Re: [newbie] ./configure
> what is this "./configure" i see people talking about? i have tried typing > this in be bore i make something and it comes back a command not found? how > do i use this command? Joe, This is a command usually used when you want to compile a program from the sources. You untar the file (tar xfvz file.tar.gz), cd to the created directory, and there the configure command is located. This will check the requirements for the compile to succeed (if the linux headers are there, if there is a compiler, if the needed libraries like GTK or TCL are installed etc.). If things are good, then configure will create the so called "Make" files. These direct the compiler to compile the sources in a certain way. And you type ./configure because the dir that you are in is not in the path. So you tell the computer that it has to look in the current dir (./) for configure. Hope this is clear now. Paul
[newbie] ./configure, spelling error *before*
sorry, i meant to type "before" not bore JOE
Re: [newbie] Hmmmmm...
> I downloaded gpa, the frontend for gnupg, and I had to also download gtk+ > 1.2.10, because it said it called for it. > Well, I untarred gtk+, did ./configure, make, make install, and all went > well. Then I untarred gpa-0.4.1, cd'd to the new gpa directory (both are in > /home/(me)), but got this message at the end of it doing the ./configure: > > *** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found > ***If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in > ***your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to > ***the full path of gtk-config You have to start ./configure --PREFIX= Paul
[newbie] Hmmmmm...
Hey gang, I downloaded gpa, the frontend for gnupg, and I had to also download gtk+ 1.2.10, because it said it called for it. Well, I untarred gtk+, did ./configure, make, make install, and all went well. Then I untarred gpa-0.4.1, cd'd to the new gpa directory (both are in /home/(me)), but got this message at the end of it doing the ./configure: *** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found ***If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in ***your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to ***the full path of gtk-config What the heck does all that mean? I searched for gtk, and found it in /home/(me) & /usr/local/bin. Why can't the gpa ./configure find it? I'd sure appreciate any help with this one. Thanks a bunch. Take care and be well, John Berger -- Use Linux and GnuPG...escape from the evil cluthes of MS! Registered Linux user #214117
[newbie] Mandrake Security Question/Problem
The Snort/Bastille feature is causing problems while refreshing large lists of servers to ping, and get a reply from. I use a program called Gamespy (you probably know what it is) itll ping and query game servers to get info on them, but when I ping large lists of game server, the Mandrake firewall will stop taking in ping replies from those hosts. I was just wondering if there was a way to disable, or loosen the threshold the firewall has on blocking certain hosts, because this is very annoying, and I can see a lot of people having the same problem. Thank you for your time! Brent Jones ++Systems Administrator http://www.servuhome.net ++Network Technician http://www.inetarena.com
[newbie] Netscape mail
Hi all, I use Netscape messanger for e-mail.My problem is that the format of the date for the mails i receive differs,some show only time,some mails show day and time,some show all(mm/dd/yy) as a result when new mails come ,they are not arranged in an orderly mannerso it's very irritating,this was an old netscape mail problem,I tried to switch to monzilla mail,which is much better but i gave up when it started crashingany one who can help me on this Thanks ivan -- Ivan Miranda General Instrument Engineer/IT support Po Box 8746,Doha,Qatar Ph:974-4402524/4402773 Fax:974-4323380
[newbie] Permedia2 chip set
Hi all, I have Sony GDM 1950,this monitor does not work with normal video cards.From the net i found a couple of cards (fixed freq card) which can work with this monitor.I am planning to purchase Gemini3D 6321,AGP card(Permedia2)chip set.I had a look at mandrake hardware support and here it list the above chip set.Does anyone have this combination.i wanted to double check before buying this card. Thanks Ivan -- Ivan Miranda General Instrument Engineer/IT support Po Box 8746,Doha,Qatar Ph:974-4402524/4402773 Fax:974-4323380
[newbie] LinNeighborhood
Hi , I use "xsmbrower",more comfortable with this,(there is no need to mount the shares ), on mounting one gets more acess of the directory,but i had seen them crashing after mounting at times.Also try "komba2".I don't remember the links,you should be able to get it from "rpmfind.net" Ivan civileme wrote: > > On Monday 02 July 2001 14:41, Jamie Kerwick wrote: > > I think I'm doing well, i've got my w98se box speaking to mandrake > > 8 accessing my samba shares (encrypt password = yes helps!!). The > > problem i have now is that i'm struggling to get Linux box to > > access w98 shares. I have tried 'browsing network' using LISa and > > reLISa in KDE. However, no joy. Basically the problem is that i > > don't really know what information to give it. I am attempting to > > configure in KDE Control centre, -> Look n Feel -> Lan Browsing. > > Is there a way i can mount the w98 shares on the linux box? how > > would i go about doing this. Or betting yet does anyone know of any > > good websites which give help. (i like to learn rather than follow > > blindly) > > > > Cheers > > > > Jamie > > Try LinNeighborhood > > http://www.bnro.de/~schmidjo/ > > It seems to work with all WMs very well. > > Civileme > > > ___ > >__ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > > http://www.hotmail.com. -- Ivan Miranda General Instrument Engineer/IT support Po Box 8746,Doha,Qatar Ph:974-4402524/4402773 Fax:974-4323380
[newbie] allowing ident
Hi, I would like to use KVirc but the servers require that 'ident' be enabled. I have set up the firewall in Mandrake Control Centre, with all services offl. Which of the services in the setup wizard relates to 'ident'. It is not mentioned by name. Or is there some way to individually enable ident only when using this app? Thanks, Bill W.
