Re: [newbie-it] star office
ioadamo wrote: -IO ho trovato il file /etc/X11/xdm/XSession e c'era scritto cosi': #!/bin/sh exec /etc/X11/Xsession $* # Xsession ends here dice di prendere gli argomenti con cui viene lanciato ($*) /etc/X11/xdm/XSession e di lanciare (exec) /etc/X11/Xsession con gli stessi argomenti. Quindi il file da ritoccare e` /etc/X11/Xsession. PS: che cosa vuol dire "case"? "case" e` una struttura di controllo degli script bash. Si prende una variabile $qualcosa e nel caso (case) soddisfi una condizione si esegue una serie di comandi, nel caso ne soddisfi un'altra ... viene chiusa da "esac" Dovresti avere qualcosa del tipo case $# in 1) case $1 in failsafe) exec xterm -geometry 80x24-0-0 ;; gnome) exec gnome-session ;; kde) exec startkde ;; anotherlevel) # we assume that switchdesk is installed. exec /usr/share/apps/switchdesk/Xclients.anotherlevel ;; esac esac $# e` il numero degli argomenti passati allo script, $1 il primo argomento, ... devi mettere il pezzo di staroffice prima di anotherlevel che, essendo l'ultimo, verra` eseguito di default. Il path dell'eseguibile dovra` essere del tipo $HOME/office52/soffice in modo che ogni utente faccia partire il proprio. Maggiori dettagli li trovi in "man bash". ciao, andrea
Re: [newbie-it] Java
Stefano Salari wrote: Prova sul sito della Sun alla pagina http://www.sun.com/software/index.html Ho visto tra le possibili scelte un "Java runtime environment" che dovrebbe essere quello che fa al caso tuo. Attento a prendere la versione giusta! Dovrebbe essere la vecchia "1.8" Quelle piu` recenti non sono compatibili con StarOffice :-( ciao, Andrea
Re: [newbie-it] connessione a internet
On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 11:14:13AM +0100, Andrea Celli wrote: MASTERIZZATORE Cosa c'è in /etc/fstab? /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0 (questo è il masterizzatore) Ops, ci sono dei symlinks... posta l'output del comando ls -la /dev/cdrom* -- Fabio Coatti http://www.ferrara.linux.it/members/cova Ferrara Linux Users Group http://ferrara.linux.it GnuPG fp:9765 A5B6 6843 17BC A646 BE8C FA56 373A 5374 C703 Old SysOps never die... they simply forget their password.
[newbie-it] Password profili.
Salve a tutti, ho da poco installato Mandrake 7.1. Ho provato a creare 4 profili per altrettanti utenti, e funziona tutto perfettamente, ma non riesco a mettere le password per ciascun profilo. Cosa devo fare? Grazie Marco
Re: [newbie-it] DVD rom compatibile con Linux, quale mi consigliate?
Sono intenzionato ad acquistare un DVD ROM che mi permetta di vedere sia i film che di masterizzare, c'è qualcuno che mi può dare qualche consiglio su qualche marca e modello? L'unica cosa che posso consigliarti e' di prendere due apparecchi diversi, un DVD ro e un masterizzatore. un mio amico ha tutto in unico apparecchio e ha un sacco di problemi ciao Alessandro
Re: [newbie]StarOffice5.2 Printer set-up
On Wednesday 03 January 2001 13:01, you wrote: Dear All, I have Mandrake 7.2 and the cups printing with an Epson Stylus Color printer. It has been working fine with all applications except for the StarOffice 5.2 that I recently downloaded. I followed the directions for setting it up with 5.2 using the spadmin and choosing xpp. The xpp graphic dialog box comes up but when I push print it does not print. It says it printed but it does not. What else can I do to make this work? Thank you for your help. Marcia Ummm, try just connecting your printer to the printer name that xpp uses for output, using SPA Admin. Works for me. You do not have any options from xpp, which should(tm) work. try this from a terminal rpm -qa|grep printpro If you see some output files you have printpro installed, which conflicts with cups, as well as cups, and any printout is miraculous. Civileme
Re: [newbie] core file
Hi Bascule thanks tom, yes i have 96mb ram, it's a bit unnerving to know that file sizes can be lied about/misreported like that, is it just /dev/ entries that do this ? i know this has confused me before, i'm a gui person really and i need to know when to trust what konq is telling me! bascule It's not so much that it's lying. It seems that under Linux, everything is mounted as a file system. My USB is mounted this way, and if theis holds true for memory, then wouldn't it be conceivable that the file would reflect tyhe size of the memory? If I'm wrong, or oversimplifying (a relative newbie myself), then please correct/elabarate. James On Wednesday 03 January 2001 9:30 pm, you wrote: On Wednesday 03 January 2001 02:45 pm, bascule wrote: i have found a file named /dev/core which is approx 95mb (so it is claimed) which points to /proc/kcore also 95mb in size, this confuses me on 2 fronts, how could a symlink be 95mb in size and is this normal, /proc/...being a virtual filesystem - do i need to delete this file or not bascule These aren't really files. Yes, they're vitual, sometimes called pretend files. My /dev/core is 256mb. That's the amount of ram I have. I take it you have 96 ? type 'du -ch /dev/*' (try /proc/* too) and you'll see that most all the 'files' in /dev are -0- byte.The total for the whole /dev directory should only be something over 100k, mostly due to many 1/2k dir listings. Don't delete anything in either /dev or /proc
[newbie] wonder if anybody can help
Hi all This is first time ive posted to the list think what im about to ask is ok. I was wondering if anybody in the UK had a spare copy of the Linux Mandrake from the xmas edition of Linux Format or could lend me one it will be returned and expenses covered postage etc. My wife has tried all over and couldnt get one and tried ringing them but couldnet get through. Please any answers to this by private email as I dont want to clog the maili list . My email for answers is [EMAIL PROTECTED] MTIA John in UK.
