[newbie-it] setup mandrake 8.0
Salve a tutti è la mia prima mail sulla mailing spero di non combinare casini anche perchè non ho mai usato cose di questo tipo ;o) ho provato ad installare mandrake 8.0 e anche io ho visto che ci metteva un casino di tempo.alla fine ho abbandonato! by Spider
[newbie-it] connessione internet isdn
salve, sempre io :) ho appena finito un estenuante setup di mdk 8.0 e non riesco a configurare internet, ho un modem interno asuscomil mio piccolo Linux lo riconosceho compilato tutto quello che dovevo compilare ma non mi connettepotrebbe essere anche la linea occupata visto che uso una flatallora cortesemente... chiedose la config. della connessione è giusta e non bisogna fare altro come posso impostare linux in modo che componga più volte il numero? (es. accesso remoto di win) .grazie molte.anzi di più! by Spider
[newbie] char-major-108
Hi all, does anyone know what this is for? I get the message showing up in my /var/log/messages modprobe: modprobe : Can't locate module char-major-108 Can anyone tell me what it means? and where I can get this file, and where to put it when I do find it. Also, I upgraded the kernel to the 2.2.19-4.1mdk on the update site, using the instructions listed on the mandrake page. (I didn't use mandrake update) It all seemed to go well. and It is loading the correct kernel in grub,,, (ie I edited grub and put the new kernel listing first..) but at the Console login screen, it still tells me that it has 2.2.17 kernel. does anyone know where it gets that info from? kindest regards Frank
[newbie] My 7.2 Linux hanged
Dear, I was trying to install Mandrake Linux 7.2 on my new Dell C800 notebook. I booted the machine and the installer started then i chose the language and the type of installation. However when it asked to to install ot update I chose install since this the first time. After that it dispalyed a message saying configuring PCMCIA and it continued showing this message hanged. Then I tryed the text installer and showd me the there is a kernel panic and hanged Any Help Thanks
[newbie] strange error message.
Hi everyone,, I get randomly disconnected from my ISP and when I check the /var/log/messages, I find this... pppd [3128]: Hangup (SIGHUP) pppd[3128]: Modem Hangup I did not tell it to disconnect, it just did, what would be causing this? anyone know? I have just read the pppd man, and mentions that being sent a sighup will reset the connection,, but I didn't send it. how can I find out what is cauing this? (it happens at random, sometimes within two minutes, sometimes 8 hours,, but it always happens eventually.) any help would be most seriously appreciated. Kindest regards Frank Perth WA - Original Message - From: franki Vianet To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 2:30 PM Subject: [newbie] char-major-108 Hi all, does anyone know what this is for? I get the message showing up in my /var/log/messages modprobe: modprobe : Can't locate module char-major-108 Can anyone tell me what it means? and where I can get this file, and where to put it when I do find it. Also, I upgraded the kernel to the 2.2.19-4.1mdk on the update site, using the instructions listed on the mandrake page. (I didn't use mandrake update) It all seemed to go well. and It is loading the correct kernel in grub,,, (ie I edited grub and put the new kernel listing first..) but at the Console login screen, it still tells me that it has 2.2.17 kernel. does anyone know where it gets that info from? kindest regards Frank
Re: [newbie] reiserfs and new kernel
Geez, silly me. conk Thnx, -s On Sunday 22 April 2001 09:05 pm, you wrote: You can see it in Disk Free (in Applications --Monitoring) or /etc/fstab On Tuesday 24 April 2001 07:23, you wrote: 2.4.3-13mdk.And another question if you please: I loaded 8.0 last night, and I don't remember if I used reiserfs or not [yes, I am blond :-) ]. How can one tell which fs they are using? I think I did, so my first question is still very relevant.
Re: [newbie] MP3 players and linux?
And the config mentions specifically support for the Rio diamond thing (or is it Diamond Rio?). -s On Monday 23 April 2001 12:28 am, you wrote: Hello all, I was thinking of purchasing an MP3 player. But since I'd prefer to have to boot to Windows as little as possible, I'd need one with Linux support. I understand that kernel 2.4 now has support for USB devices? Any recommendations? Thanks in advance.
Re: [newbie] reiserfs and new kernel
s [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2.4.3-13mdk.And another question if you please: I loaded 8.0 last night, and I don't remember if I used reiserfs or not [yes, I am blond :-) ]. How can one tell which fs they are using? I think I did, so my first question is still very relevant. == Why not check /etc/fstab? Each partitions file system will be identified. HTH, Mike -- Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting, killing, and dreadful idolatry took place there. --Baltasar Rusow, Estonia, 16th century __ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
Re: [newbie] reiserfs and new kernel
umhuh? -- 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 Mon, 23 Apr 2001, robert wydler haduch wrote: At 12:47 PM 4/22/2001 -0400, Mark Weaver wrote: which kernel was it that you compiled? -- 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 Mon, 23 Apr 2001, s wrote: Hi, I reinstalled this weekend and so I though I'd try out reiserfs. But when I upgraded the kernel, my system wouldn't boot. I selected reiserfs as a module when compiling as I remembered someone saying once to do. But not anything else concerning this topic. Any thoughts on what I did wrong or should have done? -s
Re: [newbie] How much internet security do I need?
Along with Pmfirewall you should also configure portsentry to watch for port scans. Pmfirewall, using Ipchains, is a wonderful first step, but a single layered security scheme isn't much security at all. I wouldn't use anything less then two layers and thats cutting things down to bare bones. these days, when it comes to keep your machine secure from unwanted visitors redundency is the way. While its true that you can only go so far on a single home machine it never hurts to go as far as you can. I've setup a simple SMTP/FTP/HTTP server at work that I use for certain interesting tasks and amusement. In the first week it was up someone breached the box, (my fault cause I left port 23, telnet, open) was rooted and planted. I got lucky this time cause I saw the evidence of the incurrsion, found their droppings and got rid of them. you can be sure I got firewall configured properly AND installed and configured portsentry which has been on duty since without a single lapse in security since. I will tell you that the hosts.deny file continues to grow daily since these guys just don't take no for an answer and they're still trying to gain access. their ip numbers are all over my firewall logs and portsentry continues to log their scans and enter their ip addresses in the hosts.deny file so that it remembers them. for an older RedHat machine running on an i486 P1-133 I'm very impressed with what these two programs can do on their own to protect both machine and the data contained on that machine - not to mention the network behind the machine. -- 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 Mon, 23 Apr 2001, s wrote: pmfirewall should do you just fine. You will need to add some things to it as you find ports left open here and there, but basically it's a good start. -s On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, you wrote: Hi All: I am using ML 7.2 for a home desktop system. I only browse the internet using a 56K modem. How much internet security do I need? Do I need ipchains or whatever? I am only on the internet 3 to 4 hours a day. I have ML set to medium security!! Thanks Charles
Re: [newbie] ok, so mandrake 8.0 is out, need info
heh! every time I choose Grub I get LILO anyhow so I just stopped asking for grub. -- 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 Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Steve Helder wrote: Adam, For the beta's plus rc1 i used expert mode for install. I was then able to choose which boot loader, Grub LILO with Graphics, LILO with regular menu, or other. Hopefully this will work for you too. Steve - Original Message - From: Adam Willcox To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 4:17 AM Subject: [newbie] ok, so mandrake 8.0 is out, need info The betas of 8.0 have been using lilo as a bootloader... but one of the things I liked about LM 7.2 was that it used grub as it's primary boot loader and all I had to do was tell it where my other os was and it loaded neccesary files with a chainloading system. Lilo cannot do this. So did they switch to grub for the full release? Also, it looks like they completely re-vamped bootdrake making it completely worthless. Is there anyway that I can install GRUB from the getgo during the install process and use the same easy-to-use front-end that the 7.2 install had?... for me it was such an easy way to dual boot rather than copying all of these image output files and what not. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Re: [newbie] Is my hosts.deny working??
The hosts.deny file is a file that Portsentry uses to keep track of ip addresses of machines that have scanned your machine's ports and tried to gain access to your machine. if this file is empty it either means that portsentry hasn't detected anyone scanning your machine, or that you haven't configured portsentry and turned it on. which, is a bad thing. anyone running a linux box and connecting to the internet that isn't running a modest 2 layer security scheme is just asking for someone to break into their system and setup shop. give them timethey will. I would stronly suggest you install and configure PMfirewall and also configure portsentry to begin watching your ports. may I also suggest that you turn off any and all services that you have running that you're not using. such as telnet, ftp, and a host of others. you can do this simply and quickly my opening the file /etc/services and commenting out the lines representing , (naming) those things that you aren't using. doing so will close those ports and make your machine inaccessable on those ports. -- 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 Sat, 21 Apr 2001, ai4a wrote: Hi: I use my system as a simple desktop machine connect to the internet through a ppp line a 56K modem. Does this mean that I connect to the internet and no one needs to connect to me?? In my hosts.deny file I have: ALL: ALL: DENY In my hosts.allow file I have nothing: # there are no entries in my hosts.allow file I can still connect to the internet and all works fine. Is my hosts.deny file working? Do I have a deamon turned off? How can I test if hosts.deny is working?
