Re: [newbie-it] Enlightenment
On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 04:05:14PM +0200, Matteo Merlin wrote: errore nel momento di collegarsi all'audio server "Esound". Ho provato ad estendere i permessi di Esound,ma ottengo lo stesso errore. Premetto che la scheda audio e' una Creative PCI 128 originale,e che viene configurata come una ES1371 (posso ascoltare CD ed MP3 anche sotto X Window),e che i package rpm per il suono (vedi gnome-audio ed e-sound) sono installati. Prova a lanciare come root lsmod per vedere come siamo messi con i moduli... -- Fabio Coatti http://www.ferrara.linux.it/members/cova Ferrara Linux Users Group http://ferrara.linux.it GnuPG fp:9765 A5B6 6843 17BC A646 BE8C FA56 373A 5374 C703 Old SysOps never die... they simply forget their password.
Re: [newbie-it] emulatore win
On Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 11:04:05AM +0200, Davide Cavallari wrote: Ho bisogno di utilizzare un dizionario della Garzanti che gira solo su Windowz :-( Qualcuno di voi sa consigliarmi un emulatore di win per linux in modo che mi sia possibile utilizzare in qualche maniera questo dizionario? Puoi provare a lanciare wine, ma consideralo al più come un simpatico esperimento... Altrimenti esiste wmware, che funziona bene, ma è commerciale. -- Fabio Coatti http://www.ferrara.linux.it/members/cova Ferrara Linux Users Group http://ferrara.linux.it GnuPG fp:9765 A5B6 6843 17BC A646 BE8C FA56 373A 5374 C703 Old SysOps never die... they simply forget their password.
Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Blues
You need the following: IP Address (or DHCP) Subnet Mask Gateway DNS (extra DNS servers never hurt anyone, so see if they can't give you 2 or 3) Once you've got this info, plugging it in under "Network Configuration" (part of the Configuration Tool icon on your desktop), is easy. Just click on basic host information enter the above information. Click on Routing Gateways, enter your Gateway (Do not enable routing just yet, you may do this later if you're masqing other machines) Click on Name Servers and enter your DNSes. Click on quit. Click on Activate Changes (The window will take a bit to close) Once the window closes here's your first "Joy of Linux"... you don't need to reboot to test your new network settings. Just launch netscape and hit yahoo. n-joy -David Talbot At 03:11 AM 6/22/00 -0400, you wrote: Ask them if you have a static IP or get your IP through DCHP. Hello Collective, I survived my first disk partitioning and the instilation of a non-windows os but am left with a cable modem that now serves as a paper weight. I have no clue where to get info on how to establish a connection with my comcast@home service and seek the wisdom (and patience) of you - the knowledgable masses. Before I can even ask a good question I need to know what I am asking so: What information will I need to have before I can attempt to get the modem up-and running, and once I have that info- where is a good place to learn what to do with the info. The cable company COMCAST will "only answer specific question but not help use the answers" I need to know what "specific questions" I need to ask them. I am using a dell dimension xpsr350 PII. the modem is a Toshiba PCX1100. it is external, and IF i am reading the system report correctly the network card is a SMC EZ Card PCI 10 Adapter. Lothar tells me that everthing is configured fine, but I can't seem to find the place, dialague box or whatever where I would establish a connection to the internet service Thanks in advance for the advice, and pleas help free me from my windows internet chain. -Eric -- Anthony Huereca http://m3000.1wh.com Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
Re: [newbie] Shockwave - What's Up With It?
On 21 Jun, Mike Tracy Holt wrote: Sevatio Octavio wrote: Have any of you know if there's a Linux Shockwave or a GPL equivalent? Seve Do you want shockwave or flashplayer? If you're talking about Macromedia's 'Backstage', I don't think they have anything available at this time. If you're interested, goto this page: http://www.macromedia.com/software/ They seem to be getting into the Linux thing, so maybe in the next couple of years we'll see something. This site does mention that they will be releasing 'generator 2' for web pages in November. There is a Shockwave for linux, which I use. But yesterday, I went to the Budweiser Whassup site, and it hanged Netscape. Plus, even after killing the netscape process, my sound card kept playing "Whassup!" over and over again for the next few hours. I just put it on mute and this morning it seems to be ok (maybe because I closed the lid of my laptop). L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have failed it." Phone: (514) 282-8484 ext. 228 -Doug Camilli mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Penguin Power!
[newbie] Two (hopefully) small problems
I have just installed Mandrake 7.1 on my desktop PC (which is also running NT 4.0). I have two (hopefully) minor problems. Firstly, I have inadvertently installed the grub bootloader. Although NT will still boot through it, I would prefer to use lilo and have the NT bootloader boot linux. How can I remover grub so that the NT bootloader boots up first, not Grub? Secondly, mandrake boots up fine and all appears well. However, it only thinks that the PC has 64Mb of RAM. In fact there are 512Mb RAM. How do I presuade Mandrake that the machine has 512MB RAM? Thanks Andrew -- Andrew J. Sharff, D.Phil, Senior Scientist, Astex Technology, 250 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WE. Tel: 01223 226208 Fax: 01223 226201 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.astex-technology.com -- This e-mail contains information which is privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail please contact me immediately on receipt. You should not disclose the contents to any other person. winmail.dat
[newbie] Where are the apps??
Loaded Mandrake 7.0 on a Thinkpad 760XL and used RPM to install StarOffice and Apache. Now I can't find them. They don't show up in any KDE application menus and the only icon that shows for StarOffice just runs the installer. I've done that twice and can't find the application. This seems really basic, but where are they? I perused the directory that StarOffice created and find nothing that seems to be an app. As for Apache, the find utility finds nothing with Apache in it. Do I have to run a second installer from the hard drive? I know I'm doing something very basic wrong, but can't figure out what it is. HelL! Andy
Re: [newbie] $6.50 for MDK 7.1 2-CD set (GPL version)
Thanks Mark. With best regards, Matt From: Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Michael R. Batchelor" [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] $6.50 for MDK 7.1 2-CD set (GPL version) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 07:04:13 -0400 (EDT) I think the offer is awsome, and so is he for making the offer! -- Mark I love my Linux Box! REASON #1 -- ...it's not Windows! Registered Linux user #1299563 On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Michael R. Batchelor wrote: Hey! Let's get real here. He's a guy offering to do a few friends a favor, not a vendor going into the CD business. A dozen people take him up on the offer and we all get a warm fuzzy about how tight the Linux community is. 1200 people take him up on the offer and it will go away. :A quick look shows cheapbytes charges 6.99 for MDK 7.1 2 CD set, the $1.99 :price is for MDK 7.0 single CD. Matt includes shipping in his price, Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] re: modem
while your machine is booting up, when you see the post screen -the memory count and ide drive detect- try pressing the delete button on your keyboard, older motherboards and certain less common brands have other ways to access the bios but this usually works, your machine is quite newish sounding and i would hope that hp gave you a manual with it! you should than see a simple menu of bios options to access, try using the cursor keys to navigate around, if memory serves you will want to select a set of options entitled 'integrated peripherals' or something similar, select and press return, if you have the right set of options you will see an entry for com ports, select com2 by highlighting it, and if your bios is navigated the same way as mine, then use pageup or pagedown buttons to scroll through various options for this com port, note the currently selected value before changing, look for a value called 'disabled' press escape and highlight a screen option called save changes and exit, press return, press y for yes. Tried it, but still no joy. I've hit cursor keys, page up, page down, left and right. Can't find *anything* labelled com1, com2, com3, etc. (or ttys0, either g). Maybe disabling the com isn't necessary, though. Could someone please post their entire isapnp.conf file? (Preferably someone with a similar setup, but even a fairly different one should work.) That way I could make sure that the problem isn't there to begin with. (After all, it does say "don't know what to do with this value" in isapnp.conf, which indicates a poor setup.) Thank you for any help at all! Murray
[newbie] cable modem blues no more
I just wanted to thank Anthony Huereca,Jeff Lee, and especially Eunice Thompson for helping me to successfully configure my internet connection. It is nice to know that there are good people giving good advice to us "newbies". Now once I get the sound card and printer working I might actually have a functional windows alternative. thanks again -Eric
RE: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Hugo GONZALEZ wrote: First I will fdisk (DOS/Win98) my hd like this !-ext dos (15mb)-!!--pri dos for Win98(10Gb)--!!--Linux(10Gb)-! I don't know if this can be done and if Win98 will be able to boot (having a extended dos partition before the primary one). After that I This should normally be possible, don't know if Fdisk allows you to do it. will boot with Mandrake CD and erase the first ext dos partition (15mb) to make a new linux /boot partition. !--/boot--!!--pri dos for Win98(10Gb)--!!--Linux(10Gb)-! Am I a little bit right? That is the way to work! Paul -- Don't be among people always. Learn to listen to your silence. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
[newbie] SiS900 PCI Ethernet Adapter
Hello! I installed Mandrake 7.0 (air version) without problems - automatic installation. I have a network card SiS900 PCI (in box it have also the name 4Lan). With Lotar 0.5.3, in "Network Device Card", there is nothing. But in "other devices" is "Silicon Integrated Systems SiS900 10/100 Ethernet" Question 1: Why it is not in "Network Device Card"? What does mean the network card be in "other devices"? Question 2: I tried to configure a network with DrakConfig, i did not find the suitable module for this network card (sis900.o). Why? How can I install this module? I found the module name in the hardware compatibility list in mandrake-Linux site. Thanks in advance Pedro Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner
Hello! I installed Mandrake Linux 7.0 without problems. I have an Epson GT7000 SCSI Scanner and I do not understand if it is being recognized by Linux or not. Question 1: How can I know that Scanner is installed? Question 2: I did not find a graphic program with a equivalent to "Import from twain" of Windows applications. How can I use the scanner? What is the application? Thanks in advance Pedro Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Upgraded kernel rpm - can't boot anymore
Help!
