[newbie-it] Link /dev/printer vuoto.
Ciao, mi sono accorto che sul mio sistema /dev/printer non punta a nulla [alberto@master alberto]$ ll /dev/printer srw---1 root root0 apr 26 08:34 /dev/printer= (Io ho una all-in-one Epson Stylus Scan 2500 che non sono finora riuscito a far funzionare sotto Linux). Qualcuno ha una configurazione diversa ? Qual e' il dispositivo a cui fa capo la stampante ? E lo scanner ? Grazie, Alberto -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie-it] modem connexant e kernel 2.4.22mdk
qualcuno che usava questo modem con il kernel 2.2.16 o 17 รจ riuscito ad utilizzarlo con il kernel i oggetto? come? ciao e grazie :br1 --- Where do you want to go today? I will be happy to be here, thanks ! :br1 ---
[newbie-it] Blocco scheda sonora.
Ciao, i problemi non finiscono mai, altro che esami ! Dopo un po' di confusione generale, XMMS non mi riproduce i brani mp3, poiche' trova la scheda audio bloccata da un altro programma. Con Alsaplayer riesco pero' a sentire i files, e con kscd i cd senza alcun problema. Probabilmente ci dev'essere un qualche lock da qualche parte che ne impedisce l'accesso. Anche kmp3, che avevo disinstallato e riinstallato, poiche' non mi funzionava e ieri funzionava invece benissimo, parte (dopo un bel po'), ma poi rimane come morto. Qualcuno puo' aiutarmi ? Grazie, Alberto -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] rebuild src.rpms with athlon optimizations
I noticed that the version of gcc included with mdk 8.0 offers some athlon specific optimizations. Currently my system rebuilds src.rpms and source from tar balls as i686. How can I tell the compiler to use athlon optimizations? I've looked through the rpm website, the gcc manuals, the LDP and the mdk newbie and expert lists but I haven't been able to find a straight forward answer to this question. I'm hopiong that it isn't becasue there isn't one ;-) I'd really apporeciate any information that anyone has about this. Thanks folks! Abe = Jesus saves. Allah forgives, Cthulu thinks you'd make a nice sandwich. -- See my digital art at: http://www.foramenmagnum.net/images.html __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Requesting hardware advice for AMD based machine. jrt
I am running an AMD TBird 1100 MHz on an ABIT KT7A motherboard with VIA KT133 chipset and I have had zero problems related to the mobo. I also have a Voodoo5 5500 video card that is working quite well. I know they are not the best cards for some types of gaming, but I am satisfied with the performance. Now, if someone could tell me how to get this %#$^! CD-RW to work correctly, I would be in Linux bliss! On Wednesday 25 April 2001 17:57, John Turnbull wrote: I realize that Mandrake 8.0 is very new and as a result, not all the surprises are known. A quick peruse with various search engines indicates that there may be some issues between Linux and AMD CPUs or chip sets. None-the-less, if one were considering building an AMD based machine, specifically for Mandrake, are there any preferred CPU/motherboard combinations that are known to be stable and good price performance in the 800 MHz speed? Any that should be avoided? Thank you all in advance. John T
Re: [newbie] Stormix Out of Business
On Friday 27 April 2001 04:33 am, you wrote: http://www.stormix.com/ Andrew That sucks. Somewhere in Redmond a Microsoft employee is smirking. Sniff... -- Jay ~May the enemies of Ireland never meet a friend~ http://www.mrsnooky.com http://www.celtic.free
[newbie] aureal vortex 2 and mouse problems
I have installed the latest drivers from aureal.sourceforge.com and they work... well kind of. I have limited desktop sound, but it doesn't appear able to handle mutiple streams. Also, I have NO sound in Unreal Tournament. BTW, thanx to all those who replied with some great info on my video card, it was much appreciated. Also, is there a mandrake hardware setting that will add support for my Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer optical? I need the scrool wheel to work. Also, it would be great if my accesory buttons on the side worked. I know X doesn't support 5 buttons, but it would be cool to get one working. This includes the 3rd wheel button itself. I tried editing XF86Config-4 myself by removing the emulate 3 buttons option and adding the zaxismapping option but neither seem to work. Has anyone had success with this either by editing the file manually or letting DrakConf do it? Thanx in advance, Adam
Re: [newbie] Requesting hardware advice for AMD based machine. jrt
I am running an AMD TBird 1100 MHz on an ABIT KT7A motherboard with VIA KT133 chipset and I have had zero problems related to the mobo. I also have a Voodoo5 5500 video card that is working quite well. I know they are not the best cards for some types of gaming, but I am satisfied with the performance. Now, if someone could tell me how to get this %#$^! CD-RW to work correctly, I would be in Linux bliss! Does the CD-RW work as a cdrom already? What kind of CD-RW is it? IDE? Then you need to set up a trick to fake it as a SCSI ID. At http://mandrakeuser.org you can search the DOC section for this (CD-RW as keyword), and this will tell you exactly what to do. It worked for me too. (Plextor 12/10/32 IDE Cd-rewriter) Paul
Re: [newbie] rebuild src.rpms with athlon optimizations
Probably. I've already done that in any case with Todd from mandrakes' help. So the question is this: I've got an athlon compiled kernel now how do I make athlon compiled packages? Abe --- michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you have to rebuild your kernel with athlon optimization for that to work? On Thursday 26 April 2001 09:17 pm, you wrote: I noticed that the version of gcc included with mdk 8.0 offers some athlon specific optimizations. Currently my system rebuilds src.rpms and source from tar balls as i686. How can I tell the compiler to use athlon optimizations? = Jesus saves. Allah forgives, Cthulu thinks you'd make a nice sandwich. -- See my digital art at: http://www.foramenmagnum.net/images.html __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] why?