Re: [newbie] gcc++ question
Barbara, The compiler is telling you it's confused and doesn't know for certain whether it's supposed to do the job or not. Open the file Makefile and check to make sure which compiler is being referenced in the file. specify either gcc or g++. -- 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 Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Barbara wrote: I was trying to configure ddd and while running configure, I got this error checking whether the C++ compiler (c++) compiles a simple program... no configure: error: You must set the environment variable CXX to a working C++ compiler. Also check the CXXFLAGS settings. See the file 'config.log' for further diagnostics. This is a regular 7.1 Mandrake installation. Any ideas what I need to do here? Thanks! Barbara
[newbie] CDRW/DVD won't mount
I have a Toshiba CDRW/DVD combo drive. ML7.2 installed fine from CD, but now I can't read CDs -- even the ML install CDs -- on it. The ML install set me up with supermount; I verified that with my /etc/fstab. As a normal user I get a permissions problem with /mnt/cdrom. As root I get an I/O error when trying to read it directly (ls /mnt/cdrom), and a wrong fs type, bad block or [something else, don't recall] error when trying to mount it from the command line (it dismounted without error first). I poked around in /dev and discovered that I have /dev/cdrom and /dev/ cdrom1. Is this for the CDR and CDW functions or something? Anyway, I'm stumped. What's my next move? Thanks Mark Shaw
Re: [newbie] reiserfs and new kernel
s, it would appear from the information you supplied that you didn't compile the kernel but rather installed the RPM package version. if that is correct then you did what I did last week and now you've got a mess. if you're running Mandrake 8.0 I'm not sure what to tell you since I'm still running 7.2 and I have a feeling there are some differences between the two that might make things interesting. something you may want to try is downloading the kernel tarball and compiling it that way. when you're configuring the kernel before compile under the file system menu item make sure that you check the module or direct support for reiserfs. -- 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 Mon, 23 Apr 2001, s wrote: 2.4.3-13mdk.And another question if you please: I loaded 8.0 last night, and I don't remember if I used reiserfs or not [yes, I am blond :-) ]. How can one tell which fs they are using? I think I did, so my first question is still very relevant. Thnx, -s On Sunday 22 April 2001 11:47 am, you wrote: which kernel was it that you compiled?
RE: [newbie] reiserfs and new kernel
Hans, that little message indicates that you have installed and are running the Reiser file system. -- 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 Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Hans N. wrote: When I boot up Linux, on a dual boot Win98 and Mandrake box, I sometimes stare at the messages coming up from all the processes initializing. Well one I do see each time is a line that mentions something about SUSE, starting ReiserFS, and something about MP3.com. I'm so very newbie, but maybe someone can correct me. But it would appear this line should be seen by yourself as well when starting Mandrake, if I'm even _guessing_ correctly. Hans N. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of s 2.4.3-13mdk.And another question if you please: I loaded 8.0 last night, and I don't remember if I used reiserfs or not [yes, I am blond :-) ]. How can one tell which fs they are using? I think I did, so my first question is still very relevant. Thnx, -s
Re: [newbie] Modem Busy
Lee, I had my system setup essentially the same way until I stopped using Windows all together. I'm using a 3Com/USRobotic ISA and last I heard your modem was also supported. I have a feeling that it may be in the setup. Open the Kppp interface with your modem set to use ttyS1 (COM2). you may also want to check the settings in Linuxconf's ppp setup. let me know what you find. -- 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 Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Lee wrote: Hi Folks, Ok..the specs 1st. Zoom isa 5919. I have 2 drives w/grub as a bootloader. I have 98se on 1 drive and LM7.2 on the other. Modem is fine in 98. I still cannot get this modem to be seen by LM7.2. I've tried moving to different irq's,com ports and I get modem is busy This is with the modem set to com2,irq3. Tried initializing it in harddrake,kppp,control center,and probably a few others. When I had the modem set to com 3, irq 5 I got the message modem is not responding I need to have this modem working in both 98 and LM7.2 Is this being done by anyone here ? I'm not sure where to go from here as I'm going in circles. Any tips,suggestions,or free external modems :) to try will be greatly appreciated. Thank you and hava great wknd !! Lee
Re: Offlist: [newbie] Failed to update from 7.2 to 8.0
Um...pardon the breakin on this thread, but I'm wondering about something. I'm thinking about upgrading to 8.0, but I'm not liking what I'm hearing about the kernel in that version.(2.4.3) Is there another kernel version offered during install? i.e. 2.2.17 or 2.2.19? -- 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 Sat, 21 Apr 2001, chengyu sun wrote: Hi, Todd Thanks a lot for responding to my question. The problem was not the ATA100 card though. It's the installer having problem mounting a NTFS partition (which is on a ATA33 disk). However, I'm very curious about the bug in 2.4.3, e.g. will it cause data corruption? I just got the Promise card about a week ago and it have been working fine under 2.4.3 during this period. I'd like to know if I could trust it with important data. Thanks a lot and have a nice weekend, - Chengyu --- CB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 12:54:53PM -0700, chengyu sun wrote: . Promise ATA100 PCI card There's the problem. Kernel 2.4.3 appears to break the Promise ATA chipset. Stay tuned for a fix. The guys are working to try and figure out a way around it. I think it's a kernel problem, not a Mandrake problem. Wait til Civilime responds to get the most accurate and up to date information. I could be wrong or taking things out of context. -- 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 | __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] MD5SUMS
s, It sounds like there is a good chance you have a bad iso (because of your problems with reinstalling). When I downloaded mandrakefreq-i586-20010316.iso, there was another file named mandrakefreq.md5sum. That second file is a text file containing the md5sum for the iso. Run the command md5sum on the iso file (which it sounds like you already did), then compare the results to the contents of the md5sum in the text file. If they match, you almost certainly got a correct download, if they don't match there are errors in the iso. You don't have to repeat the download, you can use the rsync command to correct the iso. I will forward to this list a note I sent to the rsync and expert list which describes how I used rsync for the same purpose. You will have to revise the commands appropriately for the iso file you are trying to get, the server you are using, and the location of the file on the server. If you have trouble let me know -- there are a few variations to the rsync command -- the :: (double colon variation) might not work on the server you try to use (and rsync might not even be supported on your server). If you use a server that requires a variation of rsync, I'd like to try it myself as a learning experience. Hope this helps, Randy Kramer s wrote: I'm glad someone else asked about this. :-) I ran this last night before install, I didn't get errors or warnings, but the numbers (output) didn't match. I typed: /usr/bin/md5sum * in the directory where I downloaded them and got three long numbers for the files (inst-iso, ext-iso, md5sum). How do you know if it's right? What am I looking for? The install didn't go perfect, several of the packages/apps I selected couldn't be installed. -s On Sunday 22 April 2001 02:53 pm, you wrote: Dwight, I don't think anyone else responded, so I'll take a stab at it. Are you concerned about whether the file containing the md5sums is authentic, or about whether the md5sum of the iso you downloaded is correct (matches the md5sum in the text file you are talking about)? The second is simpler to discuss, assuming the first is true. Just run the md5sum command (executable) on the downloaded iso. If the md5sum calculated by the md5sum executable matches the md5sum in the text file you are talking about, then you have reasonable assurance that your download has been error free. If, somehow, someone replaced the authentic md5sums with some bogus md5sums, (and the iso with a bogus iso), you (and many others) probably have a problem. I'm sure that could happen, but I haven't worried about it so far. Are you downloading from a well-known / reliable mirror? If so, I wouldn't worry too much about the possibility of someone having replaced the file. Some people who publish isos use a program like PGP to sign the files containing the md5sums (or the isos?) to guarantee authenticity. (I'd tell you more about PGP, but I've never actually used it.) Although the md5sum can be used to provide security against someone having replaced the iso with a bogus iso, the bigger purpose of the md5sum (in this case) is to provide a confirmation that your download has been error free (I say, donning my asbestos longjohns). Hope this helps, Randy Kramer Dwight wrote: 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] HELP CD burning broken
Require rectify this situation, current results not acceptable. Cd Plextor burner was moved from hdd to hdc. All attempts to burn a cd from an iso image result in: Cdrecord 1.9 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM scsidev: '1,0,0' scsibus: 1 target: 0 lun: 0 Linux sg driver version: 2.1.39 Using libscg version 'schily-0.1' atapi: 1 Device type: Removable CD-ROM Version: 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info: 'PLEXTOR ' Identifikation : 'CD-R PX-W8432T' Revision : '1.07' Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : SWABAUDIO Drive buf size : 4194304 = 4096 KB FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB mkisofs 1.13 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) cdrecord: WARNING: Track size unknown. Data may not fit on disk. Track 01: data unknown length padsize: 30 KB Total size: 0 MB (00:00.00) = 0 sectors Lout start: 0 MB (00:02/00) = 0 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 ATIP info from disk: Indicated writing power: 5 Reference speed: 0 Is not unrestricted Is erasable ATIP start of lead in: -11635 (97:26/65) ATIP start of lead out: 337350 (75:00/00) speed low: 0 speed high: 4 power mult factor: 4 6 recommended erase/write power: 3 A2 values: 00 00 00 Disk type:Phase change Manuf. index: 3 Manufacturer: CMC Magnetics Corporation Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 4 in write mode for single session. Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready. Performing OPC... Starting new track at sector: 0 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) CDB: 2A 00 00 00 27 1D 00 00 1F 00 Sense Bytes: F0 00 03 00 00 27 B5 0A 00 00 00 00 0C 09 00 00 Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x0C Qual 0x09 (write error - loss of streaming) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 10165 (valid) write track data: error after 20506624 bytes Sense Bytes: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Writing time: 52.766s Fixating... cdrecord: Input/output error. close track/session: scsi sendcmd: retryable error status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) CDB: 5B 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Sense Bytes: F0 00 03 00 00 4B 4A 0A 00 00 00 00 0C 07 00 00 Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x0C Qual 0x07 (write error - recovery needed) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 19274 (valid) cmd finished after 70.773s timeout 480s Fixating time: 70.788s cdrecord: Input/output error. mode select g1: scsi sendcmd: retryable error status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) CDB: 55 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 26 00 00 00 Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x26 Qual 0x00 (invalid field in parameter list) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 40s cdrecord: fifo had 387 puts and 324 gets. cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 297 times full, min fill was 95%. mkisofs: Broken pipe. cannot fwrite 32768*1 This is not acceptable.
