Re: [newbie] x won't start

[Charles A. Punch]

Stephen Hansen-Sturm wrote:

> I cannot start x. I am using Mandrake 
> 
> 7.2, and I have XFree86 3.36 and 4.01 
> 
> both installed. 
> 
> The computer is an IBM ThinkPad 770z, 


This may be a long shot, but I have had similar problems starting X, as well as other 
screen resolution problems, stemming from incomplete installations. It took me a while 
to figure it out, but in desperation, I would re-install and notice that the 
installation took a lot longer the second or third time and offered several options 
that didn't present themselves initially.I don't know why this happens, but I know 
that it has happened several times to me, never on my desktop, but only on my Toshiba 
Satellite Pro notebook. It may be some kind of notebook specific quirk. I'm not sure 
if this will help you, but I just thought I would mention it for consideration.Maybe 
re-installing will be one more alternative to consider before giving up, if nothing 
else works.
ShalomOut
Chal

Registered Linux user #217118
Nothing is impossible, to the man who will not listen to reason.

> 

[newbie] x won't start

[Stephen Hansen-Sturm]

I cannot start x. I am using Mandrake 

7.2, and I have XFree86 3.36 and 4.01 

both installed. 

The computer is an IBM ThinkPad 770z, 

and it has a Trident Cyber 9397/DVD 

graphics card. The monitor is 14.1 

inches, and it should support 1024x768 

resolution. 

Others using my model have reported 

success under XF86 3.36, and I have 

modified and tweaked my XFdrake file 

countless times. It still doesn`t work 

(the screen goes black when X tries to 

start), and I am getting desperate. 

I am a newbie and probably can`t use the 

computer for much else unless I 

have a desktop environment. 

I would greatly appreciate any help you 

can offer me. 
___
Visit http://www.visto.com/info, your free web-based communications center.
Visto.com. Life on the Dot.

[newbie] error: failed dependencies:

[Michael Falzon]

Let's retry that 
 
I'm trying to update peal how do i fix this ? 

 
[root@gw /]# rpm -Uvh 
perl-5.601-1mdk.i586.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
    perl-base is needed by 
perl-5.601-1mdk    perl-base = 
5.601-1mdk is needed by 
perl-5.601-1mdk    /usr/bin/perl is 
needed by autoconf-2.14.1-6mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
automake-1.4-6mdk    /usr/bin/perl is 
needed by apache-1.3.9-8mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
cbb-0.78-2mdk    /usr/bin/perl is 
needed by cleanfeed-0.95.7b-4mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
cvs-1.10.7-1mdk    /usr/bin/perl is 
needed by fvwm2-2.2.2-9mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
groff-1.11a-10mdk    /usr/bin/perl is 
needed by helptool-2.4-8mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
kdebase-1.1.2-9mdk    /usr/bin/perl 
is needed by 
kdemultimedia-1.1.2-3mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
kdenetwork-1.1.2-5mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
kernel-source-2.2.13-7mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
korganizer-1.1.1final-2mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
lilo-0.21-12mdk    /usr/bin/perl is 
needed by 
mgetty-sendfax-1.1.14-9mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
ncurses-devel-5.0_990703-4mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
pilot-link-0.9.0-9mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
postgresql-6.5.1-7mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
rpm-3.0.3-31mdk    /usr/bin/perl is 
needed by samba-2.0.5a-3mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
sharutils-4.2-5mdk    /usr/bin/perl 
is needed by svgalib-1.4.0-10mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
ucd-snmp-3.6.2-1mdk    /usr/bin/perl 
is needed by 
ucd-snmp-utils-3.6.2-1mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by uucp-1.06.1-12mdk
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
vim-common-5.4-3mdk    /usr/bin/perl 
is needed by 
WindowMaker-0.60.0-6mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
xboard-4.0.0-4mdk    /usr/bin/perl is 
needed by mod_perl-1.21-16mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
mod_perl-1.21-17mdk    /usr/bin/perl 
is needed by tetex-doc-1.0.6-4mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
procinfo-16-4mdk    /usr/bin/perl is 
needed by apache-devel-1.3.9-8mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
emumail-modules-4.5-4    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
emumail-4.5-6    /usr/bin/perl is 
needed by ircd-2.10.3-5mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
inn-2.2.3-1.3mdk    /usr/bin/perl is 
needed by mc-4.5.38-4.1mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
initscripts-4.23-35mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
curl-7.7-1    /usr/bin/perl is needed 
by wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.6mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
MySQL-client-3.22.25-4mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
MySQL-3.22.25-4mdk    /usr/bin/perl 
is needed by 
sgml-tools-1.0.9-3.1mdk    
/usr/bin/perl is needed by 
webmin-0.86-1    /usr/bin/perl5 is 
needed by xscreensaver-3.17-6mdk
 
 
 
Michael FalzonGremlin Consultancy P/L405 
Francis StreetBrooklyn, Vic  Australia 3025Ph:  61+ 
393153855Fax: 61+393151585mobile: 0419235363Registered Linux user 
#204397

Re: [newbie] LimeWire Installation

[a9401336]

hy!
whatis the filename/link of the linux jre?
i couldnt find it- i always ended up with a search result like "solaris
jre" or "linux develoment package"(20mb!).
thanks
regards

On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Jose wrote:

> I am running Mandrake 8.0 and was having problems installing LimeWire. I 
> found some instructions that enabled me to finally install and run 
> LimeWire.
> 
> First got to http://java.sun.com and download the Java Runtime Enviroment 
> 1.3.1 for Linux. Then get LimeWireOther.zip from http://www.limewire.com/ 
> finally as root run 
> /usr/java/jre1.3.1/bin/java -classpath LimewireOther.zip install
> then just run the binary as /home/your_directory/LimeWire/LimeWire
> 
> It worked for me and hopefully for everyone else.
> -- 
> Jose
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 

[newbie] error: failed dependencies

[Michael Falzon]

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-Hash: 
SHA1
 
error: failed dependencies
 
-BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-Version: 
PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use 
 
iQA/AwUBOyW1nx+m/6t6W/SaEQJTagCg+2PICONXT2uLAeTNmqfAsytAJZkAn3aBm51HjlIJk1XDO16Wn2NiNYot=WZ/w-END 
PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: [newbie] Antivirus software on Linux?

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

This just proves the point I made earlier. If you look below you shall 
notice I said:


You may see virus scanners available for GNU/Linux -- these are
made to detect Windows viruses (which can't harm GNU/Linux at
all). This can be useful if you have multiple OSs installed, or if
you share a network with WIndos boxes.


These programmes are no different. If you look at the Technical 
Information introduction (http://www.amavis.org/amavis.html#intro), 
you will see it says:


Most people will say: "A virus scanner? For UN*X? Why? Viruses do not
work in a UNIX environment." On the first glance they are right (even
if there are at least two viruses which run under Linux - well,
actually they are Trojan Horses).

On the second view though, imagine a heterogene network environment
with both UN*X and DOS / Windows / Macintosh workstations. Now think
of an UN*X server that serves Windows and/or Macintosh workstations
via a POP3 service. Would it not be nice to ensure attachments coming
via email are scanned for viruses before they reach a system they are
able to infect? Well - that is what this package is for. It resides on
the server that handles your incoming mails. When a mail arrives,
instead of being delivered via procmail directly, is parsed through a
script that extracts all attachments from the mail, unpacks (if
needed) and scannes them using a professional virus scanner program.


In other words, these scanners do run on GNU/Linux, but scan for 
WIndows virii. This ensures that all e-mail is clean *before* it 
retreived onto a system that is capable of being infected.


On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 03:33, Michael D. Viron wrote:
> Actually, that isn't the case.  Mcafee does in fact make a version
> of its virus scanning software for linux--there are others that are
> listed at http://www.amavis.org/
>
> Michael
>
> At 12:13 PM 06/12/2001 +, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> >There are no anti-virus programmes for GNU/Linux -- the main reason
> >for this being the lack of virii for this OS. UNIX/Linux virii
> > usually exploit security holes in software. In every case security
> > fixes had been available long before the attacks. In other words,
> > the few who were affected by virii suffered only because they had
> > not kept their systems up-to-date with the latest packages. The
> > best virus protection you can have is to keep you system
> > up-to-date with the latest official Mandrake package releases.
> > Software Manager is ideal for this.
> >
> >In the M$ world, things are different. M$ don't bother fixing the
> >holes that virii exploit, instead delegating the job to virus
> > scanning companies, who can merely scan for virii, not fix the
> > holes.. This means you have to frequently scan your discs, and if
> > something *does* get through the "protection" (no virus scanner is
> > 100% accurate) you're seriously stuffed.
> >
> >You may see virus scanners available for GNU/Linux -- these are
> > made to detect Windows viruses (which can't harm GNU/Linux at
> > all). This can be useful if you have multiple OSs installed, or if
> > you share a network with WIndos boxes.
> >
> >On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 16:07, Robert Basye3rd wrote:
> >> Is it necessary to run a antivirus program on Linux Mandrake 8.0?
> >> If so which one is the best and are there any free antivirus
> >> programs out there?

-- 
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
"There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
-- Jeremy S. Anderson

[newbie] STB TV Tuner problems

[kyle]

Under Mandrake 8, I can't get my STB TV Tuner card (Gateway OEM version) to work 
correctly.  It only plays the channel it was playing last under Windows.  XawTV is not 
able to detect any channels, and I can't seem to get it to change channels.  Also, 
mildly annoying but not as big of a deal, when Mandrake boots, the sound for whatever 
channel I was last playing in windows starts, and doesn't stop until I start XawTV and 
then quit it.

And while we're on the subject, whatever happened to KwinTV?  My TV Tuner didn't work 
at all under 7.2, but it looked like it had a nice interface at least.

Thanks,
  Kyle

[newbie] Duplicate emails from list

[Fireman71]

Am I the only one receiving two copies of each email sent to the list?

