) if you have X running, just use the console and goto the dir. (/usr/src/linux) Much nicer and easier to use. at least thats what I find. Attack of the Y2K Money Bug, Etien!, ___ Visit Excite Shopping at http://shopping.excite.com The fastest way to find your Holiday gift this season
[newbie] ISDN
Hello, I connect to the internet using 1B Channel of my isdn I am using 6.1 and kppp to connect to the internet. I connect no problem but don't seem to be getting the full 64kb of band width like I got on my windows machine before I switched. my dl speeds have only topped at about 40k or so. I don't think it is my connection as I tested it on my Windows machine. Is there something I need to configure? Oh yeah I am using a 3com Impaq IQ ISDN Modem. Thanks, Steve Helder
Re: [newbie] Off Subject
John: Try http://internic.net there are tons of links to domain registry services and some of them have really cheap web services after you pay the registration fee ($15-70). :o) Ryan On Sun, 2 Jan 2000 17:37:45 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone in USA help me with a question. A girl I email in California has asked about free domain names. We can get them in UK but have to dial in here. Any suggestions would be most welcome. John the Nadger http://mklinux.cjb.net ___ Visit Excite Shopping at http://shopping.excite.com The fastest way to find your Holiday gift this season
Re: [newbie] Off Subject
JohnI used to have one for my bbs to handle email, it was ccorner.riverside.ca.us and was free as long as I had it (maybe 3 years). I gave it up almost a year ago when I closed down the bbs. I registered it with internic via email. I requested by email, they sent back an ASCII form I returned it filled out with my info and they never notified me of it's inception. But it showed up on all the name servers and at that point I started the email service on my bbs. I don't know if the free domains still exist, but if they do you can probably find out by emailing internic. I don't remember the email address but you might start with this one: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alan bluebottle wrote: Can anyone in USA help me with a question. A girl I email in California has asked about free domain names. We can get them in UK but have to dial in here. Any suggestions would be most welcome. John the Nadger http://mklinux.cjb.net
Re: [newbie] DUAL BOOT
John Aldrich wrote: On Sat, 01 Jan 2000, Steve Tarara wrote: Hi All, I am planning to run a dual boot system W98, and Linux. I have a SCSI HD and an IDE HD. The controller card for the SCSI drive is not supported, bummer, so I have Linux installed on my IDE drive. All peripherals except for the sound card work properly, I have a Creative Labs sound card. The installation program never gave me the option to set it up. Does this mean it is not supported? If it should be supported how can I set it up after the OS has been installed? As root, type "sndconfig" from the command prompt. That should help you get it setup. Which sound card is it? The PCI Soundblaster 128, I think, is not yet supported, but other than that, most CL sound cards are supported, even if you have to compile a driver for 'em. The SB PCI 128 is supported. Choose the Ensoniq 1370 chipset. -- == [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) running Linux Mandrake 6.1 and/or BeOS.
[newbie] memory problems
i have got 128mb of ram on my pc. but under the kde control centre, only 64mb is 'seen'. the swap memory is ok at 128mb. i have got mandrake 6.1 installed. how can i fix this?
