Re: [Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?]
At 05:26 AM 2/10/00 -0600, you wrote: Agree wholeheartedly with Vic. Windows is "glitzier" than Linux, at least for now, but stability is the "driver" for me. Unfortunately, there do seem to be ease-of-use issues with Linux, X, and KDE. A few K apps have quirks/warts and a couple have actual bugs; non-KDE-aware X apps almost invariably have quirks or warts (e.g. the GIMP is conspicuously missing any online help, and has a few other interface oddities). Console commands mostly have man pages, but a few do not, and others are broken/missing information/actually misleading. (E.g., "man locate" doesn't say anything about what command is used to refresh the database, which it should; fortunately the command in question was mentioned in this capacity on this list recently. "man rpm" seems to be completely muddled/confused/confusing about what command to use to build stuff from source RPMs. Someone I emailed pretty much implied that one of the command lines in that man page is simply wrong.) It is easier (or at least more productive in the long run) to add features to a stable OS, than it is to try to bring stability to a feature-rich OS that verges on being neurotic g with its freezes crashes. True. Hopefully improved ease-of-use is top priority with Linux. Certainly Linux has come a long way in EOU in the last year, and came a long way the previous year as well. Unfortunately it has a long way to go. KDE certainly helps, by bringing a modern graphical interface that adheres to the same familiar behavior Windows and Mac users have gotten used to and which are now the de facto industry standard behaviors for graphical apps, and by imposing that interface on KDE-aware apps. Unfortunately, the KDE app base is still rather small, and the areas of building stuff from sources, installing, and uninstalling things need a heck of a lot of work -- I've seen lots of KDE binary packages whose install scripts don't respect the $KDEDIR environment variable and assume your KDE is in some particular place, often /opt/kde, when most people appear to have it in /usr... The only safe way to ensure it works is $KDEDIR. And I've seen a lot of packages that seem to be incomplete, especially in the case of missing documentation, or that have broken dependencies. For example, I went to install Ktranslator for Kdevelop to use. It puked, claiming to need libjpeg.so.6. I thought that was odd, being sure I already had libjpeg; maybe I needed to upgrade libjpeg. I got a libjpeg RPM for version 6 and tried to install that, and apparently it clashes with a *more recent version* (6.5mdk, IIRC) on my system. So the KTranslator dependency is wrong -- it should be libjpeg.so.6 *or later*. I forced it to install without dependency checking, and eventually ran into other KDE apps (notably the game Kjewel) with the same problem, expecting you to have EXACTLY version 6 of that very library, and not a newer one... Packages like that that specify an exact version and not merely a minimum version for something are very unfriendly, because when a newer version of whatever it is comes out, as is inevitable especially in the open-source world, people start having to use --nodeps to install the package, and forcing newbies to use --nodeps to work around somebody else's shortsightedness is IMO a very bad idea. Oh, yes: Did the upgrade from MDK 6.1 to 7.0 without a hitch, except that I have the Linux-Mandrake "welcoming" page...What can I edit to get rid of that? :) Just change Netscrap's home page setting. -- .*. "Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not -()circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a `*' straight line."- -- B. Mandelbrot |http://surf.to/pgd.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ | Paul Derbyshire Programmer Humanist|ICQ: 10423848|
Fwd: Re: [newbie] Fwd: Re: PCI modems with Linux?
There are a lot of modems out there on the market that are not winmodems and run less than $100. In fact, I just bought one, a Creative Blaster Flash 56K II, which is an ISA controller-based modem. All that was written in bold letters on the box.essentially says to the user "this isn't a winmodem"! Forgot to state that this modem costs less than $60 here. Ron Sinclair AKA NipponDSM http://www.dsm.org http://members.tripod.com/~WIGGLIT/page2.html
Re: [newbie] 70-2.iso
I have burned two cd from two different downloads using different programs to make sure it was dl'ed in binary. both cd's error out in the same place I also swapped out my key board. I will try a different program to create the cd tonight. - Original Message - From: Dan LaBine To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 11:58 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] 70-2.iso Probably the CD. Sounds like the download was corrupted. Only other option is your keyboard ( based on the info in your post ). Download the ISO file again, and burn a new copy. - Original Message - From: rharvey To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 12:36 AM Subject: [newbie] 70-2.iso Icreated a install cd from the iso 70-2. It boots i choose any install then any choice (recommend custom expert, and/or server/develop./whatever). while it is installing the pkgs it say it does not know how to handle an error. dumpkeys faild at /usr/bin/perl - install/keyboard.pm line217 please help. is it my cd or the computer thanks robert
Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?
On Feb 08, Paul Derbyshire wrote: C'mon, Paul, tell us what you *really* think -- don't sugar-coat it... ;-) it's the fact that they're still using clunky DOS code in their operating system that makes it suck. Here are the problems. major snippage -Michael -- No, my friend, the way to have good and safe government, is not to trust it all to one, but to divide it among the many, distributing to every one exactly the functions he is competent to. It is by dividing and subdividing these republics from the national one down through all its subordinations, until it ends in the administration of every man's farm by himself; by placing under every one what his own eye may superintend, that all will be done for the best. -- Thomas Jefferson, to Joseph Cabell, 1816
[newbie] Open Ports (Again, sorry)
After a post saying, open /etc/hosts.deny, and comment out any unwanted services, I did this and it worked fine. But I had to do a reinstall and I again, I find my system open to services I don't want it to be :( So, I opened /etc/hosts.deny but there are no services listed. Are there any other files I can use to close these connections (FTP, POP3, Auth)? Thanks for any help -- Best Regards, Paul
[newbie] Rage Fury 128 32Mb.
Hi Please have someone VGA Rage Fury 128 32 MB. and work thisVGA card with Linux Mandrake 6.1 or 7.0? I install Mandrake 6.1 but Linux have problem with this card no start X win. " Cannot start X server " " FATAL error " Have someone instruction step by stepfor configuration thisVGA card ?? Thank you George
[newbie] html email client
Is there another html- or rich-text-capable email client for linux other than netscape? I have a few pieces of mail I get that are fairly graphical, like Infobeat news and Wired News, and would like to keep getting them in that format. But netscape mail is increasingly irritating and unstable. A search of linuxberg doesn't come up with much ... dave w
Re: [newbie] KDE startup
I have installed it twice now, Once with out starting into x the other with..either way i am not getting the kde going... at this point the kde and gnome both installed, but I am new and not sure how to activate them yet. Chris - Original Message - From: Kit [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 12:16 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE startup Have you installed the download...yet? you first have to install what you've downloaded...and it must be done correctlycheck out the docs available on the mandrake site,for installation help Chris wrote: I downloaded the linux-mandrake...how do I start the kde desktop? Chris -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 HomePage: http://kwg.virtualave.net/kwg http://kompukit.dyndns.org (personal webserver,does NOT run 24/7)
Re: [[newbie] dotty desktop images]
Thank you to everyone who replied to my query. It has been fixed using the -16bpp line entry in the XServers file. Now my images are so clear and sharp. The quality is incredible! thanks regards Gina "Gina" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have got my graphics card setup now and Im using 1024x768. I thought that the theme images would be nice a sharp. Even one I like myself on my windows desktop thats nice a sharp I tried. But they are all dotty. I went into the KDE control center and in there saw that even though I am using 1024x768 is also says 75x75dpi. Is this why the pictures are so dotty and if so is it possible to change that dpi setting? Ive hunted around and cant find anything on it. Its not the images themselves and th one I used on windows is very sharp and clear on the same screen res. regards Gina.
[newbie] Dual Boot with LiLo and other stuff
Hi All, I just bought and installed LM 7. I have played with several different flavors of Linux and have had some sort of problems with them all. One thing would work in one but not in another, but not all on the same one, till now..It works (most of it, the important stuff anyway). Below is a list of what doesn't work and maybe someone can give me a direction to try. First off, I have a question about booting. I have Win98se installed on the first partition (3 gig patition of a 5 gig HD). Then Linux made 3 other partitions (1 tiny one, 7 megs I think, then the root partition and a swap partition). But when I boot, it goes directly to Windows, what gives?? How do I get LiLo to do the booting? I am experimenting with this 5 gig. When I get it all figured out I will be puting it on my 13gig dual booted with windows. I do have it istalled on my 13gig but it is on the FAT partition. It works that way but I want it on it's own partition. Now to the other stuff :-) Both CD's are recognized (40x and a Yamaha CDR - don't know how well that one works yet though, but I can access it..cool.) only one floppy though (I have two, how do I get it to find the other?) My printer even works this time (Canon BJC-6000). I am using the Canon 600-4000 driver for it though. Does anyone know if there's a better one? No sound, nada, zilch, flat lined. I have a Yamaha XG (S-XG50), the chipset is YMF 724 Windows sees it as OPL3-Sa2/3. Anyone have a clue if it will work at all? Memory, I have 128megs, Linux reads 64, how do I change that? I will say that this is the slickest distribution I've played with yet..Way to go Mandrake. Thanks in Advance Russ
[newbie] WINE / Samba Question!
my 1st q is: does anybody know what the default password for logging into a linux svr running samba from win98, or where I could write and what I would write as a script to have no password, or to change the p/w to something I know? alsodoes anybody know how to configure / use WINE, I'm just starting and I need some help. I tried creating a wine.conf file under /etc/. but itgave an error when i ran "wine" under the console: No Defined DOS type disks under wine.conf no[Drive X] statements can't find C:\windows . so could, somebody please send me their wine.conf or explain where/how to use wine.conf / run wine, so I don't get this error and can run windows appz under linunx! Thanks So Much! -Julien
[newbie] Re: Kmail and B.C.C.
I see that KMail can do C.C. to people...but is there a way for it to send Blind C.C. TIA Jaguar Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
RE: [newbie] Supermount for MDK 7.0-2 ... How Do You Get It To Work?