Tried unsubscribing and resubscribing right after this started but it keeps
sending me two. Been going on for about a week now.

Ian

[newbie] changing boot devices

[jose orlando t. ribeiro]

Well,

I think that is a good one...

I have a LM8 install in a machine with 2 ide drives (/dev/hda and
/dev/hdb) and a ide cd-rom writer (/dev/hdc).with dual boot for win98
and linux

They work like this now:

/dev/hda is a UDMA100 40G HD and master at IDE interface 1 (win98)

/dev/hdb is a UDMA33 4.2G HD and slave at IDE interface 1 (linux)

/dev/hdc is the cd-rom and master at IDE interface 2

Why I want to change this, if all works fine ? Well, since /dev/hda is a
UDMA 100 HD and /dev/hdb is a UDMA 33 HD the interface IDE1 works only
at UDMA 33 performance... so to squeeze a little more performance from
my system I want to do this:

/dev/hda is a UDMA100 40G HD and master at IDE interface 1 (win98)

/dev/hdc is a UDMA33 4.2G HD and master at IDE interface 2 (linux)

/dev/hdd is the cd-rom and slave at IDE interface 2

I've tried to change the cables but I had no succes... linux wouldn't
boot, failing with that message:

== begin error message =

VFS Can not open root device "341" or 03:41
Please append a correct "root" boot option

 end error message =


I tried then use a floppy drive for booting and passing the parameter
"linux= boot /dev/hdc" and I've had the same error message again.

So I returned the old configuration and I'm looking for some help now...

I think that the main consideration is: how the links that I use in X
and in the command line will work after this? A link is a reference to a
file or to a device and a file??? How I change references about
/dev/cdrom? CD players and burners and file system will fail to find
it... what files/configs I have to change? I'm using Reiser FS, by the way.

Thanks for any help...

orlando

== my lilo.conf 

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=normal
default=windows
keytable=/boot/us-latin1.klt
lba32
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message-graphic
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
other=/dev/fd0
 label=floppy
 unsafe
image=/boot/vmlinuz
 label=linux
 root=/dev/hdb1
 initrd=/boot/initrd.img
 append=" hdc=ide-scsi quiet"
 vga=788
 read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
 label=linux-nonfb
 root=/dev/hdb1
 initrd=/boot/initrd.img
 append=" hdc=ide-scsi"
 read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
 label=failsafe
 root=/dev/hdb1
 initrd=/boot/initrd.img
 append=" hdc=ide-scsi failsafe"
 read-only
other=/dev/hda1
 label=windows
 table=/dev/hda

[newbie] LimeWire Installation

[Jose]

I am running Mandrake 8.0 and was having problems installing LimeWire. I 
found some instructions that enabled me to finally install and run 
LimeWire.

First got to http://java.sun.com and download the Java Runtime Enviroment 
1.3.1 for Linux. Then get LimeWireOther.zip from http://www.limewire.com/ 
finally as root run 
/usr/java/jre1.3.1/bin/java -classpath LimewireOther.zip install
then just run the binary as /home/your_directory/LimeWire/LimeWire

It worked for me and hopefully for everyone else.
-- 
Jose
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] GTK+Devel rpm?

[Chris Keelan]

Am I stoned or does the 8.0 Standard Ed ($35!!!) not include gtk+-devel?

It's not even on any of the download sites?

Please tell me there's an RPM for 8.0. Why isn't it on the standard ed cds?

- Chris

Re: [newbie] Antivirus software on Linux?

[Michael D. Viron]

Actually, that isn't the case.  Mcafee does in fact make a version of its
virus scanning software for linux--there are others that are listed at
http://www.amavis.org/

Michael

--
Michael Viron
Senior Systems & Administration Consultant
Web Spinners, University of West Florida

At 12:13 PM 06/12/2001 +, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
>There are no anti-virus programmes for GNU/Linux -- the main reason 
>for this being the lack of virii for this OS. UNIX/Linux virii usually 
>exploit security holes in software. In every case security fixes had 
>been available long before the attacks. In other words, the few who 
>were affected by virii suffered only because they had not kept their 
>systems up-to-date with the latest packages. The best virus protection 
>you can have is to keep you system up-to-date with the latest official 
>Mandrake package releases. Software Manager is ideal for this.
>
>In the M$ world, things are different. M$ don't bother fixing the 
>holes that virii exploit, instead delegating the job to virus scanning 
>companies, who can merely scan for virii, not fix the holes.. This 
>means you have to frequently scan your discs, and if something *does* 
>get through the "protection" (no virus scanner is 100% accurate) 
>you're seriously stuffed.
>
>You may see virus scanners available for GNU/Linux -- these are made 
>to detect Windows viruses (which can't harm GNU/Linux at all). This 
>can be useful if you have multiple OSs installed, or if you share a 
>network with WIndos boxes.
>
>
>On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 16:07, Robert Basye3rd wrote:
>> Is it necessary to run a antivirus program on Linux Mandrake 8.0? If
>> so which one is the best and are there any free antivirus programs
>> out there?
>
>-- 
>Sridhar Dhanapalan.
>   "There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
>   LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
>   -- Jeremy S. Anderson
>

Re: [newbie] SCSI emulation

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

Probably the easiest way to do this is to run through the Mandrake 
installation again. Pop your CD in, reboot, and choose an upgrade 
install (expert mode). When it comes to selecting packages, unselect 
everything and continue. By the end, your CD-RW should be configured 
as a SCSI device.


On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 05:18, s wrote:
> On a related note, I just replaced my mobo and dvdrom drive and
> linux booted fine and kudzu configured the new chipset. 
> yaaay!!!
>
> In addition, the new drive is a dvd/cdrw combo deal, and it is
> correctly identified in kde systems control and harddrake.  again
> yaayyy.
>
> However, the scsi emulation did not automagically get configured. 
> Where is an uptodate site I can look to get this set up?

-- 
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
"There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
-- Jeremy S. Anderson

Re: [newbie] "make" command not found

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

For some silly reason Mandrake 8's installation doesn't install the 
packages needed for compiling. Go to rpmfind.net and look for a 
Mandrake package called make.

On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 01:39, Oren Magid wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I just recently installed 7.1.  I'm trying to install a program that
> requires me to run "make && make install" but I'm told that the
> "make" command is not found.  I think this might be because I
> couldn't insert the second cd, "installation sources cd", during
> installation.  My cdrom just wouldn't open!!  What can I do about
> this now?  I will obviously need this command and whatever else I'm
> missing.  Any help would be appreciated. Thanks,
>
> Oren

-- 
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
"There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
-- Jeremy S. Anderson

Re: [newbie] Antivirus software on Linux?

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

There are no anti-virus programmes for GNU/Linux -- the main reason 
for this being the lack of virii for this OS. UNIX/Linux virii usually 
exploit security holes in software. In every case security fixes had 
been available long before the attacks. In other words, the few who 
were affected by virii suffered only because they had not kept their 
systems up-to-date with the latest packages. The best virus protection 
you can have is to keep you system up-to-date with the latest official 
Mandrake package releases. Software Manager is ideal for this.

In the M$ world, things are different. M$ don't bother fixing the 
holes that virii exploit, instead delegating the job to virus scanning 
companies, who can merely scan for virii, not fix the holes.. This 
means you have to frequently scan your discs, and if something *does* 
get through the "protection" (no virus scanner is 100% accurate) 
you're seriously stuffed.

You may see virus scanners available for GNU/Linux -- these are made 
to detect Windows viruses (which can't harm GNU/Linux at all). This 
can be useful if you have multiple OSs installed, or if you share a 
network with WIndos boxes.


On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 16:07, Robert Basye3rd wrote:
> Is it necessary to run a antivirus program on Linux Mandrake 8.0? If
> so which one is the best and are there any free antivirus programs
> out there?

-- 
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
"There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
-- Jeremy S. Anderson

Re: [newbie] change hostname

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

As root, run linuxconf. There's an option for that somewhere in there.

On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 01:39, Noah Richards wrote:
> How do I change the hostname that is set during startup
> (localhost.localdomain)?  The hostname command changes it, but at
> startup it is always set back to localhost.localdomain during boot.
>
> -Noah Richards

-- 
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
"There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
-- Jeremy S. Anderson

Re: [newbie] LoopBack not working.

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

I had the same problem in LM7.2 -- it took me ages to figure out!

In your /etc/rc.d/rc.local, add the following:

ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
route add -host 127.0.0.1 lo

That should fix the problem.

On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:50, Frederico Figueiredo wrote:
> I'm trying to use loopback on M7.2!
> And I can't. I don't know why.
> When I do "ping 127.0.0.1" it says "Network Unreachable"
> Can someone help me please?
>
> Thanks,
> Fred

-- 
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
"There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
-- Jeremy S. Anderson

Re: [newbie] New LM8 PowerPack installation freezes on Boot CD

[Alan Shoemaker]

Romanator wrote:
> Hi list and Mandrake Support,
>
> I am very disappointed. It appears that I have a bad Boot
> Core System Boot CD. The light on the CD stays on for about
> 10 minutes followed by and error message:
> An error occurred nothing found while parsing
> /mnt/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.CD1 Core System CD(x86)
>
> How do I get a replacement?
>
> Roman
> Registered Linux User #179293
> This email is powered by the Tux Email Utility
>
> > On Monday 11 June 2001 20:45, you wrote:
> > > Hi everybody,
> > >
> > > Well, I just received the new Powerpack and I cannot
> > > get it installed. I was running expert mode. In fact
> > > the first RAM disk crapped out and I was prompted to
> > > retry again by pressing the [enter] key. After
> > > partitioning /boot / /usr /swap  and /home, the Boot
> > > Disk was searching the programs to install, the motor
> > > stopped while the light on CD was still on, and the
> > > following error message appeared:
> > >
> > > Error Message
> > > An error occurred nothing found while parsing
> > > /mnt/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.CD1 Core System CD(x86)
> > > What the heck is going on? My beta installed instantly.
> > > I can't get anything installed from the Powerpack!!
> > >
> > > Any ideas?

