R: [newbie-it] xconfig
Da: "Walter Triacchini" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Data invio: venerdì 8 dicembre 2000 9.08 Oggetto: Re: [newbie-it] xconfig ma temo che la mia mandrake 7.2 abbia lo stesso problema di Andra anche se un po' diverso non riesco a compilare il kernel non trova qualche path ora provo a reinstallare tutto e poi vediamo Vorrei dare un consiglio: reinstallare è l'ultima cosa da fare. Primo perchè in genere non serve, se qualcosa non è a posto non è che rifacendo le stesse mosse si arrivi in un posto diverso. Poi perchè non si capisce cosa è andato storto o cosa si sta facendo, con il risultato netto che si hanno gli stessi risultati che si hanno sotto windows. Ora, come risolvere il problema? 1) Leggere accuratamente i messaggi di errore e se non li capiscono postarli in questa lista, copiandoli esattamente, cutpaste. Tali messaggi spiegano esattamente cosa è successo e sono fondamentali per risolvere il guaio. 2) se il programma dice qualcosa tipo "non trovo il compilatore", i casi sono 2: o non c'è o non sa come trovarlo. Il secondo caso è poco probabile, i path sono corretti, salvo che qualcuno ci pistoli. Se non c'è si cerca il pacchetto e lo si installa. A memoria ce ne sono 2 che vanno bene, sulla mdk, egcs-qualchecosa e gcc-qualchecosa. Prova ad installare questi. Può essere una procedura seccante, se nascono altri errori, ma ti garantisco che se li segui alla fine hai capito esattamente cosa è successo, sai come sono organizzate le cose e saprai come comportarti. Reinstallando alla brutta probabilmente non risolvi e oltretutto non capisci assolutamente cosa possa essere andato storto. se qualcuno ha gia' avuto questi problemi con la 7.2 sono tutto orecchi temo sia necessario un libro delle malf. poi da inviare alla mandrake ma da tenere pubblico. Queste cose ci sono già, anzi, è il normale modo di lavorare di tutto il mondo open source. Si chiamano bug reports. Però perchè un bug report sia utile deve essere molto dettagliato e con tutte le informazioni del caso, altrimenti serve a ben poco.
[newbie-it] Kppp
Ciao, quando mi connetto con kppp non parte nessun programma durante la connessione (a parte netscape), se chiudo kppp tutto ritorna a funzionare. Il problema è di kppp oppure del demone httpd ?
Re: [newbie-it] Problemi di compilazione...
On Thursday 07 December 2000 00:00, you wrote: loading cache ./config.cache checking for gcc... no checking for cc... no configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH A questo punto, credendo che non fosse installato il compilatore ho "sbirciato" tra i pacchetti ed ho trovato un gcc-cpp (credo sia quello che fa per me) ma risulta già installato;allora dipende dal percorso delle librerie o qualcosa del genere? probabilmente ti mancano le dipendenze dal cd della mandrake installa tutti i pacchetti del gcc (fondamentalmente i devel, direi). hai provato a compilare semplicemente un file .c? -- Devil Inside Experiment - C'era un bambino che odiava la polizia www.acidlife.com/aciderror/freefred Davide Banda Partial Arts [2000] - www.davidebanda.nelweb.net ICQ uin 5887365 - PGP key available on keyservers
[newbie-it] Problemi con kppp
Ho la versione 7.2 di Mandrake e un modem isdn interno Tintoretto TA. Il problema è che kppp riesce a riconscere il modem e a mandargli le stringhe di inizializzazione, che vengono accettate, ma al momento del comando ATDT[numero provider] mi ritorna il messaggio di errore: "No MSN/EAZ". Cosa vuol dire? Io credo che sia dovuto al fatto che devo settare anche il mio numero di telefono da qualche parte ma in kppp non so dove! Grazie dell'aiuto
[newbie-it] Volume suoni di sistema
Ho installato Mandrake 7.1 ed ho un piccolo problema, in quanto non riesco a mantenere la regolazione del volume che imposto sul pannello mixer, nel senso che, ad ogni avvio, il volume torna a metà (decisamente troppo alto). Come faccio a memorizzare le impostazioni del volume, in modo che si mantengano ad ogni avvio? Grazie mille Dario Tassell
Re: [newbie-it] Ma uno come me che non sa niente di informatica ocme cavolaccio fa???
Scusa l'ignoranza e i giorni che sono passati dall'ultima volta che hai scritto esattamente il 3/12/00. Tu mi consigliavi che bisogna inizializzare il modem perchè altrimenti non sa cosa deve fare. Mi hai detto che bisogna anche entrare come root per effettuare queste modifiche dentro il menu proprietà del modem. O.k.! Primo dubbio, bisogna andare in kde o in gnome? Secondo dubbio ho chiesto a chi mi ha venduto la macchina che tipo di modem mi abbia venduto, e lui mi ha risposto che (dato che ho aperto il p.c. e non c'è scritto assolutamente nulla! Solo S/N 00156156 etc) che è un modem integrato (sai loro risparmiano un sacco, non essendo u.s. robotics o rockwell). Ma allora anche se io compro un modem supportato (ad esempio come quelli che ho citato che perfino Windows supporta) i mie problemi saranno risolti? O bisgnerà fare lo stesso la inizializzazione?? Spero di essere stato chiaro ed esaustivo Naturalmente chiunque voglia aiutarmi è il ben accetto - Original Message - From: "Daniele Keyser Soze Surano" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] Ma uno come me che non sa niente di informatica ocme cavolaccio fa??? Si, le modifiche le può fare solo Root. quando devi inserire login e password, scrivi com login "root",e come password quella che hai inserito durante l'installazione (se non l'hai inserita allora non mettere niente e premi invio).
Re: [newbie-it] Problemi con kppp
Modem interno, per la 2 volta ,e un winmodem ,cioè è una specie di programma che funziona sotto wuinnoz, si può farlo funzionare anche in linux ,ma bisognia fare delle modifiche, non ho mai avuto questo problema e non so dirti esattamente come fare cerca sugli how to ciao lobax - Original Message - From: Luca Bagnaresi To: Linux Mailing list Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 2:38 PM Subject: [newbie-it] Problemi con kppp Ho la versione 7.2 di Mandrake e un modem isdn interno Tintoretto TA. Il problema è che kppp riesce a riconscere il modem e a mandargli le stringhe di inizializzazione, che vengono accettate, ma al momento del comando ATDT[numero provider] mi ritorna il messaggio di errore: "No MSN/EAZ". Cosa vuol dire? Io credo che sia dovuto al fatto che devo settare anche il mio numero di telefono da qualche parte ma in kppp non so dove! Grazie dell'aiuto
Re: [newbie-it] Problemi con kppp
Scusa lobax ormai tutti sanno del mio dannatissimo problema con Linux Mandrake 7.1 e con il modem interno ISDN e della sua relativa inizializzazione (come mi hai già consigliato di fare, ma che non so neanche da dove partire), ma se io inserisco un modem esterno, tipo quelli u.s. robotics o Rockwell che mi sembra siano quelli più famosi, la inizializzazione la devo fare lo stesso? Nel senso che se io rientro 'sto impaccio di modem isdn interno made in chissà dove, e ne acquisto uno di esterno (come uno di quelli citati sopra), dopo: 1) dovrò ancora fare la sua inizializzazione che non so fare? Perchè secondo le idee che mi sono fatto, e secondo quello che ho letto del manuale originale della Mandrke 7.1, pare che basti mettereUSERID e PASSWORDdi connessione (io uso Galactica) sul Kppp (va beh... nel manuale c'èe scritto che è semplice, ma almeno avrò la connessione a internet con Linux) e poi sono a posto. Questo è quello che ho capito leggendo il manuale di Lnux Mand 7.1 Scusate la prolissità, e spero di essermi spiegato. - Original Message - From: lobaxteen To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] Problemi con kppp Modem interno, per la 2 volta ,e un winmodem ,cioè è una specie di programma che funziona sotto wuinnoz, si può farlo funzionare anche in linux ,ma bisognia fare delle modifiche, non ho mai avuto questo problema e non so dirti esattamente come fare cerca sugli how to ciao lobax - Original Message - From: Luca Bagnaresi To: Linux Mailing list Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 2:38 PM Subject: [newbie-it] Problemi con kppp Ho la versione 7.2 di Mandrake e un modem isdn interno Tintoretto TA. Il problema è che kppp riesce a riconscere il modem e a mandargli le stringhe di inizializzazione, che vengono accettate, ma al momento del comando ATDT[numero provider] mi ritorna il messaggio di errore: "No MSN/EAZ". Cosa vuol dire? Io credo che sia dovuto al fatto che devo settare anche il mio numero di telefono da qualche parte ma in kppp non so dove! Grazie dell'aiuto
Re: [newbie-it] Ma uno come me che non sa niente di informatica ocme cavolaccio fa???