I have a CD-R and running MDK 7.0. Please post what you did so I can try setting my to work Thank you Foyah -Original Message- From: Richard Yevchak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 1:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Supermount for MDK 7.0-2 ... How Do You Get It To Work? Do you have a CD-R? If so, I can tell you what I did. If not, maybe someone else can help. Richard On Wed, 09 Feb 2000, you wrote: The Supermount for Mandrake 7.0-2 has never worked for me. How do you get it to work? Seve Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description:
[OT] Re: [newbie] RE: your mail
vi is probably more powerful than pico (as is emacs, my editor of choice),
you just have to know the right commands. Pico, in my experience is enough
for most, and best for newbies.
vi has two modes: command mode ("read only" mode), the function of which
is self explanatory and insert mode which is invoked by typing "i" while
in command mode. F1 doesn't usually give help that I'm aware of... at
least it's not the first thing I'd try in order to get help (pico doesn't
give any help through F1 either). I think typing F1 to get help is, for
the most part, a windows thing.
If you're going to do much work with unix, it's a good idea to know vi
since it's usually the default editor and, if no other editor is
installed, vi will be.
What it comes down to is personal preference... as with operating systems
:)
DvB
On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Paul Derbyshire wrote:
At 10:08 AM 2/10/00 -, you wrote:
use vi, type vi filename at a command prompt, useful commands are:
:write - to save
:quit - to quit
:quit! - to force quit
btw. you will probably hate it :)
Shame on you, suggesting than a new user use vile and then giving an
inadequate warning. I stumbled on vile once on some machine or other where
I had a shell account. Yugh. It doesn't work the way you'd expect (for
example, you can't open the file, arrow around, and type new text; as near
as I can tell it opens all files in a read-only mode and expects a command
to be issued to change it) and there's no help to be had hitting F1 and no
helpful status line on the screen telling you what key you should hit for
documentation -- bad interface design, since the interface should work the
way people are used to (e.g. for an editor, arrow around and type stuff,
shift-arrows to select, etc.), and shouldn't require a mini-course from
Algonquin or thorough reading of the manual. Manuals/help files are for
reference and how-to, not for basic explaining of the interface. I think
whoever perpetrated vi was the same idiot who perpetrated Lotus Notes (see
http://www.iarchitect.com/mshame.html IIRC -- if that's 404, try just
http://www.iarchitect.com and click the nice icon of a bomb ;-)).
PICO, on the other hand, is an okay shell editor.
If it's not on your system, you'll probably find it on rpmfind.net
somewhere under 'p'.
Kedit, of course, works in a way that should be familiar to users of modern
graphical systems like 'doze and MacOS. Except for a quirk in that it seems
to clobber the clipboard spuriously sometimes, especially if you select
something -- meaning if you do the usual "select in window A, hit ctrl-C,
switch to window B, select some old crud, and hit ctrl-V to replace the old
crud with the stuff from window B" it won't work in kedit or the derivative
kwrite :-(
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-()circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a
`*' straight line."-
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_ | Paul Derbyshire
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RE: [newbie] compiling problem
Yeah, I came to that same conclusion too. I downloaded the new libs and their dependancies, but now kpackage refuses to uninstall my older version of cpp, so I can install cpp-2.95.1-3. It's driving me crazy! I tried the uninstall command, just to find out i don't have it. i've tried uninstalling it from Kpackage and it gives me the error " 'cpp' specifies multiple packages" and then just stops. Can anyone out there help me? i've also tried the "RPM -e --clean cpp-1.1.1-3, and it gives me the same error as Kpackage does. If someone out there could help me, I'd GREATLY appreciate it! Just some info. I'm running Mandrake 6.0. Thanks! Eric On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Family ZOMBIE wrote: Hi! I had that problem too. I found out, that I didn't have all nessessary packages installed. Unfortunately I can't remember, whitch RPM package I had to install. It was some header/library package nessessary for compiler. You can try to install some RPM (library/header) and then ./configure again. If error occures again, uninstall that RPM and install another. possible RPM's: glibc-devel-2.1.2-9mdk.i586.rpm glibc-2.1.2-9mdk.i586.rpm libc-5.3.12-32mdk.i586.rpm I try to find out the package. Maybe someone else knows it. -Original Message- From: Eric Weichmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 10. helmikuuta 2000 8:41 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] compiling problem I've been downloading some things in gzip and tar formatts. I can get them to install the files that are waiting to be compiled fine. the problem is, when i type in the command "./configure", it goes through and starts compiling or whatever, but then it gets to a part where it says: "Checking whether the C++ compiler (g++ -s) works... no Configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler cannot create executables." I opened up the config.log, and it said: ld: cannot open crtbegin.o: Nosuch file or directory configure: failed program was: #line 1371 "configure" #include "confdefs.h" Thanks, Eric Weichmann
[newbie] CDrom Woes
G'day all
[newbie] CDrom Woes
G'day all
[newbie] General Protection Faults = overclocked CPU?
I just attempted to install Mandrake 6.0 and keep getting General Protection Fault and Kernel Panic messages. I'm using the CD to boot it on a new AMD K6/2 450 MHz which I just had put together almost 2 weeks ago, and it's been running Win98 with no problems. Part way through the boot process It says: "General Protection Fault: 000" "CPU: 0" Then after several more lines it says: "Kernel Panic: attempted to kill the idle task!" "In swapper task - not syncing" Just for comparison I tried ZipSlack, and got exactly the same results! On another forum I saw a similar discussion where it was suggested this type of error could indicate overheating. The clock speed is higher than I had expected (was supposed to be 400 MHz), and I just assumed that I got lucky with a faster processor. Still, it works fine otherwise, no significant Win98 errors (fewer, infact, than I had with my old Pentium 133). Any ideas? I hate the idea of having to lug it back down to the shop again. But the same shop did under clock my 133 to down to 120 when I 1st picked it up 4 years ago! Thanks!
[newbie] CDrom Woes
G'day all Sorry about previous post, damn web-mailer. Ok, I have installed Mandrake linux on a AMD K6-233 with a Ricoh CR-RW and a Mitsubishi Diamond 24x CR-Rom. The CDroms are master and slave on my second ide cable. These drives at the moment can not be seen by Linux, yet the bios can see both and Linux acknoledges hdc (the Ricoh). This is not nessisary a Mandrake problem (RH also has this problem), but normally I can access the CDROM. The questions I have are: 1. How does supermount interact wiht mount / umount and fstab? 2. Can I manually get the IDE settings for my CDRoms, so i can force them with LILO. 3. Can the hardware detection software be forced to redo these settings? Darryl
[newbie] 3com 509 nic problems
Ok I have been trying to access the internet through linux-mandrake for the last 2 days with no luck. I am using mandrake 7.0 and it refuses to sense/find my nic. My nic is a 3com 3c509 ISA card. I disabled pnp and linux still couldnt find it. I have messed with everything I can think of in linux and still nothing. After disabling pnp for the card it messed up the nic in win98 so i had to enable pnp again. Does anyone have any idea why a mainstream card from the number one producer of nics will not work in linux? This is beyond frustrating because I really hate winbloze and im sick of using that piece of crap and want to move on to something more stable and open source. Here are my system specs incase they are needed. p3 450@602 133 fsb 196 pc-133 ram 20 gig ibm hd 8.4 gig maxtor 56x cdrom 3com 3c509 nic sound blaster live voodoo3-3000 hp cdr/rw dual boot with win982nd edition/linux-mandrake 7 Please help rescue me from a life in Winbloze - Original Message - From: Glyn Millington [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 12:10 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] RE: your mail On the other hand, Vi - improved, the glorious Vim , is worth learning because of its staggering flexibility - and anyone using Mandrake 6.1 or 7 gets a natty GTK interface with pretty icons and all the things that those poor souls suckled on Windows need to feel right at home. Try the Vim Homepage [www.vim.org ]for info and downloads. The only reason I'm sticking with Mandrake 6.1 is that I couldn't persuade 7.0 to compile the latest Vim :-) Glyn M. On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, you wrote: At 10:08 AM 2/10/00 -, you wrote: use vi, type vi filename at a command prompt, useful commands are: :write - to save :quit - to quit :quit! - to force quit btw. you will probably hate it :) Shame on you, suggesting than a new user use vile and then giving an inadequate warning. I ~~~ "The soul is greater than the hum of its parts" Douglas Hoftstatder ~~~
Re: [newbie] Resolution problem
Daniel Boyd wrote: hey, ive just installed mandrake 6.5, and altho i set the resolution to 1280x 960 ( i think).. i now have what seems to be 4 'screens' which i have to scroll through... but its at what seems to be a paultry 640x480.. or mayb even worse can any1 tell me how to change the resolution so i have 'one screen' at 2180x 960 or whatever it is or higher? pls help me.. im a windows oldie desperate to breakout by becoming a linux newbie :) thanx zeke What's happening is that X is using the SVGA driver and putting you in 640x480 or else using double scan. Try running XConfigurator to re-detect your video and monitor. Sometimes even when a card is supported it does this. Then you have to manually edit the configuration file. What card do you have?
RE: [newbie] Supermount for MDK 7.0-2 ... How Do You Get It To Work?