please reply to this i have boufgt mandrake 7.2 power pack deluxe i can't regitry my number but the real problem is that : i have to NO the pnp os i have install the mandrake but when it try's to boot it stop's for 5 minutes in stage2 and after that it goes to a prompt its the firt linux i try to install and work i was so happy when i c the screen shots from mandrake i always wanted to put aside the *^*@#$ microsoft but i cant start the linux WHY? Hi, PNP is not necessary for Linux (although it can make life more easy.) Often it happens that going into linux means there are different speeds of memory in your machine. Perhaps you know if this is so. For example: if you have 64megabyte RAM: 32 Mb can be 30ns and 32Mb can be 40ns. Windows often accepts this, but Linux is strict in this. If possible, write down the configuration of your computer. That often helps a lot. Regards Paul
Re: [newbie] how to run kpackage not as root
matty mo wrote: i would like to be able to install packeages as a user other than root - however, when I try to use an rpm it says i must run kpackage as root. how can i change this so any user can install packages? matt = cosmic systems intertwine astral bodies drip like wine all of nature ebbs and flows ...why does all of nature rejoice? - mad donna http://www.gardenprimitive.net __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ mattto run kpackage as root in your kde desktop when you're a regular user, use the minicli (alt f2) and enter this: kdesu -c kpackage You'll get prompted for the root password before kpackage executes and will then be afforded root privileges while kpackage is running. -- Alan
[newbie] Big Problem Installing Star Office
On my first install of Linux-Mandrake 7.2 I installed Star Office 5.2 off of the Extensions 1 cd (using Package Manager) and it worked just fine. But then I had to reinstall the OS, for unrelated reasons. Now when I try to reinstall Star Office the install gets about three-quarters of the way through, then I get an error message. Ultimately I wind up unable to log on except as root, necessitating a new install of Linux-Mandrake. Because of this I don't have the error message in front of me to refer to, but it says something to the effect that it can't unpack the program due to inability to copy the cpio (whatever that means). I did notice the cd is slightly scratched (courtesy of my four-year-old daughter). Is this the trouble? Should I download a tarred file or RPM of Star Office from the web, and try to install it that way, or should I just forget the whole thing? I hope this question isn't too stupid - I'm only just starting to learn this system. Thanks in advance for any help. Michele Kerby
[newbie] Stormix Out of Business
http://www.stormix.com/ Andrew -- I honestly believe that the doctrine of hell was born in the glittering eyes of snakes that run in frightful coils watching for their prey. I believe it was born with the yelping, howling, growling and snarling of wild beasts... I despise it, I defy it, and I hate it. -- Robert G. Ingersoll
Re: [newbie] restoring lilio from floppy
Jamie Kerwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't actually need to do this, but was wondering for reference. If my lilo config is screwed or removed via fdisk /mbr, how do i go about restoring it. I made by boot disk during installation which allows me to boot into Linux fine. What do i do from this stage? Cheers for the info. == Once you boot in with the floppy, as root, run /sbin/lilo 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/
[newbie] Modem Busy No More :)
Hi Guys, Mark,Carroll,and Randy..I wanna thank you guys for the help in getting this thing to work. Here's what I ended up with,for anyones future info. No matter how many times I tried to install the modem myself,or on which comport or irq it ended up on,LM7.2 wouldn't see it.Coms 2,3,or 4...or irq 3,4,or 5 it simply didn't matter. So I let Winders do it totally 1 time,it installed it as standard modem..still no go. Let it do it again but told it it was a zoom blah blah blah added the drivers again and that did the trick. I did in fact hafta disable the pnp on the card itself,but did not hafta power down between reboots. Once again..thank you very much and enjoy your wknd!! :) Lee
Re: [newbie] aureal vortex 2 and mouse problems
Also, is there a mandrake hardware setting that will add support for my Mic rosoft Intellimouse Explorer optical? I need the scrool wheel to work. Al so, it would be great if my accesory buttons on the side worked. I know X doesn't support 5 buttons, but it would be cool to get one working. This i ncludes the 3rd wheel button itself. I tried editing XF86Config-4 myself b y removing the emulate 3 buttons option and adding the zaxismapping option but neither seem to work. Has anyone had success with this either by editi ng the file manually or letting DrakConf do it? Hi Adam, try running imwheel -k from a terminal and see if that brings any life to the scrollwheel. If it does, you can run it each time you log into X (edit your ~/.xinitrc for that). If you add it to ~/.xinitrc, write it as imwheel -k If this does not work from the console, you can hit Ctrl-C to kill the program in the terminal. Good luck Paul
[newbie] Logrotate
What in the world is logrotate and why is it taking up so much memory and making my drive just run and run and run. I had this issue earlier this week where the server was just crawling. I noticed that logrotate was active twice taking up huge amounts of memory. I ended up rebooting the server to get it to stop. Now its back again. We have Linux Mandrake 7.0 Gilbert De La Garza
[newbie] Adding drives
I have an HP LH3 Netserver that has the integrated Symbios SCSI controller. We have 5 drives off this controller. We are only using one right now on the server. We also have SQUID 2.4 loaded on the server and the cache is located on the primary drive. My question is this: How can I enable the 2nd, 3rd and so on drives and have the OS recognize them?
[newbie] Superblock adresses ?
One of my partitions has a problem; When I run e2fsck, it advises me to run with the -b option, to indicate other superblock locations, and offers 8193 as an example. Are there other locations which could work (8193 does not ;-( TIA, R.Olgiati, on the banks of the Paraguay River. -- Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies. -- Marx (Groucho) --- http://personales.conexion.com.py/~rolgiati ---
Re: [newbie] Big Problem Installing Star Office
I did notice the cd is slightly scratched (courtesy of my four-year-old daughter). Is this the trouble? Should I download a tarred file or RPM of Star Office from the web, and try to install it that way, or should I just forget the whole thing? I hope this question isn't too stupid - I'm only just starting to learn this system. Thanks in advance for any help. That, I think would be a good idea. Perhaps the scratch on the cd causes a read error which goes by unnoticed by Linux. Getting a new, clean file would be the best way to proceed, imho. Either tar.gz or RPM, whatever suits you best. I don't know if you can find out the md5sum for the staroffice rpm. If so, you can try and check that with the official checksum. That might already tell something. Paul
Re: [newbie] bios question
The bios continued to get worse, it just got to where it wouldn't recognize my hdd half the time. I finally decided to get brave and flash it. My gosh, it actually works correctly now. I guess something happened to it during the transplant. ? Thnx, -s On Wednesday 25 April 2001 08:42 am, you wrote: s wrote: that uses a via VT82C/686A chipset and 133MHz FSB. The oses start and run fine, once I get passed the bios. *Problem: the bios takes over two minutes to boot and pass off to the os.* I can't find any irregularities Some servers do that as well. I wouldn't be overly concerned except that you say that up until this point was booting quickly. Look for some sort of conflict. master and only hdd on ide1, cdrom as master on secondary ide channel with cdrw as slave. Basic floppy, and 512M of 133 ram (max allowable: 768). Don't set the bios to auto for the cdrom drives. Set it to none. See if the problem stays the same or changes. If no differences, completely disconnect both cdrom drives and see if the problem stays the same or changes.
Re: [newbie] Logrotate
What in the world is logrotate and why is it taking up so much memory and making my drive just run and run and run. I had this issue earlier this week where the server was just crawling. I noticed that logrotate was active twice taking up huge amounts of memory. I ended up rebooting the server to get it to stop. Now its back again. Logrotate is an automatically started program (system cron) that makes backup copies of the /var/log/message files and other logfiles. It is run each day. You can find the start of it in /etc/rc.d/cron.daily (I think... not sure, from my memory). Remove the script that runs the logrotate and you are free. Do note that this means that the system logs will never be cleared, so they will get bigger and bigger. You may want to move the run of the script from daily to weekly, or run it from the root cron on a moment that you know system load is low. Paul
[newbie] Hey Ex Windows Users: How to read message log via clicking on Home
Wow what a great feature for us Non Linux versed, Windows point and click types. In response to the IP Flooding w/PMfirewall: Using LM 7.2, KDE, I get to my message log by just clicking on the Home Icon at the bottom of the screen, it brings up the file tree, click on Root, then click on Var, then click on Log, then click on messages Icon (the one with the pencil showing). it displays the message log right on the screen. Scroll to the bottom to see the latest entries. No more of that Linux terminal commands Mumbo Jumbo, back to good ole point and click. Works great for us Windows refugees hanging out on Linux, nothing beats a good ole Point and click. To Edit the log file While it is displayed on the screen: I Click on Edit at the top of the screen Click on Open with Advanced Editor and walah - i can edit the file. You can use any of the editors it lists but so far i only tried the Advance Option. Cool, this Linux stuff is getting better all the time ;-0 Now if I could just get my sound system to work... via point and click...
