[newbie] piping directory filelist to tar for extraction, how?

[TY]

This is driving me crazy, i've read the man and info files for tar, and 
read what little info I could find on pipes.

I have a bunch of filename.tar.bz2 files in a directory that I wish to 
unzip and extract all at once.

It doesn't appear that tar lets one use wildcards with -xf, at least to 
do what I need.  So I'm trying to pipe my file list to tar -xvy

Tried

(ls | grep "*.bz2") | tar -xvyf -

(ls | grep "*.bz2") | tar -xvy

ls | grep "*.bz2" | tar -xvy

ls | grep "*.bz2" | tar -xvyf

bunzip2  *bz2 | tar -xvv

and about 15 more variations thereof, I must be an idiot.

Can someone shed some light?

thank you [:)]

[newbie] Bell answering service and dial-up internet connection

[Pavel Zubkov]

Hi to everyone!  I was wondering if someone could help me out.  Recently
I started using 7.0 Mandrake.  The problem I have is : I have a Bell
answering service.  If there is a message waiting to be picked up there
is a bisy signal instead of the dial tone.  Is there any way to override
the search for the dialtone before the modem starts dialing.?  If
someone could help me out that will be super.
Thanx
Paul

Re: [newbie] Netscape Messenger problems

[Romanator]

marcia wrote:
> 
> Dear All, I have Linux Mandrake 7.2 and have been using Netscape. Since
> last night I can send out mail but not receive. I checked with Cox
> Cable, my internet server and they said the problem was not from their
> end. I can use the internet but not receive mail. Then this afternoon
> for about 5 hours my mail started to come in. I thought everything was
> fine but again a few hours ago I discovered I cannot receive mail again.
> I have had 7.2 since it first came out and this never happened before.
> Does anyone have any ideas about this? Any help will be greatly
> appreciated. Thanks, Marcia

Marcia,

I have received a notice that @Home is upgrading their databases. There
is a good chance that they are working on them. I don't remember the
entire message - as I was in Windose. Now that I'm back in Linux,  the
email notice mentioned that email will either be interrupted or be
completely down either today or tomorrow.

-- 
Roman
Registered Linux User #179293
Turbo Charged Penguin Email

[newbie] Does AbiWord crash on you?

[Romanator]

Here's one for you.

Log in as root, and type up something simple in AbiWord. Save it to
/usr/home/your_name.
Next, log in as user. Open the same file and add a couple of lines to
the document. Try to save it. 
Does it crash? 

-- 
Roman
Registered Linux User #179293
Turbo Charged Penguin Email

[newbie] Netscape Messenger problems

[marcia]

Dear All, I have Linux Mandrake 7.2 and have been using Netscape. Since
last night I can send out mail but not receive. I checked with Cox
Cable, my internet server and they said the problem was not from their
end. I can use the internet but not receive mail. Then this afternoon
for about 5 hours my mail started to come in. I thought everything was
fine but again a few hours ago I discovered I cannot receive mail again.
I have had 7.2 since it first came out and this never happened before.
Does anyone have any ideas about this? Any help will be greatly
appreciated. Thanks, Marcia

Re: [newbie] Updating KDE 2 to KDE 2 Beta 2

[Romanator]

Piece of cake. Follow the steps and you'll be alright.

Good luck!

Roman

Vic wrote:
> 
> On Saturday 27 January 2001 08:31 pm,  Romanator wrote:
> Many thankx for all this info,
> if I return to the list, I made it.
> 
> If not, I have drowned in an ocean of
> kde poop.
> 
> Wish me lucjk, see you on the other sied.
> 
> screw the typos I don't wanna correct them now.
> 
> sorry
> 
> later, if I make it back.
> 
> Vic
> 
> > Vic,
> >
> > Here's the help file that I used:
> >
> > If you want to upgrade KDE 2 to KDE2 Beta 2, download the files from the
> > following link:
> >
> > http://atik.ciril.fr/pub/linux//mandrake-devel/unsupported/i586/kde2.1Beta2
> >
> > Step 1.
> > Log on as root and download the kde2.1Beta2 rpms. Copy the rpms to a
> > new folder i.e. kdebeta and save the folder in your root directory.
> >
> > Step 2.
> > Log out of X and log on in "console mode"
> >
> > Step 3.
> > Type in: cd Type in: rpm -Uvh --test *.rpm
> > If everything goes well, remove the -- test. The verbose command will
> > show if something is missing.
> > If you are missing certain rpm files or libraries, navigate back to that
> > ftp site and download the files.
> >
> > Step 4.
> > Type in: rpm --rebuilddb
> > Give this some time and above all do not interrupt it.
> >
> > Step 5.
> > Type in: update-menus -v
> > Give this time. D o not interrupt it.
> > Reboot you computer. That's it.
> >
> > Files to download:
> >
> > arts-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> > jdk-sun-1.2.2-3mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdeaddutils-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdeaddutils-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdeadmin-2.1-0.20010122.3mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdebase-2.1-0.20010122.5mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdebase-devel-2.1-0.20010122.5mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdegames-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdegraphics-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdegraphics-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdelibs-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdelibs-devel-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdelibs-sound-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdelibs-sound-devel-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdemultimedia-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdemultimedia-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdenetwork-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdenetwork-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdepim-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdesdk-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdesupport-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdesupport-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdetoys-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdeutils-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdevelop-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > kdoc-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.noarch.rpm
> > koffice-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > koffice-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > libarts2-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> > libarts2-devel-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> > qt2-2.2.3-5mdk.i586.rpm
> > qt2-devel-2.2.3-5mdk.i586.rpm
> > qt2-doc-2.2.3-5mdk.i586.rpm
> > quanta-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> > unixODBC-1.8.12-1mdk.i586.rpm

Re: [newbie] should i get 7.2 over 7.1?

[Romanator]

Mark Weaver wrote:
> 
> Vic,
> 
> Yes...use the URL that Roman posted, only take one the "/" (front slashes)
> cause theres a spot in the URL where there are two and should only be one.
> I think he was eating expresso beans again.
> 
> Your system sounds a lot like mine. Chris's rpm's are good ones and will
> treat your system well. I haven't had any trouble at all with the rpm's
> that he's posting to the server. In fact, I stopped having trouble when I
> started using his packages.
> 
> There are likely going to be a couple of packages that when you run the
> test on the packages before you do the actualt install you will be
> needing. Those will be egcs-1.1.2-40mdk.i586.rpm and
> egcs-libstdc++-1.1.2-40mdk.i586.rpm. These two packages you will be able
> to find in the dir just above the one that the packages for KDE2.1beta2
> are located in. Do NOT take any packages from anywhere else and add or use
> with Chris's packages. If you do I can guarentee you will have trouble.
> 
> I found out the hard way and scrambled my eggs but good. Since I've used
> Chris's packages though I haven't had a lick of trouble.
> 
> If you run into any trouble or need any more help getting these installed
> feel free to email me offlist if you wish.
> 
> have fun and enjoy,
> 
> --
> Mark
> 
> "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
> "Sharing is what makes them powerful."
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Vic wrote:
> 
> > Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 20:06:16 -0600
> > From: Vic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] should i get 7.2 over 7.1?
> >
> > Scuse Rex's abuse.
> >
> > I think I shall try the beta downloads if they will not
> > hose out my system, I do become very upset if
> > something bunks it up and I don't know enuf to
> > dig into every little config file, I just re-install.
> >
> > Which ones have you installed onto 7.2 ?
> >
> > My install is on a AMDK6 400 64M ram
> > kernel 2.2.17-21mdk
> > installed from the download of 7.2 iso
> >
> > Should I download from the post that Romanator
> > did ? I can't find the post from Chris.
> >
> > Thanks for all the info
> >
> > On Saturday 27 January 2001 01:41 pm,  Mark Weaver wrote:
> > > Vic,
> > >
> > > Have you done any of the KDE updates from the batch that Chris has posted
> > > to the list about? Since coming from KDE2.0 to KDE2.1beta2 I've noticed
> > > Konqueror's stability increasing. That might be a help if you haven't
> > > installed the upgrades yet.
> >
> >

When I was testing my upgrade, I was prompted for:
egcs-1.1.2-40mdk.i586.rpm and egcs-libstdc++-1.1.2-40mdk.i586.rpm.

I reran the upgrade and all was well. 

-- 
Roman
Registered Linux User #179293
Turbo Charged Penguin Email

Re: [newbie] Trying to download mail from a server running postfix

[Christian A Strømmen [Number1/NumeroUno]]

On Saturday 27 January 2001 14:59, Meph Istopheles wrote:
>   Christian,
>
> > I've setup postfix on a mdk 7.2 server but I'm having problems
> > downloading mails from it, when I try to download via fetchmail
> > I get:
> > 
> > [number1@liquid number1]$ fetchmail -p POP3 -u number1
> > borg.deltacomputers.no Enter password for
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 1 message for number1 at
> > borg.deltacomputers.no (768 octets).
> > reading message 1 of 1 (768 octets) fetchmail: SMTP connect to
> > localhost
> > failed
> > fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from
> > borg.deltacomputers.no fetchmail: Query status=10 (SMTP)
> > 
> >
> > Anybody got a clue what might be wrong or what logs I should
> > look at to find  it out ?
>
>   Only a clue, sorry.  I'd recently been at postfix's Web site &
> am pretty sure I'd seen something about this in their support
> docs...maybe a faq.  I think though...
>
> > Do I have to setup something in the postfix configs to allow
> > downloading of mail?
>
> ...it's something to do with your loopback.  I've read of
> something which I think was simillar with sendmail that if
> in...um, I can't think of the file, but it lists only loopback &
> host name in /etc (/etc/hosts?).  Sometimes the order of the two
> is wrong.
>
>   As for a file which ~might~ show something wrong, try
> /etc/postfix/main.cf
>
>   Meph

Can't seem to find anything wrong in either of the files, know anything more 
specific about the loopback thing ?

-- 
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     not by the limits of reality...

Re: [newbie] Updating KDE 2 to KDE 2 Beta 2

[Vic]

On Saturday 27 January 2001 08:31 pm,  Romanator wrote:
Many thankx for all this info,
if I return to the list, I made it.

