[newbie] 'kill' on the desktop

2000-11-25 Thread bascule

if you click on the kill icon and then on the desktop you lose all the icons 
and right click functionality on the desktop, i just know i'm going to do 
this more than once, when a prog.. oh lets be honest, when netscape freezes i 
never know if i have selcted kill properly or not so i do it a few times,

what is the command to run to get the full desktop back, i read elsewhere 
(here or expert) that the desktop is provided by a prog

bascule




Re: [newbie] Connection speed

2000-11-25 Thread Eddie Torres

On Saturday 25 November 2000 20:12, you wrote:
> Can anyone tell me how to tell what my connection speed is? I had a
> nice little app called speedgadget in Windows, but there's no way I'm
> booting into hell just for that ;-)
>
> Thanks!

Use gkrellm, it has an option to show you your connection speed.
-- 
Eddie Torress
www.veloct.net




Re: [newbie] Connect via netbios?

2000-11-25 Thread Chris Slater-Walker

NetBIOS over the internet is never a good idea. A computer which is set up
to receive and share files in this manner is an open invitation to every
hacker and cracker to do whatever they want.

Chris

- Original Message -
From: "Jon Doe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 4:30 AM
Subject: [newbie] Connect via netbios?


> My borther-in-law has a windows computer and he is always wanting help and
> for me to send files over the internet. I know netbios is a big thing with
> windows and I just wondered if this would be a good way for us to connect
> over the internet and if so what do I need on this linux box to connect to
> his windows box?
>
> --
> The box said Win95 or better so I got Linux.
>
> Registered Linux user 181996
>
>





Re: [newbie] Connect via netbios?

2000-11-25 Thread bascule

if you are both connected to the internet and not via a local lan then 
netbios won't help you here (unless you go for some strange vpn stuff), you 
could set up some ftp space you both have access to (some isps provide web 
space etc that you can only access by dialing directly in so check this) if 
the files are small you could both use an im client that supports file 
transfers (you will have to research this to see if a linux client for an im 
service will transfer files between it and the windows client) i'm assuming 
of course that either you or your brother don't have permanent ip addresses, 
in which case you can't set up one or both of your boxes to be accessible to 
the other via web sever or ftp server (at least not easily). there are also 
web services such as www.freedrive.com which will do the trick - this is 
probably your best bet

bascule

On Sunday 26 November 2000  4:30 am, you wrote:
> My borther-in-law has a windows computer and he is always wanting help and
> for me to send files over the internet. I know netbios is a big thing with
> windows and I just wondered if this would be a good way for us to connect
> over the internet and if so what do I need on this linux box to connect to
> his windows box?




Re: [newbie] Shut down problem

2000-11-25 Thread Michael

One of my servers sometimes hangs or goes into a reboot loop when trying
to reinit the video card on reboot. Am still fighting this somewhat but
upgrading the video cards bios helped quite a bit. Also have seen in
Mandrake 7.1 a few times where services refused to die properly so the
system wouldn't shutdown.. just froze before doing any reboot of the
hardware and kind of spun it's wheels. Updating to the newest vers of each
relevant package seems to have fixed it. This is a highly powerful box
with some unusual hardware issues that you might not have but maybe
something similar is happening to you.

*^*^*^*
Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape
you. -- Albert Einstein

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Goldenpi wrote:

> I just did. In the bios you must disable power management.
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "Paul Fuggle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 10:58 AM
> Subject: RE: [newbie] Shut down problem
> 
> 
> > At last someone else who has this problem.
> > Does the suggestion below fix this?
> >
> > Fugz
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: goldenpi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 23 November 2000 22:26
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Shut down problem
> >
> >
> > speed of light wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi:
> > > I am having a shut down issue with my machine running Mandrake 7.2. This
> > > is what is happening. After I hit the shut down button, Mandrake begins
> > > a shut down sequence. And the machine actually beeps stating that it's
> > > shutting down but immediately after it shuts down, it auto reboots
> itself.
> > > This goes on and on. Basically, I cannot shut it down. In order to do
> > > so, I've been having to resort to shutting the box down physically. This
> > > is not good. I've even tried using a term command of init 0 to shut down
> > > but the box keeps doing the auto reboot thing.
> > >
> > > Can someone please help me solve this problem? I'm a Linux/Mandrake
> > newbie.
> > > The box on which Mandrake is running on is an E-machines box (X86).
> > Mandrake
> > > is the only OS on it. I have no strange apps running on the box but pure
> > > Mandrake. The only thing I've done is get the box online (aDSL).
> > >
> > > Please help me! Thanks!
> > >
> > > __
> > > FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place.
> > > Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com
> >
> > I cant tell you how to fix the problem, but I can suggest you disable
> > apm. in the bios and in the os.
> >
> > do you know it is safe to shutdown while lilo or grub is waiting for you
> > to press a button?
> >
> >
> > --
> > ==
> > Goldenpi- programer, unreal level creator, linux user and all round
> > geek.
> > If you are reading this, I sent this mail from linux.
> >
> 
> 





Re: [newbie] java

2000-11-25 Thread Robin Regennitter

On Saturday 25 November 2000 12:34 pm, you wrote:

If your java worked in Netscape 4.75 then it should work in Konqourer.  
Konqourer used Netscape Plugins so anything that works in Netscape should 
work in Konqourer.  I found that out when toying around with both Netscape 
and Konqourer.  They seem to go hand in hand.  I find that if you try out 
Netscape in java and all those site that need other plugins such as Flash, it 
seems to be a wakeup call to Konqourer.  Konqourer doesnt see it unless 
Netscape load up the plugins for the first time.  Weird on how it works but 
that what it seems to be happening on my case.  Also,   Your settings should 
be enable in both java and javascript in the browser settings.   I got Java 
to work without having any java installed.  only the one that came with 
Netscape 4.74.  I hope that solved your problem.

> bascule wrote:
> > how do you get java to work in konqueror, i downloaded the
> > java2 sdk from sunsoft (seemed like overkill to me buts
> > thats all they had for linux) followed the instructions but
> > nothing, settins>configure>browser allows to seet he path
> > but i'm not sure what part of the installed files this
> > refers to, besides what about previous versions of jave, do
> > i need that as well?
> >
> > bascule
>
> basculeit's my uderstanding that it's an unimplemented
> feature at this time.




Re: [newbie] 7.2 installs and "stuff"

2000-11-25 Thread Bob Ackerman

I installed 7.2 over Mandrake 6.5 on my 2nd hard disk and it took over
three hours but I couldn't get my boot loader to work. I finally went
back and repartitioned my 2nd drive and installed 7.2 fresh and it only
took about 45 minutes. I believe that since I was "upgrading" the first
time, the install program had to verify each version and update as
necessary, which took longer.

I do have a question. Grub installed on my 1st hard drive, which is
Windows 98 (which I need to for work) but I had to recently re-install
windows to fix a problem (one of many problems with windows) but it
cleared my Grub. I got lilo to install but I want grub back. Any
suggestions on how to load it at this point?

Thanks, Bob

eryl wrote:
> 
> On Friday 24 November 2000 23:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > 4x lmfao and you wonder why it took so long takes about 22 mins on my
> > machine for full install
> >
> > > ** Original Subject: RE: [newbie] 7.2 installs and "stuff"
> > > ** Original Sender: eryl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > ** Original Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 21:59:16 -0600
> > >
> > > ** Original Message follows...
> > >
> > >
> > > I've installed 7.2 on two different boxes, now (developmental), and both
> > > installs took 3 HOURS!
> 
> WOW!  Now I'm really wondering what went on with my boxes!  And whatever

> it was, they both did the same thing.  Anyone else have any insight into this?




Re: [newbie] Modem's busy

2000-11-25 Thread Bob Ackerman

I found an internal modem that works with Linux. It is a "ActionTec 56K
Internal PCI Call Waiting Modem". On the box it says it supports Linux
and was under $70 at WalMart. I had my doubts but I bought it to try it
and I'm using it right now. I have had no problems with it at all. I
have not tried the call waiting portion, nor do I expect to because I
don't plan to have call waiting.

The 7.2 install didn't recognize it but the modem manual was clear on
how to manually setup the modem.

Bob


Romanator wrote:
> 
> Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> >
> > Romanator wrote:
> > > Huh? In general, do all external modems work well with
> > > Linux?
> > [snip]
> >
> > Romanwith a stipulation.  It must be a conventional
> > external modem in that it plugs into one of the conventional
> > com ports (not usb, some usb modems, it seems have turned out
> > to be of the winmodem persuasion).  :-)
> > --
> > Alan
> 
> That's what I was thinking.
> Hey, nice to hear from you.
> 
> --
> Roman
> Registered Linux User #179293




Re: [newbie] Apache dependencies

2000-11-25 Thread Mark Weaver

Roger,

go to http://rpmfind.net and put the name of that library file in the
search box. It will return a page with the rpm's on it that will satisfy
this dependancy problem.

-- 
Mark

/ * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat
  * in order to get the rats up from below decks
  * so they can be kicked over the side and drowned!
  *
  * REGISTERED LINUX USER # 182496
  */

<*REPLY SEPERATOR*>>

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 Roger Sherman had this to say!

> I'm trying to install Apache, and while I've found 4 Apache RPMs on my
> Mandrake 7.2 discs, I seem to be short one dependency - libmm.so.1
> 
> Anyone know where I can get it? I can't find it on either of my discs...
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 





Re: [newbie] Modem's busy

2000-11-25 Thread Romanator

Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> 
> Romanator wrote:
> > Huh? In general, do all external modems work well with
> > Linux?
> [snip]
> 
> Romanwith a stipulation.  It must be a conventional
> external modem in that it plugs into one of the conventional
> com ports (not usb, some usb modems, it seems have turned out
> to be of the winmodem persuasion).  :-)
> --
> Alan

That's what I was thinking.
Hey, nice to hear from you.

-- 
Roman
Registered Linux User #179293




[newbie] Connect via netbios?

2000-11-25 Thread Jon Doe

My borther-in-law has a windows computer and he is always wanting help and 
for me to send files over the internet. I know netbios is a big thing with 
windows and I just wondered if this would be a good way for us to connect 
over the internet and if so what do I need on this linux box to connect to 
his windows box?

