Re: [newbie] Which hard drive is the most reliable and installation of Linux?
On Wed, 01 Nov 2000 19:24:02 -0500, Romanator wrote: >What would be the most preferable hard drive to install in your computer >or does it matter? I've been building PC's for clients for 13 years now - and the past few years I've used IBM drives in both workstations (IDE - DeskStar) and in servers (SCSI - UltraStar). To date, I've had one drive crash out of MANY. To compare that, a large client switched to Dell, which uses a mix. Quite a few have the HDD crash when the PC is around a month old, and of those that crash all were WestenDigital (WesternCrapital in my mind) Before IBM I was using Fujitsu - it took so long for new drive models to get here from Japan that at times they would get here and ship them back as they could not sell them in the USA for the price they wanted to get for them. As well, tech support was hard to contact in those days. I heard that it changed after I quit using them. As well, a few years with Quantum. They actually had to buy some drives back once as they did not have enough media to repair the drive. Quite a few times it seemed they were pusing the technology envelope too hard, and new ideas were flops at my expense. Maxtor as much as I have used them were good middle of the road drives - not had to contact tech support so I don't know how they are. Seagate - I used them for Cheetah's before IBM got their 10K RPM drives out, not bad but noisier than IBM. And when you sit next to a server w/ RAID 5 it makes a difference. I hated the high pitch screem. That server is now sold and history! So, the order IBM Maxtor Seagate Quantum Fujitsu None! WD (WC) Some of your other issues might be related to other compents of your hardware - motherboard, BIOS, IDE chip, etc... I had a couple of BCM/GVC motherboards - 440BX chip set, they were a pain about drives over 8GB. I had an IWill 440BX board, it using Mandrake 7.0 could only see 8GB of a 9GB drive. Currently I have a SuperMicro board - a rare 820 chip with DIMM and the famous MTH chip. Knock on wood it has been very solid with a 20GB ATA66 IBM DeskStar - and dual boots using Power Boot between Win2K and Mandrake 7.1. The only trick was to partition with Linux, and set the Extended partition to type F so that Win2K could install FAT32 out to the end of the drive. I use FAT32 as I developed my own imaging technology using InfoZip and some other tools. Someday I will tackle NTFS imaging. All the best! (And that means hardware too) To heck with the over clocking folks who do strange things with strange hardware. I stick to the middle of the road with cool hardware - and have just enough problems to keep life interesting. Michael Lueck Lueck Data Systems http://www.lueckdatasystems.com/
Re: [newbie] how can I set up cable modem connection in Linux Mandrake?
Luis Mercadillo wrote: > Please post details. > Thanks > Luis try http://members.home.net/randal.leavitt/CableModemConnectionNotes.html It could help.
Re: [newbie] 7th question - word processing - you only thought iwas finished
Adrian, I for one prefer Star Office. What exactly is it about SO that is too much for you? Abiword is a nice enough app, but unfortunately it's still a beta app and has a few...um...bugs in it. -- Mark Larry is NOT a cucumber...he's a stinkin pickle... WITH WARTS! registered linux user # 182469 =/\= PINE 4.21 =/\= ** Surprisingly on Tue, 31 Oct 2000 Adrian Smith had this to say! > yea, another question. > as mentioned before i am a writer - so duh guess what i use my computer for the >most. my goal is to convert over to Linux as close to full time as possible on the >1st of the year. > > can anyone recomend any good word processors? StarOffice is wy too much for me. > AbiWord (is that the right name.) seems rather nice & could work fine for me. >what i would really adore is something that spell checks with oxford english. maybe >some of you folks across the pond could help me with that one? > > thanks very much > > > > Adrian Smith > 'de telepone dude > Telecom Dept. > x 7042 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >
[newbie] OK, what's the URL to get off of this list?
Re: [newbie] installing on 2nd hd
Alex,
The use of hard drive (interchangible) trays is an excellent suggestion.
I have worked on machines with with these as a technician, and I have also
installed them. They work very well. Two points: don't lose the key; the
drives are VERY fragile, treat them as such. The trays work so well that you
may tend to forget how delicate the hard drives can be. -Gary-
In a message dated 11/1/2000 8:37:05 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Alex,
Since you have two harddisk, suggest putting your disks in removable
trays, config each as pri. master, insert whichever you wish to use and
boot-up. When you are comfortable with the OS's involved then do the
'marrying'.
I now have at home, Win95B, Win2000 (was WinNt 4 used by my son),
Linux-Mandrake 7.1, & Red Hat 6.0 each on its own - will be doing that
also for SuSe 6.3 on a 4 Gb. When I am 'comfortable' with one of the linux
distro, Win95B can exit thru' the window.
You seem to be wanting dual boot, try read up {Windows/Linux Dual
Boot} at http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue38/veselosky.html
Just my $0.2. Good Luck.
At 04:02 PM 31-10-2000 +, you wrote:
>I have installed the bootloader to both hda and hdb I have also tried
>disconnecting the other win 98 drive and trying with just the linux drive I
>keep getting this message:
>
>starting linux
>
>kernal (hd0,4)/vmlinuz root=dev/hdb5 hdd=ide-scsi
>[linux-bzImage, setup=0xe00, size-0xa4530
>
>I have also tried using just one linux partition 7.5gb and a swap partition
>300mb to no avail
>>
Re: [newbie] egcs1.1.2
try rpmfind.net At 01:55 PM 10/31/2000 -0600, you wrote: > >Where I can find the rpm of egcs1.1.2 for Mandrake 7.1 ? > >thanx > > >--- >Rodrigo Castro Hernandez >Area de Desarrollo >Departamento de Computo >Universidad Latina de CR >--- > Squashman dit, embrasse mon fesse.
[newbie] Defrag ?
Does this file system require defragmentation? -Charles
[newbie] fsck usage
Hi all, Question about fsck, I need to know how to run it correctly. I log in as root and type the following- fsck -t nondos /dev./hda# and it says that running fsck will cause severe file damage. So how then do I unmount the file system to run it ? Also when installing linux and creating your partitions it always asks where you want your mount point to be ? Where should it be ? I have win98 and mandrake 7.0 and its split right down the middle. It always wants to know where to put the mount point. Since lilo will fail anyways because of the 1024 cylinder error I just say root or / and use a floppy and never have had a problem. So once I get 7.1 will there be a difference ? Also how do you move your swap space to the front ? When I create the partition it always wants to put it in the very end of the partition. I dont have a performance issue just wanted to know if this is a better way. Finally I see alot of you all have a seperate partition for each section or part of mandrake is this necessary ? Ive always used the auto allocate and it sees windows and makes a space and then leaves the rest for linux but only the root or / and swap space. So is the rest just auto allocated or is root the only real partition there ? Thank you, Chronos.
Re: [newbie] partitioning lockup
In a message dated 11/1/2000 2:41:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << "Michael H. Bracey" wrote: > Sorry if this is a re-post. I never saw the original one show up... > > I'm booting from the CD-ROM to make a first install of 7.2 on a 27.9G IDE > HD with only the existing windows partition. Everything seems to go fine > until I hit the confirming screen which requires an OK to go ahead with > the partitioning process. But as soon as this dialog box pops up, > everything freezes up. I can't even scroll down, cancel, or go back to a > previous install step. My only recourse is to reboot. Nothing seems to > be harmed, as I can reboot to the CD to try again or reboot to the HD and > get W98 back just fine. Why can't I partition? > > (I did scandisk and defrag as recommended.) > > > Thanks for the help, > Michael Are you using a BIOS feature to prevent writing the MBR? Some stop it with LMK, others don't. -Cmo >> Likewise, are you using a shim, that is a disk/motherboard-bios manager program. If so it may be that you must boot to the program and use it to create the partitions for linux [there are several and I don't remember the details of all of them]. Otherwise, did you shrink you windows partition (perhaps with fips) and leave empty, unallocated space for linux mandrake to actually partition? [Admittedly it doesn't sound like you are getting quite this far.] -Gary-
Re: [[newbie] Promise ATA-100]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm thinking of installing Mandrake 7.2, but wanted to know if anyone knows if it supports > ATA-100?? Can anyone help. > > Roland > Serman > == 7.1 did, so I can't imagine 7.2 won't ;o) 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://home.netscape.com/webmail
[newbie] Samba
Ok, I have been through two different configure setups, one from Linuxnewbie and the other from a book called "Mastering Linux". Neither of which reflects the current Samba 2.0.7 that I am using and I have also looked at the mandrake site. Anyone know of a good source to guide me through setting up Samba? I'm close but can't quite get there with the available info. Swat won't make the changes for me. I get a error message that says My computer is not authorized access. Should I have been in root and not gone to a browser as a plain ole user? Advise is, as usual, always welcome. -- Dennis M. a registered Linux user #180842
Re: [newbie] Clipper and Visual Basic languajes
cant say much to it. it could be ported in a way to make it more usable vb in its current state sucks not very versatile. but it had a simple structure to it, well simple for the user anyways its too close to the human language, so it takes a crap load of power to translate it, the major downfall, assembly and simular languages can be encoded faster its just harder for us to utilize
Re: [newbie] Windows
ok it depends on the version so you will have to reinstall linux after installing windows unless you like me and use a hacked versino of win2k
Re: [newbie] 1st question -- CD burner crash & burn
> I had some occaisional problems burning with Linux and W98 till > I swapped the CD-RW and CDrom on the second ide, making the burner > the slave. Only thing I can think of to rationalize this 'fix' is > that as slave, the CD-RW is on the ide cable at a shorter length > from the motherboard. I always thought this was given as "standard practice" and the explanations I've heard had more to do with throughput - i.e. reading from one channel and out the other rather than reading and writing on the same channel. I've certainly found the same thing you have even though my cables are both the same length. Cheers --- Larry
Re: [newbie] StarCraft: slow under Wine but...
Joan Tur wrote: > It isn't the problem 8-( I'm sorry. ;-( > Thanks anyway... i'll try to guess what's happening ;-) Just a thought, since you are in Spain, and I'm the USA...could it be an NTSC and PAL issue? BTW, have you gotten any other games to work under Wine? I've got Ultima Online and Half-Life, but I don't have enough HD space right now. I'll post my results once I get a larger 2nd hard drive... PS You know, I have a replica sword from Franklin Mints. Its supposed to be made of "Toledo" steel, and represents King Charlemagne's sword. Its pretty cool, hanging on the wall there. It cost $399 (I made payments), but to me its worth it. I've also got a 5 hour video documenting his life. The legend surrounding him has always fascinated me. Sure does gather comments. ;-) PSS Sorry for the off topic/list post! -- _ / / / /\ / / Wild wind-horses soar the cloud / / / / --=-- / Trails, unholy horn doth sound / /\ / / / -L I N U X- / Its blast, you and I were first / Dark>
Re: [newbie] Promise ATA-100
At 09:43 AM 11/01/2000 +, you wrote: >I'm thinking of installing Mandrake 7.2, but wanted to know if anyone >knows if it supports >ATA-100?? Can anyone help. > >Roland >Serman It's supposed to.
