[newbie] Sorry to see you go

[Eunice Thompson]

Steve,
  Hi, I was catching up on my mail and I saw your post, stating that it
would be your last. I hope this will reach you.
  I don't know about the rest of the newbies, but I for one will miss your
posts. You were extremely helpful, always well informed, and yes even pretty
patient. You've helped  me to  make the transition from Windows to Linux
without too much hair-pulling. Although I haven't thrown Windows out the
window, I'm able to experiment with Linux and actually relax and enjoy
myself.

Enjoy your time off
Thanks again, you've been a big help.


Eunice Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] Installation difficulties

[Ratsnake]

OK, after admitting that I was quite proficient at
installing Red Hat Linux, and after becoming very
disilussioned with Red Hat (i.e., the Linux version of
Microsoft), I purchased the Mandrake distribution v. 7.0.
Now, my hard disk has already been partitioned into 4
separate compartments, as I was running Windows 98 and
Windows NT.  However, I wiped my "C" hard disk in order to
uninstall NT.  Now, after attempting to install the Mandrake
Linux, I came to a dead end.  Admittedly, my hard disk is
still partitoned, in other words, I only wiped the "C"
drive.  I attempted to install the Mandrake Linux, and after
re-booting, nothing happened, and the box automatically went
into the Windows 98 O/S.  Any ideas, suggestions, etc.?
What do I need to do to install the Mandrake Linux O/S?  Any
help would be accepted.
Regards,
Bob

Re: [newbie] Install prob.

[Ratsnake]

Dave,
I just don't get it.  Why in hell is any distribution of
Linux so damn difficult to install?  I am very familiar with
Red Hat installation, but this Mandrake Linux distribution,
(which, after reading all the reviews, was a basic cake-walk
to install), was virtually IMPOSSIBLE to install on my
computer.  I gave up.  I went to Mandrake because I felt
that Red Hat was basically the "Microsoft" of Linux, but,
after all their "claims of easy installation", I am very
disappointed.
Regards,
Bob

Dave Casper wrote:

> How's this for bad luck: I bought Lin-Man 7.0 Complete
> in the hopes of learning Linux. I couldn't install at
> home though because my floppy drive died. So I decided
> to install it at work [we're a strictly doz shop so
> don't tell anyone ;) ] to get started right away.
> Installed and works fine there. Get the new floppy
> drive at home and try the install; won't go. I fixed
> what I thought to be a hardware conflict but now I am
> getting the following errors:
>in second stage install
> Segmentation fault
> _x11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> _x11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> Gtk-warning: cannot open display: 0 at
> /usr/bin/perl-install/my_gtk.pm line 139
> install exited abnormally.
>
> This error output shows up shortly after a screen
> initializing the CD-Rom.
>
> Do you have ANY ideas of what's causing this?
>
> FYI.
> Equipment I'm using:
> P133 - 32Mb
> ATI Xpert98 (3D Rage Pro) - PCI
> US-Robotics int 33.6 modem (com 2)
> I have a multi-funct card that gives me com1. The
> motherboard has onboard IO disabled in BIOS because of
> problems.
> IDE HD CD-Rom and ZIP100.
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Re: [newbie] Supermount Unhappines

[Jonathan S.]

I would by a isa modem, because new modem are winmodems. zoom is by far the
best, I own 4 and never had a problem.

[newbie] Mandrake with Wu-Ftp Problems

[maxtorator]

I finally got my FTP server up and running (partially).  I read through all of
the docs and man pages and faqs that I could find but I am still having
problems with it.
I can connect to it but I cant see any files that I have on there.  I dont see
any directories that I have made.  I mean, I can change to different
directories by typing the path (using GFTP) but nothing shows up.  Any ideas? 
I have my password file and group file, ls, and everything (I think) is in its
proper place but still no go.  My message doesnt even show on login.  All help
would be much appreciated.



 --  Maxtor
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.maxtors.com

[newbie] Install prob.

[Dave Casper]

How's this for bad luck: I bought Lin-Man 7.0 Complete
in the hopes of learning Linux. I couldn't install at
home though because my floppy drive died. So I decided
to install it at work [we're a strictly doz shop so
don't tell anyone ;) ] to get started right away.
Installed and works fine there. Get the new floppy
drive at home and try the install; won't go. I fixed
what I thought to be a hardware conflict but now I am
getting the following errors:
   in second stage install
Segmentation fault
_x11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
_x11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
Gtk-warning: cannot open display: 0 at
/usr/bin/perl-install/my_gtk.pm line 139
install exited abnormally.

This error output shows up shortly after a screen
initializing the CD-Rom. 

Do you have ANY ideas of what's causing this?

FYI.
Equipment I'm using:
P133 - 32Mb
ATI Xpert98 (3D Rage Pro) - PCI
US-Robotics int 33.6 modem (com 2)
I have a multi-funct card that gives me com1. The
motherboard has onboard IO disabled in BIOS because of
problems.
IDE HD CD-Rom and ZIP100.
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Re: [newbie] Help!!!!!!! Graphic problem

[Edwin Chua]

hmm pardon me mate. The copy I had is Mandrake Linux 6.0. Where do I
get the 7.02? Can I install from the 6.0 or do I have to get a version 7
first?

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> From: kit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Help!!! Graphic problem
> Date: Sunday, March 05, 2000 10:02 AM
> 
> Have you treid v 7.02  yet...it should set things up better for you.
> 
> Audrey Beck wrote:
> > 
> > Do you know what chipset your card uses?  Have you tried picking at
> > least the SVGA driver?  Do you know the refresh rates for your monitor?
> > 
> > Edwin Chua wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi guys,
> > > Had given up on linux almost literally. Wish someone would tell me
how
> > > useful linux. Had been trying to convince myself but to avail.
Well it
> > > had been weeks since I last read up on linux.
> > >
> > > As I take it as a challenge now, I will once again try to master
Linux.
> > > Thank you guys!! If wasn't with you guys around, I don't think I can
ever
> > > make it!!!
> > >
> > > Right now, I still face a problem. The graphic still look big to me.
As I
> > > select generic mode for my graphic card, the system does not support
any
> > > color picture. The netscape turn black and white.
> > >
> > > I use a Hercules Power Drive Terminator 128/3D card. However, it read
8mb
> > > ram on my window. And I uses a Viewsonic E771 monitor.
> > >
> > > Guys please help!!!
> 
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Re: [newbie] new to Mandrake 7.0

[Audrey Beck]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 03/04/2000 6:01:54 PM Central Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> 
> >
> >  Have you run printtool? If not run it at the command prompt.
> >
> >  Regards
> >
> >  John the Nadger
> >
> >  http://mklinux.cjb.net
> 
> How do I run that?