[newbie] Kodak DC3400 camera
I recently bought a Kodak DC3400 digital camera which works well under Windows but, not surprisingly, I haven't been able to use it with Linux and gphoto. I tried selecting several different cameras from the list in gphoto but nothing seems to work. Has anyone had any success with this camera? -- Regards, Phil [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] core file
You are not being lied to. All of the files in /proc do not realy exist. This means that until you read them there is nothing there. When you do read them the kernel creats the information that is displayed on the spot. Try cat /proc/meminfo or cat /proc/mounts and the command line to see what I mean. Right now the difference with kcore is that it is a snapshot of your memory at that point. If you type cat /proc/kcore then you will see what is in you memory. Most of it will be crap but some times you will see words from programs that you have run or files that you have saved. That is why knoq reports it as 95mb because if it didn't then you would have no memory. BTW looking at kcore will contuine for ever because the memory is allways been updated. Also writing anything to kcore is a very bad idea. At best it will crash your system. Also I think that the 1mb difference is the memory taken by the kernel, but don't quote me on that. Mark Hillary - Original Message - From: "bascule" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 11:57 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] core file thanks tom, yes i have 96mb ram, it's a bit unnerving to know that file sizes can be lied about/misreported like that, is it just /dev/ entries that do this ? i know this has confused me before, i'm a gui person really and i need to know when to trust what konq is telling me! bascule On Wednesday 03 January 2001 9:30 pm, you wrote: On Wednesday 03 January 2001 02:45 pm, bascule wrote: i have found a file named /dev/core which is approx 95mb (so it is claimed) which points to /proc/kcore also 95mb in size, this confuses me on 2 fronts, how could a symlink be 95mb in size and is this normal, /proc/...being a virtual filesystem - do i need to delete this file or not bascule These aren't really files. Yes, they're vitual, sometimes called pretend files. My /dev/core is 256mb. That's the amount of ram I have. I take it you have 96 ? type 'du -ch /dev/*' (try /proc/* too) and you'll see that most all the 'files' in /dev are -0- byte.The total for the whole /dev directory should only be something over 100k, mostly due to many 1/2k dir listings. Don't delete anything in either /dev or /proc
[newbie] Sound Blaster Live...Problem
I'm trying to get sound blaster live card to work, but everytime I do a sndconfig, the card registers and Modprobe tell me there is a problem. Here is the message: /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/emu10k.o:init-module :Device or resource busy /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/emu10k.o:init-module :insmod same line again : failed same line again :insmod sound-slot-0 failed I have no Idea what this means. all I know is there is no sound what should I do...Help gavin
[newbie] Linux Red Hat 6.2
Original Message Time Is Thursday, January 04, 2001 , 2:43:22 AM Hello, CD-ROM : Teac CD-532E HD : Seagate ST34321A (4,3 GB) Grafic Card : S3 Virge-DX/GX PCI (375/385) (4 MB Video memory) Sound Card : Yamaha OPL3-SAx Reserved Modem : Rockwell RCV336ACF/SP ( R6741-41 ) Maintboard : SOYO SY-5BT Procesor : AMD K6/2 266 MHz Monitor : Daewoo 518X Printer : Samsung ML-85 plus is this OK to instal Red Hat 6.2 ??? -- Best regards, Boomerang(tel: +381638050191) All-About-Computer List Owner [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Bat! v1.48f Christmas Edition
Re: [newbie] I thought I was super user??
