Re: [newbie-it] CD-Rom e Floppy...
Il 11:41, mercoledì 14 febbraio 2001, scrivesti: Ciao, scusa ma forse ho capito male . Il cd e il floppy vanno montati e smontati per poter essere utilizzati ogni volta ! Puoi agginugerne le icone sul desktop per facilitarti montaggio e smontaggio. Se ho capito male il tuo problema scusami e pero' non ho bnessuna idea di cosa possa essre . Maurilio Li monto regolarmente... solo che una volta montati vanno per due secondie poi si impiantano Ciao
[newbie-it] accesso a cdrom
Dopo varie peripezie sono riuscito a far "vedere" anche il cdrom a xcdroast (se a qualcuno interessa sono andato in /boot/grub/menu.lst e sotto la voce "title linux" ho variato la stringa: "kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 hdd=ide-scsi" in: "kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide- scsi").Dopodichè xcdroast mi ha riconosciuto anche il lettore cdrom.Il mio problema è questo: mentre se accedo al cdrom (magari da kde)tutto va ok,se accedo al masterizzatore mi compare un messaggio di errore che dice che non ho i permessi necessari per accedervi.Le icone su kde fanno riferimento a /mnt/cdrom e /mnt/cdrom2 inoltre in /mnt la cartella "cdrom" si presenta normale mentre quella "cdrom2" appare chiusa da una specie di lucchetto. Se qualcuno sa darmi una dritta lo ringrazio anticipatamente. Chieder è lecito, rispondere è cortesia.
[newbie-it] Problemi di installazione, rilevamento periferiche SCSI
Ciao a tutti. Ho appena comperato una catena SCSI, ma non riesco a installare la Mandrake 7.2 ! In installazione il rilevamento del controller viene effettuato correttamente, poi la luce del masterizzatore inizia a lampeggiare e tutto si blocca. Il mio sistema è così composto: MB Asus P2B Processore Pentium II 450 Adaptec 2940 UW 2 HD IBM 4Gb 1 HD NEC 4Gb Matrox G400 SounBlaster Live! CD-Rom Plextor 32x SCSI Masterizzatore Yamaha 6x SCSI Ho provato a scaricare il dischetto di boot "patchato" per la 2940, ma il problema non è risolto. Il mio sospetto è che essendo la catena completamente configurata in "plug and play" (l'ho comperata usata da un tizio che usava con Winwows2000), il detect hardware di linux si incasini. Grazie
[newbie-it] ..sulla compilazione..
ciao a tutti, come mai dopo aver scompattato i sorgenti del kernel in usr/src, e aver cambiato directory in ./linux il comando make xconfig mi risponde che make sconosciuto? prima non me lo faceva...:) grazie __ Do You Yahoo!? Il tuo indirizzo gratis e per sempre @yahoo.it su http://mail.yahoo.it
Fwd: [newbie-it] Problemi d'installazione
Ciao Ragazzi! Spiego meglio il mio problema! Sono un pinguino da circa 2 mesi ed avevo nel mio pc oltre alla skifezza Windows (o winzozz!) anche Linux Red Hat, poi un giorno un mio amico mi mostra Linux Mandrake e me ne "innamoro", quindi procedo tramite partition magic 6.0 alla semplice formattazione della partizione dedicata a linux (3 GB). Fatto questo, tento di installare Mandrake 7.2 partendo dal floppy oppositamente creato: avvio il cpu, compare la 1 schermata d'installazione, quella che chiede di procedere con enter o in caso di aiuto con F1; provo con enter e parte una barra di scorrimento dopo di che c' una skermata nera con una stella + pinguino e una serie di comandi che scorrono fino all'identificazione di hda (HD da 15 Gb), hdb (HD da 4,3 GB), hdc (cdrom) e hdd (masterizzatore), dopo questo compare un semplice cursore che lampeggia all'infinito!! Qu finisce il tentativo d'installazione! Ho provato con F1 al posto di enter ed ho letto la guida ho provato in tutti i modi indicati; Ho cercato d'installare direttamente dal cdrom dopo aver cambiato nel Bios l'avvio Ho cercato d'installare dal dos eseguendo dei comandi indicati nel cd di linux; Ho provato a staccare le prese USb, come gentilmente mi ha indicato Abedark; IL TUTTO CON GLI STESSI RISULTATI! Tutto questo strano perch con la red hat l'installazione procede regolarmente! Ragazzi AIUTATEMI, Mandrake stupendo e non vedo l'ora di vederlo all'azione sul mio pc!! GRAZIE!!! At 16.33 11/02/2001 +0100, you wrote: Ciao a tutti! Ciao anche a te...:-)...nuovo pinguino non riesco a capire come mai non riesco ad installare linux Mandrake 7.2 (rivista linux C.) Io l'ho installato benissimo e non ha nessun problema...x su un Athlon! Ho provato in vari modi: con il floppy, in dos, direttamente dal cd.ma stesso risultato! Spero tu non abia fatto troppi casini strani...:-) In pratica il pc (128 ram; PII 350 Mhz; Scheda video Intel740 8Mb; Scheda audio creative sound blaster 32 bit) si blocca prima che il programma d'installazione accede al cdrom e precisamente quando riconosce i dischi fissi e lettori cd (hda; hdb; hdc; hdd) facendo comparire un cursore lampeggiante! Ti consiglio di partizionare il tuo hard disk sotto windows, e poi di tentare di installare Linux Mandrake7.2!!! Io avevo acquistato Partition Magic5.0,ho partizionato l'hard disk sotto Win98,poi ho riavviato e aspettato che fossero rese definitice le partizioni sotto Dos,poi riavviato di nuovo il Pc,cambiato nel Bios l'avvio,cio non pi da floppy ma da CD-ROM,ed infine riavviato nuovamente L'installazione della Mandrake7.2 fornita con 2 CD-ROM su LinuxC. una delle pi semplici che io conosca...e poi puoi avere la descrizione dettagliata passo per passo in italiano mentre installi... Ricordati di staccare tutte le prese USB dal tuo PC,se per caso ne hai...se no possono esserci problemi nel riconoscimento delle perifericheil resto sar storia...in bocca al lupo:-) Grazie! Prego... (Io ho un hard disk da 20GB di scorta apposta per testare le installazioni di sistemi GNU/Linux...:-))) ) Abedark Prendi anche tu GRATIS l'email che ti PAGA: http://www.dmail.it/webmail -- SPONSOR: SpyStocks -- Non importa in che modo investi... l'importante e' consultare www.spystocks.com! Ogni giorno dalle 7,30 alle 22 notizie, rumors, commenti e analisi in tempo reale sui mercati azionari italiani e internazionali. E in piu' ci sono le newsletter a prova di spamming e le rubriche dello SpyStocks Team, un valore che non ti costa nulla! Scopri http://www.spystocks.com/ ! -