The instructions for getting bad media replaced are locatedin 
in a small brochure (CD sleeve sized) packed with the CD's 
(has tux on the front) and it says:

REPLACEMENT MEDIA

If you need a replacement disc due to damaged
product, you can obtain a replacement within
90 days of your purchase date. Send the
damaged product, acopy of the sales receipt,
and a letter briefly explaining the problem
to:

User Services
Macmillan Software
201 W. 103rd Street
Indianapolis, IN 46290
-- 
Alan

Re: [newbie] SCSI emulation

[civileme]

On Tuesday 12 June 2001 01:18, s wrote:
> On a related note, I just replaced my mobo and dvdrom drive
> and linux booted fine and kudzu configured the new chipset. 
> yaaay!!!
>
> In addition, the new drive is a dvd/cdrw combo deal, and it is
> correctly identified in kde systems control and harddrake. 
> again yaayyy.
>
> However, the scsi emulation did not automagically get
> configured.  Where is an uptodate site I can look to get this
> set up?
>
> TIA,
> -s
>
SCSI Emulation is in two parts--first a message to the kernel to 
tell it to assume emulation is done  Second is a modprobe of 
scsi and a link to the appropriate SCSI device

The first part is simple in /etc/lilo.conf  or in drakboot 
(Control Center Boot Config) make sure you have this in the 
append

hdc=ide-scsi

if for example it is hdc.

Now in /dev you need to do the following

cd /dev && rm cdrom2 && ln -s scd0 cdrom2

if, for example, the /etc/fstab entry uses /dev/cdrom2 for your 
CDRW.

Finally somewhere you need a 

modprobe ide-scsi

It can be dropped int the next to last line of /etc/rc.local  
(an extra one won't hurt if your system is already doing one)

It is a little known fact that ordinaty plain vanilla CDROMs can 
also be scsi-emulated in the same manner.  Our tests over the 
past 5 months show this works just as well as the dual structure 
we now support.

Civileme



> On Sunday 10 June 2001 03:21 pm, you wrote:
> > On Sunday 10 June 2001 06:37, Roberto Herrero wrote:
> > > SCSI emulation doesn't work in my Macmillan LM 7.2
> > > distribution because the module sr_mod.o is missing. As a
> > > consequence, my CD-burner is not operative.
> >
> > Sorry but that analysis is incorrect.  sr_mod.o is not
> > needed. Access it through /dev/scd0.  There could be several
> > other reasons your CD-R is not working in 7.2.  I would have
> > to see setup information for your specific machine but if it
> > is not an LG and it is not sharing an IDE channel with a DVD
> > or a CDROM, it will work, almost always.  In those cases
> > mentioned, an installation of kernel 2.2.19 is required and
> > still some LGs don't work.
> >
> > Civileme
> >
> > > Please can anybody tell me if that module is loaded by LM
> > > 8.0, or it is still missing in that version? Check out in
> > > /lib/modules/(mandrake_kernel_version)/scsi
> >
> > FWIW, it is there, but at
> > file:/lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/scsi. And it
> > still is not needed.
> >
> > > Thank you very much,
> > >
> > > Roberto Herrero

Re: [newbie] what happened to add in kmail?

[Alan Shoemaker]

etharp wrote:
> I added a couple of addresses to the address book, but
> later on when I went to add more, the "add" tab is grayed
> out. Ok, what did I do? any one know?

etharpyou can't add till there's something in the add 
window to add. :)
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Re: [newbie] New LM8 PowerPack installation freezes on Boot CD

[civileme]

On Monday 11 June 2001 22:03, Romanator wrote:
> Hi list and Mandrake Support,
>
> I am very disappointed. It appears that I have a bad Boot Core
> System Boot CD. The light on the CD stays on for about 10
> minutes followed by and error message:
> An error occurred nothing found while parsing
> /mnt/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.CD1 Core System CD(x86)
>
> How do I get a replacement?
>
> Roman
> Registered Linux User #179293
> This email is powered by the Tux Email Utility
>
> > On Monday 11 June 2001 20:45, you wrote:
> > > Hi everybody,
> > >
> > > Well, I just received the new Powerpack and I cannot get
> > > it installed. I was running expert mode. In fact the first
> > > RAM disk crapped out and I was prompted to retry again by
> > > pressing the [enter] key. After partitioning /boot / /usr
> > > /swap  and /home, the Boot Disk was searching the programs
> > > to install, the motor stopped while the light on CD was
> > > still on, and the following error message appeared:
> > >
> > > Error Message
> > > An error occurred nothing found while parsing
> > > /mnt/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.CD1 Core System CD(x86)
> > > What the heck is going on? My beta installed instantly. I
> > > can't get anything installed from the Powerpack!!
> > >
> > > Any ideas?

Send your descriptions individually to me.  Address it to 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Include the following info:

Serial number.
WHERE you bought the pack.
Description of problem

We have more than one manufacturer making these packs and we 
need to trace what is happening and why as well as stemming the 
flow of bad packs and making good on them.

Civileme

Re: [newbie] New LM8 PowerPack installation freezes on Boot CD

[bpremeaux]

I don't have a copy of the Powerpack, so I haven't tried to install apps 
from it.  I am curious as to whether you can install using the Software
Manager program?

Barry


On Mon, 11 June 2001, Romanator wrote:

> 
> Hi everybody,
> 
> Well, I just received the new Powerpack and I cannot get it installed. I
> was running expert mode. In fact the first RAM disk crapped out and I
> was prompted to retry again by pressing the [enter] key. After
> partitioning /boot / /usr /swap  and /home, the Boot Disk was searching
> the programs to install, the motor stopped while the light on CD was
> still on, and the following error message appeared:
> 
> Error Message
> An error occurred nothing found while parsing
> /mnt/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.CD1 Core System CD(x86)
> What the heck is going on? My beta installed instantly. I can't get
> anything installed from the Powerpack!!
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> -- 
> Roman
> Registered Linux User #179293
> This email is powered by the Tux Email Utility

Re: [newbie] New LM8 PowerPack installation freezes on Boot CD

[Romanator]

Hi list and Mandrake Support,

I am very disappointed. It appears that I have a bad Boot Core System
Boot CD. The light on the CD stays on for about 10 minutes followed by
and error message:
An error occurred nothing found while parsing
/mnt/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.CD1 Core System CD(x86)

How do I get a replacement?

Roman
Registered Linux User #179293
This email is powered by the Tux Email Utility


> 
> On Monday 11 June 2001 20:45, you wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > Well, I just received the new Powerpack and I cannot get it installed. I
> > was running expert mode. In fact the first RAM disk crapped out and I
> > was prompted to retry again by pressing the [enter] key. After
> > partitioning /boot / /usr /swap  and /home, the Boot Disk was searching
> > the programs to install, the motor stopped while the light on CD was
> > still on, and the following error message appeared:
> >
> > Error Message
> > An error occurred nothing found while parsing
> > /mnt/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.CD1 Core System CD(x86)
> > What the heck is going on? My beta installed instantly. I can't get
> > anything installed from the Powerpack!!
> >
> > Any ideas?

RE: [newbie] Configurar Samba en Mandrake 8.0

[Paul Rodríguez]

Transaltion:

Hello,
I've tried to configure Samba on my PC running Mandrake 8.0, but I'm using a
small Red Hat manual, and although the location of the files is the same,
their configuaration is not.
I apprecaite all of your help.  Felix.

[In other words, any differences between Samba configuaration in Red Hat and
Mandrake?]

-Paul R

Que tal,
e intentado configurara el samba en mi PC con mandrake 8.0 pero estor
usuando un pequeño manual de redhat y aunque la ubicacion de archivos es la
misma, su configuración no.
Agradecria me pudieran ayudar atte. Felix


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[newbie] change hostname

[Noah Richards]

How do I change the hostname that is set during startup 
(localhost.localdomain)?  The hostname command changes it, but at startup it 
is always set back to localhost.localdomain during boot.

-Noah Richards

[newbie] "make" command not found

[Oren Magid]

Hi everyone,

I just recently installed 7.1.  I'm trying to install a program that 
requires me to run "make && make install" but I'm told that the "make" 
command is not found.  I think this might be because I couldn't insert the 
second cd, "installation sources cd", during installation.  My cdrom just 
wouldn't open!!  What can I do about this now?  I will obviously need this 
command and whatever else I'm missing.  Any help would be appreciated.  
Thanks,

Oren
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RE: [newbie] Configurar Samba en Mandrake 8.0

[Paul Rodríguez]

Transaltion:

Hello,
I've tried to configure Samba on my PC running Mandrake 8.0, but I'm using a
small Red Hat manual, and although the location of the files is the same,
their configuaration is not.
I apprecaite all of your help.  Felix.

[In other words, any differences between Samba configuaration in Red Hat and
Mandrake?]

-Paul R

Que tal,
e intentado configurara el samba en mi PC con mandrake 8.0 pero estor
usuando un pequeño manual de redhat y aunque la ubicacion de archivos es la
misma, su configuración no.
Agradecria me pudieran ayudar atte. Felix


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[newbie] CD Burner Question

[Jim Darrough]

Hello.

I have successfully installed Mandrake 8.0 on my Athlon 650 box, but want 
to be able to burn CD's with my Memorex 1622 burner. I also Have a 24x CD 
Reader, both of which were detected by Mandrake upon initial installation.

What cd burning software comes with Mandrake 8.0, and, how do I install it?