That's the answer. I don't even have a subdirectory "/sbin/". I installed Mandrake 7.0 (Air) from CD and selected all options when prompted for which files to load. Guess I'll just do without for now... :-( - Original Message - From: "bosmanp" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "David Thompson" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 2:37 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] I thought I was super user?? Check your path. I've got linuxconf in /sbin/linuxconf. If this is not the case, then maybe you do not have it installed. On Thursday 04 January 2001 01:17, David Thompson wrote: Ah yes, I typed my question in wrong. On the linux screen I typed it in as you suggested - with case sensitivity. I also signed in as "root", not "Root". - Original Message - From: "Leif Erik Tronstad Svanø" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "David Thompson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 2:57 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] I thought I was super user?? If you typed Linuxconf (as you wrote) you would get: bash: Linuxconf : command not found try typing linuxconf On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, David Thompson wrote: I successfully log on as "Root" to my linux box and receive the [root@Linux /root]# prompt. When I issue the "Linuxconf" command, the os returns "bash: linuxconf : command not found". Anybody help me on this? Thanks! David Thompson
[newbie] Can't get changes to stick
With Mark's help, I have Mandrake 7.1 installed on my notebook. My current issue is that I can't get changes to take and stick. I run sndconfig, and get the test sounds with no problem. But I can't get KDE to allow me to setup system sounds. Even the test button doesn't generate anything. The other item covered under this issue is my video. It recognizes my Neomagic chipset with no problems. But it won't let me change the resolution from the 640x480 default. The panel is 800x600. Also, changing the monitor from SVGA 1024x768 to generic panel 800x600 does nothing. The change will not stick, and my resolution will not change. Can someone prod me in the right direction for solving this issue? Lon Lentz Applications Developer CyberEntomologist - Alvion Technologies DataWarehousing and List Sales - Market Your Lists on the Net! [EMAIL PROTECTED] 941-574-8600 Ext. 210
Re: [newbie] aol
No.. it runs as an AIM client. Not an AOL clone. It will allow you to log on with AIM, ICQ, and a few other chat programs. That's all it does. tdh -- T. Holmes Unixtechs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.unixtechs.org/ "Real Men use Vi." doesn't "Everybody" run as an AOL clone? just wondering. aston sydney, australia
[newbie] Mandrake Coporate Server 1.0 SSH installation and Frontpage andSamba problem
I have resently installed mandrake coporate server 1.0 on a petium 100 with 48 megs of ram and a 2.1 gig hard drive... It installed fine. and its main purpose is to be a mail, samba and web server for a university residencs server with internet connection. the appache web server that came installed is supposed to come with the frontpage 2000 patch so that I can install the frontpage server extensions which I have already downloaded from microsoft. Does anyone know how to get the server extensions fully installed and running 100%. I also have a problem installing SSH with I got from one of the crypto ftp site on the mandrake web site.. it wants a dependency crypto.so.1 file which I cannot find.. The server has 2 network cards for now. to help seperate the LAN into segments. I got routing working and samba. But the machines on seperate subnets are unable to see each other on the same workgroup. How do I get this working. WINS has something to do with it..but could somebody explain what I should do to get it to work.. Our old server before had redhat 5 on it which seemed VERY vulnerble to hackers because was not updated regularly.. and I want to stop this now. So I hope installing Mandrake corporate server was the right move.. Thanks Jaques le Roux winmail.dat
Re: [newbie] core file
On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote: Hi Tom, No, Bascule's not asking about core dumps, but about the core device, which definitely shouldn't be deleted. A plain english Ah, oops. My error because of speed. Sorry, I hope Bascule did not follow my advice!! Core dumps can be deleted, but they wouldn't be in either /dev or /proc. This line placed at the end of /etc/bashrc, 'ulimit -c 0' will prevent core dumps from even being written. I noticed that in clean new installs of 7.1 and 7.2 (at least those I know), an entry is made in /etc/profile that core dumps will be prevented as you wrote when the user is not root: # Users generally won't see annoyng core files [ "$UID" = "0" ] ulimit -c 100 Greetings, Paul -- The problem with being unemployed: The moment you wake up, you're on the job. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31
[newbie] FYI - Reason for boot hang 7.1 7.1
Aftermonths of hassles trying to get 7.1 and 7.2 to run on my system (Kernel locks in bootup)I have tracked it down to one of two things: It doesnt like my Canapus Spectra 2500 or my 2x Diamond Monster 3D II in Sli mode, both of which were fairly main stream cards a year or two ago. So much for increased hardware support and robustness.
