RE: [newbie] (Gabor) AMD 500 CPUs???
unsubscribe -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andrew Scotchmer Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 3:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] (Gabor) AMD 500 CPUs??? On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, you wrote: >Could you please send me some confirmation to this letter >because I think that they do not arrive at the mailing-list. > Gabor > Gabor, You just have to wait, and wait, and wait.. Andrew Scotchmer
Re: [newbie] kwvdial ??????
I am not sure what you mean here. Do your modem lights indicate that you are connected? And the problem is that Netscape "cannot find" anything? In this case it means you might need to check your file /etc/resolv.conf to see if the DNS nameservers are listed. I mean those xxx.xxx.xxx.x type numbers your ISP gives you. Do #cat /etc/resolv.conf in an xterm and see what happens. Phil On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Mike Koceja wrote: >hello all. >i am running Mandrake 7.1 and I have had a lot of >problems getting kppp to work. So I ditched it and >decided to use kwvdial. I downloaded the rpm installed >it and everything seemed to be working nicely. It >dials logsin and claims to have connected. The only >problem is that when I go to open netscape it turns >out that I'm not really connected after all. I am >really at a loss here. I would hate to have to scrap >Linuw now. I have everything else working nicely all I >nedd is to be able to dialup and connect to the >Internet. Please Someone help me out here.
[newbie] Lost CD-ROM Drive in Mdk 7.1
List Members, I installed Mdk 7.1 to its own hard drive just fine, but the second CD-ROM cable was accidently disconnected before the install. There are two ATAPI CD drives... an R/W and a plain R/O both on the second ide controller It sees my 'master' CD-RW just fine and has an icon on the K desktop, but does not see my other CD-ROM (slave) nor can I access it. I have read the man (8) mount doc, but can't seem to get the hang of getting the CD-ROM mounted and functional at the same time as the CD-RW. What must I do to have both on the K desktop? Bob H -- Registered Linux User # 81758
Re: [newbie] MDK7.1 Developer installation disabled my sound but workstation works okay
Peace I haven't done that myself. If you really want to find out what the problem could be, why not do a normal install and then install each devel package one by one, until one of them takes out your sound again ie using a process of elimination. Another approach.because sound was affected, why not install all the devel packages minus those development packages related to sound. If sound works after doing this you have narrowed it down those packages, then install the sound devel packages until sound is taken out again. I am certain there are various other methods which you can use to approach this situation. In this way you can discover the "bug" and report it :) What I am trying to say or get across here is that GNU/Linux is built on solid Hacker Philosophy and I think it important for us here on the newbie list to instill this philosophy at this level. Ask not (only) what GNU/Linux can do for you, but what you can do for GNU/Linux. Amin No Fate But What You Make! > Hi, > > I originally installed MDK7.1 as workstation and Creative SB worked. > Just to test things, > I deleted the workstation and installed as developer(the whole shooting > match). My sound was dead. > > Is this a bug? As any one tried this? > > -- > Roman > Registered Linux User #179293
[newbie] Moving Users
I have Mandrake 7.1 and I would like to move all the users from another box (Caldera) to Mandrake. I have moved /home, /var/spool/mail, /etc/passwd. I still can't see the users via, DrakConf - System Configuration - User Accounts - User Accounts Please help!!
Re: [newbie] kwvdial ??????
Mike Koceja wrote: > hello all. > i am running Mandrake 7.1 and I have had a lot of > problems getting kppp to work. So I ditched it and > decided to use kwvdial. I downloaded the rpm installed > it and everything seemed to be working nicely. It > dials logsin and claims to have connected. The only > problem is that when I go to open netscape it turns > out that I'm not really connected after all. I am > really at a loss here. I would hate to have to scrap > Linuw now. I have everything else working nicely all I > nedd is to be able to dialup and connect to the > Internet. Please Someone help me out here. > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. > http://invites.yahoo.com/ dont scrap it. hang on and somebody will help u. in my mandrake 7.1 i had the same problem. i didnt know what to do and by the way u are connected so i reinstalled and in the installation when it asks u if u want to connect and get security answer yes, let your modem connect and then when u see the security programs just refuse them and when u first get your connection netscape and kfm will both know its there. i didnt know what else to do but at leas i got it to work. pat
Re: [newbie] Cannot download with Netscape?