[newbie] unsubscribe
unsubscribe - Original Message - From: "Alan Shoemaker" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Off Subject JohnI used to have one for my bbs to handle email, it was ccorner.riverside.ca.us and was free as long as I had it (maybe 3 years). I gave it up almost a year ago when I closed down the bbs. I registered it with internic via email. I requested by email, they sent back an ASCII form I returned it filled out with my info and they never notified me of it's inception. But it showed up on all the name servers and at that point I started the email service on my bbs. I don't know if the free domains still exist, but if they do you can probably find out by emailing internic. I don't remember the email address but you might start with this one: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alan bluebottle wrote: Can anyone in USA help me with a question. A girl I email in California has asked about free domain names. We can get them in UK but have to dial in here. Any suggestions would be most welcome. John the Nadger http://mklinux.cjb.net
Re: [newbie] Icons to Large
Thanks for all your suggestions but at the root I cannot execute XF 86 Setup or xf 86 config or find /etc/X11/XFConfig file. If I find one of the files suggested what is the best way to edit it and how do I start an editor. I am running Mandrake. Thanks Jennifer Alan Shoemaker wrote: Jenniferfirst off, I recommend you boot into level 3 and not level 5 to do this. If you are currently booting directly to the gui desktop then that is level 5. The way to change it is to (as root) edit the /etc/inittab file by changing this line: id:5:initdefault: to this: id:3:initdefault: You can change it back when you're done. Now, in the console mode (reboot if you need to), edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file and look for the section that is something like the below excerpt at the very end of the file: # The accelerated servers (S3, Mach32, Mach8, 8514, P9000, AGX, W32, Mach64 # I128, and S3V) Section "Screen" Driver "accel" Device "My Video Card" Monitor "ViewSonic PS790" Subsection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "800x600" ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection EndSection Make sure that the ViewPort is set at 0 0 and Modes is set at the resolution you want as default. Save the file and test it by starting the x-server by typing startx on the command line. If it errors out you can put the errors in this list for more help, if not you'll be in your gui desktop at the resolution you wanted. If you're successful then you can change the /etc/inittab file back to the way it was. If not you probably will want to change the /etc/X11/XF86Config file back the way it was first. Good luck. Alan Jennifer Ricki Wise wrote: I had to reinstall Mandrake, when xconfig came up I was stuck using the default as all the other sizes would not be accepted. Now the icons are way to large and when I open some of the icons like Netscape I can't see the accept button. Is there any way to change the screen size to something like 800 x 600. Thanks Jennifer ICQ:6765592
Re: [newbie] Icons to Large
Try running the following command from your file manager "Xconfigurator" that should allow you make any changes necessary. Including changing to run level 3. Jennifer Ricki Wise wrote: Thanks for all your suggestions but at the root I cannot execute XF 86 Setup or xf 86 config or find /etc/X11/XFConfig file. If I find one of the files suggested what is the best way to edit it and how do I start an editor. I am running Mandrake. Thanks Jennifer Alan Shoemaker wrote: Jenniferfirst off, I recommend you boot into level 3 and not level 5 to do this. If you are currently booting directly to the gui desktop then that is level 5. The way to change it is to (as root) edit the /etc/inittab file by changing this line: id:5:initdefault: to this: id:3:initdefault: You can change it back when you're done. Now, in the console mode (reboot if you need to), edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file and look for the section that is something like the below excerpt at the very end of the file: # The accelerated servers (S3, Mach32, Mach8, 8514, P9000, AGX, W32, Mach64 # I128, and S3V) Section "Screen" Driver "accel" Device "My Video Card" Monitor "ViewSonic PS790" Subsection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "800x600" ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection EndSection Make sure that the ViewPort is set at 0 0 and Modes is set at the resolution you want as default. Save the file and test it by starting the x-server by typing startx on the command line. If it errors out you can put the errors in this list for more help, if not you'll be in your gui desktop at the resolution you wanted. If you're successful then you can change the /etc/inittab file back to the way it was. If not you probably will want to change the /etc/X11/XF86Config file back the way it was first. Good luck. Alan Jennifer Ricki Wise wrote: I had to reinstall Mandrake, when xconfig came up I was stuck using the default as all the other sizes would not be accepted. Now the icons are way to large and when I open some of the icons like Netscape I can't see the accept button. Is there any way to change the screen size to something like 800 x 600. Thanks Jennifer ICQ:6765592
