[newbie]
when i put the cd-rom for mandrake 7 in and booted up off the floppy I got this error message in second stage install _x11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 _x11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 Mon Mar6 13:29:18 2000 Gtk- Warning**! cannot open display at : :0 at /usr/bin/perl-install/my_gtk.pm line 139 install exited abnormally sending termination signals... done sending kill signals...done unmounting filesystems /tmp/rhimage /proc you may safely reboot your system plus I tried using the autboot.bat and whenever it said it was going to start reading the cd-rom it just halted. Can you please help? __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Gimp Printer problems with HP 832c
Hi does anyone know anything about gimp? I am trying it out with my printer, But I am getting really bad results. I have a HP 832c It will work with the 500c drivers but not very well with the 800 series drivers. Anybody want to offer and ideas? :) Thanks
Re: [newbie] Renaming from upper case to lower case?
On Mon, 06 Mar 2000, you wrote:
Is there a way to rename files under linux from upper case to lower case all
at once? I need to rename about 300+ files from upper to lower and don't
want to do it manually everytime.
Thanks!
Not directly, but there are as about as many scripts to do it as there are
script writers
try this
#!/usr/bin/python
#
# python script to rename files to lower case
#
import string
import sys,os
file_names=sys.argv
nfiles=0
for file in file_names:
if nfiles 0:
new_file=string.lower(file)
print "Renaming ",file, new_file
x=os.system("mv "+file+" "+new_file)
nfiles=nfiles+1
--
Alex
(Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
[newbie] More Impressed Than Ever
With Mandrake 7.0's installation. I had mentioned earlier how it had included the XFree86 3.3.6, which now recognizes my S3 Savage 3D card, and my Maestro sound chip. Today, though, I was even more impressed. I used Partition Magic on a friend's machine to create a /boot partition for him (he's got a very big hard drive), making sure that it was within the first 8 gigabytes. He also has a cable modem (RoadRunner). I had read various sites on the web about how to work with DHCP and all that, and was prepared for an ordeal. Mandrake detected his ethernet card. When I told it that there were no others, it went on to the next selection. I though, uh-oh, I guess I'll have to deal with that stuff later. And, probably due to some installation decision I made (such as no dial-out modem support) it didn't seem to install Netscape. So, once everything appeared to be done, I rebooted, up came the desktop, I entered 'www.cnn.com' in KFM, and I was connected! I can't say everything went smoothly, as it seemed to have a problem with his RW CD-ROM until I removed the supermount from the line in mstab. But other than that, I am more than impressed. Mandrake, you guys make a great distribution! -- Larry Varney Cold Spring, KY http://w3.one.net/~lvarney Powered by Linux!
Re: [newbie] NIC support
looking at the supported hardware list for nics I do not see the card name or the chipset name. is this is a PnP card? if so, have you tried to disable the PnP functionality before you install? Charles Sharp wrote: "Ronald J. Yacketta" wrote: there are a couple of ways look at the documentation you got with your pc look on the nic itself call customer support (doubt this one tho) Ron Charles Sharp wrote: "Ronald J. Yacketta" wrote: what chipset is it? tulip? rtl8139? etc.. give us some specs from the card and we should beable to say hay or nay on the use of the card. if it is a PnP card, see if you can turn the PnP ability off and assign it a irq like 9 or 10 I wrote Diamond (the makers of the card) and they told me it uses a Broadcom chipset, the company who makes that chipset is of the same name.
[newbie] newbie questions
Two questions for which I have not located answers on the web site: What's the difference between Air and Helios? Where can I find a minimum hardware requirement list for Mandrake? I'm low on VRAM. Thanks, John
[newbie] ATAPI Zip Drive
Can someone offer some help and tips for getting my ATAPI Zip 100 working? Much thanks. -- Nic [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] C++ Compiler Help
Here's how I do it: g++ -o executable_name source_code.cpp That should compile it. I personally have that all set up into a script so it takes less time to type. Put #!/bin/bash g++ -o $1 $1.cpp; ./$1 into a text file, like "compile", chmod it (chmod u+x compile), and move it in your path, like /usr/local/bin. Then to compile a program you wrote, just type "compile program_name" and it'll compile and run it automatically. And as far as I know, all compilers work the same way. hey, this is an easy question: How do I compile a program under g++ I just can't figure it out lets say, I have a file called "test.cpp" under / the dir how would I compile it? when i try, it does not return anything on the command line and just makes a new command line, just like when i started! also, do all the compilers work the same way? ie - gcc, etc. Thanks, Julien -- Anthony Huereca http://m3000.1wh.com Press any key to continue and any other key to quit
[newbie] Mandrake Doesn't Support Java
I decided to make the Subject more confrontational, since my previous gentle request didn't get a reply. g I have a Java app, Moneydance, which serves me well for my personal and small business finances. As a Java app, it runs in both Windows and Corel Linux. When I couldn't get it work in Mandrake, I couldn't find the java files that needed to be there. I was amazed that an "everything but the kitchen sink" installation didn't include Java. So, are any of you running Java apps in 7.0? How did you manage it? -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Using Linux to get where I want to go...
Re: [newbie] newbie questions
What's the difference between Air and Helios? Air is Mandrake 7.0. Helios is Mandrake 6.1. As for differences, 7.0 has all these things updated or new listed here: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/airfeat.php3 Where can I find a minimum hardware requirement list for Mandrake? I'm low on VRAM. I couldn't find it on the site, but guessing.. Pentium-class processor, probally about 100 MB of HD space for bare minum, but you'll probally want at least 500 MB. 16 MB of RAM for no X installation, if you want to run X, probally 32-64 MB. And the hardware supported list must include your hardware: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fhard.php3 Thanks, John -- Anthony Huereca http://m3000.1wh.com Press any key to continue and any other key to quit
Re: [[newbie] X problem]
That makes the most sense, thanks I'll try it out after dinner and let you know. Victor Lee Williiams wrote: Why don't you boot from the CD do an upgrade and just install KDE and X. So do not format your partitions. -- Many Thanks _ Lee Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] IP Phone: +33 (0)1 58 04 5202 VDT Technical Lead Mobile: +33 (0)6 89 10 8140 EMEA SPECIAL PROJECTS * C i s c o S y s t e m s || || :||: :||: | | ||| ||| ::|||::.::||:: _ Linux is like a wigwam... No windows, no gates. Apache inside
Re: [newbie] NIC support
BINGO! I have two of them in my box :) rather easy to install lets take the easier route here (could have you editing files but we wont ;) ) if your useing kde (login as root) and fire up DraxConfig goto Basic host information select Adapter 1 Select enable Select dhcp set network device to eth0 set kernel module to tulip click accept click quit click activate changes click quit open a console and type rpm -ql dhcpcd if it says not installed then goto your linux distro navigate to the RPMS directory and type rpm -Uhv dhcp-client-3.0b1pl12-2mdk.i586.rpm type "ifup eth0" type "ifconfig eth0" you should see something like: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:C5:F4:08:3A inet addr:24.161.66.121 Bcast:24.161.67.255 Mask:255.255.252.0 UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:126274 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:91755 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:1326 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:9 Base address:0xb400 if you see the above then you are more than likely GOLDEN :) Regards, Ron Charles Sharp wrote:s there are a couple of ways look at the documentation you got with your pc look on the nic itself call customer support (doubt this one tho) I gave up on the one card. I went out and bought a cheap LinkSys 10/100 card from a suggestion on a linux board, they said it uses the Tulip driver. Now, I've installed it, and have been able to use this card on the windows side, how to I activate it and use it on the Linux side? I'm running Linux Mandrake 7.0.2. Thanks in advance.
Re: [newbie] Windows Protection?
