Re: [newbie] mandrake 7
Elizabeth/JaswinderGPL discs are legally sold by a bunch of different suppliers for from less than $2 to about $6 plus shipping. The first of these suppliers I've found offering a GPL cd for Mandrake 7.0 is Circadian Software. Below is Circadian's URL: http://www.ccsoft.cc/linux/ It'll take a week or so for them to get cd's burned or pressed, so be patient. Other places to shop for Mandrake and other GPL discs are: http://www.cheapbytes.com/ (CheapBytes) http://www.linuxcentral.com/(Linux Central) http://www.LinuxMall.com/ (Linux Mall) http://www.lsl.com/ (Linux Systems Labs) http://www.thelinuxstore.com/ (The Linux Store) Alan Elizabeth Dolan wrote: can any one send me a copy on cd of mandrake linux 7 as i don't have a fast enough connection to download it email me for more details if your able to help thank you "Jaswinder S. Ahluwalia" wrote: I would also appreciate it if someone could send me a copy of mandrake 7. Thank you, Jas On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Elizabeth Dolan wrote: can any one send me a copy on cd of mandrake linux 7 as i don't have a fast enough connection to download it email me for more details if your able to help thank you
[newbie] Wheel Mouse
I have a Microsoft Wheel Mouse product number 83351-577- What does it take to make the wheel part of it work? Chris Reeder Moscow, Idaho __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Wheel Mouse
ChrisUse imwheel. It is a program included on the 6.1 mandrake cd. Alan Chris and Jennifer Reeder wrote: I have a Microsoft Wheel Mouse product number 83351-577- What does it take to make the wheel part of it work? Chris Reeder Moscow, Idaho __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
[newbie] XF86Config
could someone let me know what the 'keyword' should be for the "driver" field under the "screen" section for my accelerated driver? I am using ati all-in-wonder which has a 3d rage II+DVD chip on it and uses a mach64 accelerated driver. when i began configuring the file, the "driver" field entry was "Accel". i was wondering if perhaps it shouldn't be something like "mach64", etc. does anyone else out there have the same card?
Re: [newbie] XF86Config
Muad'DibHere's the relevent part of my XF86Config file: # The accelerated servers (S3, Mach32, Mach8, 8514, P9000, AGX, W32, Mach64 # I128, and S3V) Section "Screen" Driver "accel" Alan Muad'Dib wrote: could someone let me know what the 'keyword' should be for the "driver" field under the "screen" section for my accelerated driver? I am using ati all-in-wonder which has a 3d rage II+DVD chip on it and uses a mach64 accelerated driver. when i began configuring the file, the "driver" field entry was "Accel". i was wondering if perhaps it shouldn't be something like "mach64", etc. does anyone else out there have the same card?
[newbie] HELP, PLEASE
ok. i have been trying to compile a few programs, and i always get by the ./configure part just fine. i've figured out enough to get the right libraries and whatnot. i've been trying to compile two programs in particular that keep on giving me an error (when i get to make) saying cannot find "iostream.h" WHAT the heck is this file? I was attempting to compile KXICQ... thanks for any help you can give.. mark
Re: [newbie] Stupid questions
Glad your an expert. You can now move to the expert list Goodbye On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, you wrote: If you people would read the documentation that comes with EVERY version of LINUX you could probably answer about 90 percent of the RE-ITERATED stupid questions that get asked. Get with the program people. Look in you HOWTO's that come on the CD's. They are also installed on your hard disk if you told it to when you installed Linux. Steve -- "I haven't lost my mind -- it's backed up on tape somewhere."
[newbie] X configure help PLEASE
Hi, I know there are are already previous posts regarding this problem but I have tried everything Ive read so far and still Im at a loss and would appreciate someone helping me out if they know what should be selected for my particular video card. Its easy to say "go setup through x configure" but when I do that I always get a screen that only shows the top right of the screen with a horrible low colour depth, all dotted, and the rest goes off the monitor and I cant scroll or do anything. I have managed to get to a slightly smaller text mentioned below but this also has a horrible low colour depth and isnt a better resolution. My computer details: Jetway 910af motherboard pentium III 500, 64Mg RAM intel 82810 and 82C810AB and 82C802AB chipset (Intel (R) 810 Chipset Graphics Driver PV1.1) Intel GMCH built-in On board high performance AGP VGA (Memory being resizable using just what is needed depending on what is running.) Integrated hig performance high quality 2D/3D engine Integrated programmable 24bit true-colour RAMDAC upto 230Mhz pixel clock. Panasonic E70 17" monitor (TX-T7F22) Horizontal specs - 30-70 vertical specs - 50-180 VGA, SVGA, VESA compatible max res - 1280x1024 - 60 Hz Max pixel clock - 108 mHz The best I can get from running x config is using these settings: choose a card - unsupported compatible VGA pick a server - SVGA monitor setup - custom H range - non interlaced SVGA 1024x768 @60, 800x600@... Video memory - 1MB 40-150 I select multiple screen resolutions and when I go into linux the ctrl alt + doesnt work either. I still get the horrible low colour depth and 640 like resolution but its a little smaller enabling more to fit on the screen. Ive read through email lists, faqs, support, and I see many others with the same problem and not getting anywhere as all they get back is "use the xconfig..." I have tried it so many times Im starting to get rather frustrated with this and would really appreciate someone helping me out. I do have a patch from Intel and a driver for intel. But Im not familiar with linux (yet!) and dont even know how to run either of them! dumb huh! Gina
RE: [newbie] XF86 problem
Which version of xfree86 are you running and which server are you running. -Original Message- From: Muad'Dib Sent: 15 January 2000 23:20 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] XF86 problem ok, here's the problem: i can't for the life of me get KDE to switch screen resolutions. - i've rerun xconf 100 times - i've manually edited XF86Config - i've tried many different options (including: configuring the refresh rates manually, configuring the order of the resolutions in the config file and trying the US-102 key kb option) i'm kind of up against the wall here, because every time i ask anyone, they only reiterate what i've already read or heard before and my ctrl+alt+[num+/-] still doesn't do a thing. please help. ps.s out of exasperation, i went and bought a larger monitor to comfortably accomodate the tiny fonts. actually, that's just a cheap excuse for the little lady, but it's not funny anymore.. ;) ...help
RE: [newbie] XF86 problem
What is the answer to the netscape font problem? They are very small in my browser. -Original Message- From: Sam Sent: 16 January 2000 00:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [newbie] XF86 problem Okay, So you've told us what you've done- but what is the problem? Are the fonts too small? Do you need to swap resolutions for different applications? Are the fonts in Netscape too small? There are several answers possible, depending on the reason. ok, here's the problem: i can't for the life of me get KDE to switch screen resolutions. - i've rerun xconf 100 times - i've manually edited XF86Config - i've tried many different options (including: configuring the refresh rates manually, configuring the order of the resolutions in the config file and trying the US-102 key kb option) i'm kind of up against the wall here, because every time i ask anyone, they only reiterate what i've already read or heard before and my ctrl+alt+[num+/-] still doesn't do a thing. please help. ps.s out of exasperation, i went and bought a larger monitor to comfortably accomodate the tiny fonts. actually, that's just a cheap excuse for the little lady, but it's not funny anymore.. ;) ...help
Re: [newbie] XF86 problem
If you go into edit/preferences you can adjust the font size. John the Nadger http://mklinux.cjb.net www.nadger.uklinux.net - Original Message - From: Warren Rowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 12:33 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] XF86 problem What is the answer to the netscape font problem? They are very small in my browser. -Original Message- From: Sam Sent: 16 January 2000 00:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] XF86 problem Okay, So you've told us what you've done- but what is the problem? Are the fonts too small? Do you need to swap resolutions for different applications? Are the fonts in Netscape too small? There are several answers possible, depending on the reason. ok, here's the problem: i can't for the life of me get KDE to switch screen resolutions. - i've rerun xconf 100 times - i've manually edited XF86Config - i've tried many different options (including: configuring the refresh rates manually, configuring the order of the resolutions in the config file and trying the US-102 key kb option) i'm kind of up against the wall here, because every time i ask anyone, they only reiterate what i've already read or heard before and my ctrl+alt+[num+/-] still doesn't do a thing. please help. ps.s out of exasperation, i went and bought a larger monitor to comfortably accomodate the tiny fonts. actually, that's just a cheap excuse for the little lady, but it's not funny anymore.. ;) ...help
RE: [newbie] Stupid questions
Sean, Is this link correct I can't seem to get to it. www.linuxdocs.org
Re: [newbie] How do you format a hard drive under linux?