Thanks so much,

Jim Darrough

Re: [newbie] partition problem

[linuxmaxx]

Try using partition magic
The best program for controling your partitions. You can do every kind of 
event about partitions with that program.
I have the trial version (!)  of it and can send you from ICQ
My ICQ UIN is 6090411.



On Tuesday 12 June 2001 02:45 am, Tyrell wrote:
> Hello.
>
> When you say a second box you want to say a Second partition, true?
>
> I think you have too defragmented your partition.
>
> To resize a partition, first you must defrag it, in order to have all data
> at the beginning. And then resize it safely.
> Yes, You can use Partition Magic. Be carefull and perhaps make a backup
> before resize.
>
> The DOS file system use a FAT (File Allocation Table) to indicate the
> secuence of clusters (a cluster is a group of sectors) of your partition
> correspond to each  archive. The number of cluster of your partition is
> 2^32 (FAT32), each file of size greater tha zero occupied one cluster at
> least, for example a file of 55 bytes is on a cluster of for example 16 Kb,
> wasting more than 15 Kb of space. LBA (Logical Block Adress) is an standard
> invented to manage hard disk greater than 512 Mb, that was the limited for
> the before standard.
>
> Bye.
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Carlos Alberto Berardi González <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 6:38 PM
> Subject: [newbie] partition problem
>
>
> Hi all
> I'm trying to install LM8.0 on a second box, but when diskdrake asks about
> what to do, it says it can't resize my windows98 partition, which appears
> to be fat32-lba mapped (what is that?)
> is it a software problem, the disk is to fragmented, or it has to do with
> the
> BIOS?
>
> can i use  partition magic to try it?
>
> Thanks
>
> 
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[newbie] what happened to add in kmail?

[etharp]

I added a couple of addresses to the address book, but later on when I went 
to add more, the "add" tab is grayed out. Ok, what did I do? any one know? 

[newbie] New LM8 PowerPack installation freezes on Boot CD

[Romanator]

Hi everybody,

Well, I just received the new Powerpack and I cannot get it installed. I
was running expert mode. In fact the first RAM disk crapped out and I
was prompted to retry again by pressing the [enter] key. After
partitioning /boot / /usr /swap  and /home, the Boot Disk was searching
the programs to install, the motor stopped while the light on CD was
still on, and the following error message appeared:

Error Message
An error occurred nothing found while parsing
/mnt/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.CD1 Core System CD(x86)
What the heck is going on? My beta installed instantly. I can't get
anything installed from the Powerpack!!

Any ideas?

-- 
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Registered Linux User #179293
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[newbie] Install help

[Michael]

I have been running 7.1 for sometime now.  It has been great and has
worked beautifully.  I installed 7.2 on another machine and it has
worked great, but when I backed up my files and did a fresh install of
7.2 over 7.1, that's where everything went to hell.  It took over three
hours per attempt.  

Everything went fine until it completed it's install and tried to
reboot, it locked up both times and i had to boot from a floppy.  On my
graphical login it created another user named Tina?, both times, it only
recognized 64M of memory instead of 160M, even though I indicated the
right amount, It performs like I'm running NT Server on a 286 with 32M
RAM. 

When I tried to use kmail to send my message in a bottle, I got the
address wrong the first time, and now, no matter what I do to correct
it, it won't allow me to send a message to the list.  it keeps bringing
up the first mistake I made over and over, I had to configure Netscape
messenger to even send this. My clock is totally wrong even the day of
the week.  I can reset it, but it's neccesary every time it boots.  Can
anybody suggest something short of going back to 7.1 or Redhat? 

Thanks,

No sleep and disgusted

RE: [newbie] partition problem

[Tyrell]

Hello.

When you say a second box you want to say a Second partition, true?

I think you have too defragmented your partition.

To resize a partition, first you must defrag it, in order to have all data
at the beginning. And then resize it safely.
Yes, You can use Partition Magic. Be carefull and perhaps make a backup
before resize.

The DOS file system use a FAT (File Allocation Table) to indicate the
secuence of clusters (a cluster is a group of sectors) of your partition
correspond to each  archive. The number of cluster of your partition is 2^32
(FAT32), each file of size greater tha zero occupied one cluster at least,
for example a file of 55 bytes is on a cluster of for example 16 Kb, wasting
more than 15 Kb of space. LBA (Logical Block Adress) is an standard invented
to manage hard disk greater than 512 Mb, that was the limited for the before
standard.

Bye.

- Original Message -
From: Carlos Alberto Berardi González <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 6:38 PM
Subject: [newbie] partition problem


Hi all
I'm trying to install LM8.0 on a second box, but when diskdrake asks about
what to do, it says it can't resize my windows98 partition, which appears to
be fat32-lba mapped (what is that?)
is it a software problem, the disk is to fragmented, or it has to do with
the
BIOS?

can i use  partition magic to try it?

Thanks


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Re: [newbie] "Windows Shutdown Problem" in Linux?

[Carroll Grigsby]

Paul:
I also saw this tip on your website, and I'm going to give it a try on
Lazarus (he's the backup PC that I'm building from scrapbox parts).
Since I'm also trying to learn something about shell programming, I dug
through some Linux texts, but struck out. (1) What's happening here? (2)
What's a good reference on shell programming?
Regards,
Carroll


Paul wrote:
> 
> It was Mon, 11 Jun 2001 14:55:09 -0400 when Jon Doe wrote:
> 
> >> > Everyone knows that certain versions of Windows, when told to "Shut
> >> > Down", actually choose to reboot instead.  And it seems that my Linux
> >> > installation has caught this horrible disease (actually it's had this
> >> > problem ever since I first installed it).
> 
> A possible way to fix it is:
> change your /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt file.
> Change eval $command -i -d -p to eval $command -i -d
> 
> No warranty, but it seems to help on some systems.
> Paul
> 
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[newbie] Numbers, Numbers and more Numbers

[Suresh]

Hello Friends,

When I shutdown my system I get lots of numbers scrolling on my
screen. It does not stop also. I have not observed this problem on
any other machines. All my friends get the message Power Down but I
don't. But as such I don't have any problem with the working of
Linux. Just  want to know the reason for this and is there any way I
can prevent it. 

I had the same problem when I was using RHL. One day the numbers
stopped scrolling and it gave a message saying "Unable to fulfill
kernels paging request".


Thanks in advance

Suresh



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[newbie] Masquerading and IPTables

[Ross Slade]

1. Is there a howto on Masquerading for Mandrake 8.0? I had it working fine
under 6.0 - 7.1, but not now... I have a static IP (203.14.156.30) and an
internal LAN using 10.0.2.15 for this box and 10.0.2.16 for a WinME box.

One thing I have found is that a friend's box has four tabs in netconf, one
being for forwarding and such - I don't have that tab available so something's
missing - can someone please tell me what package will add that seemingly
critical tab to netconf?

2. I had a resonable firewall under the older versions using ipchains - what's
the best way to convertthe old one into iptables? (since it seems I can no
longer use ipchains?)

Thanks in advance for any help...

-Ross

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Re: [newbie] OT: TNT2 can't configure

[Michael D. Viron]

Bendeman,

First, don't post the same e-mail to the list 3 times within 3
minutes--Send your e-mails only once--it may take a while to get posted,
but *it* will get to the list.

As far as opengl, you have to make sure you have XFree 4 installed -- I
don't think opengl is an option on the 3.3.x series.

Michael

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At 11:16 PM 06/11/2001 +0200, Sh@rky wrote:
>ok need some help with my TNT2 card from creative its installed as a regular 
>tnt2 with no opengl options. But i want to play opengl games in the futhure 
>with this pc so i need to have my system running opengl.
>what do i need and WHERE do i get it ?
> 
><
>LM8.0, AMD400,192RAM,TNT2,6.4GB,56kmodem =[
>using kde/gnome/enlightment (icq 73608706)
>
>

[newbie] Installing Network Adapter on LM7.2

[Frederico Figueiredo]

Thaks for helping me with the loopback...
I was able to put it to work using "ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1"
It's really strange why I have to do this in order to work. Because I use
M7.2 on another computer and I never needed this option.

I have another problem.
I bought an Network Adapter Acer ALN601a...
And I can't put it to work. Acer does not have any drives for it, and I've
tried with realteek drivers, but it doesn't work.
By the way, I'm trying to install it on a notebook, Toshiba 1700-500...
I really need to acess my local network.
Can someone welp me with this simple problem :)

Thanks,
Fred

Re: [newbie] LoopBack not working.

[Salvatore Enrico Indiogine]

Try as root

/etc/rc.d/init.d/network status

and you might get some info from there.

Also check your cable and network card light.

Ciao,

Eric Indiogine


On Monday 11 June 2001 13:50, Frederico Figueiredo wrote:
> I'm trying to use loopback on M7.2!
> And I can't. I don't know why.
> When I do "ping 127.0.0.1" it says "Network Unreachable"
> Can someone help me please?
>
> Thanks,
> Fred

Re: [newbie] XFree86

[Salvatore Enrico Indiogine]

Type:

xdpyinfo | less

You should get something like here below and notice the third line.

Ciao,

Eric Indiogine

name of display::0.0
version number:11.0
vendor string:Linux Mandrake (XFree86 4.0.3, patch level 7mdk)
vendor release number:4003
maximum request size:  4194300 bytes
motion buffer size:  256
bitmap unit, bit order, padding:32, LSBFirst, 32
image byte order:LSBFirst
number of supported pixmap formats:7
supported pixmap formats:
depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
depth 4, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
depth 8, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
depth 15, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
depth 16, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
depth 24, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
depth 32, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
keycode range:minimum 8, maximum 255
focus:  window 0x2800011, revert to PointerRoot
number of extensions:27
BIG-REQUESTS
DPMS
Extended-Visual-Information
FontCache
GLX


On Monday 11 June 2001 13:58, OOzy Pal wrote:
> How can I know which version of XFree86 I am running.
> I have LM8.0?
>
> =
> Regards,
> OOzy
>
> What is the purpose of life?
>
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Fw: [newbie] Configurar Samba en Mandrake 8.0

[Félix Martin Celaya Murguía]

Que tal,
e intentado configurara el samba en mi PC con mandrake 8.0 pero estor
usuando un pequeño manual de redhat y aunque la ubicacion de archivos es la
misma, su configuración no.
Agradecria me pudieran ayudar atte. Felix


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Re: [newbie] LoopBack not working.

