Re: [newbie-it] fsck
On Thursday 12 April 2001 11:41, lobax wrote: ciao a tutti, mi capita spesso (3 volte) che quando vavigo in rete ,al riavvio sucessivo la macchina si blocca e mi chiede di avviare fsck manualmente seza l'opzione -p e un'altra che non ricordo.questo non mi sembra molto normale,cmq volevo chiedere quale sia il comando per avviare fsck manualmente perch non me lo ricordo + basta fsck /dev/hdxx (disco o partizione, insomma) poi rispondi yes alle domande poi se qualcuno mi dice se valga la pena installare la vers.mdk 8 visto anche che non sono mai riuscito da avere una distro che non mi abbia creato problemi, se le differenze con una versione 7.1 sono molte e rilevanti dal punto di vista della qualit,compatibilit,stabilit la mdk 8 e' ancora in fase di beta (alcuni dicono molto beta) puoi aggiornare alla 7.2 che in effetti aggiorna e sistema molte cose. bye -- Devil Inside Experiment - C'era un bambino che odiava la polizia www.acidlife.com/aciderror/freefred Davide Banda Partial Arts [2000] - www.davidebanda.nelweb.net ICQ uin 5887365 - PGP key available on keyservers
[newbie-it] Mandrake 8.0 RC1
Ho appena finito di installare e provare la nuova Release di Mandrake 8.0 RC1(La versione candidata ad essere quella definitiva) a mio parere sembra molto bella e funzionale. - Il computer non mi si è mai bloccato(con la 7.2 sovente) - Mi collego ad internter via ISDN senza tanti passaggi- La grafica è accattivante - Supporta la mia OkiPage 4W+ (e mi ha risolto un grande impiccio, non devo fare pù mille passaggi per stampare) Provatelo è stupendo! Ciao.
[newbie-it] Grub e Aurora
Ho ricompilato il Kernel da poco (uso Mandrake 7.2 con kernel 2.4.3), Quando pero' avvio il sistema con il nuovo kernel Aurora non parte ed il boot e' puramente testuale. Se avvio con il vecchio kernel, invece e' tutto ok. Qualcuno ha idea di come abilitare aurora anche per il nuovo kernel? Sapete se esiste un GRUB-HOW-TO e dove trovarlo, vorrei capire un po' il significato delle varie voci del file menu.lst, ed imparare a configurare per benino grub. Grazie a chiunque mi dia una zampa! Antonio Forzieri [EMAIL PROTECTED] (main address) Felicita' che sappiamo soltanto guardare, aspettare, cercare gia' fatta, quasi fosse anagramma perfetto di facilita' barando su un'unica lettera. (Guccini)
[newbie-it] wine e porte seriali
Salve a tutti, come faccio a vedere la porta seriale com 2 con wine? vorrei far girare il Programma Icprog (programmatore per pic ed epromm) ma non la riconosce e mi da il seguente errore: err:statusbar:StatusWindowProc unknown msg b041 wp= lp=417d6bc0 err:comm:GetCommState can't get COMM_GetReadFd fixme:comm:SetCommState no handle -1 found err:file:CreateFileA Couldn't open device 'Com1'! err:file:CreateFileA Couldn't open device 'Com2'! err:file:CreateFileA Couldn't open device 'Com3'! err:file:CreateFileA Couldn't open device 'Com4'! err:trackbar:TRACKBAR_WindowProc unknown msg be10 wp=3f740001 lp=3f74 nel mio file .winerc sono settati cosi: [serialports] Com1=/dev/ttyS0 Com2=/dev/ttyS1 Com3=/dev/modem,38400 Com4=/dev/modem
Re: [newbie-it] antialiasing dei font
At 20.34 13/04/2001 +0200, you wrote: Il kernel e' il cuore del sistema e il passaggio da una major release ad un'altra e' una cosa molto delicata che va fatta con cognizione di causa e non a tentativi, altrimenti e' meglio lasciar fare a chi ne e' capace. Qui non sono d' accordo con te perche' "chi ne e' capace", come dici tu, e' solo uno che ha fatto esperienza sui propri errori e su quelli degli altri (a questo servono le ML) poiche' credo che nessuno (io per primo) abbia ricompilato il kernel la prima volta e sia andato tutto liscio.. Quindi ritengo che il commettere errori sia indispensabile per farsi un' esperienza (Oscar Wilde docet :-) Fin qui siamo d'accordo Certo bisogna conoscere le opzioni fondamentali per il sistema (tu probabilmente ne hai tralasciata qualcuna) ma queste le puoi trovare su qualsiasi guida o rivista che spieghi come ricompilare, il resto poi e' a tua discrezione e c' e' anche un valido help che ti spiega a cosa serve ogni opzione e cosa fare in caso di dubbio. Le istruzioni le ho seguite, ma evidentemente ho sbagliato qualcosa ;-) Per quanto riguarda l'help delle opzioni, in alcuni casi non e' che aiuti poi molto. Ovviamente se non hai il tempo materiale da dedicarci, o se lo vuoi dedicare a qualcos' altro questo e' un' altro discorso, ognuno e' libero.. Beh, se potessi lo farei al posto di lavorare ;-) A parte gli scherzi, credo che l'apprendimento segua un percorso a strati. Penso si debba partire prima dagli strati piu' esterni (ed innocui) e man mano che aumentano le conoscenze e la dimestichezza, ci si avvicinano alle zone piu' interne (e pericolose) del sistema. Oh, poi magari mi sbagliero' ;-) Comunque oggi dall'ufficio ho scaricato il kernel 2.4.3. Chissa', magari prossimamente leggerete qualche mio messaggio a riguardo ;-) Ciao Alessandro Amadori Real Life and IRC nick: Sgama Mu* and PBIRC nick: Luxor IHGGER #78
