Re: [newbie-it] Informazioni su MD5SUM e l'immagine iso di mandrake 7.1
Ciao io ho scaricato la mandrake7.1 due volte in piu' riprese la prima ha dato problemi come a te la seconda invece la stringa di checksum era ok! ritenta! On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Matteo Merlin wrote: Ciao, ho appena finito di scaricare l'immagine MANDRAKE71-INST.ISO. Ma appena verificato il checksum con md5sum non ho ottenuto il risultato sperato... :( infatti la chiave presente sul file md5sums che ho prelevato dalla directory del server ftp.unina.it non corrisponde a quella da me ottenuta con il comando "md5sum mandrake71-inst.iso" Devo per forza buttar via 70.000 circa di connessioni? Io ho già provato a masterizzare l'immagine in questione con Easy CD creator e tutto è andato bene... ho provato ad iniziare l'installazione e tutto procede senza nulla di problematico fino alla scelta delle partizioni (poi sono uscito perché non avevo intenzione di installare subito mandrake 7.1)... E' possibile che la chiave non corrispondente possa essere determinata dal fatto che mentre scaricavo il file ho utilizzato un po' W98 un po' LINUX e soprattutto shiftavo tra vari server? Vorrei inoltre chiedere se veramente a qualcuno la chiave ottenuta con md5sum corrispondeva davvero con quella sul server da cui hanno scaricato il file immagine... Grazie davvero e alla prossima!! Matteo Merlin
[newbie-it] Enlightenment - Netscape o Mozilla?
Buongiorno a tutti a chi interessasse,sono riuscito a risolvere il problema che avevo con l'audio (scheda audio configurata correttamente ,modulo ES1371 inserito gia' al boot, ma nessun suono da utente ne' da Gnome ne da Enlightenment,ma solo da root) cosi' facendo : Senza modificare alcun permesso dei files eseguibili per il suono,ho semplicemente aggiunto con Linuxconf l'utente al gruppo audio come gruppo "optional",utilizzando l'applicazione user accounts. Penso possa servire a Matteo che aveva lo stesso problema. Grazie per i suggerimenti a Michele e a Fabio del Ferrara Linux user group. Ne approfitto : mi accingo ad utilizzare frequentemente internet e posta per lavoro, quindi vorrei chiedere se esistono font migliori da utilizzare con Netscape 4,in quanto alla risoluzione con cui lavoro (1280x1024) sono praticamente illeggibili. Ho sentito parlare molto bene di Mozilla ,che ne pensate? Legge tutta la pagina html prima di mostrarla come fa Netscape (che noia!) o no? Ultima domanda: se Mozilla e' valido,dove posso trovarlo sul web? Grazie - Simone
[newbie-it] x-server
Giovanni Mazzamati wrote: lun, 26 giu 2000, hai scritto: Ho tentato di installare Linux RedHat6.1 e Mandrake7.0 sul mio computer: mainboard dotata di chipset di sistema Intel Corporation 82437VX 430VX System Controller, processore Intel Petium 200 MHz, 16 MByte di memoria, scheda video Cirrus Logic GD-5446 rev0 con chipset Cirrus 54xx (B8); la memoria della mia scheda video è di 1 MB, la massima risoluzione supportata è 1280x1024 a 16 colori e si possono avere al più 16 milioni di colori a 640x480. L'installazione del sistema viene portata a termine, tuttavia non c'è modo di far funzionare il server grafico. Ho provato tutte le possibili combinazioni di risoluzione, profondità di colore, refresh senza ottenere risultati. Qualcuno è a conoscenza di eventuali problemi di Xfree con la mia scheda video? Grazie, Rosanna -- Hai provato a configurarla come una SVGA generica? ciao GiovanniCome si fa? Io ho fatto le mie prove durante l'installazione e non hofatto caso al tipo di server che veniva installato...Ciao, Rosanna
Re: [newbie-it] Informazioni su MD5SUM e l'immagine iso dimandrake 7.1
Fabio Coatti wrote: On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 10:48:15AM +0200, Andrea Celli wrote: Hai senz'altro qualche file corrotto. Quale/i, quanti? Impossibile dirlo. Se sei fortunato e` il solitario, se ti dice male e' il kernel o il file-system o qualche altra componente essenziale che ti puo' lasciare a terra quando meno te l'apetti. Dovresti controllare tutti gli rpm, uno a uno. Ma sono una quantita` allucinante :-( forse con uno script? Non è così problematico. Visto che il maggior "volume" di bytes è dato dai pacchetti rpm, basta andare nella directory RPMS e lanciare rpm --checksig --nopgp *.rpm e vedere se escono dei NOT OK Mamma mia!! Che campo di battaglia!! Penso che tra tutti gli RPM l'80% fosse corrotto. E poi mi sono anche accorto che la release 7.0 che sto tuttora utilizzando ha anch'essa circa la stessa percentuale di RPM corrotti? Ma allora perché funziona così "bene" ? (tra virgolette perché grandi problemi non me ne ha dati tranne qualche problema audio in Enlightenment, WIne che fa le bizze, insomma, problemi vari che ho notato essere anche condivisi da altri utenti... vedi altri messaggi della mail-list) O forse sono seduto su una bomba che può scoppiare da un momento all'altro ?!!? Per fortuna comunque ho appena contattato Giuliano Simoncelli di Rovereto (TN) per farmi spedire i 2 CD della Mandrake 7.1. (grazie Andrea per avermi invitato a consultare il Lugge) Infine ringrazio anche Fabio per avermi insegnato come controllare gli RPM!! ;-) Ciao a tutti! Matteo Merlin
Re: [newbie-it] Informazioni su MD5SUM e l'immagine iso dimandrake 7.1
Andrea Celli wrote: Matteo Merlin wrote: E' possibile che la chiave non corrispondente possa essere determinata dal fatto che mentre scaricavo il file ho utilizzato un po' W98 un po' LINUX e soprattutto shiftavo tra vari server? Puo` darsi. L'unica volta che mi e` successo (ora ci sto attento) e` stato perche` avevo ftp settato come ascii invece che come binary. In questo caso, senza fare sum o md5sum, ci si accorge subito che il numero dei byte non coincide. Di poco, ma e` diverso. Ma forse ho capito perché non corrisponde il checksum! Nel file Readme nella directory da cui ho scaricato le immagini di Linux c'era scritto di non scaricarle con un modem a 56K. Ora io ho proprio scaricato le immagini con un modem a 56K... Qualcuno di voi puo' confermare i miei sospetti e cioé che la velocità di 56K, non essendo reale ma frutto di una compressione software, alteri i checksum? Ma se così fosse, non si perderebbe ogni possibilità di giudizio sulla correttezza del checksum? Intendo dire che se i dati prelevati in scaricamento vengono compressi dal modem per poi essere decompressi e salvati sull'hard disk (per trasformare la reale banda di 33.6K a 56K) allora il checksum dei dati non compressi (prima di scaricarli) dovrebbe essere differente dai dati decompressi (dopo averli scaricati). Ciò dunque ci porta ad una conclusione: non ha più senso confrontare i checksum tra i dati non compressi e quelli decompressi poiché i dati potrebbero non essere corrotti e tuttavia avere un checksum diverso... Ciò non toglie che sia meglio farsi spedire i CD :) Ma ho proprio la curiosità di sapere se i miei sospetti sono fondati... In attesa di risposta vi saluto nuovamente e spero che questa sia davvero l'ultima mail su questo problema. :P Ciao!! Matteo Merlin
[newbie-it] mandrake-update non funziona
Ciao a tutto il N.G. Sarei molto felice se qualcuno di voi riuscisse a risolvere il mio problema. (ho contattato anche il supporto tecnico avendo diritto a 100 gg di assistenza, ma purtroppo dicono che non dipende da loro " I'm sorry but it is not due to Mandrake." sono in possesso delle distribuzioni mandrake 7.0 e 7.1. Purtroppo, con entrambe, quando lancio mandrake-update ricevo sempre il medesimo errore. Dopo aver scelto un file qualsiasi da un mirror qualsiasi mi viene mostrata la finestra di recupero e installazione (non appare però la barra di avnzamento), ma ad un certo punto ricevo il mesaggio "errore durante il recupero del file xxx" e lunica opzione possibile è "salta". Ho provato vari mirror, ma il risultato è sempre lo stesso. Grazie a chiunque abbia un suggerimento" Federico Naddeo
[newbie-it] MDK7.1 e ESD
Poco tempo fa ho risposto a una persona che aveva problemi con ESD, non riuscivo a capire per quale motivo non venisse eseguito ESD, in quel periodo avevo installata sul mio PC la MDK7.0 ora che ho installato la 7.1 ho lo stesso problema che ho in parte risolto... Ho rimossso l'ESD 0.2.17 in dotazione e l'ho sostituito con una precedente versione pero' fornito da RedHat e funziona. Non capisco ancora pero' perche' se nella MDK7.0 l'ESD 0.2.17 funziona nella versione MDK successiva non funzioni sebbene sia lo stesso pacchetto RPM. Altro fatto strano l'esd "impalla" (non si dovrebbero usare queste parole parlando di linux ma purtroppo e' cosi') il sistema solo quando lo lancia l'enlightenment, se lo lancio "a mano" da un termilale tutto funziona a meraviglia (ma e' scomodo!) se qualcuno ha altre informazioni che ritiene potrebbero essermi utili me lo faccia sapere. PS: movimentiamo un po' queste ML che e' da 2 giorni che non ci scrive nessuno!
Re: [newbie] My first email sent from Pronto =)
Not sure =). It's my cox connection. PoP3 I believe. Haven't seen any slow down yet, and I have about 257 messages. Seems to run great. No crashes =) Alan On Fri, 30 Jun 2000 19:58:47 -0500, Gary said: KOn Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 10:28:32AM -0500 or thereabouts, Alan Carpenter wrote: Here's a walk through of how I got it installed. Hopefully this will help someone else out. Thanks for the info Alan. Did you set it up with your own POP3s directly within Pronto or are you using a fetchmail, procmail, sendmail type of setup? Also, am curious as this is Perl driven, as to how it reacts, or perhaps slows down, when your message databases starts to fill up. Best regards, Gary
[newbie] this should be a easy one for somebody =)...
Somehow my netscape communicator Icon has been removed from my desktop. I also picked up a book today called "Mastering Gnome". Looks like a great book. Anyone else have it?? I also installed gnome napster. If anyone needs help with that, then just let me know =). Alan Carpenter
[newbie] DrakConf not installed?
Hello All, I chose "high" for security during initial installation of Mandrake 7.1, and after install went well, I can not find DrakConf icon on the desktop. This is my second attempt at installation. The first one was normal. I would appreciate any help. -- Best regards, EGN mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] __ message envoye depuis http://www.ifrance.com emails (pop)-sites persos (espace illimite)-agenda-favoris (bookmarks)-forums Ecoutez ce message par tel ! : 08 92 68 92 15 (france uniquement)
[newbie] E-Mail Client?
