[newbie] Mdk-7.1 and NT-boot.ini

[Andrea Celli]

I'va a strange problem with Mandrake-7.1.

In my box i've installed several Linux distributions and
win-NT.
I use Nt-loader (in a dos partition) to choose operative System
at boot time.

Now, i've installed Mandrake-7.1 in a free partition,to test it 
before upgrade 7.0.
I choose to install lilo in bootsector of mdk-7.1 partition
Then I copied this sector in dos partition
dd if=/dev/hdc5 of=/mnt/dos/BOOTSECT.M71 bs=512 count=1
and added the usual line to boot.ini:
C:\BOOTSECT.M71="Mandrake-7.1".

This is the same procedure i followed many time and actually
works to load Mandrake-7.0 and SuSE-6.4.

It doesn't work to load mandrake-7.1 !
If at boot, i choose mandrake-7.1 i've got only a black 
screen.
I'm able to start others operative systems from boot.ini
and mandrake-7.1 from boot-floppy.

Any suggestion?

ciao, Andrea Celli

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[newbie] lost root desktop + menus

[Oliver Stieber]

i just upgraded to 7.1 
everything went fine with two exceptions.
for some reason downloading of the security tools failed part way through,
and I was left with 64M of ram even though I told the installer I had 256M.

anyhow, I was just sorting out the network, installing the
downloading+security packages and putting the append mem=256M in the
lilo.conf
when x/linux or whatever started paging memory and ground to a halt.

after a few attempts to change terminals I ended up telnetting in and
rebooting. (since I wanted to do a reboot to get my memory back).

I logged back in as root to check everything was ok and I had no desktop,
and the menu items didn't work.
I could still open display properties and execute commands.
I checked to see if /root existed and that was ok.

the desktop for my normal logon still fine.


any clues?

Re: [newbie] networking question

[Ot Ratsaphong]

Hi bascule,

If you have a look at the following URL, you will find all you need to get
you going. I followed the instructions to get my 486 configured as a router
and firewall for my small home network.

http://members.home.net/ipmasq/ipmasq-HOWTO-1.82.html

I have a question for you:

I have a 486/66 VL-bus PC with 32MB RAM and a Trident Video card. I have not
been able to install anything after RedHat 5.2. I'm interested in upgrading
to MDK 7.02 486 and am interested to hear that you have been successful at
it. Can you tell me if your H/w is similar to mine?

Thanks,
Ot  8^)


-Original Message-
From: bascule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, 12 June 2000 10:38
Subject: [newbie] networking question


>i am having trouble setting up two machines to talk to each other, i'll
>put all the questions in this one post since they are all related,
>
>1) do i need to 'fake' a domain for both machines to belong to or is it
>enough to give each machine a name?
>2)is the ip address of each nic the same as each machine or is that
>different? (i ask because i know that one machine could have more than
>one nic)
>3)do i need a default gateway or to set up any routing info if i only
>have two machines connected via a hub?
>4)i know about the reserved ip addresses but does it matter which
>address in an allowed range is used? i have used 192.168.0.1 on one box
>and 192.168.0.2 on the other
>5)what other quiestions should i have asked?!
>
>i have never connected two machines before, i have read a couple of
>books but they are a little over my head and seem to assume a lot, my
>machines both run mandrake 7-02 one is a 486 and one is an amdk6-2 400,
>i have installed a netgear ea201 in each machine and according to the
>diagnostic disk provided both are setup ok. of course until i know that
>linux is configured properly in both machines i won't know this for
>sure,
>
>any answers, recommended books, urls gratefully received,
>
>it is my intention to one day have the 486 machine be a firewall, i
>perceive that one day the uk will have reasonably priced unmetered isp
>access and i want to be ready!

[newbie] Mouse systems serial mouse problem

[Peter Cummins]

I recently asked about a Mouse Systems serial mouse with problems.  At a guess
no-one here knows how to fix this one, so does anyone know where else I can
look?

> I have a "Mouse Systems" serial optical mouse that I currently use with RedHat
> 6.1.  On the RedHat system it works fine, but when I try to install Mandrake
> 7.1 on the same computer, without changing anything, it won't work.  Using the
> keyboard I can select that I have a "Mouse systems serial mouse" on ttyS0,
> which is the case, but any mouse movement produces only jerky movement up to
> the top left corner of the screen.

Thanks in advance

Peter

Re: [newbie] How to please your IT department: (fwd)

[Denis HAVLIK]

:~>Ah, did you get this, or did you find the site of the Bastard Operator
:~>from Hell? *grin*

No, I got it in e-mail. BO is really a good reading, though ;->
I do not remember where the original site is, but this is OK too:

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bofh/index.html

cu
Denis
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Re: [newbie] Add Upgrade Icon to Virtual Desktop

[Denis HAVLIK]

:~>Oh know. What I was recommending was an auto upgrade feature for Linux
:~>Mandrake. I know it's a tall order but it's worth looking into for
:~>future releases. In fact, I don't think that any one has this feature.
:~>Or, at least, I haven't seen it , yet. Are you listening Mandrakesoft?

More than that.
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RE: Re: [newbie] Doom question...seconded

[nonic 10]

your mum is a bitch and is a fuckin wanker

go such motherfucker!!!

>From: michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] Doom question...seconded
>Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 23:58:32 -0800
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote:
>> Hi Trevor and all,
>> 
>> I tried it both ways after I moved both of the doom wad files
>> I have into the /usr/share/games/doom directory.
>> 
>> Here are my results:
>> 
>> [fran@flp fran]$ lxdoom -f /usr/share/games/doom/DOOM.WAD
>> LxDoom v1.4.0 - By Colin Phipps (see http://lxdoom.linuxgames.com/)
>> 
>> Z_Init : Allocated 6016Kb zone memory
>> Looking in /usr/share/games/doom
>> Looking in /home/fran/.lxdoom
>> Looking in /home/fran
>> Looking in /home/fran
>> IWAD not found
>> 
>> [fran@flp fran]$ lxdoom
>> LxDoom v1.4.0 - By Colin Phipps (see http://lxdoom.linuxgames.com/)
>> 
>> Z_Init : Allocated 6016Kb zone memory
>> Looking in /usr/share/games/doom
>> Looking in /home/fran/.lxdoom
>> Looking in /home/fran
>> Looking in /home/fran
>> IWAD not found
>> 
>> I don't get it.  Maybe someone else does.
>> Thanks for any enlightenment :)
>> 
>> Bambi
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Trevor Reynolds wrote:
>> 
>> > Bambi,
>> > That's exactly what I did.  Good luck!
>> >
>> > Trevor
>> >
>> > - Original Message -
>> > From: "Fran Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 5:30 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Doom question...
>> >
>> > > Hi Trevor,
>> > >
>> > > would that be at the terminal window and type
>> > >
>> > > lxdoom -f /usr/share/games/doom/DOOM.WAD
>> > >
>> > > I think I understood you correctly.
>> > >
>> > > If moving it to the /usr/share/games/doom directory
>> > > doesn't work .. I will try that.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > Bambi
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Trevor Reynolds wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Bambi,
>> > > > I had the same problem and I used the -f
>> > /usr/share/games/doom/DOOM.WAD
>> > > > option to get my Ultimate Doom working.  You may want to try that too.
>> > Good
>> > > > luck!
>> > > >
>> > > > Trevor
>> > > >
>> > > > - Original Message -
>> > > > From: "Fran Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > > > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 5:09 PM
>> > > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Doom question...
>> > > >
>> > > > > Thanks Ronald I will try that and let you know :)
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Bambi
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > "Ronald J. Hall" wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > Fran Parker wrote:
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > Same here Ronald :)
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > But I am having problems running lxdoom at all!
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Hi Fran! Well, I put my doom1.wad in:
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > /usr/share/games/doom
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > The original wad file that came with the rpm
>> > > > > > should be there already. Hope this helps! ;-)
>> > > > >
>> > >
>-- 
>phran:
>I get the same msg (IWAD not found) altho mine are in /usr/games/...
>I really would like to figure thhis one out!
>
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RE: Re: [newbie] Problems with Mandrake 7.1 installation

[nonic 10]

your mum is a bitch and a how?/

>Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:25:50 +0200 (CEST)
>From: flupke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] Problems with Mandrake 7.1 installation
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>I also installed XFree4.0 while I shouldn't BUT I DIDN'T REINSTALL THE OS.
>Please FORGET about this BAD idea! You are in a UNIX environnement! This
>is NOT windows!
>If you have installed XFree4.O and want to install XFree3.3.6, then you
>just have to boot, uninstall XFree4.0 and install XFree3.3.6. And you are
>done.
>Everybody should understand that if one package has problems, then you
>just handle the faulty package. And you don't have to reinstall the whole
>thing from scratch. Could it be a problem with X, the security level, the
>internet connection, or anything, you can repair it.
>
>Sorry, but I had to say it.
>Flupke
>
>
>On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote:
>
>> Carlthat sounds like what I experienced when I first
>> installed 7.1 and chose version 4 of XF86.  I reinstalled 7.1
>> and picked version 3.6 of XF86 and those symptoms no longer
>> occured. 
>> 
>> Alan
>> 
>> 
>> Carl Kehley wrote:
>> > 
>> > I just installed Mandrake 7.1 yesterday, development install from
>> > install and ext. cd's, and I've got a few minor problems.  Any help
>> > would be greatly appreciated.
>> > 
>> > First, Mandrake refuses to recognize my mouse as  Logitech MouseMan+,
>> > and instead keeps calling it a generic PS2.  I've changed it in the
>> > mouseconfig in DrakConf, it's recognized correctly in Lothar, but I've
>> > got no support for the wheel(even as a third button).
>> > 
>> > Next, gnome-ppp--what is meant by "remote name" in the config?  I've
>> > set it up exactly the same as kppp, but it disconnects about 30 seconds
>> > after the handshake, and I've got no dns, even though everything is
>> > entered correctly.
>> > 
>> > Finally, there seem to be major conflicts between the RealPlayer 7
>> > Netscape plugin and plugger in Communicator, to the point where
>> > RealPlayer freezes and I've got to reboot to get my sound back.  I
>> > remember seeing something similar in the list last week, but I didn't
>> > save the message, and can't locate it in the archives.
>> > 
>> > Any help, advice, creative criticism gladly accepted.
>> > 
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> > Carl Kehley
>> 
>> 
>> 
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RE: [newbie] networking question

[Jose M. Sanchez]

-Original Message-
From: bascule [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 8:57 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] networking question


i am having trouble setting up two machines to talk to each other, i'll
put all the questions in this one post since they are all related,

1) do i need to 'fake' a domain for both machines to belong to or is it
enough to give each machine a name?

---

Yes for most purposes you do.

---

2)is the ip address of each nic the same as each machine or is that
different? (i ask because i know that one machine could have more than
one nic)

---

It is different, but a part of the same subnet. Welcome to Networking 101.

Let's assume that machine A has two nic cards, for whatever purposes.

Then Machine B has one.

Machine A & B are connected to a common hub. Only ONE of the interfaces on A
is connected to the hub. The other is connected to another LAN, DSL/CABLE
modem, etc.

Now the interfaces on the same "segment" (in this case connected to the same
hub) would need to be on the same "subnet".

If you've elected to use the reserved IP's (a wise decision) of 192.168.0.1
thru 192.168.0.254 you can set up Machine B to use 192.168.0.2 or 3, etc.

Machine A can also use about any IP from 1 thru 254. 1 however is a special
case.

It is normally used for Routers or Gateways... so if A is to be a gateway...
Nat, etc...
192.168.0.1 is a good choice.

Two other things you need to know.

192.168.0.255 is called a "broadcast" address. The computers use this
reserved IP to "broadcast" to other nodes on the same "subnet" or LAN.

192.168.0.0 is the NETWORK address. Addresses ending in Zero refer to a
group or subnet.

Your Netmask is 255.255.255.0 since this is a class C network. The Netmask
is used to filter out packets. It helps distinguish their destination...
---

3)do i need a default gateway or to set up any routing info if i only
have two machines connected via a hub?