Alan Shoemaker wrote: > Jeffyou should be holding down the shift key as you click > on a downloadable file link. > > Alan > > Jeff Malka wrote: > > > > I know this is a dumb question, but using Netscape under Mandrake 7.1, I cannot > > seem to download. When I click on a downloadable file link I get the ASCII > > text on screen instead of normal downloading. What should I be doing to get > > Netscape to download into a directory? > > > > Thanks. > > > > -- > > Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Registered Linux User 348854 thanks for the tip. i had this problem once and i just gave up thanks pat
[newbie] access II
I've got apache set up - no problem - I can check out my simplistic web page anywhere. I want to setup FTP though - the package is is installed. (wu-ftpd?) but how do I start the ftp server? and the telnet server? how do I start them? Russ - Original Message - From: "rharvey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 7:05 PM Subject: [newbie] access > I have set up an ftp server and an web server on my linux mandrake box. > I can ftp in. > but I cant upload thru ftp to the web servers www dir. > I have tried chmod I have changed user access rights > I still cant upload it says access denied. > what do I need to do? >
[newbie] Refresh rates / Screen quiver
I have heard through the grape vine that the refresh rates can sometimes be off by 1Hz or so. Try your refresh rates and make sure they are set correctly. You may have to go into the X config file, I am not sure how to change it. I am trying to work this out myself. And I thought monitors were meant to protect themselves from incorrect refresh rates. Any ideas people? =*= wrote: > The only glitch I have > noticed is an occasional "quiver" -- the display sort of > vibrates horizontally. Anyone know what might be causing > this?
Re: [newbie] Resuming downloads?
Andrew Scotchmer wrote: > > Hi all, > > Is there a program that will resume a download after being disconnected by > the server. I'm trying to download a program with a seven hour download but my > server keeps kicking me off after 3. Also when this happens I loose the > program and have to restart from scratch. Therefore I am after a program that > will save the download and restarts on reconnecting from the point where I got > kicked off. > I'm still on the old MD6.1 > > Thanks in advance. > -- > Andrew > ICQ 50762100 > -- > "In the pursuit of knowledge, > Everday something is acquired" > (Lao Tzu) > -- Search in Freshmeat for a program called "Downloader for X" (Couldnt they find a better name?)... Actually, you dont have to search, its here: http://freshmeat.net/appindex/1999/03/27/922596058.html -- ___ __ /\ Jose Alberto Abreu \/\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ \ \ Baggage detective\ \ ICQ: 16575263 \ \ \ and apprentice codecaster\ \ "Bending space and time since 2068" \ \ \__\ \_\ \/__/\/_/
[newbie] Linux4windows
I cant get lnx4windows to boot i get this. Kernel Panic:VFS:unable to mount root FS on 07:07
Re: [newbie] Using Mandrake's GUI install components after install?
Where can i get partion magic for free?
Re: [newbie] SB Live drivers
gilligan wrote: > > Kim White wrote: > > > I have a sound blaster live value edition and it works great under > LM7.1. I ran sndconfig and all ran great. From what I've read, some > people have great luck and others no luck at all. Sorry I can't help > more but I'm a new-bie 100%. Drivers must be intergal to the > kernal(emu101k I think). > Your mileage may vary. > > > Hi all Where can I get Creative Live Value Drivers for Mandrake 7.1, > > or is there a trick to get it working.? Regards > > Kim > > Registered Linux User #: 183701 By any chance..Do you remember the settings? -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293
Re: [newbie] Boot Magic prompts for a serial number but I cannot find it
Romanator wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > It's nice to back, despite the slow speed. I'm sure this will be > corrected very soon. > I have been trying to install Boot Magic. It came bundled on a CD with > Partition Magic > in the back of a book called: The MultiBoot Handbook by Que. Great read. > > Where is the serial number? I looked all through the book. > > -- > Roman > Registered Linux User #179293 That's okay. I was emailed the numbers. Thanks, -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293
Re: [newbie] Linux resources online
Frank Nazario wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > [since I received only 35 Newbie on the 25th, none on the 26th & 27th I'm > > reposting this. If there was an answer I would appreciate it if someone > > would forward it to me. I had thought that the Newbie server might be down, > > but since I have only a few (rather than scads) messages from Newbie today > > I'm assuming that I just didn't get my mail for some reason.] > > > > Apple has always used Motorola. But I never heard the final disposition > > of the copyright issue for the microprocessor chip itself. Last I heard some > > guy in a garage was going to be granted the basic patent for the > > microprocessor. What became of this? -Gary- > > > > In a message dated 7/23/2000 11:54:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > writes: > > > > << > > Didn't Intel originally own the patent rights for some of the early > > chips that Apple and other companies were using? > > > > Roman > > >> > > this has nothing to do with linux or mandrake ...this is not the forum to > discuss this. if you are interested go to the motorola forum and ask there > .zye . THIS IS A LINUX FORUM!!! AND MAILING LIST Calm down. The temporary discussion started when the mail was down. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293
Re: [newbie] kwvdial ??????
