[newbie-it] Scheda TV su Linux
[newbie-it] tastiera e suono
ciao, ho un pc portatile toshiba 160cdt, 600 mhz. ho inst. redhat 7.0 kernel 2.2.16-22 non funzionano i tasti backspace, delete pageup...nella konsole, mentre in emacs si. la mia scheda audio crystal 4281 PCI NON DA segno di vita. HELP!
Re: [newbie-it] live
C' modo di far funzionare la scheda anche dopo aver reimpostato il bios come "bios PnP"? Mi secca dover cambiare impostazioni ogni volta che passo da win a Linux e ho paura che usando win (che era gi installato e configurato) con l'opzione "bios PnP" disattivata si incasini qualcosa nella configurazione. - Original Message - From: "Megres" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] live Se ti riferisci alla SoundBlaster Live, puoi provare 2 strade: Per prima cosa, nel BIOS, disabilit le voci OSPlugPlay, ESDC.
Re: [newbie-it] xine e fullscreen
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 21:11:28 +0100 Alberto Zanoni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vedo appunto che tra le altre cose dice: video_out_xv: no video port found forse e' proprio quello che dici. E' cosi ? Io ho una voodoo3 3dfx, puoi indirizzarmi ad una qualche soluzione ? Grazie ancora per tutto, S proprio quello che intendevo. L' unica soluzione credo che sia quella di andare sul sito di 3dfx per vedere se c' un driver per la tua scheda che attivi questa funzione, altrimenti ti dovrai accontentare della finestra (che non poi tanto piccola, no?:-) Ciao -- Sebastiano Cordiano
Re: [newbie-it] Problema scaricamento
Corrado wrote: "Francesco M. Landolfi" wrote: ,.. Tasto destro del moise e salva link con nome None era shift pi tasto destro del mouse? Non c'e` mai un unico modo per fare una cosa. Non escluderei che ci si riesca anche se Invece di farmeli salvare su disco, mi mostra i files nella finestra di netscape. facendo poi un "save as" del "source". Probabilmente occorra` poi un recode opportuno... non ho voglia di provarci. :-) ciao, Andrea
[newbie-it] Configurazione Ispell
Salve, nel mio sistema ho istallato in versione rpm Ispell e il relativo dizionario in italiano. Vorrei sapere come configurarlo per poter effettuare la correzione ortografica. Grazie
Re: Fw: [newbie-it] Asuscom isdnlink 128k interno
Anche io ho un modem isdn e ho risolto la cosa con il pacchetto qtisdnlinux (si trova anche su freshmeat se non sbaglio) Il kppp non funziona perche' per connettersi tramite linea isdn necessario mandare il proprio numero di telefono (cosa che kppp non fa essendo fatto per modem analogici)...siccome sono una newbie abbastanza imbranata non so se e' possibile ovviare alla cosa con qualche script di connessione, cmq qtisdnlinux ha pochissime pretese e dovrebbe funzionare senza troppi problemi... Cieu Beatrice
RE: [newbie] Help!! Ayuda!! (en espa ñol de preferenci a!!!)
Yo intentara con Mandrake 7.1 o mejor 7.2; si tienes problemas con las X a mi me fueron mejor ambas versiones usando el modo texto de instalacin; para ello cuando sale la pantalla inicial pulsas F1 y en la siguiente pantalla escribes text (Return); ahora bien, es conveniente que primero tengas bien hechas las particiones del disco duro (posiblemente las tengas hechas no Corel linux, que yo tampoco pude instalar). Si no tienes hechas las particiones arranca primero en modo grfico (por defecto es el que se carga), llega a diskdrake, encargado de hacer las particiones, las haces, formateas las que sea preciso y sales de la instalacin iniciando otra en formato texto. El problema puede ser que la versin 7.0 est preparada para un menor nmero de tarjetas de video. 7.1 y 7.2 son ms verstiles y tienen controladores para una muy variada gama. Espero que esto sirva de ayuda. Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) - Mensaje Original - Remitente: "Carlos Pedreros Lizama" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fecha: Mircoles, Enero 31, 2001 7:30 pm Asunto: [newbie] Help!! Ayuda!! (en espaol de preferenci a!!!) htmlDIV PSoy principiante en linux, me compre corel linux que es un asco, lo pude instalar y no podia configurar nada./P PMandrake: lo consigui lo trate de instalar el 7.0, y al finalizar y configurar el x server se me fue a la cresta/P Pnecesito ayuda, saber por que pasa, llevo dos computadores diferentes, uno con una tarjeta de video trident, cosa que corel linux detecto facilmente, y el otro equipo con una ati rage 128 all in wonder pro, que tambien corel configuro bien, consejos ayuda, necesito todo lo que pueda usar./P PAtte. Carlos Pedreros/P P(Diseador)/P PMacmaniaco y amigo de linux/P/DIVbr clear=allhrGet Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. /p/html
RE: [newbie] CD player
Did you guys make sure that your Audio Jumper is still connected from your CD-ROM to your sound card? Simplest things first! The Moose -Original Message- From: Allen Joseph M Hernandez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 11:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] CD player I have the same problem in LM 7.1. I have all of the sounds in X but my cd's don't work. Can someone out there help me with this already! Pretty pls. *8-) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im having trouble getting my CD-rom to play audio CDs. Everything, worked until I had to reinstall Mandrake 6.0. I do have system sounds, games have audio. When I start kscd, it starts playing, shows tracks correctly, etc. No hardware has changed. There must be something simple that I did when I first installed 6.0, that Im overlooking now. Gene __ www.edsamail.com
[newbie] Checking integrity...
Is there any way to check my CD's I burned from ISO images for integrity? Unfortunately I tossed the ISO's after I had the CD's burned. If so, please let me know. Even if it is something as simple as just number of bytes at least I'll know somewhat closely. I'd like to check both the install and the extension CD's --Matt White Bear Lake, MN
[newbie] cd roms
ok..this is probably real dumb.. but neither of my 2 cd roms will show up on my system.. im obvioulsy real new to this so any help woould be great. is this just an issue of an idiot user not knowing where to look.. the idiot being me of course
RE: [newbie] Voodoo3 3500 TV card
Sorry, I wasn't very clear was I. I'm talking about trying to watch tv via the tuner. I noticed on the mandrake compability list that this card is not one but wondering if anyone actually managed to get it to work anyway...the tv stuff that is... -Original Message- From: Tim Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 2:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Voodoo3 3500 TV card When you say "using" do you mean using the actual TV tuner? Or just using the card itself? tdh -- T. Holmes Unixtechs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.unixtechs.org/ "Real Men use Vi." * Mark Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010112 17:17]: Is there anyone using the Voodoo3 3500 TV card successfully on linux?
[newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus
I checked the mandrake site for MB compatibility but couldn't find any information. I was planning on getting an Asus ATX Super7 5/2 [P5A] does anyone anticipate problems. I had a gigabyte board and linux refused to install with the CDROM I got for it. It installed fine when I tried the same CDROM on my dell PC so I just assume the gigabyte board was the problem Does anyone think I'll have problems with this Asus board?
[newbie] Emergency?
If anyone can tell, the ip from which this comes is different than
usual.
Hence my apparent emergency.
I tried to turn on my main computer , running Mandrake 7.2 with KDE 2.1
Beta2,
earlier tonight...well, alright, several times over the past few hours.
Now I can't get by "Verifying DMI pool data".
The next line begins an unending full screen matrix of {01 01}.
The clock ( I *can* enter setup of BIOS) now reads 01/01 for a date, and
as of an hour or so ago apparently reset to this date.
I initially feared hardware...if it is and someone has seen something
like it please let me know.
Else does anyone have any ideas as to how to get to my hard drives on
the "broken" box?.
Thank you in advance!
--
-michael-
[newbie] KDE 2.0 not working
Hi, I changed the partitions of my HD and re-installed everything (LM7.2) formatting every new partition and KDE is crashing continuosly. WindowMakeris working well. Let's start with the questions: Since the first instalation worked fine, I assumed it had something to do with the different partitions I created, so I tried back with the old partition scheme but KDE is not working at all. The Desktop appears normal, only without the different icons it had before, but once I try any application it takes "minutes" to load and later disappears. Is there any "log" were I can check what's going on? Any hint how to correct this? Many thanks in advance Otto
[newbie] Setuid
Hi, I want to run gnome-ppp as user, but I get an error log saying that I must be root since pppd is not setuid-root pppd is set -rwxr-xr-x, root root my uid is 501 How should I set the rights and whar should I change? Thanks Otto
[newbie] Attn: Lee
I think we finally got it working. Using Netscape Messenger right now to send this test out. Deselecting Plug + Play in the BIOS did the trick. Not sure if that's gonna' be the end tho'. Win98 complains about my Ensoniq sound card configuration now ??? But I seem to be online now. Thank you very kindly for your help. Guess one of these days I'll get my printer set up too. But for nowLet's go surfing Bill
[newbie] Mandrake update falis
Whenever I run Mandrake Update and select the programs i wan to update the hard drive's activity light goes on and my machine hangas after a minute or so. This happens every time Any ideas?
[newbie] Abiword spelling check
How do I get a spelling check function in Abiword? Abiword with Mandrake 7.2, standard installation, did not give me an integrated spelling checker. Thanks! Mike
Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?
On Wednesday 31 January 2001 08:02 pm, Sevatio Octavio loudly grumbled: You can use XMMS. Go to Preferences; output Plugins; Select "Diskwriter Plugin"; configure it for a location to put your created wav files. Seve Ok, done. Now what? I don't see anything on Xmms to record or anything. -- Registered Linux User #181996
[newbie] HardDrake sound configuration, AWE64 Gold
Hi, I'm having problems getting sound to work properly. I have installed everything(almost) from Mandrake7.2, with an expertinstall. I have an ASUS P2B (original) with a Sound Blaster AWE 64 Gold. The PNP OS installed setting in the BIOS is off. The sb module loads at startup. The mixer indicates that the sound card is working. When I try to play something with xmms or kmp3, the application is killed and xmms is leaves a bunch of processes running in the background. When I try to run HardDrake to configure the sound card, the best result I get is a test of the 8 and 16 bit sound and then the following message: Error in modprobe call /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/opl3.o init_module: Device or resource busy /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/opl3.o insmod /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/opl3.ofailed /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/opl3.o insmod midi0 failed In some cases, I will get a /dev/dsp busy message and no test sound at all. I have tried to remove the sb and opl3 modules with modprobe -r sb, without success. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks, David Willey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fw: [newbie]Vmware installation in 7.2
I suggest, those who said no problem and something wrong post out what you do step by step. and compare them, where the problem is will be obvious. downloading the lastest pakage is not the solution, maybe she do it according to your suggestion, but the problem is still there, and the time passed, and you? - Original Message - From: "Pea Arellano Fabian Erasmo" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [newbie]Vmware installation in 7.2 Hi again Marcia, Try http://www.vmware.com/download/ The latest version is VMware Workstation 2.03. It seems that using the Workstation version, one is able to install any operative system from a given list, and there is also the Express version which allows to use Windows 95 or 98 only. Mine is the Workstation version. As Dave wrote in another message, VMware may compile again some modules if the precompiled modules do not work with Linux Mandrake kernel. That happened when I installed the software. I guess that if you did a standar intallation of Linux, all the software for compiling should be there in your computer and there shouldn't be any problem. During installation VMware compiled its modules and several warning messages appeared on the screen, but nothing kept the program from installing completely. Good luck. Greetings from Mexico. Fabian. On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, marcia wrote: Dear Fabian, Thank you for the information. Where do you get that latest version? I looked on their site and did not find it. Thanks again.Sincerely, Marcia
[newbie] kernel panic - swapper
I can boot graphically, but NSB or Failsafe it gets to something about the SWAPPER end then Aieee kernel Panic ... in sync swapper not syncing and the computer totally locks up. Any help out there? Don Don Hinds - photo, motorcycle, misc. http://www.wyzards.com Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: [newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus
Mark, I am using the AT version of this board (P5A-B)with a K62/450 and have not had any problems . Ati Expert98 agp, 256 meg ram Jim On Thursday 01 February 2001 09:15, you wrote: I checked the mandrake site for MB compatibility but couldn't find any information. I was planning on getting an Asus ATX Super7 5/2 [P5A] does anyone anticipate problems. I had a gigabyte board and linux refused to install with the CDROM I got for it. It installed fine when I tried the same CDROM on my dell PC so I just assume the gigabyte board was the problem Does anyone think I'll have problems with this Asus board?
