[newbie] The Day That KDE Died
Well, I had my first big Linux problem today. I had been in this morning looking at some rpm packs and shutdown as usual. After lunch when I booted, lilo went through its checklist with all [OK] and gets to the black screen that you see just before the KDE login screen appears. Then there is a quick flash of color in the center as KDE is trying to start then black screen, flash of color black screen, flash of color black screen, and so on. I had no avenue of escape other than the reset switch. Lilo begins its check, but since I was not able to shut down properly I had to run a manual fsck, everything is fixed and lilo completes. Then black screen flash of color, black screen flash of color, black screen flash of color, reset switch. I went through this several times even at one point using Command startkde. No luck. I had not spent much time in installing or building programs and I had no data that I was going to loose so I decided to reinstall or rather a clean install. The way my partition were setup on that drive I had been wanting to change. Delete 2, resize and move 1, create 2: and Roman this for you! I screwed up and deleted a wrong partition (BeOS) . I'll fix it tomorrow. At any rate I now have Mandrake back up and running and KDE has, ala Dracula, risen from the dead. If anyone has an idea as to what might have caused my problem or better yet a way to fix it if it happens again let me know. 2 things you can cross off the list are hardware changes and display properties they were all the same. Charles
Re: [newbie] attn Michael
On May 16 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul, Ok, I'm not this Paul, but I'll respond anyway, since too much replies is better than too few, right? Thanks for the heads up. I only venture forth into Bill's world when forced. So you use Pine, eh? I am comfortable with NS' mail program; guess if comfort was my criterion I wouldn't be on this list, though, so where would you point me to in terms of help files, to be able to get it (Pine)up and running? Well, I use pine as well, and it's pretty simple to use. It has a nice help-function built in, and it's pretty easy to set up. While setting it up, if you don't understand a topic, you can just type "?" to get some explanation about it. It stores its mail in a different folder than netscape though. Netscape stores in ~/.nsmail; pine in ~/mail. Also, pine is console-software, so don't expect any graphical stuff. It might be overwhelming at first, but after a while when you're used to it, it behaves pretty well. Only thing I use netscape mailer for is for newsgroups. -- Rial Juanhttp://nighty.ulyssis.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Belgiumtel:(++32) 89/856533 ulyssis system admininstrator http://www.ulyssis.org The little critters in nature; they don't know they're ugly. That's very funny... A fly marying a bumble-bee... Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers
Re: [newbie] OT /3dfx ( Quake)
3dfx is still best supported under linux, although there's some others which will run acceptably (or so I heard) in openGL mode. Some matrox cards for example. You'll have to install openGL drivers for the card though. Just like windows games won't run without DirectX, openGL apps won't run acceptably without proper drivers for your card. Try checking out the utah-glx site on http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net/ , perhaps they're working on the rage fury. On May 15 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello again! This is an extra installment to my previous question about 3dfx. I just bought a copy of Quake 2 for Linux and had some disapointment. I'm using an AMD k6-3 450 w/192 MB RAM and an ATI Rage Fury 32MB Vid card; I'm only able to use a max window size of 640x480 before the sound starts cutting out and frames start dropping. Is this to be expected with non-3dfx cards? If not, what should I adjust? I'm also using a 19" monitor, but I have the res set to 800x600 and I tried bringing the color down to 16bit from 32bit, but that had almost no effect. The window that the game plays in is oddly cut in half; one side has the game, the other side is just black. I've never played Quake before, so I don't know how it should work, but it would seem that with as much memory as I'm using it should be ok. Any gamers out there care to enlighten me? It would be much appreciated! ~Mike -- Rial Juanhttp://nighty.ulyssis.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Belgiumtel:(++32) 89/856533 ulyssis system admininstrator http://www.ulyssis.org The little critters in nature; they don't know they're ugly. That's very funny... A fly marying a bumble-bee... Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers
Re: [newbie] Try to add TCP/IP to Linux Mandrake 7.0
Roman You will probably need to download and instll the driver for your NIC. Just go to www.3com.com I think you go to support and Linux drivers. Glad to know you made it. Now you are an official member of the club. Charles - Original Message - From: "Romanator" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 9:39 PM Subject: [newbie] Try to add TCP/IP to Linux Mandrake 7.0 Now that I have installed Linux Mandrake 7.0 on my D partition, I would like to be hooked up to the Internet. For some reason, I could not find the 3Com Ether link 10/100 PCI NIC ( 3C905C-TX) card. I also have the following information for TCP/IP Protocols: IP address: xx.xxx.xxx.xx Subnet Mask: 255.255.xxx.x Gateway: xx.xxx.xxx.x Host Name - computer name Domain: (This is the .com name assigned by the @Home Service Domain Suffix Search Order:xx.x.x.xx xx.x.x.xx However, Linux has this listed in a couple of places. Has any one added their static IP addresses with success? I assume this has to be changed under ' root '. Roman
Re: [newbie] Saving what appears in console
dmesg output is also logged to /var/log/messages. If you want to save output from a command to a file, type " filename" after the command, eg: dmesg kernel.log And if it's just some stuff on screen you wish to copy into a file, just select the text you want to save with the mouse, open up an ascii-editor, and click the middle mouse button (or both right and left buttons simultaneously if it's a *yuch* 2 button mouse) On May 16 mcoady wrote: Is there a simple way to save to a file what a command like 'dmesg' gives me on the screen? Michael Coady -- Rial Juanhttp://nighty.ulyssis.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Belgiumtel:(++32) 89/856533 ulyssis system admininstrator http://www.ulyssis.org The little critters in nature; they don't know they're ugly. That's very funny... A fly marying a bumble-bee... Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers
Re: [newbie] OT /3dfx ( Quake)
James McLaughlin wrote: Well I am a gamer..and I have a seriuos question fer ya Were you the same gentleman on this list that got Q3 working under a non-3DFX cardor am I mistaken...cause I gave up and spent $70 on a V3-2000 PCI so I can work with Dual Monies and start playing some seriuos games on linux UT here I come!!! :) Kat No... I've just been trying to figure it all out. I've never played Quake until now, I'm playing Quake II on an ATI 32MB Rage Fury card and I'm not getting very good results. I'm able to play, but only on a small window (640x480 max). Is this because I'm not using 3dfx? What about Quake 3, can I play that on a Voodoo 3 card? Or should I wait for drivers for the Voodoo 5? How does that V3-2000 work with Quake? What's the rest of your hardware like? I'll be building a new computer in the next month and I would like to pick parts that will be able to handle games as well as work. Any suggestions would be great! Mike =) -- == Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kirkland, WA == The Penguins are coming!!! ==
SEC: UNCLASSIFIED:-[newbie] Purcahsing a copy of Linux-Mandrake version 7.0 in Australia.
Hi All, My local electronics retailer says they can't get copies of Linux-Mandrake version 7.0 from O/S. Does anyone know a web site where you could purchase a copy on the internet? Thanks Marco Mastrocinque.