Re: [newbie]StarOffice5.2 Printer set-up
Dear All,Thank you for your suggestions. I do not have PrintPro so I guess there is no conflict there. I tried the changes on this list and it still does not work. I was setup with xpp however it does not print from that either. Last night I switched to qtcups and no printing again. When I had the Star Office 5.1a with LM 7.0 complete I had no problems printing. Maybe I am not setting something up correctly. Is there a way to check things through the terminal or to get a printout through the terminal? Thanks for your help. Marcia
Re: [newbie]StarOffice5.2 Printer set-up
Yes, is there a way to set up printing in 7.2 like it was in 7.1? I have had all kinds of trouble with CUPS, never had a problem before this "improved" system. thanks! Fred - Original Message - From: "marcia" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 8:27 AM Subject: Re: [newbie]StarOffice5.2 Printer set-up Dear All,Thank you for your suggestions. I do not have PrintPro so I guess there is no conflict there. I tried the changes on this list and it still does not work. I was setup with xpp however it does not print from that either. Last night I switched to qtcups and no printing again. When I had the Star Office 5.1a with LM 7.0 complete I had no problems printing. Maybe I am not setting something up correctly. Is there a way to check things through the terminal or to get a printout through the terminal? Thanks for your help. Marcia
Re: [newbie] core file
Some time ago read about a way to delet all core file from hard disk when booting or so. Anybody knows how to do it ?. I´m newbie and core file only ocupied some space for me. thanks Daniel On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, bascule wrote: You can delete it. This is generated when (usually as root) you run a Gnome program that crashes. Then a memory dump is generated called 'core'. Paul i have found a file named /dev/core which is approx 95mb (so it is claimed) which points to /proc/kcore also 95mb in size, this confuses me on 2 fronts, how could a symlink be 95mb in size and is this normal, /proc/...being a virtual filesystem - do i need to delete this file or not bascule -- The world is becoming a madhouse. And who does not adjust gets put away. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31
[newbie] holy shrinking / batman!
Hi folks, I'm confused. (Surprise). I'm new to 7.2 (and mandrake, generally), so I used the installation guide when deciding on partition sizes. This is what I have: / 492MB /boot 9.5MB /home 4.24GB /usr3.17GB and then swap of 64MB (I think, same as RAM) The thing is, the guide suggested 300MB for /. I was greedy and used 492MB, but now kdf shows / as having only 99.9MB free (392 used?!). Ten days ago, there was 110MB free - at this rate, I'll run out of space on the partition. So was the 300MB a bad suggestion, or is something freaky? If I have to expand /, what's the best way to do it and not lose data (I have partition magic on a W95 partition)? and how big should I make it? Thanks (again!) John
Re: [newbie] Kernel in 7.2
David Grubb wrote: Hi all, Due to brain leakage and severe lack of caffeine, can someone tell me what the kernel version is in Mandrake 7.2? Cheers Dave 2.2.17
[newbie] xscanimage and gimp again?
Sorry to be asking this again but how exactly do you make the link for xscanimage so I can use my scanner in the gimp? My scanner shows up on the usb in drakconf and the gnome usbview but xcanimage always says there is no device.
Re: [newbie] holy shrinking / batman!
what is in /tmp? -Chris On Thursday 04 January 2001 19:57, you wrote: Hi folks, I'm confused. (Surprise). I'm new to 7.2 (and mandrake, generally), so I used the installation guide when deciding on partition sizes. This is what I have: / 492MB /boot 9.5MB /home 4.24GB /usr 3.17GB and then swap of 64MB (I think, same as RAM) The thing is, the guide suggested 300MB for /. I was greedy and used 492MB, but now kdf shows / as having only 99.9MB free (392 used?!). Ten days ago, there was 110MB free - at this rate, I'll run out of space on the partition. So was the 300MB a bad suggestion, or is something freaky? If I have to expand /, what's the best way to do it and not lose data (I have partition magic on a W95 partition)? and how big should I make it? Thanks (again!) John
Re: [newbie] Kernel in 7.2
If you're at your machine, a quick of finding this out is: uname -a Cheers. M. On Thursday 04 January 2001 16:41, you wrote: Hi all, Due to brain leakage and severe lack of caffeine, can someone tell me what the kernel version is in Mandrake 7.2? Cheers Dave -- Michael O'Henly TENZO Design
Re: [newbie] holy shrinking / batman!