Hi -- I had terrible problems getting Kppp to work. The problem was absurdly simple to fix. Just increase the timeout on the kppp daemon. I use 150 as my timeout, and it works fine. The program is a good one. But the defaults don't work right. Stick in there. pete On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, you wrote: > hello all. > i am running Mandrake 7.1 and I have had a lot of > problems getting kppp to work. So I ditched it and > decided to use kwvdial. I downloaded the rpm installed > it and everything seemed to be working nicely. It > dials logsin and claims to have connected. The only > problem is that when I go to open netscape it turns > out that I'm not really connected after all. I am > really at a loss here. I would hate to have to scrap > Linuw now. I have everything else working nicely all I > nedd is to be able to dialup and connect to the > Internet. Please Someone help me out here. > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. > http://invites.yahoo.com/ -- W. B. Clapham, Jr. Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences Cleveland State University Cleveland, Ohio, 44115 Voice: [216] 687-4820 Fax: [216] 523-7200 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Intermittent list mail
Strange happenings on this list, I just started receiving postings from Saturday morning at 3:30pm Pacific time. Last week, I only got posings every few days. I sent a question last night and it never made it to the list, although all my other mail works. H!Time to check with the postmaster.
Re: [newbie] Network Firewall Question
On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Steve Weltman wrote: > I use IPChains...very effective, and there's a Mandrake GUI that can be used > as a front end if the user (like me) is command line shy. How do you call the GUI (or: What is the name of the executable file) ? TIA, Ron the Frog, on the banks of the Paraguay River -- Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. -- Oscar Wilde --- http://personales.conexion.com.py/~rolgiati ---
Re: [newbie] ata problems. I think.
On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Sean King wrote: Can you turn off this optimization stuff in the BIOS? If so, do that and try again. That might shed some light on things. Paul >When booting up for the first time my kernel locks up. I think this >could be due to the fact that I am using the hard drive optimizations >with the ata 66. I don't know this for sure though. It locks up after >INIT: starting runlevel 5. If somebody could help me with this. -- Maier's Law: If the facts do not conform to the theory, they must be disposed of. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21+Linux Mandrake 7.1=-
[newbie] NIC installation trouble
Hello, I am using mandrake 7.1 and a Xerox Corp SN2000 ISA NIC. In Drakeconf: When I use the 'Hardware configuration' (harddrake 0.5.3) my card is detected correctly, but when I 'Run Configuration Tool' (Etherdrake 0.6.2) I get 'Warning It seems that your network card is already configured'. There is no indication during boot that the interface is either good or bad. Thanks, Scott M Decker POBox 74141 Davis, Ca. 95617 http://216.102.107.40/scott/
Re: [newbie] Differences of "version"s of a distro release & distro families
"Michael R. Batchelor" wrote: , , > Well, the GPL edition is like a free killer mondo-monster dos on > lots of steriods, but it's still a lot easier to snap out a professional > looking resume with Word Perfect or Star Office than it is with LaTex. Not only all of that I can transport any kind of document between StarOffice on NT and ML7.1. Just wait - you'll like it! Bill
[newbie] I made a mistake
Hi, I installed Mandrake 7.1 under windows 98 and after installation, Grub provided a menu to choose operating system, Linux and windows. It worked well. Later, I wanted to set windows to be default OS, So in DrakeConf->DrakeBoot, I set the boot device from hda to hda1. Now I know I should not set in this way, but I got a problem: The machine can only start linux, not windows even though the windows option is still in the Grub menu and even though I set the boot device back to hda. I am quite new to the Linux world and don't know how to get windows back, Could someone help me out? Liangyu
Re: [newbie] SB Live drivers
On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, gilligan wrote: >Kim White wrote: At my page at http://nlpagan.net/linux.htm there is a link to a site where you can find drivers and instructions on how to compile and set up the drivers. Good luck! Paul > >> Hi all Where can I get Creative Live Value Drivers for Mandrake 7.1, >> or is there a trick to get it working.? Regards >> Kim >> Registered Linux User #: 183701 > -- Maier's Law: If the facts do not conform to the theory, they must be disposed of. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21+Linux Mandrake 7.1=-
[newbie] K popup menu question
Can someone tell me where I can find the entries that are in the KDE programs list (what pops up when you click on the K)? In particular, I am looking to have Netscape Messenger autostart. Thanks, Rob Saul
Re: [newbie] Boot Magic prompts for a serial number but I cannot find it
Romanator wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > It's nice to back, despite the slow speed. I'm sure this will be > corrected very soon. > I have been trying to install Boot Magic. It came bundled on a CD with > Partition Magic > in the back of a book called: The MultiBoot Handbook by Que. Great read. > > Where is the serial number? I looked all through the book. > > -- > Roman > Registered Linux User #179293 Romanyou need to ask Que and/or Powerquest. Alan
[newbie] Ejecting Zip Disk
Hi, I posted this earlier, but never saw it on the mailing list and didn't get a responce so will try again. I have an internal zip drive and Mandrake 7.1, when I use the zip icon on the desktop I can use the zip drive, but it will not let me eject the disk when I am done, or want to change disks. Is there some setting that I need to change? TIA, Fred
Re: [newbie] Boot Magic prompts for a serial number but I cannot find it
Romanator wrote: > Hi everybody, > Roman > Registered Linux User #179293 What is a registered Linux user (I have an Idea) and how does one get registered? Bill
[newbie] newie : scsi setup
Iam a New User to linux I am presenty using mandrake 7.0 on my AMD K6/2 500MMX machine 128 Megs ram!, I cannot get my adaptec ava-1505 card to be recognized by Linux it set for id#7! Please help Me I have my scanner umax astra 1220s & zip on card!