checkout the following URL: http://www.mandrakeuser.org I'm pretty certain that I saw instructions there. HTH, Matt From: "Scott" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] How do you format a hard drive under linux? Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 19:51:43 -0600 I am installing a new drive on my mandrake machine. I can use fdisk and create a partition on the hard drive, but how do you format the partition? Cant you use disk druid for this? If not is there a better utility to use then fdisk? Thanks, Scott __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] modem Help!
My advice is to return it and purchase a 3COM/USR modem that comes with Jumpers on it. (Or purchase an external modem. Supposedly 99.9% of all external modems work with Linux.) With the jumpers you can set the COM port. Then just boot up linux and setup KPPP with the COM port number and your ISP information. It should work. HTH, Matt From: Jon Schwartze [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] modem Help! Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 23:18:38 -0600 I know this is BAD, but I have a PCI modem (also have a winmodem, and know for SURE that it wont work), and cant get it to work with Linux. It even says on the box that Linux does indeed support it, but I cant get it to work. Any suggestions?? Any help would be greatly appreciated and thanks in advance BTW - the stats on the modem are Actiontec "call waiting" 56K modem - PCI JON __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] netscape blackwhite
Hi! - I installed Mandrake 7.0. It is full with bugs! My Netscape is black and white, and it is freezing sometimes. What can I do?
[newbie] Download Mandra 7.0 (Air)
I´m trying to download Mandrake 7.0 from the web, but all servers that i´m trying don´t support resuming. I really need a server that support resuming, ´cause I loose the conection quite a lot. Anybody know a server that support resuming? Thanks. ___
Partition 36.5GB HD (was Re: [newbie] Stupid questions)
Rodger, When you partition your HD, be sure to setup a 20Mb partition that starts at 7.8GB from the beginning of the disk. The BIOS can only see up to the 1024th cylinder (approx 7.88GB from the beginning of the disk). The OS allows the rest of the HD to be accessible. Mount this 20Mb partition as /boot. The rest of the partitions are your call. Also, you may need to read the Ultra-DMA mini- HOWTO. HTH, Matt From: Rodger Boots [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Stupid questions Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 23:36:46 -0600 Thanks, I'll try that. I'm also about half the way done with downloading the version 7 CD image. I wonder if running that might not fix my problems with being unable to partition 36.5 gig hard drives. Steven P Hull wrote: Yes you can still read the HowTo. If you have windows or any other program loaded to can still access them from the CD or the website. The cd is not linux only and can be read by any html program. - Original Message - From: "Rodger Boots" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 8:21 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Stupid questions But then again there's people like me that can't get to the online manuals because I can't get Linux loaded. And I LOST the printed manuals! (Just business as usual here!) Steven P Hull wrote: If you people would read the documentation that comes with EVERY version of LINUX you could probably answer about 90 percent of the RE-ITERATED stupid questions that get asked. Get with the program people. Look in you HOWTO's that come on the CD's. They are also installed on your hard disk if you told it to when you installed Linux. Steve -- Windows: 32 bit graphical interface for a 16 bit patch for an 8 bit operating system written for a 4 bit processor by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition. -- Windows: 32 bit graphical interface for a 16 bit patch for an 8 bit operating system written for a 4 bit processor by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] keyboard layout abnt2
i need to know how I configure my graphical interface (kde) to use the keyboard layout abnt2 Roberto Pedrozo Mendes - Vinhedo - SP Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1
RE: [newbie] Download Mandra 7.0 (Air)
Try this one. I'm using it right now, and it supports resuming. ftp://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/linux/Mandrake/iso/mandrake70.iso Sincerely, Christian Christian Dam NCR SE Copenhagen - Vibevej 20 - DK 2400 Copenhagen NV Phone: +45 3815 7593 -Original Message- From: Matos , Javier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 3:04 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [newbie] Download Mandra 7.0 (Air) I´m trying to download Mandrake 7.0 from the web, but all servers that i´m trying don´t support resuming. I really need a server that support resuming, ´cause I loose the conection quite a lot. Anybody know a server that support resuming? Thanks. ___
Re: [newbie] Download Mandra 7.0 (Air)
You can download Mandrake 7.0 iso from ftp.sunet.se/pub/ alex - Original Message - From: "Matos , Javier" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 3:03 PM Subject: [newbie] Download Mandra 7.0 (Air) I´m trying to download Mandrake 7.0 from the web, but all servers that i´m trying don´t support resuming. I really need a server that support resuming, ´cause I loose the conection quite a lot. Anybody know a server that support resuming? Thanks. ___
[newbie] newbie@linux-mandrake.com newbie@linux-mandrake.com
Try ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/linux/Mandrake/iso/ The site supports resuming. I´m trying to download Mandrake 7.0 from the web, but all servers thati´m trying don´t support resuming. I really need a server that support resuming, ´cause I loose theconection quite a lot.Anybody know a server that support resuming?Thanks.