Hi Chris, in /tmp I find 9 sub directories: .ICE-unix .X11-unix .esd .font-unix .sawmill-john .sawmill-root ksocket-john orbit-john orbit-root and several .bak files for a finance program i use (CBB) - these files are small. And there is a series of executables starting with "mcext" sequence, as in mcextium211. Again these are small. Plus there is a x0-lock file. Needless to say I have no idea what these do. any ideas? Christopher Molnar wrote: what is in /tmp? -Chris On Thursday 04 January 2001 19:57, you wrote: Hi folks, I'm confused. (Surprise). I'm new to 7.2 (and mandrake, generally), so I used the installation guide when deciding on partition sizes. This is what I have: / 492MB /boot 9.5MB /home 4.24GB /usr 3.17GB and then swap of 64MB (I think, same as RAM) The thing is, the guide suggested 300MB for /. I was greedy and used 492MB, but now kdf shows / as having only 99.9MB free (392 used?!). Ten days ago, there was 110MB free - at this rate, I'll run out of space on the partition. So was the 300MB a bad suggestion, or is something freaky? If I have to expand /, what's the best way to do it and not lose data (I have partition magic on a W95 partition)? and how big should I make it? Thanks (again!) John
[newbie] ABit KT7-RAID Motherboaard
Anyone know what drivers to use for this board so that ATA100 and RAID will work? TIA STeve
RE: [newbie] Does any body know where i can download manuals for linux
Hi See the linux-mandrake.com site for electronic docs. Regards Ron -- Original Message -- Does any body know where i can download a manual for Mandrake Linux (or any other linux for that matter) Any help would be appreciated Thanks Brett Royles ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] Stop Spaming
Hi holly Michael, What type of server? Linux Mandrake 6.1 If it's a Linux server, linuxconf has a menu for sendmail configuration that's pretty easy to use and will work for those versions of sendmail. For other types of *nix and later versions of sendmail, hmmm that works ok with one be not with system 2 webmin is great for configuring sendmail. what is webmin ? I can write out the steps to compile a sendmail.cf using m4 files if you've got those. Or answer questions you have about the spam control choices on webmin or linuxconf. I think the latest version of webmin may only work with sendmail 8.10 and 8.11 though. i try to insrtall 8.10 and then it stop working :-/ wich did stop the spaming but did not make life easy too Holly
[newbie] cdrecord error
G, I am soo tired of trying to get this damn dc writer working, it worked fine in 7.1. It starts to record then pukes out about 3% to 6% into the burn and this is the output: pregap1: -1 Cdrecord 1.9 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM scsidev: '0,1,0' scsibus: 0 target: 1 lun: 0 Linux sg driver version: 2.1.39 Using libscg version 'schily-0.1' atapi: 1 Device type: Removable CD-ROM Version: 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info: 'IDE-CD ' Identifikation : 'R/RW 4x4x24 ' Revision : '1.04' Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : SWABAUDIO Drive buf size : 1572864 = 1536 KB FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB Track 01: data 152 MB padsize: 30 KB Total size: 175 MB (17:24.37) = 78328 sectors Lout start: 176 MB (17:26/28) = 78328 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 ATIP info from disk: Indicated writing power: 4 Is not unrestricted Is not erasable Disk sub type: Medium Type A, low Beta category (A-) (2) ATIP start of lead in: -12508 (97:15/17) ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74) Disk type:Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar) Manuf. index: 22 Manufacturer: Ritek Co. Blocks total: 359849 Blocks current: 359849 Blocks remaining: 281521 Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 2 in write mode for single session. Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready. Performing OPC... Starting new track at sector: 0 CDB: 2A 00 00 00 13 22 00 00 1F 00 cdrecord: Input/output error. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: retryable error Sense Bytes: F0 00 05 00 00 13 22 13 00 00 00 00 21 00 00 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x21 Qual 0x00 (logical block address out of range) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 4898 (valid) write track data: error after 10031104 bytes Sense Bytes: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 13 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Writing time: 51.293s Fixating... Fixating time: 131.182s Can anyone help me with this?
[newbie] Installation problem at Boot Loader install
Hi everyone, I'm a new Mandrake user from over in the SuSE-world, and I'm having trouble getting Mandrake to install properly. The main problem I'm encountering, is that it seems that the boot loader is never installed. When it gets to the step to install it, it simply says "Can't divide HASH by zero", and if I click okay it goes onto X-config. Perhaps it's my odd partition setup: hda1 [/boot for suse 15 megs] hda2 [Windows 98 9 gigs] hda3 [Linux Extended] hda5 [Mandrake 1.4 gigs] hda6 [Linux Swap 133 megs] hda7 [SuSE Linux 6 gigs] However I tried telling Mandrake to overwrite my /boot (for SuSE - hda1), and it wouldn't install it that way either. To make matters worse, it refuses to write to my diskette drive to create a boot disk - leaving no way to boot the system (under "Expert" however, I can get it to write a copy of the installation settings to disk). I haven't encountered these problems with SuSE, RedHat, QNX, or Caldera Linux Technology Preview (which, by the way, I previously had installed in the same partition I now have Mandrake in). Any suggestions? Thanks, Tim PS: I'm using the ISO image for disc one of LM only, not the "extended" CD too. Merry Christmas to you from Universal Networks! - Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks Information Tech. ConsultantChristian Web Services Since 1996 ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm An Authorized IPSwitch Reseller [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.uninetsolutions.com = "Solutions that Work" =
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Re: [newbie] FILESERVER, PROXY, FIREWALL, and DHCP Server
Pentium 200 out perform II 450 ? no way man give me the same computer! it's better ! about the powerpoint ! linux has it in the staroffice --- Jeremy Sudderth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good news everyone. I have a convert. My company has decided to have a contest. Here are the terms: 1. I have to set up a Linux server on a pent. 200 w/ 64 megs RAM 8 gig IDE hdd. 2. It has to run the fileserver, proxy, firewall, and DHCP services. 3. It has to out perform the current NT system.(PII 450 w/ 128 megs RAM 4x9.1 gig SCSI RAID 5) Here are the rewards: 1. All servers in the company will be converted. 2. All desktops and laptops will be converted, provided I can find something that will run PowerPoint. 3. The Linux community as a whole will be bettered. So everyone, give me all the input you have and lets kick some MS but$. TIA, Jeremy __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/
[newbie] Star Office Printing Problems
Hello guys. I have printing problems with starOffice 5.1, my printer works good under other aplicantions, like kword, netscape, etc. only starOffice cant print anyting, my printer are epson lq 850. i am using Mandrake 7.2 Please Helpme. Best Regards __ ifrance.com, l'email gratuit le plus complet de l'Internet ! vos emails depuis un navigateur, en POP3, sur Minitel, sur le WAP... http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/email.emailif
Re: [newbie] xscanimage and gimp again?