Re: [newbie] Re: DrakX is Working - DrakX Installation Instructions
Alan, I will have to read the guide about the sync rate. But, everything appears to be okay, now. However, I could not find my Dell monitor in the list( should I select Dell SVGA?), and my 3COM 3C905C Ether link Card was not on the list. I will have to check MandrakeSoft's web page for hardware support. Also, the screen went blank and Linux Mandrake 7.0 would not boot up. Due to the fact that I could not reboot into Linux, I ran the install again. First, I deleted the partition, clicked on the Auto allocate button, and reinstalled Linux Mandrake 7.0 again. Now, it's back to normal. Go figure...Was this the wrong way to go about it? I also noticed that if the screen saver time is adjusted to 15 minutes instead of 1 minute - a crash can occur. Even after several cold boots. I'll see if I can repeat this. If I can repeat this 3 times in a row, then it could be a bug that should be reported. Linux Mandrake 7.0 indicated in the help file, that if you set your time ahead of your BIOS, the system could crash. Have you ever heard of this? I will have to check this out again. Roman (The penguins have stopped laughing) Alan Shoemaker wrote: Romannt is running the video at a different synch rate than Linux therefore you need to adjust the monitor for Linux (which shouldn't bother the nt settings at all). Alan Romanator wrote: Hi Alan, The monitor works fine in Windows NT4. The shift happens in as soon as I get in to KDE. Roman Alan Shoemaker wrote: Romanadjust your monitor (buttons on front, directions in monitor owner's manual). Alan Romanator wrote: Hooray!! I am up and running. However, the the desktop display has a larger black border on the left side rather than sitting evenly in the center. My hard drive, sound card auto configured, except for the monitor. An out-of-sync message appeared. The desktop display is lopsided the left border is a lot larger than the right border. My D drive has disappeared, and I have about 15 Gig. of space which I have to resize. E shifted to D. I am ordering the full version of PM so that I can gain some space. Thank you for your help. Roman Alan Shoemaker wrote: Romandelete hda5 and then push the Auto Allocate button. Alan Romanator wrote: Hi Alan, I had draw and write this out as there is no print screen. The auto allocation only works if my disk has not been partitioned yet or is empty. I have tried as best as possible with ASCII to show my page setting: I can see in the DrakX installation: The Setup file systems File system types: Ext2SwapFATOtherEmpty - | hda | - |--- -- |||| ||| || C ||D| | E | |||| ||| | -- |--- ||Choose action||Details |---| |Device: hda5 ||Mount point | |DOS drive letter: D (just a guess) |---| |Type: DOS FAT16 || Resize | |Size: 2047 MB (10%) |---|| || Delete || |---|| ___ __ |Clear all | |Auto allocate|| Undo | - ___ | Done | Note: hda is the entire drive hda1 is the 1st partition or drive C hda5 is the 2nd partition or drive D 1. In the comments section, the following was copied(I could not find any other way of copying the instructions)
Re: [newbie] Try to add TCP/IP to Linux Mandrake 7.0
On Tue, 16 May 2000, Romanator wrote: This has come up several times on the list already. Perhaps there are archives somewhere that you could look it up in? Paul Now that I have installed Linux Mandrake 7.0 on my D partition, I would like to be hooked up to the Internet. For some reason, I could not find the 3Com Ether link 10/100 PCI NIC ( 3C905C-TX) card. I also have the following information for TCP/IP Protocols: IP address: xx.xxx.xxx.xx Subnet Mask: 255.255.xxx.x Gateway: xx.xxx.xxx.x Host Name - computer name Domain: (This is the .com name assigned by the @Home Service Domain Suffix Search Order:xx.x.x.xx xx.x.x.xx However, Linux has this listed in a couple of places. Has any one added their static IP addresses with success? I assume this has to be changed under ' root '. Roman )0(---)0( Law of Tests: When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important ones will be illegible. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Re: DrakX is Working - DrakX Installation Instructions
On Tue, 16 May 2000, Romanator wrote: Looks like /dev/hda5 WAS your D-drive then... Hooray!! I am up and running. However, the the desktop display has a larger black border on the left side rather than sitting evenly in the center. My hard drive, sound card auto configured, except for the monitor. An out-of-sync message appeared. The desktop display is lopsided the left border is a lot larger than the right border. My D drive has disappeared, and I have about 15 Gig. of space which I have to resize. E shifted to D. I am ordering the full version of PM so that I can gain some space. Thank you for your help. Roman )0(---)0( Law of Tests: When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important ones will be illegible. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Re: [lnewbie] INSERT FLOPPY TO LOAD INTO RAMDISK??
On Tue, 16 May 2000, Kenny wrote: It occurs right after it asks which directory the rpms are in Sorry to ask, but do you work for Microsoft?? They too give proper but entirely useless answers... SO, the simple way. What do you do to get to the point where the machine asks for a floppy? DO you run a program? If so, what program? What do you wish to accomplish with the program? DO you wish to install a program? See, stuff like that is helpful to us! Paul On Tue, 16 May 2000, Kenny wrote: What floppy? a blank floppy ? In the past I inserted a blank floppy and it said ramdisk failed. Is this an important step? Kenny It would help if you also mention at what time this appears... Paul )0(---)0( Law of Life's Highway: If everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html )0(---)0( Law of Tests: When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important ones will be illegible. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: AW: [newbie] once again: ISDN setup
On Tue, 16 May 2000, Christian Mathes wrote: Dear Paul, thank you for your e-mail. What is ISDN4Net ? Is it a software ? A configuration tool? Or an URL in the WWW ? With kind regards Christian ISDN4Net is a set of scripts that make it easier to set up a working ISDN connection. It builds several of the config-files etc. Paul )0(---)0( Law of Tests: When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important ones will be illegible. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] HP Deskjet 842C
Try HP DeskJet 400/500C/520/540C. That's the one I use and it is full color. Another one that works is the 650C. I am working on a specific driver for it, and I'll let you know when I get it done. From: Steve Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] HP Deskjet 842C Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 09:48:09 -0700 James Little wrote: Use a generic postscript driver or a laserjet 4/5/6. They'll all work, I've tried each. Hi, Has anyone managed to get one of these working under 2.2.x? I run Mandrake 7.0 and none of the available filters there will work Thanks for any advice James, thanks for the reply, I do appreciate it, and they do work, mostly, but not in colouranyone else found the *real* thing? Thanks. Steve -- Steve Edmunds Work:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone:650.933.8560 ISDN:408.863.7033 Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
RE: [newbie] setting RAM (and LILO parameters)
Thanks to everybody who helped me, I just wanted to add a little comment about "setting RAM". In SuSE Linux (6.2), There has to be commas between parameters in /etc/lilo.conf . Otherwise it doesn't work. How are the other distros ? Is there a lot differences like this one between distros ? Thanks Martin Marier
Re: [newbie] Michael-Pine
At 07:02 PM 5/16/00 +0200, you wrote: I use Pine, too, along with Getmail. I like Getmail because it will deliver my Pop3 messages directly to my inbox, and then Pine can pick them up. It also appears to me that Pine can be configured to use SMTP to send messages out directly through my ISP, as that is the way it is working for me. Which is a good thing, as I can't get Mutt to send, and it works in conjunction with Postfix/Sendmail. The only thing I would really like Fetchmail for is its polling ability, but there again, I can't get it to work, as it also works with Postfix/Sendmail, and I have no idea where the messages are ending up with Fetchmail. Not the inbox. Do you know if there is any way for Getmail to poll the server periodically or run ad a daemon? I guess its beauty is its simplicity. I like Pine, too because it is easy to read, it will open URL's either in Netscape or Lynx, and I can do everything without moving my hands from the keyboard. Don J. On Tue, 16 May 2000, Michael wrote: Paul, Thanks for the heads up. I only venture forth into Bill's world when forced. So you use Pine, eh? I am comfortable with NS' mail program; guess if comfort was my criterion I wouldn't be on this list, though, so where would you point me to in terms of help files, to be able to get it (Pine)up and running? Hi Michael, First off: Pine is not graphical. It is all text-based although in a konsole-window it reacts to mouse clicks (reall neat). I picked pine because I don't want colored backgrounds and music and jumping images in my mail. I am colorblind, and most of the colored background stuff makes it impossible for me to read the actual mail. Pine is a Mail User Agent. That means you use it to type mail and tell it to dump it somewhere. Then a Mail Transport Agent picks up the mail and sends it out. NS Mail does this all for you, it directly connects to SMTP and POP servers. For MTA you have several choices: Sendmail (standard in the package, but see the "Sendmail in a nutshell" and be scared) -used ver much, terrible (for me) to configure Qmail (www.qmail.org) -Easier to install (although that gave me some extra grey hairs too) and apparently more safe than Sendmail. ALthough for 1 person, that is not a big deal I guess. To pull mail from a server you can either use FETCHMAIL (standard in the package) or Getmail (which I use) Now you know this, decide if you want to venture into Pine or Mutt (also text based) and let the world know... Paul )0(---)0( Law of Life's Highway: If everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Knapster
Everytrhing works fine now. I even have an icon!!! Thanks guys. On Mon, 15 May 2000, you wrote: You sure you didn't install the .src.rpm ??? Because that one doesn't contain the executables (binaries) but the sourcecode. You can easilly rebuild it though using "rpm --rebuild package.src.rpm", if you have all necessary compilers and libraries installed. Anyway, I have knapster as well. Fire up a terminal and type "knapster" at the prompt, it should work. If not, try this one: "locate knapster |grep bin" to find the location (if it gives you an error, run "updatedb" first). Then you have the location of the binary, if it's properly installed, and you can fill that in in the dialog box for cerating a desktop icon. Good luck. On May 14 John Arkoulis wrote: Hi there. New to the list ( say welcome !!!) I am a newbie in Linux and a slow learner ( not much time to spend in front of the computer) After the intro!! here is the question. I downloaded and installed?? Knapster. I downloaded the RPM version and I used RPM Drake to install it. According to the doc. I was supposed to have an icon under Internet on KDE. I got nothing and I can not find the installed files anywhere. I have to use Find file to be able to use the program. Any ideas will be welcomed. In general so you understand I am a bit confused with the whole idea of installing an RPM. Yes I know how to find the one I want how to install it but then when I want to (say) put a icon on my desktop for that program on my desktop I am lost. I had the same problem with Licq but at the end I managed to put it on the desktop but I have a hard time with Knapster so please help!! -- Rial Juanhttp://nighty.ulyssis.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Belgiumtel:(++32) 89/856533 ulyssis system admininstrator http://www.ulyssis.org The little critters in nature; they don't know they're ugly. That's very funny... A fly marying a bumble-bee... Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers -- Windoze is a virus with a user interface! This message created with Linux!
