[newbie-it] Mantenimento volume audio
Il 00:04, giovedì 11 gennaio 2001, scrivesti: Sono un neofita. Ha installato il primo CD della 7.2. Qualcuno sa dirmi come si può regolare il volume dell'audio in uscita dalla scheda sonora? Non credo si possa agire solamente sugli altoparlanti. Grazie a tutti per l'aiuto. Alberto Devi usare kmix, dal menu K - multimedia - suono - sound mixer Ogni volta che entro in Linux devo aggiustare i volume con kmix. Come si puo' fare in modo che vengano mantenuti i valori settati una volta per tutte ? Grazie, Alberto -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie-it] CILINDRO
salve a tutti mi sto orientando verso la versione mandrake di Linux anche perchè ho letto su Linux magazine che questa versione ha superato il problema della scrittura del filesystem entro il cilindro 1028 dell'HD ed ha portato lo spazio a 4Gb.Avendo un HD cosi' formattato. -10 gb fat 32 con win Me -5 GB fat 32 -5 GB fat 32 vorrei intallare Linux sull'ultima partizione. Qualcuno puo' dirmi se sto sognando o se son desto? Grazie GianLuigi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie-it] Mi presento!
se 6 stupido nn kolpa mea - Original Message - From: "Wintozsucks" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 2:38 AM Subject: [newbie-it] Mi presento! Salve a tutti! Sono un nuovo arrivato. Ho appena instalato Linux Mandrake 7.2 su un vecchio PC 166, dopo aver tentato di installare la versione per Power Mac su un G4 (senza successo, per via di alcune schede non identificate che creavano un 'kernel panic' all'avvio - spero vada meglio con la nuova versione, che non, ho ancora provato). Ho gi un piccolo problema da sottoporre all'attenzione di chi vorr gentilmente aiutarmi: ho installato sul PC 166 una scheda USB economica, windows 98 l'ha riconosciuta, invece Linux me la segnala come hardware sconosciuto. A questo punto che posso fare per farla 'vedere' anche a Linux? grazie e a presto sergio -- Sergio Orrao ICQ 19394829 See my photos at: http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=217794Auth=false and don't forget to sign the guest book!
[newbie-it] Vmware e altro...........
Ciao ragazzi, Vorrei esporre un altro problema:ho installato da mandrake 7.2, credo con successo(speriamo) "vmware" per lavorare con windows 98 in linux ma quando clicco su power on mi d il messaggio che devo ottenere la licenza ed installarla ,ho provato ad andare al sito descrittomi ,mi sono registrato,ma: 1.non trovo questa benedetta licenza,potete aiutarmi?? e come si installa? 2.inoltre normale lanciare da terminale "vmware" dato che non lo trovo nella lista applicazioni e neanche come icona? 3.si pu creare un icona sul desktop o un altra scorciatoia per avviarlo subito senza terminale? 4.nel configuration editor mi chiede se voglio installare la maggior parte del hardware tipo porte com/lpt guest-os/etccome devo procedere? non sono gia installate sia in windows che in linux? insomma aiutatemi a configurare questo benedetto vmware (credo sia un programma molto interessante per chi purtroppo deve usare windows per lavoro :[ ciao e grazie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie-it] Vmware e altro...........
la licenza dovrebbe venirti inviata via email assieme alle istruzioni. quindi la salvi in un file chiamato license (mi sembra) sotto /home/[user]/.vmware/ giuliano - Original Message - From: "Francesco" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 7:42 PM Subject: [newbie-it] Vmware e altro... Ciao ragazzi, Vorrei esporre un altro problema:ho installato da mandrake 7.2, credo con successo(speriamo) "vmware" per lavorare con windows 98 in linux ma quando clicco su power on mi d il messaggio che devo ottenere la licenza ed installarla ,ho provato ad andare al sito descrittomi ,mi sono registrato,ma: 1.non trovo questa benedetta licenza,potete aiutarmi?? e come si installa? 2.inoltre normale lanciare da terminale "vmware" dato che non lo trovo nella lista applicazioni e neanche come icona? 3.si pu creare un icona sul desktop o un altra scorciatoia per avviarlo subito senza terminale? 4.nel configuration editor mi chiede se voglio installare la maggior parte del hardware tipo porte com/lpt guest-os/etccome devo procedere? non sono gia installate sia in windows che in linux? insomma aiutatemi a configurare questo benedetto vmware (credo sia un programma molto interessante per chi purtroppo deve usare windows per lavoro :[ ciao e grazie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie-it] zip 250
esiste la directory /mnt/sda ? - Original Message - From: "Francesco" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 8:21 PM Subject: [newbie-it] zip 250 Altro problemino a chi avesse la pazienza di aiutarmi... ho installato uno iomega zip 250 visto correttamente da mandrake 7.2 ,il problema che non riesco a montarlo ,il messaggio questo mount: impossibile trovare /mnt/sda in /etc/fstab o /etc/mtab sono andato a curiosare in /mnt/sda effettivamente non c'! come posso fare? se come root clicco sull'icona del dispositivo con le altre voci disponibili c' la possibilit di espellere lo zip ,ho provato e magia lo espelle ,bo le propriet del dispositivo sono: /dev/sda punto di montaggio: /mnt/sda filesystem: supermount grazie per l'aiuto :-) francesco
Re: [newbie-it] Vmware e altro...........
Giuliano Zorzi wrote: la licenza dovrebbe venirti inviata via email assieme alle istruzioni. quindi la salvi in un file chiamato license (mi sembra) sotto /home/[user]/.vmware/ giuliano - Original Message - From: "Francesco" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 7:42 PM Subject: [newbie-it] Vmware e altro... Ciao ragazzi, Vorrei esporre un altro problema:ho installato da mandrake 7.2, credo con successo(speriamo) "vmware" per lavorare con windows 98 in linux ma quando clicco su power on mi d il messaggio che devo ottenere la licenza ed installarla ,ho provato ad andare al sito descrittomi ,mi sono registrato,ma: 1.non trovo questa benedetta licenza,potete aiutarmi?? e come si installa? 2.inoltre normale lanciare da terminale "vmware" dato che non lo trovo nella lista applicazioni e neanche come icona? 3.si pu creare un icona sul desktop o un altra scorciatoia per avviarlo subito senza terminale? 4.nel configuration editor mi chiede se voglio installare la maggior parte del hardware tipo porte com/lpt guest-os/etccome devo procedere? non sono gia installate sia in windows che in linux? insomma aiutatemi a configurare questo benedetto vmware (credo sia un programma molto interessante per chi purtroppo deve usare windows per lavoro :[ ciao e grazie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Grazie Giuliano, ma vmware lo installato dal power pack di mandrake 7.2 ,come dicevo sono andato al sito e mi sono registrato ma non arrivato un cavolo boh ,riprover...
Re: [newbie-it] kernel 2.4, installazione?
Ho scaricato il kernel 2.4, ma ora, prima di fare qualche grosso pasticcio vorrei qualche dritta per sostituirlo al kernel esistente. Come posso fare? Secondo me e' meglio se per un po' li tieni tutti e due: prova a vedere se il 2.4 ' quello che fa per te, poi sostituiscilo al tuo vecchio 2.2 (o quello che e'). Io, facendo cosi', ho salvato il PC da una reinstallazioen erpche' il 2.4 non mi parte uan volta compilato. Per mantenere tutti e due i kernel basta editare i file di cinfigurazione del tuo bootloader indicando come immagine avviabile quella che hai creato con la compilazione del kernel ciao Alessandro
Re: [newbie-it] Mi presento!
se 6 stupido nn kolpa mea - Original Message - From: "Wintozsucks" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 2:38 AM Subject: [newbie-it] Mi presento! Salve a tutti! Sono un nuovo arrivato. Ho appena instalato Linux Mandrake 7.2 su un vecchio PC 166, dopo aver tentato di installare la versione per Power Mac su un G4 (senza successo, per via di alcune schede non identificate che creavano un 'kernel panic' all'avvio - spero vada meglio con la nuova versione, che non, ho ancora provato). Ho gi un piccolo problema da sottoporre all'attenzione di chi vorr gentilmente aiutarmi: ho installato sul PC 166 una scheda USB economica, windows 98 l'ha riconosciuta, invece Linux me la segnala come hardware sconosciuto. A questo punto che posso fare per farla 'vedere' anche a Linux? grazie e a presto e se 6 kafone non colpa di nessuno, pensa un po'! ! -- Sergio Orrao ICQ 19394829 See my photos at: http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=217794Auth=false and don't forget to sign the guest book!
[newbie-it] Mandrake 7.2 e stampante
Ciao a tutti, ho da poco installato sul mio pc la distribuzione Mandrake 7.2 di Linux. In questa distribuzione si trova un pacchetto chiamato CUPS che ha all'interno diversi 'driver' per le diverse stampanti in commercio. Io ho attualmete un Lexmark 2050 a getto di inchiostro che per non riesco a far funzionare sutto linux. Per diversi motivi ho la necessit di cambiare stampante acquistandone una di nuova. Vorrei tanto sapere se qualcuno di voi riuscito a far funzionare una stampante a getto di inchiostro sotto linux. Quello che voglio dire io che vorrei acquistare una stampante che funzioni sotto linux. Se qualcuno mi sa dare qualche informazione di questo genere su stampanti Epson o HP ne sarei veramente felice. Grazie a a presto.