Re: [newbie] Icons to Large
Pleace do not insert spaces, type command using lower case: xf86config Manually edit use File Manager in super user mode. Regards On Mon, 03 Jan 2000, you wrote: Thanks for all your suggestions but at the root I cannot execute XF 86 Setup or xf 86 config or find /etc/X11/XFConfig file. If I find one of the files suggested what is the best way to edit it and how do I start an editor. I am running Mandrake. Thanks Jennifer Alan Shoemaker wrote: Jenniferfirst off, I recommend you boot into level 3 and not level 5 to do this. If you are currently booting directly to the gui desktop then that is level 5. The way to change it is to (as root) edit the /etc/inittab file by changing this line: id:5:initdefault: to this: id:3:initdefault: You can change it back when you're done. Now, in the console mode (reboot if you need to), edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file and look for the section that is something like the below excerpt at the very end of the file: # The accelerated servers (S3, Mach32, Mach8, 8514, P9000, AGX, W32, Mach64 # I128, and S3V) Section "Screen" Driver "accel" Device "My Video Card" Monitor "ViewSonic PS790" Subsection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "800x600" ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection EndSection Make sure that the ViewPort is set at 0 0 and Modes is set at the resolution you want as default. Save the file and test it by starting the x-server by typing startx on the command line. If it errors out you can put the errors in this list for more help, if not you'll be in your gui desktop at the resolution you wanted. If you're successful then you can change the /etc/inittab file back to the way it was. If not you probably will want to change the /etc/X11/XF86Config file back the way it was first. Good luck. Alan Jennifer Ricki Wise wrote: I had to reinstall Mandrake, when xconfig came up I was stuck using the default as all the other sizes would not be accepted. Now the icons are way to large and when I open some of the icons like Netscape I can't see the accept button. Is there any way to change the screen size to something like 800 x 600. Thanks Jennifer ICQ:6765592
Re: [Re: [newbie] Icons to large]
Tried it. Received the message command not found. Michael Scottaline wrote: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: big snip I would recommend that you reboot the system, and type "linux 3" at the prompt. Then, log in as "root" when you get the prompt. Then, type "xf86setup" (minus quotes on all of these) and re-select your resolution and such. snip John Remember, case sensitive though: XF86Setup ;o) Mike ## Michael Scottaline Linux 2.2.13 ## Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Icons to Large
JenniferXF86Setup and xf86config do not have spaces in them as you've typed them and it's the /etc/X11/XF86Config file not the /etc/X11/XFConfig file. Use one of the many console based text editors like vi, vim, emacs or joe. Joe is probably the easiest one to use if you've not used any of them before. Type joe /etc/X11/XF86Config to edit. In KDE use kedit, it's the default, you judt click on the file icon to open the file in the editor. Alan Jennifer Ricki Wise wrote: Thanks for all your suggestions but at the root I cannot execute XF 86 Setup or xf 86 config or find /etc/X11/XFConfig file. If I find one of the files suggested what is the best way to edit it and how do I start an editor. I am running Mandrake. Thanks Jennifer Alan Shoemaker wrote: Jenniferfirst off, I recommend you boot into level 3 and not level 5 to do this. If you are currently booting directly to the gui desktop then that is level 5. The way to change it is to (as root) edit the /etc/inittab file by changing this line: id:5:initdefault: to this: id:3:initdefault: You can change it back when you're done. Now, in the console mode (reboot if you need to), edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file and look for the section that is something like the below excerpt at the very end of the file: # The accelerated servers (S3, Mach32, Mach8, 8514, P9000, AGX, W32, Mach64 # I128, and S3V) Section "Screen" Driver "accel" Device "My Video Card" Monitor "ViewSonic PS790" Subsection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "800x600" ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection EndSection Make sure that the ViewPort is set at 0 0 and Modes is set at the resolution you want as default. Save the file and test it by starting the x-server by typing startx on the command line. If it errors out you can put the errors in this list for more help, if not you'll be in your gui desktop at the resolution you wanted. If you're successful then you can change the /etc/inittab file back to the way it was. If not you probably will want to change the /etc/X11/XF86Config file back the way it was first. Good luck. Alan Jennifer Ricki Wise wrote: I had to reinstall Mandrake, when xconfig came up I was stuck using the default as all the other sizes would not be accepted. Now the icons are way to large and when I open some of the icons like Netscape I can't see the accept button. Is there any way to change the screen size to something like 800 x 600. Thanks Jennifer ICQ:6765592