Allora devi entrare come root e in X (non cambia niente tra kde e Gnome). Fai partire linuxconf. Clicca su rete, poi in basso su ppp/slip,plip poi clicca su quello che sta scritto (di solito ppp0), poi vai sotto il menu Comunication, e inserisci la stringa di inizializzazione nella prima linea (modem init string),mi raccomando di scriverla esattamente (anche le maiuscole). Se non conosci la stringa puoi recuperarla da windows. Nelle proprietà del modem,nelle opzioni avanzate ci sta una voce "Visualizza registro",la dentro da qualche parte cè scritta la stringa di inizializzazione,scrivitela. Cosi dovresti risolvere,ma guarda anche la sringa per chiamare (di solito ATD) e copiala nella seconda voce (sotto modem init string ) ma dovrebbero essere uguali. Ciao e buona fortuna
Re: [newbie-it] Problemi con kppp
Ho provato a cercare ma non ho trovato nulla su questo prob. Mi potete dare i migliori siti con gli how to? Grazie - Original Message - From: lobaxteen To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] Problemi con kppp Modem interno, per la 2 volta ,e un winmodem ,cioè è una specie di programma che funziona sotto wuinnoz, si può farlo funzionare anche in linux ,ma bisognia fare delle modifiche, non ho mai avuto questo problema e non so dirti esattamente come fare cerca sugli how to ciao lobax - Original Message - From: Luca Bagnaresi To: Linux Mailing list Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 2:38 PM Subject: [newbie-it] Problemi con kppp Ho la versione 7.2 di Mandrake e un modem isdn interno Tintoretto TA. Il problema è che kppp riesce a riconscere il modem e a mandargli le stringhe di inizializzazione, che vengono accettate, ma al momento del comando ATDT[numero provider] mi ritorna il messaggio di errore: "No MSN/EAZ". Cosa vuol dire? Io credo che sia dovuto al fatto che devo settare anche il mio numero di telefono da qualche parte ma in kppp non so dove! Grazie dell'aiuto
Re: [newbie-it] Problemi con kppp
Bè, guarda... di problemi specifici con ISDN, non so molto... però già no ci avevi detto che si tratta di un modem ISDN; da quel che so, ASUSCOM (un ISDN pci interno l'ho visto a prezzi oscillanti fra 89 e 115 mila lire) e Digicom supportano Linux... Io, ti dirò, sono un utente "doemstico", e sto imparando man mano... per quanto riguarda la connessione a internet, le impostazioni del modem e degli account dei provider... bè, con kppp per me sono anche più semplici che con Windows... Certo, un cd di autoinstallazione è più semplice... :-) Corrado Enrico Guidolin wrote: Scusa lobax ormai tutti sanno del mio dannatissimo problema con Linux Mandrake 7.1 e con il modem interno ISDN e della sua relativa inizializzazione (come mi hai già consigliato di fare, ma che non so neanche da dove partire), ma se io inserisco un modem esterno, tipo quelli u.s. robotics o Rockwell che mi sembra siano quelli più famosi, la inizializzazione la devo fare lo stesso? Nel senso che se io rientro 'sto impaccio di modem isdn interno made in chissà dove, e ne acquisto uno di esterno (come uno di quelli citati sopra), dopo: 1) dovrò ancora fare la sua inizializzazione che non so fare? Perchè secondo le idee che mi sono fatto, e secondo quello che ho letto del manuale originale della Mandrke 7.1, pare che basti mettere USERID e PASSWORD di connessione (io uso Galactica) sul Kppp (va beh... nel manuale c'èe scritto che è semplice, ma almeno avrò la connessione a internet con Linux) e poi sono a posto. Questo è quello che ho capito leggendo il manuale di Lnux Mand 7.1 Scusate la prolissità, e spero di essermi spiegato. - Original Message - From: lobaxteen To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] Problemi con kppp Modem interno, per la 2 volta ,e un winmodem ,cioè è una specie di programma che funziona sotto wuinnoz, si può farlo funzionare anche in linux ,ma bisognia fare delle modifiche, non ho mai avuto questo problema e non so dirti esattamente come fare cerca sugli how tociao lobax - Original Message - From: Luca Bagnaresi To: Linux Mailing list Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 2:38 PM Subject: [newbie-it] Problemi con kppp Ho la versione 7.2 di Mandrake e un modem isdn interno Tintoretto TA. Il problema è che kppp riesce a riconscere il modem e a mandargli le stringhe di inizializzazione, che vengono accettate, ma al momento del comando ATDT[numero provider] mi ritorna il messaggio di errore: "No MSN/EAZ". Cosa vuol dire?Io credo che sia dovuto al fatto che devo settare anche il mio numero di telefono da qualche parte ma in kppp non so dove! Grazie dell'aiuto
Re: [newbie-it] Problemi con kppp
Ma la stringa di inizializzazione la devo fare lo stesso? Questo è quello che mi sto chiedendo? Perchè proprio non so dove mettere le mani! Adesso 'sto leggendo gli HOW TO sul modem ISDN al sito interpuntonet.it/linux come consigliatomi da frefred di questa lista. Speriamo bene! - Original Message - From: "Corrado" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 6:51 PM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] Problemi con kppp Bè, guarda... di problemi specifici con ISDN, non so molto... però già no ci avevi detto che si tratta di un modem ISDN; da quel che so, ASUSCOM (un ISDN pci interno l'ho visto a prezzi oscillanti fra 89 e 115 mila lire) e Digicom supportano Linux... Io, ti dirò, sono un utente "doemstico", e sto imparando man mano... per quanto riguarda la connessione a internet, le impostazioni del modem e degli account dei provider... bè, con kppp per me sono anche più semplici che con Windows... Certo, un cd di autoinstallazione è più semplice... :-) Corrado Enrico Guidolin wrote: Scusa lobax ormai tutti sanno del mio dannatissimo problema con Linux Mandrake 7.1 e con il modem interno ISDN e della sua relativa inizializzazione (come mi hai già consigliato di fare, ma che non so neanche da dove partire), ma se io inserisco un modem esterno, tipo quelli u.s. robotics o Rockwell che mi sembra siano quelli più famosi, la inizializzazione la devo fare lo stesso? Nel senso che se io rientro 'sto impaccio di modem isdn interno made in chissà dove, e ne acquisto uno di esterno (come uno di quelli citati sopra), dopo: 1) dovrò ancora fare la sua inizializzazione che non so fare? Perchè secondo le idee che mi sono fatto, e secondo quello che ho letto del manuale originale della Mandrke 7.1, pare che basti mettere USERID e PASSWORD di connessione (io uso Galactica) sul Kppp (va beh... nel manuale c'èe scritto che è semplice, ma almeno avrò la connessione a internet con Linux) e poi sono a posto. Questo è quello che ho capito leggendo il manuale di Lnux Mand 7.1 Scusate la prolissità, e spero di essermi spiegato. - Original Message - From: lobaxteen To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] Problemi con kppp Modem interno, per la 2 volta ,e un winmodem ,cioè è una specie di programma che funziona sotto wuinnoz, si può farlo funzionare anche in linux ,ma bisognia fare delle modifiche, non ho mai avuto questo problema e non so dirti esattamente come fare cerca sugli how tociao lobax - Original Message - From: Luca Bagnaresi To: Linux Mailing list Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 2:38 PM Subject: [newbie-it] Problemi con kppp Ho la versione 7.2 di Mandrake e un modem isdn interno Tintoretto TA. Il problema è che kppp riesce a riconscere il modem e a mandargli le stringhe di inizializzazione, che vengono accettate, ma al momento del comando ATDT[numero provider] mi ritorna il messaggio di errore: "No MSN/EAZ". Cosa vuol dire?Io credo che sia dovuto al fatto che devo settare anche il mio numero di telefono da qualche parte ma in kppp non so dove! Grazie dell'aiuto
[newbie-it] Compaq Presario 5716: Plug and Play
Non riesco a configurare le mie periferiche Plug and Play, pnpdump nonfunziona perchéil setup del mio BIOS, (premo F10 all'avvio del computer), non prevede la possibilità di disattivare il riconoscimento delle periferiche PnP. Qualcuno sa se esiste un modo, in un Compaq, per accedere ad una gestione più completa del bios (ho provato a premere canc, come avviene nei PC "normali"), o se esiste qualche altra scappatoia? O sono condannato?
[newbie-it] Compaq Presario 5716: Plug and Play
Non riesco a configurare le mie periferiche Plug and Play, pnpdump non funziona perché il setup del mio BIOS, (premo F10 all'avvio del computer), non prevede la possibilità di disattivare il riconoscimento delle periferiche PnP. Qualcuno sa se esiste un modo, in un Compaq, per accedere ad una gestione più completa del bios (ho provato a premere canc, come avviene nei PC "normali"), o se esiste qualche altra scappatoia? O sono condannato?
