Re: [newbie] Severe PartitionMagic Error, please read
No, I got it from another source. I don't have M7, so someone else will have to answer that one. - Original Message - From: Sam Junge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Severe PartitionMagic Error, please read I DONT HAVE the partition magic floppy, it is on one of the cd's that came with mandrake 7 -Original Message- From: BrianGreen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, February 24, 2000 8:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Severe PartitionMagic Error, please read Do you have the PQmagic floppy? - Original Message - From: Sam Junge To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 1998 11:03 AM Subject: [newbie] Severe PartitionMagic Error, please read Here is my problem, please take the time to read it : I recently installed partition and boot magic on my windows 98 computer in preparation to install mandrake Linux 7.0. I installed Linux, but felt I did not do a good enough job so i decided to delete the partition. When I got to Windows, I used the delete Linux partition option that PartitionMagic gave me. When the computer rebooted, I went through the steps of the dos delete linux partition program, and it seemed as though it had worked. When the computer re-booted, Lilo gave me the same three options as usual : windows, linux, and floppy. Whether or not linux should still be listed as an option or whether I should have entered lilo at all is a different question, because when i typed linux just in case, it doesn't work anyways. ( the floppy option is also not the problem ) My real problem is that when i type in "windows" the computer goes to the partitionMagic dos program that says "the Linux partition could not be deleted. That operating system partition to be deleted was not found." This program gives me only the option to click ok, and when i do so, the computer reboots and when i type windows again under lilo, the same problem occurs. I have heard several responses, none of which I have gotten to work. I made a boot disk on my other windows computer ( typing sys a: at dos prompt at other computer ). I then put the disk into the computer and it booted up into a dos prompt. People told me to type fdisk /mbr, which i did at both the a and the c prompt, but neither recognized it. I also typed win / win98 / windows, but that didn't work either. I can't get back into my computer ( windows ), so please try to solve my problem. THANKS A MILLION, me
Re: [newbie] bug with mandrake 7.0 install -- lilo.conf
I did not have this bug when installing but I did have a display bug what you might want to do is make a text mode image of the install process or another kind judgeing on what you want read d:\install.htm for steps on how to do this. this will only work in mdk 7.0 which is the only version of mandrake besides 6.1 I can help with. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Software Questions
Paul wrote: I was wondering if anyone can recommend some software that will let me create MP3s from my CD's? Hopefully, a standalone program that doesn't need x, y and z installed already to work. I've also been looking for the latest GIMP RPMs (Devel version). I can't get the source to compile :( Last, but not least: can PAN .7.5 read offline? Thanks for any info. get the program called " grip" . It works for my Mandrake 7.0 very well. There's a rpm package at http://www.freshmeat.net . Alfred [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Lothar..
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Kyle "Orange" Spahn wrote: :-No.. I have an ISA, it's a D-Link 220 (10BT) Isa PnP, ha? I hate those. :-( This also means I NEVER EVER BOUGHT ONE OF THOSE MYSELF (this was a disclaimer). Now back to buisness: Can you find out which port + interrupt it uses under windows? Then reserve those in BIOS (set "no PnP OS installed" and "IRQ X reserved for legacy ISA") Finaly, take a look at networking.txt (kernel-doc package, /usr/kernel.doc-*/networking directory) to see what is the problem with ne-2000 compatible cards. Look for: 8390 based Network Modules I think you will need the "ne" + "8390" modules. Try it out with "modprobe" or "insmod" (better modprobe, since ne depends on 8390) and specify the options on the comandline - once it works you can add it all to conf.modules. hope this helps (write back what you got) cu Denis
Re: [newbie] Lothar..
Ups, I forgot: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO cu Denis
Re: [newbie] Which Version Do I Have: 7.0 or 7.02?
On the CD-Rom there's a file called "VERSION" (I believe; don't have the CD with me right now. But it's a name that clearly states the file's purpose.); view that file with an ASCII-editor. It has the version info of your Mandrake distro. On Feb 25 Lane Lester wrote: On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, "Pittman, Merle" wrote: I had this same problem in 7.0 but when I tried 7.02 the problem went away?? Which leads to this question: How can I determine if the supplier sent me 7.02 as they claimed? The text logon says, "7.0". -- Rial Juan http://nighty.ulyssis.org e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Belgiumtel: (++32) 89/856533 ulyssis system admininstrator http://www.ulyssis.org Unix IS user-friendly. It's just not ignorant-friendly or idiot-friendly. -- Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers
Re: [newbie] 6.1-7.0: Something Different About LILO?
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Lane Lester wrote: image=/mandrake/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-15mdk label=Mandrake_Linux append="mem=124M" root=/dev/hdb8 Oops! I did the usual newbie goof: edit lilo.conf and fail to run lilo. The above works just fine now. -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Getting where I want to go with Linux...
[newbie] Boot up modules
Hi, Whenever I log on I can play CDs but not system sounds on my SB Live!. I have the kaudioserver and kwmsound in the $KDEDIR/bin/startkde file but these do not seem to be started. Also, the settings are always muted (default behaviour). After some investigation found that snd-pcm-oss and snd-mixer-oss (allows backward compatibility) modules are not loaded. When I modprobe these and exec kaudioserver and kwmsound I get systems sounds. My question is, if I want to load these modules at bootup, which file do I put them in ? I want to be able to use sound in all shells. Also, can I put the 'amixer set XXX unmute' settings along side these ? What is the normal convension ? Thanks in advance, Michael
Re: [newbie] questions
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, G_REEPER wrote: also, how do I install adobe acrobat reader 4.0in linuxusing a tar file There is already a reader in 7.0 but the normal way is un tar the file with tat -xvf Filename tat, huh? g Since this thread has an unhelpful Subject, I guess I can take it anywhere I want, so here's this: I looked at the rpm help, and it looks like -Uv are good options. But I seem to recall one or two others that Red Hat gurus regularly use. Which ones do you like? -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Getting where I want to go with Linux...
Re: [newbie] Running programs
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Elvis Dieguez wrote:
I have a problem I cannot figure out. I have compiled a few home
made programs
but I cannot get them to run on Linux. I open up a terminal window
in the
directory where the executable is located and I type in the name I
get an error
warning ("Bash: command not found").
The most obvious answer (and it may not be the one for you) is that you
may need to put "./" in front of the filename to tell bash that the
program is in the current directory. DOS users (like me) have to learn
this lesson, because DOS automatically looks in the current directory
before consulting PATH.
--
Lane
Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
Getting where I want to go with Linux...
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7 or 7.02?
On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, Denis Havlik wrote: basically no difference anymore AFAIK. Sure, 7.02 installs better, but that is +- it. Since I started this thread, I should report that VERSION on the CD tells me I have indeed purchased 7.0-2 from Linux System Labs. They charge $1.89... plus $15 for shipping. Hey, those CDs weigh a ton! g Seriously, folks, that shipping got it to me in two days. -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Getting where I want to go with Linux...
Adobe and Netscape was: Re: [newbie] questions
Anthony Huereca wrote: It also has a thing in the readme about setting up netscape to view pdf files, but I could never get their script to work for me. If it doesn't work for you, then reply back to the list. -- Anthony Huereca http://m3000.1wh.com Press any key to continue and any other key to quit Hello Anthony, To get pdf's to open with adobe acrobat from with in netscape .. go to the: edit/preferences/navigator/applications area down at the Portable Document Format area in the application window type the following: /usr/local/Acrobat4/bin/acroread %s if you let acrobat install in that default directory. God Bless, Sam Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack http://www.wcc.net/~peacemkr/linuxindex.html NOT an IE friendly site!
Re: [newbie] Help with installing KDE
Jim Weaver wrote: I have just installed Linux-Mandrake 6.1, I am logged in as the root user, The cdrom was found in the initial installation. I have no idea how to see what's on the cdrom of how to load the kde. I am very new at Linux but I am fairly confident in the windows world. I have read the site and cannot for the life of me find a simple instruction on how to install the kde. Was the kde loaded automatically when I did the initial install ?? I AM SOOO CONFUSED. Is there something or someone out there that can walk me through without having Unix based knowledge. Any help would be appreciated KDE is probably there. Enter startx at the command prompt and see if you go into KDE.