Re: [newbie] Icons to Large
###FROM linuxnewbie.org Your XF86Config Travel Guide This is how I get through the xf86config procedure. I already know my video card (Trident 9680 with 8 megs), my monitor specs (horiz= 30-35[k], vertical= 43-90), and my mouse is a PS/2 3-button type. My keyboard is a standard 101 key type. From the command line I type xf86config and I see that I can quit at anytime with ctrl-c. For the sections that say "Hit return to continue, I simply hit ret. For the mouse I choose a PS/2 mouse. Emulate 3-buttons? No. This means to allow a two button mouse act like a it has 3 by pressing both at once. (For Linux, a 3-button mouse is very convenient.) For mouse device, I hit to select the default /dev/mouse. Make a link to /dev/mouse? Yes . XKeyboard? Yes. For the keyboard I choose a Standard 101-key. Enable bindings? Yes. Next is the section about hsync in kHz. Even though your monitor might be able to do 1024x768, Linux might complain... possibly a reason why "startx" fails. Don't worry about it. For now you can try something more conservative, like XF86_VGA16 server. Even though you only get 16 colors, at least you 'get your foot in the door' as far as X-Windows is concerned. On the other hand, I have gotten good results by choosing the last one "Enter your own horizontal sync range". So I type 30-35 (do not type "kHz"). Next is the vertical synchronization rate. I choose the last one: "Enter your own vertical sync range" so I type 43-90 (no spaces). (Please note that you should NEVER enter something beyond what your monitor can do.) This is how I answer the next section: Monitor definition: Impression IM1428SV Vendor name: Impression Model name: IM1428SV Next it asks "Do you want to look at the card database?" Yes. I find my card happens to be #577 on the list (Trident TGUI9680). Be sure to get the EXACT right one... don't choose something that is close. I actually purchased a new video card for Linux because I knew it was on the list. Then it shows the one you selected and the server (Remember this server name.) and it says "Do NOT probe clocks or use any Clock line." Next is the dreaded XF86 server. Here is where different choices may or may not work -depending on the phase of the moon. I usually choose the last one "Choose the server from the card definition, XF86_(whatever). This is the best choice, however, if you experience problems you can try something a bit more conservative like XF86_VGA16. Even though you only get 16 colors, it's enough to get X to work. You can change it later . Next it asks "Do you want to set a symbolic link?" Yes! Next is the video memory. I choose the last one "Other" and type 8192. Now this next section is kind of lame: Video card definition: Trident TGUI9680 Vendor: Trident Model (board): TGUI9680 (DUH!?) Next, I do NOT want a Clockchip setting and I do NOT want it to run 'X -probeonly'. (Some video cards need clocks.) The next section is where you can change the modes (for your monitor) . Some people select "The modes are are OK", But I prefer to go thru each one. I start with "1 Change the modes for 8bpp" and then somthing like "432". Then it asks if you want a virtual screen. This means a huge screen that is way bigger than what you see on the monitor. I like to have the virtual screen that is just a little bit bigger than the monitor... that way I can reach buttons at the bottom of the screen like "Apply" and "OK". To To do this you must edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file. (I'll talk about editing later). Keep going thru this until you are satisfied with the settings. Choose the last one "The modes are OK, continue". Finally it asks "Shall I write it to /etc/X11/XF86Config?" Yes. Do not type "startx" just yet. You should at least look at the file by typing: cd /etc ls | more Now look for XF86Config. If you don't see it, type: cd /etc/X11 ls | more There you should see the XF86Config file. Now type: more XF86Config (to quit, type "q") and use the space bar to go down each page. You will find a section that says something like "Virtual 1600 1280". This is just too big of a screen fo r me. I always edit this line with the vi editor so that the two numbers are just a little bit bigger than my resolution. If you have 800x600, you can set virtual to, say, 875 675 and see how you like it. The reason I like the vi editor is it exists on all UNIX and Linux systems. It's not so hard once you get used to it. I type: vi /etc/X11/XF86Config "j" goes down, "k" goes up, and "h" and "l" go from side to side. To actually insert text, hit "i" and to get back out of the text insert mode, hit esc. To exit and save changes type: esc :wq! To exit without saving changes type: :q! Now try starting X with the command startx. Don't worry if it fails. Read the error message and carefully go over your settings. On Sun, 02 Jan 2000 14:35:15 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try running the following command from your file manager "Xconfigurator" that should allow you