Re: [newbie] Big Problem Installing Star Office
Hello Michele There is no stupid question. To make sure that the problem is not from the CD. Copy the file from the CD to the hard disk. Up to my knowledge, I think the best thing to do is to uninstall SO then reinstall it. I am newbie too. I hope this helps. OOzy --- Michele Kerby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On my first install of Linux-Mandrake 7.2 I installed Star Office 5.2 off of the Extensions 1 cd (using Package Manager) and it worked just fine. But then I had to reinstall the OS, for unrelated reasons. Now when I try to reinstall Star Office the install gets about three-quarters of the way through, then I get an error message. Ultimately I wind up unable to log on except as root, necessitating a new install of Linux-Mandrake. Because of this I don't have the error message in front of me to refer to, but it says something to the effect that it can't unpack the program due to inability to copy the cpio (whatever that means). I did notice the cd is slightly scratched (courtesy of my four-year-old daughter). Is this the trouble? Should I download a tarred file or RPM of Star Office from the web, and try to install it that way, or should I just forget the whole thing? I hope this question isn't too stupid - I'm only just starting to learn this system. Thanks in advance for any help. Michele Kerby = Regards, OOzy What is the purpose of life? __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
[newbie] Zip Disk Ownership
Hi, How can I mount my zip disk as another user other than root? Or, how can I change the ownership of files on the zip disk, at the moment it says 'Operation Not Permitted' even as root? TIA, Cheers, Jord
RE: [newbie] Requesting hardware advice for AMD based machine. jrt
I have an Abit KA7 Mobo with VIA KX133 chip with zero problems to date. I even have a Western Digital 20GB harddrive running without any problems which I hear can be trouble with certain VIA chips. YMMV though. There are so many possible combinations of hardware that there are bound to be some problems for certain configurations. Such is life. Mike -Original Message- From: Walter Luffman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 11:47 PM To: Nima S. Panahi; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Requesting hardware advice for AMD based machine. jrt On Thursday 26 April 2001 08:57 pm, Nima S. Panahi wrote: I guess I am just sick of VIA and maybe they are not quite a death trap. However, they always have problems. For example, my Geforce2 works crappy with the chipset (blurry at any good resolution/refresh rate on a 19 inch). The problem is well known and nvidia and via blame each other and will never get fixed. Also, there is the corruption problem with the IDE that causes corruption. They *think* they can fix it by a bios update but still have not provided a fix (at least not for my ASUS A7V133.) There are other wierd things too, such as the fact that an SB Live card in the system systems to make things worst for the file system corruption. I believe the only other chipset option is only really one by AMD. I love AMD CPU's , but the pickings are small for chipsets! I am just saying I will not buy VIA again, as I have had enough with them. For video card, if you don't care about 3D, matrox rocks! For sound, SB Live is the best too. CPU: Well, I love AMD, as they work best for me and are cheaper than Intel. However, you must take into account the chipset thing. Okay, you've had bad experiences with VIA chipsets, that much is understood. But that does not mean *every* motherboard with a VIA chipset is going to give problems. My primary machine has a Tyan S1854 mobo with a VIA chipset (the Apollo set, IIRC), and I've also used mobos with other VIA chipsets in the past. I can't recall ever having a problem due to either the motherboard or its chipset. This proves only that your particular motherboard, with its particular chipset, gives trouble when running your particular hardware configuration under the version(s) of Linux you've tried. Your detailed description of the problems you have had are informative and helpful to the rest of us -- but please don't exaggerate the extent of the problem by saying things like they always have problems when referring to any vendor's entire line. -- Walter Luffman, [EMAIL PROTECTED]Medina, TN USA Diabetics are just sweet people (Type 2 5/99, d/e/m/motorcycle) Sage, purple 1998 Honda VT1100C Shadow Spirit
[newbie] Toshiba PCX1100U USB cable modem on linux?
Does anyone know or have experience with whether or not the Toshiba PCX1100U USB cable modem will work with Mandrake? Any links to info? My Motherboard NIC doesn't work and installing my Lynksys LNE100TX just frezes both Win98SE, WinME and Hardrake in 7.2 and 8.0. This is my last ditch effort to put Linux-Mandrake back on here, hate that M$ crap.
[newbie] cannot join internet via router
hallo i have a windows network at home with a dsl internet connection. to share the internet in my network im using sygate. its a router. on my windows mashine i jusrt have to set the gateway and the dns to 192.168.0.40. im running mandrake 7.2 to use a dedicated counterstrike server. i tried to set the dns and the gateway to 192.168.0.40 to join the internet via netscape - but it fails. even the ping ping www.linux-mandrake.de fails. what can i do??? Matthias
[newbie] VLSI Chipset for Philips Seismic Edge PCI soundcard
Dear Friends and Fellow Users of Linux, Is there anyone who knows how to get my Philips PCI soundcard to run in Linux? I am using a SB16 now, but the issue is if I have my system sounds enabled in enlightenment, or any other gui I cannot use any multimedia applications. Linux tells me that my card is being used by another program. I want to fix this or find a fix for my PCI sound card. I know that I should be able to do both enable sounds and use the sound apps that come with Linux. Not just one or the other. Some help would be appreciated. TIA, Jeremy Hughes Mandrake User
[newbie] error in hdlist file during instalation of 8.0
I try to install mandrake 8.0 in a compaq PIII with 256MB and 20GB hard disk. I have 4 partition (2 fat and 2 ntfs), durin the instalation y create a linux part. of 3.2gb and a swap of 500MB. after i format the partitions appears the a message: INVALID HDLIST, DESCRIPTION 1/2 BJ IN HDLISTS FILE after that i can't continue the install. Thanks for your help... _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
[newbie] Kernel, ALSA software package update
When i use the Software Package update via DrakConf ALSa, Kernel and reisrfs says not to install this way but to manually install. Can someone tell me how to do this. Where are these files located? I tried linux-mandrake.com/security 7.2 but they are not listed under 7.2 8.0 and 7.0 and 7.1 were but none for 7.2?