Re: [newbie] HELP:8.0 kernel panic
Ok...I think you may want to try passing this to the kernel when you boot. root=/dev/hda5 see if that works. your windows partition is probably named /dev/hda1. And as usually follows the first Linux partition gets named /dev/hda5. -- 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 Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Dale Kosan wrote: Thanks for the reply.Mandrake is the second on that drive after Win 98, then I have one more drive that I use for storage.They are both connected to the promise pci controller.
Re: [newbie] Is my hosts.deny working??
Mark, Please straighen me out: Mark Weaver wrote: The hosts.deny file is a file that Portsentry uses to keep track of ip addresses of machines that have scanned your machine's ports and tried to gain access to your machine. ai4a says that his hosts.deny file contains ALL: ALL: DENY. Doesn't that mean that no one can log into his machine unless they are specifically mentioned in the hosts.allow file? (And regardless of whether portsentry is running or not?) I was planning to set up an HTTP server on my local LAN and use the hosts.deny file to disallow all access except from workstations on my LAN which would be listed in hosts.allow. (Aside: My LAN is behind a dos iproute gateway with limited access rules -- basically it can receive responses to packets it sends out, but does not accept unsolicted packets.) Am I still leaving myself open to attacks? Won't the hosts.deny / hosts.allow protect me even without the iproute gateway? Thanks, Randy Kramer
Re: [newbie] MD5SUMS
Yeah it was very helpful. Thank you, very much. -s On Monday 23 April 2001 07:12 am, you wrote: s, It sounds like there is a good chance you have a bad iso (because of your problems with reinstalling). When I downloaded mandrakefreq-i586-20010316.iso, there was another file named mandrakefreq.md5sum. That second file is a text file containing the md5sum for the iso. Run the command md5sum on the iso file (which it sounds like you already did), then compare the results to the contents of the md5sum in the text file. If they match, you almost certainly got a correct download, if they don't match there are errors in the iso. You don't have to repeat the download, you can use the rsync command to correct the iso. I will forward to this list a note I sent to the rsync and expert list which describes how I used rsync for the same purpose. You will have to revise the commands appropriately for the iso file you are trying to get, the server you are using, and the location of the file on the server. If you have trouble let me know -- there are a few variations to the rsync command -- the :: (double colon variation) might not work on the server you try to use (and rsync might not even be supported on your server). If you use a server that requires a variation of rsync, I'd like to try it myself as a learning experience. Hope this helps, Randy Kramer
[newbie] for s (and others) on rsync [Fwd: Re: [expert] 8.0 Final]
s, This is the post that describes how I used rsync to correct an iso after a faulty download. Hope this helps! Randy Kramer I had asked questions on the expert, newbie, and rsync list about using rsync to correct a bad md5sum on an iso image. I finally got it to work (instructions below). Somebody told me (in an email) that it will not work to upgrade from one version of an iso to another (like Mandrake 8.0 beta 2 to final), but I don't believe that -- I believe it will work but I haven't tried it yet -- thought I'd wait a few days or longer to let traffic on the mirrors die down. When I try it, I will: -Make an archive copy of my existing local copy of the iso. Put a working copy in a directory with space for at least one additional copy of the iso and rename it to match the name of the iso that I am trying to download. -If I have space for two copies, I will put one in a subdirectory of this directory and then specify the subdirectory name in the --compare-dest option of rsyc. (See my notes below about the --partial and the --compare-dest options -- if you specify the partial option (which I think is a good idea) but your transfer is interrupted, the original iso will be replaced by the partially transferred copy. Sometimes it will make sense to continuse rsync with the partially transferred copy (if the transfer was almost completed), but more often it will make sense to restart rsync from the beginning, using the original iso. If you don't save a copy somewhere, you will be forced to continue with the partially transferred iso. When you continue with a partially transferred copy, you are no longer reaping the benefit of rsync but basically doing a pure download of the remainder of the file. If the --compare-dest option worked as I thought it might, this would not be an issue, but, so far, the --compare-dest option has not worked for me (more discussion below).) -Look at the mirror site to find the full name and path of the iso I want to download (use a web browser). -Find the first directory in the rsync path by running: rsync carroll.cac.psu.edu:: (The rsync server establishes a relative path to the iso file -- in the rsync command you must specify this relative path, not the full path.) -Use a command line like (with the PWD set to the directory I want to download to): rsync -a -vv --progress --partial [--compare-dest=subdirectory_name] \ carroll.cac.psu.edu::mandrake-iso/mandrakefreq-i586-20010316.iso \ mandrakefreq-i586-20010316.iso (Note the full path to the file (on carroll) is something like /pub/.../.../mandrake-iso/mandrakefreq-... -- the rsync path (on carroll) starts with mandrake-iso.) (Note the double colon. That works on carroll. There are other variations for specifying the rsync server, some with a single colon, some using the word rsync. You don't get a choice, you have to specify the one that is right for the server you want to download from and the communication method you want to use -- ssh, rsh, or? See the man pages for rsync -- when I learn more about these other options I will modify these instructions. Note that I don't think anybody needs to use ssh to download a Mandrake iso -- who are you keeping a secret from?) (The --compare-dest parameter is optional, see discussion above and below.) You must make sure that the timestamp (or filesize?) on your local copy of the file differs from the remote copy, otherwise rsync will think the local and remote iso are the same and not attempt to sync them. Touch the local file if necessary. -Do not specify the -c option! (You might think that you can use the -c option to force a full checksum check on the files. This did not work for me. The problem for me was that I got a message unexpected EOF on read-timeout, and a short time later the rsync process quit. What I didn't realize until later is that this error message means the rsync server has quit. The rsync server often quit for me when I used the -c option, generally because something on the server end decided to kill rsync. I don't know whether this was due to some parameters of the rsync server, or something like an external watchdog watching the rsync server and deciding it was not making sufficient progress, but I do know that if you specify the -c option it uses a lot of processor resources on the server side, and, at least for me and carroll, I often got the -timeout message until I stopped specifying the -c.) -The -a option stands for archive and is a way of specifying several options at once. It will make sure that (IIRC) the file size, timestamp, owner, group, permissions, and ?? are corrected by rsync. (Note that if you try to use rsync in dos/Windows you may run into a problem because dos/Windows can only resolve timestamps to an even number of seconds -- if the original iso file has a timstamp with an odd number of seconds, you will have trouble getting the md5sum to come out correctly. (There may be some workarounds --