[newbie] KPP Problem - can't connect to Net as user
I don't know if this is a common problem, but I seem unable to connect to one of my ISPs (ntlworld)as a user with KPP. Although the connection seems to work OK, when I open Netscape I get the following message. "Warning: the following hosts are unknown: home.netscape.com home6.netscape.com internic.net This means that some or all hosts will be unreachable. Perhaps there is a problem with your name server? If your site must use a non-root name server, you will need to set the $SOCKS_NS environment variable to point at the appropriate name server. It may (or may not) be necessary to set this variable, or the SOCKS host preference to the IP address of the host in question rather than its name. Consult your system administrator." Hang on a minute! I'm the system administrator and I haven't got a clue. I don't even know what the $SOCKS variable is, never mind how to point it anywhere. As root, I seem to be able to connect well enough to this or my other ISP (Demon). Does the fact that Demon have given me a static IP address and ntlworld haven't make a difference? If anyone out there has had this problem and solved it, I would be grateful if they would share this info with me.
Re: [newbie] Windows
At 08:01 AM 11/01/2000 -0700, Jason Cunningham wrote: >When I installed Linux for the first time I wiped out my Windows >Partition. How do I re-install it under Linux. I am using ver 6.1. >I want to be able to use both Windows & Linux. My Windows OS >was 95. > >Thanks, > >Jason Make a boot floppy for Linux. You'll need it, because Windows will rewrite the mbr, and your LILO will be unavailable. Do fdisk, and make sure there's a place for the Windows partition. It must be a primary. If there is, then make one, and set it for the Windows fs, and make it bootable. SAVE before exiting fdisk. Install Windows. Make sure it works right, etc. Boot up your machine on the boot floppy, mount your Linux partitions, and run LILO. That ought to do it. (If I have left out anything, someone's sure to tell us.) Good luck! --doug
Re: [newbie] Installing 7.2: swap problem
Thanx for the notes :) I've downloaded the 7.1 iso - I'll give that a shot tomorrow. As for having the swap first, I recall reading something when I first started using Linux (maybe in the Linux Adminstrator's Guide?) that optimal placement of the swap partition (at that time, with those kernels) was at the beginning of the drive ... since the swap partition extends memory and 'seek' time depends in part on location, I guess that was the reasoning :) Thanx again. -Brice Larry Marshall wrote: > > > 1) I've tried the 'automatic' option - I get the error. > > 2) I create the swap, then root, then usr (I like having swap first on > > the disk) > > 3) They are defined properly as swap and ext2 - I actually wanted the > > usr partition to be ReiserFS, so I was trying that at first, but > > eventually went with all ext2 > > If they're all defined properly as far as Mandrake is concerned you > wouldn't be getting an error, right? You might try putting root in front > of swap and seeing what happens. > > > 5) I've used RedHat primarily in the past couple years ... started out > > with Slackware 3.0 (painful). I used Debian for a bit ... though I > > Mandrake IS RedHat but I've never seen either of them set things up with > swap first. Not saying you can't but since it's not working for you you > might try it with your boot location in the first ext2 partition. > > > Side note 1: I've gone in with a win98 bootdisk & fdisk /mbr to clear > > the boot record from any previous junk that might have been in it, I've > > removed all the partition info from within fdisk & created one huge > > win98 partition (non-formatted) ... when the installer hit that, it > > asked if I wanted to remove windows & proceed, I said yes, and it did > > some stuff on the drive then popped up that same exact error message ... > > I've never trusted Mandrake's partitioner so can't vouch for its ability > to do things properly. I think you said, however, that you'd tried > setting things up with fdisk and had the same problems. I always use > Partition Magic myself. I should also say that I don't have much > experience with Mandrake 7.2 as I don't feel it's as stable as 7.0 or > 7.1. They've released some stuff that's a bit half-baked in my view and > while I don't have the problems you're describing, I've got some of my > own. I run 7.1 on my work machine. > > > Side note 2: RedHat 7.0 has finished installing successfully and it > > seems to be running fine (I'm in X now ...) however, I don't want RedHat > > 7.0 ... this was just a test, so please keep helping me :) > > Don't blame you...RedHat seems to be facing the same problem I'm seeing > with Mandrake...all hot to release "new" products, whether they're really > ready or not. They've just got to have some "NEW" banners on their list > of features, whether those are improvements or not :-) > > Good luck. Would sure like to hear your reasoning for wanting your swap > at the head of the drive. > > Cheers --- Larry
Re: [newbie] How to burn iso under windows
you need to find a program that will translate the iso during the burn, but i cant think of any, try using a search engine, usually your cd burner comes with additional programs are you sure you dont have a program already that works with isos?
RE: [newbie] partitioning lockup
Not that I know of. I looked all through the BIOS and I saw no such option. And this is the only suggestion I've received. Are there any others? Michael oNb wrote: "Michael H. Bracey" wrote: > Sorry if this is a re-post. I never saw the original one show up... > > I'm booting from the CD-ROM to make a first install of 7.2 on a 27.9G IDE > HD with only the existing windows partition. Everything seems to go fine > until I hit the confirming screen which requires an OK to go ahead with > the partitioning process. But as soon as this dialog box pops up, > everything freezes up. I can't even scroll down, cancel, or go back to a > previous install step. My only recourse is to reboot. Nothing seems to > be harmed, as I can reboot to the CD to try again or reboot to the HD and > get W98 back just fine. Why can't I partition? > > (I did scandisk and defrag as recommended.) > > > Thanks for the help, > Michael Are you using a BIOS feature to prevent writing the MBR? Some stop it with LMK, others don't. -Cmo
Re: [newbie] amazing...
philomena wrote: > > I hate to say this, but I am in shock.. > > I just installed 7.2 from the current ISO images - did an expert install and > installed everything- and for the very first time, of any Mandrake or SuSE > install, ALL of my devices (except my USB HP scanner - not supported yet as > far as I know ) worked out of the "box" - my SBLive! card, DSL, floppy, ZIP, > CDRW (although I haven't tested if the writing part works), printer (HP > Deskjet 950C) all work !!! Printouts look incredible. I can't believe I > don't have to coerce my sound card into an operational state. > > KDE2 installed fine - XFree 4.01 looks great - my flatscreen monitor looks > excellent This is GREAT > > Konqueror looks fine - no more ugly fonts - Kmail set up as easy as pie > > One thing - amyone know where in KDE2 you can install new themes ? I don't > see the Theme Manager that used to be in the Control center. > > This is a pure standalone, at home, machine - nothing too fancy, but that may > change now. > > Way to go Mandrake ! > > cheers, > philomena By George! I think she's got it! You R 100% right! This version of Mandrake is TOO KEWL!! Instaled it and that sucker is sweet! Sound. Network, Video, the Works! Har, Har! Look out Microsoft, You're in deep DooDoo this time! Way to go Mandrake! KDE smokes now! Much faster loading, and opening! WooHoo! Gotta go play! C YA L8R
Re: [newbie] Creative Modem Blaster PCI modem
The ModemBlaster PCI is a winmodem. Check Linmodem.org. There is a chance that there may be a driver available for your modems chipset. Otherwise, if you want to connect to the internet in Linux you will need to get a hardware based modem. There are PCI models that run under $50. Charles - Original Message - From: "Darin Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 7:27 PM Subject: [newbie] Creative Modem Blaster PCI modem I've got a creative Modem Blaster PCI modem, and don't know how to configure it in Linux, if it's even possible.
Re: [newbie] PCMCIA modems
Some pcmcia modems are indeed winmodems. Just half an ago i was looking at one. I use a Compaq Armada M700. Compaq, in its wisdom, "upgraded" the modem in this unit. What used to be a perfectly fine real internal modem is now a winmodem. I have worked with the winmodem(linmodem?) in the Armada for a while. I've gotten to the point of being able to dial and establish a ppp connection. At that point however, the connection drops. I'm looking hard to find a real pcmcia modem. But, more and more, manufacturers(including 3com) are making winmodems and the real thing is getting harder to find. I wonder what all those people running NT are doing? Anyway, I thought I would try a Xircom Realport modem/lan card combo. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be supported by Mandrake. Has anyone used one of these cards? If anyone has gotten one of these working I'd really like to know what it took. Otherwise, can anyone recommend a currently available pcmcia real modem card which actually has been shown to work in Linux kernel 2.2.14-15mdk. brian [EMAIL PROTECTED]@btinternet.com on 11/01/2000 12:15:14 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: [newbie] PCMCIA modems I am trying to get a PCMCIA modems to work under Kppp (MD7.1, Sony Vaio PCG F250) I have tried all the /dev options from /dev/modem to whatever the last one is and either get modem busy, can't open modem etc. If I set flow control to "none" and then try to query modem, it will say modem ready and check the ATI commands but the resulting table of ATI commands is blank. The shop told me that all PCMCIA modems are "hardware" modems, were they wrong, have they sold me a Winmodem ?
Re: [newbie] Promise ATA-100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I think at this time LM 7.2 supports ATA66. Maybe 7.3 or 8.0 > will support ATA100, I do think that kernel 2.4.x does support > it though. > perhapse, although I'm using 2.4.0 kernel that comes with mandrake 7.2b3 and I can't use the promise 100 controller. Its too bad too because my ata66 drive is almost twice as fast on that ata100 controller!
Re: [newbie] Changing colors.