Re: [newbie] Off Subject
Hi Alan Many thanks for the info which has been forwarded. On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, you wrote: JohnI used to have one for my bbs to handle email, it was ccorner.riverside.ca.us and was free as long as I had it (maybe 3 years). I gave it up almost a year ago when I closed down the bbs. I registered it with internic via email. I requested by email, they sent back an ASCII form I returned it filled out with my info and they never notified me of it's inception. But it showed up on all the name servers and at that point I started the email service on my bbs. I don't know if the free domains still exist, but if they do you can probably find out by emailing internic. I don't remember the email address but you might start with this one: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alan bluebottle wrote: Can anyone in USA help me with a question. A girl I email in California has asked about free domain names. We can get them in UK but have to dial in here. Any suggestions would be most welcome. John the Nadger http://mklinux.cjb.net
[newbie] startup error
I have Mandrake 6.0, it is installed on /dev/hdb1. Every once in a while I get the following error when starting up. "/dev/hdb1 has reached maximal mount count, check forced." It then goes on and loads fine. It also operates fine. Should I be concerned about this? Ken Harbit [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Re: [newbie] Icons to Large]
Jennifer Ricki Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for all your suggestions but at the root I cannot execute XF 86 Setup or xf 86 config or find /etc/X11/XFConfig file. If I find one of the files suggested what is the best way to edit it and how do I start an editor. I am running Mandrake. Thanks Jennifer Hi Jennifer, Try "XF86Setup" w/o the quotes. Notice there are NO spaces! Also remember it is case sensitive. HTH, Mike Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Off Subject
bluebottle wrote: Can anyone in USA help me with a question. A girl I email in California has asked about free domain names. We can get them in UK but have to dial in here. Any suggestions would be most welcome. John the Nadger http://mklinux.cjb.net I believe its www.internic.org from domains with a .com, .org and .net as for .edu I not sure, the cost isn't to bad but is cheaper for a .ca domain, but you can to live in canada for that. For domain within canada its www.cdnnet.ca and cost only a mere $50 (+GST) to registar, but Like I said before you or buniess has to be located in Canada. Igloos, Etien
Re: [newbie] memory problems
I thought you just had to tell linux how much memory you have buy typing a simple command at to console? Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Hirnay wrote: i have got 128mb of ram on my pc. but under the kde control centre, only 64mb is 'seen'. the swap memory is ok at 128mb. i have got mandrake 6.1 installed. how can i fix this? add --cut here append="mem=128MB" --end cut to your /etc/lilo.conf, in between the "image=" and "label=" lines then run lilo now reboot the machine. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] NE2000 drivers
I need to find the NE2000 drivers. I am having the recognition at boot problems I see everywhere. My Mandrake 6.0 has them but has a problems with the commented out part /* and */ Somebody help!!! Thanks, Brian
Re: [newbie] DUAL BOOT
Thanks to all of your help, I am up and running w/sound. Now to find the Ultra ATA66 driver for my SIIG card and drive. Thanks again, Steve Steve Tarara wrote: Hi All, I am planning to run a dual boot system W98, and Linux. I have a SCSI HD and an IDE HD. The controller card for the SCSI drive is not supported, bummer, so I have Linux installed on my IDE drive. All peripherals except for the sound card work properly, I have a Creative Labs sound card. The installation program never gave me the option to set it up. Does this mean it is not supported? If it should be supported how can I set it up after the OS has been installed? I am confused as to how to set up the dual boot option when the 2 OS's are on different drives? Currently, when the computer is setup to boot off of the drive containing Linux it gets to "LI" then freezes. If I boot up off of the Linux floppy created during installation, it works fine. Any ideas?? Thanks in advance, Steve
[newbie] LUG's in the Atlanta, GA area?