I tried to install a new kernel rpm on my Mandrake 7.1 system. But this didn't work
out all, now I can't boot anymore!
That's what I did:
- rpm -e --nodeps kernel-{,utils,header,doc,source}-2.2.15-4mdk
- remove old kernel packages
- rpm -Uvh kernel-{,utils,header,doc,source}-2.2.16-8mdk.i586.rpm
- install new ones
- mkinitrd --preload reiserfs /boot/new-initrd.img 2.2.16-8mdk
- create init ram disk
- Added /boot/new-initrd.img to /boot/grub/menu.lst
- sh /boot/grub/install.sh
- update grub
- reboot
- Go crazy :-/
Let me explain the last step a little bit further. When I (try to) boot my system
now, I end up with these error messages on my screen:
[...]
Freeing unused kernel memory: 72k freed
INIT: version 2.78 booting
sh: error in loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.4.1: cannot open
shared object file: No such file or directory
INIT: entering runlevel 5
bash: error in loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.4.1: cannot open shared object
file: No such file or directory
sh: error in loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.4.1: cannot open
shared object file: No such file or directory
(the last line appears about 10 times on the screen)
[...]
INIT: Id "{x,1,2,3,4,6,5}" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
(to be honest, I get 7 lines with 'Id "x"', 'Id "1"' etc.)
INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel
libreadline.so.4.1 does exist in /usr/lib, is readable and a "normal" file (ie. no
link or somesuch). I compared that lib to a libreadline of a working Mandrake 7.1;
they are the same, or at least diff doesn't say anything and the md5sums are the same.
I have to use an init ram disk, because my system is SCSI based (ncr53c8xx chipset)
and because I use reiserfs on my partitions (/usr,/home,/var).
What can I do to revitalize my system, or how are the kernel rpms installed without
trashing the system?
Thanks a lot for your help!
Bis dann!
Alexander Skwar
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[newbie] Mandrake 6.5 install problem
Hello Folks, I am very new to Linux. I went out and purchased Linux for Windows 6.5 from Staples. Comes with 2 CD's. One being the installation CD. I read the documentation through before installing. When I ran into my problem I checked the Linux Newsgroups and websites including Linux-Mandrake site. He goes... When I try to install Linux-mandrake 6.1 on my windows 98 system, I get the following error abort message during the 'scanning packages' part of the install. install exited abnormally - record signal 7 - sending termination signal...done - sending kill signal...done - unmounting filesystem - /tmp /rhimage /mnt /proc /dos umounted failed - you may safely reboot your system. At this point the system is hung and I can only turn it off. I have: P333 AMD/K6 64MB Ram 8gig free HD If you could point me to something that would help me solve this problem I would VERY much appreciated that. Thanks!:) Tony
Re: [newbie] simple question
Gary Morgan wrote: ok, I'm new to Linux, the only knowledge I have is from the books I have read. But all of them have seem to skip over, what seems to me as, simple questions. 1. I notice when I do an "# ls" I get a directory listing but some objects (files, directorys etc.) are listed in different color text, or have distinctive markings next to them (ie. directories are blue, symbolic links have the "@" symbol next to them). What do all these, besides the ones I have mentioned mean? 2. What are the exact differences between the install security levels? I noticed that if I install with "High" security I cannot, by default, login via ftp or telnet, even from the local machine, and I cannot restart (via ctrl-alt-del) without being logged in first, however I can do both if I install with "Medium" security. TIA, Gary Morgan I'm just going on basic understanding myself, but I'll take a shot at these. 1. Just a way at quick glance to organize your files. Imagine you just downloaded a few 'rpm' packages, you open a terminal window and do 'ls' to see what you've got; if they're all the same, it would be a little more of a strain to find the files you're looking for. I don't think there's any tricky formula behind it; in my directory, text files are green, executable files are bright green, rpm's and tar.gz files (both are archives - just different types) are red, and graphics files are purple. The '@' symbol designates a symlink (shortcut) and the '*' is another way to indicate an executable. 2. I don't really know the 'exact' differences between the security levels; maybe experiment? You've basically answered that one already though. I would generally say though, that not all distros use the same terms for the same environment; i.e.; what would seem to be 'medium' security in Mandrake may very well be 'high' security in SuSE. I believe that's just a matter of personal preference, and you've already seen the results. I've loaded both SuSE and Mandrake / Red Hat distros and have seen that when trying to use the minicom program (similar to hyperterm in windows), I have to change permissions on the Mandrake / Red Hat version but on the SuSE version, the $user is able to use it right out of the box. Hope that helps, Mike -- Mike Tracy Holt Kirkland, WA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] simple question
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Gary Morgan wrote: Hi Gary, 1. I notice when I do an "# ls" I get a directory listing but some objects (files, directorys etc.) are listed in different color text, or have distinctive markings next to them (ie. directories are blue, symbolic links have the "@" symbol next to them). What do all these, besides the ones I have mentioned mean? The '@' means that the file is a symbolic link to a different file. E.g. you have a file kvirc with the @ mark next to it. This means you seem to access /home/gary/kvirc_home, but in fact you will access /home/gary/.kde/share/apps/kvirc. To see where a symbolic link points to, do an "ls -l filename". When you see an "*" next to a file, that means it is a program or other executable file (script, Perl or Python program). 2. What are the exact differences between the install security levels? I noticed that if I install with "High" security I cannot, by default, login via ftp or telnet, even from the local machine, and I cannot restart (via ctrl-alt-del) without being logged in first, however I can do both if I install with "Medium" security. I am not all that up to speed with the security levels, but I do know that these levels determine how far you can go with things. Low security lets you do anything with the system, and others too, which makes it not very stable as a crucial server etc. For that you install high security. This makes a lot of things impossible, thus warranting that the machine will be as safe as anywhere possible. E.g., you can't shut down the system remotely that way, incidentally downing a webserver or so. Hope this helps! Paul -- If you lose money, you lose nothing. If you lose (the) honour, you lose a lot. If you lose your courage, you've lost everything. But if you lose friendship, then you've lost the world! )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Blues
Hi Jeff, I'm not sure if this will give you all your answers. However, it helped me get up and running with my @Home cable service. Try the following link: http://members.home.net/randal.leavitt/CableModemConnectionNotes.html Good Luck! Roman Jeff Lee wrote: That would be in DrakConf (or LinuxConf). At 03:37 PM 6/21/2000 -0400, you wrote: Hello Collective, I survived my first disk partitioning and the instilation of a non-windows os but am left with a cable modem that now serves as a paper weight. I have no clue where to get info on how to establish a connection with my comcast@home service and seek the wisdom (and patience) of you - the knowledgable masses. Before I can even ask a good question I need to know what I am asking so: What information will I need to have before I can attempt to get the modem up-and running, and once I have that info- where is a good place to learn what to do with the info. The cable company COMCAST will "only answer specific question but not help use the answers" I need to know what "specific questions" I need to ask them. I am using a dell dimension xpsr350 PII. the modem is a Toshiba PCX1100. it is external, and IF i am reading the system report correctly the network card is a SMC EZ Card PCI 10 Adapter. Lothar tells me that everthing is configured fine, but I can't seem to find the place, dialague box or whatever where I would establish a connection to the internet service Thanks in advance for the advice, and pleas help free me from my windows internet chain. -Eric begin:vcard n:#179293;Roman x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;; version:2.1 note:(This is email is fueled by Penguin Power Only) fn:Roman - Registered Linux User #179293 end:vcard
[newbie] ESS 1868 Sound card
can't install ess 1868 sound card. Lothar detects "Ensoniq ESS 1868", but when i try to configure it, any configuration i try to test gives me a message "bin/modules/misc/sb.o: Device or resource is busy" do i need drivers for it or does anyone has any ideas ?
[newbie] GRUB...
Anyone know how to uninstall grub and lilo so I can just use a bootdisk to boot into linux?