Re: [newbie] Modem Busy
Lee, Mark reminded me of something. Are you rebooting to Linux (from Windows) without shutting the machine off? If so, try shutting your machine off and do a cold boot to Linux. With my PnP modem (Sierra), it needs a power off to force it to be reset to allow reconfiguration. Linux may be (is probably?) trying to configure the modem -- if it was already done in Windows, configuration may not be possible until the modem is reset by a power off. Hope this helps, Randy Kramer Mark Weaver wrote: Lee, I had my system setup essentially the same way until I stopped using Windows all together. I'm using a 3Com/USRobotic ISA and last I heard your modem was also supported. I have a feeling that it may be in the setup. Open the Kppp interface with your modem set to use ttyS1 (COM2). you may also want to check the settings in Linuxconf's ppp setup. let me know what you find. -- 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 Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Lee wrote: Hi Folks, Ok..the specs 1st. Zoom isa 5919. I have 2 drives w/grub as a bootloader. I have 98se on 1 drive and LM7.2 on the other. Modem is fine in 98. I still cannot get this modem to be seen by LM7.2. I've tried moving to different irq's,com ports and I get modem is busy This is with the modem set to com2,irq3. Tried initializing it in harddrake,kppp,control center,and probably a few others. When I had the modem set to com 3, irq 5 I got the message modem is not responding I need to have this modem working in both 98 and LM7.2 Is this being done by anyone here ? I'm not sure where to go from here as I'm going in circles. Any tips,suggestions,or free external modems :) to try will be greatly appreciated. Thank you and hava great wknd !! Lee
Re: [newbie] CDRW/DVD won't mount
Ok, Let start with the obvious. Would you mind posting a copy of your /etc/fstab file and your /etc/mtab file. This will help me determine. what file system types you currently have and if there might be a possibility of a conflict. Furthermore, try to see if you can set the permissions on /dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrom1, by typing in: chmod 700 /dev/cdrom1 chmod 700 /dev/cdrom An I/O error with a wrong FS would definately confirm that you have some kind of conflict. Anyhow, I'll see what I can do :-) You might even try running a program called kudzu which will detect new hardware. HTH, Thomas Adam Linux Co-ordinator for The Purbeck School (Network Support) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Mark Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Mark Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 12:26 PM Subject: [newbie] CDRW/DVD won't mount I have a Toshiba CDRW/DVD combo drive. ML7.2 installed fine from CD, but now I can't read CDs -- even the ML install CDs -- on it. The ML install set me up with supermount; I verified that with my /etc/fstab. As a normal user I get a permissions problem with /mnt/cdrom. As root I get an I/O error when trying to read it directly (ls /mnt/cdrom), and a wrong fs type, bad block or [something else, don't recall] error when trying to mount it from the command line (it dismounted without error first). I poked around in /dev and discovered that I have /dev/cdrom and /dev/ cdrom1. Is this for the CDR and CDW functions or something? Anyway, I'm stumped. What's my next move? Thanks Mark Shaw Please note that the content of this message is confidential between the original sender and the intended recipient(s) of the message. If you are not an intended recipient and/or have received this message in error, kindly disregard the content of the message and return it to the original sender. If you have any complaints about this message please reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Purbeck School E-Mail server running: users.purbeck.dorset.sch.uk
Re: [newbie] reiserfs and new kernel
Well, actually, yeah they were rpms, but you still have to make xconfig, make dep, etc, etc, I chose reiserfs as a module. But when I booted, I got an error. And then it (something) wanted to rename my cdrom, floppy, and zip from /mnt/s to /dev/s. Weird sh*t. I've compiled several kernels in my day, but I have just started using reiserfs. I don't know. I did use reiserfs when I installed 8.0, and now I'm going to be nervous about upgrading the kernel when the newer ones come out. I bet there was something I was supposed to do, similar to like when we have to edit mandrake_everytime to point to the new supermount directory. ??? -s On Monday 23 April 2001 05:58 am, you wrote: s, it would appear from the information you supplied that you didn't compile the kernel but rather installed the RPM package version. if that is correct then you did what I did last week and now you've got a mess. if you're running Mandrake 8.0 I'm not sure what to tell you since I'm still running 7.2 and I have a feeling there are some differences between the two that might make things interesting. something you may want to try is downloading the kernel tarball and compiling it that way. when you're configuring the kernel before compile under the file system menu item make sure that you check the module or direct support for reiserfs. -- Mark *
[newbie] for s (and others) on md5sum
This is not the post explaining how to use rsync, but another, shorter post on md5sum. I will send the rsync post next. Randy Kramer michael wrote: How do I use md5 sum check? Just run: md5sum filename (for example, md5sum mandrakefreq-i586-20010316.iso) After churning for a while, it will spit out a string of numbers and letters. Compare that to the string of numbers and letters in the file containing the official md5sum (for the above, it is mandrakefreq.md5sum). If they match, the files are identical -- if not, there is a problem. There are automatic ways of checking the numbers, but the string is not that long, and this first approach helps you understand what's going on. Hope this helps! Randy Kramer
[newbie] USB ZIP drive on 7.2
I'm new to this list and my question may well have been answered before, but I don't know where to find the answer. When I first installed 7.2 the machine recognized the usb zip drive (to my amazement) and worked perfectly for four days. Then came a sudden power outage (it tripped the surge protector on the house, and on the pc) and when I rebooted the pc, I discovered that while it saw the drive it would either say that there is an i/o error or that access forbidden. What happened is a total mystery and I have exhausted every book on Linux I can find trying to solve the problem. (I did achieve the machine accessing the drive when it boots but still no access). Are there any suggestions rather than throwing the whole darn thing out the window? I'm retired and have a high frustration level, but it has been reached. Any help would be most appreciated. (my neighbors, many of whom work for Red Hat say I can't access the drive, but what do they know) Charles Wackerman Carthage, NC
[newbie] do I need to add something to my boot disk to get Auora to work?