I know there must be some Linux users in the area. Probably many, just spread a little thin. I'll be going back to school at Kennesaw State this week, maybe I can stir up some users on campus. Later... -Josh
[newbie] modem and soundcard
I just got mandrake 6.5 working, but I can't get it to know where my modem is and where my soundcard is. I have a OPL3-Sax sound board, and a PC-Tel 33.6k data/fax Modem. And it is not a WinModem I have already checked.
Re: [newbie] FTP and Telnet
On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, Etien wrote: But right now that's the least of my problems, Couple of nights ago I started trying to setup FTP and Telnet, so that I could work on my server at work (telnet) on my down time. I'm on rogers@home (cable modem service) and I keep running into the same problem. Mandrake 6.x does not install the telnet SERVER RPM by default. Get it off your CD and install it from there. Also, you may be forced to do a full install w/o wiping the drives. At least then you won't have to worry about not finding the RPM database. :-) John
Re: [newbie] startup error
Ken Harbit wrote: I have Mandrake 6.0, it is installed on /dev/hdb1. Every once in a while I get the following error when starting up. "/dev/hdb1 has reached maximal mount count, check forced." It then goes on and loads fine. It also operates fine. Should I be concerned about this? Ken Harbit [EMAIL PROTECTED] No. It's a "chkdsk" for linux that occurs after a certain number of mounts. -- == [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) running Linux Mandrake 6.1 and/or BeOS.
Re: [newbie] startup error
Hello Ken No you should not be worried if there are no error messages after the disk checking completes. Linux does not expect to be shutdown often. Regards, ron On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, you wrote: I have Mandrake 6.0, it is installed on /dev/hdb1. Every once in a while I get the following error when starting up. "/dev/hdb1 has reached maximal mount count, check forced." It then goes on and loads fine. It also operates fine. Should I be concerned about this? Ken Harbit [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Made a mistake in setup
On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/1/00 1:20:43 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Could you please explain a few things really quick? I'm assuming that your machine is coming up in runlevel 5 graphical mode Runlevel 5...is there level 4 graphical mode? What is with these runlevels, I see them all over but don't quite understand. Just each runlevel is a level of complexity, where each level depends on the processes going on in the level beneath? There are four runlevels you need to keep in mind: RunLevel 1 which is a single-user, no network, no GUI boot up. Run Level 3 which is a multi-user, networked boot up, and Run Level 5 which is the GUI, multi-user boot up. Now, these are different for each distribution of Linux. Also, Run Level 6 is the "reboot" run level, so if all else fails and you can get a command prompt, but need to shut things down, you can init 6 and reboot. :-) type " linux 3 " with out the quotes. And don't take all day. you only have a few seconds. This will boot you into linux without X. How did you know this? Experience. :-) Trust us... the default boot delay is something like 15 seconds... VERY short! John
Re: [newbie] Programming on Linux
On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do I need to do to compile a c++ program? I have a compiler, and edited and saved a source file using some really lame text editor. Whats next? The --? argument's answers weren't very helpful. you need to install the kernel-devel packages, including the C++ compiler, libraries and headers. Also, is there a chance that someday Netscape's handling of the JavaScript "alert" method will be fixed? Maybe I'm asking the wrong people. But overlapping windows really annoy me. You're asking the wrong people. Netscape is the company responsible for fixing the bugs in their software...and they're apparently not doing much work on Linux. John
[newbie] Cut Paste
is there a way to cut and paste between kmail and netscape? I can cut from netscape and paste to kmail but the reverse for some reason is not true. . .