[newbie] Mandrake 7.3
Hello all, Does anyone know when Mandrake 7.3 is due to be released? I cannot find any information on it but going by release trends one is due quite soon. Thanks =) SkYE Zankoku na tenshi no youni.
Re: [newbie] Problem copying text to Netscape email from text editor
Try highlighting in the text editor, then clicking the middle mouse button in Netscape. Works for me. M. On Thursday 01 February 2001 03:22, you wrote: Hi everybody, On quite a few occasions, I have been trying to copy and paste text from one the text editors in Linux. It appears that none of them will copy to Netscape's email. Which is the most compliant? Any ideas? -- Michael O'Henly TENZO Design
Re: [newbie] Problem copying text to Netscape email from text editor
Try highlighting what you want to paste in the text editor, then middle-clicking into Netscape. Works for me. M. On Thursday 01 February 2001 03:22, you wrote: Hi everybody, On quite a few occasions, I have been trying to copy and paste text from one the text editors in Linux. It appears that none of them will copy to Netscape's email. Which is the most compliant? Any ideas? -- Michael O'Henly TENZO Design
[newbie] kdvi in kde2.01 rpms on cooker
Hi, did anybody else notive that kdvi seems to be missing from the kdegraphics-2.0.1-1mdk rpm on cooker? It seem to have nbeen in that rpm for version 2.0. WHere did it go? Andreas PS: LM 7.2 with a few upgrades from mandrake and mandrakecooker. -- Prof. Dr. Andreas J. Guelzow Chair of Science Concordia University College of Alberta [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.math.concordia.ab.ca/aguelzow
Re: [newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus
I'll 2nd that. I'm running 2 linux boxes with the P5A AMD 500Mhz K6/2. Always had smooth installs from LM6.0 to LM7.2. Seve Original Message On 2/1/01, 12:49:41 PM, Riker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus: Mark: Howdy! There shouldn't be a problem with the ASUS P5A. My wife is running this board with Mandrake 7.2 with an AMD chip and it works great! Installed like a dream. This is my experience, though. Riker n Thursday 01 February 2001 08:15 am, you wrote: I checked the mandrake site for MB compatibility but couldn't find any information. I was planning on getting an Asus ATX Super7 5/2 [P5A] does anyone anticipate problems. I had a gigabyte board and linux refused to install with the CDROM I got for it. It installed fine when I tried the same CDROM on my dell PC so I just assume the gigabyte board was the problem Does anyone think I'll have problems with this Asus board?
[newbie] Modem troubles..
I'm having huge problems trying to get my modem to work... lspci -v shows this info 01:0e.0 Communication controller: Conexant PCI Modem Enumerator (rev 08) Subsystem: DIGICOM systems, Inc.: Unknown device 1035 Flags: bus master, fast back2back, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 3 Memory at f4100 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) I/O ports at 3400 Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 when I try to dial up using KPPP, if I use /dev/ttyS0 it says modem ready Initializing modem... then it just hangs there indefinately until I hit cancel. The modem I'm using is a Creative Flash56 Blaster, I've heard someone else got this modem working so any help you guys could give me would be awesome. Oh, I'm running Mandrake 7.2 if that helps. Thanks in advance, Jim
RE: [newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus
I actually have 7.2 running on the dell just fine. That's why I got this other MB so I wouldn't have to keep dual booting. I'm using a sony cdburner -- *shrug* seems to work fine. I was finally able to find a CD rom that would work with the Gigabtye board but then I couldn't get the NIC to work with the board (tried Linksys,Netgear, 3COM with no luck). My friend acidently broke my MB in desperation when he tried his hand and trying to get linux installed. He knocked a few capacitors off - it was so hilarious how the MB just expolded into tiny bits!!! -Original Message- From: Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 3:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus On Thursday 01 February 2001 08:15 am, Mark Johnson wrote: I checked the mandrake site for MB compatibility but couldn't find any information. I was planning on getting an Asus ATX Super7 5/2 [P5A] does anyone anticipate problems. no problem, Asus makes a very good board, so does Gigabyte mostly I had a gigabyte board and linux refused to install with the CDROM I got for it. what cdrom?, some are almost useless, Sony comes to mind It installed fine when I tried the same CDROM on my dell PC so I just assume the gigabyte board was the problem I'd rank anything Dell first. Dell only uses the absolute lowest cost, limited, often substandard, proprietary stuff they can arm-twist thru volume buying hardware. Does anyone think I'll have problems with this Asus board? nope, other than it won't be compatible with a Dell case/power supply. The cure is to get rid of Dell junk as much as possible -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] Problem copying text to Netscape email from text editor
Sorry I lied it works with Konqueror not Netscape (my bad) Ang =( On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 03:41:09PM -0700, Angela Danen wrote: I've used kedit, at your command line type kedit it will pop up and you should be able to copy and paste into Netscape =) Hope this helps, Ang On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 06:22:14AM -0500, Romanator wrote: Hi everybody, On quite a few occasions, I have been trying to copy and paste text from one the text editors in Linux. It appears that none of them will copy to Netscape's email. Which is the most compliant? Any ideas? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Danen Consulting Services: www.danen.net Freezer Burn: www.freezer-burn.org Current Linux uptime: 9 days 15 hours 59 minutes.
