[newbie] netscape startup??
Does anyone know how to get the following file: file:/usr/doc/HTML/index.html to stop being displayed everytime netscape is started up?? I have the "browser start with blank page" option selected but i still get the mandrake html page (file:/usr/doc/HTML/index.html) when i start netscape. Any help would be appreciated =) thanks
[newbie] Wishful thinking is only good when it works!
I WANT IT! I got dosutils copied and organized the files in the right directories, but the total file sizes for them is just over 4.7MB I should have guessed and NOW I can GUESS it's CDRW Time!!! Thanks for the ear. Rich
Re: [newbie] netscape startup??
Try quitting the browser and MOVING the file from it's current location to another directory or if your in windows, quit Netscape, apply the ever popular "CTRL\ALT\DELETE" syndrome and select Netscape from the task list and END TASK. Then restart Netscape. * What I want to know is: HOW can I boot Linux form a floppy ONLY? (not form a combo fd + cd boot - I downloaded the whole 7.0 directory structure including dosutils. But, DOSUTILS is 4710kb... I'm goin'g crazy here!!! I don't have a CD burner ( CDR or CDRW) I guess I'm going to have to BORROW one??? It's a drag! R - Original Message - From: "Bobby Welch" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 3:03 AM Subject: [newbie] netscape startup?? Does anyone know how to get the following file: file:/usr/doc/HTML/index.html to stop being displayed everytime netscape is started up?? I have the "browser start with blank page" option selected but i still get the mandrake html page (file:/usr/doc/HTML/index.html) when i start netscape. Any help would be appreciated =) thanks
[newbie] Linux Mandrake 6.1 Installation
Hi folks: I am trying to install Linux-mandrake 6.1. I am using linux boot disk. After entering the key board entry as us, I come to the intallation screen where I am asked which media am I going to use for installation. The options listed are: 1. NFS image 2. FTP 3. HTTP But my installation media is the CD-ROM. I was expecting one of the options as Local CD-ROM.I am not using any PC cards and have no PCMIA sockets. What should I do? -Vishal. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] ISDN card
DrakConf is the new desktop configuration panel which enables users to easily configure and modify hardware devices such as video cards, keyboard, mouse and even USB devices. very funny... I HAVE DrakConf on my desktop, but when I click it, NOTHING happens!!! Any idea?? * * MERCATOR GmbH * * Your Presence Provider * * http://mercator.net * * e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * *
Re: [newbie] URGENT! Windows partion has gone! (fwd)
If you insist on BootMagic, then boot your PC using the BootMagic rescue disk. Restore BootMagic and all is well! (If you didn't create a BootMagic rescue disk, then use the boot disk that I instructed you to create in a previous E-mail and boot your PC with it. Next, change to the BootMagic directory on your Windows partition. Finally run the BootMagic executable file. Once the BootMagic program is loaded, enable the option to load the BootMagic IPL code to the MBR.) I DID.. AND...IT WORKED !!! Hey folks,.. I am back to my Windows and I have my C: drive in place again.. Hopefully for ever, because I have NOT yet rebooted my PC thank you all for your help !!! Great mailing list here!! marc * * MERCATOR GmbH * * Your Presence Provider * *http://mercator.net * * e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * *
Re: [newbie] Cool email client
I think that was the KDE Konqueror which will be realeased with KDE 2.0 Jeanette At 10:45 PM 1/31/2000 -0500, you wrote: A few months back someone posted a url to a new cool email client that was due to be released in Dec 99 as I remember. I cannot seem to find the message in the archives. This program seemed to be as elegant as Emailer and full featured as Outlook Express on the Mac, and was supposed to be able to archive messages among other things. Anyone have an idea what I am talking about and the url? Thanks much. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D. .~. /V\ //.\\ /( )\ ^^-^^
[newbie] Sound module error
Hello, Still configuring (or trying to configure :-) ) my hardware in linux, i walk against another wall (why don't i buy normal hardware). I have to configure my sound card manually, and I think I am not far from the point of when it will work. But I can't load the sound module when I try to install/start it in the console, and a warning like 'device is busy' or something is given. I think it has to do with the following. During startup of Linux I get between all the beautifull [OK]'s still one [FAILED] that has to do with the sound module. And I want to get rid of it :-)). It just messes my screen and might hold me from configuring my sound card properly. Does someone know how remove the following message (not just by turning off my screen)? : Loading module sound can't lokate module sound [FAILED] I think I have to prevent that it tries to load the module sound, in the current configuration. If anyone can help, I'd be thankfull. Tnx in advantage Jacob alias BillyNoel __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Mandrake7
We are seeing some stories, here in the UK, that Mandrake7 will not be released commercially as there are too many bugs. I hit problems with the X config when I tried an install. This was on a machine that I've already used with 5 different distros - I did do a clean install. I had the following error message : XFree86-rpm not found. I put it down to a bad CD and am about to try a different source. Regards John the Nadger http://go.to/mklinux www.nadger.co.uk
Re: [newbie] Mandrake7
For what its worth, I have a machine at work that was running 6.1 which I upgraded to 7.0 with few minor problems. However, I tried multiple clean installs of 7.0 on my box at home, and had various problems which left me dead in the water (squid, ip forwarding, etc) as a proxy server. To be honest, most of these were probably configuration problems caused by yours truly. I like to think I can work out most problems with the help of you guys and gals, but I decided to stick with 6.1 at home. My .02 Bryan bluebottle [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 02/01/2000 08:20:22 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject: [newbie] Mandrake7 We are seeing some stories, here in the UK, that Mandrake7 will not be released commercially as there are too many bugs. I hit problems with the X config when I tried an install. This was on a machine that I've already used with 5 different distros - I did do a clean install. I had the following error message : XFree86-rpm not found. I put it down to a bad CD and am about to try a different source. Regards John the Nadger http://go.to/mklinux www.nadger.co.uk
[newbie] ref. Windows partition has gone....