---

If machine A is going to be the gateway (I.E. connected to a Cable
Modem/DSL, etc.) IT is the default gateway.

In Linuxconf you ENABLE routing, but in the field where it says "Default
Gateway" you leave it BLANK on A. On machine B you fill in A's IP number...
Thus B uses A as it's gateway. Get it?

---


4)i know about the reserved ip addresses but does it matter which
address in an allowed range is used? i have used 192.168.0.1 on one box
and 192.168.0.2 on the other

---

See above

---

5)what other quiestions should i have asked?!

---

For starters dealing with DNS. DHCP for your OTHER Ethernet card. Security
levels. Samba, NFS, etc. quite a long list if you are going to set up
everything... though worth the effort.

---


i have never connected two machines before, i have read a couple of
books but they are a little over my head and seem to assume a lot, my
machines both run mandrake 7-02 one is a 486 and one is an amdk6-2 400,
i have installed a netgear ea201 in each machine and according to the
diagnostic disk provided both are setup ok. of course until i know that
linux is configured properly in both machines i won't know this for
sure,

---

Are you using a HUB? (this is a misnomer, it's really a concentrator, but
that's another matter...). You cannot simply connect the Ethernet ports
together. This doesn't work.



any answers, recommended books, urls gratefully received,

---

There are many books on this matter. If you are in a mixed environment one
of the newer ones about integrating Windows and Linux are particularly good.



it is my intention to one day have the 486 machine be a firewall, i
perceive that one day the uk will have reasonably priced unmetered isp
access and i want to be ready!

---

I hope your 486 has at least 64megs of RAM.

While a 486 does fine as a router, it normally does so if it is not bogged
down with things like Xwindows. You can use X to set things up though, then
merely have the computer come up in text mode.

-JMS
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[newbie] rc.firewall

[Victor Richardson]

I'm setting up a home cable-modem home behind a
Mandrake 7.1 box, I've
checked out the MASQ and Firewall HOWTO's and
understand them. Actually,
I used them with 6.0. Although, a few things have
changed since then. I
also searched the archives and there was only one
posting that didn't
answer this basic question;

What does the default entry in /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall
"echo 1  >
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/rp_filter" do? Or more
directly - what is
rp_filter?

Do I need to include this line in the MASQ/firewall
rules provided in
the docs?

Thanks, Victor

[newbie] Installation problems on ThinkPad 760EL

[R. D. McCallion]

Hi, I'm having problems installing Linux-Mandrake 7.0 on my IBM ThinkPad
760EL. The BIOS does not support booting from the CDROM and since it is
not possible to have the CDROM and floppy drive installed simultaneously,
I can not perform the standard floppy boot CD install. I have attempted
several other installation methods, all unsuccessful:

Brief:

1. autoboot.bat, selecting CD install
- CD install hangs after installer gets to 'Initializing CDROM...'
2. autoboot.bat, selecting HDD install
- Installer begins 'reading second stage RAM disk', then hangs
3. HDD install:copying contents of CDROM:/mandrake/ to HDD, creating boot
disk then booting the install from the floppy disk
- HD install gives 'Error reading second stage RAM disk' after the
partition containing the install files is selected.

System:
ThinkPad 760 EL; P133; 2.1GB HDD; 48 MB RAM; 20X CDROM; video: Trident
TG9660; running DOS (Win95) from a fresh boot (ie. not from a DOS Window)

Details:
The first install method is fairly straight-forward. I ran the 
/dosutils/autoboot/autoboot.bat batch from the CD and selected 'local 
CDROM' from the installer menu. The system displayed 'Initializing CDROM'
and then crashed. 

I subsequently repartioned the hard drive, creating a 20 MB primary
partition with DOS and a 700MB logical drive on an extended partition to
which I copied the contents of the /mandrake/ directory on the CD. I then
ran the /dosutils/autoboot/autoboot.bat batch and selected 'Hard Drive'
whn prompted by the installer for the location of the installation
files. 'Loading second stage RAM disk' was displayed, then the screen
blanked and the system hung.

I then tried creating a boot disk using rawrite.exe and the hd.img
file. The installer booted from this, but when given the location of the
installation files it errored: 'Error reading second stage RAM disk' and
crashed. I repeated this same procedure using the pcmcia.img instead with
identical results.

I repeated all of the the above procedures several times with identical
results in all cases.

Any suggestions? If I can find a way to write the CDROM boot image to my
hard drive I could boot from the HDD and try a CD install. I haven't found
any utils to do this yet (rawrite only writes to floppies).

Thanks very much for any assistance,

Ryan McCallion

[newbie] running Sawmill (Sawfish)

[Jaguar]

I installed Sawmill off of the Maximum Linux June/july 2000 CD, and can't
figure out where to setup Sawmill to run.  Has anyone done this, if so...could
you please explain to me what file to edit, with what commands...
installed on MDK 7.02 
TIA
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[newbie] SMC1211TX and Linux

[exquisite1]

Hello,

I have a SMC 1211TX network card. Does anyone have a program that will

Allow me to change the mode from 100 full to 10half. I cannot get the

the card to see the network, also it seems that lothar says the card is

installed, but when booting the eth0 says failed to initialize.

I can easily put in the 8013ewc and it will work. the 1211tx is new

and I am using the rtl8139 drivers according to smc website. If anyone

has any information on this, please let me know.


Sincerly

Jonathan Spearman
Exquisite Computer Resources, Dallas, Tx
http://www.thecityweb.com/~exquisite

[newbie] why is this?

[Fred Banana]

I often have noticed that I get a continuesly higher download speed in linux
than in windows. the speed in windows averages about 3.4 kbits/seconds and
that seems as fast as we get. in linux I get an average of 5.5 kbits/seconds
with spikes around 12 or 15 kbits/second.  The same dialup isp and
modem and I am using a pci modem from actiontec, (call-waiting model) and I was
wondering if anyone might have a clue as  to why?
are these numbers accurate or is the software averaging the difference and
showing me what Uncle Bill and Uncle Linus want me to see?
sure SEEMS faster in linux...
 heck, maybe I can get
my win-blows setup to work better to.

Re: [newbie] downloads

[Anthony Huereca]

http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/ is very good.

> need a good download manager for linux...that will auto-resume
> broken downloads...
> 
> where is one...I tried freshmeat...and tucows linux

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[newbie] E-mail Clients

[Corrado / Prometheus The Gifter]

Hello, everybody!

I'm currently using the Netscape e-mail client along with Kmail; I'm
looking for a client which features message filters and search and
multiple pop accounts, better if designed for Gnome; there's a lot of
programs, what would you suggest me?

Thank you!

Corrado

[newbie] downloads

[KompuKit]

need a good download manager for linux...that will auto-resume
broken downloads...

where is one...I tried freshmeat...and tucows linux

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Re: [newbie] isapnp config error

[GAPrichard]

Sorry for the late reply--if this has been addressed I'll get to it.  I 
had very nearly  the same error.  I haven't had time to delve further.  I 
hope somebody gives what the (corrected) line should look like.  I know the 
interrupt to use when I have the line otherwise correct.  -Gary-


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<< I was trying to get my ISA(yuck)to work in linux. I have a Us Robotics 56k
 Fax Internal PnP modem. So I was editing some files bla bla bla then when I
 ran "isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf" it gave me the following-
 "Don't know what to do with 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11 or 12. on or around line 58
 /etc/isapnp.conf:58 --Fatal - Error occured parsingconfig file --- no action
 taken"
 My modem is on ttyS2/COM3. Any suggestions? I am running Mandrake7.0 on
 kernel 2.2.15 and was running as root. Any more info you need I can provide.
 Thank you all
  >>

[newbie] printer

[KompuKit]

have a HP deskjet 600

it prints in black and white only,under linux
why won't it print in color...?
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RE: [newbie] Quicktime 3 question...

[michael]

On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> Lobby http://www.eazel.com/
> 
> Most of these guys are Ex-Apple hotshots...
> 
> -JMS
I sent an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; what if we all did?
> 
> -
> > You cannot view Quicktime movies in Linux because Apple hasn't made a
> player
> > for Linux yet. So the only way you can view it is to boot up Windows.
> >
> >
> 
> How can we orchestrate a campaign to persuade the well paid, smart, driven
> folks at Apple to do so?
> 
>  



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[newbie] (no subject)

[Dennis Myers]

Something is not working correctly.  I am trying this again after
receiving a missent message.  I am try to set up Samba.  Using Sams
teach yourself Linux-Mandrake in 24 Hours is  useless.  "Running Linux"
is ok if you understand the C language or are comfortable in a text
mode.  I am a visual person and need things spelled out for me line by
line or better yet a picture drawn. Anyway the user guide that came with
my Linux-Mandrake distro is no help.  Anybody know where I can find (or
a title to ) help in setting up "Samba". Thanks in advance for any help.

Re: [newbie] boot partition?

[Mark Weaver]

dale kosan wrote:
> 
> Hello,am installing Linux Mandrake 7.1.I have two drives,one is Windows
> 98,second is for Linux.Where do I want to put the Lilo?
> 
> Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

LILO goes in the MBR on the primary drive. That would be the MBR of your
windows drive.
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Re: [newbie] Extra Cds for 7.1

[Anthony Huereca]

I think those are the extra CD's you get when you buy the "full" version at
retail. 

> Does anyone have any idea what and/or where the CD's labeled 3 and 4
> are.
> During the installation of 7.1 they are listed, and also using Kpackage
> or RPMdrake to add additional packages they ask for one or the other CD.
> 
> Thanks 
> Eunice
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Re: [newbie] About to give up.

[~-=Mark=-~]

Here's something wild. Last night after getting the first reply to this
list about how to get fetchmail to run in the background and get the mail
at a set interval someone had said something about needing a script to
start it every time I bootes the machine. Well, last night I started
fetchmail by typing fetchmail -d 150 and supplied the server name and
password and now every time I boot my Linux box and I'm not sooner
connected to the net fetchmail is off and running all by itself. I only
set it that one time. I didn't think it was supposed to do that! It's the
weirdest thing!!

Mark

Never wish for anything bigger than you can carry home in your pocket.
Disappointment is almost always guarrenteed. Especially if your pants 
don't have any pockets in them.

Re: [newbie] How do I pull e mail off my server via pop?

[Anthony Huereca]

I'm not sure what your problem is, but I can assure you that you do not need to
install any kind of pop-server software. I use kmail just fine for my email
needs.

> I am trying to pull the e mail off of my
> server with a pop client but it don't work.
> 
> When I try to do it with Netscape it says
> something like it did nto work or some unhelpful
> idiotmessage, when I used imaginemail's pop
> e mail puller it said that the server was too slow
> and that can't be.
> 
> Do I need to install a pop server software or 
> something?
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Re: [newbie] Extra Cds for 7.1

[Alex V Flinsch]

On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> Does anyone have any idea what and/or where the CD's labeled 3 and 4
> are.
> During the installation of 7.1 they are listed, and also using Kpackage
> or RPMdrake to add additional packages they ask for one or the other CD.


I noticed that also. My guess is that they refer to some of the stuff that will
be on the full/powerpack versions when they are available

 -- 
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(Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)

[newbie] Where is my memory?

[A Waters]

I have just finished installing LM7.1 on my Dell Dimension with Intel 810 
video chip.  My i810 has 4MEG of video memory but LM7.1 recognized and used 
only 1 MEG of the video memory.  Consequently, i can configure the video at 
1028X764 with only 256 colors (and my system is noticeably slower!)  Could 
some one tell me how i can configure X wioth my full memory and all 
available colors.

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Re: [newbie] How do I pull e mail off my server via pop?

[Vic]

Sory about the mess, please cancel my request
I got the cucipop pop server installed, it works,
and now I can go on holiday.