Re: [newbie] Problem copying text to Netscape email from text editor
If you are using Ctrl-V to paste, it won't work. You need to use your middle mouse button (if you only have two mouse buttons, then you should be able to use them both simultaneously to simulate the middle button) to paste. This is how X apps that are non-kde and non-gnome generally work. Also, you can't highlight some text, and then try to paste replacement text over the highlighted item. In X, highlighted text is *automatically* placed in the clipboard, so as soon as you highlight new text, it replaces your previous selection. You need to clear out any text you want to replace, then paste your new text in the empty space. Dave At 06:22 AM 02/01/2001 -0500, you wrote: Hi everybody, On quite a few occasions, I have been trying to copy and paste text from one the text editors in Linux. It appears that none of them will copy to Netscape's email. Which is the most compliant? Any ideas? -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Turbo Charged Penguin Email Dave Sherman SoftServ Business Systems, Inc."Quid quid latine dictum sit, [EMAIL PROTECTED] altum viditur." (763) 569-9839
Re: [newbie] XFree 4.0.2 failed dependencies
The Conways wrote: Mandrake Linux 7.2 Celeron 433 Abit BH6 Mobo 64 meg of ram Diamond Speedstar A50 I tried to install the package that Tech Support recommended. Here is the list of files: XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.0.2-4mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-4.0.2-4mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.0.2-4mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-Xnest-4.0.2-4mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-Xvfb-4.0.2-4mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-4.0.2-4mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-devel-4.0.2-4mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-doc-4.0.2-4mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-glide-module-4.0.2-4mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-libs-4.0.2-4mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-server-4.0.2-4mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-static-libs-4.0.2-4mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-xfs-4.0.2-4mdk.i586.rpm Before installing I tried rpm -Uvh --test *.rpm. I received an error: failed dependencies. libfreetype.so.6 needed by XFree86-4.0.2-mdk, glibc-devel XFree 86 needed by XFree86-4.0.2-mdk, libfree type.so.6 needed by XFree 86-libs-4.0.2-4mdk Where do I find these files??? Go to the mandrake mirror site and download the rpms or check out http://rpmfind Run a search for the lib rpms and all of the glibc and glibc-devel rpms. Download and copy them to the same folder. Log out to console as root. Repeat the same steps. If you get no feedback about dependencies, remove --test. Type in: rpm --Uvh *.rpm -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Turbo Charged Penguin Email
Re: [newbie] Problem copying text to Netscape email from text editor
Angela Danen wrote: I've used kedit, at your command line type kedit it will pop up and you should be able to copy and paste into Netscape =) Hope this helps, Ang On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 06:22:14AM -0500, Romanator wrote: Hi everybody, On quite a few occasions, I have been trying to copy and paste text from one the text editors in Linux. It appears that none of them will copy to Netscape's email. Which is the most compliant? Any ideas? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Danen Consulting Services: www.danen.net Freezer Burn: www.freezer-burn.org Current Linux uptime: 9 days 15 hours 43 minutes. I found it! I need to click on the middle button(in my case the middle wheel). Thanks for the feedback. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Turbo Charged Penguin Email
RE: [newbie] Modem troubles..
I had the same trouble, but with a Win(ugh!)modem that someone had written drivers for. I first ran the init strings from the terminal, but when it connected, I got a lot of useless characters that kept me from inputting username/password. I found that it was hanging up trying to set non-standard speaker volume commands. I deleted these from the modem commands page in the KPPP setup, and it connected rather quickly. hope this helps
Re: [newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus
Mark Johnson wrote: I actually have 7.2 running on the dell just fine. That's why I got this other MB so I wouldn't have to keep dual booting. I'm using a sony cdburner -- *shrug* seems to work fine. I was finally able to find a CD rom that would work with the Gigabtye board but then I couldn't get the NIC to work with the board (tried Linksys,Netgear, 3COM with no luck). My friend acidently broke my MB in desperation when he tried his hand and trying to get linux installed. He knocked a few capacitors off - it was so hilarious how the MB just expolded into tiny bits!!! -Original Message- From: Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 3:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus On Thursday 01 February 2001 08:15 am, Mark Johnson wrote: I checked the mandrake site for MB compatibility but couldn't find any information. I was planning on getting an Asus ATX Super7 5/2 [P5A] does anyone anticipate problems. no problem, Asus makes a very good board, so does Gigabyte mostly I had a gigabyte board and linux refused to install with the CDROM I got for it. what cdrom?, some are almost useless, Sony comes to mind It installed fine when I tried the same CDROM on my dell PC so I just assume the gigabyte board was the problem I'd rank anything Dell first. Dell only uses the absolute lowest cost, limited, often substandard, proprietary stuff they can arm-twist thru volume buying hardware. Does anyone think I'll have problems with this Asus board? nope, other than it won't be compatible with a Dell case/power supply. The cure is to get rid of Dell junk as much as possible -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay I own two Dell computers and have never had a problem. I think "junk" is a little extreme. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Turbo Charged Penguin Email
Re: [newbie] Problem copying text to Netscape email from texteditor
Dave Sherman wrote: If you are using Ctrl-V to paste, it won't work. You need to use your middle mouse button (if you only have two mouse buttons, then you should be able to use them both simultaneously to simulate the middle button) to paste. This is how X apps that are non-kde and non-gnome generally work. Also, you can't highlight some text, and then try to paste replacement text over the highlighted item. In X, highlighted text is *automatically* placed in the clipboard, so as soon as you highlight new text, it replaces your previous selection. You need to clear out any text you want to replace, then paste your new text in the empty space. Dave At 06:22 AM 02/01/2001 -0500, you wrote: Hi everybody, On quite a few occasions, I have been trying to copy and paste text from one the text editors in Linux. It appears that none of them will copy to Netscape's email. Which is the most compliant? Any ideas? -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Turbo Charged Penguin Email Dave Sherman SoftServ Business Systems, Inc."Quid quid latine dictum sit, [EMAIL PROTECTED] altum viditur." (763) 569-9839 I tried it and works great! Thanks guys. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Turbo Charged Penguin Email
Re: [newbie] gnapster
Yeah, that's the same problem I had when I tried to install from the rpm. So, here's what you do with that source RPM. It's quite easy... First log in as Superuser and go to the directory with your source RPM. Then type in the following commands: rpm -i gnapster-1.4.2-1mdk.src.rpm Now we'll make and compile the new gnapster binary RPM: rpm -bb /usr/src/RPM/SPECS/gnapster.spec Let's find where it put the new binary RPM: find /usr/src/RPM/RPMS -name gnapster*.rpm Last step, installing the RPM: rpm -U /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/iX86/gnapster-1.4.2-1mdk.iX86.rpm That should be it! Seve Original Message On 2/1/01, 7:35:48 AM, marcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] gnapster: Dear Seve and Sridahr, Thank you for the ftp sites. I did get the gnapster rpm and install but I get an error message that says: gnapster: error in loading shared libraries: gnapster: undefined symbol: stat. Does anyone know what this means? I could download the source rpm except I have not done that kind of thing before. Is that difficult? Does it require compiling? I have never done that sort of thing yet. Any suggestions or help will be appreciated. Thanks again. Marcia
Re: [newbie] Setuid
Hi again, I managed to fix this point, it was very easy! I setuid for root and changed the rights on the /dev/ttS1 - /dev/modem and that's it Thanks anyhow Otto Hi, I want to run gnome-ppp as user, but I get an error log saying that I must be root since pppd is not setuid-root pppd is set -rwxr-xr-x, root root my uid is 501 How should I set the rights and whar should I change? Thanks Otto
[newbie] need help loading debugger
ok, this is the first time i've ever posted a question, and i'm not very knowlegdeable with linux at all, so forgive me if i ask questions with painfully obvious answers. first off i guess i should say that i am using linux mandrake 7.2 complete. i am trying to learn c programming, so i need the gcc compliler, the make utility, and a debugger. the book i am reading "teach yourself c for linux programming in 21 days", reccomends that i use the ddd debugger. i typed in gcc -v, and make -v in the console to make sure i had the compiler and make utility installed, which i did, but i can't find anything on the debugger. i don't know if i have one installed or what. there is a cd that came with my book that has all the stuff for the compiler, and make utility and ddd debugger. i was wondering how to install the debugger off of the cd if anybody could help me with that. i don't really know how to use the redhat package manager. and secondly, that leaves me with the question , is my cd rom mounted? i'm not really sure how to tell if it is or not, and if it isn't, i don't know how to mount it. i have linux set up ontop of windows 98 with lnx4win. if i put a cd in the cd rom in windows, and than boot into linux, linux will read the cd that is in. but if i put a cd in, while already in linux, i get errors, and it won't read the cd. if anybody could help me out, i would so greatly appreciate it. i'm sorry this is so long, i don't know if you are supposed to keep these messages short or not. thank you very much, mike _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?