Fwd: Re: [newbie] scsi devices
On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, you wrote: John, it was that simple to find the card and now the system recognizes both the card and the CDVR, in the settings , scsi (on the kde desktop) it now shows "attached devices:" Host: scsi0 Channel:00 Id: 05 Lun : 00 Vendor : PhillipsModel : CDD2600 Rev: 1.07 Type : CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision : 02 Question is, I can't mount it, and what I am wanting to do is make this my only cdrom on this machine, since I have numerous others that can be accessed on a share. What in the heck am I doing or not doing? Well, I'll admit up front that I don't have a CDR or CDRW. However, I think I recall reading from various people that you need to have a second entry in /etc/fstab for the CDRW and for the CD-player side of things. Set both NOT to automount and you should be able to select the one you need at a given time. John
Re: [Re: [newbie] Icons to large]
On Fri, 08 Feb 2036, Michael Scottaline wrote: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: big snip I would recommend that you reboot the system, and type "linux 3" at the prompt. Then, log in as "root" when you get the prompt. Then, type "xf86setup" (minus quotes on all of these) and re-select your resolution and such. snip John Remember, case sensitive though: XF86Setup ;o) Mike Yup. :-) Thanks for catching that. So used to having to tell people to type "xf86config" instead of "XF86Config." :-) Guess I assumed that XF86Setup was the same way... *sigh* Why can't they make a sym-link to it in all lower-case? ;-) John
Re: [newbie] memory problems
On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, Hirnay wrote: i have got 128mb of ram on my pc. but under the kde control centre, only 64mb is 'seen'. the swap memory is ok at 128mb. i have got mandrake 6.1 installed. how can i fix this? In /etc/lilo.conf type: append="mem=128mb" OR, if you already HAVE an append statement, just tack the "mem=128mb" to the existing statement. John
Re: [newbie] Cut Paste
On Mon, 03 Jan 2000, you wrote: is there a way to cut and paste between kmail and netscape? I can cut from netscape and paste to kmail but the reverse for some reason is not true. . . To paste in nutscraper use your third mouse button, if you have set 2-button mouse to emulate the 3-button mouse then to paste simply hold both buttons down simultaneously. Regards Eero
Re: [newbie] Programming on Linux
On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do I need to do to compile a c++ program? I have a compiler, and edited and saved a source file using some really lame text editor. Whats next? The --? argument's answers weren't very helpful. Probably some of the more useful options are -o, -I, -L and -l. -o lets you specify an output file, otherwise the compiler will default to an a.out binary. -I and -L let you specify the locations of include files and library files respectively, useful if you have libraries or headers built outside of the default dirs and -l lets you specify a certain libFile to link against. Usually you can bypass -L by symlinking to /lib/whatever or /usr/lib/whatever or adding the path to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH var. So for example we have a program called. . .magic_box1.c that uses OpenGL (Mesa) libraries. To compile and link it we would say: gcc -o magic_box1 -lglut -lGL -lGLU -lMesaGL -lMesaGLU magic_box1.c The order isnt really important ie you could put the source file first then the options and the output file or whatever. . .hope that helps. . .
[newbie] Linux/Windows Network
I have 9 computers running Windows 98 used in a simple Microsoft network I want to set up a webserver for the network using Linux-Mandrake 6.0 but can't seem to get the Ethernet card or the computer to be seen by them or for the Linux machine to see the Windows98 workstations. I've set up the Ethernet card manually and tried to ping the others but no luck. What am I doing wrong? Have I missed something?? Steve
[newbie] FW: oracle installation :newuser login failed in kde =required re boot
To my surprise The changes | tried to impliment upon the user take effect only after reboot ,I thought linux did not need so much reboot compared to a nt box What is funny when you go to user manager and you define the groups the user belong to ,it does not not automatically add the user in the groups window. -Original Message- From: Hassani Youssouf Sent: 02 January 2000 17:05 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: FW: oracle installation :newuser login failed in kde More adventure : systemuser manager deleted the user oracle and the group dba created again user (therefore differenty pid ) assign a new password created group dba assigned oracle user to the group logout try to login using oracle and new password login failed in kde see yahhh -Original Message- From: Hassani Youssouf Sent: 02 January 2000 12:36 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: oracle installation :newuser login failed in kde Thank you all for the previous reply to the questions I have sent . During the preparation stage of installing oracle 8.05 for linux I am encountering probleme creating user and adding it to the group I have followed the how to install oracle : created a group dba created a user oracle pwd oracle typed a new password log out tried to log back into KDE :login failed Okay then I go to emacs passwd edit user put * instead of password again failed groups oracle =id:oracle:no such user and yes after each modification using emacs I think it autosaves the changes Thank you in advance for the help