On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, flupke wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Vic wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to pull the e mail off of my
> > server with a pop client but it don't work.
> > 
> > When I try to do it with Netscape it says
> > something like it did nto work or some unhelpful
> > idiotmessage,
> You should have posted it anyway. That could have helped...
> 
> > when I used imaginemail's pop
> > e mail puller it said that the server was too slow
> > and that can't be.
> > 
> > Do I need to install a pop server software or 
> > something?
> 
> Do the other things work with internet? Can you browse http or ftp server?
> 
> Try to make a "telnet popserver 110" and see if it responds. You can even
> try to log to the server (with the USER and PASS commands) and send some
> commands like STAT, LIST 1, (close the connection with the "QUIT" command) 
> or things like that. If that works, then the problem comes from your
> client's configuration. If it doesn't work, then either there is a problem
> with your internet connection, or the pop server is down.
> 
> Anyway, you don't need to setup a pop server.
> 
> HTH
> Flupke
> 
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Re: [newbie] Partition Magic 4.01 will not run on Windows NT

[Michael Lueck]

On Fri, 16 Jun 2000 07:26:33 -0400, Roman Bysh wrote:

>In order for PM to run on Windows NT4, you must purchase Version 5 Full
>Version for about $55.

Or run the code from a DOS disk / partition. There is a DOSOS2 or OS2DOS dir on
the CD, build the disks and away you go. I suggest applying the fix packs to
the disks - at least the OVL file has been updated, I can't remember about the
EXE.

Not that I like PQ anyway. Those crazy programmers write the most mungged up
partition tables, OS's don't like the partitions - at least since 3x or 4x or
something.

Michael

Re: [newbie] Partition Magic 4.01 will not run on Windows NT

[excalibur]

Hi Roman,

I cannot speak for  Partition Magic 4, but I have successfully used PM 5 on
a test machine with
hard drive 1 as fat16, an NTFS partition, and a Win98 fat32 partition. The
Linux (Mandrake 7.1)
is on hard drive 2, and I can manipulate my NT partition with no problem.
;-)

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Roman Bysh wrote:

> Yup,
>
> I just received Upgrading and Repairing PCs - Linux Edition. I installed
> PM 4.01 and it gives a message that it will not run on Windows NT.
> I was hoping to edit my NTFS partition.
> I don't know where every one has been getting their information.
> In order for PM to run on Windows NT4, you must purchase Version 5 Full
> Version for about $55.
>
> Roman

[newbie] junk

[J D]

okay, mandrake puts a lot of stuff on your computer when you install it.  
how do i find out what it has installed, and then how do i get rid of it if 
i don't want it?
thanks
jd

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Re: [newbie] Worthless email list

[Mark Potochnik]

Alan Shoemaker wrote:

>
>
> Personally, I don't have any insight as to what your
> installation problem might be caused by.

Maybe he would be happy if you gave him a wrong answer...   :-)

MarkP

Re: [newbie] How do I install a PCMCIA card on Mandrake Linux 7.0

[Michael H. Collins]

What happens when you do a "rcpcmcia start" as root with the cards in.

> "Myers, Dennis R NWO" wrote:
> 
> You can get some pretty detailed information on a generic device if it
> has an FCC code on it. This indicates that it was certified for use in
> the USA and by going to:  http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/help.html
> 
> You can find out who made the device and other interesting info.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From:   Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent:   Monday, June 12, 2000 7:21 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:Re: [newbie] How do I install a PCMCIA card on
> Mandrake Linux 7.0
> 
> On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Michael Khachiki wrote:
> 
> >I can't find any documents on how to install a No Name PCMCIA card in
> Linux.
> >with out it I can't get on the net from Linux. Please let me know how
> should
> >I go about installing a No Name PCMCIA (Modem and LAN) on a laptop. I
> have
> >tried "man pcmcia" on the system. It showed me where I can find the
> pcmcia
> >config file. when I looked in that file, I could not find my pcmcia
> in the
> >list. How should I go about configuring my PCMCIA card ???
> 
> If you have a no name card, with no idea who or what made it, and
> equally
> no clue as to the drivers needed, I am afraid you have a big problem.
> If you could figure out the brand of it, or what
> taiwanese/singapore/indian company made it, you could still stand a
> chance. Otherwise my bets would be on a pcmcia card that is supported
> by
> Linux. I know this is not the answer you want.
> 
> Paul
> 
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Re: [newbie] How do I install a PCMCIA card on Mandrake Linux 7.0

[Michael H. Collins]

What happens when you do a "rcpcmcia start" as root with the cards in.

> "Myers, Dennis R NWO" wrote:
> 
> You can get some pretty detailed information on a generic device if it
> has an FCC code on it. This indicates that it was certified for use in
> the USA and by going to:  http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/help.html
> 
> You can find out who made the device and other interesting info.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From:   Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent:   Monday, June 12, 2000 7:21 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:Re: [newbie] How do I install a PCMCIA card on
> Mandrake Linux 7.0
> 
> On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Michael Khachiki wrote:
> 
> >I can't find any documents on how to install a No Name PCMCIA card in
> Linux.
> >with out it I can't get on the net from Linux. Please let me know how
> should
> >I go about installing a No Name PCMCIA (Modem and LAN) on a laptop. I
> have
> >tried "man pcmcia" on the system. It showed me where I can find the
> pcmcia
> >config file. when I looked in that file, I could not find my pcmcia
> in the
> >list. How should I go about configuring my PCMCIA card ???
> 
> If you have a no name card, with no idea who or what made it, and
> equally
> no clue as to the drivers needed, I am afraid you have a big problem.
> If you could figure out the brand of it, or what
> taiwanese/singapore/indian company made it, you could still stand a
> chance. Otherwise my bets would be on a pcmcia card that is supported
> by
> Linux. I know this is not the answer you want.
> 
> Paul
> 
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> Today is a Gift...That is why we call it The Present.
> 
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[newbie] boot magic/LILO

[KompuKit]

Just installed Partition Magic 5.0...along with 
boot magic

I had my LILO on the MBR of the master disk,partitioned into
two parts...with linux being the second part.

need to know...HOW to now...configure LILO to install instead...
to the linux partso I can use boot magic...instead.

anyone know how?
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Re: [newbie] boot partition?

[KompuKit]

it depends...do you expect to install Partition Magic...?

dale kosan wrote:
> 
> Hello,am installing Linux Mandrake 7.1.I have two drives,one is Windows
> 98,second is for Linux.Where do I want to put the Lilo?
> 
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Re: [newbie] boot partition?

[Anthony Huereca]

Put it on the first harddrive (/dev/hda) in the Master Boot Record

> Hello,am installing Linux Mandrake 7.1.I have two drives,one is Windows 
> 98,second is for Linux.Where do I want to put the Lilo?
> 
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[newbie] boot partition?

[dale kosan]

Hello,am installing Linux Mandrake 7.1.I have two drives,one is Windows 
98,second is for Linux.Where do I want to put the Lilo?

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[newbie] POP3 server problems under 7.0

[Everett]

HelloA few months ago I installed mandrake 6.1 
and I've been playing aroundwith it.I installed a pop3 server software 
called qpopper and it worked great.Well I just installed mandrake 7.0 a 
compleate install overwrighting6.1.Then I reinstalled qpopper but now it 
want work.qpopper seems to be working I can log onto it but it just says no 
newmessages on server.So I tryed a few other pop3 server software and 
get the same thing.
It must be something in linux because I can't any 
pop3 server software to work.Can someone please tell me what to 
do?Thanks

Re: [newbie] Extra Cds for 7.1

[Alan Shoemaker]

Eunicethey'll be part of the power pack :-)

Alan


Eunice Thompson wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have any idea what and/or where the CD's labeled 3 and 4
> are.
> During the installation of 7.1 they are listed, and also using Kpackage
> or RPMdrake to add additional packages they ask for one or the other CD.
> 
> Thanks
> Eunice

[newbie] Memory test, Any software?

[Hugh]

I installed some memory into my computer a week agao
About ever three times I boot up I get a memory fails warning
when it checks my memory. Is there any software for linux
to allow me to test these chips myself?

Hugh

[newbie] Mouse systems serial mouse problem

[Peter Cummins]

Hi all, I have a problem.

I have a "Mouse Systems" serial optical mouse that I currently use with RedHat
6.1.  On the RedHat system it works fine, but when I try to install Mandrake
7.1 on the same computer, without changing anything, it won't work.  Using the
keyboard I can select that I have a "Mouse systems serial mouse" on ttyS0,
which is the case, but any mouse movement produces only jerky movement up to the
top left corner of the screen.

I've installed Mandrake 7.1 onto my kids computer and LOVE the look of it.  So
now I'd like to get it going on mine so I can play :)


Peter

Re: [newbie] How to delete link files?

[Anthony Huereca]

Just remove the symbolic link. "rm the_symbolic_or_hard_link".


> Dear friends:
> 
> This has been driving me crazy.
> 
> If you create a link (symbolic or hard), e.g. # ln foo 1 foo2
> 
> How do you UNdo it?
> 
> I've look in my Using Linux book and other books. No answer.
> 
> Thanks so very much.
> 
> Benjamin
> 
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[newbie] How to delete link files?

[Benjamin Sher]

Dear friends:

This has been driving me crazy.

If you create a link (symbolic or hard), e.g. # ln foo 1 foo2

How do you UNdo it?

I've look in my Using Linux book and other books. No answer.

Thanks so very much.

Benjamin

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Re: [newbie] networking question

[Paul]

On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, bascule wrote:

As far as I can help you:

>1) do i need to 'fake' a domain for both machines to belong to or is it
>enough to give each machine a name?

A name for each machine is enough.

>2)is the ip address of each nic the same as each machine or is that
>different? (i ask because i know that one machine could have more than
>one nic)

Each Nic needs a separate IP address. If you hand out equal IP's there
will be confusion all around when one machine shouts "Hey, 192.168.0.1,
here's something. Eh... oh, it's for me too??"

>3)do i need a default gateway or to set up any routing info if i only
>have two machines connected via a hub?

Networking set up a gateway thing for me, on 192.168.0.255. I don't know
if I use it, but it apparently is there.

>4)i know about the reserved ip addresses but does it matter which
>address in an allowed range is used? i have used 192.168.0.1 on one box
>and 192.168.0.2 on the other

This is how I did it also. You can also use 192.168.0.100 and
192.168.0.200, as long as you don't go over 255 (254 in case you have the
gateway on 255). This of course limits you to having only 253 possible
machines on your network. SHould be enough, I guess.

>5)what other quiestions should i have asked?!

Do I need to enable all NFS daemons in the services? Yes. At least, if you
want the machines to be able to transfer files to and from.

Can I share drives over the network? Yes. In your /etc/exports you write:

 (rw,no_root_squash)

where  is e.g. / or /home or /usr, or whatever share you want
the other side to access, (add a line for each mountpoint)
and  is the name of the OTHER machine. So if you set this up on
machine "bascule_main", and you want "bascule_firewall" to be able to
access the /home share on "bascule_main", this would read:

/home bascule_firewall(rw,no_root_squash)

Then on "bascule_firewall" you mount this one as:

mount bascule_main:/home  /mnt/main

And through /mnt/main on bascule_firewall you then can access
bascule_main's /home directories.

Was this clear? Don't know. Was this extensive? I guess!

You're in England? Neat! Tomorrow I am coming over for a week. I am going
to spend a week in Wales!

Paul

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Re: [newbie] No window manager in X...

[flupke]

On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Sam Dunham wrote:

> I installed Mandrake 7.0 (severl times) and everything seems to work
NO NEED to reinstall when you have a problem. Nearly never!
> great, except that I don't get a Window Manager when X starts. My
> Graphical login comes up on a plain Jane X screen, I log in, and I get
> two terminal emulation boxes, but no Window Manager. How do I fix this
> so that I can get KDE up and running?
Does it work if you type "kde" in one of the xterms? If not you probably
just have to install the appropriate rpms packages. If it works, then edit
your ~/.Xclients file and put the commands to start kde there.