I concurr, your mother will absolutely be a little angry... well maybe alot... but I am a positive thinker apart from formatting... you can try this first... restart the computer in MS DOS mode and go to the windows directory and use the deltree command (there are other commands and ways, but this is usually the easiest to explain) type (without the quotes) "deltree system.da*" and you will most likely be prompted with system.dat and system.da0 (that is a zero) also do the same for "user.da*" as there wil also be user.dat and user,da0 these 4 files make up both the system registry and its backup... once these have been deleted try reinstalling windows over the top of itself agreeing to overwrite any newer files (ie if you installed any patches or enhancements like IE 5 or the like you do not want older core files and newer addon files trying to work (read CRASH) togeather. You should only try this after you have attempted to back up any data as [EMAIL PROTECTED] suggested... but before you try the formatting as if you cannot retrieve the data from safe mode this may allow you to once you reinstall windows... btw still repartition and reformat after you have backed up all vital data... May you be fortunate in your attempts at data recovery Brian - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Windows Protection? Your mom's probably going to kill you. It sounds like you corrupted windows pretty good. Ever backed up anything before? If you can get into safe mode, do that and back up any and all DATA (not programs) you have. Then you'll probably have to reformat the hd. It sounds as though you interupted PM while it was rearranging things. That's bad. One other thing you can try is boot to command prompt only and type 'scanreg /restore' at the prompt. Try to reboot. If it's Win98 it MIGHT also reinstall over the top of itself, but I wouldn't do that - I'd format. Below is a copy of a problem that I sent to the tech support at Linuxcare. I figured someone here might know something to help and be able to answer sooner. Please help me out here. By the way, I also went to PowerQuest.com (Partition Magic's developers) and checked out their help files and asked them what to do. They had a solution but it doesn't work on my machine (something about not having a smartdrv.exe file). I am so lost here and will appreciate any suggestions. I've just bought McMillan's The Complete Linux Operating System 6.5 My computer has an AMD-K6 3D processor and 32 megs of ram a 6.2 gig hard drive and is made by Proteva. The OS that came with this package is Linux, distribution Mandrake 6.1. My audio card is a SoundBlaster compatible and my vid card is just standard (don't know specs, 2 megs of vidram I think...). If you need any info that would be on the system resource report I have a print out that I did right before I destroyed my computer. Here goes: the package comes with a version of Partition Magic and while that was running I think I pushed ESC or something because it looked like it was frozen. This was at about 50% complete I think. Then it shuts off and the machine restarts. It comes up to the screen asking if I want safe mode or command line only and all of those things and I thought this was normal so I inserted the installation CD and restarted. When I used Disk Druid I realized something was wrong because it didn't acknowledge the Linux native and swap partitions I thought I had created with Partition Magic. So I restarted and ejected the CD and got back to the query screen as to which way I wanted to load. SO I chose safe mode (and later all of the other possibilities to load Windows 98) and every time it said "Windows protection error. You need to restart your computer/ Press a key to continue..." so I do and it happens again on every option except "safe mode and command prompt only" or "command prompt only". The only thing is I don't know what to do about only being in the command prompt. Please help me or my mother will kill me. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re: [newbie] newbie questions
JohnAir is version 7.0 and Helios is version 6.1. Hardware info can be found at: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fhard.php3 Alan John White wrote: Two questions for which I have not located answers on the web site: What's the difference between Air and Helios? Where can I find a minimum hardware requirement list for Mandrake? I'm low on VRAM. Thanks, John
Re: [newbie] BIOS, sound, and modem
Well, a friend of mine also has one of these "brand PC's" with weird BIOS that doesn't follow the "press DEL to enter BIOS" convention. So what I basically do is this: from the instant you power on the box, press and hold down a key (I usually take DEL, but any key should work). Then it'll detect some keyboard malfunction and ask you to press F2 (probably differs on your HP) to enter BIOS. This trick might work, or perhaps not. Worth a shot though. ps: perhaps the BIOS is password protected (some vendors do this so they don't have to fix what you screw up). In this case you should call the helpdesk for the password, but I 've seen some vendors that cancel your warranty if you do. So watch out ;) On Mar 6 Matthew Loschmann wrote: I have some problems with setting up my sound card and modem, somebody emailed back and said that you have to turn off PnP in the Bios settings. I have a newer computer HP Pavilion and when it boots up it doesn't give you and option to enter into bios so How do I get into BIOS? Matt -- 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] Internet Access
--- DLM4IDM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know how to get FreeI, Homestead, or Yahoo's free internet access to work? Are there any free internet services for LINUX? www.freewwweb.com works. I've also heard that www.worldshare.net works. I can't seem to get it to work. Anybody have an info much appreciated. __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Doesn't Support Java
Lane Lester wrote: I decided to make the Subject more confrontational, since my previous gentle request didn't get a reply. g I have a Java app, Moneydance, which serves me well for my personal and small business finances. As a Java app, it runs in both Windows and Corel Linux. When I couldn't get it work in Mandrake, I couldn't find the java files that needed to be there. I was amazed that an "everything but the kitchen sink" installation didn't include Java. So, are any of you running Java apps in 7.0? How did you manage it? -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Using Linux to get where I want to go... If I'm not mistaken, you would need a JavaVM right? This is a good topic as I needed help as well.. Does anyone know of some sites that explain running ICQ for Linux b/c ICQ's website was sorely lacking. But you have to download a JavaVM and compile it.. Anyhelp would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, bosco
[newbie] .sh files
Greetings, I have Mandrake v7.0 and run KDE. I downloaded the Linux binaries for Quake3 Arena. They end with .sh but I can't seem to get anything to happen. Could someone provide some insight into what I need to make this file work?! Thanks, bosco()
Re: [newbie] /, /usr, and /opt?
Hi, I will tell you how I create my partitions and thats ok for me: My main partition (hda) has about 3 GB, and then in the installation I created: / (500 MB) (here is important to give space for /temp ) /usr (2 GB) /swap (128 MB) (depending of your RAM memory) /local (370 MB) (personal files of users) I read that all the soft you will install should be in /usr/local You can change the size of any partition with "Partition Magic" without reinstalling all! (I could do it ) If you can't shout me. good luck From: "Lothar Mandrake" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 12:35:56 GMT Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] /, /usr, and /opt? Are there any figures available on how much space is taken up in every file system in the default installation? What I mean by that is, are there any numbers for how big the /, the /usr, the /etc, the /opt, the /var etc. partitions absolutely have to be in order to accomodate a full installation, including everything? Given the advice I have received this far, I am thinking that perhaps I should make a 1 Gb partition for /, another 1 Gb partition for /opt, and a third 1 Gb partition for /usr. Is this a good idea? Another alternative is of course to make separate /etc, /var, /opt, /usr, /, and so on, for every file system? I'd feel pretty silly if I had made one partition too small and eventually had to reformat and reinstall the entire system, just because one of the partitions turned out to be too small. That is why I want to do this right from the beginning. Which of the alternatives is best? Some of the applications I plan to install I guess will end up in /usr. I thought this was where all third-party software was installed, but apparently some will end up in /opt? Is this true? In that case perhaps I should only make a separate /opt, instead of a separate /usr? I am grateful for all help. Ian __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Emilio Correa e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.tuayuda.com.ar (Informática/Listas de Correo)
Re: [newbie] boot to console
Hi, I think you refer to the file /var/log/dmesg where you can review the mesagges. Good luck!! Date sent: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 21:09:51 +0100 From: Harald Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] boot to console Hi, how can a review the error messages that my new selfcreated kernel produces on startup ? or how avoid start up xdm automatically after boot so i can step back with "Shift-Up" to see the exact errormessages ? Emilio Correa e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.tuayuda.com.ar (Informática/Listas de Correo)
Re: [newbie] change back to kde?