If not, I have drowned in an ocean of 
kde poop.


Wish me lucjk, see you on the other sied.


screw the typos I don't wanna correct them now.


sorry


later, if I make it back.

Vic


> Vic,
>
> Here's the help file that I used:
>
> If you want to upgrade KDE 2 to KDE2 Beta 2, download the files from the
> following link:
>
> http://atik.ciril.fr/pub/linux//mandrake-devel/unsupported/i586/kde2.1Beta2
>
> Step 1.
> Log on as root and download the kde2.1Beta2 rpms. Copy the rpms to a
> new folder i.e. kdebeta and save the folder in your root directory.
>
> Step 2.
> Log out of X and log on in "console mode"
>
> Step 3.
> Type in: cd Type in: rpm -Uvh --test *.rpm
> If everything goes well, remove the -- test. The verbose command will
> show if something is missing.
> If you are missing certain rpm files or libraries, navigate back to that
> ftp site and download the files.
>
> Step 4.
> Type in: rpm --rebuilddb
> Give this some time and above all do not interrupt it.
>
> Step 5.
> Type in: update-menus -v
> Give this time. D o not interrupt it.
> Reboot you computer. That's it.
>
> Files to download:
>
> arts-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> jdk-sun-1.2.2-3mdk.i586.rpm
> kdeaddutils-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdeaddutils-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdeadmin-2.1-0.20010122.3mdk.i586.rpm
> kdebase-2.1-0.20010122.5mdk.i586.rpm
> kdebase-devel-2.1-0.20010122.5mdk.i586.rpm
> kdegames-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdegraphics-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdegraphics-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdelibs-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> kdelibs-devel-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> kdelibs-sound-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> kdelibs-sound-devel-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> kdemultimedia-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdemultimedia-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdenetwork-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdenetwork-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdepim-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdesdk-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdesupport-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdesupport-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdetoys-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdeutils-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdevelop-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> kdoc-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.noarch.rpm
> koffice-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> koffice-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> libarts2-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> libarts2-devel-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
> qt2-2.2.3-5mdk.i586.rpm
> qt2-devel-2.2.3-5mdk.i586.rpm
> qt2-doc-2.2.3-5mdk.i586.rpm
> quanta-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
> unixODBC-1.8.12-1mdk.i586.rpm

[newbie] Wireless Bridge & Cable Modem

[kinpoonc]

Hello,

Please pardon me if this has been posted before.

I'm connected to the Internet via a cable modem.  Instead of a wired Bridge 
(eg, SMC's Barricade) I would like to install a Wireless equivalent (with 
NAT, Firewall, single IP, etc).

Has anyone gotten any such device to work properly?  If so, may I know which 
brand and model?

Thanks very much.
-- 
CHAN Kin Poon

Re: [newbie] Asus A7V Ata 100 Controller

[Robert Wertzler]

On Saturday 27 January 2001 09:30, you wrote:

> > Hi there,
>
> I need to know how to get linux mandrake 7.1 to see the drives on my ATA
> 100 controller, when I run the commands ide2=0x8400,0x8002 
> ide3=0x7800,0x7402 my system will see the drives attached to the controller
> then give me will just "hang there my kernel will not boot any further. Can
> anyone tell me what to do.
>
> Kind regards
> Wayne Rolfe
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]


Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Attachment: 1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Description: 

 Wayne,

Try looking for Kernel 2.2.16-10.  I found it by way of the Linux
Hardware Database.  The version referred to there is in the SuSE
7.0 ftp site (I'm running SuSE, not Mandrake).  When I tried the 
boot image given there my installer hung, probably because the 
DVD drive and boot HD (on the regular IDE dontroller) got 
bollixed up somehow trying to run at EIDE66.  The stock boot disk worked
better, then I installed the new Kernel rpm and the UDMA 100
controller and disks work fine.  I did try installing Makdrake 7 
on this machine, but that was when I had some bad RAM
and nothing worked right, so I can't really compare the distros
on this issue.  With the 2.2.16-10 installed and UDMA enabled,
and a 1GHx Athlon, it is quick, very, very quick.

Bob Wertzler

Re: [newbie] should i get 7.2 over 7.1?

[Vic]

Ok I need the exact url and server stuff.

and please show me the correct folder too.

Thank you

On Friday 26 January 2001 08:28 pm,  -michael- wrote:
> Vic: The french ftp site (cyril) has always given me the fastest
> connections. Get everything in the folder. As far as KDE goes, it's
> the best yet! I have the same kernel.
>
> Vic wrote:
> > Scuse Rex's abuse.
> >
> > I think I shall try the beta downloads if they will not
> > hose out my system, I do become very upset if
> > something bunks it up and I don't know enuf to
> > dig into every little config file, I just re-install.
> >
> > Which ones have you installed onto 7.2 ?
> >
> > My install is on a AMDK6 400 64M ram
> > kernel 2.2.17-21mdk
> > installed from the download of 7.2 iso
> >
> > Should I download from the post that Romanator
> > did ? I can't find the post from Chris.
> >
> > Thanks for all the info
> >
> > On Saturday 27 January 2001 01:41 pm,  Mark Weaver wrote:
> > > Vic,
> > >
> > > Have you done any of the KDE updates from the batch that Chris has
> > > posted to the list about? Since coming from KDE2.0 to KDE2.1beta2 I've
> > > noticed Konqueror's stability increasing. That might be a help if you
> > > haven't installed the upgrades yet.

RE: [newbie] connecting to a DHCP LAN

[Salman H Butt]

well, i checked out if i had dhcp installed using 'rpm -q dhcp'. and it gave
dhcp-1.0b1pl17-4mdk. so, is it actually installed? or could this be a dhcp
server?

thanks,
salman

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Salman H Butt
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 10:48 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [newbie] connecting to a DHCP LAN


ok, thanks. i'll try that. where's the best place to for that? rpmfind.net?
or is it on the mandrake 7.2 iso cd's (install and/or extensions)?

thanks again,
salman

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Charles A Edwards
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 9:46 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FW: [newbie] connecting to a DHCP LAN




Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.

-Original Message-
From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 9:40 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [newbie] connecting to a DHCP LAN


You need to manually install the DHCP package.
It is not installed by default.

   Charles  (-:

Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.

> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Salman H Butt
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 9:07 PM
> To: newbie@linux-mandrake
> Subject: [newbie] connecting to a DHCP LAN
>
>
> hey,
>
> has anyone successfully connected to a LAN using DHCP to
> configure all your
> settings? i've been trying with my 3Com 3c905b without any
> luck. whenever i
> try to configure eth0 to use dhcp as its config mode in basic host
> information (of linuxconf), it never saves my settings. that
> is, i put in
> info under Adaptor 1 (set it for dhcp, pick eth0, and pick a
> kernel module).
> i then leave and return, only to find the info i entered
> gone. and also,
> when i quit linuxconf and go to activate changes, i get an
> error saying that
> /usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd has taken more than 15 seconds. it asks me
> to skip the
> command, abort the procedure, or kill linuxconf. i just hit skip. does
> anyone have any suggestions on what may be going wrong? i
> should note that
> on boot, when my computer tries to setup eth0, it reports a
> failure to get
> an IP from the dhcp. the lights on my card are blinking, so there is a
> connection, and the card works fine in windows 2000.
>

RE: [newbie] connecting to a DHCP LAN

[Salman H Butt]

ok, thanks. i'll try that. where's the best place to for that? rpmfind.net?
or is it on the mandrake 7.2 iso cd's (install and/or extensions)?

thanks again,
salman

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Charles A Edwards
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 9:46 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FW: [newbie] connecting to a DHCP LAN




Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.

-Original Message-
From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 9:40 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [newbie] connecting to a DHCP LAN


You need to manually install the DHCP package.
It is not installed by default.

   Charles  (-:

Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.

> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Salman H Butt
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 9:07 PM
> To: newbie@linux-mandrake
> Subject: [newbie] connecting to a DHCP LAN
>
>
> hey,
>
> has anyone successfully connected to a LAN using DHCP to
> configure all your
> settings? i've been trying with my 3Com 3c905b without any
> luck. whenever i
> try to configure eth0 to use dhcp as its config mode in basic host
> information (of linuxconf), it never saves my settings. that
> is, i put in
> info under Adaptor 1 (set it for dhcp, pick eth0, and pick a
> kernel module).
> i then leave and return, only to find the info i entered
> gone. and also,
> when i quit linuxconf and go to activate changes, i get an
> error saying that
> /usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd has taken more than 15 seconds. it asks me
> to skip the
> command, abort the procedure, or kill linuxconf. i just hit skip. does
> anyone have any suggestions on what may be going wrong? i
> should note that
> on boot, when my computer tries to setup eth0, it reports a
> failure to get
> an IP from the dhcp. the lights on my card are blinking, so there is a
> connection, and the card works fine in windows 2000.
>

Re: [newbie] should i get 7.2 over 7.1?

[Mark Weaver]

Vic,

Yes...use the URL that Roman posted, only take one the "/" (front slashes)
cause theres a spot in the URL where there are two and should only be one.
I think he was eating expresso beans again.

Your system sounds a lot like mine. Chris's rpm's are good ones and will
treat your system well. I haven't had any trouble at all with the rpm's
that he's posting to the server. In fact, I stopped having trouble when I
started using his packages.

There are likely going to be a couple of packages that when you run the
test on the packages before you do the actualt install you will be
needing. Those will be egcs-1.1.2-40mdk.i586.rpm and
egcs-libstdc++-1.1.2-40mdk.i586.rpm. These two packages you will be able
to find in the dir just above the one that the packages for KDE2.1beta2
are located in. Do NOT take any packages from anywhere else and add or use
with Chris's packages. If you do I can guarentee you will have trouble.

I found out the hard way and scrambled my eggs but good. Since I've used
Chris's packages though I haven't had a lick of trouble.