Open an Xterm in KDE and type printtool at the prompt.
> 
> 
> 'Smash Yr. Head On The Punk Rock'
> 
> -Chris
> 
> Rasputin
> http://www.angelfire.com/ne/rasputin1/Rasputin.html

Couple of good sites for walkthroughs on linux stuff are
www.linux-newbie.org and www.mandrakeuser.org.  Lots of info there and
step by step.

Re: [newbie] Networking troubles...

[Audrey Beck]

Sam Roza wrote:
> 
> I'm in need of some help with getting my Linux box to show up on my network.
> I'm really having a time with this.
> 
> What software components or config changes need to be made for a linux
> machine to show up on a windows/TCP/IP network? Is there a specific protocol
> necessary to go cross-platform?
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> 
> Sam Roza
> 
> P.S.--please don't reply with stuff like "turn all of your windows machines
> into linux machines and you won't have any problems", that will not be
> helpful. Hope that doesn't offend

I haven't had any problems with my win and linux boxes and seeing
drives.  Just use samba on the linux box.  Be SURE that when you set it
up that you have them in the same workgroup.  Type everything in lower
case in samba when you configure it, even though it's in caps in
windows.  I haven't tried to setup specific users on windows or linux to
see specific things or have special logins.  When you connect from a win
box to linux you'll be asked for a password.  This is NOT root (ever?). 
It will put you into whatever that user can see and how you setup what
is browsable etc in samba.  Eventually, I'll want specific users too,
but this should give you a start.

[newbie] Cd-rom trouble upon install

[Trevor Stewart]

Hi,
I'm rather new to linux (all I have done is used other systems, and
installed it on a few computers).  I have an old 486 box kicking around
and I want to install Mandrake 6.0 on it (I've installed it no problem
before, just not on this box).
The trouble is when I try to install it, the installation cannot find
the cd-rom. 
First of all the cd-rom is a panasonic compatible drive (nscd-2x-p)
which plugs into my SB compatible Zoltrix 1600 sound card.
During the install I'm given the choice to choose my type of cd-rom, I
choose the non-scsi route and then select soundblaster/panasonic for
cd-rom.  Autoprobe fails to find it.  I have tried to do it manually
with sbpcd=0x220,7,1 but it hasn't worked (maybe I'm doing something
wrong here)
Any ideas?  

thanks,
"The Universe is, at any time, what you say it is." 
James Burke

Re: [newbie] General Help: Mounting devices & Modem Trouble

[William Webb]

Hi.  Thanks for the reply.  I checked that file.  Here is what it says:
   hda: IBM-DHEA-38451, ATA DISK drive
   hdb: Hewlett-Packard CD-Writer Plus 8100, ATAPI CDROM drive
   hdc: FX240S, ATAPI CDROM drive
   hdd: IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI, ATAPI FLOPPY drive  

I was able to mount hdc as my /mnt/cdrom2, as well as my floppy.  However,
when I try to mount hdb the same way as I did with hdc (mount -t iso9660
/dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom) I get the following error:
   mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb,
  or too many mounted file systems 

What might be causing this to run differently than the other drive?

Thanks a million,
William

On Sat, 04 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> type "mount /dev/hardware_device /a/directory" as root to mount something.
> The CD-ROM would command would most likely be "mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom" for
> you, and for floppys it's "mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy". As for the CDR, I've
> seen several different hardware ID's for it, mine personally is sr0 but I"ve
> seen stuff like hdc too. Look in /var/log/dmesg and see if you cant' spot in
> there what Linux calls your CDR. And from your "input/output error", were you
> trying to mount a music CD? Those don't mount under Linux, just use a CD-Player
> app to play them, under "Multimedia" in both Gnome and KDE. 
> 
>   
> > I recently installed Linux Mandrake 7.0 (Deluxe) on my PII 300.  The
> > installation went smoothly.  I configured the partitions, printer, modem,
> > and dialup connection.  The problems begin when I boot into Linux.  The KDE
> > loads fine, and all the programs seem to work..
> > 
> > However, when I want to access my CD Rom drive or my Floppy, I begin to get
> > errors.  I have tried several mount commands (as recommended by #linuxhelp
> > on EFNet), but have had no success.  I have two CD Rom drives: a HP CD
> > Burner (master) and a MITSUMI (slave).
> > 
> > Since I am new to Linux, I have absolutely no clue about what to do about
> > getting these things working.  Sometimes I get "bad command" and
> > "Input/Output error."  It seems to me that if I installed Linux from a CD
> > Rom drive that it should be able to be read by Linux.
> 
> -- 
> Anthony Huereca
> http://m3000.1wh.com
> Press any key to continue and any other key to quit

[newbie] apache

[Kit Goins]

anyone know of a good apache mailing list...so I can get help with setup


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Re: [newbie] General Help: Mounting devices & Modem Trouble

[Anthony Huereca]

type "mount /dev/hardware_device /a/directory" as root to mount something.
The CD-ROM would command would most likely be "mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom" for
you, and for floppys it's "mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy". As for the CDR, I've
seen several different hardware ID's for it, mine personally is sr0 but I"ve
seen stuff like hdc too. Look in /var/log/dmesg and see if you cant' spot in
there what Linux calls your CDR. And from your "input/output error", were you
trying to mount a music CD? Those don't mount under Linux, just use a CD-Player
app to play them, under "Multimedia" in both Gnome and KDE. 

  
> I recently installed Linux Mandrake 7.0 (Deluxe) on my PII 300.  The
> installation went smoothly.  I configured the partitions, printer, modem,
> and dialup connection.  The problems begin when I boot into Linux.  The KDE
> loads fine, and all the programs seem to work..
> 
> However, when I want to access my CD Rom drive or my Floppy, I begin to get
> errors.  I have tried several mount commands (as recommended by #linuxhelp
> on EFNet), but have had no success.  I have two CD Rom drives: a HP CD
> Burner (master) and a MITSUMI (slave).
> 
> Since I am new to Linux, I have absolutely no clue about what to do about
> getting these things working.  Sometimes I get "bad command" and
> "Input/Output error."  It seems to me that if I installed Linux from a CD
> Rom drive that it should be able to be read by Linux.

-- 
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http://m3000.1wh.com
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[newbie] Java on Mandrake 6.5

[YekSoon... Lok]

I have installed the Java option while installing
Mandrake 6.5

Problem is if I run the javac myfile.java command..
it gives an exception.

What could be wrong ?

Is the JDK included in the distribution ?

And if I download a JDK from Blackdown, how can I 
make the 'javac' command in Mandrake works with the
jdk which I downloaded ?

thanks
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[newbie] Supermount patch

[John Couturier]

Hello,
To get my USB Camera working I had to move to the stock 2.2.14 kernel. I then 
applied the usb back-port patch from Suse.  All works but I can't get supermount back. 
 There is a supermount patch for Suse 6.3 but it is for a 2.2.13 kernel and it messes 
up 2.2.14.  I'm wondering if anybody has or has found a supermount patch for the 
2.2.14 kernel.  I hated having to give it up.  Any help would be nice.  Thank you in 
advance.