[newbie-it] Client telnet per linux
Un buon client telnet per collegarsi ad un sistema linux? Ho provato putty (ottimo, solo 240K), ma crea dei garbage nello schermo. Suggerimenti? Alberto
Re: [newbie-it] Problemi d'installazione
Anche io ho tentato di far partire l'installazione da floppy, ma con scarsi risultati. Se hai il cd-rom che non f il boot, la procedura piu' rapida e' questo: Formatta l'hd con una partizione dos. Fai il boot da un dischetto (anche il disco di installazzione di winzozz) che ti permetta di vedere il cdrom. Nel cdrom, nella directory /dosutils/qualcosa (c'e' un readme da qualche parte) lancia il programma di installazione . Questo programam ad un certo punto si interrompe (bug?) ma non ti preoccupare. A questo punto ti viene creata nell'hd una directory Mandrake, vacci dentro e lancia cd-rom.bat Ti parte l'installazione e tutto finisce per il meglio. Sono n linea, comunque per i nomi corretti dei files c'e' un readme o un install nel cd di distribuzione. LEGGILO! Ciao Alberto Ciao Ragazzi! Spiego meglio il mio problema! Sono un pinguino da circa 2 mesi ed avevo nel mio pc oltre alla skifezza Windows (o winzozz!) anche Linux Red Hat, poi un giorno un mio amico mi mostra Linux Mandrake e me ne "innamoro", quindi procedo tramite partition magic 6.0 alla semplice formattazione della partizione dedicata a linux (3 GB). Fatto questo, tento di installare Mandrake 7.2 partendo dal floppy oppositamente creato: avvio il cpu, compare la 1 schermata d'installazione, quella che chiede di procedere con enter o in caso di aiuto con F1; provo con enter e parte una barra di scorrimento dopo di che c' una skermata nera con una stella + pinguino e una serie di comandi che scorrono fino all'identificazione di hda (HD da 15 Gb), hdb (HD da 4,3 GB), hdc (cdrom) e hdd (masterizzatore), dopo questo compare un semplice cursore che lampeggia all'infinito!! Qu finisce il tentativo d'installazione! Ho provato con F1 al posto di enter ed ho letto la guida ho provato in tutti i modi indicati; Ho cercato d'installare direttamente dal cdrom dopo aver cambiato nel Bios l'avvio Ho cercato d'installare dal dos eseguendo dei comandi indicati nel cd di linux; Ho provato a staccare le prese USb, come gentilmente mi ha indicato Abedark; IL TUTTO CON GLI STESSI RISULTATI! Tutto questo strano perch con la red hat l'installazione procede regolarmente! Ragazzi AIUTATEMI, Mandrake stupendo e non vedo l'ora di vederlo all'azione sul mio pc!!
[newbie] Swap Partition missing
When I installed Mandrake 7.2 I neglected to set up a Swap Partition believe it or not. How it happened, like J. Buffetts tattoo, I haven't a clue. Can I fix this any way? I was thinking of using Partition Magic to create and format one and hope to have Mandrake recognize it? Maybe by editing fstab or something like that. Is there another way short of reinstalling? Thank you.
[newbie] i would like feedback on a system configuration ...
Greetings. I would like some feedback on a power user workstation I am
considering to purchase. I am particular interested in whether the
system will work with Linux almost out of box (ie I am interested in a
smooth installation). I am considering either Mandrake 7.2, Redhat 7.0,
or SuSE 7.0. In the near future, it will also be running VMware
workstation for Linux :
{
AMD 1.1 GHz CPU
MSI K7T Pro 2A Motherboard with onboard AC97 sound
256MB SDRAM PC133
Quantum Atlantis AS 30GB E-IDE HDD ATA 100MB/sec (7200 rpm) 2MB
buffer
or
IBM Desktar 30GB IDE HDD ATA/100 (7200 rpm) 2MB buffer
32MB Riva TNT2 AGP Graphics Card
Panasonic 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
Pioneer 16X DVD-ROM Drive
Sony Internal SCSI CD-RW (12x8x32)
Tekram DC315U PCI SCSI Controller Card
ATX Medium Tower Case with 300w Power Supply
Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Genius PS/2 Scroll Mouse
and probably a Philips 17 inch Monitor (107E) or a Samsung 17 inch
Monitor
}
I imagine the main problems will be the onboard AC97 sound and the hard
drive with ATA/100. i have noticed some discussion regarding hard
drives with ATA/100, and I am under the impression that the latest
stable kernel does not support hard drives with ATA/100. Is this
correct? If so, what exactly do I have to do to make the kernel work
with ATA/100 without waiting for 2.4 kernel to come as part of a
distribution.
Regarding the onboard sound, how much hacking will I need to do to get
it work, or should I just get the Creative Vibra PCI128 Sound Card?
I apologize if this has been extensively discussed before. Due to time
constraint, I don't always follow every topic in the discussion group.
Thanks All.