> back to the group if I can't get it working. Will > there be a separate copy of that file for each user on Yes, each user has one (presuming they're running KDE). > the system? Assuming the file is owned by root, do I > change the owner or just allow the write permission to > everyone? Thanks for the help. chown username .kderc Cheers --- Larry
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Re: [newbie] Clipper and Visual Basic languajes
At 06:01 PM 11/2/00, you wrote: >Carroll, > >I thank God for the fact that Hell will NEVER freeze over and VB will >NEVER be ported to Linux. Why in the world would anyone want to foul the >water with manure like that is absolutely obscene from a programmers >perspective! Yes, VB is obscene...(I hack perl(hack as in w/axe..not subtle yet) && C(better) && C++(best but not yet a guru))...however, in the interests of assimilation (the better to conquer) VB should be ported so all those poor unenlightened folk who use it have a chance to be sucked into the coolest OS on the planet and eased into a real script/programming lang. Who says an OSS port of VB can't be better than MS's own? If someone wants to use basic to program in who are we to say yech? Every script/programming lang comes with plenty of rope (to mung a phrase). I may like sisal rope but hey if you want to hang yourself w/twine fine. Oh crap, I just entered a holy war...and I'm agnostic ;-) Cheers, Mike --- ACHTUNG! ALLES LOOKENSPEEPERS! Das computermachine ist nicht fuer gefingerpoken und mittengrabben. Ist easy schnappen der springenwerk, blowenfusen und poppencorken mit spitzensparken. Ist nicht fuer gewerken bei das dumpkopfen. Das rubbernecken sichtseeren keepen das cotten-pickenen hans in das pockets muss; relaxen und watchen das blinkenlichten.
[newbie] BUG IN DYNAMIC LINKER ld.so
Hi, I've installed LM7.2 twice using a harddrive install. Both times it installed without any errors, but has problems nonetheless. During bootup, harddrake and one or two other things fail. Once booted everything appears functional but DrakConf/Xconfigurator/etc all fail with the message: "BUG IN DYNAMIC LINKER ld.so: dynamic-link.h: 57: elf_get_dynamic_info: Assertion `! "bad dynamic tag"' failed!" Also, when running X with KDE as the wm, startkde fails as well with (found in .xsession_errors): usr/bin/startkde: line 166: 909 Segmentation fault LD_BIND_NOW=true kdeinit +kdesktop +kcminit +kicker +klipper +khotkeys kwrited Does anybody have any idea what it could be? I pulled the cd tree off of ~4 ftp sites to speed the process. All from the 7.2 dirs. Thanks in advance, Tim
Re: [newbie] Installing 7.2: swap problem
> 1) I've tried the 'automatic' option - I get the error. > 2) I create the swap, then root, then usr (I like having swap first on > the disk) > 3) They are defined properly as swap and ext2 - I actually wanted the > usr partition to be ReiserFS, so I was trying that at first, but > eventually went with all ext2 If they're all defined properly as far as Mandrake is concerned you wouldn't be getting an error, right? You might try putting root in front of swap and seeing what happens. > 5) I've used RedHat primarily in the past couple years ... started out > with Slackware 3.0 (painful). I used Debian for a bit ... though I Mandrake IS RedHat but I've never seen either of them set things up with swap first. Not saying you can't but since it's not working for you you might try it with your boot location in the first ext2 partition. > Side note 1: I've gone in with a win98 bootdisk & fdisk /mbr to clear > the boot record from any previous junk that might have been in it, I've > removed all the partition info from within fdisk & created one huge > win98 partition (non-formatted) ... when the installer hit that, it > asked if I wanted to remove windows & proceed, I said yes, and it did > some stuff on the drive then popped up that same exact error message ... I've never trusted Mandrake's partitioner so can't vouch for its ability to do things properly. I think you said, however, that you'd tried setting things up with fdisk and had the same problems. I always use Partition Magic myself. I should also say that I don't have much experience with Mandrake 7.2 as I don't feel it's as stable as 7.0 or 7.1. They've released some stuff that's a bit half-baked in my view and while I don't have the problems you're describing, I've got some of my own. I run 7.1 on my work machine. > Side note 2: RedHat 7.0 has finished installing successfully and it > seems to be running fine (I'm in X now ...) however, I don't want RedHat > 7.0 ... this was just a test, so please keep helping me :) Don't blame you...RedHat seems to be facing the same problem I'm seeing with Mandrake...all hot to release "new" products, whether they're really ready or not. They've just got to have some "NEW" banners on their list of features, whether those are improvements or not :-) Good luck. Would sure like to hear your reasoning for wanting your swap at the head of the drive. Cheers --- Larry
Re: [newbie] Windows
On Wed, 01 Nov 2000, you wrote: > > When I installed Linux for the first time I wiped out my Windows > Partition. How do I re-install it under Linux. I am using ver 6.1. > I want to be able to use both Windows & Linux. My Windows OS > was 95. > > Thanks, > > Jason > Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: -- Hate to tell you this, but Windows is gone the way of the dead on your PC. Jay "May the sound of happy music, And the lilt of Irish laughter, fill your heart with gladness, that stays forever after." "May the enemies of Ireland never meet a friend." http://www.mrsnooky.com
[newbie] Printer Question
-- I know this has been done before. I just got a HP Deskjet 648C. 1. Can I use USB connection for this printer with the 2.2.14 kernel? 2. I tried using it via parallel, it detects it etc. on lp which is LPT1, but no print. 3. Which is easier set-up USB or parallel? Help me out? Jay "May the sound of happy music, And the lilt of Irish laughter, fill your heart with gladness, that stays forever after." "May the enemies of Ireland never meet a friend." http://www.mrsnooky.com
Re: [[newbie] 7th question - word processing - you only thought iwas finished]
> You can say that again! At this point in time I would touch Koffice, or > Kword with a ten foot pole. After the fiasko if this weekend past I'm no > stinkin hurry to even get a whif of KDE2 or anything related to it. Ooo...sounds you've had some bad interactions with KDE2. You've demonstrated repeatedly that you're more bold and brave than I. I've installed 7.2, boot it via a floppy to get past a load problem that turns my screen to garbage, and bounce around in it, feeling as though KDE has become a good interface going bad and then hop back to my 7.1 installation :-) Cheers --- Larry the pickle
RE: [newbie] PCMCIA modems
Unless something changed somewhere along the line and I don't know about it, a PCMCIA modem is hardware controlled and will also use hardware flow control. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf > Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 11:15 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] PCMCIA modems > > > I am trying to get a PCMCIA modems to work under Kppp (MD7.1, > Sony Vaio PCG > F250) I have tried all the /dev options from /dev/modem to > whatever the last > one is and either get modem busy, can't open modem etc. If I set > flow control > to "none" and then try to query modem, it will say modem ready > and check the > ATI commands but the resulting table of ATI commands is blank. > The shop told me that all PCMCIA modems are "hardware" modems, > were they wrong, > have they sold me a Winmodem ? > >
[newbie] External CD-RW Drive?
I'm looking to do some hardware upgrading in the next couple of months, and I would like some advice about an external cd-rw for a laptop. I've been following discussions on burning cds both in this group and in Linux mags, and rarely does anyone mention externals. Can it even be done with Linux (Mandrake 7.1 being touted as able to recognize more peripherals than most distros)? Speed is not really a priority, and I may never get around to burning much more than (wordprocessing) files, programs, and photos. So, in a nutshell: Can it be done? By a newbie? Any recommendations on connections (USB, PCMCIA, etc) or brands? Thanks in advance! Christopher
Re: [newbie] Thanks!
Hi Debbie, You are not alone with the 'no-no' thing. Intermittantly I get this no no message, which then tells which I am supposed to have used, but I can never find any of the 'bad' words in my text. I think the robot goes off his head every now and again so I have given up worrying and simply put the letter back in and , usually, off it goes. I wonder if you will get this ? Yap Yap.
Re: [newbie] Clipper and Visual Basic languajes
Carroll, I thank God for the fact that Hell will NEVER freeze over and VB will NEVER be ported to Linux. Why in the world would anyone want to foul the water with manure like that is absolutely obscene from a programmers perspective! -- Mark Larry is NOT a cucumber...he's a stinkin pickle... WITH WARTS! registered linux user # 182469 =/\= PINE 4.21 =/\= ** Surprisingly on Tue, 31 Oct 2000 Carroll Grigsby had this to say! > Consider: > 1. Visual Basic is a Microsoft product. > 2. VB has been developed for the express purpose of writing programs to run > under Windows. > 3. Microsoft is not a proponent of open source software (in spite of what > that Russian guy thinks). > 4. Linux has strong roots in the C language. > 5. C (and its descendants) and Basic are totally different worlds (think > cats and dogs). > My guess would be that Visual Basic for Linux will occur on the day that > hell freezes over and the sun rises in the west -- provided that they both > happen on the same day. On the other hand, strange things do happen -- > remember President Dewey. > -- Carroll > > - Original Message - > From: "Mark Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 12:44 PM > Subject: RE: [newbie] Clipper and Visual Basic languajes > > > > Has someone ported the VB stuff to linux yet? > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Javier Marcon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 7:15 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [newbie] Clipper and Visual Basic languajes > > > > > > Could somebody tell me where can I get Visual Basic and Clipper compilers > > (for Linux), to make programs in these languajes. > > > > > > >
RE: [newbie] OT 6th question - SCSI vs IDE OT
SCSI is definitely faster. It's also more costly, but has many benefits. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Adrian Smith > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 6:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] OT 6th question - SCSI vs IDE OT > > > this came up the other day. > someone told me that a SCSI hard drive is faster than an IDE hard drive. > i have never used a SCSI drive in my life, so i don't know from > experience. > is this true?? > > thanks much > no more questions for now > > > > Adrian Smith > 'de telepone dude > Telecom Dept. > x 7042 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >
Re: [newbie] How to burn iso under windows
On Wednesday 01 November 2000 11:37, you wrote: I've been doing this since downloading iso images. At first, it did copy the image file directly as image file. but then I realized that the filesystem needed to stated as ISO9660 in order to create the CD from iso. So I got everything figured out, and I've been doing what I've stated below your nonono thingies. Does it quite nicely and I installed 7.2 on the CD I've created. > NOONONONO > > Dont do this. I tried it once and it ended up createing a cd with the image > file on it. You have to look under file->create from disk image. Do it from > there. > > - Original Message - > From: "Robin Regennitter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 7:38 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] How to burn iso under windows > > > On Tuesday 31 October 2000 04:22, you wrote: > > > > I just use Adaptec Easy CD Creator. Just make sure the filesystem under > > File > > > is ISO9660. then go to your iso image file and just double click on it > > and > > > it will automatically detect it as an ISO image, it will then ask you a > > couple of question, and finally, burn the image on the CD for you. Very > > simple and straightforward if you have the Adaptec Easy CD Creator. > > > > > > What program will you be using to burn the cd. > > > > > >Charles > > > - Original Message - > > > From: Julio C. Gutierrez > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 6:32 AM > > > Subject: [newbie] How to burn iso under windows > > > > > > > > > Does anyone of you know how I can burn an ISO image in windows and > > make > > > > the cd bootable? Yuor help will be really appreciated > > > Thank you!! > > >Julio Gutierrez > > > > > > Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Attachment: 1" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Content-Description: > >
Re: [newbie] Which hard drive is the most reliable andinstallation of Linux?