I think you refer to the command kde in a new virtual console or may be you should change the windows manager with the switch tool, i think in configuration or sistem options. Look for it. Note that you can run for example kde in one console and gnome in another one!! (if it help you) Good luck!! Date sent: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 04:29:26 -0800 (PST) From: Dale Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] change back to kde? I swtiched desk to gnome from kde and now I want to switch back. There's no gui command for this on the desktop. What's the command I have to issue to do this? Gnome is SOOO slow in Mandrake 7.0 (at least the xterm) -- "my mind is scheduled to clear tomorrow, then not again for another 400 years." Emilio Correa e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.tuayuda.com.ar (Informática/Listas de Correo)
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Doesn't Support Java
I think LM 7.0 ships with gauvac(?). Since I do a little Java programming I downloaded the latest 1.2.2 release candidate from www.blackdown.org. Try that. Other than that, what errors are you getting? Richard On Mon, 06 Mar 2000, you wrote: I decided to make the Subject more confrontational, since my previous gentle request didn't get a reply. g I have a Java app, Moneydance, which serves me well for my personal and small business finances. As a Java app, it runs in both Windows and Corel Linux. When I couldn't get it work in Mandrake, I couldn't find the java files that needed to be there. I was amazed that an "everything but the kitchen sink" installation didn't include Java. So, are any of you running Java apps in 7.0? How did you manage it? -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Using Linux to get where I want to go...
[newbie] Internet Access
"DLM4IDM" == DLM4IDM [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: DLM4IDM Anyone know how to get FreeI, Homestead, or Yahoo's free DLM4IDM internet access to work? Are there any free internet DLM4IDM services for LINUX? A good place to learn of Linux news is http://www.geekboys.org/ A free ISP for Linux was recently announced http://www.teledyn.com/products/FreeWWW -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1.8 XEmacs and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.15-5mdk http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm Mar 6 Sts Perpetua and Felicity "We hear much about new religions; many of them based on the very latest novelties of Buddha and Pythagoras." [G.K. Chesterton, in The Thing: Why I Am a Catholic]
[newbie] NIC confusion
I finally got a burn of MDK 7.02 from a buddy. During install, it failed to find my 3Com503 NIC. I have two NIC's (3C503, and 3C509B) in my stand alone MDK box. When I got to the NIC setup (I have a cable modem) what happened to the comprehensive IP/DNS info screen "a la 6.0"?? Since I couldn't figure out how to put in all my cable info...I ended up re-installing 6.0 setting it up from memory almost :)...then upgrading to 7.02. The very first time in MDK 6.0 after initial install I was surfing the Net (for some strange reason I don't require DHCP, and my IP is STATIC). Now back to 7.02... after checking some of the great new features in MDK, I found the Drakconfig icon...and looked at the hardware info...yup ONLY the 3C509B NIC listed as installed. So I setup the 3C503 ...I know it's there as it returns info from ifconfig, but it is still not listed in the Hardware list? Is this a small bug or something? Small word to MDK personnel...could you replace the NIC setup like it was in 6.0 or maybe have a second window for additionall info? TIA Jaguar Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
[newbie] No Sound
I have a Dell Dimension XPS Pro200 with a builtin sound card. I'm unable to get it working. The sound card is a sound blaster 16.
RE: [newbie] BIOS, sound, and modem
there are other key combos to get into the bios as well some of them are Ctrl + shift +esc or Ctrl + alt +esc or Shift F2 or Ctrl Shift f2 Usually it is one of those or just F2 HTH -Original Message- From: Rial Juan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 9:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] BIOS, sound, and modem Well, a friend of mine also has one of these "brand PC's" with weird BIOS that doesn't follow the "press DEL to enter BIOS" convention. So what I basically do is this: from the instant you power on the box, press and hold down a key (I usually take DEL, but any key should work). Then it'll detect some keyboard malfunction and ask you to press F2 (probably differs on your HP) to enter BIOS. This trick might work, or perhaps not. Worth a shot though. ps: perhaps the BIOS is password protected (some vendors do this so they don't have to fix what you screw up). In this case you should call the helpdesk for the password, but I 've seen some vendors that cancel your warranty if you do. So watch out ;) On Mar 6 Matthew Loschmann wrote: I have some problems with setting up my sound card and modem, somebody emailed back and said that you have to turn off PnP in the Bios settings. I have a newer computer HP Pavilion and when it boots up it doesn't give you and option to enter into bios so How do I get into BIOS? Matt -- 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] NIC support
"Charles" == Charles Sharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [snip] Charles board, they said it uses the Tulip driver. Now, I've Charles installed it, and have been able to use this card on the Charles windows side, how to I activate it and use it on the Charles Linux side? I'm running Linux Mandrake 7.0.2. Thanks in Charles advance. Do you have a file /lib/modules/[whatever-kernel-version-you-have]/net/tulip.o ? If yes, try 'modprobe tulip' to see if the card is recognized. You could also try doing 'linuxconf' as root, so set up the cards (since I assume you have only one ethernet card in your machine, the tulip card'll be eth0 (that's numeral zero, not letter 'oh'). In linuxconf, you get to assign eth0 its IP address, and everything else (netmask, net device module, are defaults, 'eth0' and 'tulip'). This Linksys needs no IRQ, etc., specified. You _must_ assign an IP address: one will _not_ be automagically assigned. You may use linuxconf to bring up the eth0 interface, or if you are used to MS Windows, reboot, and you ought to see eth0 initialization in the dmesg. -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1.8 XEmacs and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.15-5mdk http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm Mar 6 Sts Perpetua and Felicity "You have demonstrated at least in my adult lifetime a higher commitment to the kind of moral leadership that I value in public service and public policy than any person that I have ever met." [Democratic National Committee Chairman Steve Grossman to President Clinton 9/14/98]
[newbie] kde themes - last question for the night!