Re: [newbie-it] Grub e Aurora
On Fri, 13 Apr 2001 19:31:46 +0200 "Antonio Forzieri" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ho ricompilato il Kernel da poco (uso Mandrake 7.2 con kernel 2.4.3), Quando pero' avvio il sistema con il nuovo kernel Aurora non parte ed il boot e' puramente testuale. Se avvio con il vecchio kernel, invece e' tutto ok. Qualcuno ha idea di come abilitare aurora anche per il nuovo kernel? Credo che ci sia un' impostazione (vga=788) da mettere nella riga che carica il kernel ma non ne sono sicuro perche' non lo uso.. Sapete se esiste un GRUB-HOW-TO e dove trovarlo, vorrei capire un po' il significato delle varie voci del file menu.lst, ed imparare a configurare per benino grub. Grazie a chiunque mi dia una zampa! Esiste un' esauriente guida che si ottiene con "info grub": l' hai gia' letta? Ciao -- Sebastiano Cordiano
[newbie-it] powers pack
scusate altra domanda, io a suo tempo avevo acqistato una power pack 6.0 cosa si pu recuperare di utile?,(per chi la conosce) lobax
[newbie-it] kdeveloped: ma chi l'ha installato?
Salve smanettoni ;-) qualcuno e' riuscito ad installare kdevelop sulla propria mdk7.2 ? E che versione ? Ho provato questo: [root@doppioproc programmi]# rpm -i kdevelop-1.4-4mdk.i586.rpm error: failed dependencies: libqt2-devel is needed by kdevelop-1.4-4mdk libkdefakes.so.3 is needed by kdevelop-1.4-4mdk libmng.so.1 is needed by kdevelop-1.4-4mdk Per installare le libqt2 pare ci voglia glibc2.2 Ma ho provato anche la versione da compilare: [root@doppioproc SPECS]# rpm -bb kdevelop-1.4.spec .. cut .. + source /etc/profile.d/qt.sh /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.11280: /etc/profile.d/qt.sh: File o directory inesistente Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.11280 (%build) Purtroppo qt.sh non so dove trovarlo : Qualsiasi suggerimento e' gradito. Grazie, Nicola. -- __ chi va pian va san e va lontan
RE: [newbie] boot error
Have you tried at boot up to run linux single?. That should get you started. -Message d'origine- De: Dave [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Date: vendredi 13 avril 2001 07:08 :[EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet:[newbie] boot error Well, I blew it. I installed Cygnus GnuPro Dev Kit on my system, and now it won't boot! Here's the actual situation: After installation of the software, I had to modify a couple of environment variables. I added an entry to the /etc/ld.so.preload file (I had to create the file first), but unfortunately, I must have mistyped the path to the file, because now I get an error that lists the path to the file, and then says "No such file exists". This is during boot-up, and then the system hangs! I tried to boot from the emergency diskette, but it still hung at the same point. Can anyone tell me how to get my system to do some sort of minimal boot so as to avoid this error, and allow me to fix my mistake? Dave "...[W]e preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God." (1 Cor 1:23-24)
Re: [newbie] boot error
"Mcintosh, Duncan" wrote: Have you tried at boot up to run linux single?. That should get you started. To find the answer I duplicated the problem he had. The answer is no, you can't specify runlevel 1, nor can you specify init=/bin/sh. The problem is that in all of these methods, the linux kernel still tries to pass off control to init. init quickly dies and you are left with a kernel panic. I sent him a private reply because in the process of finding the answer, I found something that was a little disconcerting, namely how easy it was to get root on the machine. I am thinking over things before I publicize it. In retrospect, I don't like how easy it was to get root in this case. Of course, if you have console access to ANY x86 machine, getting root is trivial. -- Blue skies... Todd | Get a bigger hammer! | Sometimes you get what you want. | | http://www.mrball.net | Sometimes you get experience. | | http://faq.mrball.net | --unknown origin |
Re: [newbie] Can't call method set_active on an undefined value error