[newbie] US-ASCII vs. ISO-8859-1
Hi everyone, I wonder if someone knows a quick fix for this one: In Pine I often see a message that some characters may be displayed wrong since my display is set to US-ASCII and the mail is sent in the ISO-8859-1 character set. How and where can I change the default character-set to the ISO-thing? Too often I see 'interesting' shapes where other things should be. Thanks in advance, Paul -- If you lose money, you lose nothing. If you lose (the) honour, you lose a lot. If you lose your courage, you've lost everything. But if you lose friendship, then you've lost the world! )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
[newbie] Dont understand mandrake install
first, is there a way to get a digest of this mailing list? second, everywhere i read there is talk about installing mandrake from CD like everybody either buys it or has a burner my problem is that mandrakes installation documentation (which is very good, except for thsi problem) keeps saying that everything is in a folder on the CD, i dont notice anyplace that says how to install from the harddrive. first, exactly what files do i download to install linux from harddrive, then how does installing from harddrive work? __ Get your free web-based email at http://www.xoom.com Birthday? Anniversary? Send FREE animated greeting cards for any occasion at http://greetings.xoom.com
[newbie] SiS900 PCI Ethernet Adapter
Hello! I installed Mandrake 7.0 (air version) without problems - automatic installation. I have a network card SiS900 PCI (in box it have also the name 4Lan). With Lotar 0.5.3, in "Network Device Card", there is nothing. But in "other devices" is "Silicon Integrated Systems SiS900 10/100 Ethernet" Question 1: Why it is not in "Network Device Card"? What does mean the network card be in "other devices"? Question 2: I tried to configure a network with DrakConfig, i did not find the suitable module for this network card (sis900.o). Why? How can I install this module? I found the module name in the hardware compatibility list in mandrake-Linux site. Thanks in advance Pedro Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner
Hello! I installed Mandrake Linux 7.0 without problems. I have an Epson GT7000 SCSI Scanner and I do not understand if it is being recognized by Linux or not. Question 1: How can I know that Scanner is installed? Question 2: I did not find a graphic program with a equivalent to "Import from twain" of Windows applications. How can I use the scanner? What is the application? Thanks in advance Pedro Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] IP y POP virtuales
Hola Amigos. Tengo un problema que me esta llevando mucho tiempo y no logro resolver. Desearia hacer funcionar el IP virtual y el Virtual POP. Poseo el Mandrake 6.1 esta funcionando en este momento como server de correo perfectamente, ahora cuando quiero hacer funcionar el IP virtual y el POP virtual, este no funciona. Poseo el kernel 2.2.13 mdk. mediante el linuxconf ya configure el ip virtual con el otro IP y ya configure el pop virtual mediante la linea que va en el inetd.conf (usr/lib/linuxconf/lib/vpop3d) pero no hay caso el ip virtual no funciona y el pop obviamente tampoco. EN QUE ESTOY FALLANDO? HAY ALGO EN EL KERNEL QUE ME ESTE TRABANDO ESTO? otraes posible hacer andar un virtual pop sin tener IP virtual? o sea sobre un mismo numero de IP? Gracias desde ya
[newbie] lilo crash ?
Help !!! I am currently running mandrake 7.1 but when add append mem=128M and run lilo to make it work lilo hangs and after several seconds my hole system hangs... is this a bug or what TIA Robert
[newbie] segmentation fault
Hi! I'm a newbie with linux and I was trying to install mandreke 7.0 for windows from a magazine CD. After choosing the destination drive, and after I get a msg like "2nd stage installation" I got an error message like "segmentation fault" and the machine just freezed, forcing me to reboot. Any help to overcome this problem ? Thanks, Tiago Costa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] What happens at midnight?
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: So that means that the drive is actually being maintained in a defraged state continually in the background? Most of it, yes. I have noticed some disk activity too at times that I was barely doing anything. And after that, a message at boot time that a certain partition was 1% non-contiguous had disappeared. Cool!! Paul -- If you lose money, you lose nothing. If you lose (the) honour, you lose a lot. If you lose your courage, you've lost everything. But if you lose friendship, then you've lost the world! )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [[newbie] Fw: LILO Boot Magic install ?] new explanation
here's a little snippet from a mesage I posted a few weeks ago, i hope this helps... You should set up Mandrake in expert mode and chose not to use lilo, but create a boot disk. Look around and find the latest lilo rpm at a mandrake ftp site then copy it to a floppy (it should fit). Boot with the boot disk into Mandrake, take out the boot disk and put in the one with lilo. Then open the floppy and click on the rpm. The next screen should be the installer. Install it. Now open lilo.conf, create any partitions that you know you have that aren't displayed. Also add on a line by itself "lba32" without the quotes somewhere BEFORE you specify any of the partitions (i put it right before the "default=whatever" command. I have Mandrake on a partition at the end of my 20G, and a 6G that is strictly a system backup) I hope this helps. ( I think the latest release of lilo is lilo 0.21.4.3-1) Good Luck Dave From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 22 Jun 2000 13:07:13 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [[newbie] Fw: LILO Boot Magic install ?] new explanation Or just go back into windows and turn bootmagic back on. that did the trick for me. thanks, bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 11:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [[newbie] Fw: LILO Boot Magic install ?] new explanation On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, you wrote: Thanks for the explanation. I bumped into the same problem a few days ago when installing Linux for the first time. I gave up solving the problem and have been booting from a floppy, trusting that eventually I'd run across a solution (as I became more familiar with Linux). My Mandrake 7.1 disks are on their way, so that should take care of it. Thanks! KC suggestion, Check an' see if you've got 'grub' installed. If not you can get the rpm at any 7.1 or cooker ftp site. Start reading 'info grub'. It's pretty straightforward, and you'll soon learn how to edit and setup it's lilo.conf-type file, 'menu.lst' You'll be that much ahead when you get 7.1 I chose grub when I installed 7.1. At first I wished I had lilo back, but after a little reading in 'info grub', I'm glad I've got grub. It's easy to switch back'n forth. Just have 'lilo.conf' setup properly, and run '/sbin/lilo'. Conversely, have 'menu.lst' correct and run '/sbin/grub'. I'm not 100% positive, but I believe both the new lilo and grub, don't have the huge HDD/1024 cylinder qualms. -- ~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charles A Edwards wrote: The most likely causes of this error actually has nothing to do with the MBR, where it is at, or the size of any partitions. If your hd was ever formatted using a manufacturer floppy ( with IBM it is EZDrive, Maxtor is MaxBlast and I am sure others also have their own). The program not only formatted your drive but it also flashed your BIOS to fool the hd size limitation and UDMA 66 incompatibility that older BIOSs had. If this is the case then neither LILO nor BootMagic can or will work as a bootloader on your system. SystemCommander will work and in Mandrake 7.1 GRUB will work.If neither of these 2 is an option then the only be able to boot Linux is from a floppy. Charles
[newbie] Newer kernels and Mandrake distribution
hey everybody I'm looking forward to use my USB CD-RW with Mandrake 7.1. I need the latest kernel for that (to have the USB code). Does the Mandrake kernel has specific stuff that would prevent me from upgrading to the latest 2.4.0-test1 kernel? Is it going to break some Mandrake-specific software? thanks TTimo
[newbie] test
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Re: [newbie] Where are the apps??
Hi, Andy. You need to find a file called "soffice" which is a start-up script. On system it's in the bin directory off the Office51 directory. what does locate soffice tell you? RPM? Try rpm -q staroffice that will tell whether you have it installed or not HTH Glyn On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 08:21:49AM -0700, thus spake Andrew Miller: Loaded Mandrake 7.0 on a Thinkpad 760XL and used RPM to install StarOffice and Apache. Now I can't find them. They don't show up in any KDE application menus and the only icon that shows for StarOffice just runs the installer. I've done that twice and can't find the application. This seems really basic, but where are they? I perused the directory that StarOffice created and find nothing that seems to be an app. As for Apache, the find utility finds nothing with Apache in it. Do I have to run a second installer from the hard drive? I know I'm doing something very basic wrong, but can't figure out what it is. HelL! Andy -- ** * "The soul is greater than the hum of its parts. " * * Douglas Hoftstatder* **
Re: [newbie] INTERNET CONNECTION
Use kppp to dial up. Get the details you need to insert from an
ISP somewhere near you. "Linux" don't provide ISPs themselves;
nor, to my knowledge, do Mandrake.
Two further suggestions.
Turn the caps lock off - it is like being shouted at.
As a next step set up kmail - dead easy and a delight to use -
and then we'll all be spared the acres of gunk at the bottom of
your e-mail.
Linux is dautning to start with but hang on in there - it's
really worth it.