so, I managed (with your help) to start Windows now. I used the Partiton Manager and made the MBR of the D: bootable and not the C: one (which was actually my old D:). Now, windows is booting, BUT there is still an error before booting, saying something like "no boot partition found" or so... then there are some dots and then it boots... would be great if I could delete also this one and then... maybe delete also Linux on this pc and install ONLY Linux at another.. I CAN just delete the Linux partition, right?! thanks, marc * * MERCATOR GmbH * * Your Presence Provider * *http://mercator.net * * e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * *
RE: [newbie] graphics (erratta) 3d accelleration
As far as the Xwindows goes I'm fine at 1024x768x32. However what I'm looking for is hardware or openGL accelleration for Quake2. Again the card is a Stealth III extreme (Savage4 chip)
Re: [newbie] I Really like the concepts behind LINUX!
Turn off HTML. To get a Linux floppy go to the following URL: http://www.toms.net/rb/ HTH, Mat From: "Richard Quirk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] I Really like the concepts behind LINUX! Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 02:12:06 -0500 Hello! I'm trying to figure out HOW to boot from a FLOPPY ALONE. I'm in the process of checking file sizes to see if "DOSUTILS" will fit on a floppy and then try to boot to the HD in DOS mode. WILL IT WORK??? I HOPE so. I'm so sick of WINDOWS!!! Can you maybe please forward this to someone who knows?...and Please put me on your Mailing List or I guess I'll just do that at the subscription site... I just know I'm going to have to burn a CD. My friend has one - that's a last resort however, because I'm anxious to check it out! Thanks, Rich Quirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake 6.1 Installation
1) Keep the CD in the CD-ROM 2) Go into your BIOS and temporarily change the boot device to your CD-ROM 3) Reboot your PC 4) The Linux installation should boot off your CD 5) After installation, you can change the boot device to the original settings HTH, Matt From: "vishal bansal" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Linux Mandrake 6.1 Installation Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 01:09:16 PST Hi folks: I am trying to install Linux-mandrake 6.1. I am using linux boot disk. After entering the key board entry as us, I come to the intallation screen where I am asked which media am I going to use for installation. The options listed are: 1. NFS image 2. FTP 3. HTTP But my installation media is the CD-ROM. I was expecting one of the options as Local CD-ROM.I am not using any PC cards and have no PCMIA sockets. What should I do? -Vishal. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] MDK 7.0-Do you like it?
I am debating over whether to download MDK 7.0. MDK 6.1 is working fine for me. I have sound, graphics, printing, and the Ultra66 Controller working fine on my MDK 6.1 system. Please give me your comments on MDK 7.0 (I want the "good" along with the "bad") Thanks all, Matt __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake 6.1 Installation
This is happening because you used the "bootnet.img" to make a boot floppy instead of the "boot.img". But the solution of booting directly from CD by changing the BIOS settings is the best. |---| Stylianos Koutrakis Department of Geophysics School of Geology Aristotelio University of Thessaloniki 540 06 Thessaloniki Makedonia, Greece --- E-MAIL : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone : +30 31 998536 FAX : +30 31 998528 |---| On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, M Thompson wrote: 1) Keep the CD in the CD-ROM 2) Go into your BIOS and temporarily change the boot device to your CD-ROM 3) Reboot your PC 4) The Linux installation should boot off your CD 5) After installation, you can change the boot device to the original settings HTH, Matt From: "vishal bansal" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Linux Mandrake 6.1 Installation Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 01:09:16 PST Hi folks: I am trying to install Linux-mandrake 6.1. I am using linux boot disk. After entering the key board entry as us, I come to the intallation screen where I am asked which media am I going to use for installation. The options listed are: 1. NFS image 2. FTP 3. HTTP But my installation media is the CD-ROM. I was expecting one of the options as Local CD-ROM.I am not using any PC cards and have no PCMIA sockets. What should I do? -Vishal. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] URGENT! Windows partion has gone! (fwd)
I'm curious...did you use the 1) BootMagic rescue disk or 2) Have to make your own boot disk and then run the BootMagic program from the HD? yep, I made an own "rescue" disk and run BootMagic from the HD, but I did actually the changes NOT with BootMagic (this didn`t work well under Dos...), but I ran the Partition Manager and changed everything with this marc * * MERCATOR GmbH * * Your Presence Provider * *http://mercator.net * * e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * *
[newbie] Anyone local? CA
Any local users in the South Orange County area? I'd like to meet other "Enthusiasts" and share information, ideas, and insights. BTW If anyone needs help with a SB Live setup in Mandrake 7 (Air) let me know. I was successful!