Not sure if this will help but here goes. I had a similar problem with Beta3 (tried Xfree 3.3.6 and 4.0.3) when I tried to install on a laptop. I had used the CDs on the PC with no problem, but with the laptop they were ejected at the post-install stage (apparently didn't like the CD Rom) and installation looked as though it had failed at the configure X stage. Not quite your problem I know, but what I found was that installation WAS complete but X server was not, I found this by re-booting which took me to a text login, I then ran Xconfigurator and was able to get the X server running properly and Beta 3 is now up and running . Hope this points you in the right direction. On Friday 13 April 2001 00:01, you wrote: snip During attempts to install Mandrake 7.2 and beta 3 of 8.0 on a new system, just after I make the selection of XFree (i.e., XFree86 3.3.6 or 3.3.6 with experimental 3D support), I get the following error: An error occurred Can't call method "set_active" on an undefined value X is not configured and the installation does not complete. I have not found a way to ask that the generic VGA driver be installed because the installation stops before I reach the step of actually choosing a driver. (I have installed Mandrake 7.2 on several other systems.) Thanks, Randy Kramer Other Information: During the install for beta 3 of 8.0 I am presented with options to install XFree86 3.3.6 or 3.3.6 with experimental 3D support, but not an option to install XFree86 4.0.3. I used "expert install" don't know if this is what allowed me to choose the Xfree version, have not tried the normal way.
Re: [newbie] Will my ATI Rage Fury Maxx video card work with LM 7.2?
David; I'm currently running the exact same video card on a 7.2 system with absolutely no problems! Mandrake sets the card up based on it's model class (Rage 128) not the specific Model (Fury Maxx). Harddrake detects the model O.K., so you sholdn't have problems. Make sure that you check your BIOS to insure that you don't have an IRQ assigned to the AGP port, that Plug 'N' Play is disabled, and that you've reset your configuration data. Dan LaBine On Thursday 12 April 2001 23:46, you wrote: Hello, Will my ATI Rage Fury Maxx video card work with LM 7.2? If not can someone recommend a video card that will work well with LM 7.2? Thanks Much David Nelson
Re: [newbie] Can't call method set_active on an undefined value error
Thanks for the response! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not quite your problem I know, but what I found was that installation WAS complete but X server was not, I found this by re-booting which took me to a text login, I then ran Xconfigurator and was able to get the X server running properly and Beta 3 is now up and running . Hope this points you in the right direction. I tried that and a few similar options. You are correct that many things are installed, but the X installation is apparently not complete and I don't know how to complete it. There was no XF86Config file. I created one using xf86config (because none of the X based utilities would run). But, even with the XF86Config file, X would not start. I can't remember the exact message when I tried startx, but my interpretation was that there was something else missing. Nevertheless, I will try this again in a few days. (I don't want to right now because I installed Mandrake 7.0 on the system and my son will be using it for a few days.) I used "expert install" don't know if this is what allowed me to choose the Xfree version, have not tried the normal way. I'm sorry I was not more clear here. I also used expert install, and got the chance to choose which Xfree version I wanted to use, but the choices included only "XFree 3.3.6" and "XFree 3.3.6 with experimental 3D support", and not "XFree 4.0.3". As I said in the previous post, there is some confusion about whether the XFree 4.0.3 driver for SiS supports the SiS 630 -- it seems the information on the XFree site specifically mentions support of the SiS 630 for the 4.0.2 driver, but does not mention the SiS 630 at all for the 4.0.3 driver. Is that an oversite or was the SiS 630 driver dropped in 4.0.3? (I've written to XFree.org about the problem.) Randy Kramer
[newbie] HELP: /sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp ports=261,42,10,4,2,20
Hi, Can someone tell me what this does: /sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp ports=261,42,10,4,2,20 I know its to do with masquerading ftp, but I can't find any docs on the parameters etc. Thanks in advance, Jason.