Re: [newbie] questions
Usually the INSTALL file is one that tells you how to install. But clicking it should just open the text file...strange. You might click on README and see what's in that file. To install, you would normally open a console and cd into the directory that untarring created, then type './configure'. When that is done, type 'make'. When that is done, type 'make install' (All those commands w/o quotes). That should get you going. Re: Bluefish, did you also try just giving the command from a console? Is your executable in /usr/bin? Kit wrote: I tried this approach...and clicked the INSTALL file after first unzipping with the tar command...and nothing happens... I installed bluefish...but it won't startup after clicking its execution file. G_REEPER wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, you wrote: Is Star Office on the 7.02 CD? no How do I get Bluefish editor to comeup...and start after installing it...? at a command line type bluefish hit enter and is there any good tutorials on setting up apache? search linux.com also, how do I install adobe acrobat reader 4.0in linuxusing a tar file There is already a reader in 7.0 but the normal way is un tar the file with tat -xvf Filename - -- G_REEPER - "The Linux philosophy is laugh in the face of danger! Oops, Wrong one `Do it yourself.' That's it." L.Torvalds -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.1 iQA/AwUBOLdA4TSDOYZYZiV2EQLwKwCfVAm/VGlQU6uXgxEFgOxBray4e78AoMYu jke1CyZoxIbVsMmi13tQ52jd =w9bF -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 HomePage: http://kwg.virtualave.net/kwg http://kompukit.dyndns.org (personal webserver,does NOT run 24/7)
Re: [newbie] no make possible
Joerg Reinhardt wrote: Since I reinstalled (LM 6.5 on an PI-75mHz, 40M-Ram) the thing is flying (as good as scrap can), but there is no "make" command or compiler ( egc++, or something simmylar I searched for in /usr/bin, correct place to search for, wasn't it?) I obviously missed to install the compilers! In the main installation where you can choose, wich packets are supposed to be Installed, there is no packet called "compilers" in explict, so wich one I have to install, to be able, to download and compile files from the net? Joerg As I understand from the people on this list, Mdk 6.5 is the same as 6.1. My Mdk 6.1 uses the gcc compiler, which is called pgcc on the installation disk. So, look on your installation cd for the rpm packages called pgcc, pgcc-c+, pgcc... I believe installing these will get you the make command. Lance
Re: [newbie] no make possible
Joerg Reinhardt wrote:
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34127 Kassel
Joerg Reinhardt
Hi,
after mixed up my tiny System, by selecting the "install all option" (wich was
not to much by harddisc-space, but it completely breaks out ma System), and
trying to compile a few programs without noing what I was doing, I decided to
reinstall ('nother reason for that, was to change partitions, getting more
space for all those programs in /usr).
Since I reinstalled (LM 6.5 on an PI-75mHz, 40M-Ram) the thing is flying (as
good as scrap can), but there is no "make" command or compiler ( egc++, or
something simmylar I searched for in /usr/bin, correct place to search for,
wasn't it?)
I obviously missed to install the compilers!
In the main installation where you can choose, wich packets are supposed to
be Installed, there is no packet called "compilers" in explict, so wich one I
have to install, to be able, to download and compile files from the net?
Joerg
Use custom install. It should have all the development and compilers in
the install list then. Otherwise, if you can get into KDE, you can look
at the cd rom and install the RPMs there.
Re: [[newbie] Running programs]
Elvis Dieguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a problem I cannot figure out. I have compiled a few home made
programs
but I cannot get them to run on Linux. I open up a terminal window in the
directory where the executable is located and I type in the name I get an
error
warning ("Bash: command not found"). However, using KDE, if I click on the
file and tell it to open it in a terminal then the program runs alright.
I've
looked through the documentation but I have not been able to figure out what
I
am doing wrong. I'd appreciate any help.
Thank you
Elvis Dieguez
=
Remember, if you're already in the directory where the executable resides, you
must use ./executable as the command. Try that.
Mike
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[newbie] why does X this to me ???
Hi yesterday i installed mandrake 7 on a p200 with 96MB Ram i wos wondering, that mdk knows exactly the 96MB ram (because on my athlon system with 128MB he only knows 64). But i have e certain problem with the p200 system: i created 3 different users. for about 3 hours - each user could logon via kwm. but then when i tryed to log on, kwm is starting the session for kde/gnome-enlightment but retourns after 10 sec. to the kwm - and this without any failure messages. at this moment, only root can log in with kde or gnome. why is this ??? thx mike
Re: [newbie] help me please
Assuming you are using KDE do the following: - Clean up and delete any driver-related files you have right now in your home dir (except the tarball) - Click on the home directory icon on your taskbar - Right-click on the driver tarball file - Select Archiver - This will open Archiver. Click on the magnifying glass icon to extract. Don't change any of the defaults, and hit OK - The make files for the driver will now be in their own directory. - Open a terminal icon and change into the newly created directory - Type su to become root - type make install (or whatever you need for your type of card) That should do it. Have fun -Necro On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, you wrote: Just installed mandrake 7 a few days ago running daul boot with w98. So far I enjoy playing around with a NON microsoft op BUT I cant get my aureal vortex2 sound card to 8( i downloaded the linux driver and un zipped it to my home dir and followed the instructions. It says to change into the dir you have the files in as the root and type " make install" for my type chipset but nothing happens ..sniff sniff.. I am not a real hard core programmer but can follow ddirections i think was hoping someone would save me some time and may my wife from leaving me sitting up all night with new toy thanks John Dipolito [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Warren Doney" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 5:35 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] People who get LI at boot up rather than LILO BOOT: Sevatio Octavio wrote: I'm still a bit puzzle about this "LI" freeze on bootup instead of LILO BOOT. This is on a lin/win box dual boot using lilo... the "LI" thing is in the doc's IIRC "man lilo" "man lilo.conf(ig?) "/usr/doc/lilo" I've had it several times when I fscked a Kernel compile or Installed a new distro. Just boot off a floppy rerun lilo (check etc/lilo.conf(ig)1st) -WBD
Re: [newbie] Part one : Monitor 800x600 Config
Larry C wrote: I am having a wonderful X configuration learning experience as I continue to be unsuccessful configurng my monitor for 800x600 res. Every setting from 1600x1200 32bit through 640x4808bit is great but that darn 8x6. I have learned of the awe of Xconfig, the wonder of XF86Setup, the thrill of Xvidtune, and how easily entertained I am by the Xmodline generator but I have yet to be rewarded with a non flickering 800x600 video display (I even hacked XF86Config). Using Xvidtune I have found a wide range of values that produce a perfect display but I seem to be unable to get XF86Config to understand them even though the only Modeline values left in there are the ones I have manually entered. I even remembered to enter them in the "Display" subsection. Obviously I am missing something here (it's a "newbie" thing). Here is some info relating to my system, I would be very appreciative if any of you have any suggestions. Mandrake 7.0 2.2.14-15mdksmp Card: Riva TNT2ultra 32meg Monitor: ViewSonic GS790 H 30-95kHz, V 50-180Hz, 0.7Vp-p 640x480 @ 180Hz to 1600 x 1200 @ 77Hz NI Modeline"800x600" 69.65 800 864928 1052 600 604610640 -hsync -vsync This looks just great using Xvidtune but flickers every second or so when vidtune is not running, every other configuration any of the other setup tools has come up with does the same thing. I run a dual boot and 800x600 works fine on the evil O.S. Thanks ! Larry I can't help with your problem. But where did you get xmodline?
Re: [newbie] no make possible
Lance Borden wrote: Joerg Reinhardt wrote: Since I reinstalled (LM 6.5 on an PI-75mHz, 40M-Ram) the thing is flying (as good as scrap can), but there is no "make" command or compiler ( egc++, or something simmylar I searched for in /usr/bin, correct place to search for, wasn't it?) I obviously missed to install the compilers! In the main installation where you can choose, wich packets are supposed to be Installed, there is no packet called "compilers" in explict, so wich one I have to install, to be able, to download and compile files from the net? It's not such a bad idea to install nearly everything, and then uninstall packages as you don't use them. Joerg As I understand from the people on this list, Mdk 6.5 is the same as 6.1. My Mdk 6.1 uses the gcc compiler, which is called pgcc on the installation disk. So, look on your installation cd for the rpm packages called pgcc, pgcc-c+, pgcc... I believe installing these will get you the make command. Lance There is also a package called "make", so you may want to install that also. -Josh
Re: [newbie] Part one : Monitor 800x600 Config
Audrey Beck wrote: Larry C wrote: I am having a wonderful X configuration learning experience as I continue to be unsuccessful configurng my monitor for 800x600 res. Every setting from 1600x1200 32bit through 640x4808bit is great but that darn 8x6. I have learned of the awe of Xconfig, the wonder of XF86Setup, the thrill of Xvidtune, and how easily entertained I am by the Xmodline generator but I have yet to be rewarded with a non flickering 800x600 video display (I even hacked XF86Config). Using Xvidtune I have found a wide range of values that produce a perfect display but I seem to be unable to get XF86Config to understand them even though the only Modeline values left in there are the ones I have manually entered. I even remembered to enter them in the "Display" subsection. Obviously I am missing something here (it's a "newbie" thing). Here is some info relating to my system, I would be very appreciative if any of you have any suggestions. Mandrake 7.0 2.2.14-15mdksmp Card: Riva TNT2ultra 32meg Monitor: ViewSonic GS790 H 30-95kHz, V 50-180Hz, 0.7Vp-p 640x480 @ 180Hz to 1600 x 1200 @ 77Hz NI Modeline"800x600" 69.65 800 864928 1052 600 604610640 -hsync -vsync This looks just great using Xvidtune but flickers every second or so when vidtune is not running, every other configuration any of the other setup tools has come up with does the same thing. I run a dual boot and 800x600 works fine on the evil O.S. Thanks ! Larry I can't help with your problem. But where did you get xmodline? It is actually called xvidtune (although I think Xmodline is much more fun to say) and It came with Mandrake 7. Larry C
Re: [newbie] unable to click in netscape
It does it whether I log on as myself, or as root. - Original Message - From: Anthony Huereca [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 11:28 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] unable to click in netscape This is sorta ironic, because the same exact thing happened to my brother today. While I could use Netscape just fine, he had the same problems as you when he logged in as himself. XMMS also wasn't working for him for some reason. So I did it the Wille E Coyote way, I deleted his user ID and directory, and started him anew. Luckly it wasn't much trouble to back up his stuff since he had hardly anything in it. However, now that I think about it, I probally should have tried just deleting the .netscape folder in his directory. So you might try that first, or see if someone else has a solution. But it works now for me. netscape has been working fine. All of a sudden, I open netscape and can't click on any links. Everything else works fine, but I can't navigate any where. Anyone with ant ideas? -- Anthony Huereca http://m3000.1wh.com Press any key to continue and any other key to quit
[newbie] usb ethernet
will i ever be able to get my usb ethernet (Linksys) nic to work under mandrake or any distro for that matter?? im using mdrk 6.0 now and waiting for 7.0 to come in the mail.. thanx toie
RE: [newbie] Installing 7.0-2
look in the start up scripts ..its probably set to xinit instead of kdm, or gdm or just plain old xdm... toie -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 5:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Installing 7.0-2 Thanks to everyone that replied to my original question about installing Mandrake 7.0-2. I finally got it installed and KDE works! I had to go into EXPERT mode and select all the KDE, GNOME and other stuff I needed. But this was too big for the '/' partition that the automatic partitioner had set up so I had to go back and manualy partition the hard drive with enough room for all the new files. Thanks again [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just installed Mandrake 7.0-2. But I can't get it to boot up with KDE running. I selected KDE and GNOME to be loaded and to start in the graphics mode. But it starts up with 2 text terminal windows. Does anyone know what's wrong or how I can get KDE to run? Thanks for any help
[newbie] SB 64 AWE config
Hello, I've upgraded my motherboard and CPU and now can not get my SB64AWE to work correctly. As the modules are loaded as it boots the card starts to buzz and does not stop. The only way to get it to stop is to edit anything having to do with sound out of /etc/conf.modules and reboot. After rebooting, I run sndconfig and the buzzing appears again as soon as the card is initalized. The card seems to be using the correct parameters according to the info panel in KDE (i.e. irq 5, dma low 1, dma high 5, mem at 220 and midi at 330. Any Ideas? Thanks, Randy
[newbie] Internet: slow connection, thrown out.....