Someone told me that using a boot disk Aurora will not work??? Is this true? Alan __ Alan Carpenter PC Specialist Department of Computer Services Virginia Wesleyan College Office 757.455.3267 Cell 757.449.0381
[newbie] [Fwd: for s (and others) on rsync [Fwd: Re: [expert] 8.0 Final]]
Sorry, this is probably a repost, but all of my posts before and after I sent this have appeared on the list, and this has not. s, This is the post that describes how I used rsync to correct an iso after a faulty download. Hope this helps! Randy Kramer I had asked questions on the expert, newbie, and rsync list about using rsync to correct a bad md5sum on an iso image. I finally got it to work (instructions below). Somebody told me (in an email) that it will not work to upgrade from one version of an iso to another (like Mandrake 8.0 beta 2 to final), but I don't believe that -- I believe it will work but I haven't tried it yet -- thought I'd wait a few days or longer to let traffic on the mirrors die down. When I try it, I will: -Make an archive copy of my existing local copy of the iso. Put a working copy in a directory with space for at least one additional copy of the iso and rename it to match the name of the iso that I am trying to download. -If I have space for two copies, I will put one in a subdirectory of this directory and then specify the subdirectory name in the --compare-dest option of rsyc. (See my notes below about the --partial and the --compare-dest options -- if you specify the partial option (which I think is a good idea) but your transfer is interrupted, the original iso will be replaced by the partially transferred copy. Sometimes it will make sense to continuse rsync with the partially transferred copy (if the transfer was almost completed), but more often it will make sense to restart rsync from the beginning, using the original iso. If you don't save a copy somewhere, you will be forced to continue with the partially transferred iso. When you continue with a partially transferred copy, you are no longer reaping the benefit of rsync but basically doing a pure download of the remainder of the file. If the --compare-dest option worked as I thought it might, this would not be an issue, but, so far, the --compare-dest option has not worked for me (more discussion below).) -Look at the mirror site to find the full name and path of the iso I want to download (use a web browser). -Find the first directory in the rsync path by running: rsync carroll.cac.psu.edu:: (The rsync server establishes a relative path to the iso file -- in the rsync command you must specify this relative path, not the full path.) -Use a command line like (with the PWD set to the directory I want to download to): rsync -a -vv --progress --partial [--compare-dest=subdirectory_name] \ carroll.cac.psu.edu::mandrake-iso/mandrakefreq-i586-20010316.iso \ mandrakefreq-i586-20010316.iso (Note the full path to the file (on carroll) is something like /pub/.../.../mandrake-iso/mandrakefreq-... -- the rsync path (on carroll) starts with mandrake-iso.) (Note the double colon. That works on carroll. There are other variations for specifying the rsync server, some with a single colon, some using the word rsync. You don't get a choice, you have to specify the one that is right for the server you want to download from and the communication method you want to use -- ssh, rsh, or? See the man pages for rsync -- when I learn more about these other options I will modify these instructions. Note that I don't think anybody needs to use ssh to download a Mandrake iso -- who are you keeping a secret from?) (The --compare-dest parameter is optional, see discussion above and below.) You must make sure that the timestamp (or filesize?) on your local copy of the file differs from the remote copy, otherwise rsync will think the local and remote iso are the same and not attempt to sync them. Touch the local file if necessary. -Do not specify the -c option! (You might think that you can use the -c option to force a full checksum check on the files. This did not work for me. The problem for me was that I got a message unexpected EOF on read-timeout, and a short time later the rsync process quit. What I didn't realize until later is that this error message means the rsync server has quit. The rsync server often quit for me when I used the -c option, generally because something on the server end decided to kill rsync. I don't know whether this was due to some parameters of the rsync server, or something like an external watchdog watching the rsync server and deciding it was not making sufficient progress, but I do know that if you specify the -c option it uses a lot of processor resources on the server side, and, at least for me and carroll, I often got the -timeout message until I stopped specifying the -c.) -The -a option stands for archive and is a way of specifying several options at once. It will make sure that (IIRC) the file size, timestamp, owner, group, permissions, and ?? are corrected by rsync. (Note that if you try to use rsync in dos/Windows you may run into a problem because dos/Windows can only resolve timestamps to an even number of seconds -- if the original iso file has a
[newbie] vga=ox314
Apparently for Aurora to boot, you need to have vga=0x314 in your lilo.conf file. Here's the problem I don't have a lilo conf file. I use a bootdisk. How can I make changes on the disk?. As root I try to mount to it and I get a input/output error? Thanks for all your help. Alan
[newbie] 7.2 install question
I've created a partition and swap file space on my secondary harddrive. I used Partition Magic to create the partitions. The harddisk now looks like this: |--- windows ---||--- linux part ---||--- linux swap ---| | /dev/hdb1 || /dev/hdb2|| /dev/hdb3| Questions: 1) Am I correct on the /dev/ addresses? 2) Will the Mandrake installation program recognize the linux partitions I've created as the place to install linux? Currently there is nothing in the partitions. The documentation is a bit fuzy in this area. Will the install program ask me where to install? I'm not the only user of the PC and I really do not want to risk destroying any data in the first partition. 3) If I do a custom install, will I be prompted on whether or not to install a bootloader or can I just skip the step? I don't want to install GRUB or have it automatically installed. Thanks.
Re: [newbie] How much internet security do I need?
Along with Pmfirewall you should also configure portsentry to watch for port scans. Pmfirewall, using Ipchains, is a wonderful first step, but a single layered security scheme isn't much security at all. I wouldn't use anything less then two layers and thats cutting things down to bare bones. these days, when it comes to keep your machine secure from unwanted visitors redundency is the way. Along with Portsentry, installing LogCheck is wise. It too is made by Psionic. Logcheck parses the logs, saving only the pertinant information, and mails them each hour to root, or whomever. I will tell you that the hosts.deny file continues to grow daily since these guys just don't take no for an answer and they're still trying to gain access. their ip numbers are all over my firewall logs and portsentry continues to log their scans and enter their ip addresses in the hosts.deny file so that it remembers them. If you the following line to the hosts.deny file, you needn't worry about a vast majority of problems: ALL:ALL@ALL,PARANOID That tells the machine, for programs using TCPWrappers, to deny everyone access to everything, and block any machine whose name does not match its IP. If you need to use INET services on the Linux machine, add the following lines to hosts.allow: in.telnetd: 192.168.0.3 bar.foo.com That's just for example. Replace in.telnetd with whatever program you wish to use, and 192.168.0.3 with which ever machine you want to connect. Also, if you add the following lines to the sysctl.conf (IIRC, that's what Mandrake calls it): net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1 net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1 net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1 net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0 net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_source_route = 0 net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians = 1 net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all = 1 And if you're going to all that trouble, you might as well do the following: In /etc/securetty comment out everything except tty1. Then root can only log onto tty1. If you need more root, you can log on and su. For a good degree of security, remove the rpm binary. Copy it to a floppy disk, or three, and store them away safely. Without rpm, it's impossible for both you and nefarious users to add anything to the computer. If you also remove the compiler, that increases security , but makes life difficult. Consider using Tripwire as it checks the integrity of your important programs. It won't stop an intrusion, but you'll be alerted promptly. Another program, called sXid, which also runs as a cron job, tracks changes in s[ug]id programs. It's available at http://the.wiretapped.net/security/host-security/sxid/ Regards, Nathan
Re: [newbie] 7.2 install question
the addresses should be ok, the Mandrake installation program have partition utilities you will probably be asked to use. The major part is to resize windows without lossing any data. Then I would use the free space to install linux with the given installer. I don't remember the 7.2 installation, but they should let you boot from floppy drive and without floppy for windows, by selecting fd0 instead. On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Jeffery Chapman wrote: I've created a partition and swap file space on my secondary harddrive. I used Partition Magic to create the partitions. The harddisk now looks like this: |--- windows ---||--- linux part ---||--- linux swap ---| | /dev/hdb1 || /dev/hdb2|| /dev/hdb3| Questions: 1) Am I correct on the /dev/ addresses? 2) Will the Mandrake installation program recognize the linux partitions I've created as the place to install linux? Currently there is nothing in the partitions. The documentation is a bit fuzy in this area. Will the install program ask me where to install? I'm not the only user of the PC and I really do not want to risk destroying any data in the first partition. 3) If I do a custom install, will I be prompted on whether or not to install a bootloader or can I just skip the step? I don't want to install GRUB or have it automatically installed. Thanks.
[newbie] Problème avec ma carte son
J'utilise Mandrake 7.2 l'install c'est bien passée, mais ma carte son Creative Sound Blaster live value, me pose des problèmes sous Mandrake linux. Il me met: L'erreure suivante s'est produite lors de l'exécution du programme modprobe: /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/emu10k1.o: init_module: Périphérique ou ressource occupé /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/emu10k1.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/emu10k1.o: failed /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/emu10k1.o:insmod sound-slot -0 failed Pouvez-vous m'aider à résoudre ce problème car je n'ai pas de son. Sous Windows tout marche!!! Merci à vous tous [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Compiling the Kernel
Hi all. I think I'm confused. In /usr/src I have Linux and Linux-2.4.2. Which one is the good one or the running kernel. which one do I rename? I did a mv Linux Linux.old or should I do Do I place myself into the Linux or Linux-2.4.2 before I run make menuconfig or xconfig to recompile. If I type ctrl-x ctrl-v to see the version I get linux-2.4.2mdk15 or somehink like that. (Sorry for any mistakes I'm at work and not in front of my box) anyway I configure what has to be configured . I save. I run a make dep make clean make bzImage make modules make modules_install. (Tell me if I'm wrong) I get no errors which for me is already a good thing. This is where I get confused because in some HOWTO's they say run a make install. and in others they say do a cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-kernel.version.number So which one do I do? I then do a vi/etc/lilo.conf after that I run lilo I cross my fingers and pray I didn't do anything stupid and do a reboot selecting my ne How can I be sure that all is well. ( besides For extra info could someone give us help or even the procedure for a recomplie. :-) dmac
Re: [newbie] 7.2 install question
I haven't had a chance to try 8.0 yet, but with an expert install in 7.2 you will be allowed to choose if you want Lilo, Grub, or none. Also you will be able to choose how your hard drive is partitioned or (if you already have partitions), which partitions to use for linux. So long as you have an understanding of your hardware and how you want your system set up, you should be able to do everything you want with the Expert install. I'd be very surprised if that has changed in 8.0. I'm confident you will be fine. Err... just noticed in your subject that you are talking about 7.2 after all. I'm such a moron. In short, Yes! You can do all of which you ask. Have fun. --- Jeffery Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've created a partition and swap file space on my secondary harddrive. I used Partition Magic to create the partitions. The harddisk now looks like this: |--- windows ---||--- linux part ---||--- linux swap ---| | /dev/hdb1 || /dev/hdb2|| /dev/hdb3 | Questions: 1) Am I correct on the /dev/ addresses? 2) Will the Mandrake installation program recognize the linux partitions I've created as the place to install linux? Currently there is nothing in the partitions. The documentation is a bit fuzy in this area. Will the install program ask me where to install? I'm not the only user of the PC and I really do not want to risk destroying any data in the first partition. 3) If I do a custom install, will I be prompted on whether or not to install a bootloader or can I just skip the step? I don't want to install GRUB or have it automatically installed. Thanks. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
RE: [newbie] strange error message.