[Frederico Figueiredo]

I've look in the kernel configuration for that option. I didn't find it. All
I could found about loopback, was "Loopback device suport"...
I have M7.2 on another computer that works well, and this option is equal o
where I need loopback, wish is an notebook (toshiba 1700-500)
Any more ideas? I really need them!

Thanks a lot,
Fred
- Original Message -
From: "Gary Chisholm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Frederico Figueiredo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] LoopBack not working.


> Do you have network loopback compiled in your kernel?
>
>
> On 11 Jun 2001 20:50:02 +0100, Frederico Figueiredo wrote:
> > I'm trying to use loopback on M7.2!
> > And I can't. I don't know why.
> > When I do "ping 127.0.0.1" it says "Network Unreachable"
> > Can someone help me please?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Fred
> >
>
> --
>
> Gary Chisholm
>
>
>

[newbie] OT: TNT2 can't configure

[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

ok need some help with my TNT2 card from creative its installed as a regular 
tnt2 with no opengl options. But i want to play opengl games in the futhure 
with this pc so i need to have my system running opengl.
what do i need and WHERE do i get it ?
 
<
LM8.0, AMD400,192RAM,TNT2,6.4GB,56kmodem =[
using kde/gnome/enlightment (icq 73608706)

[newbie] OT: TNT2 can't configure

[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

ok need some help with my TNT2 card from creative its installed as a regular 
tnt2 with no opengl options. But i want to play opengl games in the futhure 
with this pc so i need to have my system running opengl.
what do i need and WHERE do i get it ?
 
<
LM8.0, AMD400,192RAM,TNT2,6.4GB,56kmodem =[
using kde/gnome/enlightment (icq 73608706)

[newbie] OT: TNT2 can't configure

[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

ok need some help with my TNT2 card from creative its installed as a regular 
tnt2 with no opengl options. But i want to play opengl games in the futhure 
with this pc so i need to have my system running opengl.
what do i need and WHERE do i get it ?
 
<
LM8.0, AMD400,192RAM,TNT2,6.4GB,56kmodem =[
using kde/gnome/enlightment (icq 73608706)

Re: [newbie] SCSI emulation

[s]

On a related note, I just replaced my mobo and dvdrom drive and linux booted 
fine and kudzu configured the new chipset.  yaaay!!!  

In addition, the new drive is a dvd/cdrw combo deal, and it is correctly 
identified in kde systems control and harddrake.  again yaayyy.

However, the scsi emulation did not automagically get configured.  Where is 
an uptodate site I can look to get this set up?  

TIA,
-s  



On Sunday 10 June 2001 03:21 pm, you wrote:
> On Sunday 10 June 2001 06:37, Roberto Herrero wrote:
> > SCSI emulation doesn't work in my Macmillan LM 7.2 distribution because
> > the module sr_mod.o is missing. As a consequence, my CD-burner is not
> > operative.
>
> Sorry but that analysis is incorrect.  sr_mod.o is not needed. Access it
> through /dev/scd0.  There could be several other reasons your CD-R is not
> working in 7.2.  I would have to see setup information for your specific
> machine but if it is not an LG and it is not sharing an IDE channel with a
> DVD or a CDROM, it will work, almost always.  In those cases mentioned, an
> installation of kernel 2.2.19 is required and still some LGs don't work.
>
> Civileme
>
> > Please can anybody tell me if that module is loaded by LM 8.0, or it is
> > still missing in that version? Check out in
> > /lib/modules/(mandrake_kernel_version)/scsi
>
> FWIW, it is there, but at
> file:/lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/scsi. And it still is not
> needed.
>
> > Thank you very much,
> >
> > Roberto Herrero

Re: [newbie] DVD Player?

[s]

umm, there's livid, videolan, vlc, and xine.  a google search will yield a 
url for these.  vlc and xine are the ones i've had the most luck with.
-s

On Monday 11 June 2001 01:02 pm, you wrote:
> Is DVD supported on LM8.0?  My search has not found a player
> for Linux.  Can anyone point me to where I can get DVD
> player software.  My DVD drive works as a CD Reader only.

Re: [newbie] LoopBack not working.

[Gary Chisholm]

Do you have network loopback compiled in your kernel?

 
On 11 Jun 2001 20:50:02 +0100, Frederico Figueiredo wrote:
> I'm trying to use loopback on M7.2!
> And I can't. I don't know why. 
> When I do "ping 127.0.0.1" it says "Network Unreachable"
> Can someone help me please?
> 
> Thanks,
> Fred
> 

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Re: [newbie] XFree86

[Alan Shoemaker]

OOzy Pal wrote:
> How can I know which version of XFree86 I am running.
> I have LM8.0?
>
> =
> Regards,
> OOzy

X -version
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[newbie] XFree86

[OOzy Pal]

How can I know which version of XFree86 I am running.
I have LM8.0?

=
Regards,
OOzy

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[newbie] LoopBack not working.

[Frederico Figueiredo]

I'm trying to use loopback on M7.2!
And I can't. I don't know why. 
When I do "ping 127.0.0.1" it says "Network Unreachable"
Can someone help me please?

Thanks,
Fred

[newbie] LM 7.2, upgrading kernel to 2.2.19

[Chris Buxton]

I'm using Mandrake 7.2, which came with the 2.2.17 kernel.

I ran the Updates program and found that there was an available 
kernel update. Unfortunately, I told it to install said update. Now 
my system won't boot.

I see in the list archive that someone has indicated that there's a 
page describing how to properly perform the update, somewhere on the 
Mandrake website. I don't even know where to look.

Can anyone point me to a set of directions describing how to recover 
from this? Any and all help is appreciated. I would very much not 
like to have to reformat and start over.

Details of my system:
- Custom system, 900 MHz Athlon with 1536 MB of RAM.
- 30 GB hard drive with a single ReiserFS partition (plus a separate, 
nonfunctional Windows98 installation - it doesn't like having that 
much RAM).
- Grub.
- Floppy drive, CD-ROM drive, network connection (with gateway 
[separate machine] to broadband Internet access).
- Mandrake 7.2 CD set (and I've figured out how to get into Rescue 
mode from the bootable CD)

Chris Buxton

[newbie] Single Network Firewall

[Florian]

Did anyone try it?
Im thinking of using it as a router for our company we have a lan with 10 pcs 
and a novell server (ouch) but since our ElsaLancom (never buy it) chrashes 
every 10 minutes i was wondering if Single Network Firewall firewall is an 
possibly easy to use alternative?
If i did all the networks stuff by myself i would use a MDK8 version but 
since there are people taking care of the networking who dont have experience 
with linux i like the idea of "boot a cd > install > boot > and hop were up".
Another question is if there are possibillities of putting ssh etc. servers 
on the Single Network Firewall?
Do i expect too much ... little?
Florian

Re: [newbie] "Windows Shutdown Problem" in Linux?

[Paul]

It was Mon, 11 Jun 2001 14:55:09 -0400 when Jon Doe wrote:

>> > Everyone knows that certain versions of Windows, when told to "Shut
>> > Down", actually choose to reboot instead.  And it seems that my Linux
>> > installation has caught this horrible disease (actually it's had this
>> > problem ever since I first installed it).

A possible way to fix it is: 
change your /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt file.
Change eval $command -i -d -p to eval $command -i -d

No warranty, but it seems to help on some systems.
Paul

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Re: [newbie] "Windows Shutdown Problem" in Linux?

[Jon Doe]

On Sunday 10 June 2001 12:01 pm, you wrote:
> George Petri wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Everyone knows that certain versions of Windows, when told to "Shut
> > Down", actually choose to reboot instead.  And it seems that my Linux
> > installation has caught this horrible disease (actually it's had this
> > problem ever since I first installed it).
> >
> > Basically, if I select "Shutdown" from kdm or type in "halt" or
> > "poweroff" or "telinit 0", it gives lots of
> > shutting-down-whatever-service messages and then it says:
> >
> > System is halted.
> >
> > So far so good but then it says "stopping all md devices" and reboots.
> > Arggh!!!
> >
> > Does anyone know why this happens?
> > ..
>
> I haven't the foggiest why this happens, but  I have the same problem
> (sometimes). I can shutdown normally twice, but the third time, it will
> reboot instead.
>
> ShalomOut
>Chal
>
> Registered Linux user 217118

I have this same problem with RedHat 7.1. So it must not be distro specific.

Re: [newbie] Fwd: OT:Mayor problems with MBR need help desp.