Re: AW: [newbie] once again: ISDN setup
Take a look at www.millenium.de. There is a prog to dial-up with ISDN without pbs. Try it free. Eric Christian Mathes wrote: Dear Paul, thank you for your e-mail. What is ISDN4Net ? Is it a software ? A configuration tool? Or an URL in the WWW ? With kind regards Christian My problem is that I can't find these files.There is no directory /isdn/profile on my PC. Find the ISDN4Net setup on the net. If you want, mail me privately and I can send it to you. I am sure I still have it somewhere. :) Paul )0(---)0( Law of Life's Highway: If everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] OT /3dfx ( Quake)
No... I've just been trying to figure it all out. I've never played Quake until now, I'm playing Quake II on an ATI 32MB Rage Fury card and I'm not getting very good results. Who's drivers are you using...reference drivers from ATI or others? I'm able to play, but only on a small window (640x480 max). Is this because I'm not using 3dfx? 3dfx is smartand by gettin hitched early with Linux server developers...I think they are ruling King in the Linux-gaming department. I am personally not a huge fan of 3DFXbut I have come to appreciate what they have done with the gaming side of Linux. I really wanted to fight it out and wait for a GOOD TNT2 Driverbut nothing showed...and the tutorials I found were less than helpful. (No offense meant to anyone..I just did not get it) My Q3 from Loki shipped with MatroxG400 drivers and 3dfx V3 chipset drives...with a tut on how to set it up. To be honest...I think it will be a while before the X MesaGL driver will be strong enough...or worldly compatable enough to satisfy us "FEED ME NOW!" gamers. What about Quake 3, can I play that on a Voodoo 3 card? Yes! Or should I wait for drivers for the Voodoo 5? I am sure there are already strong beta drivers out for the V5. With the kind of quick satisfying development that we saw with the V3 and Linux...I would guess that trend will follow with this next series of Voodoo ? chipsets. How does that V3-2000 work with Quake? In Quake 3...its fine In UT...I will let you know sometime soon With Ktron...FRICKING WICKED ;-) What's the rest of your hardware like? I picked up a nice deal on a Abit KA7, ($115) and a Athlon 700 ($202) I grabbed a "cheap" Overclocking Fan and Heat Sink The RDJD and push my system at about 886Mhz. ($40) I have 512 MB of ram a Sound Blaster Live Value Viper TNT2 Ultra (BTW--anyone else out there a Diamond Viper fan...I have an entire collection of the little bastards...from the original Diamond Viper to the 330, the 550, 770U---I told those dudes at Diamond I should get a free T-Shirt or something for my patronage...no dice :() The system works great ..and I have had no problems with any of the hardware. I'll be building a new computer in the next month and I would like to pick parts that will be able to handle games as well as work. Where are you buying your hardware from? Kat
RE: UNCLASSIFIED:-[newbie] Purcahsing a copy of Linux-Mandrake ve rsion 7.0 in Australia.
theres a list of them on the mandrake site, @ http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/asia.php3 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 4:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SEC: UNCLASSIFIED:-[newbie] Purcahsing a copy of Linux-Mandrake version 7.0 in Australia. Hi All, My local electronics retailer says they can't get copies of Linux-Mandrake version 7.0 from O/S. Does anyone know a web site where you could purchase a copy on the internet? Thanks Marco Mastrocinque.
Re: SEC: UNCLASSIFIED:-[newbie] Purcahsing a copy of Linux-Mandrakeversion 7.0 in Australia.
marcoNorth American sites on the web: http://www.cheapbytes.com/ http://www.elinux.com/ http://www.linuxcentral.com/ http://www.LinuxMall.com/ http://www.LLand.com/ http://www.lsl.com/ http://www.thelinuxstore.com/ But, probably of more use to you is this page of MandrakeSoft's web site listing, among others in that general area of the world, Australian Retailers: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/asia.php3 Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, My local electronics retailer says they can't get copies of Linux-Mandrake version 7.0 from O/S. Does anyone know a web site where you could purchase a copy on the internet? Thanks Marco Mastrocinque.
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RE: UNCLASSIFIED:-[newbie] Purcahsing a copy of Linux-Mandrake ve rsion 7.0 in Australia.
www.cheapbytes.com Took about 1 week to arrive in Israel. Cheers: Michael Perry. RD. Dep. Netafim Magal. Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack The three most dangerous things are a programmer with a soldering iron, a manager who codes, and a user who gets ideas. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wed 17 May 2000 5:26 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SEC: UNCLASSIFIED:-[newbie] Purcahsing a copy of Linux-Mandrake version 7.0 in Australia. Hi All, My local electronics retailer says they can't get copies of Linux-Mandrake version 7.0 from O/S. Does anyone know a web site where you could purchase a copy on the internet? Thanks Marco Mastrocinque.
Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade
I tryed the 2.3.(31 I thought) under redhat 6 months ago and had no pb. Eric PS: now I'm on the latest mandrake. Eric Ron Greer wrote: 2.3.xx is beta. All odd numbers are beta: 2.2.14 z.y.xx xx == Release version, it just increments, get the highest one. yy == Major version, get the even numbers, right now it's 2. Hopefully soon we'll see 2.4.xx. (If you've got an older computer, you may want to go with 2.0.xx) z == Really Major version :) Wow it's been a long time since this number changed just get 2 :) -=Ron=- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 10:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] kernel upgrade is the 2.3.xx kernel a beta or stable release and will it effect the operation of mandrake if I upgrade my kernel? Mike Get your own free email account from http://www.popmail.com
Re: [newbie] The Day That KDE Died
On Tue, 16 May 2000, you wrote: Well, I had my first big Linux problem today. I had been in this morning looking at some rpm packs and shutdown as usual. After lunch when I booted, lilo went through its checklist with all [OK] and gets to the black screen that you see just before the KDE login screen appears. Then there is a quick flash of color in the center as KDE is trying to start then black screen, flash of color black screen, flash of color black screen, and so on. I had no avenue of escape other than the reset switch. Tha fact that you got this far means that you did not kill Linux, but somehow messed up something for X. If anyone has an idea as to what might have caused my problem or better yet a way to fix it if it happens again let me know. 2 things you can cross off the list are hardware changes and display properties they were all the same. Depends on exactly what you were doing while looking at rpms. Did you install or delete any? If it happens again do the following: boot to the Linux console (enter linux 3 at the lilo prompt) try to start x with the following command string startx xinfo_stdout 2 xinfo_stderr x will probably die on you the same way that it did before, to make things easier now, just swap consoles (ctrl-alt-f2) and login again. Take a look at the xinfo_stdout and xinfo_stderr files in youre home directory. Something in them might give us a clue as to what happened. -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
Re: SEC: UNCLASSIFIED:-[newbie] Purcahsing a copy of Linux-Mandrakeversion 7.0 in Australia.
You can find links to Mandrake resellers/distributors in Australia on the Linux-Mandrake home page under the heading GET IT - CDs You'll find that at: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/ The page for Australia is http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/asia.php3 Good luck... Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, My local electronics retailer says they can't get copies of Linux-Mandrake version 7.0 from O/S. Does anyone know a web site where you could purchase a copy on the internet? Thanks Marco Mastrocinque.
[newbie] How To
For anyone interested in Linux "How To"s you can find an exstensive archive at: http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO Even though I went to NC State I would reccomend this enemy hosted site. Charles
Re: SEC: UNCLASSIFIED:-[newbie] Purcahsing a copy of Linux-Mandrakeversion 7.0 in Australia.
You can find links to Mandrake resellers/distributors in Australia on the Linux-Mandrake home page under the heading GET IT - CDs You'll find that at: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/ The page for Australia is http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/asia.php3 Good luck... Paul (ps: previously sent with wrong date) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, My local electronics retailer says they can't get copies of Linux-Mandrake version 7.0 from O/S. Does anyone know a web site where you could purchase a copy on the internet? Thanks Marco Mastrocinque.