Aston
Sydney, Australia
Re: [newbie] Configuring LILO
Changed setting called default to windows, also checked to make sure that was the label for windows and it is. Still boots into Linux. Could there be something else that I'm missing? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Adam In a message dated 2/13/2001 1:06:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Towards the top of lilo.conf there is a setting called default. Just change it to whatever your window's label is. -s On Monday 12 February 2001 21:05, you wrote: I have just installed Mandrake 7.2 with no problems. However, when my machine boots up, LILO will timeout and then load Linux. I would prefer Windows to be my default for my family. What do I change in the lilo.conf file to do this? Thanks, Adam
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Update fails
On Tuesday 13 February 2001 10:52 pm, Dave Horsfall wrote: Mandrake 7.2 on a nondescript P133, 32Mb memory. I did a "developer" install (which doesn't install everything, as I later found) and tried to get the live updates with the GUI. It picks a site at random, and I select "Update All", and over the next day or so it happily updates most things. There were some warnings about conflicts, so I played it safe and skipped them (I guess Update processes in alphabetical order, instead of making a dependency tree). However, at the end there were still many modules which cannot be updated at all, even when I select them exclusively, for example apache, kde, glibc, etc. The error is "Error accessing remote file" (or similar; I didn't write it down). Don't update things you don't use (Apache?), uninstall them. The newest glibc for 7.2 is on cooker mirrors in the /unsupported dir, same for KDE2, Xfree86, egcs, and some others. There's been so many updates to 7.2, it's better to only do 2,3,or 4 at a time rather than 'select all'. It's advised to install the 'MandrakeUpdate' update first. Also with the larger files (mb's) it's better to d/l them and install manually. Between these partial update installs it's a good idea to regularly run 'rpm --rebuilddb' -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] commands
On Wednesday 14 February 2001 08:37 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: keith dalpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: totally new in the old world i came from dos/widoze you would type cd/dir to change directories could some one please show me a type of directory change command i would be greatful Check out http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/commands/index.html for basic command structure. -Dale From a command shell, run this command whatis `ls /sbin` commands.txt (note that those are BACKTICK marks) Do the same thing for /usr/sbin, /bin, /usr/local/bin, /usrX11R6/bin, etc. This will output one-line descriptions of well over 2500 commands. Eventually, type "less commands.txt" to read the file. Then use either 'man' or 'info' to learn more about each commands capability. -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] crashing x
shygrrl wrote: what version of X =) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of misha .com Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 9:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] crashing x x crashes , leaving no details 100 % of the time with no discernable pattern . i have installed mandrake 7.1 and 7.2 with similar results . there are NO irq issues , usb is disabled . i have used every video card i own : 3dfx vodo 3 3000 agp ati rage pro pci s3 virge dx pci 3d labs permedia 2v pci trident 9440 sis 6326 agp the issue is worse when i use a 3 button ( optical or ball , with or without a wheel ) mouse . i have used the 7.2 upgrade cd and upgraded the system with drakconf . the rest : abit ka7 motherboard linksys nic creative live value sound card generic cd rom maxtor drive the system is stable for about 3 seconds to about 24 hours . this is getting a little old . heard of this before ? any help with this ? -mishaco Sign up for your free web based email today! http://www.n2mail.com I'm going to take a stab in the dark here--just because this happened to me with a Windows machine once. My machine would spontaneously reboot, for no discernible reason and with no apparent pattern. Re-installing the operating system didn't fix it. It turned out that I had a bad network card. Now why that card would work perfectly well most of the time and once in a while reboot the machine, I have no idea, but when I changed it out the problem stopped completely. So, I think you have a problem with machine hardware. Not necessarily your nic, maybe your processor fan? Are you sure your fan is running at full rpm? Possible heat issue here. I'm an overclocker, and I've seen exactly that symptom with a chip that wouldn't run at the o.c.'d setting. Could be a bad motherboard, too, but that's a worst case scenario.
Re: [newbie] Failed to activate ppp0 with error 2
* Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] [14 Feb 01 00:19]: did you recently compile a new kernel?? Actually, no. I did something even more reckless for a Linux Newbie- I tried to configure postfix (ohhh, nooo!) One of my doomed attempts included a visit to Linuxconf to try and find a hostname that postfix would not choke on. As part of that, I needed a device name, so I picked ppp0. Then the error message started appearing in my boot sequence, so I went back into linuxconf, but the entry I had made was no longer visible. Postfix still hides 1/3 of my outgoing messages, (the message you answered was the fourth attempt, this time via StarOffice) but if I can get the samll stuff fixed first, then I'll worry about cranky behemoths like postfix. Thanks for your efforts! Kipling+
Re: [newbie] i would like feedback on a system configuration ...
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 21:37, Aston wrote:
Greetings. I would like some feedback on a power user workstation I
am considering to purchase. I am particular interested in whether
the system will work with Linux almost out of box (ie I am
interested in a smooth installation). I am considering either
Mandrake 7.2, Redhat 7.0, or SuSE 7.0. In the near future, it will
also be running VMware workstation for Linux :
Go with Mandrake 7.2. It has great hardware support out of the box and
it is very easy to configure and use.
{
AMD 1.1 GHz CPU
MSI K7T Pro 2A Motherboard with onboard AC97 sound
I personally am a real fan of the Abit KT7 (about $A280). Don't worry
about putting a UATA-100 hard drive on a UATA-66 motherboard, since
the bandwidth above 66MB/s is almost never used (only for the
occasional burst read). If you have a bit more money, go for the Abit
KT7 RAID (which does have UATA-100 support). Integrated solutions are
usually not a good idea, especially for Linux. For sound, get a Sound
Blaster Live! Value (which is great value for the sound quality you
get with it). If sound is not important then maybe a Sound Blaster
Vibra PCI128 is for you.
256MB SDRAM PC133
If you use both Linux and Windows (via VMware) heavily (e.g. run
memory-hungry apps) at the same time, you should probably get more RAM
than this. One of the best (and cheapest) ways to keep a machine fast
is to eliminate its need for swap (although you should always have
swap in place, just in case). I use VMware Workstation on my Linux box
with 256MB of RAM and my machine slows down after a little while since
both running OSs start using their swaps.
Quantum Atlantis AS 30GB E-IDE HDD ATA 100MB/sec (7200 rpm)
2MB buffer
or
IBM Desktar 30GB IDE HDD ATA/100 (7200 rpm) 2MB buffer
While both drives are good, the IBM is a bit better. Why not get a
bigger drive? My friend just bought a new computer a week ago with a
46GB IBM Deskstar. I can't remember the exact price, but it didn't
cost much more than the 30GB version. He got his computer from Forte
Computers (http://www.fortecomputers.com.au/ - They're in Sydney).
32MB Riva TNT2 AGP Graphics Card
Why get a TNT2 when you can get a GeForce 2 MX for about $A200? Even
if you don't play games you will benefit from the extra speed of the
card. If you do play games then a GeForce 2 GTS doesn't really cost
that much more.
Panasonic 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
Pioneer 16X DVD-ROM Drive
Very good DVD drive :-)
Sony Internal SCSI CD-RW (12x8x32)
Very nice.
Tekram DC315U PCI SCSI Controller Card
Great.
ATX Medium Tower Case with 300w Power Supply
Make sure the case is good for ventilation and upgrading (good layout,
lots of space inside, etc.). You may want a good CPU cooler, like the
Chrome Orb (about $A50, which is $20-$30 more than a standard
fan/heatsink combo).
Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Genius PS/2 Scroll Mouse
and probably a Philips 17 inch Monitor (107E) or a Samsung 17
inch Monitor
19 inch monitors are not too expensive these days. If you can afford
it, get a Hitachi 19 inch flat screen. It's a steal at about $A850.
Forte sell ordinary 19 inch Hitachi monitors (i.e. not flat screen)
for $A740). Remember that the monitor is the part of the computer that
you look at, so make sure that you're looking at something pleasant
(that doesn't give you a headache after a while!).