John

Re: [newbie] Networking troubles...

[KokWay Heng ¹úΰ]

You could use linuxconf, for TCP/TP configuration.

Are you mean show up the Linux box on the Windows Network Neighbourhood?
If so, then you need Samba for Windows Networkin'.

Regards,

Way

> What software components or config changes need to be made for a linux
> machine to show up on a windows/TCP/IP network? Is there a specific protocol
> necessary to go cross-platform?
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> 
> Sam Roza
> 
> P.S.--please don't reply with stuff like "turn all of your windows machines
> into linux machines and you won't have any problems", that will not be
> helpful. Hope that doesn't offend

RE: [newbie] test, ignore

[Robert Austera]

Couldn't resist Denis, but "a girl took (or is it picked)strawberries"? 

Robert Austera
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

-Original Message-
From: Denis Havlik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 11:04 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] test, ignore

djevojcica brala jagode

Re: [newbie] Help!!!!!!! Graphic problem

[kit]

Have you treid v 7.02  yet...it should set things up better for you.

Audrey Beck wrote:
> 
> Do you know what chipset your card uses?  Have you tried picking at
> least the SVGA driver?  Do you know the refresh rates for your monitor?
> 
> Edwin Chua wrote:
> >
> > Hi guys,
> > Had given up on linux almost literally. Wish someone would tell me how
> > useful linux. Had been trying to convince myself but to avail. Well it
> > had been weeks since I last read up on linux.
> >
> > As I take it as a challenge now, I will once again try to master Linux.
> > Thank you guys!! If wasn't with you guys around, I don't think I can ever
> > make it!!!
> >
> > Right now, I still face a problem. The graphic still look big to me. As I
> > select generic mode for my graphic card, the system does not support any
> > color picture. The netscape turn black and white.
> >
> > I use a Hercules Power Drive Terminator 128/3D card. However, it read 8mb
> > ram on my window. And I uses a Viewsonic E771 monitor.
> >
> > Guys please help!!!

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Re: [newbie] new to Mandrake 7.0

[CMi1255179]

In a message dated 03/04/2000 6:01:54 PM Central Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> 
>  Have you run printtool? If not run it at the command prompt.
>  
>  Regards
>  
>  John the Nadger
>  
>  http://mklinux.cjb.net

How do I run that?


'Smash Yr. Head On The Punk Rock'

-Chris 


Rasputin
http://www.angelfire.com/ne/rasputin1/Rasputin.html

[newbie] UNscribe

[wydgett]

[newbie] Linux vs. Windoze (again)

[Josh McCaffrey]

Sorry if this is a tired thread, but for some reason or another my
P133/64M box seems to run just as fast if not faster than my Mom's new
W98se K62-500/64M box.  She got a Compaq "Internet PC" w/ a ton of
rebates for about US$350 w/ printer/monitor/speakers.  It's already
crashed twice.  My Linux-Mandrake 6.1 box has been up since well b4 she
got this thing (complete w/ a Winmodem, built in SRAM video and sound). 
One would think that w/ such a fat processor almost any computer would
blaze.  Well, I'm not jealous, but my box would really kick some ass w/
500mhz processor.  Just a thought...  can't afford the upgrade as of
now.  
-Josh
Atlanta, GA

Re: [newbie] new to Mandrake 7.0

[bluebottle]

On Sat, 04 Mar 2000, you wrote:

> 2.  Also trying to get my Epson 600 printer and Iomega 250 zip drive to 
> work...went to their sites and didn't see like a Linux driver for them...I 
> though that is probably what they would need...am I right here? 

I use an Epson Stylus Colour 440 - it's set as Epson Stylus Color (UP)
No problems. 

Have you run printtool? If not run it at the command prompt.

Regards

John the Nadger

http://mklinux.cjb.net

[newbie] Problem with mouse

[Stefanos Fotiou]

Hi all

I am a newbie newbie to linux and I faces some problem with my mouse.

I have a MS intelimouse. Any time I start a Linux XWindows session my
mouse is not working. If I logout and login again then my mouse works
perfect. In addition any time I run the Lothar programme my mouse stops
to work. Does any one of you van give me any suggestion?

Thanks in advance
Stefanos

P.S. I have use the mouseconfig utility to gonfigure my mouse but the
proble has not resolved

Re: [newbie] Loosing ones partitions

[Oliver L. Plaine Jr.]

On Sat, 4 Mar 2000 06:44:07 -,condeuser wrote:

>Now I'm pretty positive that the time taken to format the partition for 98
>could not have formatted the entire disk;so I think its not just that mbr
>has been overwritten by doze but that its dozely written a false one.

--
Sat, 4 Mar 2000  15:36:04

I doubt that this will help you now but maybe for the next time,

I had a similar situation where my partition table became trash by my
own hand *-(

Although the windows data was still in place I could not even
access to the drive...it was unbootable

The thing that saved me and resurrected the MS system without
damage was a stroke of pure luck...some weeks before I had been
playing with a FIPS disk..(just looking) and I booted to that and
looked at my partition table.it suggested that I make a backup
restore file of the original table, so I didI didn't use the FIPS
for any of it's other functions but I still had the disc.

Much later I dummied up the table...I could not gain entry
with FDISK on the Packard Bell restore disc or any other thing I
tried...remembering the restore file I made with FIPS, I booted to
that and ran restore...Magically the MS windows reappeared. from there
I was able to install the Linux as normal..for a moment I had thought
my new 13Gig disk would be a paperweight

I did not ever use the other functions of FIPS but I will
always keep a copy with that partition table recovery filejust in
case

Ps..if someone is interested? FIPS 2.0 is on just about every Linux
distribution and also the linux websites, it is simple to extract it
to a Floppy...for those bad days it will be insurance. although I
doubt the author intended it for this use.

Also the really neat Linux system on a Floppy that can be used for
recovery, from Toms root boot...I have it on hand and have tested it
but have not had to recover with it as of yet 

Olly P

Re: [newbie] drivers

[Michael]

Does anyone know how to set up module options?  base IO Port, irq level, and
miscellaneous options?

[newbie] drivers

[Tony]

Does anyone know the best sources for device drivers, already tried to find
manufacturers sites without much success.
devices in question are an Alphalan 2000 wireless card and a Greystones
Peripherals pcmcia card holder Outback 2.
Would appreciate best places for prefferably
linux drivers.

[newbie]

[Karekin Madteos]

Can anyone help?

I can't get MDK to recognize my Sound Blaster card. It gives me the error
message "Device or resource busy" during boot and if I try to use insmod.

sb.o appears to be laoded as a module along with sound.o, soundlow.o and
soundcore.o

HELP!!