[newbie] Netscape 4.74
Hi, An interesting point to whomever: I tried to update (using DrakConf) to Netscape 4.74 This turned out to be a royal pain. First, I had conflict problems (I use 7.1). Ok, I then did what I have had to do before and Gftp'ed the three files (Common, Communicator and Navigator) and tried to install them using Kpackage. No dice there either, conflicts again. I finally got them to install by unchecking the "Check Dependancies" box and replacing packages with the install. All is fine, Netscape shows version 4.74 and all plugins work. Unfortunately, the updater still says that I have to update these packages. A glitch? Anyway, I hope this is help to someone else who experiences the same problem. HTH, Rob Saul
[newbie] Need Help: Makedrake 7.1 - packageFile: missing header ?(error message)?
Hi All, I am trying to install Mandrake 7.1 , but when I try install Mandrake 7.1, as soon as I try install any packages I get the following error packageFile: missing header Is there a corrupt package I can unselect to get past this one ? Thanks Steven
[newbie] ISA PNP Modem and Sound Card
I have an ISA Audio Drive Sound Card and an ISA Communicate 56k modem. I cant seem to get either to work on my Linux 7.1 system. Has anyone else had these problems? Any help would be greatly appriciated. ~Lance
[newbie] TOSHIBA SATELLITE PRO 4200
Hello, I bought a new notebook Toshiba Satellite Pro 4200 with video card S3 SAVAGE IX w/Mv and I don't know how to configure well Xfree86 with MANDRAKE 7.1 because nor the video card nor the monitor are recognised. Can someone help me? my email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Many Thanks. __ Do You Yahoo!? Il tuo indirizzo gratis e per sempre @yahoo.it su http://mail.yahoo.it
[newbie] USB Scanner
Howdy, does anyone know whether or not I can use my usb scanner with Mdk 7.1 yet? If so, what programs are usable to capture images? Thanks, Wayne
[newbie] changing block size
Hello, I want to change the block size of my ext2fs partition from the default 4096 to 1024. Can some tell me how to do this? I realize I will need to reinstall. However when I started the install I couldn't find any options to change the block size. Is the done at the partitioning step or the format step? Thanks, Aaron
[newbie] LM 7.1 and KDE 1.90
Hi guys I finally got the LM 7.1 Essential Package. Installed without any hitch and it seems to work well with the hardware that I have. Wanted to try the new KDE 1.90. Got two sources, one of RPMs built for LM and the other are the different tars. Can not install any of those because of missing libraries which are to be found on CD2 which is supplied only with the Power Pack or because those RPMs and tars needs some older libraries which LM 7.1 does not have any more. Any suggestions how to get around it and have KDE 1.90 installed properly? And, for the stupid newbe part - Once all those components are finally correctly installed, how do i put it in the path so that i'll have a choice between starting KDE1 Or KDE1.90? The graphic interface starts automatically and i'd like the choice of KDE1.90 to be listed among all the others. Dick
[newbie] patch problems
I'm trying to applay the bttv-jumbo-0.7.27-2.2.15pre17.diff pathc to my mandrake installation I have all ready installed the Kernels RPM'S and went so far as to the "make dep" part, then I installed the patch RPM, an issued the ldconfig command and finally the " patch -p0 < bttv-jumbo-0.7.27-2.2.15pre17.diff" command, but the only thing I get is: can't find file to patch at input line 4 Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? The text leading up to this was: -- |diff -urn vanilla-2.2.15pre17/Documentation/Configure.help bttv-2.2.15pre17/Documentation/Configure.help |--- vanilla-2.2.15pre17/Documentation/Configure help Mon May 1 23:01:13 2000 |+++bttv-2.2.15pre17/Documentation/Configure.help Mon May 1 ... File tu patch: Any ideas, please help German Sanchez
[newbie] Samba/ Networking
Hi, I am trying to setup Samba so that I can play around with networking Linux. I am having trouble getting it setup to join my Windows workgroup at home. I'm not sure if it is a problem with Samba not being configured right, or if my network card is not compatible. I have never seen a list of approved network cards. I have an SMC and I was told to just pick the closest one in the list in Linux. Anyway, I can't even get into the webadmin for Samba via http://localhost:901. Can anyone give me some help regarding NIC setup and/or Samba server setup. I have not yet found a good webpage that describes samba setup in easy to understand terms. I am very knowledgeable with networking and Windows, i just don't know any of linux. Sorry it was so long, thanks, Justin Byers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Strange monitor behaviour!