-- 
The box said Win95 or better so I got Linux.

Registered Linux user 181996




Re: [newbie] Modem's busy

2000-11-25 Thread KompuKit

first of allmodems are always commonly hooked up
on com 2   some times on com3 and 4but hardly never on
com1
this is the first time...I've ever heard of  a modem hooked
up as com1
the mouse is supposed to use com 1...try setting it up on
com2 and I
bet it works

Dennis Myers wrote:
> 
> patrick wrote:
> >
> > Tom Brinkman wrote:
> > >
> > > On Saturday 25 November 2000 02:30 pm, KompuKit wrote:
> > > > to be safe...just buy a EXTERNAL modem...
> > > > all of them will work.
> > >
> > > this is just plain WRONG nonsense
> > > --
> > > Tom Brinkman   [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
> >
> > no , this is not nonsense. external modems work quite well
> > with linux.
> >
> > i also want to share with everyone a way to make your
> > printer work. i am using a panasonice laser jet. there
> > is a driver in 7.2 for it. after installing it my printer
> > was acting crazy. continually printing pages over and over.
> > i uninstalled the driver finally , shut down the computer
> > and rebooted. i also turned off the printer. i started
> > kde and reinstalled the driver. printer works fine now.
> >
> > i just love linux :)
> I agree with the external modems work in linux. I have a Best Data ext
> Modem that worked very well until recently. It still works in windows
> but I keep getting a  "Modem does not respond". I have tried to reset,
> unplug, reconfig, etc. To no avail. The modem is plugged into com1 i.e.
> ttyS0 and works in windows, but no response in 7.2. It does not show up
> in  harddrake either.  Any suggestions out there. Oh, I am on the Linux
> only box right now using a Best Data internal modem which also works
> very well and says Linux compatable on the box. Thanks for any help with
> this puzzle.

-- 
 Registered Linux User:167369
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Re: [newbie] Connection speed

2000-11-25 Thread Tom Brinkman

On Saturday 25 November 2000 08:12 pm, Roger Sherman wrote:
> Can anyone tell me how to tell what my connection speed is? I had a
> nice little app called speedgadget in Windows, but there's no way I'm
> booting into hell just for that ;-)

   What do you dial in with?

   Assuming it's Kppp, 
  either check the de-bug option, so that you'll see the connection 
speed (handshake) as it exits  -or-
  clk on the docked (asumming you chose to have it docked) icon and it 
will tell you the 'handshake' speed -or-
  do as above, but clk on 'details', you'll get a running avg. of the 
actual connection speed and a graph.  Very helpful in discerning ftp or 
napster connections ;)  'handshake' speeds are worth about as much as a 
wooden nickel.
-- 
Tom Brinkman   [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay




[newbie] Apache dependencies

2000-11-25 Thread Roger Sherman

I'm trying to install Apache, and while I've found 4 Apache RPMs on my
Mandrake 7.2 discs, I seem to be short one dependency - libmm.so.1

Anyone know where I can get it? I can't find it on either of my discs...

Thanks!

-- 

peace,

Rog

http://www.slammingrooves.com
Registered Linux user #190719





Re: [newbie] Connection speed

2000-11-25 Thread patrick

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, you wrote:
> Can anyone tell me how to tell what my connection speed is? I had a nice
> little app called speedgadget in Windows, but there's no way I'm booting
> into hell just for that ;-)
>


if u'r using kppp  just click details on the connection . its there



> Thanks!

-- 
Love is all u need




Re: [newbie] Any books available for CodeCommander?

2000-11-25 Thread Romanator

Tom Brinkman wrote:
> 
> On Saturday 25 November 2000 06:10 am, Romanator wrote:
> > Recently, I have been getting into Code Commander. Does any one know
> > of any good books out there for Code Commander?
> 
>   Start here:
>http://www.infosyssec.org/infosyssec/linux2.htm
> 
>  it's one of the links i turned up recently doin a Google  of 'linux
> online reading'   Let us know how you do
> --
> Tom Brinkman   [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay

Hey Tom,

Long time no hear. I'll check out the link and let every one know the
results.

-- 
Roman
Registered Linux User #179293




Re: [newbie] Size

2000-11-25 Thread Michael

Isn't there a Drake tool for this? Diskdrake maybe?

*^*^*^*
Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape
you. -- Albert Einstein

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Goldenpi wrote:

> The only tool I know you can use is the linux cd. There are others but they
> cost money. Put in the cd,  turn on, and answer the questions until the
> partition program comes up. Use that. After it says "partition table of
> drive hdx has been writen to disk" the partition program will exit and you
> can reboot without the cd.
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "Michael Falzon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 12:35 AM
> Subject: [newbie] Size
> 
> 
> > Hi All
> > If you have set-up a drive ( and as time goes by ) you see that
> the
> > drive size is to small can you change it ?
> >
> > / has 3.5gb
> > /home has 4 gb
> >
> > i wound like to take some form /home and more it to /
> >
> >
> > Michael Falzon
> > Gremlin Consultancy  P/L
> > Phone : (+61 03) 9315 3855
> > Fax   : (+61 03) 9315 1585
> > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 





Re: [newbie] Modem's busy

2000-11-25 Thread Eugene C. Zesch

Dennis Myers wrote:
> 
> patrick wrote:
> >
> > Tom Brinkman wrote:
> > >
> > > On Saturday 25 November 2000 02:30 pm, KompuKit wrote:
> > > > to be safe...just buy a EXTERNAL modem...
> > > > all of them will work.
> > >
> > > this is just plain WRONG nonsense
> > > --

> I agree with the external modems work in linux. I have a Best Data ext
> Modem that worked very well until recently. It still works in windows
> but I keep getting a  "Modem does not respond". I have tried to reset,
> unplug, reconfig, etc. To no avail. The modem is plugged into com1 i.e.
> ttyS0 and works in windows, but no response in 7.2. It does not show up
> in  harddrake either.  Any suggestions out there. Oh, I am on the Linux
> only box right now using a Best Data internal modem which also works
> very well and says Linux compatable on the box. Thanks for any help with
> this puzzle.

On the subject of external modems, beware USB modems.

Dennis,
I had a modem seem to stop working once in Mandrake. It was a single
boot machine so I didnt get  to try windows.
I finally traced it down to a single ` having turned into a '. or vice
versa, in my chat-script.
No idea how it happened but it fixed it right up.
I remember digging through log files till I got a clue but its been a
while and I dont remember much more than that.
If you figure it out, post what you did. Sounds like a real bear!

Gene




Re: [newbie] Any books available for CodeCommander?

2000-11-25 Thread Tom Brinkman

On Saturday 25 November 2000 06:10 am, Romanator wrote:
> Recently, I have been getting into Code Commander. Does any one know
> of any good books out there for Code Commander?

  Start here:
   http://www.infosyssec.org/infosyssec/linux2.htm

 it's one of the links i turned up recently doin a Google  of 'linux 
online reading'   Let us know how you do
-- 
Tom Brinkman   [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay




Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Issue...

2000-11-25 Thread Charles A Edwards


- Original Message -
From: "yayan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 11:54 AM
Subject: [newbie] Internet Connection Issue...


> Dear All,
> I am new with Linux.
> I just install LM 7.0 and it's look good, but one problem I have is
internet
> connection.
> My dial-up is working good and could connect to my ISP (connected 48 kbps)
> but when I run the browser (netscape) no one inetrnet site can I open (it
> seem that no-connection I've been made).
> I set the netscape to connect directly to internet
> (Edit>Preference>Advance>Proxy).
> Could anybody tell me what is going on whith my internet.
> Any help would be great appreciated.
> Thanks.
>
> Yayan.
>

You are still thinking in Windows terms.
You Can Not use Netscape to connect directly to the internt.
You need to connect to the internet first, and then launch Netscape.

   Charles





Re: [newbie] Modem's busy

2000-11-25 Thread patrick

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, you wrote:
> Huh? In general, do all external modems work well with Linux?


external modems are real modems, just like linux is a 
real operating system. penguins can be a little honary 
sometimes though


>
> patrick wrote:
> > Tom Brinkman wrote:
> > > On Saturday 25 November 2000 02:30 pm, KompuKit wrote:
> > > > to be safe...just buy a EXTERNAL modem...
> > > > all of them will work.
> > >
> > > this is just plain WRONG nonsense
> > > --
> > > Tom Brinkman   [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
> >
> > no , this is not nonsense. external modems work quite well
> > with linux.
> >
> > i also want to share with everyone a way to make your
> > printer work. i am using a panasonice laser jet. there
> > is a driver in 7.2 for it. after installing it my printer
> > was acting crazy. continually printing pages over and over.
> > i uninstalled the driver finally , shut down the computer
> > and rebooted. i also turned off the printer. i started
> > kde and reinstalled the driver. printer works fine now.
> >
> > i just love linux :)

-- 
Love is all u need




Re: [newbie] DNS issue?

2000-11-25 Thread Tom Brinkman

On Saturday 25 November 2000 11:50 am, Paul wrote:
> In case you are still having problems:
> http://help.earthlink.net/techsupport/generic_settings/settings.html:
> DNS1 207.217.126.81
> DNS2 207.217.77.82  or  207.217.120.83
> And I don't even use Earthlink ;)
> Paul

  If I'd followed your advice, i'd still be tryin to connect :(

-- 
Tom Brinkman   [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay




Re: [newbie] KDE2 in 7.2 download

2000-11-25 Thread Charles A Edwards


- Original Message -
From: "Dennis Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 9:24 PM
Subject: [newbie] KDE2 in 7.2 download


> Hi all, I am still unable to find the desktop that shows up on the
> linux-Mandrake tutorial for KDE. I have only a tool bar at the bottom of
> the page and no icons at all. The K button is a penguin with Linux
> written in. Is all this normal with the downloaded 7.2 version? I realy
> like the look of the desk top in the tutorial.
>  Not sure if I have a complete download or if my CDrom is giving up,
> cause I had several packages (16 in an attempt at expert/workstation
> install) that failed to install. Can't tell if that is the CD or the
> CDrom. Any suggestions are welcome. TIA Dennis M.
>
>
  Dennis
 If you know what the 16 programs are you can use RPMDrake to manually
install them.
 This may "fix" your desktop.