Hello All, Is there an e-mail client(POP) that allows to delete messages from the pop.whtaever.com when deleted locally? Netscape does this, but lacks multi-account capability. TIA -- Best regards, EGNmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] __ message envoye depuis http://www.ifrance.com emails (pop)-sites persos (espace illimite)-agenda-favoris (bookmarks)-forums Ecoutez ce message par tel ! : 08 92 68 92 15 (france uniquement)
[expert] lesstif library
Hi list, I'm having a little problem. I try to use the lib libXm.so.0 , but my system can't find it even if it is there. The is in /usr/X11R6/lib and is a link to libXm.so.6 . I tried to execute /sbin/ldconfig and it didn't solve the problem... and the path /usr/X11R6/lib is listed in the file /etc/ld.so.conf. I really don't know what to do. Please help. Martin Marier
Re: [newbie]Printing
Your printer uses the Canon BJC 600 printer driver, I have the same one myself Eunice Thompson
[newbie] Openmail
Hi all, is there anyone whos has experience with Openmail ? To set-up and configure it correctly. What are your impressions ? Eric
RE: [newbie] E-Mail Client?
By default, pop is a "store and forward" system. When you retrieve your E-mail, your client software acknowledges having received the E-Mail which should cause the POP server to delete it, unless it is told to do otherwise. Your E-Mail is then held locally on your own machine. Imap and other protocols are server based. -JMS |-Original Message- |From: ElephantsGoNorth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] |Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2000 2:09 AM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: [newbie] E-Mail Client? | | |Hello All, | |Is there an e-mail client(POP) that allows to delete messages |from the pop.whtaever.com when deleted locally? | |Netscape does this, but lacks multi-account capability. | |TIA | | |-- |Best regards, | EGNmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | |___ |___ |message envoye depuis http://www.ifrance.com |emails (pop)-sites persos (espace illimite)-agenda-favoris |(bookmarks)-forums |Ecoutez ce message par tel ! : 08 92 68 92 15 (france uniquement) | |
Re: [[newbie] Lilio.conf using append=Failsafe and append]
Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everybody, I noticed that MDK7.1 /etc/lilo.conf uses append="Failsafe". Can I replace this with append="mem=128M" or should I add another append line. Leave append="Failsafe" as it is, and add another line: append="Failsafe" append="mem=128M" By the way, why did they add Failsafe to MDK7.1 in the first place? Any ideas? Roman = You can not use two "append" lines. Try: append="Failsafe mem=128M" Mike - Attachment: bysh.vcf MIME Type: text/x-vcard - "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] Lilio.conf using append=Failsafe and append]
Thanks for pointing that out. I'll try your suggestion. Roman Michael Scottaline wrote: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everybody, I noticed that MDK7.1 /etc/lilo.conf uses append="Failsafe". Can I replace this with append="mem=128M" or should I add another append line. Leave append="Failsafe" as it is, and add another line: append="Failsafe" append="mem=128M" By the way, why did they add Failsafe to MDK7.1 in the first place? Any ideas? Roman = You can not use two "append" lines. Try: append="Failsafe mem=128M" Mike - Attachment: bysh.vcf MIME Type: text/x-vcard - "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. begin:vcard n:;Roman x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;; version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Technical Support note:Penguin Powered Email x-mozilla-cpt:;7936 fn:Roman - Registered Linux User #179293 end:vcard
Re: [newbie] export PATH problems
On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, David Talbot wrote: The PATH is indeed being exported. I've tried setting the Mandrake Security level to low. What's causing this and how can I make it take my new PATH? Any help with this one would be a godsend, I've tried every concievable thing I can think of. Don't know what is causing that, but a quick/dirty workaround would be to hard-code the path in the users' .bash_profile Paul -- To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school. -Chesterton )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] supermount
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Bill Fisher wrote: In editing the /etc/fstab I run across the term supermount. My books don't describe this. I want to set the zip and floppy drives so that a user as well as root can access them and I thought that the entry user or users would do this. Thanks for any info bill This is how it works with me: /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 Something similar works for the ZIP drive, but I can't tell you the exact one on that, it is on my other machine and that's offline now. :( Paul -- To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school. -Chesterton )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie]Printing
On 30 Jun 2000, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: Bill Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mandrake 7.0, Canon bjc4400 printer The only output I get on the printer is the test (I think) stuff which begins: %!PS-Adobe-2.0 on the first line. I have an /etc/printcap file, and a filter file at /var/spool/lpd/lp/filter These were generated by the install when I selected postscipt printer, as I saw no selection for my printer. I dont see any references to setting up the printer except at install time in the Mandrake-suppiled manuals. DrakConf printerdrake ? Or run "printtool" as root, from a terminal prompt. Paul -- To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school. -Chesterton )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] pon/poff
ifup and ifdown are the commands mandrake uses for pon and poff. The labels are ppp0, ppp1, etc. instead of a label you can designate. I am not aware of a console configuration utility but netcfg can be used in X. rpm is the package manager and can be used from the command line, or from X with kpackage or gnorpm. RRP. Hans wrote: Hello, First time Mandrake user (Helium), but have been running Debian for 2 years already. Two questions: 1) is there no curses-based package manager like Debian's dselect included with Mandrake? 2) the package ppp is installed, but pppconfig not. Anything additional I need to install for pon/poff use? Thanks for the help. --hans
[newbie] Kernel 2.2-16.9 Version #1 Thu Jun22 17:04:01mdk
Hi, I downloaded a newer and updated kernel 2.2-16.9 Version #1. Would there be any difference in performance for it to work or are they more or less bug fixes? Also, do I have to recompile to notice any performance changes, if any? Roman begin:vcard n:;Roman x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;; version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Technical Support note:Penguin Powered Email x-mozilla-cpt:;7936 fn:Roman - Registered Linux User #179293 end:vcard
Re: [newbie] mounting cdrom
On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, KompuKit wrote: I'd like to have my /ftp/pub have a way to access my cdrom drive...so people can download off the cd's... HOW do I accomplish this...? I think you could make a softlink to your CDROM directory from /ftp/pub. That way it is like a subdir in /ftp/pub. You will have to make the CD world-readable (or so I heard). Paul -- To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school. -Chesterton )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Lilio.conf using append=Failsafe and append
On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Romanator wrote: Hi everybody, I noticed that MDK7.1 /etc/lilo.conf uses append="Failsafe". Can I replace this with append="mem=128M" or should I add another append line. Leave append="Failsafe" as it is, and add another line: append="Failsafe" append="mem=128M" It should read something like append="Failsafe;mem=128M" You can only put 1 append line in lilo.conf By the way, why did they add Failsafe to MDK7.1 in the first place? Don't know since I don't have 7.1 yet. Even don't know when I have it, never saw that option... Paul -- To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school. -Chesterton )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
[newbie] Grub added newer kernel version to it's list of selections
Hi, After downloading a newer version of the kernel, I noticed that the kernel version number was added to Grub. Although, the updater has updated my kernel, is there a way of editing Grub to remove 2.2-16.9mdk? Is there a reason for this, and is it really necessary? Many thanks, Roman begin:vcard n:;Roman x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;; version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Technical Support note:Penguin Powered Email x-mozilla-cpt:;7936 fn:Roman - Registered Linux User #179293 end:vcard
Re: [newbie] Cdrom / kfm error
On Sat, 1 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have just installed mandrake and everthing seems fine except i cannot access cdrom. The icon is on desktop but when i load cd i get meesage cannot list directory contents file/mnt/cdrom. Does this mean cdrom is not mounted correctly ? Gary This probably indicates that you either have no supermount installed, or in /etc/fstab it is not set up correctly. In my fstab it says /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 And that works great. Better check your /etc/fstab and correct the supermount directives if they're not there. Good luck Paul -- To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school. -Chesterton )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Supermount danger?