Re: [newbie] Stupid questions
Steven P Hull wrote: If you people would read the documentation that comes with EVERY version of LINUX you could probably answer about 90 percent of the RE-ITERATED stupid questions that get asked. Get with the program people. Look in you HOWTO's that come on the CD's. They are also installed on your hard disk if you told it to when you installed Linux. Steve Let's see, new machine, new hard drive, someone gave me this cute little CD with linux written on it and said "If you need any help a great place to look is [EMAIL PROTECTED]", and I thinks to my self "What a cool idea, thanks I'll try it." then I read something like the above and thinks to myself "What a sorry bunch of self-centered pompous $%+!@ ". Nice piece of penmanship. I wish I were perfect and knew everything about something new before I tried it, but since I'm not, thank God for the understanding people who populate this list ( OK, most of them anyway ). I certainly hope that the attached message is not what we've become. -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Download Mandra 7.0 (Air)
HI again: I´d tried both ftp servers: ftp.sunet.se/pub ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub and ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/.. ftp://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/.. . but neither support resuming, so if I stop download I loose all the file. Could you send me another servers that supports resuming. I´m using getright 4.1.1 Thanks. -Mensaje original- De: Alexander Ståhlberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Enviado el: lunes 17 de enero de 2000 15:29 Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Re: [newbie] Download Mandra 7.0 (Air) You can download Mandrake 7.0 iso from ftp.sunet.se/pub/ alex - Original Message - From: "Matos , Javier" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 3:03 PM Subject: [newbie] Download Mandra 7.0 (Air) I´m trying to download Mandrake 7.0 from the web, but all servers that i´m trying don´t support resuming. I really need a server that support resuming, ´cause I loose the conection quite a lot. Anybody know a server that support resuming? Thanks. ___
RE: [newbie] newbie@linux-mandrake.com newbie@linux-mandrake.com
I´m really sorry. I´d tried this server too and I can read in getright. "This server does not support resuming" Please. Could you mail me another Server. Thanks. -Mensaje original- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Enviado el: lunes 17 de enero de 2000 15:41 Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: [newbie] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Try ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/linux/Mandrake/iso/ The site supports resuming. I´m trying to download Mandrake 7.0 from the web, but all servers that i´m trying don´t support resuming. I really need a server that support resuming, ´cause I loose the conection quite a lot. Anybody know a server that support resuming? Thanks.
[newbie] no sndconfig?
I just installed mandrake 7 (Air) on my PC, and I can't seem to find sndconfig anywhere! I looked in /usr/sbin/ for sndconfig, and it's not there. Is there any way I can configure my sound? Jen __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
[newbie] list of Mandrake Mirrors
Hmm... I'm using Go!Zilla. Maybe that's the difference.? Here is thecomplete list of mirrors on Mandrake's web site. Africa ftp://ftp.sdn.co.za/mirrors/sunsite.uio.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake (South Africa) ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/linux/distributions/linux-mandrake (South Africa) ftp://ftp.linux.co.za/pub/distributions/mandrake (South Africa) Americas ftp://ftp.linuxberg.com/pub/distributions/Mandrake/Mandrake/ (Toronto, Canada) ftp://ftp.linux.tucows.com/pub/distributions/Mandrake/Mandrake/ ftp://linux.udec.cl/pub/linux/mandrake (Chile) [partial - no updates] ftp://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/pub/Unix/linux/mandrake/Mandrake/ (Costa Rica) ftp://200.12.227.20/pub/linux/ (Martinique) [partial] ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake (USA) (only distro) http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake (USA) ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/ (Boston, USA) ftp://server.pr.uconn.edu/pub/linux/Mandrake/ (Connecticut, USA) ftp://ftp.twoguys.org/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/ (Georgia, USA) ftp://canine.resnet.gatech.edu/pub/linux-mandrake (Georgia, USA) ftp://ftp.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/systems/linux/sunsite/distributions/mandrake/ (Illinois, USA) (only distro) ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/mandrake/ (Indiana, USA) ftp://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/linux/mandrake/ (Indiana, USA) ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu/pub/linux/mandrake (Michigan, USA) http://ftp.eecs.umich.edu/pub/linux/mandrake (Michigan, USA) ftp://mandrake.mudspace.com/pub/linux/mandrake (Michigan, USA) ++ ftp://napalm-valley.com/pub/linux/mandrake/ i(Nebraska, USA) [only ISO] ftp://phyppro1.phy.bnl.gov/pub/linux-mandrake/ (New York, USA) ftp://ftp.geo.net/pub/mandrake/ (USA) ftp://ftp.orst.edu/pub/packages/linux/mandrake/ (Oregon, USA) ftp://techhouse.brown.edu:/pub/linux/mandrake/ (Providence, RI, USA) [Partial] ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/linux/Mandrake (Tennessee, USA) ftp://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/linux/Mandrake (Utah, USA) ++ http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/linux/Mandrake/ (Utah, USA) ++ ftp://ftp.iodynamics.com/pub/mirror/Mandrake (Utah, USA) ftp://ftp.cee.odu.edu/pub/CEE/linux/mandrake (Virginia, USA) ++ ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/distributions/mandrake/ (Virginia, USA) ++ ftp://psul.campus.vt.edu/pub/mandrake/ (Virginia, USA) ftp://ftp.wtfo.com/pub/linux/mandrake/ (Washington, USA) ++ Asia/Oceania ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/linux/mandrake/ (Australia) ftp://linux.clandh.com.au/pub/mirrors/mandrake-6.1 (Hobart, Australia) ftp://linux.netfirm.net/pub/Linux/Mandrake (Hangzhou, China) ftp://ftp.wisr.eie.polyu.edu.hk/linux/mandrake/ (HongKong) ftp://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/mandrake/ (Japan) ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/Linux/packages/mandrake/ (Japan) ftp://haltek2000.telkom.net.id/pub/linux/Mandrake (Indonesia) [only updates crypto] ftp://ftp.nuri.net/pub/Linux/mandrake/ (Korea) ftp://linux.maranatha.edu/pub1/linux/mandrake (Indonesia) ftp://ftp.cbn.net.id/unix/linux/mandrake/ (Jakarta, Indonesia) [Partial] ftp://202.184.29.84/pub/linux/Mandrake (Malaysia) ftp://mdk.tmtc.edu.tw/pub/Mandrake (Taiwan) ftp://ftp.siamu.ac.th/pub/linux/Mandrake (Thailand) ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/mirrors/Mandrake/ (Thailand) Europe ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/mandrake/ (Austria) ftp://ftp.tvd.be/packages/ (Belgium) ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/mandrake/ (Belgium) ftp://ftp2.csnet.cz/pub/Linux/mandrake/ (Brno, Czech Republic) ftp://ftp2.csnet.cz/pub/Linux/mandrake-update/ [updates] (Brno, Czech Republic) ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/OS/Linux/Dist/Mandrake/ (Pragua Czech Repubic) ++ ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/OS/Linux/Dist/Mandrake/ (Pragua Czech Repubic) ++ ftp://ftp.aso.ee/pub/os/Linux/distributions/mandrake/ (Estonia) ftp://secnet.lv.parnu.ee/pub/mirrors/Mandrake/ (Estonia) [partial] ftp://ftp.clinet.fi/mirrors/ftp.linux-mandrake.com/ (Espoo, Finland) ftp://SunSITE.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE/pub/Linux/mandrake (Aachen, Germany) ftp://ftp.fh-aachen.de/pub/mirror/mandrake/ (Aachen, Germany) ftp.informatik.hu-berlin.de/pub/Linux/distributions/Mandrake (Berlin, Germany) ++ ftp://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/pub/linux/mandrake (Bayreuth, Germany) ftp://hera.osk.uni-bielefeld.de/pub/mirrors/mandrake (Bielefeld, Germany) ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/mandrake/ (Chemmitz, Germany) ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/mandrake/ (Clausthal, Germany) [anonymous] ftp://beta1.wi-inf.uni-essen.de/pub/mandrake/ (Essen, Germany) ftp://ftp.uni-mannheim.de/systems/linux/Mandrake (Mannheim, Germany) ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/unix/linux/Mandrake/Mandrake (Munchen, Germany) http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/os/unix/linux/Mandrake/ (Munchen, Germany)
Re: [newbie] Stupid questions