[newbie] Modem Recommendations

[Lane Lester]

> Also, I am going to buy a new modem to use while under linux.  Are ISA
> modems the best way to go?  Also, Best Buy said they had some between 39 and
> 49 dollars.  Are they any good?  What would your recommendations be on that?

I thought this needed a new Subject. I suspect anything that cheap would be a Winmodem 
which seem to be unuseable with Linux. Personally I find it =very= useful to have an 
external modem where the lights tell me what's going on.

I have a USR Courier v.Everything that I bought back when I had a very low quality 
telephone line. It works great, but I know there are many other modems that work fine 
with Linux. Perhaps others will have suggestions.
-- 
Lane

Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
Using Linux to get where I want to go...

Re: [newbie] new to Mandrake 7.0

[Lane Lester]

> 2.  Also trying to get my Epson 600 printer and Iomega 250 zip drive to 
> work..

When I installed an Epson Stylus 800, I selected the "Epson Color" entry, and that 
works fine. I don't know the differences between the 600 and the 800.
-- 
Lane

Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
Using Linux to get where I want to go...

[newbie] re: Netscape toolbar color

[Dale Morris]

I changed my color depth to 32bit and that brought back the color on the
netscape toolbar. Thanks for the help :)


--dale 
"So many idiots..
so few comets.."
   H Henry

[newbie] Starting X Programs at Startup

[Lane Lester]

Well, I read some, but I evidently didn't read enough. I want xscreensaver to be run 
at boot time, and I created an .xinitrc in my home directory with the following 
contents:

#!/bin/sh
xscreensaver

..but it didn't work. Is there something somewhere that needs to tell .xinitrc to do 
its thing, or am I completely off base here?
-- 
Lane

Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
Using Linux to get where I want to go...

[newbie] Problem Mounting Floppies

[Dale Morris]

When I try to mount floppies I made with Redhat 6.1, I get an error
message, "could not list directory contents, file/mnt/floppy.." what do I
need to do to -- "So many idiots.. get this working correctly. I'm amazed
that I can't mount a ext2 floppy. I so few comets.." edited the fstab as
follows:  H Henry /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda5 / ext2
defaults 1 1 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext2
defaults 1 2 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,ext2 dev=/dev/fd0
0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0
 
(I added ext2 in fs=..)
 
I would like to be able to mount both linux and ms disks. How do I do
this?
 
Thanks  

--dale

Re: [newbie] Hurrah...

[dave]

> > > Can anyone help me with setting up my Apache...on a DNS host for dynamic
> > > IP hosting...such as www.myip.org.?
> > > and I need help with setting up the FTP server...also.
> > >
> > I haven't done FTP yet but for HTTP just go into DrakConf > networking >
> > server > Apache > defaults (something like that) and use your myip name for your
> > server name

> okay...exactlyhow can I do this...and does anyone know of a 
> DNS updater...client for linux...that's a RPM file...can't figure out
> tars yet...

I don't how myip works as I use dyndns.org where updating your ip, via a web
page is pretty easy/painless. I never installed one of the auto update clients
(which all seem to be tars) and now have a static ip and don't need to update.

Not sure what/if you are asking about Apache. Once its installed its pretty
easy to setup from linuxconfig. For starters turn on indexes (heck you might
not even need to do that, I don't remember) and point your browser to
http://localhost or http://foo.myip.org/ (or however their naming scheme works)

[newbie] new to Mandrake 7.0

[CMi1255179]

Hello. 
I was able to divide up my hard drive and install Mandrake 7.0 and have it 
share some space with Windows '95...but I have 
some questions.

1.  I am new to Linux, and have used Windows for about two years...what is 
the best way to go about and learn Linux?  I bought the O'Reily book 'Running 
Linux,' and it has helped, but 
it is very advanced in some parts, and I was looking for something online to 
help me. 

2.  Also trying to get my Epson 600 printer and Iomega 250 zip drive to 
work...went to their sites and didn't see like a Linux driver for them...I 
though that is probably what they would need...am I right here? 

thanks,


'Smash Yr. Head On The Punk Rock'

-Chris 


Rasputin
http://www.angelfire.com/ne/rasputin1/Rasputin.html

RE: [newbie] Supermount Unhappines

[bluebottle]

On Sun, 05 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> Yes, I did put a space after "cd"
> 
> Also, I am going to buy a new modem to use while under linux.  Are ISA
> modems the best way to go?  Also, Best Buy said they had some between 39 and
> 49 dollars.  Are they any good?  What would your recommendations be on that?

I use ISA modems and have no problems. They need to have dip switches and
jumpers. You disable the Plug and Pray and I've set mine to COM 4 IRQ 3.

I can't comment on your prices as I'm in the UK

Regards

John the Nadger

http://mklinux.cjb.net

http://www.nadger.uklinux.net

RE: [newbie] Supermount Unhappines

[William Webb]

Yes, I did put a space after "cd"

Also, I am going to buy a new modem to use while under linux.  Are ISA
modems the best way to go?  Also, Best Buy said they had some between 39 and
49 dollars.  Are they any good?  What would your recommendations be on that?


I appreciate all the help!,
William



-Original Message-
From: Lane Lester [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 12:18 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [newbie] Supermount Unhappines

> When I type in:  cd /mnt/cdrom, I get bash: cd: /mnt/cdrom:
Input/output
> error

Pardon me for asking, but is there a space after the "cd" you typed?
--
Lane

Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
Using Linux to get where I want to go...

Re: [newbie] KDE's buttons and shourtcuts dont work...

[Eugene C. Zesch]

"Pittman, Merle" wrote:

> Probably wiped out/messed up the ".kde" directory in your $home directory.
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: R.Ilker Gokhan [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 12:20 PM
> > To:   '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject:  [newbie] KDE's buttons and shourtcuts dont work...
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I don't know what I have done but now, My KDE's buttons and shortcuts
> > don't
> > work. I reinstalled KDE's rpm. But nothing changed. I can use "Execute
> > command ", "display properties", "logout" etc.. I have Mandrake 6.0.
> >
> > Does anyone know how I can fix it...
> > Thanks in advance...
> >
> > Ilker Gokhan
> > Project Leader
> > NDM
> > Istanbul

I think the fix is to delete (or better just rename) the  $home/.kde.share
file.  A new one will be created when you restart KDE and you should be good
as new.
Gene

Re: [[newbie] Modem and sound problems]

[Michael Scottaline]