Is there a danger in using the supermount feature for zip disks or floppy disks? I thought from reading linux books that when we mount a floppy and insert a disk into that drive, then access the disk, that when finished we need to umount the disk, then mount again for the next disk, etc. Perhaps this is not necessary? If we use supermount is there any problems changing from disk to disk without umount? Bill
Re: [newbie] Removing Linux Partition
of course if you remove the FAT partition, you will not be removing a linux partition since linux would be a ext2 partition in a version of FDISK that would recognize a linux partition, which I do not believe the DOS version does BE careful and back up everything important before you begin! - Original Message - From: david palmisano [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 2:35 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Removing Linux Partition Hi, I was at the same situation that you are having now. What worked for me was going to the dos prompt from windows and at the C:\ prompt type fdisk then remove the none FAT partition. It worked for me. good luck --- Jason Angus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Same guy here that proposed the new hard drive question earlier. I have linux installed on a drive now residing along with Win 98 (rather peacefuly I must say). As I said before I am going to put Linux on a seperate 6 gig drive all by itself. How do I remove the Linux partition on the drive that has Windows 98 on it too, without causing harm to 98...? Is this even possible? Many thanks, Jason ps Thanks for all the help with the new drive question. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Lilio.conf using append=Failsafe and append
I believe the correct way would be: append="Failsafe" "mem=128M" - Original Message - From: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 9:42 AM Subject: [newbie] Lilio.conf using append="Failsafe" and append Hi everybody, I noticed that MDK7.1 /etc/lilo.conf uses append="Failsafe". Can I replace this with append="mem=128M" or should I add another append line. Leave append="Failsafe" as it is, and add another line: append="Failsafe" append="mem=128M" By the way, why did they add Failsafe to MDK7.1 in the first place? Any ideas? Roman
Re: [newbie] Grub added newer kernel version to it's list of selections
Thanks for pointing this out. Roman Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After downloading a newer version of the kernel, I noticed that the kernel version number was added to Grub. Although, the updater has updated my kernel, is there a way of editing Grub to remove 2.2-16.9mdk? edit the file: /boot/grub/menu.lst Is there a reason for this, and is it really necessary? hu, if you want to boot the kernel yes, is it -- MandrakeSoft Inchttp://www.mandrakesoft.com San-Francisco, CA USA --Chmouel begin:vcard n:;Roman x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;; version:2.1 note:Penguin Powered Email x-mozilla-cpt:;1472 fn:Roman - Registered Linux User #179293 end:vcard
Re: [Re: [newbie] Lilio.conf using append=Failsafe and append]
Thanks Mike. I'm still trying to figure out what the 'Failsafe' option is used for. Roman Michael Scottaline wrote: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Paul, Would Linux have crashed with two append lines? Roman = I don't believe linux would crash. I think you'd still be able to boot also. Lilo would probably simply ignore the second append line. 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. begin:vcard n:;Roman x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;; version:2.1 note:Penguin Powered Email x-mozilla-cpt:;1472 fn:Roman - Registered Linux User #179293 end:vcard
Re: [newbie] Kernel 2.2-16.9 Version #1 Thu Jun22 17:04:01mdk
Thanks for pointing out the June 24 2000 security update info. Roman Ralph Day wrote: The LM site says its a security update: June, 24 2000 SECURITY UPDATE: kernel POSIX "Capabilities" have recently been implemented in the Linux kernel. These "Capabilities" are an additional form of privilege control to enable more specific control over what privileged processes can do. Capabilities are implemented as three (fairly large) bitfields, which each bit representing a specific action a privileged process can perform. By setting specific bits, the actions of priviliged processes can be controlled -- access can be granted for various functions only to the specific parts of a program that require them. It is a security measure. Please upgrade to: c5331676f063807160ff44e221cbd81d 7.1/RPMS/kernel-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm 94b6ea108fd5436c7271ef5fc117553d 7.1/RPMS/kernel-doc-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm b4e61a18465a1d452ef7768e3eb5bdc8 7.1/RPMS/kernel-fb-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm 69e05cea2853440c9914d71e6cea167f 7.1/RPMS/kernel-headers-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm 5c1463354cb8327d515cb0ba9453ffdc 7.1/RPMS/kernel-linus-2.2.16-2mdk.i586.rpm 8735b139e0fc71f56d9a78d5f41a38da 7.1/RPMS/kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm 3fa45cb921549de64677fea83d0d47bc 7.1/RPMS/kernel-secure-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm 3aac015c1dd82951a3c4d5c8f694d2bb 7.1/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm 3dc16da65156c7cda785fe0a80e8e546 7.1/RPMS/kernel-source-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm fb0aba2b890edb6a238b090760abdef2 7.1/RPMS/kernel-utils-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm 20346b180246a4695145684f07a7a979 7.1/SRPMS/kernel-2.2.16-9mdk.src.rpm c158098babcbdc5a5235ded8adf5dc09 7.1/RPMS/reiserfs-utils-2.2.16_3.5.19-9mdk.i586.rpm a22bd276a9f77ac16b87494b7880b3c3 7.1/RPMS/alsa-2.2.16_0.5.7-9mdk.i586.rpm Important: If you use ReiserFS, please don't forget to: do a : mkinitrd -f --ifneeded /boot/initrd-2.2.16-9mdk 2.2.16-9mdk in /etc/lilo.conf add: initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.16-9mdk - Ralph - Original Message - From: "Romanator" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 4:18 PM Subject: [newbie] Kernel 2.2-16.9 Version #1 Thu Jun22 17:04:01mdk Hi, I downloaded a newer and updated kernel 2.2-16.9 Version #1. Would there be any difference in performance for it to work or are they more or less bug fixes? Also, do I have to recompile to notice any performance changes, if any? Roman begin:vcard n:;Roman x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;; version:2.1 note:Penguin Powered Email x-mozilla-cpt:;1472 fn:Roman - Registered Linux User #179293 end:vcard
Re: [newbie] Lilio.conf using append=Failsafe and append
Thanks Ed, I'll try the following: append="Failsafe;mem=128M" append="Failsafe" "mem=128M" Roman Ed Tharp wrote: I believe the correct way would be: append="Failsafe" "mem=128M" - Original Message - From: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 9:42 AM Subject: [newbie] Lilio.conf using append="Failsafe" and append Hi everybody, I noticed that MDK7.1 /etc/lilo.conf uses append="Failsafe". Can I replace this with append="mem=128M" or should I add another append line. Leave append="Failsafe" as it is, and add another line: append="Failsafe" append="mem=128M" By the way, why did they add Failsafe to MDK7.1 in the first place? Any ideas? Roman begin:vcard n:;Roman x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;; version:2.1 note:Penguin Powered Email x-mozilla-cpt:;1472 fn:Roman - Registered Linux User #179293 end:vcard
Re: [Re: [Re: [newbie] Lilio.conf using append=Failsafe and append]]
Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Mike. I'm still trying to figure out what the 'Failsafe' option is used for. Roman === Hey Roman, Don't bet a lung (or any other body parts :o) ), but I think "failsafe" is similar to windows "safe mode". It's a "limited" boot that will allow you in w/o full functionality, to fix what might be broken. Anyone else chime in w/some help here Mike "What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?" --W. C. Fields Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Domain not bound message
Mandrake 7.0 When I su to root, after entering the password, console displays: YPBINDPROC_DOMAIN: Domain not bound what does this mean? Also, while the system is coming up from Boot Magic, there is a delay while this message is displayed: Listeing for an NIS Domain Server what does this mean? I'm only local, only outside connection is internet via modem. Wodering if I've made a wrong selection, and if so how can I fix it? Thanks Bill
Re: [newbie] Lilio.conf using append=Failsafe and append
roman, let us know which it was, PLEASE? I may be wrong as hell here, but a guess would be that you have a kernel that can not be written to used with failsafe, probably from a server install, and if you need to upgrade the kernel you would have to start out with the failsafe removed to write to a different kernel. just a guess though - Original Message - From: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Ed Tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2000 12:28 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Lilio.conf using append="Failsafe" and append Thanks Ed, I'll try the following: append="Failsafe;mem=128M" append="Failsafe" "mem=128M" Roman Ed Tharp wrote: I believe the correct way would be: append="Failsafe" "mem=128M" - Original Message - From: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 9:42 AM Subject: [newbie] Lilio.conf using append="Failsafe" and append Hi everybody, I noticed that MDK7.1 /etc/lilo.conf uses append="Failsafe". Can I replace this with append="mem=128M" or should I add another append line. Leave append="Failsafe" as it is, and add another line: append="Failsafe" append="mem=128M" By the way, why did they add Failsafe to MDK7.1 in the first place? Any ideas? Roman
Re: [Re: [Re: [newbie] Lilio.conf using append=Failsafe and append]]
Hi Mike, If I bet a body part or held my breath, I would have died a long time ago...n'yuk..n'yuk. I think, when all else fails, 'Failsafe' allows the user to run in basic text mode when the GUI end dies. And, edit the necessary files, and get the graphical end up and running. Or, it can be for users that prefer text only. Any thoughts from our gurus out there? Roman (Hey, did I figure this out without a manual?) Michael Scottaline wrote: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Mike. I'm still trying to figure out what the 'Failsafe' option is used for. Roman === Hey Roman, Don't bet a lung (or any other body parts :o) ), but I think "failsafe" is similar to windows "safe mode". It's a "limited" boot that will allow you in w/o full functionality, to fix what might be broken. Anyone else chime in w/some help here Mike "What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?" --W. C. Fields Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Domain not bound message
On Sat, 1 Jul 2000, Bill Fisher wrote: Mandrake 7.0 When I su to root, after entering the password, console displays: YPBINDPROC_DOMAIN: Domain not bound what does this mean? Also, while the system is coming up from Boot Magic, there is a delay while this message is displayed: Listeing for an NIS Domain Server Both things relate to the same problem. When you su to root, run 'setup' and go to system services. At the bottom you will find [ ] ypbind or in your case very probably [*] ypbind This means that the NIS daemon, a program that looks for certain networking domains, is activated. Booting causes the first attempt to access any system on a network cable (that you don't have but it tries anyway). And when you 'su', the daemon tries it again, because often "root" can also manage NIS domains. To get rid of it, just unselect the ypbind daemon (press space on it), hit OK, and OK again, and next time you boot the problem should have disappeared magically. If it did, then, Bill, you did some real live magic! Paul -- To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school. -Chesterton )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Domain not bound message
On 1 Jul 00, at 9:45, Bill Fisher wrote: ng the password, console displays: YPBINDPROC_DOMAIN: Domain not bound what does this mean? Also, while the system is coming up from Boot Magic, there is a delay while this message is displayed: Listeing for an NIS Domain Server what does this mean? I'm only local, only outside connection is internet via modem. Wodering if I've made a wrong selection, and if so how can I fix it? Dunno whether this is the correct prescription for what is happening, but methinks you are running unnecessary daemons. If you are running X, then fire up DrakConf and goto Startup Services. Stop all the unnecessary services. for example, I run only the following, the rest have been put to sleep. The startup daemons: crond - for scheduling dhcpd - host control gpm - coz I usually work without X keytable - a must daemon network - another must numlock - optional, though helpful random - necessary sendmail - MTa, you might be using postfix, smail, exim, etc. syslog - preferred xfs - needed by X Just do this, and remove the others. Then boot up again and see if the problem persists. If yes, then send a transcript of tail /var/log/messages. Maybe, someone will decrypt it;] -Rgds Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com
Re: [newbie] acrobat rpm
On 1 Jul 00, at 8:56, Tom Brinkman wrote: ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/falsehope/home/pierre/acroread/ acroread-kde-menus-4.05-2.i386.rpm acroread-kde-menus : Adobe Acrobat Reader KDE System menus Thanks to all who helped. got the tarball from Adobe, and installed. Works fine, AFAICT. Colour rendering is nice, the text is visible and most essentially, have'nt managed to crash it, So far. Rgds Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com
Re: [newbie] Lilio.conf using append=Failsafe and append
Roman.correct syntax would be: append="Failsafe mem=128M" Alan Romanator wrote: Thanks Ed, I'll try the following: append="Failsafe;mem=128M" append="Failsafe" "mem=128M" Roman Ed Tharp wrote: I believe the correct way would be: append="Failsafe" "mem=128M" - Original Message - From: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 9:42 AM Subject: [newbie] Lilio.conf using append="Failsafe" and append Hi everybody, I noticed that MDK7.1 /etc/lilo.conf uses append="Failsafe". Can I replace this with append="mem=128M" or should I add another append line. Leave append="Failsafe" as it is, and add another line: append="Failsafe" append="mem=128M" By the way, why did they add Failsafe to MDK7.1 in the first place? Any ideas? Roman