>
>  Thanks,
>  Sam

HTH
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[newbie] Mandrake 7.1 Install problem: Can't find package xfree- rpm

[Poul Varming]

I am unable to complete the Linux Mandrake 7.1 
installation. 
When I reach the X Configuration I am prompted that 
the RPM package "xfree- " can't be found. 
I have tried both Automated and Customized 
installation with the same result. 
Installing all the XFree packages did not 
help.
Installation of Linux Mandrake 7.0 had no 
problems.
My configuration is: AMD 700MHz CPU, 128MB SD-RAM, 
16GB HD, Diamond Viper II (Savage2000) graphics card.
Any help is appreciated!

[newbie] X help

[Anthony Huereca]

Can someone who is running X4.0 please tell me what /etc/X11/X is symlinked to?
Just type "ll /etc/X11/X". 

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Re: [newbie] Remote printer. Sorta solved

[Paul]

On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote:

>Paulyou're probably missing your /etc/hosts.lpd file.  If
>that's the case, make one by using a text editor as root and
>include in it a '+' followed by a 'press of the enter key'.

Well, I don't understand toodle nor squat of it, but today printing over
the network just works as it should. I can't remember changing anything in
any setup, lpq still tells me there are no daemons present, but it works.
Of course, this is the perfect moment to find out that the ink cartridge
is empty and the shops are closed. But that is another topic.

Paul

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Re: [newbie] networking question

[flupke]

Hi Bascule.

On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, bascule wrote:

> i am having trouble setting up two machines to talk to each other, i'll
> put all the questions in this one post since they are all related,
> 
> 1) do i need to 'fake' a domain for both machines to belong to or is it
> enough to give each machine a name?
It's better to have a domain.

> 2)is the ip address of each nic the same as each machine or is that
> different? (i ask because i know that one machine could have more than
> one nic)
No. Each nic has an IP adress. If a machine has 5 nics, then it will
respond to 5 IPs.

> 3)do i need a default gateway or to set up any routing info if i only
> have two machines connected via a hub?
If you just intend to communicate between the two comps, it's not
necessary. But if you want for instance set up a firewall masquerading to
share your connection between your machines, then that becomes another
problem.

> 4)i know about the reserved ip addresses but does it matter which
> address in an allowed range is used? i have used 192.168.0.1 on one box
> and 192.168.0.2 on the other
That's fine.

> 5)what other quiestions should i have asked?!
Depends on what you plan to do with your network... :-)

> 
> i have never connected two machines before, i have read a couple of
> books but they are a little over my head and seem to assume a lot, my
> machines both run mandrake 7-02 one is a 486 and one is an amdk6-2 400,
> i have installed a netgear ea201 in each machine and according to the
> diagnostic disk provided both are setup ok. of course until i know that
> linux is configured properly in both machines i won't know this for
> sure,
> 
> any answers, recommended books, urls gratefully received,
I would suggest you to read the LAME (Linux Administration Made Easy) and
other books from the LDP (the NAG and SAG [Network/System Administrator's
Guide],...) Thoses are available in different formats and language at
http://ldp.linuxbe.org . There sure are other mirrors somewhere else, but
I don't know them.

> 
> it is my intention to one day have the 486 machine be a firewall, i
> perceive that one day the uk will have reasonably priced unmetered isp
> access and i want to be ready!
Well, prepare your knowledge before worying about hardware (but ok,
it's also important to have something to make it run...). Read as lot as
you can about TCP/IP, routing, browse the HOWTOs, etc...
> 
> 
> 


HTH
Flupke

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Re: [newbie] Linksys LNE 100tx problems w/ mdk7

[David Talbot]

I speak from absolute experience here. I too picked up that card (Ohhh a
$10 NIC), and there are currently no drivers for linux. Sorry. The NE2000's
work great though...

-David Talbot

At 09:47 PM 6/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
>I tried setting up a Linksys LNE100TX NIC on my HP / MDK7 / Win98 machine.  I 
>have it up at boot as seen in my dmesg, but when I run ifconfig, eth0 states 
>Broadcast and not Up Broadcast.  I can't ping it from my internal network and 
>I see the routes are correct.  Mdk7 has the tulip driver already compiled and 
>everything I tried seems okay.  The card is set as active in the etherconfig 
>and routes are correct in the route tables.  I have checked the scripts and 
>they all have the required variables.  I guess the question is how to get the 
>broadcast up or what else could be wrong.
>
>My buddy said to buy a supported NIC like a 3COM.  Maybe he's right, but the 
>Linksys should work... right?

Re: [newbie] try yet again for help... cd rom/burner

[Mogens Jæger]

>
> > I installed MD 7.1, I have a creative cdrw 4224 and I can play music on it
> > just fine under linux, however when I go to access it for files, the light
> > comes on and after a few minutes I get an error message that the contents of
> > the directory /mnt/cdrom can not be displayednow the weirdI can't
> > eject the cd and the light stays on. If I don't completely power down the
> > machine the cdrom isn't recognized by the bios on the reboot.  If I
> > completely shut down the power for the recomended 15 seconds and turn it
> > back on my cdrom is back in the boot list again.
> >
> > Can anyone help me with all this weirdness?
> >
> > I am running an AMD K6-3 450, 128 mb ram, on a gigabyte MB, with the Ali
> > Aladdin V AGPset rev 5.
> >
> > I have had problems with the cd-rw in linux from the begining and haven't
> > gotten it fixed, but it never removed it from the bios before...what gives
> > here?

I am almost using same type of machine like you, and have had the same problem -
not with my burner, but with my CD-rom. For me to see, the problem lies in the
supermount. When you starts your CD-player, it mounts the drive for audio-use,
and not as /mnt/cdrom (or likely), and then you can't open it as so. I have
noticed, that when I have had a audio-CD in the drive, I have to open it again,
using my 'player-program' and then inserting a CD-rom, it starts to act 'normal'
again - but right - it's locked until you unmount it with the program that has
got access to it.
Hopes it works for you
Mogens Jæger

Re: [newbie] Trouble booting 7.0 from 2nd drive with System Commander

[Wendell Gragg]

Ok, I reinstalled SC2000 and it did pick up the Linux drive and gave me an
option to boot; however, when I choose it, I receive an error message saying
that there is something wrong with the boot sector.  It says that the boot
sector does not have the usual signature.  If I tell it to go ahead and boot
anyway, it just hangs.  Obviously I did something wrong in the Linux
install, probably with LILO.  Do you have any ideas?  I know it didn't ask
me whether to install LILO in the MBR, so I am not sure where it put it.

Thanks again,
Wendell
- Original Message -
From: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Trouble booting 7.0 from 2nd drive with System
Commander


> Wendell
>Did you start the Linux installation from SystemCommander. If you did
not
> then manually adding Linux to the boot options will not work you will need
> to re-install SysCo in order for it to pick up the Linux boot record.
>
>Charles
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Wendell Gragg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 10:28 PM
> Subject: [newbie] Trouble booting 7.0 from 2nd drive with System Commander
>
>
> > Apparently I have done something wrong here.  In used System Commander
> 2000
> > to partition my 2nd Hard drive as follows:
> >
> > 1st partition:  /boot100 MB
> > 2nd Partition />10 GB
> > 3rd partion:  swap128 MB
> >
> > I then installed linux mandrake using Drakx.  When it asked me about
Lilo,
> I
> > told it to put it in the /boot.  It did not ask me about whether to
place
> it
> > in the MBR or not.  Everything seemed to go ok, but when I rebooted and
> > System Commander came up, I interrupted it and added linux, telling it
to
> > boot from the first partition.  When I tried to boot from it, System
> > Commander told me that the boot record was bad and would not boot it.
> >
> > Can someone give me an idea as to what I may have done wrong?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Wendell Gragg
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
>
>

Re: [newbie] automount

[Anthony Huereca]

http://www.mandrakeuser.org/admin/amount2.html

> can anybody explain me how to install and configure automount ?

-- 
Anthony Huereca
http://m3000.1wh.com
Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are. 

[newbie] more samba

[Oliver Stieber]

ok I've now managed to get samba up and running fine,
and have a fully talking office lun(linux underground network) with one
little exception.
dozy 2000,
it refuses to connect to my Linux box, and smbclient shows no shares.
the samba site says that 2.0.7 fixes a lot of 2000 interferences so I
downloaded the 2.0.7 red hat rpms, but they have a dependency problem
(readline#.so or something).
un-installing 2.0.6 and forcing 2.0.7 to install results in unstartable
services, so I went back.

well here's the question,
1: has anyone got samba 2.0.7 working under mandrake 7.1
2: does it have any problems talking to dozy 2000.
3: where can I get the missing lib.

and last but not least,

when's the samba documentation getting updated, is a nightmare.




 

Re: [newbie] sendmail

[Glyn Millington]

On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 06:19:09AM -0700, thus spake Luc Marts:
> Hi
> how do i check if this "procmail" is installed? and if
> it is not installed where can i get it?
> thanks ver much
> 
> Luc
> 
> 
> --- Everett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

rpm -qa | less should list  EVERYTHINg you have installed in
rpm format.

If procmail isn't there then it's on your Mandrake CD somewhere.

Good luck!

Glyn M.

-- 
   **
   * "The soul is greater than the hum of its parts. "  *
   * Douglas Hoftstatder*
   **

Re: [newbie] What's the ld-linux.so.2?

[Tom Brinkman]

On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> Thanks!
> I'll try that when I get home.
> Is that a Netscape bug or Linux bug?


 Well, IMNSHO  ;)  most problems best approached in this order
1-user, 2-software, 3-hardware, and 4-OS (even including Winblows :)

   NutScrape is _definitely_ a 2 all by itself ;)
-- 
~~   Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED]



 > 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "Tom Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 06/16/2000 10:44:11 AM
> 
> Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>   
>   
>   
>  To:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]   
>   
>  cc:  (bcc: YUE M. MA/EMPL/MD/Bell-Atl)   
>   
>   
>   
>  Subject: Re: [newbie] What's the ld-linux.so.2?  
>   
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > Some time when I closed the Netscape browser 4.7, I found there was a process:
> > ld-linux.so.2 (or some other name like that, I don't remember clearly), I can
> > not kill it by using the kill , but itconsumed a lot of machine resources
> > like the CPU time, memor.. it was on top of the "top" output.
> > I tried relogin to X, but it doesn't work, I have to restart the computer to
> > kill that process.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> 
> I run a p3-450 at 608mhz on a BX board.  Consequently I have a
> wopper cpu heatsink with dual fans (Alpha p3125), and I monitor
> temps, voltages, and fans.  I use Khealthcare and dock the cpu's
> internal core temp on KDE's panel.  Normally the core runs at 22 to
> 25C (room temp).
> 
> Even when Nutscrape doesn't freeze, but is just not acting
> normally, I'll sometimes see my core temp going up to 39 - 41C.
> Sure enough, if I run 'top' I'll see that 'ld-linux.so.2' is
> churning the system.  Top also gives the pid number.  At a console
> prompt I type  'kill -9 '  which instantly makes NS
> quit, and the core temp return to normal.  Then I re-start NS... no
> problem ( till the next time anyhow ;)
> --
> ~~   Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] What's the ld-linux.so.2?

[yue . m . ma]

Thanks!
I'll try that when I get home.
Is that a Netscape bug or Linux bug?





"Tom Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 06/16/2000 10:44:11 AM

Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  
  
  
 To:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]   
  
 cc:  (bcc: YUE M. MA/EMPL/MD/Bell-Atl)   
  
  
  
 Subject: Re: [newbie] What's the ld-linux.so.2?  
  





On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> Hi there,
> Some time when I closed the Netscape browser 4.7, I found there was a process:
> ld-linux.so.2 (or some other name like that, I don't remember clearly), I can
> not kill it by using the kill , but itconsumed a lot of machine resources
> like the CPU time, memor.. it was on top of the "top" output.
> I tried relogin to X, but it doesn't work, I have to restart the computer to
> kill that process.
>
> Any suggestions?

I run a p3-450 at 608mhz on a BX board.  Consequently I have a
wopper cpu heatsink with dual fans (Alpha p3125), and I monitor
temps, voltages, and fans.  I use Khealthcare and dock the cpu's
internal core temp on KDE's panel.  Normally the core runs at 22 to
25C (room temp).