Charles





Re: [newbie] Connection speed

2000-11-25 Thread skidley

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Roger Sherman wrote:

> Can anyone tell me how to tell what my connection speed is? I had a nice
> little app called speedgadget in Windows, but there's no way I'm booting
> into hell just for that ;-)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
gkrellm is a nice little app and very useful as it monitors all kinds of
stuff!
-- 
Chad Y.
Registered Linux User #195191





Re: [newbie] Modem's busy

2000-11-25 Thread Tom Brinkman

On Saturday 25 November 2000 07:51 pm, patrick wrote:
er 2000 02:30 pm, KompuKit wrote:
> > > to be safe...just buy a EXTERNAL modem...
> > > all of them will work.

> > this is just plain WRONG nonsense
> > Tom Brinkman 

> no , this is not nonsense. external modems work quite well
> with linux.

 OK, I missed puttin a  between 'non' and 'sense'   Mea culpa! 
Mea culpa! 
*ALL* external modems won't work with OS's other than M$!  IMO, the 
ready answer of "get an external modem" is _bad_ advice.  My reasons 
are: 
1) there's a lot of sorry motherboards out there that don't work with 
serial devices any better than they do with anything (eg, anything Pc 
Chips, ready mades like dell, gateway, compaq,... etc.).
2) all externals modems aren't serial, many now are USB (as in Uncle'S
Billy), and they're often very difficult to setup.  Plus
4) (my unfavorite number is 3 ;)  Some external modems are WINmodems! 
Yes, it's true, there's a few out there.
5) There's very good internal hardware modems available, both ISA and 
PCI bus.http://www.kcdata.com/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
6)  'hardware modems' @  pricewatch.com, internal/PCI start at  $17
Best, if you can find one is a Phoebe/TX Instruments PCI Internal,< $50
   (I'd recommend a NON-voice modem)
7) Who wants another box an' a bunch of wires on their desk ??
8) I'd end up spill'n beer all over an external anyhow 
even if i gave up my ash tray  :p   ;>
-- 
Tom Brinkman   [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay




Re: [Re: [newbie] Modems busy]

2000-11-25 Thread Romanator

Michael Scottaline wrote:
> 
> Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Huh? In general, do all external modems work well with Linux?
> 
> Tom Brinkman is one of the most knowledgable people on this list, but I'm not
> sure what he was refering to as "nonsense".
> The short answer to your question is YES.  "In general" almost ALL EXTERNAL
> modems will work with linux.  There are VERY few exceptions.
> Mike
> 
> --
> Palm Beach County:  We put the "duh" in Florida!
> 
> 
> Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at 
>http://home.netscape.com/webmail

Thanks for pointing that out.

-- 
Roman
Registered Linux User #179293




Re: [newbie] Apache activation

2000-11-25 Thread Michael

Do /etc/rc.d/rc.init/httpd status and it'll tell you if it's running. If
not do /etc/rc.d/rc.init/httpd start to start it. If you haven't
configured Apache yet it might not start so you may have to set some basic
server options like your IP address and document root. This isn't to hard
so go ahead and give it a try. It should be /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf or
something similar as a file name. If you have anything you get stuck on go
ahead and email me directly if you like.

You might try making sure httpd is actually set to start in your init
levels. Look in /etc/rc.d/rc.x (x is your run level) and see if a S##httpd
type file exists. If you aren't familar with editing run levels by hand
you might try ksysv rather than Linuxconf as it is a lil easier to use I
think and gives a good visual heads up of your systems services.

*^*^*^*
Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape
you. -- Albert Einstein

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Jim Anderson wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> I've recently upgraded my Mandrake system from 7.0 to 7.2.  I had a 
> couple of complications during the install which I won't go into, but 
> ended up with a fresh format & install of a Mandrake 7.2 Workstation.  I 
> installed all packages available under the 'Custom' option.
> 
> One thing I haven't been able to figure out is how to get Apache's http 
> daemon (httpd) working.  In fact, I'm not even sure that Apache was 
> installed.  Should it be installed as a Workstation install, or would I 
> have to had chosen the Server option?  Once it is installed, how to you 
> start it?  I appears that it is now done through Webmin, but even that 
> didn't seem clear.  I have turned on the apache module in Linuxconf's 
> List of modules and rebooted but I am still not seeing my usual 
> /etc/httpd/ directory.  Not sure what to try next short of a full Server 
> installation.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> - jim
> 





[newbie] KDE2 in 7.2 download

2000-11-25 Thread Dennis Myers

Hi all, I am still unable to find the desktop that shows up on the
linux-Mandrake tutorial for KDE. I have only a tool bar at the bottom of
the page and no icons at all. The K button is a penguin with Linux
written in. Is all this normal with the downloaded 7.2 version? I realy
like the look of the desk top in the tutorial. 
 Not sure if I have a complete download or if my CDrom is giving up,
cause I had several packages (16 in an attempt at expert/workstation
install) that failed to install. Can't tell if that is the CD or the
CDrom. Any suggestions are welcome. TIA Dennis M.




Re: [newbie] Modem's busy

2000-11-25 Thread KompuKit

what are you some kind of nutCOURSE they will
give me ONE external that won't work with linux...
comeon, just one

Tom Brinkman wrote:
> 
> On Saturday 25 November 2000 02:30 pm, KompuKit wrote:
> > to be safe...just buy a EXTERNAL modem...
> > all of them will work.
> 
> this is just plain WRONG nonsense
> --
> Tom Brinkman   [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay

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Re: [newbie] DNS issue?

2000-11-25 Thread Tom Brinkman

On Saturday 25 November 2000 11:40 am, Brian P. Trotter wrote:
> Bascule,
>  I use Earthlink as my ISP, and Earthlink provides automatic DNS for
> the dialup connection. I have never configured DNS on either the
> Mandrake or the 98 PC's. Is there a way I can find out what DNS
> servers the Mandrake PC is using, so that I can plug those servers
> into the 98 PC?

   You're in the small % of MickeySoft (AoL/NS) ISP's where the normal 
"edit your /etc/ "  DNS advice you almost 
_always_ hear on this list.  _*is BAD WRONG advice*_.
. ~~~  

Assuming you're using Kppp to connect, enter the DNS numbers ELink 
gave you for your local access number (they vary depending on which # 
you connect with, and it's important that you enter primary, then 
secondary).  Linux (Kppp) will then correctly auto configure (see 'man 
resolver') /etc/options and resolve.conf (the DNS entered here will be 
diferent than the DNS they give you, it's auto resolved by linux/Kppp 
on connect).  Don't forget that you need to preface your user name with 
'EL/' (w/o the 's), and that you need to tell Kppp that this (BullSH+!) 
ISP uses CHAP.  (..at least it hasn't sunk to M$CHAP ;)  EL uses 
Nutscrape/Enterprise, which is owned by AoL, which answers to billy's 
$$'s.   Forget EL's support, it's wrong much more often than right.

  'course, if you're like me, it was 'bout the only local dialup I had 
available ;)  Like most Win stuff, they make it easy for winblows, hard 
for any other OS.  I sort'a think it might be billy's doin, JMNSHO ;)
If you have a 'honest' ISP availble by local number, you might wanna go 
with them instead.
-- 
Tom Brinkman   [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay




[newbie] Connection speed

2000-11-25 Thread Roger Sherman

Can anyone tell me how to tell what my connection speed is? I had a nice
little app called speedgadget in Windows, but there's no way I'm booting
into hell just for that ;-)

Thanks!

-- 

peace,

Rog

http://www.slammingrooves.com
Registered Linux user #190719





Re: [newbie] Modem's busy

2000-11-25 Thread patrick

On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, you wrote:
> patrick wrote:
> > Tom Brinkman wrote:
> > > On Saturday 25 November 2000 02:30 pm, KompuKit wrote:
> > > > to be safe...just buy a EXTERNAL modem...
> > > > all of them will work.
> > >
> > > this is just plain WRONG nonsense
> > > --
> > > Tom Brinkman   [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
> >
> > no , this is not nonsense. external modems work quite well
> > with linux.
> >
> > i also want to share with everyone a way to make your
> > printer work. i am using a panasonice laser jet. there
> > is a driver in 7.2 for it. after installing it my printer
> > was acting crazy. continually printing pages over and over.
> > i uninstalled the driver finally , shut down the computer
> > and rebooted. i also turned off the printer. i started
> > kde and reinstalled the driver. printer works fine now.
> >
> > i just love linux :)
>
> I agree with the external modems work in linux. I have a Best Data ext
> Modem that worked very well until recently. It still works in windows
> but I keep getting a  "Modem does not respond". I have tried to reset,
> unplug, reconfig, etc. To no avail. The modem is plugged into com1 i.e.
> ttyS0 and works in windows, but no response in 7.2. It does not show up
> in  harddrake either.  Any suggestions out there. Oh, I am on the Linux
> only box right now using a Best Data internal modem which also works
> very well and says Linux compatable on the box. Thanks for any help with
> this puzzle.
try ttys1.his might be it

and then in ppp query the modem. hope that helps



-- 
Love is all u need




Re: [newbie] Modem's busy

2000-11-25 Thread Alan Shoemaker

Romanator wrote:
> Huh? In general, do all external modems work well with
> Linux?
[snip]

Romanwith a stipulation.  It must be a conventional 
external modem in that it plugs into one of the conventional 
com ports (not usb, some usb modems, it seems have turned out 
to be of the winmodem persuasion).  :-)
-- 
Alan




Re: [Re: [newbie] Modems busy]

2000-11-25 Thread Michael Scottaline

Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Huh? In general, do all external modems work well with Linux?