This is assuming you have an ide burner. It seems that during the install of LM 7.0 or the the first time I booted, the system recognized I had a CD-R. So it must have set up the CD-R on "/dev/scd0". Try "cdrecord -scanbus" as root. 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. If cdrecord doesn't find any drives, you will have to setup SCSI emulation by hand, although neither the install nor the start up procedure told me it did. Hope this helps. If this works, please let me know. Richard On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, you wrote: I have a CD-R and running MDK 7.0. Please post what you did so I can try setting my to work Thank you Foyah -Original Message- From: Richard Yevchak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 1:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Supermount for MDK 7.0-2 ... How Do You Get It To Work? Do you have a CD-R? If so, I can tell you what I did. If not, maybe someone else can help. Richard On Wed, 09 Feb 2000, you wrote: The Supermount for Mandrake 7.0-2 has never worked for me. How do you get it to work? Seve Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description:
Re: [newbie] KDE startup
Chris wrote: I have installed it twice now, Once with out starting into x the other with..either way i am not getting the kde going... at this point the kde and gnome both installed, but I am new and not sure how to activate them yet. After you login and are at the command prompt, if you type in KDE, it should start. Rick N
[newbie] Gnome w/o mount permissions, Where's Gimp, install on 3rd drive lost mouse
Following a recommendation I fired up Gnome in addition to KDE. Floppy and CDROM won't mount under any user. Where do I change the authorizations for root use and user level use of CDROM and Floppy? I hunted for GIMP, tried to reinstall from CD, can't mount CD. Days later gave up and tried installing again to larger hdc added in meantime. Install seemed okay, but mouse won't work using same settings as on hda. Confused again. Logitech Marble Mouse works fine from hda but won't from hdc boot. Wife tackled me as I was running to throw whole damned thing in ocean, said needed faith... (okay, stretchin' a bit) Strained terribly by the beauty of Linux, KDE, Enlightenment, and Gnome vs the struggle to find resolutions. Feels like the unreachable dream. Low on sleep in Alaska
RE: [newbie] RE: your mail
On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Will Trepanier wrote: vi is one of those tools that you love to hate. The NGs are filled with flames on the pros and cons. It has a rather steep learning curve and is especially daunting to newcomers, but if you are serious about learning *nix, it is a good tool in your arsenal. I reckon that once you have mastered vi's use, you have mastered about 15% of *nix, as you will have been introduced to sed, awk and grep. Also, you would be able to sit in front of any *nix box and feel comfortable. It is most useful for 5-fingered typists. It's one of those oldies but goodies. I even know a guy who refuses to use vi as he prefers to use ex Depends on your usage; if you are only editting small files, and making small edits, any editor will do. But, if you are editting text files of about 50Mbs each, and placement of each digit/character and padding is important, then vi something to keep handy. My 2 cents. -- Ronald
Re: [newbie] FILE PERMISSIONS!
On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, vishal bansal wrote: Hi folks; I am using linux mandrake 6.1. As a user I cannot write to files, but as a root I can. How do I assign permissions for the users to do so? As a general rule, users are only allowed to write to files within the $HOME and subdirectories. This makes good sense from a security point of view; that is why you seldom see *nix viruses. To change permissions, "man chmod". BUT, be aware of the security implication before going about it blindly. There are lots of directories that users SHOULDN'T be allowed write access. Not only are there security implications, this should prevent "fingering problems". Imagine a user issuing "\rm -r *" from /. End preaching mode. -Vishal. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- Ronald
Re: [newbie] KDE runs to slow!
http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel810/linuxsoftware.htm I have the same chipset. Download either the rpm or the tar files. I used the rpm files. Follow the instructions in the readme file. Which basically has three steps but it can be confusing. If you get stuck let us know. I got heaps of support from the list on this one when installing it onto Mandrake 6.1 and then Mandrake 7, so don't worry, you'll get it working. Just work with one issue at a time. Get the graphics display right first so you can at least get into the os with a decent display, and then sort out your modem configuration. regards Gina - Original Message - From: "Homero Borgo" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 11 February 2000 07:26: am Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE runs to slow! Anyone known how can i install the new XFree86 (run X) that support the i810 video card (intel i810 chipset in motherboard) I have Linux RedHat 6.1 (Cartman) kernel 2.2.12-20 but if any one known how run Gnome o KDE with this chipset (or the exact configuration of /etc/Xfree86 to run good X) i install Mandrake again... i have Inetel Celeron 500MHz./ 13Gb HD (IDE) /64 Mb RAM (with shared video memory = 62)/ in Mainboard ATC 7400M (socket 370) and by the way: this moderboard have Wake on LAN (WOL) and i have a nic 3Com "3C905C-TX-M" ETHERLINK10/100PCI wish the RedHat and mandrake don't reconoise...so if you know how can i put to work this card tell me plase... Thanks any way!! P.D.: I speak spanish but i try to learn more english :( -- :) - Original Message - From: George Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 1:59 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE runs to slow! Anyone have the dirt on the Evergreen AMD K6-2 upgrade? I'm running a P133 also, and have seen the 333-400mhz AMD upgrades for $100-200US w/ BIOS upgrade. And then there's SO MANY motherboards around, I'm having a difficult time choosing one. With all the graphics cards moving from PCI to AGP, and ISA being phased out, what should I do? Testimonials would be great! i.e: The best MB you've used and Linux compatibility. As much info as I can get b4 I buy. Thanks! -Josh Good mobo to get: EPoX MVP3 G2. You can get this Super7 board with up to 2mb of cache on it! It also has AGP/5PCI/2ISA(1 shared PCI/ISA) slots. Check www.pricewatch.com for pricing on it. Other decent boards are the Gigabyte 5AX(ATX), Gigabyte 5AA(AT), FIC PA-2013(ATX - 2mb cache), FIC VA-503A(AT - 2mb cache/UDMA66), and Asus P5A(ATX). I guarantee you, buying a new mobo, case, and processor will cost you less than $200 and you'll get much better performance.
[newbie] Internet HOWTO?
A couple of days ago somebody posted an address to a page with instructions on how to get out on the internet with Linux. I have lost that link. Could you please post it again. Thank you. /Ian __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] RE: your mail
:) but vi is installed as default on nearly every *nix box, so if you learn vi, your made. Its not that hard, I recommend The Vi Quick Reference from O'Reilly. Shouldn't be used by very new users though, as they will probably wreck there machine :( Fran -- From: Paul Derbyshire [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] RE: your mail Date: 10 February 2000 16:45 At 10:08 AM 2/10/00 -, you wrote: use vi, type vi filename at a command prompt, useful commands are: :write - to save :quit - to quit :quit! - to force quit btw. you will probably hate it :) Shame on you, suggesting than a new user use vile and then giving an inadequate warning. I stumbled on vile once on some machine or other where I had a shell account. Yugh. It doesn't work the way you'd expect (for example, you can't open the file, arrow around, and type new text; as near as I can tell it opens all files in a read-only mode and expects a command to be issued to change it) and there's no help to be had hitting F1 and no helpful status line on the screen telling you what key you should hit for documentation -- bad interface design, since the interface should work the way people are used to (e.g. for an editor, arrow around and type stuff, shift-arrows to select, etc.), and shouldn't require a mini-course from Algonquin or thorough reading of the manual. Manuals/help files are for reference and how-to, not for basic explaining of the interface. I think whoever perpetrated vi was the same idiot who perpetrated Lotus Notes (see http://www.iarchitect.com/mshame.html IIRC -- if that's 404, try just http://www.iarchitect.com and click the nice icon of a bomb ;-)). PICO, on the other hand, is an okay shell editor. If it's not on your system, you'll probably find it on rpmfind.net somewhere under 'p'. Kedit, of course, works in a way that should be familiar to users of modern graphical systems like 'doze and MacOS. Except for a quirk in that it seems to clobber the clipboard spuriously sometimes, especially if you select something -- meaning if you do the usual "select in window A, hit ctrl-C, switch to window B, select some old crud, and hit ctrl-V to replace the old crud with the stuff from window B" it won't work in kedit or the derivative kwrite :-( -- .*. "Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not -()circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a `*' straight line." - -- B. Mandelbrot |http://surf.to/pgd.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ | Paul Derbyshire Programmer Humanist|ICQ: 10423848|
Re: [newbie] isapnp
Rick N wrote: I installed Linux without a problem and love it. But I have one little problem with my ISA modem. I would like to run isapnp, but am not too sure how to do it. I know I have to create a .conf file and then edit it, but I am not sure of the command line I need, to create the .conf file. I know I need to be in ROOT, but what is the correct command to create the file? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Rick Hi, Rick! Just a newbie myself, but with 2 ISA PnP devices (modem, sound card) in my system, this I have worked out :)= . Open a terminal window as root, and do the following, excluding quotation marks -- what comes after ## on each line is my comment on what/why that is done, so if (e.g.) you change settings or get a new board later, you can rerun the procedure. 1.Type "/sbin/pnpdump /etc/isapnp.conf" ##this loads info on your ISA PnP board(s) into the appropriate .conf file. 2.Type "/sbin/isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf" ##this makes your existing ISA PnP configuration active; you will get 1-2 lines of output per board. 3.Type "setserial /dev/ttySx port y irq z spd_vhi autoconfig" ##notation is as follows: "x" is your COMport, with 0=COM1, 1=COM2, 2=COM3, 3=COM4; "y" is the standard (or defined) address of that port, e.g. 0x3e8; "z" is the interrupt used by that port, usually 4 or 3; thus, if your modem is on COM1 with a standard address IRQ, the line would read "setserial /dev/ttyS0 port 0x3e8 irq 4 spd_vhi autoconfig" . Oh, yes:"spd_vhi" is optional, I'd advise using it with a 56k modem, mine runs faster with it, but you could leave it off without a problem. 4.Type "rm /dev/modem" ##you may get a "not found" message, which is fine; if a /dev/modem" is found, you'll be asked to confirm this removal, type "y" to proceed. 5.Type "ln -s /dev/ttySx /dev/modem" ##this establishes the linkage needed for your modem, not essential, but conventional; again, "x" here is the same as "x" in item 3 above. 6.With a text editor, open your "/rc.local" file, add the "setserial" command defined in item 3 above at the end of the file, save the file and exit the editor. ##For example, if your editor is xemacs, you'd type "xemacs /etc/rc.d/rc.local", then add the "setserial" command line. 7.Exit, logout, and reboot (not just restart Xserver). You should see a line for ISA PnP devices as you boot up. That should do it :) Hope this helps -- Alan
Re: [newbie] FILE PERMISSIONS!
use the chmod ??? [filename], or the chown [username] [filename], or chgrp commands. -- From: vishal bansal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] FILE PERMISSIONS! Date: 10 February 2000 22:43 Hi folks; I am using linux mandrake 6.1. As a user I cannot write to files, but as a root I can. How do I assign permissions for the users to do so? -Vishal. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Trouble installing soundcard under MDK 7.0-2
WARNING Extreme newbie present WARNING Greetings, just installed MDK on my machine and got everything working except my soundcard (SB Awe 64 Gold). Tried running sndconfig and heard Linus speaking and the MIDI song but after sndconfig was done i still didn't hear anything. Can someone helpme with this ? Step by step please since I'm a newbie at linux. Regards Ralf Rangedahl [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: (audrey beck)[newbie] Resolution problem
What's happening is that X is using the SVGA driver and putting you in 640x480 or else using double scan. Try running XConfigurator to re-detect your video and monitor. Sometimes even when a card is supported it does this. Then you have to manually edit the configuration file. What card do you have? i have a 32 meg nvidia tnt agp card i also have no idea how to do basially anything in linux but i cant really learn at this resolution :) cheers daniel
RE: [newbie] Rage Fury 128 32Mb.