Even when Nutscrape doesn't freeze, but is just not acting
normally, I'll sometimes see my core temp going up to 39 - 41C.
Sure enough, if I run 'top' I'll see that 'ld-linux.so.2' is
churning the system.  Top also gives the pid number.  At a console
prompt I type  'kill -9 '  which instantly makes NS
quit, and the core temp return to normal.  Then I re-start NS... no
problem ( till the next time anyhow ;)
--
~~   Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] What's the ld-linux.so.2?

[Tom Brinkman]

On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> Hi there,
> Some time when I closed the Netscape browser 4.7, I found there was a process:
> ld-linux.so.2 (or some other name like that, I don't remember clearly), I can
> not kill it by using the kill , but itconsumed a lot of machine resources
> like the CPU time, memor.. it was on top of the "top" output.
> I tried relogin to X, but it doesn't work, I have to restart the computer to
> kill that process.
> 
> Any suggestions?

I run a p3-450 at 608mhz on a BX board.  Consequently I have a
wopper cpu heatsink with dual fans (Alpha p3125), and I monitor
temps, voltages, and fans.  I use Khealthcare and dock the cpu's
internal core temp on KDE's panel.  Normally the core runs at 22 to
25C (room temp).

Even when Nutscrape doesn't freeze, but is just not acting
normally, I'll sometimes see my core temp going up to 39 - 41C. 
Sure enough, if I run 'top' I'll see that 'ld-linux.so.2' is
churning the system.  Top also gives the pid number.  At a console
prompt I type  'kill -9 '  which instantly makes NS
quit, and the core temp return to normal.  Then I re-start NS... no
problem ( till the next time anyhow ;)
-- 
~~   Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] What's the ld-linux.so.2?

[yue . m . ma]

Hi there,
Some time when I closed the Netscape browser 4.7, I found there was a process:
ld-linux.so.2 (or some other name like that, I don't remember clearly), I can
not kill it by using the kill , but itconsumed a lot of machine resources
like the CPU time, memor.. it was on top of the "top" output.
I tried relogin to X, but it doesn't work, I have to restart the computer to
kill that process.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Re: [newbie] Trouble booting 7.0 from 2nd drive with System Commander

[Michael H. Collins]

All those M$ bases Boot managers suck.  Stick with fips and lilo and you
will not be having problems now or in the future.  And two different
ones on the same machine spell disaster.


Wendell Gragg wrote:
> 
> Charles,
> 
> Thanks for the reply!  I guess I just don't understand System Commander.  I
> used to use Boot Magic and someone told me this was better.  I also had used
> an older version of Linux that was on this drive when I installed SC and it
> did not pick it up, which confused me.
> 
> Anyway, I will completely de-install system commander and reinstall it and
> see what happens.  I'll let you know.
> 
> Wendell
> - Original Message -
> From: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 9:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Trouble booting 7.0 from 2nd drive with System
> Commander
> 
> > Wendell
> >Did you start the Linux installation from SystemCommander. If you did
> not
> > then manually adding Linux to the boot options will not work you will need
> > to re-install SysCo in order for it to pick up the Linux boot record.
> >
> >Charles
> >
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Wendell Gragg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 10:28 PM
> > Subject: [newbie] Trouble booting 7.0 from 2nd drive with System Commander
> >
> >
> > > Apparently I have done something wrong here.  In used System Commander
> > 2000
> > > to partition my 2nd Hard drive as follows:
> > >
> > > 1st partition:  /boot100 MB
> > > 2nd Partition />10 GB
> > > 3rd partion:  swap128 MB
> > >
> > > I then installed linux mandrake using Drakx.  When it asked me about
> Lilo,
> > I
> > > told it to put it in the /boot.  It did not ask me about whether to
> place
> > it
> > > in the MBR or not.  Everything seemed to go ok, but when I rebooted and
> > > System Commander came up, I interrupted it and added linux, telling it
> to
> > > boot from the first partition.  When I tried to boot from it, System
> > > Commander told me that the boot record was bad and would not boot it.
> > >
> > > Can someone give me an idea as to what I may have done wrong?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Wendell Gragg
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > >
> >
> >

-- 
Michael H. Collins  http://www.linuxlink.com
Admiral of OpenSourcery Penguinista Navy
All Things French.. Mandrake and XFCE
Fun with the Austin Linux group http://www.austinlug.org
Need a Real Texas Radio Fix?http://www.kut.org

Re: [newbie] ZIP drive

[Chris Hall]

Not a kernel. No. Just modules you probably have to load
- Original Message -
From: Chris Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] ZIP drive


> Edison Gica wrote:
>
> > Hi:
> >
> > i'm trying to install my 100MB Zip drive (external connected to printer
> > port).  i tried following the manual but when I click on the icon on the
> > desktop an error message comes up 'invalid block device'.
> >
> > is there a kernel that i have to install first from the LM 7 cd?
> >
> > thanks all.
> > 
> > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
>
> Hi Gica,
>Mandrake found my zip drive alright. When you first installed it with
> your installation disk does it can for scsi devices? If not, you will
> probably have to manually loan the module and edit fstab.
> Here is what I done to get my external drive working.
>
> Mkdir /mnt/zip
>
> insmod parport
> insmod ppa
> mount -t msdos /dev/sdX4 /mnt/zip
>
> You shouldn't have to load parport.o. Since we aren't using pre 5.2.
>
> Add the folling line to /etc/fstab
>
> /dev/sda4   /mnt/zip vfatuser,noauto   0   0
>
> That entire line needs to be in the fstab file.
> I use /dev/sda4. That will probably work with you but no guarantees there.
>
> Then just type: mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip
> your drive should light up and initialize. BTW: If you don't have
> a zip disk in the drive when you tried to access it on your desktop,
> it will give you an error. :)
>
> Here is another way to get it working. My friend had success using this.
>
> mkdir /mnt/zip
> cd /mnt
> insmod #imm
> mount -t msdos /dev/sdb4 /mnt/zip
>
> Hope this helps!
> Chris
>
>

Re: [newbie] ZIP drive

[Chris Hall]

Edison Gica wrote:

> Hi:
>
> i'm trying to install my 100MB Zip drive (external connected to printer
> port).  i tried following the manual but when I click on the icon on the
> desktop an error message comes up 'invalid block device'.
>
> is there a kernel that i have to install first from the LM 7 cd?
>
> thanks all.
> 
> Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi Gica,
   Mandrake found my zip drive alright. When you first installed it with
your installation disk does it can for scsi devices? If not, you will
probably have to manually loan the module and edit fstab.
Here is what I done to get my external drive working.

Mkdir /mnt/zip

insmod parport
insmod ppa
mount -t msdos /dev/sdX4 /mnt/zip

You shouldn't have to load parport.o. Since we aren't using pre 5.2.

Add the folling line to /etc/fstab

/dev/sda4   /mnt/zip vfatuser,noauto   0   0

That entire line needs to be in the fstab file.
I use /dev/sda4. That will probably work with you but no guarantees there.

Then just type: mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip
your drive should light up and initialize. BTW: If you don't have
a zip disk in the drive when you tried to access it on your desktop,
it will give you an error. :)

Here is another way to get it working. My friend had success using this.

mkdir /mnt/zip
cd /mnt
insmod #imm
mount -t msdos /dev/sdb4 /mnt/zip

Hope this helps!
Chris

Re: [newbie] Trouble booting 7.0 from 2nd drive with System Commander

[Charles A Edwards]

Wendell
  You do not need to uninstall Sys. Com. just reinstall it on top of itself.
This will allow it to pick up all active boot sectors including Mandrake

   Charles

.
- Original Message -
From: "Wendell Gragg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Trouble booting 7.0 from 2nd drive with System
Commander


> Charles,
>
> Thanks for the reply!  I guess I just don't understand System Commander.
I
> used to use Boot Magic and someone told me this was better.  I also had
used
> an older version of Linux that was on this drive when I installed SC and
it
> did not pick it up, which confused me.
>
> Anyway, I will completely de-install system commander and reinstall it and
> see what happens.  I'll let you know.
>
> Wendell
> - Original Message -
> From: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 9:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Trouble booting 7.0 from 2nd drive with System
> Commander
>
>
> > Wendell
> >Did you start the Linux installation from SystemCommander. If you did
> not
> > then manually adding Linux to the boot options will not work you will
need
> > to re-install SysCo in order for it to pick up the Linux boot record.
> >
> >Charles
> >
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Wendell Gragg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 10:28 PM
> > Subject: [newbie] Trouble booting 7.0 from 2nd drive with System
Commander
> >
> >
> > > Apparently I have done something wrong here.  In used System Commander
> > 2000
> > > to partition my 2nd Hard drive as follows:
> > >
> > > 1st partition:  /boot100 MB
> > > 2nd Partition />10 GB
> > > 3rd partion:  swap128 MB
> > >
> > > I then installed linux mandrake using Drakx.  When it asked me about
> Lilo,
> > I
> > > told it to put it in the /boot.  It did not ask me about whether to
> place
> > it
> > > in the MBR or not.  Everything seemed to go ok, but when I rebooted
and
> > > System Commander came up, I interrupted it and added linux, telling it
> to
> > > boot from the first partition.  When I tried to boot from it, System
> > > Commander told me that the boot record was bad and would not boot it.
> > >
> > > Can someone give me an idea as to what I may have done wrong?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Wendell Gragg
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Re: [newbie] (Denis!!) this is an emergency (lilo, mbr, windows...)LanceREAD NOW

[Charles A Edwards]

What's the deal here? I sent this response on Monday and it's just now
posting!!!???

   Charles


- Original Message -
From: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] this is an emergency (lilo, mbr, windows...)LanceREAD
NOW


> Lance
> I see the [newbie] server is delaying again this message posted to me
> before your [newbie] post did.
> When you went to the recorery console and executed your commands a
> disclaimer message appeared which I will paraphrase "I do not know where
> your Win2000 partition is either. If you choose to complete this command
it
> will probably screw things up even more." I used it with the same results
as
> you had.
>Yes if you had a Win2000 ERD you could still install Win2000 in restore
> mode and preserve your data and settings but it has to be an  ERD that you
> created on your system. You can not use one created on another system.
> I like PartitionMagic and use it myself but it can f   up too. So I
> would not be overly concerned with what it now says my partition tables
are.
> What we want to do now is to preserve and hopfully recover the data on
> your Win2000 drive so we do not want to do anything else to this drive
> If I remember correctly you said yor 2000 hd was 20GB and your other
> drive was  12GB so I will refer to them as 20 and 12 rather than hb1or2 or
C
> and D.
>This is what I would do if I were in your position.
> 1} Disconnect 20 and set 12 as the master drive, remember to change the
> jumpers(mine is cable select so it is easy to change between master and
> slave).
> 2} Install Win98 on 12
> 3} When Win98 is up and running and you have installed your printer or any
> other perif. you might need for your data recovery shut down.
> 4}Reconnect 20 as slave drive, remember the jumpers.
> 5} Restart your system and , fingers crossed, when Win98 boots and you
open
> My Computer you will have a D drive which is Win2000
> 6} Copy your data files from Win2000 to Win98
> 7} After you have copied all your data, shut down, change 20 back to
master
> and 12 to slave.
> 8} Do a new install of Win2000 on 20 use Fat32
> 9} When the install completes and Win2000 boots the bootloader will
display
> giving you the option to boot to either Win2000 or Win98.Choose Win2000
> 10} Once Win2000 boots go to Accessories/System Tools/Back-Up and create
an
> ERD
> 11} Install any needed programs and then import or copy your data back
from
> Win98.
>If this situation has not completly turned you off on Mandrake, I hope
it
> has not, and you plan to reinstall it on your 2nd hd do not delete Win98
use
> PM to reduce it in size because unless you plan to do a great deal in
Linux
> 4 to 5GB is plenty space. Also by keeping Win98 all you need do is change
> which hd boots first if you have problems again with Win2000.
>I myself have not installed Mandrake on my Win2000 system I have 7.1
> installed on a dual 98 system. I do plan to install 7.1 on 2000 sometime
> this week it uses Grub rather than Lilo as its default boot loader and I
> think Lilo might be the problem with 7.0 and 2000.
>I have tried Corel Linux on my 2000 system and though I did not like
the
> distro itself its boot loader did install and work with Win2000.
>Let me know how your problem works out and I will let you know how the
> 7.1 install goes.
>Good luck.
>
>Charles
>
> P.S. I hope my instructions do not appear too simplistic. That was as much
> for my benifit as yours. :-)
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Lance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 6:32 PM
> Subject: [newbie] this is an emergency (lilo, mbr, windows...)LanceREAD
NOW
>
>
> > > charles:
> > >
> > > Thanks for the help. Unfortunately, I followed someone's advice on
> > > Linuxnewbie.org last night and went into the Win2k recovery console
(**I
> DO NOT
> > > have the Win2k rescue floppy discs!!**), I ran the fixmbr and fixboot
> commands
> > > as suggested, and it said it rewrote the mbr ok (to C:). I then
> restarted and
> > > it said NTLDR not found (which I guess is the Win2k bootloader). I
then
> booted
> > > with a Win98 boot disk to check and see if my data was still there,
and
> all it
> > > had listed was  *one*  9gig file (which is about about right in terms
of
> data,
> > > but not 9gigs in just one file!). Also, in FDISK, it is reporting my
> Win2000
> > > drive as FAT12, and not FAT32! I then ran Partition Magic and it has
my
> Win2k
> > > drive1  listed as FAT32X with a 7.8 MB "free space" partition (?), and
> drive 2
> > > (the Mandrake drive)  says "critical error 110" partition table
> corruption (or
> > > something like that) When I go back into Mandrake and browse my Win2k
> drive, it
> > > lists about 100 small byte-sized executable files with garbled
labeling
> for
> > > each file (i.e. "0112tgs.exe")...So, 2 years of work and 10 gigs of
data
> all