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Doellbachstraße 15 34127 Kassel Joerg Reinhardt Hi, I'm using the german telecom to come into the net. Datastream-speed is something about 1.5K/sec, even less most of the time and they do throw me out the net, from Time to time (especially in very long Downloads...) I complaint about this redicoulous speed of data-transfer (56,7K baud Modem should bring more, I guess, and sometimes it does(up to 5.0), but only for seconds or minutes) and about been thrown out the connection after 3h 58min downloading Starsoft (now I have 98% of it, but nothing worth at all). While complaining, they stayed polite and helpfull till the point I mentioned my system is running on Linux! After their opinion, Linux is some non-professional freaky-stuff, and so every PROBLEM (even the speed of incomming data) is MY PROBLEM!!! Can anyone give me a few good arguments for those F-'s, to tell them that it is NOT MY problem!! (Modem is working great, so it is not mv Problem, or Is it) They denied, that it can happen, that their System throws someone out. They say their is no command for doing it, so I wonder what kind of command they are sending me, when I try to dialup with wrong password. I tryed, just to see and it was identically (checked it with the ppd-monitor) to that, what I received when I was thrown out at this download. I also asked for a second ISP-Adress, cause I guess having only one is what causes the trouble, they told me their can be only one ISP-Adress per domain (propably what they mean is, that their is box in the menue, of THEIR-Internet-entry-windoze-software-CDRom, to put a second address in, but what do I care? their is space for two more Adresses in my default-route-setup and even Telnet gave me two!) My problem is, I'm not a computer expert and if one's questions or mails are not cryptically enought written in experts terms, telecom just ignores them and do send an answer like (If your Internet isn't working properly, check if plug is in!) What to do? Change the Provider? Are the others really faster? Is their anything what telecom could do for solving my problem (cause that would be the easiest way for me, otherwise I got to skip the contract. If I could tell them where THEIR problem is, they couldn't ignore me longer and might solve it instead). Anyone experienced with telecom that way? Joerg
Re: [newbie] Lothar..
I set it so it's not PnP through software, that was the only way I could get it to work with Linux boot before.. (at one time in the past I had used the bootnet.img to download Mandrake, but after about like 6 hours or so, it would fail doing something..) But I'm gonna go ahead and try all that stuff you sent me! ;) -- -Kyle "Orange" Spahn Freespace 2 Lead Lead Reviewer Descent Chronicles - http://descent.gamestats.com/ Newsie Reviewer GameLordz Network - http://www.gamelordz.net News Hound Summoner Homeland - http://www.summonerhl.com/ - Original Message - From: "Denis Havlik" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 6:17 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Lothar.. On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Kyle "Orange" Spahn wrote: :-No.. I have an ISA, it's a D-Link 220 (10BT) Isa PnP, ha? I hate those. :-( This also means I NEVER EVER BOUGHT ONE OF THOSE MYSELF (this was a disclaimer). Now back to buisness: Can you find out which port + interrupt it uses under windows? Then reserve those in BIOS (set "no PnP OS installed" and "IRQ X reserved for legacy ISA") Finaly, take a look at networking.txt (kernel-doc package, /usr/kernel.doc-*/networking directory) to see what is the problem with ne-2000 compatible cards. Look for: 8390 based Network Modules I think you will need the "ne" + "8390" modules. Try it out with "modprobe" or "insmod" (better modprobe, since ne depends on 8390) and specify the options on the comandline - once it works you can add it all to conf.modules. hope this helps (write back what you got) cu Denis
Re: [[newbie] Linus boot disk problem! I cant install the Linus]
It is quite possibly your PIII 500EB processor, I know I had some problems with it in a Win98SE box. I think it is because the processor is so new that the architecture is different enuff to cause problems. IMHO Jaguar "Dias Lau" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your attention! i use the Linux Boot disk to boot up the system to install the Red Hat 6.1,when the computer reading files, some error appear in the system! the following are the error: checking 386/387 coupling...3387 failed:trying to reset 387 failed: trying to reset 387 failed: trying to reset .. what happen of my pc? I used cd-rom, a:, c: to setup the linux, but can't success! i also use the lnx4win in the windows98 , also can't work!! i follow the user guide to install the partition magic first do every things right, but when i use the boot disk (ether floppy or cd-rom),the error appear! My PC :PIII 533EB 2theMax 6VBA2 SLOT ATA66 4XAGP 20G IBM HARDDISK (7200ppm) G400 32m SB LIVE! Value maxell 40x cd-rom ps: please email me the (subscribe newbie) __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
[newbie] SB16PNP
Hi, Ok..so I installed Mandrake, and all went well. No errors, all looks good. BUT the SB16PNP (ISA) card doesn't seem to "work". That is, I get no errors that it can not find the card, or any other errors but no sound no matter what I do. Tried playing an audio CD and no luck... I went through the list archives, and checked out my isapnp.conf file and all looks well inside that. Does anyone have any ideas? My SB is configured for IRQ 5, DMA1/5, I/O 0220, 0330, 0388 (according to Win98 System Properties for my SB). Also are there any TV viewer drivers/software available for Linux? I have a TV tuner card, and it would be nice to be able to use this. It is an ADS Channel Surfer (if anyone is familiar with the brand). Finally -- no luck with my internet connection. I use a cable modem with ethernet card (like there is any other way, right...), but I'll try out some of the tips found in the mailing list archives and see what happens. Is there such a thing as a Win98 emulator for Linux? It would be nice to be able to use some of my Windows software that isn't available for Linux. Thanks for your help! Regards, Mohammed
Re: [newbie] SB 64 AWE config
RRPotratz wrote: Hello, I've upgraded my motherboard and CPU and now can not get my SB64AWE to work correctly. As the modules are loaded as it boots the card starts to buzz and does not stop. The only way to get it to stop is to edit anything having to do with sound out of /etc/conf.modules and reboot. After rebooting, I run sndconfig and the buzzing appears again as soon as the card is initalized. The card seems to be using the correct parameters according to the info panel in KDE (i.e. irq 5, dma low 1, dma high 5, mem at 220 and midi at 330. Any Ideas? Thanks, Randy Randy, Did you try to move your sound card to a different slot maybe it will work. Just a thought because sometimes if you physically move it around it will assign a different setting. Dino
Re: [[newbie] Internet: slow connection, thrown out.....]
