[newbie-it] mad mouse
Ciao a tutti, mi piacerebbe sapere se sapere se quanto accade al mio linux accade anche a qualcun'altro: ho un mouse Logitech "radio" con wheel che in ambiente grafico (sia con gnome che con kde) ogni tanto impazzisce e salta in giro per lo scermo (naturalmente parlo del puntatore) spostando finestre selezionando menu e alle volte bloccando l'ambiente grafico (devo killarlo). E' da notare che questo mi succede sia con RedHat 6 che 7 nonche con Mandrake 7.2 quindi non sembra essere legato a Linux ne al desktop scelto (succede sia con KDE che con Gnome); inoltre me lo ha fatto sia con un PII 400 che con il PIII 733. La cosa che mi perplime (e deprime) che tutto ci non avviene sotto Windows-NT/98. A questo punto potrei pensare che essendo la trasmissione via radio alle volte si inseriscano dei disturbi che i driver di Windows eliminano mentre quelli linux no. Le mie domande sono: 1) C' qualcun altro che usa questo tipo di mouse e ha o non ha gli stessi problemi? 2) Qualcuno sa se esistono dei driver appositi per questo tipo di mouse? 3) Qualcuno ha qualche idea sul perch ci succede? 4) Idee di possibili soluzioni? Grazie fin da ora.
Re: [newbie] CDRW-xcdroast error
On Thursday 19 April 2001 22:52, you wrote: I'm running 7.2, which seemed to detect my Acer 6206A CD-RW during the install and has it set up as /dev/hdb--/dev/scd0. Xcdroast says that it can find the drive and read/write but I get the following error when I try to burn a track (it actually might be a cdrecord error, but I can't find it anywhere in the documentation): =-=-=-=-=-= Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 1 in dummy mode for single session. Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready. cdrecord: Input/output error. mode select g1: scsi sendcmd: retryable error CDB: 55 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 3C 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) snip Cdrecord also says that mod scsi is not installed, though ide-scsi.c is installed and cdrecord -scanbus locates the drive on scd0. Any ideas? I have seen this error and believe it is due to the lack of a path for image to disk. Go through the setup and look for HD settings and temporary image directories. You will need to set one up and then browse to it and add. Hope this isn't preaching to the choir and solves the problem. Onward and upward, -- Dennis M. registered Linux user # 180842
Re: [newbie] Update -- invoking bash scripts
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Geof Steichen wrote: I discovered, using the hex editor, that the scripts on the cdrom from "Linux Shells by Example" terminate each line with a carrage return followed by a line feed (hex 0d0a) combination. The lines of the identical script entered using vi terminates each line with just the line feed (hex 0a). The script entered using vi runs from the command line by entering just the scriptname. The scripts from the cdrom (lines terminated by CR/LF) do not run from the command line directly. They do not run correctly even if invoked by saying "bash scriptname". How can I strip the CR (hex 0d) from the lines in the scripts from the cdrom. Can gawk do it? It seems possible to process the file and strip the CR characters out piping stdout to a file on the harddisk. Can someone show me how? Thanks in advance. -- Geof A. Steichen Mandrake 7.1 Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] I use an alias in TC shell like so: tr -d '\015' \!:1 \!:2 Called from the command line for instance like this: cleanlines oldfile newfile This simply deletes all the ASCII 0xd characters. You could use the transform command directly: tr -d '\015' oldfile newfile - Len Lawrence @ The Thistle Foundation
Re: [newbie] star office 5.2 errir opening configuration file
What kind of SO install did you do? Was it #./setup -net as root and then $./setup as normal user? On Thursday 19 April 2001 09:30, Alan Carpenter wrote: I am having a small problem with star office, and I was wondering if anyone could help me out. When I close star office I get this error message error opening configuration file. When I'm logged in as root, and close up star office I do not get that error. I thought this could be a permissions problem, so I changed all of the star office directories from root to acarpenter. Still the same error. Thanks for your help.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Salvatore Eric Indiogine Computer Specialist - Power Operations [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-2431
Re: [newbie] linux on a notebook
On Thursday 19 April 2001 21:44, you wrote: The smallest distro I have heard of is Peanut Linux but it still needs 300 MB. http://www.ibiblio.org/peanut/ - Original Message - From: H.J.Bathoorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 7:53 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] linux on a notebook - Sorry about that, my own text got lost replying here. It read as follows: On Saturday 14 April 2001 10:24, you wrote: hello all i was wondering if i can fit mandrake on my legacy notebook (specifficaly the GUI) it has a hard disk of 115megabytes. can anyone tell me if this is possible? and if possible, how to accomplish this? im currently running w95 but that sucks big time thanx in front ! Cutting down on a Slackware distribution, I couldn't get much lower han 90 Mb (including minimal Netscape) using Icewm as window manager. The result was pretty spartan though. Excluding Netscape and including a minimal Staroffice I could bring it down to 147 Mb, giving me sparse W95-like functionality -- Not worth the bother I think. You could try a minidistrib like Mulinux or dragonlinux though. groetjes. -- Semper avanti, sailing on Linux, Harm Bathoorn Free evermore. Hoek. NL. |~ | _ ___ |__.__\_|_||_... \___\_|__||_|__|__ _\_Triade__NL__/ www.elv-transport.nl
[newbie] intel modem
Hi I have a intell datafax modem, I download the driver from Intell webpage ( V.90 or something), I didi exavtly what it says, (clean, make, install)- and everything its allright except it still not working or detecting it... it someway to set it up or something??? thanx Josue _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
[newbie] Replicated CD -- what is it?