Re: [newbie-it] Mandrake 7.2 e stampante
Tosato Diego wrote: Ciao a tutti, ho da poco installato sul mio pc la distribuzione Mandrake 7.2 di Linux. In questa distribuzione si trova un pacchetto chiamato CUPS che ha all'interno diversi 'driver' per le diverse stampanti in commercio. Io ho attualmete un Lexmark 2050 a getto di inchiostro che per non riesco a far funzionare sutto linux. Per diversi motivi ho la necessit di cambiare stampante acquistandone una di nuova. Vorrei tanto sapere se qualcuno di voi riuscito a far funzionare una stampante a getto di inchiostro sotto linux. Quello che voglio dire io che vorrei acquistare una stampante che funzioni sotto linux. Se qualcuno mi sa dare qualche informazione di questo genere su stampanti Epson o HP ne sarei veramente felice. Grazie a a presto. Generalmente, sia le HP che le Epson non danno problemi Ma devo comprarla pure io, in questo periodo, quindi non posso essere pi preciso.. :-) Corrado
Re: [newbie-it] Mandrake 7.2 e stampante
Il dom, 14 gen 2001, scrivesti: Tosato Diego wrote: Ciao a tutti, ho da poco installato sul mio pc la distribuzione Mandrake 7.2 di Linux. In questa distribuzione si trova un pacchetto chiamato CUPS che ha all'interno diversi 'driver' per le diverse stampanti in commercio. Io ho attualmete un Lexmark 2050 a getto di inchiostro che però non riesco a far funzionare sutto linux. Per diversi motivi ho la necessità di cambiare stampante acquistandone una di nuova. Vorrei tanto sapere se qualcuno di voi è riuscito a far funzionare una stampante a getto di inchiostro sotto linux. Quello che voglio dire io è che vorrei acquistare una stampante che funzioni sotto linux. Se qualcuno mi sa dare qualche informazione di questo genere su stampanti Epson o HP ne sarei veramente felice. Grazie a a presto. Generalmente, sia le HP che le Epson non danno problemi Ma devo comprarla pure io, in questo periodo, quindi non posso essere più preciso.. :-) Corrado -- Io ho una Canon BJC 620 e và benissimo, installata senza problemi scegliendola dalla lista dei drive a disposizione. Ciao a tutti Fausto :-) Cordialmente: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Failed Delivery
On Saturday 13 January 2001 11:37, you wrote: I got the same thing. I am forwarding to our mailling list admin to remove this address from the list. On Saturday 13 January 2001 14:35, you wrote: Finally! Hi yall, is anyone else getting failed delivery messages from [EMAIL PROTECTED] as transmitted by yavin.mandrax.org? If not or even if so, how does one eliminate them. I tried filters in Kmail but must not have it set right cause I'm still getting them every time I send a e-mail. Whew! Here, for the past couple of days I'd thought I'd either been hacked or had downloaded something with a script embedded in it. But, after much searching of that address on my system, I'd looked at the headers of the returned mail more closely. In spite of it only being when I use respond (in pine), but not when I compose new, it is only happening when I post to ~this~ list. I'd forwarded the return about an hour ago, but I suppose who ever is moderating today is holding onto it to find out what's up (though many of my posts are delayed). Meph I have had the same problem when replying to several messages. I have forwarded a copy to the list admin. -- 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
[newbie] ISA PnP modem won't respond
Hi all, My BIOS is set to non-PnP. My ISA (real) modem can be jumpered to a specific IRQ, or to PnP. It's currently set to PnP, which works fine in Win98. Linux is a different story. Here's what I've done so far: I used pnpdump to get possible settings, and after verifying at /proc/interrupts that it was free, I chose IRQ 4 for /etc/isapnp.conf file. (Incidentally, pnpdump gave me two choices for this particular setting: one in which you choose the io address, and the other where you choose the IRQ. Only the IRQ choice worked.) I then ran "isapnp /etc/iaspnp.conf", and Linux reported that life was good. But when I try to connect to the Internet in KDE, I'm told that the modem "won't respond" to either /dev/ttyS0 or to /dev/modem (which would be the same, thanks to modemtool). If I try ttyS1 or anything else, I'm told that the device is "busy", so it knows something is different about ttyS0. I've been reading and working through this problem for almost 4 hours, and I've about given up. What do I do from here? Miark
Re: [newbie] What Files must I edit to add a new window manager to the kdm login window
Currently, the menu entry must be entered manually (in addition to editing the section in Kcontrol) for it to work correctly. open a root console and type "chksession -l". It should list all the valid window manager choices that have been entered. If something's missing, find out what you you should run to execute it. For example, GNOME has "gnome-session" and KDE has "startkde". Now visit the /etc/X11/wmsession.d directory. You will see a set of text files, each with a name beginning with a two-digit number followed by the name of the environment (GNOME, KDE, IceWM ...). The structure of these files should be something like this: NAME=GNOME ICON=gnome-wmsession.xpm DESC=GNOME EXEC=/usr/bin/gnome-session SCRIPT: exec /usr/bin/gnome-session Create a text file with a name beginning with a number that has not already been used followed by the name of the environment (e.g. 02KDE). Put the same information as above into the file, but replace the parts after the equal sign and the colon to what suits the environment you wish to enter. So you could make a file called 02KDE with the contents: NAME=KDE ICON=kde-wmsession.xpm DESC=The K Desktop Environment EXEC=/usr/bin/startkde SCRIPT: exec /usr/bin/startkde Run "chksession -l" again. This time, you should see your new entry amongst the others. Make sure that you have the new environment installed and that you have set X to start at boot (you can use XFdrake as root to do this). Reboot, and all should be well. On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 15:52, msh wrote: I've downloaded the latest windowmaker and installed in /usr/local. I used the kde control center - system - login manager to add a new entry to the menu of window manager choices offered at login time. Invoking this menu item doesn't work. (I get the icewm instead -- I think). Under MDK 7.1 I edited the file /etc/X11/window-managers in order to get the menu to actually do something. That file seems not to be present in my current installation of MDK 7.2. Has this information moved to a new file? Also, are there plans to have the kde control center do more than add the menu item (i.e., add the menu item and alter whatever files are necessary to cause the menu to work)? -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
Re: [newbie] user icon and password at login..
Open Kcontrol as root (the KDE control panel) and change the login manager options. On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 18:31, jiten wrote: i just installed LM 7.2. pls tell me how to solve following problems. 1. i don't want the icon of user to be displayed at login screen. how do i change this default setting. 2. when i enter the password it shows me the stars whereas i want nothing to be displayed at login screen thankx in advance --jiten -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
Re: [newbie] acrobat reader install
There is a RPM package called "ed" on one of the Mandrake CDs (I think it is the first). Install this and you should be fine. On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 17:21, Kenneth Legg wrote: While trying to install acrobat reader 4.0 on Linux Mandrake 7 under KDE 2 I got this message. At this point I'm at a lose as to what to do next. The text below is copied form my terminal window. To accept the terms and conditions of this agreement enter "accept". To decline the terms and conditions of this agreement enter "decline". Please type "accept" to accept the terms and conditions license agreement; Type "decline" to exit. accept This installation requires 16MB of free disk space. Enter installation directory for Acrobat 4.0 [/usr/local/Acrobat4] Directory "/usr/local/Acrobat4" does not exist. Do you want to create it now? [y] y Installing platform independent files ... Done Installing platform dependent files ... Done ./INSTALL: ed: command not found ERROR installing /usr/local/Acrobat4/bin/acroread [root@localhost ILINXR.install]# Kenneth Legg -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
Re: [newbie] Failed Delivery
Because the address : [EMAIL PROTECTED] has SG country code, I had forwarded the related messages to my ISP ! At 14-01-2001 -0800, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] as transmitted by yavin.mandrax.org? If not
Re: [newbie] acrobat install
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Kenneth Legg wrote: While trying to install acrobat reader 4.0 on Linux Mandrake 7 under KDE 2 I got this message. At this point I'm at a lose as to what to do next. The text below is copied form my terminal window. Installing platform dependent files ... Done ./INSTALL: ed: command not found ERROR installing /usr/local/Acrobat4/bin/acroread Hi Kenneth, apparently the 'ed' command is not installed on your system. When I look for it: [paul@internet paul]$ which ed /bin/ed Not sure in what RPM package it is contained, but this may give you a clue. Paul -- Press any key to continue. Any other key to abort. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31
Re: [newbie] ISA PnP modem won't respond
Did you setserial the com port, irq, and ioports? If so, then you just have to keep trying the different configurations until you hit upon the right combo. It can take time. BTW, if your sound card is also isa, you can use sndconfig to set up your isapnp.conf, and then just setserial the port and irq it sets up for the modem in that file. (Easier). -s On Sunday 14 January 2001 09:25 am, you wrote: Hi all, My BIOS is set to non-PnP. My ISA (real) modem can be jumpered to a specific IRQ, or to PnP. It's currently set to PnP, which works fine in Win98. Linux is a different story. Here's what I've done so far: I used pnpdump to get possible settings, and after verifying at /proc/interrupts that it was free, I chose IRQ 4 for /etc/isapnp.conf file. (Incidentally, pnpdump gave me two choices for this particular setting: one in which you choose the io address, and the other where you choose the IRQ. Only the IRQ choice worked.) I then ran "isapnp /etc/iaspnp.conf", and Linux reported that life was good. But when I try to connect to the Internet in KDE, I'm told that the modem "won't respond" to either /dev/ttyS0 or to /dev/modem (which would be the same, thanks to modemtool). If I try ttyS1 or anything else, I'm told that the device is "busy", so it knows something is different about ttyS0. I've been reading and working through this problem for almost 4 hours, and I've about given up. What do I do from here? Miark
Re: [newbie] Insane RPM software
Hmmm, is there a way I can install rpm 4 and relocate the files so they can both co-exist and i could rename the rpm4 binary to rpm4 instead of its usual rpm? On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Sat, 13 Jan 2001 08:48, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Friday 12 January 2001 03:36 pm, Vic wrote: I would like to know why every time I attempt to install something worthless RPM says: "only packages with major numbers = 3 are supported by this version of RPM" what bullsh** is this? user error The package was compiled for RPM 4, which comes with Red Hat 7 but not with Mandrake 7.2. These packages cannot be used with Mandrake (unless you install RPM 4, which is not recommended). -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
[newbie] files to open through acrobat by default