[newbie] Looking for DTP
Hi all I have a request I was wondering if anybody could help me with. I run a large international radio club and I have to produce a 52 page A5 magazine monthly. Which has to be sent to a commercial printer for printing. I require a good DTP programm for Linux which can set up the mag in an A5 format and also output a printer ready postscript file. I need to work in A5 so I know what its going to look like finished. I ask because at present im using MS Publisher and I want to go completely over to Linux.(Fed up paying high prices for software.) Files from contributors are sentr in MS word or lotus wordpro until I can talk them all into joining the Linux revolution. Im running Linux-Mandrake 7.2. Thanks in advance Take care John in UK
Re: [newbie] boot error
Thanks CB, I got your private response. For what it's worth, the relative insecurity of Linux at the console is well-known, even to this newbie. There are workarounds, of course, such as making it boot from the primary hard drive only, and password-protecting the BIOS so no one can change it to boot otherwise. Also, not allowing anyone except root to mount any drive or filesystem, and keeping the CD-ROM and diskette drives unmounted by default. There are probably other options, as well. Dave At 11:43 PM 4/12/01 -0700, you wrote: "Mcintosh, Duncan" wrote: Have you tried at boot up to run linux single?. That should get you started. To find the answer I duplicated the problem he had. The answer is no, you can't specify runlevel 1, nor can you specify init=/bin/sh. The problem is that in all of these methods, the linux kernel still tries to pass off control to init. init quickly dies and you are left with a kernel panic. I sent him a private reply because in the process of finding the answer, I found something that was a little disconcerting, namely how easy it was to get root on the machine. I am thinking over things before I publicize it. In retrospect, I don't like how easy it was to get root in this case. Of course, if you have console access to ANY x86 machine, getting root is trivial. -- Blue skies... Todd | Get a bigger hammer! | Sometimes you get what you want. | | http://www.mrball.net | Sometimes you get experience. | | http://faq.mrball.net | --unknown origin | "...[W]e preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God." (1 Cor 1:23-24)
[newbie] S540 Xtreme OpenGL
I have a Diamond Stealth III S540 Xtreme video card, but don't seem to have OpenGL on my system, Mandrake 8.0 rc1. Has anyone got this config to work, or am I just screwed on the 3D accel? TIA, Fred
[newbie] How to copy a floppy?