[newbie] Looking for fast FTP site
I am looking for a fast and reliable FTP site to download Mandrake 8.0 I have fast access to the net, I work for an ISP, I have just been lucky in finding sites that suck so bad they bend light. Thank you, Riley Linux Guru In The Rough...i.e. newbie We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. - Albert Einstein
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 impression -the first quicky!--
You haven't lost linuxconf at all. You can access it via the web admin, if you installed it, or just by typing linuxconf at a prompt. It's been changed and it's all pretty now. But I think they're trying to replace it with DrakConf. They changed DrakConf to be all pretty too, but I think linuxconf is more robust honestly. But honestly, once you have the basic configs in and running the system is running you're good to go. I don't see any advantage it has over Mandrake 7.2 at this point. 7.1 to 7.2 ran smoother for me. 8.0 runs just like 7.2 does, smooth and stable. The only thing different about the machine I used it to install would be the OS of course, and I added another 30GB to the machine! :0) tdh T. Holmes Unixtechs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Real Men use Vi. * H.J.Bathoorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010426 19:59]: | Hello all, | | I've just installed Mdk 8.0 traktopel on a separate partition to | spare. My first impression isn't too awed. Aside from a few | cosmetic changes on the GUI, I really can't see much of a | difference. | | XFree86-4 still isn't my best friend but it's starting to get | workable. Cups is definitely getting better and user-friendlier | :o) whereas Kong still has Java and font rendering problems (they | seem a little less severe though) | DrakConf being replaced by -frankly, I forgot the name and I don't | feel like rebooting to check- looked OK, but where's linuxconf? | On the other hand install went like a charm -- In expert mode--, | which surely would have been --'idiot proof' mode-- a year or two | back :o) I'm a bit prejudiced I consent, but I think Mdk outruns | Msoft in ease and speed any day, and looks a lot better to boot. | CHAPEAU guys, well done! | Anyway, for the moment I will be sticking to my finetuned 7.2 | installation and wait for 8.1 or .2. It's just too soon!! | | If I've been cutting too many corners, please tell me so (and | where) and I'll look a little further, cause rest asured: I | haven't deleted it and don't intend to. :o) | -- | Semper avanti,sailing on Linux, | Harm Bathoorn Free evermore. | Hoek. NL. ||~ || _ | ___|__.__\_|_||_... | \___\_|__||_|__|__ | _\_Triade__NL__/ | | --- www.elv-transport.nl ---
Re: [newbie] Requesting hardware advice for AMD based machine. jr
I have an Abit KA7 Mobo with VIA KX133 chip with zero problems to date. I even have a Western Digital 20GB harddrive running without any problems Abit was FWIW the first MB I got when I recently upgraded, but either it or the AMD processor I first got weren't working - they were DOA since the system couldn't boot. Anyhow, I returned them both, and the tech at the local computer store suggested I go with an ASUS, and I agreed, since I've heard a lot of good things about the ASUS (A7V133) and it turned out to be $15 cheaper too :). At any rate, I've been running this MB with a 1Ghz Athlon/K7 with zero problems so far. I haven't been successful yet in getting lm-sensors to work so I can see how hot the thing is :). Someday I'll get that working right. But the case I have has three fans (plus there's a fan on the MB and the processor heatsink/fan, of course) so it's probably cool in there. It's usually a pretty hardworking box, running setiathome + other things all the time. Mike David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. ---
Re: [newbie] Requesting hardware advice for AMD based machine. jrt
I guess I am just sick of VIA and maybe they are not quite a death trap. However, they always have problems. For example, my Geforce2 works crappy with the chipset (blurry at any good resolution/refresh rate on a 19 I am using a Matrox G450, so I don't have that problem :). But I don't see how the chipset can influence your display. still have not provided a fix (at least not for my ASUS A7V133.) There are other wierd things too, such as the fact that an SB Live card in the I too have an ASUS, but it's the K7V133. I'm still using the 33/66 IDE bus rather than the 100mhz bus because I have another legacy drive in there besides the newer IBM 30 gb Deskstar I bought last October. I've also heard problems with Linux and the 100mhz bus, but that might have been made a non-issue at this point. It's OK for em though; obviously, if I get another drive I'll put it on the 100mhz bus, or avoid the entire issue and go SCSI, although that option is more expensive of course. Another point is that I was not building a machine for Mandrake but that I had already a working 7.2 installation and I simply transferred the old drives into my new system. I also have an SB Live (5.1/mp3 version) and I have yet to experience any file system corruption. For video card, if you don't care about 3D, matrox rocks! Yeah - I have a G450, it's quite nice for 2D, but slow for 3D stuff (for instance, flightgear is too slow to play) but that could be my fault :). CPU: Well, I love AMD, as they work best for me and are cheaper than Intel. However, you must take into account the chipset thing. Ditto. I have an AMD 1GNZ here and it's quite fast. It's faster than a P4 at higher clock speeds. (Don't get a P4 - it's far too expensive and it's crippled, from what I've read on the techie sites. AMD should show a TV commercial where the blue guys are in casts.) :) But to characterize VIA chipsets as death traps is going overboard, IMHO. David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. ---
[newbie] Saving streaming audio
Some time ago there was a thread on this group concerning a way to save streaming audio files, especially Real Player's .ram files. Could someone please tell me where to find the thread on the archives as I can't find it, or alternatively let me know how I can save these files to disk. Many thanks. Roger
Re: [newbie] cannot join internet via router
Can you ping the dsl router? Try that first. On Wednesday 27 April 2022 10:17, Matthias Bader wrote: hallo i have a windows network at home with a dsl internet connection. to share the internet in my network im using sygate. its a router. on my windows mashine i jusrt have to set the gateway and the dns to 192.168.0.40. im running mandrake 7.2 to use a dedicated counterstrike server. i tried to set the dns and the gateway to 192.168.0.40 to join the internet via netscape - but it fails. even the ping ping www.linux-mandrake.de fails. what can i do??? Matthias -- Salvatore Eric Indiogine Computer Specialist - Power Operations [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-2431
Re: [newbie] Hey Ex Windows Users: How to read message log via clicking on Home
Well there is a way to user your Point Click methods to configure hardware. Open up DrakConf by any means you want. You can click the icon since you're a Point 'n Clicker or type DrakConf at a command prompt. Either way, once you have DrakConf up, open up HardDrake. HardDrake will off you two panels. On the left it will show you catagories of hardware. You can select the sound card option and open it up. If there's something in there, that means the system knows it's there. On the right it will give you some info about it and there's an option to run the Config tool. Run that. It should then try and play a sound. If you hear the sound, obviously your sound card words. No Linux terminal commands Mumbo Jumbo. As a suggestion though. Stop looking at the console as Linux terminal command Mumbo Jumbo. That's where the real power of Linux can be found. That's where you really start to dig into the system and become an expect. To start working with the shell, editing and keeping a 150 line .aliases file, and other things. Also a lot of the people that help you with problems on this list, are the people that love the console work, and some of us don't even bother X windows. We do everything from the console. Right down to play MP3s, chatting, and playing games! Wouldn't want to offend them by calling it Mumbo Jumbo. :0) Hope ya found that helpful, and be kind to your penguin! tdh T. Holmes Unixtechs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Real Men use Vi. * g [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010427 09:01]: | Wow what a great feature for us Non Linux versed, Windows point and click | types. In response to the IP Flooding w/PMfirewall: | | Using LM 7.2, KDE, | I get to my message log by just clicking on the Home Icon at the bottom of | the screen, it brings up the file tree, | click on Root, | then click on Var, | then click on Log, | then click on messages Icon (the one with the pencil showing). | it displays the message log right on the screen. Scroll to the bottom to | see the latest entries. No more of that Linux terminal commands Mumbo | Jumbo, back to good ole point and click. | | Works great for us Windows refugees hanging out on Linux, nothing beats a | good ole Point and click. | | To Edit the log file | While it is displayed on the screen: | I Click on Edit at the top of the screen | Click on Open with Advanced Editor | and walah - i can edit the file. | | You can use any of the editors it lists but so far i only tried the Advance | Option. | | Cool, this Linux stuff is getting better all the time ;-0 | | Now if I could just get my sound system to work... via point and click...