FW: UNCLASSIFIED:-[newbie] Purcahsing a copy of Linux-Mandrake ve rsion 7.0 in Australia.
www.cheapbytes.com Took about 1 week to arrive in Israel. Cheers: Michael Perry. RD. Dep. Netafim Magal. Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack The three most dangerous things are a programmer with a soldering iron, a manager who codes, and a user who gets ideas. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wed 17 May 2000 5:26 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SEC: UNCLASSIFIED:-[newbie] Purcahsing a copy of Linux-Mandrake version 7.0 in Australia. Hi All, My local electronics retailer says they can't get copies of Linux-Mandrake version 7.0 from O/S. Does anyone know a web site where you could purchase a copy on the internet? Thanks Marco Mastrocinque.
Re: [newbie] second hdd
I installed mine as primary slave and used system commander from Win95 to multi boot to either HD, if you do it this way when you install any Linux distro make sure you don't put lilo in the mbr. On Tue, 16 May 2000, you wrote: i'm looking to put in a second hdd on my computer. i want it to run with linux. currently, i'm running a dual boot system with windoze 98, and mandrake 7.0. how do i go about doing this? jd Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com -- Linux the ULTIMATE Windows patch
Re: [newbie] second hdd
JD I take it to mean that you want Windows on one hd and Linux on a second hd. Why? I know hd prices have fallen but unless you have a small hd or do things that take up a lot of hd space you do not need 2 hds for just Win and Linux. That being said you install with 2 hds almost exactly the same as with 1 hd. Put in your Mandrake CD choose new installation when it gets to the Mount points selection you will have 2 hd tabs, hda and hdb. Be very careful because it is easy to make a mistake here. Click the hda tab. Your screen should show an hd partition table contaning 1 fat and several Linux partitions (swap is one of the Linux partitions).Click on each Linux partition and then click clear.Click done. A pop-up will ask Write changes to to hda? Click OK. Click the hdb tab. Your screen should show an empty hd. Click on it and click Auto allocate to set up your Linux partitions. When all partitions are set click done and then click OK in the pop-up screen and continue the installation When you get to Installing Lilo, if you DO NOT want to dual boot, set the mount on hdb. If you wish to continue to have the dual boot option set the mount point on hda. Complete the Mandrake installation. If you choose not to dual boot you have 2 options for starting Linux. 1) Use the boot disk you created during installation or 2) Enter your BIOS, Advanced Setup, and change the Boot from hd0 to Boot from hd1 [the exact wording will differ depending upon which BIOS you have and some will list the master drive as C and the slave as D]. If you choose #2 each time you wish to boot the other OS you will need to change the hd setting in your BIOS. I hope that this is the type of imformation you wanted. Charles - Original Message - From: "Ron Greer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 4:05 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] second hdd Run *WITH* Linux, or Run *AS* linux? Meaning, do you just want linux to access it, keeping everything the same, or do you just want more space in linux? -=Ron=- -Original Message- From: J D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 3:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] second hdd i'm looking to put in a second hdd on my computer. i want it to run with linux. currently, i'm running a dual boot system with windoze 98, and mandrake 7.0. how do i go about doing this? jd Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] The Day That KDE Died
Alex The only RPM I actually tried to install was cdrecord from disc 2 of the Mandrake set. I used Drake so I do not see where that would have corrupted any settings. Glad to know of the things I can check if it happens again. Thanks Charles - Original Message - From: "Alex V Flinsch" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 5:32 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] The Day That KDE Died On Tue, 16 May 2000, you wrote: Well, I had my first big Linux problem today. I had been in this morning looking at some rpm packs and shutdown as usual. After lunch when I booted, lilo went through its checklist with all [OK] and gets to the black screen that you see just before the KDE login screen appears. Then there is a quick flash of color in the center as KDE is trying to start then black screen, flash of color black screen, flash of color black screen, and so on. I had no avenue of escape other than the reset switch. Tha fact that you got this far means that you did not kill Linux, but somehow messed up something for X. If anyone has an idea as to what might have caused my problem or better yet a way to fix it if it happens again let me know. 2 things you can cross off the list are hardware changes and display properties they were all the same. Depends on exactly what you were doing while looking at rpms. Did you install or delete any? If it happens again do the following: boot to the Linux console (enter linux 3 at the lilo prompt) try to start x with the following command string startx xinfo_stdout 2 xinfo_stderr x will probably die on you the same way that it did before, to make things easier now, just swap consoles (ctrl-alt-f2) and login again. Take a look at the xinfo_stdout and xinfo_stderr files in youre home directory. Something in them might give us a clue as to what happened. -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
Re: [newbie] UNSUBCRIBE
I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THESE MESSAGES STOPED - Original Message - From: john h munro To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 6:24 PM Subject: [newbie]
Re: [newbie] The Day That KDE Died
Charlesjust to be sure, you do know that disc 2 contains the source rpms of the binary rpms contained on disc 1, right? Really, the only reason you should need the source rpm is to modify the the source code and recompile the rpm. Alan Charles A Edwards wrote: Alex The only RPM I actually tried to install was cdrecord from disc 2 of the Mandrake set. I used Drake so I do not see where that would have corrupted any settings. Glad to know of the things I can check if it happens again. Thanks Charles - Original Message - From: "Alex V Flinsch" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 5:32 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] The Day That KDE Died On Tue, 16 May 2000, you wrote: Well, I had my first big Linux problem today. I had been in this morning looking at some rpm packs and shutdown as usual. After lunch when I booted, lilo went through its checklist with all [OK] and gets to the black screen that you see just before the KDE login screen appears. Then there is a quick flash of color in the center as KDE is trying to start then black screen, flash of color black screen, flash of color black screen, and so on. I had no avenue of escape other than the reset switch. Tha fact that you got this far means that you did not kill Linux, but somehow messed up something for X. If anyone has an idea as to what might have caused my problem or better yet a way to fix it if it happens again let me know. 2 things you can cross off the list are hardware changes and display properties they were all the same. Depends on exactly what you were doing while looking at rpms. Did you install or delete any? If it happens again do the following: boot to the Linux console (enter linux 3 at the lilo prompt) try to start x with the following command string startx xinfo_stdout 2 xinfo_stderr x will probably die on you the same way that it did before, to make things easier now, just swap consoles (ctrl-alt-f2) and login again. Take a look at the xinfo_stdout and xinfo_stderr files in youre home directory. Something in them might give us a clue as to what happened. -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
Re: [newbie] Re: DrakX is Working - DrakX Installation Instructions
Sure was. I did notice when I booted up(I must have walked away from the computer, it booted into console mode. Is this normal? Roman Paul wrote: On Tue, 16 May 2000, Romanator wrote: Looks like /dev/hda5 WAS your D-drive then... Hooray!! I am up and running. However, the the desktop display has a larger black border on the left side rather than sitting evenly in the center. My hard drive, sound card auto configured, except for the monitor. An out-of-sync message appeared. The desktop display is lopsided the left border is a lot larger than the right border. My D drive has disappeared, and I have about 15 Gig. of space which I have to resize. E shifted to D. I am ordering the full version of PM so that I can gain some space. Thank you for your help. Roman )0(---)0( Law of Tests: When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important ones will be illegible. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
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Re: [newbie] Re: DrakX is Working - DrakX Installation Instructions
Hi Alan, If you ever get a chance to see it on another computer, you will notice the visual similarities. Enough said about Windows. Roman Alan Shoemaker wrote: RomanI use netscape 4.72 in Linux Mandrake 7.0 and my search engine of choice is Google. I don't use windows, at least not very often, and never browse or do email with it. Alan Romanator wrote: Alan, If you have IE5 on your computer, NeoPlanet is a browser by Lycos. Roman Alan Shoemaker wrote: Romanhow could you adjust the monitor (buttons on front of monitor) for Linux w/o being in Linux to see what needs to be adjusted and how the adjustments are coming along?!! I have no idea what neoplanet is. Alan Romanator wrote: Alan, I assume I should change this while I'm in Linux. All changes should always be done in root? On another topic, have you noticed the similarity the look of Netscape and Neoplanet by Lycos? Roman Alan Shoemaker wrote: Romannt is running the video at a different synch rate than Linux therefore you need to adjust the monitor for Linux (which shouldn't bother the nt settings at all). Alan Romanator wrote: Hi Alan, The monitor works fine in Windows NT4. The shift happens in as soon as I get in to KDE. Roman Alan Shoemaker wrote: Romanadjust your monitor (buttons on front, directions in monitor owner's manual). Alan Romanator wrote: Hooray!! I am up and running. However, the the desktop display has a larger black border on the left side rather than sitting evenly in the center. My hard drive, sound card auto configured, except for the monitor. An out-of-sync message appeared. The desktop display is lopsided the left border is a lot larger than the right border. My D drive has disappeared, and I have about 15 Gig. of space which I have to resize. E shifted to D. I am ordering the full version of PM so that I can gain some space. Thank you for your help. Roman Alan Shoemaker wrote: Romandelete hda5 and then push the Auto Allocate button. Alan Romanator wrote: Hi Alan, I had draw and write this out as there is no print screen. The auto allocation only works if my disk has not been partitioned yet or is empty. I have tried as best as possible with ASCII to show my page setting: I can see in the DrakX installation: The Setup file systems File system types: Ext2SwapFATOtherEmpty - | hda | - |--- -- |||| ||| || C ||D| | E | |||| ||| | -- |--- ||Choose action||Details |---| |Device: hda5 ||Mount point | |DOS drive letter: D (just a guess) |---| |Type: DOS FAT16 || Resize | |Size: 2047 MB (10%) |---|| || Delete || |---|| ___ __ |Clear all | |Auto allocate|| Undo | - ___ | Done | Note:
[newbie] [lnewbie] INSERT FLOPPY TO LOAD INTO RAMDISK??