}
I imagine the main problems will be the onboard AC97 sound and the
hard drive with ATA/100. i have noticed some discussion regarding
hard drives with ATA/100, and I am under the impression that the
latest stable kernel does not support hard drives with ATA/100. Is
this correct? If so, what exactly do I have to do to make the
kernel work with ATA/100 without waiting for 2.4 kernel to come as
part of a distribution.
The problem is not the hard drive, it is with the UATA-100 controller
on the motherboard. You can plug in an UATA-100 drive into a UATA-66
socket with no problems at all (my friend's new computer is like
that). Besides compiling a 2.4 kernel for yourself, I hear there is a
bootup option that allows you to run UATA-100 drives and controllers.
I can't quite remember it, though :-(
Regarding the onboard sound, how much hacking will I need to do to
get it work, or should I just get the Creative Vibra PCI128 Sound
Card?
Go with a real sound card. See my comments above regarding this.
I apologize if this has been extensively discussed before. Due to
time constraint, I don't always follow every topic in the discussion
group.
Thanks All.
Aston
Sydney, Australia
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
"There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
-- Jeremy S. Anderson
Re: [newbie] crashing x
this is the only solution i can think of as well , though it makes little sense to me as well . the nic worked normally on another machine of mine ( win 98se ) . also on an abit motherboard ( bh6 ) and the motherboard also worked normally with a windows install . the machine ran with the case off for the whole time . , and the bios reports normal fan speed and temp . and the thought of trashing this 6 month old mobo just kills me . mishaco . Sign up for your free web based email today! http://www.n2mail.com
RE: [newbie] WordPerfect 8 license key and PhotoPaint install
i run photopaint with X 4.0.1 and i don't get any error messages. i don't have a clue what that could be. i'm lots of help i know. =) Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Liaw, Andy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7:00:24 AM 2/14/01 Much thanks for the help on WP8 and PhotoPaint. Yes, "photopaint" (in /usr/bin) works. Although I did get some error messages in the console saying Xlib: extension "XFree86-Misc" missing on display ":0.0". Does anyone know why? I'm using XFree86-4 as shipped in LM7.1, but the Corel apps seems to be built with XFree3. Could this be the problem? Thanks again. Andy -Original Message- From: Adrian Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 7:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] WordPerfect 8 license key and PhotoPaint install i think it's 'photopaint' i use it but since i put it in the menu i haven't typed it at the command line in ages. i'll check when i get back to my linux box and if it's something else i'll let ya know, but 'photopaint' sounds right. -- Also, I downloaded PhotoPaint9 for Linux and installed it. The problem is I don't know how to start the program! The installer put a bunch of files in /usr/lib/corel, but I couldn't find an appropriate excecutable under that directory tree. I couldn't find anything in the README either. Has anyone have better luck? Please let me know. TIA! Cheers, Andy Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Star Office
Anyone know if the star office that is on the Mandrake 7.1 CD will work in 7.2? I'd rather not download SO if I don't have to. Thanks, -- John W
[newbie] Burner fix?
Has anyone tried the burner fix in the tutorial in LM.com with good results? I gave it a shot and it didn't work. CR
Re: [newbie] Star Office
yes it will. i have SO 5.2 from mkd 7.1 on a 7.2 system. no problems Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] John W [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12:05:17 PM 2/14/01 Anyone know if the star office that is on the Mandrake 7.1 CD will work in 7.2? I'd rather not download SO if I don't have to. Thanks, -- John W
RE: [newbie] Star Office
Yes it will work. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John W Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 11:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Star Office Anyone know if the star office that is on the Mandrake 7.1 CD will work in 7.2? I'd rather not download SO if I don't have to. Thanks, -- John W
[newbie] CDROM (CDRW) Problem
I have a normal IDE CDROM attached as the master device on IDI channel 1 and an HP 7200 CDRW attached as slave on that channel. Both work under OS/2 and Windows. However, under Mandrake 7.2 the CDRW does not allow me even to read it. I've not tried writing to it yet. There is no Icon for it on the KDE desktop as there is for the CDROM. If I "ls /mnt/cdrom2" as either root or user, I get a message saying 'Input/output error" or something like that. Here is my fstab that shows it as being 'supermounted'. Any help getting this going will be appreciated. Thank you. /dev/hda9 / ext2 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda7 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda8 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 /dev/hda2 /mnt/win_c vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda6 /mnt/win_d vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda10 /usr ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda11 swap swap defaults 0 0
Re: [newbie] crashing x
On Wednesday 14 February 2001 12:47 pm, mishaco wrote: the machine ran with the case off for the whole time . Bad idea unless it's for a short time to see if overheating is the source of hardware problems, and then you should have a table fan pointed into the case. If then the system starts behaving better, you know you have a heat problem. , and the bios reports normal fan speed and temp . temps as reported from what? If it's any kind of a thermistor/probe it's only a misleading guess. Even an insulated probe in contact with the cpu's die, no matter how well placed, will report temps that are 10 to 20C _lower_ than the actual core temp. Also high temp spikes that can crash the system will be missed entirely. If you have a cpu without an internal diode to report temps, about all you can do is make sure you have a good heatsink/fan, firmly and squarely sitting on the cpu with a proper layer of thermal grease in between. Temps reported by the best placed, and shield probes, should remain under 45C (actual core is ~65C) at extreme constant stress, like 15 minutes into a run of 'cpuburn'http://users.ev1.net/~redelm/ -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
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[newbie] LILO configuration
Hello everybody I want to know how can i do to configurate the lilo for I can boot with Linux and Windows. thanks. -- dison Andrs Rivera Norea Ingeniero de Sistemas Departamento de Informtica Universidad de San Buenaventura Medelln - Colombia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.usb-med.edu.co/~neos
Re: [newbie] How to give myself rights to install RPMs?
"urpmi" is supposed to allow you to install rpm's as a user, but I'm not sure how to get it to work. It tells me "permission denied" when I try to run it as a user. I'm getting tired of using KonquerorSu to install stuff. I don't mind having to su to configure files in etc but it's just a pain when doing RPMs. Is there a way to give myself access to install the RPMs without having to be root? -- Anthony http://binaryfusion.net Press any key to continue, or any other key to quit.