Good point! If I read right, the title of this list begins with the word "newbie", thus intimating a fundamental lack of knowledge of many who ask questions here. It would be hoped that a newbie list would be patient and understanding of those, who like myself, have just entered the world of Linux and are trying to grasp its operation. Reading Howto's and docs are fine, but what is often missing is a cohesive, step-by-step tutorial on how to use the operating system. Especially for users who are very new to computers, alot of hand holding is necessary. I am glad that the person who first made the impatient and frustrated response is not indicative of all on this list. After perusing it for about 10 days now, I have found that most of those who reply to questions are patient and understanding. I certainly hope that it continues as I am getting frustrated enough to try to post a question about my problem printing from Mandrake to this list. BTW, before I post it, I have read almost every Howto and have referred to several books on the subject to no avail! Just my .02! Wendell Gragg [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Joseph S. Gardner" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 7:58 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Stupid questions Steven P Hull wrote: If you people would read the documentation that comes with EVERY version of LINUX you could probably answer about 90 percent of the RE-ITERATED stupid questions that get asked. Get with the program people. Look in you HOWTO's that come on the CD's. They are also installed on your hard disk if you told it to when you installed Linux. Steve Let's see, new machine, new hard drive, someone gave me this cute little CD with linux written on it and said "If you need any help a great place to look is [EMAIL PROTECTED]", and I thinks to my self "What a cool idea, thanks I'll try it." then I read something like the above and thinks to myself "What a sorry bunch of self-centered pompous $%+!@ ". Nice piece of penmanship. I wish I were perfect and knew everything about something new before I tried it, but since I'm not, thank God for the understanding people who populate this list ( OK, most of them anyway ). I certainly hope that the attached message is not what we've become. -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Re: [newbie] netscape blackwhite]
So THAT's what it is! Thanks - I had decided to just live with it, and probably still will b/c I like 24bit color. And I know, I didn't ask the original question. Ty Original Message On 1/17/00, 6:54:23 AM, Michael Scottaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [Re: [newbie] netscape blackwhite]: Boda Zsolt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! - I installed Mandrake 7.0. It is full with bugs! My Netscape is black and white, and it is freezing sometimes. What can I do? = I'm not using 7.0, yet, but my guess is you're using a color depth of 24. Try 16 bit or 32. Mike ## Michael Scottaline Linux 2.2.13 ## Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re:[newbie] Mdk7.0 Kernel RPM files
On 1/17/00 2:01:59 PM, Damien Mc Kenna wrote: kernel kernel-fb kernel-ibcs kernel-linus kernel-secure DOH! I looked at the files I'd installed already via kpackage and found out most of them. Still, anyone know what the kernel-linus or -secure packages are? Damien Mc Kenna http://wso.net/mckenna [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 17066133 Married Jen (1998) Keene State College student, Applied Computer Science
Re: [newbie] Stupid questions
Hey! Real men don't read instructions! :-) MarkP If you people would read the documentation that comes with EVERY version of LINUX you could probably answer about 90 percent of the RE-ITERATED stupid questions that get asked. Get with the program people. Look in you HOWTO's that come on the CD's. They are also installed on your hard disk if you told it to when you installed Linux.
Re: [newbie] newbie@linux-mandrake.com newbie@linux-mandrake.com
Is there anyplace I can just spend $2 to get a copy, rather than spend a month downloading? MarkP I´m really sorry. I´d tried this server too and I can read in getright. "This server does not support resuming" Please. Could you mail me another Server. Thanks.
Re: [newbie] Stupid questions
A common newbie dilemma is "Where do I turn for help?" Instead of calling his/her question "stupid," it would be much more productive if we pointed this person in the right direction toward the answer. Another problem Where do I get help when my computer won't work? After loading Caldera Linux once Lilo was screwed up so I couldn't use either Wdoz or Linux Had to spend $50 for a call to get it up and working... MarkP
Re: [newbie] newbie@linux-mandrake.com newbie@linux-mandrake.com
If anyone is interested, send me 3 bucks for the media and postage, and I will send you what you want. Mail to the address on my still not finished site...(Pardon the shameful plug attempt) http://www.kband.net I'm not in it to make any money, but I have a cable modem, a burner, and a desire to spread the gospel of Linux!! Bryan "Mark Potochnik" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 01/17/2000 02:42:59 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject: Re: [newbie] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there anyplace I can just spend $2 to get a copy, rather than spend a month downloading? MarkP I ´m really sorry. I´d tried this server too and I can read in getright. "This server does not support resuming" Please. Could you mail me another Server. Thanks.
Re: [newbie] newbie@linux-mandrake.com newbie@linux-mandrake.com
You can also try http://www.linuxcentral.com That's where I got mine. Also ordered a cool little Tux pc badge (the little 1" brand tag on the front of most machines.) At 02:49 PM 1/17/00 -0500, you wrote: If anyone is interested, send me 3 bucks for the media and postage, and I will send you what you want. Mail to the address on my still not finished site...(Pardon the shameful plug attempt) http://www.kband.net I'm not in it to make any money, but I have a cable modem, a burner, and a desire to spread the gospel of Linux!! Bryan "Mark Potochnik" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 01/17/2000 02:42:59 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject: Re: [newbie] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there anyplace I can just spend $2 to get a copy, rather than spend a month downloading? MarkP I ´m really sorry. I´d tried this server too and I can read in getright. "This server does not support resuming" Please. Could you mail me another Server. Thanks. -Charms strike the sight but merit wins the soul
Re: [newbie] newbie@linux-mandrake.com newbie@linux-mandrake.com
Markyep, GPL discs are legally sold by a bunch of different suppliers for from less than $2 to about $6 plus shipping. The first of these suppliers I've found offering a GPL cd for Mandrake 7.0 is Circadian Software. Below is Circadian's URL: http://www.ccsoft.cc/linux/ It'll take a week or two for them to get cd's burned or pressed, so be patient. Other places to shop for Mandrake and other GPL discs are: http://www.cheapbytes.com/ (CheapBytes) http://www.linuxcentral.com/(Linux Central) http://www.LinuxMall.com/ (Linux Mall) http://www.lsl.com/ (Linux Systems Labs) Alan Mark Potochnik wrote: Is there anyplace I can just spend $2 to get a copy, rather than spend a month downloading? MarkP I´m really sorry. I´d tried this server too and I can read in getright. "This server does not support resuming" Please. Could you mail me another Server. Thanks.
Re: [newbie] Stupid questions
Well fdisk /MBR will restore your master boot record to what it was before you changed it. But it should be a last ditch effort before using it. JohnC Mark Potochnik wrote: A common newbie dilemma is "Where do I turn for help?" Instead of calling his/her question "stupid," it would be much more productive if we pointed this person in the right direction toward the answer. Another problem Where do I get help when my computer won't work? After loading Caldera Linux once Lilo was screwed up so I couldn't use either Wdoz or Linux Had to spend $50 for a call to get it up and working... MarkP
[newbie] Fips
I used fips to re-partition my hard drive for linux. I created I created a 1.5G partition and installed linux on that. I had the installation install Lilo on the MBR, but when I was done I could only boot to my linux side. In fact, I could only see the empty part of my original partition when I booted from a floppy. when I did the restorb thing everything came back to normal but now I have to start over with the installation of linux. Any ideas as to what I did wrong?