Re: [newbie] Hey Ex Windows Users: How to read message log via clicking on Home
see the latest entries. No more of that Linux terminal commands Mumbo Jumbo, back to good ole point and click. Umm what's wrong with more /var/log/messages ? :) To Edit the log file While it is displayed on the screen: I'm not really clear why'd you want to edit a log file (cut paste maybe part of it to another file) but 'vi /var/log/messages' works too :). That's the nicety of linux - best of both the GUI and (usually) more powerful command line (depending on what you want to do). Have you tried 'sndconfig'? David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. ---
[newbie] Good Linux Articles
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[newbie] cannot join internet via router
hi wow thats too much for me. i have to try your tips out. by the way: i want to kill my windows mschines. can i configure a dsl connection on mandrake 7.2?? can i use mandrake as router for my lan??? thank you p.s.: anybody speaking german
Re: [newbie] cannot join internet via router
That's right, the trick to home networking is to start small and work your way up. Start trying to ping the Windows machine. Then the router. Then try to telnet/ssh to the Linux box. Do you have sygate, (Which I personally hate and really suggest you use Linux as your connection sharing machine. Does a very good job of it.) run as DHCP server? If it is, do you have Linux config'd to get a DHCP address? Is eth0 up and running? Try this command: /etc/init.d/network status Does your output look similar to this? [root@yoda /root]# /etc/init.d/network status Configured devices: lo eth0 Devices that are down: Devices with modified configuration: If your eth0 is down, that's where you start. If it's up, then you try and ping a machine on your Intranet. If you are able to ping or gain access to those machines, then start going outwards from there. So start small and close and then work big and www. tdh T. Holmes Unixtechs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Real Men use Vi. * Salvatore Eric Indiogine [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010427 13:42]: | Can you ping the dsl router? | Try that first. | | On Wednesday 27 April 2022 10:17, Matthias Bader wrote: | hallo | | i have a windows network at home with a dsl internet connection. to | share the internet in my network im using sygate. its a router. on my | windows mashine i jusrt have to set the gateway and the dns to | 192.168.0.40. | | im running mandrake 7.2 to use a dedicated counterstrike server. i tried | | to set the dns and the gateway to 192.168.0.40 to join the internet via | netscape - but it fails. even the ping ping www.linux-mandrake.de | fails. | | what can i do??? | | | Matthias | | -- | Salvatore Eric Indiogine | Computer Specialist - Power Operations | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | X-2431
Re: [newbie] Hey Ex Windows Users: How to read message log via clicking on Home
Hi Tim - I stand corrected - I should not have been flippant with Mumbo jumbo and by no way meant offense to all the fantastic Linux users. I am envious of their learning prowess. i am sure there are others like me who are venturing over to Linux and have a hard time even spelling it, let alone doing terminal work (probably 1% of the Linux population). Thankfully you are all kind enough to put up with us and try and help us. My Linux learning is on the backside of the bell curve, hey someone has to occupy those far end end points. somewhere around 5 standard deviations away. The HardDrak doesn't list any sound devices, so I am soundless. i dowloaded the Aureal file, (tar.gz), Todd was kind enough to send me the url, but don't know what to do with it, or how to install it. I have a Crystal Semiconductor for the sound card and Altec lansing speakers. Again my apologies to the Linux community. As a suggestion though. Stop looking at the console as Linux terminal command Mumbo Jumbo. That's where the real power of Linux can be found. That's where you really start to dig into the system and become an expect. To start working with the shell, editing and keeping a 150 line .aliases file, and other things. Also a lot of the people that help you with problems on this list, are the people that love the console work, and some of us don't even bother X windows. We do everything from the console. Right down to play MP3s, chatting, and playing games! Wouldn't want to offend them by calling it Mumbo Jumbo. :0) Hope ya found that helpful, and be kind to your penguin! tdh T. Holmes Unixtechs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Real Men use Vi. * g [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010427 09:01]: | Wow what a great feature for us Non Linux versed, Windows point and click | types. In response to the IP Flooding w/PMfirewall: | | Using LM 7.2, KDE, | I get to my message log by just clicking on the Home Icon at the bottom | of the screen, it brings up the file tree, | click on Root, | then click on Var, | then click on Log, | then click on messages Icon (the one with the pencil showing). | it displays the message log right on the screen. Scroll to the bottom to | see the latest entries. No more of that Linux terminal commands Mumbo | Jumbo, back to good ole point and click. | | Works great for us Windows refugees hanging out on Linux, nothing beats a | good ole Point and click. | | To Edit the log file | While it is displayed on the screen: | I Click on Edit at the top of the screen | Click on Open with Advanced Editor | and walah - i can edit the file. | | You can use any of the editors it lists but so far i only tried the | Advance Option. | | Cool, this Linux stuff is getting better all the time ;-0 | | Now if I could just get my sound system to work... via point and click...