I like and use aMaxtor 8.4 gig HD...and I like it... no problems...on installing/useing it under 7.02 mandrake by the way, anyone interested in buying off me Netscapes Enterprise Server v 3.51 it costs about 3000.00...I got it where I work: www.cmgi.com one of the altavista software developement people gave it to me...it's not registered...yet? I'll sell it for 200.00 Adrian Smith wrote: > > Hi Roman. > > i can only offer an opinion on your first question -- assuming i understand you >correctly. do you mean most perferable as in manufactuer? > > i have used maxtor, sea gate and western digital drives over the time i have been >working in electronics and can't honestly say i have seen much difference. i have >only seen 2 hard drives actually crash & burn in my life. but, for my computer at >home, i only buy maxtor. i have been thru 6 maxtor hard drives. one of them, a 540M >(yes M) from the old days finally crashed & burned. it started to lose data >randomly. i saw the writing on the wall & replaced it. i have -- maxtor flavor -- >two 170M and one 250M -- all older than the 540M and all still work just fine. >currently i'm using a 16G and 30G maxtor in my system. i also recomend maxtor to all >my friends. and i don't recomend many products. > > but as i say, just my opinion. i have no science or statistics to back any of this >up. > =) > > Adrian Smith > 'de telepone dude > Telecom Dept. > x 7042 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>> Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 5:24:02 PM 11/1/00 >>> > Hi everybody, > > I have three questions for every one: > > Q1. > What would be the most preferable hard drive to install in your computer > or does it matter? > > Q2. > I tried to install mdk7.1 and the IDE configuration froze. However, when > I tried to install Redhat 6.1, it started to install but it did > indicated that the partition table on hdd may be corrupt. I have Windows > 98SE installed on the Fujitsu drive on the first partition. I used > Partition Magic to create a separate partition yet it still freezes. > I am also using an Iomega zip drive 100MB. Should I disconnect it? > > Q3. > Should I only format the Fujitsu drive using MSDOS and install Linux > only? Some of my applications will not run on Linux. > I'm out of ideas. > > Any thoughts? > > -- > Roman > Registered Linux User #179293 -- Registered Linux User:167369 <=KompuKit=> Kit Goins ICQ# 7110071 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lowell, Mass. Web Designerhttp://kitdesigns.bizhosting.com WebServer: http://kompukit.dyndns.org (Server Runs between M - F 6pm-12am, S & S 12pm-12am EST) <=KompuKit=>
[newbie] amazing...
I hate to say this, but I am in shock.. I just installed 7.2 from the current ISO images - did an expert install and installed everything- and for the very first time, of any Mandrake or SuSE install, ALL of my devices (except my USB HP scanner - not supported yet as far as I know ) worked out of the "box" - my SBLive! card, DSL, floppy, ZIP, CDRW (although I haven't tested if the writing part works), printer (HP Deskjet 950C) all work !!! Printouts look incredible. I can't believe I don't have to coerce my sound card into an operational state. KDE2 installed fine - XFree 4.01 looks great - my flatscreen monitor looks excellent This is GREAT Konqueror looks fine - no more ugly fonts - Kmail set up as easy as pie One thing - amyone know where in KDE2 you can install new themes ? I don't see the Theme Manager that used to be in the Control center. This is a pure standalone, at home, machine - nothing too fancy, but that may change now. Way to go Mandrake ! cheers, philomena
Re: [newbie] Clipper and Visual Basic languajes
Hm...lets pray that it's still-born. -- Mark Larry is NOT a cucumber...he's a stinkin pickle... WITH WARTS! registered linux user # 182469 =/\= PINE 4.21 =/\= ** Surprisingly on Tue, 31 Oct 2000 Larry Marshall had this to say! > > 2. VB has been developed for the express purpose of writing programs to run > > under Windows. > > 3. Microsoft is not a proponent of open source software (in spite of what > > that Russian guy thinks). > > 4. Linux has strong roots in the C language. > > 5. C (and its descendants) and Basic are totally different worlds (think > > cats and dogs). > > My guess would be that Visual Basic for Linux will occur on the day that > > hell freezes over and the sun rises in the west -- provided that they both > > happen on the same day. On the other hand, strange things do happen -- > > remember President Dewey. > > Carrol, while there's some debate over whether it's a good idea, I believe > there is an active project to develop a VB-compatible interpreter for > Linux. I don't know any of the details of that project however. > > As for MS and Linux, you might find them involved a bit sooner than that > :-) > > > Cheers --- Larry > > >
Re: [newbie] Which hard drive is the most reliable andinstallation of Linux?
some more spouting off from me mixed in here with what Michael said: >>> "Michael Lueck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 6:41:36 PM 11/1/00 >>> Maxtor as much as I have used them were good middle of the road drives - not had to contact tech support so I don't know how they are. me: i have only had to call tech support for a HD install once in my life, just recently was putting a 16G maxtor in for a friend. i had to call maxtor tech support. they were quick and the advice the lady gave me worked perfect. nailed it down to the fact that the new & old drive could not coexist in the system, so the old drive had to go. i'm not sure why the old drive was some stone age 1.5G thingy. don't recall who made it. so i give maxtor tech support a thumbs up, and hope to never talk to them again =) also, you can download their maxblast software from the internet if you need to (disk comes with the hard drive, but ya never know) Some of your other issues might be related to other compents of your hardware - motherboard, BIOS, IDE chip, etc... I had a couple of BCM/GVC motherboards - 440BX chip set, they were a pain about drives over 8GB. for sure. i was all set for a 45G drive, but my BIOS (comcrap, i mean compaq system) would not take it. 30G is my limit. Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] question about mandrake probs..
You're close. When you're looking at the screen and "top" is running you would type "k", and it will prompt you for the "PID". type in the number that you've mentioned and hit enter. There is another way that is far easier and that is if you've got a terminal window open type "kpm" and hit enter. When the program comes up find the CPU hog, right click on the little monster and choose "kill" from the menu. I love that program. kpm = KDE Process Management -- Mark Larry is NOT a cucumber...he's a stinkin pickle... WITH WARTS! registered linux user # 182469 =/\= PINE 4.21 =/\= ** Surprisingly on Tue, 31 Oct 2000 Dodd Carlton J MSgt 726 ACS/CSG had this... > I'm a very-newbie, but the command is kill and the Process IDentification > argument is the number listed to the left of the offending process when you > type "top". So, if the CPU hog was listed as process 17, you would type: > > kill 17 > > > Someone correct me if I am leading this poor soul astray... > > -Carlton > > > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 3:38 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] question about mandrake probs.. > > In a message dated 30-Oct-00 16:30:14 Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > kill the_PID_of_the_program > > i think you should find a better way of quoting commands because that just > confuses me > > should i based on this type > kill the_pid? > or could it be > kill pid > > believe it or not some people get lost if you post extra comments into the > command string, and spend more time on trial and error > >
[newbie] Fw: helpppppppppp
- Original Message - From: rebeccap To: newbie@linux-mandrake Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 6:51 PM Subject: helpp Hi , I suppose I am considered a newbie since I have only learned computers this past year. I am however very brave or stupid cause I have tackled cmos, bios,fdisking etc. I am also quite good at putting computers together and fix many peoples for them. I can not however do a clean install of Linux for the life of me. I give up and come back to it thinking as I learn more I will have a better chance of a sucess. ARGH, is all I can say. I have tried to install mandrake 6,7 and 7.1 as well as Stormix. All programs were from maximum linux mags. I have since gotten a larger hard drive and it is SCSI ,which I thought would be better. I started the setup and after one and a half hours I got a message to put the extension 86 cd into my drive to continue or cancel if I did not have it this of course stopped my installation since I had no clue what it was let alone try to install it. At this point I am now completely frustrated I like Windows but I am sick of all the fatal exception errors and the many bugs windows has. I NEED SOME HELP, I am either completely out of my mind or I just donèt get. The more times I fail the more I want to install it. I have had sucessful installs if I do not need windows but unfornately I still need to use windows for all the proggrams not supported by Linux. If anyone has any suggestions I would be glad to here them. My system is a Pentium 200mmx Ati all in wonder 8 mg video card creative ensonique sound card A adaptec AHA pci SCSI controller 40x cd-rom Yamaha cd-recorder 4x (which I can not figure out) 9 gig Quantum (vikingII) HARD DRIVE (installed) 3 gig fujitsu hard drive(installed) IDE US Robotics 56k voice modem Barracuda hard drive(not sure if I will install it)
Re: [newbie] Windows
hmm well i managed to install windows without killing linux! but im also using a pirated copy of win2k
[newbie] thanks on CD questions
just a note of thanks for the input on the audio CD & CD burner -- crash situation. =) and for the info on copying CDs with cdrecord. must play with that some more. Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2
> Nah, what I mean is I'm running KDE 2 apps quite happily within Enlightenment > without any problems. Seems to crash much less than running KDE itself, oddly > enough. ...this is a path I've got to take with 7.2 I think. I'm much more of a KDE 1.1 fan than I am of GNOME but KDE seems quite determined to muck with the interface so I guess I'm going to have to get used to GNOME. I agree that Enlightenment is the best of the WMs. Sure wish I could get rid of that damn footprint though. I guess I'm old but GNOME smacks of something built by a bunch of kids...bright kids but kids nevertheless. Somehow beercan icons just don't fit with serious computer use in my view. Cheers --- Larry
Re: [newbie] Installing 7.2: swap problem
Ed Tharp wrote: hey, I am really a newbie , but should not your swap be twice the size of the ram? - Original Message - From: "Brice Ruth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 4:19 PM Subject: [newbie] Installing 7.2: swap problem > Greetings! > > Veteran Linux user here, tryin' out Mandrake Linux for the first time ... > > First off, I can't get through the install. Here's what happens: > > Everything goes along fine until we're in the stage where the hard drive > gets partitioned. I have a 6G drive and I wanted to partition it > manually ... so I do. 128M swap, 512M root, the rest goes to usr. > Don't comment on how intelligent or stupid my partitioning scheme is, > please - that shouldn't be at issue here :) > > The installer partitioning interface works fine, I click "done", it pops > up a message about writing the partition table to disk "ok" and then I > get the error ... some kind of incomplete sentence about swap. Here it > is verbatim: > > An error occurred > swap area needs to be. > > WTF? so I hit "OK" ... try again ... I've tried a million different > things ... I've tried using ALT+F2 to get to the command line, used the > fdisk on the CD to manually partition the drive, write out the > partition, reboot the system ... no go. > > This isn't some crazy system ... fairly new, actually. AMD Athlon 700 > w/ 6G Seagate medalist pro drive, 128M ram, 66MHz UDMA capable, but I > think the drive is actually a 33MHz ... > > Any help at all would be most sincerely appreciated! > > Regards, > Brice Ruth > > Check your 'man swap' and you will find they say 128 MB. You can have up to 8 swap partitions (16 according to the LPI study guide). -- Barry :-) Registered Linux User #183879
Re: [[newbie] 7th question - word processing - you only thought iwas finished]
You can say that again! At this point in time I would touch Koffice, or Kword with a ten foot pole. After the fiasko if this weekend past I'm no stinkin hurry to even get a whif of KDE2 or anything related to it. -- Mark Larry is NOT a cucumber...he's a stinkin pickle... WITH WARTS! registered linux user # 182469 =/\= PINE 4.21 =/\= ** Surprisingly on Wed, 1 Nov 2000 Larry Marshall had this to say! > > There's Kword is an excellent alternative to MS Word in Mandrake 7.2. > > Havent tried it yet. But I checked it out as Koffice is integrated together > > like Office 2000. Lookin' like a window killer. hehe > > The big problem with Kword is that it doesn't output foreign formats > yet. This is going to be a problem for anyone who deals with the outside > world. As for Window killer, it's going to have to mature considerably > before acquiring the abilities of current Linux-compatible word > processors. > > Cheers --- Larry > > > >
[newbie] Which hard drive is the most reliable and installation of Linux?