Greetings all, I have this problem. I have Mandrake 7.0 and run the stock KDE that came with it. When I apply new themes, alot ( read most ) don't seem to function properly. For instance almost all of them don't change the "start bar" at the bottom of the screen. I look at the screenshots to make sure they look different in this particular theme and they do. However, when I apply the change on my system it does not. I thought maybe there was a apply/don't apply somewhere in the settings, but I have all of those marked in the Theme Manager... Please help, themes are a big reason I love Linux.. :) bosco() [LiquidQuake] www.liquidquake.com Assistant Coder Resident Crackhead " I don't know everything, but careful, I may claim to! "
Re: [newbie] FTP install issues
Two suggestions: 1. Try ne2000 for your nic driver or 2. Copy the kernel off the disk onto your small DOS partition and use LoadLin J Michael Graham wrote: Here is the situation: I got an old laptop from a friend and am trying to get Linux running. The real issue is that the floppy/cdrom bay is in NO way hot swappable. So, I was trying to use a ftp install, but the NIC isn't in the pcmcia support disk. (linksys etherfast 10/100) So, I tried copying the cdrom boot disk onto the HD, but of course, that won't boot I have a fair bit of investigating as to how to get my NIC working, but of course, I can't compile the module until I have Linux running. Anyone with any suggestions (other than just go buy a different NIC =P ), I would greatly appreciate them. Sh0GuN NT Mastah/Linux Foo
Re: [newbie] X problem
At the lilo prompt: linux single log in as root and change /etc/inittab to go init 3 (Read this file, it is interesting) Sounds like you are converting an old Compaq. I have one I use as a file server. Works much better in Linux. Major crash every 3 months under Windoze. Hasn't crashed yet in Linux... Victor Richardson wrote: I just did a new install(custom, server) that's set to automatically start X, and must have misconfigured X. The system boots smoothly, but when it shows root login and the mandrake logo the screen goes black and the system locks up. Reboot causes the same thing to happen again. Is it possible or how do I get the OS not to launch X, and then how do I reconfigure it to the proper video card(S3 Trio 3D) and monitor? My monitor is an old Compag Presario 1500 and I'm not really sure what the right resolution and refresh rate is, so I think setting it to standard SVGA 800 x 600 should work. Any suggestions appreciated, Victor
Re: [newbie] NIC confusion
READ THE WHOLE EMAIL BEFORE DOING ANYTHING... You will find that the problem is an irq problem, look at the /proc/interrupts if you have 'windows' 'ah hate that word' find out the irq for this card then in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts use the exclude command to force your card to use the correct irq number ie: if your card needs irq 7 and you had irq's 5,7,8,3 left for the system to give out type exclude irq 5 exclude irq 8 exclude irq 3 not the best example as the sound card will normally use 5, but Ihope that you get the picture. do cardctl ident, cardctl config, this will show you if the card is recognized by the system as the card or just a pcmcia 'card' ready if it doesn't show your card then you need to re compile a new driver and hack the /etc/pcmcia/config file. - I hope for your sake its the latter. Please also remember that after excluding the irq's its always best to reboot.. had some problems stoping and starting pcmcia so I would suggest doing the reboot, also remember that if you haven't entered static ip information for the card into netcfg or linuxconf then on exectuting ie: ifconfig eth0 up, this will automatically start the dhcpcd, or pump , demons... if this works then You have exercised the demons, the house is safe for return (sorry too much coffee)... :-) -- Many Thanks _ Lee Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] IP Phone: +33 (0)1 58 04 5202 VDT Technical Lead Mobile: +33 (0)6 89 10 8140 EMEA SPECIAL PROJECTS * C i s c o S y s t e m s || || :||: :||: | | ||| ||| ::|||::.::||:: _ Linux is like a wigwam... No windows, no gates. Apache inside
Re: [Re: [newbie] NIC confusion]
Well since both cards are ISA...and both ARE workingit is just the fact that both cards are NOT listed in DrakConf.the 3C509B is listed...but not the 3C503? But the IP/DNS for NIC setup in DrakX is not as easy to understand as in 6.0 3C503 @ 0X300 IRQ 3 ---working 3C509B @0X310 IRQ 10 ---working Sound @ 0X220 IRQ 5 DMA 1 ---working They are both listed and working in ifconfig, but not listed in Drakconf as hardware. TIA Jaguar Lee Williiams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Attachment: MIME Type: multipart/alternative - READ THE WHOLE EMAIL BEFORE DOING ANYTHING... You will find that the problem is an irq problem, look at the /proc/interrupts if you have 'windows' 'ah hate that word' find out the irq for this card then in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts use the exclude command to force your card to use the correct irq number ie: if your card needs irq 7 and you had irq's 5,7,8,3 left for the system to give out type exclude irq 5 exclude irq 8 exclude irq 3 not the best example as the sound card will normally use 5, but I hope that you get the picture. do cardctl ident, cardctl config, this will show you if the card is recognized by the system as the card or just a pcmcia 'card' ready if it doesn't show your card then you need to re compile a new driver and hack the /etc/pcmcia/config file. - I hope for your sake its the latter. Please also remember that after excluding the irq's its always best to reboot..had some problems stoping and starting pcmcia so I would suggest doing the reboot, also remember that if you haven't entered static ip information for the card into netcfg or linuxconf then on exectuting ie: ifconfig eth0 up, this will automatically start the dhcpcd, or pump , demons... if this works then You have exercised the demons, the house is safe for return (sorry too much coffee)... :-) -- Many Thanks _ Lee Williams[EMAIL PROTECTED] IP Phone: +33 (0)1 58 04 5202 VDT Technical Lead Mobile: +33 (0)6 89 10 8140 EMEA SPECIAL PROJECTS * C i s c o S y s t e m s || || :||::||: | | ||| ||| ::|||::.::||:: _ Linux is like a wigwam... No windows, no gates. Apache inside Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
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RE: [newbie] USB Mouse and Mandrake 7
My USB-mouse works just fine,, it even was detected during the install (mandrake 7.0-2). I was surprised myself. but again Mandrake turns out to be a great OS Spidey __ with great power, comes great responsibility -uncle Ben- -- From: George Jones IV[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 March 2000 03:11 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] USB Mouse and Mandrake 7 I just installed a nice little USB mouse on my pc which, obviously, works quite well in WinSlo98. I haven't booted up to Linux with it yet, do they even work under 7.0???
Re: [newbie] MacMillan Mandrake 7.0
Not sure -but I do know that the download version is 7.02 - Im using it, and I am a newbie- LOVE IT ! From: RICHARD FRIEDMAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'mandrake'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] MacMillan Mandrake 7.0 Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 22:00:04 -0500 Does anyone know if MacMillan's version has Mandrake 7.0 or 7.0.2? On the box, it doesn't indicate 7.0.2. TIA! -- Rick Friedman Salant Corp. - MIS 800-472-8013 x75105 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "The closest thing to heaven on earth is Yankee Stadium." __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] USB Mouse and Mandrake 7
Please be aware that in Mandrake 7.0 you will have to run /usr/sbin/mousedrake and then after installing restart your X server -- EXPERIENCING THE INTERNET EXPLOSION! Are You Ready ? _ Lee Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] IP Phone: +33 (0)1 58 04 5202 VDT Technical Lead Mobile: +33 (0)6 89 10 8140 EMEA SPECIAL PROJECTS * C i s c o S y s t e m s || || :||: :||: | | ||| ||| ::|||::.::||:: _
Re: [newbie] X problem
At 21:20 05/03/00 -0800, you wrote: I just did a new install(custom, server) that's set to automatically start X, and must have misconfigured X. The system boots smoothly, but when it shows root login and the mandrake logo the screen goes black and the system locks up. Reboot causes the same thing to happen again. Is it possible or how do I get the OS not to launch X, and then how do I reconfigure it to the proper video card(S3 Trio 3D) and monitor? My monitor is an old Compag Presario 1500 and I'm not really sure what the right resolution and refresh rate is, so I think setting it to standard SVGA 800 x 600 should work. Any suggestions appreciated, Victor Boot from the boot disk you made during installation. If you didn't make it, use the installation cd and do a fake upgrading. Piero Caracciolo 54, rue de Bourgogne 75007 Paris - France
Re: [newbie] X problem
Thanks for suggestions, but I tried pressing both at different times in the boot process, but it did nothing. Exactly when during the boot should I be pressing it? Unfortunately, the screen locks up and goes black just as the screen shows the Mandrake logo and the login prompt, so I can't do anything including login. Any other ideas? Victor ps. My brother is an EE (chips verification) at Cisco. Lee Williiams wrote: On boot up can you not use the Ctrl Alt keys to take you to another screen log on as root and kill your Xterminal session and then edit /etc/inittab and change the boot method.. Or else again try to get into another TTi session using the Ctrl and Alt keys and then after login as root type XF86Setup do not use the defaults this will allow you to setup your resolution etc correctly -- EXPERIENCING THE INTERNET EXPLOSION! _ Lee Williams[EMAIL PROTECTED] IP Phone: +33 (0)1 58 04 5202 VDT Technical Lead Mobile: +33 (0)6 89 10 8140 EMEA SPECIAL PROJECTS * C i s c o S y s t e m s || || :||::||: | | ||| ||| ::|||::.::||:: _
Re: [newbie] sndconfig problems