Re: [newbie] Hey Ex Windows Users: How to read message log via clicking on Home
Don't even sweat it.. all in playful gest! As for the sound card. What kind of motherboard to you have? Most ASUS motherboards have a diagnostic that runs when you boot you system. If you disable the harddrives, it will stop there and give you some basic information. For example, the one that purchased in December will tell me what's in what slot and what IRQ it takes. This of course telling me if I have a few pieces of hardware sharing IRQs, or if it just doesn't see the hardware at all. You may want to look at that first. I do believe that THAT sound card is supported though. Check the supported hardware list on the site. As for that tar.gz file that you recieved, here's a quick thing on such files an installs. tar.gz files are compressed files. They were originally started out as back up files if I'm not mistakes. I suggest you do a man tar to get some information on the command and what it does. Like most commands/apps in Linux, there are different ways of running them. That's one thing that I love about Linux. The way that two different people can do something to get to the same means. The command I use for tar is as such. tar -zxvf FILE_NAME.tar.gz tar is the command the -zxvf are a string of variables. The z variable tells it to filter the file through another zip program such as gzip. x is for extract. v is for verbose. (Which will tell you what it's doing as it's doing it.) And the f is for file name, which it normally reads from the file itself. So, if you have a file called test.tar.gz, and in that file you have two files. One, for arguement sake is a JPEG, the second is a plan ASCII text file. You run the command: tar -zxvf test.tar.gz And you will get output like this. [root@yoda ~] tar -zxvf test.tar.gz test test/file.jpg test/ascii [root@yoda ~] From there, you will have a directory named test/ in your present working directory. (pwd) If you cd test/ then do a ls -la you will see that you have two files in that directory. Well, with a program from source, the usual pattern you use to install is ./configure, which will execute the config file. The config file will prepare the software to be installed. You can add all kinds of variables to that, but it's probably pretty safe for you to just run the ./configure to get you started. (If you open the configure file in Nedit, you can see some of the things it does, and you can start to get an idea of what goes on. It can be very confusing, but it sometimes holds info to adding more things to your install.) You should also open up the README file in Nedit. Unlike in Windows, reading README files is an important part of the software. Most people ignore the README file for a Windows app, but most of us pay close attention to the README file. After the program is done being configured from the ./configure, you now have to make the install file that will then install the program. So type make at the prompt. Both of these commands will render a lot of text to stdout, I create log files to review later if I have problems with redirect commands like tee or . You can use any one you like. After make is done running, you actually install the program with the make install command. When it's done you should be able to do a which program to tell you where it's located. Normally you an open the program right away once you've opened it, sometimes you will need to open another Xterm window for it to be recognized. Try using that, and that may help you with isntalling that Sound card. tdh T. Holmes Unixtechs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Real Men use Vi. * g [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010427 15:15]: | | | Hi Tim - I stand corrected - I should not have been flippant with Mumbo jumbo | and by no way meant offense to all the fantastic Linux users. I am envious | of their learning prowess. i am sure there are others like me who are | venturing over to Linux and have a hard time even spelling it, let alone | doing terminal work (probably 1% of the Linux population). Thankfully you | are all kind enough to put up with us and try and help us. My Linux learning | is on the backside of the bell curve, hey someone has to occupy those far end | end points. somewhere around 5 standard deviations away. | | The HardDrak doesn't list any sound devices, so I am soundless. i dowloaded | the Aureal file, (tar.gz), Todd was kind enough to send me the url, but don't | know what to do with it, or how to install it. | | I have a Crystal Semiconductor for the sound card and Altec lansing speakers. | | Again my apologies to the Linux community. | | | As a suggestion though. Stop looking at the console as Linux terminal | command Mumbo Jumbo. That's where the real power of Linux can be found. | That's where you really start to dig into the system and become an expect. | To start working with the shell, editing and keeping a 150 line .aliases | file, and other things. | | Also a lot of the people that help
Re: [newbie] Hey Ex Windows Users: How to read message log via clicking on Home
Okay, now that you have that Aureal file, copy it to a directory where you would like to expand it. For example: cp Aureal*tar.gz /home/g-couch/ Then you can execute the following command to expand the compressed file and it should place everything in it's own subdirectory: cd /home/g-couch tar -xvzf Aureal*tar.gz It's been a few years since I've installed an Aureal driver, so I can't properly instruct you from memory. There will be a README and/or INSTALL file in the new Aureal directory. Read that carefully for installation instructions. If you are using an Aureal chip, you will have success with that driver. If you run into issues, write back with the steps you were executing and the errors/complications you received. To read README and/or INSTALL (whatever their called) do something like the following: less README less INSTALL --- g [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tim - I stand corrected - I should not have been flippant with Mumbo jumbo and by no way meant offense to all the fantastic Linux users. I am envious of their learning prowess. i am sure there are others like me who are venturing over to Linux and have a hard time even spelling it, let alone doing terminal work (probably 1% of the Linux population). Thankfully you are all kind enough to put up with us and try and help us. My Linux learning is on the backside of the bell curve, hey someone has to occupy those far end end points. somewhere around 5 standard deviations away. The HardDrak doesn't list any sound devices, so I am soundless. i dowloaded the Aureal file, (tar.gz), Todd was kind enough to send me the url, but don't know what to do with it, or how to install it. I have a Crystal Semiconductor for the sound card and Altec lansing speakers. Again my apologies to the Linux community. As a suggestion though. Stop looking at the console as Linux terminal command Mumbo Jumbo. That's where the real power of Linux can be found. That's where you really start to dig into the system and become an expect. To start working with the shell, editing and keeping a 150 line .aliases file, and other things. Also a lot of the people that help you with problems on this list, are the people that love the console work, and some of us don't even bother X windows. We do everything from the console. Right down to play MP3s, chatting, and playing games! Wouldn't want to offend them by calling it Mumbo Jumbo. :0) Hope ya found that helpful, and be kind to your penguin! tdh T. Holmes Unixtechs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Real Men use Vi. * g [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010427 09:01]: | Wow what a great feature for us Non Linux versed, Windows point and click | types. In response to the IP Flooding w/PMfirewall: | | Using LM 7.2, KDE, | I get to my message log by just clicking on the Home Icon at the bottom | of the screen, it brings up the file tree, | click on Root, | then click on Var, | then click on Log, | then click on messages Icon (the one with the pencil showing). | it displays the message log right on the screen. Scroll to the bottom to | see the latest entries. No more of that Linux terminal commands Mumbo | Jumbo, back to good ole point and click. | | Works great for us Windows refugees hanging out on Linux, nothing beats a | good ole Point and click. | | To Edit the log file | While it is displayed on the screen: | I Click on Edit at the top of the screen | Click on Open with Advanced Editor | and walah - i can edit the file. | | You can use any of the editors it lists but so far i only tried the | Advance Option. | | Cool, this Linux stuff is getting better all the time ;-0 | | Now if I could just get my sound system to work... via point and click... __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Hey Ex Windows Users: How to read message log via clicking on Home
You're trying to execute messages which (correct me if I'm wrong) is a log file. You said you want to read it with more so type this instead: more /var/log/messages Or even better, use less: less /var/log/messages --- g [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 27 April 2001 01:51 pm, David E. Fox wrote: see the latest entries. No more of that Linux terminal commands Mumbo Jumbo, back to good ole point and click. Umm what's wrong with more /var/log/messages ? [root@dhcp-196-2 /]# /var/log/messages bash: /var/log/messages: Permission denied [root@dhcp-196-2 /]# I am logged in as root, but for what ever reason (Linux challenged) I can't get to it this way.:-( __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Re: Retain MBR (reload GRUB?)