hi there again. i have installed adobe acrobat 4 without a hitch, but i don't know how to get a .pdf file to open through adobe acrobat by default. does anyone know? thanks aston sydney, australia
Re: [newbie] Worthless RPM software--OK Here's an answer
Folks there is rpm3 which was used to build the packages of Mandrake 7.2 and there is rpm4 released by RH and used in cooker (and in RH7, I think). rpm4 is backwards compatible, meaning it will install rpm version 3 files but rpm 3 is NOT forwards compatible. It will not install files built with rpm version 4. Even if it could, the files are compiled with different versions of gcc and require different libraries. Cooker has been a repository of programs that people used to informally update their machines, though it was never intended as more than a very open and public method of showing the development process and getting more users involved in the testing. While some minor incompatibilities have existed in the placement of directories or in the menuing structure from distro to distro, it has never before been a total lack of forward compatibility. Backporting the new developments to 7.2 is a rather large task limited by available developer time and interest. The directory /Mandrake-devel/unsupported at your favorite mirror contains some backports. Others, done by users, are at ftp://mandragon.org/pub/mandrake. The newer rpm is improved in performance and should provide enhanced installation for most users, once it is released in the next distribution. It is possible to upgrade to rpm version 4. If anyone is interested, I'll put up detailed instructions on www.mandrakeforum.com tomorrow, but remember there is still a library problem, and installing the new library is intentionally breaking your system. Civileme
Re: [newbie] menu editor changes don't work
look in /etc/menu We no longer use the kde menu system--it is one system for ALL wms though you can set context so it will show up only in some. Civileme
Re: [newbie] Worthless RPM software
Ok, but if one upgrades RPM to version 4 will it have problems with packages compiled with an earlier version of RPM? -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds On Saturday 13 January 2001 06:25 pm, you wrote: do a rpm query. rpm -qa|grep rpm if your rpm version is higher than 3.0.5 then that is your problem. rpm4 is not backwards compatible with some packages compiled with rpm3.0.5 or earlier. Got to the RPMS tree of a LM7.2 ftp site and download the source rpm (it should have src.rpm in the package name). Compile the source. rpm --rebuild [package].src.rpm Go to the directory where it was compiled (ie. /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/[architecture]) and then install the compiled rpms from that directory (ie. /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586) rpm -ivh [package].src.rpm This should do it. I hope I've been of some help. Cheers -- Al [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It just means you need to upgrade 'rpm' to a newer version. -- Brian I wouldn't mind knowing the answer to this one myself. I've seen that one a few times myself and it was only when I was trying to install KDE 2.x and up. On Friday 12 January 2001 05:28 pm, you wrote: ok what is my user error? On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Friday 12 January 2001 03:36 pm, Vic wrote: I would like to know why every time I attempt to install something worthless RPM says: "only packages with major numbers = 3 are supported by this version of RPM" what bullsh** is this? user error -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay __ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
Re: [newbie] ISA PnP modem won't respond
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 02:25:20 -0700, Miark wrote: But when I try to connect to the Internet in KDE, I'm told that the modem "won't respond" to either /dev/ttyS0 or to /dev/modem (which would be the same, thanks to modemtool). If I try ttyS1 or anything else, I'm told that the device is "busy", so it knows something is different about ttyS0. I've been reading and working through this problem for almost 4 hours, and I've about given up. What do I do from here? Sun, 14 Jan 2001 08:01:16 Hello Miark...when I struggled with this problem it turned out to be an IRQ conflict between the modem and a USB controller...I did not find this easy because I had deactivated the USB in bios and thought it dead... However it still sucked the life from the modem and gave me the "modem is busy" not very helpful error. Run this tric procinfo and see what is listed on the irq? Run this tric cat /proc/pcithat may give you some info also? Run this tric setserial -g /dev/ttyS*it gives all the tty and irq info Look for stuff on the same irq as the modem is using like especially a mouse and try moving the irq of the modem around? Four hours?? no big dealI fought it for many weeks 8-) Luck to you Olly P Biloxi
Re: [newbie] mandrake boot problem
I installed 7.2 on three PPros before leaving Alaska. Two went fine and the other showed the same error. It worked fine after I replaced one stick of memory--it had 4 16Mb and I took one known good and kept swapping til it worked. I would guess offhand that you have a problem with memory, either not enough or some just marginal. Remember that windows uses memory much differently from linux--usually leaving the upper middle vacant, and linux tries to employ most of your memory all the time. If your HDD happens to be WD, then you may have an undetected write error during install, because WD disks don't do CRC. This is less likely than the direct memory problem with one exception--cables old or subject to stress might have caused a write error during install which would be undetected on a WD drive.. Civileme On Sunday 14 January 2001 07:56, you wrote: Hi All, I've been in the computer game a long time but new to linux... I just got an old compaq 6000 PC, 200mhz Pentium Pro, with a 6gig IDE Maxtor HDD, IDE cdrom, Matrox MGA video card. Blank HDD to install linux on. I installed mandrake a few days ago fine, no problems the instalation went great. The from console mode i did a reboot command. It reset and came up with the GRUB boot screen started linux automatically then almost right away says uncompressing kernel and the machine reboots. I tried failsafe mode did the same thing. So thought easy fix, format the drive and reload linux back on. Did that, but on the first bootup after installation, the same problem occured. I've tried everything from different video cards to resetting the bios etc. Any ideas? I'm ready to give up. Joel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Worthless RPM software
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Mark Weaver wrote: Ok, but if one upgrades RPM to version 4 will it have problems with packages compiled with an earlier version of RPM? Be very carefull here. This is a newbie list, and I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE IN NEWBIE UPDGRADE THE RPM PACKAGES IN 7.2 TO RPM 4. There are things that will break. For example MandrakeUpdate will no longer work. You may loose part of your rpm database. The libs have changed. You will HAVE TO update kde to the 2.0.1 or even 2.1 (better choice). My advice: DO NOT DO THIS ON A 7.2 MACHINE YOU CARE ABOUT Sorry for the caps, but it is nice to have the latest software, it is even nicer to have software that works. This is why a lot of times you do not see updates for every package before the next release, some are just to major. -Chris
Re: [newbie] Worthless RPM software
On Sunday 14 January 2001 10:44 am, you wrote: On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Mark Weaver wrote: Ok, but if one upgrades RPM to version 4 will it have problems with packages compiled with an earlier version of RPM? Be very carefull here. This is a newbie list, and I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE IN NEWBIE UPDGRADE THE RPM PACKAGES IN 7.2 TO RPM 4. There are things that will break. For example MandrakeUpdate will no longer work. You may loose part of your rpm database. The libs have changed. You will HAVE TO update kde to the 2.0.1 or even 2.1 (better choice). My advice: DO NOT DO THIS ON A 7.2 MACHINE YOU CARE ABOUT Sorry for the caps, but it is nice to have the latest software, it is even nicer to have software that works. This is why a lot of times you do not see updates for every package before the next release, some are just to major. -Chris Then why in the world is there even anything being compiled for Mdk 7.2 in an RPM4 format? to begin with I was mostly just curious about RPM4 packages what-nots, but now I'm absolutely convinced that RPM4 IS from the very pit of hell and one should have nothing at all to do with it. -- 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] Worthless RPM software
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Mark Weaver wrote: Then why in the world is there even anything being compiled for Mdk 7.2 in an RPM4 format? to begin with I was mostly just curious about RPM4 packages what-nots, but now I'm absolutely convinced that RPM4 IS from the very pit of hell and one should have nothing at all to do with it. Where are RPMS's being compiled by MandrakeSoft for 7.2 in an RPM 4 format? Seriously, where are you finding these? Thanks, Chris
Re: [newbie] partitions for Mandrake 7.2
On Monday 08 January 2001 02:40 am, you wrote: This is my very first post. hope it doesn't violate any of your rules. When I try and install my 7.2 powerpack deluxe distro I get to the stage of repartitioning my hard disk. The software gives you a choice of three options. The manual says that if you choose the middle option it will automatically repartition your hard disk for Linux use (I don't want to get rid of windows). When I select the middle option (use free space on the windows partition) it gives me this error message: Partitioning failed: The FAT resizer is unable to handle your partition, the following error occured: Can't locate object method "new" via package "resize_fat::main" at /usr/bin/perl-install/install-interactive.pm line 108, line 6. Whats up? If the installation software can't repartition my hard drive then I'll have to do it myself. How many partitions do I need to make with diskdrake and what do I need to set the mounting points as? Now, I'm a newbie myself, but I somewhat grasp how this partitioning thing works. At a minimum, you only need one partition mounted as /. You can create as many as you want and mount them as any other folder. Also, I've never used any partitioning software in Linux so you have to make sure it resizes the other partition(s) on that disk in order to create your partition and not just deletes it since this may make your other OSes or programs in the OSes not work correctly.
[newbie] -C code=
i just downloaded a c program and it said to make it executable 'chmod +x file', and when im going to run it it just says that the file doesnt exist.. helP.
Re: [newbie] Worthless RPM software
On Sunday 14 January 2001 12:02 pm, you wrote: On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Mark Weaver wrote: Then why in the world is there even anything being compiled for Mdk 7.2 in an RPM4 format? to begin with I was mostly just curious about RPM4 packages what-nots, but now I'm absolutely convinced that RPM4 IS from the very pit of hell and one should have nothing at all to do with it. Where are RPMS's being compiled by MandrakeSoft for 7.2 in an RPM 4 format? Seriously, where are you finding these? Thanks, Chris It was an assumption made on my part based on what I had been reading on this list. If I've made this assumption in error then the egg is clearly on my face. -- 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] Worthless RPM software (EVERYONE PLEASE READ!)