Dear friends: Simple question: What is a replicated CD and what is it contrasted with or opposed to? Thank you. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Telnet
Don;t know witch distro you running but on 7.2 there is VNC woks just like pcanywhere and somewhere you will find the windows executable to. file:/usr/share/doc/vnc-doc-3.3.3/index.html This will be the path in 7.2 for all the info you will need. Hope it helps Stefaans On Thursday 19 April 2001 09:14, Mcintosh, Duncan wrote: HI there Iv got Linux running on a HP Vectrea VL5 It works just fine I am currently accessing this box via telnet. However the screensize of telnet is limited and I'm looking for someother kind of tools that lets me work from a windows machine. Something like PCanywhere. I dont want to use X as I'm a newbie and want to practice the command in shell. Anybody got any ideas?
Re: [newbie] more upgrading madness ...
STOP this bloody html Stefaans On Friday 20 April 2001 04:56, Michel Clasquin wrote: html font size=3To continue my ongoing battle with MandrakeUpdate and rpm, have a look a this br lot, cut 'n pasted straight from my terminal:brbr [root@localhost grpmi]# rpm -Uvh kdelibs-2.0.1-2mdk.i586.rpmbr error: failed dependencies:br nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; kdelibs = 2.0 is needed by kdelibs-sound-2.0-5mdkbr nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; kdelibs = 2.0 is needed by kdelibs-devel-2.0-5mdkbr nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; kdelibs = 2.0 is needed by kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0-5mdkbr [root@localhost grpmi]# rpm -Uvh kdelibs-devel-2.0.1-2mdk.i586.rpmbr error: failed dependencies:br nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; kdelibs = 2.0.1 is needed by kdelibs-devel-2.0.1-2mdkbr nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; kdelibs-devel = 2.0 is needed by kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0-5mdkbr [root@localhost grpmi]# rpm -Uvh kdelibs-sound-2.0.1-2mdk.i586.rpmbr error: failed dependencies:br nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; kdelibs = 2.0.1 is needed by kdelibs-sound-2.0.1-2mdkbr nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; kdelibs-sound = 2.0 is needed by kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0-5mdkbr [root@localhost grpmi]# rpm -Uvh kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0.1-2mdk.i586.rpmbr error: failed dependencies:br nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; kdelibs-sound = 2.0.1 is needed by kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0.1-2mdkbr nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; kdelibs = 2.0.1 is needed by kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0.1-2mdkbr nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; kdelibs-devel = 2.0.1 is needed by kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0.1-2mdkbrbr It's a perfect vicious circle - you can't install a until b is present, but b br requires c, which needs a. The only way I can see to install this lot is for br something, somewhere along the line, to be forced to install. Which is br supposed to be a Bad Thing (tm). Any guesses on which one to force first? My br guess is kdelibs, but that's just because it has the shortest name ...brbr Maybe there is something to this Debian stuff after all ...brbr -- br Michel Clasquinbr [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.zabr a href="http://www.geocities.com/clasqm" eudora="autourl"http://www.geocities.com/clasqm/abrbr This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PCbr /font/html
Re: [newbie] more upgrading madness ...
The magic sequince is. drumrolll Rpm -Uvh *.rpm --test Now check dependencies and ignore kdesu NOW rpm -ivh *.rpm --nodeps --force --replacefiles *grin* Just make sure you arein a directory with only the kde files present Cheers Stefaans On Friday 20 April 2001 00:08, Michel Clasquin wrote: To continue my ongoing battle with MandrakeUpdate and rpm, have a look a this lot, cut 'n pasted straight from my terminal: [root@localhost grpmi]# rpm -Uvh kdelibs-2.0.1-2mdk.i586.rpm error: failed dependencies: kdelibs = 2.0 is needed by kdelibs-sound-2.0-5mdk kdelibs = 2.0 is needed by kdelibs-devel-2.0-5mdk kdelibs = 2.0 is needed by kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0-5mdk [root@localhost grpmi]# rpm -Uvh kdelibs-devel-2.0.1-2mdk.i586.rpm error: failed dependencies: kdelibs = 2.0.1 is needed by kdelibs-devel-2.0.1-2mdk kdelibs-devel = 2.0 is needed by kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0-5mdk [root@localhost grpmi]# rpm -Uvh kdelibs-sound-2.0.1-2mdk.i586.rpm error: failed dependencies: kdelibs = 2.0.1 is needed by kdelibs-sound-2.0.1-2mdk kdelibs-sound = 2.0 is needed by kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0-5mdk [root@localhost grpmi]# rpm -Uvh kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0.1-2mdk.i586.rpm error: failed dependencies: kdelibs-sound = 2.0.1 is needed by kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0.1-2mdk kdelibs = 2.0.1 is needed by kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0.1-2mdk kdelibs-devel = 2.0.1 is needed by kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0.1-2mdk It's a perfect vicious circle - you can't install a until b is present, but b requires c, which needs a. The only way I can see to install this lot is for something, somewhere along the line, to be forced to install. Which is supposed to be a Bad Thing (tm). Any guesses on which one to force first? My guess is kdelibs, but that's just because it has the shortest name ... Maybe there is something to this Debian stuff after all ...