[newbie] Re: Broken Internet connection
OK , I have made an internet connection, and learned some things: 1. Do not use any of the specifics in "ISP-Hookup-HOWTO" 2. The correct script file is: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/chat-ppp0 3. Entering kppp config via su from user mode of KDE never showed me option to query modem 4. When I started KDE as root, I got an Internet icon that led me to a useful kppp config process. 5. Doing modem query from (4) above showed a single digit error in the phone number for my ISP but I could not find a place to edit that number there (must be my thick glasses !! ) 6. Searching with grep on the false phone number led me to the above correct chat-script where I edited the phone number. 7. Rebooting showed that the phone number was still wrong. Some other file was maintaining the old wrong number. 8. I widened my grep search beyond /etc to include /usr, and found /usr/share/config/kppprc which has all the details for kppp 9. Changing the phone number in above got me to my ISP, but it complained they no longer accepted SLIP connections. (I had always specified PPP ?? ) 10. SLIP did not show in the above /usr file, but an edit button in KDE's kppp setup allowed me to change from a wrong 'terminal' choice to 'PAP'. 11. Finally I am able to access my ISP and get to the Internet. 12. Unfortunately, I can NOT yet exit, and turn off my modem without shutting down the computer. Just accessing the internet icon should offer this option, but it gives an error. 13. I suppose I am still doing a number of things wrong. Suggestions please. Don
RE: [newbie] commands
you are right "failure is not an option" i will succeed are the only words worth knowing ** Original Subject: RE: [newbie] commands ** Original Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Original Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 11:42:39 -0500 (EST) ** Original Message follows... keith dalpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: totally new in the old world i came from dos/widoze you would type cd/dir to change directories could some one please show me a type of directory change command i would be greatful Check out http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/commands/index.html for basic command structure. -Dale -- Failure is not an option. It comes with Windows. -- ** - End Original Message --- **
Re: [newbie] locked directories
I'm not sure what you mean by "locked" but I'm guessing that they appear locked because nothing is mounted on them. Try inserting a cd-rom or floppy disk and see if they still appear locked. I have LM7.2 installed it shows that both cd's and the floppy are locked directories how can this be even logged in as root what would cause this and how do I unlock them? Forrest White -- Anthony http://binaryfusion.net Press any key to continue, or any other key to quit.
Re: [newbie] Netscape 6 -- Segmentation Fault
It shouldn't matter how you installed N6, I installed as root and it works
just fine for me as a user. Try deleting the .mozilla directory in your home
directory "rm ~/.mozilla", that might fix the problem.
1) Installation:
I reinstalled Netscape 6.01 as ROOT, instead of user. I finally found
the netscape directory. See below. I was able to activate Netscape 6 and
launch it. However, since the initial launch, all I've been getting are
segmentation faults. Besides, I would like to run Netscape 6 as user,
NOT as root. I did a chmod 755 netscape in the /usr/local/netscape
directory and changed the ownership under Permissions (using Konqueror)
to "sher". Still, I couldn't launch Netscape 6. Same segmentation error.
[sher@sher sher]$ cd /usr/local/netscape
[sher@sher netscape]$ ls
Cool/ libXptl.so* libnspr4.so* psm/
chrome/libXptl.so.1* libplc4.so* regExport*
component.reg libcmt.so* libplds4.so* registry
components/libgkgfx.so*libprotocol.so* regxpcom*
defaults/ libgtksuperwin.so* libxpcom.so* res/
icons/ libgtkxtbin.so* libxpistub.so* run-mozilla.sh*
install.loglibjpeg.so* libz.so* searchplugins/
libXpcs.so*libjsdom.so*mozilla-bin* splash.xpm
libXpcs.so.1* libjsj.so* netscape*systemSignature.jar
libXprt.so*libmozjs.so*netscape.cfg
libXprt.so.1* libmsgbaseutil.so* plugins/
[sher@sher netscape]$ ./netscape
../run-mozilla.sh ./mozilla-bin
MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=.
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./Cool:.:/home/sher/.kde/lib:/usr/lib
LIBPATH=.:./Cool
SHLIB_PATH=.:./Cool
XPCS_HOME=./Cool
MOZ_PROGRAM=./mozilla-bin
MOZ_TOOLKIT=
moz_debug=0
moz_debugger=
../run-mozilla.sh: line 29: 3886 Segmentation fault $prog ${1+"$@"}
[sher@sher netscape]$ Unexpected end of pipe
encountered
2) Plugins
However, I did manage briefly to see my plugins in Netscape 6 (by typing
about:plugins in the location bar). I saw ALL of my Netscape 4.76
plugins (which I had copied to /usr/local/netscape) EXCEPT for the
RealPlayer plugin.
Would appreciate any and all help.
Yours,
Benjamin
--
Anthony
http://binaryfusion.net
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[newbie] Newbie Help
I have upgraded from 6.1 to 7.0, but I have a problem I cannot use Drakeconf, as it does not open. What do I need to accomplish for this application to work? Do I run upgrade again or do another full install of 7.0. John Fox _ Free Web Space with your name first! http://free.20m.com
Re: [newbie] Security Question - Windows Partition
I suppose if a cracker got into your Windows system, they could read ext2 (linux) files if they used one of those ext2 file viewer programs. Linux being on a second hard drive wouldn't matter in that condition, since it'd still be part of the system. However since your Linux partitions wouldn't show up in Windows, odds are that the person who might break into your Windows system might not even know Linux is installed on it. I guess if you wanted to be paranoid about it, using two systems would be the best idea. But I don't think you need to go to such great lenghts, and I wouldn't worry about it. Just keep using Zonealarm and you should be fine. I am still currently in the stage of building my server and was wondering if there are any security disadvantages to having a dual boot system. IE When i'm out messing around in Win98 are my linux files in danger? I have a simple firewall for windows and its called zonealarm. Bah. Maybe I shold build a system for both? Would two hard drives be more secure? one with linux on it and one with win98 on it? any help would be appreciated -- Anthony http://binaryfusion.net Press any key to continue, or any other key to quit.
Re: [newbie] How to give myself rights to install RPMs?
On Wednesday 14 February 2001 23:39, you wrote: "urpmi" is supposed to allow you to install rpm's as a user, but I'm not sure how to get it to work. It tells me "permission denied" when I try to run it as a user. I'm getting tired of using KonquerorSu to install stuff. I don't mind having to su to configure files in etc but it's just a pain when doing RPMs. Is there a way to give myself access to install the RPMs without having to be root? No way!, you have to be 'root' to realy mess up your system :o) ciao, Harm Bathoorn
Re: [newbie] Re: Broken Internet connection
O removed 5. Doing modem query from (4) above showed a single digit error in the phone number for my ISP but I could not find a place to edit that number there (must be my thick glasses !! ) Right there directly in the kppp widget. -otherwise cklick the setup tab. removed (I had always specified PPP ?? ) slip and ppp are very different things. 11. Finally I am able to access my ISP and get to the Internet. sounds good! 12. Unfortunately, I can NOT yet exit, and turn off my modem without shutting down the computer. Just accessing the internet icon should offer this option, but it gives an error. Make sure you don't let the widget 'dock' itself in the task bar 'on connect' (setup ppp-tab top radio button). Leaving you with a box offering a 'details' and a 'disconnect' button -slam- in the middle of your sreen. BTW the 'details' button is a very nice 'extra'. Try it. lots o' luck, Harm Bathoorn
[newbie] Problems Configuring Apache on LM 7.2
I was tring to run configure on apache 1.3.17. permissions are 777. I ran ./configure in the correct directory. The response was "bash: ./configure: No such file or directory" I am logged in as root, and the user and group are both root. The first line of configure is # !/bin/sh, the same as other configure that have been run, such as the configure for PHP which worked perfectly. Does anyone have any ideas on what could be wrong here? TIA, -- Michael Lewis Registered Linux User #197864
Re: [newbie] i would like feedback on a system configuration ...