If you have call waiting, like myself, then someone trying to call you will kick you offline, even when you do the *70 or whatever to disable call waiting. There isn't much you can do about it really. The disable call waiting feature doesn't work as well as intended. If you do have call waiting, you might try dialing in without using the *70 call waiting disabled just to see if you get booted for no reason still or if someone is calling you. With it disabled, you'll probably get booted and your phone will ring. Hans N. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of franki Vianet Hi everyone,, I get randomly disconnected from my ISP and when I check the /var/log/messages, I find this... pppd [3128]: Hangup (SIGHUP) pppd[3128]: Modem Hangup I did not tell it to disconnect, it just did,what would be causing this? anyone know? I have just read the pppd man, and mentions that being sent a sighup will reset the connection,, but I didn't send it. how can I find out what is cauing this? (it happens at random, sometimes within two minutes, sometimes 8 hours,, but it always happens eventually.) any help would be most seriously appreciated. Kindest regards Frank Perth WA
Re: [newbie] HELP CD burning broken
If this is Mandrake 7.2, you probably need the drive linked with scsi emulation. cd /dev rm cdrom ln -s scd0 cdrom --- Chubby Vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Require rectify this situation, current results not acceptable. Cd Plextor burner was moved from hdd to hdc. All attempts to burn a cd from an iso image result in: Cdrecord 1.9 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM scsidev: '1,0,0' scsibus: 1 target: 0 lun: 0 Linux sg driver version: 2.1.39 Using libscg version 'schily-0.1' atapi: 1 Device type: Removable CD-ROM Version: 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info: 'PLEXTOR ' Identifikation : 'CD-R PX-W8432T' Revision : '1.07' Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : SWABAUDIO Drive buf size : 4194304 = 4096 KB FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB mkisofs 1.13 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) cdrecord: WARNING: Track size unknown. Data may not fit on disk. Track 01: data unknown length padsize: 30 KB Total size: 0 MB (00:00.00) = 0 sectors Lout start: 0 MB (00:02/00) = 0 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 ATIP info from disk: Indicated writing power: 5 Reference speed: 0 Is not unrestricted Is erasable ATIP start of lead in: -11635 (97:26/65) ATIP start of lead out: 337350 (75:00/00) speed low: 0 speed high: 4 power mult factor: 4 6 recommended erase/write power: 3 A2 values: 00 00 00 Disk type:Phase change Manuf. index: 3 Manufacturer: CMC Magnetics Corporation Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 4 in write mode for single session. Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready. Performing OPC... Starting new track at sector: 0 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) CDB: 2A 00 00 00 27 1D 00 00 1F 00 Sense Bytes: F0 00 03 00 00 27 B5 0A 00 00 00 00 0C 09 00 00 Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x0C Qual 0x09 (write error - loss of streaming) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 10165 (valid) write track data: error after 20506624 bytes Sense Bytes: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Writing time: 52.766s Fixating... cdrecord: Input/output error. close track/session: scsi sendcmd: retryable error status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) CDB: 5B 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Sense Bytes: F0 00 03 00 00 4B 4A 0A 00 00 00 00 0C 07 00 00 Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x0C Qual 0x07 (write error - recovery needed) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 19274 (valid) cmd finished after 70.773s timeout 480s Fixating time: 70.788s cdrecord: Input/output error. mode select g1: scsi sendcmd: retryable error status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) CDB: 55 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 26 00 00 00 Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x26 Qual 0x00 (invalid field in parameter list) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 40s cdrecord: fifo had 387 puts and 324 gets. cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 297 times full, min fill was 95%. mkisofs: Broken pipe. cannot fwrite 32768*1 This is not acceptable. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] USB Trackball Optical
Lee, Sorry I can't be more helpful. (I did respond because no one else had, so far.) gz is the extension for a gzipped file, so presumably something has to extract it. I would have guessed that insmod knew how to do that if the install procedure passed a file with a .gz to insmod, but I don't know. Good luck, Randy Kramer Lee Nowey wrote: I think when I looked that file was there; but hell if i know if that means anything or not. Does it perhaps need to extract a file from that usb-ohci.o.gz?? Is that what the insmod command is attempting to do? When I get near that machine again I will do a man insmod and perhaps educate myself :-) In either case, thanks much for atleast a point in the right direction. Nobody has responded other than yourself. I get the jist of Linux, but some parts are still vastly a mystery to me. From: Randy Kramer To: Lee Nowey CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] USB Trackball Optical Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 13:42:14 -0400 FWIW, insmod is one of the programs that deals with installable modules for the kernel. Apparently the trackball you are using needs a module, and hopefully, it is usb-ohci.o.gz. (I'm a newbie to Linux also, I just thought I'd try to translate some of the Linux-eze to english.) Hope this helps, Randy Kramer Lee Nowey wrote: Have a Microsoft Tackball Optical, getting error when running mousedrake in Mandrake 8.0 (also got this during install of 8.0). Usb worked fine under 7.2, did clean install of 8.0, not upgrade. This is the error output after running mousedrake: /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.o.gz init_module: No such device Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.o.gz insmod /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.o.gz failed /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.o.gz failed I am not a complete computer retard, am an IT professional, but am fairly new to hardcore Linux use, so this error is like a foreign language to me. It may as well be in Arabic. Any of you experts give me a clue? I'v! e ! got none of my own. Nada...zip. I haven't tried a re-install, don't want to stomp on anything else, because everything else is running perfect. Any help would be greatly appreciated! -- Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com -- Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Re: [newbie] Problème avec ma carte son
Jacques, try running sndconfig, I think that you have to exit X-windows, so do a telinit 3 first. Ciao, On Sunday 22 April 2001 09:23, Jacques Muller wrote: J'utilise Mandrake 7.2 l'install c'est bien passée, mais ma carte son Creative Sound Blaster live value, me pose des problèmes sous Mandrake linux. Il me met: L'erreure suivante s'est produite lors de l'exécution du programme modprobe: /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/emu10k1.o: init_module: Périphérique ou ressource occupé /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/emu10k1.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/emu10k1.o: failed /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/emu10k1.o:insmod sound-slot -0 failed Pouvez-vous m'aider à résoudre ce problème car je n'ai pas de son. Sous Windows tout marche!!! Merci à vous tous [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1; name=Attachment: 1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: -- Salvatore Eric Indiogine Computer Specialist - Power Operations [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-2431
Re: Offlist: [newbie] Failed to update from 7.2 to 8.0
... is there another kernel version offered during install? i.e. 2.2.17 or 2.2.19? I think not, but since you're upgrading, you should already have a 2.2.x kernel which you can add to lilo (grub) boot list in the installing bootloader step. Cheers, - Steve -- 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 Sat, 21 Apr 2001, chengyu sun wrote: Hi, Todd Thanks a lot for responding to my question. The problem was not the ATA100 card though. It's the installer having problem mounting a NTFS partition (which is on a ATA33 disk). However, I'm very curious about the bug in 2.4.3, e.g. will it cause data corruption? I just got the Promise card about a week ago and it have been working fine under 2.4.3 during this period. I'd like to know if I could trust it with important data. Thanks a lot and have a nice weekend, - Chengyu --- CB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 12:54:53PM -0700, chengyu sun wrote: . Promise ATA100 PCI card There's the problem. Kernel 2.4.3 appears to break the Promise ATA chipset. Stay tuned for a fix. The guys are working to try and figure out a way around it. I think it's a kernel problem, not a Mandrake problem. Wait til Civilime responds to get the most accurate and up to date information. I could be wrong or taking things out of context. -- 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 | __ 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/
[newbie] LM 8.0 install
hi i downloaded iso images of LM 8.0 . during full install(expert mode) i noticed that the installer never asked me if i have the extention cd or not. even after installation when i tried installing packages from extention cd , it failed because the package is already installed. that is the wierdest thing since i was never asked to change cd , how can packages from extention cd been installed already ? i suspected corrupt iso image and therefor downloaded the image from 3 different ftp servers wich all ended in same destiny. am i the only one with this problem ? is there anyway to solve it ? thanks in advance for help/suggestions __ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
Re: [newbie] Upgrade policy?