Re: [newbie] Problem about apache 1.3.19 install on Mandrake 8.0
Why not try the rpm's ? Stefaans On Friday 20 April 2001 06:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ¶ê§Î¹ÏDear : I have used linux on Redhat6.2 and 7.0 for a while. But I am new to use Mandrake 8.0, I am happy to use Mandrake 8.0. I have tried successfully installed mysql-3.23.36 + openssl-0.9.6 + mod_ssl-2.8.1-1.3.19 + php4.0.4pl1 on Redhat 6.2 But I got some errors when applying those on Mandrake8.0. Here is the installation steps and the messages on Mandrake: # (1) install mysql, suppose now on the mysql path ./configure make make install scripts/mysql_install_db /usr/local/share/mysql/mysql.server start # It works, and I can use Mysql database # (2) install openssl, suppose now on the openssl path sh config \ -fPIC \ no-idea make make test # It works # (3) install modssl, suppose now on the modssl path ./configure \ --with-apache=../apache_1.3.19 \ --with-crt=... --with-key=... # It works # (4) install apache, suppose now on the apache path SSL_BASE=../openssl-0.9.6 \ ./configure \ --prefix=/usr/local/apache \ --enable-module=most \ --enable-shared=max \ --enable-module=ssl \ --enable-shared=ssl make The screen shows that I got some errors /usr/local/apache_1.3.19/src/modules/standard/mod_auth_dbm.c:85:22: db1/ndbm.h : No such file or directory I found that when I installed Mandrake 8.0, it doesn't create the directory /usr/include/db1, so it gets an error while trying to read /usr/include/db1/ndbm.h file. So, I think it probably an error on Mandrake 8.0. However, as I remove the line --enable-module=most \ , that is: --prefix=/usr/local/apache \ --enable-shared=max \ --enable-module=ssl \ --enable-shared=ssl make make install It all works, and I can successfully configure php later, but I can not #load additional module on apache, such as gd or zlib etc.. So I think I cannot comment out --enable-module=most Thanks in advance. Content-Type: text/html; charset="big5"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: Content-Type: image/jpeg; charset="big5"; name="Pie Charts Bkgrd.JPG" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Description:
RE: [newbie] Telnet
I use a program called VNC, which allows a person to remotely control another machine (be it mac, windows, linux, os/2, what have you) from your machine. A window appears on your desk that shows the desktop of the remote computer you wish to control. All that needs to be done is to install the server software on the machine you wish to control, and install the client software on the machine you wish to control from. The programs are very small ( 1mb ). I use it here at work on my Linux machine to remotely control my windows laptop so I don't have to move back and forth to each one. Here's their website address: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ I believe it also works in the shell, but could be wrong. Hope that helps. Terry Sheltra --- "Munday Brian P SGT 507SIG LCC DMS SA(n)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ive used demo versions of KEA! X and it seemed to work well for me... also used KEA700 as a telnet client... was pretty user friendly http://www.attachmate.com brian Munday -Original Message- From: Mcintosh, Duncan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 11:14 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [newbie] Telnet HI there Iv got Linux running on a HP Vectrea VL5 It works just fine I am currently accessing this box via telnet. However the screensize of telnet is limited and I'm looking for someother kind of tools that lets me work from a windows machine. Something like PCanywhere. I dont want to use X as I'm a newbie and want to practice the command in shell. Anybody got any ideas? __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
[newbie] Milo on Alpha XL300 - How to boot after install?
I have an Alpha that doesn't support SRM boot. How do I boot my installation after it has successfully completed? I have alphabios 5.66. ???
[newbie] Workspace selector in panel + shared libraries
Hi, I've managed to remove the little panel widget which lets you choose between workspaces and can't for the life of me figure out how to get it back. I can still switch between workspaces with ctrl-alt-left/right arrow, but I'd like to use the widget also. Any ideas on how to restore this widget ? Also, I've built a shared library (xxx.so) and installed it in /usr/local/lib. When I run the program which requires the library, I'm told it cannot be found. I moved the library to /usr/lib and the system was then able to find it. So, how can I tell Linux to look in /usr/local/lib for shared librarys ? Is there something similar to the PATH environment variable, to which I can add '/usr/local/lib' ? Thanks for any help, regards, Charlie.