On Sunday 14 January 2001 11:11, Mark Weaver wrote: On Sunday 14 January 2001 12:02 pm, you wrote: On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Mark Weaver wrote: Then why in the world is there even anything being compiled for Mdk 7.2 in an RPM4 format? to begin with I was mostly just curious about RPM4 packages what-nots, but now I'm absolutely convinced that RPM4 IS from the very pit of hell and one should have nothing at all to do with it. Where are RPMS's being compiled by MandrakeSoft for 7.2 in an RPM 4 format? Seriously, where are you finding these? It was an assumption made on my part based on what I had been reading on this list. If I've made this assumption in error then the egg is clearly on my face. No, I think there is a common mis-understanding here that is worth clearing up. A lot of the packages people mention in any of the lists is from our "cooker" development tree. For those folks who like living on the bleading edge (dangerously) they have access to the development tree and get the updates and are able to test them as they are packaged for the next build. Unfortunatly this time the development tree is incompatable with 7.2. The version of gcc is updated, the kernel is updated, libraries are being moved around and much more. RPM 4 is another reason, any utility that uses RPM must be updated the minute you update to RPM 4, this is something most people do not think of. Does anyone realize that the "menu" package, used to generate and update the menu structure uses rpm? It will fail and you will be left without menus if you update. (I know from experience). Users have a choice here. If they want to go to the rpm 4 they need to do a total update to cooker, it is just to much problem to do anything else. Believe me, I would like to update to RPM 4 on my production machine, but I also like making kde 2.1 CVS builds available for all on 7.2 and 7.1 and if I update these rpm's would no longer work. The only update that will work on 7.2 are those that are found in the Mandrake/Update directory for 7.2 and those that are found in Mandrake-devel/unsupported/i586 on the Mandrake development trees on cooker mirrors. Anyways I hope that helps a little. Ask if your have any questions. -Chris
[newbie] HP710 printing with CUPS?
When I got my upgrade CD for 7.2 in the mail, I feed it to my machine and this cool looking LASER Printer icon showed up on my desk top, don't know why. But I went a head and set up my HP710 printer. Every thing worked fine, got a very nice looking test page out of it. However yesterday, I did a complete reinstall. Now I can't get any thing to print. The printer is hooked up locally on the parallel port. I've tried (K)CUPS to install my HP710, using the data base on the upgrade CD etc., but every thing just hangs up at the end for some reason. For example if I try to install using Linuxconfg/Printer Config that icon turns gray and nothing more happens after I tell it my printer is a HP710. I have seen the message CUPS Dammon not running come out of KCUPS, but if I look with the Linuxconfig/Control Panel it says it IS running, doing a 'ps -A' shows cupsd running as well. They seem disconnected some how. So how to get back to being able to print? Also when a program dies, likes seem to be happening with KCUPS here, how do I get it to go away? In Windoze I used the three finger salute CTRL-ALT-DEL. Whats the equivalent under KDE? -- For information on any of the following check out my WEB site at: http://www.csonline.net/bpaddock/ Chronic Pain Relief, Philadelphia Experiment, better Spelling via UNIFON http://www.chipcenter.com/circuitcellar/crparciv.htm http://www.uCOS-II.com
Re: [newbie] Worthless RPM software (EVERYONE PLEASE READ!)
No, I think there is a common mis-understanding here that is worth clearing up. A lot of the packages people mention in any of the lists is from our "cooker" development tree. For those folks who like living on the bleading edge (dangerously) they have access to the development tree and get the updates and are able to test them as they are packaged for the next build. Unfortunatly this time the development tree is incompatable with 7.2. The version of gcc is updated, the kernel is updated, libraries are being moved around and much more. RPM 4 is another reason, any utility that uses RPM must be updated the minute you update to RPM 4, this is something most people do not think of. Does anyone realize that the "menu" package, used to generate and update the menu structure uses rpm? It will fail and you will be left without menus if you update. (I know from experience). Users have a choice here. If they want to go to the rpm 4 they need to do a total update to cooker, it is just to much problem to do anything else. Believe me, I would like to update to RPM 4 on my production machine, but I also like making kde 2.1 CVS builds available for all on 7.2 and 7.1 and if I update these rpm's would no longer work. The only update that will work on 7.2 are those that are found in the Mandrake/Update directory for 7.2 and those that are found in Mandrake-devel/unsupported/i586 on the Mandrake development trees on cooker mirrors. Anyways I hope that helps a little. Ask if your have any questions. -Chris Thanks Chris...this definitely clears things up much more the they had been before for me as far as the RPM's go. Rpm's are definately a breed apart from other application delivery systems. I've been using Linux for neigh on to 2 years now and I'm only just now getting to the place where I'm getting confortable with them instead of installing everything using tarballs. -- 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] -C code=
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, lll wrote: i just downloaded a c program and it said to make it executable 'chmod +x file', and when im going to run it it just says that the file doesnt exist.. helP. What did you download? The c-source code? Making that +x won't help. You have to compile it first: gcc programname The result is "a.out". You can keep that or make that another name: mv a.out sensible_name Then chmod +x sensible_name After that you have to ./sensible_name (note the ./ at the start) to make things run. Good luck! Paul -- Press any key to continue. Any other key to abort. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31
Re: [newbie] -C code=
lll wrote: i just downloaded a c program and it said to make it executable 'chmod +x file', and when im going to run it it just says that the file doesnt exist.. helP. are you using the format ./program_name or typing the full path of the program. If the directory that the program is in is not in your path you need to use one of the above methods. Don S
Re: [newbie] menu editor changes don't work
er, but my /etc/menu appears to be completely empty as reported by both konq and a terminal ls command (odd though, even though konq shows an empty directory there is a scroll bar on the right, this only happens for this empty directory) bascule On Sunday 14 January 2001 2:27 pm, you wrote: look in /etc/menu We no longer use the kde menu system--it is one system for ALL wms though you can set context so it will show up only in some. Civileme
Re: [newbie] Worthless RPM software (EVERYONE PLEASE READ!)
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 11:17:39 -0500, Christopher Molnar said: BIG snip The only update that will work on 7.2 are those that are found in the Mandrake/Update directory for 7.2 and those that are found in Mandrake-devel/unsupported/i586 on the Mandrake development trees on cooker mirrors. Anyways I hope that helps a little. Ask if your have any questions. -Chris Can one still download the source code packages filename -x.x.x. scr.rpm and compile them oa 'stock L-m 7.2 box? -- David Boles [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Worthless RPM software (EVERYONE PLEASE READ!)
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 11:17:39 -0500, Christopher Molnar said: . BIG snip The only update that will work on 7.2 are those that are found in the Mandrake/Update directory for 7.2 and those that are found in Mandrake-devel/unsupported/i586 on the Mandrake development trees on cooker mirrors. Anyways I hope that helps a little. Ask if your have any questions. -Chris Can on still donwload source packages, IE filename-X.X.X.mdk.src.rpm, and compile them on a "stock" L-M 7.2. Or have they be changed "inside" to only compile on Cooker type setup? -- David Boles [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] ISA PnP modem won't respond
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 02:25:20 -0700, Miark said: But when I try to connect to the Internet in KDE, I'm told that the modem "won't respond" to either /dev/ttyS0 or to /dev/modem (which would be the same, thanks to modemtool). If I try ttyS1 or anything else, I'm told that the device is "busy", so it knows something is different about ttyS0. I've been reading and working through this problem for almost 4 hours, and I've about given up. What do I do from here? Your mouse of whichever type will be assigned to /dev/ttyS0. You should use one of the other /dev/ttySx devices. /dev/ttyS0 = Com1 /dev/ttyS1 = Com2 and so on. Cheers -- Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected" (The UNIX Programmers' Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972)
Re: [newbie] Worthless RPM software (EVERYONE PLEASE READ!)
thanks Chris! I appreciate your explanation. Abe Christopher Molnar wrote: On Sunday 14 January 2001 11:11, Mark Weaver wrote: On Sunday 14 January 2001 12:02 pm, you wrote: On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Mark Weaver wrote: Then why in the world is there even anything being compiled for Mdk 7.2 in an RPM4 format? to begin with I was mostly just curious about RPM4 packages what-nots, but now I'm absolutely convinced that RPM4 IS from the very pit of hell and one should have nothing at all to do with it. Where are RPMS's being compiled by MandrakeSoft for 7.2 in an RPM 4 format? Seriously, where are you finding these? It was an assumption made on my part based on what I had been reading on this list. If I've made this assumption in error then the egg is clearly on my face. No, I think there is a common mis-understanding here that is worth clearing up. A lot of the packages people mention in any of the lists is from our "cooker" development tree. For those folks who like living on the bleading edge (dangerously) they have access to the development tree and get the updates and are able to test them as they are packaged for the next build. Unfortunatly this time the development tree is incompatable with 7.2. The version of gcc is updated, the kernel is updated, libraries are being moved around and much more. RPM 4 is another reason, any utility that uses RPM must be updated the minute you update to RPM 4, this is something most people do not think of. Does anyone realize that the "menu" package, used to generate and update the menu structure uses rpm? It will fail and you will be left without menus if you update. (I know from experience). Users have a choice here. If they want to go to the rpm 4 they need to do a total update to cooker, it is just to much problem to do anything else. Believe me, I would like to update to RPM 4 on my production machine, but I also like making kde 2.1 CVS builds available for all on 7.2 and 7.1 and if I update these rpm's would no longer work. The only update that will work on 7.2 are those that are found in the Mandrake/Update directory for 7.2 and those that are found in Mandrake-devel/unsupported/i586 on the Mandrake development trees on cooker mirrors. Anyways I hope that helps a little. Ask if your have any questions. -Chris
RE: [newbie] =ModeM-
Ditto on the U.S. Robotics modem, 7.2 on the Linux. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of L. H. LOO Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 1:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] =ModeM- At 13-01-2001 -0800, you wrote: im just going to buy a modem i would like to hear some recommendations.:) FYI I am using external 3Com U.S. Robotics 56K FaxModem with Linux-Mandrake 7.1.The modem works; also 'cured' my Bios port IO conflict at 2f8 : com2 aka /dev/ttyS1.
Re: [newbie] Hostname problems...
- -Its probably trying to lookup hostname "darkforce" from the network and -can't find it? - -Same thing happens to me when I change mine. - -For example the Floyd County Library here in Prestonsburg uses netins.net -as the hostname. It can look that up on the network. - No I don't. I use starfury.netins.net as my hostname for linux as well as my windows boot on that machine (got the 30gig installed friday) netins.net simply is the email service I have used for the last 8 years and since you know I hate change, I don't wanna switch. tho you are probably correct in the actual diagnosis. probably a hosts file that needs to be updated but since I have never installed linux without a network to put it on (even my home network) I have had no problems like this. -- Carl Lafferty | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.netins.net/showcase/carl -The-UQWK-guy-| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.fclib.org Need your daily fix of B5?? Check amazon.com or your local bookstore for B5 in print.