Tom Brinkman is one of the most knowledgable people on this list, but I'm not
sure what he was refering to as "nonsense".
The short answer to your question is YES.  "In general" almost ALL EXTERNAL
modems will work with linux.  There are VERY few exceptions.
Mike

--
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Re: [newbie] Modem's busy

2000-11-25 Thread Romanator

Huh? In general, do all external modems work well with Linux?


patrick wrote:
> 
> Tom Brinkman wrote:
> >
> > On Saturday 25 November 2000 02:30 pm, KompuKit wrote:
> > > to be safe...just buy a EXTERNAL modem...
> > > all of them will work.
> >
> > this is just plain WRONG nonsense
> > --
> > Tom Brinkman   [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
> 
> no , this is not nonsense. external modems work quite well
> with linux.
> 
> i also want to share with everyone a way to make your
> printer work. i am using a panasonice laser jet. there
> is a driver in 7.2 for it. after installing it my printer
> was acting crazy. continually printing pages over and over.
> i uninstalled the driver finally , shut down the computer
> and rebooted. i also turned off the printer. i started
> kde and reinstalled the driver. printer works fine now.
> 
> i just love linux :)




Re: [newbie] Modem's busy

2000-11-25 Thread Dennis Myers

patrick wrote:
> 
> Tom Brinkman wrote:
> >
> > On Saturday 25 November 2000 02:30 pm, KompuKit wrote:
> > > to be safe...just buy a EXTERNAL modem...
> > > all of them will work.
> >
> > this is just plain WRONG nonsense
> > --
> > Tom Brinkman   [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
> 
> no , this is not nonsense. external modems work quite well
> with linux.
> 
> i also want to share with everyone a way to make your
> printer work. i am using a panasonice laser jet. there
> is a driver in 7.2 for it. after installing it my printer
> was acting crazy. continually printing pages over and over.
> i uninstalled the driver finally , shut down the computer
> and rebooted. i also turned off the printer. i started
> kde and reinstalled the driver. printer works fine now.
> 
> i just love linux :)
I agree with the external modems work in linux. I have a Best Data ext
Modem that worked very well until recently. It still works in windows
but I keep getting a  "Modem does not respond". I have tried to reset,
unplug, reconfig, etc. To no avail. The modem is plugged into com1 i.e.
ttyS0 and works in windows, but no response in 7.2. It does not show up
in  harddrake either.  Any suggestions out there. Oh, I am on the Linux
only box right now using a Best Data internal modem which also works
very well and says Linux compatable on the box. Thanks for any help with
this puzzle.




Re: [newbie] Modem's busy

2000-11-25 Thread patrick

Tom Brinkman wrote:
> 
> On Saturday 25 November 2000 02:30 pm, KompuKit wrote:
> > to be safe...just buy a EXTERNAL modem...
> > all of them will work.
> 
> this is just plain WRONG nonsense
> --
> Tom Brinkman   [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay


no , this is not nonsense. external modems work quite well
with linux.

i also want to share with everyone a way to make your
printer work. i am using a panasonice laser jet. there
is a driver in 7.2 for it. after installing it my printer
was acting crazy. continually printing pages over and over.
i uninstalled the driver finally , shut down the computer
and rebooted. i also turned off the printer. i started
kde and reinstalled the driver. printer works fine now.

i just love linux :)




Re: [newbie] Modem's busy

2000-11-25 Thread Tom Brinkman

On Saturday 25 November 2000 02:30 pm, KompuKit wrote:
> to be safe...just buy a EXTERNAL modem...
> all of them will work.

this is just plain WRONG nonsense
-- 
Tom Brinkman   [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay




Re: [newbie] 7.2 says i've got a PIII ?!

2000-11-25 Thread Joan Tur

Mathias De Belder escribió:

> > Good to know... that program answers me i'm forbidden to run it -running it
> > as root, of course-  8-?
> I'm surprised it won't let you see that file. As a user, just type :
> 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' and it should give you the details of your CPU.

Ejem... i forgot to type "cat"  O8-)

Last question.  Do i have to compile the kernel for 586 or 686 then?  I assume
686, isn't it?  ;-)


--
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[newbie] Controlling Process Order/Timing

2000-11-25 Thread SoloCDM

I'm trying to force commands following each other in a script to
execute one at a time once the preceding command has finished.

I applied the command nice with the options to a list of commands and
didn't get the results I was seeking.  I'm aware that pidof, grep,
sed, and a few others can do the job, but not without a loop.

I'm looking for a command that has all the processing built-in without
"reinventing-the-wheel."

Note: When you reply to this message, please include
  the mailing list and my email address.

*
Signed,
SoloCDM




Re: [newbie] Apache activation

2000-11-25 Thread swells

guess what, I faced the same confusion you did.  the files are in
/var/www/ -- they moved it =/  Took me awhile to figure that out.  Using the
WebAdmin, you can find out where the conf files are (sorry, I'm at work and
don't have access to my home computer here...)

Hope this helps somewhat.

-Shawn Wells


- Original Message -
From: "Jim Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 6:10 PM
Subject: [newbie] Apache activation


> Greetings,
>
> I've recently upgraded my Mandrake system from 7.0 to 7.2.  I had a
> couple of complications during the install which I won't go into, but
> ended up with a fresh format & install of a Mandrake 7.2 Workstation.  I
> installed all packages available under the 'Custom' option.
>
> One thing I haven't been able to figure out is how to get Apache's http
> daemon (httpd) working.  In fact, I'm not even sure that Apache was
> installed.  Should it be installed as a Workstation install, or would I
> have to had chosen the Server option?  Once it is installed, how to you
> start it?  I appears that it is now done through Webmin, but even that
> didn't seem clear.  I have turned on the apache module in Linuxconf's
> List of modules and rebooted but I am still not seeing my usual
> /etc/httpd/ directory.  Not sure what to try next short of a full Server
> installation.
>
> Thanks in advance
> - jim
>





[newbie] Any books available for CodeCommander?

2000-11-25 Thread Romanator

Hi everybody,

Recently, I have been getting into Code Commander. Does any one know of
any good books out there for Code Commander?

Roman
Registered Linux User #179293




Re: [newbie] Shut down problem

2000-11-25 Thread Goldenpi

I just did. In the bios you must disable power management.

- Original Message -
From: "Paul Fuggle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 10:58 AM
Subject: RE: [newbie] Shut down problem


> At last someone else who has this problem.
> Does the suggestion below fix this?
>
> Fugz
>
> -Original Message-
> From: goldenpi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 23 November 2000 22:26
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Shut down problem
>
>
> speed of light wrote:
> >
> > Hi:
> > I am having a shut down issue with my machine running Mandrake 7.2. This
> > is what is happening. After I hit the shut down button, Mandrake begins
> > a shut down sequence. And the machine actually beeps stating that it's
> > shutting down but immediately after it shuts down, it auto reboots
itself.
> > This goes on and on. Basically, I cannot shut it down. In order to do
> > so, I've been having to resort to shutting the box down physically. This
> > is not good. I've even tried using a term command of init 0 to shut down
> > but the box keeps doing the auto reboot thing.
> >
> > Can someone please help me solve this problem? I'm a Linux/Mandrake
> newbie.
> > The box on which Mandrake is running on is an E-machines box (X86).
> Mandrake
> > is the only OS on it. I have no strange apps running on the box but pure
> > Mandrake. The only thing I've done is get the box online (aDSL).
> >
> > Please help me! Thanks!
> >
> > __
> > FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place.
> > Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com
>
> I cant tell you how to fix the problem, but I can suggest you disable
> apm. in the bios and in the os.
>
> do you know it is safe to shutdown while lilo or grub is waiting for you
> to press a button?
>
>
> --
> ==
> Goldenpi- programer, unreal level creator, linux user and all round
> geek.
> If you are reading this, I sent this mail from linux.
>





Re: [newbie] linux install ok

2000-11-25 Thread Goldenpi

Why did you attach these files?

Your com port setup under windows needs changeing. They will work with your
settings but you will not get directcc to work and hyperterminal will
default to 9600. You can change them from device manager.


- Original Message -
From: "Abraham E Mandac Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 5:19 AM
Subject: [newbie] linux install ok


> If anyone still remembers some weeks back, I was the guy with the hard
disk
> buying problem. I'd just like to say thanks to all who helped out. I
> finally got my dual boot system up and running fine.
>






> [Settings]
> UseACAPServer=1
> LastOptionsCategory=2
> RunBefore=1
> UserSignatures=1
> MainWindowState=1
> Light32Version=3
> MboxBarIsDocking=1
> MboxBarFloatHeight=150






Re: [newbie] Problem with Floppy Drive

2000-11-25 Thread Goldenpi

Thats a lot of mounts. I see your problem.

your floppy is in
/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=ext2,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
The fs=ext2 part is the problem. It is set to read linux floppys. I think it
has to be changed to either dos, vfat or auto.

One of these will work. Im not sure which but one of them will.
/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=auto,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=dos,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0


- Original Message -
From: "John Batt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 12:03 AM
Subject: [newbie] Problem with Floppy Drive


> Everytime I try to use fd0 I get the following:
>
> Could nor enter directory /mnt/floppy
>
> Below is the msg I get when I try to go through the console as both user
and
> root:
>
> bash: cd: /mnt/floppy: Input/output error
>
> Below is my etc/fstab.  Is there anything in there that is preventing me
from
> accessing fd0?  This also happens as root.
>
> /dev/hdb1 / ext2 defaults 1 1
> none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
> /dev/hda1 /mnt/DOS_hda1 vfat user,exec,conv=binary 0 0
> /dev/hda10 /mnt/DOS_hda10 vfat user,exec,conv=binary 0 0
> /dev/hda11 /mnt/DOS_hda11 vfat user,exec,conv=binary 0 0
> /dev/hda5 /mnt/DOS_hda5 vfat user,exec,conv=binary 0 0
> /dev/hda6 /mnt/DOS_hda6 vfat user,exec,conv=binary 0 0
> /dev/hda7 /mnt/DOS_hda7 vfat user,exec,conv=binary 0 0
> /dev/hda8 /mnt/DOS_hda8 vfat user,exec,conv=binary 0 0
> /dev/hda9 /mnt/DOS_hda9 vfat user,exec,conv=binary 0 0
> /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0
> /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=ext2,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
> none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> /dev/hdb2 swap swap defaults 0 0
>
> FWIW, this only happens in Linux.  Floppy is 100% accessable in Windows.
>
> John Batt
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>





Re: [newbie] Size

2000-11-25 Thread Goldenpi

The only tool I know you can use is the linux cd. There are others but they
cost money. Put in the cd,  turn on, and answer the questions until the
partition program comes up. Use that. After it says "partition table of
drive hdx has been writen to disk" the partition program will exit and you
can reboot without the cd.