Glyn M
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LIKE A FREE INTERNET PROVIDERS ANY WHERE? I JUST DON'T KNOW MUCH YET. IF
ANYONE COULD HELP ME OUT, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
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[newbie] Wine VMWare
Greetings! I am having extreme difficulty in making Wine or VMWare work on a Mandrake 7.1. I have tried numerous options and read the man pages for both of these but no joy. I only wish to run MSMoney :-) Which of the two (if I get it working) is easier to use? And are there any Linux programs like MSMoney? Any help or link is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
[newbie] installation question
i am reading the installation documentation at mandrake homepage to prepare myself, and a part in Installation with Drakx it says: Now you need to specify in DrakX where the various partitions on the hard disk(s) will be mounted. In Recommended mode, normally you won't have anything to do. If you have only a Windows partition it will be automatically resized and both the Linux partition and swap space will be created and formatted. I will be using recommended, and i only have one partition on this machine so far, with windows on it, but this thing says it will resize the partition and create and format linux partitions, will windows be deleted, or is this a safe partitioning of the disk, because i have heard that even with partition magic partitioning can be a little risky. and when it says it will automatically resize, do i get to say how much size each partition gets? how does it work? __ Get your free web-based email at http://www.xoom.com Birthday? Anniversary? Send FREE animated greeting cards for any occasion at http://greetings.xoom.com
Re: [[newbie] Where are the apps??]
Andrew Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Loaded Mandrake 7.0 on a Thinkpad 760XL and used RPM to install StarOffice and Apache. Now I can't find them. They don't show up in any KDE application menus and the only icon that shows for StarOffice just runs the installer. I've done that twice and can't find the application. This seems really basic, but where are they? I perused the directory that StarOffice created and find nothing that seems to be an app. As for Apache, the find utility finds nothing with Apache in it. Do I have to run a second installer from the hard drive? I know I'm doing something very basic wrong, but can't figure out what it is. HelL! Andy === Look in /opt There should be a SOffice folder for StarOffice. Look for an executable inside that directory. You can then create an icon (if you'd like) using the full path, including the execute command. HTH, Mike "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -Benjamin Frankilin Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
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Re: [[newbie] INTERNET CONNECTION]
Lee LCpl Erik J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I JUST STARTED USING LINUX. WHAT SHOULD I USE TO DIAL IN TO. DO THEY HAVE LIKE A FREE INTERNET PROVIDERS ANY WHERE? I JUST DON'T KNOW MUCH YET. IF ANYONE COULD HELP ME OUT, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. LCPL LEE, ERIK J = First..., try not shouting at us ;o) If you're using KDE as your desktop manager, try kppp to dial. I assume you already have an ISP (fre or not). Get two dns #'s from them and add them to your /etc/resolv.conf thusly: search your isp nameserver dns# nameserver dns# Set up kppp with the phone number of your isp. Be sure to properly configure the kppp info for your modem and then try querying and then dialing. Let us know how you make out. Mike ~~~ "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." --Tom Waits ~~~ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
[newbie] I need advice
i have windows on my system and i will be using it mainly after i install linux, i will mostly be using linux as a development environment, and to mess with. (til i get my next computer which will be built with linux in mind) any suggestions on what size i should make my linux partition? i only have a 13 gig HD. the mandrake install guide says it takes up at least 1.1 gigs, but how much past that does the average developer think is best at minimum, i mean is 3 gigs fine or should i have at least 4 to be sure, or something else? __ Get your free web-based email at http://www.xoom.com Birthday? Anniversary? Send FREE animated greeting cards for any occasion at http://greetings.xoom.com
[newbie] Numlock salvation
Hi all, Perhaps other people think this interesting too. Just stick it in your autostart folder (KDE) and no more manual numlock press is needed! Paul subject: NumLockX 0.2 added by: Seli on Jun 22nd 2000, 10:54 license: GPL category: X11/Utilities homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/homepage/954790329/ download: http://freshmeat.net/redir/download/954790329/ description: NumLockX can change the state of the numlock LED in X, especially useful if you want start your X session with numlock turned on. changes: Addition of NumLock state detection, so it's now possible to set NumLock to a specific state instead of just altering it, and configure. -- Don't be among people always. Learn to listen to your silence. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] ATA-66 support
I am currently running with 2.2.14 and am getting ATA66 performace. Joe - Original Message - From: "Roland Hightower" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 6:52 PM Subject: [newbie] ATA-66 support Which kernel supports ata66 and where can I find the tar.gz files and the rpm files?The reason I need the tar files is so I can compile it for ham radio support. Thanks, Roland/kd5rh
Re: [newbie] Stop mail from newbie
On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, Tor Benjaminsen wrote: I want to stop the mail from newbie and I wonder wath to do Well, you could try and go to the linux-mandrake website, find where there is a link to the mailing lists, enter your mail address, select the list you wish to leave and press on a button. But that is just an idea... Paul -- Don't be among people always. Learn to listen to your silence. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] 7.1 installer doesn't see my linux partition
Bob If you used PartitionMagic or some program other than the 7.0 install partitioner to set up your hd then the 7.1 install is not able to read your partition table. This does not happen in every instance but is common if more than 1 partitioning program is used on a hd. To the best of my knowledge there is no way to fix this problem. You will probably have to do a New install rather than an Upgrade. Charles - Original Message - From: "bob" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 10:57 PM Subject: [newbie] 7.1 installer doesn't see my linux partition Hi. I'm trying to upgrade from 7.0 to 7.1 but the install prog doesn't see my 7.0 linux partition. It just sees one big 10gb partition. Any ideas? Thanks Bob -- I fish therefore I lie. Bob Waskosky The Perl Zone - http://www.nobhead.com/perl/ -
Re: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux
NOT do not attempt to use dos or windows version of FDISK.either use diskdrake or PartitionMagic that comes with mandrake... dos or windows fdisk will not create a usable linux partition. in fact, they can not even get rid of the linux partition - Original Message - From: Hugo GONZALEZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 5:32 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux Ok, Chris. So now, tell me if I am wrong: First I will fdisk (DOS/Win98) my hd like this !-ext dos (15mb)-!!--pri dos for Win98(10Gb)--!!--Linux(10Gb)-! I don't know if this can be done and if Win98 will be able to boot (having a extended dos partition before the primary one). After that I will boot with Mandrake CD and erase the first ext dos partition (15mb) to make a new linux /boot partition. !--/boot--!!--pri dos for Win98(10Gb)--!!--Linux(10Gb)-! Am I a little bit right? Thanks!! Hugo GONZALEZ -Original Message- From: Chris Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 11:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux I had this same problem with Red Hat 6.1 a few months back. I fixed the problem by having a 15mb boot partition as hda1, win98 on a 10gb on hda2, and then a 10gb linux partition on hda3. Lilo worked fine like that to. - Original Message - From: Hugo GONZALEZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 11:32 AM Subject: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux Hello everyone. I had installed Mandrake 7.0 as the single OS on my box. No problem at all. Then my HD physically crashed and I installed a new one with Windows 98. This new hd is 20Gb big, and initially, when installing Win98 I left only a partition of 10Gb (9.x Gb), the rest of the disk would be for Linux. Then I tried to install Mandrake, but DrakX told me that the partition for Linux is beyond the cylinder 1024, so I quit installation. I surfed the internet to read some howtos, but my confusion grew larger. My question is: can I install Linux without making a /boot partition within the cylinder 1024? Can I keep my hd like !Win98(10Gb)--!!--- -Linux--- -! or should I go to something like !-/boot-!!-Win98---!!-- ---Linux- -! Please, if you'd be so kind to clarify this to me. Thanks in advance. Hugo GONZALEZ
Re: [[newbie] lilo crash ?]
"Robert" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Attachment: MIME Type: multipart/alternative - Help !!! I am currently running mandrake 7.1 but when add append mem=128M and run lilo to make it work lilo hangs and after several seconds my hole system hangs... is this a bug or what TIA Robert Probably not. Boot in with a floppy and for now, delete your append line (or at least te part about mem=128). More than likely either th system is using some of that memory, or you are sharing with your video card. Reboot (w/o floppy) and at the prompt try "linux mem=127M" w/o the quotes. If that works, then that's the amount to add to your append line. If it doesn't, try 126, etc, going down until you find the amount that works. then put that in the append line. HTH, Mike "Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me." --Winston Churchill Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Where are the apps??
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Andrew Miller wrote: Loaded Mandrake 7.0 on a Thinkpad 760XL and used RPM to install StarOffice and Apache. Now I can't find them. They don't show up in any KDE application menus and the only icon that shows for StarOffice just runs the installer. I've done that twice and can't find the application. This seems really basic, but where are they? I perused the directory that StarOffice created and find nothing that seems to be an app. As for Apache, the find utility finds nothing with Apache in it. Do I have to run a second installer from the hard drive? I know I'm doing something very basic wrong, but can't figure out what it is. HelL! Andy To list all the files installed with the staroffice, issue an rpm -ql staroffice or rpm -qpl staroffice.rpm The files located in directories called bin are usually meant to be executed. Try to start them from an xterm or something. More infos about the usage of rpm in "maximum rpm" available at www.rpm.org HTH Flupke -- There's no place like ~ !