Re: [newbie-it] Problemi con kppp
- Original Message - From: Enrico Guidolin To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] Problemi con kppp Scusa lobax ormai tutti sanno del mio dannatissimo problema con Linux Mandrake 7.1 e con il modem interno ISDN e della sua relativa inizializzazione (come mi hai già consigliato di fare, ma che non so neanche da dove partire), ma se io inserisco un modem esterno, tipo quelli u.s. robotics o Rockwell che mi sembra siano quelli più famosi, la inizializzazione la devo fare lo stesso? sei sempre tu? scusa ho risposto senza leggere il mitt certo che le cose cambiano spesso da quelle parti non mi avevi parlato di winmodem,asp che cercoma mi sembrava di aver risposto ad un'altra persona cmq qui c'è tutto.a chi serve http://www.pluto.linux.it/ildp/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html lobax
RE: [newbie] Resolving resource conflicts in Mandrake 7.2 complete
Heh, actually I'm not having a problem... The original poster was having problems with two PCI ethernet cards, whose IRQ's were identical. Of course Linux doesn't like this. I mentioned that he had to move one of the PCI cards to another slot to change IRQ allocations, since obviously he had placed both cards into interlinked slots. This prompted people to speak up about "merely setting things in the bios" to which I responded that slot-wise IRQ allocation is hard wired. That is you can change the IRQ used but the two slots he used would ALWAYS have this problem since they are wired together. I expected a rash of people trying to contradict this, so far I only had one... heh. The 3C509 is an ISA card with PNP capabilities so the point is rather moot. Thanks though. -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jozef Glonek Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 7:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Resolving resource conflicts in Mandrake 7.2 complete Hey Jose, I know the 3c509 can has 2 modes : pnp or non-pnp. The surest way is a little dos utility (not windos) you can find at : ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/3c509/3c509x2.exe . If you really wants to do it in Linux you could try : http://www.scyld.com/diag/3c5x9setup.html With these programs you should be able to see, and change, the current settings of your card(s). It's quite possible that afterwards you have to disable in bios the irq's you have given to your 2 nic's. But I'm not quite sure of that. Joglon - Original Message - From: Jose M. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 9:19 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Resolving resource conflicts in Mandrake 7.2 complete I knew sooner or later I'd get a bite on this one... No, IRQ allocation is set by the BIOS (or the OS) during boot. While you can set WHICH irq is allocated to a group of cards, YOU CANNOT set individual IRQ's for a particular card. Huh? Sure I can, you say... NO! PCI cards are hardwired to the IRQ service levels. Normally more than once card is wired to each line. Thus you'll have a pair of PCI slots (or in some cases up to three) which share the SAME IRQ's. No matter what you do with the BIOS you'll be unable to disable the sharing. Say you have a NIC card using IRQ-10 in slot two, and a NIC card in Slot 5 which you discover also is sharing the same IRQ. Linux doesn't like this... ok, so you go into the bios and try to set the IRQ allocation for slot two... well guess what happens, it also changes for slot 5! If you are lucky you will not have a sharing issue, if not all your slots are filled. In the original posters machine, all his slots are full and he cannot get around his two NICs using the same IRQ. He can move one of them to another slot, possibly causing another sharing situation. Under certain conditions sharing is ok, so by moving his cards around he can fix the problem. Though your milage may vary depending upon driving conditions... -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Abraham Pinzur Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 10:43 AM To: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake Subject: RE: [newbie] Resolving resource conflicts in Mandrake 7.2 complete In most computers IRQ allocation on PCI cards is SLOT dependant. My Award BIOS lets me manually set the IRQ assigned to each slot. - Av - -- Abraham P. (Av) Pinzur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crispgraphics.com/~newav -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jose M. Sanchez Sent: Wednesday, 06 December, 2000 02:34 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Resolving resource conflicts in Mandrake 7.2 complete In most computers IRQ allocation on PCI cards is SLOT dependant. I'm sure a few people here will think otherwise, but it's true. You can change the IRQ both cards will use, but the change will occur in unison... I.E. both will go to 10 at the same time, etc. What you need to do, is move one of the cards to another PCI card slot. Some vendors now provide "maps" of the IRQ allocations on a per slot basis... I wish they all would to clarify things for a lot of people... For example the AGP slot and the first slot (closest to the AGP slot) normally share the same IRQ no matter what you do. Slot two w/slot 5, etc... actual hardware may vary... -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Lee Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 2:27 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [newbie] Resolving resource conflicts in Mandrake 7.2 complete Hi, I'm new to the list and have a question regarding resource conflicts in Mandrake 7.2 Complete. I have a system that I built, to act as a gateway/firewall for my
[newbie] PCMCIA Troubles
I have installed Mandrake 7.1 on my Dell Latitude Laptop but no matter what I put in my PCMCIA slot, the os says that it's 'empty'. Obviously this is a problem since I can't get the laptop on the network without the network card being seen. Any suggestions? Jim Atkins President/CEO The NetShoppe Inc. 252-745-7175 252-745-3058 FAX === fishing with a different kind of 'net === http://www.netshoppe.net http://www.pamlico-online.com
Re: [newbie] Configuring CyberBlade/7i with gnome and X 3.3.6/4.0.1: Trouble!
Thanx for the answer Dennis.
I tried 1024x768@60Hz with 16 bit (32000 colors?). Also higher and lower
color depths. What amazes me is that during installation I tried the
resolutions that I now they work, since not so long ago I installed
RH7.0 and it worked. I remember that, though that's primary resolution
in my monitor manual, X would never accept 1024x768, doesn't matter what
refresh rate I used. So I went up to 1152x864@60Hz and 16 bit and it
worked fine. That was RH7.0. This time I noticed that every time the
test screen of X config. under Drakx showed up, it had the same
resolution, e.g. the penguins and the fonts had the same size. I could
go down to 800x600, it still seemed the same size. The information
screen told me I was in the right resolution but the test screen didn't
change apparently and when I came back to the change resolution screen,
I got the 1024x768 already marked for me. Seems like Xconfigurator under
Drakx is quite stubborn... it should be stated that my manual explicitly
names most of the resolutions and refresh rates I've tried. I wouldn't
like to edit xf86config manually, but while reading this years'
postings, one guy said he had the test screen as well but at login he
got similar disruptions. He guessed it could be that xf86config got
corrupted after the installation. Oh well, I guess I will have to read
all the XF86Free docs...
Dennis Myers wrote:
On Thursday 07 December 2000 08:58 pm, you wrote:
Hi all,
[snip[]
I'm using a Trident CyberBlade i7 AGP and a cheap 17"-screen that can do
1280@60Hz, besides that Gnome as session. I also tried to use X 3.3.6
instead of 4 but then the test screen at X config. didn't even show up
("device busy..."). Did anybody experience something similar, maybe with
another card? Do I have a corrupted version of Xfree? Or is it some
mistake in the resolutions? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanx
Marcio Cordero
Marcio, you didn't mention what color resolution you were trying. I have seen
problems with xserver if you have colors set to high or resolution pushing
the envelope. Try stepping down to 16 thousand colors and maybe one step down
on the resolution. Do this incrementally until you get a xwindow. You should
be able to get it that way. Also check your monitor's manual for acceptable
refresh rates at given resolutions, cause the next choice is to go to
XF86config and configure manually
--
Dennis Myers registered Linux User #180842
Re: [Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 and Sounblaster Live!]
That woudl be a good suggestion if it weren;t for the fact that SB Live is a PCI card, hence it is ONLY PnP. I had the same problem, and found that in Linux the SB Live card and USB use the same IRQ. That problem did not occur in Windows or when I switched back to Redhat ... so .. the one thing I can suggest is to move the SB Live to a different slot to see if ot loads at a different IRQ, If that doesn't get it ... I dunno what to say other than start screaming at the dev guys ... On Tue, 13 Jan 2037, you wrote: Phillippe, Try to go into your CMOS and disable PNP. That could be the culprit. Just a suggestion. Cheers --Al Frank Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use a Soundblaster Live Value, and had no problems. Mandrake 7.2 found and configured it, no problem. Beats the heck out of me as to what happened. I would try another install. Frank At 12:39 AM 12/7/00 -0600, you wrote: For some reason, a lot of people have problems with SB Live! cards in linux, and it's lots of weird, different stuff. If no one here can give you a good fix, I would suggest http://opensource.creative.com as a good place to start looking for a solution. You can search their mailing list/read the documentation/download new drivers there. Cody Philippe wrote: I just installed mandrake 7.2, my first experience with linux, but it seems the sound is not working. HardDrake is showing the correct card: Creative Labs SB Live! Anyone else has/had this problem? and a solution for it? Thanks, Philippe Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/webmail -- This is forgiveness so I know ... Once I repent I seal the lid ... I slither for you and I am dying... I find trust in hate ... - [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.slip.net/~cenobite/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shayne L. Schecht "Ceno's Bytes" Los Angeles, Ca - There is a secret song at the centre of the world and it's sound is like razors through flesh -
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 and Sounblaster Live!