gee... I have added *.wav files to audio CDs I was burning for my daughter and here friends and they were able to catch the jokes the wave files contained. (nothing like a loud "buurrp" after track three, I always say.) - Original Message - From: "Dave Sherman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 11:31 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav? Why would you want to convert them to .wav? The music on a normal CD is in raw digital format, not .wav, so it's not like your CD player will be able to read it anyway... Dave At 01:02 AM 02/01/2001 +, you wrote: You can use XMMS. Go to Preferences; output Plugins; Select "Diskwriter Plugin"; configure it for a location to put your created wav files. Seve Original Message On 1/31/01, 4:43:44 PM, Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] MP3 to .wav?: How do I change MP3 files to .wav format so I can burn them to cd? What programs and front ends are there for this process? -- Registered Linux User #181996 Dave Sherman SoftServ Business Systems, Inc."Quid quid latine dictum sit, [EMAIL PROTECTED] altum viditur." (763) 569-9839
Re: [newbie] Linuxworld Expo NYC
I wish I could go...Say! any chance of one or all of you getting some pictures and then posting them? I would love to see what it all looks like. I can't get away because of work and school. :( -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Christopher Molnar wrote: Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 07:07:55 -0500 From: Christopher Molnar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], A V Flinsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linuxworld Expo NYC On Sunday 28 January 2001 17:23, A V Flinsch wrote: Anyone from the list going? Interested in getting together for coffee/beer/lunch whatever? Look for me at the Mandrake Booth. -Chris
Re: [newbie] CompuPic and Mozilla
Riker, Launch Mozilla from a terminal window and post the output to the list so's we can get a gander at it. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Riker wrote: Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 16:39:10 -0600 From: Riker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] CompuPic and Mozilla Friends: Having a little trouble with CompuPic and Mozila. Same problem with both. They have been running fine for quite a while, since november, and now all of the sudden they have stopped working. By that I mean when I open CompuPic, I get the splash screen for about a second and then it disappears and nothing happens after that. Never does it show up. Mozilla is a little different. It will actually load a page and then just disappears. I'm not really sure what's going on and have tried to re-install them several times to no avail. Is this a problem that people have seen before? Sorta' lost on what I should try next. :) INFO: Athlon 600 196 meg ram 15 gig Maxtor HD ATI - All In Wonder Pro This distro is the Wal-Mart version that was released in November with the upgrade 1 CD. Thanks, Riker
Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?
No, no, no!!! Your CD players does NOT play .wav!! Your burning software knows to convert .wav to the proper format! You need to convert your .mp3 to a .wav so that the burning software can burn the audio CD. If you tell your burning software that you are burning a data disc, then you will get a CD with .wav files. It will be as any other data file and it will NOT play in your car stereo (or it will play as static). If you tell the burning software you are burning an AUDIO disc, the .wavs will be converted and you will burn TRACKS that WILL play in your car stereo. Looking at this CD will reveal that you do NOT have .wavs on this AUDIO CD. --- Anthony [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: CD players do read .wav music. Don't ask me the technicality's of it, but I have made many CD's by burning .wav files onto a CDR and they play just fine in my computer's CD-Rom drive and my parents stereo. Why would you want to convert them to .wav? The music on a normal CD is in raw digital format, not .wav, so it's not like your CD player will be able to read it anyway... Dave At 01:02 AM 02/01/2001 +, you wrote: You can use XMMS. Go to Preferences; output Plugins; Select "Diskwriter Plugin"; configure it for a location to put your created wav files. Seve Original Message On 1/31/01, 4:43:44 PM, Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] MP3 to .wav?: How do I change MP3 files to .wav format so I can burn them to cd? What programs and front ends are there for this process? -- Registered Linux User #181996 Dave Sherman SoftServ Business Systems, Inc."Quid quid latine dictum sit, [EMAIL PROTECTED] altum viditur." (763) 569-9839 -- Anthony http://binaryfusion.net Press any key to continue, or any other key to quit. __ Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] How do i configure my xfree86
Rob, have you used XFdrake yet to setup your display? That is an awesome tool. In console mode type "setuptool" as root user and you have a whole menu of tools with which to do basic config of your Linux system. Xfdrake is just one of the items on the menu. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Robin Regennitter wrote: Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 10:12:59 -0800 From: Robin Regennitter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] How do i configure my xfree86 yeah, I've tried XF86config. I've looked into the mobo and jumpers there are only for resetting bios nothing about a jumper disabling i810. One question I have is BusID. I looked under the documentation and it says something about BusID. It is not very clear on how they setup "BusID "PCI:0:0:0" I thought well the card is in PCI slot #4. so I had it like this -- "BusID "PCI:4:0:0"" still it can't find device. Maybe I should download the latest DrakXtools and install that. maybe they fixed a bug on the XFdrake on 7.2. Rob - Original Message - From: "Allen Joseph M Hernandez" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 12:21 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] How do i configure my xfree86 Type XF86config at the command line and dabble with it as root. [oldie, but still a newbie] *8-) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering how i could configure my xfree86. If you have the knowledge= please tell me the whole command for doing this (i am a newbie:one day).= =20 i want to do this because i get this error when i type startx: (EE) No devices detected=20 datal server error=20 no screens found=20 X connection to :0.0 broken=20 (explicit kill or server shutdown) i was wondering could this be that its not detecting my voodoo card and is = trying to use my disable i810 c __ www.edsamail.com
Re: [newbie] What other linux os's are there?