You need to get XFree86 version 3.3.6 (it handles the new cards, including Rage128) www.XFree86.org Kyle -Original Message-From: George Houdek-Viskovska [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 1:26 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [newbie] Rage Fury 128 32Mb. Hi Please have someone VGA Rage Fury 128 32 MB. and work thisVGA card with Linux Mandrake 6.1 or 7.0? I install Mandrake 6.1 but Linux have problem with this card no start X win. " Cannot start X server " " FATAL error " Have someone instruction step by stepfor configuration thisVGA card ?? Thank you George
Re: [newbie] Re: Kmail and B.C.C.
On Wed, 19 Mar 2036, Jaguar wrote: I see that KMail can do C.C. to people...but is there a way for it to send Blind C.C. TIA Jaguar Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. In the composer menu click on view. There is an option for Bcc. It is not on by default. 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] Financial Freedom and Success
I don't believe it. I've been on this list for 4 hours and got the first piece of Spam. Please tell me this isn't a regular occurance! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/02/2000 05:52:38 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success If you have reached the point in your life where you are ready to have Financial Freedom and a Real Opportunity to Retire in 2-3 years, we would like you to continue reading. This is not a program for everyone , so if you are not a highly motivated, goal oriented person with a burning desire to be successful and wealthy, please delete this message now. The number below will give you a two minute introduction to a business that is not a franchise or MLM. I'm short on time but ready to listen if you fit the description above. **24 Hour Recorded Message: 1-800-320-9895 ext. 6579** "There is no other road to genious and wealth than through voluntary self effort." Napoleon Hill
Re: [newbie] Running PPP Dialer / Config
"ChOPpY C. Chipper" wrote: Hey, I JUST installed Liinux 7.0 - 2 FINALLY! Been working on getting the damn thing to boot up w/o an LI error(argh!) well, anyway, my problem is that I don't have any idea on how to do nearly anything, manuals don't help much, because they don't explain how to do something in enough detail! So my 1st task, is to try out the PPP dial-up, so I run KPPP from the KDE desktop. when I hit connect it says "modem is busy". How do I go about fixing this is my question, I don't know what the modem config. tool is called, so I can't run it (or know the names of any other config. tools)! so what is it called and how does work? Also, is there a help file w/ the names of the tools and how to use them? This would be really helpful, becuase then I can run tutorials from the Linux OS, as oppose to switching hem Thanks, Julien Dumoulin-Smith OTAY, I can help this one. FIRST, is the modem an Winmodem, HCF or any brand of "software modem"? If so then stand back and prepare to buy another 'cuz it ain't gonna work. You'll need one that allows you to set the interupts manually or an external that plugs into a com port. BTW, most PCI modems are Winmodems. Second, now that you've got a modem that works when you go into kppp and set up the modem you are aware that com ports are numbered rather strangely in the *nix world ( don't mean to insult your inteligence but you don't indicate whether or not you're aware of the fact, so no insult intended it's just easier than assuming too much ). Com1 = /ttyS0 Com2 = ttyS1, etc. Once you select a modem port you'll be able to test it by doing a modem query ( all this is done from various screens within the kppp dialer ). The first step is most likely your problem and the second will usually clear it, there various other settings we can adjust once you get these working to help speed up your connection but for now one thing at a time. Cheers, 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] kmix and /dev/mixer* properties
Have you gotten the OS to recognize your sound card? This is a possible cause for the error you got (I had the same problem a while back). Run 'sndconfig' (I think that's the correct command) to configure your soundcard. DvB On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Ingo Bauer wrote: Good afternoon all I think I broke my mixer(kmix) this morning and following the instructions [root@firefight /dev]# /usr/bin/kmix kmix: Could not open mixer. Perhaps you have no permission to access the mixer device. Login as root and do a 'chmod a+rw /dev/mixer*' to allow the access. [root@firefight /dev]# chmod a+rw /dev/mixer* [root@firefight /dev]# /usr/bin/kmix kmix: Could not open mixer. Perhaps you have no permission to access the mixer device. Login as root and do a 'chmod a+rw /dev/mixer*' to allow the access. [root@firefight /dev]# The error still hangs around . what are the properties for the mixer entries in /dev Thank you Ingo
[newbie] IDE Zip
Hi I just got Linux Mandrake 7.0 and install it. Everything went fine, but... It didn't auto configure my IDE Zip that used to work perfect under Windows 95, Linux Red Hat 5.2 and Linux Red Hat 6.1. When Mandrake is loading it recognizes de IDE ZIp it sees it at hdd, (as Linux Red Hat 5.2 and 6.1 used to see it), but when it tries to check for a partition table (I don't know why) it returns a "interrupt lost" message, and stays forever in and endless loop of interrupt lost messages. What I did is to pass as a parameter in the command line (at boot time) hdd=noprobe, so it passes through (it is not probe), but the problem is that I can't not access my Zip afterwards. Does anyone knows how to fix this problem? Heberto
Re: [newbie] Mandrake versions
Ron Sinclair wrote: I believe what is being refered to is a MacMillian version with extra pdf versions of some linux books on a third cdrom. for some reason it has the moniker 6.5 on the box but seems to be 6.1 in actuality. This message is composed and delivered with an MSFreeCE ( Microsoft-free Computing Enviroment ). On the box, it's referred to as "The Complete Linux OS 6.5", which I take to mean that the MacMillian box is considered a flavor of Linux in itself. So, it seems to be version 6.5 of version Mandrake's 6.1. Confusing. Ron Sinclair AKA NipponDSM http://www.dsm.org http://members.tripod.com/~WIGGLIT/page2.html McMillan simply repackages Mandrake and gives it their own revision level. They do not concider themselves a flavor of linux just a reseller. -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux is like a wigwam... No windows, no gates. Apache inside
[newbie]
I've install mandrake 7.0 a couple of times. The install seems to go smooth. However, after boot up I get a generic graphical login box with a desktop background(without icons blank light blue screen). When I log in two console screens appear. I can't seem to get the window manager desktop. I assumed like Mandrake 6.0 that the Graphical log in would allow you to choose a window manager. And after logging in your desktop would appear. Does anyone know why my desktop would not appear? Has anyone had this problem previously with 7.0? (mandrake 6.0 works great)
RE: [newbie] kmix and /dev/mixer* properties
Hi David ; It worked well before I changed some settings on /dev/mixer* . I am using OSS. so running sndconfig will not really help me thank you for your suggestion though. Ingo -Original Message- From: David van Balen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 12:21 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:Re: [newbie] kmix and /dev/mixer* properties Have you gotten the OS to recognize your sound card? This is a possible cause for the error you got (I had the same problem a while back). Run 'sndconfig' (I think that's the correct command) to configure your soundcard. DvB On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Ingo Bauer wrote: Good afternoon all I think I broke my mixer(kmix) this morning and following the instructions [root@firefight /dev]# /usr/bin/kmix kmix: Could not open mixer. Perhaps you have no permission to access the mixer device. Login as root and do a 'chmod a+rw /dev/mixer*' to allow the access. [root@firefight /dev]# chmod a+rw /dev/mixer* [root@firefight /dev]# /usr/bin/kmix kmix: Could not open mixer. Perhaps you have no permission to access the mixer device. Login as root and do a 'chmod a+rw /dev/mixer*' to allow the access. [root@firefight /dev]# The error still hangs around . what are the properties for the mixer entries in /dev Thank you Ingo application/ms-tnef
RE: [newbie] Sound card support in 6.1 and 7.0
There's a site you can go to set up SB Live! It's worth a shot. http://www.whitem.demon.co.uk/sblive.html Good Luck, weirhere -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 6:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] Sound card support in 6.1 and 7.0 I've been playing with 6.1 for about 2 months now, and I'm enjoying myself immensely. However, since building myself an SMP machine I've had to change my soundcard from an Ensoniq to a Soundblaster Live! The Ensoniq was happily supported under 6.1 and a call to 'sndconfig' sorted everything out. Music poured forth. Everything was wonderful. With the Soundblaster, 'sndconfig' merrily informs me that the SB Live! isn't supported. Dark days indeed. Dang! I'm presently downloading the 7.0-2 ISO from a mirror. 24.2 hours to go! :( What I'd like to know is my SB Live! supported in this release, and does anyone have any idea of when (if!) it'll be supported? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst
Re: [newbie] Sound card support in 6.1 and 7.0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been playing with 6.1 for about 2 months now, and I'm enjoying myself immensely. However, since building myself an SMP machine I've had to change my soundcard from an Ensoniq to a Soundblaster Live! The Ensoniq was happily supported under 6.1 and a call to 'sndconfig' sorted everything out. Music poured forth. Everything was wonderful. With the Soundblaster, 'sndconfig' merrily informs me that the SB Live! isn't supported. Dark days indeed. Dang! I'm presently downloading the 7.0-2 ISO from a mirror. 24.2 hours to go! :( What I'd like to know is my SB Live! supported in this release, and does anyone have any idea of when (if!) it'll be supported? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Steve, The SB Live works with 6.1 with a download from Creative Labs. If you check the archives from the Mandrake home page I'm sure you'll find MANY msg's giving you the location. As for 7.0. It is supposed to work out of the box and I haven't seen anyone ask for help yet so I assume it does. -- 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] Financial Freedom and Success
Welcome to the internet... no, it doesn't happen very often on this list (at least not that I've noticed). DvB On Fri, 11 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't believe it. I've been on this list for 4 hours and got the first piece of Spam. Please tell me this isn't a regular occurance! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/02/2000 05:52:38 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success If you have reached the point in your life where you are ready to have Financial Freedom and a Real Opportunity to Retire in 2-3 years, we would like you to continue reading. This is not a program for everyone , so if you are not a highly motivated, goal oriented person with a burning desire to be successful and wealthy, please delete this message now. The number below will give you a two minute introduction to a business that is not a franchise or MLM. I'm short on time but ready to listen if you fit the description above. **24 Hour Recorded Message: 1-800-320-9895 ext. 6579** "There is no other road to genious and wealth than through voluntary self effort." Napoleon Hill
RE: [newbie] Sound card support in 6.1 and 7.0
Thanks for that - I had a bit of a search around and found a very helpful site at http://www.linuxnewbie.org which has a section on how to get the SB Live! working with Linux. I'm at work at the moment, but I've sent the necessary files to myself back at home, where I'll no doubt be having fun tonight recompiling my kernel to enable SMP support and getting my soundcard to work! :) Thanke fot the info - I've bookmarked it for reference if these instructions don't help. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Troy Weir" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/02/2000 16:54:08 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: RE: [newbie] Sound card support in 6.1 and 7.0 There's a site you can go to set up SB Live! It's worth a shot. http://www.whitem.demon.co.uk/sblive.html Good Luck, weirhere -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 6:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Sound card support in 6.1 and 7.0 I've been playing with 6.1 for about 2 months now, and I'm enjoying myself immensely. However, since building myself an SMP machine I've had to change my soundcard from an Ensoniq to a Soundblaster Live! The Ensoniq was happily supported under 6.1 and a call to 'sndconfig' sorted everything out. Music poured forth. Everything was wonderful. With the Soundblaster, 'sndconfig' merrily informs me that the SB Live! isn't supported. Dark days indeed. Dang! I'm presently downloading the 7.0-2 ISO from a mirror. 24.2 hours to go! :( What I'd like to know is my SB Live! supported in this release, and does anyone have any idea of when (if!) it'll be supported? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst
Re: [newbie] Sound card support in 6.1 and 7.0
Typically, found a link about 20 minutes after posting the question. I've got my EMU drivers now, and will be doing the install tonight. I only put the card in on Wednesday, so I've not had much of a chance to experiment with it under Linux. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Joseph S. Gardner" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/02/2000 17:13:04 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] Sound card support in 6.1 and 7.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been playing with 6.1 for about 2 months now, and I'm enjoying myself immensely. However, since building myself an SMP machine I've had to change my soundcard from an Ensoniq to a Soundblaster Live! The Ensoniq was happily supported under 6.1 and a call to 'sndconfig' sorted everything out. Music poured forth. Everything was wonderful. With the Soundblaster, 'sndconfig' merrily informs me that the SB Live! isn't supported. Dark days indeed. Dang! I'm presently downloading the 7.0-2 ISO from a mirror. 24.2 hours to go! :( What I'd like to know is my SB Live! supported in this release, and does anyone have any idea of when (if!) it'll be supported? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Steve, The SB Live works with 6.1 with a download from Creative Labs. If you check the archives from the Mandrake home page I'm sure you'll find MANY msg's giving you the location. As for 7.0. It is supposed to work out of the box and I haven't seen anyone ask for help yet so I assume it does. -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux is like a wigwam... No windows, no gates. Apache inside
[newbie] iomega LS-120
I have mandrake 6.1 and during bootup, it appears to recognize my LS-120 as a second floppie(even though it's an IDE interface), but I cazn't seem to mount it or even find it. Does anyone out there know about this?? Troy Weir - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] kmix and /dev/mixer* properties
I am also having the same problem. OSS is part of the package and recognizes the card (ES1371). Still no sound. I tried sndconfig but to no avail. Is there a way to edit the config done by OSS? Troy Weir - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Ingo Bauer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 10:53 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:RE: [newbie] kmix and /dev/mixer* properties Hi David ; It worked well before I changed some settings on /dev/mixer* . I am using OSS. so running sndconfig will not really help me thank you for your suggestion though. Ingo -Original Message- From: David van Balen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 12:21 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:Re: [newbie] kmix and /dev/mixer* properties Have you gotten the OS to recognize your sound card? This is a possible cause for the error you got (I had the same problem a while back). Run 'sndconfig' (I think that's the correct command) to configure your soundcard. DvB On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Ingo Bauer wrote: Good afternoon all I think I broke my mixer(kmix) this morning and following the instructions [root@firefight /dev]# /usr/bin/kmix kmix: Could not open mixer. Perhaps you have no permission to access the mixer device. Login as root and do a 'chmod a+rw /dev/mixer*' to allow the access. [root@firefight /dev]# chmod a+rw /dev/mixer* [root@firefight /dev]# /usr/bin/kmix kmix: Could not open mixer. Perhaps you have no permission to access the mixer device. Login as root and do a 'chmod a+rw /dev/mixer*' to allow the access. [root@firefight /dev]# The error still hangs around . what are the properties for the mixer entries in /dev Thank you Ingo winmail.dat
Re: [newbie] Mandrake versions
McMillan simply repackages Mandrake and gives it their own revision level. They do not concider themselves a flavor of linux just a reseller. From what I remeber they offer a bunch of Sam's Books on the CD Such as the $22 KDE book I bought... They also offer help through Linuxcare MarkP
Re: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success
What are some of the ways you can get back at this idiot? Seve -Original Message- From: David van Balen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, February 11, 2000 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success Welcome to the internet... no, it doesn't happen very often on this list (at least not that I've noticed). DvB On Fri, 11 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't believe it. I've been on this list for 4 hours and got the first piece of Spam. Please tell me this isn't a regular occurance! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/02/2000 05:52:38 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success If you have reached the point in your life where you are ready to have Financial Freedom and a Real Opportunity to Retire in 2-3 years, we would like you to continue reading. This is not a program for everyone , so if you are not a highly motivated, goal oriented person with a burning desire to be successful and wealthy, please delete this message now. The number below will give you a two minute introduction to a business that is not a franchise or MLM. I'm short on time but ready to listen if you fit the description above. **24 Hour Recorded Message: 1-800-320-9895 ext. 6579** "There is no other road to genious and wealth than through voluntary self effort." Napoleon Hill
Re: [newbie] Sound card support in 6.1 and 7.0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for that - I had a bit of a search around and found a very helpful site at http://www.linuxnewbie.org which has a section on how to get the SB Live! working with Linux. I'm at work at the moment, but I've sent the necessary files to myself back at home, where I'll no doubt be having fun tonight recompiling my kernel to enable SMP support and getting my soundcard to work! :) Thanke fot the info - I've bookmarked it for reference if these instructions don't help. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Steve, I believe that Mr. Martin's site has info for 6.0 and not 6.1. ALSA ( http://www.alsa-project.org/ ) appears to have a driver for the SB Live and I'm certain I still have the copy I d/l from creative labs before they quit posting it (at least I couldn't find it). If you like drop me a line privately and I'll send it to you. Regards, -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux is like a wigwam... No windows, no gates. Apache inside
[newbie] Laptop
I have an old 486-100 Laptop that I would like t oload linux-mandrake 7.0 on. Problem is that I don't have a cd-rom for it. Is there a easy way to do this ? Thanks Jeff
Re: [newbie] Sound card support in 6.1 and 7.0
I've been playing with 6.1 for about 2 months now, and I'm enjoying myself immensely. However, since building myself an SMP machine I've had to change my soundcard from an Ensoniq to a Soundblaster Live! The Ensoniq was happily supported under 6.1 and a call to 'sndconfig' sorted everything out. Music poured forth. Everything was wonderful. With the Soundblaster, 'sndconfig' merrily informs me that the SB Live! isn't supported. Dark days indeed. Dang! I'm presently downloading the 7.0-2 ISO from a mirror. 24.2 hours to go! :( What I'd like to know is my SB Live! supported in this release, and does anyone have any idea of when (if!) it'll be supported? Hi Steve, you currently have my problem. I have an SB Live! as well. It appears that there are no drivers for it yet, BUT, there are betas for the 2.2.5 version of the kernel. Just go to: http://support.soundblaster.com/files/download.asp and click on beta drivers for SB Live! Keep checking back with them as they may finally have some working drivers in the future. later James __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake versions
McMillan simply repackages Mandrake and gives it their own revision level.They do not concider themselves a flavor of linux just a reseller.From what I remeber they offer a bunch of Sam's Books on the CD Such asthe $22 KDE book I bought...They also offer help through Linuxcare Talking to myself :-) Complete Linux-Mandrake 7.0 users can immediately begin working within Linux with Sun's StarOffice office suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, database and more. Complete Linux-Mandrake 7.0 also includes the Macmillan Linux Library, over 3,500 electronic pages of Linux reference guides, written by Macmillan's Linux experts. LinuxCare provides free installation technical support, as part of its partnership with Macmillan. MarkP
Re: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success
Sevatio Octavio wrote: What are some of the ways you can get back at this idiot? Seve snip Welcome to the internet... no, it doesn't happen very often on this list (at least not that I've noticed). DvB On Fri, 11 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't believe it. I've been on this list for 4 hours and got the first piece of Spam. Please tell me this isn't a regular occurance! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst snip sign him up for a newsgroup Joe
Re: [newbie] Laptop
jeff wrote: I have an old 486-100 Laptop that I would like t oload linux-mandrake 7.0 on. Problem is that I don't have a cd-rom for it. Is there a easy way to do this ? Thanks Jeff Mandrake does not run on a 486. hasn't since pre 6.0 I believe -- 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] Sound card support in 6.1 and 7.0
Steveit's actually supported under both. There's a (included at the last minute) driver on your 6.1 cd in the /mnt/cdrom/apps/X-Rage128/ directory. Version 7 should detect and install your rage 128 based card pretty much automagically. Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been playing with 6.1 for about 2 months now, and I'm enjoying myself immensely. However, since building myself an SMP machine I've had to change my soundcard from an Ensoniq to a Soundblaster Live! The Ensoniq was happily supported under 6.1 and a call to 'sndconfig' sorted everything out. Music poured forth. Everything was wonderful. With the Soundblaster, 'sndconfig' merrily informs me that the SB Live! isn't supported. Dark days indeed. Dang! I'm presently downloading the 7.0-2 ISO from a mirror. 24.2 hours to go! :( What I'd like to know is my SB Live! supported in this release, and does anyone have any idea of when (if!) it'll be supported? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst
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I've install mandrake 7.0 a couple of times. The install seems to go smooth. However, after boot up I get a generic graphical login box with a desktop background(without icons blank light blue screen). When I log in two console screens appear. I can't seem to get the window manager desktop. I assumed like Mandrake 6.0 that the Graphical log in would allow you to choose a window manager. And after logging in your desktop would appear. Does anyone know why my desktop would not appear? Has anyone had this problem previously with 7.0? (mandrake 6.0 works great)
Re: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success
I have a feeling that someone who used to be on this list signed us up to receive this spam. To bad we couldnt find out who that person is On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, you wrote: What are some of the ways you can get back at this idiot? Seve -Original Message- From: David van Balen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, February 11, 2000 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success Welcome to the internet... no, it doesn't happen very often on this list (at least not that I've noticed). DvB On Fri, 11 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't believe it. I've been on this list for 4 hours and got the first piece of Spam. Please tell me this isn't a regular occurance! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/02/2000 05:52:38 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success If you have reached the point in your life where you are ready to have Financial Freedom and a Real Opportunity to Retire in 2-3 years, we would like you to continue reading. This is not a program for everyone , so if you are not a highly motivated, goal oriented person with a burning desire to be successful and wealthy, please delete this message now. The number below will give you a two minute introduction to a business that is not a franchise or MLM. I'm short on time but ready to listen if you fit the description above. **24 Hour Recorded Message: 1-800-320-9895 ext. 6579** "There is no other road to genious and wealth than through voluntary self effort." Napoleon Hill -- QOTD: I'm not a nerd -- I'm "socially challenged".