RE: [newbie] =ModeM-
On 14 Jan 2001 13:40:31 -0500, Jeff Norris wrote: Ditto on the U.S. Robotics modem, 7.2 on the Linux. ALWAYS get an external modem. Pay the extra money, and avoid all those potential problems about WinModems, IRQ conflicts, etc. I like USR and Zoom modems, myself. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of L. H. LOO Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 1:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] =ModeM- At 13-01-2001 -0800, you wrote: im just going to buy a modem i would like to hear some recommendations.:) FYI I am using external 3Com U.S. Robotics 56K FaxModem with Linux-Mandrake 7.1.The modem works; also 'cured' my Bios port IO conflict at 2f8 : com2 aka /dev/ttyS1. -- -- Michael J. Leone mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint: 0AA8 DC47 CB63 AE3F C739 6BF9 9AB4 1EF6 5AA5 BCDF
[newbie] -gcc=
ok ithink thats the problem i cant find the gcc is not in /bin an when i use the package tool an watch the file list there is none like gcc in /bin what can i do without gcc? is there other compilator? an y is not there in the mandrake the gcc? im sure i installed it..
Re: [newbie] -gcc=
Hi to find out if you have gcc, type "gcc -v" minus the quotes of course at the prompt in console mode. If you get a version, then you have it. James - Original Message - From: lll To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 5:08 AM Subject: [newbie] -gcc= ok ithink thats the problem i cant find the gcc is not in /bin an when i use the package tool an watch the file list there is none like gcc in /bin what can i do without gcc? is there other compilator? an y is not there in the mandrake the gcc? im sure i installed it..
Re: [newbie] -gcc=
On Sunday 14 January 2001 01:08 pm, lll wrote: ok ithink thats the problem i cant find the gcc is not in /bin an when i use the package tool an watch the file list there is none like gcc in /bin what can i do without gcc? is there other compilator? an y is not there in the mandrake the gcc? Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_NextPart_000_0007_01C07E33.8600B8C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Please post in ASCII plain text. http://mandrakeuser.org/basics/bsource.htmlread this whole section, but pay particular attention to "Needed Packages" towards the bottom of the first page. It lists what's needed to compile source, where to get it, and how to install it. -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] =ModeM-
On Sunday 14 January 2001 01:02 pm, Michael Leone wrote: On 14 Jan 2001 13:40:31 -0500, Jeff Norris wrote: Ditto on the U.S. Robotics modem, 7.2 on the Linux. ALWAYS get an external modem. Pay the extra money, and avoid all those potential problems about WinModems, IRQ conflicts, etc. Some external modems are winmodems -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
[newbie] cdroms
pls bare with me with my question.. i have 2 cdroms in my box one is a toshiba regular cdrom the other is a plextor 12/10/32 recordable. after boot and checking the hardware config, i get the following configuration the toshiba reads correctly on /dev/hdc the plextors reads as follows device /dev/hdc bus type atapi/ide the third reading is device /dev/scd0 bus type scsi and when i check /mnt i show cdrom and cdrom2 why is cdrom1 skipped?? and when i attempt to use either of these cdroms i always get "input output error and when I attempt rpm pkg and or live update it will not read from either cdrom. any assistance is greatly appreciated even as a senior programmer I am stumped on this on help help help regards mike keener
Re: [newbie] LM7.2 Win2000
You will not need to format the 20GB at all if you install mandrake 7.2, lilo and grub will work fine. Both of these boot managers will default to linux so if you don't press anything on boot it will just boot to linux. The only problem that may happen is if he has a virus checker on his windows installation that scans the boot sector and replaces it because then he won't be able to boot linux.So make sure that he switches any feautre like this off. Also make sure he keeps the boot disk that the mandrake install program will make. So just to put you mind at ease, linux will do nothing to windows. You just need to check wether there is anything on windows that will rewrite the boot partion. Mark Hillary Registered Linux User 200755 AL wrote: Hi! A friend's computer currently has Windows 2000 installed in his primary master 20GB hard drive. His 8.4GB primary slave hard drive is currently free and wishes to install Mandrake 7.2 in it. Will this setup be hassle free in the sense that: 1. No re-partitioning on the 20GB drive be made, if possible. 2. Win2000 is the default OS to boot until he gets the hang of Mandrake. Any feedback, suggestions from the gurus welcomed and appreciated (before I start thrashing his partitions) Thanks!
Re: [newbie] Mandrakesoft CEO defends Linux
using the expert mode on the install, my package install was 347.2mb. That includes KDE2 with Koffice the network stuuf. Blackbox. Abiword and all the other stuff that is needed. After adding a bunch of updated and stuff from the unsupported dir it whent up to 422.7 mb. Now mandrake make it so easy to add/remove packages that when I need to compile a program from source, I install those packages then and remove them when I am finshed. Mark Hillary Registered Linux User 200755 eryl wrote: john rigby wrote: The 99.99% of people out in the Cyberbog that Linux NEEDS to reach/convert to save us all from Bill, do not need now, in the future, ever, ANY Development Tools. I agree. That's been one of the problems I have with linux. When I hand a linux disk to one of my Windows using friends to try, I tell them that the minimum workstation GUI install will take about 1.5 gigabytes. Everyone gives me the "Huh". Why? Because Windoze 98, with office and a bunch of other programs takes about 600 meg. The distros need something like a "Minimal GUI Install" that includes KDE office, One text editor, one file manager, etc. Everything should be available, but face it--for these newbies it's not necessary. Once they find out that they really like using linux, then they have room to experiment. My Mom does not need 5 different terminals or 6 window managers, and she will never have any use for developmental tools.
Re: [newbie] Mandrakesoft CEO defends Linux
I don't think so as that was my inpression as well. Also don't forget programs that have millions of features that are pointless and no one uses. Mark Hillary Registered Linux User 200755 Miark wrote: Dan, great letter, and good follow-ups from the rest of you. I do a decent job of trying to understand others' viewpoints before condemning them to eternal fire and Liberace records, but Todd's view here is just lame. Again, the truth is beautifully expressed thusly: "Obviously, things need to be simple for users, but I don't think restricting choice is really the answer." Lame-o seems to have used the term "bloatware" to describe the number of packages in a given distribution, but I've been using it to mean a _single_ package that is * Sloppily written, and so takes up lots-o-disk space, * Eats up system resources as if it's the only app in existence, * And, consequently, works slower than it should. Have I been leading a life of error? Miark - Original Message - From: "Denis HAVLIK" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 4:40 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrakesoft CEO defends Linux Folks, don't worry about it. Journalists think that it's fancy to cryticise linux this season, so they do. What Henri said counts, and that's: yust my .022 euro... cu Denis On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, abe wrote: :~Now, if you just say yes to everything then you are going to get one :~hell of an install! But my favorite passtime with my linux box for the :~first few months was to sit down and try all those programs. Fire em up :~and see what happens. It was great fun and a good way to get :~comfortable with the new environment too. :~ ... :~ :~That article is just more FUD. -- - Dr. Denis Havlik http://MandrakeForum.com Mandrakesoft ||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) --oOO--(_)--OOo- The mailserver is on strike. It wants better working conditions, paid days off and a female connector. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
[newbie] cdrom (unable to read from)
pls bare with me with my question.. i have 2 cdroms in my box one is a toshiba regular cdrom the other is a plextor 12/10/32 recordable. after boot and checking the hardware config, i get the following configuration the toshiba reads correctly on /dev/hdc the plextors reads as follows device /dev/hdc bus type atapi/ide the third reading is device /dev/scd0 bus type scsi and when i check /mnt i show cdrom and cdrom2 why is cdrom1 skipped?? and when i attempt to use either of these cdroms i always get "input output error and when I attempt rpm pkg and or live update it will not read from either cdrom. any assistance is greatly appreciated even as a senior programmer I am stumped on this on help help help regards mike keener
[newbie] matrox millennium G200
no matter how many times I retry harddrake and or graphics config it will only show my millennium g200 at 4 megs but it has 8, this I know for a fact, I had used it on my freeBSD box with proper probing any suggestions?? thanks in advance mike keener wb6iik
[newbie] cdroms, fail to read
pls bare with me with my question.. i have 2 cdroms in my box one is a toshiba regular cdrom the other is a plextor 12/10/32 recordable. after boot and checking the hardware config, i get the following configuration the toshiba reads correctly on /dev/hdc the plextors reads as follows device /dev/hdc bus type atapi/ide the third reading is device /dev/scd0 bus type scsi and when i check /mnt i show cdrom and cdrom2 why is cdrom1 skipped?? and when i attempt to use either of these cdroms i always get "input output error and when I attempt rpm pkg and or live update it will not read from either cdrom. any assistance is greatly appreciated even as a senior programmer I am stumped on this on help help help regards mike keener
[newbie] zip drive permissions
Dear All, I have been trying to straighten out this zip drive permission problem for months now. I did not have this problem with Mandrake 7. I have LM 7.2 and an Atapi IDE internal zip drive that worked fine at first then just started to refuse me (as user) to access the zip drive. I have tried all previous suggestions, read my books, studied the archives, man pages, everything I can think of. I did chmod, chown, nothing is working.I worked with Linuxconf and the /etc/fstab, etc. I used supermount then did not and nothing worked to give me as user access to opening files or placing files into my zip drive. As user I cannot use my zip drive now at all. As root I can use it just fine. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Marcia
[newbie] Netsc-rash?