[Paul]

It was Mon, 11 Jun 2001 17:11:25 +1000 when Garry wrote:

WHen you boot to dos with a floppy, make sure you have the sys command on it.
First run fdisk /mbr and then do a sys c:
That should get you going.
Paul

>Hi,
>I have a similar problem. I have Win98SE and Mandrake 8 operating on a LILO 
>dual boot system. When reinstalling Mandrake I went fdisk/mbr after deleting 
>the non-DOS partition (ie Mandrake). I have doen this before and it worked 
>ok, although I thought I used 'del/mbr'.
>
>Now I cannot get into Windows at all. The reference to Windows in in the LILo
>option, but it does not lead to anything. I can still use Mandrake ok. I had 
>problems reinstalling Mandrake 8. It got stuck and I had to start again from 
>the begining. 
>I can still see all the Windows files from Linux. Will I need to reinstall 
>Windows? 
>Can I reconfigure LILO to boot Windows? If so, how can I do this? 
>regards
>Garry 
>
>
>On Monday 11 June 2001 11:04, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
>> The fdisk /mbr command sets your MBR to refer to the boot record on
>> the active partition. If you change the active partition later, this
>> is the partition that will boot at startup.
>>
>> The WinNT loader is stored on the boot record of the partition that
>> WInNT is installed, not on the MBR. You can do the same with other
>> boot loaders like LILO and GRUB. When you configure these, write to
>> your GNU/Linux partition and not to then MBR. Use a tool like fdisk to
>> set your active partition to the one with that boot loader installed
>> and then in DOS issue a fdisk /mbr. This method is much more flexible
>> than writing to your MBR since the partition to be booted from can be
>> changed simply by changing the active partition. If you are having
>> problems with LILO or GRUB starting (preventing you from booting
>> GNU/Linux), you can change the active partiton to your Windos
>> partition using fdisk and then try to fix the problem from there.
>>
>> On Sun, 10 Jun 2001 14:33, Romanator wrote:
>> > Nope. It puts it back to it original state before Linux was
>> > installed. I tried it on NT4  machine with no problems.
>> >
>> > Roman
>> > Registered Linux User #179293
>> > This email is powered by the Tux Email Utility
>> >
>> > Michael Spivak wrote:
>> > > if you'll do 'fdisk /mbr' you'll erase all your mbr data,
>> > > including the WinNT OS Loader.
>


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[newbie] DVD Player?

[Geof Steichen]

Is DVD supported on LM8.0?  My search has not found a player
for Linux.  Can anyone point me to where I can get DVD
player software.  My DVD drive works as a CD Reader only. 
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[newbie] KDE mail & newsreader doc?

[Ken Knecht]

Can someone direct me to a site with printable doc, preferably ASCII, for 
Kmail and the KDE 2 newsreader (Knode?). I like to read the directions 
before I set up and use software and I prefer not to do my reading from a 
computer.

I looked at the howto and mini-howto list but couldn't find anything. I 
have found Kmail doc at the KDE site, but in HTML, which doesn't lend 
itself to easy printing. (Or is there a secret to printing out a whole HTML 
doc without pulling up each section from the TOC?)

TIA

Ken

[newbie] partition problem

[González]

Hi all
I'm trying to install LM8.0 on a second box, but when diskdrake asks about
what to do, it says it can't resize my windows98 partition, which appears to
be fat32-lba mapped (what is that?)
is it a software problem, the disk is to fragmented, or it has to do with the
BIOS?

can i use  partition magic to try it?

Thanks


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Re: [newbie] A good Motherboard

[Paul]

It was Sun, 10 Jun 2001 23:21:51 -0700 (PDT) when OOzy Pal wrote:

>Ok now after I got my motherboard, I am trying to make
>linux detect the built-in Promise Fasttrack card in my
>motherboard MSI K7T Turbo-R. I don't want the card to
>work as a raid. I want to just to work as a normal
>IDE. Hard Drake is detecting the Promise card under
>Other Devices. How can I get it to work?

Civileme wrote about this mainboard that the Promise controller is Win-IDE.
Perhaps that is the problem?

Paul

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Re: [newbie] Antivirus software on Linux?

[Yura Gusev]

On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Robert Basye3rd wrote:

> Is it necessary to run a antivirus program on Linux Mandrake 8.0? If so
> which one is the best and are there any free antivirus programs out there?

It's a good idea to setup antivir on mailserver.

Try http://avp.ru/products.asp?tgroup=3&pgroup=9

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[newbie] Antivirus software on Linux?

[Robert Basye3rd]

Is it necessary to run a antivirus program on Linux Mandrake 8.0? If so
which one is the best and are there any free antivirus programs out there?




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[newbie] Upgrade to 8.0

[Mark Lucas]

I know that I can download the files to upgrade from 7.0 (my current setup)
to 8.0, but am unsure what to download. Can anyone offer an idiot's guide to
updating?

[newbie] Bind, DNS, Named - Where's A Good Place For Setup Information?

[Sevatio]

I'm trying to set up the Bind DNS server on LM8.0.  Where's a good place 
for setup information?  I'm hoping to find more information than what's 
on the HowTo.

Seve

Re: [newbie] where to get themes?

[Charles A. Punch]

Jose wrote:
Glad to help and thanks for letting me know that it did. It always helps 
to let people know when their suggestion helped you. It keeps the spirit 
of sharing information alive.

ShalomOut
  Chal

Registered Linux user #217118
a seasoned newbie

> I want to thank you for the link as well. I have been looking for KDE 
> themes for awhile.
> 
> 
> On Monday 11 June 2001 06:36, Charles A. Punch wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for the link! The message wasn't on the page when I'd checked it
>> (I think!)
>> 
>> On Monday 11 June 2001 00:46, Charles A. Punch wrote:
>> 
>>> Sam wrote:
>>> 
 I went to http://kde.themes.org/ to download a couple of themes for
 KDE. But I get a page saying "404 Not Found". In fact, it appears
 to be the same with www.themes.org Does anybody know what's
 happened to the site, and any other good sources of themes? Thanks
>>> 
>>> There is a link at
>>> 
>>> http://kde.themes.org/
>>> 
>>> called "Sourceforge mirrors," which will take you here
>>> ftp://download.sourceforge.net/pub/mirrors/themes.org
>>> 
>>> to a list of themes.
>> 

Re: [newbie] Can't get on-line

[Ken Knecht]

At 08:42 PM 06/10/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>On Sunday 10 June 2001 07:38 pm, you wrote:
> > I'm using MD 8, KDE 2, and kppp. The modem is an external US Robotics
> > 56k. Kppp says it has logged on successfully. However, I can't go
> > anywhere after logging on with a browser. I tried Netscape and
> > Konqueror and Mozilla. None seem to be able to go anywhere on the
> > net. I tried addresses I know are good like Google and addresses from
> > their bookmark list.
> >
> > I use the same primary and secondary DNS IPs that I use in W98's DUN
> > where they work fine.
> >
> > I wrote about this earlier and was told to try:
> >
> > 1) Adding CR at the end of /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
> > 2) Commenting out 'Gateway' line in /etc/sysconfig/network
> >
> > I used a '#' for the comment symbol and followed these instructions.
> >
> > I haven't tried e-mail or news aps yet.
> >
> > Any suggestions? Another modem program?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Ken
>Ken,
>I had(have) a similar problem although I'm using 7.2 and a Supra
>external 56K modem.  Mine occurred after my ISP changed DNS settings on
>a new server. I tried numerous configurations in /etc/ppp/options and
>/etc/ppp/resolv.conf. Nothing seems to work. I must have changed every
>setting in linuxconf - one by one.
>
>Finally I tried resetting the speed at the KPPP settings screen. I had
>always used 115200. Logged in but only a few packets transferred. Same
>at 57600. At 38400 it connected and although slower than I had
>previously experienced it worked. The connection is still occasionally
>intermittent. It is rock solid at 19200 but slow.
>
>I don't really know why it worked (I truly am new to Linux) but I
>suspect that line quality comes into play. Some wizard of
>initialization strings might have a better method but for now it worked
>for me. It's a quick change to try and you're no worse off if it
>doesn't. Good luck.
>
>Jim

Jim

That got it! Thanks much. I got to google and made a search. Ugh - horrible 
font in Netscape! I'll have to try to fix that.

  I'll have to figure out how to get the speed back up but I can certainly 
live with 38400. I was only on a couple of minutes but it stayed connected. 
Now to set up mail and a newsreader. Anyone have any favorites?

If I can get my system to print and I can finally got off the W98 box - 
forever! I hope.

Ken

[newbie] Bind, DNS, Named - Where's A Good Place For Setup Information?

[Sevatio]

I'm trying to set up the Bind DNS server on LM8.0.  Where's a good place 
for setup information?  I'm hoping to find more information than what's 
on the HowTo.

Seve

Re: [newbie] Xnews type program for Linux?

[Tom Brinkman]

On Monday 11 June 2001 07:53 am, Leif Madsen wrote:
> I am wondering if there is a good newsgroup program for Linux that
> automatically converts all the multipost messages in the binary
> newsgroups to single files like in a program I used to use called
> Xnews?  I'm using KNode now, but it seems a lot like Free Agent.  Any
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks

 Pan  http://pan.rebelbase.com/   is probly the most popular binary 
grabber for newsgroups.  I'm using it (pan-0.9.6-1mdk) right now to get 
some mp3's. It's on 8.0's 2nd CD. I believe it was on 7.x CD's also. I 
use Knode for reading discussion newsgroups.
-- 
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Re: [newbie] AntiAliaising

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

Have a read at http://dot.kde.org/989808269/.

You probably should disable AA in the KDE Control Centre before you 
try any of this, just in case.


On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 11:47, Florian wrote:
> Howdy first of all after installing themes and getting used to them
> i have to say i like kde more than ever .
> But i have a little problem with AA actually all fonts and icons
> look great but as soon as i open a console under kde i cant use some
> symbols ie: `-`i cant see those at all not either in
> kmail (thats why i have probably typed a lot of them ) =) has this
> been fixed somewhere? i have a Geforce2gts with latest nvidia
> drivers thanx for help . Florian

-- 
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"There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
-- Jeremy S. Anderson

Re: [newbie] LM8.0

[poogle]

On Sunday 10 June 2001 14:25, you wrote:
> I was thinking about buying  8.0 but wanted to hear
> from some who already have it Is it worth the
> money or should i wait
> thanks
> greg
>
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Re: [newbie] where to get themes?

[Jose]

I want to thank you for the link as well. I have been looking for KDE 
themes for awhile.