that is not the correct path ... You should try the following path on install.. /lib/modules/2.2.14-15mdk/misc/ A useful command for you. find / -name filename -print from this command you can get the correct path of the file you are trying to find. -- EXPERIENCING THE INTERNET EXPLOSION! Are You Ready ? _ Lee Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] IP Phone: +33 (0)1 58 04 5202 VDT Technical Lead Mobile: +33 (0)6 89 10 8140 EMEA SPECIAL PROJECTS * C i s c o S y s t e m s || || :||: :||: | | ||| ||| ::|||::.::||:: _
Re: [newbie] sndconfig problems
Another quick suggestion would be to copy that file to that location... -- EXPERIENCING THE INTERNET EXPLOSION! Are You Ready ? _ Lee Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] IP Phone: +33 (0)1 58 04 5202 VDT Technical Lead Mobile: +33 (0)6 89 10 8140 EMEA SPECIAL PROJECTS * C i s c o S y s t e m s || || :||: :||: | | ||| ||| ::|||::.::||:: _
[newbie] Sound wierdness
I had sound earlier. I booted into Win2k. Rebooted to Linux and added a FAT32 partition. Now I don't have sound. Any ideas? Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
RE: [newbie] test, ignore
:~djevojcica brala jagode :~Couldn't resist Denis, but "a girl took (or is it picked)strawberries"? It is "picked". It goes on with "nesto je ubode" .-) Denis
Re: [newbie] VCD Player
"-- XE --" a écrit : Is there any Video-CD player for Linux..?? Or maybe a program to play dat files from CD-Rom..?? Because I found that aktion only support AVI, MOV FLI/FLC... TIA.. -- XE -- I think it should be fine with xanim or smpeg HTH Flupke
[newbie] Adding a second floppy drive
Hi, I'm new to this list and new to LINUX too. I had all kinds of trouble with Red Hat's 6.1 and finally gave up with it and tried Mandrake 7.0. I even got my modem to work after several hours of "playing" with it. But I can't get my second floppy drive to work. I've added a second line in fstap but that didn't work. When the system is loading I can see a line fly by with fd1 so I know its there. Thanks in advance! Lori Rothermel
Re: [[newbie] FTP install issues]
"J Michael Graham" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is the situation: I got an old laptop from a friend and am trying to get Linux running. The real issue is that the floppy/cdrom bay is in NO way hot swappable. So, I was trying to use a ftp install, but the NIC isn't in the pcmcia support disk. (linksys etherfast 10/100) So, I tried copying the cdrom boot disk onto the HD, but of course, that won't boot I have a fair bit of investigating as to how to get my NIC working, but of course, I can't compile the module until I have Linux running. Anyone with any suggestions (other than just go buy a different NIC =P ), I would greatly appreciate them. Sh0GuN NT Mastah/Linux Foo === Have you tried changing your BIOS making the laptop bootable from the CDROM? Then you'll be able to install directly from there. Mike "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -Benjamin Frankilin Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [[newbie] X problem]
Victor Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just did a new install(custom, server) that's set to automatically start X, and must have misconfigured X. The system boots smoothly, but when it shows root login and the mandrake logo the screen goes black and the system locks up. Reboot causes the same thing to happen again. Is it possible or how do I get the OS not to launch X, and then how do I reconfigure it to the proper video card(S3 Trio 3D) and monitor? My monitor is an old Compag Presario 1500 and I'm not really sure what the right resolution and refresh rate is, so I think setting it to standard SVGA 800 x 600 should work. Any suggestions appreciated, Victor === Hi Victor, First, to get in w/o X, type "linux 3" (w/o quotes) at the LILO prompt. My machine at work is an IBM w/ S3 Trio 3D. I don't believe it is fully supported as of yet by XFree86 (will be in 4.0) I've gotten mine to work, but only at 640x480 at 16bpp. Try that in XF86Setup. Then reboot and see if it works. HTH, Mike "Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me." --Winston Churchill Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
RE: [newbie] Installation difficulties
You don't need to edit lilo.conf. I had this problem last week, and someone pointed out the same error on my part. THANKS! Sorry I can't remember you name. Anyway, you can run the upgrade option on DrakX and fix it that way. Just select /dev/hda for booting and you're ready to rock. ... Now, if I could just get my sound card (built in ESS1888) to not die after 4 seconds of running and MP3 file. -Original Message- From: Alan Shoemaker [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 1:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [newbie] Installation difficulties RatsnakeBobit sounds like you installed lilo to the /boot partition not the mbr. You need to boot into linux with yout boot floppy that you made during the installation process. Then you need to edit the first line of '/etc/lilo.conf' by removing the number only, for instance change: boot=/dev/hda1 to boot=/dev/hda now open a console as the root user and type: /sbin/lilo after this the system should boot by default into linux or you can choose win98 by typing windows (or maybe dos, whatever label is in lilo.conf) at the lilo 'boot:' prompt. Alan Ratsnake wrote: 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
[newbie] Intel i740
How everyone: I had a Intel Express 3D i740 video card and a LG StudioWorks 520Si 15" monitor. It works properly under Mandrake 6.1 with Xfree 3.3.5. with 32 bits of colours and 1024x768 But if I upgrade to Mandrake 7.0 I only can get 256 colours and 800x600. I would like to know if anyone has the same problem or has a solution. Thanks.
RE: [newbie] /, /usr, and /opt?
You will be wasting a lot of space. / only needs about 50 MB. I sent this out last week. Try to find a Red Hat 5.0 install book and look up its examples. I've been doing this for about five years now, I the guidance I got when I started with HP-UX and Solaris was that swap is 1.5 X your memory(so that there would be enough space to record a whole memory dump in a crash), and / I already gave you. It is a really good idea to partition everything(not all directories, though...just find that install guide). Hope this helps -Original Message- From: Lothar Mandrake [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 7:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] /, /usr, and /opt? Are there any figures available on how much space is taken up in every file system in the default installation? What I mean by that is, are there any numbers for how big the /, the /usr, the /etc, the /opt, the /var etc. partitions absolutely have to be in order to accomodate a full installation, including everything? Given the advice I have received this far, I am thinking that perhaps I should make a 1 Gb partition for /, another 1 Gb partition for /opt, and a third 1 Gb partition for /usr. Is this a good idea? Another alternative is of course to make separate /etc, /var, /opt, /usr, /, and so on, for every file system? I'd feel pretty silly if I had made one partition too small and eventually had to reformat and reinstall the entire system, just because one of the partitions turned out to be too small. That is why I want to do this right from the beginning. Which of the alternatives is best? Some of the applications I plan to install I guess will end up in /usr. I thought this was where all third-party software was installed, but apparently some will end up in /opt? Is this true? In that case perhaps I should only make a separate /opt, instead of a separate /usr? I am grateful for all help. Ian __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
RE: [newbie] HELP!! THE INSTALLATION DON'T WORK
I had similar prob. Eventhough my mouse is com1 in Win98 I had to install mandrake 7.02 in expert mode and manually select com2 to get the mouse working. Don't know why, but it worked ??? -Original Message- From: Michael [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 2:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] HELP!! THE INSTALLATION DON'T WORK COM1 for mouse?? That's for a printer, usually. - Original Message - From: Antonio Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 1:42 AM Subject: [newbie] HELP!! THE INSTALLATION DON'T WORK PLEASE I just bought the MANDRAKE 7.0 and when the installation begins he does't recognizes my mouse. I can let the installation go on because I can select some things using TAB ( like chose the partition in what linux will be installed ). My computer is a K6, 124Mb ram, 1 HD 1GB Maxtor ( where the linux will be installed ), and 1 quantum fireball 2.4 GB. Windows and other linux versions recognizes the maouse at com1 /dev/tty0 as a old logitech serial mouse, but my MANDRAKE 7.0 don't, even when I choose the expert option of installation and set the com1 as used by a mouse. PPPLLLEEEAAAEEE how can I fix this??? Best Regards Antonio = Antonio Luiz Oliveira de Noronha Nucleo de Estudos em Química Medicinal - NEQUIM Chemistry Departament - DQ Federal University of Minas Gerais - UFMG Belo Horizonte, MG __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
RE: [newbie] X problem
Try one of the S3 drivers. I had a problem with MDK 7.0 auto selecting SVGA for me, but didn't figure it out until I remembered I had a SVGA problem with FreeBSD(which I still love, I just get tired of selecting every little thing I want installed). -Original Message- From: Victor Richardson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 12:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] X problem I just did a new install(custom, server) that's set to automatically start X, and must have misconfigured X. The system boots smoothly, but when it shows root login and the mandrake logo the screen goes black and the system locks up. Reboot causes the same thing to happen again. Is it possible or how do I get the OS not to launch X, and then how do I reconfigure it to the proper video card(S3 Trio 3D) and monitor? My monitor is an old Compag Presario 1500 and I'm not really sure what the right resolution and refresh rate is, so I think setting it to standard SVGA 800 x 600 should work. Any suggestions appreciated, Victor
RE: [newbie] Looking At DOS files from Linux....