Well to begin with you will NEVER, EVER hear an ISP say it was their problem...it is ALWAYS the clients, they will blame anything and everything...but themselves. As far as I know..once you have connected to the 'Net...your system is like anyone elses while surfing, ie:modem, multimedia, files...it doesn't matter. Also since most of the protocols/file structures used on the Net are based on UNIX, there should be better compatibility. As long as there are no problems with you modem setup, it is like any other modem. As for the disconnects, there are Linux similar programs for RESUMING d/l's, I saw a bunch of them yesterday( similar to BulletProofFTP, CuteFTP, etc...), on one of the RPM sites..(sorry I forget which one...I was site hopping), you may be able to finish the d/l or maybe not...(not sure because you didn't START the d/l with it). Also there are many reasons for getting dropped from your ISP..UNLESS you can state that EVERY 10 mins ( or whatever)you get dropped. As for ISP's yes some are better than other's...talk to friends ask who they use... also look into some of the free providers...they can serve as a backup. I would like to do that...but I have cable, and when I install my jumpered C.L. 56K modem...it takes over on my internet connection. Sorry for my long windedness...:) HTH Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joerg Reinhardt) wrote: -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Doellbachstraße 15 34127 Kassel Joerg Reinhardt Hi, I'm using the german telecom to come into the net. Datastream-speed is something about 1.5K/sec, even less most of the time and they do throw me out the net, from Time to time (especially in very long Downloads...) I complaint about this redicoulous speed of data-transfer (56,7K baud Modem should bring more, I guess, and sometimes it does(up to 5.0), but only for seconds or minutes) and about been thrown out the connection after 3h 58min downloading Starsoft (now I have 98% of it, but nothing worth at all). While complaining, they stayed polite and helpfull till the point I mentioned my system is running on Linux! After their opinion, Linux is some non-professional freaky-stuff, and so every PROBLEM (even the speed of incomming data) is MY PROBLEM!!! Can anyone give me a few good arguments for those F-'s, to tell them that it is NOT MY problem!! (Modem is working great, so it is not mv Problem, or Is it) They denied, that it can happen, that their System throws someone out. They say their is no command for doing it, so I wonder what kind of command they are sending me, when I try to dialup with wrong password. I tryed, just to see and it was identically (checked it with the ppd-monitor) to that, what I received when I was thrown out at this download. I also asked for a second ISP-Adress, cause I guess having only one is what causes the trouble, they told me their can be only one ISP-Adress per domain (propably what they mean is, that their is box in the menue, of THEIR-Internet-entry-windoze-software-CDRom, to put a second address in, but what do I care? their is space for two more Adresses in my default-route-setup and even Telnet gave me two!) My problem is, I'm not a computer expert and if one's questions or mails are not cryptically enought written in experts terms, telecom just ignores them and do send an answer like (If your Internet isn't working properly, check if plug is in!) What to do? Change the Provider? Are the others really faster? Is their anything what telecom could do for solving my problem (cause that would be the easiest way for me, otherwise I got to skip the contract. If I could tell them where THEIR problem is, they couldn't ignore me longer and might solve it instead). Anyone experienced with telecom that way? Joerg Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
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Re: [newbie] SB 64 AWE config
Yes tried that didn't make a difference. Also took all other cards but sound and video out, and didn't make a change. On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, you wrote: RRPotratz wrote: Hello, I've upgraded my motherboard and CPU and now can not get my SB64AWE to work correctly. As the modules are loaded as it boots the card starts to buzz and does not stop. The only way to get it to stop is to edit anything having to do with sound out of /etc/conf.modules and reboot. After rebooting, I run sndconfig and the buzzing appears again as soon as the card is initalized. The card seems to be using the correct parameters according to the info panel in KDE (i.e. irq 5, dma low 1, dma high 5, mem at 220 and midi at 330. Any Ideas? Thanks, Randy Randy, Did you try to move your sound card to a different slot maybe it will work. Just a thought because sometimes if you physically move it around it will assign a different setting. Dino -- This is Linux Country. On a quiet night, you can hear Windows reboot.
Re: [newbie] SB16PNP
Yes there is a Windows Emulator, there is a freeware version called WINE, and there is a pay version from VMware. www.vmware.com Mohammed Bhimji wrote: Is there such a thing as a Win98 emulator for Linux? It would be nice to be able to use some of my Windows software that isn't available for Linux. Thanks for your help!
Re: [newbie] SB16PNP
Hi, Thanks for the tip. I will check both of them out... Now then...I managed to get the SB16 working (don't know how though), but no CD audio. Also I followed some of the tips found in the archives, but no luck on getting the cable modem to function. Corel Linux was nice in that way, it seemed to do everything by itself and the Internet connection via cable modem was active right away... Anyway any help would be appreciated! Thanks! Mohammed At 11:59 AM 2/26/00 -0500, you wrote: Yes there is a Windows Emulator, there is a freeware version called WINE, and there is a pay version from VMware. www.vmware.com Mohammed Bhimji wrote: Is there such a thing as a Win98 emulator for Linux? It would be nice to be able to use some of my Windows software that isn't available for Linux. Thanks for your help!
[newbie] New Kernel
As I was going through the cooker archives on Rufus I saw that there are new RPMs of the 2.2.15 kernel for Mandrake. Anyone tried them out yet?? -Necro
[newbie] ld-linux.so
What exactly does the process ld-linux.so do? The reason I'm asking is it intermitently decides to use up at least 95% of my CPU cycles. Once it starts, the only way I am able to stop it is to kill it. Thanks for any help Allan
Re: [newbie] SB16PNP
Well, I am no expert, but I can try to help you a bit. Firstly, this is what I do to get my Cable modem working. as root run netconf. Go to basic host information, then set eth0 to enabled, and select either bootp or dhcp, so it will get the ip info automatically. Also, then set the kernel module to the one that corresponds with your card. What network card do you have? I have a Netgear FA310TX and that is tulip compatible, so i just select the tulip driver and reboot the system, and everything works fine for me. Mohammed Bhimji wrote: Also I followed some of the tips found in the archives, but no luck on getting the cable modem to function. Corel Linux was nice in that way, it seemed to do everything by itself and the Internet connection via cable modem was active right away... Anyway any help would be appreciated!
Re: [newbie] ld-linux.so
I don't know either, but I have traced it down to NETSCAPE. It seems like some library that netscape uses. When netscape goes belly up, ld-linux.so doesn't get killed along with it, and you have to do it by hand. balut wrote: What exactly does the process ld-linux.so do? The reason I'm asking is it intermitently decides to use up at least 95% of my CPU cycles. Once it starts, the only way I am able to stop it is to kill it. Thanks for any help Allan
[newbie] Copying 'n' Pasting in X
Sometimes I really miss the Windows clipboard. g, d, r But seriously, folks, it's a pain when I can't cp some tiresomely long string from one app to another. I know about the select and then middle-button paste technique, but it just doesn't work with some programs. It seems that Linux has two clipboards and there's no way to get info from one to the other. For example, I can paste from my email client, Spruce, to kedit. And I can paste from nedit to Netscape. But I can't paste from Spruce to Netscape... and I really want to! Or is there a secret technique that some guru is willing to impart to this newbie? -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Getting where I want to go with Linux...
Re: [[newbie] Internet: slow connection, thrown out.....]
Am Don, 03 Apr 2036 schrieben Sie: Well to begin with you will NEVER, EVER hear an ISP say it was their problem...it is ALWAYS the clients, they will blame anything and everything...but themselves. As far as I know..once you have connected to the 'Net...your system is like anyone elses while surfing, ie:modem, multimedia, files...it doesn't matter. Also since most of the protocols/file structures used on the Net are based on UNIX, there should be better compatibility. As long as there are no problems with you modem setup, it is like any other modem. As for the disconnects, there are Linux similar programs for RESUMING d/l's, I saw a bunch of them yesterday( similar to BulletProofFTP, CuteFTP, etc...), on one of the RPM sites..(sorry I forget which one...I was site hopping), you may be able to finish the d/l or maybe not...(not sure because you didn't START the d/l with it). Also there are many reasons for getting dropped from your ISP..UNLESS you can state that EVERY 10 mins ( or whatever)you get dropped. As for ISP's yes some are better than other's...talk to friends ask who they use... also look into some of the free providers...they can serve as a backup. I would like to do that...but I have cable, and when I install my jumpered C.L. 56K modem...it takes over on my internet connection. Sorry for my long windedness...:) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Doellbachstraße 15 34127 Kassel Joerg Reinhardt Do those download managers work in the background together with N.N. or are there standalone programs themselves?? (easier to find in the net, knowing this, cause I found things..., but my english is not good enought to find out wheather it is, what I'm searching for) What about getting more than one IP-address, please correct me if I'm wrong: As far as I understood most domains (such as www.t-online.de) do have more then one IP-address (such as 123.45.678.90) to route from?? So knowing more than one IP-address, of my providers domain, would prevent me from being thrown out the net, when that special host, the one wich number I'm using to connect, would brake down??? Did I get that right, or did I completely missunderstood the whole ISP-thing? I would be pleased to be enlightened by one of you about this Subject, to make a better choice of ISP next time. Thanks, Joerg
Re: [newbie] Linux RealPlayer????