[newbie] Re: Internet security + Harddisk optimise danger + Wheel mouse.
Thanks Dennis and sorry for my late reply. I think my list subscription has gone askew as I've received no list mail and have had to check the archives for replies. Anyway, Bastille is just what I was looking for. It appears very good and provides whats seems comprehensive security for many areas of the system which I hadn't considered. Do you suppose there is any value in using portsentry, now that I have installed Bastille ? As far as the my other problems go, I have my wheel mouse working, and my hard disk hasn't crashed, so I'm feeling pretty hopeful. Thanks for your help, regards, Charlie.
[newbie] Word Perfect for Linux
I've used WP 8 with RH 6.2 now for over a year. Now that I switched to Mandrake 7.2, WP will not install. During installation, I get an: 'can't load library libm.so.5' error message. Went to Corel.com to see about another version of WP. There are none. Went to rpmfind.net to see about 'libm.so.5,' no such file listed under 'l.' Any ideas on what to do? No, i'd prefer not to go back to RH. cedric
[newbie] Linux for Windows
Doesn anyone know anything about linux for windows? I'm having trouble getting it installed. Matt Pirritano University of New Mexico Dept of Psychology New Mexico, USA
Re: [newbie] RC1 vs. 8.0 ?
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Re: [newbie] RC1 vs. 8.0 ?
no kidding... i received a whole load of html mail today aaarrrggghh now i understand why it is so hated please folks, have mercy on us Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rog [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1:36:40 PM 4/20/01 On Fri, 20 Apr 2001 04:54:19 +0200, you wrote: html font size=3br Is RC1 different from the 8.0 release ??brbr thx,br philomenabrbr br /font/html Bob (or Philomena, whichever applies)! Please! No HTML email on the list! Text only! peace, Rog Pro-lik Avs in 5
[newbie] Re: [expert] Supermount problems
Todd Flinders wrote: I cannot access my zip or floppy drives, even when logged in as root. The message I get is "input/output error." While researching this issue, the only hint I found was "try a different disk, you probably have a bad one in the drive." But, the floppy is a Mandrake boot disk, created in Mandrake 7.2; I use it to boot my machine (GRUB problem with hda, subject of another post) and it works fine. When I do an ls -l of the /mnt directory, both the floppy and zip are shown as having a size of 0. Clues, anybody? By the way, I did add myself to the floppy group, and there is *no* zip group listed. Hoping this post doesn't bounce back like my previous attempt, Jay DeKing Try adding yourself to the cdrom and zip groups. --- Praedor Tempus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a ppa zip drive and 2 cdroms setup with supermount. Only root is able to mount them. How do I correct this so that I, as a user, can mount the zip and cdroms? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
FW: [newbie] RC1 vs. 8.0 ?
Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. -Original Message- From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 3:04 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: FW: [newbie] RC1 vs. 8.0 ? Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. -Original Message- From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 2:00 PM To: 'Philomena' Subject: RE: [newbie] RC1 vs. 8.0 ? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Philomena Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 2:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] RC1 vs. 8.0 ? Is RC1 different from the 8.0 release ?? thx, philomena I have not done a package compare, but 8.0 looks to be more or less the same as RC-1. 8.0 does have a latter kernel build, 2.4.3-20 versus 2.4.3-10 in RC-1. I am sure there are probably other patches and/or fixes that have been applied to the final as well. If you are happy with the RC-1 do you need to upgrade to the final? That is a personal choice. I have a DSL connection and a burner, so I do it for no better reason than I can do so from the ISOs. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
Re: [newbie] Word Perfect for Linux
On Friday 20 April 2001 18:07, you wrote about [newbie] Word Perfect for Linux that ... Went to Corel.com to see about another version of WP. There are none. Went to rpmfind.net to see about 'libm.so.5,' no such file listed under 'l.' Any ideas on what to do? No, i'd prefer not to go back to RH. FWIW, I ordered a CD from cheapbytes called Applications Archive Edition 1. WordPerfect is on it and while the installation routine is a little cumbersome, it is fully documented and that version of WP8 works fine on my MDK7.2 system -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC
Re: [newbie] problems with MandrakeUpdate
OK, sounds fair enough, but my question is this: why does MandrakeUpdate tell me that I do not have the current version of rpm(x) even though I know that I do? If I download and install the latest version, it bombs out because it is already installed! I do run "update list" after every install, and have updated the rpm database from the command line as well. Note that this does not happen with every rpm, but the ones it does happen with do it every time. Regardez, Jay DeKing Salvatore Eric Indiogine wrote: MandrakeUpdate in MDK 7.2 is buggy. This is my persnal way of using it. I use it to tell me what to update and check for special instructions for install, then I open two terminals. In one I ftp the the site that MandrakeUpdate reads from. In the other I do rmp -Uvh manually for each downloaded rpm. Often I do update list in MandrakeUpdate and do this until the list is empty. Bottom line: do NOT use MandrakeUpdate to update, but use it to find the ftp sites, choose the rpms and check your progress.