Re: [newbie] Newer kernels and Mandrake distribution
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, you wrote: hey everybody I'm looking forward to use my USB CD-RW with Mandrake 7.1. I need the latest kernel for that (to have the USB code). Does the Mandrake kernel has The kernel that shipped with 7.1 has some of the usb stuff in it, my USB Zip drive worked great with it. Your cdrw drive might work with it also (try loading usbcore, usb-uhci and usb-storage and see if that does the trick) Currently I am using the 2.2.16-9mdk kernel from cooker and it is working even better with the zip drive. -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
[newbie] Install problems with both 7.0 and 7.1
While trying to install 7.0, it jams on the second stage install ( when the message is written on the screen). Complete lockout, even the off switch doesnt function which means the bios is jamed as well. With 7.1, this isnt an issue, but when it reaches the new "find PCMCIA devices" screen, it jams wen a I say yes and it jams when I say no. On 7.0, using the pcmcia image during the beggining of the installtion worked fine. I got a beep and everything ( which I assumed meant it detected the PCMCIA card and adapter). I have a PCMCIA ethernet card which I would like installed in the install. But am willing to leave it out and do it later if needed, but as mentioned even if I say no to the PCMCIA detection it jams. So basically I cant install 7.0 or 7.1 on that box. Any ideas ? Details of box: MB: HOT565 CPU: AMD-K6-2 233 Memory: 168MB HD: 6 GB IBM CD: unknown Grpahics card: S3 The Only other card is the Lucent PCI - PCMCIA Adapter.
Re: [newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Pedro _ wrote: I installed Mandrake Linux 7.0 without problems. I have an Epson GT7000 SCSI Scanner and I do not understand if it is being recognized by Linux or not. Question 1: How can I know that Scanner is installed? When booting Mandrake, make sure the scanner is turned on. When initializing the SCSI card, the ID of your scanner should come up in the info on the screen. Question 2: I did not find a graphic program with a equivalent to "Import from twain" of Windows applications. How can I use the scanner? What is the application? You need to install the SANE package (on the CD) for that. You can then run xscanimage to scan. You can also (after setting up SANE), install XSANE, this will add an option to the menu's in the Gimp to scan from inside there. Paul -- Don't be among people always. Learn to listen to your silence. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] lilo crash ?
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Robert wrote: I am currently running mandrake 7.1 but when add append mem=128M and run lilo to make it work lilo hangs and after several seconds my hole system hangs... is this a bug or what You should add append="mem=128M" to /etc/lilo.conf. Make sure you wrote things well. I wonder why your system hangs since reconfiguring lilo is not something that should affect normal system functioning... Paul -- Don't be among people always. Learn to listen to your silence. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] I just get a Big White Box :-(
On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, Paul wrote: Check my tips at http://nlpagan.net/linux.htm#tips, it is explained there how to make the block go away and the normal cursor appear :) I have updated the part just now, put in a piece of my XF86Config file. I hope it is clear enough that way. Paul -- Don't be among people always. Learn to listen to your silence. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] test2
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Denis HAVLIK wrote: You're really getting the hang of this testing! Well done! :) Paul -- Don't be among people always. Learn to listen to your silence. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Wine VmWare
On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, Al wrote: Greetings! I am having extreme difficulty in making Wine or VMWare work on a Mandrake 7.1. I have tried numerous options and read the man pages for both of these but no joy. I only wish to run MSMoney :-) Which of the two (if I get it working) is easier to use? And are there any Linux programs like MSMoney? Any help or link is greatly appreciated. Thank you. Hi, I've never had luck w/wine, but I do use VMware. What is(are) your problem(s)? The Vmware website is full of info ( www.vmware.com). You may need to upgrade your version of Vmwarenot sure if 7.1 is supported, but there is a new version available. I may not get back to this right away, but list what you need and I'll help as best as I can. Tom -- TRBishop [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #12043
Re: [newbie] Newer kernels and Mandrake distribution
Maybe I missed something, but I've tried several of the kernels I got from kernel.org, including the 2.4.0-test1 kernel and I found there was no support for the Supermount option the Mandrake supplied kernel has. I didn't like having to mount and unmount my my cd drives manually to use them, so I went back to the 2.2.14-15mdk kernel. On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, you wrote: hey everybody I'm looking forward to use my USB CD-RW with Mandrake 7.1. I need the latest kernel for that (to have the USB code). Does the Mandrake kernel has specific stuff that would prevent me from upgrading to the latest 2.4.0-test1 kernel? Is it going to break some Mandrake-specific software? thanks TTimo
[newbie] audio CD's
How can i mount an audio cd? I can use them when i run an audio CD player with no problem, but when i try to mount the cd from a terminal i get the message: "/dev/cdrom: Input/output error mount: /dev/cdrom has wrong major or minor number" Why is that? I have vi-ied the "/etc/filesystems" file with these possible file formats. vfat iso9660 cdfs cdudfrw joliet AIFC AIFF RIFF iso8859-1 cdda au audiocd None is working. Which is the one for audio CD's? I cannot find sth appropriate anywhere on the internet. You are my last hope. Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Wine VmWare
I have heard Wine is a pain but haven't used it. The Wine application DB shows reports that the latest MSMoney is not functional on Wine. I just downloaded VMWare 2.01 last night and it installs just fine on LM 7.1. I haven't finished installing Win98 yet on it. I suspended the install part way through. As soon as boot back over to Linux I'll resume it and see if it finishes. Cool stuff! There is personal financial software for Linux. Christopher Browne has a great page http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/financelinux.html listing lots of financial software though I haven't played with any yet. The two that look most promising to me are GNUCash and Money Dance (under the Other Personal Finance Software link). HTH - Ralph - Original Message - From: "Al" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "newbie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 10:35 PM Subject: [newbie] Wine VmWare Greetings! I am having extreme difficulty in making Wine or VMWare work on a Mandrake 7.1. I have tried numerous options and read the man pages for both of these but no joy. I only wish to run MSMoney :-) Which of the two (if I get it working) is easier to use? And are there any Linux programs like MSMoney? Any help or link is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Re: [newbie] cable modem blues no more
Mark, It was my pleasure, I'm glad everything worked out. When I first installed Mandrake I could't get my printer to work either- it is a parallel port Canon 4400 which every piece of documentatiion says should work in Linux. It worked fine in windows so I was stumped. One day as I was waiting for the LILO prompt after POST, I noticed that my parallel port was set to disable ( this is the screen immediately after the memeory check and hardware detection when you first turn your computer on and it lists everything- irq's, port settings, etc-)I went into my bios , enabled the parallel port and turned the printer on, booted into Mandrake and during the boot sequence i heard the printer initialize--IT WORKED!! I don't know if your solution to your printer problem will be as simple as this, but it is something to check as you run down the list of possible causes. Good Luck Eunice
Re: [newbie] test2
Both tests came through loud and clear :) Bambi Denis HAVLIK wrote: -- - Dr. Denis Havlikhttp://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quality Assurance (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---oOO--(_)--OOo- visit our new discusion forum: http://forum.mandrakesoft.com
Re: [newbie] MPEG Player and Action failure
Yes, there is one and ,in fact, it the best one for Linux. It called "mtv" and you can download it from TUCOWS The problem is that it is for evaluation only. It plays mpeg's normaly, but after a while it stops playing the sound. You just need to get a registered number from the official site , but with a cost. From: Emanuele La Rosa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] MPEG Player and Action failure Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 12:01:38 +0200 I noticed that Action can't reproduce well some MPEG film. Nobody knows if there some MPEG players better than Action that work well like the Windoze mpeg player? The difference between action and the windows mpeg player is quite big so i hope an affermative answer Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [[newbie] lilo crash ?]
