Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
There's an update to Millennium coming out later this year. I think it's name is Whistler. goldenpi wrote: Give it time. I have just seen windows millenium and I can assure you it will not last. It is awful. It is slow. It takes up half my hard drive and then its optional parts take the rest. And it doesn't work. Windows 2k however is here to stay. I haven't seen it running but I have heard of it. On Tue, 26 Dec 2000, you wrote: - Original Message - From: David Raleigh Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux I am locked into bad mouse support by 2-button mouse users. Linux mouse support is hardly configurable at all. I have seen the sawfish mouse dialog. Ridiculous. Very true indeed. Kde should build a special mouse driver for mice that have a scrol wheel and side buttons. Mine has four buttons and a scroll wheel. And the people who make the mice should write software for linux also. After all there are a lot of people using linux today. I feel that if every one using linux sent email to the logitech company asking for drivers/software for there products then they might do something about it. i just bought a new printer, a lexmark Z32 because they have drivers for linux. And the Z52 has drivers for linux also. My mouse is a ms intelli mouse explorer and whith the software for windoze I can get the buttons to do what ever I want them to do, and I can change the icons as well. But I bought it because it does not have a ball in it and can use it as either ps2 or usb. I also feel that linux should have surport for IDE CD Burners, not just SCSI. Regards Anthony Daniell -- == Goldenpi - linux user, unreal editor, programer in 3 languages and all round geek. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293
Re: [Re: [[newbie] modem port prob]]
Hi Mike Hey James, From your response, it appears you have more than one Serial port. That's right, I have two ports. Since I have win95 as the other system on this PC, and the usual mouse port seems to be tied into USB bus, win95 won recognise it there forcing me to commondere port 1 for the mouse leaving port 2 for the palm pilot or modem or whatever gets connected to it. Under windoze I opted for a pci modem to keep it free for the palm pilot. For the moment I have yet to check if Linux will regognise a mouse on the ps2 port which is tied to the usb bus from what I gather here. I have found an unsupported driver for the modem and have yet to test it, but another possibility I'm now looking at is to get another card to add 1 or more serial ports to accept another modem I can use under both OS's. Can you spare one for an external? If not, there are SOME PCI internals that are NOT winmodems. Check one of the hardware sights from the Mandrake homepage. I believe that Actiontec makes a true hardware PCI, but someone else on the list please correct me if I err. HTH, Mike Thanx, will do that as well. Never heard of Actiocec over here in Australia though. May do a little checking into linux compatability b4 adding to this system now. Thanx again James
Re: [Re: [[newbie] modem port prob]]
Hi all, I'd like to ask a quick question here -- are most internal modems pci/winmodems? I ask becuz: today i called my isp/dsl customer service folks and asked them if i could return my external alcatel speed touch usb for anything else that might support linux... fyi the alcatel dsl that i have doesnt have a nic and on the piece itself its named a network terminator; it sets up just like a regular ppp modem in ms with excellent download surf speeds - i havent figured out the linux yet. the bubbas at bellsouth business weren't too up on linux in general - so i'm probably ending up with a pig in a poke again but they were at least willing to let me exchange what i had that i couldnt find anything to help me make it work with linux. i understand they have a 3com device but cant remember what it was now. thanks, les Gastonia Nc
[newbie] Please help, can't get into Mandrake7.2!!!
My Mandrake 7.2 is configured to boot graphically. It works well until the point where you would normally enter your login and password. What used to happen was it would display the shell login screen, then open the graphical login screen over the top. Now, once it reaches this stage, I get a blank black screen. Ctrl-Alt-F2 does nothing, nor does Alt-F2.. I've checked the messages log and I think the problem is stated here, but am not sure what to do about it: Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant kernel: parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present. Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling). Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-4 Dec 27 18:57:28 revenant last message repeated 67 times Dec 27 18:57:28 revenant modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-180 PLEASE help! Thank you, Revenant. Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [Re: [[newbie] modem port prob]]
James, Go to this link : http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/rg/ - there is some good info concerning what modems will work. Two PCI modems are listed as working , they are Actiontec PCI Call-Waiting - model PCI56012-01CW 3COM/USR PCI - model 3cp5610a I am using a 3COM/USR EXT model 5686-03 and it is working fine. The truth of the matter is with Windows and Linux/Unix you will probably be better off using an external modem. Many older DOS and Windows based programs, some still on the market, have trouble supporting PCI slotted modems. I suspect that with the current bus mastering been used on motherboards and the lack of support from PCI modem manufactures, in regards to Linux, even a PCI modem that CAN be used, may pose some problems as far as getting a clean IRQ. good luck, Louis
Re: [newbie] How many partitions?
My install of 7.2 would not even let me do this. I was trying to put it on a 30 gig drive with W98 2nd being first. Would not work, at least for me. The board is an Intel D815eea, Matrox 30gig with ata 66. Louis
Re: [Re: [newbie] Fast CPU]
I totally agree...I first started using Linux about 4 months ago, and started out with KDE, as it provided a familiar environment. However, after a while, I started to notice it did take up some resources that could have been put to better use (and this was while I still only had 64 meg RAM). Blackbox is faster, and to me just _feels_ more "linux-y." peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Registered Linux user #19071 On 27 Dec 2000, Michael Scottaline wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find that http://www.gamepc.com usually has a pretty unbiased view point on procs. Personally I'm really happy with my athlon 900. Mandrake 7.2 is fast as hell after I recompiled everything I use for my processors architecture. windowmaker opens from startx (enter) to finished in about 2 seconds ;-) === Blackbox will probably do it in less than one!! Give it a try if you're willing to forego eyecandy and like the understated elegance of simplicity. Runs just about any KDE or Gnome app with NO problem. Mike "Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me." --Winston Churchill Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/webmail
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
so you don't like it when some one says something you don't like to hear LOL hahahahahahahaha - Original Message - From: "Romanator" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux Could be. Could be... Mark Weaver wrote: Good ole tony sounds like a good candidate for the twit list, huh? Mark From: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 19:39:54 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux Careful, we use trained man-eating penguins. Argghh... Roman Mark Weaver wrote: On Tuesday 26 December 2000 22:53, you wrote: Says who don't you have a few installs to take care of or something? :\ -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
Re: [newbie] Fast CPU
John Arkoulis wrote: Can you please point me at a site (independent) that I can compare the new fast CPUs (P4 1.4, Dual G4, Athlon) Yes I know G4 is a MAC. Which one do you think is best for Linux??? Thanks http://www.tomshardware.com is pretty good. Doesn't cover the Mac, but of the other two, the short version is: Intel chips perform slightly faster at the same MHz, but can cost as much as 2.5x as much. Intel have also been having a few stability probs lately. Re: The P4s, they seem to be roughly the equivalent of P3s of the same MHz (if there were such a thing). They get a big performance boost if the software is P4-optimised but, as none of it is at the moment, that's a fairly nebulous advantage. http://www.tomshardware.com has more on this. Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
[newbie] javascript file errors- Virtual Hosting
I Host websites in a Virtual fashion using Mandrake 7.0. When I upload webpagescontaining some javascript.class files into their respective folders the page displays incorrectly upon inspecting the Error Log it says thata browser was looking in "My" main website folder for the class file- I dont know what to call "My Main Folder" except that "My" web folder is located along with all the others in /home/webs/myfolder like the rest /home/webs/otherfolders I do not understand why.. rather than the page displaying correctly with the contents located within the /webs/folder it is looking basically in the "main" or "My" main folder- I have 45 various web sites and One of them is mine- the name of the DNS Name Server and a Domain name are "One in the same". Anyone know what I am experiencing here? Muchos Gracias.. Thanks Beck
Re: [Re: [newbie] Fast CPU]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find that http://www.gamepc.com usually has a pretty unbiased view point on procs. Personally I'm really happy with my athlon 900. Mandrake 7.2 is fast as hell after I recompiled everything I use for my processors architecture. SNIP How do you recompile for an Athlon? Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [newbie] Advice needed on firewall...