[newbie] OT Starting LUG for mandrake
I was thinking that maybe if enough people lived close enough to each other we could start ( Linux users groups ) It might be worth while and even fun. Any thoughts -- QOTD: I'm not a nerd -- I'm "socially challenged".
[newbie] HELP needed: MDK 7 installation problem
greetings, I have finally decided to upgrade/install Mandrake 7 over my existing, and highly customized, mandrake 6.1. Unfortunally it didn't go well at all. First, I tried the "upgrade" option and had many programs not working. Even tcsh doesn't start at all because it isn't loading its default setting. The upgrade option also didn't remove the old rpms completely, thus wastes a lot of disk space. So I decided to do a fresh install. I downloaded the ISO image and burned it to a CD. However, not matter what install option I tried (from CD, boot from floppy and install from HD, normal/expert mode), I always ended up with the same problem. The problem is, right after the partition is formatted and it tries to determine what RPMs are available, the installation process halts with the following message: "An error occurred: Unable to open /mnt/var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm" After I press OK, another error message appears: "An error occurred: rebuilding of rpm database failed: failed to open /mnt/var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm" the normal alt-f1 trick doesn't work, so I can't go to the prompt to see what's going on. Is this a common problem? How to fix it? Did I get a bad ISO image (I downloaded it the 2nd day MDK 7 was announced). any help is very much appreciated, Elvis
Re: [newbie] file permissions and pppd
Bobby Welch wrote: Hello, I would like for a user to be able to use the /usr/sbin/pppd command .. this is so that the user can connect to the internet via a modem using custum scripts. Now .. when i am logged in as user and I issue the command ./usr/sbin/pppd i get the following error: ./pppd: must be root to run ./pppd, since it is not setuid-root. Now, i have tried giving the user permission to execute the pppd command using chmod 555 .. but I can still not execute the command as the user. I Hi Bobby, so far I understand it,pppd must have root permissions when it is running. So the "s" permission for pppd should be set. Im not an expert,please look at http://www.mandrakeuser.org,they have detailled instructions,how to do this. Regards, Peter -- My humble homepage -- under construction http://home.arcor-online.de/peter.heckert
Re: [newbie] netscape startup??
Bobby Welch wrote: Does anyone know how to get the following file: file:/usr/doc/HTML/index.html to stop being displayed everytime netscape is started up?? I have the "browser start with blank page" option selected but i still get the mandrake html page (file:/usr/doc/HTML/index.html) when i start netscape. Any help would Hi Bobby, Edit (as root) /usr/bin/netscape. Locate the lines: # set up home page HOMEPAGE=/usr/doc/HTML/index.html if [ -f $pref ]; then if grep -q "browser.startup.homepage\"" \ $pref /dev/null; then HOMEPAGE="" fi fi Replace /usr/doc/HTML/index.html by "" . This should do it as a quick hack. HTH Peter -- My humble homepage -- under construction http://home.arcor-online.de/peter.heckert
[newbie] screen blanking in X?
I'm not really sure what happened to make it stop screen blanking in X. It just stopped doing it after I upgraded to 3.3.6 of XFree. If someone could be so kind as to point out the method to get X screen blanking automagically again, I'd appreciate it. TIA ++ | d a v i d @ m i h m reality.sys corrupt! | | dmihm @ rchitecture.comreboot universe(y,n)? | | dmihm @ swbell.net | | webmaster @ afterstep.org ICQ:906859 | | ftpmaster @ afterstep.orgwww.rchitecture.com | ++
Re: [newbie] OT Starting LUG for mandrake
John Aldrich wrote: On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, you wrote: I was thinking that maybe if enough people lived close enough to each other we could start ( Linux users groups ) It might be worth while and even fun. Any thoughts Well, we've already got on in the Chattanooga, TN area... two in fact www.calug.org and www.chugalug.org. The second is sort of an excuse for a bunch of geeks to get together to drink beer, though... ;-) John And I'll bet you never miss a meeting evil grin -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux is like a wigwam... No windows, no gates. Apache inside
Re: [newbie] OT Starting LUG for mandrake
How about in Los Angeles? Where can I find info on "LUG's" in my area? TIA Sean "Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: John Aldrich wrote: On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, you wrote: I was thinking that maybe if enough people lived close enough to each other we could start ( Linux users groups ) It might be worth while and even fun. Any thoughts Well, we've already got on in the Chattanooga, TN area... two in fact www.calug.org and www.chugalug.org. The second is sort of an excuse for a bunch of geeks to get together to drink beer, though... ;-) John And I'll bet you never miss a meeting evil grin -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux is like a wigwam... No windows, no gates. Apache inside __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Installing licq or kxicq