Can't change DMA in a SB Live ... it is a PCI, PnP device .. so it is at the mercy of the BIOS. On Thu, 07 Dec 2000, you wrote: euh.. Where can I change those DMA values? "Richard F. Galaz" wrote: I had a similar problem with another machine that had an older sound blaster card. HardDrake did show the correct card, but I got no sound. What I did was changed the DMA values. After doing so, the sound worked great! I don't know if this would apply to SB Live, but it might be worth a shot. Richard At 11:02 PM 12/6/2000 -0600, you wrote: I just installed mandrake 7.2, my first experience with linux, but it seems the sound is not working. HardDrake is showing the correct card: Creative Labs SB Live! Anyone else has/had this problem? and a solution for it? Thanks, Philippe -- This is forgiveness so I know ... Once I repent I seal the lid ... I slither for you and I am dying... I find trust in hate ... - [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.slip.net/~cenobite/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shayne L. Schecht "Ceno's Bytes" Los Angeles, Ca - There is a secret song at the centre of the world and it's sound is like razors through flesh -
Re: [newbie] CDROM doesnt read the complete CD
FYI It is a Pioneer DVD-ROM, DVD-115. The CD where the problem occures is not burnt, at least not by myself. It is a manufacturers CD. CD8 Components from the Mandrake package. The subdirs from /utilities and /secure server, are empty. In windows filemanager the files are there. Philippe "Brian (Adelong Sales)" wrote: Yeh, just a few, firstly is it a burnt CD? also what speed and type of drive? do normal CDs work...? you can probably guess where this is going ie is the burnt cd closed and written properly or was it interrupted? I got some weird problem here... My CDROM drive cant read the files of some subdirectories on a CD. I'm not shure if the problem occures for other CD's, but I'm shure the files are there! And the second problem: the CD drive doesnt recognize audio CD's. This might be due to my not working soundblaster live, but that is another issue. Any ID's? Philippe
[newbie] Upgrading 7.1 to 7.2
Hi! I tried to upgrade my Mandrake 7.0 to 7.1 when 7.1 was released. Well, the upgrade wasn't successfull, so I dicided to reinstall the whole system. Now I would like to upgrade 7.1 to 7.2 and I would like to know if it is possible somehow (I mean the system will be useable after the upgrade)? Bye! Loci
[newbie] Adding SCSI
Ok, this is driving me nuts. How do I add a SCSI card to an existing 7.2 install? I'm trying to add an Adaptec 1542c but also have a 1522a that I can try. The system simply does not recognize the card. I've even tryd compiling a kernel that has the aha1542 module in it but no go. I need to add this card so I can attach an external scsi tape drive to the system. - Phil Garrett Systems Analyst Home Sales Co. / Hill Management [EMAIL PROTECTED] -
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 Security Level Question
On Thursday 07 December 2000 01:28 pm, Eric Stoycon wrote: Greetings everyone. I have a quick question. During the install of Mandrake 7.1 I get an option about what security level I want. Are there any documents out there that talk about the differences in those levels? Look on your main menu in Documentation | Mandrake Doc | Reference Manual -or- load file:/usr/share/doc/mandrake/en/index.html in Netscape or Konqueror Could someone point me in the right direction? A little advice, no matter how new to linux you are, or expert you become, set security to low during install. Then increase it in steps to a level you can work with, after you are comfortable that the system is OK and working properly with your hardware. -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] configuring login screen
hi Tom -- you say this is a pre 2.1 bug? but this worked with the KDE that came with 7.1. i had changed the login background before. i played with it some more last night it does seem to simply not work. =( oh well, life goes on i expect. so do you know if there is another way to change the login background? is there a configuration file for this? thanks much. Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9:36:55 AM 12/7/00 On Thursday 07 December 2000 08:53 am, Adrian Smith wrote: another thing not working under 7.2 *sigh* login as root using KDE go to the configuration utility then the logon section i can change which icons appear in the logon box i can change the fonts which are used in the logon box all those save work fine. however, i can not change the background. IIRC, this is a KDE bug that even as of pre2.1 hasn't been fixed yet, but the KDE developers are workin on it. -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
RE: [newbie] Best Web Browser
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Abraham Pinzur wrote: Perhaps your Konqueror is flaky... Let me just ask then - how do I go about making sure I've got the latest iteration of, say, Konqueror? Mandrake Update doesn't list any updates, but does that mean anything? Real newbie question, here, I know... LOL...ask a newbie like me a question, no matter how newbie the question is, and I'm usually left scratching my head. My version of Konqueror is 1.9.8, if thats any help... -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Registered Linux user #190719
Re: [newbie] Upgrading 7.1 to 7.2
The general opinion I have heard here is to do your back ups and go for a new install. Apparently the differences between 7.1 and 7.2 are simply too great for a simple upgrade to overcome. Barry :-) On Fri, 08 December 2000, Nemeth Lorant wrote: Hi! I tried to upgrade my Mandrake 7.0 to 7.1 when 7.1 was released. Well, the upgrade wasn't successfull, so I dicided to reinstall the whole system. Now I would like to upgrade 7.1 to 7.2 and I would like to know if it is possible somehow (I mean the system will be useable after the upgrade)? Bye! Loci Surfree.com - nationwide internet access http://www.surfree.com
RE: [newbie] Diamond Stealth III S540 agp videocard
As an owner of a Savage4 card (same as the S540)... Why switch from Voodoo3 2000 PCI to a Savage4 AGP? The V3 is more widely supported, can be used under XFree86, and is at least as fast as the Stealth on 16 bit graphics. The only advantage of the Stealth is that it can handle 32 bit graphics. Adam On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Brandon Vanderberg wrote: used it fine with mandrake, no issues. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of R Edward McCain Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 7:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Diamond Stealth III S540 agp videocard Are there any known linux issues with this card? http://store.s3.com/dr/v2/ec_MAIN.Entry10?SP=10023PN=1V1=255159xid=25971 I'd linke to own one, I think. I currently have a 16mb voodoo3 2000 PCI and would love to use my AGP slot. advTHANKSance -- R. Edward McCain [EMAIL PROTECTED] icq: 599146 Registered Linux User #196613
Re: [newbie] Upgrading 7.1 to 7.2
hi there. i just upgraded 7.1 to 7.2 and asked the same question as you on this list. the consensus seems to be that it is better to do a fresh install of 7.2, not an upgrade. there do seem to be quite a few differences between the two. 7.2 does of course have the "upgrade" option in the install program. but i was warned this could cause lots of headache. do you have a seperate /home partition? if not, i suggest you create one now. having /home (and in my case /backup and /home/user/work) on seperate partitions is great. when i did the fresh install my software found the preferences from 7.1 and i didn't have to reconfigure anything. that was 10 out of 10 for coolness. so -- yes, you can upgrade -- but a fresh install seems to be the better option. i did have some problems with my install, and yes i am a bit agitated=) but in all fairness my system is working, all hardware works (save the winmodem of course) and all the little bugs are things i can sort out with some work. Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nemeth Lorant [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6:59:57 AM 12/8/00 Hi! I tried to upgrade my Mandrake 7.0 to 7.1 when 7.1 was released. Well, the upgrade wasn't successfull, so I dicided to reinstall the whole system. Now I would like to upgrade 7.1 to 7.2 and I would like to know if it is possible somehow (I mean the system will be useable after the upgrade)? Bye! Loci
Re: [newbie] configuring login screen
On Friday 08 December 2000 08:23 am, Adrian Smith wrote: hi Tom -- you say this is a pre 2.1 bug? No, it's been a reported, recognized by the developers, bug with all KDE2 builds up to and including pre2.1 according to traffic I've seen on the KDE mailing lists. IOW's this is not a distro (LM) problem with KDE2. but this worked with the KDE that came with 7.1. 'Cause that's KDE1 I should'a stayed out of this ; I boot right to my user desktop an never see the GUI login screen -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay On Thursday 07 December 2000 08:53 am, Adrian Smith wrote: another thing not working under 7.2 *sigh* login as root using KDE go to the configuration utility then the logon section i can change which icons appear in the logon box i can change the fonts which are used in the logon box all those save work fine. however, i can not change the background. IIRC, this is a KDE bug that even as of pre2.1 hasn't been fixed yet, but the KDE developers are workin on it.