On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, Michael O'Henly wrote: My impression is that DrakConf's "internet connection sharing" command runs a DHCP server and masquerades IPs. This is more than I need (DHCP) but it works so I'll use it. At http://mandrakeuser.org you can find a few simple tips to run internet sharing without DHCP. Just a small script on the connecting box and a gateway setting on the client that uses the line. Very simple, and works great. I'm also looking a pmfirewall http://www.pointman.org/ to provide a firewall. It looks well-documented and well-supported, and is based on IPCHAINS. Good choice, I use that too. Questions: 1. Does "internet connection sharing" create any kind of a firewall on its own? No, it does not. It may use ipchains for a few things but that is not for firewall purposes. 2. Is there any overlap between "internet connection sharing" (as implemented by LM) and pmfirewall? pmfirewall asks whether you're running a DHCP server and masquerading IPs, so I think it generates a script that takes into account these things. Correct. 3. If you have any other advice about how to protect a 1-Linux / 2-Mac home network using the Linux box, two ethernet cards and a cable connection, I'd be very interested. After setting up ipchains with pmfirewall's script, also find portsentry and have that loaded. Works fine against port-attacks. Then you should be reasonably safe. Paul -- At a certain time there is a light at the end of the tunnel. And it isn't a train. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31
[newbie] TEST
Are you recieving this? I'm recieving zero replies to my (somewhat desperate pleading) requests for help. Are they getting through alright? Thank you, Revenant. Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
On Thursday 28 December 2000 03:06, you wrote: There's an update to Millennium coming out later this year. I think it's name is Whistler. Yeah...that short for "Whistle friggin dixie while you wait for ever for your computer to stinkin work correctly cause this OS sucks!" I'm sorry. Win 95B is a good one and 98SE isn't too bad as long as you keep the registry squeeky clean; NT4.0 with "all" the service pack installed and kept clean will run well too, but WinME is a joke! What were they thinking? Sorry to the list cause this ain't a windows forum. Nowdie...thread DIE! :) -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
[newbie] wu-ftpd
hi does anyone know how to setup user account for only wuftpd ? i don't wanna user in ftp can access in telnet or others thing ! any simple and good website about tutorial wu-ftpd ? thanks __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/
[newbie] Digital camera relief! ;-)
Okay, I've now got my Polaroid 640 PDC plus working with Gphoto v.43, and all is well... ;-) I ended up disabling onboard serial port 1, and using "auto" on port 2. embarassed mode on I ummalsoahem, got the 1/8 inch mini-jack serial port cable correctly plugged into the camera...(it took a lot more force than I ever imagined, and a final "click") embarrassed mode off ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
nope lol - Original Message - From: "Mark Weaver" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 5:29 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux On Tuesday 26 December 2000 22:53, you wrote: Says who don't you have a few installs to take care of or something? :\ -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
[newbie] hopefully a useful resource
Hi Guys Thought the following site might be a useful resource to others later when looking for drivers for their parralel port peripherals. http://www.torque.net/linux-pp.html James
[newbie] One more question about digital cameras...
I do have another question concerning Gphoto and digital camera use. I was only able to get it to work as "su" because my normal user returned a permission error on ttyxxx... I understand that normally, though kppp, my user can access ttyS00 because its really linked to /dev/modem, which has all permissions turned on so... How do I set things up so that my normal user account can use Gphoto and access the ttyxxx that it needs? Thanks much! ;-) PS Something else odd that I'd like to mention. Gphoto saved my downloaded pics as "-001.jpg" and up, numerically. I went su, then did: chmod 750 * chgrp darklord * chown darklord * and none of these, (which normally work) worked. I was given an error message along the lines of: command -- 0 invalid option see command -- help On a hunch, I removed the "-" in front of these filenames, (using KDE not from a command line) and I was able to manipulate them as usual. What is it about a "-" in front of a file name that does this? Curiosity is killing me... ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/
[newbie] ftp server
hi does anyone know how to setup the wu-ftp user name ? i just wanna people can have access to my ftp not telnet server or other accounts ! __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/
[newbie] Java Class Mystery Solved AHA Thanks
Java .class files MUST go to the server in BINARY - never in ASCII This is number one on the hit list of common errors. If you send the .class file up in ASCII, the browser basically can't read the file, since it's looking for a binary Java executable. Variously, the browser status bar might report a number of errors, often "class file not found" - or it may just sit there dumb as a bag of dead flies. (This depends on the browser and version.) If in doubt, send the class file up again. Oh shoot I bet I sent that last email using HTML whoops sorry, as I lie here in bed typing I forget about the rest of you nerds and forget this is a soft spot. Sorry, Just wanted to ask then share. Sorry. Im Sorry.. Sorry about the HTML, Sorry. Becky, (who forgets the computer health of others as she explores the life stream of technological rudiments).
Re: [newbie] Signal 7....
Romanator wrote: Check http://www.mandrakesoft.com. In addition, always check the newsgroups or run a search on the mail archives before downloading. Yes, Thanx! 32 Meg. of RAM is recommended. This ain't DOS... Recommended but not the minimum. __ www.edsamail.com
[newbie] Nvidia Riva 128Z acceleration
Dear Civileme I have seen the Mandrakeforum.com, but using the lings these files are not applicable to the Riva 128Z; they consider that this could be work fine with XFree 3.36 and 4.0. Nevertheless, Mandrake 7.2 in personal installation just gives me the oportunity to select between 3.36 with acceleration or without aceleration; there is a message about the possibility to use 4.01 but not the possibility to select it. My questions are: 1) It is possible acceleration for this video card using XFree 4.0 or 4.01? 2) In this case do I need to select an expert installation? A question for everybody, there is any person that has reached the acceleration with this video card (Nvidia Riva 128Z) on Mandrake 7.2?, How? Thanks so much for your help Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain)
[newbie] Editorial on the success of Linux
Just had to get this one off my chest. http://www.linuxtests.org/articles/distributions/success.php3 -- Testing New PC Hardware under the GNU/Linux OS http://www.linuxtests.org
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
Romanator wrote: There's an update to Millennium coming out later this year. I think it's name is Whistler. SNIP Clarification: Millenium is MS eking the last $$$ it can out of the dying Win9x OS. Whistler will be what Win2000 was supposed to be - the fusion of the NT line with the Win9x line. It is supposed to be a very different beast to the Win9x line, including ME... Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
[newbie] Where is the kernel?
Hi!I've searched in /usr/src for the kernel file but I d'ont see it!!! I've tried to compile a new kernel doing "make xconfig" or menuconfig but I get an error mensage. How to compile the kernel in Mandrake 7.1?TIAAF
Re: [newbie] Please help, can't get into Mandrake7.2!!!
On Thursday 28 December 2000 04:24, you wrote: My Mandrake 7.2 is configured to boot graphically. It works well until the point where you would normally enter your login and password. What used to happen was it would display the shell login screen, then open the graphical login screen over the top. Now, once it reaches this stage, I get a blank black screen. Ctrl-Alt-F2 does nothing, nor does Alt-F2.. I've checked the messages log and I think the problem is stated here, but am not sure what to do about it: Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant kernel: parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present. Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling). Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-4 Dec 27 18:57:28 revenant last message repeated 67 times Dec 27 18:57:28 revenant modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-180 file:/usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.2.17/devices.txt says char-major-4 minor 0-63 are your /dev/tty0, 1, the next numbers are for /dev/ttys0-/dev/ttys3 Total is 67. So you have no launch pad for your Graphical login. file:/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/modules.dep has nothing labeled 'char', so it should not be looking for this as a module. My friend, it is time to experiment with replacing memory or to take a hard look at your HDD. The kernel is showing some damage here, trying to load as a module what is built-in (no modular options in a kernel compilation). A temporary cure is reinstallation, but this sort of behavior means serious trouble, most likely with hardware. rgrep -r -i "modprobe char" /etc showed nothing, so Mandrake initscripts and /etc/modules.conf are not causing this behavior. Did you install anything recently, like right before this happened? If not, look at your hardware. Civileme char PLEASE help! Thank you, Revenant. Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [newbie] Creating PDF Files From within StarOffice
On Wednesday 27 December 2000 21:06, you wrote: Some time ago when StarOffice was 5.2 someone put out instructions and a small script file that enabled users to create PDF files from star office by printing to a PDF printer device. I've been able to get this to work under md7.2 with little effort and it seems to work OK. It consists of an instruction file (in pdf) and a script file (total size about 25kbyte). If anyone wants the info let me know. Its a pity it couldn't be a permanent part of either star office or the md7.x install as it certainly makes things easier. Nev from staroffice file print select generic postscript printer check print to file box give it a filename OK from console ps2pdf file_you_saved_above -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
Re: [newbie] Fast CPU
Revenant wrote: John Arkoulis wrote: Can you please point me at a site (independent) that I can compare the new fast CPUs (P4 1.4, Dual G4, Athlon) Yes I know G4 is a MAC. Which one do you think is best for Linux??? Thanks http://www.tomshardware.com is pretty good. Doesn't cover the Mac, but of the other two, the short version is: Intel chips perform slightly faster at the same MHz, but can cost as much as 2.5x as much. Intel have also been having a few stability probs lately. Re: The P4s, they seem to be roughly the equivalent of P3s of the same MHz (if there were such a thing). They get a big performance boost if the software is P4-optimised but, as none of it is at the moment, that's a fairly nebulous advantage. http://www.tomshardware.com has more on this. One problem with the Pentium 4 is that not all Linux distributions are supporting it at the moment. I think Redhat 'supports' it, but Caldera and Mandrake haven't jumped on to the bandwagon. What this 'support' means is that the installation will recognize the CPU as a Pentium 4, and install accordingly. I have yet to install Linux on my G4 400MHz tower yet (I know, it's only single CPU), but based on my reading, I am aware that you will need a Linux distribution that will really take real advantage of SMP. I am under the impression that Yellow Dog Linux will be much better at this than Linux PPC 2000. Po Kwok Sydney, Australia
Re: [newbie] How many partitions?