I'd suggest you to install the libstdc++ package that stands on the mandrake CD. It's easier to install as it is an rpm package. When you're done with that, if you still missing other packages, you should also find them on the mabdrake CD. I installed licq without having to download anything. Britt Selvitelle wrote : Hey, I am new to this list, and I have a few installation questions some of you might be able to help me with. I just installed Mandrake7, and I am trying to install kxicq or licq. I unarchived the licq files and when I do a ./configure I get the following: configure: error: You need to have the libstdc++ headers installed So I downloaded the libstdc++ libraries but got an error when compiling those as well (I can include that if needed). Now when installing kxicq it runs the ./configure fine but when I do a make, I get the following: ../../kxicq/kconfigdlg/kconfigitem.h:34: iostream.h: No such file or directory mmake[3]: *** [kxrc.lo] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/kxicq-01112000/plugins/russianConverter' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/kxicq-01112000/plugins' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/kxicq-01112000' make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2 Anyone know what the problem is? Am I doing something wrong in compiling them (since I am relatively new to linux)? Thanks for the help in advance. Britt
Re: [newbie] HELP needed: MDK 7 installation problem
I can help you at least with one of your problems : To switch on another console during the installation, as it is a graphical interface, you have to press ctrl+alt+F1 instead of just alt+F1 Elvis Chen wrote : greetings, I have finally decided to upgrade/install Mandrake 7 over my existing, and highly customized, mandrake 6.1. Unfortunally it didn't go well at all. First, I tried the "upgrade" option and had many programs not working. Even tcsh doesn't start at all because it isn't loading its default setting. The upgrade option also didn't remove the old rpms completely, thus wastes a lot of disk space. So I decided to do a fresh install. I downloaded the ISO image and burned it to a CD. However, not matter what install option I tried (from CD, boot from floppy and install from HD, normal/expert mode), I always ended up with the same problem. The problem is, right after the partition is formatted and it tries to determine what RPMs are available, the installation process halts with the following message: "An error occurred: Unable to open /mnt/var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm" After I press OK, another error message appears: "An error occurred: rebuilding of rpm database failed: failed to open /mnt/var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm" the normal alt-f1 trick doesn't work, so I can't go to the prompt to see what's going on. Is this a common problem? How to fix it? Did I get a bad ISO image (I downloaded it the 2nd day MDK 7 was announced). any help is very much appreciated, Elvis
[newbie] HP Deskjet 722C
I am having trouble setting up my Hewlett Packard DeskJet 722C printer on Mandrake 7.0. I go into DrakConf, Printer Configuration, Local, and then it sees it on lp0, but from there I do not know what to do. I have tried all of the different deskjet printers that are listed but none of them work. Where do I get the right driver to make this thing work, and how do I install the driver. Any help would be highly appreciated. Brett W. Wolfson ___ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freeworld.excite.com
RE: [newbie] DHCP...
I checked...nothing good (So far as I could tell briefly) on LAN connects...just PPP. -Dave -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 2:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] DHCP... On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, you wrote: Hey all, Well after Partition Magic caused me to lose my HD a third time, I decided that I was going to partition and be done with it...so I partitioned normally and installed and am running happily. BUT, I can't for the life of me get my internet connection up! Under windows I use DHCP, but selecting "use dhcp" in the network config in linux doesn't work...Can anyone point me to a good faq (no, the user guide doesn't help.) that goes over how to set up linux to work on a LAN using DHCP please? Or maybe just even tell me the steps necessary to get the internet up please? BTW, you might want to take a gander at http://www.mandrakeuser.org
Re: [newbie] MDK 7.0-Do you like it?
It seems that during the install of LM 7.0 or the the first time I booted, the system recognized I had a CD-RW. So it must have set up the CD-RW on "/dev/scd0". Try "cdrecord -scanbus". That should show that the systems sees your CD burner. If that works, edit "/etc/fstab" and look for the line for your CD drive. Change it so that the part where it says "dev=/dev/cdrom" reads "dev=/dev/scd0". Try and read a disk, you may have to umount the device by hand first. I don't know why this works. I got errors when I tried to mount "/dev/hdc" which I think should have worked since that is where the kernel identifies it as being at start up. You may also have to setup SCSI emulation by hand, neither the install nor the start up procedure told me it did. If it means anything I was installing over not upgrading a working LM 6.1 installation. Richard On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, Steve Wright wrote: On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, Richard Yevchak wrote: LM 7.0 for the most part works fine for me although, at first I had some super mount problems with my CD-RW. I seem to have this problem too. Can you explain how you overcame it please :) Regards Steve Wright
[newbie] HTML
A few have commented on me loosing the html. How do I do this and what will it acheive as far as appearence
[newbie] modem and sound card problems
My problem is two-fold. First, I installed MD 6.1 and every time time configure my modem, it tells me it's busy. I tried other ports and even under /dev/modem and I get either busy or That it can't recognize it. I have a Rockwell HCF 56K voice/data/fax modem. Please help. My second problem is that I have a Sound Blaster sound card that's integrated onto my motherboard (It's a Gateway) and appears to recognize it (SB1371) But I can't get any sound to come out. Once again, please help. Troy Weir weirhere@ flash.net