Hi everybody, I have three questions for every one: Q1. What would be the most preferable hard drive to install in your computer or does it matter? Q2. I tried to install mdk7.1 and the IDE configuration froze. However, when I tried to install Redhat 6.1, it started to install but it did indicated that the partition table on hdd may be corrupt. I have Windows 98SE installed on the Fujitsu drive on the first partition. I used Partition Magic to create a separate partition yet it still freezes. I am also using an Iomega zip drive 100MB. Should I disconnect it? Q3. Should I only format the Fujitsu drive using MSDOS and install Linux only? Some of my applications will not run on Linux. I'm out of ideas. Any thoughts? -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293
Re: [newbie] 4th question - HP 500C printer
thanks Jeff then it probably will work, i just have something wrong someplace. must do some experimenting & *gasp* read some documentation maybe. =) i really hate having to read documentation. Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 6:38:50 PM 10/31/00 >>> I've got 1 that works fine with 7.1,no problems so far! I have not tried it with a color cartridge yet though. Jeff
Re: [newbie] External CD-RW Drive?
i have an external CD burner. it's a Philips Omni-Writer... sorry i don't recall the exact model (i'm at work) but it is an older one. i bought it from a computer nut friend. it's a SCSI device and it works just great. =) don't let my previous post about it crashing on me mislead you. that is the only time it has done that under linux. when i installed 7.0 & 7.1 they both autodetected it & set everything up for me. it works great. Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> "C.K.Gardner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3:48:51 PM 11/1/00 >>> I'm looking to do some hardware upgrading in the next couple of months, and I would like some advice about an external cd-rw for a laptop. I've been following discussions on burning cds both in this group and in Linux mags, and rarely does anyone mention externals. Can it even be done with Linux (Mandrake 7.1 being touted as able to recognize more peripherals than most distros)? Speed is not really a priority, and I may never get around to burning music. Just files, programs, and photos. So, in a nutshell: Can it be done? By a newbie? Any recommendations on connections (USB, PCMCIA, etc) or brands? Thanks in advance! Christopher
Re: [newbie] Installing 7.2: swap problem
> Everything goes along fine until we're in the stage where the hard drive > gets partitioned. I have a 6G drive and I wanted to partition it > manually ... so I do. 128M swap, 512M root, the rest goes to usr. > Don't comment on how intelligent or stupid my partitioning scheme is, > please - that shouldn't be at issue here :) You suggest we shouldn't comment on the very subject that seems to be causing the problem. I will however, though briefly. Is this the order in which you're setting up these partitions? Are they defined properly as ext2 and swap? Obviously something is wrong in your setup or you wouldn't be getting errors and having problems. If you could provide a bit more detail of what you're doing (partition order, type, are you dual-booting?, etc) might help. Since you say you're an experienced Linux user, what Linuxes have you used? Cheers --- Larry
Re: [newbie] Installing 7.2: swap problem
One other note ... as a pot shot in the dark, I thought I'd try to install RedHat 7.0 (bad idea, I know - just wanted to see if the install would work or if my hardware was horked) ... it appears to be working (installing packages now ...) -Brice Brice Ruth wrote: > > Greetings! > > Veteran Linux user here, tryin' out Mandrake Linux for the first time ... > > First off, I can't get through the install. Here's what happens: > > Everything goes along fine until we're in the stage where the hard drive > gets partitioned. I have a 6G drive and I wanted to partition it > manually ... so I do. 128M swap, 512M root, the rest goes to usr. > Don't comment on how intelligent or stupid my partitioning scheme is, > please - that shouldn't be at issue here :) > > The installer partitioning interface works fine, I click "done", it pops > up a message about writing the partition table to disk "ok" and then I > get the error ... some kind of incomplete sentence about swap. Here it > is verbatim: > > An error occurred > swap area needs to be. > > WTF? so I hit "OK" ... try again ... I've tried a million different > things ... I've tried using ALT+F2 to get to the command line, used the > fdisk on the CD to manually partition the drive, write out the > partition, reboot the system ... no go. > > This isn't some crazy system ... fairly new, actually. AMD Athlon 700 > w/ 6G Seagate medalist pro drive, 128M ram, 66MHz UDMA capable, but I > think the drive is actually a 33MHz ... > > Any help at all would be most sincerely appreciated! > > Regards, > Brice Ruth
Re: [newbie] Thanks!
In a message dated 31-Oct-00 10:37:15 Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks everyone who's tried to help me find an ISP provider. I tried to respond to the 2 people who suggested Mindspring. Unfortunately for some bizarre reason, both of my responses were kicked back to me saying I had used a "no no" phrase and therefore the posts would not appear. Have no idea what that means and I'm not aware of having written any atrocities. Running a non-profit organization I don't have time to try to worry about every single word I write. I would appreciate more info on using Mindspring from you guys who know about it. If you'd be willing to offer further help, please contact me directly. my only experience with mindsprig is with windows, but mindspring is probably the better isp, next to freewwweb which doesnt exist any more, however their represenitives are very knoledgeable and will send you all informatiopn you need to hook up to the net, they dont require you using their software at all considering you pay around $19/month for thier service, and for a little extra cash they will add web space for anything you want. normally for buisnesses they also cater to the home user as well. if you have a second phone line or a cell you can have them take you step by step as you configure everything you need, me im a cheap skate so i always look for a free service,
Re: [newbie] choice of computer - fix contacts
Ron, Treat unreliable connections with Stabilant22. It can work magic, as long as the problem is in the sockets and not broken contacts in the multi-level motherboard beneith them [see below for how to test]. TV radiofrequency contacts, high end stereo, computers, any low voltage contacts. I wouldn't have believed that one product would work so well in such widely different environments and uses if I hadn't used it these ways myself. A 15 mL service kit (about $30 in the U.S.) is more than sufficient. This stuff is manufactured in Canada by: D.W. Electrochemicals Ltd. 97 Newkirk Road North Richmond Hill, Ontario L4C 3G4 CANADA Write them and they will give you any local dealers. I do know know about a web site though I would expect them to have one. If there are no local dealers, and you might be surprised that there may be since this stuff is used in service of critical electronics, you can mailorder directly from them. Now the warning, I only found that it helped about twice a year when I was working as a computer technician. Hand "rock" the socket itself sideways (you don't want to be rough with this) (without touching anything in the socket or allowing it to NOT move freely as the socket is rocked -- disconnect any chassis attachment, loosen cables so that the board moves along with the socket, etc.) while operating whatever is in the socket. Not touching any bare contacts may be difficult, that's to be expected. If things go berserk its the motherboard not the socket. If it's the motherboard it's unreparable beyond what you can achieve by wedging toothpicks under the socket, etc. If it's the socket the Stabilant22 WILL solve your problem. -Gary- In a message dated 11/1/2000 1:35:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << My thanks to all who helped, Frankenstein has woken up again and is working; Took the MB that supported 4 banks of memory, put on it the fastest CPU, and apart from a flaky cache RAM-stick and having to juggle PCI boards around to get them to work, no problem. I can now wade through 1200 emails that have accumulated in between time ;-( Thanks again to all for the kind advice. Ron the Frog, on the banks of the Paraguay River. >>
[newbie] Installing 7.2: swap problem
Greetings! Veteran Linux user here, tryin' out Mandrake Linux for the first time ... First off, I can't get through the install. Here's what happens: Everything goes along fine until we're in the stage where the hard drive gets partitioned. I have a 6G drive and I wanted to partition it manually ... so I do. 128M swap, 512M root, the rest goes to usr. Don't comment on how intelligent or stupid my partitioning scheme is, please - that shouldn't be at issue here :) The installer partitioning interface works fine, I click "done", it pops up a message about writing the partition table to disk "ok" and then I get the error ... some kind of incomplete sentence about swap. Here it is verbatim: An error occurred swap area needs to be. WTF? so I hit "OK" ... try again ... I've tried a million different things ... I've tried using ALT+F2 to get to the command line, used the fdisk on the CD to manually partition the drive, write out the partition, reboot the system ... no go. This isn't some crazy system ... fairly new, actually. AMD Athlon 700 w/ 6G Seagate medalist pro drive, 128M ram, 66MHz UDMA capable, but I think the drive is actually a 33MHz ... Any help at all would be most sincerely appreciated! Regards, Brice Ruth
Re: [newbie] PCMCIA modems -- Better use external ones
At 1/11/00 05:15:00 Tierra, you wrote: >I am trying to get a PCMCIA modems to work under Kppp (MD7.1, Sony Vaio PCG >F250) I have tried all the /dev options from /dev/modem to whatever the last >one is and either get modem busy, can't open modem etc. If I set flow control >to "none" and then try to query modem, it will say modem ready and check the >ATI commands but the resulting table of ATI commands is blank. >The shop told me that all PCMCIA modems are "hardware" modems, were they wrong, >have they sold me a Winmodem ? > > To be sure about the modem is better change the PCMCIA by an external, it is very painless and linux use it fast as simple. Jedi
Re: [newbie] upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2
> BTW, does anyone here *not* like KDE2? Most people seem to prefer it, but I > have to say that although it has some excellent apps (konqueror is far > superior to kfm), on the whole the look and feel is a bit clunky for my I haven't spent much time with it but mostly because I don't like it. Seems to me that they've taken some nice stuff and muddied it up considerably. > taste. Still works well with Enlightenment, though, which is exactly how I > like it. You're running KDE v2 with Enlightenment? How? You sure you don't have little feet scampering around your screen (grin)? Cheers --- Larry
RE: Re: [newbie] Promise ATA-100
I think at this time LM 7.2 supports ATA66. Maybe 7.3 or 8.0 will support ATA100, I do think that kernel 2.4.x does support it though. --- Original Message --- abe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wrote on Wed, 01 Nov 2000 11:13:29 -0800 -- pretty sure it doesn't. 7.2b3 wouldn't install on my A7V with my primary drive on the ATA-100 controller. Perhaps 2.4 kernel will support ATA-100? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm thinking of installing Mandrake 7.2, but wanted to know if anyone knows if it supports > ATA-100?? Can anyone help. > > Roland > Serman -- The frammisgoshes should be distimmed because a frammisgosh is like a farble and distimming is like gosketing and our ancestors always gosketed the farbles. --R.A. Wilson - Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere!