Louis,
You can do what you're describing. What you have to do is using DOS fdisk
make your windows partition. Don't make any extended partitions. Only the
primary that you're going to need for windows to live on. Don't use all the
space on the drive either. I'd say 1/2 of the drive is more then enough for
windows.
Now, after you're satisfied with your installation of Windows stick the
Mandrake CD in the drive and reboot your machine booting from the CDROM. When
the screen comes up hit F1 and on the command line type "expert". (quoteless
of course).
The installation will begin and you will be presented with numerous prompts
and questions, none of which are too difficult even for a raw newbie who
knows his/her machine decently. A few minutes into the process you will be
presented with a screen for Diskdrake that will want you to define your
partitions for your Linux Mandrake installation. Here is a basic, never fail
partition definition solution.
/boot = 30MB
/home = 5GB # remember...this is a LARGE drive and we're planning ahead
/ = 500MB # the 'root' partition
/usr= 3GB # generally the place where all the binaries live (programs)
/var= 3GB # Mandrake uses this dir for web related files now as opposed
# to the /home dir these days...but thats another matter.
# the data base software also uses this dir to store it's files
/swap
note---{split what you have left of the drive between your swap and an
and this archive partition...If you're using 64MB of RAM your
shouldn't need to be any larger then 160MB; if you're using
128MB of RAM then at the most 300MB for Swap. Any more
RAM then this and you really don't need a /swap partition.}
/archive # this partition is optional, although it's nice to have some where
to stick all your stuff when you download it. You can also use the
archive to store backups if you wish. Just an idea though...
The great thing about partitioning your drive like this is when/if you would
do subsequent installs the with this partition solution the only partitions
you would need to format and worry about are the / (root) and /usr
partitions. The data on the other partitions, and especially the /home
partition would be totally intact and safe from erasure during any
installation processes. Now THIS is real freedom!
As for which bootloader to use I'm partial to LILO having used it almost
exclusively since starting with Linux. (2 years now). I've used Grub in the
past and on another one of my machines, but I very much prefer LILO. Just my
personal preference. Both work. On older machines the /boot partitiion was a
necessity because LILO had cylinder limitations that it no longer has,
however, old habits die hard and this is one of those tried and true methods
of Hard drive layout that just keeps producing great results. So, if it ain't
broke...don't fix it. It's only 30MB's.
Good luck and enjoy Mandrake. In my opinion it's the best Linux distro yet.
--
Mark
"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
"Sharing is what makes them powerful."
Linus Torvalds
On Thursday 28 December 2000 04:48, you wrote:
My install of 7.2 would not even let me do this. I was trying to put it on
a 30 gig drive with W98 2nd being first. Would not work, at least for me.
The board is an Intel D815eea, Matrox 30gig with ata 66.
Louis
Re: [newbie] telnet/SSH
Okay, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't sending a post that solved a problem you didn't have, so that's why I asked. But Mark may be correct, you may not have the server installed. You can have the client installed and be able to connect to a remote machine, but will not be able to connect to your own machine. So run this command rpm -qa |grep openssh rpm -qa |grep telnet That will tell you what packages for openssh and telnet are installed. For example, on a friend's machine I ran those commands, and here's what I got in return. [timh@eric timh]$ rpm -qa |grep openssh openssh-2.1.1p3-3mdk openssh-askpass-2.1.1p3-3mdk openssh-clients-2.1.1p3-3mdk openssh-server-2.1.1p3-3mdk [timh@eric timh]$ rpm -qa |grep telnet ktelnet-0.61-6mdk telnet-0.16-4mdk telnet-server-0.16-4mdk So with out that openssh-server-2.1.1p3-3mdk, you will not be able to create a ssh connection to that server. So start out by trying that. You will need to have a ssh key created. Using the ssh-keygen command will walk you through setting that up. Keep in mind the key's passwd, DOES NOT have to be the same as that account's passwd. So give that a try and let me know if that doesn't work. Then we can go from there. tdh -- T. Holmes Unixtechs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.unixtechs.org/ "Real Men use Vi." * Ben Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] [001226 17:24]: SSH, the reason the subject says telnet is because that is where the thread started. At 11:38 26/12/2000 , you wrote: Wait a minute... I want to make sure I'm address the correct issue first. Are you asking about a telnet issue? Or a SSH issue? Meanwhile the two are tied in together, in a very round about way, but they are completely different. Let us know and I'll try and take it from there. tdh -- T. Holmes Unixtechs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.unixtechs.org/ "Real Men use Vi."
Re: [newbie] wu-ftpd
At 01:54 AM 12/28/00 -0800, you wrote: hi does anyone know how to setup user account for only wuftpd ? i don't wanna user in ftp can access in telnet or others thing ! any simple and good website about tutorial wu-ftpd ? well you can try proftpd see www.proftpd.net and you can make your own "ftp users' instead of using /etc/passwd you can create like /usr/local/proftpd/etc/passwd or mysql based authentification
Re: [Re: [newbie] Fast CPU]
I think he's refering to recompiling the kernel for his family of processor. On Thursday 28 December 2000 05:32, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find that http://www.gamepc.com usually has a pretty unbiased view point on procs. Personally I'm really happy with my athlon 900. Mandrake 7.2 is fast as hell after I recompiled everything I use for my processors architecture. SNIP How do you recompile for an Athlon? Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
Nh...there's no problem there... On Thursday 28 December 2000 05:39, you wrote: so you don't like it when some one says something you don't like to hear LOL hahahahahahahaha - Original Message - From: "Romanator" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux Could be. Could be... Mark Weaver wrote: Good ole tony sounds like a good candidate for the twit list, huh? Mark From: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 19:39:54 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux Careful, we use trained man-eating penguins. Argghh... Roman Mark Weaver wrote: On Tuesday 26 December 2000 22:53, you wrote: Says who don't you have a few installs to take care of or something? :\ -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
Re: [newbie] Netcomm USB Modem Unrecognised
On Wednesday 27 December 2000 04:30 pm, nicole davies wrote: Tom, I guess what your saying is that netcomm is a winmodem ?? No, only that that link is a good place to begin finding out if it is. I can't find anything on the URL that mentions USB modems, or is that irrelevant. ?? OK, I went to that link and used my browser to search the entire list for 'netcomm'. It went right to the Roadster II. It's listed as unknown, but there's a link to the manufacturers website. There it says 'Works with W98 and W2k'. Usually that means it _only_ works with W98-2k, but there's also a downloadable specification (pdf). If you're still not sure after reading that, a search of various ML and newsgroup archives is prob'ly your next best bet. Can you recommend a driver / or is there none avail ? No, IMO, if it's a winmodem (and it looks like it is) it's not worth having even if you only use it with Windoze. If you do a Google search on 'linmodem' you might turn something up tho. -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay --- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 27 December 2000 03:25 am, Paul Nicole wrote: I have just installed LM 7.2 and can't get my modem working. I'm not 100% sure it is supported, Netcomm Roadster II 56K USB. http://www.kcdata.com/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
RE: [newbie] Nvidia Riva 128Z acceleration
I am not Civileme but I think I can answer your question since I have used a Riva128 card before. In order for the 4.0 simple server to be installed you can not accept the generic Riva128 designation you need to select the specific card that you have or if that is not listed 1 with the same amount of ram and "the same" abilities. An example is that say your card is not listed and it has 16mb with built in 3d accel then you could choose to designate your card as either a GrahicsBlaster Riva TNT, which is listed under Other, or you could choose the Velocity 4400, which is listed under STB. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 5:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Nvidia Riva 128Z acceleration Dear Civileme I have seen the Mandrakeforum.com, but using the lings these files are not applicable to the Riva 128Z; they consider that this could be work fine with XFree 3.36 and 4.0. Nevertheless, Mandrake 7.2 in personal installation just gives me the oportunity to select between 3.36 with acceleration or without aceleration; there is a message about the possibility to use 4.01 but not the possibility to select it. My questions are: 1) It is possible acceleration for this video card using XFree 4.0 or 4.01? 2) In this case do I need to select an expert installation? A question for everybody, there is any person that has reached the acceleration with this video card (Nvidia Riva 128Z) on Mandrake 7.2?, How? Thanks so much for your help Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain)
[newbie] Re: [expert] What the heck is this daily cron task?