Re: [newbie] OT Starting LUG for mandrake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anyone in Alabama? On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, you wrote: On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, you wrote: I was thinking that maybe if enough people lived close enough to each other we could start ( Linux users groups ) It might be worth while and even fun. Any thoughts Well, we've already got on in the Chattanooga, TN area... two in fact www.calug.org and www.chugalug.org. The second is sort of an excuse for a bunch of geeks to get together to drink beer, though... ;-) John -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.1 iQA/AwUBOJdvF6aG8rP+4x0sEQIpJwCfa9Ag/6NH8/BQTAYuDg+pXUFWfRAAoKK0 LbXRyuWpg2lflrBu1nFs9yLF =Urrm -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [newbie] Installing licq or kxicq
Sounds like you do not have the compiler and associated header/library files installed. check you distro for glib-devel-1.2.6-1mdk.i586.rpm glibc-devel-2.1.2-9mdk.i586.rpm gcc-2.95.2-3mdk.i586.rpm gcc-c++-2.95.2-3mdk.i586.rpm gcc-colorgcc-2.95.2-3mdk.i586.rpm gcc-cpp-2.95.2-3mdk.i586.rpm gcc-libgcj-2.95.2-3mdk.i586.rpm gcc-objc-2.95.2-3mdk.i586.rpm Note: you might not need all of the above to compile the code On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Britt Selvitelle wrote: Hey, I am new to this list, and I have a few installation questions some of you might be able to help me with. I just installed Mandrake7, and I am trying to install kxicq or licq. I unarchived the licq files and when I do a ./configure I get the following: configure: error: You need to have the libstdc++ headers installed So I downloaded the libstdc++ libraries but got an error when compiling those as well (I can include that if needed). Now when installing kxicq it runs the ./configure fine but when I do a make, I get the following: ../../kxicq/kconfigdlg/kconfigitem.h:34: iostream.h: No such file or directory make[3]: *** [kxrc.lo] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/kxicq-01112000/plugins/russianConverter' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/kxicq-01112000/plugins' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/kxicq-01112000' make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2 Anyone know what the problem is? Am I doing something wrong in compiling them (since I am relatively new to linux)? Thanks for the help in advance. Britt
[newbie] Downloader for X
I have Downloader for X installed, but when I use it to download Star Office, it dies on me. I even tried putting my username and password on the download screen, and the same thing still happened. __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [[newbie] HP Deskjet 722C]
Brett Wolfson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am having trouble setting up my Hewlett Packard DeskJet 722C printer on Mandrake 7.0. I go into DrakConf, Printer Configuration, Local, and then it sees it on lp0, but from there I do not know what to do. I have tried all of the different deskjet printers that are listed but none of them work. Where do I get the right driver to make this thing work, and how do I install the driver. Any help would be highly appreciated. Brett W. Wolfson == I'm afraid the 7xx series of HP InkJets are winprinters. You probably won't get much luck getting it to print normally in Linux. If you purchased recently, see if the merchant will exchange it for something in the 69x series (if still available). They work flawlessly w/Linux. Mike ## Michael Scottaline Linux 2.2.13 ## Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] HELP needed: MDK 7 installation problem
Do you have RAID devices on this installation? I am running into the same issues? Elvis Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 02/01/2000 02:31:00 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Robert W Franklin/WLGORE) Subject: [newbie] HELP needed: MDK 7 installation problem greetings, I have finally decided to upgrade/install Mandrake 7 over my existing, and highly customized, mandrake 6.1. Unfortunally it didn't go well at all. First, I tried the "upgrade" option and had many programs not working. Even tcsh doesn't start at all because it isn't loading its default setting. The upgrade option also didn't remove the old rpms completely, thus wastes a lot of disk space. So I decided to do a fresh install. I downloaded the ISO image and burned it to a CD. However, not matter what install option I tried (from CD, boot from floppy and install from HD, normal/expert mode), I always ended up with the same problem. The problem is, right after the partition is formatted and it tries to determine what RPMs are available, the installation process halts with the following message: "An error occurred: Unable to open /mnt/var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm" After I press OK, another error message appears: "An error occurred: rebuilding of rpm database failed: failed to open /mnt/var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm" the normal alt-f1 trick doesn't work, so I can't go to the prompt to see what's going on. Is this a common problem? How to fix it? Did I get a bad ISO image (I downloaded it the 2nd day MDK 7 was announced). any help is very much appreciated, Elvis
[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 and modules
Hey all! I've got Mandrake 7.0 installed and my bttv module is loaded upon bootup, but the problem is that it requires an extra parameter "vidmem=0x420". Is there a way to make it take this option on bootup? I thought I might put it in /etc/conf.modules, but I'm not sure.. Also I need to get it to load another module automatically everytime, the tuner module. Do I just put it in /etc/conf.modules similiar to the line that is in there for the bttv module?? Thanks, Sam
[newbie] Loading Modules?