On Monday 11 June 2001 06:36, Charles A. Punch wrote:
> Thanks for the link! The message wasn't on the page when I'd checked it
> (I think!)
>
> On Monday 11 June 2001 00:46, Charles A. Punch wrote:
> > Sam wrote:
> > > I went to http://kde.themes.org/ to download a couple of themes for
> > > KDE. But I get a page saying "404 Not Found". In fact, it appears
> > > to be the same with www.themes.org Does anybody know what's
> > > happened to the site, and any other good sources of themes? Thanks
> >
> > There is a link at
> >
> > http://kde.themes.org/
> >
> > called "Sourceforge mirrors," which will take you here
> > ftp://download.sourceforge.net/pub/mirrors/themes.org
> >
> > to a list of themes.

-- 
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Re: [newbie] AWE 32 Sound Card Problem LM8

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

This has got to be one of the most asked questions since at least 
Mandrake 7.0 (released Jan 2000). I'm surprised Mandrake hasn't fixed 
properly yet.

>From a text console (NOT a X terminal window), log in as root and type 
'sndconfig'. Follow the instructions.


On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 11:10, Joe Finnie wrote:
> I installed Linux Mandrake 8 but it did not detect my
> sound card. I have a sound blaster awe 32 isa card.
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Joe Finnie

-- 
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"There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
-- Jeremy S. Anderson

[newbie] Forwarded mail....

[Mr S Ganesan]

-- 
S.Ganesan
Senior Scientist
Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering
Berasia Road
Bhopal 462038, INDIA
Phone:  0755-730986 (O)
0755-732105 (R)
Fax:0755-734016
Email<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Web Address:http://www.ciae.nic.in

-- Forwarded message --
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 17:38:59 +0530 (IST)
From: Mr S Ganesan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Dear Sir,
I have downloaded the RH7.1 iso file from the site ftp.redhat.com
(63.240.14.62) and burnt both the CDs. These CDs are working fine in
ordinary single processor machines with IDE hard disks. But when I tried
to load RH7.1 on my dual processor 768 MB RAM machine with SCSI hard disk
and megaraid support it takes a long time to load the aic7xxx driver and
after selecting the needed softwares, the install does not complete and
the machine simply hangs without any indication of what is happening.
The same machine loads beautifully with the RH 6.2 and we have been using
it for nearly 8 months as our mail server. What is the problem with the RH
7.1 operating system?

-- 
S.Ganesan
Senior Scientist
Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering
Berasia Road
Bhopal 462038, INDIA
Phone:  0755-730986 (O)
0755-732105 (R)
Fax:0755-734016
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Web Address:http://www.ciae.nic.in

[newbie] AntiAliaising

[Florian]

Howdy first of all after installing themes and getting used to them i have to 
say i like kde more than ever .
But i have a little problem with AA actually all fonts and icons look great 
but as soon as i open a console under kde i cant use some symbols 
ie: `-`i cant see those at all not either in kmail (thats why i 
have probably typed a lot of them ) =) has this been fixed somewhere? 
i have a Geforce2gts with latest nvidia drivers thanx for help .
Florian

Re: [newbie] "Windows Shutdown Problem" in Linux?

[George Petri]

On Sunday 10 June 2001 20:27, you wrote:
> On Sunday 10 June 2001 18:31, you wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Everyone knows that certain versions of Windows, when told to "Shut
> > Down", actually choose to reboot instead.  And it seems that my Linux
> > installation has caught this horrible disease (actually it's had this
> > problem ever since I first installed it).
> >
> > Basically, if I select "Shutdown" from kdm or type in "halt" or
> > "poweroff" or "telinit 0", it gives lots of
> > shutting-down-whatever-service messages and then it says:
> >
> > System is halted.
> >
> > So far so good but then it says "stopping all md devices" and reboots.
> > Arggh!!!
> >
> > Does anyone know why this happens?
> >
> > Could it have something to do with this (in my /sbin directory):?
> >
> > -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 7548 Oct  3  2000 halt*
> > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root4 Mar 30 16:03 poweroff -> halt*
> > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root4 Mar 30 16:03 reboot -> halt*
> >
> > Thanks,
> > George Petri
>
> Nope, more likely it is your chipset.  Some KT133 and KT133A chipsets have
> a problem about halting/rebooting, especially on FIC AZ11 motherboards,
> limited to specific runs.  There may be others as well that we don't know
> about.  If you can describe your system, maybe we can come up with a
> workaround.  If it is 7.1, I have one already.  (You didn't mention your
> version).
>
> Civileme
> QA Team

Hi!

I have Mandrake 7.2 running on a Pentium II-350.  I have no idea what type of 
motherboard it is except that it is from Gateway and is full of "integrated" 
components such as an nVidia Riva 128 zx chipset and es1373 sound card.  It 
supports the advanced power management thing as well.  I dual boot with 
Windows 98 and disabled the "fast shutdown" option (but more recently win98 
still doesn't shutdown at all!).

Thnaks,
George

Re: [newbie] Fwd: OT:Mayor problems with MBR need help desp.

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

Whatever yo do, DON'T reinstall Windows. If you do, booting into 
GNU/Linux will not be possible unless you do a lot of messing around.

In the Mandrake Control Centre ('Configuration' -> 'Other' -> 
'Mandrake Control Centre' in the Mandrake menus) click 'Boot' -> 'Boot 
Config' -> 'Configure'. You can configure LILO/GRUB from this wizard.


On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 07:11, Garry wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a similar problem. I have Win98SE and Mandrake 8 operating on
> a LILO dual boot system. When reinstalling Mandrake I went fdisk/mbr
> after deleting the non-DOS partition (ie Mandrake). I have doen this
> before and it worked ok, although I thought I used 'del/mbr'.
>
> Now I cannot get into Windows at all. The reference to Windows in in
> the LILo option, but it does not lead to anything. I can still use
> Mandrake ok. I had problems reinstalling Mandrake 8. It got stuck
> and I had to start again from the begining.
> I can still see all the Windows files from Linux. Will I need to
> reinstall Windows?
> Can I reconfigure LILO to boot Windows? If so, how can I do this?
> regards
> Garry
>
> On Monday 11 June 2001 11:04, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> > The fdisk /mbr command sets your MBR to refer to the boot record
> > on the active partition. If you change the active partition later,
> > this is the partition that will boot at startup.
> >
> > The WinNT loader is stored on the boot record of the partition
> > that WInNT is installed, not on the MBR. You can do the same with
> > other boot loaders like LILO and GRUB. When you configure these,
> > write to your GNU/Linux partition and not to then MBR. Use a tool
> > like fdisk to set your active partition to the one with that boot
> > loader installed and then in DOS issue a fdisk /mbr. This method
> > is much more flexible than writing to your MBR since the partition
> > to be booted from can be changed simply by changing the active
> > partition. If you are having problems with LILO or GRUB starting
> > (preventing you from booting GNU/Linux), you can change the active
> > partiton to your Windos partition using fdisk and then try to fix
> > the problem from there.
> >
> > On Sun, 10 Jun 2001 14:33, Romanator wrote:
> > > Nope. It puts it back to it original state before Linux was
> > > installed. I tried it on NT4  machine with no problems.
> > >
> > > Roman
> > > Registered Linux User #179293
> > > This email is powered by the Tux Email Utility
> > >
> > > Michael Spivak wrote:
> > > > if you'll do 'fdisk /mbr' you'll erase all your mbr data,
> > > > including the WinNT OS Loader.

-- 
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
"There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
-- Jeremy S. Anderson

Re: [newbie] A good Motherboard

[Chubby Vic]

I wonder if I could crack out the code?