Re: [newbie] CDROM doesnt read the complete CD
Dont hurt your brains anymore. When I login as root the files are there ! Probably only the root can install this stuff. Kinda weird that a normal user is not allowed to see the files. Philippe Philippe Van den Broek wrote: FYI It is a Pioneer DVD-ROM, DVD-115. The CD where the problem occures is not burnt, at least not by myself. It is a manufacturers CD. CD8 Components from the Mandrake package. The subdirs from /utilities and /secure server, are empty. In windows filemanager the files are there. Philippe "Brian (Adelong Sales)" wrote: Yeh, just a few, firstly is it a burnt CD? also what speed and type of drive? do normal CDs work...? you can probably guess where this is going ie is the burnt cd closed and written properly or was it interrupted? I got some weird problem here... My CDROM drive cant read the files of some subdirectories on a CD. I'm not shure if the problem occures for other CD's, but I'm shure the files are there! And the second problem: the CD drive doesnt recognize audio CD's. This might be due to my not working soundblaster live, but that is another issue. Any ID's? Philippe
Re: [newbie] PCMCIA Troubles
Jim what type of card are you using? is it supported by linux? are you dual booting on this laptop? if so does the card work in windows? Do you have pcmcia, and the network enabled at startup? when linux is booting up and after it enters the Interactive mode, it will start loading a bunch of modules- look and see if pcmcia is started. Eunice Jim Atkins wrote: I have installed Mandrake 7.1 on my Dell Latitude Laptop but no matter what I put in my PCMCIA slot, the os says that it's 'empty'. Obviously this is a problem since I can't get the laptop on the network without the network card being seen. Any suggestions? Jim Atkins President/CEO The NetShoppe Inc. 252-745-7175 252-745-3058 FAX === fishing with a different kind of 'net === http://www.netshoppe.net http://www.pamlico-online.com -- Eunice Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Treasurer/Community Relations Cerritos Linux User Group http://www.cerritoslug.org
RE: [newbie] Upgrading 7.1 to 7.2
If you have a seperate /home you can save it otherwise you need to do 7.2 as a new install Not as an upgrade. KDE2 and directory structure changes will cause problems if if the installation is done as an upgrade. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nemeth Lorant Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 9:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Upgrading 7.1 to 7.2 Hi! I tried to upgrade my Mandrake 7.0 to 7.1 when 7.1 was released. Well, the upgrade wasn't successfull, so I dicided to reinstall the whole system. Now I would like to upgrade 7.1 to 7.2 and I would like to know if it is possible somehow (I mean the system will be useable after the upgrade)? Bye! Loci
[newbie] Toshiba 4200 Notebook
Hi Guys Does anyone have any experience with installing 7.2 onto a Tosh 4200. The problem is the video card, a s3 Savage chipset, is not recognised during installation. I have downloaded the patch but am unsure how to install it from the command line. The patch I got is s3savage-1.0-13.tar.gz. I can untar this file but when trying to run ./install sh I get 'XFree must be installed'. I thought during the installation that Xfree was installed. I also believe the modem is a dreaded winmodem, but with a patch can be made to work. Thank you and any help will be much appreciated. Mark Annandale
[newbie] d-link ethernet card
Hi, Yesterday I installed linuw Mandrake 7.2, but it recognized my d-link 528 ethernetcard as a Realtec eth card (d-link cards have realtec chips, but use different software). In the configuration menu i could only find one type of d-link card, and when i selected that card Linux prompted to say that the resource was being used. So when I closed the configuration menu, not one program could be opened, even not logoff, terminal... Mandrake prompted each time to say that the path was unavailable any ideas?
Re: [newbie] Pine 4.30 bug feature
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Mark, What installation did you do? Did you install from an RPM or did you compile the thing yourself? I compiled it myself, and had no problem with Pine 4.30 whatsoever. Good luck, Paul Something strange is going on with Pine 4.30. It has happened 3 timesw now and I was wondering if anyone else has seen this behavior exibited by their installation of Pine 4.30. What happens is this; it will be running just fine and then crash unexplainably. I get a message in the terminal that "something" has happened it received an abort signal and has terminated. Thats all I'm getting from it. I suspected maybe a config file to be the culprit so, I renamed my .pinerc file, restarted Pine, set everything up again. IT will run fine for a bit, but then when I start Pine again later get the same error and hve to go thru the same process over again. Any insight into this mysterious new behavior would be appreciated. If I can't get it fixed I will have to return to using 4.21. I would prefer to continue to use 4.30 for the threading. -- Work fascinates me. I can watch it for hours. -Oscar Wilde http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30
Re: [newbie] Upgrading 7.1 to 7.2
That is the advice I followed including saving my /home partition, but that was not without it own pitfalls. The KDE menus were messed up and had to be fixed. Knotes did not work (blanked the screen) till I deleted the notes created under the predious Mandrake and rewrote them, KDE's autostart did not work because the folder was now expected in another location. The cursor pointer changes I made no longer work. The theme changes I made dissappeared. Etc. There may be other problems I have not yet found out about. I realize a lot of these (but not all) are due to the move to KDE2, but to the newbie that makes no difference. There really ought to be a list of changes and solutions so newbies like me do not have to spend weeks trying to figure them out one at a time. Incidentally, does Mandrake have an update to correct the KDE2 problems? I understand that KDE has now moved to at least kde2.0.1 or something like that. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Upgrading 7.1 to 7.2 The general opinion I have heard here is to do your back ups and go for a new install. Apparently the differences between 7.1 and 7.2 are simply too great for a simple upgrade to overcome. Barry :-) On Fri, 08 December 2000, Nemeth Lorant wrote: Hi! I tried to upgrade my Mandrake 7.0 to 7.1 when 7.1 was released. Well, the upgrade wasn't successfull, so I dicided to reinstall the whole system. Now I would like to upgrade 7.1 to 7.2 and I would like to know if it is possible somehow (I mean the system will be useable after the upgrade)? Bye! Loci Surfree.com - nationwide internet access http://www.surfree.com
[newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx
I have been trying to install Mandrake 7.2 to my PC which is running WindowsMe. Win4Lnx allows the user to install Mandrake 7.2 without re-partition the HD. Everything went smoothly until I hit the "file system setup" where I have to choose the size for the root directory and swap file. After choosing the desire capacity for both options, I got an error saying that "ext2 formating of /mnt/mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img fail". If anyone have a similar experience before or know how to resolve this problem, please help. ICQ# 1678616 Office # 972-506-3411 eFax # 419-818-7262 Homepage: johnnykwan.web-page.net Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: Re: [newbie] InstallShield
hey Mark Groovyness. Glad it didn't turn into total disaster. on the subject of hardware -- since going with linux i've been learning more about hardware. i wasn't really keep up with that side of things. when i bought the compaq box i have now i had no idea there was such a thing as a "winmodem". when i found out just what i had occupying space on com1 i was just stunned. good thing i found out about 'winprinters' before i dropped some cash on that. me thinks low quality hardware is probably the source of much pain in the linux community. even to a newbie like me linux seems pretty easy to get along with if it has a nice home. laterz Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2:12:32 PM 12/7/00 Hi Adrian, I found a pleasant surprise when I started loading Linux back onto my workstation today. I had 7.2 running briefly, but because the hardware on that computer is SO incompatible with Mandrake 7.2 a LOT of things were either broken or would not work at all no matter what. As I was looking around a hard drive that I was sure was wiped out, Lo and behold ALL my data files and EVERYTHING that was on the /home partition was still there. I lost literally everything on the windows side of the hard drive, but all my data on the linux side survived. :) that was a VERY pleasant sight for my very sore eyes indeed! At present I am busily re-installing Mandrake 7.1 back onto this workstation. Had that one on there before running very well, except for Star Office, but all in all Mdk 7.1 works well on this machine. It appears that most of the troubles I've had at least not withstanding the mess that the installer caused yesterday, are hardware related due to the fact that the now defunct Quantex company used very low standard quality hardware in their PC's, that is almost so bad that I barely got Windows installed and running this morning. From: "Adrian Smith" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 11:05:23 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] InstallShield hey Mark -- sorry to hear you had such a nasty turn of events. i rather wonder about this also. when i installed 7.0 everything worked great. when i installed 7.1 i had no printer and a persistent "failed" message on shut down. installed 7.2 yesterday -- 3 fail messages on start up 4 fail messages on shut down LILO no work over 1024 cylinder number lock goes off when X starts i told the install program where to mount each partiton -- some of them it did exactly what i asked it to do, some others it put where it wanted them ? i told X a resolution of 1024x768 (or whatever it is like i remember) but i got a resolution of 800x600 when i actually started up X i created a user account when installing yet when i booted the system first time, there were no user accounts, only root. had to boot into the console only mode - when i tried to use 'shutdown' to shutdown (duh) the system locked up i had to power off. finally, all the files on my /home had a different owner once i got my user account created, so i gotta run around 3 partitions (/home /backup /home/skippi/work) and do a chown. the 7.2 install does seem to be a very bad animal. of course, my problems are not near the level of yours. i agree with the "don't fix what ain't broken thing" and i learned that yet again when i upgraded windows direct x 7 to direct x 8. now half my games don't work. oh well, i wanted to spend all weekend fixing my computer anyhow. =) i don't mind your venting. who knows, 7.0 may find it's way back to my computer if i can't fix all this stuff. Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6:35:54 PM 12/6/00 Geez! I wish I would-a had one of those fancy install thing-a-ma-bobs this afternoon when an install attempt of Mandrake 7.2 wiped out my entire friggin workstation! Who's the nit wit responsible for so drastically changing the install program and process? When, during the first install, a few too many errors cause major problems with running the system after a rebooted, I restarted the install process. Sadly I didn't recognize what was happening till it was too late. The installation program, on it's own started an auto-install and in under 5 seconds wiped my entire workstations hard drive. 10 friggin GB's of data...GONE! Never before in my life have a ever seen a program behave in such a severely BAD manner. It didn't ask me what I wanted; I, of course wanted to do an expert install where I have total control of everything that goes on. There's a certain way I want the OS installed for certain reasons. In a nut shell when I booted the system with the floppy that I used to boot the system the first time which went off without a hitch, the rotten bastard went straight into an auto-install. Mandrake, when you can make a mess of an experienced users machine like this I think it's time to take a
[newbie] Matrox G-450 Mandrake 7.2
How to config?