Re: [newbie] partition magic

[GAPrichard]

 I know I'm late in responding, but.  here's how to fix your Windows 
partition so that you do not have to low level your hard drive.
 As a computer technician, if you brought your computer to me I would 
probably wipe & reload your windows partition, which would save your Linux 
partition.  I have not done a low level hard drive (HDD) format since I was 
in tech school--it isn't needed on IDE drives made in the last ten years; let 
alone there are many reasons NOT to.  If there is some reason to seriously 
consider low leveling a drive, it would very likely be better to replace the 
drive while information can still be pulled off it, rather than to lose all 
the time and effort represented by the installing&configuring that's already 
invested in it.  The time and effort you've put into what's on the drive 
(system, programs, and data) is the most valuable part of the computer!
 If you were willing to try something on your own, I would advise you to 
do the following [this is what I would do (and have done) for myself]:

  [for the Windows partition, prior to seriously considering low-level HDD 
format]

  1)  Back-up  all,important,criticaldata on<  
depending on what
tape   CD   floppy   
<  media you have avail.

  2)  Disable anti-virus, screen saver, power management (if active), etc.
   (once only!) should show the following tasks active
  on Win98 (others should be similar) 
Explorer
Systray
Wsloader
  [ on Win3.1 shouldn't show anything (except program manager)]

  3)  [ I always liked to run "chkdsk" [ without the "" ] from DOS prior to 
anything serious with a HDD.  Boot to DOS or shutdown to DOS, not "shelled 
out."  Ignore the scandisk advisory.  If there are any errors run "chkdsk /f" 
to fix them, as a message will instruct. ]

  4)  "defrag" "thorough" the drive.  If it hasn't been done in a long time 
it may run 1.5 hr or longer.  DO NOT STOP IT unless you are SURE it has hung. 
 If it does hang, reset everything and run it again.  And again.  And again.  
Does it stop at the same place?  Is it getting further each time?  Is there 
no pattern?  In the latter case you should think seriously about buying a new 
drive (this is the point I bought one for myself), though there are cables 
and other things you might want to check first.
   If defrag completes successfully but problems continue do a "refresh" 
reload [SEE BOOT FLOPPY WARNING BELOW].   Boot from floppy and access the CD. 
 ChangeDirectory to \windows & run "setup" from there.  This should maintain 
you previous configuration, but you MAY still have to configure periperal 
drivers (you DO have them on floppy don't you?).  The exact results you get 
will depend on exactly which version of Win95 (there are three, without 
considering special versions for Compaq & other large computer makers) or 
Win98 you are using.  Refresh reloads can also be done with Win3.1.
   If your refresh completes successfully but problems continue do a wipe 
and reload.  Boot from a floppy and format c: ... /u < unconditional (forced) 
format [note that the format program must be on the floppy for this to work]. 
 Then change to your CD and run "setup" from the root directory.  You do not 
need to CD to \windows.
   BOOT FLOPPY WARNING >>  BE SURE (and I mean to TEST IT FIRST!) that you 
have a working boot floppy configured to access your CD ROM  --  BEFORE --  
you refresh or wipe & reload.  Write protect it before you test it.  

 This should solve your problems.  If it does, then go on to use 
partition magic to create the additional space you want for Linux.  If it 
doesn't, think again about buying another drive.
  -Gary-


On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, KompuKit wrote:

> I need to completely un-install win98...from off
> the first partition of my 8.4 gig Maxtor HD.
>
> there's two partitions...of equal parts...
>
> I'm buying the full version of Partition Magic..
> and after re-installing win98 (don't want to,hehehe)
> I'll install Partition Magic...simply because I need
> to resize my root partition...under linux so I can
> install the developement packages.
>
>
> I was told to low-level format, but if I did that
> I would lose linux...and I worked to hard to get it like I want.
>
> will all this work...?

Re: [newbie] sendmail

[Luc Marts]

Hi
how do i check if this "procmail" is installed? and if
it is not installed where can i get it?
thanks ver much

Luc


--- Everett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Luc
> I just went through hell the last few weeks with my
> pop3 server.
> I started out useing mandrake 6.1 and my popmail
> software worked fine but
> when I installed mandrake 7.0 my mail software
> stoped working so I check
> this and that and almost gave up til I asked here a
> few gave me some things
> to check.
> Well what I found was that when I installed 7.0 it
> did not install procmail
> and it seems that pop3 software needs procmail to
> work.
> So thats the best I can come up with it may or may
> not be your problem but
> check to see if you have procmail installed.
> Good luck!
>
-
> Click here for Free Video!!
> http://www.gohip.com/free_video/
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: Luc Marts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 12:25 PM
> Subject: [newbie] sendmail
> 
> 
> > Hi
> > I have installed madrake a while ago everything
> works
> > BUT
> > i create a account for email then i go on another
> pc
> > and set that account up i use that account to send
> > email to say a hotmail account well on the hotmail
> > account i receive the email then i reply to it
> then i
> > go back to the created account but i never receive
> the
> > email back
> > i am currently using my IP as the address
> >
> > thanks for the help everyone
> > (using mandrake 7.0 full install)
> > Luc
> >
> > __
> > Do You Yahoo!?
> > Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints!
> > http://photos.yahoo.com
> >
> >
> 


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Re: [newbie] Trouble booting 7.0 from 2nd drive with System Commander

[Wendell Gragg]

Charles,

Thanks for the reply!  I guess I just don't understand System Commander.  I
used to use Boot Magic and someone told me this was better.  I also had used
an older version of Linux that was on this drive when I installed SC and it
did not pick it up, which confused me.

Anyway, I will completely de-install system commander and reinstall it and
see what happens.  I'll let you know.

Wendell
- Original Message -
From: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Trouble booting 7.0 from 2nd drive with System
Commander


> Wendell
>Did you start the Linux installation from SystemCommander. If you did
not
> then manually adding Linux to the boot options will not work you will need
> to re-install SysCo in order for it to pick up the Linux boot record.
>
>Charles
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Wendell Gragg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 10:28 PM
> Subject: [newbie] Trouble booting 7.0 from 2nd drive with System Commander
>
>
> > Apparently I have done something wrong here.  In used System Commander
> 2000
> > to partition my 2nd Hard drive as follows:
> >
> > 1st partition:  /boot100 MB
> > 2nd Partition />10 GB
> > 3rd partion:  swap128 MB
> >
> > I then installed linux mandrake using Drakx.  When it asked me about
Lilo,
> I
> > told it to put it in the /boot.  It did not ask me about whether to
place
> it
> > in the MBR or not.  Everything seemed to go ok, but when I rebooted and
> > System Commander came up, I interrupted it and added linux, telling it
to
> > boot from the first partition.  When I tried to boot from it, System
> > Commander told me that the boot record was bad and would not boot it.
> >
> > Can someone give me an idea as to what I may have done wrong?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Wendell Gragg
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
>
>

Re: [newbie] GL Heretic...

[David Talbot]

Oh... one last warning, when you try to upgrade the package (rpm -Uvh
libsdl.*.rpm) It'll complain it conflicts with bomber man or something
similar, just rpm -e bomberman.

-David Talbot

At 08:17 PM 6/15/00 -0400, you wrote:
>David Talbot wrote:
>> 
>> SDL 1.0.something comes on 7.0, to play GL Heretic it want's you to have 
>1.1.*.
>> 
>> http://www.libsdl.org/
>> 
>> I can't remember what version of alsa it wants, but you can play it without
>> sound...
>> 
>> -david talbot
>
>Thanks for the info, I'll go there! ;-)

[newbie] automount

[prv]

Hi,

can anybody explain me how to install and configure automount ?


thanks.


Pierre

RE: Re[2]: [newbie] this is an emergency (lilo, mbr, windows...)

[Mike Perry]

Hope this helps if you have the Winblows2k installation disk.

When you boot the installation media, you can press R to use the Emergency
Repair process. You will then press M for a Manual Repair or F for a Fast
Repair. 
During a Manual Repair, you can select/deselect the following:
[X]  Inspect startup environment
[X]  Verify Windows 2000 system files
[X]  Inspect Boot Sector
 Continue 
Inspect Startup Environment checks the ARC path against the Setup.log file
on the ERD or %SystemRoot%\Repair folder. The Setup.log files contains:
[Paths]
TargetDirectory = "\WINNT"
TargetDevice = "\Device\Harddisk1\Partition1"
SystemPartitionDirectory = "\"
SystemPartition = "\Device\Harddisk1\Partition1" 
With this data, the ARC path can be corrected or a missing boot.ini can be
created. 
Verify Windows 2000 System Files checks all the Windows 2000 files on the
System/Boot partition against the Setup.log CRC value for each file. If the
file is missing or corrupt, you are prompted to replace it. 
NOTE: The optional NTbootdd.sys is not checked. 
Inspect Boot Sector repairs the active system partition boot sector and
reinstalls the boot loader. If a non-Windows 2000 boot sector is found on a
FAT or FAT32 system partition, the Bootsect.dos file is created and a C:\ =
"Microsoft Windows" is added to boot.ini. 
NOTE: There is no registry repair option with Manual. 
The Fast Repair option does all of the Manual Repair options and checks the
SAM, SECURITY, SYSTEM, and SOFTWARE registry hives for corruption. 
If a hive is missing or corrupt, it is replaced from the %SystemRoot%\Repair
folder. 
If a hive is replaced, your system has some updated hives and some original
hives. You must do one of the following: 
1. Restore the System State 
2. Use the Recovery Console  to replace the hive with a more recent copy, as
from %SystemRoot%\Repair\Backup (if you checked Backup the Registry while
creating a recent ERD). 
Both repair options will check the file system integrity on the boot and
system partition. If a correction is made, you will need to restart and
choose Repair again. 
Neither option checks %SystemRoot%\System32\Config.nt or
%SystemRoot%\System32\Autoexec.nt.