If you run into any trouble or need any more help getting these installed
feel free to email me offlist if you wish.

have fun and enjoy,

-- 
Mark

"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
"Sharing is what makes them powerful."
On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Vic wrote:

> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 20:06:16 -0600
> From: Vic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] should i get 7.2 over 7.1?
>
> Scuse Rex's abuse.
>
> I think I shall try the beta downloads if they will not
> hose out my system, I do become very upset if
> something bunks it up and I don't know enuf to
> dig into every little config file, I just re-install.
>
> Which ones have you installed onto 7.2 ?
>
> My install is on a AMDK6 400 64M ram
> kernel 2.2.17-21mdk
> installed from the download of 7.2 iso
>
> Should I download from the post that Romanator
> did ? I can't find the post from Chris.
>
> Thanks for all the info
>
> On Saturday 27 January 2001 01:41 pm,  Mark Weaver wrote:
> > Vic,
> >
> > Have you done any of the KDE updates from the batch that Chris has posted
> > to the list about? Since coming from KDE2.0 to KDE2.1beta2 I've noticed
> > Konqueror's stability increasing. That might be a help if you haven't
> > installed the upgrades yet.
>
>

Re: [newbie] should i get 7.2 over 7.1?

[Mark Weaver]

Vic,

I can fully appreciate your position.

-- 
Mark

"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
"Sharing is what makes them powerful."
On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Vic wrote:

> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 20:01:58 -0600
> From: Vic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] should i get 7.2 over 7.1?
>
> Well-maybe, its just that I have been accused
> of posting abuse to the list when it was my
> secretaries, in the past.
>
> If Rex makes me a promise to not post every little
> blasted comment to the list when I am busy but
> need someone to take some dictation.
>
> I guess I have just had bad luck with finding
> someone who would know well enough that you
> don't type down everything your supe says,
> when you say "scratch that" or "don't put that on"
> or uses your machine like Allen did and got me a
> bad rap with another list.
>
> Well anyway I might give him another chance unless
> he blows it again.
>
>
> On Saturday 27 January 2001 01:43 pm,  Mark Weaver wrote:
> > au come-on Vic...give the guy a break.
>
>

[newbie] Installed ML7.2, cannot find CD-RW and Floppy

[surya]

Hi:

I installed ML7.2 on a PIII box. The opted to install as a developer machine. 
Everything went of smoothly. 

However when I try to access a CD either by clicking on the CD-ROM icon on the 
KDE desktop or by doing a "ls /mnt/cdrom" it says that there is an I/O error.

I looked at the mtab file and it had the following line:

/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount rw,fs=iso9660 dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0

I tried removing that line, hoping to mount the cdrom manually later. However 
when I rebooted the machine, the line was back in the /etc/mtab file.

Like the CD-RW drive (that is what I have), I am unable to access the floppy 
drive as well.

Can some one please help me fix this problem

Thanks in advance.
Surya

FW: [newbie] connecting to a DHCP LAN

[Charles A Edwards]

Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. 

-Original Message-
From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 9:40 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [newbie] connecting to a DHCP LAN


You need to manually install the DHCP package.
It is not installed by default.

   Charles  (-:

Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. 

> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Salman H Butt
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 9:07 PM
> To: newbie@linux-mandrake
> Subject: [newbie] connecting to a DHCP LAN
> 
> 
> hey,
> 
> has anyone successfully connected to a LAN using DHCP to 
> configure all your
> settings? i've been trying with my 3Com 3c905b without any 
> luck. whenever i
> try to configure eth0 to use dhcp as its config mode in basic host
> information (of linuxconf), it never saves my settings. that 
> is, i put in
> info under Adaptor 1 (set it for dhcp, pick eth0, and pick a 
> kernel module).
> i then leave and return, only to find the info i entered 
> gone. and also,
> when i quit linuxconf and go to activate changes, i get an 
> error saying that
> /usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd has taken more than 15 seconds. it asks me 
> to skip the
> command, abort the procedure, or kill linuxconf. i just hit skip. does
> anyone have any suggestions on what may be going wrong? i 
> should note that
> on boot, when my computer tries to setup eth0, it reports a 
> failure to get
> an IP from the dhcp. the lights on my card are blinking, so there is a
> connection, and the card works fine in windows 2000.
> 
  

Re: [newbie] Updating KDE 2 to KDE 2 Beta 2

[Romanator]

Vic wrote:
> 
> Scuse Rex's abuse.
> 
> I think I shall try the beta downloads if they will not
> hose out my system, I do become very upset if
> something bunks it up and I don't know enuf to
> dig into every little config file, I just re-install.
> 
> Which ones have you installed onto 7.2 ?
> 
> My install is on a AMDK6 400 64M ram
> kernel 2.2.17-21mdk
> installed from the download of 7.2 iso
> 
> Should I download from the post that Romanator
> did ? I can't find the post from Chris.
> 
> Thanks for all the info
> 
> On Saturday 27 January 2001 01:41 pm,  Mark Weaver wrote:
> > Vic,
> >
> > Have you done any of the KDE updates from the batch that Chris has posted
> > to the list about? Since coming from KDE2.0 to KDE2.1beta2 I've noticed
> > Konqueror's stability increasing. That might be a help if you haven't
> > installed the upgrades yet.

Vic,

Here's the help file that I used:

If you want to upgrade KDE 2 to KDE2 Beta 2, download the files from the
following link:

http://atik.ciril.fr/pub/linux//mandrake-devel/unsupported/i586/kde2.1Beta2

Step 1.
Log on as root and download the kde2.1Beta2 rpms. Copy the rpms to a
new folder i.e. kdebeta and save the folder in your root directory.

Step 2.
Log out of X and log on in "console mode"

Step 3.
Type in: cd Type in: rpm -Uvh --test *.rpm
If everything goes well, remove the -- test. The verbose command will
show if something is missing.
If you are missing certain rpm files or libraries, navigate back to that
ftp site and download the files.

Step 4.
Type in: rpm --rebuilddb
Give this some time and above all do not interrupt it.

Step 5.
Type in: update-menus -v
Give this time. D o not interrupt it.
Reboot you computer. That's it.

Files to download:

arts-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
jdk-sun-1.2.2-3mdk.i586.rpm
kdeaddutils-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdeaddutils-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdeadmin-2.1-0.20010122.3mdk.i586.rpm
kdebase-2.1-0.20010122.5mdk.i586.rpm
kdebase-devel-2.1-0.20010122.5mdk.i586.rpm
kdegames-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdegraphics-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdegraphics-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdelibs-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
kdelibs-devel-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
kdelibs-sound-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
kdelibs-sound-devel-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
kdemultimedia-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdemultimedia-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdenetwork-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdenetwork-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdepim-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdesdk-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdesupport-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdesupport-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdetoys-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdeutils-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdevelop-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdoc-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.noarch.rpm
koffice-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
koffice-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
libarts2-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
libarts2-devel-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
qt2-2.2.3-5mdk.i586.rpm
qt2-devel-2.2.3-5mdk.i586.rpm
qt2-doc-2.2.3-5mdk.i586.rpm
quanta-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
unixODBC-1.8.12-1mdk.i586.rpm



-- 
Roman
Registered Linux User #179293
Turbo Charged Penguin Email

Re: [newbie] should i get 7.2 over 7.1?

[-michael-]

Vic: The french ftp site (cyril) has always given me the fastest
connections. Get everything in the folder. As far as KDE goes, it's 
the best yet! I have the same kernel.

Vic wrote:
> 
> Scuse Rex's abuse.
> 
> I think I shall try the beta downloads if they will not
> hose out my system, I do become very upset if
> something bunks it up and I don't know enuf to
> dig into every little config file, I just re-install.
> 
> Which ones have you installed onto 7.2 ?
> 
> My install is on a AMDK6 400 64M ram
> kernel 2.2.17-21mdk
> installed from the download of 7.2 iso
> 
> Should I download from the post that Romanator
> did ? I can't find the post from Chris.
> 
> Thanks for all the info
> 
> On Saturday 27 January 2001 01:41 pm,  Mark Weaver wrote:
> > Vic,
> >
> > Have you done any of the KDE updates from the batch that Chris has posted
> > to the list about? Since coming from KDE2.0 to KDE2.1beta2 I've noticed
> > Konqueror's stability increasing. That might be a help if you haven't
> > installed the upgrades yet.

[newbie] Mandrake 7.2 not detecting RAM correctly

[Salman H Butt]

Hey,

Mandrake 7.2 has the wrong amount of RAM. During the install, it asked me to
put in how much I had, since it often makes an error detecting RAM. I put
'128', and after reading through the list, I realized I should have put '128
MB'. Is there any way for me to fix this? Is this kept in a file somewhere?
Thanks for the help.

Take care,
Salman

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Salman Butt '03
Princeton University
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.princeton.edu/~sbutt
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[newbie] connecting to a DHCP LAN

[Salman H Butt]

hey,

has anyone successfully connected to a LAN using DHCP to configure all your
settings? i've been trying with my 3Com 3c905b without any luck. whenever i
try to configure eth0 to use dhcp as its config mode in basic host
information (of linuxconf), it never saves my settings. that is, i put in
info under Adaptor 1 (set it for dhcp, pick eth0, and pick a kernel module).
i then leave and return, only to find the info i entered gone. and also,
when i quit linuxconf and go to activate changes, i get an error saying that
/usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd has taken more than 15 seconds. it asks me to skip the
command, abort the procedure, or kill linuxconf. i just hit skip. does
anyone have any suggestions on what may be going wrong? i should note that
on boot, when my computer tries to setup eth0, it reports a failure to get
an IP from the dhcp. the lights on my card are blinking, so there is a
connection, and the card works fine in windows 2000.

here's my system info:
First off, here's my system info:
AMD Ahtlon 550
Asus K7M Motherboard
Elsa Erazor X (Geforce 32MB SDR)
128MB RAM
Soundblaster live! value
3Com 3C905B NIC

thanks,
salman

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Salman Butt '03
Princeton University
http://www.princeton.edu/~sbutt
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Re: [newbie] should i get 7.2 over 7.1?

[Vic]

Scuse Rex's abuse.

I think I shall try the beta downloads if they will not
hose out my system, I do become very upset if
something bunks it up and I don't know enuf to
dig into every little config file, I just re-install.

Which ones have you installed onto 7.2 ?