Re: [Re: [newbie] Lilio.conf using append=Failsafe and append]
Looks like the entry to the following file /etc/lilo.conf is: append="Failsafe mem=128M" Roman Thanks Alan Romanator wrote: Thanks Mike. I'm still trying to figure out what the 'Failsafe' option is used for. Roman Michael Scottaline wrote: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Paul, Would Linux have crashed with two append lines? Roman = I don't believe linux would crash. I think you'd still be able to boot also. Lilo would probably simply ignore the second append line. 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. begin:vcard n:#179293;Roman x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;; version:2.1 note:Penguin Powered Email x-mozilla-cpt:;26048 fn:Roman - Registered Linux User #179293 end:vcard
[newbie] Linux-Mandrake 7.0 Complete installation
Dear All, Thank you everyone who gave me wonderful advice. Unfortunately I found out that my CD rom is not bootable. In the Bios setup it shows that it is an option but a technician told me it is not anyway. My Bios setup is C,A,SCSI. Should not that be changed to the floppy first and how do I do that? I am a true newbie and have not done much on the Setup screen. Also, may I install by graphical installation or text installation through MS-DOS? I have made the floppy for graphical with rawrite but how do I do it for text installation? I have already done the partitions with Partition magic and I have Bootmagic installed. Those applications seem to be OK but I cannot get the Linux boot disk or Linux Installation CD to boot the installation screen so that I may install Linux. In other words I have bootmagic and partitionmagic on and the next step was to boot up so that I may install Linux through the CD next. Linux is not installed yet. May I install Linux another way such as text installation through DOS without uninstalling bootmagic or partition magic? I appreciate your help with this. I have contacted Linux-Mandrake support days ago several times but I have received no answer. I have looking through everything that I can find in documentation and other Linux sources but have not found the answer yet. I appreciate anyone's input. I do have a Pentium 200 MHZ with 2 IDE hard drives one with 2.5 gigs and the other with over 8 gigs. I have 96 megs of memory and everything else should be compatible from my research. As a reminder my hard drive is already partitioned through partition magic and Linux is not installed yet. Thank you very much for your help.Sincerely, Marcia
Re: [newbie] Grub added newer kernel version to it's list of selections
I haven't done this yet, and I'm running 7.0 so I'm not using grub. If I understand the original question you have a new additional boot listing. This is a fail-safe. If there is a configuration or other problem you still have access to your original, working, kernel. That way you still have easy access to your system. Once the new one is demonstrated dependable you can remove the "original" entry and delete the file from your system. -Gary- In a message dated 7/1/2000 9:59:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After downloading a newer version of the kernel, I noticed that the kernel version number was added to Grub. Although, the updater has updated my kernel, is there a way of editing Grub to remove 2.2-16.9mdk? edit the file: /boot/grub/menu.lst Is there a reason for this, and is it really necessary? hu, if you want to boot the kernel yes, is it -- MandrakeSoft Inchttp://www.mandrakesoft.com San-Francisco, CA USA --Chmouel
Re: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake 7.0 Complete installation
On 1 Jul 00, at 13:36, Marcia Waller wrote: setup is C,A,SCSI. Should not that be changed to the floppy first and Is your hdd SCSI? Maybe not. Maybe its an IDE. how do I do that? I am a true newbie and have not done much on the Setup At the BIOS option where you have C,a,SCSI written, scroll through the list with the NumKeypad + or the PageUP/DN keys. One of them should work. Change it, so that the order now reads A,C, whatever.Now, your system will boot off the floppy first, if there's a system disk in the fdd. screen. Also, may I install by graphical installation or text installation through MS-DOS? I have made the floppy for graphical with rawrite but how do I do it for text installation? I have already done Grphical installation is flashy, and intuitive. The text install can reduce install times by more than half, and though not very self explanatory, is quite easy. To go the text install way, create a boot disk using rawrite.exe with txt_boot.img. as text installation through DOS without uninstalling bootmagic or partition magic? I appreciate your help with this. I have contacted Since you've already partitioned your hdd, go ahead and install. Just take care that if you have some important data in the Windows partition, it has been backed up. The loadlin based linux install script from DOS will drop you into the install program anyway, so you had better boot from the floppy. I appreciate anyone's input. I do have a Pentium 200 MHZ with 2 IDE hard drives one with 2.5 gigs and the other with over 8 gigs. I have 96 megs That is a great setup. The graphical setup program needs 32 MB RAM work, so it should be easy enough. Go ahead. Install:] Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com
Re: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake 7.0 Complete installation
Marcia Waller wrote: Dear All, Thank you everyone who gave me wonderful advice. Unfortunately I found out that my CD rom is not bootable. In the Bios setup it shows that it is an option but a technician told me it is not anyway. My Bios setup is C,A,SCSI. Should not that be changed to the floppy first and how do I do that? On the start-up press 'del' key. A screen look-up and point to that line where you can chose your start-up disk. Then press an arrow-key to change to A,C, etc... I am a true newbie and have not done much on the Setup screen. Also, may I install by graphical installation or text installation through MS-DOS? I have made the floppy for graphical with For the text install copy with rawwrite (in dos) the text_install.image to a floppy. Now you can install with the floppy in text mode. Hummm the txt_install.img is found on your CD /dosutils I think. rawrite but how do I do it for text installation? I have already done the partitions with Partition magic and I have Bootmagic installed. Those applications seem to be OK but I cannot get the Linux boot disk or Linux Installation CD to boot the installation screen so that I may install Linux. In other words I have bootmagic and partitionmagic on and the next step was to boot up so that I may install Linux through the CD next. Linux is not installed yet. May I install Linux another way such as text installation through DOS without uninstalling bootmagic or partition magic? I appreciate your help with this. I have contacted Yes, boot etc. is NOT necessary. Withe the text install you can go from FDISK to DISKDRUID. FDISK is to set the partitions and DISKDRUID to set the mount-points. Linux-Mandrake support days ago several times but I have received no answer. I have looking through everything that I can find in documentation and other Linux sources but have not found the answer yet. I appreciate anyone's input. I do have a Pentium 200 MHZ with 2 IDE hard drives one with 2.5 gigs and the other with over 8 gigs. I have 96 megs of memory and everything else should be compatible from my research. As a reminder my hard drive is already partitioned through partition magic and Linux is not installed yet. Thank you very much for your help.Sincerely, Marcia
Re: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake 7.0 Complete installation
CMOS (i.e. the motherboard BIOS, what you are referring to as the setup screen) -- there are many brands, and they all differ. TYPICALLY after you get in, via DEL or F2 or F10 (the three most common ways) or whatever, look at what is displayed for options (perhaps after having to clear a warning message). 98% of the time you will find an option to exit without saving use this if you are unsure about the changes you have made. If there is there will also be an option to exit saving changes. When used, either choice will be confirmed with a box upon exit--it can be confusing, read it carefully before making a choice. Some CMOS do not give you an option to exit without saving; IN THIS CASE BE VERY CAREFUL. How to change your boot order. You are correct that normally it is desirable to seek a floppy first, then the hard drive; for many things including installing Linux it is absolutely necessary to seek the floppy drive first. Highlight the boot order field (usually by TABing down to it). F1 will often give you a list of the selections possible. Changing values will cycle through them. Stop when the one you want is displayed, then exit that page and exit CMOS saving your changes. Read the border messages on the CMOS page--It should say "info = F1" or whatever, and "to change values PgUp PgDn" or + - or whatever. Install through DOS. No, you don't install Linux through DOS, although you can do a text-based install. You can even install Linux ON the DOS filesystem, though that is undesirable for a number of reasons. Once you have made the boot order change so that the motherboard will look at the floppy drive first, the disk that you have already made should work just fine. That floppy disc will boot a small version of Linux and then find your CD ROM (be sure to have your Mandrake disk inserted when your machine is booting up), and it will transfer over to the CD and begin the graphical install directly. Be SURE that you know what partitions are Windows and which are to be for Mandrake (assuming you will be dual-booting) as the installer may need to mark your new partitions itself [meaning it may find no space and want you to delete these partitions to make space, which can be easily done within the installation]. Normally one creates "free" or "unallocated" space and the installer will divide it and set it up with "auto allocate". The only time I have been put into text install was when I booted on the Mandrake floppy and the CD was not in the drive when the floppy Linux system found the drive. It should go right into the graphical install on its own if the CD is in the drive. -Gary- In a message dated 7/1/2000 3:31:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear All, Thank you everyone who gave me wonderful advice. Unfortunately I found out that my CD rom is not bootable. In the Bios setup it shows that it is an option but a technician told me it is not anyway. My Bios setup is C,A,SCSI. Should not that be changed to the floppy first and how do I do that? I am a true newbie and have not done much on the Setup screen. Also, may I install by graphical installation or text installation through MS-DOS? I have made the floppy for graphical with rawrite but how do I do it for text installation? I have already done the partitions with Partition magic and I have Bootmagic installed. Those applications seem to be OK but I cannot get the Linux boot disk or Linux Installation CD to boot the installation screen so that I may install Linux. In other words I have bootmagic and partitionmagic on and the next step was to boot up so that I may install Linux through the CD next. Linux is not installed yet. May I install Linux another way such as text installation through DOS without uninstalling bootmagic or partition magic? I appreciate your help with this. I have contacted Linux-Mandrake support days ago several times but I have received no answer. I have looking through everything that I can find in documentation and other Linux sources but have not found the answer yet. I appreciate anyone's input. I do have a Pentium 200 MHZ with 2 IDE hard drives one with 2.5 gigs and the other with over 8 gigs. I have 96 megs of memory and everything else should be compatible from my research. As a reminder my hard drive is already partitioned through partition magic and Linux is not installed yet. Thank you very much for your help.Sincerely, Marcia
[newbie] login in kppp
Hi. Does anyone know why cant i write the @ that has my login in the kppp?. Thanks
Re: [newbie] login in kppp
All it wants is your user name that you use to authenticate yourself to your ISP when you dialup. Your email address consists of username @ yourdomain . com All it wants is your username. that would be my guestimation. -- Mark I love my Linux Box... REASON # 2 ...X-windows is just a suedonym. Registered Linux user # 1299563 On Sat, 1 Jul 2000, MARIPIES wrote: Hi. Does anyone know why cant i write the @ that has my login in the kppp?. Thanks
Re: [newbie] YA E-Mail Client?
On 1 Jul 00, at 21:28, ElephantsGoNorth wrote: The other approach - fetchmail/qmail + a ton of ... is working fine in my BSD boxen. Can I just start using Linux? Will this bird ever fly? first, I'll ask you to help me with this;). Have been trying to get a setup like that, to no avail. If you can, send a offlist detail. My q'n: is there any standalone e-mail client for GNU/Linux that allows to delete my e-mail from the server when deleted locally? Try "poppy". But is it possible to synchronise the MUA with a pop account?? AFAIK, that is possible in IMAP, but is pop capable? BTW, great to see people running BSD alongwith Lin;} Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com
[newbie] Pronto Help:Seg Faults - new_font
Got pronto instald. Had to dwnld install all the Perl Modules. No problems there. But when I go to run pronto I get this err msg: new_font is not of type Gtk::Gdk::Font at /usr/local/bin/pronto line 5158. Segmentation Fault However, if start pronto like this: 'pronto -subject' it will bring to a compose window fine. What did I do or what do I need to change? Thanks!! Ty Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re[2]: [newbie] YA E-Mail Client?