Am Fre, 25 Feb 2000 schrieben Sie: :~Subject: [newbie] Linux RealPlayer :~ :~I thought I saw an article about a RealUdio player for Linux anyone any :~ideas??? :~ http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/software/realg2.html cheers - Mag^H^H^HDr. Denis Havlik http://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Austria(@ @) tel: (++431) 4277/51179 ---oOO--(_)--OOo- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Doellbachstraße 15 34127 Kassel Joerg Reinhardt Hi, the G2 needs PI/200meg/Hz and 64MB/Ram at least. The RP 5.0 isn't working (others on this site maintained that as well: it installs properly, but is not to start, neighter KDE, nor via Terminal). So is there a live stream player for an PI/75meg/Hz, 40MB/Ram machine somewhere to download, wich works?? Joerg
Re: [newbie] PartitionMagic won't let me run windows
To get a W98 boot disk, go to your friend's comp that has W98 and do the following. "Start" "Settings" "Control Panel" "Add and Remove Programs" "Startup Disk" tab "Create Disk" button. - Original Message - From: Sam Junge To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 1998 4:45 AM Subject: [newbie] PartitionMagic won't let me run windows Sorry for making this so long, but I wanted to make sure I includedall the details, so please take the time to read it :I bought Mandrake Linux 7.0, which came with a version of PartitionMagic as part of the "extra's" cd. I installed Partition and BootMagic on my NEW Windows 98 computer, then installed Linux. I felt Idid not do the best job of installing Linux, so I decided to delete thepartition I created. There was an option in the PartitionMagic folderto start a dos program that would delete my Linux partition. I did so,and when the computer re-booted the program came up, and I followed thedirections to delete the partition. I assumed it had worked, but whenthe computer came up again, the partition was deleted but it would gointo that same PartitionMagic dos program and give me a window to clickok that said "The Linux Parititon could not be deleted. That operatingsystem partition was not found." When I click ok it reboots and doesthe same thing. WHAT SHOULD I DO I tried getting fdisk, autoexec.bat and a few other things from a different win98 computer andputting them on a disk. I also did a sys a: from another computer onto that disk and put them onto my new computer. This at leasts puts me at a dos prompt. I tried typing fdisk/mbr at the c and the a prompts, but the computer either doesn't recognize them or it doesn't change anything. There is no windows directory at c, so I can't really run anything. People have told me to get a win98 boot disk, but I don't have one / know how to make one. What should I do ??? I can't runwindows, so I am really frustrated. If you've had this problem before,please give me a detailed solution.THANKS, Sam
[newbie] Brian Green
Brian, you sent me a return to a message today telling me how to make a w98 boot disk. Can you read the original message again, and tell me what to do with the w98 boot disk to solve my problem ??? - Original Message - From: BrianGreen To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 6:01 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] PartitionMagic won't let me run windows To get a W98 boot disk, go to your friend's comp that has W98 and do the following. "Start" "Settings" "Control Panel" "Add and Remove Programs" "Startup Disk" tab "Create Disk" button. - Original Message - From: Sam Junge To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 1998 4:45 AM Subject: [newbie] PartitionMagic won't let me run windows Sorry for making this so long, but I wanted to make sure I includedall the details, so please take the time to read it :I bought Mandrake Linux 7.0, which came with a version of PartitionMagic as part of the "extra's" cd. I installed Partition and BootMagic on my NEW Windows 98 computer, then installed Linux. I felt Idid not do the best job of installing Linux, so I decided to delete thepartition I created. There was an option in the PartitionMagic folderto start a dos program that would delete my Linux partition. I did so,and when the computer re-booted the program came up, and I followed thedirections to delete the partition. I assumed it had worked, but whenthe computer came up again, the partition was deleted but it would gointo that same PartitionMagic dos program and give me a window to clickok that said "The Linux Parititon could not be deleted. That operatingsystem partition was not found." When I click ok it reboots and doesthe same thing. WHAT SHOULD I DO I tried getting fdisk, autoexec.bat and a few other things from a different win98 computer andputting them on a disk. I also did a sys a: from another computer onto that disk and put them onto my new computer. This at leasts puts me at a dos prompt. I tried typing fdisk/mbr at the c and the a prompts, but the computer either doesn't recognize them or it doesn't change anything. There is no windows directory at c, so I can't really run anything. People have told me to get a win98 boot disk, but I don't have one / know how to make one. What should I do ??? I can't runwindows, so I am really frustrated. If you've had this problem before,please give me a detailed solution.THANKS, Sam
Re: [newbie] PartitionMagic won't let me run windows
Samduring the installation of Partition Magic you were supposed to make a pair of floppies. Disc 1 of that pair is self booting and asks for disc 2 during the boot process. I assume that when you were prompted do do this step (making the floppies) during your installation of Partition Magic you refused/skipped the process. There are directions in a read.me type file on the CD of how to make those very same floppies when you don't have a windows machine to install Partition Magic on. You need to find these directions and make the floppies and boot your system with them which brings up a dos version of Partition Magic. Then using Partition Magic, you need to make the dos partition ACTIVE. Window will not boot unless it is on the only ACTIVE partition on the drive. Linux, however doesn't care one way or another about ACTIVE partitions. Anyway then your windows system should again be able to boot. If it still doesn't boot then you also need a windows boot floppy with a copy of fdisk.com on it. After booting to dos with the windows boot floppy, type fdisk /mbrafter which the windows system should finally boot. Good luck. Alan Sam Junge wrote: Sorry for making this so long, but I wanted to make sure I included all the details, so please take the time to read it : I bought Mandrake Linux 7.0, which came with a version of PartitionMagic as part of the "extra's" cd. I installed Partition and BootMagic on my NEW Windows 98 computer, then installed Linux. I felt I did not do the best job of installing Linux, so I decided to delete the partition I created. There was an option in the PartitionMagic folder to start a dos program that would delete my Linux partition. I did so, and when the computer re-booted the program came up, and I followed the directions to delete the partition. I assumed it had worked, but when the computer came up again, the partition was deleted but it would go into that same PartitionMagic dos program and give me a window to click ok that said "The Linux Parititon could not be deleted. That operating system partition was not found." When I click ok it reboots and does the same thing. WHAT SHOULD I DO I tried getting fdisk, autoexec.bat and a few other things from a different win98 computer and putting them on a disk. I also did a sys a: from another computer onto that disk and put them onto my new computer. This at leasts puts me at a dos prompt. I tried typing fdisk/mbr at the c and the a prompts, but the computer either doesn't recognize them or it doesn't change anything. There is no windows directory at c, so I can't really run anything. People have told me to get a win98 boot disk, but I don't have one / know how to make one. What should I do ??? I can't run windows, so I am really frustrated. If you've had this problem before, please give me a detailed solution. THANKS, Sam
Re: [Re: [[newbie] Internet: slow connection, thrown out.....]]