"Bill Kinsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> - 
>   Attachment:  
>   MIME Type: multipart/alternative 
> - 
> To the linux gurus:
> I installed mandrake and was able to create the 20mb boot partition
below the 1024 cylander ( thanks Michael Scottaline for the advice) but I have
problems once MDK gets started. I get error messages when I run sndconfig and
kppp. Kppp tells me that my aztec pnp modem on com3 is busy. I have the proper
DNS info and Redhat never had a problem finding my modem. When I try to run
sndconfig, it displays the following message: Error in modprone Call /lib
/modules/2.2.14-15 mdk/misc/lib o: init_module: Device or Resource busy. Sound
Device or resource busy. I am also stuck in tying to configure my serial
touchpad on my serial 1 port. Can someone please provide some insight on how
to solve these minor setbacks.
> 
> [TIA]
> Bill Kinsey
==
Hi Bill,
If windows tells you your modem is on COM3, you need to use ttyS2 in kppp. 
However, you may have to run setserial (as root) to get that port (I'm not
sure, but I think only the first two exist by default).  Also check the other
ttySx ports just to be certain.  These might also be a resource conflict with
the touchpad on serial port 1.  
Not sure about the sound problem, but I'm sure someone else will chime in
who's far more knowledgeable :o)
Mike
BTW, try to post to this list w/o html.  Many of the true gurus will ignore
your message if their e-mail programs are text only.





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Re: [newbie] Supermount Unhappines

[Alan Shoemaker]

Pierosure.  There's the good old 'supermount --help' and the
standard 'man supermount' (/usr/man/man8/supermount.8.bz2).

Alan


Piero Caracciolo wrote:
> 
> At 18:04 03/03/00 -0800, you wrote:
> 
> Yes, Alan, supermount works also with my cdroms. But did you find any dox
> about it?
> 
> >Pieroyep, same here with the ls-120.  But my zip 100, my
> >cdrom, and my two floppys (1.44 & 1.2) all work just fine with
> >supermount.
> >
> >Alan
> >
> >
> >Piero Caracciolo wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm also puzeld with supermount.
> >> The fstab entries, automatically made when you install Linux, look
> >> meaningless; and thy do not work with my LS-120 device. And, worst then
> >> all, you can't find any useful man page about it.
> >> I also just replaced it with a classic fstab entry.
> >> Pitty, because it seems to be interesting.
> >>
> >> At 03:40 02/03/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >> > I'm totally new with this supermount-thing (installed Mandrake for
> the
> >> >first time last night,,actually its my first Linux install ever) and I
> find
> >> >it very confusing. My box seems to have a big problem with my JAZZ-drive
> >> >because of this feature. (CD-ROM and floppy are allright).  I couldn't
> boot
> >> >in linux if I had my Jazz switched on..
> >> >When I checked fstab, I found this supermount-feature very confusing. Can
> >> >anyone explain how to get my Jazz working?   Jornt   --
> >> >From:  Alan Shoemaker[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >> >Reply To:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> >Sent:  01 March 2000 19:56
> >> >To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> >Subject:   Re: [newbie] Supermount Unhappines I find it to not
> have
> >> >  Stick a cdrom or floppy in,
> >> >click on the desktop icon and a bunch of icons appear in a
> >> >  Navigate the window just like any other part of the
> >> >  So, I like it thus far.   Alan
> >> >  Lane Lester wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Am I the only one who finds supermount troublesome? The behavior was too
> >> >> strange to try to remember, but it's out of my fstab now!
> >> >> --
> >> >> Lane
> >> >> 
> >> >> Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
> >> >> 
> >> >> Getting where I want to be with Linux...
> >> Piero Caracciolo
> >> 54, rue de Bourgogne
> >> 75007 Paris - France
> >
> >
> Piero Caracciolo
> 54, rue de Bourgogne
> 75007 Paris - France

Re: [newbie] Word Perfect 8 for Linux install problem

[Michelle Schneider]

On Sat, 04 Mar 2000, Lane Lester wrote:
> Michelle said:
> > I downloaded Word Perfect yesterday.  It unpacked normally.  When I tried to
> > run the file called 'Runme' it said there was nothing to do.  I ended up doing
> > a manual install (running install.wp).  I thought it installed everything ok,
> > but the file xwp was not installed.  I cannot run Word Perfect without it.
> 
> Was it not installed, or will it just not run? Look in /usr/local/WordPerfect/wpbin 
>and see if it's there. If it is, then get in that directory in a terminal window and 
>execute "./wpbin". If it works, then you can work out the issue of how to execute it 
>normally, depending on the window manager you're using.
> 
> If it's not there, then you really do have a bad install and I don't have a ready 
>fix in mind.

I searched the entire disk, and the file is not there.  I'm going to try to
download again and see what happens.

Thanks.


Michelle
--
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muffins."  Kahlan Amnell in _Temple of the Winds_ by Terry Goodkind.

Re: [newbie] Supermount Unhappines

[Piero Caracciolo]

At 18:04 03/03/00 -0800, you wrote:

Yes, Alan, supermount works also with my cdroms. But did you find any dox
about it?



>Pieroyep, same here with the ls-120.  But my zip 100, my
>cdrom, and my two floppys (1.44 & 1.2) all work just fine with
>supermount.
>
>Alan
>
>
>Piero Caracciolo wrote:
>> 
>> I'm also puzeld with supermount.
>> The fstab entries, automatically made when you install Linux, look
>> meaningless; and thy do not work with my LS-120 device. And, worst then
>> all, you can't find any useful man page about it.
>> I also just replaced it with a classic fstab entry.
>> Pitty, because it seems to be interesting.
>> 
>> At 03:40 02/03/00 -0500, you wrote:
>> > I'm totally new with this supermount-thing (installed Mandrake for
the
>> >first time last night,,actually its my first Linux install ever) and I
find
>> >it very confusing. My box seems to have a big problem with my JAZZ-drive
>> >because of this feature. (CD-ROM and floppy are allright).  I couldn't
boot
>> >in linux if I had my Jazz switched on..
>> >When I checked fstab, I found this supermount-feature very confusing. Can
>> >anyone explain how to get my Jazz working?   Jornt   --
>> >From:  Alan Shoemaker[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> >Reply To:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >Sent:  01 March 2000 19:56
>> >To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >Subject:   Re: [newbie] Supermount Unhappines I find it to not
have
>> >  Stick a cdrom or floppy in,
>> >click on the desktop icon and a bunch of icons appear in a
>> >  Navigate the window just like any other part of the
>> >  So, I like it thus far.   Alan
>> >  Lane Lester wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Am I the only one who finds supermount troublesome? The behavior was too
>> >> strange to try to remember, but it's out of my fstab now!
>> >> --
>> >> Lane
>> >> 
>> >> Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
>> >> 
>> >> Getting where I want to be with Linux...
>> Piero Caracciolo
>> 54, rue de Bourgogne
>> 75007 Paris - France
>
>
Piero Caracciolo
54, rue de Bourgogne
75007 Paris - France

Re: [newbie] General Help: Mounting devices & Modem Trouble

[Piero Caracciolo]

At 20:07 03/03/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Hello!
>
>I recently installed Linux Mandrake 7.0 (Deluxe) on my PII 300.  The
>installation went smoothly.  I configured the partitions, printer, modem,
>and dialup connection.  The problems begin when I boot into Linux.  The KDE
>loads fine, and all the programs seem to work..
>
>However, when I want to access my CD Rom drive or my Floppy, I begin to get
>errors.  I have tried several mount commands (as recommended by #linuxhelp
>on EFNet), but have had no success.  I have two CD Rom drives: a HP CD
>Burner (master) and a MITSUMI (slave).
>
>Since I am new to Linux, I have absolutely no clue about what to do about
>getting these things working.  Sometimes I get "bad command" and
>"Input/Output error."  It seems to me that if I installed Linux from a CD
>Rom drive that it should be able to be read by Linux.
>
-

Read very carefully man mount and man fstab.