OK Here it goes. I downloaded the all of Mandrake from the download site. I copied the hd.img file using rawwrite to floppy I rebooted system so the install menu appears from floppy. Floppy loads ramdisk but when it gets to second stage it says died at usr/bin/pearl/pear-something line 202 safe to reboot your computer Ok reboot computer there is a menu on my harddisk giving me choices, with win95, drakx-local, drakx-network drakxpcma, and something else i choose the first option drakx-local it asks where rpms and base files are, i tell it, then it says insert floppy for ramdisk, did that, ramdiskfailed. I have installed it before a couple months back but something happened where i couldnt boot into linux or windows and i had to reformat the whole drive. Someone hacked into my computer and messed with my partitions. The first time I installed it, it worked great. This time i'm getting these errors any sugestions?? Kenny _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] Re: DrakX is Working - DrakX Installation Instructions
Alan, While reviewing the options on my Linux desktop, I decided to select shutdown. The computer rebooted and went to the command prompt boot. I typed in dos to run WinNT4, and access Netscape Navigator to communicate with you. Next, I selected shutdown in WinNT4, the computer appeared to reboot but the entire screen was black. I let it run for quite a long time. It's quite possible that I was tampering with too many options on the desktop? Roman Alan Shoemaker wrote: Romanok, why do you ask about what monitor to choose after you've successfully installed Linux? It's during the install you need to know what the make model of your monitor is. If you've successfully completed the install w/o inputting/choosing the correct make model of your monitor then you must have input/chosen something that worked. So why worry about it after the fact? You've said at least twice no that the screen went black, but never revealed under what conditions this happened. Also, what does 'would not boot up' mean? What happens instead? At what point in the boot process does 'would not boot up' actually occur and exactly what is it that happens? Alan Romanator wrote: Alan, I will have to read the guide about the sync rate. But, everything appears to be okay, now. However, I could not find my Dell monitor in the list( should I select Dell SVGA?), and my 3COM 3C905C Ether link Card was not on the list. I will have to check MandrakeSoft's web page for hardware support. Also, the screen went blank and Linux Mandrake 7.0 would not boot up. Due to the fact that I could not reboot into Linux, I ran the install again. First, I deleted the partition, clicked on the Auto allocate button, and reinstalled Linux Mandrake 7.0 again. Now, it's back to normal. Go figure...Was this the wrong way to go about it? I also noticed that if the screen saver time is adjusted to 15 minutes instead of 1 minute - a crash can occur. Even after several cold boots. I'll see if I can repeat this. If I can repeat this 3 times in a row, then it could be a bug that should be reported. Linux Mandrake 7.0 indicated in the help file, that if you set your time ahead of your BIOS, the system could crash. Have you ever heard of this? I will have to check this out again. Roman (The penguins have stopped laughing) Alan Shoemaker wrote: Romannt is running the video at a different synch rate than Linux therefore you need to adjust the monitor for Linux (which shouldn't bother the nt settings at all). Alan Romanator wrote: Hi Alan, The monitor works fine in Windows NT4. The shift happens in as soon as I get in to KDE. Roman Alan Shoemaker wrote: Romanadjust your monitor (buttons on front, directions in monitor owner's manual). Alan Romanator wrote: Hooray!! I am up and running. However, the the desktop display has a larger black border on the left side rather than sitting evenly in the center. My hard drive, sound card auto configured, except for the monitor. An out-of-sync message appeared. The desktop display is lopsided the left border is a lot larger than the right border. My D drive has disappeared, and I have about 15 Gig. of space which I have to resize. E shifted to D. I am ordering the full version of PM so that I can gain some space. Thank you for your help. Roman Alan Shoemaker wrote: Romandelete hda5 and then push the Auto Allocate button. Alan Romanator wrote: Hi Alan, I had draw and write this out as there is no print screen. The auto allocation only works if my disk has not been partitioned yet or is empty. I have tried as best as possible with ASCII to show my page setting: I can see in the DrakX installation: The Setup file systems File system types: Ext2SwapFATOtherEmpty - | hda | - |--- -- |||| ||| || C ||D| | E | |||| ||| | -- |--- ||Choose action||Details |
[newbie] How do you access console mode from within X to change lilo.conf
Hi, How do you access 'Console Mode' from within X windows? In addition, can I review and make modifications from the desktop i.e. checking my RAM. I think the command line is: /sbin/lilo.conf Should this be done from ' root ' ? I have an IDE drive. Should I type in: append=hda=ide_scsi mem=128M Roman
Re: [newbie] Try to add TCP/IP to Linux Mandrake 7.0
Sorry. It was late last night. I'll check the archives. Roman Paul wrote: On Tue, 16 May 2000, Romanator wrote: This has come up several times on the list already. Perhaps there are archives somewhere that you could look it up in? Paul Now that I have installed Linux Mandrake 7.0 on my D partition, I would like to be hooked up to the Internet. For some reason, I could not find the 3Com Ether link 10/100 PCI NIC ( 3C905C-TX) card. I also have the following information for TCP/IP Protocols: IP address: xx.xxx.xxx.xx Subnet Mask: 255.255.xxx.x Gateway: xx.xxx.xxx.x Host Name - computer name Domain: (This is the .com name assigned by the @Home Service Domain Suffix Search Order:xx.x.x.xx xx.x.x.xx However, Linux has this listed in a couple of places. Has any one added their static IP addresses with success? I assume this has to be changed under ' root '. Roman )0(---)0( Law of Tests: When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important ones will be illegible. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Try to add TCP/IP to Linux Mandrake 7.0
Charles, Thanks for the pointer. I'll check out the How-to's section. It was well worth it. I may kick, and scream at my computer in the beginning but is was worth it. For any one reading this email - please do not give up. Regards, Roman Registered Linux Mandrake User [NIF2733] Charles A Edwards wrote: Roman You will probably need to download and instll the driver for your NIC. Just go to www.3com.com I think you go to support and Linux drivers. Glad to know you made it. Now you are an official member of the club. Charles - Original Message - From: "Romanator" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 9:39 PM Subject: [newbie] Try to add TCP/IP to Linux Mandrake 7.0 Now that I have installed Linux Mandrake 7.0 on my D partition, I would like to be hooked up to the Internet. For some reason, I could not find the 3Com Ether link 10/100 PCI NIC ( 3C905C-TX) card. I also have the following information for TCP/IP Protocols: IP address: xx.xxx.xxx.xx Subnet Mask: 255.255.xxx.x Gateway: xx.xxx.xxx.x Host Name - computer name Domain: (This is the .com name assigned by the @Home Service Domain Suffix Search Order:xx.x.x.xx xx.x.x.xx However, Linux has this listed in a couple of places. Has any one added their static IP addresses with success? I assume this has to be changed under ' root '. Roman
[newbie] 3dfx
1.- Where can I get the Voodo 3 2000 PCI Drivers for Mandrake 7.0 and How can I install those drivers 2.- I've Got a Mitsubishi CD Recorder and a Toshiba CD ROM, The recorder is the Secondary Master, and the CD ROM is the secondary Slave. Well, the KDE CD Player, only detects the recorder for play music, but is the CD ROM the device that I want to play Music. To read data CDs I can use the two deices. How can I configure the CD player to hear music in the Toshiba CD ROM?
Re: [newbie] Wow...