Michael Perry.
R&D. Dep. Netafim Magal.
<<<>>>
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: Gary [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Mon, June 12, 2000 02:39
> To:   Lance
> Subject:  Re[2]: [newbie] this is an emergency (lilo, mbr,
> windows...)LanceREAD NOW
> 
> Hi Lance,
> 
> On Sunday, June 11, 2000, 2:40:51 PM, you hammered out in part about
> "[newbie] this is an emergency (lilo, mbr, windows...)LanceREAD NOW":
> 
> L> I followed someone's advice on Linuxnewbie.org last night and went
> L> into the Win2k recovery console (**I DO NOT have the Win2k rescue
> L> floppy discs!!**), I ran the fixmbr and fixboot commands as
> L> suggested, and it said it rewrote the mbr ok (to C:). I then
> L> restarted and it said NTLDR not found (which I guess is the Win2k
> L> bootloader)
> 
> At this point, Lance, do you know anybody close to you who is running
> W2K and then they could go into programs/accessories/system
> tools/backup and *make* a rescue disk for you.  This might work okay.
> 
> -- 
>  
> Best regards,
>  Gary  
> 
> Today's thought: Estimated amount of glucose used by an adult human
> brain each day, expressed in M&Ms: 250
> 
> PGP Public Key: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=SendPGPKey
> 
> 

RE: [newbie] Kppp/Modem Problem

[Jose M. Sanchez]

Normally this is because your ISP is using CHAP/PAP authentication and
either;

- You have failed to enter what the server expects for CHAP/PAP
- Your machine is trying to authenticate the ISP's, (did you turn this off?)
- Your CHAT routine/script is "out of sync".
- Half Duplex is turned on, on your modem.

-JMS


-Original Message-
From: Pete Clapham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 7:29 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Kppp/Modem Problem


Hi, all ==

I have a different modem problem.  Kppp recognizes my modem, but when I
connect with my ISP, I get the message "Connect at
46000 BPS", and then Kppp closes.  The telephone stays connected to the ISP,
but I can't do anything without rebooting.  I
suspect that this is a simple configuration problem, but I'm at a loss to
say where it is.

Have any of you had similar experiences?

Thanks.

Pete Clapham
Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, Ohio, 44115
Voice: [216] 687-4820
Fax: [216] 523-7200
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [[newbie] Mouse Problem after CPU Switch]

[Leo Stutzmann]

Thanks, Yes, it is a rotary dial switch allowing 4 cpus to share 1 keyboard,
mouse, and monitor. It works correctly in Windows NT, Windows 2000, and
Solaris X86. It loses the mouse after switching back to a cpu. The mouse can
be restored by CTL-ALT-BACKSPACE, shutting down X, and then starting X
again. Everytime I switch, the above has to be performed. There must be
something, as Solaris works OK.

Thanks
Leo

-Original Message-
From: Jaguar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 12:58 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [[newbie] Mouse Problem after CPU Switch]


Not really sure what you mean by a CPU switch??? Is it a DATA switch similar
to a printer switch so you can run two printer's from one computer..??
If so have you tested the switch in Windows ONLY?  I have a similar setup
here...it shares keyboards/mice with one monitor amongst all the computer's
If this is the hardware you have...I would guess maybe a bad mouse cable or
something like that.
HTH
Jaguar

Leo Stutzmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have 2 cpus connected through a CPU switch (non-powered cheap one) to a
> keyboard, mouse, and monitor.
> 
> I have to have the switch set to the correct CPU when I power up that CPU,
> after the machine is powered up, everything works, including X. Once both
> CPUs are up, and X is running, when I switch to CPU A from B the mouse
> pointer does not work and is stuck in one spot. To correct this I have to
> shut down X and restart it. Then when I switch back to CPU B from A the
same
> thing happens.
> 
> I am running Mandrake 7.1 B3, but this happens with older version as well.
I
> thought maybe a newer XFree86 might fix the problem, but no luck so far.
> 
> This switch works when both machines are running Solaris X86, and Windows.
> 
> Any help or pointers (no pun intended) would be appreciated.
> 
> Leo Stutzmann


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Re: [newbie] this is an emergency (lilo, mbr, windows...)LanceREAD NOW

[Charles A Edwards]

Lance
I see the [newbie] server is delaying again this message posted to me
before your [newbie] post did.
When you went to the recorery console and executed your commands a
disclaimer message appeared which I will paraphrase "I do not know where
your Win2000 partition is either. If you choose to complete this command it
will probably screw things up even more." I used it with the same results as
you had.
   Yes if you had a Win2000 ERD you could still install Win2000 in restore
mode and preserve your data and settings but it has to be an  ERD that you
created on your system. You can not use one created on another system.
I like PartitionMagic and use it myself but it can f   up too. So I
would not be overly concerned with what it now says my partition tables are.
What we want to do now is to preserve and hopfully recover the data on
your Win2000 drive so we do not want to do anything else to this drive
If I remember correctly you said yor 2000 hd was 20GB and your other
drive was  12GB so I will refer to them as 20 and 12 rather than hb1or2 or C
and D.
   This is what I would do if I were in your position.
1} Disconnect 20 and set 12 as the master drive, remember to change the
jumpers(mine is cable select so it is easy to change between master and
slave).
2} Install Win98 on 12
3} When Win98 is up and running and you have installed your printer or any
other perif. you might need for your data recovery shut down.
4}Reconnect 20 as slave drive, remember the jumpers.
5} Restart your system and , fingers crossed, when Win98 boots and you open
My Computer you will have a D drive which is Win2000
6} Copy your data files from Win2000 to Win98
7} After you have copied all your data, shut down, change 20 back to master
and 12 to slave.
8} Do a new install of Win2000 on 20 use Fat32
9} When the install completes and Win2000 boots the bootloader will  display
giving you the option to boot to either Win2000 or Win98.Choose Win2000
10} Once Win2000 boots go to Accessories/System Tools/Back-Up and create an
ERD
11} Install any needed programs and then import or copy your data back from
Win98.
   If this situation has not completly turned you off on Mandrake, I hope it
has not, and you plan to reinstall it on your 2nd hd do not delete Win98 use
PM to reduce it in size because unless you plan to do a great deal in Linux
4 to 5GB is plenty space. Also by keeping Win98 all you need do is change
which hd boots first if you have problems again with Win2000.
   I myself have not installed Mandrake on my Win2000 system I have 7.1
installed on a dual 98 system. I do plan to install 7.1 on 2000 sometime
this week it uses Grub rather than Lilo as its default boot loader and I
think Lilo might be the problem with 7.0 and 2000.
   I have tried Corel Linux on my 2000 system and though I did not like the
distro itself its boot loader did install and work with Win2000.
   Let me know how your problem works out and I will let you know how the
7.1 install goes.
   Good luck.

   Charles

P.S. I hope my instructions do not appear too simplistic. That was as much
for my benifit as yours. :-)


- Original Message -
From: "Lance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 6:32 PM
Subject: [newbie] this is an emergency (lilo, mbr, windows...)LanceREAD NOW


> > charles:
> >
> > Thanks for the help. Unfortunately, I followed someone's advice on
> > Linuxnewbie.org last night and went into the Win2k recovery console (**I
DO NOT
> > have the Win2k rescue floppy discs!!**), I ran the fixmbr and fixboot
commands
> > as suggested, and it said it rewrote the mbr ok (to C:). I then
restarted and
> > it said NTLDR not found (which I guess is the Win2k bootloader). I then
booted
> > with a Win98 boot disk to check and see if my data was still there, and
all it
> > had listed was  *one*  9gig file (which is about about right in terms of
data,
> > but not 9gigs in just one file!). Also, in FDISK, it is reporting my
Win2000
> > drive as FAT12, and not FAT32! I then ran Partition Magic and it has my
Win2k
> > drive1  listed as FAT32X with a 7.8 MB "free space" partition (?), and
drive 2
> > (the Mandrake drive)  says "critical error 110" partition table
corruption (or
> > something like that) When I go back into Mandrake and browse my Win2k
drive, it
> > lists about 100 small byte-sized executable files with garbled labeling
for
> > each file (i.e. "0112tgs.exe")...So, 2 years of work and 10 gigs of data
all
> > lost, or so it seems right now. Not to blame or diss Mandrake, but I
have
> > installed/used extensively Redhat 5.0, 6.0, 6.1, Suse 6.2, and 6.3 (my
last
> > distro), and this is the absolute WORST experience I have ever, ever,
had with
> > Linux. Lilo doesn't work, My CD-Rom will not work, Mandrake has no phone
> > support (SuSe and Redhat do) and now 10 gigs of data GONE. It's ironic
too,
> > because Mandrake has this "easy to use and install" perception about it,
but
> > that was by no m

Re: [newbie] About to give up.

[~-=Mark=-~]

Actually it's a new install. I originally wanted to get 7.1, but I
mistakenly ordered 7.0. No big deal I've downloaded the ISO for 7.1 at
work and I only have to burn the CD's yet. However, I'm finding 7.0 isn't
as well behaved as I was led to believe. I absolutely LOVE the look, feel,
bells and whistles that it has, but it's got some quirks that are
intolerable!

Example:

I had Netscape Messenger running last night and was working my
butt off to get it configured, (just one of the intolerable things). When
I attempted to import some address books from my DOS partition I didn't
have access to that dir (/mnt). Yes, that drive is correctly defined and
is mounted at boot. I was able to access the drive using a File manager I
just wasn't able to access the darn thing to import my addy
books. Something I've done hundreds of times in RedHat. 

I've noticed there many similarities between RH and Mandrake.

Mark

On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Michael H. Collins wrote:

>   Did You do an Upgrade?  I believe I hold the record.   It is thorough,
> but time consuming.  17.34 Hours here for an upgrade to 7.1, from 7.0
> that is 2 days old.
> 
> 
> Mark Weaver wrote:
> > 
> > I've been working on my new installation of Linux Mandrake 7.0 this
> > evening. In fact it's been ALL evening. I started shortly after dinner
> > this evening and it's now after midnight. At the moment I'm sitting here
> > listing to Linux do something to my HDD's it's never done before. It's
> > really churning away. At what I have no idea. That's something I would
> > expect Windows to be doing when "find fast" is running...amuck!
> > 
> > Is weird behavior and being just a general pain in the ass the norm for
> > Mandrake? I don't remember RedHat being this difficult. That's what I cut
> > my Linux teeth on and I had heard, mistakenly I now believe, that Mandrake
> > is more user friendly!
> > 
> > Mark
> 
> 

-- 
Mark

Never wish for anything bigger than you can carry home in your pocket.
Disappointment is almost always guarrenteed. Especially if your pants 
don't have any pockets in them.

Re: [newbie] How do I pull e mail off my server via pop?

[flupke]

On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Vic wrote:

> I am trying to pull the e mail off of my
> server with a pop client but it don't work.
> 
> When I try to do it with Netscape it says
> something like it did nto work or some unhelpful
> idiotmessage,
You should have posted it anyway. That could have helped...

> when I used imaginemail's pop
> e mail puller it said that the server was too slow
> and that can't be.
> 
> Do I need to install a pop server software or 
> something?

Do the other things work with internet? Can you browse http or ftp server?

Try to make a "telnet popserver 110" and see if it responds. You can even
try to log to the server (with the USER and PASS commands) and send some
commands like STAT, LIST 1, (close the connection with the "QUIT" command) 
or things like that. If that works, then the problem comes from your
client's configuration. If it doesn't work, then either there is a problem
with your internet connection, or the pop server is down.

Anyway, you don't need to setup a pop server.

HTH
Flupke

-- 
<< There's no place like ~ ! >>

Re: [newbie] DSL

[Mark Wolf]

You will love DSL.  It is easy to set up if you are  only setting up one box
connected to the internet. If you linux box will have two NIC cards then it
gets a little bit more complicated. Not much but a little.

Have fun

Mark

Re: [newbie] How do I pull e mail off my server via pop?

[Glyn Millington]

Exactly WHAT does Netscape say?  
It's hard to help without some precise information!

Glyn M.



On Sun, Jun 11, 2000 at 03:59:39PM -0500, thus spake Vic:
> I am trying to pull the e mail off of my
> server with a pop client but it don't work.
> 
> When I try to do it with Netscape it says
> something like it did nto work or some unhelpful
> idiotmessage, when I used imaginemail's pop
> e mail puller it said that the server was too slow
> and that can't be.
> 
> Do I need to install a pop server software or 
> something?