aside from Mandrake there are "no" other distros worthy of your attention and admiration. However, there are of course ones that long to be what Mandrake is and is becoming. SuSE, RedHat, Slackware, Caldera, VaLinux, OpenLinux...these are the ones that I can think of right off the top of my head at the moment. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, jas wrote: Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 07:34:22 -0800 From: jas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] What other linux os's are there? lnx4win is a bitch and no one knows how to fix my problem damn mandrake.com's technical support takes for every to answer email. So is suse, red hat , turbo linux go for coexing with windows 98?
Re: [newbie] Abiword spelling check
Download the latest version from www.abisource.com it has a spellchecker. John "Mike Cochrane (MC)" wrote: How do I get a spelling check function in Abiword? Abiword with Mandrake 7.2, standard installation, did not give me an integrated spelling checker. Thanks! Mike
Re: [newbie] Mozilla question
Hey s...you got a firewall up and running cause Mozilla doesn't come with the KDE upgrades? -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, s wrote: Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 16:52:21 + From: s [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mozilla question Heeyyy, I just noticed Mozilla is on my computer. I never installed it myself. But there is it, a new addition to my pan's enabled actions. I couldn't resist the urge to use it when highlighting a link and it looks pretty cool. My question is: do you suppose it came with the new kde2.1beta2? It's vs. 0.5, so what the heck, I guess I'll download the newer version. -s
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.3
Skye, that's just a vicious rumor dripping with conjecture and wishful thinking. :) -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Skye Louey wrote: Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 15:52:05 +0800 From: Skye Louey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.3 Hello all, Does anyone know when Mandrake 7.3 is due to be released? I cannot find any information on it but going by release trends one is due quite soon. Thanks =) SkYE ? ?? ? "Zankoku na tenshi no youni."
Re: [newbie] Notice: heimdall firewall* pm Firewall
Anthony, Check the permissions on /etc/ppp/ip-up.local. The permissions should be at least 700. Next, check to make sure that pmfirewall is selected in startup services to start when the system is booted. These are two things that will keep PMfirewall from operating. You may also want to test and make sure that it is indeed installed correctly by issuing this command as root user in a terminal window. /usr/local/pmfirewall/./pmfirewall restart If you do indeed have PMfirewall installed correctly then upon issuing the restart command you should see some output very much like this. Shutting down PMFirewall: Done! Starting PMFirewall:Done! External: ppp0 216.37.160.90/255.255.255.255 Check things out and let is know what you come up with. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Anthony wrote: Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 05:53:57 -0500 From: Anthony [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Notice: heimdall firewall* pm Firewall This is a firewall that came with linux-Mandrake 7.2 distro, everything was working fine untill I decided to give myself an online scan.(http://www.sdesign.com/cgi-bin/fwtest.cgi?APPLY=Scan+Me+Now) To my dismay almost all of my ports were vunerable. The darn thing was just working great days ago! I decided to run in console (ipchains -L) They were no rules and nothing was working. I went back to linux-confi and saw nothing, but I when I was exiting linux-config complain about firewal not in sync with the current system, it ask me to fix it I agree. It then complian about not able to find /usr/lib/linuxconf/lib/firewal. I looked in the directory and I saw /usr/lib/linuxconf/lib/firewalled . I renamed firewalled to firewal and it worked.Now!, My question is what cause this to happen? I am not sure but I updated my linux config and maybe that was the problem. Any other person experience this problem, and why pm-firewall is not working in my system? I did installed it correctly and I answered all question to the best of my abilities correctly.
Re: [newbie] How do i get rid of grub?
Aaah heavens...thats easy. But before you do it make sure you have a boot disk before you get rid of the bootloader. (grub) then load your DOS boot disk into the floppy drive, boot to an A:\ prompt, and issue this command. fdisk /mbr Now, boot linux to runlevel 3, by typing this at the LILO prompt. linux 3 Log in as root user and run setuptool. Type "setuptool" on the command line. Choose drakeboot from the menu and that will allow you to configure LILO as your bootloader. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, jas wrote: Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:05:30 -0800 From: jas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] How do i get rid of grub? When i uninstall lnx4win and i restart/shutdown whatever the scenario is i get this grub prompt. I was wondering how do i get rid of this prompt? Thanks for you help.