Hello Sthitaprajna, Saturday, July 01, 2000, 9:37:32 PM, (Zulu Time) you wrote: S Try "poppy". But is it possible to synchronise the MUA with a pop S account?? AFAIK, that is possible in IMAP, but is pop capable? Thank you very much, as for the BSD q'n - the best place to ask is [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Best regards, EGNmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] __ message envoye depuis http://www.ifrance.com emails (pop)-sites persos (espace illimite)-agenda-favoris (bookmarks)-forums Ecoutez ce message par tel ! : 08 92 68 92 15 (france uniquement)
Re: [newbie] $6.50 for MDK 7.1 2-CD set (GPL version)
Rick, I received your check today in the mail when I returned home from work. I am mailing your CD's out early tomorrow morning. Take care, Matt From: Rick Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] $6.50 for MDK 7.1 2-CD set (GPL version) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 06:32:25 -0600 M Thompson wrote: Sounds good to me. Tell me where to send my check. Mail the mandrakes to: Rick Murphy 5758 Flager El Paso, Texas 79938 Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Graphics Card Question
Hi, I have a machine similar to yours. Take a look at Intel site (www.intel.com). There you will find new win98 drivers and Linux drivers for you get 1024 X 12?? (I forgot the exact resolution). Good look, Claudio H. --- Jason Angus [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu: Just installed Mandrake 7 this weekend - the install went rather smooth (had to do it twice) - but those were errors on my part. I have an Intel 810 video card with AGP - and cannot seem to get the resolution or graphics just right with it. I have looked on some news groups and found others with the same problem. I can not seem to get a better resolution that 640 x 800! It works but that is just a little too big for me. Any suggestions? If it matter - here is the run down on the rest of my system: Dell Deminsion L500C Celeron 500 mhz 64 mb ram 6 gig HD - linux has a 1.5 gig/ windows 98 has the rest. The video card is built into the mother board... Any help you could send this newbies way would much be appreciated. Thanks, Jason __ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com O YAHOO! GEOCITIES CHEGOU AO BRASIL! Crie sua home page com tudo em português - http://br.geocities.com
Re: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake 7.0 Complete installation
Marcia, Have you looked at the documentation on your installation CD? I'm sure you have if you've made a boot floppy. Have you tested your BiOS and tried to change the boot order to see if the 'Technician' really knew what he was taalking about? You just might be able to boot from the CD. you can try changing it to CDROM, A,C, or A, CDROM, C orjas most machines are setup - A, C, ... From here the installation should start up and you can specify text install after the installation has initialized. Eunice Thompson
[newbie] Any patch for KPanel-Edit Menus Error Message Anomaly?
Hi, Has any one noticed in MDK7.1b, when you choose KPanel-Edit Menus, a warning message appears" " The menu editor is not installed. " This used to work in MDK7.0. Does any one know where a patch can be obtained? I know you can type in the command line: kdesu -c kmenuedit By the way, thanks ( Alan ) for help on this one. Any ideas? Roman begin:vcard n:#179293;Roman x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;; version:2.1 note:Penguin Powered Email x-mozilla-cpt:;26048 fn:Roman - Registered Linux User #179293 end:vcard
Re: [newbie] 7.1 Install:could not mount CD on /dev/scd0 using Adaptec 1542cf
Ace Frehley wrote: Have the same problem with my setup as well, my solution was drastic, I used a spare Adaptec 2940UW and the problem disappeared... Hello, An Update. I checked the iso file I burnt the CD with and it checks out. I also upgraded the bios and microcode on the 1542CF. It gave me some more options but still the problem. I was able to work around the problem by using an Adaptec 2940. However there appears to be a problem or something I am not entering when I try to install in expert mode. I either get a hang after answering the scsi card questions or it gives me the same could not mount CD message. If I use regular mode or text mode it is fine. It appears that if the install asks what scsi card you have it does not work. I suspect there is a bug in the install. 73 Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED] WB1HBU
[newbie] VirtualHost
I'm looking for a sample/example for my httpd.conf file for virtual hosts. I messed one up, and it stopped my whole website from opertating 'till I commented it out! Oops. I'm setting it up so my friends can have there website be at theirname.mydomain.com and all their files be located in /home/theirname/www Can anyone help me out? Thanks Mark
Re: [newbie] No Penguins on login screen.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using Mandrake 7.1 Somehow I did something to my linux box and now I don't have the penguins on the login screen. I am reffering to the penguins that represent each user. I used to have a root penguin and my username penguin on this screen. I can still login just fine the only difference is that the penguins are gone. Can someone tell me how to get the penguins back? Thanks in advance; -mike In X as root, navigate to kdedesktopapplications.login manager then you can show the users and actually change the iconsfor each user. Eunice Thompson
[newbie] W, Finger Ytalk ?'s
Thought I'd compound these questions: W only works as root. I want all users to see who is on. They can do this using Finger, but I'd rather have W work as I'm so used to it. It displays the header for W, but no username or user info. I tried changing the permissions on the utmp file, but to no avail. Finger Command does not retain info once a user logs out. So when I finger user, it says they have never logged in. I'm not sure on this one either. And finally, YTalk, it runs, but will not contact the other user that I'm trying to talk to. How do I get this to run? Is this a process that has to be started? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks Mark
Re: [newbie] Booting from CD at install?
Installed Mandrake 7.0 from CD to hdb (4.3 G). Used Partition Magic 4.0 to make entire second hd a linux partition. Mandrake 7 did a fine install but cannot deal with ISA PP cards. I remember RedHat 6.2 statements that an original install / as opposed to an upgrade, will erase EVERY hard disk in your PC. How nicely thought out!!! 6/26/00 10:03:46 AM, "Charles A Edwards" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John If the boxed set you have is Linux Mandrake Complete you have a limited edition PartitionMagic on disc3. While in Windows insert the CD and using My Computer navigate to the PM/PtMagic folder and run Setup.exe. Then run PM and resize your Windows partition leaving the remainder of the drive as free space.( the Free space is where you will install Linux) Insert your Mandrake installlation and boot from your CD-ROM drive. The installation will see the free space on your drive and create your Linux partitions there. Charles - Original Message - From: "John Gist" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 2:40 PM Subject: [newbie] Booting from CD at install? Getting ready to do my first ever Linux install. I have the 7.0 boxed set. My CD drive is bootable. The computer has Windows on a 6.4 gig hard drive that is all one partition. I want to keep Windows and set up dual boot with Linux. In a book on Linux/Mandrake I purchased at the book store is a statement that sounds as if booting from the CD will erase the drive. If this is true I will use a floppy instead. Thanks John Try the Opera web browser and e-mail at http://www.opera.com
Re: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake 7.0 Complete installation
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: CMOS (i.e. the motherboard BIOS, what you are referring to as the setup screen) -- there are many brands, and they all differ. TYPICALLY after you get in, via DEL or F2 or F10 (the three most common ways) or whatever, look at what is displayed for options (perhaps after having to clear a warning message). 98% of the time you will find an option to exit without saving use this if you are unsure about the changes you have made. If there is there will also be an option to exit saving changes. When used, either choice will be confirmed with a box upon exit--it can be confusing, read it carefully before making a choice. Some CMOS do not give you an option to exit without saving; IN THIS CASE BE VERY CAREFUL. How to change your boot order. You are correct that normally it is desirable to seek a floppy first, then the hard drive; for many things including installing Linux it is absolutely necessary to seek the floppy drive first. Highlight the boot order field (usually by TABing down to it). F1 will often give you a list of the selections possible. Changing values will cycle through them. Stop when the one you want is displayed, then exit that page and exit CMOS saving your changes. Read the border messages on the CMOS page--It should say "info = F1" or whatever, and "to change values PgUp PgDn" or + - or whatever. Install through DOS. No, you don't install Linux through DOS, although you can do a text-based install. You can even install Linux ON the DOS filesystem, though that is undesirable for a number of reasons. Once you have made the boot order change so that the motherboard will look at the floppy drive first, the disk that you have already made should work just fine. That floppy disc will boot a small version of Linux and then find your CD ROM (be sure to have your Mandrake disk inserted when your machine is booting up), and it will transfer over to the CD and begin the graphical install directly. Be SURE that you know what partitions are Windows and which are to be for Mandrake (assuming you will be dual-booting) as the installer may need to mark your new partitions itself [meaning it may find no space and want you to delete these partitions to make space, which can be easily done within the installation]. Normally one creates "free" or "unallocated" space and the installer will divide it and set it up with "auto allocate". The only time I have been put into text install was when I booted on the Mandrake floppy and the CD was not in the drive when the floppy Linux system found the drive. It should go right into the graphical install on its own if the CD is in the drive. -Gary- In a message dated 7/1/2000 3:31:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear All, Thank you everyone who gave me wonderful advice. Unfortunately I found out that my CD rom is not bootable. In the Bios setup it shows that it is an option but a technician told me it is not anyway. My Bios setup is C,A,SCSI. Should not that be changed to the floppy first and how do I do that? I am a true newbie and have not done much on the Setup screen. Also, may I install by graphical installation or text installation through MS-DOS? I have made the floppy for graphical with rawrite but how do I do it for text installation? I have already done the partitions with Partition magic and I have Bootmagic installed. Those applications seem to be OK but I cannot get the Linux boot disk or Linux Installation CD to boot the installation screen so that I may install Linux. In other words I have bootmagic and partitionmagic on and the next step was to boot up so that I may install Linux through the CD next. Linux is not installed yet. May I install Linux another way such as text installation through DOS without uninstalling bootmagic or partition magic? I appreciate your help with this. I have contacted Linux-Mandrake support days ago several times but I have received no answer. I have looking through everything that I can find in documentation and other Linux sources but have not found the answer yet. I appreciate anyone's input. I do have a Pentium 200 MHZ with 2 IDE hard drives one with 2.5 gigs and the other with over 8 gigs. I have 96 megs of memory and everything else should be compatible from my research. As a reminder my hard drive is already partitioned through partition magic and Linux is not installed yet. Thank you very much for your help.Sincerely, Marcia Thank you for your advice. I was able to get into the Bios and it had the save exit option or exiting without saving. The F1 does give me the list of boot sequences but I have not been able to scroll through the list. How do you change values to cycle through the list? I have used the arrows and nothing happens. There is a place that shows what F1 is for and other options. The one for modify is PUPD and it has/+/-. Would
Re: [newbie] No Penguins on login screen.
On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 01:59:45PM -0700, thus spake [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I am using Mandrake 7.1 Somehow I did something to my linux box and now I don't have the penguins on the login screen. I am reffering to the penguins that represent each user. I used to have a root penguin and my username penguin on this screen. I can still login just fine the only difference is that the penguins are gone. Can someone tell me how to get the penguins back? Thanks in advance; -mike Hey, more penguins?? I'll order 7.1 right now. Why didn't they tell me? GM -- ** * "The soul is greater than the hum of its parts. " * * Douglas Hoftstatder* **
Re: [newbie] grub and my RAM.