My install is on a AMDK6 400 64M ram
kernel 2.2.17-21mdk
installed from the download of 7.2 iso

Should I download from the post that Romanator
did ? I can't find the post from Chris.

Thanks for all the info

On Saturday 27 January 2001 01:41 pm,  Mark Weaver wrote:
> Vic,
>
> Have you done any of the KDE updates from the batch that Chris has posted
> to the list about? Since coming from KDE2.0 to KDE2.1beta2 I've noticed
> Konqueror's stability increasing. That might be a help if you haven't
> installed the upgrades yet.

Re: [newbie] should i get 7.2 over 7.1?

[Vic]

Well-maybe, its just that I have been accused
of posting abuse to the list when it was my
secretaries, in the past.

If Rex makes me a promise to not post every little
blasted comment to the list when I am busy but
need someone to take some dictation.

I guess I have just had bad luck with finding
someone who would know well enough that you
don't type down everything your supe says,
when you say "scratch that" or "don't put that on"
or uses your machine like Allen did and got me a 
bad rap with another list.

Well anyway I might give him another chance unless
he blows it again.


On Saturday 27 January 2001 01:43 pm,  Mark Weaver wrote:
> au come-on Vic...give the guy a break.

RE: [newbie] cannot get cups to work

[Jose M. Sanchez]

I had a similiar problem.

After uninstalling the default CUPS drivers and re-installing the updated
drivers everything worked fine.

Merely "upgrading" the existing RPM's did not work though.

It was not until I performed an uninstall then re-install that things
started working.

Curiously this also fixed my Samba printing problem as well.

-JMS

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 8:46 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] cannot get cups to work


When I first installed LM 7.2 my printer worked just fine, then one day I
tried to print and I got the error that it couldn't reach the cups server.
Since then I have tried reinstalling cups with many different updates but I
have still had no luck. every time I reinstall I go to printerdrake and it
hangs on "reading driver database". the web interface (http://localhost:631)
also does not work.

Any help is greatly appreciated

tim
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[newbie] cannot get cups to work

[timmy1443]

When I first installed LM 7.2 my printer worked just fine, then one day I tried to 
print and I got the error that it couldn't reach the cups server. Since then I have 
tried reinstalling cups with many different updates but I have still had no luck. 
every time I reinstall I go to printerdrake and it hangs on "reading driver database". 
the web interface (http://localhost:631) also does not work.

Any help is greatly appreciated

tim
--
Registered Linux user number 186192
-
The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
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Re: [newbie] Double drat..

[Michael O'Henly]

Hi Dave...

I created a Linux install CD under Windows using Easy CD Creator a long time 
ago and it was quite straightforward. I think all I had to do was 
double-click on the ISO in the Explorer and Easy CD Creator "did the right 
thing".

CD burning is not difficult in Linux, but it is different perhaps that what 
your used to. If you can do the burn under Windows, it might get you of to a 
better start.

M.

On Saturday 27 January 2001 16:22, you wrote:
> Hmmm.. I bet you're right.  That's not all I have to learn.I use
> Nero for burning (which, it seems, has no association with ISO files) and
> Direct CD for pocket writing.  I have an old copy of Easy CD Creator
> (Adaptec) and will download the upgrade so I can follow the instructions I
> found this morning on the L-M site in a document called "How to burn a
> Mandrake CD from an iso9660 file under Windows? [By Laurent Daniel
> Sinitambirivoutin]"
>
> 
>
> Dave
>
> KompuKit wrote:
> > This is the reason...you only see one file with an ISO
> > extension...
> > it is because you NEVER actually burned it correctly...
> > instead ...you only copied the iso file to the CD...
> >
> > learn how to burn,,, is my suggestion
> >
> > (contains no tree
> >
> > > nor even 1 directory, only the ISO file.. which is exactly the correct
> > > size as compared to what I downloaded.)
> >
> > Dave Burrows wrote:
> > > Hi, John and all;
> > >
> > > Early this morning (about 4:11 am), I finished downloading the ISO
> > > files that I began last Sunday evening.  It took only 5.5 days to
> > > download both ISO
> > > files with my super duper speedy delivery dial-up connection.  ;)
> > >
> > > I tried to install this version of Linux-Mandrake, having been burned
> > > to CD but am told by the installer that it doesn't appear to be a
> > > Linux-Mandrake disk.  After several attempts including 1 with the
> > > purchased CD (which contains only a beta of KDE2.0 but which
> > > initializes correctly) I booted back to Windows and looked at the
> > > purchased disk (showed a number of directories as expected) and at the
> > > one I had just burned (contains no tree nor even 1 directory, only the
> > > ISO file.. which is exactly the correct size as compared to what I
> > > downloaded.)
> > >
> > > I decided that I better test the install boot (floppy) disk I made,
> > > thinking that it might be pointing to something it can't find on the
> > > CD. (by the way, the CD device I used to try to install either disk is
> > > the writer not the
> > > CD-ROM; everything works fine with the purchased disk but not the one I
> > > burned)  In my BIOS, i changed the boot order to boot from the the cd
> > > device,
> > > then C:\ then A:\.  On reboot, I read that CD failed and it booted to
> > > C:\. I tried both CD devices with the same failure resulting.
> > >
> > > What must I do to make this file function?  A rhetorical question:  4.5
> > > years ago when I was totally new to Windows (had only ever used a DOS
> > > machine before that), I never had this much trouble with that OS nor
> > > since; why do I want this one so much?  Rhetoric off, rant on: why IS
> > > this such a bugger to install and configure for someone who is not a
> > > programmer and 'only' a user?  Wouldn't Linux be more likely to do some
> > > serious damage to the MS market if it were a little more user friendly?
> > >  Rant off. 
> > >
> > > Tenacity reigns; I still want Linux.  Any suggestions anyone?
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > > John W wrote:
> > > >  You can download the ISO image and burn that to a cd/cd's. I have
> > > > also looked at the mandrake mirrors and in the past have downloaded
> > > > everything except the lin4win and dostools to my harddrive in a
> > > > folder named Mandrake and have then created a boot image to boot up
> > > > and direct the installer the Mandrake DIR and installed from a Fat
> > > > partition.
> > > > --
> > > > John W

-- 
Michael O'Henly
TENZO Design

Re: [newbie] Can I use themes from previous kde versions?

[Romanator]

Oh yeah?  Are you able to load the old themes from KDE 1.1.2 to KDE 2
Beta 2?
If you can, I'm going to download them.

Roman

Mark Weaver wrote:
> 
> Glad I could help Roman. After this week I'm hoping that my system has
> decideded it's had enough of all the excitement and behaves itself for a
> while.
> 
> I've been using KDE 1.1.2 themes pretty much exclusively. For what ever
> reason the themes for KDE 2.x don't work at all.
> 
> --
> Mark
> 
> "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
> "Sharing is what makes them powerful."
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Romanator wrote:
> 
> > Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 15:06:24 -0500
> > From: Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Cc: Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Can I use themes from previous kde versions?
> >
> > Hi Mark,
> >
> > KDE 1.x had lot's of themes. I'm sure many of the themes will be added
> > to KDE2.x, as soon as it's acceptable for release. Did you notice that
> > the themes have a different file extension? There are
> > a lot of features that you won't find until you dig deep. By the way,
> > the rebuild was an easy but big rebuild 90.5MB!! The instructions were
> > right on.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Roman
> >
> > Mark Weaver wrote:
> > >
> > > Roman,
> > >
> > > To tell you the truth the older KDE themes work TONS better then the
> > > themes put together for KDE2.0 and above. In fact, that's all I've been
> > > using are the themes for previous versions of KDE. These work great!
> > >
> > > enjoy...
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
> > > "Sharing is what makes them powerful."
> > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Romanator wrote:
> > >
> > > > Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 07:35:26 -0500
> > > > From: Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Subject: [newbie] Can I use themes from previous kde versions?
> > > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I was wondering if I could install a few themes from previous versions
> > > > of kde1.x to kde2.1 Beta 2.
> > > > There doesn't seem to be that much under kde2. Or is there?
> > > >
> > > > Roman
> > > >
> > > >
> >

Re: [newbie] Double drat..

[Dave Burrows]

Hmmm.. I bet you're right.  That's not all I have to learn.I use
Nero for burning (which, it seems, has no association with ISO files) and
Direct CD for pocket writing.  I have an old copy of Easy CD Creator
(Adaptec) and will download the upgrade so I can follow the instructions I
found this morning on the L-M site in a document called "How to burn a
Mandrake CD from an iso9660 file under Windows? [By Laurent Daniel
Sinitambirivoutin]"



Dave

KompuKit wrote:
> 
> This is the reason...you only see one file with an ISO
> extension...
> it is because you NEVER actually burned it correctly...
> instead ...you only copied the iso file to the CD...
> 
> learn how to burn,,, is my suggestion
> 
> (contains no tree
> > nor even 1 directory, only the ISO file.. which is exactly the correct size
> > as compared to what I downloaded.)
> 
> Dave Burrows wrote:
> >
> > Hi, John and all;
> >
> > Early this morning (about 4:11 am), I finished downloading the ISO files
> > that I began last Sunday evening.  It took only 5.5 days to download both
> > ISO
> > files with my super duper speedy delivery dial-up connection.  ;)
> >
> > I tried to install this version of Linux-Mandrake, having been burned to CD
> > but am told by the installer that it doesn't appear to be a Linux-Mandrake
> > disk.  After several attempts including 1 with the purchased CD (which
> > contains only a beta of KDE2.0 but which initializes correctly) I booted
> > back to Windows and looked at the purchased disk (showed a number of
> > directories as expected) and at the one I had just burned (contains no tree
> > nor even 1 directory, only the ISO file.. which is exactly the correct size
> > as compared to what I downloaded.)
> >
> > I decided that I better test the install boot (floppy) disk I made,
> > thinking that it might be pointing to something it can't find on the CD.
> > (by the way, the CD device I used to try to install either disk is the
> > writer not the
> > CD-ROM; everything works fine with the purchased disk but not the one I
> > burned)  In my BIOS, i changed the boot order to boot from the the cd
> > device,
> > then C:\ then A:\.  On reboot, I read that CD failed and it booted to C:\.
> > I tried both CD devices with the same failure resulting.
> >
> > What must I do to make this file function?  A rhetorical question:  4.5
> > years ago when I was totally new to Windows (had only ever used a DOS
> > machine before that), I never had this much trouble with that OS nor since;
> > why do I want this one so much?  Rhetoric off, rant on: why IS this such a
> > bugger to install and configure for someone who is not a programmer and
> > 'only' a user?  Wouldn't Linux be more likely to do some serious damage to
> > the MS market if it were a little more user friendly?  Rant off. 
> >
> > Tenacity reigns; I still want Linux.  Any suggestions anyone?
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > John W wrote:
> > >
> > >  You can download the ISO image and burn that to a cd/cd's. I have also
> > > looked at the mandrake mirrors and in the past have downloaded everything
> > > except the lin4win and dostools to my harddrive in a folder named Mandrake
> > > and have then created a boot image to boot up and direct the installer the
> > > Mandrake DIR and installed from a Fat partition.
> > > --
> > > John W
-- 
Dave Burrows
741 Cleveland Road
Washington, PA  15301  
USA

Re: [newbie] Double drat..