- Original Message -
From: "Michael Falzon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 12:35 AM
Subject: [newbie] Size


> Hi All
> If you have set-up a drive ( and as time goes by ) you see that
the
> drive size is to small can you change it ?
>
> / has 3.5gb
> /home has 4 gb
>
> i wound like to take some form /home and more it to /
>
>
> Michael Falzon
> Gremlin Consultancy  P/L
> Phone : (+61 03) 9315 3855
> Fax   : (+61 03) 9315 1585
> Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>





[newbie] Apache activation

2000-11-25 Thread Jim Anderson

Greetings,

I've recently upgraded my Mandrake system from 7.0 to 7.2.  I had a 
couple of complications during the install which I won't go into, but 
ended up with a fresh format & install of a Mandrake 7.2 Workstation.  I 
installed all packages available under the 'Custom' option.

One thing I haven't been able to figure out is how to get Apache's http 
daemon (httpd) working.  In fact, I'm not even sure that Apache was 
installed.  Should it be installed as a Workstation install, or would I 
have to had chosen the Server option?  Once it is installed, how to you 
start it?  I appears that it is now done through Webmin, but even that 
didn't seem clear.  I have turned on the apache module in Linuxconf's 
List of modules and rebooted but I am still not seeing my usual 
/etc/httpd/ directory.  Not sure what to try next short of a full Server 
installation.

Thanks in advance
- jim




Re: [newbie] Where is sndconfig, please? -- Urgent!

2000-11-25 Thread Alan Shoemaker

Benjamin Sher wrote:
> Dear friends:
>
> I've just reinstalled LM7.2, this time selecting the
> graphical X boot directly into KDE.
>
> Everything seems to be fine, but I can't find the
> "sndconfig" command and program to configure my sound.
> Until I do so, I can't listen to RealPlayer. I tried it in
> the console and in KDE's xterm.
>
> Here is the data:
>
> [sher@localhost sher]$ su
> Password:
> [root@localhost sher]# sndconfig
> bash: sndconfig: command not found
> [root@localhost sher]# sndconfig
> bash: sndconfig: command not found
> [root@localhost sher]#
>
>
> This is the first time in two years of using Linux that I
> have had this error message.
>
> Would very much appreciate your help.
>
> Benjamin

Benjaminsndconfig resides in /usr/sbin. If it's not there 
you probably need to install it.  It's on the 2nd 
(extensions) CD. 
-- 
Alan




Re: [newbie] partition info destruction

2000-11-25 Thread Alan Shoemaker

nomad creaktop wrote:
> Ok, I finally made it...
>
> thanx everyone for the help... I used linux fdisk on the
> Lnx-Mdk 7.2 install disk, in rescue mode, it's amazing how
> much more powerful it is than DOS fdisk, wow...
> Here's what i did: linux fdisk said that the partition with
> windows on it was an extended linux partition. i wanted to
> just rename it to a windows partition, but it said that i
> would have to delete it first. So i deleted it and made a
> new windows parition on the space that had been labeled
> with linux extended partition. I then saved, and rebooted,
> but the computer just stopped, no prompt, nothing. So i
> rebooted with my windows bootdisk and used DOS fdisk to
> look at the partitions, it said that there was one non-DOS
> partition and one DOS partition. I then used my norton
> basic rescue boot disc, which restored, i think it was my,
> bootsector. Then i booted normally and everything is just
> dandy.
>
> Thanx again, to all of those who helped me, i really
> appreciate it, before posting to this list i was close to
> despair and considered just formatting the drive...
>
> bye...
>
> creaktop
>
[snip]

creaktopthat's a nice success story.  Here's hoping that 
your next Linux install will be less eventful.  :-)
-- 
Alan






Re: [newbie] partition info destruction

2000-11-25 Thread nomad creaktop

Ok, I finally made it...

thanx everyone for the help... I used linux fdisk on the Lnx-Mdk 7.2 
install disk, in rescue mode, it's amazing how much more powerful it is 
than DOS fdisk, wow...
Here's what i did: linux fdisk said that the partition with windows on it 
was an extended linux partition. i wanted to just rename it to a windows 
partition, but it said that i would have to delete it first. So i deleted 
it and made a new windows parition on the space that had been labeled with 
linux extended partition. I then saved, and rebooted, but the computer just 
stopped, no prompt, nothing. So i rebooted with my windows bootdisk and 
used DOS fdisk to look at the partitions, it said that there was one 
non-DOS partition and one DOS partition. I then used my norton basic rescue 
boot disc, which restored, i think it was my, bootsector. Then i booted 
normally and everything is just dandy.

Thanx again, to all of those who helped me, i really appreciate it, before 
posting to this list i was close to despair and considered just formatting 
the drive...

bye...

creaktop


At 06:24 PM 11/24/00 -0800, you wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>[snip]
> > Are there perhaps any tools which i can use to just tell
> > the computer that my windows partition is infact a FAT32
> > partition, just by editing the partition table) - this
> > excluding fdisk, as i had no luck there...
> >
> > thanx for your help...
>
>creaktop.yes Linux fdisk will do that.  Use your Linux
>Mandrake 7.2 install CD in rescue mode to gain access to both
>fdisk and your partition.  The 't' command of fdisk will
>change a partition's system id.  From what you've been saying
>you probably need to change it back from whatever it is now
>(probably a type '83' or a type '85') to a type 'b'.  Check
>out the 'l' command to decide what to change it to.
>--
>Alan





Re: [newbie] ktop

2000-11-25 Thread Alan Shoemaker

Jiten Kumar Ray mt ee wrote:
> hi...
>   i am not able to run ktop in LM7.2 either on command
> prompt or on run window. is it removed?
> any help?
> --jit

Jitenrenamed, it is now part of ksysguard.  You can 
run it by pressing ctl-esc or by the command line:

ksysguard --showprocesses
-- 
Alan




[newbie] 7.2 install

2000-11-25 Thread Geoff Thomas

I upgrade from 7.1 ( which was working well and fast) to 7.2 using 2 iso
images I downloaded. The install seemed to go well. When I rebooted,  my
machine acted like it was running in slow motion. Opening a terminal
window took almost 2 minutes. Opening my browser took forever. The
machine did seem to be working but way to slow to be usefull
Any ideas?
Athlon 600 on ASUS motherboard.
64M RAM
GT103





Re: [newbie] problem with update

2000-11-25 Thread Robin Regennitter

On Friday 24 November 2000 07:22 pm, you wrote:

I've had the same problem.  I went ahead and tried manually install it but I 
got an error about a /var/lib/rmpneededby.rpm.  I'm like h.   I went 
ahead and deleted that file that was causing problem.  Ever since then, I 
havent had a problem using Mandrake Update.

> I recently updated to the latest versions of cups 1.1.4-5.1, modutils
> 2.3.20-1.1, and tsch 1.09.04-1.1 uding mandrake update and they still
> appear in the files-to-update window of mandrake update as if I have to
> do them again. When I update again it erors and says that the rpms are
> already installed.
>
> Is there something I have to do manually for the update program to
> recognise that these programs are already installed on my system?
>
> Nev Cobb




[newbie] Modem's busy

2000-11-25 Thread Clive Deeming

On 23/11/00 Charles Edwards wrote:-
That could be 1 reason and if that is the case you may find help at
linmodem.org. Depending upon what chipset your modem uses you may be able to
find a driver module there.

Thanks Charles. Modem is definitely a "soft" modem - a Rockwell HCF Data Fax
RTAD PCI. I haven't been able to find a driver module for it, so it looks as
if my only course of action is to buy a new one :( . If that is so, could
you give me some advice on what to look for and what to avoid?

Modem is set to the same port as in windows - COM4

I configured kppp to the same settings as windows following the User Guide.
I'm not certain I got it 100% right though - could I come back to you later
on this if necessary?

Regards, Clive Deeming





[newbie] java

2000-11-25 Thread bascule

how do you get java to work in konqueror, i downloaded the java2 sdk from 
sunsoft (seemed like overkill to me buts thats all they had for linux) 
followed the instructions but nothing, settins>configure>browser allows to 
seet he path but i'm not sure what part of the installed files this refers to,
besides what about previous versions of jave, do i need that as well?

bascule




[newbie] login manager

2000-11-25 Thread Gary A. Garibaldi

How do I change the background color of log in manager with LM 7.2
-- 

Thank you.

Gary A. Garibaldi
Linux-Mandrake 7.2
Registered Linux User: 188550
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Re: [newbie] konqueror

2000-11-25 Thread KompuKit

wow...you (I assume) are part of mandrake (from your
address)
and YOU don't know what's going on.?
INTERESTING indeed

Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> 
> On Friday 24 November 2000 08:24 am, you wrote:
> > having lost my entire home directory i did a brand new
> > install and decided to try out lm7.2 and kde2, since the
> > offer to test my internet connection failed during setup
> > the first thing i did when installion was finished was to
> > fire up konqueror and browse to the /dev/modem file to
> > check where it was linked to, when i right clicked, chose
> > properties i got the message 'this is a file, a directory
> > was expected' this happens to every file in /dev/i tried
> > and hangs konqueror each time, what does this message mean,
> > i did ls -l modem from a console in /dev and got (from
> > memory) 'lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root' which is roughly what i
> > expected, i think the 'l' means it's a link? i don't know
> > if this is a konqueror problem or some lm7.2 installation
> > problem
> >
> > any help would be appreciated
> >
> > bascule
> 
> basculeI dunno, I just got the same error when right
> clicking files in the /dev directory.  After clearing the
> error applet there didn't seem to be any problem??? Odd!?
> --
> Alan

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Re: [newbie] Where is sndconfig, please? -- Urgent!

2000-11-25 Thread KompuKit

open a terminal...
su...to root
then just insert the word:  sndconfig

Mathias De Belder wrote:
> 
> > Everything seems to be fine, but I can't find the "sndconfig" command
> > and program to configure my sound. Until I do so, I can't listen to
> > RealPlayer. I tried it in the console and in KDE's xterm.
> 
> > This is the first time in two years of using Linux that I have had this
> > error message.
> >
> > Would very much appreciate your help.
> 
> If I recall correctly, sndconfig isn't installed by default. It's on the
> second cd, and you can install it from there.
> 
> ALSA (http://www.alsa-project.org/) has now become the most important
> provider for sound under Linux. I suggest you download the driver
> package and install it.