On Thursday 04 January 2001 07:15 pm, you wrote: Sorry to be asking this again but how exactly do you make the link for xscanimage so I can use my scanner in the gimp? My scanner shows up on the usb in drakconf and the gnome usbview but xcanimage always says there is no device. Mine too, and even when I follow the symbolic link directions in man xscanimage I get no directory exists. If I ls xscanimage it shows up as xscanimage*. I'm trying to find out if a one year old HP 4200c scanner is toast or if windows is just too screwed up to use it any more. The two of us need help. TIA -- Dennis M. Registered Linux user #180842
Re: [newbie] ABit KT7-RAID Motherboaard
why would you need drivers for this board? Mine is working fine with an IBM ATA-100 drive. Just make sure you have the latest BIOS installed and double check the BIOS settings. I initially have some trouble but now everything is fine. Greg Steve Gulick wrote: Anyone know what drivers to use for this board so that ATA100 and RAID will work? TIA STeve -- It said use Windows 98 or better so I installed Linux.
RE: [newbie] ABit KT7-RAID Motherboaard
I don't know Greg. When I install Mandrake it asks me to choose my scsi card. Mandrake install does not list the High Point HTP370 controller. If I bypass it install won't find the drives. I'm not sure how to get around this. Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Greg Sarsons Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 11:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] ABit KT7-RAID Motherboaard why would you need drivers for this board? Mine is working fine with an IBM ATA-100 drive. Just make sure you have the latest BIOS installed and double check the BIOS settings. I initially have some trouble but now everything is fine. Greg Steve Gulick wrote: Anyone know what drivers to use for this board so that ATA100 and RAID will work? TIA STeve -- It said use Windows 98 or better so I installed Linux.
[newbie] windows partition read only file system ?
Hello, (newbie right?) I'm trying to delete some files in my windows partition (fat16) from an terminal logged in as SU and I get an error message that /mnt/hda1 is a read-only file system. I have tried to chmod the file system but am not sure if this is what I need to do nor the syntax. I have tried chmod 761 /mnt/hda1 Can you help me? Thanks, Jon Dowd
[newbie] 7.1 to 7.2 upgrade questions...
*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* Im not a newbie to computers anymore. I have survived the dark ages of DOS and all the flavors of Windows. I want to enhance my skills and move on to the next level. So I decided to learn Linux. Problem is I'm new to Linux and I don't have any knowledge about UNIX, except that it is also command-line driven just like DOS. I searched Websites about Linux, and Mandrake has caught my attention. It's site is very informative and I think this is the distro that suites my experience level. I hit the shelves at the local computer store and all they have is Linux-Mandrake 7.1. If I buy the 7.1 version, can I upgrade to 7.2 and future versions without buying again? How? Thanks in advance guys
Re: [newbie] windows partition read only file system ?
On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Jon Dowd wrote: Change the mount rule in /etc/fstab to /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 There probably is 'nouser' or something in there, which is what prevents you, as user, from deleting files on the win-partition. Paul Hello, (newbie right?) I'm trying to delete some files in my windows partition (fat16) from an terminal logged in as SU and I get an error message that /mnt/hda1 is a read-only file system. I have tried to chmod the file system but am not sure if this is what I need to do nor the syntax. I have tried chmod 761 /mnt/hda1 Can you help me? Thanks, Jon Dowd -- Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my drive?? http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31
Re: [newbie] 7.1 to 7.2 upgrade questions...
On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Engr. OBA, Ryan Rudolf Castroverde wrote: If you have enough time, a charge-free phone-line and a cd-burner, you can download the ISO images of the CD's and burn them yourself. I do need to mention that upgrades from 7.1 to 7.2 are not as easy as previously was, since some directory stuff has changed. Better to go for 7.2 immediately if you can. Paul *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* Im not a newbie to computers anymore. I have survived the dark ages of DOS and all the flavors of Windows. I want to enhance my skills and move on to the next level. So I decided to learn Linux. Problem is I'm new to Linux and I don't have any knowledge about UNIX, except that it is also command-line driven just like DOS. I searched Websites about Linux, and Mandrake has caught my attention. It's site is very informative and I think this is the distro that suites my experience level. I hit the shelves at the local computer store and all they have is Linux-Mandrake 7.1. If I buy the 7.1 version, can I upgrade to 7.2 and future versions without buying again? How? Thanks in advance guys -- Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my drive?? http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31
Re: [newbie] 7.1 to 7.2 upgrade questions...