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, you wrote: Hi fellow Linuxers! I have just upgraded to 7.2. It is most excellent! When I upgraded I changed over to the grub boot loader... I have one problem with grub. I cannot set my RAM. I used to use Lilo and had to use the append "mem=128M" option (in lilo.conf) to cause the kernel to find the whole 128 meg of my ram. Without this it would only find 64 meg :( What I would like to know is how to configure grub to read the full 128 meg of ram. Also I need to know the files I need to edit to do this. With Lilo it was lilo.conf. What is it for grub? Cheers, Gerald S. -- title linux kernel (hd1,4)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb6 hdc=ide-scsi -- That's the grub line that loads linux on my system. Just put mem=128M (no 'append' no quotes as in lilo) where I have 'hdc=ide-scsi'. You can put multiple args on the line, just separate them with a space. Take a look at 'info grub'. It's one of the few man and info pages that's not written like you already understand everything :) Often when Linux can't see all your ram, it denotes a substandard motherboard/bios. Also if you have 'onboard' (built in) items like video, you'll need to subtract the ram they use from system ram. eg, if the video is advertised as 8mb, then you'll prob'ly need to use a 'mem=120M'. -- ~~ Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] powermanagement in Mandrake?
HI LIst, I was wondering if there was a setting somewhere to turn on/off power management so my monitor wouldn't go to sleep? I think it's already diabled in the BIOS. thanks, Mark
Re: [newbie] 7.1 Install: could not mount CD on /dev/scd0 using Adaptec 1542cf
Hey Everyone I fixed my cd problem! :) I tossed mandrake 7.1 and went to Red Hat 6.2 and the cd works wonderfully! Guess Mandrake isn't what it's cracked up to be after all huh? I won't say I won't go back to Mandrake, but I will say the tech support at mandrake sucks! First letter to them was May 23rd...here we are end of June and still no fix and no response to my plea for help from them...nothing but an auto response...the people who tried to help in this list I say thanksbut even the people who work for mandrake on here haven't offered any helpand ya know what...that just ain't cool...I hate getting products with no one willing to back them, free or purchasedbtw...I did purchase mandrake 7.0 a month ago, and I am glad I'll be able to use the extras in my red hat setup...at least I'll get a little back out of my investment in a company who has NO tech support at allsorry Mandrake...but you've really made me rethink my position on youI was impressed when I first installed...then no help with a problemnone at all and not even a notice that you heard my request or if it was ever even read by a humanyour gonna have to go a long way before I'll buy anything else from ya... Jim I have been having a cdrom./burner problem for over a monthit still doesn't work...I have tried everything including completely reconfiguring my system...differant cpu...differant drive configurationstried it all followed everyones suggestions...still doesn't work in mdk 7.1 works in 7.0 and windoze just fineI hope you get an answer quicker than I didmy first post on it was the 23rd of last month and I still have no solution to the problem...if you get it fixed please tell me how you did it...this list and Mandrake support have been absolutely no help...thanks Jim Hi When you mount a cd u mast use "mount /mnt/cdrom" Ronald -Original Message- From: Ace Frehley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 7:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.1 Install: "could not mount CD on /dev/scd0" using Adaptec 1542cf On Sun, 25 Jun 2000 17:45:26 -0500, you wrote: Hello, I am using an older Intel 440LX based motherboard with a P2-333, 64megs of memory, ATI All-In-Wonder Pro, and Plextor 32x CDROM drive. I have Redhat 6.2 installed on the system without any problem. My friends mention that Mandrake is a better distribution so I thought I would try it. I downloaded the iso image of Mandrake 7.1 (Helium) and burned a CD without problem. The install program can find the Adaptec 1542cf card but I get the error message "I could not mount a CD on device /dev/scd0". If I hit OK the program displays a message about initializing the CD and it just hangs there. I tried the install from win98 (also on the machine) and boot disk (as I cannot boot the CD). When I tried text expert install I see the bootup messages that the driver loaded and it displays the information from the CD-ROM drive. There is no problem when mounting under RH 6.2. I tried mounting manually using /dev/scd0 and it worked. Is there any way to manually break out or abort the install program so I can see why the install is failing? It seems if the install fails I have no recourse to debug or correct it. 73 Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED] WB1HBU Have the same problem with my setup as well, my solution was drastic, I used a spare Adaptec 2940UW and the problem disappeared...
Re: [newbie] Any comments on Ultra 66 on 7.0 or 7.1?
Janis, Install Linux Mandrake 7.1! It will recognize your Promise Ultra66 card perfectly. To my knowledge, Promise only provides a boot diskette for RedHat 6.0. The Promise boot diskette will *NOT* work with any version of Linux other than RedHat 6.0. Do *NOT* use the Promise boot disk. The Promise company was absolutely worthless in helping me install Linux onto a hard drive connected to a Promise Ultra66 IDE controller card. You can use any boot manager of your choice. Be sure to install Lilo/grub to the first sector of the Linux partition. I'm currently using BootMagic 2.0, but XOSL is an even better graphical boot manager (www.xosl.org). The NT boot manager will also work, but I haven't personally configured the NT boot manager to work with Linux. To enable the NT boot manager to work with Linux, I suggest first reading the HOW-TO written specifically about it. As a second resort, you can pose the question to the Mandrake mailing list. Hope that helps, Matt From: Jancs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Any comments on Ultra 66 on 7.0 or 7.1? Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 13:58:33 +0200 Hi, Matt, At 16:55 00.06.26.´þ +, you wrote: MDK 7.1 and the Promise Ultra66 finally got married. Installing Mandrake 7.1 onto a hard drive connected to a Promise Ultra66 IDE controller was a piece of cake. Did you used boot diskette provided by Promise? I am a stange kind of Linux user so i do not want the LILO to occupy MBR - could it be ok? Without Ultra computer worked well enogh in multiboot mode (hosted by NT bootmanager). Best regrads - Janis Jancs Laps Cileecish http://www.ktf.rtu.lv/jancs/ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Graphics Card Question
The way I got my i810 boards to work was to select the intel i740 graphics cards (supposably 4 meg of video ram), then select the monitor from the Drak config tool. Click test, then it skips the memory back down to 2 meg as it's supposed to be, bam, I give you 16x1024x768 without editing XF86Config. -David Talbot At 07:24 PM 6/26/00 -0700, you wrote: Here's what I had to do for my I810 on LM 7.1 to get 1024x768 at 16 bits: Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config: Find the "Device" section that has an ID of Intel 810 Add the following lines to it: VideoRam 2048 Chipset "i810" Vendor "Intel" Find the section "Screen" for "Driver" "svga" Find the subsection within it that says depth 16 Add 1024x768 to the listed resolutions. Save it, logoff and restart the X server. Go into Drakconf and select Change X resolution. Select 1024x768 at 16 bits. If you are running LM 7.0, I'm not sure this will work because I don't think the i810 driver is available by default. Take a look at support.intel.com for the driver and instructions on how to load it. - Ralph - Original Message - From: "Jason Angus" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 7:23 AM Subject: [newbie] Graphics Card Question Just installed Mandrake 7 this weekend - the install went rather smooth (had to do it twice) - but those were errors on my part. I have an Intel 810 video card with AGP - and cannot seem to get the resolution or graphics just right with it. I have looked on some news groups and found others with the same problem. I can not seem to get a better resolution that 640 x 800! It works but that is just a little too big for me. Any suggestions? If it matter - here is the run down on the rest of my system: Dell Deminsion L500C Celeron 500 mhz 64 mb ram 6 gig HD - linux has a 1.5 gig/ windows 98 has the rest. The video card is built into the mother board... Any help you could send this newbies way would much be appreciated. Thanks, Jason __ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Shockwave - What's Up With It?
On 24 Jun, Romanator wrote: This may be offbeat, but you can find an .rpm Flash beta version on the MDK7.1 installation CD. Please note that it is beta. Roman Sevatio Octavio wrote: Where did you get it from? I got mine from the shockwave site (shockwave.com?) 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] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Pedro _ wrote: Hi Pedro, Thanks Paul and Alan for your help. As I am very new with Linux there is a lot of things that I do not know how to do. So I kindly ask you again for your help to put my scanner working. ID of scanner: Ok Install SANE package: The only package I found is "SANE-devel" that is "static libraries and header files for writing SANE modules". If it is this package ok, it is installed (I made the installation with rpmDrake). Sane-DEVEL means it is the development package for sane. There inside are the program files for it so you can change the program to make it better, if you wish. The package that you need, as named on my MDK7.0-2 CD, is: sane-1.0.1-8mdk.i586.rpm In many cases it is already installed. You can check this by opening a terminal and typing xscanimage In my case (did that on the computer WITHOUT the scanner) I see [paul@internet paul]$ xscanimage xscanimage: no devices available. Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkmain.c: line 534 (gtk_main_quit): assertion `main_loops != NULL' failed. I read the readme file and I saw: "Configuration: Simply invoke configure in the top level directory" Question 1: What is the top level directory? This is the directory where the development package has been installed. Often /usr/src/sane...something.. Question 2: How do I invoke configure? What is the exact words that I should write? Can configure be made from the console under kde? In "Building and installing software packages for linux" I read "Note that if you run configure, it should be invoked as ./configure to ensure that the correct configure script that will accomplish this purpose". I tried write ./configure + enter, but I received an error message No file or directory. ./configure is indeed the right one, but you need to run that in the directory where the 'configure' file is located. (Adding this as extra info, with the real program package you should not need all this) So, if you can help me with detailed and concrete instructions of how to finish my installation of SANE package I would appreciate very much ;) In case you can run xscanimage (either as user or root, don't remember how I do it), and you do not get a "command not found" error in a terminal, it is already installed. Is it not installed, locate the sane-1.0.1-8mdk.i586.rpm file on the CD and install that by running rpm -i /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/sane-1.0.1-8mdk.i586.rpm [paul@internet RPMS]$ which xscanimage /usr/bin/xscanimage Then you run xscanimage and see what happens. You can also create a shortcut to it on your desktop when you scan a lot, of course. The first time you run xscanimage, it will look for your scanner and try to identify it. Worked great with my simple Mustek scanner so that Epson should not be a problem. After that you're home free! Good luck, and howl if you still have a problem. In case you can't find the sane...rpm, let me know and I can e-mail it to you if necessary. It is 650Kb. Paul -- It is the mark of the cultured person that (s)he is aware of the fact that equality is an ethical and not a biological principle. -Ashley Montague )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 After that you should be able to get a similar result as I do:
[newbie] Jim P.: cdrom/burner
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Jim P. wrote: I have been having a cdrom./burner problem for over a monthit still doesn't work...I have tried everything including completely reconfiguring my system...differant cpu...differant drive configurationstried it all followed everyones suggestions...still doesn't work in mdk 7.1 works in 7.0 and windoze just fineI hope you get an answer quicker than I didmy first post on it was the 23rd of last month and I still have no solution to the problem...if you get it fixed please tell me how you did it...this list and Mandrake support have been absolutely no help...thanks Jim, Did you have a look at http://mandrakeuser.org ? There are lots of helpful things to get all sort and kinds of burners working. If you have not seen that site yet, I would recommend that you take a look. Paul -- It is the mark of the cultured person that (s)he is aware of the fact that equality is an ethical and not a biological principle. -Ashley Montague )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
