[newbie] Mandrake with another Version of Linux
>Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 07:51:48 -0700 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: side by side Versions of Linux > >Hi, > >I have also purchased Debian and am going to install it as well. I would like some thoughts regarding if it is best to install it side by side on the same extended partition or to create its own unique set of partitions? > >Thanks, > >b/web >Wade >
Re: [newbie] modem/internet connection/cdrom2
Hi Charles, I read all of that and thank you for sending it, what I found was what I think may be a little unusual? When I did cat /proc/pci as root I got the following; Bus 0, device 9, function 0: Multimedia Audio controller: Unknown Vendor Unknown device (rev 254) Vendor id=12eb. device id=2. Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 12. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=4. Max Lat=12. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xde80 [0xde80]. I/O at 0xb000 [0xb001] I/O at 0xa800 [0xa801] followed by; Bus 0, device 11, function 0: Serial controller: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev1) vendor id=127a. device id=1005. medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=32. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xde00 [0xde00] ~~ with no - I/O I am not certain which of the following are my modem, it almost appears that neither are. I almost get the feeling that it is 'device 11' which also appears to be somewhat undefined? ~~~ when I did; setserial /dev/ttyS3 port 0xb000 spd_vhi skip_test auto_irq autoconfig as per 'device 9' above I get; Cannot set serial info: Device or resource busy Sounds like what kppp says? Thanks for all of your help, b/web Wade At 08:24 AM 5/5/00 -0400, you wrote: >Wade >Sorry about the attachment. >Try this link http://www.actiontec.com/support/modems/cwifaq.html > >Charles >- Original Message - >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 10:08 PM >Subject: Re: [newbie] modem/internet connection/cdrom2 > > >> Hi Charles, >> >> Thanks, and yes my modem is a PCI so back to ttyS3. I would like to read >> your attachmment but was not able to open that mime type? >> >> b/web >> Wade >> >> >> At 09:04 AM 5/4/00 -0400, you wrote: >> > Wade what interface is your modem? If it is a PCI modem you have to >set >> >it up as ttyS3. Charles Attachment Converted: >> >"c:\tscnet\eudora\attach\smime15.p7s" >> >> > > >
Re: [newbie] modem/internet/connection/cdrom2
Hi Alan, When I go into my BIOS I didn't seem to locate any com ports. I was able to find 'Onboard Serial Ports 1 and 2' 'Onboard Parallel Port' 'Onboard Parallel Port Mode' Normal Currently I have also been advised that it may be good if I change my linuxconf to ttyS3 and have also investigated that route towards solving my connection woes. Please see my following post regarding ttyS3 if you think it may be of help. Also can anyone advise as to whether or not re-installing is possibly a good idea or not? Much Thanks, b/web Wade At 04:05 PM 5/3/00 -0700, you wrote: >Wadewhen you decided that your modem was on com2 and >therefore changed the configuration to ttys1, did you disable >the motherboard com2 in the system bios? > >Alan > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I am still without a connection to the internet. I am starting to wonder if >> I perhaps should consider re-installing? Everything seems to be working >> just beautifully. I still am lost as to what I am missing to get my modem >> to work (no it is not a winmodem). I have a Creative labs Modem Blaster 56K >> v.90/K56 type modem. >> >> What have I done thus far; >> >> I have set 'kppp' >> configured my modem and connection using 'LinuxConf' >> and 'NetConf' >> I have checked my ppp0 configuration in 'ifup' >> >> I have also gone root and run; >> >> less /var/log/messages >> >> which generated over 2000 lines of output (I haven't even been online with >> it yet :)) >> >> I was unable to find anything helpful to me there. >> >> Then I made the only change that resulted in any change and that was I >> reset the com port >> aka ttyS2 I changed to ttyS1 and I got some movment. After which when I >> tell kppp to dial instead of the old message that said "looking for modem" >> it now says "initializing modem" which seemed at first like an improvement >> however I have yet to figure out what else it is requiring. >> >> Also when I run /sbin/ifup ppp0 it reports "taking longer than expected to >> complete" >> failed to activate ppp0 with error 8 & error 9 >> >> Also I have changed the init string from the old ATZ to; >> AT&FE0V1S0=0&C1&D2+MR=2;+DR=1;+ER=1;W0 >> as per recommendations from "Ask Mr. Modem". >> >> Similarly when I run mount /dev/cdrom2 I get >> 'is not a valid block device >> return 32 >> " >> checking permissions >> " >> " >> " >> >> I guess I am wondering, if I reinstall can I do a better job at configuring >> my modem and my second cdrom etc from DrakX with a fresh install? >> Also I think I used the supermount option, and from what I have read here >> it may be better for me to not use that option. >> >> Thanks for any and all input. >> >> b/web >> Wade >> >> PS - Did I say I LOVE this OS? > > >
[newbie] scsi drives
Hello, I'm getting ready to put together a new system and I'm considering using a scsi hard drive; can anybody tell me if there is much or any performance gain by doing this? I've seen quite a few posts on these lists about problems with scsi cards / scsi devices with Linux; is this normal or should I expect things to go smoothly? Thanks for any advise, Mike
[newbie] Moving Linux Partition (1024th cylinder problem)
I have installed on my machine Mandrake 7 and Win98. Linux is found in the primary partion on my second hard-disk which is 20GB. I would like to move (with Partition Magic) the Linux partition to the back of the disk (beyond the 1024th cylinder) in order to keep another Window partition within the 1024th cylinder (the Windows partition on this 20GB disk works s slowly!). I have downloaded the new patches for Lilo the 1024th cyllinder problem, but don't know how to install them! I hope you can help. Many thanks. Ming (ps. I was told that another way of addressing the 1024 cylinder problem is to have the /boot directory installed within the 1024th cylinder, and the rest of Linux anywhere I want. Is this true? If it is true, my /boot is in the same partition as my Linux, how can I take it out, put it in a new partition and still make Linux work?)
Re: [newbie] Root Password
The tech support questions/answers in the May issue of Linux Journal has two ways to reset/change the root password if you forget it or loose it. On Fri, 05 May 2000, you wrote: > If you lose the root password.yepso don't lose it. > > - Original Message - > From: hopper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 1:09 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Root Password > > > > On Thu, 04 May 2000, you wrote: > > > On Wed, 3 May 2000, David Smith wrote: > > > > > > >Anyone know anything about how to set super permissions to a user > without giving them the root password, or the authority to change the root > password once they are granted super user permissions. > > > >Thanks in advance. > > > >Dave > > > > > > > > > > You could add the user to the ROOT group, using userconf (as root). > > > > This question is sort of along the lost password lines. > > > > If I loose the root password, am I totally screwed? > > > > Thanks, > > Nathan > > > >
Re: [Re: [newbie] Sorry to be asking on here]
Just installed McAfee today...I chose the CUSTOM install and then you get a dialog that will allow you to setup for WEB SCAN, MAIL SCAN, etc HTH Jaguar "Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - > Attachment: > MIME Type: multipart/alternative > - > I just dont know how to scan the e-mails?.. I dont know why i cant figure it out...Do you know? > > Thanx > - Original Message - > From: Glenn Johnson > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 10:45 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Sorry to be asking on here > > > Andy wrote: > Im sorry to be asking on here about a windows question, but i heard people saying that they scan their e-mails and said they might have gotten viruses from this newsgroup. So im using Mcafee and if there are any Mcafee people out there can u please help me. I feel sorta stupid :) Thanx > Andy, what sort of help are you looking for? I use McAfee for Windows. Maybe I can help you. The Dogma chased the Stigma, and was hit by the Karma. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] monitor and LILO woes
vickyit's probably an illusion since you're more than likely used to windows method of echoing an asterisk for each keystroke at a password prompt. Unlike windows, Linux echos nothing, so it may appear to you that it is not accepting your keystrokes, but it is. Just type your password and hit enter ignoring the motionless cursor. Alan vicky catrambone wrote: > > I have been reading these posts with interest. I installed mandrake 7.0 > yesterday. I have 2 hdd's , linux is on the first one and I installed > windows on the 2nd one. The dual boot is working fine, But !!! when it > boots into linux I cant log in. I can type in root or my username and > tab or use the mouse to get to the password box but it absolutely wont > accept any keyboard input. Its booting into k desktop environment. Is > there a way to boot into console and how would I go about fixing this > without having to re install again ?Somehow I feel I have the monitor > settings wrong and this is why its freezing. thx in advance Vicky
Re: [newbie] Color QuickCam
Billwhat makes you think that it's supported under Linux? I have a Color Quickcam too and I've never gotten any inkling (I've been running various Linux distributions since January, 1999) that it has any support under Linux. First off, mine's a usb and until Mandrake 7.0 was released there was no Linux distro I'm aware of that supported any usb devices out of the box. MDK 7.0 only supports usb keyboards and mice. Then again, you may have a parallel Color Quickcam, but even if you can get it recognized as a device on the parallel port, there's no no application software to support it, none at least that I am aware of. Alan Bill Dearing wrote: > > At 08:35 PM 05/03/2000, you wrote: > >This has probably been asked before and answered.. but just found the > >group... I have a and can't seem to get it to work.. > > > >before I got an error saying something abour the paraport being busy.. > > > >Since I have clean reinstalled 7.0 and everything else is working fine and > >now I want to get the QuickCam working. > > > >Can anyone give me the steps to get it working > > I've never gotten my camera working, and would like to. I'd be really > interested to know if anyone here has or might have some pointers on how to > do it. > > I have the same problem when I try to load the c-qcam driver as you. I get > a paraport busy error, and it doesn't work. I'm running Mandrake 7.0 on an > old PI 166. The system otherwise works just great, and also prints just > fine through the same port I'm trying to get the camera to work through. > Killing the lpd daemon hasn't helped, either. > > I looked in the archives for this list hoping to find this had already been > tackled. No dice. I found the same paraport busy error had came up for > people when they were trying to get their Zip drives to work through the > parallel port. The solution to that problem came by creating a mount point > for the Zip drive (which I don't think is necessarily right for a camera). > > I also learned that the paraport busy error only means the driver didn't > load correctly, and not that the port is necessarily busy. > > A search on Deja news shows a few people asking this same question about > getting the cam to work, but no one has ever responded as far as I could > see. The Quick Cam mini-howto sorta brushed over the whole driver loading > issues, and I found no other references anywhere else. > > I may come up dry here, too, but I guess it's worth a shot. Supposedly this > camera works under Linux. It'd be great if I could get it to work myself.