Re: [newbie] How to burn iso under windows
NOONONONO Dont do this. I tried it once and it ended up createing a cd with the image file on it. You have to look under file->create from disk image. Do it from there. - Original Message - From: "Robin Regennitter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 7:38 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] How to burn iso under windows > On Tuesday 31 October 2000 04:22, you wrote: > > I just use Adaptec Easy CD Creator. Just make sure the filesystem under File > is ISO9660. then go to your iso image file and just double click on it and > it will automatically detect it as an ISO image, it will then ask you a > couple of question, and finally, burn the image on the CD for you. Very > simple and straightforward if you have the Adaptec Easy CD Creator. > > > > What program will you be using to burn the cd. > > > >Charles > > - Original Message - > > From: Julio C. Gutierrez > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 6:32 AM > > Subject: [newbie] How to burn iso under windows > > > > > > Does anyone of you know how I can burn an ISO image in windows and make > > the cd bootable? Yuor help will be really appreciated > > Thank you!! > >Julio Gutierrez > > > Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Attachment: 1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Content-Description: > >
[newbie] Promise ATA-100
I'm thinking of installing Mandrake 7.2, but wanted to know if anyone knows if it supports ATA-100?? Can anyone help. Roland Serman
[newbie] Fwd: sendmail question
I have a mandrake 7.1 machine as follows packard bell cyrix 300+ 233mhz 144 megs ram 4.8 gig drive 13.1 gig drive samba server apache server ipchains 2 nics (1 3com, 1 realtek) s3 video card 4 megs ram cable internet service (fixed IP) I can send to one of the users on the server and it recieves it. I am running webmin module for sendmail. I can read as well as send out from there and it works great. But I can't connect from win98 using outlook to pick up mail. I have enabled pop3 in my inetd.conf as well as have enabled fetchmail on boot up to no avail. the error I get when trying to pick up my mail on outlook express is Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, a long period of inactivity. Account: 'cr705621-a', Server: 'cr705621-a.wlfdle1.on.wave.home.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F The email is not set to ssl and either is the sendmail. I'm really lost any help would be great! If you need anything else let me know. Right now I'm just using my cable name as my server name but once I have it all working great I plan to purchase a domain. Regards Mike Freeman Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder! Linux Registered User #190770 (10/02/2000) Get your own free email account from http://www.popmail.com
Re: [newbie] Promise ATA-100
pretty sure it doesn't. 7.2b3 wouldn't install on my A7V with my primary drive on the ATA-100 controller. Perhaps 2.4 kernel will support ATA-100? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm thinking of installing Mandrake 7.2, but wanted to know if anyone knows if it >supports > ATA-100?? Can anyone help. > > Roland > Serman -- The frammisgoshes should be distimmed because a frammisgosh is like a farble and distimming is like gosketing and our ancestors always gosketed the farbles. --R.A. Wilson
Re: [newbie] bttv and module pre-install
Paul Fuggle ÏÔÐÒÁ×ÌÅÎÏ 30.10.00 21:32: >Running MD7.1 with a BT848 >TV card. > >Even though I have the lines >in my conf.modules file :- > >'pre-install bttv modprobe >-k tuner' and >'pre-install bttv modprobe >-k msp3400' > >I always have to login as root >and modprobe the modules >manually prior to running >Kwintv. > >Has anyone else had the >same problem. I'm not sure but "init" scripts take the modules to load during boot in /etc/mudules. I had similar problem with ide-scsi module (I had to insmod it manually every time). After I added it to /etc/modules everything went OK. Hope it helps. Serge
Re: [newbie] USB Printer
Probably, there is an entry "Docuprint P8e" in the model list, and in addition USB printing is supported by Mandrake 7.2 (I use a DeskJet 840C with USB connection). The Docuprint P8e is compatible to the HP LaserJet 4 series (uses the "ljet4" driver of GhostScript). So probably also the GIMP-Print drivers for 600-dpi LaserJets would work. Till Saravut Teepprasan wrote: > > Does USB Printer Xerox Docuprint P8xe works on Mandrake 7.2? > > Saravut Teepprasan > http://www.digitaltophoto.com
RE: [newbie] PCMCIA modems
Title: RE: [newbie] PCMCIA modems Look in the Drakeconfig for hardware detection or lothar I can't remember which its called now, click on that and when it lists everything there should be a + box next to modem, see what it says, did it detect the modem? Also I have found that when I give KPPP all the configuration data I then have to exit from the Xwindow and restart or exit completely and reboot. Once I have done that the modem works fine. I don't think you will be able to use /dev/modem without making a symbolic link to it from the real port... Is a PCMCIA plugged into or considered a serial port on your computer( I've never used one on a laptop)? If it is the equivalent of COM 1 or 2 in windows then you should get a connection at /dev/ttys0 or ttys1, hope that helps. Dennis M. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 11:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] PCMCIA modems I am trying to get a PCMCIA modems to work under Kppp (MD7.1, Sony Vaio PCG F250) I have tried all the /dev options from /dev/modem to whatever the last one is and either get modem busy, can't open modem etc. If I set flow control to "none" and then try to query modem, it will say modem ready and check the ATI commands but the resulting table of ATI commands is blank. The shop told me that all PCMCIA modems are "hardware" modems, were they wrong, have they sold me a Winmodem ?
[newbie] upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2
Is it possible/easy to update from mandrake version 7.1 to 7.2 because i already have 7.1 installed and working OK, and should have received 7.2 this morning in the post. I just wondered if i can easily upgrade or if a re-install is better. jamie _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
Re: [newbie] upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2
Having just gone through this loop, I would recommend a fresh install rather than an upgrade. The installer gives you the option not to reformat your /home partition, which means you can do the install and keep stuff that you need. BTW, does anyone here *not* like KDE2? Most people seem to prefer it, but I have to say that although it has some excellent apps (konqueror is far superior to kfm), on the whole the look and feel is a bit clunky for my taste. Still works well with Enlightenment, though, which is exactly how I like it. > Is it possible/easy to update from mandrake version 7.1 to 7.2 because i > already have 7.1 installed and working OK, and should have received 7.2 > this morning in the post. I just wondered if i can easily upgrade or if a > re-install is better. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "If the Lord Almighty had consulted me before embarking on the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler" - Alfonso X of Castile
Re: RE: [newbie] Got everything else to work but still no CDRW
Hi Paul and Jim, Paul Fuggle wrote on 31.10.00 0:34: >when you execute 'cdrecord >-scanbus' as root does it list >your CDRW as a SCSI device? > >You have not mentioned >anything regarding >appending 'hdc=ide-scsi' to >your kernel boot command. Yes, I guess it's a requirement. But it can be not enough. >... >-Original Message- >From: Jim Weimer >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >] Sent: 30 October 2000 >00:01 >To: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >m >Subject: [newbie] Got >everything else to work but >still no CDRW > > >I'm haveing problems >accessing the CDRW on a >recent install of Mandrake >7.1 on a 166Hz pentium with >64 meg ram. When I try to >open the folder I > >receive the following >message-Could not list >directory contents >file:/mnt/cdrom. Yes a CD is >in the drive and yes it is a >data CD the Linux mandrake >7.1 install disk. If I umount >then try to mount scd0 the >system tells me it is not a >block device. The following is >the existing system >and files. > > fstab >... >/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom >supermount >fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/scd0 I'm not sure about device as you set the link '/dev/cdrom correctly (below). >... >I changed cdrom super >mount from >/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom >supermount >fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdro >m 0 0 > > Conf.modules >alias block-major-11 >scsi_hostadapter I use Sony CRX-100E and I don't have this item in my 'conf.modules'. I'm not sure but this may cause the problem. >alias scsi_hostadapter >ide-scsi >... >modprobe scsi_hostadapter >alias sound sb >... > > dmesg-in part >. >. >hdc: Hewlett-Packard >CD-Writer Plus 8100, ATAPI >CDROM drive >. >. >hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM >CD-R/RW drive, 1024kB >Cache Uniform CDROM >driver Revision: 2.56 >. >. >scsi0 : SCSI host adapter >emulation for IDE ATAPI >devices scsi : 1 host. >Soundblaster audio driver >Copyright (C) by Hannu >Savolainen 1993-1996 SB >4.13 detected OK (220) >. >. > >I entered the following >command- >cd /dev/ && rm cdrom && >ln -s scd0 cdrom >then "y" to confirm deletion >of prior link. > >The command insmod >ide-scsi resonds with Using >/lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/s >csi/ide-scsi0 >insmod: a module names >ide-scsi already exits And what 'cat /proc/devices' says? Does it list 'sr' under block devices section? >I do not use Lilo, Grub is >installed as default in >Mandrake 7.1 but its on the >first partition not the >master boot record to keep >it from trashing EZ Bios on >hda. I use loadlin from the >DOS C: prompt via a .bat file >to boot linux. Linux is on >hdb. > > >the command modprobe >ide-scsi responds with- note: >/etc/conf.modules is more >recent than >/lib/modules/2.2.15.4 >mdk/modules.dep >the command modprobe >scsi_hostadapter resonds >with the same message > >I have finally managed with >your help,I read the >archives, to get my sound >card and USR 56 modem >working. The CDRW is my >last stumbling block and I >can't seem to get it on my >own. > >thanks in advance > >Jim > Please see comments above... It sounds pretty strange. I can make just a couple of remarks: 1) 'hdc=ide-scsi' should be added to kernel loading parameters. I don't know how to do it with 'loadlin' though. 2) The first line in 'conf.modules' looks rather suspicious. I would try to remove it temporary just to make a try. 3) Add line 'ide-scsi' to '/etc/modules'. 4) Set permissions to '666' or even something more relaxed on both '/dev/cdrom' and '/dev/scd0'. Hope it helps. Serge
[newbie] re:freeserve connection in the UK
thanks everyone for your suggestions, i will try out some of the ip addresses when i get home. Jamie _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
Re: [newbie] 4th question - HP 500C printer
Try Mandrake 7.2, the printing is completely new there and for many printers there is even more than one driver, so you can choo if a driver would fail absolutely. In addition you can easily set up options at every printout by simple mouse clicks. Surf to: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Demo/Mandrake7.2/QuickLook/pages/quicklook5.php3 Till Adrian Smith wrote: > > there has recently been some talk about printers on the list which actually told me >some things i need to know (now to empty that bloody print que which has become my >enemy). > > but does anyone have a HP 500C printer working with 7.1? > my printer worked just fine with 7.0. > but once i went to 7.1 -- nothing but garbage will come out of it. > > i'm going to try some of the things that came up here recently & if printer still no >work i'll be back to you. maybe it will fix under 7.2=) > > thanks > 2 more on the way >
[newbie] PCMCIA modems
I am trying to get a PCMCIA modems to work under Kppp (MD7.1, Sony Vaio PCG F250) I have tried all the /dev options from /dev/modem to whatever the last one is and either get modem busy, can't open modem etc. If I set flow control to "none" and then try to query modem, it will say modem ready and check the ATI commands but the resulting table of ATI commands is blank. The shop told me that all PCMCIA modems are "hardware" modems, were they wrong, have they sold me a Winmodem ?