Re: [newbie] Stupid questions
Yeah, but real men don't ask for help either. Ask me ANYTHING about DOS or windows and I will probably be able to fix it, but trying to get Linux started is baffling the hell out of me. And I've been in computers since the time when: 1) You want a computer? BUILD it. 2) DOS didn't exist yet, CPM was still new 3) Teletypes were the I/O device everyone dreamed about 4) CompuServe's only competitor was The Source. Mark Potochnik wrote: Hey! Real men don't read instructions! :-) MarkP
[newbie] Web admin
How do people here set up a 'webadm' user: - add a new user who'd be given access to the httpd home. - add a group, change the httpd dir to allow users in it access? - just change permissions of the httpd home to allow an existing user access? Suggestions would be appreciated. Damien Mc Kenna http://wso.net/mckenna [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 17066133 Married Jen (1998) Keene State College student, Applied Computer Science
[newbie] Admin user/group?
I'd like to set up an admin user, with possibilities to add more admins in the future. Should I set up a separate group for them and change the file and dir permissions to eg 'admin' instead of 'root', or just add them to the 'root' usergroup? Damien Mc Kenna http://wso.net/mckenna [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 17066133 Married Jen (1998) Keene State College student, Applied Computer Science
Re: [newbie] diskdrak
There is no other rpm's working... and when I switch to gnome all the managers work correctly. BTW does anyone know how to boot to gnome from prompt? "Ty C. Mixon" wrote: Usually the 'lock' error means you have another rpm manager running. Do you have rpm running in a console? Or KDE's rpm manager? On 1/16/00, 5:28:08 PM, forest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] diskdrak: Alright, so I got the install (swear I went for the everything install here!!) and it is suposed to be the full deal. However there were some things that didn't isntall. NOW I can't get drakconf to work,a nd when I try to install it's required parts it tells me that it's can't get a lock on the data base. I figure ittt must not have installed the data base... but I don't know what that is... Maybe someone has a better idea?!?!
[newbie] Where's the list?
What happened to the newbie list? I haven't seen a posting for two weeks, and I have certainly NOT graduated from being a newbie. Somebody please update me. Thanks.
Re: [newbie] Stupid questions
Rodger Boots wrote: Yeah, but real men don't ask for help either. Ask me ANYTHING about DOS or windows and I will probably be able to fix it, but trying to get Linux started is baffling the hell out of me. And I've been in computers since the time when: 1) You want a computer? BUILD it. 2) DOS didn't exist yet, CPM was still new 3) Teletypes were the I/O device everyone dreamed about 4) CompuServe's only competitor was The Source. Mark Potochnik wrote: Hey! Real men don't read instructions! :-) MarkP Me thinks I still have an old teletype in the basement. 8-) -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Stupid questions
On Mon, 17 Jan 2000 18:03:45 + (GMT), you wrote: A common newbie dilemma is "Where do I turn for help?" Instead of calling his/her question "stupid," it would be much more productive if we pointed this person in the right direction toward the answer. Nice answer. And this has been done before, And it is not unusual to see that person get flamed for doing just what you said do. I have seen folks tell the newbies, "check the list archives", for example..."your answer is there", and then get flamed by that newbie and others for daring to tell them to check somewhere else for their answer, and not just giving them a detailed 2 page answer. Its not hard to do a search of the list archives. The suggestion for every member to do just that is right there when they sign on to the list. Also members of the list at various times are told to check certain faqs, guides, or other sources for their answer. And will then recieve a reply like, for example.."Possibly people got tired of, --, and being told to check the archives when it would be just as easy to answer the question?." And it doesnt matter how nicely the list member is told to check another source, many times, just the suggestion is taken as an insult. The result? One or more pissed off newbies and maybe an semi-expert who has helped many newbies who decides to ignore anymore requests for help from the newbie list. No...the questions themselves arent stupid, but maybe the people asking them are too lazy to try to find an answer for themselves. If a person get's annoyed by seeing a question many times, I suggest that he/she send the answer via E-mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" (http://www.mandrakeuser.org). If the question is asked again, anyone on this list can then point this person to the above site. This saves retyping an E-mail, and the "solution" is also edited by Tom Berger before he posts it to the site. BTW - http://www.mandrakeuser.org is a wonderful site for anyone running Linux Mandrake. It is a site that's specific to Linux Mandrake and designed specifically for newbies. I've used it plenty of times. best, Matt From: "Wendell E. Gragg" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Stupid questions Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 08:02:15 -0700 Good point! If I read right, the title of this list begins with the word "newbie", thus intimating a fundamental lack of knowledge of many who ask questions here. It would be hoped that a newbie list would be patient and understanding of those, who like myself, have just entered the world of Linux and are trying to grasp its operation. Reading Howto's and docs are fine, but what is often missing is a cohesive, step-by-step tutorial on how to use the operating system. Especially for users who are very new to computers, alot of hand holding is necessary. I am glad that the person who first made the impatient and frustrated response is not indicative of all on this list. After perusing it for about 10 days now, I have found that most of those who reply to questions are patient and understanding. I certainly hope that it continues as I am getting frustrated enough to try to post a question about my problem printing from Mandrake to this list. BTW, before I post it, I have read almost every Howto and have referred to several books on the subject to no avail! Just my .02! Wendell Gragg [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Joseph S. Gardner" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 7:58 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Stupid questions Steven P Hull wrote: If you people would read the documentation that comes with EVERY version of LINUX you could probably answer about 90 percent of the RE-ITERATED stupid questions that get asked. Get with the program people. Look in you HOWTO's that come on the CD's. They are also installed on your hard disk if you told it to when you installed Linux. Steve Let's see, new machine, new hard drive, someone gave me this cute little CD with linux written on it and said "If you need any help a great place to look is [EMAIL PROTECTED]", and I thinks to my self "What a cool idea, thanks I'll try it." then I read something like the above and thinks to myself "What a sorry bunch of self-centered pompous $%+!@ ". Nice piece of penmanship. I wish I were perfect and knew everything about something new before I tried it, but since I'm not, thank God for the understanding people who populate this list ( OK, most of them anyway ). I certainly hope that the attached message is not what we've become. -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Stupid questions
What is the best book out there so a newbie can look up real answers for questions MarkP
Re: [newbie] Stupid questions
Sensei at linuxnewbie.org put together a list of books that are suggested reading for newbies. Have a look see. :) Sean Mark Potochnik wrote: What is the best book out there so a newbie can look up real answers for questions MarkP __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Stupid questions
I started and still use Running Linux by O'reilly.. Mark Potochnik wrote: What is the best book out there so a newbie can look up real answers for questions MarkP
[newbie] Members list
Has anyone had bounced mail saying that you tried to unsubscribe? Maybe after you posted earlier that day? -- "I haven't lost my mind -- it's backed up on tape somewhere."
Re: [newbie] Members list
No I havent recieved any bounced mail yet. JohnC Hugh Semmler wrote: Has anyone had bounced mail saying that you tried to unsubscribe? Maybe after you posted earlier that day? -- "I haven't lost my mind -- it's backed up on tape somewhere."