[newbie] /etc initrunlvl
Just a quick question. In /etc there is /initrunlvl that when in command line mode is highlighted in red and flashes!!! Giving the 'whatis' command I got the reply 'nothing applicable'. It is also completely empty or unrecognisable as when I try and have a look at it with vi it attempts to make a new file. It is owned by root the permissions are 'lrwxrwxrwx' which I understand (does the l mean link) but why is it flashing in red and what does it do? -- Andrew Blackburn England
Re: [newbie] Help...Laptop XServer Problems
I have that same problem except its not a laptop...And i hate how you cant see the bottom of the windows. Sorry i cant help - Original Message - From: Br. Karekin Madteos Yarian, BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 4:06 AM Subject: [newbie] Help...Laptop XServer Problems > Any help??? > > I have recently installed Mandrake 7.0 on my HP Pavilion N3215 laptop. I > can't get X to work at a resolution higher than 640x480. > > Mandrake automatically installed the XFree86_FBDev server which is more than > RedHat 6.2 did. No matter what I try...and I have follwed the advice of two > people on the Linux laptop pages (two different and unworkable solutions to > boot) and to no avail. > > Here are my card and monitor specs. > > Card: Trident CyberBlade 3D 17 AGP with 4096 RAM (stolen from physical RAM) > > Monitor (per HP): HPA 12.1" SVGA Passive Matrix > VertRefresh: 75 Mhz > Horiz Sync: 85 Mhx > > > I have tried and failed at any number of combinations with Xdrakres. > > Xconfigurator has let me manually input all the above info and still can't > find a workable resolution. All I want is 800x600. In spite of the fact that > my monitor supports 1280x768 while in Windoze. > > The BIOS allows me to allocate Auto, 4Mb or 8Mb to Video RAM. > > Any suggestions?? I'm about desperate. I wanted to get Linux running on the > box so I could travel and learn with it. > > Karekin > > _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] GCC...where are you???
As long as its a Hard Drive ...I dont think there is a problem :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Went through last night and reinstalled Linux using different > > hard drive set just to see if it would clear up the gcc problem. > > Does anybody know if MDK 7.0 supports Seagate hard drives? > > Thanks, > BG
[newbie] SSH
Hi all, i`m trying to implement SSH and i`m in need of assistance. I`m running 7.02 (air) .. and i`m not sure of whether to implement openssh or the non-commercial ssh. At the moment i`m trying to install openssh but it requires openssl, when i try and compile this i am getting errors with it. if anyone has successfully installed SSH .please let me know and talk me through what i need etc. I'd be very grateful for some help. regards, Gerald Davies. /===
RE: [newbie] A Dual CPU Computer
Yes, I am currently running SuSE 6.4 with dual P3 450's. After loading check to see that you are using the SMP Kernel. Jon Fry [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sami A. Kutbi Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 4:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] A Dual CPU Computer I'm building a dual CPU computer is Mandrake compatible with it. please pass any recommendations. Thanks.
Re: [newbie] GCC...where are you???
BillMDK 7.0 is operating from my Seagate 9.1 gig scsi drive right now. Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Went through last night and reinstalled Linux using different > > hard drive set just to see if it would clear up the gcc problem. > > Does anybody know if MDK 7.0 supports Seagate hard drives? > > Thanks, > BG
Re: [newbie] What's the difference between Mandrake 7.0Powerpackand Mandrake 7.0 Deluxe???
Hi,
This a four part question:
1.
As a potential customer, would you recommend the Power Pack rather than
the Gold 2000 Pack for a first timer user?
2. If so, why?
3. As I live in Toronto, Canada, I am having one heck of a time trying
find a retailer in my area who knows what they're talking about.
4. I have a Dell Dimension XPSB 733r with 128 MB. of RAM and 20 Gig.
drive. Will the Linux Mandrake 7.0 package work well on this system? My
graphics card is by NVIDIA. I would like to hear from other Dell
computer users that have Mandrake installed on their Dell computer.
Thanks for the info.
Roman
Alan Shoemaker wrote:
>
> OliverGold Pack is a product of MandrakeSoft, not
> MacMillan.
>
> Alan
>
> Oliver Stieber wrote:
> >
> > the power pack has all 6 cd's also i think the difference may be in the
> > documentation.
> > there are 2 gold packs the normal one and the not so normal one, the image
> > of the box on mandrake.com looks a bit bigger with the not so normal
> > one(about a book bigger).
> > i think the gold pack is just the mac-millan distrib of the power pack?
> >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Romanator [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: 03 May 2000 12:30
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [newbie] What's the difference between Mandrake 7.0
> > > Powerpackand Mandrake 7.0 Deluxe???
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > How is the PowerPack or Deluxe Mandrake 7.0 behaving? What are your
> > > thoughts?
> > >
> > > Roman
> > >
> > > Andrew Edward McCall wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi there,
> > > > >
> > > > > With 7.0 Deluxe you get all six CDs (Installation,
> > > Sources, RPMs, Contribs
> > > > > and 2 Application CDS) where as I believe the plain
> > > Powerpack only carries
> > > > > the Installation and Sources CD)
> > > > >
> > > > > Evan
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I got the PowerPack I think, (It has PWP in its product
> > > code somewhere IIRC)
> > > > and I got the 6 CD's, two books and a set of stickers.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Andrew Edward McCall
> > > > Be Developer ID : E-16721
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > --
> > > > http://www.h2o.demon.co.uk/
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RE: [newbie] dang modems - please help
You have mistaken me for someone else. I did not send this original message. Check your address. Thanx! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 12:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] dang modems - please help Looks as though you have either set something up in the login script section that shouldn't be there, or your ISP needs a login script that includes that string On Fri, 05 May 2000, you wrote: > Ok I finally got kppp to recognize my modem. I have an internal USR 56k pnp modem. Kppp will say the modem is there, but when it goes to dial my isp, it says "expecting: OK" down at the bottom, and my modem never sends the OK signal. I have read all the help files and have tried what they said, but it still didn't work. I tried installing my other modem (a Rockwell v.90 56k PnP). I got it all set up so that kppp knew it was there too (I, of course, disabled the USR modem). It went a little further. It send the OK signal, but when it reached the dialing step (atdt###), it would start over and initialize the modem again. It would then proceed to go to the dialing step, and then on and on in the same loop. If anybody can help me get either modem to dial I would be most appreciative. thanks > > ~Tim > > > __ > Get free Internet service and email at http://www.worldspy.com
Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster Help!
Thanks quayler! I'll give this a try! Vern quaylar wrote: > > i had the same problem with my soundcardafter loading the oss compatible modules >snd-pcm-oss and snd-mixer-oss everything worked fine...system sounds and mp3 > player too... > > On Thu, 04 May 2000 20:06:44 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Well I finally sprang for a new audio card, a brand new > >Sound Blaster PCI 512. This must be new one as it was > >the only affordable PCI Sound Blaster card Staples had. > >So I did all the research on available drivers for Linux > >and found same at ALSA so attempting my first source code > >compile I got it to make the object code module and installed > >it per "readme" instructions. My CD plays music fine but I > >can't get any of the system sounds to play. I've been through > >all the mixers and such in both KDE and GNOME with no success. > >Any help would be most appreciated! After working with this for > >2 days I think I've tried all the combinations possible. > >HELP! > >Vern > >-- > > Vernon Stilwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hardinsburg, Kentucky[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *** Have you hugged your penguin today? *** -- Vernon Stilwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hardinsburg, Kentucky[EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Have you hugged your penguin today? ***
Re: [newbie] Mirc
I agree it kicks the the trousers off of mirc, just my opinion. On Fri, 05 May 2000, you wrote: > At 01:01 AM 05/03/2000, you wrote: > >On Tue, 2 May 2000, Bob wrote: > > > > > > > Evening will mIRC run on linux. > > > >No. It is a Win-lose program > > > >Use BitchX or KvIRC :) > > > I use KvIRC myself, and find it matches (and in some cases beats) mIRC on > the features I like the best. I just wish it came with a more pleasing > default color scheme. -- Signature: Want to make some extra pocket change listening to your realplayer while you surf? http://www.radiofreecash.com/home.asp?ref=kittypuss Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss
Re: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2)
I tried imwheel but it does not work., or at least not for me. I did the old 'whereis' command, cd to the location /u sr/bin I think, and gave the command 'imwheel' it came up that it had already been started (I was using xterm at the time) but it didn't work. Not that it bothers me. If I wanted a M$ look-a-like I would not have deleted my DOS partition. As I am starting to realize, the fun lies in what you can not do! -- Andrew Blackburn England. > > There is an RPM on the distro CD called IWHEEL or something like that. I > assume that is what you would need. > > Paul > > )0(---)0( > > Nothing is impossible for the person who > doesn't have to do it himself. > > )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( > http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 > Registered Linux User 174403 -- Andrew Blackburn England
Re: [newbie] Newbie Question
On Fri, 5 May 2000, Craig R Bathurst wrote: > I just installed ver. 6.0 on my computer. It will be a duel boot suation > with Windows 98 as the default OS. > Linux is VERY NEW to me. It's like working in MS DOS again. DON'T YOU EVER SAY THAT AGAIN :-) > Can anyone recommend a good book (like Dummies Guide to Linux) that will > will explain step by step > how to work with linux? You can find lots of usefull informations at http://www.mandrakeuser.org And there are a lot of good books too. I have one called "linux expert ressources" that helped me a lot. There is also the "linux bible". No doubt other people will provide good titles too. But once you have the basic knowledges, you will find the info you need un the man, HOWTOs, LDP, and other infos provided with your distro. > Is there a graphical interface for Linux (like windows) that will make it > easier to use Linux? Yes. There is. If you installed the appropriate tools, type XF86Setup at a root prompt, and it will bring up the config program. Once you ared done with it, type startx, and it SHOULD work. If you have problems, please post a detail of your hardware configuration. HTH Flupke > > Craig > > > "Those who do not learn from History, > are doomed to repeat it". > > Author unknown > >
Re: [newbie] duplicate messages
je suis un idiot, moi! yes, there IS a difference between 'to' and 'reply-to' but hey, i'm behind on my embarrassment quota for the month so this'll do nicely the fool wot rote: > > am i the only one getting emails on my netscape 'inbox' folder as well > as the one that i set up a filter for to redirect this mailing list to, > i am getting duplicates in inbox of emails that are also in my > 'mandrake' folder? > > these are messages in threads that i haven't posted to > > flupke! four from you so far! > > i don't really mind since it's only a few so far, but if this gets worse > i could be wasting valuable online time (impoverished uk pay per minute > user talking!) > > bascule
Re: [newbie] GCC...where are you???