-- 
   **
   * "The soul is greater than the hum of its parts. "  *
   * Douglas Hoftstatder*
   **

Re: [newbie] How do I pull e mail off my server via pop?

[Paul]

On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Vic wrote:

>I am trying to pull the e mail off of my
>server with a pop client but it don't work.
>
>When I try to do it with Netscape it says
>something like it did nto work or some unhelpful
>idiotmessage, when I used imaginemail's pop
>e mail puller it said that the server was too slow
>and that can't be.
>
>Do I need to install a pop server software or 
>something?

Not that I know of, unless you want to perform ISP-like tasks on your own
system, with mail relay etc.

I use a python scripts called Getmail (link to it on
http://nlpagan.net/linux.htm#tips) which works well. Did you also try
checking mail with Kmail?

Paul

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Re: [newbie] Which installation option to use if you delete Version 7.0

[Paul]

On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Romanator wrote:

Roman,

If you are going to do a clean install, just throw away the entire
partition, format it, lose all your settings and files, and start over.

If you want to upgrade, resize the disk as it is. (If your system is
stable now, that would be my preferred option.)

Paul

>Hi everybody,
>
>I am using Linux Mandrake 7.0 PP. I will be resizing my partition in
>Version 7.0 with Partition Magic. (Great tool by the way) from 2044 to 4
>Gig(Is that enough?). Should I delete the partition first, resize to 4
>Gig., and then select new installation or upgrade to Version 7.1?
>
>Roman

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Re: [newbie] Monitor's

[Charles A Edwards]

Robert
   Your monitor manual should give you a listing for sreen sizes and res.
Try out a couple to see which you like the best.
   I, myself, use 1024x768@100. That setting gives me plenty of sreen area
without everything being to small and there is no flicker what so ever.

   Charles


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From: "Robert F. Trettel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 4:45 AM
Subject: [newbie] Monitor's


> Hi, All
>
> Just got a new monitor and find its not listed anywhere in the selection
> area in the install. I think its to new to show up.
> Its a ViewSonic A70, the manual says it is pre-adjusted to VESA
1024x768@75Hz.
> What would be a good guess as to a proper and safe monitor??
>
> Thanks for any ideas
> Robert F. Trettel
>
> BTW its a 17inch
>
>

Re: [newbie] upgrading

[Andrea Celli]

KompuKit wrote:
> 
> Hey, if you have version 7.0 (first version)
> and you want to upgrade to version 7.02
> 
> what would be the best way...and not lose anything...

download drakxtoolsrpm from a mirror containing 
Mandrake-7.0.2 and upgrade the old package using
# rpm -Uh drakxtools.new...rpm

You can find other useful updates to 7.0.2 at

ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/Linux/Mandrake/updates/7.0/RPMS/

or in a mirror nearest to you

ciao, andrea

Re: [newbie] partition magic

[Charles A Edwards]

Kit
   Have you tried running defrag from DOS if not try it and see what
happens.
   Upgrading from Win98 to Win98SE was the biggest pain in the ass that I
have ever been through. I kept getting Fatal Ex. errors system errors and a
host of problems. To get it to work properly I ended up disconectting all my
perifs,.formating my hd , installing Win98 then Win98SE, then connecting and
installing my perifs.

   Charles


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From: "KompuKit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] partition magic


> well, it's a long story...
>
> But ever since I installed win98 2nd ed Update CD...
> (the one you get from MS for 20.00)
> I've had a terrible time...with fully defragging
> my windows partitionit says its complete,when I
> do it the first time, but when I immediately go back
> and do it a second time...to see if it did it correctly,
> I see big areas of the disk that have empty spaces,
> and therefore it is not done right.
>
> I've been talking to a MS tech...about this...
> and he says..that they will not support dual OS's on
> a single HD...not even their own...(go figure)
>
> and he suggests...that before they will help me...
> I'd have to totally uninstall my linux...
> (which is understandable)...but if I do this,
> I'll lose everything...and I worked to hard
> to get everything the way I like it.
>
> I believe,and stated to him...if this was the case...
> then NT and win98 on the same machine wouldn't function
> correctly(he had know comment about this)
>
> in any event, he suggested that I low-level format the drive
> and re-install win98alone...and see what happens.
> he said, that normally, you should ONLY have ONE OS on any one drive...
> at one timenot two/and not dual-booting OS's
> I told him that was ridiculous, and stated about win 3.1 and win95
> being able to be on one system...together...and NT and win98  etc.
> that that makes "his" fact fall flat...and also stated...that I'm not a
> dummy.
> anyway, I need win98 for the time being...until mandrake can better
> support
> the devices I have...acer scanner,usb webcam
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Low level formatting is virtually never needed.  A  (Windows) format
/u ,
> > yes.  Why were you advised to low level your HDD?  -Gary-
>
> --
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[newbie] Monitor's

[Robert F. Trettel]

Hi, All

Just got a new monitor and find its not listed anywhere in the selection 
area in the install. I think its to new to show up.
Its a ViewSonic A70, the manual says it is pre-adjusted to VESA 1024x768@75Hz.
What would be a good guess as to a proper and safe monitor??

Thanks for any ideas
Robert F. Trettel

BTW its a 17inch

Re: [newbie] Swap partition

[flupke]

I think that the easiest thing to do would be to add a 250 MB partition,
so that you won't have to resize anything.

Use fdisk, cfdisk, or any other disk partitionner, and create a 250 MB
swap parttion (let's say you do it in /dev/hdb2).

Then, initialize the swap partition :
  mkswap /dev/hdb2
in your /etc/fstab, add a line :
  /dev/hda2  swap  swap  defaults 0 0
and activate your swaps :
  swapon -a

And you now should have two swap partition of each 250 MB.

HTH
Flupke


On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Edison Gica wrote:

> Hi all:
> 
> I installed LM 7 under Recommended and the swap partition was set to 250MB.  
> I want to increase my swap to 500MB.  any help would be sincerely 
> appreciated.
> 
> thanks.
> 
> Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
> 
> 
> 

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Re: [newbie] NT and Linux

[flupke]

The technic consist of installing lilo on your linux partition (not the
MBR)and make an image of your lilo boot sector. So , if your linux (and
your lilo) is on /dev/hda2, type :
  dd if=/dev/hda2 of=~/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1

Then copy the image (~/bootsect.lnx) to your NT partition, and, in NT,
change your c:\boot.ini and add a line :
   c:\BOOTSECT.LNX="linux"

(note that you'll have to change your c:\boot.ini file's attribute to do
it).

Next time you boot, you should see a linux entry in the ntldr menu.

If you have problems, read the Linux+NT-Loader-mini-HOWTO

HTH
Flupke


On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Fred Hamilton wrote:

> How can I have Linux and NT 4.0 Server on the same machine and have Linux 
> show up on the NT start menu instead of using the Linux boot manager? Can 
> it be done? I am getting ready to do a clean install of both operating 
> systems.
> 
> Fred
> 
> 
> 

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Re: [newbie] NT and Linux

[Denis HAVLIK]

:~>How can I have Linux and NT 4.0 Server on the same machine and have Linux 
:~>show up on the NT start menu instead of using the Linux boot manager? Can 
:~>it be done? I am getting ready to do a clean install of both operating 
:~>systems.

Yes. Install NT, then install linux (do not let is install LILO or GRUB in
MBR, and make a floppy for booting during install). Then read the
mini-howto on NT+Linux.

cu
Denis
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Re: [newbie] About to give up.

[Denis HAVLIK]

:~>> How does one accomplish this?
:~>
:~>fetchmail -d

Alternatively, one can or add:

set daemon  to your .procmailrc

cu
D

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Re: [newbie] Automatic Email?

[Denis HAVLIK]

:~> Fetchmail with diald would work.  I think there is another kind of
:~>demand dialing too.

Either that or a cron job to dial, run fetchmail, run sendmail-q and close
the connection.

cu
Denis
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Re: [newbie] ReiserFS? how?

[Denis HAVLIK]

:~>Anyone know how to setup the Reiser Filesystem in 7.1? The LM website says 
:~>to use Diskdrake, but how do I start it? And do you recommed it? someone 
:~>said it's not stable enough yet. Yet I would think it would be safer than 
:~>Ext2 which is more susceptable to FS corruption. Thanks. 19!
:~>
:~>Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Actually, so far we had no problems reported about ReserFS. It looks
rock-solid, but with FS-s you cannot tell until you have used it for a
really long time. ReiserFS is surely much more stable than XFree v.4
netscape, or KDE, but you would not let any of those take care of your
data, right?.-b

cu
Denis 

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Re: [newbie] KVirc (Was: Wine problems)

[Paul]

On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Colin L. Whipple wrote:

>Trying to "make" kvirc 2.0, after installing and making QT 2.1.1, I get the
>following at the end of the make:
>
>from libkvispeak.cpp:34: trees.h:33: strstream.h: No such file or
>directory make[4]: *** [libkvispeak.lo] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory

At least the "strstream.h: no such file or directory" would already give
some pointers. Are you sure you have all the packages installed that are
needed for compiling C programs?

>`/Downloads/kvirc-2.0.0/kvirc-2.0.0/src/plugins/speak' make[3]: ***
>[all-recursive] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory
>`/Downloads/kvirc-2.0.0/kvirc-2.0.0/src/plugins' make[2]: *** [all-recursive]
>Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/Downloads/kvirc-2.0.0/kvirc-2.0.0/src'
>make[1]: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory
>`/Downloads/kvirc-2.0.0/kvirc-2.0.0/src' make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 

Also it is advisable to compile things as root, if you want to be able to
use them systemwide. Don't know if you did this, so I throw this in
anyway.

Paul

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Re: [newbie] Mouse Not Detected

[Paul]

On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Leobardo Lpez wrote:

>I Need Help.
>Mandrake is Not Detecting My Mouse, What Can I Do to Configure It By Myself.

Do you have a serial mouse?
A bus mouse?
A PS/2 mouse?
>From Microsoft? Logitech?

Paul

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Re: [Re: [newbie] More on my SCSI hd problems]

[Paul]

On 11 Jun 2000, Tymanthius Rune Speak wrote:

>>I did a text install, and it simply bombed shortly after trying to detect
>the
>>hd's.  I jumped thru the consoles, and found that it's having scsi parity
>>err's.  What I don't understand is why.
>
>Tried prior to that successful install w/ the scsi hd plugged in.  Didn't
>partition it, didn't format, nuthin'.  Froze at formating.
>
>Any further ideas?

If you know the brand of your SCSI disk, perhaps at the website of the
manufacturer you can find a low-level disk utility to check the disk. SCSI
parity errors sound like a nasty thing, perhaps the disk is not too
healthy and needs a low level format.

Paul

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Re: [newbie] Denis et al: Q about procmail

[Paul]

On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Denis HAVLIK wrote:

>:~>Does Procmail only work with Fetchmail and the likes, or does it also
>:~>operate on mail that is in the maildir already?
>
>It can do both. Take a look at "Dry run testing" section here:
>
>http://www.procmail.org/jari/pm-tips-body.html#dry_run_testing

Thanks, Denis. I pulled Procmail 3.14 (this has maildir support) and I
will play around with it a bit. Not much, since tomorrow I leave for Wales
for a week :)

Paul

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Re: [newbie] MPEG Player and Action failure

[Sevatio Octavio]

Michael,
sorry so slow to answer...  I don't remember which one I chose.  Advice: You can 
smooth-out the video by lowering audio quality and
changing to mono.

Seve

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From: michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Sunday, June 04, 2000 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] MPEG Player and Action failure


On Sat, 03 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> Go to http://www.mpegtv.com and you shall find a much better mpeg player.  The GUI 
>version is $10.  Command line version is free.
I
> hope you have greater than 400Mhz CPU.
>
> Seve
>
> Which one works best with mandrake though? glibc 2?2.1?
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[newbie] Fwd: Postmaster notify: Cannot send message within 5 days HUH?

[michael]

What is this?

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