On Monday 23 April 2001 19:41, you wrote: As a registered and paid user of the CD version of ML7.2, what is the upgrade policy for getting the ML8.0 CDs? Given the culture and prices of packages systems, It seems to me that you either download the free system, or buy a packaged system a full price. Is that right? Or is there such a thing as an upgrade price that is less than the new price? Thanks!! - Andy Just depends how you look at it. Personally I buy a packaged system every now and then as a sort of sponsorship to 'the cause'. And how much cheaper can you get?? -- Semper avanti,sailing on Linux, Harm Bathoorn Free evermore. Hoek. NL. |~ | _ ___|__.__\_|_||_... \___\_|__||_|__|__ _\_Triade__NL__/ --- www.elv-transport.nl ---
[newbie] IBM laptop mouse support in LM 8.0
Hi all, Has anybody had any luck getting the mouse to work in LM 8.0 on an IBM laptop? I have an IBM A20m which worked great for LM 7.2, but I can't get it to detect the mouse in LM 8.0. There was a topic about this on the Mandrake Forums, where it was described how to get around the mouse detect problem for installation, which is great; unfortunately, once it's installed, the mouse still doesn't work. Any ideas, anyone?
Re: [newbie] 7.2 install problem - Cdrom X-server
If you're unsure about what X you're running, you can bring up a terminal a type: X -version It will tell you what version you are running. If you are not happy with that version, you can easily install the other version by typing the following in a terminal: XFdrake -expert Just answer the simple questions and you're set. As far as your cdrom(s?), your situation is a bit unclear. It appears you have cdrom and cdrom1 both linked to scd0. That looks like a problem. But I wonder if you truly have to cd devices. Do you have a burner AND a cdrom? Or just the burner? If you have only one device, rm /dev/cdrom1. If you have two, then you probably need to link cdrom1 to scd1. rm /dev/cdrom1 ln -s scd1 /dev/cdrom1 Anyway, I think you're getting your I/O error because you have two devices linked to scd0. However, I'm not sure that you truly have two drives. It is quite possible that when you installed your burner during your mandrake install, that mandrake incorrectly created two devices for your burner. That happens to me. I have no idea why john is the owner and that does indeed seem bizarre. Going back to the problem with X: If you find that you are running X 4, you may want to revert to X 3. Videocards supported in X 3 are not necessarily supported in X 4. However, it might also be worth the effort of upgrading to the latest X 4 (X 4.0.3) to see if that helps. --- John Rye [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I finally took the plunge and installed 7.2. Installation was uneventful other than the soundcard not being found. that was fixed without hassle. However. there are two problems .. Problem A) Cdrom is inaccessible despite running through the Cdburner tutorial pages. Error message as user or root: [john@john john]$ ls /mnt/cdrom ls: /mnt/cdrom: Input/output error [john@john john]$ Permissions from /dev [root@john /dev]# ls -l cdr* lrwxrwxrwx1 root root9 Apr 21 20:19 cdrom - /dev/scd0 lrwxrwxrwx1 root root9 Apr 21 15:09 cdrom1 - /dev/scd0 [root@john /dev]# ls -l scd* brw-rw1 john cdrom 11, 0 Sep 27 2000 scd0 brw-rw1 john cdwriter 11, 1 Sep 27 2000 scd1 brw-rw1 john cdwriter 11, 2 Sep 27 2000 scd2 brw-rw1 john cdwriter 11, 3 Sep 27 2000 scd3 brw-rw1 john cdwriter 11, 4 Sep 27 2000 scd4 brw-rw1 john cdwriter 11, 5 Sep 27 2000 scd5 brw-rw1 john cdwriter 11, 6 Sep 27 2000 scd6 brw-rw1 john cdwriter 11, 7 Sep 27 2000 scd7 I don't understand why user john should own /dev/scd(?), so far I haven't dared to change the ownership Fstab as follows: - /dev/hdc5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda7 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda9 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda8 /root/ ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdd5 /usr ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda10 /usr2 ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda11 /usr3 ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 - Problem B) X-Server (I think) - I cannot see where the issue is: My Vidcard is an S3 Virge DX with 4mb Ram, the monitor a CTX 1451, resolution 16-bit 800x600; these two have been working together without fault thru LM6.x and until I installed LM7.2, (and obviously with that other opsys). I think (grin), that I selected XFree 4, can't be sure as I have both XF86Config AND XF86Config-4 in /etc/X11. I cannot start X automatically (init 5) as the monitor (Or vidcard) goes directly to a ?powersave? mode. When I login to the CLI (init 3), I can startx and run KDE without problems, however if/when I exit from KDE I have the same problem as above and the only way I can regain control is either a three-finger-salute or hard reset. Ctrl-Alt-Del restarts without causing me any hassles. Can someone point me to some help here, I know I've seen it covered before but haven't been able to find the references. Cheers John --- The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.) __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] partition
it all depends on the applications you want to install and how many users will be using the system. i'm the only user n partitions are about 350MB for root , 150MB (3 x ram) for swap , 1500-200 MB for /usr and leave 1000 MB for /home. it all been working more or less till now. good luck GOD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how big of a partition will linux madrake need and what kind of partition??? Thnx Dennis Kalpedis __ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup __ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
[newbie] partition
how big of a partition will linux madrake need and what kind of partition??? Thnx Dennis Kalpedis __ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup
Re: [newbie] HELP:8.0 kernel panic
Close, hde6.How do I pass that at boot time? Sorry if it is a stupid question.
Re: [newbie] VIA 686B southbridge problem
It appears the fix will be a BIOS update. In that case this fix should be OS independent (unless your motherboard uses windows to do its tasks [for example some built in RAID devices]). You may need to use a windows-based flash utility, but if you dual boot, this shouldn't be a problem. Just flash the BIOS and then you should be fine. Your computer looks at the BIOS before it loads the operating system. Therefore, it should not matter which operating system it loads. However, please, for the love of all things geeky and computers, follow the directions! If you don't follow the directions for flashing your BIOS precisely, you could house your motherboard and your computer will not boot. You will either need to exchange the motherboard somehow or get FIC to fix it for you (some of the better flash utilities have a backup/recovery feature, but I don't know if FIC does or not). Take care. --- Maureen L. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I recently installed a new motherboard from FIC. It has the VIA 686B southbridge chip and according to the Register it has a bug in it. I have found fixes for windows on the FIC and VIA websites but cannot find a way to fix the bug for Linux. My Mandrake is acting strange and I haven't changed anything except the motherboard and cpu (AMD 850Mhz) . Any help would be greatly appreciated. I really want to get rid of windows but can't until I can fix the bug.Thanks Below is the article I read. Sorry this is so long. VIA, as of today, has not posted anything regarding a fix. Either that or I was looking in the wrong place on there web site. Data-corruption bug hits VIA chipsets By: Tony Smith Posted: 12/04/2001 at 11:52 GMT VIA has confirmed a data-damaging glitch in its 686B Southbridge chip - a major part of the Taiwanese company's KT-133A chipset - and is working with mobo makers to prepare BIOS updates to fix the problem. The southbridge part is used in the vast majority of AMD Athlon-oriented mobos, primarily the KT-133, but it can be used with northbridge parts from the Apollo Pro 133, KX-133A and AMD-76x chipsets too. VIA said it is investigating the problem to see how many chipsets are affected. The bug was uncovered by German hardware site Au-Ja! It's not exactly a common problem: the date corruption affects large, 100MB and up file transfers between two hard drives connected to separate IDE channels exchanging the data by DMA. Having a Creative Labs Soundblaster Live card in place seems to exacerbate the problem. VIA's BIOS fix works by adjusting a number of PCI settings, which, according to Tecchannel, suggests the problem is a result of competitive PCI access. VIA told The Register that it is a BIOS issue, and it will be posting a fix on its Web site sometime next week. ® Related Links Au-Ja's initial report (in German) Tecchannel's summary (in German) __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Install against upgrade from 7.2 to 8.0.