[KompuKit]

This is the reason...you only see one file with an ISO
extension...
it is because you NEVER actually burned it correctly...
instead ...you only copied the iso file to the CD...

learn how to burn,,, is my suggestion

(contains no tree
> nor even 1 directory, only the ISO file.. which is exactly the correct size
> as compared to what I downloaded.)

Dave Burrows wrote:
> 
> Hi, John and all;
> 
> Early this morning (about 4:11 am), I finished downloading the ISO files
> that I began last Sunday evening.  It took only 5.5 days to download both
> ISO
> files with my super duper speedy delivery dial-up connection.  ;)
> 
> I tried to install this version of Linux-Mandrake, having been burned to CD
> but am told by the installer that it doesn't appear to be a Linux-Mandrake
> disk.  After several attempts including 1 with the purchased CD (which
> contains only a beta of KDE2.0 but which initializes correctly) I booted
> back to Windows and looked at the purchased disk (showed a number of
> directories as expected) and at the one I had just burned (contains no tree
> nor even 1 directory, only the ISO file.. which is exactly the correct size
> as compared to what I downloaded.)
> 
> I decided that I better test the install boot (floppy) disk I made,
> thinking that it might be pointing to something it can't find on the CD.
> (by the way, the CD device I used to try to install either disk is the
> writer not the
> CD-ROM; everything works fine with the purchased disk but not the one I
> burned)  In my BIOS, i changed the boot order to boot from the the cd
> device,
> then C:\ then A:\.  On reboot, I read that CD failed and it booted to C:\.
> I tried both CD devices with the same failure resulting.
> 
> What must I do to make this file function?  A rhetorical question:  4.5
> years ago when I was totally new to Windows (had only ever used a DOS
> machine before that), I never had this much trouble with that OS nor since;
> why do I want this one so much?  Rhetoric off, rant on: why IS this such a
> bugger to install and configure for someone who is not a programmer and
> 'only' a user?  Wouldn't Linux be more likely to do some serious damage to
> the MS market if it were a little more user friendly?  Rant off. 
> 
> Tenacity reigns; I still want Linux.  Any suggestions anyone?
> 
> Dave
> 
> John W wrote:
> >
> >  You can download the ISO image and burn that to a cd/cd's. I have also
> > looked at the mandrake mirrors and in the past have downloaded everything
> > except the lin4win and dostools to my harddrive in a folder named Mandrake
> > and have then created a boot image to boot up and direct the installer the
> > Mandrake DIR and installed from a Fat partition.
> > --
> > John W
> 
> --
> Dave Burrows
> 741 Cleveland Road
> Washington, PA  15301
> USA

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[newbie] Double drat..

[Dave Burrows]

Hi, John and all; 

Early this morning (about 4:11 am), I finished downloading the ISO files
that I began last Sunday evening.  It took only 5.5 days to download both
ISO
files with my super duper speedy delivery dial-up connection.  ;)

I tried to install this version of Linux-Mandrake, having been burned to CD
but am told by the installer that it doesn't appear to be a Linux-Mandrake
disk.  After several attempts including 1 with the purchased CD (which
contains only a beta of KDE2.0 but which initializes correctly) I booted
back to Windows and looked at the purchased disk (showed a number of
directories as expected) and at the one I had just burned (contains no tree
nor even 1 directory, only the ISO file.. which is exactly the correct size
as compared to what I downloaded.)

I decided that I better test the install boot (floppy) disk I made,
thinking that it might be pointing to something it can't find on the CD. 
(by the way, the CD device I used to try to install either disk is the
writer not the
CD-ROM; everything works fine with the purchased disk but not the one I
burned)  In my BIOS, i changed the boot order to boot from the the cd
device,
then C:\ then A:\.  On reboot, I read that CD failed and it booted to C:\.
I tried both CD devices with the same failure resulting.

What must I do to make this file function?  A rhetorical question:  4.5
years ago when I was totally new to Windows (had only ever used a DOS
machine before that), I never had this much trouble with that OS nor since;
why do I want this one so much?  Rhetoric off, rant on: why IS this such a
bugger to install and configure for someone who is not a programmer and
'only' a user?  Wouldn't Linux be more likely to do some serious damage to
the MS market if it were a little more user friendly?  Rant off. 

Tenacity reigns; I still want Linux.  Any suggestions anyone?

Dave

John W wrote:
> 
>  You can download the ISO image and burn that to a cd/cd's. I have also
> looked at the mandrake mirrors and in the past have downloaded everything
> except the lin4win and dostools to my harddrive in a folder named Mandrake
> and have then created a boot image to boot up and direct the installer the
> Mandrake DIR and installed from a Fat partition.
> --
> John W

-- 
Dave Burrows
741 Cleveland Road
Washington, PA  15301  
USA

[newbie] mc is no longer in spanish??

[Joan Tur]

Hallo!

I'm spanish and so i've got my programs in this language.  But today
i've started Midnight Commander and it's in english ?!  8-?

I've updated it using the rpm program and the --force parameter with no
luck... any idea??

Thanksss!  8-)

--
Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain
[EMAIL PROTECTED]  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  ICQ 11407395
Joan.Tur.pagina.de  www.ClubIbosim.org
Linux: usuari registrat 190.783

[newbie] Perplexing Soundcard problem with Mandrake 7.1

[Richard Kleeman]

I am having a tough time getting my soundcard to work under Linux. First
of all I installed Mandrake 7.1 because I have a Promise UDMA/66 IDE
controller which most other releases of Linux do not recognise (I tried
Redhat 7.0 and Mandrake 7.2 without luck). So Mandrake 7.1 worked and most
of the hardware was recognised but the soundcard (Soundblaster Live!
Value) has been a real problem. I used Hardrake and it picked up the card
but all the parameters were set at -1 and no sound was playing on the
test. I tried sndconfig and again it recognised the card but no sound
played. I tried the commercial OSS driver (emu10k1) and something happened
which looked reasonable in the /dev/sndstat file but again no sound. The
support guys there suggested I needed to check cable connections but since
the card works fine under Windoze I am sure that is not a problem. I can
play wav files using the OSS driver and the mixer seems OK just no sound.
I checked the IRQ and it matches that used under Windoze. I have tried
both the regular emu10k1 driver and the alsa drivers without luck. I am
beginning to think that the ide recognition under Mandrake 7.1 did
something to the soundcard recognition (I read something wierd about
UDMA/66 patches under 2.2.x Linux kernels saying that for Mandrake 7.1 the
patch `breaks` recognition of certain other hardware. Any leads would be
greatly appreciated- this problem is very frustrating as everything else
about Linux has more than lived up to my expectations. System Details:

PIII 600Mhz (Gateway Performance)
Promise IDE PCI UDMA/66
Quantum Fireball 13Gb hard-drive 
Soundblaster Live! Value
256Mb RAM
3com 905c NIC
Cable Modem
DVD
CD RW Drive

[Fwd: [newbie] A7V and dual boot]

[abe]

I'm trying to help my brother get a dual boot going with mandrake and
win98se on an A7V.  His windows drive is an ATA 100 drive on the primary
ATA100 controller.  His mandrake drive is an ata66 drive on the primary
ata66 drive.  I can get mandrake to see the ATA100 drive by passing
ide2=0x8400,0x8002 ide3=0x7800,0x7402
to lilo at boot time.  I've set lilo up to include that so that he can
mount/browse his windows drive from linux.  However, I cannot figure out
how to configure lilo to successfully boot to the windows drive.

Has anyone done this or does anyone know how to do this?  I read the
lilo man pages but I couldn't find an answer to my question. 
Please help!


Abe

Re: [newbie] Asus A7V Ata 100 Controller

[abe]

hey wayne, let me be te first to say that you should turn off HTML mail
as it will enrage some otherwise perfectly coherent people to the point
of insanity.  So, if you want to reach the widest possible group of
people for answers to your questions and generally be a good member of
the online community, send all your email as plain ASCII text.

As far as your motherboard goes, my first thought is that those
addresses might not be the ones that are actually in use on your
machine.  If this is a dual boot machine you can find those I/O
addresses in the device mangler under windows.  You use the first four
addresses and add 2 to the second and fourth.  Lke this

8400-8407
8000-8003
7800-7807
7400-7403
yields

ide2=0x8400,0x8002 ide3=0x7800,0x7402

If those numbers are correct for your machine then I don't know what
your problem might be.  I have limited experience with trouble shooting
ATA100 controllers on A7V's because I've been lucky so far


good luck!


Abe






> Wayne Rolfe wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I need to know how to get linux mandrake 7.1 to see the drives on my
> ATA 100 controller, when I run the commands ide2=0x8400,0x8002
> ide3=0x7800,0x7402 my system will see the drives attached to the
> controller then give me will just "hang there my kernel will not boot
> any further. Can anyone tell me what to do.
> 
> Kind regards
> Wayne Rolfe
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>

Re: [newbie] Can I use themes from previous kde versions?