:~I'm leaving for 9 days I probably will have 2,000 messages when I come :~back. :-) well, you will not (unles you like reading 2000 mesages) if you set your reception to "nomail". Send sympa a message: set newbie nomail When you come back, send it "set newbie mail" to start receiving mail again. Third possibility is "set reception digest" for... digest. cheers Denis -- - Dr. Denis Havlikhttp://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quality Assurance (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---oOO--(_)--OOo-
[newbie] 3dfx and cd player
Hi, i've got two Questions first excuse me for my bad english: 1.- Where can I get the Voodo 3 2000 PCI Drivers for Mandrake 7.0 and How can I install those drivers 2.- I've Got a Mitsubishi CD Recorder and a Toshiba CD ROM, The recorder is the Secondary Master, and the CD ROM is the secondary Slave. Well, the KDE CD Player, only detects the recorder for play music, but is the CD ROM the device that I want to play Music. To read data CDs I can use the two deices. How can I configure the CD player to hear music in the Toshiba CD ROM?
[newbie] Windows NT
Do I have to do something else to Install Linux Mandrake 7, for dual booting with Windows NT?. I have a 4 Gb Hd. WinNt was Installed in the first partittion, so, when I'm installing Linux, DrakX can`t see the WinNt`s partittion. Regards Erick Dennis Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Re: DrakX is Working - DrakX Installation Instructions
On Tue, 16 May 2000, Romanator wrote: Sure was. I did notice when I booted up(I must have walked away from the computer, it booted into console mode. Is this normal? Roman Depends on what you call normal. If you check /etc/inittab and the default bootmode there says 3 then it is normal. If it says 5, then that's not normal. 3 mean multi-user console login, 5 is multi-user graphical login. Under no circumstance make 0 (REBOOT) or 6 (SHUTDOWN) the init default!! Paul )0(---)0( Law of Tests: When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important ones will be illegible. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: re. [newbie] StarOffice Mandrake7
On Tue, 16 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: These new guys don't realize what a revolution the TRS-80 was. At any rate, I don't know enough to much around with X configuration (I was hoping somebody would tell me when I first wrote a couple of weeks ago). At any rate I had nothing much to lose since it was a new install, so for consistancy sake I did things the same way to find out just what was going Looks like there are more than a few that date back to the time were computers still were real machines :) TRS-80, Osborne, CPM. Those were the days. Paul )0(---)0( Law of Tests: When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important ones will be illegible. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: AW: [newbie] once again: ISDN setup
On Wed, 17 May 2000, Eric MC DECLERCK wrote: Take a look at www.millenium.de. There is a prog to dial-up with ISDN without pbs. Try it free. Eric It is KISDN. I think this is even on the distro-CD... Paul )0(---)0( Law of Tests: When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important ones will be illegible. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
RE: UNCLASSIFIED:-[newbie] Purcahsing a copy of Linux-Mandrake ve rsion 7.0 in Australia.
On Wed, 17 May 2000, Mike Perry wrote: www.cheapbytes.com Took about 1 week to arrive in Israel. Yes, if you have difficulties getting it locally, cheapbytes is definitely the way to go. Paul )0(---)0( Law of Tests: When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important ones will be illegible. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Michael-Pine
On Tue, 16 May 2000, Don W. Jenkins wrote: I use Pine, too, along with Getmail. I like Getmail because it will deliver my Pop3 messages directly to my inbox, and then Pine can pick them up. It also appears to me that Pine can be configured to use SMTP to send messages out directly through my ISP, as that is the way it is working for Yup. that works. I use the Qmail/serialmail solution because in Holland we pay quite a nice price for local calls. So I do most things offline. me. Which is a good thing, as I can't get Mutt to send, and it works in conjunction with Postfix/Sendmail. The only thing I would really like Rumor has it that even Mutt can work with Qmail. Don't ask me how, and don't tell me. I don't want to know ;-) Fetchmail for is its polling ability, but there again, I can't get it to work, as it also works with Postfix/Sendmail, and I have no idea where the messages are ending up with Fetchmail. Not the inbox. Do you know if You need some special patch/fix for Fetchmail to make it work with Maildir instead of the regular Mailbox format. there is any way for Getmail to poll the server periodically or run ad a daemon? I guess its beauty is its simplicity. I like Pine, too because it is easy to read, it will open URL's either in Netscape or Lynx, and I can do everything without moving my hands from the keyboard. The way I would go about this is write a small script (shell, perl or python) that would do this. Run it in a minimized konsole, and you would be fine. I don't know how to do this in Perl yet, I have ordered a book about that a few days ago, should have it in a few weeks. Paul )0(---)0( Law of Tests: When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important ones will be illegible. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Re: DrakX is Working - DrakX Installation Instructions no KDE and sector errors
I changing the following: 1. Logged on as roman (user) 2. Graphics card. I changed my default card setting to NVIDIA GeForce 256 3. Graphics resolution was changed from 32-bit to 16-bit. It appears that Linux prefers 32-bit. 4. I used the default setting for my monitor, as I could not find my Dell monitor. I have Dell M780. 5. Desktop themes. I changed to different desktop themes. I can't remember the name of the window that allowed me to scroll through the desktop themes. I tried all sorts of themes but kept the window using the KDE default colors. Sorry, my Linux syntax is still poor. 6. Added my static TCP/IP settings, hoping to log on. I added all of my IP numbers. Some of these items needed a root password, so I typed it in when prompted 7. Changed the hour settings from i.e. 22:00 to 11:00. I found out later that this should have been changed with another feature. 8. Changed the screen saver time from 1 minute pause to 15 minutes I was tired, panicked and reinstalled. It seemed to work for the rest of the night. I turned on my computer today. At the boot prompt, typed in: linux My KDE disappeared this morning. It went in to console mode. __ Last Night's Installation Notes(Tuesday) I was getting the following errors from last night's installation: Reinstall A) Clicked on hda5 or D partition, and then clicked on the Delete button B) Clicked on the Auto allocate button. A message followed up: sector #8385993 (61498 MB) and sector #6506388 (3702 MB) are overlapping! Clicked on the OK and Done buttons. C) The first install worked okay - after several hours on it. After adjusting the screen saver to 15 minutes, and I changed to time from the 24 hr. format to AM/PM. I was prompted that if I would like to start up in X automatically to select restart or reboot. D) When I rebooted the screen was completely dark. Linux did not reboot. I didn't know what to do, so I rebooted and reinstalled Linux Mandrake 7.0 Power Pack again. Reinstalled Again E) During the install, I deleted the same partition and was prompted again with the message: sector #8385993 (61498 MB) and sector #6506388 (3702 MB) are overlapping! F) I clicked on the OK button to proceed with the installation and another error message appeared: sector #6506388 (3702 MB) and sector #8385993 (61498 MB) are overlapping! The install went okay and ran for a while, then the screen went black on me. Linux would not boot up. No blinking I-beam - nothing. ** I repeated the installation as shown above, clicked on the Auto allocate button and another error appeared: #6506388.37878788 (3702 MB) and sector #8385993 (61498 MB) are overlapping! at /usr/bin/perl - install/common.pm ... Line 205 propagated at /usr/bin/perl - install/diskdrake.pm Line 47 G) I clicked on the OK and Done buttons and the installation proceeded. I woke up this morning and KDE was gone. However, Linux Mandrake started up in console mode. When I typed: startx , X windows started up. Is this a bug, or should I resize the partition before reinstalling? Partition Magic 4.0 does not work in Win NT4. Roman Registered Linux Mandrake 7.0 User -2733 Alan Shoemaker wrote: Romanso, something was wrong with x-windows and needed fixing. In a case like that there are key-combinations to try (for instance ctl-alt-f2,f3,f4,f5 or f6 could have gotten you to a console where you could login and re-run Xconfigurator to fix the problem. Tampering with what settings? Alan Romanator wrote: > > Alan, > > While reviewing the options on my Linux desktop, I decided to select shutdown. The computer rebooted and went to the > command prompt boot. I typed in dos to run WinNT4, and access Netscape Navigator to communicate with you. > Next, I selected shutdown in WinNT4, the computer appeared to reboot but the entire screen was black. I let it run for > quite a long time. It's quite possible that I was tampering with too many options on the desktop? > > Roman > > Alan Shoemaker wrote: > > > Romanok, why do you ask about what monitor to choose after > > you've successfully installed Linux? It's during the install > > you need to know what the make model of your monitor is. If > > you've successfully completed the install w/o > > inputting/choosing the correct make model of your monitor > > then you must have input/chosen something that worked. So why > > worry about it after the fact? > > > > You've said at least twice no that the screen went black, but > > never revealed under what conditions this happened. Also, > > what does 'would not boot up' mean? What happens instead? At > > what point in the boot process does 'would not boot up' > > actually occur and exactly what is it that happens? > > > > Alan > > > > Romanator wrote: > > > > > > Alan, > > > > > > I will have to read the guide about the sync rate. But, everything appears to be okay, now. However, I could not
Re: [newbie] Re: DrakX is Working - DrakX Installation Instructions no KDE and sector errors