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx
Because Win4Linx requires direct access to DOS and this is blocked and hidden in Win ME you can not install it. The only resolutions to this require registry changes which can adversly effect Win ME and are not advised. Your safest and best bet would be to resize your Win partition and to then install 7.2 in its own partition and to forget about Win4Lnx. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Johnny Kwan Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 1:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx I have been trying to install Mandrake 7.2 to my PC which is running WindowsMe. Win4Lnx allows the user to install Mandrake 7.2 without re-partition the HD. Everything went smoothly until I hit the "file system setup" where I have to choose the size for the root directory and swap file. After choosing the desire capacity for both options, I got an error saying that "ext2 formating of /mnt/mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img fail". If anyone have a similar experience before or know how to resolve this problem, please help. ICQ# 1678616 Office # 972-506-3411 eFax # 419-818-7262 Homepage: johnnykwan.web-page.net Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx
I'm not sure how much Johnny knows, but if he uses MS fdisk to create his partitions he's going to delete Windows, which I'm sure he wants to avoid. Does the Expert Mode allow you to resize fat16/32 partitions similar to Partition Magic? As for his original issue, this line: "ext2 formating of /mnt/mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img fail". Looks a little strange to me, particularly /mnt/mnt/. But I'm not overly familiar with win4lnx, so I could be wrong. Joseph Red [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Mark Lee" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 12:11 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx Installing Linux separately will resolve this issue. You need to make sure that you have sufficient free space on the destination drive (I try to keep around 1.5GB free) and make an unformatted partition there using FDISK. If you can, make an additional 125MB unformatted partition for the swap file. Put the Linux boot disk in the floppy drive and Disc 1 in the CD-ROM then restart your system. When you are asked how you would like to install/partition your HDD, choose Expert Mode. Locate the drive and partitions you created and choose to create an ext2 partition (you can put the mount point here). Expert Mode offers you the chance to resize partitions (useful if you need to make room for a swap file). Mandrake should detect the presence of Windows and, when the install is complete and you reboot, you will be presented with a boot menu that offers Linux and Windows. In the case of NT/9x dual boot systems the boot menu will list DOS as an option. This will get you to the standard boot menu created by the NT boot.ini file. Hope this helps, Mark -Original Message- From: Johnny Kwan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 10:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx I have been trying to install Mandrake 7.2 to my PC which is running WindowsMe. Win4Lnx allows the user to install Mandrake 7.2 without re-partition the HD. Everything went smoothly until I hit the "file system setup" where I have to choose the size for the root directory and swap file. After choosing the desire capacity for both options, I got an error saying that "ext2 formating of /mnt/mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img fail". If anyone have a similar experience before or know how to resolve this problem, please help. ICQ# 1678616 Office # 972-506-3411 eFax # 419-818-7262 Homepage: johnnykwan.web-page.net Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: [newbie] Adding SCSI
Phil Garrett wrote: Ok, this is driving me nuts. How do I add a SCSI card to an existing 7.2 install? I'm trying to add an Adaptec 1542c but also have a 1522a that I can try. The system simply does not recognize the card. I've even tryd compiling a kernel that has the aha1542 module in it but no go. I need to add this card so I can attach an external scsi tape drive to the system. - Phil Garrett Systems Analyst Home Sales Co. / Hill Management [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Philhave you looked for info on mandrakeuser.org yet? http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hconf1.html#brute2 http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hremov5.html#tape -- Alan
[newbie] scsi emulation
internet searches are just not turning up much today =( can anyone tell me how to set up my IDE cd drive for scsi emulation so that i can use it along with my scsi cd burner in xcdroast? or tell me where i might find such instruction on the web? i have be looking thru the howto documents, but not finding it. it might be hiding in plain sight. thanks much. Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx
I've never tried, but as it is basically a scaled-down version of PM it
should. This may be the only option if ME occupies the entire HDD in FAT32.
You just have to remember to leave enough room for installing apps and the
ME swap file, which can be pretty big. You can gauge the size of the swap
file by going to a DOS prompt CD to the Windows directory and do a DIR for
either *.swp (old Win9x) or Pagefile.sys for Win2K type shells.
If you are familiar with FDISK and do not have one partition that occupies
the entire disk you can select option 4 from the menu ("Display Partition
Information") This will show you where Windows lives and how much space it
is using. You can then create an extended DOS partition in the free space
(most likely, this will only allow you to create 1 partition though)
The /mnt/mnt/ issue may occur because the Windows partition is referred to
(I think) as /mnt/windows. Win4lnx could be trying to establish a mount
point within that partition. There's a possibility that it is unable to
write to the boot sector, but that's an (un)intelligent guess. Mandrake
shouldn't have a problem with FAT32 partitions, however, as I have never
used win4lnx this could be an issue. Other things that might affect it are
antivirus software (that prevents the boot sector from being modified) or
some type of hard drive overlay software like OnTrack disk manager.
-Original Message-
From: Joseph Red [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 2:41 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx
I'm not sure how much Johnny knows, but if he uses MS fdisk to create his
partitions he's going to delete Windows, which I'm sure he wants to avoid.
Does the Expert Mode allow you to resize fat16/32 partitions similar to
Partition Magic?
As for his original issue, this line:
"ext2 formating of /mnt/mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img fail".
Looks a little strange to me, particularly /mnt/mnt/. But I'm not overly
familiar with win4lnx, so I could be wrong.
Joseph Red
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message -
From: "Mark Lee" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 12:11 PM
Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx
Installing Linux separately will resolve this issue. You need to make sure
that you have sufficient free space on the destination drive (I try to
keep
around 1.5GB free) and make an unformatted partition there using FDISK. If
you can, make an additional 125MB unformatted partition for the swap file.
Put the Linux boot disk in the floppy drive and Disc 1 in the CD-ROM then
restart your system. When you are asked how you would like to
install/partition your HDD, choose Expert Mode. Locate the drive and
partitions you created and choose to create an ext2 partition (you can put
the mount point here). Expert Mode offers you the chance to resize
partitions (useful if you need to make room for a swap file).
Mandrake should detect the presence of Windows and, when the install is
complete and you reboot, you will be presented with a boot menu that
offers
Linux and Windows. In the case of NT/9x dual boot systems the boot menu
will
list DOS as an option. This will get you to the standard boot menu created
by the NT boot.ini file.
Hope this helps,
Mark
-Original Message-
From: Johnny Kwan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 10:08 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx
I have been trying to install Mandrake 7.2 to my PC which is running
WindowsMe. Win4Lnx allows the user to install Mandrake 7.2 without
re-partition the HD. Everything went smoothly until I hit the "file
system
setup" where I have to choose the size for the root directory and swap
file.
After choosing the desire capacity for both options, I got an error saying
that
"ext2 formating of /mnt/mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img fail".
If anyone have a similar experience before or know how to resolve this
problem, please help.