[newbie]- ISA modem
To whom it may concern, I have a USR 2030, ISA PNP\USR 2030 56k modem To my knowledge an ISA modem is not a winmodem. I am having trouble setting up the modem.WhenI query the modem it is busy. I haveit on com2 which that is true. Anyideas?Letme know. Andy Foote
Re: [[newbie] netscape not working with dialup]
jfcessor wrote: Well I am using an external usr 56k. I tried changing the /dev/modem to ttys1 as suggested but that didnt seem to help, I went and looked in the resolv.conf and it is there but there isnt anything in it. What is supposed to be in there? When I was using a dsl connection through a network card the only info I input into the setup was the network info and everything worked. Do I need to input something somewhere to get a dialup connection to work? Thanks John Michael Scottaline wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was running Linux Mandrake 6.1 with a dsl connection but since have moved to a remote area and after changing my hard drive and removing the network card, I have reinstalled mandrake 6.1 but when I set the /dev/modem using modemtool and configure kppp netscape doesnt find it or something. I can use ftp and also chat programs. When I attempt to use netscape it returns an error that it cant locate etc... but watching the lights on my modem I dont believe it even tried. What button didnt I push when I should have? I am very new to Linux but really want to use it so any help would be greatly appreciated. JohnC = What kind of modem??? If it's NOT a winmodem, try using ttyS0 or ttyS1 rather than /dev/modem in kppp. Also, if you've changed providers, you might have to edit your /etc/resolv.conf with your new dns#'s. Mike ## Michael Scottaline Linux 2.2.13 ## Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. The easiest way to edit the resolv.conf file is through Linuxconf as root. You can even do this in KDE or X. It is pretty straight forward. The hardest part for me was to get the ISP to release the ###.###.###.### (IP) address for their server. Hope this helps.
Re: [newbie]- ISA modem
There are isa win modems... Andy Foote wrote: To whom it may concern,I have a USR 2030, ISA PNP\USR 2030 56k modemTo my knowledge an ISA modem is not a winmodem.I am having trouble setting up the modem. When I query the modem it is busy. I have it on com2 which that is true.Any ideas? Let me know.Andy Foote
Re: [newbie] Stupid questions
Jeff Moroski wrote: I'll agree that many of the questions asked on this list may seem trivial at times, but this is the newbie list. If you're upset by the whole thing, why not just take yourself off the list? -Original Message- From: Steven P Hull [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 10:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Stupid questions If you people would read the documentation that comes with EVERY version of LINUX you could probably answer about 90 percent of the RE-ITERATED stupid questions that get asked. Get with the program people. Look in you HOWTO's that come on the CD's. They are also installed on your hard disk if you told it to when you installed Linux. Steve Amen! jeff!!
Re: [newbie] mandrake 7
Elizabeth Dolan wrote: can any one send me a copy on cd of mandrake linux 7 as i don't have a fast enough connection to download it email me for more details if your able to help thank you usually you can get a cd from www.linuxmall.com for less than five dollars. You could also go to the library and see if they have the books and cd. If not you can always ask them to get it from their request system. you know, when they use the internet (?) to ask other libraries to share their books. It is worth a shot!
Re: [Re: [newbie] Stupid questions]
"Mark Potochnik" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the best book out there so a newbie can look up real answers for questions MarkP I like "Running Linux" by Matt Walsh (O'Reilly) for "general Linux questions. If you like using KDE, try "Practical KDE" by Dennis Powell. There are MANY others, but I have found these two easiest to follow and most useful. Mike ## Michael Scottaline Linux 2.2.13 ## Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [[newbie]- ISA modem]
"Andy Foote" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To whom it may concern, I have a USR 2030, ISA PNP\USR 2030 56k modem To my knowledge an ISA modem is not a winmodem. NOT necessarily so. Do you have jumpers?? Does the documentation mention Win 9x as a requirement?? True most aren't, but there are some ISA winmodems! I am having trouble setting up the modem. When I query the modem it is busy. I have it on com2 which that is true. Any ideas? Let me know. Andy Foote Do you have the modem set up on ttyS1 ?? That' the COM2 equivalent. Mike ## Michael Scottaline Linux 2.2.13 ## Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Wheel Mouse
Chris and Jennifer Reeder wrote: I have a Microsoft Wheel Mouse product number 83351-577- What does it take to make the wheel part of it work? Chris Reeder Moscow, Idaho __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com in 6.1 install there is a package called imwheel(?) i think. install this package.
Re: [newbie] Stupid questions
Mark Potochnik wrote: A common newbie dilemma is "Where do I turn for help?" Instead of calling his/her question "stupid," it would be much more productive if we pointed this person in the right direction toward the answer. Another problem Where do I get help when my computer won't work? After loading Caldera Linux once Lilo was screwed up so I couldn't use either Wdoz or Linux Had to spend $50 for a call to get it up and working... MarkP $50 is cheap when you deal with Bill Gates
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[newbie] Mandrake 6.1 upgrade.
I have just upgraded from 6.0 to 6.1. everything seemed to go fine except that after configuring my videocard monitor, I get just a blank black bar in place of text in kde. I've played around with various configurations, but no improvement. My card is a SiS 5537/5538. Assistance would be appreciated. John.
[newbie] (no subject)
Does the new Mandrake 7 fully support the Creative Labs Soundblaster Live sound card, as well as the ATI All in Wonder 128 16M Agp video card ? If so, please send me info on this.
Re: [Re: [[newbie] netscape not working with dialup]]
Ivan Trail [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: jfcessor wrote: Well I am using an external usr 56k. I tried changing the /dev/modem to ttys1 as suggested but that didnt seem to help, I went and looked in the resolv.conf and it is there but there isnt anything in it. What is supposed to be in there? When I was using a dsl connection through a network card the only info I input into the setup was the network info and everything worked. Do I need to input something somewhere to get a dialup connection to work? Thanks John Michael Scottaline wrote: snip = What kind of modem??? If it's NOT a winmodem, try using ttyS0 or ttyS1 rather than /dev/modem in kppp. Also, if you've changed providers, you might have to edit your /etc/resolv.conf with your new dns#'s. Mike ## Michael Scottaline Linux 2.2.13 ## Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. The easiest way to edit the resolv.conf file is through Linuxconf as root. You can even do this in KDE or X. It is pretty straight forward. The hardest part for me was to get the ISP to release the ###.###.###.### (IP) address for their server. Hope this helps. Since you're using an external modem, try ttyS0. Frequently those serial ports are COM1 (in Winland). Mike Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
[newbie] Modem Question!?
Ok, I'm seriously getting pissed that neither my ISA winmodem or my PCI modem will work in Linux. I'm taking back the PCI modem tommorow I need to know EXACTLY what to get, Thanks in advance guys JON
[newbie] IP Masq and DNS
Hi all, IP Masq is configured and working. (KINDA) The computers on the internal network can ping IP addresses but not URL's, The Linux box is set as the gateway for the rest of the network and can ping both ways, so I am thinking that I am missing reverse DNS from the linux box into the internal network, or somehow that the Linux box is not converting the nameserver information for the internal network. Any ideas? I could really use the help,. Sean Also why is the list continually un-subscribibg me? I swear I re-subscribe daily. __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie]- ISA modem
There are isa win modems... there might be isa winmodems but the 33.6 version of my modem is on a list of compatable modems with linux.i have the 56 onewhen i querry the modem it just says its busyis that what winmodems do?