I've had problems with this as well. I select grub during install, but I usually get LILO anyway. Once it installed grub, but did not load the console with the resolution I requested. I have tried several times with Mandrake Control Center to load Grub and it always boots with Lilo. I try to manually install Grub and there isn't even a /boot/grub/install.sh. menu.lst is there, but install.sh is not. It's weird. I suppose I can use LILO, but I am very curious about this. I think there is indeed a bug here. --- philomena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about posting what is in your menu.lst - maybe its not booting from the proper kernel image ?? philomena At 10:38 PM 4/26/01 -0400, Jay DeKing wrote: OK, so I logged in as root, ran /boot/grub/install.sh (after making sure that menu.lst was correct) - I still get stage1 Read Error. What am I missing here? GRUB ran fine when I installed Mandrake 7.2, then I had a Win98 disaster and had to completely format hda1. Linux is on hdb. I should think that there would be a way to get GRUB working again without reinstalling Mandrake. Here is how my drives are set up: hda is Win98, partitioned into two 15gig drives; hdb is 40gigs, Mandrake 7.2, split up into /, /home, /usr, /var, and swap; hde is also Win98, partitioned into two 15gig drives. 100 gigs of space and I'm booting off a floppy. Sheesh. Jay philomena wrote: the file is actually in /boot/grub, and is called install.sh - just run it from the command line and grub will be installed. The grub info grub uses is in the file menu.lst - take a look at that and make sure it points to the proper partitions. cheers, philomena -- There is a fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Looking for fast FTP site
I am looking for a fast and reliable FTP site to download Mandrake 8.0 I have fast access to the net, I work for an ISP, I have just been lucky in finding sites that suck so bad they bend light. I'm at a Internet2 university, so that makes a huge difference in DL speeds, but generally I find that .edu sites located in the continental US (given that the ISP you work for is continental US...) have good connections. I generally don't bother DLing from a site with a ping worse than 100ms. Your mileage will vary -- 100ms may be unreasonably fast for you. ftp://jungle.metalab.unc.edu is a decent site. ftp://ftp.software.umn.edu may work good for you, however I have no way of knowing as I am only 4 hops away from that machine. Avoid Tucows. I've never gotten good speeds from them, seldom over 25k/sec. That's way too slow for an ISO. Regards, Nathan
[newbie] xemacs/emacs oddity
Hello all. I am very new to this list and mandrake, and just recently discovered the wonderful world of linux...so please forgive my ignorance. Anyway, I installed mandrake 8.0 on a dell inspiron 4000 yesterday (PIII 700 Mhz, 192 RAM, 10GB, etc...). After install, I uninstalled emacs and intalled xemacs using the rpm manager. I then wanted to install auctex and it said I needed to install emacs. So I unistalled xemacs, reinstalled emacs and then auctex. Then I put xemacs on again. So now when I start xemacs it takes at least 10 seconds to open...emacs not quite so long. Furthermore, when I use the rpm manager, after I select 'install', a little thing pops up that is labeled 'rpminst' and it takes over a minute before it asks to put either disk one or two in the drive. I have absolutely know idea why this would happen, although I know it shouldn't take xemacs that long to open...it doesn't even sound like it is doing anything and then all of a sudden i hear a little activity and it opens. TIA, Ryan Elmore PSU - Dept of Statistics
Re: [newbie] rebuild src.rpms with athlon optimizations
I noticed that the version of gcc included with mdk 8.0 offers some athlon specific optimizations. Really?? That is so cool. I'd really like to know if this was something that was part of gcc to begin with or was something mandrake added on. Currently I am running gcc 2.95.3 and no athlon specific stuff. Currently my system rebuilds src.rpms and source from tar balls as i686. How can I tell the compiler to use athlon optimizations? I am not sure if 'rpm --rebuild something.src.rpm --target=686 selects good optimization options or not. If I just compile without giving any options with gcc, it'll still build a 686 rpm because the compiler is hosted on a 686 platform. Anyhow, what happens if you type in 'gcc -O2 -march=athlon' or 'gcc -O2 -march=k7' ? Do those options get recognized? If it can't support those options, apparently you can get pretty close by compiling for a Pentium Pro and adding a few extra flags. I can't recall all the flags that are suggested; they'd take up a whole line or two by themselves. I seem to recall they were documented somewhere on athlonlinux.org. Please let me know what version of gcc is in Mandrake 8.0; I'd be interested in verifying whether it really knows about the Athlon or not. Abe David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. ---
Re: [newbie] VLSI Chipset for Philips Seismic Edge PCI soundcard
What distro/version are u using? That sound like 7.2 with kde 2.0. You need to upgrade if that's the case. It was fixed in kde2.1. It was a problem with the artsd. The work around I used until the newer version came out was just not assign a sound to opening windows. -s On Friday 27 April 2001 09:22 am, you wrote: Dear Friends and Fellow Users of Linux, Is there anyone who knows how to get my Philips PCI soundcard to run in Linux? I am using a SB16 now, but the issue is if I have my system sounds enabled in enlightenment, or any other gui I cannot use any multimedia applications. Linux tells me that my card is being used by another program. I want to fix this or find a fix for my PCI sound card. I know that I should be able to do both enable sounds and use the sound apps that come with Linux. Not just one or the other. Some help would be appreciated. TIA, Jeremy Hughes Mandrake User Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1; name=Attachment: 1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description:
Re: [newbie] bloated
Go in here and you read. You will find the word aroud line #4. http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/intro/ --- Tim Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In what reference? There have been some Linux Critics that have said that Linux, Mandrake expecially, comes with a lot of bloat-ware. Tons of extra software that's just sitting there most of the time. Things that aren't necissary. Other then that, that's all I've heard. What context did you hear it in. Now I'm curious as well. tdh T. Holmes Unixtechs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Real Men use Vi. * OOzy Pal [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010427 16:28]: | Hello | | I hear the word bloated alot what does it mean in | Linux terms | | OOzy | | | = | Regards, | OOzy | | What is the purpose of life? | | __ | Do You Yahoo!? | Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices | http://auctions.yahoo.com/ = Regards, OOzy What is the purpose of life? __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Toshiba PCX1100U USB cable modem on linux?
I am using LNE100TX flawlessly in all of those environments. There must be some sort of conflict with your LNE100TX and the onboard network card??? Can you disable it? You should be able to use both, but something weird is happening to you. LNE100TX certainly works in Linux and Windows. --- Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know or have experience with whether or not the Toshiba PCX1100U USB cable modem will work with Mandrake? Any links to info? My Motherboard NIC doesn't work and installing my Lynksys LNE100TX just frezes both Win98SE, WinME and Hardrake in 7.2 and 8.0. This is my last ditch effort to put Linux-Mandrake back on here, hate that M$ crap. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
[newbie] Postfix problem
Could anyone tell me what I am doing wrong with the postfix config when this shows up when trying to send emails to someone on the server... This is the Postfix program at host www.coweb.commentor.se. I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned below could not be delivered to one or more destinations. For further assistance, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you do so, please include this problem report. You can delete your own text from the message returned below. The Postfix program [EMAIL PROTECTED]: mail for coweb.commentor.se loops back to myself Thanks, Mattias
Re: [newbie] CDRW/DVD won't mount
Did you ever find out the answer to your problem? I am experiancing the exact same thing. Thanks On Monday 23 April 2001 07:26 am, Mark Shaw wrote: 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
[newbie] Fw: Cron root@gw sh /firewall/rpm2html (fwd)
Hi All why and how do i fix this = 3 are supported by this version of RPM I'm Still Using Linux 6.1 Scanning directory /home/linuxcd/linuxcd/ for RPMs only packages with major numbers = 3 are supported by this version of RPM query of db3-3.1.14-6.i386.rpm failed only packages with major numbers = 3 are supported by this version of RPM query of db3-devel-3.1.14-6.i386.rpm failed only packages with major numbers = 3 are supported by this version of RPM query of db3-utils-3.1.14-6.i386.rpm failed only packages with major numbers = 3 are supported by this version of RPM query of compat-glibc-7.2-2.1.3.2mdk.i586.rpm failed only packages with major numbers = 3 are supported by this version of RPM query of glibc-2.2.1-7mdk.i586.rpm failed only packages with major numbers = 3 are supported by this version of RPM query of ldconfig-2.2.1-7mdk.i586.rpm failed Scanning directory /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS for RPMs
Re: [newbie] Requesting hardware advice for AMD based machine. jrt
I appologize. I do not like VIA, but the generalization I made was wrong and made after a long and aweful dealings with the two different motherboards I got with the VIA chipsets. I lost my objectivity and people should see my comments in the light. On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Walter Luffman wrote: Okay, you've had bad experiences with VIA chipsets, that much is understood. But that does not mean *every* motherboard with a VIA chipset is going to give problems. My primary machine has a Tyan S1854 mobo with a VIA chipset (the Apollo set, IIRC), and I've also used mobos with other VIA chipsets in the past. I can't recall ever having a problem due to either the motherboard or its chipset. This proves only that your particular motherboard, with its particular chipset, gives trouble when running your particular hardware configuration under the version(s) of Linux you've tried. Your detailed description of the problems you have had are informative and helpful to the rest of us -- but please don't exaggerate the extent of the problem by saying things like they always have problems when referring to any vendor's entire line.