ICQ# 1678616
Office # 972-506-3411
eFax # 419-818-7262
Homepage: johnnykwan.web-page.net
Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
[newbie] Compaq Armada 7400
Anyone have any luck with this model and 7.2? -- -michael-
Re: [newbie] Diamond Stealth III S540 agp videocard
On Friday 08 December 2000 06:17, regarding RE: [newbie] Diamond Stealth III S540 agp videocard, you said: As an owner of a Savage4 card (same as the S540)... Why switch from Voodoo3 2000 PCI to a Savage4 AGP? The V3 is more widely supported, can be used under XFree86, and is at least as fast as the Stealth on 16 bit graphics. The only advantage of the Stealth is that it can handle 32 bit graphics. Adam On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Brandon Vanderberg wrote: used it fine with mandrake, no issues. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of R Edward McCain Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 7:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Diamond Stealth III S540 agp videocard Are there any known linux issues with this card? http://store.s3.com/dr/v2/ec_MAIN.Entry10?SP=10023PN=1V1=255159xid=25 971 I'd linke to own one, I think. I currently have a 16mb voodoo3 2000 PCI and would love to use my AGP slot. advTHANKSance -- R. Edward McCain [EMAIL PROTECTED] icq: 599146 Registered Linux User #196613 Doesn't the S540 have 32 megs of vram vs 16 on the voodoo3 2k? -- ~enjoy!~ -michael-
[newbie] MS IntelliMouse Optical
Does anyone know if M$'s optical mouse needs a special driver in Linux, or does the standard IntelliMouse driver suffice? Miark
Re: [Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx]
Joseph, you are correct. I don't want to use fdisk because it will delete windows. I have used partition magic before, and I might give it a try. Installing Mandrake without creating a new partition is still my first priority unless there is no other option. I also only have the 1.5Gig installation files downloaded to the HD and not have the resources to write to a CD. The error message is a little strange because the mounting point for linuxsys.img is supposed to be /mnt/windows/lnx4win. I know it's got to be something simple but just couldn't figure it out. Any more help is greatly appreciated. Thanks again. I'm not sure how much Johnny knows, but if he uses MS fdisk to create his partitions he's going to delete Windows, which I'm sure he wants to avoid. Does the Expert Mode allow you to resize fat16/32 partitions similar to Partition Magic? As for his original issue, this line: "ext2 formating of /mnt/mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img fail". Looks a little strange to me, particularly /mnt/mnt/. But I'm not overly familiar with win4lnx, so I could be wrong. Joseph Red [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Mark Lee" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 12:11 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx Installing Linux separately will resolve this issue. You need to make sure that you have sufficient free space on the destination drive (I try to keep around 1.5GB free) and make an unformatted partition there using FDISK. If you can, make an additional 125MB unformatted partition for the swap file. Put the Linux boot disk in the floppy drive and Disc 1 in the CD-ROM then restart your system. When you are asked how you would like to install/partition your HDD, choose Expert Mode. Locate the drive and partitions you created and choose to create an ext2 partition (you can put the mount point here). Expert Mode offers you the chance to resize partitions (useful if you need to make room for a swap file). Mandrake should detect the presence of Windows and, when the install is complete and you reboot, you will be presented with a boot menu that offers Linux and Windows. In the case of NT/9x dual boot systems the boot menu will list DOS as an option. This will get you to the standard boot menu created by the NT boot.ini file. Hope this helps, Mark -Original Message- From: Johnny Kwan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 10:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx I have been trying to install Mandrake 7.2 to my PC which is running WindowsMe. Win4Lnx allows the user to install Mandrake 7.2 without re-partition the HD. Everything went smoothly until I hit the "file system setup" where I have to choose the size for the root directory and swap file. After choosing the desire capacity for both options, I got an error saying that "ext2 formating of /mnt/mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img fail". If anyone have a similar experience before or know how to resolve this problem, please help. ICQ# 1678616 Office # 972-506-3411 eFax # 419-818-7262 Homepage: johnnykwan.web-page.net Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 ICQ# 1678616 Office # 972-506-3411 eFax # 419-818-7262 Homepage: johnnykwan.web-page.net Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
[newbie] Downloaders
Somebody posted an answer to this but I can't find it now, about downloaders such as webget. -- Registered Linux User 181996 ICQ 27396393
[newbie] ftp update doesn't work
On an package updated Mandrake 7.2 system I have a copy of the Mandrake 7.2 and updates, I made these available to the local network via Mandrake 7.2's anonftp package. I just installed another system over the network via FTP but when I try to use MandrakeUpdate to update the latest packages it doesn't work. I then use wget to make a local copy of the updated packages and I can use MandrakeUpdate fine. I can I make MandrakeUpdate work with my local mirror? Sven
Re: [newbie] MS IntelliMouse Optical
On Friday 08 December 2000 23:45, you wrote: Does anyone know if M$'s optical mouse needs a special driver in Linux, or does the standard IntelliMouse driver suffice? Yes, I use an optical mouse with the IntelliMouse driver. However, to use the mouse wheel, add the following command to /etc/X11/Xsession imwheel -k Herman Jalink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] MD7.2 and problems with USR Ext Modem
Fireman71 wrote: I finally decided to try to install MD7.2 on a HP Vectra 5 with a pentium 120 32meg ram and the original cd rom that came with the machine and ran into some difficulties. 2 - I did not see anywhere where i could chose to upgrade instead of doing a fresh install. Not a major problem because ihad backups of all my data jusr irksome that i had to go through and restore those backupsinstead of being able to just upgrade and leave the data alone. 3 - Now here is the biggest problem. I have an external USR 56k modem that is NOT a win modem. It worked flawlessly under MD7.1, RedHat6.0 and 6.1. So i KNOW it is supported by linux. The modem is attached to ttyS1. IN MD7.1 the hardware configuration detected the modem and set it up on the first go. Under MD7.2 it refuses to believe that a modem is even there. I tried 5 or 6 times to get it to detect it and each one failed. This left me with no choice but to reinstall MD7.1. Does anyone know if this is just something that mandrake overlooked or what? All in all I liked what i saw of the MD7.2 installation but these problems make me really wonder if it was as thought out as it needed to be since the MD7.1 instal goes flawless on every machine i have tried to run it on. I would greatly appreciate any comments or suggestions from anyone about how to resolve the problems i listed above. Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ian, hi, I have a similar problem with a cdrom that has trouble reading a cd-r, and cannot read a cd-rw. I believe the quality or age of the cdrom may make a difference. I noted the same problem at work, all were 24X cdroms in various brands. The modem thing is a puzzle. My modem worked on ttys2 in 7.1 and now works on /dev/modem in KPPP. try setting to just /dev/modem and see what happens. On another machine with an external modem I had fooled with the bios when only win98 was on it. The 7.2 program either couldn't find the modem or said it was not responding, depending on which ttys? I set to. I finally just went in to bios and went back to default settings and voila! my modem was working. Don't know if any of this helps or if you been there and done that, but I put it on the table just in case. Good Luck -- Dennis Myers registered Linux User #180842
Re: [newbie] MS IntelliMouse Optical
Miark wrote: Does anyone know if M$'s optical mouse needs a special driver in Linux, or does the standard IntelliMouse driver suffice? Miark Hi, I have the same mouse and have pluged it in as ps2, and it works fine. I am running mandrake 7.1 and it worked fine with corel 1.2 and suse 7. Mine is the intellimouse explorer usb. I have no problems with it at all. Regards Anthony
Re: [newbie] Downloaders
On Friday 08 December 2000 05:24 pm, Jon Doe wrote: Somebody posted an answer to this but I can't find it now, about downloaders such as webget. http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/scrsht.php3 Take a look, courtesy of our Russian friends. In Texan, it's the best damn simplest easiest to use resumin' retryin' bulletproof M'f'kr out there, and will get you a sh!+load of stuff no problemo! YMMV ; BTW, MandrakeSoft does and has provided for some time an rpm. One current link is ftp://ftp.tvd.be/packages/mandrake-devel/contrib/RPMS/nt-1.19-1mdk.i586.rpm do y'all ever search anythin' -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
[newbie] GCC Problem
Hi, I've just subscribed (and installed Mandrake).. and I have a problem, I am doing a project for uni and I need to compile C++ programs... but I cannot gcc keeps complaining about an some sort of call to cin or cout... It isn't a coding problem cause I've tried to compile a simple hello program Can anyone suggest a fix?? Also if it's related I had the same problem under RedHat6.2 cya Tw|sT
Re: [newbie] Downloaders
Jon Doe wrote: Somebody posted an answer to this but I can't find it now, about downloaders such as webget. -- Registered Linux User 181996 ICQ 27396393 Search on 'download' at freshmeat.net 'downloader for x' and 'caitoo' are both pretty good. Cheers -- ICQ#: 89345394 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected" (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.)