What is this task: [chris@localhost cron.daily]$ less slocate.cron #!/bin/sh /usr/bin/slocate -u -f "udf,nfs,smbfs,ncpfs,proc,devpts,iso9660,usbdevfs" -e "/tmp,/var/tmp,/usr/tmp,/afs,/net" This annoying task looks around on my hard drive for half an hour, consuming 50% of my CPU time on a PII 300. Is this needed? Can I cancel it? I have no idea what it's trying to do. It is building the database used by locate. Locate allows you to quickly find a file, or files with a given stirng int he name. It is pretty useful. If you find it annoying, you can remove the entry from the crontab. If you find locate to be useful, perhaps you can reschedule it to run at a more convient time for you. -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
RE: [newbie] Signal 7....
. -Original Message- From: ZER0 FREQUENCY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 7:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Signal 7 Charles A Edwards wrote: GPL has nothing to do with the RAM requirement. You can run the install with less than 32MB but with 2 caveats 1)You have to perform the installation in text mode. How do I do it in text mode? Press F1 when the CD boots and type text at the prompt 2)You can not install the X window system I don't mind. I can live in the console or my name ain't the ZER0 FREQUENCY : What is important right now is getting helium installed. AFAIK, X requires an 8MB or 16MB minimum to run fine To me, unless you are planning to run your system only as a firewall or a file server, there would be no point in even doing the installation. Personally, linux w/ or w/o the graphics is still a productive OS depending on the capacity of the user's ability and know-how on his/her way around linux. Linux's real power comes from console and not the graphics...although I admit it'll look prettier if I can run X. I'm aiming for windowmaker or blackbox as my window manager since they generally use much less memory than KDE. I'll try GNOME, though. All those still window managers require that XFree be installed and even 3.3 requires more ram. Btw, I checked out Signal 7 which led me to SIGBUS, It seems SIGBUS is an anomalous fatal failure execution of ASM which results the processor detecting an anomalous condition on it's bus. Ergo, I hope the error is caused by some buggy code in the installation process and the memory is irrelevant. By all means run the installation in text mode and see what happens Let me know how it comes out. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
Re: [newbie] TEST
On Thursday 28 December 2000 06:07, you wrote: Are you recieving this? I'm recieving zero replies to my (somewhat desperate pleading) requests for help. Are they getting through alright? Thank you, Revenant. Recieving just fine. List is fairly active this morning. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
Re: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
Actually, 'Whistler' is based on Windows 2000 and (according to Microsoft) will contain no legacy 16-bit code. (I'll believe it when I see it.) On the plus side, it will probabally be the most stable desktop version of Windows ever. On the other hand a lot of older programs will break under Whistler. Given Microsoft's track record on OS releases, the 3Q 2001 release date will more likely be 2Q 2002 or later... On Thursday 28 December 2000 03:06, you wrote: There's an update to Millennium coming out later this year. I think it's name is Whistler. Yeah...that short for "Whistle friggin dixie while you wait for ever for your computer to stinkin work correctly cause this OS sucks!" I'm sorry. Win 95B is a good one and 98SE isn't too bad as long as you keep the registry squeeky clean; NT4.0 with "all" the service pack installed and kept clean will run well too, but WinME is a joke! What were they thinking? Sorry to the list cause this ain't a windows forum. Nowdie...thread DIE! :) -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
Re: [newbie] Advice needed on firewall...
On Wednesday 27 December 2000 21:53, you wrote: After setting up ipchains with pmfirewall's script, also find portsentry and have that loaded. Works fine against port-attacks. Then you should be reasonably safe. Thanks for your reply. I'm interested that you run portsentry as well as PMfirewall. In a situation where you've blocked all access to your network from external hosts (as I have), would running portsentry be redundant? I'm trying to decide whether I should add portsentry or not. The way I understand it, portsentry senses a port scan and then immediately creates a rule that adds the scanning host to a REJECT or DENY rule. So if you've told your firewall to do this by default for all external hosts, is that the same thing? Thanks. M. -- Michael O'Henly TENZO Design
Re: [newbie] Advice needed on firewall...
On Wednesday 27 December 2000 08:27 pm, Michael O'Henly wrote: I've tested this network with Shields Up and it does indeed appear not to be visible to casual miscreants. PMfirewall is available at ... http://www.pointman.org/ Shields Up is available at... https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd http://www.sdesign.com/securitytest/ Complete scan is a much better test than Shields up. Test takes 30 minutes or more and they email you a full report. Still, a clean bill of health from them doesn't mean your system's bulletproof either. IMO, Shields Up is actually a disservice. Even vulnerable systems get a rave review, ie, 'full stealth' and 'your computer doesn't even appear to exist'. One bit of good advice on the Shields Up site : A FALSE sense of security is worse than being unsure. -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: Re[2]: [newbie] The NVIDIA Kernel Compile
On Thursday 14 December 2000 12:16 am, you wrote: Hellos, Wednesday, December 27, 2000, 5:31:59 PM, you wrote: s Great thanks. That did the trick. Now if I could get the agpgart moduled to s load so I could install the nvidia drivers I would be delirious. s -s You are welcome :) Do you have an i815 board ? I came to that problem (agpgart and new kernels) only on that one, and could not solve it anyhow Onur Yep, an i815. It's a mess. I tried loading the module first, even unsupported. I tried modifying the nvdriver kernel so that it would use it's own agp. Just won't work. Somebody's bound to think of something soon, I hope. -s
Re: [newbie] Netcomm USB Modem Unrecognised
Have you looked at www.linux-usb.org ? Joseph Red [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "nicole davies" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 2:30 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Netcomm USB Modem Unrecognised Tom, I guess what your saying is that netcomm is a winmodem ?? I can't find anything on the URL that mentions USB modems, or is that irrelevant. Can you recommend a driver / or is there none avail ? Sorry for all the questions Later Paul --- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 27 December 2000 03:25 am, Paul Nicole wrote: I have just installed LM 7.2 and can't get my modem working. I'm not 100% sure it is supported, Netcomm Roadster II 56K USB. http://www.kcdata.com/~gromitkc/winmodem.html -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] One more question about digital cameras...
The way I fixed it, which isn't the "proper" or security-minded way, was to give everyone rw access to ttyS0. I just su'd chmod. my next suggestion was going to be to try the other port :) Joseph Red [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Ronald J. Hall" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Mandrake Newbie Mailing List" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 11:12 PM Subject: [newbie] One more question about digital cameras... I do have another question concerning Gphoto and digital camera use. I was only able to get it to work as "su" because my normal user returned a permission error on ttyxxx... I understand that normally, though kppp, my user can access ttyS00 because its really linked to /dev/modem, which has all permissions turned on so... How do I set things up so that my normal user account can use Gphoto and access the ttyxxx that it needs? Thanks much! ;-)
RE: [newbie] How many partitions?
Question for you. I'm trying to do this with 7.1 on my notebook, and the system locks at the partition setup. What kind of problems were you having, and what did you end up doing? How was your drive partitioned prior to attempting the ManLin install? Lon Lentz Applications Developer CyberEntomologist - Alvion Technologies DataWarehousing and List Sales - Market Your Lists on the Net! [EMAIL PROTECTED] 941-574-8600 Ext. 210 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Louis F. Brooks Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 11:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] How many partitions? My install of 7.2 would not even let me do this. I was trying to put it on a 30 gig drive with W98 2nd being first. Would not work, at least for me. The board is an Intel D815eea, Matrox 30gig with ata 66. Louis
Re: [newbie] Nvidia Riva 128Z acceleration
Hey, 1) It is possible acceleration for this video card using XFree 4.0 or 4.01? 2) In this case do I need to select an expert installation? A question for everybody, there is any person that has reached the acceleration with this video card (Nvidia Riva 128Z) on Mandrake 7.2?, How? I'm wondering about this myself. I've a Diamond Viper 770D wiht a Riva TnT [nv5] (or so lm7.2 has identified it by the chip-set). When I was running RH6.0, Dell had written up a different Xf86 file, had acceleration for what ever version of Xfree was installed with RH6.0. Now, under the 4.0, I, of course, don't have acceleration. If I'd not had such an unsuccessful experience trying to get my sound to work with the Dell isapnp, I'd try the Xf86 file, or switch to the 3.3.6 version. But why? What realistic options do I have when I just love all the pretty colours? Meph -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt-' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
Re: [newbie] How many partitions?