Hi all, I have a strange thing going with netscape. It crashed on me, so I killed all remaining processes. Did not work, the window is painted partially and then it hangs again. I rebooted, same thing. When I run netscape as root, then there's no problem, the whole thing just loads without any problem. So it can't be the program itself, there must be some stupid setting that collapsed. I also renamed the ~/.netscape folder and restarted things, but even that did not help. Does anyone have an idea what I could try next? Paul -- Press any key to continue. Any other key to abort. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31
[newbie] Internet connection sharing
Hi, all I have the following problem: my previous configuration for ICS (to connect home network to internet using dialup) was easily installed from Drakconf panel and work well with kernel 2.2.17 , but after kernel update to 2.4.0 its doesn't work any more and how understand from error messages the ics method used by kernel 2.2.17 an drakconf doesn't supported or implemented by 2.4.0 . In this case please give me any suggestions how to setup ICS under kernel 2.4.0 many thanks in advance _ Andris mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _
Re: [newbie]Problem opening photo attachments
marcia wrote: Dear All, Someone sent me some photos in BMP format and I cannot find a way to open them. Is there a way to do this? I have Netscape 4.75 and LM7.2. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Marcia Use gphoto, gimp, xv etc to open it?
[newbie] Kernel update?
This is probably a stupid question for some of you on this list,(and I am new with linux), but what advantages do I get with updating the kernel from the 2.2.17 to 2.4.0? I would imagination it is a plus for the software, but I would just like to know. It said "Close all open windows and restart. So I rolled up the windows and turned the key again. It just made the starter grind really bad and it got really hot in the car. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Re: [newbie] cdrom (unable to read from)
i have a (old i know!) 2x2x6 ricoh cdrewriter which is also scsi and it is
only seen by lm7.2 as just that - a scsi device- i see no reason for your
system to see the scsi drive as an ide one, and not as the same device as
your ide cdreader! perhaps you could check /etc/fstab and see what cd drives
are listed there adn maybe remove any reference to '/dev/hdc' (backup first
of course) this might then get the scsi drive working as i think it should
only been seen as /dev/sd0, then you could try (if you have the room to
rearrange) putting the ide drive on a different ide channel, slave on
secondary channel might get it seen as /dev/hdd, i'm not sure if linux
assigns device names to 'unused' devices -i'm just thi8nking off the top off
my head here!
even if this works i have no idea why the problem in the first place
STOP THE PRESS!..
i reread your post, you didn't actually say the plextor was scsi, in which
case if it isn't then i do know that linux uses a trick to fool itself inot
seeing an ide writer as a scsi drive to get the writable functions to work
this is a module called (i think( ide-scsi) maybe there is a problem with
that, i pulled the following from the cdwriting HOW-TO (www.linuxdoc.org)
note the bit about appending to the boot command in lilo...
begin quote.
Next thing to ensure is, that the Linux kernel is equiped with the
necessary drivers. The following commands check various files for the
presence of drivers in the running Linux kernel. Usally the command
"cdrecord -scanbus" should trigger an automatic loading of all
drivers. In case a driver is not present in the kernel afterwards, it
is reported and the modularized driver (module) is manually loaded
through insmod.
test `whoami` = 'root' || echo "You must be root to execute the
commands."
cdrecord -scanbus /dev/null
if ! (pidof kerneld || test -f "/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe"); then
echo "Neither kerneld nor kmod are running to automatically load
modules".
fi
report_no_autoload() {
echo "Ensure the module $1 is loaded automatically next time."
}
if test ! -f "/proc/scsi/scsi"; then
report_no_autoload scsi_modinsmod scsi_mod
fi
if ! grep "^ sg_" /proc/ksyms /dev/null; then
report_no_autoload sginsmod sg
fi
if ! grep "^ sr_" /proc/ksyms /dev/null; then
report_no_autoload sr_modinsmod sr_mod
fi
if ! grep "^ loop_" /proc/ksyms /dev/null; then
report_no_autoload loopinsmod loop
fi
if ! grep iso9660 /proc/filesystems /dev/null; then
report_no_autoload iso9660insmod iso9660
fi
echo "The following is only needed for IDE/ATAPI CD-writers."
if ! grep ide-scsi /proc/ide/drivers /dev/null; then
report_no_autoload ide-scsiinsmod ide-scsi
fi
cdrecord -scanbus
Please read the next chapter if insmod complains about missing module
files. If you are in text mode (console), the loading of modules may
cause some messages to be printed on your screen. If you are in
graphics mode (X11, KDE, Gnome), you can recall these messages with
the command dmesg.
There are several ways to load the modules next time you start up your
Linux system:
(1) Put the relevant insmod command into the startup sequence
(a shell script named rc.local or equivalent).
(2a) Run kerneld or kmod and
(2b) configure them in /etc/modules.conf (to be more precise,
you configure the utility modprobe, which is called by the
daemons)
People with a SCSI-writer can skip the rest of this section, because
cdrecord will most likely already detect their hardware. If not, then
please send me an email with some information about your setup, so I
can improve the section about SCSI-writers.
Now to the people with CD-writers for IDE/ATAPI. As written in the
previous chapter, you have to load the compatibility driver ide-scsi.
But this driver can only access your CD-Writer if no other driver has
already done so. In other words, you have to tell the regular IDE
driver to leave your CD-writer unrecognized, so the ide-scsi driver
can grab it.
hda = IDE bus/connector 0 master device
hdb = IDE bus/connector 0 slave device
hdc = IDE bus/connector 1 master device
hdd = IDE bus/connector 1 slave device
The table above shows the relation of device file names and the
placing of devices on the IDE busses. The device file name
representing your CD-Writer has to be passed to the driver in the
Linux kernel. Example: hdb=ide-scsi. Such a setting should be added
to lilo.conf or chos.conf if the driver is statically compiled into
your kernel, which seems to be the most common setup. If you need to
pass more than one parameter to the
[newbie]Problem opening photo attachments
Dear All, Someone sent me some photos in BMP format and I cannot find a way to open them. Is there a way to do this? I have Netscape 4.75 and LM7.2. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Marcia
Re: [newbie] Netsc-rash?
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Paul wrote: Hmmm... for some strange reason the problem is fixed. All I had to do was go online, and start netscape. After that the problem disappeared. I don't get it... Paul Hi all, I have a strange thing going with netscape. It crashed on me, so I killed all remaining processes. Did not work, the window is painted partially and then it hangs again. I rebooted, same thing. When I run netscape as root, then there's no problem, the whole thing just loads without any problem. So it can't be the program itself, there must be some stupid setting that collapsed. I also renamed the ~/.netscape folder and restarted things, but even that did not help. Does anyone have an idea what I could try next? Paul -- Press any key to continue. Any other key to abort. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31
[newbie] test
test
[newbie] Time management
Hello, I'm looking for a tool to track my internet connection time. I want an accumulated total time. The task seems simple enough so surly a tool already exists. And, if one doesn't then I could probably write my own if I knew how to access kppp's connection time variable. -- Regards, Phil [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] XFree 4 and Quake 3
Hi, Is it possible to get Quake 3 to run in Mandrake 7.2 using XFree 4? Whenever I try, I get: Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". Couldn't get a visual ...WARNING: could not set the given mode (3) I have a Matrox G200 video card and had Q3 running in Corel Linux no problem (with the 2.4 kernel test series). I'm hoping that I don't have to go back to Corel. I'm also running the 2.4 kernel in Mandrake. I went to get the Utah GLX code for XFree 4 but it's only for version 3. Supposedly, I don't need it for XF 4 as DRI supplies the necessary support. Damned if I can get it to run, though. Is there a HOWTO or FAQ somewhere that describes how to get Q3 to run in Mandrake 7.2? Cheers, Rob
[newbie] monitor setup
I just put a new monitor on my system and now the grapical part of linux won't come up. Question is: how do I change the settings from the command line. I have tried Xconfigurator and XFdrake , but both take me to selecting a video card only. -- Dave
[newbie] A quick cuestion
hello. i am very newbie en linux world, i have LM 7.2, but i wanta know, how i install desktop themes. 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] Hostname problems...
Yeah, I was just using that for an example. -- From: Carl Lafferty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Hostname problems... Date: Sunday, January 14, 2001 2:00 PM - -Its probably trying to lookup hostname "darkforce" from the network and -can't find it? - -Same thing happens to me when I change mine. - -For example the Floyd County Library here in Prestonsburg uses netins.net -as the hostname. It can look that up on the network. - No I don't. I use starfury.netins.net as my hostname for linux as well as my windows boot on that machine (got the 30gig installed friday) netins.net simply is the email service I have used for the last 8 years and since you know I hate change, I don't wanna switch. tho you are probably correct in the actual diagnosis. probably a hosts file that needs to be updated but since I have never installed linux without a network to put it on (even my home network) I have had no problems like this. -- Carl Lafferty | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.netins.net/showcase/carl -The-UQWK-guy-| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.fclib.org Need your daily fix of B5?? Check amazon.com or your local bookstore for B5 in print.
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Re: [newbie] Worthless RPM software (EVERYONE PLEASE READ!)
On Sunday 14 January 2001 12:20, David Boles wrote: On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 11:17:39 -0500, Christopher Molnar said: . BIG snip -Chris Can on still donwload source packages, IE filename-X.X.X.mdk.src.rpm, and compile them on a "stock" L-M 7.2. Or have they be changed "inside" to only compile on Cooker type setup? You can try. If they interface with rpm 4 at all they probably have been changed. As always, ask the packager if you have a question (rpm -qi package) will give you the name of the packager. -Chris
Re: [newbie] Hostname problems...
Hi Carl I hate to say I am a newbie, but we have all been there. Have windows 98 and Linux Mandrake 7.1 Deluxe loaded independently on my computer. Don't have books on them but do have a need for a guru. They were joined at the hip by my friend David. Can't wipe one with out killing the other. The windows programe is not running well at all. Get a blue screen in a heart beat. Linux is great but I need to tweek it to make it more user friendly. Need help if you have the time. Thank You Art Chris Hall wrote: Yeah, I was just using that for an example. -- From: Carl Lafferty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Hostname problems... Date: Sunday, January 14, 2001 2:00 PM - -Its probably trying to lookup hostname "darkforce" from the network and -can't find it? - -Same thing happens to me when I change mine. - -For example the Floyd County Library here in Prestonsburg uses netins.net -as the hostname. It can look that up on the network. - No I don't. I use starfury.netins.net as my hostname for linux as well as my windows boot on that machine (got the 30gig installed friday) netins.net simply is the email service I have used for the last 8 years and since you know I hate change, I don't wanna switch. tho you are probably correct in the actual diagnosis. probably a hosts file that needs to be updated but since I have never installed linux without a network to put it on (even my home network) I have had no problems like this. -- Carl Lafferty | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.netins.net/showcase/carl -The-UQWK-guy-| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.fclib.org Need your daily fix of B5?? Check amazon.com or your local bookstore for B5 in print.