On Thursday 04 January 2001 21:43, you wrote: *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* Im not a newbie to computers anymore. I have survived the dark ages of DOS and all the flavors of Windows. I want to enhance my skills and move on to the next level. So I decided to learn Linux. Problem is I'm new to Linux and I don't have any knowledge about UNIX, except that it is also command-line driven just like DOS. I searched Websites about Linux, and Mandrake has caught my attention. It's site is very informative and I think this is the distro that suites my experience level. I hit the shelves at the local computer store and all they have is Linux-Mandrake 7.1. If I buy the 7.1 version, can I upgrade to 7.2 and future versions without buying again? How? Thanks in advance guys One can always upgrade for little cost by downloading all the rpm's and iso images, then burning your own CD's, or you can buy the GPL Cd's from http://www.linuxcentral.com for a few dollars. My recommendation is to always by the box distrobution to support the continuing development. I would order 7.2 from one of the sites like linuxcentral or linux mall, or cheap bytes etc. and do a fresh install. Upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2 has had its problems to some files have changed locations in 7.2 and the upgrade does not seem to make all the changes as it should this time. In the past upgading from 6.1 to 7.0 to 7.1 has been problem free. Hope this helps Enjoy Mandrake I have. -- Ralph F. De Witt MBA It said uses Windows 98 or better so I installed Linux-Mandrake 7.2 Proud user of Linux-Mandrake 7.2 Powerpack Deluxe Register Linux User 168814 ICQ #49993234 GPG Public Key available at http://www.keyserver.net Key fingerprint = 6426 1CFF 0987 9D51 76D6 06BC F22A CFF4 559A 03E7
Re: [newbie] Does any body know where i can download manuals for linux
Hi Brett Does any body know where i can download a manual for Mandrake Linux (or any other linux for that matter) Any help would be appreciated Thanks Brett Royles ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Well, a simple search for "linux tutorial" will turn up much of use. Web pages can be saved or printed out if need I guess. And if you add the keyword "dowload" to your search you may find something there as well. Also. Linux has many manuals built in.If you enter any of the terminal programs (console mode), you can type for eg. "man grub" to get the manual for for the grub boot loader. James
[newbie] LinModems!
Hi all, I just stumbled upon a neat thing. People have started writing Linux drivers for WinModems. And the one that came with my system has a driver. Yay! I was really bummed when I found out that I had a WinModem. And hopefully this will be an immediate help. I do plan on getting a real modem here in the not too distant future, but it's not a priority just yet. For anybody else who is enterested I found out about these at the following sites: http://linmodems.org/ http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html Cheers! Jake Shop Safely Online Without a Credit Card http://www.rocketcash.com
[newbie] ide3 doesn't like me any more + mknod for ide4 ide5
I am running an Athlon based system in a In-Win Q500 (300W P/S) case and an ASUS K7V m/b w/ latest patches as of mid November. I started off running the system with a 10 GB 7200 RPM IBM drive (Ultra33) as the boot on ide2 and a 45 GB 7200 RPM IBM drive (Ultra100 capable, but running at Ultra66) as ide3 on a Promise Ultra66 controller. In the not too distant past my 10 GB drive started to get rather problematic, so I moved off of it (right after reflashing the BIOS so that I could take full advantage of ECC RAM) and onto my 45 GB drive which I moved to ide2. One crazy idea I came up with recently is to get a little more leg room trying to set up a poor man's software RAID 5. I noticed that it is not supposed to be a good idea to mix the 2.2.x kernel with ReiserFS nor is it supposed to be a good to put more than one device per IDE channel when I did some homework on this idea. As far as I can tell I should be able to set up a software RAID if I keep the above mentioned and I use ext2 and follow the procedures in the Software RAID HOWTO. Correct me if I am wrong. I came across two problems with my idea: 1. I can't get ide3 to play well with me. What would happen is that the system would start coming up, detect all of the drives, assign IRQ's and I/O address and then hang immediately after. At first I had the Ultra66 acting as ide2 and ide3 and then I rearranged things so that the Ultra100 was ide2 and ide3. This didn't seem to make a difference. I then ripped out everything except for the video and one of the Promise cards. With both cards (one at a time) even in different slots I got the exact same results. That being with one drive plugged into ide2 as master and one drive plugged into ide3 as master the machine would hang in the same places as mentioned before. With ide3 unplugged the machine would come up. Also with one card being plugged in at a time, even moving around which PCI slot was used both would come up with the same IRQ and base I/O for each bus. (IRQ 10 for both busses, 0x9400-0x9407 for ide2, and 0x9800-0x9807 for ide3.) The maximum configuration that I have managed to get the system to come up on is one drive on each of ide2,4,5. If someone could give me insight into why ide3 doesn't like me any more I would greatly appreciate it. 2. I know I read somewhere that the Linux kernel is set up to be able to handle up to 8 IDE channels before I embarked on this journey and could potentially be reconfigured to handle more. I looked at the info page fore mknod and I looked at how things are set up in /dev and a question arose. The scheme used for minor numbers for the hdx devices seems to make good sense, but the scheme for major numbers seems like it has a few more ticks to it then what I am following, if there is really a scheme at to it. If someone could tell me the major numbers to use for hdi, hdj, hdk, and hdl I would greatly appreciate it.