Romanso a newbie (you) on a newly installed and working system changed the graphic card, color depth and Monitor: then rebooted. Yep, that'd likely hose the x-server all right. Roman, don't fix what ain't broke!! Especially when you don't really know what you're doing! Alan P.S. and you really ought to quit sending mail to this list in html format. Half the folks on the list won't even read html posts (and some email clients can't display html). It also screws up the archives. Romanator wrote: I changing the following: 1. Logged on as roman (user) 2. Graphics card. I changed my default card setting to NVIDIA GeForce 256 3. Graphics resolution was changed from 32-bit to 16-bit. It appears that Linux prefers 32-bit. 4. I used the default setting for my monitor, as I could not find my Dell monitor. I have Dell M780. 5. Desktop themes. I changed to different desktop themes. I can't remember the name of the window that allowed me to scroll through the desktop themes. I tried all sorts of themes but kept the window using the KDE default colors. Sorry, my Linux syntax is still poor. 6. Added my static TCP/IP settings, hoping to log on. I added all of my IP numbers. Some of these items needed a root password, so I typed it in when prompted 7. Changed the hour settings from i.e. 22:00 to 11:00. I found out later that this should have been changed with another feature. 8. Changed the screen saver time from 1 minute pause to 15 minutes I was tired, panicked and reinstalled. It seemed to work for the rest of the night. I turned on my computer today. At the boot prompt, typed in: linux My KDE disappeared this morning. It went in to console mode. __ Last Night's Installation Notes(Tuesday) I was getting the following errors from last night's installation: Reinstall A) Clicked on hda5 or D partition, and then clicked on the Delete button B) Clicked on the Auto allocate button. A message followed up: sector #8385993 (61498 MB) and sector #6506388 (3702 MB) are overlapping! Clicked on the OK and Done buttons. C) The first install worked okay - after several hours on it. After adjusting the screen saver to 15 minutes, and I changed to time from the 24 hr. format to AM/PM. I was prompted that if I would like to start up in X automatically to select restart or reboot. D) When I rebooted the screen was completely dark. Linux did not reboot. I didn't know what to do, so I rebooted and reinstalled Linux Mandrake 7.0 Power Pack again. Reinstalled Again E) During the install, I deleted the same partition and was prompted again with the message: sector #8385993 (61498 MB) and sector #6506388 (3702 MB) are overlapping! F) I clicked on the OK button to proceed with the installation and another error message appeared: sector #6506388 (3702 MB) and sector #8385993 (61498 MB) are overlapping! The install went okay and ran for a while, then the screen went black on me. Linux would not boot up. No blinking I-beam - nothing. ** I repeated the installation as shown above, clicked on the Auto allocate button and another error appeared: #6506388.37878788 (3702 MB) and sector #8385993 (61498 MB) are overlapping! at /usr/bin/perl - install/common.pm ... Line 205 propagated at /usr/bin/perl - install/diskdrake.pm Line 47 G) I clicked on the OK and Done buttons and the installation proceeded. I woke up this morning and KDE was gone. However, Linux Mandrake started up in console mode. When I typed: startx , X windows started up. Is this a bug, or should I resize the partition before reinstalling? Partition Magic 4.0 does not work in Win NT4. Roman Registered Linux Mandrake 7.0 User -2733 Alan Shoemaker wrote: Romanso, something was wrong with x-windows and needed fixing. In a case like that there are key-combinations to try (for instance ctl-alt-f2,f3,f4,f5 or f6 could have gotten you to a console where you could login and re-run Xconfigurator to fix the problem. Tampering with what settings? Alan Romanator wrote: Alan, While reviewing the options on my Linux desktop, I decided to select shutdown. The computer rebooted and went to the command prompt boot. I typed in dos to run WinNT4, and access Netscape Navigator to communicate with you. Next, I selected shutdown in WinNT4, the computer appeared to reboot but the entire screen was black. I let it run for quite a long time. It's quite possible that I was tampering with too many options on the desktop? Roman Alan Shoemaker wrote: Romanok, why do you ask about what monitor to choose after you've successfully installed Linux? It's during the install you need to know what the make model of your monitor is. If
Re: [newbie] added
sure! From: Michael Kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] added Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 22:41:28 -0500 Can I please be added to the mailing list? Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] boot problems
I have American MegaTrends and I can boot from CD. 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. P.S. I would like to apologize for so late a response on this but I have had MAJOR probs here with a Packard 'Barf' Bell with a Conner CFA859A HD. It died, lucky to have a WD84A 8.4gig HD with some of the software I needed. Have had to install a new O/S (DO$) so my Wife can have a system of her own again. At the present time having to share my system until I have hers fully up again. One other thingy, have a friend that works on CPU's and says he has 13 1.2gig Conner H/D's that just died suddenly, that is normal for the Conner H/D's. So would not recommend using the Conner any more. thanks, d On Thu, 11 May 2000 21:05:13 -0400 "Andy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes some the BIOS most likely has an option to boot from cd - Original Message - From: Hank Ingram To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 1:20 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] boot problems Does your bios allow you to boot the CD? --- Hank Ingram [EMAIL PROTECTED]Blacksburg, Va Virginia Tech - Administrative Information Services - HR http://fbox.vt.edu:10021/H/hingram/ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
[newbie] Problems Sending e-mail
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Re: [newbie] added
On Tue, 16 May 2000, Michael Kirk wrote: Can I please be added to the mailing list? Since you can post to the list, I guess you're already added/subscribed... Paul )0(---)0( Law of Tests: When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important ones will be illegible. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] do not read this - it is obscene .-)
Denis, Are you looking for this ChineseFireWall from TXU, if so, then here is their addy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If not then just Delete this and ignore. 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 Thu, 11 May 2000 21:06:09 -0400 "Andy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: LOL thats funny - Original Message - From: Denis HAVLIK [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 1:00 PM Subject: [newbie] do not read this - it is obscene .-) When I get this fucking sexual maniac who keeps sodomising my dear mailing list subscribers, he will be imediately banned from this list. Now, if this asshole still has his dumbassed filtering program turned on, he is a gooner... .-) PS: sorry for obscenities, but I have no other idea how to get the answer from this filtering program... -- - Dr. Denis Havlik http://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quality Assurance (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---oOO--(_)--OOo- _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html 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] added
you are - Original Message - From: "Michael Kirk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 11:41 PM Subject: [newbie] added Can I please be added to the mailing list? _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] Mouse Speed in X
On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, Necrotica wrote: However, I can't seem to find a way to speed up my mouse. The default X mouse speed is wy too slow for me and I can't seem to find any information on www.xfree.org about it. There isn't anything in the XF86Config file either. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks... use xset and put in your .xininitrc $ xset m 10 -- Ribbo But Captain -- the engines can't take this much longer!
Re: [newbie] HP Deskjet 842C
James Little wrote: Try HP DeskJet 400/500C/520/540C. That's the one I use and it is full color. Another one that works is the 650C. I am working on a specific driver for it, and I'll let you know when I get it done. Thanks James, I'd appreciate it if you would ping me on that :) Strangely (as it works for you) I tried 650C - nothing with PS and 400/500C/520/540C prints the testpage in bw, and inverse at that! Meantime I'll stick to laserjet 4/5/6 which gives okay bw postscript and use the gaming OS if I need to print colour ; Cheers Steve -- Steve Edmunds Work:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone:650.933.8560 ISDN:408.863.7033
[newbie] New email/ unable to resubscribe to newbie
Having changed my ISP, I have attempted to re subscribe to the newbie list with no success. Thank you. Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Need a Driver for a Yamaha 724F Sound Driver
Folks, I've got a Yamaha 724F Sound Card and need its driver for my Linux 7.0 system. I was on the web and saw a thread that said that this sound card is incompatible with Linux Mandrake 7.0. When I try to detect it, it says as much. Any ideas, or will I have to get another sound card? Ray Winbush
Re: [newbie] How do you access console mode from within X to change lilo.conf
On Wed, 17 May 2000, you wrote: Hi, How do you access 'Console Mode' from within X windows? In addition, can run xterm or any of itsvariations (xterm,konsole,Eterm,gnome-terminal,kvt) and you have the equilivant of console mode. I review and make modifications from the desktop i.e. checking my RAM. I think the command line is: /sbin/lilo.conf Should this be done from ' root ' ? I have an IDE drive. Should I type in: append=hda=ide_scsi mem=128M if you mean a ide cd writer, then yes, the change should be in /etc/lilo.conf then execute lilo as root Roman -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
[newbie] X Windows
on one of my linux mandrake7 computers i get the following error execve failed for /etc/X11/X (errno 2) its when i try to startx or xinit what is the problem? thanks _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
[newbie] X Windows/Display
some times my messages don't get through to the list so I hope this one does on my other linux mandrake 7 box i got the error when i tried startx initx "execve failed for /etc/X11/X (errno 2)" i finally got into kde by typing x haha now the problem is when i get into it there is a x for a cursor and just a backround nothing else! Monitor=17"CyberVision Moniter C70 .27dpi 1280x1027 Res. Video Card=AGP Trident 3D with 4MB _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
SEC: UNCLASSIFIED:-[newbie] Installing a external Netcomm Roadstar II modem
Hello Again, Just reapeting my question below. Thanks Marco Mastrocinque. Hi All, I'm currently running Linux-Mandrake version 6.5 on my system. I want to install my modem which is a external Netcomm Roadstar II Modem to either Com 1or the Com 2 port. Any suggestions on what procedures to follow? Thanks Marco Mastrocinque.