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RE: [newbie] DNS issue?

2000-11-25 Thread Brian P. Trotter

Got it.

Those DNS addresses are dead. I did however look in the /etc/resolv.conf
file and see which DNS servers where being used temporarily by PPP, and then
set those as the DNS servers on the 98 box.

Thanks for the help everyone.

Brian



-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 12:51 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [newbie] DNS issue?

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Brian P. Trotter wrote:

In case you are still having problems:
http://help.earthlink.net/techsupport/generic_settings/settings.html:

DNS1 207.217.126.81
DNS2 207.217.77.82  or  207.217.120.83

And I don't even use Earthlink ;)

Paul


>Bascule,
> I use Earthlink as my ISP, and Earthlink provides automatic DNS for the
>dialup connection. I have never configured DNS on either the Mandrake or
the
>98 PC's. Is there a way I can find out what DNS servers the Mandrake PC is
>using, so that I can plug those servers into the 98 PC?
>
>Thank you
>
>
>-Original Message-
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of bascule
>Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 12:35 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] DNS issue?
>
>not sure brian, but in win you have to set the box to be on a lan and tell
>it
>to use dns, i set my win98 box to have the same two dns server entries for
>my
>isp as i gave the mandrake box, iirc the place to do this is control
>panel>network>tcp/ip-network adapter>properties, on the dns tab choose
>enable
>and fill in the fields, in the gateway tab i have put the address of my
>mandrake box as that is the gateway to the net (this might not be necessary
>but it works for me!)
>
>bascule
>
>On Saturday 25 November 2000  5:10 pm, you wrote:
>>
>>
>> When I try to use the web, or ping anything by name, it doesn't work. It
>> seems as though the name resolution isn't working on the 98 PC. The DNS
is
>> disabled, so I am assuming it is using the Mandrake computer to get its
>> name resolution from.
>>
>> Problem is, I don't know how to check the Mandrake server to see where it
>> is getting its name resolution from. I checked the /etc/nsswitch.conf
>file,
>> and the order are files dns nis nisplus.
>>
>> I am able to access everything fine from the Mandrake computer, so I
>> believe name resolution on it is fine. I just don't think it is passing
>> name resolution back and forth between Mandrake and 98. If Mandrake is
>> getting its DNS settings (if it isn't getting them from somewhere else)
>> from the ISP when I dial in, where is it configured to tell it to use the
>> DNS from the ISP, and how do I configure it to pass the DNS resolution
>back
>> to the 98 PC?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> brian
>
>
>
>
>

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Re: [newbie] konqueror

2000-11-25 Thread Alan Shoemaker

On Friday 24 November 2000 08:24 am, you wrote:
> having lost my entire home directory i did a brand new
> install and decided to try out lm7.2 and kde2, since the
> offer to test my internet connection failed during setup
> the first thing i did when installion was finished was to
> fire up konqueror and browse to the /dev/modem file to
> check where it was linked to, when i right clicked, chose
> properties i got the message 'this is a file, a directory
> was expected' this happens to every file in /dev/i tried
> and hangs konqueror each time, what does this message mean,
> i did ls -l modem from a console in /dev and got (from
> memory) 'lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root' which is roughly what i
> expected, i think the 'l' means it's a link? i don't know
> if this is a konqueror problem or some lm7.2 installation
> problem
>
> any help would be appreciated
>
> bascule

basculeI dunno, I just got the same error when right
clicking files in the /dev directory.  After clearing the
error applet there didn't seem to be any problem??? Odd!?
--
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[newbie] newbie testing

2000-11-25 Thread patrick



hi, i just mandrake 7.2 and am testing to see if im still here



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Re: [newbie] DNS issue?

2000-11-25 Thread bascule

hmm, really not sure, have you tried giving the win box the mandrake box ip 
address as dns address?  though since i can't imagine the dns server 
addresses for your isp changing i would try asking them, check their support 
site if they have one

bascule

On Saturday 25 November 2000  5:40 pm, you wrote:
> Bascule,
>  I use Earthlink as my ISP, and Earthlink provides automatic DNS for the
> dialup connection. I have never configured DNS on either the Mandrake or
> the 98 PC's. Is there a way I can find out what DNS servers the Mandrake PC
> is using, so that I can plug those servers into the 98 PC?
>
> Thank you
>
>
>




RE: [newbie] Internet Connection Issue...

2000-11-25 Thread Paul

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Brian P. Trotter wrote:

look at /etc/resolv.conf.

You need to add to this:

search name-of-your-isp
nameserver ipaddres.of.dns.server1
nameserver ipaddres.of.dns.server2

Then you should be fine. And you don't even have to reboot for it :)

Paul

>Sounds like you may have a DNS issue.
>
>Go to a terminal prompt and try to ping Yahoo's IP address by pinging:
>216.32.74.50
>
>If that is successful, next try pinging it by hostname: www.yahoo.com
>
>If the IP address works, and the hostname fails, it is probably a DNS issue,
>and that is a little out of my scope of help. I am having a DNS issue
>myself.
>
>Brian T.
>
>
>-Original Message-
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of yayan
>Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 11:54 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [newbie] Internet Connection Issue...
>
>Dear All,
>I am new with Linux.
>I just install LM 7.0 and it's look good, but one problem I have is internet
>connection.
>My dial-up is working good and could connect to my ISP (connected 48 kbps)
>but when I run the browser (netscape) no one inetrnet site can I open (it
>seem that no-connection I've been made).
>I set the netscape to connect directly to internet
>(Edit>Preference>Advance>Proxy).
>Could anybody tell me what is going on whith my internet.
>Any help would be great appreciated.
>Thanks.
>
>Yayan.
>
>
>
>
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>Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
>
>
>
>
>
>

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RE: [newbie] DNS issue?

2000-11-25 Thread Paul

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Brian P. Trotter wrote:

In case you are still having problems:
http://help.earthlink.net/techsupport/generic_settings/settings.html:

DNS1 207.217.126.81
DNS2 207.217.77.82  or  207.217.120.83

And I don't even use Earthlink ;)

Paul


>Bascule,
> I use Earthlink as my ISP, and Earthlink provides automatic DNS for the
>dialup connection. I have never configured DNS on either the Mandrake or the
>98 PC's. Is there a way I can find out what DNS servers the Mandrake PC is
>using, so that I can plug those servers into the 98 PC?
>
>Thank you
>
>
>-Original Message-
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of bascule
>Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 12:35 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] DNS issue?
>
>not sure brian, but in win you have to set the box to be on a lan and tell
>it
>to use dns, i set my win98 box to have the same two dns server entries for
>my
>isp as i gave the mandrake box, iirc the place to do this is control
>panel>network>tcp/ip-network adapter>properties, on the dns tab choose
>enable
>and fill in the fields, in the gateway tab i have put the address of my
>mandrake box as that is the gateway to the net (this might not be necessary
>but it works for me!)
>
>bascule
>
>On Saturday 25 November 2000  5:10 pm, you wrote:
>>
>>
>> When I try to use the web, or ping anything by name, it doesn't work. It
>> seems as though the name resolution isn't working on the 98 PC. The DNS is
>> disabled, so I am assuming it is using the Mandrake computer to get its
>> name resolution from.
>>
>> Problem is, I don't know how to check the Mandrake server to see where it
>> is getting its name resolution from. I checked the /etc/nsswitch.conf
>file,
>> and the order are files dns nis nisplus.
>>
>> I am able to access everything fine from the Mandrake computer, so I
>> believe name resolution on it is fine. I just don't think it is passing
>> name resolution back and forth between Mandrake and 98. If Mandrake is
>> getting its DNS settings (if it isn't getting them from somewhere else)
>> from the ISP when I dial in, where is it configured to tell it to use the
>> DNS from the ISP, and how do I configure it to pass the DNS resolution
>back
>> to the 98 PC?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> brian
>
>
>
>
>

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RE: [newbie] DNS issue?

2000-11-25 Thread Brian P. Trotter

Bascule,
 I use Earthlink as my ISP, and Earthlink provides automatic DNS for the
dialup connection. I have never configured DNS on either the Mandrake or the
98 PC's. Is there a way I can find out what DNS servers the Mandrake PC is
using, so that I can plug those servers into the 98 PC?

Thank you


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of bascule
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 12:35 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] DNS issue?

not sure brian, but in win you have to set the box to be on a lan and tell
it
to use dns, i set my win98 box to have the same two dns server entries for
my
isp as i gave the mandrake box, iirc the place to do this is control
panel>network>tcp/ip-network adapter>properties, on the dns tab choose
enable
and fill in the fields, in the gateway tab i have put the address of my
mandrake box as that is the gateway to the net (this might not be necessary
but it works for me!)

bascule

On Saturday 25 November 2000  5:10 pm, you wrote:
>
>
> When I try to use the web, or ping anything by name, it doesn't work. It
> seems as though the name resolution isn't working on the 98 PC. The DNS is
> disabled, so I am assuming it is using the Mandrake computer to get its
> name resolution from.
>
> Problem is, I don't know how to check the Mandrake server to see where it
> is getting its name resolution from. I checked the /etc/nsswitch.conf
file,
> and the order are files dns nis nisplus.
>
> I am able to access everything fine from the Mandrake computer, so I
> believe name resolution on it is fine. I just don't think it is passing
> name resolution back and forth between Mandrake and 98. If Mandrake is
> getting its DNS settings (if it isn't getting them from somewhere else)
> from the ISP when I dial in, where is it configured to tell it to use the
> DNS from the ISP, and how do I configure it to pass the DNS resolution
back
> to the 98 PC?
>
> Thanks,
> brian







Re: [newbie] DNS issue?

2000-11-25 Thread Eugene C. Zesch

"Brian P. Trotter" wrote:
> 
> Here is my scenario. I have 2 computers. 1 Windows 98 computer, and 1
> Mandrake 7.2 computer. They are directly connected via 100mbs Ethernet. The
> Mandrake computer has a modem hanging off it, and it is configured to dial
> into my ISP.