[newbie] Test OT
Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
RE: [newbie] RC1 vs. 8.0 ?
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Philomena Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 2:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] RC1 vs. 8.0 ? I'm not sure if I'm happy with the RC1, as I just downloaded, burnt, and installed in on Teusday ! I haven't had time yet to see how it worked. I'm concerned a bit since it seems odd that at the same time that Crashtesters are still reporting problems with Beta 3, this RC1 release comes out, and then 2 days later the 8.0 is out ? Actually the RC-1 came out on April 8, so there was a over a week between it and the final. The purpose of the RC-1 was that it contained all the pkgs. which were to be included in the final and running it on varied systems would allow for any showstopper bug to be discovered and corrected. The only 1 found to my knowledge delt with the 2.4.3-20 kernel and it was fixed. Is the final Bug free? No. It is a fact of computer life that All software contains bugs. There were several picky, grammar errors through out the RC1 install that lends an unprofessional feeling - nothing to do with the software, but makes you wonder . A friend of mine has had problems with his USB mouse with each beta release (not recognized at all), I use the Logitech USB Optical MouseMan Wheel on all my system and have had no problem configuring it in any of the betas, the RC or the final. Your friend may have a problem with his system configuration that is the causing his mouse problems rather than the software. and I don't know if the prob was fixed in RC1. The 8.0 release seemed very quick - also very close on the heels of Redhat announcing their new release. As to the proximity of the release of RH 7.1. Mandrake was not rushing 8.0 rather RH took added time with 7.1 after the disaster they faced releasing 7.0 before it was ready. However, I'll download the 8.0 ISOs as soon as I can get onto a mirror and see how it is. I think you will be happy with it Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
Re: [newbie] return messages
I changed the address to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it still went to Bob? What's up wi'dat? -s
Re: [newbie] Aurora setup question
Actually, I read in that review linked from mandrakeforum.com that they did away with aurora. So, I don't know. Sorry. I guess they replaced it with some other graphical bootup. I haven't seen it yet. --- Todd Flinders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've had problems with aurora after an expert install in 7.2. It never seemed to install it. I simply rpm -Uvh aurora*rpm to install. But even after rebooting, aurora would not activate. It wasn't until I did rpm --rebuilddb that aurora kicked in. I don't necessarily know why, but that might help you with mandrake 8. Good luck. --- Alan Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using mandrake 8 beta 3. As root in gnome under "darkconf", "boot", "boot config", I change to aurora, and then select "horizontal - nice looking". I click apply and ok and reboot. It boots right back up in text mode? I go back into gnome and aurora is not selected? BTW I am using a boot disk, to get into my linux partiition. Is there anything I need to do with lilo to get aurora to work? Thanks for all your help. Alan __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Linux for Windows
Actually there are many of us that read this list that know about this very thing. And the single most important thing we know about this particular topic is that if you want to get Linux to install correctly DO NOT attempt to install Linux on a DOS partition. Install it on it's own partition. Vfats do not a proper Linux partition make. Go the extra few inches on this journey, do a little "light" reading and partition your drive and install Linux the way it should be done. There are many of us here that are more then happy to help you understand just how this is to be done. If you need help just holler. -- Mark * "what knowledge I have managed to accumlate over the years at times becomes obscured and even hidden amidst the vast emotional onslaught of my children. You never finish being a parent. :)" On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Matthew Pirritano wrote: Doesn anyone know anything about linux for windows? I'm having trouble getting it installed. Matt Pirritano University of New Mexico Dept of Psychology New Mexico, USA
RE: [newbie] RC1 vs. 8.0 ?
I don't think you should be making any of these judgements until you look at the 8.0 final. First of all, remember that they are all betas and prereleases. They TOLD you it had bugs. They TOLD you it wasn't finished. Also, it was not two days between RC1 and Final. It was several weeks, actually. You may have downloaded RC1 late, but that doesn't mean that work on the final was rushed. As far as the language remember that Mandrake is a French based company. I'm sure they utilize developers from many different countries. It is silly to assume that English will be every Mandrake developer's mother tongue. When you consider they have about 50 languages on Mandrake, you should be able to excuse some grammar/spelling issues AT LEAST until the final comes out. I'd be curious to see how much you were offended with the French translations in the betas. Finally, before you have a heart attack do not that this is a .0 release. .0 usually signifies a significant change. .0 tends to be the most likely to have issues. Now the first people looking at 8.0 tend to be very impressed. Some are even claiming it to be the best Mandrake to date. Maybe it's perfect. But likely, there will be some issues along the way. Be patient and understanding. Don't carry your issues from bugs in a development release to the final version. Judge it for what it is. --- Philomena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure if I'm happy with the RC1, as I just downloaded, burnt, and installed in on Teusday ! I haven't had time yet to see how it worked. I'm concerned a bit since it seems odd that at the same time that Crashtesters are still reporting problems with Beta 3, this RC1 release comes out, and then 2 days later the 8.0 is out ? There were several picky, grammar errors through out the RC1 install that lends an unprofessional feeling - nothing to do with the software, but makes you wonder . A friend of mine has had problems with his USB mouse with each beta release (not recognized at all), and I don't know if the prob was fixed in RC1. The 8.0 release seemed very quick - also very close on the heels of Redhat announcing their new release. However, I'll download the 8.0 ISOs as soon as I can get onto a mirror and see how it is. philomena At 01:59 PM 4/20/2001 -0400, Charles A Edwards wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Philomena Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 2:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] RC1 vs. 8.0 ? Is RC1 different from the 8.0 release ?? thx, philomena I have not done a package compare, but 8.0 looks to be more or less the same as RC-1. 8.0 does have a latter kernel build, 2.4.3-20 versus 2.4.3-10 in RC-1. I am sure there are probably other patches and/or fixes that have been applied to the final as well. If you are happy with the RC-1 do you need to upgrade to the final? That is a personal choice. I have a DSL connection and a burner, so I do it for no better reason than I can do so from the ISOs. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8 - Where?