If it's a dial-up connection...the IP is assigned at connect. I could be wrong about the free 'Net accounts. The only difference between your regular dial-up and the free dial-up is the local phone number you call, and the subsequent IP settings. HTH Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joerg Reinhardt) wrote: Am Don, 03 Apr 2036 schrieben Sie: Well to begin with you will NEVER, EVER hear an ISP say it was their problem...it is ALWAYS the clients, they will blame anything and everything...but themselves. As far as I know..once you have connected to the 'Net...your system is like anyone elses while surfing, ie:modem, multimedia, files...it doesn't matter. Also since most of the protocols/file structures used on the Net are based on UNIX, there should be better compatibility. As long as there are no problems with you modem setup, it is like any other modem. As for the disconnects, there are Linux similar programs for RESUMING d/l's, I saw a bunch of them yesterday( similar to BulletProofFTP, CuteFTP, etc...), on one of the RPM sites..(sorry I forget which one...I was site hopping), you may be able to finish the d/l or maybe not...(not sure because you didn't START the d/l with it). Also there are many reasons for getting dropped from your ISP..UNLESS you can state that EVERY 10 mins ( or whatever)you get dropped. As for ISP's yes some are better than other's...talk to friends ask who they use... also look into some of the free providers...they can serve as a backup. I would like to do that...but I have cable, and when I install my jumpered C.L. 56K modem...it takes over on my internet connection. Sorry for my long windedness...:) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Doellbachstraße 15 34127 Kassel Joerg Reinhardt Do those download managers work in the background together with N.N. or are there standalone programs themselves?? (easier to find in the net, knowing this, cause I found things..., but my english is not good enought to find out wheather it is, what I'm searching for) What about getting more than one IP-address, please correct me if I'm wrong: As far as I understood most domains (such as www.t-online.de) do have more then one IP-address (such as 123.45.678.90) to route from?? So knowing more than one IP-address, of my providers domain, would prevent me from being thrown out the net, when that special host, the one wich number I'm using to connect, would brake down??? Did I get that right, or did I completely missunderstood the whole ISP-thing? I would be pleased to be enlightened by one of you about this Subject, to make a better choice of ISP next time. Thanks, Joerg Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [Re: [newbie] PartitionMagic wont let me run windows]
FYI... the only real difference between a Win98 boot/rescue disk and an original installtion disk is the original install disk had drivers to initialize both SCSI and a generic CD-Rom driver. The boot disk I believe only has CD-Rom and being bootable, with a very few utils copied to the floppy. HTH Jaguar Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Samduring the installation of Partition Magic you were supposed to make a pair of floppies. Disc 1 of that pair is self booting and asks for disc 2 during the boot process. I assume that when you were prompted do do this step (making the floppies) during your installation of Partition Magic you refused/skipped the process. There are directions in a read.me type file on the CD of how to make those very same floppies when you don't have a windows machine to install Partition Magic on. You need to find these directions and make the floppies and boot your system with them which brings up a dos version of Partition Magic. Then using Partition Magic, you need to make the dos partition ACTIVE. Window will not boot unless it is on the only ACTIVE partition on the drive. Linux, however doesn't care one way or another about ACTIVE partitions. Anyway then your windows system should again be able to boot. If it still doesn't boot then you also need a windows boot floppy with a copy of fdisk.com on it. After booting to dos with the windows boot floppy, type fdisk /mbrafter which the windows system should finally boot. Good luck. Alan Sam Junge wrote: Sorry for making this so long, but I wanted to make sure I included all the details, so please take the time to read it : I bought Mandrake Linux 7.0, which came with a version of PartitionMagic as part of the "extra's" cd. I installed Partition and BootMagic on my NEW Windows 98 computer, then installed Linux. I felt I did not do the best job of installing Linux, so I decided to delete the partition I created. There was an option in the PartitionMagic folder to start a dos program that would delete my Linux partition. I did so, and when the computer re-booted the program came up, and I followed the directions to delete the partition. I assumed it had worked, but when the computer came up again, the partition was deleted but it would go into that same PartitionMagic dos program and give me a window to click ok that said "The Linux Parititon could not be deleted. That operating system partition was not found." When I click ok it reboots and does the same thing. WHAT SHOULD I DO I tried getting fdisk, autoexec.bat and a few other things from a different win98 computer and putting them on a disk. I also did a sys a: from another computer onto that disk and put them onto my new computer. This at leasts puts me at a dos prompt. I tried typing fdisk/mbr at the c and the a prompts, but the computer either doesn't recognize them or it doesn't change anything. There is no windows directory at c, so I can't really run anything. People have told me to get a win98 boot disk, but I don't have one / know how to make one. What should I do ??? I can't run windows, so I am really frustrated. If you've had this problem before, please give me a detailed solution. THANKS, Sam Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [Re: [newbie] PartitionMagic wont let me run windows]
My question is how do i get windows to skip the dos program PartitionMagic ??? - Original Message - From: "Jaguar" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 6:50 PM Subject: Re: [Re: [newbie] PartitionMagic wont let me run windows] FYI... the only real difference between a Win98 boot/rescue disk and an original installtion disk is the original install disk had drivers to initialize both SCSI and a generic CD-Rom driver. The boot disk I believe only has CD-Rom and being bootable, with a very few utils copied to the floppy. HTH Jaguar Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Samduring the installation of Partition Magic you were supposed to make a pair of floppies. Disc 1 of that pair is self booting and asks for disc 2 during the boot process. I assume that when you were prompted do do this step (making the floppies) during your installation of Partition Magic you refused/skipped the process. There are directions in a read.me type file on the CD of how to make those very same floppies when you don't have a windows machine to install Partition Magic on. You need to find these directions and make the floppies and boot your system with them which brings up a dos version of Partition Magic. Then using Partition Magic, you need to make the dos partition ACTIVE. Window will not boot unless it is on the only ACTIVE partition on the drive. Linux, however doesn't care one way or another about ACTIVE partitions. Anyway then your windows system should again be able to boot. If it still doesn't boot then you also need a windows boot floppy with a copy of fdisk.com on it. After booting to dos with the windows boot floppy, type fdisk /mbrafter which the windows system should finally boot. Good luck. Alan Sam Junge wrote: Sorry for making this so long, but I wanted to make sure I included all the details, so please take the time to read it : I bought Mandrake Linux 7.0, which came with a version of PartitionMagic as part of the "extra's" cd. I installed Partition and BootMagic on my NEW Windows 98 computer, then installed Linux. I felt I did not do the best job of installing Linux, so I decided to delete the partition I created. There was an option in the PartitionMagic folder to start a dos program that would delete my Linux partition. I did so, and when the computer re-booted the program came up, and I followed the directions to delete the partition. I assumed it had worked, but when the computer came up again, the partition was deleted but it would go into that same PartitionMagic dos program and give me a window to click ok that said "The Linux Parititon could not be deleted. That operating system partition was not found." When I click ok it reboots and does the same thing. WHAT SHOULD I DO I tried getting fdisk, autoexec.bat and a few other things from a different win98 computer and putting them on a disk. I also did a sys a: from another computer onto that disk and put them onto my new computer. This at leasts puts me at a dos prompt. I tried typing fdisk/mbr at the c and the a prompts, but the computer either doesn't recognize them or it doesn't change anything. There is no windows directory at c, so I can't really run anything. People have told me to get a win98 boot disk, but I don't have one / know how to make one. What should I do ??? I can't run windows, so I am really frustrated. If you've had this problem before, please give me a detailed solution. THANKS, Sam Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
[newbie] kppp problem
Hi, I am new in the mailing list. I have problems with kppp. I am not able to estabilish the ppp connection. I get thi message: Feb 26 19:44:31 localhost pppd[810]: pppd 2.3.10 started by root, uid 0 Feb 26 19:44:31 localhost pppd[810]: Using interface ppp0 Feb 26 19:44:31 localhost pppd[810]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS1 Feb 26 19:44:40 localhost pppd[810]: Hangup (SIGHUP) Feb 26 19:44:40 localhost pppd[810]: Modem hangup Feb 26 19:44:40 localhost pppd[810]: Connection terminated. Feb 26 19:44:40 localhost pppd[810]: Exit. I tried adding a pause of 1 and 5 second in the script as suggeested in the FAQ. I set also the option in /etc/ppp in the correct way, leaving it blank. No way. Can anyone help me? Thanks
Re: [newbie] Linux RealPlayer????
Beats me, I'm still trying to get past my password and get the thing working for the first time :) At 06:36 PM 02/26/2000 +, you wrote: Am Fre, 25 Feb 2000 schrieben Sie: :~Subject: [newbie] Linux RealPlayer :~ :~I thought I saw an article about a RealUdio player for Linux anyone any :~ideas??? :~ http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/software/realg2.html cheers - Mag^H^H^HDr. Denis Havlik http://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Austria(@ @) tel: (++431) 4277/51179 ---oOO--(_)--OOo- -- ___ _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Doellbachstraße 15 34127 Kassel Joerg Reinhardt ___ _ Hi, the G2 needs PI/200meg/Hz and 64MB/Ram at least. The RP 5.0 isn't working (others on this site maintained that as well: it installs properly, but is not to start, neighter KDE, nor via Terminal). So is there a live stream player for an PI/75meg/Hz, 40MB/Ram machine somewhere to download, wich works?? Joerg
Re: [newbie] Linux RealPlayer????
Anybody know how to turn off this remailer thing? I've gotten 15 messages in the last 5 minutes. I need that like I need another ex-wife! At 11:34 AM 02/26/2000 -0800, you wrote: Beats me, I'm still trying to get past my password and get the thing working for the first time :) At 06:36 PM 02/26/2000 +, you wrote: Am Fre, 25 Feb 2000 schrieben Sie: :~Subject: [newbie] Linux RealPlayer :~ :~I thought I saw an article about a RealUdio player for Linux anyone any :~ideas??? :~ http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/software/realg2.html cheers - Mag^H^H^HDr. Denis Havlik http://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Austria(@ @) tel: (++431) 4277/51179 ---oOO--(_)--OOo- -- ___ _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Doellbachstraße 15 34127 Kassel Joerg Reinhardt ___ _ Hi, the G2 needs PI/200meg/Hz and 64MB/Ram at least. The RP 5.0 isn't working (others on this site maintained that as well: it installs properly, but is not to start, neighter KDE, nor via Terminal). So is there a live stream player for an PI/75meg/Hz, 40MB/Ram machine somewhere to download, wich works?? Joerg
[newbie] Gender Problem
Can anyone tell me how to change the icon on the Mandrake login screen. My Penguin has pigtails, and I am a guy. Not a huge problem but it does look a little silly, Thanks Dave O'Braden
[newbie] Login
Ok, so I have the installation done, and am able to get to the opening page which says: local host login and right below that, password. I put the information is, and it gets rejected. How do I get past this point? Also, why do I need a password in the first place? I got the CD in the mail and proceeded to spend 4 hours installing it. I'd sure like to use it sometime to see what all the fuss is about. I sure don't like Windows, and would like to have an alternative that works smoother. John Houll
Re: [newbie] Gender Problem
Login as root, open the KDE Control Center, go to Applications-Login Manager. Hope this helps... -Necro On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, you wrote: Can anyone tell me how to change the icon on the Mandrake login screen. My Penguin has pigtails, and I am a guy. Not a huge problem but it does look a little silly, Thanks Dave O'Braden Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description:
Re: [newbie] Internet: slow connection, thrown out.....