> When I try to use the web, or ping anything by name, it doesn't work. It
> seems as though the name resolution isn't working on the 98 PC. The DNS is
> disabled, so I am assuming it is using the Mandrake computer to get its name
> resolution from.

If you are using ipchains, just set the DNS in the Windows machine to
your ISP's DNS numbers. It sounds like thats all you need.

Gene




Re: [newbie] DNS issue?

2000-11-25 Thread bascule

not sure brian, but in win you have to set the box to be on a lan and tell it 
to use dns, i set my win98 box to have the same two dns server entries for my 
isp as i gave the mandrake box, iirc the place to do this is control 
panel>network>tcp/ip-network adapter>properties, on the dns tab choose enable 
and fill in the fields, in the gateway tab i have put the address of my 
mandrake box as that is the gateway to the net (this might not be necessary 
but it works for me!)

bascule

On Saturday 25 November 2000  5:10 pm, you wrote:
> 
>
> When I try to use the web, or ping anything by name, it doesn't work. It
> seems as though the name resolution isn't working on the 98 PC. The DNS is
> disabled, so I am assuming it is using the Mandrake computer to get its
> name resolution from.
>
> Problem is, I don't know how to check the Mandrake server to see where it
> is getting its name resolution from. I checked the /etc/nsswitch.conf file,
> and the order are files dns nis nisplus.
>
> I am able to access everything fine from the Mandrake computer, so I
> believe name resolution on it is fine. I just don't think it is passing
> name resolution back and forth between Mandrake and 98. If Mandrake is
> getting its DNS settings (if it isn't getting them from somewhere else)
> from the ISP when I dial in, where is it configured to tell it to use the
> DNS from the ISP, and how do I configure it to pass the DNS resolution back
> to the 98 PC?
>
> Thanks,
> brian




[newbie] DNS issue?

2000-11-25 Thread Brian P. Trotter

Here is my scenario. I have 2 computers. 1 Windows 98 computer, and 1
Mandrake 7.2 computer. They are directly connected via 100mbs Ethernet. The
Mandrake computer has a modem hanging off it, and it is configured to dial
into my ISP.
I set Internet Connection Sharing up on the Mandrake computer and set the 98
computer up to get its IP address automatically with DHCP. I booted both,
and the 98 did receive an IP address from the Mandrake computer, and I could
ping, ftp, telnet back and forth and all that good stuff.

When I try to use the web, or ping anything by name, it doesn't work. It
seems as though the name resolution isn't working on the 98 PC. The DNS is
disabled, so I am assuming it is using the Mandrake computer to get its name
resolution from.

Problem is, I don't know how to check the Mandrake server to see where it is
getting its name resolution from. I checked the /etc/nsswitch.conf file, and
the order are files dns nis nisplus.

I am able to access everything fine from the Mandrake computer, so I believe
name resolution on it is fine. I just don't think it is passing name
resolution back and forth between Mandrake and 98. If Mandrake is getting
its DNS settings (if it isn't getting them from somewhere else) from the ISP
when I dial in, where is it configured to tell it to use the DNS from the
ISP, and how do I configure it to pass the DNS resolution back to the 98 PC?

Thanks,
brian





RE: [newbie] Internet Connection Issue...

2000-11-25 Thread Brian P. Trotter

Sounds like you may have a DNS issue.

Go to a terminal prompt and try to ping Yahoo's IP address by pinging:
216.32.74.50

If that is successful, next try pinging it by hostname: www.yahoo.com

If the IP address works, and the hostname fails, it is probably a DNS issue,
and that is a little out of my scope of help. I am having a DNS issue
myself.

Brian T.


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of yayan
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 11:54 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Internet Connection Issue...

Dear All,
I am new with Linux.
I just install LM 7.0 and it's look good, but one problem I have is internet
connection.
My dial-up is working good and could connect to my ISP (connected 48 kbps)
but when I run the browser (netscape) no one inetrnet site can I open (it
seem that no-connection I've been made).
I set the netscape to connect directly to internet
(Edit>Preference>Advance>Proxy).
Could anybody tell me what is going on whith my internet.
Any help would be great appreciated.
Thanks.

Yayan.




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Re: [newbie] Where is sndconfig, please? -- Urgent!

2000-11-25 Thread Mathias De Belder

> Everything seems to be fine, but I can't find the "sndconfig" command
> and program to configure my sound. Until I do so, I can't listen to
> RealPlayer. I tried it in the console and in KDE's xterm.

> This is the first time in two years of using Linux that I have had this
> error message.
> 
> Would very much appreciate your help.

If I recall correctly, sndconfig isn't installed by default. It's on the
second cd, and you can install it from there. 

ALSA (http://www.alsa-project.org/) has now become the most important
provider for sound under Linux. I suggest you download the driver
package and install it.




[newbie] Internet Connection Issue...

2000-11-25 Thread yayan

Dear All,
I am new with Linux.
I just install LM 7.0 and it's look good, but one problem I have is internet
connection.
My dial-up is working good and could connect to my ISP (connected 48 kbps)
but when I run the browser (netscape) no one inetrnet site can I open (it
seem that no-connection I've been made).
I set the netscape to connect directly to internet
(Edit>Preference>Advance>Proxy).
Could anybody tell me what is going on whith my internet.
Any help would be great appreciated.
Thanks.

Yayan.




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Re: [newbie] LM7.2 + Netscape 6.0

2000-11-25 Thread Eddie Torres

 I suggest you keep both.  There are some things like flash plugin that don't work 
with Netscape 6 yet.  
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On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 16:36:12   Andris Maziks wrote:
>Please help
>When i try to install Netscape 6.0 on LM7.2 box , installation was done 
>without errors, but also without replacing existing Nestscape installation 
>which is included in LM7.2 , in this case - How to replace existing 
>Netscape installation with Netscape 6.0
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Andris Maziks
>
>
>


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[newbie] Some 7.2 issues with sound, printing and netscape

2000-11-25 Thread Philip Ferguson

Hello.

I just installed 7.2 on my IBM Aptiva (Pentium 233).  I'm having a few 
problems.

First of all, my netscape button bar is in black and white, but all other 
colours are working out fine.

Secondly, I have a crystal sound card (the ones that come with an Aptiva) 
and I can't get it to work.  The hardware manager thing gives me an error 
saying that the sound card is busy.

Finally, I have a Cannon Bubblejet 100 (yup ... the really old one) plugged 
into LPT1 (which is lp0 I guess, in Linux).  After setting it up, it asks me 
if I want to do a test page.  I say yes and then it tells me that lp is not 
ready.  Needless to say, nothing comes out.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks,

Phil

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Re: [newbie] 7.2 installs and "stuff"

2000-11-25 Thread Gary A. Garibaldi

I'm not sure why it took that long for your install. It only took me about 38 
minutes for a full install using the Alt-E method on the Wal-Mart package 
with give a person the correct Expert mode menu. What took about 3 hours was 
all the downloading of KDE2 and other update required for said package.


Thank you.

Gary A. Garibaldi
Linux-Mandrake 7.2
Registered Linux User: 188550
--
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On Friday 24 November 2000 23:05, you wrote:
> On Friday 24 November 2000 23:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > 4x lmfao and you wonder why it took so long takes about 22 mins on my
> > machine for full install
> >
> > > ** Original Subject: RE: [newbie] 7.2 installs and "stuff"
> > > ** Original Sender: eryl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > ** Original Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 21:59:16 -0600
> > >
> > > ** Original Message follows...
> > >
> > >
> > > I've installed 7.2 on two different boxes, now (developmental), and
> > > both installs took 3 HOURS!
>
> WOW!  Now I'm really wondering what went on with my boxes!  And whatever
> it was, they both did the same thing.  Anyone else have any insight into
> this?

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Re: [newbie] netgear ea201 stopped working in 7.2?

2000-11-25 Thread bascule

in a desperate attempt to get the card to work i decided to compile a new 
kernel and now i'm ready to atke an axe to my box.
after running make xconfig and make dep i run make make bzImage, but, there 
is no image file or vmlinuz produced as a result, i searced the whole disk 
but couldn't find them - aaah!
please tell me that one can compile with 7.2, on second thoughts tell me one 
can't then i'll know that the world isn't just out to get me!

i don't even know what question to ask now!

bascule

On Saturday 25 November 2000  5:10 am, you wrote:
> Same problems I am having... HMMM>>> Can anyone say rushed release?
>
> > ** Original Subject: RE: [newbie] netgear ea201 stopped working in 7.2?
> > ** Original Sender: bascule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > ** Original Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 19:33:29 -0600
> >
> > ** Original Message follows...
> >
> >
> > i have the above card in my box, under lm7 and 7.1 it worked fine but now
> > i've installed 7.2 i cannot get get the card to initialise, i have not
> > changed the cards internal settings (full duplex non pnp) i have entered
> > the io and irq in the linuxconf>networking>network devices section but
> > when i run ifup eth0 or when the machine boots the error message
> > 'delaying eth0 initialisation' comes up, i'm sure the card is fine and i
> > have just missed out a simple step, but lms 7 and 7.1 were so simple
> > hardware wise that i'm not aware of what else i should be looking at,
> > what are the services needed to get the card working (as opposed to
> > actual network service like nfs etc.)
> >
> > bascule
> >
> >
> >** - End Original Message --- **
>
> ]XAN[animalTK




[newbie] Linux and Novell

2000-11-25 Thread Lauro Jardim

HI,
How I connect my linux with novell?





Re: [newbie] Pine 4.30 (was Aurora)

2000-11-25 Thread Mark Weaver

Sounds like a plan Paul. I'm wondering though if their idea of threading
and ours are somewhat different.

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  * so they can be kicked over the side and drowned!
  *
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<*REPLY SEPERATOR*>>

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 Paul had this to say!