RE: [newbie] compiling problem
thanks for that help, but. when i tried it, it only came back to say that it was already installed, but whenever i try and add some other packages who's dependancies require cpp 2.95.1-3, it still shows it as unsatisfied. On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Family ZOMBIE wrote: Hi! Try to update instead of uninstall/install. i.e. rpm -Uvh cpp??.rpm (-U is for update) I'm running Mandrake 7.0 and if I wan't to uninstall for example gcc-2.95.2-3mdk.i586.rpm, I usually have to uninstall first some other packages like gcc-cpp-2.95.2-3mdk.i586.rpm, gcc-c++-2.95.2-3mdk.i586.rpm, gcc-colorgcc-2.95.2-3mdk.i586.rpm or/and some others. To uninstall several packages: rpm -e gcc-2.95.2-3mdk.i586 gcc-cpp-2.95.2-3mdk.i586 gcc-c++-2.95.2-3mdk.i586 (I hope -e is for uninstall) for kpackage there is option for multiple selection. By the way - I am using win98 right now, so these instructions are based on "I think that's the way it is". Kari Somby -Original Message- From: Eric Weichmann [mailto:eweichma@zianet] Sent: 11. helmikuuta 2000 8:07 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] compiling problem Yeah, I came to that same conclusion too. I downloaded the new libs and their dependancies, but now kpackage refuses to uninstall my older version of cpp, so I can install cpp-2.95.1-3. It's driving me crazy! I tried the uninstall command, just to find out i don't have it. i've tried uninstalling it from Kpackage and it gives me the error " 'cpp' specifies multiple packages" and then just stops. Can anyone out there help me? i've also tried the "RPM -e --clean cpp-1.1.1-3, and it gives me the same error as Kpackage does. If someone out there could help me, I'd GREATLY appreciate it! Just some info. I'm running Mandrake 6.0. Thanks! Eric
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[newbie] text install of 7.0-2
I know there is a way to do this but I can't find it. I'd like to be able to use the old text installer for the new MDK 7.0-2. Where the heck is it? Presumably there is an "install the whole doggone thing" option there somewhere. I did a EXPERT / NORMAL install on the most recent machine and don't seem to have all the libraries I need to install software, and wanna make sure they're there without post-installation install sessions, next time.
Re: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success
Well, if it were a real address you could mail bomb him. However, it looks to me like he/she used a relay server (which anyone with an iq over 0 would do) so there probably isn't much you can do... it's probably the same person(s) sending all the spam to this list for all I know. DvB On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: What are some of the ways you can get back at this idiot? Seve -Original Message- From: David van Balen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, February 11, 2000 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success Welcome to the internet... no, it doesn't happen very often on this list (at least not that I've noticed). DvB On Fri, 11 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't believe it. I've been on this list for 4 hours and got the first piece of Spam. Please tell me this isn't a regular occurance! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/02/2000 05:52:38 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success If you have reached the point in your life where you are ready to have Financial Freedom and a Real Opportunity to Retire in 2-3 years, we would like you to continue reading. This is not a program for everyone , so if you are not a highly motivated, goal oriented person with a burning desire to be successful and wealthy, please delete this message now. The number below will give you a two minute introduction to a business that is not a franchise or MLM. I'm short on time but ready to listen if you fit the description above. **24 Hour Recorded Message: 1-800-320-9895 ext. 6579** "There is no other road to genious and wealth than through voluntary self effort." Napoleon Hill
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Re: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success
On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, you wrote: Well, if it were a real address you could mail bomb him. However, it looks to me like he/she used a relay server (which anyone with an iq over 0 would do) so there probably isn't much you can do... it's probably the same person(s) sending all the spam to this list for all I know. DvB Mega-snippage -- Am I the only one who thinks that the continuing to quote what was perceived as spam, is spam as well? Larry Varney Cold Spring, KY http://w3.one.net/~lvarney Powered by Linux!
Re: (audrey beck)[newbie] Resolution problem
Daniel Boyd wrote: What's happening is that X is using the SVGA driver and putting you in 640x480 or else using double scan. Try running XConfigurator to re-detect your video and monitor. Sometimes even when a card is supported it does this. Then you have to manually edit the configuration file. What card do you have? i have a 32 meg nvidia tnt agp card i also have no idea how to do basially anything in linux but i cant really learn at this resolution :) cheers daniel exit out of KDE. Log in as root to command prompt. Enter: XConfigurator That should let you reconfigure your card. If you still get the large screen, backup your XF86Config file (I don't have a linux box here, but the location is something like /etc/X11/XF86Config) by changing to the directory where the XF86Config file is and using cp: cd /etc/X11 ls XF86Config cp XF86Config XF86Config.save Then use an editor to remove the refreshes that you don't want or that don't apply. Toward the bottom, there will be a section for your video card/display. Change the order of the "640x480" "800x600" etc lines to have the resolution you want to start in be the first set of numbers. You might want to try different things one at a time and keep multiple copies that you save as you go along. Use: startx at the command line to go into KDE and see what you get each time. If KDE locks up or you can't find a way to get out, then use Control+Alt+Backspace to kill it and get back to the command prompt. Someone that has your card working might be nice enough to send you a copy of the config file that works for them if you can't get it going.
Re: [newbie] Changing mailing address
Go to the linux-mandrake.com page for mailing lists, then unsubscribe newbie with your old address and subscribe with your new address. Brian E Popp wrote: Hello - I'm new at this, having worked on mainframes for years, but would like to switch to Linux probably for the same reasons many are using it now. I signed up for this newsletter and was swamped with the number of e-mails I received in 12 hours. Here's a simple question: How do I unsubscribe from my old e-mail address and subscribe to one I've set up for Linux? I may be dumb, but I'm slow
Re: [newbie] Trouble installing soundcard under MDK 7.0-2
I did a couple of re-boots and it worked ok, I noticed that too,m after the sound is set up one needs to do a re-boot, I know, shoulkd not have to do that in Linux, but after its all setup, it should work. On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Ralf Andersson mewed: WARNING Extreme newbie present WARNING Greetings, just installed MDK on my machine and got everything working except my soundcard (SB Awe 64 Gold). Tried running sndconfig and heard Linus speaking and the MIDI song but after sndconfig was done i still didn't hear anything. Can someone help me with this ? Step by step please since I'm a newbie at linux. Regards Ralf Rangedahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: -- Linux Cat
Re: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success
Oh go eat your own boogers and sniff your stinky armpits you stupid spammer On Wed, 31 Dec 1969, [EMAIL PROTECTED] vomited into thier own soup: If you have reached the point in your life where you are ready to have Financial Freedom and a Real Opportunity to Retire in 2-3 years, we would like you to continue reading. This is not a program for everyone , so if you are not a highly motivated, goal oriented person with a burning desire to be successful and wealthy, please delete this message now. The number below will give you a two minute introduction to a business that is not a franchise or MLM. I'm short on time but ready to listen if you fit the description above. **24 Hour Recorded Message: 1-800-320-9895 ext. 6579** "There is no other road to genious and wealth than through voluntary self effort." Napoleon Hill -- Linux Cat
Re: [newbie] WINE / Samba Question!