Joerg, Tell them you know of someone in Austria connecting by ppp using Linux who has no problems. Tell them, if the Austrians can support Linux, CERTAINLY the Germans can! You know, appeal to their national pride! Seriously, though, I've tried a couple of different isp in Austria, and I have experienced EXACTLY the same problem as you from time to time. With one isp, it happened so often (95% of the time) that I changed -- and at that time I was using Windoze and the dial-up software provided by the isp itself. With my new provider, it still occurs from time to time -- both when I was using Win98 and now with Linux. My solution is to log off and dial up again. It seems to be worst just after the connection rates go down (e.g., 1815), so I think it has to do with traffic. When I notice that the emails are downloading so slowly, I check the transmission. When it's bad, I cancel, log off, and dial back up. Often I will get a normal speed (for me usually 5+K/sec) and then things work fine. It seems to me that when the transfer is SO slow as you are describing, you aren't kicked off, rather, something more similar to the connection timing out happens -- so little data is transferred that the connection is simply lost. By the way, when I downloaded Star Office, I was having one of those bad connection days with my provider. I found that the download actually stopped if I didn't move my mouse every couple of minutes. So, instead of starting the download and going to watch a movie, I had to sit in front of the computer for 4 hours moving the mouse every couple of minutes. Don't know if that problem is related, but you might keep your eyes out when doing a big download. Lance Joerg Reinhardt wrote: -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Doellbachstraße 15 34127 Kassel Joerg Reinhardt Hi, I'm using the german telecom to come into the net. Datastream-speed is something about 1.5K/sec, even less most of the time and they do throw me out the net, from Time to time (especially in very long Downloads...) I complaint about this redicoulous speed of data-transfer (56,7K baud Modem should bring more, I guess, and sometimes it does(up to 5.0), but only for seconds or minutes) and about been thrown out the connection after 3h 58min downloading Starsoft (now I have 98% of it, but nothing worth at all). While complaining, they stayed polite and helpfull till the point I mentioned my system is running on Linux! After their opinion, Linux is some non-professional freaky-stuff, and so every PROBLEM (even the speed of incomming data) is MY PROBLEM!!! Can anyone give me a few good arguments for those F-'s, to tell them that it is NOT MY problem!! (Modem is working great, so it is not mv Problem, or Is it) They denied, that it can happen, that their System throws someone out. They say their is no command for doing it, so I wonder what kind of command they are sending me, when I try to dialup with wrong password. I tryed, just to see and it was identically (checked it with the ppd-monitor) to that, what I received when I was thrown out at this download. I also asked for a second ISP-Adress, cause I guess having only one is what causes the trouble, they told me their can be only one ISP-Adress per domain (propably what they mean is, that their is box in the menue, of THEIR-Internet-entry-windoze-software-CDRom, to put a second address in, but what do I care? their is space for two more Adresses in my default-route-setup and even Telnet gave me two!) My problem is, I'm not a computer expert and if one's questions or mails are not cryptically enought written in experts terms, telecom just ignores them and do send an answer like (If your Internet isn't working properly, check if plug is in!) What to do? Change the Provider? Are the others really faster? Is their anything what telecom could do for solving my problem (cause that would be the easiest way for me, otherwise I got to skip the contract. If I could tell them where THEIR problem is, they couldn't ignore me longer and might solve it instead). Anyone experienced with telecom that way? Joerg
Re: [newbie] Login
How are you trying to log in? During the installation you should have set up an account for "root" w/a password, and at least one user account w/password. If you've been trying the user name and password, give it a shot as root: i.e., the username or login name is 'root' (w/o quotes), then the password for root. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, so I have the installation done, and am able to get to the opening page which says: local host login and right below that, password. I put the information is, and it gets rejected. How do I get past this point? Also, why do I need a password in the first place? I got the CD in the mail and proceeded to spend 4 hours installing it. I'd sure like to use it sometime to see what all the fuss is about. I sure don't like Windows, and would like to have an alternative that works smoother. John Houll
RE: [newbie] Here is the dumbest question ever asked!
Thanks for info all... The problem was I didn't have an option to shutdown or restart after logging out of X.. it just took me to a screen with only the option of logging back in. I reinstalled everything.. actually I didn't like the way I did the original partition so that was the reason for redoing it and this time it installed KDE as my default manager. Last time it was using something else and that's why I didn't have the choices mentioned above. Everything looks and worked much better now. Can anyone point me in the right direction to get the following items working? I'm not looking for step by step (though that would be nice), but where can I find the info I'm looking for. Modem isn't recognized - 56K USR internal voice/fax modem. Linux says it's busy when I try to set it up. 2-way Cable modem for MediaOne service (constant on) - Everything I've read wants me to enter all sorts of info about the hostname, etc. Problem is there is nothing like that in my Windows settings. Everything is blank in Win98's TCP/IP settings for the NIC. The NIC is a 3COM EtherLink 10/100 PCI TX (3C905B-TX) Printer doesn't work - I have a Lexmark 3200 inkjet printer. I chose the HP 500C in the setup per the Lexmark instructions, but it doesn't print. That's as far as I've gotten so far. I think if I could get those babies to work (especially the cable modem) I could learn a bit easier by being able to access the internet info from within Linux, instead of logging back into Windows, reading some info or printing it out and then going back to the Linux system. Thanks for the help so far! Bryan
Re: [newbie] multiple httpd..
vishal bansal wrote: Hi all, Kindly reply at [EMAIL PROTECTED] After starting my linux box, after typing 'ps -aux' I see 12 instances of httpd daemon each consuming 3.6% of memory. I could kill them , but is there any permanent fix for this. Thanks, Vishal. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com If you go into linuxconf, networking, apache server, performance, you can setup the number of deamons.
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Trable : message "lost interrupt" when mount IDE CDD What to do ?
Re: [newbie] PartitionMagic won't let me run windows
Sam Junge wrote: Sorry for making this so long, but I wanted to make sure I included all the details, so please take the time to read it : I bought Mandrake Linux 7.0, which came with a version of PartitionMagic as part of the "extra's" cd. I installed Partition and BootMagic on my NEW Windows 98 computer, then installed Linux. I felt I did not do the best job of installing Linux, so I decided to delete the partition I created. There was an option in the PartitionMagic folder to start a dos program that would delete my Linux partition. I did so, and when the computer re-booted the program came up, and I followed the directions to delete the partition. I assumed it had worked, but when the computer came up again, the partition was deleted but it would go into that same PartitionMagic dos program and give me a window to click ok that said "The Linux Parititon could not be deleted. That operating system partition was not found." When I click ok it reboots and does the same thing. WHAT SHOULD I DO I tried getting fdisk, autoexec.bat and a few other things from a different win98 computer and putting them on a disk. I also did a sys a: from another computer onto that disk and put them onto my new computer. This at leasts puts me at a dos prompt. I tried typing fdisk/mbr at the c and the a prompts, but the computer either doesn't recognize them or it doesn't change anything. There is no windows directory at c, so I can't really run anything. People have told me to get a win98 boot disk, but I don't have one / know how to make one. What should I do ??? I can't run windows, so I am really frustrated. If you've had this problem before, please give me a detailed solution. THANKS, Sam Ok, I think what is happening is that the autoexec.bat or config.sys on your C: drive have the partition magic running. If that is not true, then: 1. Can you get into Safe Mode for windows when booting? 2. If not, the next thing to try is to make a copy of your msdos.sys on your C drive. You'll probably need to run attrib -r -s -h msdos.sys to make it visible in DOS before you can copy it. Then edit msdos.sys and change the parameter for bootGUI to 1 (one) (I'm not sure the correct name of the parameter). Then try to boot from the hard drive. 3. If it's a brand new system, you should be able to reinstall or restore Win from a CD included with the system. This should wipe out everything. Then, make the boot disks for Partition magic and boot magic. Then try Linux again.