First, you should get a copy of the entire /etc directory, also backup anything that you have custom installed in /usr/local, and get a copy of /home. Preferably you should then burn these tar.gz files off to CD (if they are small enough) before starting the install just in case. Michael -- Michael Viron Senior Systems and Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, [X-UNKNOWN] Peña Arellano Fabian Erasmo wrote: Hello, I just downloaded LM 8.0 the last weekend and would like to move from the 7.2 version to the 8.0 version. According to some messages I have read in this list it seems safer to do a fresh install rather than upgrading. If I decide to install the 8.0 version, of course, I would not like to lose the information on the accounts I already have on the computer ( which are about ten ). Which files should I back up to have the accounts working after installing the 8.0 version without having to open them again ? Will backing up the following files be enough: /etc/passwd, /etc/group, /etc/shadow ? I have noticed there are also other files related with the last ones: /etc/passwd-, /etc/passwd.OLD, /etc/group-, /etc/group.OLD, /etc/shadow-, /etc/group.OLD. Should I back them up as well ? Of course, I must avoid formating the /home/ partition in case I decided to do a fresh install. Thanks in advance for reading this e-mail. Fabian.
Re: [newbie] MP3 players and linux?
On Monday 23 April 2001 12:17 pm, you wrote: On Monday 23 April 2001 12:00 am, you wrote: And the config mentions specifically support for the Rio diamond thing (or is it Diamond Rio?). -s On Monday 23 April 2001 12:28 am, you wrote: Hello all, I was thinking of purchasing an MP3 player. But since I'd prefer to have to boot to Windows as little as possible, I'd need one with Linux support. I understand that kernel 2.4 now has support for USB devices? Any recommendations? Thanks in advance. The Rio500 support in linux-mandrake actually allows you to change the font on the display Oh, sorry. I hate disseminating incorrect info. Thnx for the clarification. -s
[newbie] Mandrake 8.0 Sound Problems
I just finished installing Mandrake 8.0, but I can't get sound to work. I'm using a SoundBlaster AWE64 sound card, which has worked just fine in every previous Mandrake version, but in 8.0 it won't. When I run sndconfig, it tells me that No PnP or PCI sound cards were found in your system. Please select your card type from the following list. So then I pick it out, pick out the right detail stuff and all that, and then it says: The following error occurred running the modprobe program: /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz: init_module: No such device /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz failed /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz: insmod sound-slot-0 failed And then I hit enter again and it jsut loops back to the No PnP or PCI.. part. In all the past distributions it detected my card automatically and plays the sound sample with no problems. I also checked /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz and that file is there. HardDrake recognizes the card, however when I click Run Configuration Tool it tells me that modprobe: Can't locate module isa-pnp The sound card works just fine in Windows, and worked jsut fine in 7.2 before I installed 8.0. Does anyone have any idea what's wrong? -- Anthony http://binaryfusion.net Press any key to continue, or any other key to quit.
Re: [newbie] MP3 players and linux?
Hello, I cannot boot after I uninstalled linx4win, I have windows ME on this hd and have another hd for linux.Is there anyway to remove grub and have my computer boot normally under windows? I have tried reupgrading to win me but grub boots and wont let me boot anything thanks in advance, Jimmy - Original Message - From: Sam [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 10:28 PM Subject: [newbie] MP3 players and linux? Hello all, I was thinking of purchasing an MP3 player. But since I'd prefer to have to boot to Windows as little as possible, I'd need one with Linux support. I understand that kernel 2.4 now has support for USB devices? Any recommendations? Thanks in advance.
[newbie] Please respond need help Mandrake 8 nearly inoperable
User administration is broken in 8 I can't create user ntr because stupid userdrake says close to group or some stupid poop like that, I want it to OBEY my command and stop giving me crap when I tell it to do something. I had to install sendmail from the old 7.2 discs because dumb postfix has no spam controls, o sure it works fine as a regular MTA but I did not see any spam bouncing options in webmin and absolutely NOTHING in linuxconf, bad bad bad. I willl just have to run as root forever unless someone has the heart to tell me what the gunk am I supposed to do to get this pooping thing working??? Please help I am desparate or just have to go back to 7.2 and determine that 8 stinks.
[newbie] Takes 7000000000000000000000 years to install windows fonts
I don't know whats wrong with Mandrake 8 font installer, I try to install the 2 files comic.ttf and comicbd.ttf and it just sits there for 70 years, what can I do to make it go faster and just install and quit being stupid?
[newbie] Consistency Please!
Hello Guys I doing a dual boot and I am trying to adjust the boot menu. In MDK 7.2 everything was listed in a file called menu.lst. However, this file disappeared in Mdk 8.0. What's up with that? Mdk are doing well as far as user interface which will attract a lot of people and I hope they stay consistent. OOzy __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] MP3 players and linux?
If you want to get rid of grub, boot up to windows using your windows boot disk. From console type: fdisk /mbr This will overwrite your master boot record. In a normal Linux there would be no way for you to boot into Linux at this point other than your Linux boot disk. Grub works flawlessly for me. So, I am surprised you want to get rid of it. However, I do not use linux4windows. Make sure that you installed it correctly. I've seen others talking about similar problems and it was due to an incorrect install. --- Jimmy Petrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I cannot boot after I uninstalled linx4win, I have windows ME on this hd and have another hd for linux.Is there anyway to remove grub and have my computer boot normally under windows? I have tried reupgrading to win me but grub boots and wont let me boot anything thanks in advance, Jimmy - Original Message - From: Sam [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 10:28 PM Subject: [newbie] MP3 players and linux? Hello all, I was thinking of purchasing an MP3 player. But since I'd prefer to have to boot to Windows as little as possible, I'd need one with Linux support. I understand that kernel 2.4 now has support for USB devices? Any recommendations? Thanks in advance. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] MP3 players and linux?
Thanks for the tip guys - I went to the rio500 page at sourceforge and was pleasantly surprised to learn about the very nice-looking gnome-rio fontend http://rio500.sourceforge.net/gnome-rio/ But does this mean that the Rio 500 is presently the only mp3 player that can connect to linux? Any idea about other players e.g. Creative ones? Thanks. On Tuesday 24 April 2001 08:03, s wrote: The Rio500 support in linux-mandrake actually allows you to change the font on the display Oh, sorry. I hate disseminating incorrect info. Thnx for the clarification. -s
Re: [newbie] Upgrade policy?
Hi, From: Andrew Lazarewicz [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 1:41 AM To: Newbie List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Subject: [newbie] Upgrade policy? As a registered and paid user of the CD version of ML7.2, what is the upgrade policy for getting the ML8.0 CDs? Given the culture and prices of packages systems, It seems to me that you either download the free system, or buy a packaged system a full price. Is that right? Or is there such a thing as an upgrade price that is less than the new price? Actually, there is another choice that you have overlooked. You can buy the CDs from sites such as http://www.linuxmall.com/. They are selling v7.2 for just US$2.96 (just do a search for Mandrake). Of course, you'll have to wait a bit for v8.0 to appear. Many other sites also offer these barebones (or downloaded) versions of Linux, and they are not limited to just ML distro. Buying these cheap CDs is how I upgrade. I don't usually buy the full package unless I need the printed manuals or installation instructions. I also don't download the software myself because I connect to the Internet via a 56K modem. In addition, to strip people like me of guilt, Mandrake has kindly provide this page: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/donations/ Now you can get the US$2.96 CDs to do upgrade and then surf to Mandrake site to pay them whatever amount you think the upgrade price should be. Truly the best of both worlds, I think. :) -- Cheers, Viboon
[newbie] Good Fax Program?
Does anyone know of a good fax program for KDE or Gnome? I'm job hunting so I just need something fairly simple to send out my resume. Thanks in advance. Michele Kerby
Re: [newbie] HELP:8.0 kernel panic
robert, you really need to get a grip with this thing of posting with no content. either say something or quit posting! please!!! -- 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 Mon, 23 Apr 2001, robert wydler haduch wrote: At 04:58 PM 4/22/2001 -0400, Mark Weaver wrote: Dale, it's asking you where the / root partition is located so it knows where to look for the kernel. tell me...is Mandrake the second OS on your drive and do you have only one drive? -- 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 Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Dale Kosan wrote: L could sure use some help here.I downloaded and installed 8.0 final and when it rebooted I received the following message: VFS:cannot open root device 2106 or 21:06 Please append a correct root= boot option kernel panic : VFS : unable to mount root fs on 21:06 I tried to boot with rescue floppies that the install made and low and behold there is nothing on the disks! I think the problem could be either the Western Digital drive or the add on pci card Pomise ATA 100 card.7.2 did not have a problem with the card so I am not sure what is up.I also installed 8.0 on my Toshiba laptop and same thing as with 7.2, seems to not like my Linksys PCMP 200 nic.Could someone please help a newbie in distress.Thanks for your time.