[Mark Weaver]

Glad I could help Roman. After this week I'm hoping that my system has
decideded it's had enough of all the excitement and behaves itself for a
while.

I've been using KDE 1.1.2 themes pretty much exclusively. For what ever
reason the themes for KDE 2.x don't work at all.

-- 
Mark

"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
"Sharing is what makes them powerful."
On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Romanator wrote:

> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 15:06:24 -0500
> From: Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Can I use themes from previous kde versions?
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> KDE 1.x had lot's of themes. I'm sure many of the themes will be added
> to KDE2.x, as soon as it's acceptable for release. Did you notice that
> the themes have a different file extension? There are
> a lot of features that you won't find until you dig deep. By the way,
> the rebuild was an easy but big rebuild 90.5MB!! The instructions were
> right on.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Roman
>
> Mark Weaver wrote:
> >
> > Roman,
> >
> > To tell you the truth the older KDE themes work TONS better then the
> > themes put together for KDE2.0 and above. In fact, that's all I've been
> > using are the themes for previous versions of KDE. These work great!
> >
> > enjoy...
> >
> > --
> > Mark
> >
> > "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
> > "Sharing is what makes them powerful."
> > On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Romanator wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 07:35:26 -0500
> > > From: Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Subject: [newbie] Can I use themes from previous kde versions?
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I was wondering if I could install a few themes from previous versions
> > > of kde1.x to kde2.1 Beta 2.
> > > There doesn't seem to be that much under kde2. Or is there?
> > >
> > > Roman
> > >
> > >
>

Re: [newbie] Zip drives and printers on the same port

[Jon Doe]

On Saturday 27 January 2001 03:06 pm, you wrote:
> I recall a year or so back that then-modules (correct term?) for zip
> drives ran, but not if you had a printer hooked up to the drive's
> backside. I now discover that if on ML72 (HP Pavilion) I configure my
> printer, Konquerer hangs up when I try to access the zip drive. Does rule
> still apply, or is there a way to get the PC to see both and have them
> both respond?

I have both hookedup and installed, the zip works fine but I can't print at 
all. I used to be able to print, I think it is the zip drive thing.

Re: [newbie] Add a modem into com port 5

[Oliver L. Plaine Jr.]

On Sat, 27 Jan 2001 11:29:34 +0800, Herbert wrote:

>
>As you know by using "kpp" we can only add the modem into
>com port 1 to port 4. Would you tell me how to add a modem 
>into the com port 5 ?  
>
>Best regards
>Herbert 
---
Sat, 27 Jan 2001  14:27:07

Well Herbertfrom what you wrote above I can only guess that you
are trying to set up your modem in linux on the equivalent of com port
5 because M$ windows indicates it is on com 5?

If this is true? it does not matter what windows calls it...I
have a PCI modem that windows M$ w95a shows on com 5.

In MDK 7.2 I have it set on ttyS3 and it works greatforget
what windows shows...just make sure that you have no conflicts with
the IRQ...  I had mine on with a USB controller and it errored "modem
is busy"..until I switched PCI slots.

Olly P
Biloxi

Re: [newbie] video drivers

[Romanator]

The Conways wrote:
> 
> I think I have been driving the guys in Tech support at Mandrake nuts, so
> they referred me to this list.
> They are great about answering question, but sometimes they assume you know
> more than you do.
> I have been having problems with my Diamond Speedstar A50(Sis 6326 chipset).
> My children were able to crash Linux (my kids can crash any system) within
> the fisrt 2 hours after I had it up and running.  They did it by playing
> some of the games from KDE that came with the standard 7.2 release.
> The latest advice I haved received is to update Xfree.  I download a whole
> list of files for XFree 86 4.0.2.
> Now what do I do with them.
> The support directions said to use rpm -Uvh with each package.  I get the
> error message:  such a file or directory doesn't exist.
> 
> Can I get some clear directions on what to do?
> 
> So lost

While in root, copy all of the rpm files to the same folder i.e. Temp. 
Next:

Click on Konsole and type in:
Type in: cd Temp

Type in: rpm -Uvh *.rpm
Press the  key

Type in: update-menus -v
Press the  key

Reboot you computer.

Roman

Re: [newbie] KDE2.1 Beta 2 win2000 Look

[Romanator]

It's part of a "Decoration" submenu of the top toolbar of the window.
Right-click on it and select:
Decoration-->Win2K

Check out Decoration-->RISC OS

It just zips along!



Mark Weaver wrote:
> 
> Roman,
> 
> You will have to "add" that theme to the lineup in theme manager for root
> to use this theme. The themes don't load globally.
> 
> --
> Mark
> 
> "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
> "Sharing is what makes them powerful."
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Romanator wrote:
> 
> > Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 11:04:16 -0500
> > From: Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: [newbie] KDE2.1 Beta 2 win2000 Look
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > You guessed it, I'm trying to figure out kde2.1 Beta 2. For some reason,
> > I was able to select the win 2000 look in user. However, I cannot
> > reproduce this under root. Strange, it's usually the other way around.
> >
> >
> > Roman
> >
> >

Re: [newbie] Can I use themes from previous kde versions?

[Romanator]

Hi Mark,

KDE 1.x had lot's of themes. I'm sure many of the themes will be added
to KDE2.x, as soon as it's acceptable for release. Did you notice that
the themes have a different file extension? There are 
a lot of features that you won't find until you dig deep. By the way,
the rebuild was an easy but big rebuild 90.5MB!! The instructions were
right on. 

Thanks.

Roman

Mark Weaver wrote:
> 
> Roman,
> 
> To tell you the truth the older KDE themes work TONS better then the
> themes put together for KDE2.0 and above. In fact, that's all I've been
> using are the themes for previous versions of KDE. These work great!
> 
> enjoy...
> 
> --
> Mark
> 
> "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
> "Sharing is what makes them powerful."
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Romanator wrote:
> 
> > Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 07:35:26 -0500
> > From: Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: [newbie] Can I use themes from previous kde versions?
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I was wondering if I could install a few themes from previous versions
> > of kde1.x to kde2.1 Beta 2.
> > There doesn't seem to be that much under kde2. Or is there?
> >
> > Roman
> >
> >

[newbie] lilo v21.5

[Sean Kenny]

I've now discovered that my lilo problem is probably down to the fact that I
have an olde version of lilo. Can some one point me in the right direction
of how to obtain lilo v.21.5, and also where I might find out the process by
which I upgrade lilo.

[newbie] Zip drives and printers on the same port

[Peter Spotts]

I recall a year or so back that then-modules (correct term?) for zip
drives ran, but not if you had a printer hooked up to the drive's
backside. I now discover that if on ML72 (HP Pavilion) I configure my
printer, Konquerer hangs up when I try to access the zip drive. Does rule
still apply, or is there a way to get the PC to see both and have them
both respond?

Any thoughts would be appreciated...

Best regards to all,

Pete Spotts

Re: [newbie] CUPS

[Meph Istopheles]

  Michael,

> I have an unsupported epson printer. I know that! But I would
> really like to see if, like the LM Hardware site says, it will
> "work in text mode".

  What you're looking to set up is printcap using (I suppose)
postscript (a printer font -- there's more involved, but I don't
know a lot about printers).

> It is an Epson Stylus Scan 2000, and I have tried the main
> drivers from the updated cups list... any clues?

  Hmm.  I don't know this printer at all, but I'd fooled with a
couple of different DeskJets before finally having success in
lm7.2 using Cups with a LazerJet.  First, I'd recommend checking
the (horribly outdated) hardware compatibility list.  Weather you
find it there or not, go from there to the Printer HowTo.  You'll
find them both at:

http://www.linuxdoc.org

  I can only remember from having read the howto long ago that
most printers can be made to function -- at least minimally --
via postscript.  It's just a matter of a little file editing &
all the info is in the howto for copy & paste.

  Meph

-- 
  "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody."
  -Dave '-ddt->' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux

[newbie] PostgreSQL -- Database

[NERILL]

I have Mandrake 7.0 and I have been trying to gety PostgreSQl running but 
unsuccesfully.

If I type 'psql', i get connection refused.
if i type postmaster, i get 'postmaster doesnt know where to find database 
system data...'

any ideas?


Neri

[newbie] video drivers

[The Conways]

I think I have been driving the guys in Tech support at Mandrake nuts, so
they referred me to this list.
They are great about answering question, but sometimes they assume you know
more than you do.
I have been having problems with my Diamond Speedstar A50(Sis 6326 chipset).
My children were able to crash Linux (my kids can crash any system) within
the fisrt 2 hours after I had it up and running.  They did it by playing
some of the games from KDE that came with the standard 7.2 release.
The latest advice I haved received is to update Xfree.  I download a whole
list of files for XFree 86 4.0.2.
Now what do I do with them.
The support directions said to use rpm -Uvh with each package.  I get the
error message:  such a file or directory doesn't exist.

Can I get some clear directions on what to do?

So lost

Re: [newbie] should i get 7.2 over 7.1?

[Mark Weaver]

Vic,

Have you done any of the KDE updates from the batch that Chris has posted
to the list about? Since coming from KDE2.0 to KDE2.1beta2 I've noticed
Konqueror's stability increasing. That might be a help if you haven't
installed the upgrades yet.

-- 
Mark

"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
"Sharing is what makes them powerful."
On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Vic wrote:

> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 11:11:39 -0600
> From: Vic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] should i get 7.2 over 7.1?
>
> yeah if you can get the dam Konqueror to stop
> crashing
>
>
>
> On Friday 26 January 2001 09:56 pm,  Jay wrote:
> > On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> >
> > > michelle
> >
> > 7.2 is a LOT better than 7.1.
>
>

Re: [newbie] KDE2.1 Beta 2 win2000 Look

[Mark Weaver]

Roman,

You will have to "add" that theme to the lineup in theme manager for root
to use this theme. The themes don't load globally.