- Original Message - From: ChOPpY C. Chipper To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 10:03 AM Subject: [newbie] WINE / Samba Question! my 1st q is: does anybody know what the default password for logging into a linux svr running samba from win98, or where I could write and what I would write as a script to have no password, or to change the p/w to something I know? alsodoes anybody know how to configure / use WINE, I'm just starting and I need some help. I tried creating a wine.conf file under /etc/. but itgave an error when i ran "wine" under the console: No Defined DOS type disks under wine.conf no[Drive X] statements can't find C:\windows . so could, somebody please send me their wine.conf or explain where/how to use wine.conf / run wine, so I don't get this error and can run windows appz under linunx! Thanks So Much! -Julien
Re: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success
Trace his headers, well mandrake might have to do that from thier mail servers, then complain to his upstream isp. On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Sevatio Octavio mewed: What are some of the ways you can get back at this idiot? Seve -Original Message- From: David van Balen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, February 11, 2000 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success Welcome to the internet... no, it doesn't happen very often on this list (at least not that I've noticed). DvB On Fri, 11 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't believe it. I've been on this list for 4 hours and got the first piece of Spam. Please tell me this isn't a regular occurance! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/02/2000 05:52:38 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success If you have reached the point in your life where you are ready to have Financial Freedom and a Real Opportunity to Retire in 2-3 years, we would like you to continue reading. This is not a program for everyone , so if you are not a highly motivated, goal oriented person with a burning desire to be successful and wealthy, please delete this message now. The number below will give you a two minute introduction to a business that is not a franchise or MLM. I'm short on time but ready to listen if you fit the description above. **24 Hour Recorded Message: 1-800-320-9895 ext. 6579** "There is no other road to genious and wealth than through voluntary self effort." Napoleon Hill -- Linux Cat
Re: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success
I think another way to discoourtage spammers is to let them know that we have no intention of giving them any money On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, hugh mewed: I have a feeling that someone who used to be on this list signed us up to receive this spam. To bad we couldnt find out who that person is On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, you wrote: What are some of the ways you can get back at this idiot? Seve -Original Message- From: David van Balen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, February 11, 2000 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success Welcome to the internet... no, it doesn't happen very often on this list (at least not that I've noticed). DvB On Fri, 11 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't believe it. I've been on this list for 4 hours and got the first piece of Spam. Please tell me this isn't a regular occurance! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/02/2000 05:52:38 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success If you have reached the point in your life where you are ready to have Financial Freedom and a Real Opportunity to Retire in 2-3 years, we would like you to continue reading. This is not a program for everyone , so if you are not a highly motivated, goal oriented person with a burning desire to be successful and wealthy, please delete this message now. The number below will give you a two minute introduction to a business that is not a franchise or MLM. I'm short on time but ready to listen if you fit the description above. **24 Hour Recorded Message: 1-800-320-9895 ext. 6579** "There is no other road to genious and wealth than through voluntary self effort." Napoleon Hill -- QOTD: I'm not a nerd -- I'm "socially challenged". -- Linux Cat
Re: [newbie] Laptop
you cant run 7.0 well on a 486, it's made for pentiums, and I hear you need at least a 233 for it to run somewhat ok! ^^ Jim Garner [EMAIL PROTECTED] (running mandrake 6.1/win 98) __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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Title: RE: [newbie] Laptop You are correct that it will run bad on a 486 if at all. I however run it on Pentium Pro 200 with 96 MB of ram and it runs apps almost as fast as my 500 Mhz running Winblows 98 SE. -Original Message- From: Jim Garner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 5:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Laptop you cant run 7.0 well on a 486, it's made for pentiums, and I hear you need at least a 233 for it to run somewhat ok! ^^ Jim Garner [EMAIL PROTECTED] (running mandrake 6.1/win 98) __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: Audrey Beck [newbie] Changing mailing address
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RE: [newbie] Laptop
I am running 7.0 on a p120 with 64 megs and it runs great. Only slightly slower than my 500mhz/128meg Win98 machine. Granted I have a Adaptec 2940UW card and 4 gig UW drive in the Linux machine. Wheee! Cheers Scott Petersen Programmer/Analyst Pangaea Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] 250-360-0111 -Original Message- From: Jim Garner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 2:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Laptop you cant run 7.0 well on a 486, it's made for pentiums, and I hear you need at least a 233 for it to run somewhat ok! ^^ Jim Garner [EMAIL PROTECTED] (running mandrake 6.1/win 98) __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Open Ports (Again, sorry)
At 12:18 AM 2/11/00 +, you wrote: After a post saying, open /etc/hosts.deny, and comment out any unwanted services, I did this and it worked fine. But I had to do a reinstall and I again, I find my system open to services I don't want it to be :( So, I opened /etc/hosts.deny but there are no services listed. Are there any other files I can use to close these connections (FTP, POP3, Auth)? Thanks for any help You sure hosts.deny is the right file? I think it's inetd.conf... -- .*. "Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not -()circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a `*' straight line."- -- B. Mandelbrot |http://surf.to/pgd.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ | Paul Derbyshire Programmer Humanist|ICQ: 10423848|
Re: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success
At 04:02 PM 2/11/00 +, you wrote: I don't believe it. I've been on this list for 4 hours and got the first piece of Spam. Please tell me this isn't a regular occurance! As a matter of fact it is not. -- .*. "Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not -()circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a `*' straight line."- -- B. Mandelbrot |http://surf.to/pgd.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ | Paul Derbyshire Programmer Humanist|ICQ: 10423848|
Re: [newbie] Rage Fury 128 32Mb.
Thank you :-) George - Original Message - From: Ingo Bauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 5:12 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Rage Fury 128 32Mb. Good morning George; Check out this site http://www4.ncsu.edu/~distclai/rage128-howto.html and follow the instructions ... That should help you for Mandrake 6.1 . Mandrake 7.0 discovered my "All in Wonder Rage 128" without a problem. Ingo -Original Message- From: George Houdek-Viskovska [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 2:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Rage Fury 128 32Mb. Hi Please have someone VGA Rage Fury 128 32 MB. and work this VGA card with Linux Mandrake 6.1 or 7.0? I install Mandrake 6.1 but Linux have problem with this card no start X win. " Cannot start X server " " FATAL error " Have someone instruction step by step for configuration this VGA card ?? Thank you George File: ATT00032.html
Re: [newbie] Open Ports (Again, sorry)
You just enter this All : All to deny connections you wont find any services in the file On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, you wrote: At 12:18 AM 2/11/00 +, you wrote: After a post saying, open /etc/hosts.deny, and comment out any unwanted services, I did this and it worked fine. But I had to do a reinstall and I again, I find my system open to services I don't want it to be :( So, I opened /etc/hosts.deny but there are no services listed. Are there any other files I can use to close these connections (FTP, POP3, Auth)? Thanks for any help You sure hosts.deny is the right file? I think it's inetd.conf... -- .*. "Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not -()circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a `*' straight line."- -- B. Mandelbrot |http://surf.to/pgd.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ | Paul Derbyshire Programmer Humanist|ICQ: 10423848| -- QOTD: I'm not a nerd -- I'm "socially challenged".
[newbie] Re: Running PPPDialer/Config
"ChOPpY C. Chipper" wrote: well, anyway, my problem is that I don't have any idea on how to do nearly anything, So my 1st task, is to try out the PPP dial-up, so I run KPPP from the KDE desktop. when I hit connect it says "modem is busy". How do I go about fixing this is my question, Thanks, Julien Dumoulin-Smith Make sure you've got the right settings in the kppp setup. Your modem should probably be on ttys0, ttys1, ttys2 or ttys3 (these correspond to com1, 2, 3, 4 in Windoze). My Mdk version (6.1) came with the default on "modem" - which is not correct. Also, I had to change the default flow control setting from crtscts to xon/xoff. Then it worked perfectly. Regarding your other questions, I'm sorry but I don't have the answers. Lance
Re: [newbie] KDE startup
I also have installed linux-mandrake twice and I can't get kde going either. I have xterm and xconsole up but can't get kde to start. I have re-read the installation guide and notice that at one point it mentions selecting the components to install, when I have installed the software I did not get a chance to select different packages, it appears to have installed them all. I admit to be a very green newbie on linux and could use some help in getting started. Thanks, J.P. Cazares Rick N wrote: Chris wrote: I have installed it twice now, Once with out starting into x the other with..either way i am not getting the kde going... at this point the kde and gnome both installed, but I am new and not sure how to activate them yet. After you login and are at the command prompt, if you type in KDE, it should start. Rick N -- J.P. Cazares Office (317) 248-1093 Pager (888) 934-6190 email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Re-router
Vic...I personally use www.dyndns.org...check it out...it's not bad and it's free Vic wrote: Hi any one know of any decent re-router services for a guy on cablemodem wanting to host a webserver? -- Linux Cat -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 HomePage: http://kwg.virtualave.net/kwg http://kompukit.dyndns.org (personal webserver,does NOT run 24/7)
[newbie] Enlightenment not starting?
What could I have done to stop enlightenment not starting up on my Gnome login? And, how do I set it to start again? Or is it best just to create a new login? TIA -- http://www.uplink.freeuk.com - ICQ: 15212336 No witty comment or quote required.