If during installation you had any file /etc/fstab automatically created,
then change the lines caontaining the supermount feature, which apparently
gives more troubles thens advantages, and repalce it with a classic fstab
entri (not without having saved first /etc/fstab in case your changes were
disastrous).

Supposing that one of your cdrom was /dev/hdd and that you had a directory
/mnt/cdrom, the corresponding line in /etc/fstab could be:

/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,rw 0 0


Piero Caracciolo
54, rue de Bourgogne
75007 Paris - France

Re: [newbie] wheel mouse

[Alan Shoemaker]

Claus/usr/doc/imwheel-0.9.6/

Alan


Claus Atzenbeck wrote:
> 
> Is there any way to use my wheel on my mouse? (It is a Fujitsu wheel
> mouse).
> 
> Thanks for your hit!
> 
> Regards,
> Claus.
> 
> --
> Atzenbeck. Data structures & design
> http://www.atzenbeck.de
> 
> General notions are generally wrong.
> -- Lady M.W. Montagu

[newbie] keymap

[Bernhard Aichinger]

hi,


i installed my mandrake 6.1 in english and used the de-latin1 keymap. but now i
whant an the de-latin1 keymap all the time, in kde, in konsole,...

i changed the keymap with the program setup and i added a keybord map in the
kde control center.

from this time on i was able to use de de-latin1 keybord-setting but the
graphicla login do not use this setting. how can i change this circumstance.

is there a global keymap-definition i overlooked


please help
bernhard

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Re: [Re: [newbie] son of bitch virus spreader]

[Michael]

Do you know where your CD ROM is located?  D? E?  or wherever maybe?you have
to decide when you create linux boot up disk.  It depends on your partition.
- Original Message -
From: Jaguar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 5:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Re: [newbie] son of bitch virus spreader]


> According to the virus description someone already posted...the virus
sends
> it's self using the infected persons address book...so it is unlikely this
> person knew he was infected...and the virus posted its self to the
list...and
> many of his address book contacts.  At least he warned the mail list when
he
> discovered what had happened.
> That aside...here's my Linux content.
> I have a 13 GB drive with a seprate /home partition, where I have stored
the
> 7.02 d/l (cable download and NO CD burner..:( )to upgrade my version from
6.0
> to 7.02, what procedure would I use to install from HD (/home).  For
whatever
> reason my floppy is initialized during boot up, but fails to mount.  I
have
> tried to boot from ANY (DOS, Win9x, Linux) floppy but no go...my system
will
> support CD boot though.  Is it possible to boot from 6.0 CD and install
7.02
> from HD?
> TIA
> Jaguar
>
>
> "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Can FBI do something about this?  My computer club members sent to me
> > multiple happy virus before.  Sometimes it resides in your hardware
though
> > you don't execute the file when you use Unix to open the mail.  It does
the
> > same even when you use Unix not Windows.  In Unix, the virus stays
dormant
> > until it gets chances to spread.  I just want to go right ahead and sue
> this
> > son of bitch.  How about class act???  Let's get some funds out to run
> > Mandrade Org. from that son of bitch from hell.
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: Ferris, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 4:14 AM
> > Subject: RE: [newbie] C:\CoolProgs\Pretty Park.exe
> >
> >
> > > What the heck is this and why are you sending it to the newbie
mandrake
> > > list???
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >  -Original Message-
> > > From: Xavier Fromant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 3:33 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: [newbie] C:\CoolProgs\Pretty Park.exe
> > >
> > >  << File: Pretty Park.exe >> Test: Pretty Park.exe  :)
> > >
> > >Xavier Fromant
> > >
>
>
> 
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Re: [newbie] Hurrah...

[kit]

okay...exactlyhow can I do this...and does anyone know of a 
DNS updater...client for linux...that's a RPM file...can't figure out
tars yet...

dave wrote:
> 
> > Can anyone help me with setting up my Apache...on a DNS host for dynamic
> > IP hosting...such as www.myip.org.?
> > and I need help with setting up the FTP server...also.
> >
> I haven't done FTP yet but for HTTP just go into DrakConf > networking >
> server > Apache > defaults (something like that) and use your myip name for your
> server name

-- 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

ICQ# 7110071

HomePage: 
http://kwg.virtualave.net/kwg

  http://kompukit.dyndns.org
(personal webserver,does NOT run 24/7)

Warning not IE friendly! was Re: [newbie] Newbie Kills Mandrake

[Sam]

True Lane,
But I say that to warn doz users before they get there .. sort of a "I
told you so" kinda thing.
Can't convert them as ezly, if the 1st thing you do is pi** them off.
Course if their OS of choise hadn't already done that they wouldn't be
trying to access the page now would they. 

God Bless,
Sam

<<<>>>

http://www.wcc.net/~peacemkr/linuxindex.html
NOT an IE friendly site!

Lane Lester wrote:
> 
> > Look at my page for links to the rescue floopy how-to:
> > http://www.wcc.net/~peacemkr/linuxindex.html#newbie
> >
> > Warning not IE friendly!
> 
> Why would anyone care? Or is there now an IE for Linux? 
> --
> Lane
> 
> Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
> Using Linux to get where I want to go...