On Wednesday 27 December 2000 07:44 pm, Anthony wrote: I use 3 partitions: /, /home, and swap. You'll definitly want to make /home on it's own partition, since it makes reinstalling Linux a TON easier. Or a nightmare when there's significant differences, eg, 7.1 to 7.2 IMO, it's always better to do a complete wipe, then a fresh install. All your personal files and config files are saved, so when you reinstall you don't have to start over from scratch. Other than that partition though, the rest are up to you. These personal files should be bak'd up in a different location. So it's easy to copy them back in, no need to preserve an old /home. 'Specially if it's loaded up with a lot of obsolete files, apps, and configs. I"m not sure about the sizes. I have 1.5 GB dedicated to /home and 7 GB to /, and that is plenty. But you could probally go with less if you needed. And there in lies the problem. Why restrict any Linux install to less than efficient use of all the available disk space? For a personal desktop system that's been secured, there's no compelling reasons to not consider putting all of Linux in / . For new users, or just those who still want to have all the various often suggested Linux partitions, consider running Linux all in one big / for awhile. At least then you can see how big partitions like /usr, /home, etc. need to be (du -ch /dir). Still, there's no right answer to which ones?, and how big? Only others opinions, and what currently works for you. IMO, putting all of Linux in / , and not too much in /swap, is the most efficient use of disk space. 2 partitions, been doing it for years ; -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] Advice needed on firewall...
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000 08:59:43 -0600, Tom Brinkman said: On Wednesday 27 December 2000 08:27 pm, Michael O'Henly wrote: I've tested this network with Shields Up and it does indeed appear not to be visible to casual miscreants. PMfirewall is available at ... http://www.pointman.org/ Shields Up is available at... https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd http://www.sdesign.com/securitytest/ Complete scan is a much better test than Shields up. Test takes 30 minutes or more and they email you a full report. Still, a clean bill of health from them doesn't mean your system's bulletproof either. IMO, Shields Up is actually a disservice. Even vulnerable systems get a rave review, ie, 'full stealth' and 'your computer doesn't even appear to exist'. One bit of good advice on the Shields Up site : A FALSE sense of security is worse than being unsure. -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay I tried the Secure Design site and the only ports I have open are 1024 and 1025 which, the report says, are for RFS - Remote File Sharing. Could anyone tell me what these ports are used for, what L-M 7.2 program controls them, and if the is a "bad thing" to have open? I have a small, home LAN that is only used for IP/phone line sharing and there is no real need for any kind of file sharing. -- David Boles [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] gates gets Linux
Whistler is no an "update" to Windows ME. It is the complete replacement of all previous "consumer" Windows versions (Win95, Win98, WinME) with a Windows NT based code source. What this means for Microsoft is that all "markets" - consumer, workstation and server - will have the same code base. Some of the GUI shell stuff will be different between the consumer and workstation/server versions no doubt, but the core OS will be NT based. Cheers and Happy New Year to all, Rick -Original Message- From: Romanator Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 7:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux There's an update to Millennium coming out later this year. I think it's name is Whistler. goldenpi wrote: Give it time. I have just seen windows millenium and I can assure you it will . . .
RE: [newbie] TEST
You are coming through fine... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Revenant Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 1:08 AM To: Newbie List - Linux Mandrake Subject: [newbie] TEST Are you recieving this? I'm recieving zero replies to my (somewhat desperate pleading) requests for help. Are they getting through alright? Thank you, Revenant. Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [newbie] Where is the kernel?
Do you have the kernel-src installed??? rpm -qa| grep kernel If so you can find it by using: rpm -ql pkg> where pkg is the name of the package. JK Arlindo Fragoso wrote: Hi! I've searched in /usr/src for the kernel file but I d'ont see it!!! I've tried to compile a new kernel doing "make xconfig" or menuconfig but I get an error mensage. How to compile the kernel in Mandrake 7.1? TIA AF
Re: [newbie] Re: KDE2.1 Updates
Gary de Montigny wrote: This message was sent from: Linux Mandrake Newbie. http://telesoft.ca/phorum/read.php?f=6i=1679t=1662 Where can I find the KDE 2.1 upgrade? Thanks. Gary de Montigny Sent using Phorum software version 3.2.11 http://phorum.org You can try either of the following sites. Personally, I'm using the ones from the first site. ftp://nebsllc.com/pub/KDE_UPDATE/ http://ftp.sourceforge.net/pub/mirrors/kde/unstable/distribution/2.1beta1/rpm/Mandrake/7.2/ Barry :-)
Re: [newbie] Where is the kernel?
On Thursday 28 December 2000 05:27 am, Arlindo Fragoso wrote: I've searched in /usr/src for the kernel file but I d'ont see it!!! I've tried to compile a new kernel doing "make xconfig" or menuconfig but I get an error mensage. How to compile the kernel in Mandrake 7.1? http://mandrakeuser.org/install/kupgrade.html -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
[newbie] really basic questions
Hi all, i have a really basic question or two to ask the group. 1. i've loaded l-m7.2 into my pc, and it looks real cool but as yet i dont have a clue what to do with it next. i think i'm suffering from hyperwinism (windoz induced inferiority complex). 2.where do i need to begin concentrating my slow learning curve to start making this work? my experience is all operator/user and some of these unix commands are familiar from my work experience, but most of that is task related. i've read a few howto's and still in the l-m installation and user guide. i've made an icon or two in kde (but the programs didnt work yet). i'm kinda overwhelmed... is this normal? or am i ungeekable? les in gastonia nc
Re: [newbie] Creating PDF Files From within StarOffice
I would like this info. Although I am having trouble getting 7.2 installed. THink I will be going back to 7.1.
[newbie] Mandrake update: fetching of mirror list failed
Hi, I was trying to update my Linux 7.1 using the Mandrake Update program and I got the message: fetching of mirror list failed. Then it just dumped me out of the program. I can ftp to places ok but my netscape needs a http proxy in order to work. How can I fix this problem? Can I simply download the free installation from mandrake the two disks and upgrade that way? or will there be a lot of conflicts? Thank you inadvance, Sincerely, Trevor J. Stocki
[newbie] Installing Kdevelop on MDK7.2
Hi everybody, Has any one tried installing kdevelop on mdk7.2? Will it work - as it used to be available with mdk7.1? I was wondering why it was pulled... Cheers! -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293
RE: [newbie] really basic questions
I'm sure we're all "geekable" to some extent. Maybe just not worthy of a pocket protector and tape on the eyeglasses. :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 6:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] really basic questions Hi all, i have a really basic question or two to ask the group. 1. i've loaded l-m7.2 into my pc, and it looks real cool but as yet i dont have a clue what to do with it next. i think i'm suffering from hyperwinism (windoz induced inferiority complex). 2.where do i need to begin concentrating my slow learning curve to start making this work? my experience is all operator/user and some of these unix commands are familiar from my work experience, but most of that is task related. i've read a few howto's and still in the l-m installation and user guide. i've made an icon or two in kde (but the programs didnt work yet). i'm kinda overwhelmed... is this normal? or am i ungeekable? les in gastonia nc
Re: [newbie] TEST
Yes, I have received it. Marcia
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
Some of your favorite's from the past will not run correctly. It's best to create another partition and install an older OS. Or, move to Linux. Jim Dawson wrote: Actually, 'Whistler' is based on Windows 2000 and (according to Microsoft) will contain no legacy 16-bit code. (I'll believe it when I see it.) On the plus side, it will probabally be the most stable desktop version of Windows ever. On the other hand a lot of older programs will break under Whistler. Given Microsoft's track record on OS releases, the 3Q 2001 release date will more likely be 2Q 2002 or later... On Thursday 28 December 2000 03:06, you wrote: There's an update to Millennium coming out later this year. I think it's name is Whistler. Yeah...that short for "Whistle friggin dixie while you wait for ever for your computer to stinkin work correctly cause this OS sucks!" I'm sorry. Win 95B is a good one and 98SE isn't too bad as long as you keep the registry squeeky clean; NT4.0 with "all" the service pack installed and kept clean will run well too, but WinME is a joke! What were they thinking? Sorry to the list cause this ain't a windows forum. Nowdie...thread DIE! :) -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293
Re: [newbie] Signal 7....