Hi All, I installed Linux Mandrake today and seems everything is fine, but strange thing is happening. After my system is booting and passing all tests, I'm bypassing ( I think ) the X window system and going straight to console mode after which, not even entering any passwords I got splash screen which is getting brighter and brighter and endless brighter. I am afraid that i can damage it. There is nothing more after, just white screen. I assume that I did a mistake during the installation with resolution settings but I am not sure. What to do? Even if i want to reinstall the settings i need to go to DrakX but i don't know how to do it. Any suggestions will be blessed. Friedrich.
[newbie] ATI XPert98
A quick follow-up to my last message. I get the same error as Kim: "Warning SERVER specification missing in Card database Trident TGUI9660 (generic) (line 2513) > Press enter to continue or ctrl-c to abort" I've tried manually inputting the monitor settings but no luck. John -- Attorney, (n.) A person legally appointed to mismanage one's affairs which one has not himself the skill to rightly mismanage. Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary" Registered Linux User #180033
[newbie] ATI XPert 98
Has anyone had success configuring X (3.3.6) for an ATI XPert98 AGP card in Mandrake 7.1? Is the card supported in X (4.01)? I had no problems with Mandrake 7.0. Thanks in advance for your help. John -- Attorney, (n.) A person legally appointed to mismanage one's affairs which one has not himself the skill to rightly mismanage. Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary" Registered Linux User #180033
[newbie] Umax Scanner 1200s hangs when attempting to scan
Greetings, I have a Umax Scanner Astra 1200S that is attached to a Adaptec 2906 SCSI card. The scanner is recognized at boot and works perfectly in Red-hat 6.1 which I also have running on my machine. I am unable to get it to work with Mandrake 7.1 though.It is recognized by Mandrake at boot also. When I try to scan, the scanner makes noise and appears to begin to scan then hangs. I have tried the version of Sane that came with Red-hat, but that causes a seg. fault when I try to run it, so I reverted back to the version of sane that came with Mandrake. The SCSI card is SCSI3 I have confirmed that the scanner is properly terminated and it uses ID 5. My system, in addition to the two above mentioned items consist of: AMD K-2 400 processor 128Mbs memory 2 hardrives (hda1, hdb2) 1 dvd rom 1 ide cdrw (hewlett Packard 1 parallel port zip drive cannon printer Yamaha sound card using the OSS driver ATI rage fury 32mb. I hope that I have included all necessary information. Thank you for your past answers that have helped me transition to Linux relatively pain free. Thanks again -- Pat and Connie
[newbie] LAN configuration
Hi all, I have two computers that are both with Win 98. I have two AMD K6-2 400 and 450 processors. I use Sygate as an internet sharing through a LAN, cable internet provider. I have a second harddrive on my second machine, where I installed the Mandrake 7.1 full install, not the windows version. My problem is that I cannot get the linux to see the internet through the Netscape Communicator. I am though able to ping the main machine just fine. I obviously have something not correctly set in the NameServer or something like that but I can't figure it out. Sygate is supposed to be able to work with linux as the clientplease help. Allen W --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.166 / Virus Database: 79 - Release Date: 6/20/00 __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
RE: [newbie] Sound Card Problem
type sndconfig from one terminal -Original Message- From: worldly linux [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 9:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] Sound Card Problem First let me say , WOW. This Mandrake Install is the best Linux install that I have come across. It's a huge welcome after trying to work with FreeBSD. The install went well with one exception. My sound card is not working. I tried using DrakConf and it responded with "generic" but then when the little sample sound test is playing I can not hear the sound. Is there a command that will tell me what type of card I have ? I really have no idea. The laptop was given to me awhile back. I remember that the sound worked under RedHat so I know it has some sort of card.. Dell Latitude LM Laptop Mandrake 7.0 (MaximumLinux CD) Thanks __ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/
[newbie] Etherlink card set up
OK, this is the third time I will have sent this. I hope that it shows up on the list this time. I have just installed LM 7.0 and I acquired an 3com Etherlink III ISA modem after the install. I tried to use Lothar to get Linux to "see" my card but it did not. This card from what I understand is pretty basic and the drivers are supposed to be there. I need help getting this thing recognized and then I want to connect it to a Windows 2000 server. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you! -Mark B
[newbie] ejecting zip disk