Re: [Re: [newbie] son of bitch virus spreader]

[Jaguar]

According to the virus description someone already posted...the virus sends
it's self using the infected persons address book...so it is unlikely this
person knew he was infected...and the virus posted its self to the list...and
many of his address book contacts.  At least he warned the mail list when he
discovered what had happened.
That aside...here's my Linux content.
I have a 13 GB drive with a seprate /home partition, where I have stored the
7.02 d/l (cable download and NO CD burner..:( )to upgrade my version from 6.0
to 7.02, what procedure would I use to install from HD (/home).  For whatever
reason my floppy is initialized during boot up, but fails to mount.  I have
tried to boot from ANY (DOS, Win9x, Linux) floppy but no go...my system will
support CD boot though.  Is it possible to boot from 6.0 CD and install 7.02
from HD?
TIA
Jaguar


"Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can FBI do something about this?  My computer club members sent to me
> multiple happy virus before.  Sometimes it resides in your hardware though
> you don't execute the file when you use Unix to open the mail.  It does the
> same even when you use Unix not Windows.  In Unix, the virus stays dormant
> until it gets chances to spread.  I just want to go right ahead and sue
this
> son of bitch.  How about class act???  Let's get some funds out to run
> Mandrade Org. from that son of bitch from hell.
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: Ferris, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 4:14 AM
> Subject: RE: [newbie] C:\CoolProgs\Pretty Park.exe
> 
> 
> > What the heck is this and why are you sending it to the newbie mandrake
> > list???
> >
> > Chris
> >  -Original Message-
> > From: Xavier Fromant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 3:33 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [newbie] C:\CoolProgs\Pretty Park.exe
> >
> >  << File: Pretty Park.exe >> Test: Pretty Park.exe  :)
> >
> >Xavier Fromant
> >



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[newbie] Lnx4win partition resize, how?

[Mandrake Magtwo]

I use lnx4win (Mandrake 7.0.2) and it works great.
However I did not specify enough space when I first
installed it, so I cannot add any more packages. How
do I resize the lnx4win loopback device in a way that
won't destroy what I already have on it? Thanks!
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[newbie] SCSI devices not recognized

[Claus Atzenbeck]

I am using Madrake 7.0 and it is working well. I have a SCSI CD-ROM
writer and a SCSI ZIP drive.

Mandrake used to recognize the CD writer correctly. I was using kernel
vmlinuz-2.2.14-1mdklinus. I was able to mount CDs on /dev/scd0.
With kernel vmlinuz-2.2.14-15mdk mounting CDs on SCSI was not
possible.

Then I was installing vmware on kernel vmlinuz-2.2.14-15mdk. After
that, even on vmlinuz-2.2.14-1mdklinus I was not able to mount
/dev/scd0 again. Also mounting my ZIP is not possible. This it was
Linux tells me:


[claus@tiger /dev]$ mount /mnt/zip
mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/zip as a block device
   (maybe `insmod driver'?)


On startup kudzu was telling me that the CD-ROM writer and the ZIP
drive was removed, which is (I'm sure) not true. Even the computer
recognizes both devices on startup.

The mysterious thing is that both devices were recognized correctlly
when installing the system and it used to work...

PLEASE, GIVE ME SOME HELP...

Regards,
Claus.

[newbie] wheel mouse

[Claus Atzenbeck]

Is there any way to use my wheel on my mouse? (It is a Fujitsu wheel
mouse).

Thanks for your hit!

Regards,
Claus.

-- 
Atzenbeck. Data structures & design
http://www.atzenbeck.de

General notions are generally wrong.
-- Lady M.W. Montagu

[newbie] Modem and sound problems

[Bill Kinsey]

To the linux gurus:
    I installed mandrake and was able to 
create the 20mb boot partition below the 1024 cylander ( thanks Michael 
Scottaline for the advice) but I have problems once MDK gets started. I get 
error messages when I run sndconfig and kppp. Kppp tells me that my aztec pnp 
modem on com3 is busy. I have the proper DNS info and Redhat never had a problem 
finding my modem. When I try to run sndconfig, it displays the following 
message: Error in modprone Call /lib /modules/2.2.14-15 mdk/misc/lib o: 
init_module: Device or Resource busy. Sound Device or resource busy. I 
am also stuck in tying to configure my serial touchpad on my serial 1 port. Can 
someone please provide some insight on how to solve these minor 
setbacks.
 
[TIA]
Bill Kinsey

Re: [newbie] Re-invoke DrakX, how?

[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

run RPMDrak and just install the packages.  

or 

 start the instal process  and pick upgrade insteal of new install

Mark

-- Original Message --
From: Mandrake Magtwo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 16:16:16 -0800 (PST)

>How do I get back into DrakX again to install
additional software I didn't install the first time
for Mandrake 7.0.2? I tried typing DrakX at the
command line but it didn't work. Thanks for advice...
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Re: [[newbie] Sound and Modem problems]

[RRPotratz]

I have that combination on a HP at work and the modem is a winmodem and the
sound card is piggybacked on to it.  Will probably not work under linux but 1)
I haven't tried too hard and 2) I'd like someone to prove me wrong

On Wed, 09 Apr 2036, you wrote:
> Matthew Loschmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have a Rockwell 56k faxmodem on com1 and irq3 and my sound card is a
> > Riptide PCI Audio Legacy and I have the info on that to. I can't seem to
> > get linux 6.5 to find them. Why, it always returns an error saying that the
> > device is busy. How do I set them up. HELP
> > 
> > 
> > Matthew
> Matthew,
>   What have you tried thus far?  Have you run sndconfig?  What was the result? 
> Have you tried kppp to set up your modem?  If the modem is on COM1 in windows,
> set it to ttyS0 in kppp.  the query the modem and see what you get back.  It
> *might* be a winmodem, in which case it probably will never work and you'll
> need an external.
> HTH,
> Mike
> 
> 
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Re: [newbie] My Mandrake's Broken!

[Lane Lester]

> It's very difficult to help you, if you don't even know what did you do
> that resulted in yours being stuck. 
> I would suggest you to reinstall everyhing from scratch and that upon
> installation you define four different partitions, in that order: /, /swap,
> /usr/local/, /opt, /home, so that in future, if you have to reinstall (or
> upgrade)you keep everything apart from / and /swap, where will be istalled
> programs and packages that will be peculiar to you, and that you won't like
> to reinstall.

Thanks for a lot of good advice, Piero. I lucked out this time in that someone 
recognized my symptoms as having been caused by my changing the host name. Postfix 
couldn't deal with it and was hanging. I removed postfix from the boot process, since 
I don't need it.
-- 
Lane

Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
Using Linux to get where I want to go...

Re: [newbie] Word Perfect 8 for Linux install problem

[Lane Lester]

Michelle said:
> I downloaded Word Perfect yesterday.  It unpacked normally.  When I tried to
> run the file called 'Runme' it said there was nothing to do.  I ended up doing
> a manual install (running install.wp).  I thought it installed everything ok,
> but the file xwp was not installed.  I cannot run Word Perfect without it.

Was it not installed, or will it just not run? Look in /usr/local/WordPerfect/wpbin 
and see if it's there. If it is, then get in that directory in a terminal window and 
execute "./wpbin". If it works, then you can work out the issue of how to execute it 
normally, depending on the window manager you're using.

If it's not there, then you really do have a bad install and I don't have a ready fix 
in mind.
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Using Linux to get where I want to go...