Re: [newbie] FILESERVER, PROXY, FIREWALL, and DHCP Server
Andri Genio wrote: Pentium 200 out perform II 450 ? no way man give me the same computer! it's better ! about the powerpoint ! linux has it in the staroffice --- Jeremy Sudderth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good news everyone. I have a convert. My company has decided to have a contest. Here are the terms: 1. I have to set up a Linux server on a pent. 200 w/ 64 megs RAM 8 gig IDE hdd. 2. It has to run the fileserver, proxy, firewall, and DHCP services. 3. It has to out perform the current NT system.(PII 450 w/ 128 megs RAM 4x9.1 gig SCSI RAID 5) Here are the rewards: 1. All servers in the company will be converted. 2. All desktops and laptops will be converted, provided I can find something that will run PowerPoint. 3. The Linux community as a whole will be bettered. So everyone, give me all the input you have and lets kick some MS but$. TIA, Jeremy seriously, i don't think you can have an IDE hard drive outperforming SCSI hard drives. i am less concern with the CPU, but the RAM should be the same as well. anyway, if the people on this list are going to help, you probably need to be more specific about the hardware configuration (eg. what sort of ethernet card? hard drive speed? cdrom speed? motherboard? SCSI support? video card? cache? etc...) besides what sort of benchmarkings are you going to use? also are you comfortable running linux without the x windows system (ie. complete command line driven interface) aston sydney, australia
[newbie] isdn problems
mdk7.2 installed. configureing kernel (support isdn) config.isdn modem, isdn modem (card)has beenfound (dynalink, Asuscom), config. provider etc. and connecting: mdk can´t connect and ask for reconfig. of isdn modem.why? isdn4linux (kisdn) only runs once then I am not able to restart the program. why? The modem works fine under wme miko
Re: [newbie]StarOffice5.2 Printer set-up
On Thursday 04 January 2001 15:27, you wrote: Dear All,Thank you for your suggestions. I do not have PrintPro so I guess there is no conflict there. I tried the changes on this list and it still does not work. I was setup with xpp however it does not print from that either. Last night I switched to qtcups and no printing again. When I had the Star Office 5.1a with LM 7.0 complete I had no problems printing. Maybe I am not setting something up correctly. Is there a way to check things through the terminal or to get a printout through the terminal? Thanks for your help. Marcia Marcia, I can print here with the instruction from a command line lpr -P printer6 In xpp I point to printer 6 In StarOffice, rather than set up where I can use a network bank of printers with utter flexibility, I just connected the "generic printer" to the instruction lpr -P printer6, because it is the only one I ever print to. Your situation should be similar, since you have one printer. Use kedit to make a page and click print then choose "Print using command" and put in lpr -P (the name you use for your printer in cups/xpp) #you may need to experiment a bit Once that prints, make the same connection in StarOffice from the generic printer (you can rename the generic printer, but do NOT choose any of StarOffice's drivers, let cups supply the driver) then you should be able to print, though not on a printer halfway round the planet which is one of the capabilities of cups. Civileme
RE: [newbie] Does any body know where i can download manuals for linux
Brett Have you tried http://63.209.80.231/en/72doc.php3 which is Mandrakes own documentation page. Alternatively try http://www.linuxdoc.org/ which is the home of the Linux Documentation Project and contains load of useful stuff. Mike -Original Message- From: Penndragon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 05 January 2001 06:24 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Does any body know where i can download manuals for linux Hi Brett Does any body know where i can download a manual for Mandrake Linux (or any other linux for that matter) Any help would be appreciated Thanks Brett Royles ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Well, a simple search for "linux tutorial" will turn up much of use. Web pages can be saved or printed out if need I guess. And if you add the keyword "dowload" to your search you may find something there as well. Also. Linux has many manuals built in.If you enter any of the terminal programs (console mode), you can type for eg. "man grub" to get the manual for for the grub boot loader. James
Re: [newbie] Kernel in 7.2
On Friday 05 January 2001 01:41, you wrote: Hi all, Due to brain leakage and severe lack of caffeine, can someone tell me what the kernel version is in Mandrake 7.2? Cheers Dave 2.2.17 Of course 2.2.18 and 2.4.0(test) are available, both basically unpatched (no ATA/100 in 2.2.18). Civileme BTW, the kernel verion is usually readable by looking in /lib/modules or in /boot