Hi! I have just installed Mandrake 7.1, but haven't been able to figure out this zip drive thing. I have an internal zip drive, and can mount the drive with the icon that 7.1 put on the desktop, but I don't know how to unmount the drive, to eject the disk. If I try umount, it tells me that the dev is busy. It is kind of a pain to reboot the system to change a zip disk! Any idea what I am missing here? TIA Fred
[newbie] Post 7.1 Upgrade problems (3)
I have 3 significant problems that developed after an upgrade from 7.0 to 7.1. (1) In DrakConf, the 2 X related buttons no longer work. One is the X configuration button, the other is the Change X Resolution button. They click, a little hard disk activity is heard but nothing is displayed. These worked well under 7.0. (2) Related to (1) my X configuration is locked at 800x600 or VGA resolutions and 16 bit color depth. I have an nvida card with 32 mb ram. When the X Configuration utility worked I had no problem with resolutions to 1280x1024 and lots of colors. (3) I cannot access the CDRom or floppy. If I click on either icon on the desktop, the window opens, a status line of "working" is displayed and nothing more. If I try and close the window or logout, the desktop freezes completely requiring a hard reboot (4 times today). Linux is the only OS on this PC. Home built, ASUS K7V motherboard, Athlon 700, 128 Mb ram, 15 Gb hard drive, ASUS 50x CDRom, ASUS V6600 nvida video card. Thanks, Brad
[newbie] upgrade to 7.1
A few days ago I went through the agonizing (wait. . .) process of upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1. I bought the boxed set from Linuxland, the "official" McMillan set, which in this case consisted of an installantion CD, a sources CD, and an application CD. I expected the wait, as I had been following the threads relative to upgrading in this list. I had been warned about sufficient memory, etc. I have a K6-2 450 and 64 mb of RAM. Still, the upgrade, when it came to the actual installation/upgrading of packages, took over 6 hrs, and then when it was 99% completed, it froze at the point when it asked for the application CD, complaining about the media being corrupt or some such. It was late, and my wife wanted to use Windoze, so I wanted to just get out of the installation process, even thinking I might have trashed everything already. No dice. The program would not let me exit, and none of the secret handshakes worked. So I hit the reset button. Well, I'm not sure how complete or incomplete the upgrade may have been, but my Linux still boots just fine, and it gives me a mixed message, saying I have 7.1 Helium installed, but also indicating that the old 2.2.14-15 kernel is operative. However, when I go to the /boot directory, I find that the vmlimuz link points to 2.2.15-4mdk. Since /etc/lilo.conf points to the vmlinuz link, I have to assume that maybe the newer kernel is actually booting. Not sure. But I do know that something filled up my / directory completely in the process, so I had to do some shifting of sources from my /home/src directory to /usr/src. I have /usr on its own partitiion. So, I guess this is just some ramblings about what may or may not have occurred when I "upgraded." I think most stuff actually did upgrade before the process froze. I really didn't want to go through all the configuration stuff anyway, as that is already taken care of, so it was a good place to stop. In future, I believe any upgrading will be incremental. If I want a new kernel, I will upgrade the kernel, etc. I suspect that there was little benefit to the "upgrade," and I wonder what surprises await. But we Linux guys like surprises to solve, don't we? Don J.
[newbie] testing to see if this one got thru....
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[newbie] Shutting down httpd FAILED ... can't reboot !!
I sent this out last night, but got no reply. Can anyone help? Is anyone there? Hello? Shutting down httpd:FAILED For the second time now, when shutting down Mandrake 7.0 I saw that message. When I try to restart, it all seems to go as expected, right up until you would expect the login/password box to appear; it doesn't. Instead, the num lock light on my keyboard flashes on and off and the monitor (screen blank) sounds as though it is switching on and off in sync. All I have done is install Mandrake 7.0, PHP3 from the RPM included on the disk, MySQL 3.22.32 (server and client RPMs downloaded). I did all this only yesterday (for the second time) and today it all seams to have died. It only lasted about 2 weeks last time. Even my Windows'98 which runs on the same hard disk lasts longer!!! Please, if anyone can help I'd be extremely grateful - I need the Linux operating system with Apache, PHP and MySQL (with JDBC drivers installed) for a major project with deadline in just 5 weeks! I run a standalone pc with 475MHz AMD-K6 processor, 64MB RAM, 13GB hard disk (8GB for Windows, 5GB for Linux). Don't know name of motherboard (SoundBlaster 64v sound and 8MB ATI graphics on motherboard). Many thanks, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Modem Problem with 7.1