cedric wrote: Where can I get Mandrake 8 on CD's? Downloading on my connection would take months. No high speed connections available for me. Willing to pay if someone will burn and send me a copy. cedric CedricI have found the following two companies to be quick to offer the new releases on CD and very reasonable in both their pricing and shipping costs: http://www.cheapbytes.com/ http://www.lsl.com/ A quick look at each of the above sites revealed that LSL has a preorder item set up for mdk 8.0 at the top of their main page. Cheapbytes shouldn't be far behind. -- Alan
RE: [newbie] RC1 vs. 8.0 ?
OK - my last comment on this, I didn't mean for this to start a thread and hope it dies with this - I didn't make any judgements like you concluded - of course I know the beta's had some bugs - I was testing them - my last statement was that I would download the 8.0 and see how it was - I naturally would expect that trivial, surface bugs would be fixed - I was not "offended" by the English errors, but that still qualifies as errors in the English release candidate, the same as it would count as an error in a user manual - I was not bashing Mandrake as you seem to think - and yes, I did miss the RC1 release date - but, testing on beta 3 was still going on with Crashtesters, even as the RC1 was out and even as 8.0 was released - seems cross-purpose to me, but thats just how it looks to me. I did not have a heart attack or over-react as you have to my email. I have been testing the betas and generally had nothing to report as all components seemed to work great on my system. So, mea culpa, mea culpa - I wasn't passing judgement, regardless of what you and a few others have thought 'nuff said philomena At 01:08 PM 4/20/2001 -0700, Todd Flinders wrote: I don't think you should be making any of these judgements until you look at the 8.0 final. First of all, remember that they are all betas and prereleases. They TOLD you it had bugs. They TOLD you it wasn't finished. Also, it was not two days between RC1 and Final. It was several weeks, actually. You may have downloaded RC1 late, but that doesn't mean that work on the final was rushed. As far as the language remember that Mandrake is a French based company. I'm sure they utilize developers from many different countries. It is silly to assume that English will be every Mandrake developer's mother tongue. When you consider they have about 50 languages on Mandrake, you should be able to excuse some grammar/spelling issues AT LEAST until the final comes out. I'd be curious to see how much you were offended with the French translations in the betas. Finally, before you have a heart attack do not that this is a .0 release. .0 usually signifies a significant change. .0 tends to be the most likely to have issues. Now the first people looking at 8.0 tend to be very impressed. Some are even claiming it to be the best Mandrake to date. Maybe it's perfect. But likely, there will be some issues along the way. Be patient and understanding. Don't carry your issues from bugs in a development release to the final version. Judge it for what it is. --- Philomena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure if I'm happy with the RC1, as I just downloaded, burnt, and installed in on Teusday ! I haven't had time yet to see how it worked. I'm concerned a bit since it seems odd that at the same time that Crashtesters are still reporting problems with Beta 3, this RC1 release comes out, and then 2 days later the 8.0 is out ? There were several picky, grammar errors through out the RC1 install that lends an unprofessional feeling - nothing to do with the software, but makes you wonder . A friend of mine has had problems with his USB mouse with each beta release (not recognized at all), and I don't know if the prob was fixed in RC1. The 8.0 release seemed very quick - also very close on the heels of Redhat announcing their new release. However, I'll download the 8.0 ISOs as soon as I can get onto a mirror and see how it is. philomena At 01:59 PM 4/20/2001 -0400, Charles A Edwards wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Philomena Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 2:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] RC1 vs. 8.0 ? Is RC1 different from the 8.0 release ?? thx, philomena I have not done a package compare, but 8.0 looks to be more or less the same as RC-1. 8.0 does have a latter kernel build, 2.4.3-20 versus 2.4.3-10 in RC-1. I am sure there are probably other patches and/or fixes that have been applied to the final as well. If you are happy with the RC-1 do you need to upgrade to the final? That is a personal choice. I have a DSL connection and a burner, so I do it for no better reason than I can do so from the ISOs. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] [Fwd: Playing .mpg files ? 2
Use mplayer Search from freshmeat or sourceforge Stefaans On Thursday 19 April 2001 01:20, Joan Tur wrote: Now i've tryed xine-0.3.5-1mdk and the following error messages appear: video_out_xv: no video port found Hope that helps! Joan Tur escribi: I've got a .mpg video file and i'm not able to play it. I'm using Aktion and it's using xanim. Xanim shuts with a "segmentation fault"... -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395 Joan.Tur.pagina.de www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783
Re: [newbie] [Fwd: Playing .mpg files ? 2