Re: [newbie] Diamond Viper II
On Friday 08 December 2000 04:55 pm, Wilson wrote: Can anybody give me instructions on how to get the Diamond Viper II AGP card to work in Mandrake 7.2. I installed it but couldn't get the video card to work. On what hardware? S3 chipsets aren't regarded as doin that well with AGP, any OS, but they use to be fairly good PCI cards. Try setting 'agp aperture' to 4 in bios. That effecitvely disables AGP sidebanding, more or less disables AGP altogether. Then it might have a better chance. Try it, might work. Otherwise, holler back an specify your motherboard, ram, bios (video related) settings etc. -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] PCMCIA Troubles
Hey Jim, it's painless. download the pcmcia sources, read the readme, follow the installation instructions and it's a cinch good luck Eunice "Jim Atkins (Hostmaster)" wrote: It's a Wavelan Wireless Nic, it is supposed to be supported but as I have learned I must compile and install the pcmcia_cs pagage for extended support (this ought to be fun) Thanks! Jim - Original Message - From: Eunice Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] PCMCIA Troubles Jim what type of card are you using? is it supported by linux? are you dual booting on this laptop? if so does the card work in windows? Do you have pcmcia, and the network enabled at startup? when linux is booting up and after it enters the Interactive mode, it will start loading a bunch of modules- look and see if pcmcia is started. Eunice Jim Atkins wrote: I have installed Mandrake 7.1 on my Dell Latitude Laptop but no matter what I put in my PCMCIA slot, the os says that it's 'empty'. Obviously this is a problem since I can't get the laptop on the network without the network card being seen. Any suggestions? Jim Atkins President/CEO The NetShoppe Inc. 252-745-7175 252-745-3058 FAX === fishing with a different kind of 'net === http://www.netshoppe.net http://www.pamlico-online.com -- Eunice Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Treasurer/Community Relations Cerritos Linux User Group http://www.cerritoslug.org -- Eunice Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Treasurer/Community Relations Cerritos Linux User Group http://www.cerritoslug.org
[newbie] compile source
I have a file that is just source code "somefile.c" how would I compile this? -- Registered Linux User 181996 ICQ 27396393
[newbie] IP Services on Dial-In not Working
I have just installed Mandrake 7.2 on my system and all looks well except that although I can dial in to my provider IP services do not seem to work. I know it is not them as I have used redhat before and it was fine. Also I can dial-In with win98 an surf, no problems. anyone got any ideas. I done a ifconfig command and ppp is definitely up, but when i try to ping, I get now where fast. Thanks Greg Turnbull
Re: [newbie] Pine 4.30 bug feature
Hi Paul, Actually I installed the binaries that I downloaded from Washington.edu. I "think" I found the trouble this evening. The "imapd" binary that lives in /usr/sbin I had been chmod'ing to 755 and it's been crashing, so this evening I installed all the binaries fresh and this time chmod'ed the imapd binary 4755. So far it's been running ok. I thought at first that there was a bad config file somewhere because when I would trash the old .pinerc file and allow Pine to make a new one it would run ok for that session, but as soon as I would restart a new session it would immediately die. It seems to be back to it's old wonderful self now though. I'm hoping that I did get it right with the permissions thing. -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ## !-- Pine 4.30 -- # Fri, 8 Dec 2000 Paul spake passionately saying: On Thu, 7 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Mark, What installation did you do? Did you install from an RPM or did you compile the thing yourself? I compiled it myself, and had no problem with Pine 4.30 whatsoever. Good luck, Paul Something strange is going on with Pine 4.30. It has happened 3 timesw now and I was wondering if anyone else has seen this behavior exibited by their installation of Pine 4.30. What happens is this; it will be running just fine and then crash unexplainably. I get a message in the terminal that "something" has happened it received an abort signal and has terminated. Thats all I'm getting from it. I suspected maybe a config file to be the culprit so, I renamed my .pinerc file, restarted Pine, set everything up again. IT will run fine for a bit, but then when I start Pine again later get the same error and hve to go thru the same process over again. Any insight into this mysterious new behavior would be appreciated. If I can't get it fixed I will have to return to using 4.21. I would prefer to continue to use 4.30 for the threading.
[newbie] KDE2.01 crash
I guess I get to be the first on my block to crash KDE 2.0.1. Seeing others success I got unreasonably overconfident and d/l'd the new packages. I get a happy penguin starting up KDE and then an error message that says can't connect to the klauncher. Anyone know which package I may have missed or got a bad d/l on? And better yet, How do I fix it. I'm on the other computer right now cause I can't make a connection without a xwindow. Still M$ brainwashed after all these months. (hmmm there's a song in there somewhere). Any advice will be appreciated. -- Dennis M. a registered Linux user #180842
Re: [newbie] compile source
Jon Doe wrote:
I have a file that is just source code "somefile.c" how would I compile this?
The simplest way is to use 'cc'. Assuming somefile.c looks something
like this,
main() {
printf ("Hello Merle\n");
}
You can feed it to cc like this:
$ cc somefile.c
That will either complain about syntax errors or generate an executable
file called 'a.out'. You can execute your program like this:
$ ./a.out
It will then greet you as if your name were Merle.
-- Jim
http://www.lads.com/~jim
Re: [newbie] Diamond Viper II
Thanks Tom, I reinstalled Mandrake 7.2 and used the generic Savage 2000 (which I also did on the 1st install) and it is working this time. Don't know what was wrong the 1st time. Wilson On Friday 08 December 2000 20:51, you wrote: On Friday 08 December 2000 04:55 pm, Wilson wrote: Can anybody give me instructions on how to get the Diamond Viper II AGP card to work in Mandrake 7.2. I installed it but couldn't get the video card to work. On what hardware? S3 chipsets aren't regarded as doin that well with AGP, any OS, but they use to be fairly good PCI cards. Try setting 'agp aperture' to 4 in bios. That effecitvely disables AGP sidebanding, more or less disables AGP altogether. Then it might have a better chance. Try it, might work. Otherwise, holler back an specify your motherboard, ram, bios (video related) settings etc.
Re: [newbie] compile source
On Friday 08 December 2000 11:24 pm, you wrote:
The simplest way is to use 'cc'. Assuming somefile.c looks something
like this,
main() {
printf ("Hello Merle\n");
}
You can feed it to cc like this:
$ cc somefile.c
That will either complain about syntax errors or generate an executable
file called 'a.out'. You can execute your program like this:
$ ./a.out
It will then greet you as if your name were Merle.
-- Jim
http://www.lads.com/~jim
Thanks Jim! Worked like a charm
--
Registered Linux User 181996
ICQ 27396393
Re: [newbie] IP Services on Dial-In not Working
This may seem trivial but did you query your modem? Frank I have just installed Mandrake 7.2 on my system and all looks well except that although I can dial in to my provider IP services do not seem to work. I know it is not them as I have used redhat before and it was fine. Also I can dial-In with win98 an surf, no problems. anyone got any ideas. I done a ifconfig command and ppp is definitely up, but when i try to ping, I get now where fast. Thanks Greg Turnbull
Re: [newbie] compile source
gcc -o somefile somefile.c Then execute the file by typing "./somefile" I have a file that is just source code "somefile.c" how would I compile this? -- Anthony http://binaryfusion.net Press any key to continue, or any other key to quit.
Re: [newbie] scsi emulation
On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Adrian Smith wrote: Hi Adrian, When you use Lilo, add hd?=ide-scsi to your append-line. ? is the drive letter for the CDRW device. Don't forget to rerun lilo. In Grub /boot/grub/menu/lst I added added it for hdc like this: title linux kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 hdc=ide-scsi You looked in the wrong place, it is all there on http://mandrakeuser.org ;) Good luck Paul internet searches are just not turning up much today =( can anyone tell me how to set up my IDE cd drive for scsi emulation so that i can use it along with my scsi cd burner in xcdroast? or tell me where i might find such instruction on the web? i have be looking thru the howto documents, but not finding it. it might be hiding in plain sight. thanks much. -- Work fascinates me. I can watch it for hours. -Oscar Wilde http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30
Re: [newbie] window manager/single click
Exactly :-) On Fri, 8 Dec 2000 06:02, Ian Land wrote: Yes, you're right that KDE isn't, strictly speaking a window manager, and that there is a difference between a desktop environment an a wm (I run Enlightenment under Gnome, for example). Doesn't change the point I was making, which is that single-clickedness isn't a feature of Linux, but of the GUI the user is running. That's all. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
[newbie] pppd and share internet problem
Hello all I take to and fro from work and home a desktop with mandrake 7.2 and I toggle between a pppd dialup and internet sharing when I am at home. But when I go back to work needing the pppd to work properly, I find that the pppd dials out and connects properly but nothing more I cant get any irc server to connect web page ftp ect... A solution would be appreciated and being that I am a newbie a methodical step by step what to do would be extremely appreciated.
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx
Just install linux seperately. It is better anyway. Chris Kelly Registered Linux user 185775 -Original Message- From: Johnny Kwan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 1:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx I have been trying to install Mandrake 7.2 to my PC which is running WindowsMe. Win4Lnx allows the user to install Mandrake 7.2 without re-partition the HD. Everything went smoothly until I hit the "file system setup" where I have to choose the size for the root directory and swap file. After choosing the desire capacity for both options, I got an error saying that "ext2 formating of /mnt/mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img fail". If anyone have a similar experience before or know how to resolve this problem, please help. ICQ# 1678616 Office # 972-506-3411 eFax # 419-818-7262 Homepage: johnnykwan.web-page.net Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx
Installing Linux separately will resolve this issue. You need to make sure that you have sufficient free space on the destination drive (I try to keep around 1.5GB free) and make an unformatted partition there using FDISK. If you can, make an additional 125MB unformatted partition for the swap file. Put the Linux boot disk in the floppy drive and Disc 1 in the CD-ROM then restart your system. When you are asked how you would like to install/partition your HDD, choose Expert Mode. Locate the drive and partitions you created and choose to create an ext2 partition (you can put the mount point here). Expert Mode offers you the chance to resize partitions (useful if you need to make room for a swap file). Mandrake should detect the presence of Windows and, when the install is complete and you reboot, you will be presented with a boot menu that offers Linux and Windows. In the case of NT/9x dual boot systems the boot menu will list DOS as an option. This will get you to the standard boot menu created by the NT boot.ini file. Hope this helps, Mark -Original Message- From: Johnny Kwan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 10:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx I have been trying to install Mandrake 7.2 to my PC which is running WindowsMe. Win4Lnx allows the user to install Mandrake 7.2 without re-partition the HD. Everything went smoothly until I hit the "file system setup" where I have to choose the size for the root directory and swap file. After choosing the desire capacity for both options, I got an error saying that "ext2 formating of /mnt/mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img fail". If anyone have a similar experience before or know how to resolve this problem, please help. ICQ# 1678616 Office # 972-506-3411 eFax # 419-818-7262 Homepage: johnnykwan.web-page.net Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