Is your video using shared system RAM, try reducing the 128 to 127, 126,125 until it works correctly. Some hardware reports the RAM a little different. Remember to run LILO after each attempt. HTH Jaguar "Robert" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Attachment: MIME Type: multipart/alternative - Help !!! I am currently running mandrake 7.1 but when add append mem=128M and run lilo to make it work lilo hangs and after several seconds my hole system hangs... is this a bug or what TIA Robert The Dogma chased the Stigma, and was hit by the Karma. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [[newbie] Install problems with both 7.0 and 7.1]
"aifusionextreme" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Attachment: MIME Type: multipart/alternative - While trying to install 7.0, it jams on the second stage install ( when the message is written on the screen). Complete lockout, even the off switch doesnt function which means the bios is jamed as well. With 7.1, this isnt an issue, but when it reaches the new "find PCMCIA devices" screen, it jams wen a I say yes and it jams when I say no. On 7.0, using the pcmcia image during the beggining of the installtion worked fine. I got a beep and everything ( which I assumed meant it detected the PCMCIA card and adapter). That BEEP is the hardware _ONLY_ telling you is has found a PC-Card device...nothing to do with the OS. I have a PCMCIA ethernet card which I would like installed in the install. But am willing to leave it out and do it later if needed, but as mentioned even if I say no to the PCMCIA detection it jams. So basically I cant install 7.0 or 7.1 on that box. Any ideas ? Details of box: MB: HOT565 CPU: AMD-K6-2 233 Memory: 168MB HD: 6 GB IBM CD: unknown Grpahics card: S3 The Only other card is the Lucent PCI - PCMCIA Adapter. The Dogma chased the Stigma, and was hit by the Karma. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [[newbie] audio CDs]
From what I understand...Audio CD's are _NOT_ mounted...just click your preferred CD player. HTH Jaguar "nikolaos mpenias" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can i mount an audio cd? I can use them when i run an audio CD player with no problem, but when i try to mount the cd from a terminal i get the message: "/dev/cdrom: Input/output error mount: /dev/cdrom has wrong major or minor number" Why is that? I have vi-ied the "/etc/filesystems" file with these possible file formats. vfat iso9660 cdfs cdudfrw joliet AIFC AIFF RIFF iso8859-1 cdda au audiocd None is working. Which is the one for audio CD's? I cannot find sth appropriate anywhere on the internet. You are my last hope. Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com The Dogma chased the Stigma, and was hit by the Karma. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
[newbie] trying to HD-install 7.1
Hi, I apologize if this has been asked before (I'm sure it has-) but: I downloaded the entire mandrake 7.1 directory via cuteFTP, from the tucows site. I saved in to a W98 HD and tried to do a HD install from it, after making the HD-boot floppy. Every single time, it quits after the package install dialog appears, telling me, "depslist.ordered conflict (or incompatible, same idea) with HD file lists". I have tried changing the case of the file names in W98, as suggested on comp.os.linux.misc, but it makes no difference. What the heck? If it matters, I'm trying to do a clean reinstall on a 17G HD-. thanks! james [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] another modem
When I was a tech I installed many Phoebe modems. They are pretty decent, and had models that could be jumper set to COM IRQ (a very good thing!). I bought my USRobotics before the v.90 spec had existed very long, if there would have been a need for updating this was a better choice. At this point in time, since the v.90 spec has been in use for quite some time the Phoebe is what I would choose for myself. -Gary- In a message dated 6/19/2000 7:50:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, you wrote: Hi folks... Looking for some info about my modem, it turned up to be designed for windows... So, I am thinking about getting another one... Which modem would be the one that satifies my needs, do you guys have any sugestion... I plan to use both windows and linux on a dial-up conection, on a digital line... Thanks for the help given. A search of 'harware modem' at www.pricewatch.com will return several dozen. A Phoebe built around the Texas Instruments chipset is about $40. It's basically the same modem as the 3com/USR that costs twice as much. ~~ Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Shutting down X
The easiest way is to press "Ctrl+Alt+Fx" where x is 1-6. The Mandrake doesn't have the option to run in console mode when you wish it by pressing SHUTDOWN from the login, whereas other (Caldera for example) do. I don't know if there is a way to enable this option somehow. If anyone knows, please post it out... From: Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Shutting down X Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 11:12:55 -0400 I have a dumb questionI need to run in command line mode and can't seem to get there. Can anyone tell me how to shut down X and get to the command line? thanks Jim Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] installation question
On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, Walter Hanagriff wrote: Hello Walter, I am not sure if my writing adds to your help or your confusion, but: Do you have your entire HD dedicated to Windows at the moment? You will need some space to put Mandrake. I would go for at least 2Gb. If you have that much free (= unpartitioned!) space available, then you should be all fine. Otherwise you will have to make some space free for Mandrake, through either Partition Magic, or the freeware program FIPS that is supplied on the CD. In case you have 7.0: if you don't want to boot from a diskette into Linux, you will have to find a way to make a bit of space (about 10-15 megs) free at the start of the HD, where the /boot partition is. Lilo in mdk 7.0 cannot boot from a spot beyond cylinder 1024. The one that is supplied with 7,1 can do this. Good luck Paul i am reading the installation documentation at mandrake homepage to prepare myself, and a part in Installation with Drakx it says: Now you need to specify in DrakX where the various partitions on the hard disk(s) will be mounted. In Recommended mode, normally you won't have anything to do. If you have only a Windows partition it will be automatically resized and both the Linux partition and swap space will be created and formatted. I will be using recommended, and i only have one partition on this machine so far, with windows on it, but this thing says it will resize the partition and create and format linux partitions, will windows be deleted, or is this a safe partitioning of the disk, because i have heard that even with partition magic partitioning can be a little risky. and when it says it will automatically resize, do i get to say how much size each partition gets? how does it work? __ Get your free web-based email at http://www.xoom.com Birthday? Anniversary? Send FREE animated greeting cards for any occasion at http://greetings.xoom.com -- Don't be among people always. Learn to listen to your silence. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
[newbie] install question - partitions
i am reading the installation documentation at mandrake homepage to prepare myself, and a part in Installation with Drakx it says: Now you need to specify in DrakX where the various partitions on the hard disk(s) will be mounted. In Recommended mode, normally you won't have anything to do. If you have only a Windows partition it will be automatically resized and both the Linux partition and swap space will be created and formatted. I will be using recommended, and i only have one partition on this machine so far, with windows on it, but this thing says it will resize the partition and create and format linux partitions, will windows be deleted, or is this a safe partitioning of the disk, because i have heard that even with partition magic partitioning can be a little risky. and when it says it will automatically resize, do i get to say how much size each partition gets? how does it work? __ Get your free web-based email at http://www.xoom.com Birthday? Anniversary? Send FREE animated greeting cards for any occasion at http://greetings.xoom.com
[newbie] pppd keeps dying!!
I have been connected to the web with LM 7.0 for a few weeks now with no problem, but suddenly when my modem dials out it disconnects at the "starting pppd" stage and gives a "pppd died unexpectedly" error, or on one occassion "Timeout expired while waiting for the ppp interface to come up". I have checked all the settings in kppp which seem to be correct and have even read the manual :-)) but with no result. I have no problems with the same modem using BeOS or Windoze. Please help, I'm tearing my hair out and there's not much left! Roger
[newbie] install question - partitions
i am reading the installation documentation at mandrake homepage to prepare myself, and a part in Installation with Drakx it says: Now you need to specify in DrakX where the various partitions on the hard disk(s) will be mounted. In Recommended mode, normally you won't have anything to do. If you have only a Windows partition it will be automatically resized and both the Linux partition and swap space will be created and formatted. I will be using recommended, and i only have one partition on this machine so far, with windows on it, but this thing says it will resize the partition and create and format linux partitions, will windows be deleted, or is this a safe partitioning of the disk, because i have heard that even with partition magic partitioning can be a little risky. __ Get your free web-based email at http://www.xoom.com Birthday? Anniversary? Send FREE animated greeting cards for any occasion at http://greetings.xoom.com
Re: [newbie] Wine VmWare
Aljust my personal opinion, but I think that the program available at the below URL is a better alternative than messing around with trying to get M$Money functional on a Linux machine. http://moneydance.net/ Alan Al wrote: Greetings! I am having extreme difficulty in making Wine or VMWare work on a Mandrake 7.1. I have tried numerous options and read the man pages for both of these but no joy. I only wish to run MSMoney :-) Which of the two (if I get it working) is easier to use? And are there any Linux programs like MSMoney? Any help or link is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Re: [newbie] Wine VmWare
VMWare resumed the Win98 install just fine and it completed with no problems though its a little slow but very usable. I've got a Celeron 500 with 192 MB. I also installed LM 7.1 into another VM and it works great too. It'll give me a chance to fool around with patching the kernel to try and get Win4Lin running on LM 7.1 without hosing my base install of LM 7.1. Supposedly Win4Lin will run Windows on Linux a lot faster than VMWare. All in all VMWare is a very cool program. Even if I get Win4Lin working I'll keep VMWare around for testing new distro's, kernel patching, etc. - Ralph - Original Message - From: "Ralph Day" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 7:05 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Wine VmWare I have heard Wine is a pain but haven't used it. The Wine application DB shows reports that the latest MSMoney is not functional on Wine. I just downloaded VMWare 2.01 last night and it installs just fine on LM 7.1. I haven't finished installing Win98 yet on it. I suspended the install part way through. As soon as boot back over to Linux I'll resume it and see if it finishes. Cool stuff! There is personal financial software for Linux. Christopher Browne has a great page http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/financelinux.html listing lots of financial software though I haven't played with any yet. The two that look most promising to me are GNUCash and Money Dance (under the Other Personal Finance Software link). HTH - Ralph - Original Message - From: "Al" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "newbie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 10:35 PM Subject: [newbie] Wine VmWare Greetings! I am having extreme difficulty in making Wine or VMWare work on a Mandrake 7.1. I have tried numerous options and read the man pages for both of these but no joy. I only wish to run MSMoney :-) Which of the two (if I get it working) is easier to use? And are there any Linux programs like MSMoney? Any help or link is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Re: [newbie] pppd keeps dying!!