Re: [newbie] A quick cuestion
On Monday 18 December 2000 18:44, Walter Lpez wrote: hello. i am very newbie en linux world, i have LM 7.2, but i wanta know, how i install desktop themes. Wait for kde 2.1. - 2.0 does not have them management. It was not ready in time. (wait until Tuesday and update from the unsupported directory). -Chris
Re: [newbie]Problem opening photo attachments
Harcia, Dear All, Someone sent me some photos in BMP format and I cannot find a way to open them. Is there a way to do this? I have Netscape 4.75 and LM7.2. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Marcia If you'd not quite figured it out from the previous guy's response, NS Communicator doens't support bmp (why, when it's probablay the oldest, remaining image format, I'll never understand). You'll have to save it open it in any one of your image viewers/editors. I use gqview for most stuff, ee for quick, command line views the gimp for editing. Meph -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt-' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
[newbie] configuring LILO.
Klilo keeps telling me my Hd is too big for it to reconfigure the boot sequence, and although I've edited lilo.conf I still can't get my machine to boot into the win partition by default, lilo seems to be ignoring the edit I've done. Have I missed something? Sean
Re: [newbie] .welcome
Hi Sven Thanks :- - Original Message - From: "Sven Heinicke" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 9:01 AM Subject: [newbie] .welcome man ftpaccess and search for %T Michael Falzon writes: Hi All How do i get the list of macro for the .welcome.msg ( for a ftp server ) Michael Falzon Gremlin Consultancy P/L Phone : (+61 03) 9315 3855 Fax : (+61 03) 9315 1585 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] configuring LILO.
Sean, Klilo keeps telling me my Hd is too big for it to reconfigure the boot sequence, and although I've edited lilo.conf I still can't get my machine to boot into the win partition by default, lilo seems to be ignoring the edit I've done. Have I missed something? Here's the first bit of lilo.conf: boot = /dev/hda map = /boot/map timeout = 50 prompt message = /boot/message default = linux That last line should read whatever you've name your Windows partition in /etc/fstab. If you've done that, it's still not working, try editing the file again, but this time, as root, run: # /sbin/lilo That, instead of using klilo, should do it. Meph PS Speaking of lilo, anyone know why grub would still come up during boot if /sbin/lilo has been run? It's not supposed to. And what's this: menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw I don't even remember any "menu-scheme" in RH's lilo. If it was there, I suppose it was blank. Could this be why grub still comes up? -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt-' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
[newbie] Scroll wheel not working with Netscape
Hi all, Seems that my scroll wheel doesn't scroll with Netscape (v4.75). It works just fine with Konqueror and Kmail, however. I also get some interesting reactions when I click the wheel. ( By click, I mean push down on the wheel like it was a third button) In Kmail, it pastes the last item copied to the clipboard. In Netscape, when I click the wheel, it does a search for whatever was last copied to the clipboard. Is this normal? Here is what is listed in my /etc/X11/XF86config Section "Pointer" Protocol"IMPS/2" Device "/dev/mouse" ZAxisMapping 4 5 # ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice #ChordMiddle EndSection I'm running Mandrake 7.2. The mouse is a Logitech cordless wheel mouse. I've also tried a Microsoft Intellimouse with the same results. Any input would be appreciated. Andy
Re: [newbie] Stop Spaming
How do i get a copy or is it a part of mandrake ? - Original Message - From: "FJHDUQUE" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 7:10 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Stop Spaming Michael Falzon wrote: 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 ? Is a program to integrate a Acess to Internet and more nice 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] lpr mystery
On my Mandrake 7.1 I installed my HP Laserjet printer. Later verified that it was installed using printerdrake. Yet, when I $lpr file.txt I get lpr: printer unknown. Is lpr faulty or just my understanding of what is needed to fully install a printer on 7.1? -- M.
[newbie] Kmenu
HELP-please !! I need help...in editing the kmenu system... when I click 0n the big "K" on the kpanel... I now see...4 menuitem LINKS to each app mentioned.. I tried re-installing kdebase, menu, and everything else I could think of in RPMsI tried SUing to root...and commanding: update-menus -v and menueditor both in user, and in root mode how can I fix this...? Shop online without a credit card http://www.rocketcash.com RocketCash, a NetZero subsidiary Shop online without a credit card http://www.rocketcash.com RocketCash, a NetZero subsidiary
[newbie] windows shares
heres a thing, accessing a shared win drive using kconfig..kdenetwok...windows is pretty easy but if i want to refer to the share in a console (thinking of xmame but don't want to transfer the roms) what path do i use? i'm thinking that maybe the share is only mounted in a 'virtual sense' and not actually connected to the filesystem outside of the kde browser - win9x special folders anyone?- bascule
[newbie] Has anyone got Konqueror working for javascript sites like Yahoo?
The machine is running Mandrake 7.2. Is there a way to fix it? I already enabled it globally and searched this list and expert list archives to see if anyone had found a solution, but didn't find any. I do like konqueror better than Netscape, but need to be able to access sites that use stuff like this. Is there really a good reason they have to code stuff so it breaks everything? So far, the only browser I've found that works on Yahoo is Netscape, and its just too slow for normal use. BobC
Re: [newbie] -gcc=
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 14 January 2001 01:08 pm, lll wrote: ok ithink thats the problem i cant find the gcc is not in /bin an when i use the package tool an watch the file list there is none like gcc in /bin what can i do without gcc? is there other compilator? an y is not there in the mandrake the gcc? Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_NextPart_000_0007_01C07E33.8600B8C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Please post in ASCII plain text. http://mandrakeuser.org/basics/bsource.htmlread this whole section, but pay particular attention to "Needed Packages" towards the bottom of the first page. It lists what's needed to compile source, where to get it, and how to install it. -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay type this command to see if you have the packages: rpm -qa|grep gcc if you receive a list of packages then you have this file. Now to find where the binary(executable is usually gcc -o binaryname filename.c) is located type this command: whereis gcc mine is located in /usr/bin/gcc. If you don't have the packages at all then go to http://rpmfind.net and type withing the search field: gcc-2.95 or just type: gcc and look for the packages with mdk in the package name. I hope I helped. Cheers -- Al If you were expecting a GUI environment or a GUI development environment type program then gcc is not the case. It is console based. Just simply type: gcc -o preferredbinaryname somefile.c (ie gcc -o netscrape nethack.c or gcc -o netscrape whateveriam) __ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
Re: [newbie] Time management
On Sunday 14 January 2001 09:47 pm, you wrote: Hello, I'm looking for a tool to track my internet connection time. I want an accumulated total time. The task seems simple enough so surly a tool already exists. And, if one doesn't then I could probably write my own if I knew how to access kppp's connection time variable. Hi, if your using KPPP then you might try setting the accounting mode to work. You could put the rate at something like $.01 so that the total costs numbers don't get to big and then the log should keep track of your on-line time for you. I haven't used it cause I have unlimited access, but if your just looking to track time on-line that might be one way to do it without to much trouble. Sorta ready made, kinda.? Let us know if it works. -- Dennis M. Registered Linux user #180842
[newbie] How do I install .tgz files in Mandrake 7.2?
I have just installed Mandrake 7.2 and have successfully installed additional programs from the cdroms using the rpm utility. However, my prior Linux experience is with Slackware which has the installpkg and pkgtool programs to install .tgz files. If I find programs in .tgz format, how do I handle installation of such programs in Mandrake 7.2?
Re: [newbie] Netsc-rash?
For some reason, Netscape seems to look for a connection before it fully displays itself.unless you're willing to wait forever. I have this problem when we get hit in the middle of our sessions with a change in lease of our IP from our DSL (pppoe). Opera, on the other hand does not seem to have this problem. I know this because I have to use the browser to enter the setup for our Linksys BEFSR41 router to "disconnect" and then "connect" to get the connection going again... Rob On Sunday 14 January 2001 16:35, you wrote: On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Paul wrote: Hmmm... for some strange reason the problem is fixed. All I had to do was go online, and start netscape. After that the problem disappeared. I don't get it...
[newbie] Will U.S. Robotics 56K PCI Performance Pro Modem work with Linux?
Egghead has the U.S. Robotics 56K PCI Performance Pro Modem on sale. It appears from the description that it is not a winmodem. Can anyone tell me if it will work with Mandrake 7.2?
Re: [newbie] Has anyone got Konqueror working for javascript sites like Yahoo?
Do you have no JavaScript at all, or only "limited" support (i.e., some scripts work fine, others don't)? konqueror is known to lack complete JavaScript support, so certain pages will have trouble ... Yahoo may be one of those, I don't know. Dave At 09:38 PM 1/14/01 -0600, you wrote: The machine is running Mandrake 7.2. Is there a way to fix it? I already enabled it globally and searched this list and expert list archives to see if anyone had found a solution, but didn't find any. I do like konqueror better than Netscape, but need to be able to access sites that use stuff like this. Is there really a good reason they have to code stuff so it breaks everything? So far, the only browser I've found that works on Yahoo is Netscape, and its just too slow for normal use. BobC 0101 1010 0111 01101100 0110 01100111 01101001 01110011 01100100 01100101 0111 01100100 01001110 0110 01101110 01100111 01101100 01101001 01110110 01100101 01100100 01101001 01100111 01101001 01110100 0111 01101100 (Go figure it out.)