For your Xv problem, check out Xine's HOWTO here: http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~rjw57/xine/howto/howto-9.html Specifically in the troubleshooting of the HOWTO it states the following, but you should read the entire HOWTO for all the details: 9.10 Now how do I get this Xv extension to work? First you need to install/use XFree 4.x. Once you got that you have to make sure the XFree drivers you're using are supporting Xv on your hardware. Here are some locations to look for suitable drivers: g200/g400: xfree 4.x supports these out-of-the-box nvidia cards : www.nvidia.com (they've got binary drivers) ATI cards: GATOS www.linuxvideo.org/gatos/ i815 : the latest xfree 4.x code supports these 3dfx (voodoo): the latest xfree 4.x code supports these --- Stefaans Mostert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Use mplayer Search from freshmeat or sourceforge Stefaans On Thursday 19 April 2001 01:20, Joan Tur wrote: Now i've tryed xine-0.3.5-1mdk and the following error messages appear: video_out_xv: no video port found Hope that helps! Joan Tur escribió: I've got a .mpg video file and i'm not able to play it. I'm using Aktion and it's using xanim. Xanim shuts with a "segmentation fault"... -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395 Joan.Tur.pagina.de www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
[newbie] Failed to update from 7.2 to 8.0
Hello, I tried to update my MDK 7.2 setup to 8.0 and encountered some problems during the installation. Here's what happened: a) Downloaded both 8.0-inst and 8.0-ext and burned them on CDs. b) Booted with the 8.0-inst CD and got into the GUI installation interface. All my hardware seemed to be recognized correctly during the boot process. c) Selected the "Expert/Update" option. d) Went through the first few steps (language, keyboard, mouse etc.), but in the "Format Partitions" step I kept getting "Cannot mount device" error. It didn't say which device it couldn't mount (the down side of GUI installation, I guess). This step could not be skipped and the only way to quit the installation is to press the reset button. And here's my configuration: Hardware: . Abit BP6 . a Maxtor 20G ATA66 hard drive on IDE0 (ATA33 interface) . a DVD drive and a CDR on IDE1 . Promise ATA100 PCI card . a IBM 30G ATA100 hard drive connected to the Promise card Software: . Win2k and Mandrake 7.2 with kernel 2.4.3 . both hard drives are split half-half between Windows and Linux . The linux partitions are - The Maxtor disk: /, /home, swap - The IBM disk: /mnt/ibm, /usr/local Any ideas on what could have gone wrong? With so many exciting new features in 8.0 it's really pretty frustrating that I couldn't even get it installed. Thanks a lot, - Steve __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Failed to update from 7.2 to 8.0
Civilme had mentioned some timing issues with Maxtor and Western Digital hard drives. I'm no expert, but it may be worth checking out his messages from within the last two weeks to find out more. It may be relevant to your situation. I don't know. --- chengyu sun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I tried to update my MDK 7.2 setup to 8.0 and encountered some problems during the installation. Here's what happened: a) Downloaded both 8.0-inst and 8.0-ext and burned them on CDs. b) Booted with the 8.0-inst CD and got into the GUI installation interface. All my hardware seemed to be recognized correctly during the boot process. c) Selected the "Expert/Update" option. d) Went through the first few steps (language, keyboard, mouse etc.), but in the "Format Partitions" step I kept getting "Cannot mount device" error. It didn't say which device it couldn't mount (the down side of GUI installation, I guess). This step could not be skipped and the only way to quit the installation is to press the reset button. And here's my configuration: Hardware: . Abit BP6 . a Maxtor 20G ATA66 hard drive on IDE0 (ATA33 interface) . a DVD drive and a CDR on IDE1 . Promise ATA100 PCI card . a IBM 30G ATA100 hard drive connected to the Promise card Software: . Win2k and Mandrake 7.2 with kernel 2.4.3 . both hard drives are split half-half between Windows and Linux . The linux partitions are - The Maxtor disk: /, /home, swap - The IBM disk: /mnt/ibm, /usr/local Any ideas on what could have gone wrong? With so many exciting new features in 8.0 it's really pretty frustrating that I couldn't even get it installed. Thanks a lot, - Steve __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Aurora setup question
thats ok cause it didn't work right half the stinkin time anyway. -- Mark * "what knowledge I have managed to accumlate over the years at times becomes obscured and even hidden amidst the vast emotional onslaught of my children. You never finish being a parent. :)" On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Todd Flinders wrote: Actually, I read in that review linked from mandrakeforum.com that they did away with aurora. So, I don't know. Sorry. I guess they replaced it with some other graphical bootup. I haven't seen it yet. --- Todd Flinders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've had problems with aurora after an expert install in 7.2. It never seemed to install it. I simply rpm -Uvh aurora*rpm to install. But even after rebooting, aurora would not activate. It wasn't until I did rpm --rebuilddb that aurora kicked in. I don't necessarily know why, but that might help you with mandrake 8. Good luck. --- Alan Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using mandrake 8 beta 3. As root in gnome under "darkconf", "boot", "boot config", I change to aurora, and then select "horizontal - nice looking". I click apply and ok and reboot. It boots right back up in text mode? I go back into gnome and aurora is not selected? BTW I am using a boot disk, to get into my linux partiition. Is there anything I need to do with lilo to get aurora to work? Thanks for all your help. Alan __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