Roger Pithers wrote: I have been connected to the web with LM 7.0 for a few weeks now with no problem, but suddenly when my modem dials out it disconnects at the "starting pppd" stage and gives a "pppd died unexpectedly" error, or on one occassion "Timeout expired while waiting for the ppp interface to come up". I have checked all the settings in kppp which seem to be correct and have even read the manual :-)) but with no result. I have no problems with the same modem using BeOS or Windoze. Please help, I'm tearing my hair out and there's not much left! Roger Roger, when you set the timeouts in PPPD or Kppd whichever you use set them for at least 60 and preferably 90 seconds. If they are set for less than that you might be timing out just as the modem is trying to connect. Sometimes you get a quick connection and it does'nt show up as a problem but then when the servers are busy and connection isn't as fast you start timing out.Hope this isn't telling you something you already know but maybe it will help. Dennis
[newbie] Apache
I have a domain name that is regestered to my IP address. Ok I got Apache to run on my Linux Box, but I can only create webpages that point to www.mydomainname.net/~myusername. What I want to do is creat a web page that points directly to www.mydomainname.net and get rid of the /~username. When I type in localhost or the address to my webserver I get a webpage from Apache saying that it worked. Can anyone out there tell me how to configure Apache to do this? I would greatly appreciate any refrences or information you could give me that may help. Thanks in advance! -derangedhermit
[newbie] CDR installation failure
Guys, I have recently installed Mandrake 7.0 and I face a problem with my CDR Ricoh MP 7040 A . Every time I try to mount it a message appears saying invalid block device. If there is anyone who faced the same problems in the past let me know.
Re: [newbie] Ok dumb firewall question time
Dennis Myers wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: yes, and yes. here is a link to a site where you can download a very configurable firewall great for beginners. http://www.pmfirewall.com/PMFirewall/ -- Mark I love my Linux Box! REASON #1 -- ...it's not Windows! Registered Linux user #1299563 On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Vic wrote: Is any firewall just for blocking ports or can it also protect the needed open ones like ftp 21 www 80 and so forth? I tried the mentioned firewall and once again I am feeling stupid. I loaded it and immediately could not get Netscape to load . It would stall with only the stop sign and the frame showing. I then uninstalled and got my Netscape and mail back. I must have set a closed port or deny in the wrong place. Again the documentation is not set up for virtual dummies, but only for people who have alot of experience either with Linux or as programmers etc. Anybody know what a good set of setings would be and still allow Netscape access. I keep looking for books and online documentation. Nobody writes Linux for Idiots, you have to be at least a dummy. "Life is good, just don't weaken" Dennis Registered Linux User # 180842 Dennis, Don't feel too badly about it. It took me a few trys before I got the thing working for me. It helps of you leave port 23 (SMPT) open and port 80 (HTTP) that will allow you to access your mail server and the internet. Set everything else to be closed and deny all connections. The ranges you want to deny connections to are this: these ranges are given as pairs...IP/SUBNETMASK Set the ranges as such 1.2.3.0/255.255.255.0 For the range that is yourself so you can access your mail server and the internet your range us this:127.0.0.1/255.255.255.0 Most likely your ISP assigns you a "dynamic" IP number each time you log on. That's ok. Don't worry about trying to set that. You will be asked about this. I believe the question asks something about DHCP assigning an IP address. Answer "y" to this one. Keep working at cause this is one nice little firewall. My Linux box, after being tested by the Shields Up web site was shown to be running in Full on stealth mode. I'm totally cloaked and can't be seen on the internet. The packets come in and disappear into a "Blackhole!" Never to be seen or heard from again. I LOVE IT. Here's the URL for that site if you want to test your system. https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 Good luck and press on forward!
[newbie] Apache (thanks for your help)
Thank you to those of you who responded to my "Apache" question. I got it figured out. you guys are great -mike
RE: [newbie] Apache
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 June 2000 21:11 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Apache I have a domain name that is regestered to my IP address. Ok I got Apache to run on my Linux Box, but I can only create webpages that point to www.mydomainname.net/~myusername. What I want to do is creat a web page that points directly to www.mydomainname.net and get rid of the /~username. When I type in localhost or the address to my webserver I get a webpage from Apache saying that it worked. Can anyone out there tell me how to configure Apache to do this? I would greatly appreciate any refrences or information you could give me that may help. Thanks in advance! -derangedhermit There is normally a directory in /home called httpd, which contains the default www.mydomain.net stuff. Otherwise take a look at httpd.conf (can't remember where it is, type "find -name httpd.conf" to find it) and that contains helpful hints. Set Documentroot to wherever you want the webpages to start if you don't want to muck around with Httpd. Personally, I have httpd as a symbolic link to the directory on my Fat32 partition where my webpages are, so I can use them in Apache for win32 as well. -- Nick Avenell
RE: [newbie] installation question
-Original Message- From: Walter Hanagriff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 June 2000 09:40 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] installation question i am reading the installation documentation at mandrake homepage to prepare myself, and a part in Installation with Drakx it says: Now you need to specify in DrakX where the various partitions on the hard disk(s) will be mounted. In Recommended mode, normally you won't have anything to do. If you have only a Windows partition it will be automatically resized and both the Linux partition and swap space will be created and formatted. I will be using recommended, and i only have one partition on this machine so far, with windows on it, but this thing says it will resize the partition and create and format linux partitions, will windows be deleted, or is this a safe partitioning of the disk, because i have heard that even with partition magic partitioning can be a little risky. and when it says it will automatically resize, do i get to say how much size each partition gets? how does it work? Before you do anything, even if people tell you that it won't delete anything, back up everything you hold dear on that HDD before resizing anything. (I know I said this before, but it is fairly important :-)
[newbie] Sendmail
I have a domain name registered to my IP Address. I am trying to set my Linux box up as a mailserver. All I want to do, is be able to get mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can anyone out there give me some advice as to how to set this up using Sendmail. I am not sure where to start. I do have send mail up and running except when I type in; "sendmail status" from the command line it says "user uknown". Any help advice or refrences would be greatly appreciated. If you need more information or more specific information please let me know. Thanks in advance, -Mike
Re: [newbie] Ok dumb firewall question time
~*Mark*~ wrote: Dennis Myers wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: yes, and yes. here is a link to a site where you can download a very configurable firewall great for beginners. http://www.pmfirewall.com/PMFirewall/ -- Mark I love my Linux Box! REASON #1 -- ...it's not Windows! Registered Linux user #1299563 On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Vic wrote: Is any firewall just for blocking ports or can it also protect the needed open ones like ftp 21 www 80 and so forth? I tried the mentioned firewall and once again I am feeling stupid. I loaded it and immediately could not get Netscape to load . It would stall with only the stop sign and the frame showing. I then uninstalled and got my Netscape and mail back. I must have set a closed port or deny in the wrong place. Again the documentation is not set up for virtual dummies, but only for people who have alot of experience either with Linux or as programmers etc. Anybody know what a good set of setings would be and still allow Netscape access. I keep looking for books and online documentation. Nobody writes Linux for Idiots, you have to be at least a dummy. "Life is good, just don't weaken" Dennis Registered Linux User # 180842 Dennis, Don't feel too badly about it. It took me a few trys before I got the thing working for me. It helps of you leave port 23 (SMPT) open and port 80 (HTTP) that will allow you to access your mail server and the internet. Set everything else to be closed and deny all connections. The ranges you want to deny connections to are this: these ranges are given as pairs...IP/SUBNETMASK Set the ranges as such 1.2.3.0/255.255.255.0 For the range that is yourself so you can access your mail server and the internet your range us this:127.0.0.1/255.255.255.0 Most likely your ISP assigns you a "dynamic" IP number each time you log on. That's ok. Don't worry about trying to set that. You will be asked about this. I believe the question asks something about DHCP assigning an IP address. Answer "y" to this one. Keep working at cause this is one nice little firewall. My Linux box, after being tested by the Shields Up web site was shown to be running in Full on stealth mode. I'm totally cloaked and can't be seen on the internet. The packets come in and disappear into a "Blackhole!" Never to be seen or heard from again. I LOVE IT. Here's the URL for that site if you want to test your system. https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 Good luck and press on forward! well, I pressed on and used most of your advice , but did not totally understand what you were telling me. Anyway, the fire wall works and I am partially protected. I will have to go back in and close some of the holes I left open. I am not sure exactly how I do this. As root and open up the package in an editor? Any way your help is invaluable and the community in general provides a lot of support and good advice. Thanks, to everybody who contributes.