David Ramsey wrote: > > [snip] > pretty much select any package you want. And then it seems that it will > make all the required entries in the environment and required symbolic > links. Otherwise, if you just install the RPM file, it does not. Please understand that the only thing the installer does is use RPM to install a list of packages. Just like you'd do from the command line. The same things happen in either case. Symbolic link and environment creation gets done by post-install scripts within the RPM package that would run the same at install time as they do at the command line. My guess is that you were missing other packages and took the "voodoo problem resolution" method popularized by Windows and reinstalled. If you expect to get much further than the three-days-at-a-time Linux usage, you're going to have to take a bit more time in researching and resolving the problem. Just as an example of the "voodoo problem resolution" method: I work in the IS department with one other person. Part of our job entails monitoring a SQLBase SQL server for crashed and hung processes. We got a call one afternoon that the server was hung. I opened the console tool, found the offending process, and killed it. My partner, who was in the bathroom at the time, came out and declared with a straight face that flushing the urinal must have cleared it up. THAT is what voodoo problem resolution is. No effort to understand the problem or resolution, just declaring that "something" must have fixed it. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] to stop the iloveyou virus spreading do this
Martin Solms wrote: > > > Our cleanup effort? Deleting the "Found a bad attachment" messages from > > the postmaster mailbox and watching the outgoing queue rise because of > > closed SMTP servers on the remote side. > > > > -- > > Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I > > Network Administrator > > Advance Packaging Corporation > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hey Steve > > Congrats!! Good to know that you guys have your heads screwed on > correctly and that you were not hit!!! Walking through London yesterday > they had huge newspaper headlines: Virus hits London etc!!! Sometimes it pays to have a back-asswards network where no two machines even come close to matching. :) -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] A Dual CPU Computer
On Fri, 05 May 2000, you wrote: > On Thu, 4 May 2000, Sami A. Kutbi wrote: > > >I'm building a dual CPU computer is Mandrake compatible with it. please > >pass any recommendations. > > As far as I know, Linux recognizes several processors. > Paul Can anybody shed some light on how well it utilises SMP? There are several systems that claim supoort, but are there any benchmarks that prove that it's something that an average user should look into? I ask about it, because I just recently read an article hailing IBM's decision to announce yet another Linux boosting decision to ship some hardware with Caldera, RedHat and TurboL. and in a commentary by some IBM tech boss there was a line that they were reluctant to take this step because Linux allegedly was not a star when it comes to SMP. The article was about a week ago on WideOpen.com. or this was just a CEO-speak? TIA __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
RE: [newbie] Newbie Question
of course there are a gui interfase and better than windows just look in the web for the differents HOW-TOs available ( manuals ) and get ( if you dont have already instaled with your distribution) a KDE or Gnome user graphic interfase. -Original Message- From: Craig R Bathurst [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 2:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] Newbie Question I just installed ver. 6.0 on my computer. It will be a duel boot suation with Windows 98 as the default OS. Linux is VERY NEW to me. It's like working in MS DOS again. Can anyone recommend a good book (like Dummies Guide to Linux) that will will explain step by step how to work with linux? Is there a graphical interface for Linux (like windows) that will make it easier to use Linux? Craig "Those who do not learn from History, are doomed to repeat it". Author unknown
[newbie] Printer sharing
Hi all. I'd like to share a printer between a Linux box and a Windows 98 box. The printer is connected to the Linux box. I need to be able to print TO this printer FROM the Windows box. How is this accomplished? By the way, the Linux box is a dual boot (Windows 98 / Linux). When running Windows on the Linux box, networking is flawless. Thanks in advance Glenn Johnson
[newbie] Recompile kernel
Hi all. Another question. Am I likely to see a performance increase if I recompile the kernel? My cpu is an AMD K6/2 400. The Linux system sees it as a 586. Thank you all... Glenn Johnson
[newbie] Quake
I've been playing Quake under Linux for a while now with no problems. Tried to play last night and got the error 'can't load library LIBM.SO.5'. Is this familiar to anyone? Thank you Glenn Johnson
[newbie] D-Link 220-P network card not recognised
Title: [newbie] D-Link 220-P network card not recognised Hi' I' trawled through the archives before asking this question and can't find anything there to help. I have a D-Link 220 ISA Network card that Linux-Mandrake 7.0 cannot see. I have re-installed Windoze just to get a few of its settings (Base Address 0240 - 025f, IRQ 11) but it still will not work. Any suggestions? Many thanks, Neil
RE: [newbie] Newbie Question
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fscreenshots.php3 look at this link. <> -Original Message- From: Craig R Bathurst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 3:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Newbie Question I just installed ver. 6.0 on my computer. It will be a duel boot suation with Windows 98 as the default OS. Linux is VERY NEW to me. It's like working in MS DOS again. Can anyone recommend a good book (like Dummies Guide to Linux) that will will explain step by step how to work with linux? Is there a graphical interface for Linux (like windows) that will make it easier to use Linux? Craig "Those who do not learn from History, are doomed to repeat it". Author unknown
Re: [newbie] Sorry to be asking on here
Mike & Tracy Holt wrote: > > No, not anymore. If you have an html enabled browser (but I believe only on > Windows machines, and that only because of permissions) you can actually > 'activate' the virus simply by previewing your mail. I'm not an expert, but > I think the only reason there aren't more viruses for Unix / Linux is that > there aren't enough people that no how and actually have the motivation to > write those viruses. Most anybody can write one for Windows with just a > basic knowledge of 'Visual Basic'. Actually, the reason for the lack of Linux virus' is because it's difficult to infect the system binaries and libraries necessary for a good virus outbreak. As a normal user, a virus can only affect files you own. > > Isn't the only way to get a virus is to get an attached executable file or > macro and you activating it? > > > > Seve > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Thursday, May 04, 2000 11:31 AM > > Subject: [newbie] Sorry to be asking on here > > > > > > Im sorry to be asking on here about a windows question, but i heard people > saying that they scan their e-mails and said they might > > have gotten viruses from this newsgroup. So im using Mcafee and if there > are any Mcafee people out there can u please help me. I > > feel sorta stupid :) > > > > Thanx > > > > -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake 7.0 with Packard Bell Monitor
Tim. Had a look through my install notes (you never know when you might need them again). I used the custom monitor option and chose the "extended svga setting 800x600" I let it probe the card (3dfx voodoo3) and then refused it's recommendation and chose my own vert sync rate of 32bit 800x600. -- Andrew Blackburn England
Re: [newbie] Re-Installing Mandrake
DO NOT even consider the 'Lnx4Win' install method. Here is a direct quote from their own books: "Linux-Mandrake Install Guide MandrakeSoft January 2000 http://www.linux-mandrake.com Chapter 5 : Using Lnx4Win Lnx4Win is what you need if you don't want to partition your hard disk at all. This Program will create two files on your Windows partition which will hold your Linux-Mandrake system: one file for the data and one for the swap. This installation is undoubtedly the easiest, but, has its disadvantages: it is slow in comparison with a real installation: loopback mounting of a file (this is the method used) is not as fast as a filesystem located on a dedicated partition; if you have to re-install Windows, your Linux-Mandrake system will also be lost... However: this is a good way to discovery Linux-Mandrake without tampering with your hard drive. This is not recommended by very many people with ANY experience on Linux, nor from any Newbies that know how easy it is for Windows to crash, if that happens then you guessed it, a REINSTALL of Linux will be needed. If you do a regular install with the repartitioning of your hard disk and Windows crashes, as it is good at doing, then Linux will still be there on its own partition waiting for your return. Your decision alone. GOOD LUCK" don I thought I knew that I knew what I thought But now I know that what I thought I knew Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew. On Fri, 05 May 2000 07:47:59 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi, > > Are there any important pointers anyone would give to someone > considering > Re-Installing Mandrake prior to doing so? > > Thanks, > > b/web > Wade > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
Re: [newbie] Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso ???
There is a way to do a net install via FTP (and maybe HTTP too). I've been tempted to try it, just to say I did, but haven't needed to. It involves making a boot disk which contains an extremely small version of linux. You boot off the disk, and then into the installer, where you input the address of some ftp site which contains Mandrake. However, finding a non ISO of the i486 install might be hard. Blashpemous as it sounds, Red Hat might be a better choice for your particular installation. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Demo/Mandrake7/install/pages/install.html Has pointers on where to start. Pedantic as it sounds, you'll probably want a fast connection. Regards, Nathan - Original Message - From: "mendes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 9:22 AM Subject: [newbie] Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso ??? > Hello > Is Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso an image for 486 SX? > I have an old 486 SX machine without CD rom but if a netcard. Could > someone give a help on how to install Mandrake on such a machine? > > Thanks a lot. > > Eduardo > >
[newbie] MANDRAKE/LINUX- MAN'S?DOCS?BOOKS?
Introduced recently to Mandrake 7.02(at least that is what a felt tip pen wrote on the gold cd I was handed), I am purpleplexed about acquiring documentation and/or manuals and./or books that would help.I got Using Linux 3rd ed from Que and it comes with 3 cd's but from 96 ( RH4.0,Slackware96) so i haven't really played with them but reading the book i notice some things aren't translating through my 2 cylinder mind very well. The stuff on emacs for example doesn't come close to explaining this most powerful of tools, or at least the version that mdk7.02 has. So, should i actually purchase a retail distr. of mdk and if so which will give me the best docs on this flavor of linux? TIA, -michael-
[newbie] GOBACK
There is something for windows called GOBACK. It can really save your butt if you are afraid about your comp crashing or getting viruses. What it does is it puts a parition on your hard drive a size of your choice. And it remembers certain files that will allow you to "go back in time" and magically its restored. It keeps a record about everytime you boot up your machine. And it boots up before windows does so if windows is gone it still should work. A couple things incase your interested to run a defrag on it you need to disable goback and with norton theres a certain patch you need for it. I blew a hard drive away because of it. But GOBACK has also saved me a couple of times. heres a link to the site www.goback.com Andy _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
[newbie] Short Quote:
A short quote from the Help file with Zone Alarm: "ZoneAlarm provides essential security for any computer connected to the Internet, especially those with always-on DSL or cable modem connections. ZoneAlarm protects you from malicious programs, like Spyware and Trojan horses, by allowing you to control your computer's Internet traffic and how applications access the Internet. ZoneAlarm's Dynamic Firewall can block attempts to connect to your computer from the Internet. High Security Level makes your computer invisible from the Internet so you won't be a target for hackers and intruders. Security levels provide the most convenient way to configure the firewall, without requiring you to program protocols and ports." Just a short quote, END OF POSTS ON THIS SUBJECT FROM ME!! don I thought I knew that I knew what I thought But now I know that what I thought I knew Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew. YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
Re: [newbie] pilot hotsync with korganizer problem
problem fixed, my install wasn't a developer version so i had to install
*-devel versions of a few things and ./configure worked, but i still had
the error about makeinfo but this doesn't appear to make any difference?
mind you, i still can't open my hotsynced datebook in korganizer!
bascule
bascule wrote:
>
> i just downloaded ver 3.02 of kpilot and decided to try my first
> compiling operation (compiling-is that the word?)