From reading your post, I dont think your system you're building is really a
power workstation.
I hope you arent purchasing it retail. You could build it for a lot less on
pricewatch.com. I have no feedback on linux tho... but if I were you, why
not shell out for a DDR Sdram system? The ram is fairly cheap, and the
mother board is only about 80 dollars more for a good gigabyte..A correctly
configured DDR system is said to out perform a P4 with Rambus.
CPU: AMD Thunderbird 700 256K ON-DIE CACHE, (SOCKET-A) - $78 bucks
Motherboard: GA-7DXC, Socket A Thunderbird M/board w/DDR Support - no cpu
AMD-761 Chipset Accepts Thunderbird ( Athlon ) support - $169 bucks
Ram: Corsair PC2100 CM64SD128-2100 16X64 128MB DDR UNBUFFERED CAS3 184 PIN
DIMM - $150 bucks
This configuration would eliminate alot of bottle necks. The ev6 bus enables
frontside bus speeds of 200 or maybe its 266, your ram will be running at
266mhz and your cpu will be running at 700mhz. Now THATS a power
workstation. Another thing you might consider is buying a hard drive that
has fibre channel connectors. I know seagate has a few and they are CHEAP.
Once fibre channel hits the main stream, it will be alot faster than ATA
100. I believe its capable of data transfer speeds of +180 MB a second and
its a serial connection so you can hook up alot of devices. The switch is
the most expensive part, i believe called t cards, but there is a site on
the web that shows you how to build your OWN tcard for under 50 bucks! The
schematics will eventually be available at
http://www.tcnj.edu/~feuss2/fibre/fibre.html
- Original Message -
From: "Aston" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "mandrakelinuxnewbie" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 4:37 AM
Subject: [newbie] i would like feedback on a system configuration ...
Greetings. I would like some feedback on a power user workstation I am
considering to purchase. I am particular interested in whether the
system will work with Linux almost out of box (ie I am interested in a
smooth installation). I am considering either Mandrake 7.2, Redhat 7.0,
or SuSE 7.0. In the near future, it will also be running VMware
workstation for Linux :
{
AMD 1.1 GHz CPU
MSI K7T Pro 2A Motherboard with onboard AC97 sound
256MB SDRAM PC133
Quantum Atlantis AS 30GB E-IDE HDD ATA 100MB/sec (7200 rpm) 2MB
buffer
or
IBM Desktar 30GB IDE HDD ATA/100 (7200 rpm) 2MB buffer
32MB Riva TNT2 AGP Graphics Card
Panasonic 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
Pioneer 16X DVD-ROM Drive
Sony Internal SCSI CD-RW (12x8x32)
Tekram DC315U PCI SCSI Controller Card
ATX Medium Tower Case with 300w Power Supply
Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Genius PS/2 Scroll Mouse
and probably a Philips 17 inch Monitor (107E) or a Samsung 17 inch
Monitor
}
I imagine the main problems will be the onboard AC97 sound and the hard
drive with ATA/100. i have noticed some discussion regarding hard
drives with ATA/100, and I am under the impression that the latest
stable kernel does not support hard drives with ATA/100. Is this
correct? If so, what exactly do I have to do to make the kernel work
with ATA/100 without waiting for 2.4 kernel to come as part of a
distribution.
Regarding the onboard sound, how much hacking will I need to do to get
it work, or should I just get the Creative Vibra PCI128 Sound Card?
I apologize if this has been extensively discussed before. Due to time
constraint, I don't always follow every topic in the discussion group.
Thanks All.
Aston
Sydney, Australia
[newbie] Windows 98 Second Edition Removes Multi Partitions
When I install Windows 98 Second Edition it runs a test to see if the primary master hard drive is partitioned into 2 or more drives. I have a 40 GB which I split up into 2 20GB drives. When I install windows it erases the 2 partitions and creates one large 40 GB making it impossible for me to dual boot. Is there a way I can make windows install without erasing that second partition? To try to fix this problem I installed my old 10 GB drive, put win on that and tried to put linux on the full 40. When I ran the cooker (From Linux Mandrake 7.1) and get to the partition check spot it will only read about 8 GB worth of information. I can not make the drive bigger. I just paid 180 for this drive and I am really getting mad that I cant get it to work. If someone knows a way around either one of these errors(or purhaps both) I would really really appriciate it.! Thanks in advance! ~Lance
Re: [newbie] Windows 98 Second Edition Removes MultiPartitions
Hi Lance, I've a dual-boot 98se/Linux box at home, and I didn't have this problem. Are you using a system restore version of 98SE (perhaps one that came with your computer) - the restore may be re-imaging the HD, partitions and all. A way around this my be to start with a clean HD, install 98se on a single partition, then use FIPS or similar to repartition the drive without losing the 98 install. You can then install linux on the new partitions. Hope this helps Dave --- David Grubb - Internet / Intranet Content Officer [EMAIL PROTECTED] +61 2 9895-7408 Department of Land and Water Conservation Sydney, Australia --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/15 12:12 pm When I install Windows 98 Second Edition it runs a test to see if the primary master hard drive is partitioned into 2 or more drives. I have a 40 GB which I split up into 2 20GB drives. When I install windows it erases the 2 partitions and creates one large 40 GB making it impossible for me to dual boot. Is there a way I can make windows install without erasing that second partition? To try to fix this problem I installed my old 10 GB drive, put win on that and tried to put linux on the full 40. When I ran the cooker (From Linux Mandrake 7.1) and get to the partition check spot it will only read about 8 GB worth of information. I can not make the drive bigger. I just paid 180 for this drive and I am really getting mad that I cant get it to work. If someone knows a way around either one of these errors(or purhaps both) I would really really appriciate it.! Thanks in advance! ~Lance
Re: [newbie] LILO configuration
On Thursday 15 February 2001 14:28, you wrote: Hello everybody I want to know how can i do to configurate the lilo for I can boot with Linux and Windows. thanks. -- dison Andrs Rivera Norea Ingeniero de Sistemas Departamento de Informtica Universidad de San Buenaventura Medelln - Colombia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.usb-med.edu.co/~neos go into your console and log in as "su" now run: linuxconf from there you can navigate to the area where you can easily and graphically configure your lilo.conf file. Seve
Re: [newbie] Burner fix?