Re: [newbie] Ok dumb firewall question time
~*Mark*~ wrote: Dennis Myers wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: yes, and yes. here is a link to a site where you can download a very configurable firewall great for beginners. http://www.pmfirewall.com/PMFirewall/ -- Mark I love my Linux Box! REASON #1 -- ...it's not Windows! Registered Linux user #1299563 On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Vic wrote: Is any firewall just for blocking ports or can it also protect the needed open ones like ftp 21 www 80 and so forth? I tried the mentioned firewall and once again I am feeling stupid. I loaded it and immediately could not get Netscape to load . It would stall with only the stop sign and the frame showing. I then uninstalled and got my Netscape and mail back. I must have set a closed port or deny in the wrong place. Again the documentation is not set up for virtual dummies, but only for people who have alot of experience either with Linux or as programmers etc. Anybody know what a good set of setings would be and still allow Netscape access. I keep looking for books and online documentation. Nobody writes Linux for Idiots, you have to be at least a dummy. "Life is good, just don't weaken" Dennis Registered Linux User # 180842 Dennis, Don't feel too badly about it. It took me a few trys before I got the thing working for me. It helps of you leave port 23 (SMPT) open and port 80 (HTTP) that will allow you to access your mail server and the internet. Set everything else to be closed and deny all connections. The ranges you want to deny connections to are this: these ranges are given as pairs...IP/SUBNETMASK Set the ranges as such 1.2.3.0/255.255.255.0 For the range that is yourself so you can access your mail server and the internet your range us this:127.0.0.1/255.255.255.0 Most likely your ISP assigns you a "dynamic" IP number each time you log on. That's ok. Don't worry about trying to set that. You will be asked about this. I believe the question asks something about DHCP assigning an IP address. Answer "y" to this one. Keep working at cause this is one nice little firewall. My Linux box, after being tested by the Shields Up web site was shown to be running in Full on stealth mode. I'm totally cloaked and can't be seen on the internet. The packets come in and disappear into a "Blackhole!" Never to be seen or heard from again. I LOVE IT. Here's the URL for that site if you want to test your system. https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 Good luck and press on forward! I followed your advise and kept at it, using your instructions above I followed almost all of them. I did not remember to deny everything you said to deny. I have a firewall! It has holes. I have to go back in and change some of the settings. I think I can do it as root in an editor, yes? I will make the attempt to change some of the settings to deny. Such as my POP3 is open and maybe telnet if I have it. Fortunatly right now I am still on a modem. In the near future I want to go to DSL or cable modem and then the firewall becomes critical...If you can tell me how to go back in and access the configuration to edit the ports I would appreciate it. I will figure it out sooner or later, but help keeps the frustration level down.. Thanks again for your assistance, Dennis:)
Re: [newbie] Sendmail
look on freshmeat.net for a script called 'install-sendmail'. It will walk you thru setting up everything you need. Monte -- __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] installation question
it wasnt confusing at all, answers are that my entire HD is dedicated to windows, partitioning shouldnt be a problem i think. one of my other questions on this list was about that. i will be getting mandrake 7.1, i havent gotten it yet, am trying to prepare for everything before i download and start installing. about that boot sector at beginning of drive, since 7.1 doesnt need that, there isnt any other reason to put a boot partition at front of drive. I am not sure if my writing adds to your help or your confusion, but: Do you have your entire HD dedicated to Windows at the moment? You will need some space to put Mandrake. I would go for at least 2Gb. If you have that much free (= unpartitioned!) space available, then you should be all fine. Otherwise you will have to make some space free for Mandrake, through either Partition Magic, or the freeware program FIPS that is supplied on the CD. In case you have 7.0: if you don't want to boot from a diskette into Linux, you will have to find a way to make a bit of space (about 10-15 megs) free at the start of the HD, where the /boot partition is. Lilo in mdk 7.0 cannot boot from a spot beyond cylinder 1024. The one that is supplied with 7,1 can do this. __ Get your free web-based email at http://www.xoom.com Birthday? Anniversary? Send FREE animated greeting cards for any occasion at http://greetings.xoom.com
[newbie] Fetchamil is broken! :(
I was wondering about something. Ever since I got my firewall up and running fetchmail no longer works. It won't connect to my ISP's mail server and bring down the mail. I like using Pine for mail, but I can't now. I've left the SMPT port open so that I could use that port. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions on the matter? thanks in advance, Mark
Re: [newbie] Shutting down X
The only way I know how to get totally out of X is to never start it. At the LILO prompt, type "linux 3" and it'll just dump you at the command prompt. I also wish there was an easier way to totally kill X. The easiest way is to press "Ctrl+Alt+Fx" where x is 1-6. The Mandrake doesn't have the option to run in console mode when you wish it by pressing SHUTDOWN from the login, whereas other (Caldera for example) do. I don't know if there is a way to enable this option somehow. If anyone knows, please post it out... From: Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Shutting down X Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 11:12:55 -0400 I have a dumb questionI need to run in command line mode and can't seem to get there. Can anyone tell me how to shut down X and get to the command line? thanks Jim -- Anthony Huereca http://m3000.1wh.com Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
Re: [newbie] Fetchamil is broken! :(
Well, I haven't had this problem myself (yet), but a few things to try might be to check your system logs, in case fetchmail is really running into the firewall, it may leave a trace in the logs. The only part of fetchmail that I would think would have problems w/ a firewall would be the last stage where it feeds it to the MTA (sendmail) on port 25. But you said you left that open explicitly. The other thing to maybe try is to run fetchmail w/ the ' -vvv' flag for extremely verbose reporting, and see what it says. Monte -- __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Shockwave - What's Up With It?
Where did you get it from? Seve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, June 23, 2000 11:05 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Shockwave - What's Up With It? On 21 Jun, Mike Tracy Holt wrote: Sevatio Octavio wrote: Have any of you know if there's a Linux Shockwave or a GPL equivalent? Seve Do you want shockwave or flashplayer? If you're talking about Macromedia's 'Backstage', I don't think they have anything available at this time. If you're interested, goto this page: http://www.macromedia.com/software/ They seem to be getting into the Linux thing, so maybe in the next couple of years we'll see something. This site does mention that they will be releasing 'generator 2' for web pages in November. There is a Shockwave for linux, which I use. But yesterday, I went to the Budweiser Whassup site, and it hanged Netscape. Plus, even after killing the netscape process, my sound card kept playing "Whassup!" over and over again for the next few hours. I just put it on mute and this morning it seems to be ok (maybe because I closed the lid of my laptop). L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have failed it." Phone: (514) 282-8484 ext. 228 -Doug Camilli mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Penguin Power!
Re: [newbie] Wine VmWare
Now downloading it at the moment and will give it a try... Thanks Alan Shoemaker wrote: Aljust my personal opinion, but I think that the program available at the below URL is a better alternative than messing around with trying to get M$Money functional on a Linux machine. http://moneydance.net/ Alan
Re: [newbie] Wine VmWare
Hi, From your statement below, am I correct in assuming that I have to install Win98 (to run MSMoney) on top of VMWare? Thanks Ralph Day wrote: I just downloaded VMWare 2.01 last night and it installs just fine on LM 7.1. I haven't finished installing Win98 yet on it. HTH - Ralph
Re: [newbie] audio CD's
You don't mount audio CDs. Just play the CD from the software. Seve -Original Message- From: nikolaos mpenias [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, June 24, 2000 7:18 AM Subject: [newbie] audio CD's How can i mount an audio cd? I can use them when i run an audio CD player with no problem, but when i try to mount the cd from a terminal i get the message: "/dev/cdrom: Input/output error mount: /dev/cdrom has wrong major or minor number" Why is that? I have vi-ied the "/etc/filesystems" file with these possible file formats. vfat iso9660 cdfs cdudfrw joliet AIFC AIFF RIFF iso8859-1 cdda au audiocd None is working. Which is the one for audio CD's? I cannot find sth appropriate anywhere on the internet. You are my last hope. Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Kernel Panic
I just installed mandrake 7.1. Compiled a new kernel and now I get an error message on boot, Kernel Panic: No init found. Any ideas
Re: [newbie] Wine VmWare
Hi, The data contained in my MSMoney file goes back 4 years and are very important to me. I just hope MoneyDance has an import utility fot my data. Thank you for your help! Alan Shoemaker wrote: Aljust my personal opinion, but I think that the program available at the below URL is a better alternative than messing around with trying to get M$Money functional on a Linux machine. http://moneydance.net/ Alan
[newbie] Gaim
Hello all, perhaps someone can can me with this small problem, I am trying to configure 'gaim' but when I type in my user name and password it locks up. If I tell it to register, I am whisked away to Aol's homepage and see nothing relating to Linux or 'Gaim'. Thanks for any assistance on this, Jeff :)
Re: [newbie] Kernel Panic
Is your /etc/lilo.conf 's image statement pointing to the right kernel? Also, check what /boot/vmlinuz links to. Seve -Original Message- From: Curtis W. Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake Newbie Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, June 24, 2000 10:14 PM Subject: [newbie] Kernel Panic I just installed mandrake 7.1. Compiled a new kernel and now I get an error message on boot, Kernel Panic: No init found. Any ideas