>
> it didn't go well, here is what happened:
>
> [root@localhost kpilot-3.0.2]# ./configure
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking host system type... configure: error: can not guess host type;
> you must specify one
> [root@localhost kpilot-3.0.2]# ./configure --host=i586
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking host system type... i586-pc-none
> checking target system type... i586-pc-none
> checking build system type... i586-pc-none
> checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking for working aclocal... found
> checking for working autoconf... found
> checking for working automake... found
> checking for working autoheader... found
> checking for working makeinfo... missing
> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
> checking for a C-Compiler...
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... no
> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler
> cannot create executables.
> [root@localhost kpilot-3.0.2]#
>
> two apparent problems there:
> 1. makeinfo - is this an rpm because i've searched my install cd and i
> can't find it
> 2. C compiler - please explain
>
> where am i going wrong,what other info should i give?
>
> bascule
[newbie] A little security....
Hey ppl, I just received this info on "Zone Alarm" for those of you still having to have WinDo$ for a second OS. You can find it at http:www.zonelab.com and it is "Free" for personal use only. For business users $20. Just to maybe give a little security for WinDo$. Off Topic a little don I thought I knew that I knew what I thought But now I know that what I thought I knew Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew. YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
Re: [newbie] Sorry to be asking on here
Actually i think the KAK one is if you just read the e-mail... from what i heard - Original Message - From: Sevatio Octavio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 4:29 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Sorry to be asking on here > Isn't the only way to get a virus is to get an attached executable file or macro and you activating it? > > Seve > > > -Original Message- > From: Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, May 04, 2000 11:31 AM > Subject: [newbie] Sorry to be asking on here > > > Im sorry to be asking on here about a windows question, but i heard people saying that they scan their e-mails and said they might > have gotten viruses from this newsgroup. So im using Mcafee and if there are any Mcafee people out there can u please help me. I > feel sorta stupid :) > > Thanx > > > _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] Sorry to be asking on here
I just dont know how to scan the e-mails?.. I dont know why i cant figure it out...Do you know? Thanx - Original Message - From: Glenn Johnson To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 10:45 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Sorry to be asking on here Andy wrote: Im sorry to be asking on here about a windows question, but i heard people saying that they scan their e-mails and said they might have gotten viruses from this newsgroup. So im using Mcafee and if there are any Mcafee people out there can u please help me. I feel sorta stupid :) ThanxAndy, what sort of help are you looking for? I use McAfee for Windows. Maybe I can help you.
Re: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2)
I had the same problem with slackware. Have you ran XF86Setup and made sure you have the dev/psaux driver i think it is - Original Message - From: hopper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 1:07 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2) > On Thu, 04 May 2000, you wrote: > > Why is it that when I select MS Intellimouse (PS/2) from the list in > > Mouseconfig it will not work correctly in X? > > My mouse is a PS/2 Intellimouse. > > The symptoms are the pointer will automatically move to the upper-right > > corner of the screen and the button-press events (menus) will fire randomly. > > > > My workaround is to use the generic 3 button PS/2 mouse settings. I'm > > really curious as to why this happens. Do others have the problem? And > > are there really any differences between selecting Intellimouse or generic > > mouse? > > Yes, I had this problem too. Quite frustrating. I did the thing that all true > blue former mac and windows users do: I reformatted and reinstalled Mandrake, > this time being careful to choose the generic ps/2 driver. > > But that doesn't support the beloved mouse wheel. Are there any drivers which > allow for the use of the wheel? > > Regards, > Nathan > > _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
[newbie] Linux all the way
Just to say thanks to all the help I have received. Yesterday my windows crashed completely so I made the big decision to delete the dos partion. Yep it's now a 100% linux box. -- Andrew Blackburn England ( -- Learning in the deep end -- )
Re: [newbie] now everything's dead....
On Fri, 5 May 2000, Kirk McElhearn wrote: >Now, I just went to reboot, and Linux will not boot into x. It is set to >automatically boot into KDE, and, after the initial text prompt shows up >for a second, the screens goes black, I can hear the computer trying to >start up, but nothing works. Once you are on the LILO prompt, type linux 3 and hit enter. That will take you to the console login and will not go into the graphical login. I am not sure what difference you mean in "x" and "KDE". KDE is a window manager for X-windows, like Gnome, Enlightenment, OVLWM and AfterStep. Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] monitor and LILO woes
I have been reading these posts with interest. I installed mandrake 7.0 yesterday. I have 2 hdd's , linux is on the first one and I installed windows on the 2nd one. The dual boot is working fine, But !!! when it boots into linux I cant log in. I can type in root or my username and tab or use the mouse to get to the password box but it absolutely wont accept any keyboard input. Its booting into k desktop environment. Is there a way to boot into console and how would I go about fixing this without having to re install again ?Somehow I feel I have the monitor settings wrong and this is why its freezing. thx in advance Vicky
Re: [newbie] Sorry to be asking on here
Paul wrote: > On Wed, 3 May 2000, Andy wrote: > > >Im sorry to be asking on here about a windows question, but i heard people saying >that they scan their e-mails and said they might have gotten viruses from this >newsgroup. So im using Mcafee and if there are any Mcafee people out there can u >please help me. I feel sorta stupid :) > > > >Thanx > > Indeed, accidentally someone posted an ActiveX virus on the group. > Viral stuff happens... > > What is an activeX virus and i just joined on the 1st so do i need to worry? >iread my mail w/ netscrape using the delete and next buttons- bad idea? -michael- > > > Paul
Re: [newbie] Lexmark 2030 printer
I found a driver on the net, and something that has to be installed before the driver, but don't know what to do now. Does anybody out there have one of these Lexmarks that works? I'd really like to be able to use my printer- then there would be no reason whatsoever for keeping Bill's crap on my box! -michael-
Re: [newbie] Connecting to the Internet - why is it so difficult?
Kirk/Mikeif I'm reading this correctly you guys are both trying to connect to other computers in a private lan and also to connect to the internet via a wide-band connection such as cable or dsl with a single nic card? If that is the case with you, then the problem is that you need a second nic card and need to dedicate one of the nics to the internet connection and the other to the lan. If I got the facts wrong, sorry for the intrusion. Alan Mike & Tracy Holt wrote: > > I don't think I really qualify as a Linux geek yet either... but here's my > best shot. > As far as your connection with kppp, it really shouldn't be that difficult. > One thing I've noticed (and written to this list and the expert list about, > nobody seemed to want to answer), is that you can either have a lan > connection, or you can have an internet connection, but not both. I've been > trying off and on for several months to figure out how to use NFS and such, > but everytime I get to the point where I can ping another computer from the > main on my own little network, then I lose the ability to connect to the > web. Once I remove the network settings from my computer, I'm able to > connect to the web again. Maybe that would be something you can try. Go > into linuxconf and remove your other settings (eth0 or whatever) and then go > back to kppp and run through the setup there. I've bookmarked a page from > my isp that shows how to get kppp up and running, here it is: > http://help.jps.net/unsupported/mandrake/ > > If you have any luck getting both your internet AND your lan connection > working at the same time, let me know! I'd love to be able to share files > without having to boot into Windows! > > Mike > > > OK, I'm not a real Linux geek... yet. I am a Mac user, and have been > > successfully using Macs for more than ten years, without any major > > problems. But for professional reasons, I wanted to get into Linux, and > > chose Mandrake because it was supposed to be the simplest to get running. > > > > > > > > I see no need to have to edit files with cryptic commands when there are > > GUI interfaces that do the same thing. So, to connect my computer to the > > Internet, I tried to use Kppp. I am amazed that it does not work, and > > that the only way to get it to work seems to be to read a ton of Linux > > books and docs. > > > > So, here's what happened. First, following the instructions given in > > some bacis Linux books, and the Mandrake doc (as well as doc on web > > sites), I entered the necessary info in Kppp - account info, such as > > phone number, user name, password, etc. I tried to connect. Zip. > > Computer tells me > > > > >May 3 14:22:52 localhost pppd[917]: The remote system is required to > > >authenticate itself but I couldn't find any secret (password) which would > > >let it use an IP address. > > > > OK, this is wonderful. All the doc says it is so easy... Some kind > > souls tell me that I need to add the "noauth" argument. OK, why do I > > need to do this? I mean, why does it default to auth? > > > > But when I try to do this, Computer tells me that I can only do it as > > root. Now, all the docs and books say, don't use root unless you really > > need to. But if I can't connect to the Internet as a normal user, I need > > to be root. So I log in as root, and "noauth" and get the connection up. > > The connection, and nothing more. > > > > In spite of the fact that I have my ISPs DNS numbers correctly entered, > > nothing happens. Computer is searching in the ether and cannot find any > > nameservers. I try, on the advice of a kind soul on this list, to > > uncomment the lines in the resolv.conf file, to no avail. > > > > So, still no connection. > > > > What gives? If everyone else can get a connection up, is there something > > wrong with my installation or my computer? If the books and docs show it > > is so easy, why I am having so many problems? And this noauth thing - > > why do I have to add it, when, apparently, no one should need auth except > > in special cases? > > > > I'm a bit taken aback by some of the stuff I need to do to get this up > > and running. Especially because I have been hired to write tutorials > > about Mandrake for a web site, and need to explain to others how to do > > these things. Sure, most things work out ok, but when I see just how > > complicated it is to get a simple ppp connection, I am really shocked. > > (BTW, it was actually much easier to get my Linux box networked with my > > Mac over AppleTalk; definately a power user thing, while a ppp connection > > is really a basic). > > > > > > > > So, can anyone help? > > > > > > Kirk > > > > > > vice versa > > Translations - French to English, English to French | Technical Writing > > Traductions francais-anglais, anglais-francais | Redaction > technique > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Re: [newbie] Over my head(Netscape install)