On Wednesday 14 February 2001 14:10, you wrote: Has anyone tried the burner fix in the tutorial in LM.com with good results? I gave it a shot and it didn't work. CR Are you trying to get your CDRW going? Seve
Re: [newbie] re : crashing x
resolution is 1280 x 1024 . on a viewsonic 17 inch monitor . at 16 bit res . admittedly , the res is high , but nothing the 3dfx card couldnt handle . Perhaps. But have you ~tried~ a lower res? You see, it's not a matter of what any piece of hardware can handle, it's the driver being used. Some coders are either better or more thourough than others, there's also the consideration of how the driver installed. I mean, we're talking about electomagnetic impulses being transferred (in this case from CD to hard drive) round. A minor electrical surge from your wall outlet has the potential to alter or even damage those impulses. Chances are it's only that the driver is a little less than stable at 1280x1024. At any rate, it's worth a shot to work down, progressively to see if the trouble lies there. Meph -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt-' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
[newbie] If you have Gateway sblive problem read this
After much frustration I believe I have located the reason why sblive soundcard doesn't work on a Gateway Performance PC. The reason: the card produces analog output by default whereas the speakers sold with this PC (Boston 735 typically) are DIGITAL (well done guys). Windoze/Gateway has a secret mechanism to swap output on the driver but this info has not yet reached linux emu10k1 driver writers. Check out: http://opensource.creative.com/pipermail/emu10k1-devel/ Solution: Buy analog speakers or wait until someone enlightens the linux community. Richard Kleeman
Re: [newbie] Windows 98 Second Edition Removes Multi Partitions
Try Partition Magic 5.0 it's great... - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 8:12 PM Subject: [newbie] Windows 98 Second Edition Removes Multi Partitions When I install Windows 98 Second Edition it runs a test to see if the primary master hard drive is partitioned into 2 or more drives. I have a 40 GB which I split up into 2 20GB drives. When I install windows it erases the 2 partitions and creates one large 40 GB making it impossible for me to dual boot. Is there a way I can make windows install without erasing that second partition? To try to fix this problem I installed my old 10 GB drive, put win on that and tried to put linux on the full 40. When I ran the cooker (From Linux Mandrake 7.1) and get to the partition check spot it will only read about 8 GB worth of information. I can not make the drive bigger. I just paid 180 for this drive and I am really getting mad that I cant get it to work. If someone knows a way around either one of these errors(or purhaps both) I would really really appriciate it.! Thanks in advance! ~Lance
Re: [newbie] Problems Configuring Apache on LM 7.2
I to am in the process of installing Apache 1.3.17 and hitting a few block's along the way. I call them learning opportunities. Anyways, did you decompress the tar file you downloaded before trying to configure it (tar -zxvf apache_1.3.17.tar.gz). Hope this helps - Original Message - From: "Michael" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Newbie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 5:22 PM Subject: [newbie] Problems Configuring Apache on LM 7.2 I was tring to run configure on apache 1.3.17. permissions are 777. I ran ./configure in the correct directory. The response was "bash: ./configure: No such file or directory" I am logged in as root, and the user and group are both root. The first line of configure is # !/bin/sh, the same as other configure that have been run, such as the configure for PHP which worked perfectly. Does anyone have any ideas on what could be wrong here? TIA, -- Michael Lewis Registered Linux User #197864
Re: [Re: [newbie] Configuring External Modem]
Thanks for your response. I thought about disabeling the winmodem but I could not figure out how to do it using hardDrake. Any Ideas? Thanks in advance for any help you can give Da From: donald hinds [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Re: [newbie] Configuring External Modem] Date: 14 Feb 2001 08:48:27 EST "Carl Foley" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am no expert on these matters, but if it were me i would try to disable the internal modem, then make sure you have the appropriate seriel port, hook up your modem,(making sure that you have the proper equipment to hook it up with) and hardrake should take care of the rest, also make sure that your modem is turned on when you boot up. *** An internal modem has nothing to do with the serial port and does not need to be disabled. In LM 7.2 you pick the serial port ttys(0,1,2,3) where you plug in the external modem and then Linux should find it. Don Don Hinds - photo, motorcycle, misc. http://www.wyzards.com Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Update fails
Dave, I concur with Romna,...download the updates seperately from multiple sites if necessary. Then install them in a logical sequence. Here's a tip that saved me a few times - When installing the KDE updates, make sure that you're running Gnome, and not KDE. In Drakconf, disable as many services as possible,...keep only those absolutely required to run your PC , then do a full reboot to unload the disabled services and daemons, and then do your updates. Try using Kpackage instead of the "software-updater", and be prepared to jump on the net to grab associated libraries from www.rpmfind.net One other thing,...if you have a CD burner, burn all the updates to CD, in case you need to re-install everything later. I've been doing this for a month or so, and it's really paid off having the updates on hand. Good Luck! Dan LaBine Maximum LAN's Ltd. Registered Linux User #190712
Re: [newbie] Burner fix?
Hi Seve, Yes but more than that. Because of a foulup in the install routines (sez the tutorial) for LM 7.2 Full, I can't access the reader either. There's a "fix" to gain access on Linux-Mandrake.com/em/demos/tutorials (er, this may not be exactly right) that's supposed to get the linkage prob fixed so I can install the burner SW. I wondered if anyone had success with it. However, if you can help or point me to where I can get the proper procedure, I'd sure appreciate it. TIA, Charley seveman wrote: On Wednesday 14 February 2001 14:10, you wrote: Has anyone tried the burner fix in the tutorial in LM.com with good results? I gave it a shot and it didn't work. CR Are you trying to get your CDRW going? Seve seveman wrote: On Wednesday 14 February 2001 14:10, you wrote: Has anyone tried the burner fix in the tutorial in LM.com with good results? I gave it a shot and it didn't work. CR Are you trying to get your CDRW going? Seve
[newbie] assistance with nmb/smb
Hi, I have asked in the past how to keep my network on my linux box running. Here is what happens: I have samba services on my linux box. After a few days or so, my windows box cannot see my linux box in network neighborhood. So I go into the linux box and try very hard to see what the problem is. I go to SWAT, and try to restart the services for nmb which say that it is not running, nothing happens. So I have found the only way I know to get things going again, I go to linux conf, into the network section. Just rattling around in there is enough to set off this box when I leave linux conf: "the state of the system is not in synch, blah, blah, and so forth... /etc/rc5.d/S10network.probe Executing /etc/rc5.d/S10network.reload" I select the "do it" button. Ok, Now I am getting REAL tired of doing this to get samba back and to be able to see my linux box from the windows box. Is there someone who can send me a file or something that will fix this annoyance?? Like I said before, in SWAT there are buttons for smb and nmb, and I have tried to restart nmb from there but it won't work. The smb button does work though. Also for noting, I have gone to the startup services in drakconf, and the network item is "selected" for auto startup. Also another note of things that bug me: When I go to samba configuration, it always says that I have more than one share and only the first share will be loaded. So I would also like to fix this annoyance, what should I do? Thanks in advance to anyone who replies with ontopic help and assistance, especially if you can help me in gui mode instead of terminal. Susan
[newbie] I could calculate faster on my finger then the 2.4.1 Kernel!!!!!