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Re: [newbie] Junk OS
I have been using Linux (Mandrake v7.0) only for about one week. I must admit that it does have a steep learning curve and some difficulties in user friendliness but I am more than happy with it than with Windows 98. Whenever I use Windows, it crashes every couple of hours. I run memory intensive mathematics and data analysis programs but it is a nerve wracking "adventure" with Windows because I never know if it is going to clunk out a few seconds before outputting the results of a 30 minute (or hours long) calculation. Since I have been running my programs and analysis on Linux, it has not crashed a single time... not only that but it is easy to "kill" any program that might be causing trouble without crashing the entire system. Linux is not for everyone and it does require much work on the part of the user. But Windows is far from perfect. Windows does not detect my monitor correctly, nor does the stupid 'Add Hardware Wizard' ever run correctly without crashing or freezing my entire system (often I have to resort to complex trickery in order to get new hardware in my system). Windows is, frankly, designed for the village idiots. It manages to make everything so obscure and difficult in the name of 'user friendliness' that nothing works correctly. I would much rather have the complete control that Linux offers over the pre-packaged and annoying features and defaults of Windows. It took me 3 days to correctly install Linux on my home PC and I am still working on setting up my sound card and modem... but I can tell you that once I get the hang of Linux I will be using Windows only once in a blue moon when I am absolutely required to do so. Eventually, Linux will acquire all the "neat" features that are contained in Windows and make it as simple to use as Windows (hopefully without sacrificing the stability, speed and ease of use that it now possesses). Rome was not built in one day. Finally (this is getting long), I have found many of the individuals on this mailing list extremely helpful and courteous. I would much rather use my brain and the help of other Linux users when I have a problem than paying Microsoft outrageous amounts of money in order to get half the assistance that I have gotten from the people on this list. I had a problem with LILO but was able to fix it within an hour because of the assistance of Gene. Sincerely, Elvis Dieguez - Original Message - From: Vincent Dickerson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 28, 1999 10:12 PM Subject: [newbie] Junk OS Hello; First of all, When you ADVERTISE "free tech support" that means FREE. not me having to pay for an internet connection. besides if i am in the middle of patitioning my hard drive, How in the hell am i supposed to email you(THINK). Secound, Your book is full of inconsistantcies, you software(installation) will not even recocgnize a generic monitor. Now with all of the problems that i have encountered with "your" software, it would take about 6 months to install it if i had to wait 24 hrs. for every question to be answered. Next, If your going to sell something, it would make good sense to spell check your manual. GEEZZZ It is easy to see why Microsoft has the major part of this market. I can exit your(junk) and repair my SCSI drive(after your OS has completely screwed it up) and one hour later it is up and running(network cards and all). I guess you are wanting to know what i am getting at here. WHO DO I SEE ABOUT GETTING MY MONEY BACK? "yea right" Signed New beleaver in MS windows
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Signed New beleaver in MS windows And your telling them to spell check their manual? How can you be so sure YOU know how to spell. LOL. Tom
Re: [newbie] Junk OS
O Signed New beleaver in MS windows Your telling them to spell check their manual? LOL. Tom
Re: [[newbie] Junk OS]
Vincent Dickerson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello; First of all, When you ADVERTISE "free tech support" that means FREE. not me having to pay for an internet connection. Well how would you like to get support? An 800#? But why should you have to pay for phone service just to get support? Perhaps they can send a technician to install the darn thing for you or anyone else w/o the wherewithall to do for themselves! besides if i am in the middle of patitioning my hard drive, How in the hell am i supposed to email you(THINK). Secound, Your book is full of inconsistantcies, you software(installation) will not even recocgnize a generic monitor. Now with all of the problems that i have encountered with "your" software, it would take about 6 months to install it if i had to wait 24 hrs. for every question to be answered. Next, If your going to sell something, it would make good sense to spell check your manual. GEEZZZ You should spellcheck your e-mail (see "secound" above). It is easy to see why Microsoft has the major part of this market. I can exit your(junk) and repair my SCSI drive(after your OS has completely screwed it up) === No, after YOU screwed it up in you FAILURE to install it properly. === and one hour later it is up and running(network cards and all). I guess you are wanting to know what i am getting at here. WHO DO I SEE ABOUT GETTING MY MONEY BACK? "yea right" Signed New beleaver in MS windows = Hey mr. "beleaver" time to spellcheck again. I do "believe" windows is you best bet. But none of us here can give you back your money. We're just users (who managed to get the software installed). Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
RE: [newbie] Re-router
1 year is USD24.95 2 years is USD39.95 Check out: www.tzo.com Cheers Scott Petersen -Original Message- From: Vic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 5:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Re-router How much are their rates? On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Scott Petersen mewed: I personally use tzo.com Reasonable rates, clients for everything (including Linux) and I have NEVER had a problem with them in over a year. Very reliable. Cheers Scott Petersen Programmer/Analyst Pangaea Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] 250-360-0111 -Original Message- From: Kit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 3:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Re-router Vic...I personally use www.dyndns.org...check it out...it's not bad and it's free Vic wrote: Hi any one know of any decent re-router services for a guy on cablemodem wanting to host a webserver? -- Linux Cat -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 HomePage: http://kwg.virtualave.net/kwg http://kompukit.dyndns.org (personal webserver,does NOT run 24/7) -- Linux Cat
Re: [newbie] Junk OS
This is blatant flamebait and doesn't deserve any more of a response than what I'm now giving it. Everyone please stop replying to it and let's get back to answering people's real questions. DvB On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Vincent Dickerson wrote: Hello; First of all, When you ADVERTISE "free tech support" that means FREE. not me having to pay for an internet connection. besides if i am in the middle of patitioning my hard drive, How in the hell am i supposed to email you(THINK). Secound, Your book is full of inconsistantcies, you software(installation) will not even recocgnize a generic monitor. Now with all of the problems that i have encountered with "your" software, it would take about 6 months to install it if i had to wait 24 hrs. for every question to be answered. Next, If your going to sell something, it would make good sense to spell check your manual. GEEZZZ It is easy to see why Microsoft has the major part of this market. I can exit your(junk) and repair my SCSI drive(after your OS has completely screwed it up) and one hour later it is up and running(network cards and all). I guess you are wanting to know what i am getting at here. WHO DO I SEE ABOUT GETTING MY MONEY BACK? "yea right" Signed New beleaver in MS windows
Re: [newbie] Junk OS
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mama said not to feed the troll but... First of all, When you ADVERTISE "free tech support" that means FREE. not me having to pay for an internet connection. besides if i am in the middle of patitioning my hard drive, How in the hell am i supposed to email you This list is [users helping users] ,not Mandrake's main support. If you don't understand how to partition your drive why are you doing it? (THINK) Secound,Your book is full of inconsistantcies, you software(installation) will not even recocgnize a generic monitor. Ah, let me guess you don't have a manual for you monitor? Find display modes and pick which ones are close to a match for yours. Now with all of the problems that i have encountered with "your" software, it would take about 6 months to install it if i had to wait 24 hrs. for every question to be answered. If you have the power pack you get free phone support for so many days. Like I said this is a newbie mailing list. If you have a question ask it. Someone may answer it if they can. Not everyone lives in the same time zones, or checks their mail at the same time. So the answer may not come for a few hours, or even days. Next, If your going to sell something, it would make good sense to spell check your manual. GEEZZZ Nice to hear since there was 6 misspelled words in this short rant. That's just in the first glance. Better check your MS spellchecker. It is easy to see why Microsoft has the major part of this market. Oh is that why they continue to lose market share? Humm... I didn't know. I can exit your(junk) and repair my SCSI drive(after your OS has completely screwed it up) It isn't the car it's the driver. and one hour later it is up and running(network cards and all). Wow it takes me about 20-30 mins to do a everything install of Mandrake. I guess you are wanting to know what i am getting at here. WHO DO I SEE ABOUT GETTING MY MONEY BACK? "yea right" That's the same question we asked Microsoft since their licensing agreement says they will refund the price if you don't want the OS. Since it comes with your new PC even if you don't want it. Signed New beleaver in MS windows Sorry, but I don't think you ever intended to believe anything else. - -- LIFE'S LAWS If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.1 iQA/AwUBOKTBB5Ic6oBNVYv1EQL0ZQCgr+0W9zlr47DgcUnDrw6enM/8ei8An1gn H96g0oeezSoHCc8lB53qfJRQ =FkTn -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [Re: [newbie] Junk OS]
surge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Signed New beleaver in MS windows And your telling them to spell check their manual? How can you be so sure YOU know how to spell. LOL. Tom == I think that's "YOU'RE" ;o) Sorry, couldn't resist.8^) Mike ## Michael Scottaline Linux 2.2.13 ## Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie]Mandrake on a 486 - was Laptop
Hello I am attempting to instal Linux mandrake onto a 486DX 100mghz. I low level formatted both brains(c and D) and everything started out fine. On little light number three, i got an error message that it can't open /proc/bus/pci/devices. Now this computer had win3.1, win 95, and i even had win 98 on it(though slow). what can I do. This was a download linux Maandrake from one of my computer literate coworkers. I however am a NEWBIE to it all.Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks Luke On Fri, 11 Feb 2000 16:06:22 -0800 John Montgomery [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 10:10 PM 2/11/00 GMT, you wrote: you cant run 7.0 well on a 486, it's made for pentiums, and I hear you need at least a 233 for it to run somewhat ok! Jim Garner Well, it depends on your needs. I have 6.0 on a P90 with 32 Mb and it does just fine as long as you stick to a Window Manager and stay away from KDE or Gnome. Personally I can't see why anyone who is a refugee from MS would want to use KDE anyway. My problem with Win 95 was the arbitrary way in which you had to work. In many ways (not all) I find that KDE is even more arbitrary. Gnome seems much more flexible. As far as crashes in Win 95 goes I think KDE ties up about as much. The great joy of Linux is all of the stuff which you can do without the pretty little pictures. Try the command line - you may never leave it. I too think that a single user version is necessary if Linux is to become a household name. John Montgomery YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
[newbie] partitioning
When the setup program is says it is resizing the widows partion, is it just using the empty space for a new partion or does it actual uninstall applications? Thank you evan
[newbie] Mouse woes driving me crazy
Dear friends: Using Mandrake 6.1 and KDE. I have a plain Micro Serial PS/2 mouse. It's relatively new. Bought it a few months ago. Here is what happens: The mouse freezes or just plain disappears. I do a Cnt+Alt+Esc if the mouse freezes (e.g. in Netscape). If it disappears, I do a Cnt+Alt+Backspace. This brings me back to the console. I type startx and get back in KDE. The mouse is back in operation. But shortly thereafter (about 10-20 minutes lates), this same scenario is repeated ad nauseam. I tried another new version of the Micro mouse. Same problem. I don't think it has anything to do with the mouse. I went into KDE's Control Center (Input Devices, Mouse) and played with the acceleration option. Hasn't helped one way or another. Would appreciate any advice. Thank you so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