[newbie] Initial user permissions
I saw something about this before I realized that I needed and now don't remember where to find it. I read that the first user made after setting the root password during the install didn't get the proper permissions on its config files. For example, I can change my sound card volumes, but they aren't saved, I have to change them every time I start up. I realize I need to change the permissions on some files, but cannot find out which ones. Thanks, Mike
Re: [newbie] PartitionMagic won't let me run windows
how do i look at autoexec.bat??? by the way, if someone thinks they know how to solve my problem, then can they give me their icq number or some sort of online contact -Original Message- From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, February 26, 2000 7:15 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] PartitionMagic won't let me run windows Samsounds like you need to look at the contents of autoexec.bat in the root directory of your win9x C: drive and if it has anything suspicious in it rename it to autoexec.txt and then try rebooting. Alan Sam Junge wrote: the linux partition is deleted, but when i put the windows 98 boot disk in, what should i do? i typed fdisk/mbr, and i guess it runs. It takes me back to the c drive, how do i run windows from there, because i have to ctr alt del to get the system shutdown, and when it boots up into windows, it continually recognizes the PartitionMagic dos program to delete partition - Original Message - From: "Alan Shoemaker" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 6:31 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] PartitionMagic won't let me run windows Samduring the installation of Partition Magic you were supposed to make a pair of floppies. Disc 1 of that pair is self booting and asks for disc 2 during the boot process. I assume that when you were prompted do do this step (making the floppies) during your installation of Partition Magic you refused/skipped the process. There are directions in a read.me type file on the CD of how to make those very same floppies when you don't have a windows machine to install Partition Magic on. You need to find these directions and make the floppies and boot your system with them which brings up a dos version of Partition Magic. Then using Partition Magic, you need to make the dos partition ACTIVE. Window will not boot unless it is on the only ACTIVE partition on the drive. Linux, however doesn't care one way or another about ACTIVE partitions. Anyway then your windows system should again be able to boot. If it still doesn't boot then you also need a windows boot floppy with a copy of fdisk.com on it. After booting to dos with the windows boot floppy, type fdisk /mbrafter which the windows system should finally boot. Good luck. Alan Sam Junge wrote: Sorry for making this so long, but I wanted to make sure I included all the details, so please take the time to read it : I bought Mandrake Linux 7.0, which came with a version of PartitionMagic as part of the "extra's" cd. I installed Partition and BootMagic on my NEW Windows 98 computer, then installed Linux. I felt I did not do the best job of installing Linux, so I decided to delete the partition I created. There was an option in the PartitionMagic folder to start a dos program that would delete my Linux partition. I did so, and when the computer re-booted the program came up, and I followed the directions to delete the partition. I assumed it had worked, but when the computer came up again, the partition was deleted but it would go into that same PartitionMagic dos program and give me a window to click ok that said "The Linux Parititon could not be deleted. That operating system partition was not found." When I click ok it reboots and does the same thing. WHAT SHOULD I DO I tried getting fdisk, autoexec.bat and a few other things from a different win98 computer and putting them on a disk. I also did a sys a: from another computer onto that disk and put them onto my new computer. This at leasts puts me at a dos prompt. I tried typing fdisk/mbr at the c and the a prompts, but the computer either doesn't recognize them or it doesn't change anything. There is no windows directory at c, so I can't really run anything. People have told me to get a win98 boot disk, but I don't have one / know how to make one. What should I do ??? I can't run windows, so I am really frustrated. If you've had this problem before, please give me a detailed solution. THANKS, Sam
[newbie] Download of 7.02 from FTP
I have looked at a few different FTP sites and I can't seem to find a site that has 7.02 clearly marked for d/l? Is there a site at Linux-Mandrake or somewhere else with the 7.02 version for d/l? I have a cable modem and want to try 7.02. TIA Jaguar Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Download of 7.02 from FTP
try ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake Jaguar wrote: I have looked at a few different FTP sites and I can't seem to find a site that has 7.02 clearly marked for d/l? Is there a site at Linux-Mandrake or somewhere else with the 7.02 version for d/l? I have a cable modem and want to try 7.02. TIA Jaguar Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 HomePage: http://kwg.virtualave.net/kwg http://kompukit.dyndns.org (personal webserver,does NOT run 24/7)
RE: [newbie] Download of 7.02 from FTP
I downloaded mine from metalab.unc.edu /pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake -Original Message- From: Jaguar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 9:09 PM To: Linux Newbie Subject: [newbie] Download of 7.02 from FTP I have looked at a few different FTP sites and I can't seem to find a site that has 7.02 clearly marked for d/l? Is there a site at Linux-Mandrake or somewhere else with the 7.02 version for d/l? I have a cable modem and want to try 7.02. TIA Jaguar Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Download of 7.02 from FTP
sorry...I meant this file try ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/iso when there...download "Mandrake70-2.iso then burn a CD with it... Jaguar wrote: I have looked at a few different FTP sites and I can't seem to find a site that has 7.02 clearly marked for d/l? Is there a site at Linux-Mandrake or somewhere else with the 7.02 version for d/l? I have a cable modem and want to try 7.02. TIA Jaguar Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 HomePage: http://kwg.virtualave.net/kwg http://kompukit.dyndns.org (personal webserver,does NOT run 24/7)
[newbie] 7.02 download
this is where 7.02 is...just doubled checked you can download this whole folder... then follow instructions for installing from hard drive ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/current/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 HomePage: http://kwg.virtualave.net/kwg http://kompukit.dyndns.org (personal webserver,does NOT run 24/7)
Re: [Re: [newbie] Download of 7.02 from FTP]
Thanks all...I am currently d/ling from rpmfind...:) But funny thing is...there is NOT a DIR listed as 7.02, I did check the VERSION info in a few different ones, and found 7.02 AIR...:) "Nighthawk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have looked at a few different FTP sites and I can't seem to find a site that has 7.02 clearly marked for d/l? Is there a site at Linux-Mandrake or somewhere else with the 7.02 version for d/l? I have a cable modem and want to try 7.02. Try ftp.math.utah.edu ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu The latter is where I got my copy of 7.02, it's in the linux/mandrake/iso directory. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
[newbie] booting from floppy
i recompiled a kernel and everything is fine...my problem is booting to iti use a boot disk to boot and i need to reinstall lilo after making changes to lilo.config correct? how do i reinstall lilo on my bootdisk to use the lilo.config i changed? thanx in advance..toie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Blackbox Window manager
Is there anyone who uses the BlackBox window manager, who can tell me how to autorun applications, when BB is started? TIA.
[newbie] DNS problems
I have my dial-up connection working, but I can't get anywhere in Netscape--it keeps saying 'server not found'. I do have the appropriate DNS entries in kppp. What else must be set? Paul Eppley http://users.nni.com/Paul_Eppley
[newbie] Seeing Windows Partition Contents
I set my mount points for my Windows partitions, and they do appear in my directory list, but none of the contents (files or sub-directories) appear. Please help. Paul Eppley http://users.nni.com/Paul_Eppley
Re: [newbie] Seeing Windows Partition Contents
Nevermind. I found the answer (2 solutions, actually) by checking the archive! - Original Message - From: "Paul Eppley" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 11:02 PM Subject: [newbie] Seeing Windows Partition Contents I set my mount points for my Windows partitions, and they do appear in my directory list, but none of the contents (files or sub-directories) appear. Please help. Paul Eppley http://users.nni.com/Paul_Eppley
[newbie] FTP daemon not accepting connection
Hello, I'm currently running Linux Mandrake v6.0 with a stock "server" installation. The FTP daemon allows anonymous FTP to log in, but it doesn't allow uploading into a fully writable upload directory. It also doesn't allow users that have accounts on the system to log in. The only way to connect to it is anonymously. Does anyone know what configuration files or settings I can look at to fix either of these problems? I've scanned all the man pages I thought would contain something useful, but can't seem to find the right fix.
Re: [newbie] HELP PLEASE - PartitionMagic error
Sam,I'm surprised you have't said, 'the hell with it!" and just reformat your hard drive. Start out with a clean slate, install Win 98, make a boot floppy for Partition Magic (BTW, don't use BOOT MAGIC); make another primary partition for Linux and install Linux. You may want to boot to Linux using a boot floppy (you can make one of these during the installation, just before you configure LILO). Also you don't have to install LILO, when asked if you want to use LILO just say NO. Then you'll be able to boot Win98 by default and if you want Linux ,just boot with the floppy. GOOD LUCK - Original Message - From: Sam Junge To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 10:06 AM Subject: [newbie] HELP PLEASE - PartitionMagic error As I've mentioned before, I've been having problems with PartitionMagic. I installed PartitionMagic, then mandrake linux 7, then decided to delete the linux partition. No longer does my computer load lilo, or list linux as a partition, but PartitionMagic still loads as a dos program when the computer starts up and tells me "That linux partition could not be deleted. The operating system partition being deleted was not found." The only option it gives me is to click ok, which shuts down the computer and repeats the process. I tried going to my other computer and doing a sys a:, and also putting fdisk from my other computer onto the disk. I then put this disk in the computer that wouldn't load windows, and it gave me an a prompt. I tried typing fdisk /mbr, but it didn't make a difference for the next time i booted the computer. What can I do? Please give me a detailed enough anwser because I've tried to solve this problem numerous ways.
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[newbie] Fwd: How to print in a hp 670 c
-- Mensaje Reenviado -- Subject: How to print in a hp 670 c Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 21:10:01 -0600 From: Fernando Camacho Olmos [EMAIL PROTECTED] in economic mode. thanks ---
[newbie] security, permissions, and NetHack. . .
I recently switched from RedHat 6.1 to Mandrake 7.0 and tried installing NetHack. Before, I had to copy the files out of the tarball via Midnight Commander (or else the permissions wouldn't work right), instead of just doing a `tar xzvf nh330lin.tgz' while in the / directory, as the README instructs. Apparently Mandrake's security works differently than RedHat's. When I follow the same procedure for installing NetHack under Mandrake, I get the following error when I try to play the game (and I'm logged in as a user who is a member of the games group): NetHack, Copyright 1985-1999 By Stichting Mathematisch Centrum and M. Stephenson. See license for details. perm_lock: Operation not permitted Cannot lock perm for unknown reason (1). Hit space to continue: Thanks for any help with this. ---Norvell Spearman
RE: [newbie] unsubcribe
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