Robertdon't install it, instead download the MandrakeSoft rpm version from one of the Mandrake mirror sites listed on the below web page (these are the 128 bit encryption version): http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fcrypto.php3 There are three files (these are the 128 bit encryption version) to download for a full install: netscape-128-common-4.72-2mdk.i586.rpm netscape-128-communicator-4.72-2mdk.i586.rpm netscape-128-navigator-4.72-2mdk.i586.rpm or you can only download the common file and one of the other two depending on if you're going to want to use the email client or not. I do a full install myself. Alan "Robert F. Trettel" wrote: > > Hi,All > > Once again I 'am in over my head. Just got Netscape's newest 4.7.2 128 > bit on their cd and no way is it going to install. > Their instustions are as follows: > mount cd did no problem > CD to folder of OS ?? > gzip -dc comm472.tar | (cd /tmp: tar --xvf - ) ?? > run ./ns-install ?? > > I have a feeling I am doing something wrong. Logged on as root, have no > idea what I should do with these commands. > Did a real nice install of Star Office went great,but this Netscape is > got me. > > Please help me over this > Thank you very much > Robert F. Trettel
Re: [newbie] Asking questions
Glennsince this list is archived and the search routine looks in the subjects for the search strings, I'd have to say that seperate messages with well thought out subjects is the best way to go for the usability of the archive. But there are a lot of folks using the list who don't even think about things like that, let alone do anything about it. Alan Glenn Johnson wrote: > > Hey all. Before I post a request for help, I would like to know if > I should restrict my posts to 1 question per message. I have several > questions regarding Linux Mandrake 7.0. > > Thanks, > > Glenn
Re: [newbie] Color QuickCam
At 08:35 PM 05/03/2000, you wrote: >This has probably been asked before and answered.. but just found the >group... I have a Color Quickcam and can't seem to get it to work.. > >before I got an error saying something abour the paraport being busy.. > >Since I have clean reinstalled 7.0 and everything else is working fine and >now I want to get the QuickCam working. > >Can anyone give me the steps to get it working I've never gotten my camera working, and would like to. I'd be really interested to know if anyone here has or might have some pointers on how to do it. I have the same problem when I try to load the c-qcam driver as you. I get a paraport busy error, and it doesn't work. I'm running Mandrake 7.0 on an old PI 166. The system otherwise works just great, and also prints just fine through the same port I'm trying to get the camera to work through. Killing the lpd daemon hasn't helped, either. I looked in the archives for this list hoping to find this had already been tackled. No dice. I found the same paraport busy error had came up for people when they were trying to get their Zip drives to work through the parallel port. The solution to that problem came by creating a mount point for the Zip drive (which I don't think is necessarily right for a camera). I also learned that the paraport busy error only means the driver didn't load correctly, and not that the port is necessarily busy. A search on Deja news shows a few people asking this same question about getting the cam to work, but no one has ever responded as far as I could see. The Quick Cam mini-howto sorta brushed over the whole driver loading issues, and I found no other references anywhere else. I may come up dry here, too, but I guess it's worth a shot. Supposedly this camera works under Linux. It'd be great if I could get it to work myself.
RE: [newbie] GCC...where are you???
> > Went through last night and reinstalled Linux using different > hard drive set just to see if it would clear up the gcc problem. Does anybody know if MDK 7.0 supports Seagate hard drives? Thanks, BG
Re: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2)
Thanks Aaron for posting this. I am using the beta of MDK 7.1 and I also had the same problem with my MS Intellimouse . The only way that I could use the wheel mouse was to open a console as root and type 'imwheel' and then the process would start. If I closed the window then the wheel would stop. I'm subscribing to the Cooker lists and read that " 'imwheel' starts automatically with X ." when I asked for a possible workaround for the problem I was pleasantly ignored or overlooked. I tried your workaround and it works great --THANKS! Eunice - Original Message - From: "Aaron Zuercher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 2:07 PM Subject: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2) > Why is it that when I select MS Intellimouse (PS/2) from the list in > Mouseconfig it will not work correctly in X? > My mouse is a PS/2 Intellimouse. > The symptoms are the pointer will automatically move to the upper-right > corner of the screen and the button-press events (menus) will fire randomly. > > My workaround is to use the generic 3 button PS/2 mouse settings. I'm > really curious as to why this happens. Do others have the problem? And > are there really any differences between selecting Intellimouse or generic > mouse? > > Thanks, > > Aaron > > >
Re: [newbie] dang modems - please help
Looks as though you have either set something up in the login script section that shouldn't be there, or your ISP needs a login script that includes that string On Fri, 05 May 2000, you wrote: > Ok I finally got kppp to recognize my modem. I have an internal USR 56k pnp modem. >Kppp will say the modem is there, but when it goes to dial my isp, it says >"expecting: OK" down at the bottom, and my modem never sends the OK signal. I have >read all the help files and have tried what they said, but it still didn't work. I >tried installing my other modem (a Rockwell v.90 56k PnP). I got it all set up so >that kppp knew it was there too (I, of course, disabled the USR modem). It went a >little further. It send the OK signal, but when it reached the dialing step >(atdt###), it would start over and initialize the modem again. It would then >proceed to go to the dialing step, and then on and on in the same loop. If anybody >can help me get either modem to dial I would be most appreciative. thanks > > ~Tim > > > __ > Get free Internet service and email at http://www.worldspy.com
Re: [newbie] I killed kde, how do i get it back?
What exactly did you do ? On Fri, 05 May 2000, you wrote: > Okie here is a typical newbie thing: > > I pulled a switch in kde so i wouldnt always logon in it. Now i dont know > how to start it again hehe :} > > How do i start it again? > > /Jimmi > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] About Linux Virusses
Quoted from the PCM article. There are some 3 Linux Virusses known, or better: Trojan Horses. The chance of getting an infection on a Linux setup is really minimal. The linux community consists for a large part of highly educated ICT technicians and engineers that will detect and disable a Trojan very early and make it's existence known worldwide very fast. To that, the Open Source development model makes sure that potential security holes are closed quickly. A different thing is when you use a Linux box as file- or proxy server, or when you also actively have a Windows partition on the disk. This is the setup of many home-users. Because the complete lack of security, windows is extremely vulnerable for virusses. end quote. Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Connecting to the Internet - why is it so difficult?
Are you using the authentication that your ISP requires - either PAP or CHAP ? On Thu, 04 May 2000, you wrote: > OK, I'm not a real Linux geek... yet. I am a Mac user, and have been > successfully using Macs for more than ten years, without any major > problems. But for professional reasons, I wanted to get into Linux, and > chose Mandrake because it was supposed to be the simplest to get running. > > > > I see no need to have to edit files with cryptic commands when there are > GUI interfaces that do the same thing. So, to connect my computer to the > Internet, I tried to use Kppp. I am amazed that it does not work, and > that the only way to get it to work seems to be to read a ton of Linux > books and docs. > > So, here's what happened. First, following the instructions given in > some bacis Linux books, and the Mandrake doc (as well as doc on web > sites), I entered the necessary info in Kppp - account info, such as > phone number, user name, password, etc. I tried to connect. Zip. > Computer tells me > > >May 3 14:22:52 localhost pppd[917]: The remote system is required to > >authenticate itself but I couldn't find any secret (password) which would > >let it use an IP address. > > OK, this is wonderful. All the doc says it is so easy... Some kind > souls tell me that I need to add the "noauth" argument. OK, why do I > need to do this? I mean, why does it default to auth? > > But when I try to do this, Computer tells me that I can only do it as > root. Now, all the docs and books say, don't use root unless you really > need to. But if I can't connect to the Internet as a normal user, I need > to be root. So I log in as root, and "noauth" and get the connection up. > The connection, and nothing more. > > In spite of the fact that I have my ISPs DNS numbers correctly entered, > nothing happens. Computer is searching in the ether and cannot find any > nameservers. I try, on the advice of a kind soul on this list, to > uncomment the lines in the resolv.conf file, to no avail. > > So, still no connection. > > What gives? If everyone else can get a connection up, is there something > wrong with my installation or my computer? If the books and docs show it > is so easy, why I am having so many problems? And this noauth thing - > why do I have to add it, when, apparently, no one should need auth except > in special cases? > > I'm a bit taken aback by some of the stuff I need to do to get this up > and running. Especially because I have been hired to write tutorials > about Mandrake for a web site, and need to explain to others how to do > these things. Sure, most things work out ok, but when I see just how > complicated it is to get a simple ppp connection, I am really shocked. > (BTW, it was actually much easier to get my Linux box networked with my > Mac over AppleTalk; definately a power user thing, while a ppp connection > is really a basic). > > > > So, can anyone help? > > > Kirk > > > vice versa > Translations - French to English, English to French | Technical Writing > Traductions francais-anglais, anglais-francais | Redaction technique > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.mcelhearn.com > Kirk McElhearn | Chemin de la Lauze | 05600 Guillestre | France
Re: [newbie] Root Password
On Fri, 5 May 2000, hopper wrote: >> You could add the user to the ROOT group, using userconf (as root). > >This question is sort of along the lost password lines. > >If I loose the root password, am I totally screwed? Well, I know that if _I_ lose the root password, that I would be screwed. I am sure there are tricks around it, but these are still beyond me. Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Over my head(Netscape install)
On Thu, 4 May 2000, Robert F. Trettel wrote: >Once again I 'am in over my head. Just got Netscape's newest 4.7.2 128 >bit on their cd and no way is it going to install. >Their instustions are as follows: >mount cd did no problem >CD to folder of OS ?? >gzip -dc comm472.tar | (cd /tmp: tar --xvf - ) ?? >run ./ns-install ?? If you downloaded a .TAR file, you should use tar xvf to unpack it. You need gzip (or tar xvfz) when you have a .tar.gz file Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2)
On Fri, 5 May 2000, hopper wrote: >Yes, I had this problem too. Quite frustrating. I did the thing that all true >blue former mac and windows users do: I reformatted and reinstalled Mandrake, >this time being careful to choose the generic ps/2 driver. > >But that doesn't support the beloved mouse wheel. Are there any drivers which >allow for the use of the wheel? There is an RPM on the distro CD called IWHEEL or something like that. I assume that is what you would need. Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso ???