What distribution of linux are you using? Mandrake 7.0 (that's what I'm using, not sure about earlier versions) your dos partitions automatically get mounted when linux boots. If you are running KDE or some other Xmanager it is a simple as clicking the DOS partition icon. -Original Message- From: AsSMaN [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 8:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Looking At DOS files from Linux how do i get into my DOS files from linux? i need to know cuz i cant get my canle modem working with mandrake and i download all my linux stuff from windows.
RE: [newbie] need FTP
there is a package with Mandrake 7.0 called "gftp". It is a graphical FTP client much like CuteFTP. Works great too! -Original Message- From: kit [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 8:11 AM To: Mandrake Linux Subject: [newbie] need FTP Hey where's a rpm for ftp...on the 7.02 CD... whats it called? I need a way to upload my files...from within Linux... need something good like CuteFTP -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 HomePage: http://kwg.virtualave.net/kwg http://kompukit.dyndns.org (personal webserver,does NOT run 24/7)
RE: [newbie] NIC support
BTW. $10 is not a deal. You can order the CD from many websites for $1.99 or less. Just some info for next time. -Original Message- From: Charles Sharp [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 4:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] NIC support Hello, I just installed Mandrake Linux 6.0 (got it for $10 at a local store). The installation and everything went fine, but I'm not sure whether or not it supports my ethernet card. I have a Diamond HomePNA card that came with my Compaq. Can I get this version to support my card? Thanks in advance. Charles Sharp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] FTP install issues
The CDROM/Floppy doesn't have to be hot swapable. Just boot from and install from the CD, no need for the Floppy. You may need to change a setting in your BIOS to enable CDROM booting. -Original Message- From: J Michael Graham [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 12:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] FTP install issues Here is the situation: I got an old laptop from a friend and am trying to get Linux running. The real issue is that the floppy/cdrom bay is in NO way hot swappable. So, I was trying to use a ftp install, but the NIC isn't in the pcmcia support disk. (linksys etherfast 10/100) So, I tried copying the cdrom boot disk onto the HD, but of course, that won't boot I have a fair bit of investigating as to how to get my NIC working, but of course, I can't compile the module until I have Linux running. Anyone with any suggestions (other than just go buy a different NIC =P ), I would greatly appreciate them. Sh0GuN NT Mastah/Linux Foo
Re: [newbie] clock gaining several hours a day
You could use an internet time server to get the exact time : rdate -s ben.cs.wisc.edu And you could add this line in a startup script or in a cron job. HTH Flupke Michelle Schneider wrote: Ever since I had a power outage while running Linux my clock has been messed up. It gains several hours a day. The first thing I do every day is reset the clock. I'm running Mandrake 6.0. Any suggestions? Michelle -- "Just because kittens are born in the hearth oven, that doesn't make them muffins." Kahlan Amnell in _Temple of the Winds_ by Terry Goodkind.
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.1 sent me a mail
It's simply the log file for MySQL (SQL dB server) which is running on your system. Bill - Original Message - From: "Oliver L. Plaine Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 4:55 PM Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 6.1 sent me a mail Sun, 5 Mar 2000 15:33:21 My MD "Helios" 2-2-13-7mdk, has sent me an E-mail saying "errors occurred while rotating logs"...? "/var/mysql.log failed" ..."no such file or directory" what is a MYSQL log ? (it sounds painful). I ran man mysql and it refers to some obscure data base? I ran info mysql and it gives the identical cryptic explanation. I ran tree /var | less It showed 248 directories and 269 files, but the linux is still hungry for mysql? They will not come out and say what exactly this log does, but I am not using any networking , internet, or off site modem usage in Linux. If this is pertinent to one of these unused systems I will ignore it... If it is the master list for some important brain activity I want to correct it.. Will some one tell me the importance of the MYSQL log? thank you Olly P
RE: [newbie] Looking At DOS files from Linux....
Hi, Try this: mkdir /mnt/windows mount -t vfat /dev/hdXX /mnt/windows The XX stands for the partition number, you can check this by giving the command: dmesg regards, Jeroen -Original Message- From: Pittman, Merle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: maandag, maart 06, 2000 1:48 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Looking At DOS files from Linux What distribution of linux are you using? Mandrake 7.0 (that's what I'm using, not sure about earlier versions) your dos partitions automatically get mounted when linux boots. If you are running KDE or some other Xmanager it is a simple as clicking the DOS partition icon. -Original Message- From: AsSMaN [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 8:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Looking At DOS files from Linux how do i get into my DOS files from linux? i need to know cuz i cant get my canle modem working with mandrake and i download all my linux stuff from windows.
[newbie] netscape
Hi, I have mdk 7.0.2 installed and an isdn card. I ustilize kISDN from Millenium to connect to my ISP. It's works fine. Netscape startup fine to. But when trying to connect to a site an error message occurs : 'Can't find ...' Netscape can't find the site I want to connect !! I did not find what goes wrong. Help fully appriciated. Eric
Re: [newbie] new to Mandrake 7.0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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? Chris, Try http://lcewww.et.tudelft.nl/~haver/linux/epson.html The site is a printer driver database where you'll find the 600 driver. Not 100% sure about your zip drive. There is a zip HOW-TO that can get you started on this. Seems like it's a little outdated, but it will direct you to web sites that can help. BTW, I'm finding that you can't search the "outside world" for stuff related to linux. The best way to find resources, drivers, software, etc. is to use linux web sites. It's a lot easier and faster (and you find a lot more stuff). Lance
Re: [newbie] mandrake 6.0 with pentium II, Apache Server, Oracle 8i
By default root cannot login remotely. It is not suggested to do this as it is a security risk. This can be gotten around if you really need to do it by editing /etc/securetty file. As for the problem with X windows, not sure what is causing that as I have the graphic log in and have no problems login in as root. At 09:57 AM 3/2/2000 -0600, FlipZ wrote: i got 2 problems: 1. I can't login as root, but i can login as my user and su to root. 2., Startx works with root but not the other users Any help would be greta. FlipZ
Re: [Re: [[newbie] FTP install issues]]
One more thing...if the laptop is NOT Pentium class...Mandrake may not even install or the performance will be dismal. MDK 6.0 and up is optimized for Pentium. HTH Jaguar Michael Scottaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "J Michael Graham" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is the situation: I got an old laptop from a friend and am trying to get Linux running. The real issue is that the floppy/cdrom bay is in NO way hot swappable. So, I was trying to use a ftp install, but the NIC isn't in the pcmcia support disk. (linksys etherfast 10/100) So, I tried copying the cdrom boot disk onto the HD, but of course, that won't boot I have a fair bit of investigating as to how to get my NIC working, but of course, I can't compile the module until I have Linux running. Anyone with any suggestions (other than just go buy a different NIC =P ), I would greatly appreciate them. Sh0GuN NT Mastah/Linux Foo === Have you tried changing your BIOS making the laptop bootable from the CDROM? Then you'll be able to install directly from there. Mike "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -Benjamin Frankilin Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
[newbie] VNC and Mandrake
All, Has anyone got a working VNC installation running on Mandrake ?? I have tried, and just get a grey desktop window appearing on the client. I have spoken to VNC and they say that i need to enter the windows manager and its path into the xStartup window. Do you know where KDE is stored ? Can I grab a copy of your xStartup script ?? Olly
[newbie] Unpacking an archive