Romanator wrote: Check http://www.mandrakesoft.com. In addition, always check the newsgroups or run a search on the mail archives before downloading. Yes, Thanx! 32 Meg. of RAM is recommended. This ain't DOS... Recommended but not the minimum. __ www.edsamail.com
Re: [newbie] Modem Problems
Ted- Before you're going to get a response, the people on this list who can give you some help need some hints, such as: 1. The header says "Modem Problems", but the message talks about a sound card. In either case, we need to know which modem, which sound card, which CPU, how much RAM, what other stuff you've got installed on your system. It's OK to say that you're trying to dual boot Mandrake on top of Windows. 2. What version of Mandrake Linux are you installing? The tweaks change with the versions. 3. What have you tried so far? Your definition of "necessary" doesn't seem to agree with the Penguin's idea. Try reposting with more facts and symptoms. Regards, Carroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having trouble with configuring my sound card. I've made the necessary adjustments on the settings, but to no avail.
RE: [newbie] Mandrake update: fetching of mirror list failed
Don't feel bad. Took me forever to get the KDE updates (and others) for 7.2. Wouldn't find the mirrors etc. I finally got everything I needed though. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dr. Trevor J. Stocki Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 5:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mandrake update: fetching of mirror list failed Hi, I was trying to update my Linux 7.1 using the Mandrake Update program and I got the message: fetching of mirror list failed. Then it just dumped me out of the program. I can ftp to places ok but my netscape needs a http proxy in order to work. How can I fix this problem? Can I simply download the free installation from mandrake the two disks and upgrade that way? or will there be a lot of conflicts? Thank you inadvance, Sincerely, Trevor J. Stocki
[newbie] samba conf
hi Does anyone know how to set smb.conf that can work in windows 98 and 2000 ? I edit smb.conf but only works in windows 2000 only not windows 98. can someone send smb.conf that works in both windows ? thanks __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
Romanator wrote: Revenant wrote: Clarification: Millenium is MS eking the last $$$ it can out of the dying Win9x OS. Whistler will be what Win2000 was supposed to be - the fusion of the NT line with the Win9x line. It is supposed to be a very different beast to the Win9x line, including ME... Have you noticed that the OS is getting bigger and bigger? They are pushing our resources to their limits. shrug Our resource limits are increasing. Most software aims to take maximum advantage of the hardware available. Now that the industry standard machine is a PIII, I'd be disappointed if the OS didn't have additional functionality. That said, Windows *does* seem to have more than its fair share of bloat... Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [newbie] Where is the kernel?
On Thursday 28 December 2000 11:27, you wrote: Hi! I've searched in /usr/src for the kernel file but I d'ont see it!!! I've tried to compile a new kernel doing "make xconfig" or menuconfig but I get an error mensage. How to compile the kernel in Mandrake 7.1? TIA AF AF, If you navigate to /usr/src you should see a few folders inside this dir. The kernel source lives in one of these. Most likely the one named linux-2.2.14-5 or something like that. Enter this directory and only as root issue the command "make xconfig". From the menu that comes up you will be able to configure the kernel as you wish. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
Re: [newbie] Please help, can't get into Mandrake7.2!!!
I recently installed the Aureal soundcard drivers from Sourceforge. Do you think that is the problem? Is there a way to cure it short of reinstallation? Please remind me - what are tty0 and ttys3? Thank you. Revenant. civileme wrote: On Thursday 28 December 2000 04:24, you wrote: My Mandrake 7.2 is configured to boot graphically. It works well until the point where you would normally enter your login and password. SNIP Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant kernel: parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present. Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling). Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-4 Dec 27 18:57:28 revenant last message repeated 67 times Dec 27 18:57:28 revenant modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-180 file:/usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.2.17/devices.txt says char-major-4 minor 0-63 are your /dev/tty0, 1, the next numbers are for /dev/ttys0-/dev/ttys3 Total is 67. So you have no launch pad for your Graphical login. file:/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/modules.dep has nothing labeled 'char', so it should not be looking for this as a module. My friend, it is time to experiment with replacing memory or to take a hard look at your HDD. The kernel is showing some damage here, trying to load as a module what is built-in (no modular options in a kernel compilation). A temporary cure is reinstallation, but this sort of behavior means serious trouble, most likely with hardware. rgrep -r -i "modprobe char" /etc showed nothing, so Mandrake initscripts and /etc/modules.conf are not causing this behavior. Did you install anything recently, like right before this happened? If not, look at your hardware. Civileme char Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [Re: [newbie] Fast CPU]
Hi Roger I totally agree...I first started using Linux about 4 months ago, and started out with KDE, as it provided a familiar environment. However, after a while, I started to notice it did take up some resources that could have been put to better use (and this was while I still only had 64 meg RAM). Blackbox is faster, and to me just _feels_ more "linux-y." peace, I must admit the others do seem somewhat faster than KDE. I find the sound on startup with KDE breaks up whilst it's fine in most others. Use mostly Gnome or Enlightenment for the moment, but still getting the feel for the others. James Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Registered Linux user #19071 On 27 Dec 2000, Michael Scottaline wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find that http://www.gamepc.com usually has a pretty unbiased view point on procs. Personally I'm really happy with my athlon 900. Mandrake 7.2 is fast as hell after I recompiled everything I use for my processors architecture. windowmaker opens from startx (enter) to finished in about 2 seconds ;-) === Blackbox will probably do it in less than one!! Give it a try if you're willing to forego eyecandy and like the understated elegance of simplicity. Runs just about any KDE or Gnome app with NO problem. Mike "Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me." --Winston Churchill Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/webmail
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Revenant wrote: There's an update to Millennium coming out later this year. I think it's name is Whistler. SNIP Clarification: Millenium is MS eking the last $$$ it can out of the dying Win9x OS. Whistler will be what Win2000 was supposed to be - the fusion of the NT line with the Win9x line. It is supposed to be a very different beast to the Win9x line, including ME... Which is good. Win9x and Win ME are bad. They die when you run them. Paul (speaking from too much experience...) -- At a certain time there is a light at the end of the tunnel. And it isn't a train. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31
Re: [Re: [[newbie] modem port prob]]
Hi Louis James, Go to this link : http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/rg/ - there is some good info concerning what modems will work. Two PCI modems are listed as working , they are Actiontec PCI Call-Waiting - model PCI56012-01CW 3COM/USR PCI - model 3cp5610a I am using a 3COM/USR EXT model 5686-03 and it is working fine. The truth of the matter is with Windows and Linux/Unix you will probably be better off using an external modem. Many older DOS and Windows based programs, some still on the market, have trouble supporting PCI slotted modems. I suspect that with the current bus mastering been used on motherboards and the lack of support from PCI modem manufactures, in regards to Linux, even a PCI modem that CAN be used, may pose some problems as far as getting a clean IRQ. good luck, Louis Thanx for the advice. Think I'll be looking at adding the extra serial port and external modem then to ease the transition between the two OS's Jame
[newbie] When the printer goes mad
Hi everyone, perhaps this is too simple, but it stumps me. I accidentally sent a wrong print to the printer, and it went nuts printing all kinds of garbage without end. I could not find any way to stop this but to reboot the entire system (how low can one go)... Is there another way to reset the spooler, easier (and faster) than what I did? After cancelling the print job, the printer kept going and going. There must be a better way, but I rarely use the printer so I don't know. A tip would be welcome :) Paul -- At a certain time there is a light at the end of the tunnel. And it isn't a train. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31
Re: [newbie] How many partitions?