On Thu, 4 May 2000, mendes wrote: >Hello > Is Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso an image for 486 SX? > I have an old 486 SX machine without CD rom but if a netcard. Could >someone give a help on how to install Mandrake on such a machine? > > Thanks a lot. It does look like it! 486 is 486, only the SX has some features stripped, so it should do it. Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] kuduz on boot
On Thu, 4 May 2000, Shamuu wrote: >Paul, > >I tried re-installing the kudzu module, no go. Even tried from two separate >distributions, same error. :( > >Is there another hardware detection module other tahn kudzu for mandrake >(air), or that will work with mandrake (air) Not that I know. As to my knowledge, Kudzu is the only thing in Linux land that does hardware detection (don't kill me when I am wrong, after all, I too am on the newbie list). I hope someone else can help. Otherwise subscribe to the expert list and ask there? Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] I killed kde, how do i get it back?
On Thu, 4 May 2000, Seglar Killen wrote: >Okie here is a typical newbie thing: > >I pulled a switch in kde so i wouldnt always logon in it. Now i dont know >how to start it again hehe :} > >How do i start it again? > >/Jimmi To run it from a commandline, type startx and hit enter. :) If you want Linux to run the Graphics login again, you need to edit (as root) /etc/inittab and change id:3:initdefault back to id:5:initdefault. Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Can't set time
On Thu, 4 May 2000, Andy wrote: >IN your BIOS there might be a setting for time as there is in mine. And i >think it is system wide so you might want to check that. Otherwise in the setup somewhere (I saw it only once) there is a place where you can tell Linux in what timezone you are. I had to change it too. In KDE it is in Time&Date, in the KDE Control Center. Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Mail virus on Linux?
On Fri, 5 May 2000, Claus Atzenbeck wrote: >There is the worm I LOVE YOU which affects Micros*ft OS. Mainly such >kind of viruses affect MS stuff. > >Is it likely that there will be such kind of virus for Linux as well? >Is it difficult/impossible? Just wondering... It is not impossible. A virus is a program. If you can program and you have a criminal mind, you can come up with a virus... Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Virus
On Fri, 5 May 2000, Christopher wrote: >That anti-virus software is probably for server uses, to check files for >virus before upload for Windows clients. As far as I know, there are no >viruses for Linux. > >~Christopher Beg to differ, in the dutch Personal Computer Magazine of last month, there was a discussion of McAfee for Linux. The statement was that it works well, but it lacks a snazzy graphical interface. (It is a console app). Find the eval version at http://www.nai.com/asp_set/buy_try/try/products_evals.asp Registration is $200 though. Paul >> Does anybody know about virus for Linux. I thoght that nobody make virus >for >> linux, but now I'm impressed of the fact that MCaffe make an antivirus for >> Linux. I hope that now that exists a linux antivirus anybody will make >virus >> for it. >> > > )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Asking questions
On Thu, 4 May 2000, Glenn Johnson wrote: >Hey all. Before I post a request for help, I would like to know if >I should restrict my posts to 1 question per message. I have several >questions regarding Linux Mandrake 7.0. My personal idea: ask one question per post, that keeps things easier to distinguish. And people don't have to say "don't know this, don't know this, but do know that". Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Virus
On Thu, 4 May 2000, Emanuele La Rosa wrote: >Does anybody know about virus for Linux. I thoght that nobody make virus for >linux, but now I'm impressed of the fact that MCaffe make an antivirus for >Linux. I hope that now that exists a linux antivirus anybody will make virus >for it. I don't think the worry is too big. There _are_ virusses for Unix based systems, but there are not enough people using that. Compared to Windows, we're not worth the trouble I think. Windoze virae have a much greater audience, and chance to create havoc (The ILOVEYOU/JOKE virus... Melissa... etc). Also, in Micro$oft stuff you just drag'n'drop a virus together instead of having to really program one, it seems... Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Antivir: libz... libgz...
On Thu, 4 May 2000, Andy wrote: >I did see one www.avp.com about linux scanner under trial versions real >small not sure how it works... Indeed, I saw that one too just today. I am downloading it this evening (when phone charges are lower ;-) Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] A Dual CPU Computer
On Thu, 4 May 2000, Sami A. Kutbi wrote: >I'm building a dual CPU computer is Mandrake compatible with it. please >pass any recommendations. As far as I know, Linux recognizes several processors. Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] backing up...
On Fri, 5 May 2000, Kirk McElhearn wrote: >I am trying to back up my Mandrake installation into a backup partition. > When I do so, I get a message that XXX special files will not be copied. > What are special files? Does this compromise my backup? I wanted to >back up the entire installation in case I screw something up... I guess these are files that are constantly in use by the system. OPen files cannot be backed up. I use TAR to backup my system to tape but have never seen these messages. What program do you use? Do you just copy things? Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] SoundBlaster 32/64AWE
On Thu, 4 May 2000, Mike Thompson wrote: >Help When I run sound config. Mandrake 7.0 detects my card the give >the following message... > >"Don't know what to do with configure ctl044/272955226 >(LD2 on or around Line 345 >Fatal error parsing config file ---no action taken" I have an SB 64/value. The setup detected it but did not play any toots and beeps through it. I ran sndconfig (as root), told it to look, it said 'got one, but can't do it, try manual setup'. After hitting the OK on the default values, things went fine. I hope this helps you. Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Sorry to be asking on here
On Thu, 4 May 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: >Isn't the only way to get a virus is to get an attached executable file >or macro and you activating it? > >Seve Not really, when you are in Windoze and you use LookOut. PrettyBoy is a virus that kicks in through a failure in some DLL when you only receive it. Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] backing up...
Special files are files that represent a device. You should read a book about linux basics, it will be explained. To make a backup, use the tar command instead of cp. HTH Flupke On Fri, 5 May 2000, Kirk McElhearn wrote: > I am trying to back up my Mandrake installation into a backup partition. > When I do so, I get a message that XXX special files will not be copied. > What are special files? Does this compromise my backup? I wanted to > back up the entire installation in case I screw something up... > > Kirk > > > vice versa > Translations - French to English, English to French | Technical Writing > Traductions francais-anglais, anglais-francais | Redaction technique > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.mcelhearn.com > Kirk McElhearn | Chemin de la Lauze | 05600 Guillestre | France > >
Re: [newbie] Several questions
On Fri, 5 May 2000, Manuel Castelao wrote: >partition is practically free. Is it possible to modify the size of >Linux partitions without reformatting the disk? I know it can be done with Partition Magic (windows) and FIPS (dos). FIPS is freeware that is included on the Mandrake CD. Be careful though. An oops can be fatal. >In my former Mandrake installation I could copy pieces of text from/to >my console. Now, it's impossible. How is it possible to copy text >from/to console from/to KDE windows? Select the text in the console window (with the mouse), go to the graphical window and edit/paste or ctrl-v. >I am suffering a Netscape autonomous activity (attempting to reach >home.netscape.com, home6.netscape.com and internic.net without user >intervention and very often) when I am working without connection to the >Internet. Any suggestion? Check that you do not have the netscape site as default homepage, set that to "blank page". That worked for me. Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Connecting to the Internet - why is it so difficult?
Hi, I chose the dial up configuration in DrakX as I plan to run a plain old kppp dial up connection for the short term interim. While later, I intend to switch this set up over to a lan connection. I also did my initial configurations using kppp, so I am still somewhat in shock, disbelief, and dismay that I am not yet ON-LINE with a Mandrake install of Linux. Yes the desktop is pretty, yes it feels stable and runs GREAT, yes it is intuitive, and has an open design, everything is right at your finger tips, but what good is all this great design, if I am not able to do basic things like connect to my domains, via browser, telnet, ftp, etc? I can do all of these with ease with MS, click, click, click. :) Now I am not looking for click, click, click, but I am looking for a FUNCTIONING connection to the internet. I am looking for a way to leave the MS Windows Monopoly Environment, hence my delving into Linux, and also I have been working in a Unix Environment for the past three years, it only seems natural and sensible to me that I would migrate to Linux. I purchased Linux Mandrake and now Debian as well, and I am purchasing other distros too. My reason for purchasing my Linux software is to support the Linux community with my software $$$DOLLARS$$$ instead of having even one more cent of my money going to MS. Yes I wanted the books, yes Debian gave me a great bumper sticker (wow) that I proudly put on my vehicle and now drive around Seattle with. :) I have been wanting to write an article on purchasing and installing Linux. I am the owner of a 'consumer advocacy' web site and I want to build a site regarding the major companies that sell versions and support to new Linux users. My own story of how these OS's install, function, and hopefully dispell certain myths about installing and configuring Linux or for non developers and administrators, installing and connecting to the internet with Linux and report this to consumers. As I have intonated before, I would love to see a version of Linux that was totally geared to the old fashioned windows desktop environment users (basically the entire country here in the US). A version that would install as easy as DrakX does but would also connect users to the internet and the ability to browse the web and get to their emails at the VERY, VERY LEAST, and do this with all of the ease that DrakX currently has built into it during the installation of the OS, only it is lacking the connection aspects from what I can tell from my own experience thus far, and what I have read here from many other new Linux converts I am a Linux newbie, but I am not what you would call totally unfamiliar with configuring all sorts of programs and web servers already. :) I am happy to say that Linux Mandrake is in fact, and without a doubt, the best OS I have ever seen in my life. Although support for connection to the internet seems to be the area that is lacking somewhat at this time. I have Linux Mandrake, but I still am stuck living in a MS windows world. :) Thanks, b/web Wade At 05:00 PM 5/4/00 -0700, you wrote: >I don't think I really qualify as a Linux geek yet either... but here's my >best shot. >As far as your connection with kppp, it really shouldn't be that difficult. >One thing I've noticed (and written to this list and the expert list about, >nobody seemed to want to answer), is that you can either have a lan >connection, or you can have an internet connection, but not both. I've been >trying off and on for several months to figure out how to use NFS and such, >but everytime I get to the point where I can ping another computer from the >main on my own little network, then I lose the ability to connect to the >web. Once I remove the network settings from my computer, I'm able to >connect to the web again. Maybe that would be something you can try. Go >into linuxconf and remove your other settings (eth0 or whatever) and then go >back to kppp and run through the setup there. I've bookmarked a page from >my isp that shows how to get kppp up and running, here it is: >http://help.jps.net/unsupported/mandrake/ > >If you have any luck getting both your internet AND your lan connection >working at the same time, let me know! I'd love to be able to share files >without having to boot into Windows! > >Mike > > >> OK, I'm not a real Linux geek... yet. I am a Mac user, and have been >> successfully using Macs for more than ten years, without any major >> problems. But for professional reasons, I wanted to get into Linux, and >> chose Mandrake because it was supposed to be the simplest to get running. >> >> >> >> I see no need to have to edit files with cryptic commands when there are >> GUI interfaces that do the same thing. So, to connect my computer to the >> Internet, I tried to use Kppp. I am amazed that it does not work, and >> that the only way to get it to work seems to be to read a ton of Linux >> books and docs. >> >> So, here's what happened. First, follo