Re: [newbie] Windows
Hi jason, Well you have three options. 1.use fdisk and create a non-dos partition or an ext.2 of windows. 2.use partition magic and size it out that way. Either way is incredibly simple. I figured it out on my own so Im sure you can as well. Just be sure you use 100 percent of the available space otherwise itll cause problems. 3. use diskdrake and size it out through linux I used gnome and it was incredible easy. So let us know what happens. Chronos. At 08:01 AM 11/01/2000 -0700, you wrote: >When I installed Linux for the first time I wiped out my Windows >Partition. How do I re-install it under Linux. I am using ver 6.1. >I want to be able to use both Windows & Linux. My Windows OS >was 95. > >Thanks, > >Jason
RE: [newbie] Windows
You'll have to start from scratch, Windblows needs to be installed first then Linux. You should be able to install linux without wiping out your windows partition. --- Original Message --- "Jason Cunningham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wrote on Wed, 1 Nov 2000 08:01:35 -0700 -- This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0044_01C043D9.F4543F20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable When I installed Linux for the first time I wiped out my Windows Partition. How do I re-install it under Linux. I am using ver 6.1. I want to be able to use both Windows & Linux. My Windows OS was 95. Thanks, Jason --=_NextPart_000_0044_01C043D9.F4543F20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable When I installed Linux for the first time I wipe= d out=20 my Windows Partition. How do I re-install it under=20 Linux. I am using ver 6.1. I want to be able to use both Windows & Linu= x. My=20 Windows OS was 95. Thanks, Jason --=_NextPart_000_0044_01C043D9.F4543F20-- - Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere!
[newbie] LM & NFS
I have a Mandrake-Linux 6.1 web server that works great! However, during the install I accidently included NFS, so each time I re-boot the server, I receive errors for: NFS services NFS mountd NFS daemon NFS quotas NFS statd Now that I want to use the "printtool" to configure printing, I receive the following error: ncpfs does not appear to be installed, you will not be able to print to a Netware Printer without it it can't be installed. The question is, how do I uninstall the NFS without destroying my web server? Thanks.
Re: [newbie] Internet in the UK
I use 195.92.195.94 and 195.92.195.95 to connect to freeserve unlimited PAP authentication Dynamic IP address the Gateway/Login/Accounting are left as they defaulted to when I installed. I had no need to edit any files, just set up Kppp as above and away it went. Poogle On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, you wrote: > Has anyone managed to setup a connection to freeserve in the UK? I have > managed to setup the PPP correctly-ish. It connects to the server however, i > get no server found when trying to goto sites. I think that the problem is > that i have no DNS listed in the PPP properties, the problem is that i don't > know the IP address of the DNS which freeserve uses. Can anyone tell me, or > give me the IP address of a different DNS which i could use, (i am under > the impression that any valid DNS will do, is this so?) > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Jamie > _ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com.
Re: [newbie] Changing colors.
--- Larry Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > How do I change the screen colors for my user > account? > > I am able to change the colors for the root > account so > > I assume this is a security problem (do I need to > > change rights to a setup file to allow writing? > which > > file?). I chose to use mid-level security during > the > > Check the permissions on your .kderc file. I don't > remember the details > but someone here reported this as a problem once > before and the problem > was that somehow only root could write to his .kderc > file. This resulted > in KDE Control Center to accept the changes but not > actually change the > file. > > Cheers --- Larry > > That sounds exactly like what is happening to me. I will check the permissions when I get home and get back to the group if I can't get it working. Will there be a separate copy of that file for each user on the system? Assuming the file is owned by root, do I change the owner or just allow the write permission to everyone? Thanks for the help. -Dave __ Do You Yahoo!? >From homework help to love advice, Yahoo! Experts has your answer. http://experts.yahoo.com/
RE: [newbie] Windows
Hi Jason ; My suggestion is to actually reformat you drive . install win95 first and the reinstall your preferred flavour of Linux. Ingo -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jason CunninghamSent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 11:02 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [newbie] Windows When I installed Linux for the first time I wiped out my Windows Partition. How do I re-install it under Linux. I am using ver 6.1. I want to be able to use both Windows & Linux. My Windows OS was 95. Thanks, Jason
[newbie] Kernel Compile
Hi All, I just recently tried recompiling my kernel. I made only a small number of changes, but I thought I would try it out. I changed the the EXTRAVERSION variable int the Makefile in /usr/src/linux so that the kernel would be appended with -SDP instead of -mdk. I performed the usual make dep make clean make bzImage make modules make modules_install make install I get some assembler warnings during the compilation of the modules, Warning: Ignoring changed section attributes for .modinfo Then after everything is finished and installed, I get lots of problems with loading the modules during the subsequent boot. Nov 1 11:13:53 haldane depmod: depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17-SDP/fs/smbfs.o Nov 1 11:13:53 haldane depmod: depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17-SDP/ieee1394/ieee1394.o Nov 1 11:13:53 haldane depmod: depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17-SDP/ieee1394/pcilynx.o etc. Anyone have any suggestions on what I have done wrong? Thanks, Scott
Re: [newbie] sendmail
May I know what is your current configuration at your Linux server - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: SKLIM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 10:27 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] sendmail > I'm not just in a local area network though. I am as well in a remote session from my work place! > > > > Because this is your internal network. Goto your windows'95 /98 MsDos > > Prompt. > > Edit the hosts files at C:\windows > > > > Example : Edit hosts.sam > > Your Linux IP Address Your Linux Server Domain Name > > 192.168.0.1mail.linuxserver > > > > Make sure that you can Ping your linux server name. > > > > Best Regards, > > SKLIM > > > > > > > > > > - Original Message - > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 11:56 PM > > Subject: [newbie] sendmail > > > > > > > I have enabled pop3 in my inetd.conf as well as have enabled fetchmail on > > boot up to no avail. the error I get when trying to pick up my mail on > > outlook express is > > > > > > Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes > > for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of > > inactivity. Account: 'cr705621-a', Server: > > 'cr705621-a.wlfdle1.on.wave.home.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, > > Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F > > > > > > No the email is not set to ssl and either is the sendmail I'm really lost > > any help would be great!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > > Mike Freeman > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder! > > > Linux Registered User #190770 (10/02/2000) > > > > > > > > > > > > Get your own free email account from > > > http://www.popmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > Mike Freeman > > > > > > Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder! > Linux Registered User #190770 (10/02/2000) > > > > Get your own free email account from > http://www.popmail.com > > >
Re: [newbie] 3rd question - reading an audio CD
On Tuesday 31 October 2000 06:52 pm, you wrote: > when i put an audio CD into my drive i can not access it, as in: > cd /mnt/cdrom You can't, and aren't supposed to mount audio CD's. > > when i try to mount cdrom i get: > already mounted acording to mtab. > > is this normal? can one not access an audio CD? Yes it's normal. Using a player, Xmms for example, put an audio CD in your CDrom, click on the '+dir' button, navigate to 'mnt' in the dialog box that appears. Click on the '+' next to mnt, which will show the devices under mnt. Hi-lite 'cdrom' and click OK. The audio tracks on the CD will be loaded into Xmms' playlist window. -- Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay > if i fire up gtoaster and go to cdrom as if i were going to burn > files, i can see all the tracks on the audio CD just fine there, > so i know the hardware is working and such. > > thanks... > standby for next question > (i've been saving these up) > > > > Adrian Smith > 'de telepone dude > Telecom Dept. > x 7042 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Windows
When I installed Linux for the first time I wiped out my Windows Partition. How do I re-install it under Linux. I am using ver 6.1. I want to be able to use both Windows & Linux. My Windows OS was 95. Thanks, Jason
[newbie] USB Printer
Does USB Printer Xerox Docuprint P8xe works on Mandrake 7.2? Saravut Teepprasan http://www.digitaltophoto.com
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Re: [newbie] sendmail
I'm not just in a local area network though. I am as well in a remote session from my work place! > Because this is your internal network. Goto your windows'95 /98 MsDos > Prompt. > Edit the hosts files at C:\windows > > Example : Edit hosts.sam > Your Linux IP Address Your Linux Server Domain Name > 192.168.0.1mail.linuxserver > > Make sure that you can Ping your linux server name. > > Best Regards, > SKLIM > > > > > - Original Message - > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 11:56 PM > Subject: [newbie] sendmail > > > > I have enabled pop3 in my inetd.conf as well as have enabled fetchmail on > boot up to no avail. the error I get when trying to pick up my mail on > outlook express is > > > > Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes > for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of > inactivity. Account: 'cr705621-a', Server: > 'cr705621-a.wlfdle1.on.wave.home.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, > Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F > > > > No the email is not set to ssl and either is the sendmail I'm really lost > any help would be great!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Mike Freeman > > > > > > > > > > > > Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder! > > Linux Registered User #190770 (10/02/2000) > > > > > > > > Get your own free email account from > > http://www.popmail.com > > > > > > > > > Regards Mike Freeman Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder! Linux Registered User #190770 (10/02/2000) Get your own free email account from http://www.popmail.com
RE: [newbie] ppp established but...