[newbie] problem installing Mandrake 7.1
I tried to install Mandrake 7.1, but encountered a problem. Everything went well untill the actual package installation. Error was something like: Fileheader missing This occurred after you had to specify what cd's you had. After this the installation couldn't be continued. Can anyone help? Wienand
[newbie] After installing Mandrake Windows don´t boot
Hello! Yesterday I've installed Mandrake 7.0 and everything goes OK. But... when I tried to restart the computer, the LILO prompts appear and after 5 secs windows don't boot! I've tried to use the boot disk and the same occurs. I've tried to boot with a DOS disk but after a while it stops. If I write Linux at the prompt everything works fine! Why that? My LILO is like this: boot=/dev/hda timeout=50 prompt message=/boot/message default=windows vga=normal root=/dev/hda6 read-onlymap=/boot/mapinstall=/boot/boot.bkeytable=/boot/pt-latin1.kltimage=/boot/vmlinuz label=Linux other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy other=/dev/hda1 label=windows unsafe My computer as 128 RAM, HD 10Gb (win 6.5G/ Linux 3.5G) Intel 600 Mhz, I need some help, please TIA AF
Re: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake 7.0 Complete installation
Be SURE you have the correct field highlighted, move to it as necessary, usually TAB. If F1 shows you the correct set of choices, you know what is possible and the sequence you will see when you actually change values. Clear this help info, try F1 key again, then you will find that the PgUp PgDn keys (or whatever) will move the sequence one step at a time [often PgUp moves down PgDn increases the value]. Set the boot sequence to A:, (CDROM if avail), C:, and (SCSI doesn't matter if you don't have this type of drive, OK to leave it last if you don't have an option that doesn't include it). When the value for "Boot Sequence" is the way you want it back out of the CMOS page, usually ESC and "Exit Saving" the new values. The dialogue box will ask if you actually want to write the new values to the CMOS, with a "N" entered as default. Enter "Y" that you actually want to save, and the CMOS will begin the POST check from scratch again, this time seeking A:. If your Mandrake floppy is in the floppy drive and the CD is in the CD drive it should put you directly into the install. The white on black messages you will first see are a normal part of Linux booting, and will let you know whats going on. Some may fly by, but the CD ROM takes a while and things will seem to stall for 10 seconds or so. Good Luck! Keep us posted. -Gary- In a message dated 7/1/2000 7:57:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thank you for your advice. I was able to get into the Bios and it had the save exit option or exiting without saving. The F1 does give me the list of boot sequences but I have not been able to scroll through the list. How do you change values to cycle through the list? I have used the arrows and nothing happens. There is a place that shows what F1 is for and other options. The one for modify is PUPD and it has/+/-. Would there be a way to install with my setup as is: C,A,SCSI? I suspect that there has to be a way for me to make the changes of the boot sequence but there is something I am not doing correctly obviously. Thank you very much for your help. I will keep working on this. Thank you. Marcia
[newbie] Log On to Network
I think i have seen it before but cant find it anymore ( The answer) But how can i remove the " Log On to Network" in Mandrake 7.0, cause its timeing out the connection, and taking lotsa of time
[newbie] Xircom CreditCard Ethernet Adapter IIps setup
Hello I have a compaq armada 7800 Laptop and need help installing a Xircom CreditCard Ethernet Adapter IIps. Can anyone help. PCMCIA Has started according to the boot messages. Thanks Mike
RE: [newbie] No Penguins on login screen.
1) Make sure that KDM is your preferred display manager 2) Use KDE's Control panel to re-enable the Penguins... -JMS |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] |Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 5:00 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: [newbie] No Penguins on login screen. | | |I am using Mandrake 7.1 | |Somehow I did something to my linux box and now I don't have the |penguins on |the login screen. I am reffering to the penguins that represent |each user. I |used to have a root penguin and my username penguin on this screen. I can |still login just fine the only difference is that the penguins are gone. | |Can someone tell me how to get the penguins back? | |Thanks in advance; |-mike |
Re: [newbie] After installing Mandrake Win dows don´t boot
The "unsafe" line at the end should follow the "floppy" section. Should be right under "label=floppy" And add "table=/dev/hda" in the windows section. Try this. Phil On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Arlindo Fragoso wrote: Hello! Yesterday I've installed Mandrake 7.0 and everything goes OK. But... when I tried to restart the computer, the LILO prompts appear and after 5 secs windows don't boot! I've tried to use the boot disk and the same occurs. I've tried to boot with a DOS disk but after a while it stops. If I write Linux at the prompt everything works fine! Why that? My LILO is like this: boot=/dev/hda timeout=50 prompt message=/boot/message default=windows vga=normal root=/dev/hda6 read-only map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b keytable=/boot/pt-latin1.klt image=/boot/vmlinuz label=Linux other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy other=/dev/hda1 label=windows unsafe My computer as 128 RAM, HD 10Gb (win 6.5G/ Linux 3.5G) Intel 600 Mhz, I need some help, please TIA AF
Re: [newbie] Website
Darryl, An SQL database accessed and maintained with PHP might work for you. You might want to take a look at that one...I used to used SQL and PHP with IRIX so I am fairly confident that you could get this running on Linux. PHP is somewhat similar to Perl so if you have some knowledge there (which I would assume you do based on the Linux experience) it so should not be hard for you to pick it up. Check the PHP site for more info: http://www.php.net/ Fritz - Original Message - From: Darryl Gibson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 8:49 PM Subject: [newbie] Website Hi list, A club I belong to wants to create a web site to track it's membership's status, attendance, activity participation etc... The club would like the web site to have the following features: Accessibility to all members, but not the world. (or just the top page open to the world, and the sub pages "hidden." Officers and designated members, can maintain and update the site, but not the general membership. The web page will be on a "free" ISP providers machine. Our Oracle guru passed on the project, so being the clubs Linux "guru," and not knowing any better, I volunteered to take on the project. So today I went in search of a Linux database on Freshmeat, and MUO, and was dismayed not to find a database application. Nor did I find any apps. in KDE that would seem to fit the bill. Any suggestions on how I might accomplish this task? Can Netscape Composer handle this task, or do I need something more powerful? Do I need an HTML compliant database? CGI? Can Gnumeric function as a database? Darryl Gibson Linux Neophyte (tm) This computer is 100% Microsoft FREE
[newbie] Checking 386/387 coupling --failed
I just built a new machine, using a celeron 566 processor. As you probably know this uses the coppermine core, and new p3 instruction set (it is basically a p3 with less cache). When I try to boot Mandrake on this computer I get a Checking 386/387 coupling (3) failed trying to reset 387 failed: trying to reset over and over and over If I remove the 566, and put in a celeron 300a the system boots fine, Mandrake installs without a hitch and all is good. I've tried upgrading my kernel to 2.2.16, and then plugging in the celeron 566 with similar results. I've seen screen captures on numerous sites (while searching for an answer to this question) where people have booted with a p3. How do they do this??? Is there some special kernel switch or something I have to implement? thanks for the help Sam
[newbie] Problem with attaching an icon to an application.
Hello guys: I am using KDE from Linux-Mandrake 7.0 distribution. I have created my own icon (22x22), then I have saved it in /usr/share/icons. When I click on my application on the desktop and choose "Properties" and look for available icons, it is not there. I could not find any other way to attach the icon to the application. Any Help? Thanks! Andrew Isaverdian
[newbie] 7.1 voodoo 3 xf 4
Hiya there, HAve installed 7.1 on a fresh athlon 650 asus k7v 128 mem voodoo 3 3000 AGP. I am having difficulties in getting the voodoo to run with hardware acceleration. Runs with the generic voodoo driver fine :) Have been following th DRI doc on dri.sourceforge.net. However i have found that the vanilla install of 7.1 whilst it does have xf 4, does not seem to have the required mesa 3.3 libraries. The x server logs are all aok - i can see the required glx and dri drivers loading and 3dfx - also can see vgahw loading - the only problem is that Direct Rendering is disabled in the log. This occurs at 2 points : after setting up tile stipple and cache tdfx (0) backing store enabled tdfx (0) silken mouse enabled tdfx (0) Direct Rendering Disabled and then a few more lines down also - it boots into x fine. If i then do a glinfo ( the dri doc says glxinfo but i guess that's cos it refers to mesa 3.3 ) and glx sgi-glx xfree86-dri have all loaded. I then pop a xdpyinfo to check that all visuals are 16 bit - yes. So my diagnosis would be that i need mesa 3.3 ? Suggested further steps to get hardware accel working would be muchly appreciated... -- Bye 4 now .. Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone : 3356 9671
[newbie] re Pronto Mail (Not Quite)
Many thanks to several of you who helped me on installing Pronto Mail. The bit about using Perl and being online were critical. Even so, in the end I was informed that the install failed - something about "can't locate MIMI/Parser ...". I even tried xfmail only to learn that it required libstdc++-libc6.12-2.so.3. Whatever that is. Am using Mandrake 6 and continue to be astounded at the complexity of supposedly very simple programs like Pronto or xfmail. Maybe I'm just a very slow learner. Thanks again. Maybe when I upgrade to Mandrake 7 I'll try again. Michael Coady. On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, mrc wrote: When I run ProntoInstaller.pl I get the message: bash: ./ProntoInstaller.pl: Permission denied Try perl ProntoInstaller.pl Off course, you need to have perl installed though! (and remember to be online :-) /niller -- M.
Re: [newbie] After installing Mandrake Win dows don´t boot
I should have also said: after editing /etc/lilo.conf be sure to run (as root) '/sbin/lilo /etc/lilo.conf' (without quotes). Phil On Sat, 1 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The "unsafe" line at the end should follow the "floppy" section. Should be right under "label=floppy" And add "table=/dev/hda" in the windows section. Try this. Phil On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Arlindo Fragoso wrote: Hello! Yesterday I've installed Mandrake 7.0 and everything goes OK. But... when I tried to restart the computer, the LILO prompts appear and after 5 secs windows don't boot! I've tried to use the boot disk and the same occurs. I've tried to boot with a DOS disk but after a while it stops. If I write Linux at the prompt everything works fine! Why that? My LILO is like this: boot=/dev/hda timeout=50 prompt message=/boot/message default=windows vga=normal root=/dev/hda6 read-only map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b keytable=/boot/pt-latin1.klt image=/boot/vmlinuz label=Linux other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy other=/dev/hda1 label=windows unsafe My computer as 128 RAM, HD 10Gb (win 6.5G/ Linux 3.5G) Intel 600 Mhz, I need some help, please TIA AF
[newbie] Configure X
I can't to configure X. I try several times with XConfigurator. The test is ok, but when I run startx, I can see the background colour and the mouse for a few seconds, and then the system returns to text mode. I have a SuperSocket 7 M598LMR Motherboard. AMD K6 450 Mhz 64 MB RAM. Onboard videocard 64-bit 3D AGP Graphics Accelerator, support high resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 pixels. Generic Monitor 15" Max.Resolution (Non-Interlaced Mode) 1024 x 768 FH 30-54KHz FV 50-100Hz May somebody help me, please Thanks! Javier
[newbie] How do you format a zip disk?