Hello everyone, Can anyone let me know how/where I set modules to load automatically at boot time. Eg, IMM for my Zip disk, and a Joystick module -- Best regards, Paul mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [[newbie] modem and sound card problems]
"Troy Weir" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My problem is two-fold. First, I installed MD 6.1 and every time time configure my modem, it tells me it's busy. I tried other ports and even under /dev/modem and I get either busy or That it can't recognize it. I have a Rockwell HCF 56K voice/data/fax modem. Please help. = I'm pretty sure the HCF indicates this is a software, or winmodem. I suggest getting an external. = My second problem is that I have a Sound Blaster sound card that's integrated onto my motherboard (It's a Gateway) and appears to recognize it (SB1371) But I can't get any sound to come out. Once again, please help. = What happens? Have you run sndconfig? What kind of "sounds" are you trying? Mike ## Michael Scottaline Linux 2.2.13 ## Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Tape drive won't work
Alex, be sure you have the 1Mbps controller for that drive. I'm no Linux expert, in fact I am only now (in the last 3 days) figuring out how to download 6.1 for FREE. I DO know a lot about hardware though, and I've run into that trouble before on other OS's. Your existing may not be quick enough for Linux (driver ver). Anything you can tell me about downloading 6.1 will help me out! I knew nothing about the "ISO image"; I hadn't read about it bcz I don't have a cdrw. I guess I'm going to nee one... Thanks, Rich [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Alex V Flinsch" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Tape drive won't work On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, you wrote: On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, you wrote: On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, John Aldrich wrote: On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Michelle Schneider wrote: I have not been able to get my tape drive to work. I have read the How-To and the FAQ. No matter what I try, I get a message "device not found." I have a Conner tape drive that uses TR-1 cartridges. It works in dos but not in linux. Any suggestions? Is this SCSI or Floppy-based? John Sorry, I forgot that in my original message. It is Floppy-based. No sweat. Typically, you use the "ftape" command to access a floppy-based tape drive. The device is either /dev/ftape or /dev/rft0 (or /dev/nftape or /dev/nrft0.) Also, does your floppy drive work when you've got the tape drive installed? Just wondering if you have the correct adapter I was having similar problems. I needed to do the following: insmod ftape insmod zftape insmod ftape-internal in that order before anything would work -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
Re: [newbie] HELP needed: MDK 7 installation problem
no, I don't have RAID. I'm using Gigabyte dual-slot 1 MB with on-board adaptec SCSI controller (BX6BDS). The on-board scsi card is detected correctly during installation though. any help is very much appreciated, On Tue, 1 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have RAID devices on this installation? I am running into the same issues? Elvis Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 02/01/2000 02:31:00 PM "An error occurred: Unable to open /mnt/var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm" After I press OK, another error message appears: "An error occurred: rebuilding of rpm database failed: failed to open /mnt/var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm"
Re: [newbie] DHCP...
I had a similar problem last night while running setup MDK 7.0. I had NO Network connection. I returned to Windows and re-configured my Network control pnl with the correct DNS, Gateway, etc for my cable serv provider. Then restarted windows and it was fine. As far as I know, PPP is the only way to connect in Linux. Also check to be sure your NIC card itself is compatible. I only started learning 2 days ago myself... www.linux.com may help with a list of compatible hardware along with this site http://members.tripod.com/~algolog/lnxchk.htm Rich at [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "John Aldrich" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] DHCP... On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, you wrote: Hey all, Well after Partition Magic caused me to lose my HD a third time, I decided that I was going to partition and be done with it...so I partitioned normally and installed and am running happily. BUT, I can't for the life of me get my internet connection up! Under windows I use DHCP, but selecting "use dhcp" in the network config in linux doesn't work...Can anyone point me to a good faq (no, the user guide doesn't help.) that goes over how to set up linux to work on a LAN using DHCP please? Or maybe just even tell me the steps necessary to get the internet up please? BTW, you might want to take a gander at http://www.mandrakeuser.org
Re: [newbie] Tape drive won't work
On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, John Aldrich wrote: No sweat. Typically, you use the "ftape" command to access a floppy-based tape drive. The device is either /dev/ftape or /dev/rft0 (or /dev/nftape or /dev/nrft0.) Also, does your floppy drive work when you've got the tape drive installed? Just wondering if you have the correct adapter cable and if it's installed correctly. It will NOT work with a standard floppy cable, AFAIK. Also, It won't work with KDAT or any other tape program designed for "DAT" tapes. John Both the tape drive and floppy drive work in dos, and they worked in Windows when I had Windows installed. Michelle -- "Just because kittens are born in the hearth oven, that doesn't make them muffins." Kahlan Amnell in _Temple of the Winds_ by Terry Goodkind.
Re: [newbie] DHCP...