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, jiten wrote: what is the the solution? say i want to have 3 partitions for win and /, /home, /swap, /var for linux. how should i do it for 20 gb hd. i mean some partition has to go to dos fat32 extended as we can have only 4 primary partitions of which one has to be extended if we want totel of 7 partitions. is there anything like linux extended?? -jiten How much of the 20Gb do you want to sacrifice to Windoze? Do you play many games on that, or something other that uses a lot of space? Decide on that, and use fips/partitionmagic/completely clean install with windows-fdisk to reserve that space. Then install Mandrake, with /(root), swap and /home as separate partitions. I'd personally also put /usr on a separate partition. Afaik, Linux does not have this thing with primary and extended partitions that the microsoft based systems do. If you do not do a lot of windoze, my suggestion: windoze: 5 Gb /(root) 4Gb /home7Gb swap 2 x size of your RAM /usr 3Gb In case you do not want a separate /usr, move that space to /, Mandrake will set up a /usr dir in there then. Much windoze: Windoze: 10 Gb /(root) 3Gb /home4Gb swap 2 x size of RAM /usr 3Gb But that's my idea. Good luck in deciding. In the end the choice is yours. Paul -- At a certain time there is a light at the end of the tunnel. And it isn't a train. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31
[newbie] Re: Digest for list newbie
Len Lawrence wrote: Have you tried Camera - Summary? That should tell you if the camera is properly recognized. The information would include battery state and the number of photos already taken. Hi Len. Yep, I tried that. It waits several seconds then blows up an info box that has blank entries in it. ;-( According to my owners manual (camera), the camera is supposed to beep when the computer is turned on, IF it is properly connected. Well, it doesn't, so I guess that means I've got a port/irq problem, but danged if I know how to fix it. Gonna take the camera later today, and try it on my younger brothers dual booting Mandarke 7.2/Windog setup and see if it works on both sides there. Thanks for you help! ;-) Try running gphoto as root. I use it with my PDC 640 and have to become root so that I can use it. As user it tells me that there is no camera. John Batt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
Ok I think you can contact them at [EMAIL PROTECTED] but I am still waiting for a reply to my email about there cameras and that was three weeks ago. Anthony Daniell. - Original Message - From: "Vic" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 2:19 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux Does HP make their own printer drivers as well? If I had the e mail address I would e mail them and tell them they need to write linux drivers for their mice On Tue, 26 Dec 2000, Anthony Daniell wrote: - Original Message - From: David Raleigh Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux I am locked into bad mouse support by 2-button mouse users. Linux mouse support is hardly configurable at all. I have seen the sawfish mouse dialog. Ridiculous. Very true indeed. Kde should build a special mouse driver for mice that have a scrol wheel and side buttons. Mine has four buttons and a scroll wheel. And the people who make the mice should write software for linux also. After all there are a lot of people using linux today. I feel that if every one using linux sent email to the logitech company asking for drivers/software for there products then they might do something about it. i just bought a new printer, a lexmark Z32 because they have drivers for linux. And the Z52 has drivers for linux also. My mouse is a ms intelli mouse explorer and whith the software for windoze I can get the buttons to do what ever I want them to do, and I can change the icons as well. But I bought it because it does not have a ball in it and can use it as either ps2 or usb. I also feel that linux should have surport for IDE CD Burners, not just SCSI. Regards Anthony Daniell
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
ok, millennium edition is the last microsoft OS built on the win9x kernel (mixed 16 and 32bit kernel). Win NT, 2000 and whistler are all true 32bit OS and are based on a different kernel. Microsoft wants to get everyone using 32bit OS's and that is why millennium edition's gui looks almost exactly like win2k's. Whistler is the follow up to win2k. There will be a number of different versions of it, home, professional, server, data center. Basically it'll get microsoft into a point where they only have to support one OS with different flavors rather then the hell they have now. Also, winNT/win2k's memory management is a *little bit* better then win9x so they are a bit more stable or should I say that they are less crash prone? In theory anyway, why is it that no microsoft OS is stable for more then a month or two? My experience is that win2k is like a giant 1950's american car. Its a boat, slow to start, breaks often, and requires a ton of maintanence. Abe Romanator wrote: There's an update to Millennium coming out later this year. I think it's name is Whistler. goldenpi wrote: Give it time. I have just seen windows millenium and I can assure you it will not last. It is awful. It is slow. It takes up half my hard drive and then its optional parts take the rest. And it doesn't work. Windows 2k however is here to stay. I haven't seen it running but I have heard of it. On Tue, 26 Dec 2000, you wrote: - Original Message - From: David Raleigh Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux I am locked into bad mouse support by 2-button mouse users. Linux mouse support is hardly configurable at all. I have seen the sawfish mouse dialog. Ridiculous. Very true indeed. Kde should build a special mouse driver for mice that have a scrol wheel and side buttons. Mine has four buttons and a scroll wheel. And the people who make the mice should write software for linux also. After all there are a lot of people using linux today. I feel that if every one using linux sent email to the logitech company asking for drivers/software for there products then they might do something about it. i just bought a new printer, a lexmark Z32 because they have drivers for linux. And the Z52 has drivers for linux also. My mouse is a ms intelli mouse explorer and whith the software for windoze I can get the buttons to do what ever I want them to do, and I can change the icons as well. But I bought it because it does not have a ball in it and can use it as either ps2 or usb. I also feel that linux should have surport for IDE CD Burners, not just SCSI. Regards Anthony Daniell -- == Goldenpi - linux user, unreal editor, programer in 3 languages and all round geek. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293
Re: [newbie] Re: Help with Digital Camera
John Batt wrote: Try running gphoto as root. I use it with my PDC 640 and have to become root so that I can use it. As user it tells me that there is no camera. John Batt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi John. Thanks for the reply. Well, I got it working, and I did have to use root (su), since it told me that I did not have permission to ttyxxx as my normal user account. Anyone know how to access ttyxxx as a normal user? ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/
Re: [Re: [newbie] Fast CPU]
Just so you know, I'm not trying to say one is better than the other, or trying to sell you, or anything...just stating my preference...which could change in the next twenty minutes ;-) peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Registered Linux user #19071 On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Penndragon wrote: Hi Roger I totally agree...I first started using Linux about 4 months ago, and started out with KDE, as it provided a familiar environment. However, after a while, I started to notice it did take up some resources that could have been put to better use (and this was while I still only had 64 meg RAM). Blackbox is faster, and to me just _feels_ more "linux-y." peace, I must admit the others do seem somewhat faster than KDE. I find the sound on startup with KDE breaks up whilst it's fine in most others. Use mostly Gnome or Enlightenment for the moment, but still getting the feel for the others. James Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Registered Linux user #19071 On 27 Dec 2000, Michael Scottaline wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find that http://www.gamepc.com usually has a pretty unbiased view point on procs. Personally I'm really happy with my athlon 900. Mandrake 7.2 is fast as hell after I recompiled everything I use for my processors architecture. windowmaker opens from startx (enter) to finished in about 2 seconds ;-) === Blackbox will probably do it in less than one!! Give it a try if you're willing to forego eyecandy and like the understated elegance of simplicity. Runs just about any KDE or Gnome app with NO problem. Mike "Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me." --Winston Churchill Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/webmail
Re: [newbie] One more question about digital cameras...
Joseph Red wrote: The way I fixed it, which isn't the "proper" or security-minded way, was to give everyone rw access to ttyS0. I just su'd chmod. my next suggestion was going to be to try the other port :) Joseph Red [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Joseph. Well, sometimes us 'Nix users don't always do things the "right" way, do we? smile I'll try doing that su/chmod route and see what happens. Is r+w both needed? Did you try just read? Just curious as to how far we'd have to go to let Gphoto access a port. Thanks for your help! -- /\ DarkLord \/
Re: [newbie] Holy emails Batman!!
I thought it was just me! les Romanator wrote: Wow, Is every one getting 6 copies of each email?! -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293
Re: [Re: [newbie] Fast CPU]
I did the same thing. I started with KDE because I could understand it with my leaving-windows-mentality. Eventually I started playing around with the different window managers looking for something that was faster, used less resources, was more customizable and pleased my aesthetic sense more directly. Blackbox just didn't groove wiht me but the nexty look and feel of windowmaker totally made me happy. Abe Roger Sherman wrote: I totally agree...I first started using Linux about 4 months ago, and started out with KDE, as it provided a familiar environment. However, after a while, I started to notice it did take up some resources that could have been put to better use (and this was while I still only had 64 meg RAM). Blackbox is faster, and to me just _feels_ more "linux-y." peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Registered Linux user #19071 On 27 Dec 2000, Michael Scottaline wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find that http://www.gamepc.com usually has a pretty unbiased view point on procs. Personally I'm really happy with my athlon 900. Mandrake 7.2 is fast as hell after I recompiled everything I use for my processors architecture. windowmaker opens from startx (enter) to finished in about 2 seconds ;-) === Blackbox will probably do it in less than one!! Give it a try if you're willing to forego eyecandy and like the understated elegance of simplicity. Runs just about any KDE or Gnome app with NO problem. Mike "Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me." --Winston Churchill Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/webmail
Re: [newbie] Installing Kdevelop on MDK7.2
On Thursday 28 December 2000 12:45 pm, Romanator wrote: Has any one tried installing kdevelop on mdk7.2? Will it work - as it used to be available with mdk7.1? I was wondering why it was pulled... kdevelop-2.0-4mdk was available (and still is by an ftp search), but it's either unusable or seg11's on start. It's one of the KDE1 apps that wasn't ready when KDE2 was released. -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] Re: [expert] What the heck is this daily cron task?