RE: [newbie] Welcome to list newbie
I'm wondering if I'm the only one repeatedly receiving a message welcoming me to "the Cooker list."? This has been going on for a few weeks now! Rick Friedman Salant Corp. - MIS 800-472-8013 x75105 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] *BIG* uhoh...need help please!!
Hello all! I need some bigtime help...here's the deal: I was using partition magic to install mandrake 7.0. I had set up a 800 meg root partition, a 100 meg swap, and a 50 meg boot. However, b/c my boot partition was past the 1024'th cylinder, the install program told me I couldn't use it. Not thinking, I used the partitioning program to erase the /boot partition and resize the swap partition instead of using partition magic. Realizing my error, I decided to just fdisk everything and start over fresh (I had wanted to format my computer for a while anyways.) BUT, I can't delete the extended non-dos partition (the linux one.) fdisk says there are logical drives in the partition, so it can't delete it. however, upon closer review it says there aren't any drives in the partition! and doing delete non-dos partition doesn't work either, since fdisk doesn't think it is a non-dos partition...argh. Desperate, I tried to use the PM rescue disc, but all it did was tell me I have overlapping partitions. so next, I used fips from DOS on the linux CD...nope. errors in the partition table, abnormal exit. getting frantic, I've now tried to load up linux and use disk druid, but I can't get it to boot off the CD...the boot fails. Does anyone have any suggestions? please? I'm getting desperate here! (oh, and the autoboot off the CD won't help either b/c I have a UDMA66 drive, and autoboot puts me right into the install program (no chance for me to type in the ide0=a, b+2 stuff.) HELP! Dave
[newbie] Re: *BIG* uhoh...need help please!!
update: I managed to get into the install (using old media...6.1 I believe). disk druid won't run b/c of error in the partition table. however, I got fdisk to run from the install...this is what I got: Warning: partition 5 overlaps partition 6. Logical partition 5 not entirely in partition 2. Logical partition 6 not entirely in partition 2. 16016927 unallocated sectors. fdisk (from win98 boot disk) will not delete the linux partition, b/c it says it had logical drives (but won't list any). Mandrake 6.1's disk druid says there is an error in the partition table, and quits. And I have fdisk /MBR'ed... Any help? Please Dave
Re: [newbie] Lnx4win
Yes I am running it currently. Remember you don't partition your harddrive for Linux it will be an image on the dos partition. Next make a dos directory named lnx4win. Copy the lnx4win directory from your cd to the dos directory. From windows 'Run' option execute the install script and setup script. I had problems with the scripts and had to issue the executables from the scripts manually. There is a readme on the cd that may help. So far I have been pleased with the results. Hope this helps. John L Has anyone installed Lnx4win? Would disableing "fast shut down" in msconfig help? Looking for any help. sean --- sean F [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Have been trying to install lnx4win, from the new 7.0 release, tonight on another puter, I have been having problems with actually getting to the graphical install. I did see the graphical install but did not have enough room so I uninstalled, and ended up back to the RH 1.1 install where it fails at mounting cdrom...I don't know what I did to get the graphical as I have been trying to get it installed for about 3Hrs now, or about 10-11 attempts, seems that after the install.bat your move to the "installed" lnx4win folder and run setup.bat, I thinks at that point loadlin is supposed to take over but my puter reboots.Any ideas? sean __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
[newbie] Re: *BIG* uhoh...need help please!! (fwd)
Heya First, sorry for the spam...I was tired and sort of flipped. Second, in case I recieve any replies after I send this message, thanks for your help=) Third, I got it! If you are wondering how, apparently the only way to fix it is to use the more advanced fdisk available from the install program instead of the one from DOS thanks again and sorry for the spam (and if anyone says you could have just checked the web...well the only inet access I have is a dialup connection w/pine only..no lynx;)) -Dave
[newbie] StarOffice Installation
Otay, I D/L'd the tarball and finally got the darned thing unzipped, printed out the readme file and surprise, surprise, surprise I don't have a clue WHERE I'm supposed to install this thing. The plan is to do a network install and then do the required workstation installs. Do I simply copy the tarball to a /tmp directory, "untar" it and run the install from the sub-folder that it creates or is this supposed to be placed in a particular directory. This would be the first application software I'll have installed like this and it has me concerned that it has such poor information included. Perhaps this is obvious to a seasoned user but to the newbie it makes NO sense at all. What then do I do with the /tmp files?? I suppose it would make sense to keep the tarball in a separate safe folder but I don't know what to do with the untared files. I am currently using LM 6.1 and am also wondering about the references to Glibc2 (?) do I need to install them ( I know follow the instructions but it would be nice to have someone confirm my results.) Thanks Joe Gardner
Re: [newbie] Stupid questions
I bought the "Red Hat Linux Bible" by Christopher Negrus at my local bookstore. It's geared more to RH than Mandrake. But, what I have read seems to be promising. It's an easy read. There is also "Linux for Dummies" out there. Haven't bought that one. On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Mark Potochnik wrote: What is the best book out there so a newbie can look up real answers for questions MarkP
[newbie] installation stops
I'm installing linux/mandrake on a Compaq Pentium LTE 5250, and the installation process stops dead after all the packages have been installed and the install program has probed for a mouse. The machine locks up at this point. Is this normal? What to do? Thanks.
[newbie] Modem Question!?
Ok, I'm seriously getting pissed that neither my ISA winmodem or my PCI modem will work in Linux. I'm taking back the PCI modem tommorow I need to know EXACTLY what to get, Thanks in advance guys JON
Re: [newbie] *BIG* uhoh...need help please!!
didn't it come with a boot disk so you could use disk druid?
Re: [newbie] Modem Question!?
Jon Schwartze wrote: Ok, I'm seriously getting pissed that neither my ISA winmodem or my PCI modem will work in Linux. I'm taking back the PCI modem tommorow I need to know EXACTLY what to get, Thanks in advance guys JON If my reply to your 1st question didn't help, people swear by 3com/U.S. Robotics *external* modems. You should be able to get the ISA one going though. Here's a link to the latest Modem HOWTO: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html -- Full plate packing steel! - Minsk
Re: [newbie] Modem Question!?
jon check this page out. http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/2115a.html it gives you a big list of modems that are win and that are ok in linux
[newbie] ICQ question.