[newbie] pmfirewall using ipchains ?
Hi all, I am using pmfirewall for a firewall, masq, and forwarding. I know it uses ipchains. Now my question is: If I setup chose portsentry's kill_route to be /sbin/ipchains, will pmfirewall implement it? Or do I need to edit the config file to point to /usr/local/pmfirewall/pmfirewall? Will that even work? pmfirewall does not start up ipchains, does it? When I check in services it it never running. Does pmfirewall use the ipchain rules as a reference? Anybody even have portsentry going with pmfirewall? Possible? -s
[newbie] Toshiba PCX1100U USB cable modem on linux?
- Original Message - From: Roger Pithers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 2:06 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Toshiba PCX1100U USB cable modem on linux? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jon Doe Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 11:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Toshiba PCX1100U USB cable modem on linux? Does anyone know or have experience with whether or not the Toshiba PCX1100U USB cable modem will work with Mandrake? Any links to info? My Motherboard NIC doesn't work and installing my Lynksys LNE100TX just frezes both Win98SE, WinME and Hardrake in 7.2 and 8.0. This is my last ditch effort to put Linux-Mandrake back on here, hate that M$ crap. Jon, I am using the same modem with Minnesota Road Runner, but couldn't get it going under USB. Instead Iam using a 3Com 3C905C-TX Ethernet card with it, having had no luck with the Linksys. Mandrake 7.2 and the other Linux systems I have on my box also recognised it straight away, and to my surprise Corel Linux did the whole thing automatically, about the first thing it has got right! Hope this has been some use to you, good luck! Roger
[newbie] QUESTION
Hi there, I am thinking of moving my hard drives and my CD ROM drives (both) to a more advanced computer (with a faster processor and capabilities). Do I have to do an UPGRADE on my Linux to update what is on my system? or can I just leave it the way it is. I am thinking of going from a Pentium 133 to a Pentium III system eventually and I was just wondering. = Richard Wegner - Linux Newbie - [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTE: Derek Rayne is a FICTIONAL CHARACTER this is just an e-mail address I chose! ICQ #: 12781393 __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Re: Retain MBR (reload GRUB?)
philomena wrote: How about posting what is in your menu.lst - maybe its not booting from the proper kernel image ?? philomena At 10:38 PM 4/26/01 -0400, Jay DeKing wrote: OK, so I logged in as root, ran /boot/grub/install.sh (after making sure that menu.lst was correct) - I still get stage1 Read Error. Ask and you shall receive! Here it is, my menu.lst file (which did work correctly until I had to format the Win98 drive): timeout 5 color black/cyan yellow/cyan i18n (hd1,0)/boot/grub/messages keytable (hd1,0)/boot/us.klt altconfigfile (hd1,0)/boot/grub/menu.once default 4 title linux kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz-secure root=/dev/hdb1 hdg=ide-scsi hdd=ide-floppy vga=788 title linux-up kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 hdg=ide-scsi hdd=ide-floppy title failsafe kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 hdg=ide-scsi hdd=ide-floppy failsafe title hack kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz-hack root=/dev/hdb1 hdg=ide-scsi hdd=ide-floppy vga=788 initrd (hd1,0)/boot/initrd-hack.img title windows root (hd0,0) map (0x81) (0x80) map (0x80) (0x81) makeactive chainloader +1 And my device.map file: (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/hda (hd1) /dev/hdb (hd2) /dev/hde The expected GRUB message (from /boot/grub/messages) doesn't pop up on the screen when I boot. The normal BIOS operations run fine, but at the point where the computer looks for a boot device the message 'stage1 Read Error' appears unless there is a floppy inserted. Thanks, Jay DeKing -- There is a fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'.
[newbie] wrong reporting
Hi have MDK 7.2 and recently I upgraded the kernel to 2.2.19-4.1 (think that was it.) anyway, I know its running that kernel because when you type uname it tells you... however, when it goes to the console login screen, it reports next to the penguin that its still 2.2.17 kernel. my question is, where is it getting this info?? I can't find anything in /etc which has that info in it. not redhat-release or mandrake-release. (think they are the file names.) so i'm a bit lost as to where it is getting that it is the 2.2.17 kernel. anyone??? many thanks and kindest regards Frank Hauptle / / _ ---/ / (_)__ __ __ --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / -//_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ Gshop Network Payment Solutions.
Re: [newbie] QUESTION
I am thinking of moving my hard drives and my CD ROM drives (both) to a more advanced computer (with a faster processor and capabilities). Do I have to do an UPGRADE on my Linux to update what is on my system? or I just did that. You needn't do an upgrade as such, but you might want to recompile the kernel to take advantage of any new hardware or changes that the new system will have. For instance, I recompiled the kernel to take advantage of the new hardware I was getting (such as the processor, video card, sound card, which also meant that I got rid of drivers for hardware I was going to no longer be using.) I also rebuilt X 4.0.2 to take advantage of the new video hardware, since my old-old version of Accelerated X that I was using to support a 5 year old video card was not up to the task. I did all the software changes on the old system before actually putting the new system together. Once I got the components, me and my brother put the thing together in a few hours. I just moved the drives over to the new machine, booted off the boot floppy, and voila :). One caveat: I have a legacy (ata-33) hard drive that is my boot disk and another 30 gig ATA-100 hard disk that has most of everything else. I chose to keep both on the slower interface and not use (at least for now) the ATA-100 interface. If you plan on using that interface there might be a good reason for upgrading, as well as being able to support other newer devices the hardware is going to have, such as USB ports. I am thinking of going from a Pentium 133 to a Pentium III system eventually and I was just wondering. I went from a Pemtium 133 to an Athlon/K7 1ghz a couple of weeks ago. The Athlon is probably the best choice right now, IMHO. It's such a big jump at least for me that I probably will be able to hang onto this newer system for quite a long time. If I just went to a PIII I might have ended up going to something faster in six months or so. Of course, your needs might be different. David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. ---
[newbie] beta3 vs 8.0
Hey, I have 8.0beta3 installed. What is the difference between this version and the official 8.0 release? Regards, cyberclay --- cclay at fastlane dot net I think, therefore I am dangerous http://www.hsien.net