Re: [newbie] -C code=
Did you replace the word 'file' with the actual file name? If the file is
'myprogram.c', then you should 'chmod +x myprogram.c', and you need to be
working in the same directory ('cd mydir', where 'mydir' is the directory
where your *.c file exists) as the file is in, or include the path to the
directory if not.
Dave
At 11:06 AM 1/14/01 -0500, you wrote:
i just downloaded a c program and it said to make it executable 'chmod +x
file', and when im going to run it it just says that the file doesnt exist..
helP.
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01110011 01100100 01100101 0111 01100100 01001110 0110 01101110
01100111 01101100 01101001 01110110 01100101 01100100 01101001 01100111
01101001 01110100 0111 01101100
(Go figure it out.)
RE: [newbie] Has anyone got Konqueror working for javascript sites like Yahoo?
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob Currey Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 10:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Has anyone got Konqueror working for javascript sites like Yahoo? The machine is running Mandrake 7.2. Is there a way to fix it? I already enabled it globally and searched this list and expert list archives to see if anyone had found a solution, but didn't find any. I do like konqueror better than Netscape, but need to be able to access sites that use stuff like this. Is there really a good reason they have to code stuff so it breaks everything? So far, the only browser I've found that works on Yahoo is Netscape, and its just too slow for normal use. Bob I can access Yahoo and use all links there-in with konqueror. What is the problem you are having? Are you having a problem with java script or with java? Java script support is built into the browser, where as you must support java by having a jre or jdk package installed on your system which your browser can draw from. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
RE: [newbie] Will U.S. Robotics 56K PCI Performance Pro Modem work with Linux?
The external version wont work with vgetty when i tried it. The sportster modems work fine from what i heard. I wouldn't chance it unless i found someone with it doing exactly what you want to do. I paid $139 for mine and its useless for voice. A $39 Actiontec did work. BobC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 10:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Will U.S. Robotics 56K PCI Performance Pro Modem work with Linux? Egghead has the U.S. Robotics 56K PCI Performance Pro Modem on sale. It appears from the description that it is not a winmodem. Can anyone tell me if it will work with Mandrake 7.2?
RE: [newbie] Has anyone got Konqueror working for javascript sites like Yahoo?
The link to "check all" and "delete" in Yahoo email, neither work. You can check off individual emails, but the "Delete Checked" doesn't work at all, even if marked manually. The code appears to be javascript and works under IE 5 and Netscape 4.73. The check all button appears to show "javascript.SetChecked(1)" and does nothing that I can see under konqueror. The "javascript.SetChecked(1)" doesn't appear if you try to search for it in the code, and the code that appears to be running appears to be commented out. But I've heard they use comments to run code that is otherwise invalid on the web, before. Not a good practice, IMHO, as it leads to spaghetti code. BobC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Charles A Edwards Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 11:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Has anyone got Konqueror working for javascript sites like Yahoo? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob Currey Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 10:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Has anyone got Konqueror working for javascript sites like Yahoo? The machine is running Mandrake 7.2. Is there a way to fix it? I already enabled it globally and searched this list and expert list archives to see if anyone had found a solution, but didn't find any. I do like konqueror better than Netscape, but need to be able to access sites that use stuff like this. Is there really a good reason they have to code stuff so it breaks everything? So far, the only browser I've found that works on Yahoo is Netscape, and its just too slow for normal use. Bob I can access Yahoo and use all links there-in with konqueror. What is the problem you are having? Are you having a problem with java script or with java? Java script support is built into the browser, where as you must support java by having a jre or jdk package installed on your system which your browser can draw from. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
[newbie] @home and Mandrake
Just asking a quick question for a friend that I am helping install mandrake. She is on the @home network and is having trouble logging in. There are directions on the mandrake user website on how to do it for a static ip and I am looking to do it for a dynamic one since she has had little luck with a static one. Not to mention that the directions given are very unclear (maybe because they where written with an older version in mind?) and I am not sure of some the setup procedures... I want to help but I my self have DSL which with simple autodetect on everything. So if anyone has a up to date and simple procedure for the @home network let me know. Pascal Poirier 8^) ** "Time is just one damn thing after another!" -Anonyms Fifth Year Electrical Engineering Daltech, Nova Scotia **
RE: [newbie] Has anyone got Konqueror working for javascript sites like Yahoo?
Well, I didn't have that "quite" right... I found the code itself. I don't profess to being a great web programmer, and I can't see real well the code, especially since I don't know what its supposed to be. Anyway, in the frame source, there is: a href="javascript:SetChecked(1)"Checknbsp;All/m It appears not to work... BobC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Charles A Edwards Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 11:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Has anyone got Konqueror working for javascript sites like Yahoo? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob Currey Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 10:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Has anyone got Konqueror working for javascript sites like Yahoo? The machine is running Mandrake 7.2. Is there a way to fix it? I already enabled it globally and searched this list and expert list archives to see if anyone had found a solution, but didn't find any. I do like konqueror better than Netscape, but need to be able to access sites that use stuff like this. Is there really a good reason they have to code stuff so it breaks everything? So far, the only browser I've found that works on Yahoo is Netscape, and its just too slow for normal use. Bob I can access Yahoo and use all links there-in with konqueror. What is the problem you are having? Are you having a problem with java script or with java? Java script support is built into the browser, where as you must support java by having a jre or jdk package installed on your system which your browser can draw from. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
Re: [newbie] Will U.S. Robotics 56K PCI Performance Pro Modem work with Linux?
If you are referring to the 3cp5610 model - yes it's supposed to work. There is a page at http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/3cp5610.txt that describes how to configure it. I used it to reconfigure my 5613 (gaming modem) and it still works except I had to get rid of the ^fourport option (didn't work - got modem busy). Don S - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 10:20 PM Subject: [newbie] Will U.S. Robotics 56K PCI Performance Pro Modem work with Linux? Egghead has the U.S. Robotics 56K PCI Performance Pro Modem on sale. It appears from the description that it is not a winmodem. Can anyone tell me if it will work with Mandrake 7.2?
RE: [newbie] Has anyone got Konqueror working for javascript sites like Yahoo?
I forgot to say, that I'm running the 1.9.8 (using KDE 2.0) version of Konqueror. I read on the expert list that installing java would not help, so I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong or am missing that you have, that makes yours work... Thanks for responding... BobC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Charles A Edwards Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 11:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Has anyone got Konqueror working for javascript sites like Yahoo? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob Currey Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 10:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Has anyone got Konqueror working for javascript sites like Yahoo? The machine is running Mandrake 7.2. Is there a way to fix it? I already enabled it globally and searched this list and expert list archives to see if anyone had found a solution, but didn't find any. I do like konqueror better than Netscape, but need to be able to access sites that use stuff like this. Is there really a good reason they have to code stuff so it breaks everything? So far, the only browser I've found that works on Yahoo is Netscape, and its just too slow for normal use. Bob I can access Yahoo and use all links there-in with konqueror. What is the problem you are having? Are you having a problem with java script or with java? Java script support is built into the browser, where as you must support java by having a jre or jdk package installed on your system which your browser can draw from. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
Re: [newbie] smb.conf file.
On Sunday 14 January 2001 18:07, regarding [newbie] smb.conf file., you said: Hi, By mistake I erased some parts of the /etc/smb.conf file. Can anyone can send me the one which comes with samba-2.0.7-19mdk? Thanks a lot, Fabian. # This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the # smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed # here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too # many!) most of which are not shown in this example # # Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash) # is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a # # for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you # may wish to enable # # NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm" # to check that you have not many any basic syntactic errors. # #=== Global Settings = [global] # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name workgroup = MDKGROUP # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field server string = Samba Server %v # This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict # connections to machines which are on your local network. The # following example restricts access to two C class networks and # the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see # the smb.conf man page ; hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127. # Enabling internationalization: # you can match a Windows code page with a UNIX character set. # Windows: 437 (US), 737 (GREEK), 850 (Latin1 - Western European), # 852 (Eastern Eu.), 861 (Icelandic), 932 (Cyrillic - Russian), # 936 (Japanese - Shift-JIS), 936 (Simpl. Chinese), 949 (Korean Hangul), # 950 (Trad. Chin.). # UNIX: ISO8859-1 (Western European), ISO8859-2 (Eastern Eu.), # ISO8859-5 (Russian Cyrillic), KOI8-R (Alt-Russ. Cyril.) # This is an example for french users: ; client code page = 850 ; character set = ISO8859-1 # CHANGES TO ENABLE PRINTING ON ALL CUPS PRINTERS IN THE NETWORK # (as cups is now used in linux-mandrake 7.2 by default) # if you want to automatically load your printer list rather # than setting them up individually then you'll need this printcap name = lpstat load printers = yes # It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless # yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include: # bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx, cups printing = cups # Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to /etc/passwd # otherwise the user "nobody" is used ; guest account = pcguest # this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine # that connects log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m # Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb). max log size = 50 # Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See # security_level.txt for details. security = user # Use password server option only with security = server ; password server = NT-Server-Name # Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for # all combinations of upper and lower case. ; password level = 8 ; username level = 8 # You may wish to use password encryption. Please read # ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation. # Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents ; encrypt passwords = yes ; smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd # The following are needed to allow password changing from Windows to # update the Linux sytsem password also. # NOTE: Use these with 'encrypt passwords' and 'smb passwd file' above. # NOTE2: You do NOT need these to allow workstations to change only #the encrypted SMB passwords. They allow the Unix password #to be kept in sync with the SMB password. ; unix password sync = Yes ; passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u ; passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* # Unix users can map to different SMB User names ; username map = /etc/smbusers # Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration # on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name # of the machine that is connecting ; include = /etc/smb.conf.%m # Most people will find that this option gives better performance. # See speed.txt and the manual pages for details socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 # Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces # If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them # here. See the man page for details. ; interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24 # Configure remote browse list synchronisation here # request announcement to, or browse list sync from: # a specific host or from / to a whole subnet (see below) ; remote browse sync = 192.168.3.25 192.168.5.255 # Cause this host to announce itself to local subnets here ;