DHCP under linux for internet connection via a cable modem is cable under linux. I know a few users of RH, Debian, Slakcware and yes LM that use DHCP (dhcpd or pump) to connect to thier cable modem ISP. I myself have a dual homed (two nics) linux box running LM with my eth0 being the primary connection to the internet via a cable modem (motorola, roadrunner service) things to check: ifconfig (do you see an eth0?) ps -ef | grep dhcp do you see an entry like: root 283 1 0 17:41 ?00:00:00 /sbin/dhcpcd eth0 -h localhost.localdomain check you /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 does it contain an entry like: BOOTPROTO=dhcp also, what give us some info regarding your card.. what chip does it use? (rtl8139? tulip? etc...) what type of card is it? I am almost positive that we can assist you in getting up and running via DHCP. Regards, Ron On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Richard Quirk wrote: I had a similar problem last night while running setup MDK 7.0. I had NO Network connection. I returned to Windows and re-configured my Network control pnl with the correct DNS, Gateway, etc for my cable serv provider. Then restarted windows and it was fine. As far as I know, PPP is the only way to connect in Linux. Also check to be sure your NIC card itself is compatible. I only started learning 2 days ago myself... www.linux.com may help with a list of compatible hardware along with this site http://members.tripod.com/~algolog/lnxchk.htm Rich at [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "John Aldrich" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] DHCP... On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, you wrote: Hey all, Well after Partition Magic caused me to lose my HD a third time, I decided that I was going to partition and be done with it...so I partitioned normally and installed and am running happily. BUT, I can't for the life of me get my internet connection up! Under windows I use DHCP, but selecting "use dhcp" in the network config in linux doesn't work...Can anyone point me to a good faq (no, the user guide doesn't help.) that goes over how to set up linux to work on a LAN using DHCP please? Or maybe just even tell me the steps necessary to get the internet up please? BTW, you might want to take a gander at http://www.mandrakeuser.org
[newbie] memory
I know now that using the mem=128M line in lilo.conf fixes the memory problem in mandrake 7.0 on my abit motherboard(s). BUT - does anyone know WHY this is happening with 7.0 and never happened to me in multiple installs of 6.1? dave
Re: [newbie] HTML
Depends on what you use for email. In netscape to Edit, then Preferences, then go to MailNewsgroups, and then Formatting under that. Use plain text editor instead of HTML. If you use something else, I guess that you would look for some type of formatting option. It will get rid of the HTML tags that we see when we read your message. On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, Andrew Scotchmer wrote: A few have commented on me loosing the html. How do I do this and what will it acheive as far as appearence
Re: [newbie] HTML
In your E-mail program, there is an option to send E-mails as "plain text" or "HTML." Choose "plain text" From: Andrew Scotchmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] HTML Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 18:00:43 -0500 A few have commented on me loosing the html. How do I do this and what will it acheive as far as appearence __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] remove me from this socialization
please remove my name and e-mail address from your list immediately. i have more impotant thing to do, than reading other peoples e-mails all day.
[newbie] Mandrake 7 and security level/tcsh
greetings, I have finally managed to solve all my previous problems and installed Mandrake 7. I'm in the process of fine-tuning it. Here is my question: 1) During installation I indicated I am installing for a server and set the security level to the highest. However, that means the I lose telnet and ftp server even if they are listed (uncommented) in /etc/inetd.conf How do I enable telnetd and ftpd? 2) my perfered shell is tcsh. When I changed my default shell to tcsh I cannot access paths such as /bin, /usr/bin, and /usr/bin/X11, even if they are in the PATH environment variable. When I changed back to bash, everything works fine. What's wrong? /etc/shells does have /bin/tcsh listed so it is one of the allowed shell, but why does the file permission change when you change the shell? any help is very appreciated, Elvis
[newbie] subject line missing from incoming mail using Kmail client.
Wierdest thing happened. I'm using Mandrake 7.0 and pretty much running along fat dumb and happy and the subject setting disappears from my incoming mail using the Kmail program. Does anyone know how to put it back? Rick "mulerider" Murphy -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea" JB
RE: [[newbie] modem and sound card problems]
-Original Message- From: Michael Scottaline [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 7:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [[newbie] modem and sound card problems] "Troy Weir" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My problem is two-fold. First, I installed MD 6.1 and every time time configure my modem, it tells me it's busy. I tried other ports and even under /dev/modem and I get either busy or That it can't recognize it. I have a Rockwell HCF 56K voice/data/fax modem. Please help. I'm pretty sure the HCF indicates this is a software, or winmodem. I suggest getting an external. My second problem is that I have a Sound Blaster sound card that's integrated onto my motherboard (It's a Gateway) and appears to recognize it (SB1371) But I can't get any sound to come out. Once again, please help. What happens? Have you run sndconfig? What kind of "sounds" are you trying? Mike ## Michael Scottaline Linux 2.2.13 ## Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. The actual card is the SB AudioPCI 64D. The only sound I have tried is when I did do sndconfig and it tried to test the sound and then I tried some of the system sounds. As Far as the modem, what would you suggest?
[newbie] HERE IS A UTILITY THAT WILL HELP US ALL!