RE: [newbie] Aurora setup question
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Weaver Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 8:06 PM To: Newbie List Subject: Re: [newbie] Aurora setup question thats ok cause it didn't work right half the stinkin time anyway. -- Mark * "what knowledge I have managed to accumlate over the years at times becomes obscured and even hidden amidst the vast emotional onslaught of my children. You never finish being a parent. :)" On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Todd Flinders wrote: Actually, I read in that review linked from mandrakeforum.com that they did away with aurora. So, I don't know. Sorry. I guess they replaced it with some other graphical bootup. I haven't seen it yet. --- Todd Flinders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've had problems with aurora after an expert install in 7.2. It never seemed to install it. I simply rpm -Uvh aurora*rpm to install. But even after rebooting, aurora would not activate. It wasn't until I did rpm --rebuilddb that aurora kicked in. I don't necessarily know why, but that might help you with mandrake 8. Good luck. --- Alan Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using mandrake 8 beta 3. As root in gnome under "darkconf", "boot", "boot config", I change to aurora, and then select "horizontal - nice looking". I click apply and ok and reboot. It boots right back up in text mode? I go back into gnome and aurora is not selected? BTW I am using a boot disk, to get into my linux partiition. Is there anything I need to do with lilo to get aurora to work? Thanks for all your help. Alan To go back to Alan's original post Aurora Will not run if you are booting from a floppy. For it to run you have to boot from the hd. Charles (-:
[newbie] Plex 86
Dear All, Does anyone know anything about Plex 86? Does this works better than Wine? Thanks, Marcia
[newbie] MD5SUMS
Ok, this file appears to be a text file, and it says it is sums for ISO's to ensure they are all correct. The only problem is I haven't been able to find out how you test it to verify this string. Anyone got that info? Take Care, Dwight Daynotes, Columns, Tips, message boards, we try to give you it as much as we can. http://www.geekworld.ca/personal/ Public Key is http://www.geekworld.ca/Keys/DwightWallbridge.asc
[newbie]LM 8.0
Dear All, Is LM 8 officially out yet? What is different about it and would it be worth upgrading from 7.2 to 8? Thanks for your info. Sincerely, Marcia
Re: [newbie] Re: [expert] Supermount problems
First of all, I didn't write that.. hahah But the other thing to do is check your symlinks. Make sure the devices are linked properly. I know there is an issue with burners not linking properly. By any chance is one of these cd-roms a burner? A quick way to check for this is to look in your /dev directory and ls -l cdrom* If you see cdrom, cdrom1, and cdrom2, then that's likely a problem. For example, I have my DVD player as master of my second IDE and my burner as slave on the second IDE. Therefore I deleted my bad links (rm /dev/cdrom*) and created new ones: ln -s hdc cdrom ln -s scd0 cdrom1 I then updated /etc/fstab changing all references of cdrom2 to cdrom1. I removed cdrom2 from /mnt and created /mnt/cdrom1. Then I was good to go. Maybe that's the issue you are having with your cdroms. I have never owned a zip drive so I have no idea of how they are supposed to be set up. But if you know how it should look, make sure it is linked properly as well. If the link is bad, you will get that EXACT error that you are having. That is what it would say to me until I fixed my cdrom links. Hope that helps. Write again with more detail if this doesn't fix the problem. --- Jay DeKing [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Todd Flinders wrote: I cannot access my zip or floppy drives, even when logged in as root. The message I get is "input/output error." While researching this issue, the only hint I found was "try a different disk, you probably have a bad one in the drive." But, the floppy is a Mandrake boot disk, created in Mandrake 7.2; I use it to boot my machine (GRUB problem with hda, subject of another post) and it works fine. When I do an ls -l of the /mnt directory, both the floppy and zip are shown as having a size of 0. Clues, anybody? By the way, I did add myself to the floppy group, and there is *no* zip group listed. Hoping this post doesn't bounce back like my previous attempt, Jay DeKing Try adding yourself to the cdrom and zip groups. --- Praedor Tempus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a ppa zip drive and 2 cdroms setup with supermount. Only root is able to mount them. How do I correct this so that I, as a user, can mount the zip and cdroms? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