A V Flinsch wrote: It is building the database used by locate. Locate allows you to quickly find a file, or files with a given stirng int he name. It is pretty useful. If you find it annoying, you can remove the entry from the crontab. If you find locate to be useful, perhaps you can reschedule it to run at a more convient time for you. -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life) Alex has it right, and there is another option, remove the entry, and anytime you think enough has changed on your system to warrant it, issue a: locate -u command, and it will update itself then...at -your- convenience. "locate" to me is *very* useful. Wouldn't want to be without it... ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/
Re: [newbie] really basic questions
Sounds like me 2 months ago. --Abe At 03:49 PM 12/28/00 -0800, you wrote: sounds normal to me ;-) Original Message --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 18:31:42 -0500 Hi all, i have a really basic question or two to ask the group. 1. i've loaded l-m7.2 into my pc, and it looks real cool but as yet i dont have a clue what to do with it next. i think i'm suffering from hyperwinism (windoz induced inferiority complex). 2.where do i need to begin concentrating my slow learning curve to start making this work? my experience is all operator/user and some of these unix commands are familiar from my work experience, but most of that is task related. i've read a few howto's and still in the l-m installation and user guide. i've made an icon or two in kde (but the programs didnt work yet). i'm kinda overwhelmed... is this normal? or am i ungeekable? les in gastonia nc Jesus saves, Allah forgives, Chuthulu thinks you'd make a nice sandwich.
Re: [newbie] Advice needed on firewall...
On Thursday 28 December 2000 14:59, you wrote: On Wednesday 27 December 2000 08:27 pm, Michael O'Henly wrote: I've tested this network with Shields Up and it does indeed appear not to be visible to casual miscreants. PMfirewall is available at ... http://www.pointman.org/ Shields Up is available at... https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd http://www.sdesign.com/securitytest/ Complete scan is a much better test than Shields up. Test takes 30 minutes or more and they email you a full report. Still, a clean bill of health from them doesn't mean your system's bulletproof either. IMO, Shields Up is actually a disservice. Even vulnerable systems get a rave review, ie, 'full stealth' and 'your computer doesn't even appear to exist'. One bit of good advice on the Shields Up site : A FALSE sense of security is worse than being unsure. It's also a good idea to layer your systems security instead of expecting one app or tool to do the entire job for you. i.e. ipchains and PortSentry. This is a simple layer model that works nicely on most home machines. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
Re: [newbie] really basic questions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, i have a really basic question or two to ask the group. 1. i've loaded l-m7.2 into my pc, and it looks real cool but as yet i dont have a clue what to do with it next. i think i'm suffering from hyperwinism (windoz induced inferiority complex). 2.where do i need to begin concentrating my slow learning curve to start making this work? my experience is all operator/user and some of these unix commands are familiar from my work experience, but most of that is task related. i've read a few howto's and still in the l-m installation and user guide. i've made an icon or two in kde (but the programs didnt work yet). i'm kinda overwhelmed... is this normal? or am i ungeekable? les in gastonia nc Hi Les, This is completely normal. It's impossible to soak in everything at one time. Not only do you have a very solid operating system but a lot of new applications. However, you will need to invest some time reading. I would recommend getting yourself a couple of good books on Linux. The books will show the file and command structure of the operating system. Plus, if you get stuck, just post a question on this newsgroup. You can check out the following books: Linux in a Nutshell, from O'Reilley Running Linux, from O'Reilley Cheers! -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
BOOM it died. On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: WinME is a joke! What were they thinking? Sorry to the list cause this ain't a windows forum. Nowdie...thread DIE! :) -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
Have you noticed that the OS is getting bigger and bigger? They are pushing our resources to their limits. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Yes the os is getting bigger. But not getting better, the subject of this should be changed. or killed off Anthony Daniell
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
Anthony Daniell wrote: Have you noticed that the OS is getting bigger and bigger? They are pushing our resources to their limits. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Yes the os is getting bigger. But not getting better, the subject of this should be changed. or killed off Anthony Daniell Bang. I killed it. Cheers! -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293
Re: [newbie] SIS6326 Video
Hello! I fixed the problem. Actually it was the monitor driver that I had chosen. There are two different drivers for the monitor and I was continually choosing the wrong one. Go figure. :) After choosing the right monitor driver, all was well. Riker Sevatio Octavio wrote: Which X version did you choose? Try version 3 instead. Seve Original Message dated 3/6/00, 5:39:24 AM Author: "Riker" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: [newbie] SIS6326 Video: Hello: I'm setting up Linux Mandrake 7.2 on a new machine. The install goes fine but after the first boot, and it tries to go into X it terminates and goes to a command line. The video card is an SIS 6326 and the mother board is a PC200 - Athalon800 - 64meg of ram. Any thoughts? Please inqure if more information is needed. Thanks, Riker P.S. This is the second system like this I'm installing it on. The other went perfectly. All the hardware is exactly the same.
Re: [Re: [newbie] Fast CPU]
yes I am. With the 2.2.17 kernel the option is PPro (pentium pro) but I noticed with the 2.4 kernel that there is one more level of optimization called K7. I juist haven't been able to build a 2.4 kernel that works yet ;-( Abe Mark Weaver wrote: I think he's refering to recompiling the kernel for his family of processor. On Thursday 28 December 2000 05:32, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find that http://www.gamepc.com usually has a pretty unbiased view point on procs. Personally I'm really happy with my athlon 900. Mandrake 7.2 is fast as hell after I recompiled everything I use for my processors architecture. SNIP How do you recompile for an Athlon? Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
Re: [newbie] Holy emails Batman!!
Romanator wrote: Wow, Is every one getting 6 copies of each email?! -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 I did just now, from Barry... This seems to come and go, as has been discussed before, but 6 is the most I've seen. (doubles happen in a regularly irregular way) smile PS Would the real Barry please stand up? ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/
[newbie] boot virus
Hi, I found another place in the BIOS that had to do with boot viruses. Works fine now. I went ahead and after all the warnings not to, placed logical Linux and FAT32 partitions in the same extended partition. I've played a little with both OSs and haven't found any problems with it yet. *fingers crossed* Jake Shop Safely Online Without a Credit Card http://www.rocketcash.com
Re: [newbie] Holy emails Batman!!
Dear All, I have been getting 3 or more of some emails. What is causing that? Marcia
Re: [newbie] Holy emails Batman!!
On Friday 29 December 2000 01:55 am, you wrote: Wow, Is every one getting 6 copies of each email?! Not 6, but like 2 and 3! -s
Re: [newbie] Holy emails Batman!!
Hi Guys, Getting multi copies as well. Maybe a slight server hiccup? James I thought it was just me! les Romanator wrote: Wow, Is every one getting 6 copies of each email?! -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293
Re: [newbie] When the printer goes mad
Paul: While by far am I the Linux expert, I would say that you experience some kind of buffer over run or something in your printer. Before killing the spool, I would turn the printer offline, then power it off to clear the buffer. Then, kill all the jobs, reset the spooler, etc, and fire the printer back up to see what happens. Hope this helps. IRoKd - Original Message - From: "Paul" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 11:08 AM Subject: [newbie] When the printer goes mad Hi everyone, perhaps this is too simple, but it stumps me. I accidentally sent a wrong print to the printer, and it went nuts printing all kinds of garbage without end. I could not find any way to stop this but to reboot the entire system (how low can one go)... Is there another way to reset the spooler, easier (and faster) than what I did? After cancelling the print job, the printer kept going and going. There must be a better way, but I rarely use the printer so I don't know. A tip would be welcome :) Paul -- At a certain time there is a light at the end of the tunnel. And it isn't a train. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31 _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Fast CPU
Dual G4's kick butt. Butt you really don't even need Linux on a G4. MacOS X can do all that linux will. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 3:37 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Fast CPU i think p4 is good, my desktop is a p4 1.4ghz, but i read somewhere that 1.4 ghz arent too compatible with linux unless you have the latest kernel...so get the latest version of the distrobution you prefer so you'll be less likely to not have an incompatible computer, so either go with the amd or p4, i'd go with the p4
Re: [newbie] Holy emails Batman!!
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Romanator wrote: Wow, Is every one getting 6 copies of each email?! Yup. Paul -- Save our trees: Stop printing tax forms! http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Revenant wrote: Have you noticed that the OS is getting bigger and bigger? They are pushing our resources to their limits. shrug Our resource limits are increasing. Most software aims to take maximum advantage of the hardware available. Now that the industry standard machine is a PIII, I'd be disappointed if the OS didn't have additional functionality. But not more speed. Lotus 1.2.3 version 1 that ran on the original 8086 is equally fast as excel2000 on the 800Mhz P-III. Paul -- Save our trees: Stop printing tax forms! http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31