I've been having the same problem. I don't think it's the ISP because before I reinstalled Linux (this time in expert mode, though still mostly using the defaults)this ISP worked fine. Is there something I have to setup special to get acess to the internet? My security level is set to medium, just like it used to be. I'm also not sure if I need to set up any server activity to start up as I load Linux or not (special to get internet to work, I mean). I hope that wasn't too convoluted, in any case, same problem as below. -Paul R peter.schawacker wrote: After I dial in to my ISP and establish a ppp connection, I can't do anything. Trying to telnet gets the following message: host name lookup failure no matter what machine I try to dial into. Netscap gives me the following: unable to locate the server home.netscape.com. Can anyone shed some light on this dilemna? I've been using Red Hat on another machine for the last two years with no problems. Thanks. __ Do You Yahoo!? >From homework help to love advice, Yahoo! Experts has your answer. http://experts.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] 1st question -- CD burner crash & burn
> > next, i have burned a few CDs using gtoaster. i was burning one > > this weekend and went to fire up GIMP while doing that. short > > of the long, Linux did a windoze imitation. crashed & burned > > big time. first gtoaster froze, then KFM, then eterm. ended up > > shutting down to reboot. > > Burning CDs, in any OS is very much sensitive to the ability of > the machine to keep the buffer full. If there's a fetch with > nothing there you lose and the disk is trash. You can solve this > problem by running at a slower speed using the -speed= option. > > Cheers --- Larry CD burning continues to be more of an art than a science ;) I have a highly regarded, quality, BX motherboard (Soyo 6ba+III) and an equally regarded burner (Plextor 8432). I burn off a fast HDD, IBM 7200rpm 2mb cache. My cpu/ram/L2 cache is optimized to the hilt thru changes to L2 latency, FSB, and ram timings, boosted IO and Vcore voltages. 608 mhz PIII, 256 mb of cas2 ram, excellent cpu and case cooling. -Still- I had some occaisional problems burning with Linux and W98 till I swapped the CD-RW and CDrom on the second ide, making the burner the slave. Only thing I can think of to rationalize this 'fix' is that as slave, the CD-RW is on the ide cable at a shorter length from the motherboard. -- Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
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Re: [newbie] compiling kwintv
the file itself should be in /usr/lib, make sure that you also have kdesupport-devel rpm loaded. It may be looking for a specific header file or something. -- Original Message -- From: Ashley Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 14:16:59 +0300 >I'm trying to get bttv to work on my LM 7.1 installation. I have all the >required modules and they load correctly. Then I got my hands on the >'kwintv-xx.tar.gz' and expanded it. >When I run ./configure from within the kwintv directory, a lot of check >scroll up quickly till > >'checking for jpeglib6a. Please install the kdesupport package >If you already installed kdesupport, you may have an >old libjpeg somewhere' > >I have the kdesupport package installed. Where can I find this file >'libjpeg' or am I supposed to get something else confiured before >trying to complie the kwintv package > >Ashley Moore. > > > >
RE: [newbie] Internet in the UK
I think so you can use 193.140.62.200 / 193.140.61.56 or 194.27.149.19 Gürkan Deveci -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 2:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet in the UK In a message dated 31/10/00 18:57:19 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << tup the PPP correctly-ish. It connects to the server however, i get no server found when trying to goto sites. I think that the problem is that i have no DNS listed in the PPP properties, the problem is that i don't know the IP address of the DNS which freeserve uses. Can anyone tell me, or give me the IP address of a different DNS which i could use, (i am under the impression that any valid DNS will do, is this so?) Any help would be greatly appreciated. Jamie _ >> I have never tried myself but have heard that it is possible. Ez
RE: [newbie] installing on 2nd hd
Alex,
Since you have two harddisk, suggest putting your disks in removable
trays, config each as pri. master, insert whichever you wish to use and
boot-up. When you are comfortable with the OS's involved then do the
'marrying'.
I now have at home, Win95B, Win2000 (was WinNt 4 used by my son),
Linux-Mandrake 7.1, & Red Hat 6.0 each on its own - will be doing that
also for SuSe 6.3 on a 4 Gb. When I am 'comfortable' with one of the linux
distro, Win95B can exit thru' the window.
You seem to be wanting dual boot, try read up {Windows/Linux Dual
Boot} at http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue38/veselosky.html
Just my $0.2. Good Luck.
At 04:02 PM 31-10-2000 +, you wrote:
>I have installed the bootloader to both hda and hdb I have also tried
>disconnecting the other win 98 drive and trying with just the linux drive I
>keep getting this message:
>
>starting linux
>
>kernal (hd0,4)/vmlinuz root=dev/hdb5 hdd=ide-scsi
>[linux-bzImage, setup=0xe00, size-0xa4530
>
>I have also tried using just one linux partition 7.5gb and a swap partition
>300mb to no avail
[newbie] Reoccuring 3:02 error
Hello,
I'm relativily new to using linux (I've only been using it for a
month or so), and I keep getting a reoccuring
Kernal Panic "VFS: unable to mount root partition 03:02
This has happened twice before and both times I haven't been able to
find enough info on how to fix it. I don't know why it keeps on
happening, but I booted up linux yesturday (or tried to) and got the
error again. I had just re-installed it a week before due to the
same problem, so I wasn't a terribly happy boy.
I've tried to boot with my rescue disk all 3 times but without luck.
I keep getting the message:
Unable to open initial console
kernel panic: No init found. try passing init= option to kernel
Can anyone explain why this may keep occuring? What it may mean
(From what I've read it seems to mean the system cannot find hda2 at
a low level). And possible some help on fixing it.
My machine is a
Celeron 533 (socket 370)
64MB RAM (Core, I read about it again {As I had heard the term before
but in realation to old mainframes})
15GB HD, 6GB win98 partition (hda1)
/ (hda2)
/boot (hda5)
/usr (hda6)
/home (hda7)
/swap (hda8)
/var (hda9)
ATI Rage IIc 8MB
Creative PCI Ensoniq
Motorola 56kbs winmodem
52x IDE CD-ROM
thanks,
Trevor Stewart
Re: [newbie] Internet in the UK
In a message dated 31/10/00 18:57:19 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << tup the PPP correctly-ish. It connects to the server however, i get no server found when trying to goto sites. I think that the problem is that i have no DNS listed in the PPP properties, the problem is that i don't know the IP address of the DNS which freeserve uses. Can anyone tell me, or give me the IP address of a different DNS which i could use, (i am under the impression that any valid DNS will do, is this so?) Any help would be greatly appreciated. Jamie _ >> I have never tried myself but have heard that it is possible. Ez
Re: [[newbie] 7th question - word processing - you only thought iwas finished]
> There's Kword is an excellent alternative to MS Word in Mandrake 7.2. > Havent tried it yet. But I checked it out as Koffice is integrated together > like Office 2000. Lookin' like a window killer. hehe The big problem with Kword is that it doesn't output foreign formats yet. This is going to be a problem for anyone who deals with the outside world. As for Window killer, it's going to have to mature considerably before acquiring the abilities of current Linux-compatible word processors. Cheers --- Larry
Re: [newbie] CD-RW Drive Question
Is this Iomega drive the ZipCD 8x4x32? I have had no problems burning using Nero 5 in Windows 2000, but in Linux using Gnome-Toaster and Gcombust I have had problems. These programmes are front-ends for cdrecord, and when I tell it to burn a CD it finishes earlier than expected but it says that the burn was successful. I first thought that this was because Linux burning is faster than Windows burning, but after trying to read the CDs I have received I/O errors when accessing certain directories (i.e. some of the files are there,some are not). I think this is due to buffer underruns. Can you tell me how to rectify this problem? Thanks. On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 17:17, Aries wrote: > On Monday 30 October 2000 20:59, you wrote: > > > Does anyone know of a CD-RW Drive that works well with Linux? If so, > > please > > > make some recommendation's. > > > > Thank you, > > Thomas E. Fink > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > He who laughs last thinks slowest. > > > Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Attachment: 1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Content-Description: > > I use an Iomega internal ide CD-R/RW. I've been using it for over 2wks now > and it works great, better then it does in M$ -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "One World, One Web, One Programme." - Microsoft Promotional Ad. "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer." - Adolf Hitler
[newbie] Kwin and kde apps do not run in ML7.2
Hi. Yesterday I installed Mandrake 7.2 and I got some problems with KDE 2. It seems that the window manager (kwin) does not run. My windows have no borders, cannot be moved, etc. Also my Desktop is gone (no icons). When I try to start kwin from a command line I get the following error message: Qt: Locales not supported on X server qstring_to_xtp result code -2 ... Figuring that there might be some problems with X i changed to XFree 4 instead of XFree 3.3.6 but it made no difference to my problem. Other kde apps also produce the same kind of error message, kmail for example. Also licq is unstable so maybe there is a problem with qt? Any ideas what to do? Right now I am running gnome but I'd love to try out KDE2 and have my kde apps working properly. Thanks for any help. Regards /Anders
[newbie] compiling kwintv
I'm trying to get bttv to work on my LM 7.1 installation. I have all the required modules and they load correctly. Then I got my hands on the 'kwintv-xx.tar.gz' and expanded it. When I run ./configure from within the kwintv directory, a lot of check scroll up quickly till 'checking for jpeglib6a. Please install the kdesupport package If you already installed kdesupport, you may have an old libjpeg somewhere' I have the kdesupport package installed. Where can I find this file 'libjpeg' or am I supposed to get something else confiured before trying to complie the kwintv package Ashley Moore.