After a couple of tries, I've installed 7.1. My system is a K6-2 450 with 192 megs of memory, 8 gigs of disk space allocated to Linux, and an Actiontec 56K, call waiting, internal PCI modem. The modem works fine, in fact extremely well under Win 98. However I can't get the system to locate or use the modem. The modem is assigned to Com 3, so I expect it to be on /dev/tty/S2. I tried (from the modem's documentation) using /cat/proc/pci and found that the system has found the modem. The modem is using IRQ 11, a 16550A chip, and memory at xDC00-FF and xD800-xD8FF. I have run setserial /dev/ttyS2 over and over again with no results. Heartfelt thanks, in advance, for any ideas. Paul -- Paul Sherr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 07/29/2000
[newbie] New System Software Problems
I've installed 7.1 on my system, K6-2 450, 192 megs of memory, 8 gig partition on my D: drive with windows 98. I had some problems with partitioning (don't ever allocate 102% of a drive), but several things are wrong. During the install, I got messages that two packages failed to install: XV-3.10a-6mdk and vhs-printfilters-1.62-6mdk. What, if anything, should I do to fix these? The system will only boot into Gnome. I don't get the same boot screen as I did before, and I can't find any way to access KDE. I'm using Gnome with Enlightenment, which is very nice, but I'd like to fix this. I can't access The Gimp. Something just flashes on the screen, then nothing. I'm also having modem problems,but I'll put that in a separate posting. By the way, I'm new to Linux, but do have some Unix experience that is very rusty from 1981-1982, and much DOS, Windows, and MVS experience. Thanks in advance, Paul -- Paul Sherr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 07/29/2000
[newbie] LM 7.1 on gnome getting seg faults
ever since installing 7.1 most of the time iam getting seg faults on alot of my programs; that worked fine in 7.0. getting them alot on gnome control center. is this this because of the unstable kernel release version on 7.1 '2.2.1.5'. have tried installing and reinstalling the version several times, but in the end i switched back to 7.0, but i want to use sawmill and gnome, can anyone help? -- Linux - The No.1 Windoze Backup. Licq No:81389074
[newbie] kernel questions (patching and soundcore.o)
Hi I have L-M v. 7.0 with the 2.2.16 kernel. When I run Linux with the installed kernel (2.2.14) my sound works fine, but when I try running Linux with the new kernel, I get an error saying that sound and midi modules can't be found. Also, I've downloaded the kernel patch ide.2.2.16 , but I'm not really sure about how to install it. Any help is greatly appreciated :) Thanks in advance, Daniel __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
[newbie] CD-Burning
Here's a minor issue I've had since I've started using Linux. It's never been a big deal, so I've usually not worried, but now I have time. Anyhow, when I burn CD's, be it w/ gcombust, X-CD-Roast, or directly with cdrecord (like I'll ever do THAT by choice ;) ), I get an error msg that states something like 'can't get mlockall - permission denied'. But if I su or burn as root, it's ok. Where do I need to change things? Thanks! Ty -- Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 26147713
[newbie] Shutting down http FAILED ... can't reboot !!
Shutting down http:FAILED For the second time now, when shutting down Mandrake 7.0 I saw that message. When I try to restart, it all seems to go as expected, right up until you would expect the login/password box to appear; it doesn't. Instead, the num lock light on my keyboard flashes on and off and the monitor (screen blank) sounds as though it is switching on and off in sync. All I have done is install Mandrake 7.0, PHP3 from the RPM included on the disk, MySQL 3.22.32 (server and client RPMs downloaded). I did all this only yesterday (for the second time) and today it all seams to have died. It only lasted about 2 weeks last time. Even my Windows'98 which runs on the same hard disk lasts longer!!! Please, if anyone can help I'd be extremely grateful - I need the Linux operating system with Apache, PHP and MySQL (with JDBC drivers installed) for a major project with deadline in just 5 weeks! I run a standalone pc with 475MHz AMD-K6 processor, 64MB RAM, 13GB hard disk (8GB for Windows, 5GB for Linux). Don't know name of motherboard (SoundBlaster 64v sound and 8MB ATI graphics on motherboard). Many thanks, a71658a9 (Hadrian - [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] xfree4.0 on LM 7.1 and XFConfig file
I used the expert installation and installed xfree4.0, after looking through '/etc/X11/' i found differnet versions of the xfreeconfig file: 'XF86Config' 'XF86Config-4' as i installed xfree4.0 all i done was to rename them to: 'mv XF86Config XF86Config-3' 'mv XF86Config-4 XF86Config' thus in effect using the new config file for xfree4.0, but every time i try to install the nvidia drivers for my geforce 256 sdr, i get error msgs compiling the kernel driver using: 'make SYSINCLUDE=/usr/src/linux/include' but its says that the kernel drivers have installed o.k, so i then go to remove some mesa items, only to find they are links, so i rename the links and targets and install the GLX driver (go in fine. no errors), reboot and get a few flashes and blown back to the console line. does any one know of the correct way? -- Linux - The No.1 Windoze Backup. Licq No:81389074 --- -- Linux - The No.1 Windoze Backup. Licq No:81389074