Re: [newbie] Windows NT
Hello Erick, I have a similar setup except my drive is 20 Gig. I installed Windows NT4 on C, Linux Mandrake 7.0 on D partition. I would recommend creating a second partition. During the installation, DrakX will tell you that is has found hda which is your entire drive. If you have 2 partitions, DrakX will show 2 blue buttons. The first button is for your first partition, and the second is for the second partition. Click once on the 2nd button, then the OK button followed by clicking on the Auto allocate. DrakX will automatically install Linux Mandrake to your D partition. After completing the installation, your computer will reboot to a lilo prompt named boot. If you want to start up in linux, next to boot, type in Linux. If you want to start up in WinNT4, type in dos Example Boot: Linux or Boot: dos I hope this helps. Roman Erick Dennis wrote: Do I have to do something else to Install Linux Mandrake 7, for dual booting with Windows NT?. I have a 4 Gb Hd. WinNt was Installed in the first partittion, so, when I'm installing Linux, DrakX can`t see the WinNt`s partittion. Regards Erick Dennis Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] How do you access console mode from within X to changelilo.conf
Hi Alan, For some bizarre reason that particular email was not received by me until a few moments after I had sent the question. I get tons and tons of email as I also do technical support for simulators. Sorry. Roman Alan Shoemaker wrote: RomanI quote myself: "Romanso, something was wrong with x-windows and needed fixing. In a case like that there are key-combinations to try (for instance ctl-alt-f2,f3,f4,f5 or f6 could have gotten you to a console where you could login and re-run Xconfigurator to fix the problem." Alan Romanator wrote: Hi, How do you access 'Console Mode' from within X windows? In addition, can I review and make modifications from the desktop i.e. checking my RAM. I think the command line is: /sbin/lilo.conf Should this be done from ' root ' ? I have an IDE drive. Should I type in: append=hda=ide_scsi mem=128M Roman
[newbie] Talking to exchange server
If I have a Linux workstation on a Windows NT network and the network uses Exchange as the primary e-mail solution then, is there a way that I can setup Linux to check for e-mail on the Exchange server? jlbrady _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] How do you access console mode from within X to changelilo.conf
Romandon't sweat it! :-) In fact, I'd better tell you how to get back to your gui desktop when you're done in the console. Your initial x-session is numbered :0 and alt-f7 takes you back to it. In addition to that alt-f8 takes you to desktop :1, alt-f9 takes you to desktop :2, alt-f10 takes you to desktop :3, alt-f11 takes you to desktop :4, and alt-f12 takes you to desktop :5. These desktops don't exist unless you start additional x-sessions in the different numbered desktops. Alan Romanator wrote: Hi Alan, For some bizarre reason that particular email was not received by me until a few moments after I had sent the question. I get tons and tons of email as I also do technical support for simulators. Sorry. Roman Alan Shoemaker wrote: RomanI quote myself: "Romanso, something was wrong with x-windows and needed fixing. In a case like that there are key-combinations to try (for instance ctl-alt-f2,f3,f4,f5 or f6 could have gotten you to a console where you could login and re-run Xconfigurator to fix the problem." Alan Romanator wrote: Hi, How do you access 'Console Mode' from within X windows? In addition, can I review and make modifications from the desktop i.e. checking my RAM. I think the command line is: /sbin/lilo.conf Should this be done from ' root ' ? I have an IDE drive. Should I type in: append=hda=ide_scsi mem=128M Roman
Re: [newbie] How do you access console mode from within X to change lilo.conf
On May 16 Romanator wrote: Hi, How do you access 'Console Mode' from within X windows? You don't have to be in real console mode; an xterm will do just fine. If you really want console mode, press CTRL-ALT-F1 for the first console (CTRL-ALT-2 for the second and so on...) In addition, can I review and make modifications from the desktop i.e. checking my RAM. I think the command line is: /sbin/lilo.conf If you want to check your ram, type the following line in console or xterm free To modify lilo options, edit the file /etc/lilo.conf with an ascii-editor. To activate the changes, in console or xterm type "lilo", as root. Should this be done from ' root ' ? Due to file permissions only root can edit /etc/lilo.conf, and only root can activate lilo options. I have an IDE drive. Should I type in: append=hda=ide_scsi mem=128M If it's a harddisk, I don't think it's necessary. The only reason you want to use ide-scsi mode would be to be able to write on a cdr or cdrw drive, and perhaps it's nice to have your regular cdrom work in ide-scsi mode as well, if some application demands it. the only app I ever encountered that didn't want to read from atapi-cdroms was xcdroast. Anyway, the line you were looking for is: append="hda=ide-scsi mem=128M" ^ ^ ^ But I'd drop the 'hda=ide-scsi' part. Not necessary, and probably even dangerous. If you're smart, you add another image-section to your /etc/lilo.conf, and leave the old one alone. This way you can test new settings on the new kernel image, without modifying your old config, and thus making it impossible to boot if you screw up. As an example, I'll paste my /etc/lilo.conf below. Notice how I test all new kernels, and all new lilo settings on the "test" image. ** boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=0x030C default=test keytable=/boot/be-latin1.klt prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message image=/boot/vmlinuz-test label=test root=/dev/hda6 append="mem=128M hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14 label=linux root=/dev/hda6 append="mem=128M hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-15mdksecure label=secure root=/dev/hda6 append="mem=128M hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux-up root=/dev/hda6 append="mem=128M hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi" read-only other=/dev/hda2 label=dos table=/dev/hda other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy unsafe ** -- Rial Juanhttp://nighty.ulyssis.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Belgiumtel:(++32) 89/856533 ulyssis system admininstrator http://www.ulyssis.org The little critters in nature; they don't know they're ugly. That's very funny... A fly marying a bumble-bee... Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers
Re: re. [newbie] StarOffice Mandrake7
My tan case Osborne was the first of a new type of computer: the luggable. I'm glad that luggable has gone out of common usage. -Gary-
[newbie] Network configuration
Hi there. My computer has 2 ethernet cards. One is an Realtek PCI, the other is a 3Com Etherlink III - 3059B. (the two cards are PNP, by the way.) When I have installed Mandrake 7.0, the installation found the Realtek PCI but it did not find the 3Com. What can I do Is there a way to force Linux Mandrake 7.0 to "see" the Etherlink III (which is used for my network, the Realtek being connected to a cable modem.)? Thank you to all [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Window manager(KDE,Enlightenment,BlackBox...)
Who uses which for what? It seems each of the "session types" ie. WindowMaker, After Step, Enlightenment,Gnome, KDE,etc has its proponents. I'd like to know what you guys think is the best . -- -michael brower- "Dancing with Penguins" Registered Linux User #175480
[newbie] please stop sending this e-mail
[newbie] Need info about zoneinfo nslookup dig...
We have installed Mandrake 7 and really liked it. However we need to find out the answers for few small questions. 1, We have a very old cgi program written in C. It works after we installed libc-5. Only problem is the time output is wrong. When we used RedHat 5,6 etc. We put a link like ln -s /usr/lib/zoneinfo /usr/share/zoneinfo , but this trick does not work. I am wondering how does Mandrake store the timezone info? I have also noticed our default timezone does not show up when we use linuxconf. 2, Our installation does not install nslookup and dig etc, which rpm package are they in? 4, If we use netconf etc under a console. How can we use the dropdown menu? Thanks Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Multiple X
Is it possible to be using multiple users on X using "virtual consoles"? Thanks Drew Jackman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