-- 
Mark

"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
"Sharing is what makes them powerful."
On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Romanator wrote:

> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 11:04:16 -0500
> From: Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [newbie] KDE2.1 Beta 2 win2000 Look
>
> Hi all,
>
> You guessed it, I'm trying to figure out kde2.1 Beta 2. For some reason,
> I was able to select the win 2000 look in user. However, I cannot
> reproduce this under root. Strange, it's usually the other way around.
>
>
> Roman
>
>

Re: [newbie] Can I use themes from previous kde versions?

[Mark Weaver]

Roman,

To tell you the truth the older KDE themes work TONS better then the
themes put together for KDE2.0 and above. In fact, that's all I've been
using are the themes for previous versions of KDE. These work great!

enjoy...

-- 
Mark

"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
"Sharing is what makes them powerful."
On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Romanator wrote:

> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 07:35:26 -0500
> From: Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [newbie] Can I use themes from previous kde versions?
>
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering if I could install a few themes from previous versions
> of kde1.x to kde2.1 Beta 2.
> There doesn't seem to be that much under kde2. Or is there?
>
> Roman
>
>

Re: [newbie] should i get 7.2 over 7.1?

[Mark Weaver]

au come-on Vic...give the guy a break.

-- 
Mark

"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
"Sharing is what makes them powerful."
On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Vic wrote:

> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 11:22:31 -0600
> From: Vic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] should i get 7.2 over 7.1?
>
> Rex get off of my workstation, and by the way
> you are fired.
>
>
>
> On Saturday 27 January 2001 11:11 am,  Vic wrote:
> > yeah if you can get the dam Konqueror to stop
> > crashing
> >
> > On Friday 26 January 2001 09:56 pm,  Jay wrote:
> > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> > > > michelle
> > >
> > > 7.2 is a LOT better than 7.1.
>
>

Re: [newbie] Users

[andrew]

thnx for the fast reply to my email =)


On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Meph Istopheles
wrote:

>   Hey,
>
> > >This is an easy question..How do you create new users from the
> > >command line?
>
> > adduser ?..useradd ?..
>
>   In lm (& even RH) it's, as root, useradd or /usr/sbin/useradd.
> Be sure to do:
>
> # passwd 
>
> & press Enter.  The system will ask you for the new password.
>
>   Meph
>
>

-- 
Andrew Rice Jr
Technical Support Specialist
Leapfrog Technologies L, L, C.
www.abilene.com
www.bitstreet.com
(915) 677-7900

RE: [newbie] 3c905b NIC drivers not installing

[Salman H Butt]

It was suggested to me that I get the latest stable kernel which would have
support for the 3c905b. Does anyone know which version that would be and
where I would get the source? Or how I could find this information?

Thanks,
Salman

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Princeton University
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.princeton.edu/~sbutt
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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Salman H Butt
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 1:27 PM
To: Newbie@Linux-Mandrake
Subject: [newbie] 3c905b NIC drivers not installing


Hey,

First off, here's my system info:
AMD Ahtlon 550
Asus K7M Motherboard
Elsa Erazor X (Geforce 32MB SDR)
128MB RAM
Soundblaster live! value
3Com 3C905B NIC

I'm running Mandrake 7.2. Under Release of the KDE Configuration Panel, it
says 2.2.17-23mdk (which I suppose refers to the linux kernel).

I was trying to get onto my school's network through DHCP. I read through
some messages on the list and found out that Mandrake did not come with
drivers for the 3C905B. So, I went to 3Com's webpage and got the latest
drivers. I tried installing it, but when I did this, I got something like
"these drivers weren't made for this kernel. you will have to recompile
them". So using 3Com's readme.txt file, I tried compiling the 3c90x.c file
into an installable module. But then got a lot of errors. Any suggestions on
what I should do? Thanks a lot for the help.

Sincerely,
Salman

PS here is the compile command I used:

gcc -c
3c90x.c -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strength-red
uce -pipe -m486 -align-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=486
 -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__

Thanks again.

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Princeton University
http://www.princeton.edu/~sbutt
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Re: [newbie] should i get 7.2 over 7.1?

[Romanator]

-michael- wrote:
> 
> On Saturday 27 January 2001 08:26 am, regarding Re: [newbie] should i get 7.2
> over 7.1?, you said:
> >  Please excuse Rex, you can't find good help anymore.
> >
> >  Anyway.
> >  yeah Konq seems to love crashing and it has
> >  been reported at bugs.kde.org and I'm
> >  looking all over the place trying to learn how
> >  to find the rpms to upgrade, I think the bug was reported at:
> >
> >  http://bugs.kde.org//db/11/11982.html
> >
> >  So anyone who knows where I can get the rpms
> >  to upgrade, please point me with a URL so I can
> >  download and upgrade.
> >
> >  I have KDE2.0 SO maybe I'm behind a version I am not sure.
> I always get my KDE upgrades from one of the mandrake mirrors.
> The Unsupported>KDE2.1 Beta2 ones work pretty well, but it *is* beta.
> 
> --
> 
> -michael-

I like the direction and ideas.

Roman

Re: [newbie] should i get 7.2 over 7.1?

[Romanator]

Vic wrote:
> 
> Please excuse Rex, you can't find good help anymore.
> 
> Anyway.
> yeah Konq seems to love crashing and it has
> been reported at bugs.kde.org and I'm
> looking all over the place trying to learn how
> to find the rpms to upgrade, I think the bug was reported at:
> 
> http://bugs.kde.org//db/11/11982.html
> 
> So anyone who knows where I can get the rpms
> to upgrade, please point me with a URL so I can
> download and upgrade.
> 
> I have KDE2.0 SO maybe I'm behind a version I am not sure.
> 
> Thanks all.

If you want to upgrade KDE 2 to KDE2 Beta 2, download the files from the
following link:

http://atik.ciril.fr/pub/linux//mandrake-devel/unsupported/i586/kde2.1Beta2

Step 1.
Log on as ?root? and download the kde2.1Beta2 rpms. Copy the rpms to a
new folder 
i.e. kdebeta and save the folder in your root directory.

Step 2.
Log out of X and log on in console mode

Step 3.
Type in: cd Type in: rpm -Uvh --test *.rpm
If everything goes well, remove the -- test. If you are missing certains
files or libraries, naviagte back to that ftp site and download the
files

Step 4.
Type in: rpm --rebuilddb
(Give this one some time)

Step 5.
Type in: update-menus -v
(Give this one some time)
Reboot you computer. That?s it.

Files to download:

arts-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
jdk-sun-1.2.2-3mdk.i586.rpm
kdeaddutils-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdeaddutils-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdeadmin-2.1-0.20010122.3mdk.i586.rpm
kdebase-2.1-0.20010122.5mdk.i586.rpm
kdebase-devel-2.1-0.20010122.5mdk.i586.rpm
kdegames-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdegraphics-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdegraphics-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdelibs-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
kdelibs-devel-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
kdelibs-sound-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
kdelibs-sound-devel-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
kdemultimedia-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdemultimedia-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdenetwork-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdenetwork-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdepim-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdesdk-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdesupport-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdesupport-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdetoys-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdeutils-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdevelop-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
kdoc-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.noarch.rpm
koffice-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
koffice-devel-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
libarts2-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
libarts2-devel-2.1-0.20010122.4mdk.i586.rpm
qt2-2.2.3-5mdk.i586.rpm
qt2-devel-2.2.3-5mdk.i586.rpm
qt2-doc-2.2.3-5mdk.i586.rpm
quanta-2.1-0.20010122.2mdk.i586.rpm
unixODBC-1.8.12-1mdk.i586.rpm


Many thanks to Mark for this one.

Roman

[newbie] CUPS

[-michael-]

I have an unsupported epson printer. I know that! But I would really like to 
see if, like the LM Hardware site says, it will "work in text mode".

It is an Epson Stylus Scan 2000, and I have tried the main drivers from the 
updated cups list... any clues?
-- 

-michael-

[newbie] 3c905b NIC drivers not installing

[Salman H Butt]

Hey,

First off, here's my system info:
AMD Ahtlon 550
Asus K7M Motherboard
Elsa Erazor X (Geforce 32MB SDR)
128MB RAM
Soundblaster live! value
3Com 3C905B NIC

I'm running Mandrake 7.2. Under Release of the KDE Configuration Panel, it
says 2.2.17-23mdk (which I suppose refers to the linux kernel).

I was trying to get onto my school's network through DHCP. I read through
some messages on the list and found out that Mandrake did not come with
drivers for the 3C905B. So, I went to 3Com's webpage and got the latest
drivers. I tried installing it, but when I did this, I got something like
"these drivers weren't made for this kernel. you will have to recompile
them". So using 3Com's readme.txt file, I tried compiling the 3c90x.c file
into an installable module. But then got a lot of errors. Any suggestions on
what I should do? Thanks a lot for the help.

Sincerely,
Salman

PS here is the compile command I used:

gcc -c
3c90x.c -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strength-red
uce -pipe -m486 -align-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=486
 -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__

Thanks again.

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Salman Butt '03
Princeton University
http://www.princeton.edu/~sbutt
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Princeton University
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http://www.princeton.edu/~sbutt
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[newbie] Asus A7V Ata 100 Controller

[Wayne Rolfe]

Hi there,
 
I need to know how to get linux mandrake 7.1 to see 
the drives on my ATA 100 controller, when I run the commands 
ide2=0x8400,0x8002  ide3=0x7800,0x7402 my system will see the drives 
attached to the controller then give me will just "hang there my kernel will not 
boot any further. Can anyone tell me what to do.
 
Kind regards
Wayne Rolfe
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 

[newbie] KDE2.1 Beta 2 win2000 Look

[Romanator]

Hi all,

You guessed it, I'm trying to figure out kde2.1 Beta 2. For some reason,
I was able to select the win 2000 look in user. However, I cannot
reproduce this under root. Strange, it's usually the other way around.


Roman

[newbie] Plustek/Silitek scanners

[Meph Istopheles]

  Morning,

  Now it's my turn to ask about scanners.

  I have two I've yet to get working in either Linux or W2k (I
may be onto something with the Silitek in W2k, but I'm waiting on
a response from someone on that).