Re: [newbie] Linuxworld Expo NYC
Yeah. That would be great!! Roman Mark Weaver wrote: I wish I could go...Say! any chance of one or all of you getting some pictures and then posting them? I would love to see what it all looks like. I can't get away because of work and school. :( -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Christopher Molnar wrote: Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 07:07:55 -0500 From: Christopher Molnar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], A V Flinsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linuxworld Expo NYC On Sunday 28 January 2001 17:23, A V Flinsch wrote: Anyone from the list going? Interested in getting together for coffee/beer/lunch whatever? Look for me at the Mandrake Booth. -Chris
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 on IBM A20p
Here I am, replying to my own message! I just got my modem working this evening (about 15 minutes ago), with the free (as in beer) binary-only driver supplied by Lucent Technologies, which I downloaded from linmodems.org. Dave On Thursday 01 February 2001 17:50, you wrote: Well, I'm not running an A20, but I am running an IBM ThinkPad i1400, and Mandrake 7.2 performs better on it than any of several distros I have tried. It detected all of my hardware during the install, warning me that I had a Lucent Technologies 'winmodem' and suggested I go to linmodems.org for more information (LT winmodems are not supported, but there are beta-quality drivers available at linmodems.org). It also found my PCMCIA network card and got it working immediately. The only thing I had trouble with was the monitor. It detected my video card ok (NeoMagic 256AV), but the monitor itself I had to choose from a BIG list. Hint: if you don't know your monitor type, try the various IBM monitors listed until you find one that works. I initially tried the generic 1024x768 SVGA monitor, but the performance was *terrible*. I changed to an IBM monitor (don't remember which one, off-hand), and I noticed an immediate improvement. Good luck, Dave At 08:53 AM 02/01/2001 -0800, you wrote: Hello all! I'm new to the linux world and new to this mailing list too. I wish to install mandrake 7.2 on my IBM A20p laptop. anyone has the same machine as mine and installed 7.2 ?? i wish to know any problems tt u hav encountered and any advice u may wanna give pertaining to optimizing mandrake 7.2 for A20p. thank you very much!! mikael __ Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ Dave Sherman SoftServ Business Systems, Inc."Quid quid latine dictum sit, [EMAIL PROTECTED] altum viditur." (763) 569-9839 -- Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
Re: [newbie] Mozilla question
Well yes, pmfirewall, but I don't see the connection. ?? -s On Friday 02 February 2001 12:48 am, you wrote: Hey s...you got a firewall up and running cause Mozilla doesn't come with the KDE upgrades?
[newbie] mandrake with GF2mx
hi, sorry if this had been discused before could mandrake 7.2 detect geforce2 mx during installation? or i have to wait the next release before purchasing that card? thanks in advance -- Ribbo "Destruction and turmoil are my companions." -- Doom , Quake 3 Arena
Re: [newbie] missing swap file
The Conways wrote: When I use the KDE control center and look at some of the memory properties, it shows 0 swap memory available. Before I installed Mandrake 7.2, I used a 3rd party disk partitioning utility. I created a swap partition, so I know it is there. Why would it not be recognized? Is it possible to choose the partition that LM 7.2 uses for the swap file? Or is the memory really there and the mistake is being made by KDE? Maybe this problem is related to my video problems! You can check two places fairly quickly. You can do su then cd /etc then cat fstab. Your Swap partition should be listed there. To see how much and whether it is being used, go to Applications-Monitoring-System Information. If you click on Detailed Information then Memory Information, you should see your swap size and the usage. Barry :-)
Re: [newbie] Emergency? Solved
On Thursday 01 February 2001 12:44 am, regarding [newbie] Emergency?, you
said:
If anyone can tell, the ip from which this comes is different than
usual.
Hence my apparent emergency.
I tried to turn on my main computer , running Mandrake 7.2 with KDE 2.1
Beta2,
earlier tonight...well, alright, several times over the past few hours.
Now I can't get by "Verifying DMI pool data".
The next line begins an unending full screen matrix of {01 01}.
The clock ( I *can* enter setup of BIOS) now reads 01/01 for a date, and
as of an hour or so ago apparently reset to this date.
I initially feared hardware...if it is and someone has seen something
like it please let me know.
Else does anyone have any ideas as to how to get to my hard drives on
the "broken" box?.
Thank you in advance!
--
-michael-
Thanks to my emergency boot disk!
--
-michael-
Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?
On Thursday 01 February 2001 08:47 pm, Dave Sherman loudly grumbled: Hmm. Well, I guess I stand corrected. Thanks for the info. Dave On Thursday 01 February 2001 16:22, you wrote: CD players do read .wav music. Don't ask me the technicality's of it, but I have made many CD's by burning .wav files onto a CDR and they play just fine in my computer's CD-Rom drive and my parents stereo. Why would you want to convert them to .wav? The music on a normal CD is in raw digital format, not .wav, so it's not like your CD player will be able to read it anyway... Dave Ok, who cares what format it has to be in, how do I do it? How do I convert mp3 files to burn to CD so they will play in a normal non-mp3 compatable cd player? -- Registered Linux User #181996
Re: [newbie] Can't Surf???
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have small problem and can't seem to figure it out.I recently purchased a non-winmodem. External US Robotics modem. I can hook up to the net via my isp. The computer dials logs in and everything seem to be great. However, when I attempt to use the web browser I cannot access any site. I am using the netscape browser that came w/ linux mandrake 7.1. The browser appears to be searching for the site but never leaves the "startup" screen for the browser.Any ideas?? = Sounds like a resolver problem. Try editing: /etc/resolv.conf add the lines: search your isp nameserver dns# nameserver dns# Your isp should provide you with two dns#'s This will likely solve the problem. HTH, Mike -- "Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting, killing, and dreadful idolatry took place there." --Baltasar Rusow, Estonia, 16th century __ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
Re: [newbie] Linuxworld Expo NYC
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah. That would be great!! Roman Mark Weaver wrote: I wish I could go...Say! any chance of one or all of you getting some pictures and then posting them? I would love to see what it all looks like. I can't get away because of work and school. :( -- Mark == I went on Wednesday guys, but forgot the digital camera :-( I'll give my impressions in comparison to last year's event. This one was much more polished, professional if you will, by comparison. It was also, IMO much more geared toward business and corporate users. Also, last year I think about 2-3% of attendees were women. this year I'd guesstimate about 10% were women. IBM, Mandrake, VA Linux, had HUGE presence. Infact, VA actually hosted an open bar during the exhibition hours (Bless them ;o) ). IBM hosted an absolutely outrageous party after hours (6-10 pm) with tons of food, top shelf liquor and import beers (all free -- I guess they're pushing "free" as in "free beer" 8^) ). Robots wandering around; two men ice sculpting with chainsaws. Great time!! -- "Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting, killing, and dreadful idolatry took place there." --Baltasar Rusow, Estonia, 16th century __ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