This email was delivered to you by The Free Internet, a Business Online Group company. http://www.thefreeinternet.net --- Hi, Feels like I'm asking a pretty silly question here, but how do I copy one floppy disk to another? I want to make a copy of my boot disk without having to drag files to the hard disk and then copy them that way. I can find a program on my set-up for formatting a floppy, but not for duplicating. Thanks in advance - Gordon
[newbie] to Marcia anyone else regarding desktop publishing
hi Marcia, remembering all the things we talked about i stumbled across this today. just found it, so i haven't really read up on it yet, but figured i'd send it your way. i notice it does calenders. =) for the homepage, look for iceSculptor http://209.61.186.230/ for a review of the product http://linux.cnet.com/linux/0-2136890-7-5518909.html Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Tape backup
Does anybody have any suggestions for good tape backup software for Linux? Thanks, Moose
Re: [newbie] S540 Xtreme OpenGL
If your video card support OpenGL than you should be able to use Mesa. Look into that. You may need to add: Load "glx" Load "dri" To the modules section of your XF86Config-4, but I'm not familiar with your card. At best, this "advice" may give you some hints on where to research your problem. If Mesa isn't installed on your system for some reason, it's on the Mandrake install disks. --- Fred Schroeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Diamond Stealth III S540 Xtreme video card, but don't seem to have OpenGL on my system, Mandrake 8.0 rc1. Has anyone got this config to work, or am I just screwed on the 3D accel? TIA, Fred __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
RE: [newbie] Tape backup
Taking a second bite at this though, tar is fine and has plenty of options to allow you to achieve all sorts of different results from a backup but if this isn't enough there's always taper which certainly came with my distro. Daryl Johnson Proplan Associates -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kelly, Christopher Sent: 13 April 2001 19:50 To: 'Newbie' Subject: [newbie] Tape backup Does anybody have any suggestions for good tape backup software for Linux? Thanks, Moose
RE: [newbie] Tape backup
First get your tape drive working - and if you do, then let me know how you did it! Daryl Johnson Proplan Associates -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kelly, Christopher Sent: 13 April 2001 19:50 To: 'Newbie' Subject: [newbie] Tape backup Does anybody have any suggestions for good tape backup software for Linux? Thanks, Moose
Re: [newbie] How to copy a floppy?
Gordon Packer wrote: one floppy disk to another? I want to make a copy of my boot disk without To copy from floppy to hd dd if=/dev/fd0 of=filename.img To copy from hd to floppy (the same way you make your boot disks) dd if=filename.img of=/dev/fd0 man dd for more info. dd can be used for lots of interesting things like wiping out the MBR when fdisk /mbr doesn't work or is not available. -- Blue skies... Todd | Get a bigger hammer! | Sometimes you get what you want. | | http://www.mrball.net | Sometimes you get experience. | | http://faq.mrball.net | --unknown origin |
Re: [newbie] Voodoo TV card BT878
Hello, You are going to need to set the card up using bttv. I don't know if that card is supported but the chipset is so here is the info that helped me get a different card but same chipset going. http://linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/mini/BTTV-Mini-HOWTO-0.3.html This is the bttv mini-howto. Bttv is the drivers for the chipset. You won't need to perform many (or any) of these setup steps if your using Mandrake 7.1 or up (at least I didn't). This howto is really badly out dated but gives you a good idea about what your going to need. I found the arguments and such that I needed for my card by searching the newsgroups archives on google. I mailed the list with a copy of the arg's in my modules.conf wich was the only steps I preformed to get an ATI TV Wonder VE setup with the bt787 chipset but your card may have a different tuner and stuff so best to look it up and search around. If would like you could look in the archives for that mail, subject ATI Wonder VE fixed. Good luck with getting your card setup. Jeff --- dooshiant % [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello I have a Voodoo TVFM tuner card which I am unable to run in KWinTV or XawTV. The scanwizard doesn't find any broadcasts. The chip is a BT878. cheers dooshiant _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] another misconfigured system?
On Friday 13 April 2001 22:40, you wrote: Forwarded message: From MAILER-DAEMON Fri Apr 13 17:39:43 2001 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 13 Apr 2001 17:37:48 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Delivery Status Notification MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Multipart/Report; report-type=delivery-status; boundary="=1022/Oteb3NHkDdgAAAD1OQ" Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This multi-part MIME message contains a Delivery Status Notification. If you can see this text, your mail client may not be able to understand MIME formatted messages or DSNs (see RFC 2045 through 2049 for general MIME information and RFC 1891 through 1894 for DSN specific information). --=1022/Oteb3NHkDdgAAAD1OQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii This message could not be delivered to the following recipients: Anyone else getting this stuff? Namezero or maximumtime, your user has a mysconfigured system or something. I tried sending this privately to the mandrake-request address, but that bounced, and so did postmaster@ maximumtime.com. Sheesh. David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Yes, I think everyone is getting this. I set a filter and hope it takes most of them out. -- Dennis M. registered Linux user # 180842