  In any case, in lm7.2, everything, of course, is rpm.  Trouble
is, the module for the Plustek (parallel) requires first
installing the module into the sane directory & then recompiling
sane.  Uh, is there a way to do that with an rpm?  Otherwise,
which tar version of sane would I get?  The doc on the module
doesn't go into that.

  Then, for the Silitek (usb), I've come by so little (Silitek
doesn't really know what support is, & their site doesn't open
any longer).

  Anyone know how I could get either (or both) of these working?

  Meph

-- 
  "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody."
  -Dave '-ddt->' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux

Re: [newbie] Trying to download mail from a server running postfix

[Meph Istopheles]

  Christian,

> I've setup postfix on a mdk 7.2 server but I'm having problems
> downloading mails from it, when I try to download via fetchmail
> I get:
> 
> [number1@liquid number1]$ fetchmail -p POP3 -u number1
> borg.deltacomputers.no Enter password for
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 1 message for number1 at
> borg.deltacomputers.no (768 octets).
> reading message 1 of 1 (768 octets) fetchmail: SMTP connect to
> localhost
> failed
> fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from borg.deltacomputers.no
> fetchmail: Query status=10 (SMTP)
> 

> Anybody got a clue what might be wrong or what logs I should
> look at to find  it out ?

  Only a clue, sorry.  I'd recently been at postfix's Web site &
am pretty sure I'd seen something about this in their support
docs...maybe a faq.  I think though...

> Do I have to setup something in the postfix configs to allow
> downloading of mail?

...it's something to do with your loopback.  I've read of
something which I think was simillar with sendmail that if
in...um, I can't think of the file, but it lists only loopback &
host name in /etc (/etc/hosts?).  Sometimes the order of the two
is wrong.

  As for a file which ~might~ show something wrong, try
/etc/postfix/main.cf

  Meph

-- 
  "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody."
  -Dave '-ddt->' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux

Re: [newbie] Win2000 Partition

[Meph Istopheles]

  Note also that I've used it on NT 4.0 in more than one install
& on one of two with W2k & have yet to run into trouble.  Yes, it
~is~ experimental, but what isn't?;-)

  Meph

> Note that it is _not_ recommended to enable NTFS write access.

> I always used to use a small FAT partition as a transfer area
> between linux and NT.

--
> >   Has this been addressed yet?  If not

> > > How can I set LM7.2 to see a Win2000 partition?

> >   This depends upon two things:  1. What format you'd chosen
> > to install W2k on (ntfs or fat32) & 2. Depending upon your
> > answer to 1., how your kernel's compiled.

[...]

> >   Now, as to the kernel issue, if you attempt to save a file
> > to your /win directory & get an error that that is not
> > permitted, you'll have to recompile your kernel for ntfs rw.
> > Ask if you don't know anything about recompiling.

-- 
  "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody."
  -Dave '-ddt->' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux

[newbie] XFree Server Refresh??

[Anthony]

Hi Guys,

I have problem with my refresh rate or something else. I have to manually 
refresh X because the screen will become blurry. If I scroll a text in a fast 
pace the letters and screen looks distorded and shady. Can someone help? I 
have a voodoo banshee AGP card, with a Gateway monitor EV500 and Xserver 
3.3.6.. I tried with the updates but it seems that this is the only version 
that works well with my card. Also, I tried in console mode XFree confg but, 
I dont know how to enter the commands.(ie: -BestRefresh)

Thanks Guys! ;))

FW: [newbie] Add a modem into com port 5

[Charles A Edwards]

Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.

-Original Message-
From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 8:18 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [newbie] Add a modem into com port 5


Not meaning to butt in but if the modem in question is PCI and it is on Com5
in Windows then it needs to be set to ttyS3 in kppp. Cat /proc/pci should be
run, the appropriate setserial commands issued, and /etc/rc.d/rc.local
edited to reflect the settings.

   Charles  (-:

Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.

> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of bascule
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 10:57 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Add a modem into com port 5
>
>
> dear herbert, i assume you are referring to kppp and are
> trying to set up
> your dialup connection?
>
> if so then if you are finding that /dev/ttyS4 is not listed
> as an option
> under kppp>setup>device then as /dev/modem is listed all you
> need to do is
> make /dev/modem a symlink to /dev/ttyS4 (which is the linux
> equivalent to com
> 5) and choose /dev/modem as your device
>
> if /dev/modem already exists then it probably is a symbolic
> link and you
> should check to see if it already points to /dev/ttyS4:
> #cd /dev
> #ls -l modem
>
> if it exists and points to something else i would be sure
> that your modem is
> on com 5 before proceeding
>
> to make the symlink:
> #cd /dev
> if /dev/modem exists then
> #rm modem
> either way then
> #ln -s /dev/ttyS4 modem
>
> bascule
>
> On Saturday 27 January 2001  3:29 am, you wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > As you know by using "kpp" we can only add the modem into
> > com port 1 to port 4. Would you tell me how to add a modem
> > into the com port 5 ?
> >
> > Best regards
> > Herbert
>
>

[newbie] Kppp in Red Hat 6.2

[L. H. LOO]

I am the sole user of my Linux box with RH 6.2.
Login as root, I could call Kppp, connect to ISP and surf the Net with 
Netscape.
Login as user- Kmenu->Internet->Kppp- linux asked for root passwd, keyin 
root passwd, hard disk light flashed a few times and nothing happens.
Presumed it is permission problem, I had set all Kppp and pppd related 
files : chmod 777.
Still no go.
Please advise. TIA 

[newbie] Trying to download mail from a server running postfix

[Christian A Strømmen [Number1/NumeroUno]]

I've setup postfix on a mdk 7.2 server but I'm having problems downloading 
mails from it, when I try to download via fetchmail I get:

[number1@liquid number1]$ fetchmail -p POP3 -u number1 borg.deltacomputers.no
Enter password for [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
1 message for number1 at borg.deltacomputers.no (768 octets).
reading message 1 of 1 (768 octets) fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost 
failed
fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from borg.deltacomputers.no
fetchmail: Query status=10 (SMTP)


Anybody got a clue what might be wrong or what logs I should look at to find 
it out ?

Do I have to setup something in the postfix configs to allow downloading of 
mail?

-- 
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\ Number1/NumeroUno @ Undernet - Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /
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   Live your life by your dreams,
     not by the limits of reality...

[newbie] Can I use themes from previous kde versions?

[Romanator]

Hi all,

I was wondering if I could install a few themes from previous versions
of kde1.x to kde2.1 Beta 2. 
There doesn't seem to be that much under kde2. Or is there?

Roman

[newbie] Where is the auto-install theme feature in kde2.1 Beta 2?

[Romanator]

Hi everybody,

After little db rebuilding I finally got kde2.1 Beta 2 working. Great
job!! There is one thing.
I thought that there was a "theme" manager or auto-install button. Does
any one know about this?

Roman
Registered Linux User #179293

[newbie] Configure ISDN and conect to Internet

[Miquel Baixas]

Hell. I have a problem configuring a ISDN. Te DrafNet detects my ISDN but
when I try to conect it says that it does not detect the modem. I've found a
driver http://www.isdn4linux.de/ but I dont know what to do whith it. When I
try to install it says that in need same files like libk... Sorry I'm really
newbie and I really need help. If the answere is in spanish is better for
me. thanks ;)))

Miquel

[newbie] Re: AVP-Linux....No Antivirus Database found???

[Anthony]

On Saturday 27 January 2001 02:50, you wrote:
Hi guys, I hope someone can help me with this problem. I am trying to
perform a virus scan on my system, but when I enter (AvpLinux -- / * )I 
recieve a message from the terminal that the antivirus database was not
found. When I install LM 7.2 the installation created a new directory for the 
databse (/usr/lib/avp-linux/database) I check the avp.ini and the path
for the database was (../database) so I edit the avp.ini to point to the
directory (/usr/lib/avp-linux/database) but I am recieving the same
message. I did updated my database and extracted to the same path for the
database, any suggestions? Does the changes become efecctive immediatly or
I have to wait for the cron to update the changes?
PS Please forgive If I am not making much sense but I am new to linux.:)) 
(btw With all it's minor difficulties ,I am luv with it , Thanks LM team !
Great job in the installation process, it was a smooth ride..;))

Re: [newbie] Win2000 Partition

[David Pilcher]

Note that it is _not_ recommended to enable NTFS write access.

I always used to use a small FAT partition as a transfer area between linux
and NT.

- Original Message -
From: "Meph Istopheles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Win2000 Partition


>   Hey,
>
>   Has this been addressed yet?  If not
>
> > How can I set LM7.2 to see a Win2000 partition?
>
>   This depends upon two things:  1. What format you'd chosen to
> install W2k on (ntfs or fat32) & 2. Depending upon your answer to
> 1., how your kernel's compiled.
>
>   If you'd installed W2k on ntfs, enter this in /etc/fstab:
>
> /dev/hda1   /winntfs user,exec,umask=0 0 0
>
>   If you'd installed on w32, enter this:
>
> /dev/hda1   /winvfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0
>
>   Then create a directory off of / called win (you can name this
> anything you'd like so long as you name it the same in fstab, but
> win is simple & easier to type).
>
>   Now, as to the kernel issue, if you attempt to save a file to
> your /win directory & get an error that that is not permitted,
> you'll have to recompile your kernel for ntfs rw.  Ask if you
> don't know anything about recompiling.
>
>   Also, while you probabaly have your W2k partition at the
> beginning of your dirve, /dev/hda1, you may not & would have to
> determine what you'd enter there instead.  But hda1 is pretty
> likely.
>
>   Meph
>
> --
>   "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody."
>   -Dave '-ddt->' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
>
>

Re: [newbie] should i get 7.2 over 7.1?

[Jay]

On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> hi,
>
> i have 7.1 already, but its not running smoothly yet. before i got stuck in
> sorting it all out, i was considering getting 7.2. do you think it's worth
> it (the bother of finding someone to download it for me and burn it onto a
> cd), or should i just stick with 7.1?
>
> michelle
7.2 is a LOT better than 7.1.  
-- 
Jay
~May the enemies of Ireland never meet a friend~
http://www.mrsnooky.com