Hello all, The subject just about covers it, I would like to know the command line (and also if there's a gui version) for formatting my zip disks to either ext2 or vfat. As a bonus, could I also get the same info for hard drives? I'm spoiled by Windows - point, right click, select 'format' - any thoughts? Thanks, Mike -- Mike Tracy Holt Kirkland, WA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] US Keyboard with west Europe character not working in KDE
I have been using my US keyboard with acents without problems in Mandrake 7.0, but now with 7.1 those accented characters don't appear. I checked out and found "Input Devices/International Keybord" on kcontrol, by default the instalation put en.kimap as the default character table. Well, I put weu.kimap as the default one and then KDE complaints that it can't find the apostrophe simbol if I use the default X codes, so then I selected codes for PC101 keybord but the keyboard still doesn't produce the accented characters I want. What is going on here? How can I configure my US-layout keyboard for accented characters on KDE? PD: On Gnome and the text console the keyboard works allrigth. - Ing. Diego A. Puertas F. http://www.gratisweb.com/dapf
[newbie] Upgrade
Hello Folks, I've ordered 7.1 on CDs and I'm waiting for it to arrive. From what I can tell the best way to install it is to do a complete new installation. That's OK but what exactly can I back up to make the transition from 7.0 to 7.1 as painless as possible. What's more, how :) Tara! -- ODave Naylor | |...| [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Running XFree on Intel i810
A am running Mandrake 7.1 and try to run XFree86 4.0 on i810 graphic card. The XServer returns the fallowing error: (II) I810(0): AGPIOC_AQUIRE failed ... Fatal server error: AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0 Did somebody make it running? I am realy desperated and need help. Mirek
[newbie] adding menu items and taskbar buttons
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction? I would like to know how to add menu items to the menus and buttons on the task bar. Specifically in ICEwm running in Mandrake 7.1. I know how to take care of this in Gnome and KDE, but I'm absolutely at a loss for ICEwm. thanks in advance, -- Mark I love my Linux Box... REASON # 2 ...X-windows is just a suedonym. Registered Linux user # 1299563
[newbie] screen savers for ICEwm ???
...where are they? I really like this desktop, but I can't find anything like where to edit the start menu or how to embed a button on the task bar, or even how to turn on the screen saver for this particular desktop. Is it that hard or am I just being thick-headed. Please..don't answer too quickly! :) -- Mark I love my Linux Box... REASON # 2 ...X-windows is just a suedonym. Registered Linux user # 1299563
Re: [newbie] Help:After installing Mandrake Windows don´t boot
On 28 Jun 00, at 10:52, Arlindo Fragoso wrote: My /etc/lilo.conf looks like this, default is DOZE. boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal default=windows keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message other=/dev/hda1 label=windows table=/dev/hda image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hdb6 append="" read-only HTH Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com
[newbie] VMWARE with Mandrake 7 problem... =(
Hi! I am using Mandrake 7.01 with VMware 2.0.1, with a guest OS of Win98. Anyway, I tried to install the OS but I cant access my cd-rom What gives? This is the error message I get. I installeda fresh Mandrake 7 and I still got the same problem. Anyoneever get this problem with VMware? CDROM: '/dev/cdrom' exists, but does not appear to be a CDROM device. Error connecting the CDROM device.What does this mean? Please help? I hope I didnt waste my $99 dollars,just because I cant access my cdrom drive. =(I also changed the configuration to /mnt/cdrom just in case but I stillget the same problem. =( Please help!Thanks!
[newbie] Voodoo rush 4MB 3DFX video card
I have an Alliance AT25 (MDK 7.02 ID's the card as AT3D) Voodoo rush 4MB 3DFX video card, and I have trouble setting it up with anything more than 640x480 (can get 1024x768 with virtual desktop active but I hate mouse scrolling to get places). Has anyone gotten this card to work correctly in MDK 7.02 ie: full 1024x768 with NO virtual desktop? rest of the hardware ABIT P5A 64 MB DIMM 3.2 GB Fuji HD Floppy 32x Panasonic CDRom NE2000 NIC 3Com 509B NIC -- for cable sharing but can't get the NIC to broadcast it's IP's correctly. TIA Jaguar 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] voodo card (fwd)
Somebody in one of these lists sent me a rather long message on a video card question. I am sorry but becuase of a stupid error I made while copying mail from an old machine to a new one the message bounced. Can whoever sent it please resend it to me? I did not mean to be rude and bounce the mail back at you. Lesson learned: do not use fetchmail to move mail from machine 1 to machine 2 when machine 1 already used fetchmail. It doesn't work! Lesson 2 learned: do not keep mail in your /var/spool/mail folders. move it after you read it. Thanks, Chris
Re: [newbie] Re: Fw: Linux
Mark, Nice response. Being that I have done stand up comedy for many years (and yes, Star Trek fans have been a constant target of said comedy over the years) I would normally respond to you with some type of sarcastic response. However, in this case I feel that would be unjustified as you have made a strong argument against what I have said and I feel you deserve more respect than that type of response might give back to you. But no matter what is said to me, or whatever type of justification is provided for it, I'll never understand why anyone would ever translate Hamlet into Klingon. And you have to at least agree with me that Captain Janeway is pretty annoying (what's the deal with the hair?) To me the funniest part of the subculture that the show has created over the years (which is somewhat understandable based on the fact that the show first showed up during the "Space Race" era) is the fact that even the actors themselves have constantly poked fun at the very same fans (and themselves and their Star Trek roles) on a regular basis. Another example of this would be the 3rd Rock From The Sun episode in which George Takei appeared. All in all I do not think the show itself was all that bad (for a weekly sci-fi show from the 1960's) however I think that the underground movement it has created has opened itself up to the torment of others. I do not belittle the individuals personally who watch the show (including my very own father who is in fact a very very loyal fan), they are people and as such are welcomed to their own views on what they like and do not. Further I do not feel their choices of entertainment are basis for making a personal judgment. This is not to say that I do not enjoy making light of the underground following that the show has spawned, because quite the opposite is true. I just find it very funny (and somewhat frightening in respects) when a science fiction/fantasy television show creates such emotions and loyalties in people that they will be willing to sacrifice large amounts of their lives to following it and to learning it's idiosyncrasies. Perhaps society would be better served if people would use their time to advance and learn of their own culture, rather than to completely immerse themselves into a world of fantasy. I recommend (if you have done so already) that you read the book "We" by Yvengy Zamyatin. It provides a much more specific and detailed commentary on the loss of culture and of the assimilation of the individual into the general consciousness than I could ever provide in an e-mail. In some ways it has an interesting parallel with the same subculture of which have been speaking. Fritz - Original Message - From: Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: F. E. Schaper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 6:22 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Re: Fw: Linux Fritz, I liked your commentary. You speak well, but I think you're all wet. For reasons known only to yourself and maybe a few close friends you've pigeon holed literally hundreds of thousands of people whom you don't even know into a group of very small minded bunch of misfits that clearly don't have a life of their own and are forced to live vicariously through the fantacies of TV writers. Nothing could be further from the truth. While I'm not offended by your words, for I find your well spoken prose amusing, I know many would be. I have no doubt that what you've said about Shatner is nothing but the truth, saying that the fans are mindless morons was not very nice. It is your opinion, however misguided and tainted it may be and you're entitled to it. I just wanted you to know that myself and many others that I know have been Star Trek fans since I can remember. Although I've never gone to the place of wearing the ears or anything so drastically strange, I do still enjoy the original series and the new programs that it spawned in the decades since. And IMHO I'm NOT a dribbling moron who doesn't have the education of a rat, nor am I a blithering idiot with the IQ of a peice of lunch meat! My words...not yours. I'm merely paraphrasing your sentiments. I happen to be an educated professional in a field that requires an IQ much higher than that of anything Oscar Myer could produce. Sadly, for whatever reasons, you've managed to mean-spiritedly stereotype a vast segmant of american society into a place where YOU are comfortable that they are not a threat to you. THAT, my friend is the hallmark of a small mind. Predjudice is a symptom of fear and ignorance and eventually leaves a person alone and hopeless. America is a great place dispite her troubles. -- Mark I love my Linux Box... REASON # 2 ...X-windows is just a suedonym. Registered Linux user # 1299563 On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, F. E. Schaper wrote: Ed, Yes that was an older skit on SNL in which William "Ego" Shatner was speaking to a
[newbie] Preparing Machine to Load Linux
Howdy, loaded 7.1 up at home, went totally fine and KDE was working nicely for a couple of days. PII, 350MHZ. 20GB and 4GB internal IDE drives. Now however when I try to boot into linux, all i get is, "Preparing Machine to Load Linux" and nothing else happens? Should I just re-install? Thanks, Bill
Re: [newbie] powermanagement in Mandrake?
Mark Weaver wrote: HI LIst, I was wondering if there was a setting somewhere to turn on/off power management so my monitor wouldn't go to sleep? I think it's already diabled in the BIOS. thanks, Mark If you use KDE desktop then go into control center and you will see a "DPMS" on the tree. Click on that and you can set your Power Management and \ or turn it on or off with a check box.
[newbie] how to mount IOMEGA zip after emulating scsi
Hi, I've got the following problem. SInce I've got a CD rewriter, in /etc/lilo.conf there has been added : append "hdd=ide-scsi" in order to emulate scsi. This all works great: I can burn and mount the cd-rw on /dev/scd0. No problem at all. However, this also makes my zip-drive to behave scsi (?). This means that the mount command I normally used doesn't work anymore. That command was "mount -t msdos /dev/hdb4 /mnt/iomega" When I try "mount -t msdos /dev/scd1 /mnt/iomega" it complains that "fs msdos" is not supported by kernel. Any bit of advice is welcome! Wienand Drenth
[newbie] Unpacking tar gz files
Hi, As a recent convert to Mandrake 7 I find myself in a tiz over those so called" tarball" and "gzipped" packages. Having recently downloaded Realplayer G2 and an upgraded version of the Netscape Browser it's pretty obvious that they are not RPM programs. On seeking help about this there is plenty of guidance out there on the use of commands such as "tar xzf" etc. but to where and how do you move the file package from the "home" directory" and what do I do the editing with ? Probably a simple matter really but for me a demo would be much appreciated ! Neil