I'm sorry for the stupid question. I am new to linux. I have Linux-Mandrake 6.0 and am not sure how to do much with it, yet. Please help. __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] VNC and Mandrake
This works like a champ! Here's what I did to make VNC work with not only KDE, but kdm and I get to choose the window manager! 1. Delete (or comment) every line in ~/.vnc/xstartup 2. Start vncserver with the '-query localhost' option -- I also added the -geometry 800x600 so that it'd fit nicely into my IE window which is running on a system @ 1024x768. 3. If you're using kde and get the dpms error add a # in front of the line "Init=kcmdpms -init" which is in the file: /opt/kde/share/applnk/Settings/Desktop/kcmdpms.kdelnk -- this part is completely optional as waiting a few seconds after clicking the 'ok' button will result in the normal kde desktop environment. This will give you the kdm login screen upon connection to the vncserver. From there you can chose the user to login as *AND* which window manager you wish to use! Now, if you don't want to use kdm, and why not? It's an extra layer of security. You'd simply comment out every line in ~/.vnc/xstartup and add the following line: exec startkde That'll bring you straight in to a KDE desktop. I really like the ability to choose my desktop and I love the added login security. Also, for my case ~ or $HOME was root's. I've yet to run vncserver as a user. Bill Mote - Original Message - From: "Oliver Marshall" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 10:22 AM Subject: [newbie] VNC and Mandrake All, Has anyone got a working VNC installation running on Mandrake ?? I have tried, and just get a grey desktop window appearing on the client. I have spoken to VNC and they say that i need to enter the windows manager and its path into the xStartup window. Do you know where KDE is stored ? Can I grab a copy of your xStartup script ?? Olly
Re: [newbie] Unpacking an archive
Easiest way is to launch the filemanager (folder with a house on it). Then right click on the archive you want to work with. In the popup menu there's an option for "archiver". Bill Mote - Original Message - From: "Andrew" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 10:50 AM Subject: [newbie] Unpacking an archive I'm sorry for the stupid question. I am new to linux. I have Linux-Mandrake 6.0 and am not sure how to do much with it, yet. Please help. __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] netscape
Eric MC DECLERCK wrote: Hi, I have mdk 7.0.2 installed and an isdn card. I ustilize kISDN from Millenium to connect to my ISP. It's works fine. Netscape startup fine to. But when trying to connect to a site an error message occurs : 'Can't find ...' Netscape can't find the site I want to connect !! I did not find what goes wrong. Help fully appriciated. Eric You need to check for a file called /etc/resolve.conf it shoud contain the following: search your_ISP_name.here(eg kirbywhq.com) nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (your ISP's DNS server IP number) nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (providing your ISP gave you 2 DNS numbers) That should do it. Regards, -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux is like a wigwam... No windows, no gates. Apache inside
Re: [newbie] Unpacking an archive
You can do almost ANYTHING you dream of with it. What would you like to do? Be specific. Bryan "Andrew" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 03/06/2000 10:50:59 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject: [newbie] Unpacking an archive I'm sorry for the stupid question. I am new to linux. I have Linux-Mandrake 6.0 and am not sure how to do much with it, yet. Please help. __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
[newbie] Explain this if you can
I installed Mandrake using the recommended option, and basically went with the defaults.It all worked ok, but i couldnt telnet into the unix box from anywhere on the network. A client of mine told me to try re-installing it as a SERVER option, and that this would help. Now that i have done this, I dont get X up when I boot. Rather than the login window with a penguin, i get a plain white box with username and password. If i log on, I get two console windows come up. Thats it, no icons, taskbar, menus, clock, just two console windows. I cant use CTL ESC to change tasks. Any Ideas ? I thought I told it to reboot into X when it loads, and have indeed tried to reinstall it once more with the same results. Olly
[newbie] Ayuda sobre linux Mandrake
Mi nombre es Gustavo soy de capital federal, y necesitaría información y ayuda sobre Red Hat Linux.- Me compre en cúspide el LINUX-MANDRAKE 6.0 (RED HAT LINUX 6.0 WITH ENHANCEMENTS) lo instale bárbaro, es mas tengo Windows 98 y Windows NT 4.0 con service pack 5 y Explorer 5.0 y me anda barbaro.- Tengo 98 porque el NT 4.0 se esta poniendo un poco inestable.- Antes que nada les cuento que soy un poco nuevo en el entorno Linux aunque conozco algo de UNIX, pero se me esta haciendo un poco difícil, será porque tengo los vicios de Windows 98 / NT, y la verdad es que quiero subirme definitivamente a linux ya que lo veo mucho mas potente, interesante y muy estable.- Lo instale sin ningún tipo de inconvenientes, pero no me toma ni se donde configurar la tarjeta de sonido (OPL3-SA YAMAHA síntesis de FM) y el Modem (Motorola VoiceSURFR 56K Internal), además de la conexión de Internet que nose como hacerla.- Les pediría una mano al respecto, desde ya te estoy muy agradecido de antemano Lesmando un abrazo Gustavo Gustavo E. Córdoba [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] boot to console
Edit the messages log file in /tmp/log (or something close to that) Piero Caracciolo wrote: At 18:43 05/03/00 -0500, you wrote: dmesg | more Harald Wolf wrote: Hi, how can a review the error messages that my new selfcreated kernel produces on startup ? or how avoid start up xdm automatically after boot so i can step back with "Shift-Up" to see the exact errormessages ? This actually what I usually do. But you don't get ALL boot messages. How to get the other ones? Piero Caracciolo 54, rue de Bourgogne 75007 Paris - France
Re: [newbie] netscape
Joseph.. Sorry have to steal that tag.. too funny. -- Many Thanks _ Lee Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] IP Phone: +33 (0)1 58 04 5202 VDT Technical Lead Mobile: +33 (0)6 89 10 8140 EMEA SPECIAL PROJECTS * C i s c o S y s t e m s || || :||: :||: | | ||| ||| ::|||::.::||:: _ Linux is like a wigwam... No windows, no gates. Apache inside
Re: [newbie] Unpacking an archive
Nevermind. Guess I should read the subject line next time 8-/ Bryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 03/06/2000 11:02:41 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject: Re: [newbie] Unpacking an archive You can do almost ANYTHING you dream of with it. What would you like to do? Be specific. Bryan "Andrew" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 03/06/2000 10:50:59 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject: [newbie] Unpacking an archive I'm sorry for the stupid question. I am new to linux. I have Linux-Mandrake 6.0 and am not sure how to do much with it, yet. Please help. __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] Explain this if you can
Oliver, you don't have any xwindow managers installed (I think that's the term). If you put the installation CD in and selectexpertserver, then you'll be able to add and specify more components. you might be able to do this by just doing an upgrade. - Original Message - From: "Oliver Marshall" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 8:23 AM Subject: [newbie] Explain this if you can I installed Mandrake using the recommended option, and basically went with the defaults.It all worked ok, but i couldnt telnet into the unix box from anywhere on the network. A client of mine told me to try re-installing it as a SERVER option, and that this would help. Now that i have done this, I dont get X up when I boot. Rather than the login window with a penguin, i get a plain white box with username and password. If i log on, I get two console windows come up. Thats it, no icons, taskbar, menus, clock, just two console windows. I cant use CTL ESC to change tasks. Any Ideas ? I thought I told it to reboot into X when it loads, and have indeed tried to reinstall it once more with the same results. Olly
[newbie] lexmark
Anyone get a lexmark printer working with Mandrake?? I can't even get it to work in text mode. I know the kernel doesn't support the drivers for lexmark, but I was wondering if anyone found a work-around. thanks Merle Pittman TEL: (709) 724-7598 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---
Re: [[newbie] netscape]