[newbie] Newbie Question
I just installed ver. 6.0 on my computer. It will be a duel boot suation with Windows 98 as the default OS. Linux is VERY NEW to me. It's like working in MS DOS again. Can anyone recommend a good book (like Dummies Guide to Linux) that will will explain step by step how to work with linux? Is there a graphical interface for Linux (like windows) that will make it easier to use Linux? Craig "Those who do not learn from History, are doomed to repeat it". Author unknown
Re: [[newbie] Compaq VSC 56K and Linux]
Have you tried playing with the FLOW CONTROL in the modem setup? Just a thought Jaguar "Shamuu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - > Attachment: > MIME Type: multipart/alternative > - > Okay before we all scream winmodem > > It works with redhat linux 5.1 as /dev/modem .. ttyS1 as com2 irq 3 so its not a linux incompatibility issue. > > in kppp .. modem query ttyS0 shows modem ready but gives no ATI responses. > > ttyS1 and others show ... sorry modem busy > > the modem is a variant Lucent modem made for Compaq, so Ive found, installed, and tried the ltmodem module to no avail. Ive also used setserial until im blue in the face. > > Im convinced this mandrake package does not even "see" the modem. the kudzu module (hardware dectection) gets a segment fault on bootup, and i have re-installed that package as well with no luck > > Thinking I had a bad distribution, i bought another from a different source and still the same things are happening. The remainder of the system seems to work very well. > > My old redhat 5.1 package has several other problems but the modem and internet connection does work. > > So im kinda damned if I do, damned if i don't. > > Any ideas people?? > The Dogma chased the Stigma, and was hit by the Karma. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
[newbie] I have installed de jdk1.2.2, but it don work with staroffice
when i open a page with java contain this is crashed any idea
Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake 7.0 with Packard Bell Monitor
Hi, I'll get some more info and pass it along...I've been busy with other things the last couple of days, but really appreciate both of your responses. Thanks, Tim. [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 05/03/2000 09:14:34 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Timothy Belding/FSG/CSC) Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake 7.0 with Packard Bell Monitor On Wed, 03 May 2000, you wrote: > Hi, > > Hopefully someone can help me. > > I've used Linux for a while, but am new to Mandrake...I know the usual advice > with Packard Bell monitors is to get another monitorin this situation I > cannot. > > I've only been able to get a *very* minimal installation/configuration of X > going...can anyone point me to anymore resources...don't seem to find anything > at all on the Mandrake site. Hi Tim, I'm supprised at the minimal config. I'm running a Packard bell civic 300 with 64M of RAM, a vodoo 3dfx card and a packardbell monitor at 32 bit true colour, 800x600 resolution just perfectly. I'll have a look through my installation procedures again and check it out. If you could give more info it would be good (your card for example-before I had a maxi gamer pheonix2 without success and had to resort to the minimum settings) Bye for now -- Scotchpie
[newbie] side by side Versions of Linux
Hi, I have also purchased Debian and am going to install it as well. I would like some thoughts regarding if it is best to install it side by side on the same extended partition or to create its own unique set of partitions? Thanks, b/web Wade
[newbie] Re-Installing Mandrake
Hi, Are there any important pointers anyone would give to someone considering Re-Installing Mandrake prior to doing so? Thanks, b/web Wade
[newbie] usb-modem
Hello! I just installed Mandrake. Now I wonder if its possible to use an external usb-modem in Linux. If it is, how do I do? David in Sweden
Re: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2)
I also have a M$ Intellimouse (PS/2) perhaps it would have been better deemed a DumbAmouse (PS/2) type. As I think you are both very lucky to have had it work under M$. I bought it new with my win98 system and had this same problem using it under M$. I had to revert to a 20 year old two button mouse in order to get any use out of my M$ system, when I installed Linux I selected the generic PS/2 mouse configurations in the Mandrake install as I luckily had read here of others having this problem and thought I would do my self a favor by skipping over my desire for two buttons and a wheel. b/web Wade At 12:07 AM 5/5/00 -0500, you wrote: >On Thu, 04 May 2000, you wrote: >> Why is it that when I select MS Intellimouse (PS/2) from the list in >> Mouseconfig it will not work correctly in X? >> My mouse is a PS/2 Intellimouse. >> The symptoms are the pointer will automatically move to the upper-right >> corner of the screen and the button-press events (menus) will fire randomly. >> >> My workaround is to use the generic 3 button PS/2 mouse settings. I'm >> really curious as to why this happens. Do others have the problem? And >> are there really any differences between selecting Intellimouse or generic >> mouse? > >Yes, I had this problem too. Quite frustrating. I did the thing that all true >blue former mac and windows users do: I reformatted and reinstalled Mandrake, >this time being careful to choose the generic ps/2 driver. > >But that doesn't support the beloved mouse wheel. Are there any drivers which >allow for the use of the wheel? > >Regards, >Nathan > > >
Re: Repost: [newbie] Problems with boot disk.
- Original Message - From: Piero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 4:47 PM Subject: Re: Repost: [newbie] Problems with boot disk. > On Wed, 03 May 2000, you wrote: > > No one answered my original query. Thought I would try again. > > > > - Original Message - > > From: Michael E. Shea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 11:20 AM > > Subject: [newbie] Problems with boot disk. > > > > > > > I have Linux Mandrake 7.0 Complete installed on the following system > > > Athlon 500 MHZ > > > 64M ram. > > > 20G byte IBM hard disk. > > > > > > I have as a first partition an 8G fat32 partition with Windows 98. DrakeX > > > setup a swap partition, a /boot partition (hda5) and a root partition > > > (hda7). Boot loader is lilo. > > > > > > I need to reinstall Windows 98. I understand that if a do this Windows 98 > > > setup will remove lilo from the boot sector in favor of its own boot > > loader. > > > For this reason I am trying to make a boot floppy so I can mount the root > > > filesystem and reinstall lilo after I reload 98. > > > > > > I have tried created boot and rescue disks using both dos (writeraw) and > > > linux following the instructions from the documentation. The boot disk > > works > > > but whenever I select "rescue" from the "boot:" prompt and put in the > > rescue > > > diskette I get an error. I am not sure but I think the error message is > > the > > > same as below. > > > > > > I have also tried to use mkbootdisk to make a boot floppy. When I boot off > > > it says it is trying to load the root filesystem off of hda7, I then get > > an > > > "Error: 0x10" message. > > > > > > Any suggestions. > > > > > May-be somebody will give you a real bit of advice: let me just express my > sympathy. Boot and rescue disks seem to work only in a plathonic space of > ideal computers and virtuous users. If you installed Linux from a cd, you can > just allow Windows to destroy your boot sector, then make a fake upgrading of > Linux from your cd, during which you'll tell it "Oh, yes, I'd love to install a > loader! Lilo 'd suit me perfecly well" > > Nevertheless, If I were you, I would backup everything I 'd think valuable. But > I must say that I 'd do that only if I were you: beeing myself, I wouldn't > probably be so patient, and I 'd take the risk of loosing everything. Then I > would be desperate, and I would have to drink it away. > I was wondering if anyone would actually READ my message before proposing a solution, as the respondents other than you apparently did not...8^)... I have thought of doing just as you suggest. But what I really want to do is backup some of my win98 stuff onto my linux partition, reload windows and then be able to restore the backed up stuff. I have a tape backup that is giving me fits right now. I have a feeling that the problem has to do with the fact that my linux root partition is way out past 10 G on the HD. I might try posting this message on the expert list. Mike
Re: [newbie] Root Password
On Fri, 5 May 2000, hopper wrote: > On Thu, 04 May 2000, you wrote: > > On Wed, 3 May 2000, David Smith wrote: > > > > >Anyone know anything about how to set super permissions to a user without giving >them the root password, or the authority to change the root password once they are >granted super user permissions. > > >Thanks in advance. > > >Dave > > > > > > > You could add the user to the ROOT group, using userconf (as root). > > This question is sort of along the lost password lines. > > If I loose the root password, am I totally screwed? No. You can boot and type "linux init 1" at the lilo boot prompt. You will be dropped in a single-user shell without being asked any password. From there, you can change root's password. But I don't think it will work with a too high level security (can someone confirm?) If it still doesn't work, you'll have to boot with a cd that a has a live system on it (like the slack or suse CD), or use a tiny distribution that hold on a few floppoes (sorry I can't remember the name). >From there, you can mount your root partition, and change the etc/passwd or etc/shadow file. HTH Flupke > > Thanks, > Nathan
Re: [newbie] Root Password
If you lose the root password.yepso don't lose it. - Original Message - From: hopper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 1:09 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Root Password > On Thu, 04 May 2000, you wrote: > > On Wed, 3 May 2000, David Smith wrote: > > > > >Anyone know anything about how to set super permissions to a user without giving them the root password, or the authority to change the root password once they are granted super user permissions. > > >Thanks in advance. > > >Dave > > > > > > > You could add the user to the ROOT group, using userconf (as root). > > This question is sort of along the lost password lines. > > If I loose the root password, am I totally screwed? > > Thanks, > Nathan > >
RE: [newbie] Moving files from MsW to Linx
yes it can read fat 32 files without a problem -Original Message- From: Rodrigo [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 11:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] Moving files from MsW to Linx First of all, thanks to everybody who answered my last questiom wich subject was "Installation Problems". I decided that buying a new equipment would be easier than doing download on a 600mb file... Now, I have another question: Linux is able to read files from a FAT32 partition? If not, what can I do to share those files between two different HDs? []'s again! Rodrigo F Ribeiro mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2)
There is a wheel patch at the mandrake update sute:-) -Original Message- From: hopper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 1:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2) On Thu, 04 May 2000, you wrote: > Why is it that when I select MS Intellimouse (PS/2) from the list in > Mouseconfig it will not work correctly in X? > My mouse is a PS/2 Intellimouse. > The symptoms are the pointer will automatically move to the upper-right > corner of the screen and the button-press events (menus) will fire randomly. > > My workaround is to use the generic 3 button PS/2 mouse settings. I'm > really curious as to why this happens. Do others have the problem? And > are there really any differences between selecting Intellimouse or generic > mouse? Yes, I had this problem too. Quite frustrating. I did the thing that all true blue former mac and windows users do: I reformatted and reinstalled Mandrake, this time being careful to choose the generic ps/2 driver. But that doesn't support the beloved mouse wheel. Are there any drivers which allow for the use of the wheel? Regards, Nathan
Re: [newbie] modem/internet connection/cdrom2
Wade Sorry about the attachment. Try this link http://www.actiontec.com/support/modems/cwifaq.html Charles - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] modem/internet connection/cdrom2 > Hi Charles, > > Thanks, and yes my modem is a PCI so back to ttyS3. I would like to read > your attachmment but was not able to open that mime type? > > b/web > Wade > > > At 09:04 AM 5/4/00 -0400, you wrote: > > Wade what interface is your modem? If it is a PCI modem you have to set > >it up as ttyS3. Charles Attachment Converted: > >"c:\tscnet\eudora\attach\smime15.p7s" > >
[newbie] now everything's dead....