On Monday 11 June 2001 08:03 am, so spoke civileme:
> On Monday 11 June 2001 02:21, OOzy Pal wrote:
> > Ok now after I got my motherboard, I am trying to make
> > linux detect the built-in Promise Fasttrack card in my
> > motherboard MSI K7T Turbo-R. I don't want the card to
> > work as a raid. I want to just to work as a normal
> > IDE. Hard Drake is detecting the Promise card under
> > Other Devices. How can I get it to work?
>
> Short answer:  One channel and one drive--maybe.  The Promise FastTrak is
> basically unsupported thanks to the secrecy from Promise.  Andre did the
> best he could wih the info they gave but it isn't enough.
>
> Civileme
> QA/Software Testing
>
> > --- Shawn Dolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I'm using a promise ATA 33/66/100 driver from
> > > www.linhardware.com
> > >
> > > direct link:
> > >
> > > http://lhd.zdnet.com/db/dispdriver.php3?DISP?1069
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > > Civileme
> > > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 11:07 AM
> > > To: OOzy Pal; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Cc: Brandon Caudle; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [newbie] A good Motherboard
> > >
> > > On Friday 01 June 2001 17:45, OOzy Pal wrote:
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > Are you saying that this motherboard will not work
> > > > with Linux? If this true then I am screwed.
> > >
> > > http://www.promise.com/PDF/FastTrak100.pdf
> > >
> > > Look at operating systems--No linux available...
> > > The driver we have to run
> > > it as a regular controller (not RAID) makes one
> > > channel for one device,
> > > maybe.
> > >
> > > Civileme
> >
> > http://tw.msi.com.tw/showroom/mainboard/eng/k7tturbo-R.htm
> >
> > > > --- Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > On Friday 01 June 2001 01:25, OOzy Pal wrote:
> > > > > > I have already ordered my system with
> > > > > >
> > > > > > MSI K7T Turbo-R
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I hope it works fine. Even though it is RAID
> > >
> > > but I
> > >
> > > > > am
> > > > >
> > > > > > running it as a normal IDE.
> > > > >
> > > > > I hope you realize you have the right to turn it
> > > > > around unopened and I
> > > > > STRONGLY recommend you do so.  I can more or
> > >
> > > less
> > >
> > > > > guarantee it will NOT work.
> > > > >
> > > > > Make it the manufacturer's problem not
> > >
> > > yours--you
> > >
> > > > > bought a board with WinIDE.
> > > > >
> > > > > Civileme
> > > > >
> > > > > > --- Tim Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > > *sigh*  HTML in email is EVIL!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > But back to the point... the ASUS A7V133, is
> > >
> > > a
> > >
> > > > > VERY
> > > > >
> > > > > > > NICE motherboard.  That's what I'm running
> > >
> > > right
> > >
> > > > > > > now.
> > > > > > > It supports 266 FSB, it has a Promise ATA
> > > > >
> > > > > Controller
> > > > >
> > > > > > > on board, which will handle 4 IDE devices.
> > >
> > > IT
> > >
> > > > > then
> > > > >
> > > > > > > comes with the regular IDE controller that
> > >
> > > all
> > >
> > > > > > > motherboards come with.  So you could have 8
> > >
> > > IDE
> > >
> > > > > > > devices
> > > > > > > in the machine provided you have the room in
> > >
> > > the
> > >
> > > > > > > case and then room on the power supply for
> > >
> > > the 8
> > >
> > > > > > > devices.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > But if you want recommendations for a
> > > > >
> > > > > motherboard,
> > > > >
> > > > > > > you really need to know what kind of
> > >
> > > processor
> > >
> > > > > > > you're
> > > > > > > looking to go with.  The A7V133 is a AMD
> > > > > > > motherboard.  I'm not sure if they make a
> > > > > > > motherboard like that,
> > > > > > > that supports Intel.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The motherboad is about $150-$160, but it's
> > > > >
> > > > > worth
> > > > >
> > > > > > > it!
> > > > > > > tdh
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > T. Holmes
> > > > > > > UNIXTECHS.org
> > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > > > -
> > > > > > > "Real Men Us Vi!"
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > | hy,
> > > > > > > | i dont know if there are special drivers
> > >
> > > for
> > >
> > > > > linux
> > > > >
> > > > > > > but the asus a7v133 has
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > | 4 ide channels. 2 are normal ide's, so
> > >
> > > they
> > >
> > > > > work
> > > > >
> > > > > > > under linux for sure.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > | the other 2 are controlled by a promise
> > >
> > > chip
> > >
> > > > > (for
> > > > >
> > > > > > > win98 you need a driver
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > | from promise for them).
> > > > > > > | the connectors can be used to access 4 ide
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > peripherals, or the
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > | 2 primary ide's can be used to build a
> > >
> > > raid-0
> > >
> > > > > > > array.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > | regards
> > > > > > > | mp
> > > > > > > |
> > > > > > > |
> > > > > > > |
> > > > > > > |
> > > > > > > 

[newbie] ALN601a Network Adapter on Mandrake 7.2

[Frederico Figueiredo]

Hi there.
I recently bought a Notebook Toshiba 1700-500...
And I instaled Mandrake 7.2 on it.
I was able to configure everything except the Network Adapter. It's an Acer
ALN-601a...
I really need it!
Can someone help me please?

Thanks!
Fred

Re: [newbie] FTape modules

[Tim Holmes]

You should be able to compile your kernel to just load the module at boot.  Here's 
some of
the info in the kernel config file.

#
# Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
#
# CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
CONFIG_AGP=y
CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=y
CONFIG_AGP_I810=y
CONFIG_AGP_VIA=y
CONFIG_AGP_AMD=y
CONFIG_AGP_SIS=y
CONFIG_AGP_ALI=y
CONFIG_DRM=y
CONFIG_DRM_TDFX=y
# CONFIG_DRM_GAMMA is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_R128 is not set
CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=y
# CONFIG_DRM_I810 is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_MGA is not set


There's another section I believe that will allow you set other things.  You may
investigate this option.
tdh


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| Hi,
| 
| I am trying to get my Iomega QIC tape drive to work under LM8.0. I
| downloaded the ftape sources, but compilation failed due to what looks like
| errors in the source code (missing return statements etc.), even thought I
| can hardly imagine that the code is really that bad. I'd prefer to avoid
| debugging this stuff, however.
| 
| But, I found the ftape modules in gzip format under
| /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/char/ftape. Is it possible to unzip
| these, put them in the modules directory and simply load them? Or is this
| not a recommended course of action for some reason?
| 
| TIA!
| 
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[newbie] AWE 32 Sound Card Problem LM8

[Joe Finnie]

I installed Linux Mandrake 8 but it did not detect my
sound card. I have a sound blaster awe 32 isa card.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Joe Finnie

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Re: [newbie] where to get themes?

[Charles A. Punch]

Thanks for the link! The message wasn't on the page when I'd checked it (I 
think!)


On Monday 11 June 2001 00:46, Charles A. Punch wrote:
> Sam wrote:
> > I went to http://kde.themes.org/ to download a couple of themes for KDE.
> > But I get a page saying "404 Not Found". In fact, it appears to be the
> > same with www.themes.org Does anybody know what's happened to the site,
> > and any other good sources of themes? Thanks
>
> There is a link at
>
> http://kde.themes.org/
>
> called "Sourceforge mirrors," which will take you here
> ftp://download.sourceforge.net/pub/mirrors/themes.org
>
> to a list of themes.

RE: [newbie] How to re-install an rpm using rpm tools (like rpmdrake)

[Adams, Jamie]

I prefer to use a graphical front end for RPM installations, with
mandrake i use KPackage, which comes with KDE, but your can also use
RMPDrake.
--
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Housing Assistant

41 Castle Road
SCARBOROUGH
North Yorkshire, YO11 1BJ

Tel: (01723) 507543
Fax: (01723) 355862

>--
>From:  Pedro _[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent:  11 June 2001 10:38
>To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject:   [newbie] How to re-install an rpm using rpm tools (like rpmdrake)
>
>
>I am using Mandrake 8.0. How can I re-install a rpm with rpm tools (like 
>rpmdrake)? Or do I need to use the command line?
>
>Thanks in advance
>Pedro
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[newbie] FTape modules

[Patrick Hubers]

Hi,

I am trying to get my Iomega QIC tape drive to work under LM8.0. I
downloaded the ftape sources, but compilation failed due to what looks like
errors in the source code (missing return statements etc.), even thought I
can hardly imagine that the code is really that bad. I'd prefer to avoid
debugging this stuff, however.

But, I found the ftape modules in gzip format under
/lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/char/ftape. Is it possible to unzip
these, put them in the modules directory and simply load them? Or is this
not a recommended course of action for some reason?

TIA!

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[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Solve IT
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3502 JB Utrecht
Nederland

fax +31-84-8820913

[newbie] How to re-install an rpm using rpm tools (like rpmdrake)

[Pedro _]

I am using Mandrake 8.0. How can I re-install a rpm with rpm tools (like 
rpmdrake)? Or do I need to use the command line?

Thanks in advance
Pedro
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Re: [newbie] batch files

[marek kilimajer]

On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, SK wrote:
Hi!

Batch files begin with:
#!/bin/sh

# comments start like this
# now your commands follow
tail -f /var/log/maillog

this file needs to be executable: chmod +x file
now put it somwhere in your PATH

Bye,
Marek
> Hi!
>
>
> How to create a batch files in Linux command. For example tail -f
> /var/log/maillog
>
>
> Best Regards,
> SKLIM
>
>
>
>

[newbie] batch files

[SK]

Hi!


How to create a batch files in Linux command. For example tail -f
/var/log/maillog


Best Regards,
SKLIM

Re: RE: [newbie] Can't get on-line

[Michael Scottaline]

<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>

> 

> Before you do anything else from a console prompt type in

> 

> Ping 207.25.71.5

> 

> If you get back a reply, then your internet connection is set up and you

> are having DNS problems which is likely.

==
If there is a dns problem, you'll need to edit /etc/resolv.conf
add the lines:
search 
nameserver 
nameserver   [your isp should give you two]

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Re: [newbie] LM8.0

[Francisco Alcaraz Ariza]

Greg, why don't download the two iso images and try?
For me MDK 8 is runing fine, but perhaps your hardware could give problems; 
if you first try with this main installation you could have an experience to 
decide buy or not.

I have the 8.0 installed in 3 computers, one of them a laptop, runing lot of 
hardware:
Hitachi dvd (movies with xine and videolan fine)
Soncy CRX160 cd-writer (now, with the patch for xcdroast, burning cds fine)
Teach cd-driver
Epson Perfection 1200 USB scanner (runing fine)
Cable módem and other lan conexion runing fine (the cable modem with IP 
masquering is also used by the laptop)
Epson Stylus Color 760 USB printer
HP LaserJet 4 L pritner
Avermedia TVCapture 98 tv-card (wonderfull, even decodifing cable television 
and nagra codified channels)
Voodo3 3000 runing fine with DRI (aceleration) activated (Quake II and so on 
runing fast)
ATI Rage video card
Maestro 2 and CreativeLab PCI 128 sound cards runing fine

If your hardware is compatible, I do recommend you Mandrake 8.0!


Francisco Alcaraz
Murcia (Spain)


> Greg G wrote:
> > I was thinking about buying  8.0 but wanted to hear
> > from some who already have it Is it worth the
> > money or should i wait
> > thanks
> > greg

Re: [newbie] network sharing

[Kheb]

On Wed, 6 Jun 2001 23:56:10 +0200, • Karel • said:

>   Question 2:
>  Which rpm I must install to get back "nslookup" command?
>  

[kheb@dors kheb]$ locate nslookup 
/usr/bin/nslookup
/usr/share/doc/BitchX/1_General/nslookup
/usr/share/doc/zsh-doc-4.0.1/Examples/nslookup
/usr/share/man/man8/nslookup.8.bz2
/usr/share/zsh/4.0.1/functions/Misc/nslookup
/usr/share/zsh/4.0.1/functions/Completion/Unix/_nslookup
[kheb@dors kheb]$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/nslookup
bind-utils-9.1.2-1mdk
[kheb@dors kheb]$ 

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