I am mailing this, (to newbies... in general), an ONLINE INTERCOM SYSTEMfor FREE! That way, everyone on here can REALLYstay in touch while working on their Q + A !!!It also has voicemail cabability! It's called "BEECALL" and is available*** HERE: www.beecall.com *** I'm also attaching the setup program (f/win), but if you're uncomfortablewith attachments, just access the URL above to download it yourself and delete this attachment.How's that? Good idea? Now if you want to reach a person in particular, if they've seenthis e-mail and have installed the program---(unfortunately, it's for WINDOZE...) then all you do is e-mail the person that you'd like to callYOUR ID NAME and they can find you, CALL YOU FOR FREE, or E-MAIL you and give you THEIRID! Check it out!all you need is to be online, have sound and a microphone + spkrs! IT DOESN"T COST ANYTHING!!! Try this program too, it's pretty hot and also FREE!... www.phonefree.com Linux geeks unite! (a little more!)Rich [EMAIL PROTECTED]My Beecall ID is: The Doctor
[newbie] Fw: HERE IS A UTILITY THAT WILL HELP US ALL!
- Original Message - From: Richard Quirk To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 10:52 PM Subject: HERE IS A UTILITY THAT WILL HELP US ALL! I am mailing this, (to newbies... in general), an ONLINE INTERCOM SYSTEMfor FREE! That way, everyone on here can REALLYstay in touch while working on their Q + A !!! The only DOWNFALL is: not evryone HAS a Windoze system handy, but anyway, SOME people can use it. It's a handy little utility, I use it all the time.It also has voicemail cabability! It's called "BEECALL" and is available*** HERE: www.beecall.com *** I'm also attaching the setup program (f/win), but if you're uncomfortablewith attachments, just access the URL above to download it yourself and delete this attachment.How's that? Good idea? Now if you want to reach a person in particular, if they've seenthis e-mail and have installed the program---(unfortunately, it's for WINDOZE...) then all you do is e-mail the person that you'd like to callYOUR ID NAME and they can find you, CALL YOU FOR FREE, or E-MAIL you and give you THEIRID! Check it out!all you need is to be online, have sound and a microphone + spkrs! IT DOESN"T COST ANYTHING!!! Try this program too, it's pretty hot and also FREE!... www.phonefree.com Linux geeks unite! (a little more!)Rich [EMAIL PROTECTED]My Beecall ID is: The Doctor beeinstall.exe
Re: [newbie] DHCP...
You should call your ISP and ask for your network configuration settings. Apply those and restart windows and you'll be ok. I don't know what those settings are, or I'd tell you. Rich - Original Message - From: "Dave" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Newbie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 2:32 PM Subject: [newbie] DHCP... Hey all, Well after Partition Magic caused me to lose my HD a third time, I decided that I was going to partition and be done with it...so I partitioned normally and installed and am running happily. BUT, I can't for the life of me get my internet connection up! Under windows I use DHCP, but selecting "use dhcp" in the network config in linux doesn't work...Can anyone point me to a good faq (no, the user guide doesn't help.) that goes over how to set up linux to work on a LAN using DHCP please? Or maybe just even tell me the steps necessary to get the internet up please? Thank you very much!! Dave
[newbie] HERE IS A UTILITY THAT WILL HELP US ALL!
"Richard" == Richard Quirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Richard I am mailing this, (to newbies... in general), an ONLINE A great opportunity for me to test html-trap.procmail: tail .pmlog Defanging active HTML content in "[newbie] Fw: HERE IS A UTILITY THAT WILL HELP US ALL!" from "Richard Quirk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] to mike msgid=006701bf6d31$43c3e540$[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sanitizing MIME attachment headers in "[newbie] Fw: HERE IS A UTILITY THAT WILL HELP US ALL!" from "Richard Quirk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] to mike msgid=006701bf6d31$43c3e540$[EMAIL PROTECTED] Mangling executable filename "beeinstall.exe". Mangling executable filename "beeinstall.exe". It works. ftp://ftp.rubyriver.com/pub/jhardin/antispam/html-trap.procmail -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1.8 XEmacs and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.15-5mdk http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm Feb 1 St Ignatius of Antioch or St St Brigid of Ireland "The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man." - [G.K. Chesterton, in Introduction to the Book of Job, 1907]
Re: [newbie] OT Starting LUG for mandrake
shuxclams wrote: How about in Los Angeles? Where can I find info on "LUG's" in my area? TIA Sean "Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: John Aldrich wrote: On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, you wrote: I was thinking that maybe if enough people lived close enough to each other we could start ( Linux users groups ) It might be worth while and even fun. Any thoughts Well, we've already got on in the Chattanooga, TN area... two in fact www.calug.org and www.chugalug.org. The second is sort of an excuse for a bunch of geeks to get together to drink beer, though... ;-) John And I'll bet you never miss a meeting evil grin -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux is like a wigwam... No windows, no gates. Apache inside __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com try www.lalugs.org for LA area lugs
[newbie] help! kde is confusing!!
i cant figure out how to make the "desktop" the same size as the monitor display! its much larger and i need it to fit!! also, i cant figure out how to start gnome, and none of the help files are avasilable.Christopher L Delp mobile e mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u.arizona.edu/~cld Friend of Bill W. If the futures looking dark, We're the ones who have to shout If there's no one in control, were the ones who draw the line Though we live in trying times, we're the ones who have to try Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger.
[newbie] HP Openmail on Mandrake 6.1
Has anyone successfully installed HP Openmail on a Mandrake 6.1 box? __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Linux World
Anyone out there going to Linux World tomorrow? -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