See my recent message about the many problems I have had today... Now, I just went to reboot, and Linux will not boot into x. It is set to automatically boot into KDE, and, after the initial text prompt shows up for a second, the screens goes black, I can hear the computer trying to start up, but nothing works. Help... What do I do? Reinstall? How do I do this and not lose everything? Kirk vice versa Translations - French to English, English to French | Technical Writing Traductions francais-anglais, anglais-francais | Redaction technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.mcelhearn.com Kirk McElhearn | Chemin de la Lauze | 05600 Guillestre | France
Re: [newbie] SoundBlaster 32/64AWE
On Thu, 4 May 2000, Mike Thompson wrote: > Help When I run sound config. Mandrake 7.0 detects my card the give > the following message... > > "Don't know what to do with configure ctl044/272955226 > (LD2 on or around Line 345 > Fatal error parsing config file ---no action taken" > > If I try the autoconfig with the values I found in Win98 I get the same > results. I had the same problem with an AWE32. I downloaded and installed the sndconfig that comes with redhat 6.2, and I got it fixed. HTH Flupke > > Ideas? > Thanks > > >
Re: [newbie] how to put GLIB in path so it can be found ?
Mogens Jæger wrote: > > duncan wrote: > > > I am trying to install sane and after I have ./configure of glib1.2.6 and make > > and make install I get difficulties with gtk+1.2.6 not able to find glib 1.2.6. > > > > ie > > checking for glib-config... no > > checking for GLIB - version >= 1.2.4... no > > *** The glib-config script installed by GLIB could not be found > > *** If GLIB was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in > > *** your path, or set the GLIB_CONFIG environment variable to the > > *** full path to glib-config. > > configure: error: > > > > How do I indicate where glib has gone or make sure that gtk can find what it > > needs? > > > > I cant find where GLIB_CONFIG environment variable is or where glib config > > script is . > > > > PLease can anyone help . > > > > Regards > > Duncan Bayne > > Hello Duncan > Use your find-files tool to locate the 'glib' files (mine is in '/usr/local/lib') > and when you've got the path, ad it as a line to '/etc/ld.so.conf'. When done, > execute the command '/sbin/ldconfig' - all has to be done as root. > Regards Mogens Jæger It looks to me like the glib-devel package isn't installed. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster Help!
i had the same problem with my soundcardafter loading the oss compatible modules snd-pcm-oss and snd-mixer-oss everything worked fine...system sounds and mp3 player too... On Thu, 04 May 2000 20:06:44 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Well I finally sprang for a new audio card, a brand new >Sound Blaster PCI 512. This must be new one as it was >the only affordable PCI Sound Blaster card Staples had. >So I did all the research on available drivers for Linux >and found same at ALSA so attempting my first source code >compile I got it to make the object code module and installed >it per "readme" instructions. My CD plays music fine but I >can't get any of the system sounds to play. I've been through >all the mixers and such in both KDE and GNOME with no success. >Any help would be most appreciated! After working with this for >2 days I think I've tried all the combinations possible. >HELP! >Vern >-- > Vernon Stilwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hardinsburg, Kentucky[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** Have you hugged your penguin today? ***
[newbie] HELP - can't log in as user....
All of a sudden, my user account won't let me log in. I have two accounts set up - kirk and root. Neither of them has a password. When I try to log in with kirk, the screen changes color, goes blank, then comes back to the login screen. When I try to create a new user, and log in, the same thing happens. For some reason, today, everything is screwed up - I couldn't mount CD- roms, I couldn't open DrakConf, it seems like something big has messed up. Any thoughts? If I do a reinstall, will it overwrite all my settings? I have installed, for ex, netatalk - will it erase that? Kirk vice versa Translations - French to English, English to French | Technical Writing Traductions francais-anglais, anglais-francais | Redaction technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.mcelhearn.com Kirk McElhearn | Chemin de la Lauze | 05600 Guillestre | France
RE: [newbie] Virus
>From the reading that I have done, there is only one virus that has ever been detected and documented to hit Linux. The file system of Linux makes it just about impossible for a virus to function. Example is the I Love you virus that went out yesterday. I mainly targeted MS OS, but it would modify any JPG and various other files it could find. It really trashed our shared Novell file system through the clients, but the Linux boxes was not effected. -Original Message- From: Emanuele La Rosa [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 4:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] Virus Does anybody know about virus for Linux. I thoght that nobody make virus for linux, but now I'm impressed of the fact that MCaffe make an antivirus for Linux. I hope that now that exists a linux antivirus anybody will make virus for it.
RE: [newbie] GCC...where are you???
Went through last night and reinstalled Linux using different hard drive set just to see if it would clear up the gcc problem. Used the custom option of Developement in expert mode. Selected every darn thing that could apply to what I wanted, and installed it. Ran the installation and the compiler worked just fine. Checked the environment variables. There is no real difference there. The result, if you install with expert mode you can pretty much select any package you want. And then it seems that it will make all the required entries in the environment and required symbolic links. Otherwise, if you just install the RPM file, it does not. Dave -Original Message- From: James McLaughlin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 4:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] GCC...where are you??? I am going to grab all of the files that are dependant of the gcc rpm and do an install today. HOPEFULLY this will work, and I will not have to go through the whole messy upgrade process. I would not have so much trouble with this if I would have known sooner, but we already rebuilt the server and got all of our programs running on it. It would be a GREAT deal of trouble to reinstall the server from scratch...way too much extra work todo. I will try and keep the comm lines open here, and let some of you know how this goes, or if I find another way to successfully install gcc. Question for ya Dave: After you installed the gcc rpm did you query it to see if it really installed or not? I would like to know if it comes back as installed or still "missing". Let me know what you find out.. Frustrated tech still.. -Original Message- From: David Ramsey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 4:05 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] GCC is missingg A. That might explain my problem! I have been trying to compile Mat Trace Route. When I do so, the configure script checks for the compiler GCC, and comes back and says it can't make executable file. I even went to the installation CDROM and reinstalled all the GCC RPM files, and get the same error. Suspect doing it this way does not set the right environment. Any idea how to get around this without re-installing from scratch? Dave -Original Message- From: Monte Milanuk [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 6:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [newbie] GCC is missingg Welcome to one of the 'quirks' of Mandrake 7.0 ( I presume that is what flavor you have). If I recall, if you don't select 'Custom', and 'Development' during install, or otherwise explicitly specify to install the compiler, you don't get it. If you are downloading an *.rpm file, you should be able to install that no problem, assuming you have all the dependencies (required files/libraries,etc.) satisfied. HTH Monte James McLaughlin wrote: > > I am wondering why every time I attempt to compile something I continue to > get errrors about my gcc or cc is missing. I am guessing this is my C > compilerI don't get itwhere the hell is it? IF I do a locate I come > up with zilch! Nothing is out there...help.. > > I am downloading gcc but I wonder if I can even install that without a > compiler. :( > > Horribly frustrated tech.. __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Where is CONIO.H
On Thu, 04 May 2000, you wrote: > > Hi all! > Under DOS there is library for C++ called CONIO.H; > There are many functions like "clrscr() etc..). Where's that library > under Linux? It does not exist under Linux. What you need for Linux is ncurses.h read your docs, because the functions are not exactly the same as in dos -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
Re: [newbie] Realtek driver and eth0 in general
A dj., 04 maig 2000, vàreu escriure: > Hi guys > > Sorry but i am a complete newbie both to Linux and to this newsgroup, so > if these questions are too stupid or if they have already been answered > before, please bare with me and accept my apologies (but still give me a > coherent answer, please) > > My Mandrake Linux 7.0 works very satisfactory and i had no trouble > whatsoever installing and configuring it. But although the program > correctly identified my network card, the card does not seem to work and > eth0 fails during the booting process. i tried to download the driver from > the Realtek site. Got two files - realtek_cb.o and rtl8139.c It's also my case, i have solved it executing the program knetstart and selecting the option Dhcp. When one make that, he will find two problems. The Knetstart will stay sending packages to the server and we have to kill this process with: killall -9 knetstart. The second problem is that we can't start the network at boot, since this program is a KDE program. I have try to configure the network with Drakconf i had not success, and i don't understand why knetstart configures the eth0 without problems and Drakconf is unable to make it. > > Tried to 'insmod' the realtek_cb.o file, but got a message that this file > was compiled for an older version of the kernel and the module would not > install even when i tried the -f switch. Now what should i do with the > rtl8139.c file? How can i install it as the driver? > > If and when the card finally works, i have another question - The main > computer (not the Linux one) works under Windows98 and is connected to the > Linux computer via the Microsoft network client. i realize that i'll have > to use SAMBA, but my question concerned a much earlier stage - In that > Microsoft network, the main computer has the IP of 169.254.35.242 while the > Linux computer (which also works under Windows98) is assigned the IP of > 192.168.0.210. Linux seems to regard those two IP as belonging to two > different network systems. How can i reconcile it? (a guy from the PC Plus > sent me a wonderful configuration which worked fine on his machine but was > spat out by my Linux in utter disgust) > > Yours, Dick -- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Jose Manuel Llorens Montolio. Institut de Ciencia dels Materials Universitat de Valencia Dr. Moliner 50. Bujasot 46100 Valencia España Telf: +34-655-538616 Fax: +34-963-983-146 e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Our homepage: www.icmuv.es \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