Re: [newbie] Newbie Kills Mandrake

[Lane Lester]

> Look at my page for links to the rescue floopy how-to:
> http://www.wcc.net/~peacemkr/linuxindex.html#newbie
> 
> Warning not IE friendly!

Why would anyone care? Or is there now an IE for Linux? 
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Lane

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Re: [newbie] Hurrah...

[dave]

> Can anyone help me with setting up my Apache...on a DNS host for dynamic
> IP hosting...such as www.myip.org.?
> and I need help with setting up the FTP server...also.
> 
I haven't done FTP yet but for HTTP just go into DrakConf > networking >
server > Apache > defaults (something like that) and use your myip name for your
server name

Re: [newbie] internet thru windows...

[KokWay Heng ¹úΰ]

hi... you need a proxy software likes Wingate or MS Proxy.. install
& configure... 

Way

toie wrote:
> 
> just wondering if anyone could tell me how to use my windows box as a proxy
> for linux to access the webi dont have a non-winmodem for linux yet but
> i have my windows and linux networked together...how can i set up linux to
> get pages and full access thru a windows dial up???
> thanx [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Loosing ones partitions

[Tony]

Well???  fdisk will not see everything, and some weird things appear
sometimes like partitions that seem to be mirages etc. try a program called
Ranish Partition Manager which is fairly comprehensive BUT read the manuals
first!
- Original Message -
From: "condeuser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 2:44 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Loosing ones partitions


> Thanks, Tony ,for the reply ;but this doesn't seem  do it.
>
> Thoe new to Linux I've had Windoze do this to me before and have been able
> to recover using a boot disk to reinstall lilo.
>
> Something other then the usual impertance of Windoze seems to have
occurred.
> Thoe I said win 98 only seems to occupy the  2.5 Gb partition I had win 95
> in ,and this is true while in windows,if you go to dos  and run fdisk,or
the
> Linux equivalent,they see the entire disk as one Win98 Fat32 partition.
>
> Now I'm pretty positive that the time taken to format the partition for 98
> could not have formatted the entire disk;so I think its not just that mbr
> has been overwritten by doze but that its dozely written a false one.
>
> If this is true is it possible to recover from this without wiping the
disk
> completely?
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 11:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Loosing ones partitions
>
>
> > Microsoft OS as always, overwrote the MBR
> > You need to use your Linux boot disk and reinstall LILO
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "condeuser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 1:20 AM
> > Subject: [newbie] Loosing ones partitions
> >
> >
> > > Hi penguinistas,
> > >
> > > Not sure if this is a Linux or Windoze problem. Thoe,I suspect,the
user
> > > needs a thorough debugging.
> > >
> > > Recently installed Mandrake 6.1 dualboot with Win 95 on an IBM
deskstar
> > 13.5
> > > Gb(new)
> > > disk- 2.5 for 95 and 4, I think, for Linux. .All seemed fine and
bigfun
> > > seemed assured with trying to coming to terms with Linux.
> > >
> > > Then I had the opportunity to update to Win 98 (it seems a bit more
> > stable)
> > > and I did a clean install and after 2 days of installing programmes
and
> > > service packs  I tried to boot into Linux without result. Linux will
not
> > > even install as it thinks the whole disk is Fat32;thoe 98 still thinks
> its
> > > only 2.5 in size. I ran disk doctor from Norton Utilities 4  and it
> finds
> > an
> > > error in the mbr which it tries and fails to correct.  Unfortunately
the
> > > Partition-It I have does not work with disks larger then 8 Gb's so I'm
> at
> > a
> > > loss.
> > >
> > > Is their anything I can try before wiping the disk  and starting
afresh
> > with
> > > hours and hours reinstalling as,doubtless,my well deserved reward.
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >
> > >Conor
> > >
> >
> >
> >

Re: [[newbie] Hurrah...]

[Michael Scottaline]

root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> FINALLYsuccess at last...I am NOW sending this message...using linux
> 7.02
> and my external modem...
> thankyou...everyone...especially Audrey for your help...now I have to
> install LICQ
> and bluefish
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Kit
===
Congrats Kit!!
But do be careful going on line as "root" user.  You have set up an ordinary
user account haven't you.  Can you get online from that account?
Mike


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Re: [[newbie] Sound and Modem problems]

[Michael Scottaline]

Matthew Loschmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>   I have a Rockwell 56k faxmodem on com1 and irq3 and my sound card is a
> Riptide PCI Audio Legacy and I have the info on that to. I can't seem to
> get linux 6.5 to find them. Why, it always returns an error saying that the
> device is busy. How do I set them up. HELP
> 
> 
> Matthew
Matthew,
What have you tried thus far?  Have you run sndconfig?  What was the result? 
Have you tried kppp to set up your modem?  If the modem is on COM1 in windows,
set it to ttyS0 in kppp.  the query the modem and see what you get back.  It
*might* be a winmodem, in which case it probably will never work and you'll
need an external.
HTH,
Mike


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Re: [newbie] Network Administrator's Guide

[Tony]

try www.emuse.net  it 
might be there

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Michael 
  
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 9:18 
PM
  Subject: [newbie] Network Administrator's 
  Guide
  
  Where can you get the Linux Network 
  Administrator's Guide?

Re: [[newbie] [Newbie] lilo install problem]

[Michael Scottaline]

"Bill Kinsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just got Mandrake from linux central and tried to install and was
> instantly amazed at the new look. I have a problem though. I'm installing
> mandrake on a 2 gb partition of my 27 gb hard drive. I get an error message
> saying x cylinder is greater than 1024 when it gets to the part where lilo
> is to be installed. I tried the boot disk option but it boots too slow. can
> someone help me out.. TIA
> 
> Bill Kinsey
==
Can you create a small (20mb) /boot partition that would be below 1024?  That
should work if your first "other" OS partition is smaller than the first 8gb.
Mike


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Re: [Re[2]: [newbie] VIRUS... If it got you....]

[Michael Scottaline]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> - 
>   Attachment: Body 
>   MIME Type: text/plain 
> - 
==
Really funny Ty :o)
BTW, I meant to ask earlier,
Why does the body of your message always come as an attachment??
Or is it just me?
Mike

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Re: [newbie] Hurrah...

[Kit Goins]

Can anyone help me with setting up my Apache...on a DNS host for dynamic
IP hosting...such as www.myip.org.?
and I need help with setting up the FTP server...also.

root wrote:
> 
> FINALLYsuccess at last...I am NOW sending this message...using linux
> 7.02
> and my external modem...
> thankyou...everyone...especially Audrey for your help...now I have to
> install LICQ
> and bluefish
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Kit

[newbie] NEC 4CD stacker

[Ross Slade]

G'day all!

I have the above quad speed NEC 4 CD stacker drive in my machine - LM7.0
see's the drive and identifies it correctly I can only access the first CD.

Does anyone have experience with these drives?

-Ross

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