Hi, I installed Linux-Mandrake 6.1 about a week ago. All went well and I am just about to try to make Linux the default OS on here. Had a look around for a Linux ICQ program and found KXicq-0.3.1.tgz . I can't get it to install. Error message after ./configure is: 'configure: error: instalation or configure problem: C++ compiler cannot create executables' . I get the feeling there is something basic I am not clueing into here. OTOH, is there another ICQ program I should be looking at? Thanks in advance for any insight on this one. Rolf. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [[newbie]- ISA modem]
Andy, Modems can be a pain to set up with Linux. Software driven WinModems for sure do not work. At least not yet. Your best bet for an internal modem is to find an ISA modem with jumpers so you can change the IRQs and COM ports with ease. Here is a Web Site that has a Linux/Modem compatibility knowledge base http://www.kc.net/~gromitkc/2115a.html I usually configure the modem setting the jumpers and then I use a basic DOS boot disk with a copy of Modem Doctor on it. Modem Doctor will find installed modems and give you a report on IRQ and COM port settings. If Modem Doctor can see it, you will be able to get it working under Linux. You can get a copy of Modem Doctor at http://www.modemdoctor.com/index.htm I have used the technique a number of times and it always works. Do not get frustrated as you will get something to work eventually. That is part of the excitement of using Linux, I guess you could call it sweat equity. Steve Michael Scottaline wrote: "Andy Foote" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To whom it may concern, I have a USR 2030, ISA PNP\USR 2030 56k modem To my knowledge an ISA modem is not a winmodem. NOT necessarily so. Do you have jumpers?? Does the documentation mention Win 9x as a requirement?? True most aren't, but there are some ISA winmodems! I am having trouble setting up the modem. When I query the modem it is busy. I have it on com2 which that is true. Any ideas? Let me know. Andy Foote Do you have the modem set up on ttyS1 ?? That' the COM2 equivalent. Mike ## Michael Scottaline Linux 2.2.13 ## Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Stupid questions
"Ty C. Mixon" wrote: Now for my stupid question, and I should know the answer but . . . I've got a tar file, and I've tried using 'tar -x filename to untar it, but it ain't working. It was originally a tar.bz, and bunzip2 brought out the tar fine. I'm trying to install jre, but can't get it, even though I did it on 6.0 a few months back, but later took it off. Any how I'm stuck. I like midnight commander for working with tarballs etc "mc" at the command prompt. Highlight your file F2 then "x" to extract them "man tar" offers a wealth of imformation... IIRC tar -xzf is the usual command -- Full plate packing steel! - Minsk
Re: [newbie] Modem Question!?
http://www.o2.net/%7Egromitkc/winmodem.html Or http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/modems/winm.html Or this http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/modems/index.html, Don't know what else to tell you. Sean --- Jon Schwartze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, I'm seriously getting pissed that neither my ISA winmodem or my PCI modem will work in Linux. I'm taking back the PCI modem tommorow I need to know EXACTLY what to get, Thanks in advance guys JON __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] StarOffice Installation
You are right on track, just "tar -xvzf so51a_lnxfoo.foo.tar" then cd to the directory it creates and, I forgot, but the documentation is good and the install is painless, does it all for you. Best of luck. Here's this.. same as I was saying, including the part I forgot ;) http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/software/staroffice.html Sean --- "Joseph S. Gardner" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Otay, I D/L'd the tarball and finally got the darned thing unzipped, printed out the readme file and surprise, surprise, surprise I don't have a clue WHERE I'm supposed to install this thing. The plan is to do a network install and then do the required workstation installs. Do I simply copy the tarball to a /tmp directory, "untar" it and run the install from the sub-folder that it creates or is this supposed to be placed in a particular directory. This would be the first application software I'll have installed like this and it has me concerned that it has such poor information included. Perhaps this is obvious to a seasoned user but to the newbie it makes NO sense at all. What then do I do with the /tmp files?? I suppose it would make sense to keep the tarball in a separate safe folder but I don't know what to do with the untared files. I am currently using LM 6.1 and am also wondering about the references to Glibc2 (?) do I need to install them ( I know follow the instructions but it would be nice to have someone confirm my results.) Thanks Joe Gardner __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Modem Question!?
No. that didnt work, I had already tried that before your post. but thanks anyways! See I think I should get an ISA modem that uses Jumper cables...so the computer actually treats it like an external serial modem...what do you all think?? JON Warren Doney wrote: Jon Schwartze wrote: Ok, I'm seriously getting pissed that neither my ISA winmodem or my PCI modem will work in Linux. I'm taking back the PCI modem tommorow I need to know EXACTLY what to get, Thanks in advance guys JON If my reply to your 1st question didn't help, people swear by 3com/U.S. Robotics *external* modems. You should be able to get the ISA one going though. Here's a link to the latest Modem HOWTO: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html -- Full plate packing steel! - Minsk
Re: [newbie] ICQ question.
Try Freshmeat.net and use the search feature there are plenty of options. Derrick - Original Message - From: Rolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 11:04 AM Subject: [newbie] ICQ question. Hi, I installed Linux-Mandrake 6.1 about a week ago. All went well and I am just about to try to make Linux the default OS on here. Had a look around for a Linux ICQ program and found KXicq-0.3.1.tgz . I can't get it to install. Error message after ./configure is: 'configure: error: instalation or configure problem: C++ compiler cannot create executables' .. I get the feeling there is something basic I am not clueing into here. OTOH, is there another ICQ program I should be looking at? Thanks in advance for any insight on this one. Rolf. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [[newbie] no sndconfig?]
At 14:04 17/01/00 -0500, you wrote: Jennifer Villafranca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just installed mandrake 7 (Air) on my PC, and I can't seem to find sndconfig anywhere! I looked in /usr/sbin/ for sndconfig, and it's not there. Is there any way I can configure my sound? Jen From a console try whereis sndconfig w/o the quotes, of course. If for some reason it's not installed, look on the CD. Mike ## Michael Scottaline Linux 2.2.13 ## My son found he had to run soundconfig w/o quotes ( not sndconfig )which then starts lothar. HTH. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. Dennis Robertson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/2 Sylvia Street Noosaville QLD 4566 Australia PH/FAX: 61 7 5474 2343 - Phone before sending fax.
Re: [newbie] IP Masq and DNS
Make sure you give the machines on the internal network were to point for dns, and default gateway./ Derrick - Original Message - From: sean [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 6:26 PM Subject: [newbie] IP Masq and DNS Hi all, IP Masq is configured and working. (KINDA) The computers on the internal network can ping IP addresses but not URL's, The Linux box is set as the gateway for the rest of the network and can ping both ways, so I am thinking that I am missing reverse DNS from the linux box into the internal network, or somehow that the Linux box is not converting the nameserver information for the internal network. Any ideas? I could really use the help,. Sean Also why is the list continually un-subscribibg me? I swear I re-subscribe daily. __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
[newbie] Time and Date format in K-mail
Anyone else out there using K-mail... Have you noticed that when it displays the time that a message was written, it leaves it in a format that looks like -700 or -300, etc. This makes it real difficult to tell which messages came in first, the ones at the top of the list, or the ones at the bottom. Is there a way to deal with this? Chris Reeder
Re: [newbie] IP Masq and DNS
That is set in /etc/resolv.conf and rechecked /etc/hosts. The Internal network uses the same DNS nameservers as the linux box and the defualt gateway for the Internal boxes is IP of eth1 which is 192.168.1.1, the internal network is 192.168.1.x, so I don't know why DNS is not working. sean --- Derrick Judge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Make sure you give the machines on the internal network were to point for dns, and default gateway./ Derrick - Original Message - From: sean [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 6:26 PM Subject: [newbie] IP Masq and DNS Hi all, IP Masq is configured and working. (KINDA) The computers on the internal network can ping IP addresses but not URL's, The Linux box is set as the gateway for the rest of the network and can ping both ways, so I am thinking that I am missing reverse DNS from the linux box into the internal network, or somehow that the Linux box is not converting the nameserver information for the internal network. Any ideas? I could really use the help,. Sean Also why is the list continually un-subscribibg me? I swear I re-subscribe daily. __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