Re: [newbie] Process
you may already know this but, at the console type 'ps -A' this gives a list of all running tasks, on the left next to each task will be an id number, ie: PID TTY TIME CMD 875 ?00:00:00 gnome-session 926 ?00:00:00 esd 928 ?00:00:00 gnome-smproxy 940 ?00:00:00 esd 942 ?00:00:03 sawmill 945 ?00:00:00 xscreensaver 1005 ?00:00:08 panel 1007 ?00:00:00 gmc 1016 ?00:00:00 gnome-name-serv 1035 ?00:00:01 deskguide_apple 1037 ?00:00:01 tasklist_applet 1043 ?00:00:00 kppp 1074 ?00:00:14 ld-linux.so.2 1091 ?00:00:00 netscape-commun 1102 ?00:00:07 kmail 1130 ?00:00:00 gnome-terminal 1131 ?00:00:00 gnome-pty-helpe 1132 pts/000:00:00 bash 1145 pts/000:00:00 ps so if say you want to kill kmail, type 'kill 1102' if you don't have permission , just su it, then kill task hope this has been some help. now for me, have posted a number of messages to the board and none got through, ive been using kmail, to send the message to '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' is this right? as nothing has asked me for my name or anything Linux - The No.1 Windoze Backup. Licq No:81389074 --- -- Linux - The No.1 Windoze Backup. Licq No:81389074
[newbie] LM 7.1 on gnome getting seg faults
ever since installing 7.1 most of the time iam getting seg faults on alot of my programs; that worked fine in 7.0. getting them alot on gnome control center. is this this because of the unstable kernel release version on 7.1 '2.2.1.5'. have tried installing and reinstalling the version several times, but in the end i switched back to 7.0, but i want to use sawmill and gnome, can anyone help? -- Linux - The No.1 Windoze Backup. Licq No:81389074 --- -- Linux - The No.1 Windoze Backup. Licq No:81389074
Re: [newbie] Resuming downloads?
Try caitoo 0.6.6 and wget and its front-ends as well... freshmeat.org Andrew Scotchmer escribió: > Hi all, > > Is there a program that will resume a download after being disconnected by > the server. I'm trying to download a program with a seven hour download but my > server keeps kicking me off after 3. Also when this happens I loose the > program and have to restart from scratch. Therefore I am after a program that > will save the download and restarts on reconnecting from the point where I got > kicked off. > I'm still on the old MD6.1 > > Thanks in advance. > -- > Andrew > ICQ 50762100 > -- > "In the pursuit of knowledge, > Everday something is acquired" > (Lao Tzu) > -- -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joan.Tur.pagina.de Club.Ibosim.pagina.de
[newbie] knewmail problem
I'm newbie in linux-mandrake. I installed mandrake 6.1 and I like KDE . I like to use "knewmail" for download my all email. so i config knewmail but i'm not able to setup Automatic MailReader like Pine or Mutt. which automatic open all download email. for your information, now i setup with this command " xterm -e elm " but not work. please help. Satyajit
[newbie] MDK7.1 Refuses to install - Any ideas?
Well I have wasted 4hrs trying to get Mandrake 7.1 to install on my P233. Specs : P233w/mmx, 40Mb EDO RAM, 2Mb S3Trio64, 4.37Gig Fujitsu HD, LITE-ON 20x CDROM, Triton BII M/Board. The installer either dumps out the stack on Stage 2 or just stops working. I have tried it in both GUI & text mode. It seems to be hanging when detecting of HD, but I am not 100% sure on this. I have looked through earlier posts & it appears only 2 other people have had this problem, but no solutions were given. The Linux Mandrake is 7.1 given away on Maximum Linux magazine August/September. Can someone help me please as I have had to put on RH6.1 for now just to show it is not a hardware issue. Thanks in advance, Sand.
[newbie] Netscape mail weirdness
Can someone help me fix netscape? I am using communicator as my mail client. it never used to do this but see below: all my newbie digests and a lot of other mail (but not all) is comnig in as attachments or something like below, so I have to click it to read the actual text in the browser window. Very annoying!! I have played with the options but cant sort it out. any ideas? thanks Jeremy p.s please Cc to me as well as the list [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Table of content : > > 1. Re: [newbie] Memory detection problem > 2. [newbie] /home question > 3. Re: [newbie] imwheel probs > 4. Re: [newbie] Names of win partitions - logic? > 5. Re: [newbie] Oh God How true! > 6. Re: [newbie] Names of win partitions - logic? > 7. Re: [newbie] imwheel probs > 8. Re: [newbie] /home question > 9. Re: [newbie] how to share printers > 10. Re: [newbie] PS/2 mouse weird behavior > > >Part 1.2.1Type: message/rfc822 > >Part 1.2.2Type: message/rfc822 > >Part 1.2.3Type: message/rfc822 > >Part 1.2.4Type: message/rfc822 > >Part 1.2.5Type: message/rfc822 > >Part 1.2.6Type: message/rfc822 > >Part 1.2.7Type: message/rfc822 > > Part 1.2.212Type: Plain Text (text/plain)