I just installed kernel 2.4.1 onto Linux Mandrake 7.2 and now it is slower than all get out. I downloaded, extracted, ran make mrproper, make menuconfig, didn't change much (sound, ethernet, etc) and then compiled, installed, rebooted, and it takes a LOOONNN time to boot. I switch back to the kernel that comes with Linux Mandrake 7.2 and it runs like the wind. Anyone got any ideas???
Re: [newbie] CDROM (CDRW) Problem
Hi Jack, Go here, http://www/linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/CDburner/ There's an explanation of the problem and a fix to apply. It didn't work for me but at least I understand the problem. Maybe it'll work for you. Let me know. CR
Re: [Re: [newbie] Configuring External Modem]
Da ,...Don is not necessarily right about ignoring your internal modem. If you plug your external modem into a com port which uses the same IRQ and/or I/O address as your internal one, it won't work. I assume that your internal modem is built-in? If not, the easiest way to solve your problem is to remove it. Otherwise, modify your external com port so that it uses different settings than your internal one. You can adjust it in your BIOS. Keep in mind that you shouldn't use com 3 for your external modem if your internal modem uses com 1 . Use com 2 instead. If your internal uses com 2, don't use com 4, instead use com 1/3 . You get the idea, right? Then try changing your settings in the setup appplet in Kppp. -- Dan LaBine Maximum LAN's Ltd. Registered Linux User #190712
Re: [newbie] CDROM (CDRW) Problem
Dam*it, I made a typo in the URL; it's http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/tutorial/CDburner/ Sorry, CR
Re: [newbie] CDROM (CDRW) Problem
Gawd! I hate typing these out, especially when I'm all theums. (:-( One more time: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/CDburner/
Re: [newbie] Windows 98 Second Edition Removes Multi Partitions
On Wednesday 14 February 2001 10:15, you wrote: Try Partition Magic 5.0 it's great... - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 8:12 PM Subject: [newbie] Windows 98 Second Edition Removes Multi Partitions I use Partition Commander, it's pretty nifty. Fits on a Floppy and does pretty much the same job as PM... :) www.v-com.com is the addy...:) daniel in NJ...
RE: [newbie] commands
One book that's been tremendously helpful to me is Linux System Commands, by Patrick Volkerding and Kevin Reichard from MT Books. It lets you look up commands by function, name, or DOS equivalent, and gives pretty thorough descriptions of the commands and their arguments/options. peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Registered Linux user #19071 On 13 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: also what books do you recommend i will purchase or do almost anything to end having to use windows i hate being in the main stream being sent in a direction i don't want to go ** Original Subject: RE: [newbie] commands ** Original Sender: "Eugene C. Zesch" [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Original Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 21:37:34 -0500 (EST) ** Original Message follows... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: totally new in the old world i came from dos/widoze you would type cd/dir to change directories could some one please show me a type of directory change command i would be greatful God, man, get a book! Im sorry if that sounds rude, but why in the world are you trying to use Linux if you wont put even the smallest effort into it? Yahoo search on 'DOS to Linux Primer' yields about 2580 matches. Prominent in the first 20 are: http://www.superant.com/dostolinux/DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html#toc1 http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/y2k/60/primer/primer.html Search engines can be your friend! But you have to take the first step. Gene ** - End Original Message --- **
Re: [newbie] Gnome desktop icon colors
Scuba wrote: Can anyone please tell me how i can change the color of the font on desktop icons in gnome please ? Rgds Go into the KDE Control Center and select LookNFeel-Desktop-Appearance. You will see a menu item 'Normal Text Color'. Click on the colored bar and it will open up the application for setting the color of the text. Barry:-)
Re: [newbie] re : crashing x
On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 18:23:19 -0800 (PST) Meph Istopheles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: resolution is 1280 x 1024 . on a viewsonic 17 inch monitor . at 16 bit res . admittedly , the res is high , but nothing the 3dfx card couldnt handle . Perhaps. But have you ~tried~ a lower res? You see, it's not a matter of what any piece of hardware can handle, it's the driver being used. well , i actually have used a lower install res ) 800 x 600 , 15 bit ) and have finally come to terms with the possible death of my motherboard . a moment of silence , please , as i install win 98se on it to make sure . -- the drive grinds , it installs . its stable , it works as stable as win 98 gets . if its the mobo , what is it that linux hates . tomorrow : the deciding test : same hard drive on abit bh6 system i use for win 2k . keep ya posted . mishaco Sign up for your free web based email today! http://www.n2mail.com
Re: [newbie] Problems Configuring Apache on LM 7.2
I have same problem. I could not run it. I installed OK, but when i ran apache it did not work. It said something like "... can not start..." Does anyone know about this? Please help Thanx --- Cyber Sam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I to am in the process of installing Apache 1.3.17 and hitting a few block's along the way. I call them learning opportunities. Anyways, did you decompress the tar file you downloaded before trying to configure it (tar -zxvf apache_1.3.17.tar.gz). Hope this helps - Original Message - From: "Michael" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Newbie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 5:22 PM Subject: [newbie] Problems Configuring Apache on LM 7.2 I was tring to run configure on apache 1.3.17. permissions are 777. I ran ./configure in the correct directory. The response was "bash: ./configure: No such file or directory" I am logged in as root, and the user and group are both root. The first line of configure is # !/bin/sh, the same as other configure that have been run, such as the configure for PHP which worked perfectly. Does anyone have any ideas on what could be wrong here? TIA, -- Michael Lewis Registered Linux User #197864 __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