> On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Mark Weaver wrote:
> 
> >:)... yeah...I saw that part, but even after I turned it on I still didn't
> >see any evidence of threading going on. Thats why I thought I was missing
> >something.
> 
> Hmmm...  I don't use the feature... I tried it just now, and after
> switching it on and going to another mailbox, Pine just ended itself. Very
> interesting behaviour. Tried several options, still the same.
> I cannot help you with this, perhaps you can write to the Pine developers.
> Their e-mail address is on the Pine page at http://www.washington.edu/pine
> I once wrote to them, and they do respond, it can take a while.
> 
> Good luck
> Paul
> 
> 





[newbie] LM7.2 + Netscape 6.0

2000-11-25 Thread Andris Maziks

Please help
When i try to install Netscape 6.0 on LM7.2 box , installation was done 
without errors, but also without replacing existing Nestscape installation 
which is included in LM7.2 , in this case - How to replace existing 
Netscape installation with Netscape 6.0

Thanks in advance

Andris Maziks





Re: [newbie] LinCity - The Game

2000-11-25 Thread Mark Weaver

hm...I just dowloaded the same and upon doing the "make" lincity I
received the same error. It appears that there is something wrong with the
code of the program that we're trying to compile. These are error messages
indicating something to that affect. This program will not compile until
the errors are fixed in the code.

-- 
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/ * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat
  * in order to get the rats up from below decks
  * so they can be kicked over the side and drowned!
  *
  * REGISTERED LINUX USER # 182496
  */

<*REPLY SEPERATOR*>>

On Fri, 24 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] had this to say!

> I was messing around and I read about LinCity. Being an avid SIM fan I had to 
> find it and download it. Well, Im stuck. Im using Mandrake 7.1 and when I try 
> to "make xlincity" it says:
> 
> 
> [root@localhost lincity-1.11]# gmake xlincity
> gcc   -c main.cxx -o xmain.o -O2   -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align 
> -Winline -DLIBDIR=\"/usr/loc
> al/lib/lincity\" -DLC_X11
> main.cxx: In function `void do_save_city()':
> main.cxx:693: implicit declaration of function `int strcat(...)'
> main.cxx: In function `void load_city_raw(char *)':
> main.cxx:1171: implicit declaration of function `int strncmp(...)'
> main.cxx: In function `void draw_save_dir(int)':
> main.cxx:1637: implicit declaration of function `int strncpy(...)'
> main.cxx:1640: implicit declaration of function `int strncat(...)'
> gmake: *** [xmain.o] Error 1  
> 
> I used the files that I downloaded right off the net. What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Your Linux Buddy,
> ~Lance
> 





Re: [newbie] 7.2 says i've got a PIII ?!

2000-11-25 Thread Mathias De Belder

> > > Under my laptop, owning a Celeron 500 mhz, Mandrake 7.2 says it's got a
> > > PIII Copermine... what's wrong??  8-?
> >
> > Your Celeron 500 is probably a CeleronII. This is the successor of the
> > CeleronA and it's based on the .18=B5 Coppermine core of the PIII. Only
> > the cache and the L2 associativity have been altered, and it runs on a
> > slower Front Side Bus speed.
> >
> > Linux Mandrake is correct in telling you that you have a PIII ;-)
> >
> > BUT, the CeleronII's performance is WAY of that of a regular PIII due to
> > the mentioned L2 cache associativity...
> >
> > cat /proc/cpuinfo should tell you more.
> 
> Good to know... that program answers me i'm forbidden to run it -running it
> as root, of course-  8-?
> 
> Do you know if it's easy to overclock??  ;-)

I'm surprised it won't let you see that file. As a user, just type : 
'cat /proc/cpuinfo' and it should give you the details of your CPU.

Overclocking a laptop isn't really recommended, although the Celeron's have 
historicly been very good overclockers.

As you've probably noticed by now, your laptop is generating quite a bit of
heat. Overclocking your CPU will only make it worse. To save costs and space 
and to not drain the battery too much, mobile Intel CPU's are only passivly 
cooled. In my opinion, those CPU's are already being pushed to the limit. One 
can seriously damage one's CPU by letting it overheat too much.

So it's better to leave your setup as it is. If you would really want to 
overclock, see if you can adjust your Front Side Bus speed from within your 
laptop's BIOS.

Just my .03 Euro (damn exchange rate ;)




Re: [newbie] playmidi not working

2000-11-25 Thread mdknewbie-g

KompuKit wrote:

> I have 7.2 installed (store version)
> I can play wavs,mp3s...and hear them...
> but when I bringup a webpage (I'm certain)
> has midi files playing...
> a window pops up...saying the following:
> 
> "open /dev/sequencer:  no such device
> playmidi 2.4 copywrite...etcetc."
> 
> I've got plugger installed...with netscape 4.75
> 
> how do I fix this??

I've seen this same question posted 3 or 4 times over the past several 
weeks and unfortunately don't recall ever seeing an answer. I have had the 
same problem when using a PCI sound card but if I switch to an old ISA SB 
16 PNP the problem goes away. Just out of curiosity, what type card are you 
using and is it PCI or ISA?

Paul





Re: [newbie] 7.2 says i've got a PIII ?!

2000-11-25 Thread Joan Tur

Mathias De Belder escribió:

> > Under my laptop, owning a Celeron 500 mhz, Mandrake 7.2 says it's got a
> > PIII Copermine... what's wrong??  8-?
>
> Your Celeron 500 is probably a CeleronII. This is the successor of the
> CeleronA and it's based on the .18µ Coppermine core of the PIII. Only
> the cache and the L2 associativity have been altered, and it runs on a
> slower Front Side Bus speed.
>
> Linux Mandrake is correct in telling you that you have a PIII ;-)
>
> BUT, the CeleronII's performance is WAY of that of a regular PIII due to
> the mentioned L2 cache associativity...
>
> cat /proc/cpuinfo should tell you more.

Good to know... that program answers me i'm forbidden to run it -running it
as root, of course-  8-?

Do you know if it's easy to overclock??  ;-)

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Re: [newbie] ktop

2000-11-25 Thread poogle

Appears to have been replaced by Kap

On Saturday 25 November 2000 09:53, you wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Jiten Kumar Ray mt ee wrote:
> >hi...
> >  i am not able to run ktop in LM7.2 either on command prompt or on run
> >window. is it removed?
> >any help?
> >--jit
>
> I can't find it either. Try gps, that is on my machine also, and very
> handy :)
>
> Paul




Re: [newbie] Where is sndconfig, please? -- Urgent!

2000-11-25 Thread Paul

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Benjamin Sher wrote:

>[sher@localhost sher]$ su
>Password:
>[root@localhost sher]# sndconfig
>bash: sndconfig: command not found
>[root@localhost sher]# sndconfig
>bash: sndconfig: command not found
>[root@localhost sher]#

[root@internet paul]# which sndconfig
/usr/sbin/sndconfig

Perhaps you need to reinstall it from the CD? Very strange, it installed
here by default...
Paul

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Re: [newbie] ktop

2000-11-25 Thread Paul

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Jiten Kumar Ray mt ee wrote:

>hi...
>  i am not able to run ktop in LM7.2 either on command prompt or on run
>window. is it removed?
>any help?
>--jit

I can't find it either. Try gps, that is on my machine also, and very
handy :)

Paul

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Re: [newbie] vmware

2000-11-25 Thread michael

You could probably insert your 7.2 inst disk and boot and choose expert and
development when you are asked, and that should install everything you need(if
space is no issue)

Richard Chase wrote:

> Marcia:
> When you attempt the installation with rpm, the rpm will tell you that
> certain 'dependencies' are not fulfilled. It will tell you which files you
> need (by name). You can search your Mandrake CD for them, and if you don't
> find them, you can search the web using keywords rpm and . I
> almost always find the files I need this way.
> Best of Luck,
> Rich Chase
>
> root wrote:
>
> > Dear All, I just purchased and downloaded VMware 2.0.3 for my
> > Linux-Mandrake 7.2. I downloaded the rpm file. In the process
> > installation could not proceed because I needed some C compiler files? I
> > do not think I did install anything for programming during installation.
> > What C compiler programs would I need for this and would they be on one
> > of my Linux 7.2 disks? Thank you for your help. Marcia





Re: [newbie] ktop

2000-11-25 Thread Joan Tur

Jiten Kumar Ray mt ee escribió:

> hi...
>   i am not able to run ktop in LM7.2 either on command prompt or on run
> window. is it removed?
> any help?
> --jit

Try gtop...

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Re: [newbie] 7.2 and several problems

2000-11-25 Thread Tom Brinkman

On Friday 24 November 2000 01:10 pm, Dennis Myers wrote:

> boot box also has the same problems as above as well as telling me
> that I have room for only 39% of the files I chose to install. That
> was on a 4gig hd with 2 gig reserved for /home. Should I have made
> /usr the larger partition? 

   Please, no html.  Also, you have the best chance of getting good 
answers to your questions if you limit each post to one question. Your 
'several problems' also appear to to be on different systems, so I'll 
just try to suggest a solution for partitions.  

   A fairly normal install of 7.2 with all it's included software is 
going to approach 3 gigs or more.  This is only going to be viable in 4 
gigs if you make ~120mb '/swap', and put everything else in '/'   There 
are no valid reasons not to put all of Linux on one partition (/), 
unless it's going to be used as a mission critical, multi user, 
networked server.  . and in that case, 4 gigs isn't close to being 
enough.
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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Hangs on 'killall'

2000-11-25 Thread Paul

On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Denver Espenorio wrote:

>I just finished installing mandrake 7.2, but when I restart my system and it
>goes thru the shutdown process, the system just hangs in the part 'killall'
>and i have to do a cold reboot just to get back to mandrake and it has to do
>all those fsck things.  Anyone can help me fix this problem?

Been there, done that. I had the problem on the /usr partition, a friend
had it on /home.
The solution I found: back up all you can from the partition you have the
problem with, reinstall and format the partition that gives you the fits.
That was the only way I could get things straight.

Paul

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[newbie] Where is sndconfig, please? -- Urgent!

2000-11-25 Thread Benjamin Sher

Dear friends:

I've just reinstalled LM7.2, this time selecting the graphical X boot
directly into KDE.

Everything seems to be fine, but I can't find the "sndconfig" command
and program to configure my sound. Until I do so, I can't listen to
RealPlayer. I tried it in the console and in KDE's xterm.

Here is the data:

[sher@localhost sher]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost sher]# sndconfig
bash: sndconfig: command not found
[root@localhost sher]# sndconfig
bash: sndconfig: command not found
[root@localhost sher]#
   

This is the first time in two years of using Linux that I have had this
error message. 

Would very much appreciate your help.

Benjamin


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