Re: [newbie] missing swap file
On Wednesday 31 January 2001 09:01 pm, The Conways wrote: When I use the KDE control center and look at some of the memory properties, it shows 0 swap memory available. what does (run from a terminal) 'free' say ? How much physical ram? ..and how big a swap? FWIW I use 256 hard/ 80 swap, -0- of which is used. Before I installed Mandrake 7.2, I used a 3rd party disk partitioning utility. Prob'ly not a good idea, both Windoze and Linux come with all the partitioning tools needed, and it's much better to use them. 3rd party tools including the often touted 'Partition Magic' are just 'sell 'em to masses kludges', as are IMNSO most all 3rd party tools. I created a swap partition, so I know it is there. Why would it not be recognized? Is it possible to choose the partition that LM 7.2 uses for the swap file? Or is the memory really there and the mistake is being made by KDE? Maybe this problem is related to my video problems! doubt it. -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus
On Thursday 01 February 2001 07:15, you wrote: I checked the mandrake site for MB compatibility but couldn't find any information. I was planning on getting an Asus ATX Super7 5/2 [P5A] does anyone anticipate problems. I had a gigabyte board and linux refused to install with the CDROM I got for it. It installed fine when I tried the same CDROM on my dell PC so I just assume the gigabyte board was the problem Does anyone think I'll have problems with this Asus board? Mark, I've been running a P5A-B with K6-3 400 for over a year with no problems tracable to the board. Caldera eDesktop had some weird stuff with the sound and some other, but SuSE 6.4 7.0, and Mandrake 7.0 and 7.1 all ran without a hitch. I've had two CD RW/RW drives in it, an HP which died and now a Zip650 which installed seamlessly. The ASUS Socket 7 boards seem to have gotten a bit lower on prices since the Socket A's came out. Good Luck, it's as solid and compatable as they come. Bob
RE: [newbie] missing swap file
Tom Brinkman wrote, as he stockpiled ammunition and began shoring his precarious defenses Prob'ly not a good idea, both Windoze and Linux come with all the partitioning tools needed, and it's much better to use them. 3rd party tools including the often touted 'Partition Magic' are just 'sell 'em to masses kludges', as are IMNSO most all 3rd party tools. Are we, the staunch supporters, of the powerful and friendly realm of PM to look upon your actions as a declaration of WAR? So be it! Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
Re: [newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus
On Thursday 01 February 2001 05:47 pm, Romanator wrote: I own two Dell computers and have never had a problem. I think "junk" is a little extreme. They currently have an add on TV for a 933mhz PIII for $999. A lot of built in junk on a Dell motherboard. Yes, the supplier for the board is Intel, but Dell buys in such a large volume that they tell Intel just how to make the board, and more importantly ... what to downgrade, what to leave off, what to make 'Dell only' (proprietary). Hence my NSHO, that Dell sux Motherboards and power supply are the foundation for any system. Cut corners there, make it limited, substandard, and proprietary, suck up to M$ and PC Mag, and you can with a lot of $$'s spent on TV and magazine adds convince the masses that your junk is the 'best'. That said, for the average user, ready mades like Dell, aren't that bad. They make sure that at least their junk will work ... as shipped. Just don't try an' change it. Read some hardware/overclocking sites, get some hands on, initmate even, experience with desktop hardware, and I believe the chances are you'll come to the opinion (which is all I've stated) is that ready mades are junk, proprietary, limited, and substandard. Now there's not much sense in moanin 'bout ready made junk without suggesting an alternative http://www6.tomshardware.com/howto/01q1/010115/index.html I believe they're being real charitable in terming Dell's as "mass products of more or less acceptable quality" YMMV -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?
On Wednesday 31 January 2001 03:43 pm, regarding [newbie] MP3 to .wav?, you said: How do I change MP3 files to .wav format so I can burn them to cd? What programs and front ends are there for this process? I could not believe how, when I installed the latest version of gtoaster, the default for burning audio cd's was making .wav files out of mp3 files. I haven't stopped burning yet! I love linux! -- -michael-
[newbie] Emergency...solved
Somehow my bios values were changed...I reset them and its ok again. -- -michael-
[newbie] SWAT
I had to share this one Have you discovered http://localhost:901 ? If you want to share Linux resources with a Windows machine. Login as root and enter your root password -- -michael-
Re: [newbie] need help loading debugger
On Thursday 01 February 2001 06:19 pm, mike smalheiser wrote: ok, this is the first time i've ever posted a question, and i'm not very knowlegdeable with linux at all, so forgive me if i ask questions with painfully obvious answers. first off i guess i should say that i am using linux mandrake 7.2 complete. i am trying to learn c programming, so i need the gcc compliler, the make utility, and a debugger. I've never seen the 'complete' version, but I suspect you'll need some additional packages (rpms). Check here to see what's needed http://mandrakeuser.org/basics/bsource.html -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] Scroll wheel not working with Netscape
Hi all, sorry I'm a bit behind on e-mail... I'm having the exact problem as Andrew. My Intellimouse wheel doesn't work in Netscape 4.75 but does in Konqueror and other apps. If I take Sridhar's suggestion of running "imwheel -k" and then go back to Netscape, the mouse wheel works! Go back to Konqueror, it still works! Switch back to Netscape -- it doesn't work again!!! Also, I've noticed that if I run DrakConf: Mouse choice, it always shows PS/2: Standard. So, I change it to PS/2: Microsoft IntelliMouse. Click OK and quit DrakConf, then restart it again. Check my Mouse choice again, and it's set back to "Standard." I'm just curious -- are these two issues possibly related? - jim On 1/14/01 8:38 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan spoke the words: On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:14, Andrew Iovannisci wrote: 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? Yes, it is. 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. Your /etc/X11/XF86config looks fine. What version of XFree86 do you have? If it is 3.x than you need to install the imwheel package and then run "imwheel -k" whenever you start X (I think newer versions of imwheel start automatically with X). If you have version 4.x then you don't need imwheel. To have wheel scrolling work in Netscape click in the frame you want to scroll (if the page has multiple frames) and then use the wheel. Make sure that Num Lock is off. Any input would be appreciated. Andy -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
RE: [newbie] Is it so much to ask---
Eh, packAGE The output is being truncated... -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of s Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 2:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Is it so much to ask--- thanks. I was trying to install lp apps, and it asks for something called: age Well a search of cds and rpmfind don't yield anything related. Do you have an idea what this age is? -s On Wednesday 31 January 2001 11:48 am, you wrote: s, I'm using a Canon BJC 6000 and the filter that works for this one is "Canon BJC 600 and Canon BJC 4000" The res is set at 360x360, the color settings are set to black and white. Mostly for speed reasons, however color does work for this filter.