"Eric MC DECLERCK" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have mdk 7.0.2 installed and an isdn card. I ustilize kISDN from Millenium to connect to my ISP. It's works fine. Netscape startup fine to. But when trying to connect to a site an error message occurs : 'Can't find ...' Netscape can't find the site I want to connect !! I did not find what goes wrong. Help fully appriciated. Eric You need to edit /etc/resolv.conf add the following lines: search your isp nameserver dns# nameserver dns# Your ISP should provide you with two dns#'s. HTH, Mike "What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?" --W. C. Fields Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [[newbie] netscape]
"Eric MC DECLERCK" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have mdk 7.0.2 installed and an isdn card. I ustilize kISDN from Millenium to connect to my ISP. It's works fine. Netscape startup fine to. But when trying to connect to a site an error message occurs : 'Can't find ...' Netscape can't find the site I want to connect !! I did not find what goes wrong. Help fully appriciated. Eric Sorry if this reply comes through to the list twice. Nutscrape crashed on me while I was sending te last one. You need to edit /etc/resolv.conf add the following lines: search your isp nameserver dns# nameserver dns# Your ISP should provide you with two dns#'s HTH, Mike ~~~ "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." --Tom Waits ~~~ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] boot to console
On 06-Mar-2000 Audrey Beck wrote: Edit the messages log file in /tmp/log (or something close to that) On lilo boot prompt: linux init 3 This will boot the machine into console mode. Then hit SHIFT+PageUp to scroll upwards (or use 'dmesg | less' as already suggested. Regards tom Piero Caracciolo wrote: At 18:43 05/03/00 -0500, you wrote: dmesg | more Harald Wolf wrote: Hi, how can a review the error messages that my new selfcreated kernel produces on startup ? or how avoid start up xdm automatically after boot so i can step back with "Shift-Up" to see the exact errormessages ? This actually what I usually do. But you don't get ALL boot messages. How to get the other ones? Piero Caracciolo 54, rue de Bourgogne 75007 Paris - France -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Explain this if you can
On 06-Mar-2000 Oliver Marshall wrote: I installed Mandrake using the recommended option, and basically went with the defaults.It all worked ok, but i couldnt telnet into the unix box from anywhere on the network. That's because M doesn't install the telnet *server* in 'Recommended'. Why? Because they don't want to have x thousand boxen out there with open telnet ports... You just have to install the telnet-server rpm. And you have to telnet in as a normal user. 'root'-logins don't work (security). (http://www.mandrakeuser.org/troubles/tquick2.html#telnet) A client of mine told me to try re-installing it as a SERVER option, and that this would help. Now that i have done this, I dont get X up when I boot. Rather than the login window with a penguin, i get a plain white box with username and password. If i log on, I get two console windows come up. Thats it, no icons, taskbar, menus, clock, just two console windows. I cant use CTL ESC to change tasks. Any Ideas ? This is because the 'server' option defaults to a higher MSEC security level (MdkUserGuide, 7). In this level nobody is allowed to connect to X, since this would pose a major security risk on servers (which don't need X anyway). You have to enable this. But I think it might be easier when you change the security level via init.sh 2 executed as root. This will set your system to a lower security level and - hopefully ;-) - alllow you to run X again. Maybe you have to reboot - I don't know. I thought I told it to reboot into X when it loads, and have indeed tried to reinstall it once more with the same results. Olly Hope that explained it ;-) Regards tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [[newbie] X problem]
Why don't you boot from the CD do an upgrade and just install KDE and X. So do not format your partitions. -- Many Thanks _ Lee Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] IP Phone: +33 (0)1 58 04 5202 VDT Technical Lead Mobile: +33 (0)6 89 10 8140 EMEA SPECIAL PROJECTS * C i s c o S y s t e m s || || :||: :||: | | ||| ||| ::|||::.::||:: _ Linux is like a wigwam... No windows, no gates. Apache inside
RE: [newbie] lexmark
On 06-Mar-2000 Pittman, Merle wrote: Anyone get a lexmark printer working with Mandrake?? I can't even get it to work in text mode. I know the kernel doesn't support the drivers for lexmark, but I was wondering if anyone found a work-around. thanks Merle Pittman TEL: (709) 724-7598 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi?make=Lexmarkformat=summary Sorry for being picky, but I'm saying it anyway ;-): the kernel enables print*ing* support prin*ter* support is done by a program called ghostscript On the above mentioned page (The Unix Printer Compability Database), you will see: a) if your printer is supported b) which ghostscript driver supports your printer There is quite a number of Lexmark printers which is rated 'perfectly' :-). Regards tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Unpacking an archive
I'm sorry for the stupid question. I am new to linux. I have Linux-Mandrake 6.0 and am not sure how to do much with it, yet. Please help. As another newbie, I would recommend that you get version 7.0-2 (be sure about the "-2") and replace your 6.0. There's no point in learning an OS with an older release... particularly a x.0 version! g Anyway, the 7.0-2 installs lots of goodies to make you feel good about the system. -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Using Linux to get where I want to go...
Re: [Re: [newbie] son of bitch virus spreader]
Hi, I know that it is possible to install MDK 7.02 from Windows 9x as well, if it solve your problem, and if you can take the installer from windows (exist some soft to read an ext2 partition from windows). Good luck!! Date sent: 4 Mar 00 10:16:37 EST From: Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [Re: [newbie] son of bitch virus spreader] Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. Emilio Correa e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.tuayuda.com.ar (Informática/Listas de Correo)
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] lilo install problem
Hi, May be you should probe to install lilo in the MBR (Master Boot Record) unless you didn't do it before. Good luck From: "Bill Kinsey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 16:17:39 -0500 Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] [Newbie] lilo install problem 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 Emilio Correa e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.tuayuda.com.ar (Informática/Listas de Correo)
Re: [newbie] Word Perfect 8 for Linux install problem
Hi, I have solved the same problem unpacking again in order to overwrite the previous "Runme" file and the rest of them .Then I could execute the Runme file again without trouble. Good luck, Date sent: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 08:28:36 -0500 (EST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Lane Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [newbie] Word Perfect 8 for Linux install problem Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Using Linux to get where I want to go... Emilio Correa e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.tuayuda.com.ar (Informática/Listas de Correo)
Re: [[newbie] Sound and Modem problems]
At 07:18 AM 3/4/00 EST, 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 "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -Benjamin Frankilin Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. MIke Yah, I've tried sndconfig and I've tried almost everycombination of IRQ's and DMA's and I've tried all sound blasters. It always comes back with an error that says the device is currently busy and cant configure it. I have also tried kppp to configure my modem as well as minicom and neither of them worked they all came back saying the same thing either that the device was busy or it could not initialize the modem or it just sits there and tries to initialize the modem and doesn't go anywhere. Thanx for the reply, if you have any more ideas let me know. Matt
Re: [newbie] Modem and sound problems
At 09:36 AM 3/4/00 -0500, you wrote: To the linux gurus: 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 Dude, I have the exact same problem and if I figure it out I'll let you know, you do the same. Thanx Matt
[newbie] KDE can't start
Hi After I installed mandrake7.0-2 on my PIII with Win98, KDE did not start and I got dropped to plain X windows instead. twm can work but how can I start KDE? Thanks for the help! Wenzhong
[newbie] C++ Compiler Help
hey, this is an easy question: How do I compile a program under g++ I just can't figure it out lets say, I have a file called "test.cpp" under / the dir how would I compile it? when i try, it does not return anything on the command line and just makes a new command line, just like when i started! also, do all the compilers work the same way? ie - gcc, etc. Thanks, Julien