Re: [newbie] CDwriting questions
s wrote: >> I have some questions about this cd writing thing. (Relatively new to this). << I've done it only in Windows, so I'm not sure how my answers apply to Linux. >> 1. With a cdrw, is it necessary to blank it before rewriting over it? (I seem to have to). << Yes. If you're using regular CD creator software on a CD-RW disk, you select Erase CD-RW from a menu somewhere if you want to use the disk again. This is not the same as packet writing (will talk about that later). >> 2. What is fixating? << I haven't heard it called that, but I'm guessing that this means telling the software to close the disk. When you do multisession CD burning, you can keep adding stuff until the CD-R or CD-RW is full. Some CD-ROM drives won't see a multisession CD unless you close the disk when you're finished writing. Once it's closed the vast majority of plain CD-ROM drives will be able to see and use the data on the disk. >> 3. What is multisession? (I kinda think this mean different formats on the same cd). << It means you burn in several sessions, adding files until the disk is full. Some other ways are Disk at Once and Track at Once, with no possibility of adding more files later. Once you burn in one session, you can't burn again unless you use Multisession. >> 4. How does one use a cdrw just like say a floppy or zip? (Where one can add a few files today, and a few more tomorrow, etc.) << You can add a few files today, a few more tomorrow, by doing a multisession burn. However, if you're using the CD-RW disk as a huge floppy, you can copy, move, and delete files the same as you would with any drive. You don't need to use a burning program when you copy, move, or delete files, just regular file managers. You can drag and drop files onto the CD-RW drive. In order to do this, you have to format the disk for packet writing. You need a special program to do this, such as Direct CD or abCD in Windows. It formats the CD-RW for packet writing and once the CD-RW disk is formatted, you can use it like a giant floppy. The down side is that formatting for packet writing eats up about 90 megs of the 650 on a CD disk. Another down side is that it takes a long time to format a CD-RW disk for packet writing (though formatting once is enough, I believe). The other down side is that packet writing software tends to be troublesome in Windows. It may not work consistently, or the software may cause large or subtle problems on your system. For this reason, a lot of us avoid packet writing. Instead, I'd just burn CD-RW disks with regular disk-burning software and when the disk is full, erase it if I wanted to use it again. Or I use CD-R disks, which are so cheap I just throw them away if I don't want them any more. I usually get them on sale, free after a rebate. One more thing: quite a few CD-ROM drives can't see a CD-RW disk that has been formatted for packet writing. Anything older than 24x probably won't be able to read the disk at all. More recent drives may be able to read it if the operating system supports packet writing or you have appropriate software installed. How all this applies to Linux I have no idea. --Judy Miner
Re: [newbie] Star office problem
Roman wrote: >> if you find some sort of workaround, please let me know what steps you took to import them [Windows fonts] into your Linux box. << I did this once, to my sorrow (will explain later). This Drakfont option assumes you have Windows on your hard drive and Linux can see it. When you start Drakfont and click on the "Add Windows fonts" button or whatever it's called, it finds your Windows fonts and installs them in XWindows. The names will now appear in the fonts list. There was a bug in the version of Drakfont that came with Mandrake 8; an update is supposed to fix this. Now--why I regretted it: There are a number of ways to get fonts into XWindows and KDE, etc. If more than one gets involved, you wind up with multiple copies and listings of the same font. Drakfont is very limited. It is not the font tool of choice, in my opinion. Also, I used it before I got the updated version and there was something weird about the way it brought the fonts into Linux. If you don't have Windows on your drive where Linux lives, you can still get your Windows TrueTypes into Linux. Just copy the *.ttf files from Windows to a floppy or Zip disk or CD. Then if you want to use Drakfont, click on the Add button and tell it where to look for that media in the screen that comes up. It'll give you a list of fonts in that location (floppy, Zip, whatever). Pick the ones you want (there's a Select All option) and OK. Now those TrueTypes will be added to your Linux installation. You can use this method even if you do have Windows on the same drive. It gives you a little more control. You can also create a directory for fonts you want to add, copy the fonts to that directory, and then run Drakfont as above, pointing it to the newly created directory when you click on Add fonts. I'm writing from memory and I haven't been at this very long, so please ask if my directions don't match up with what you see. --Judy Miner
Re: [newbie] Use of Linux
Yes it is alot easier to hack a windows machine than a windows machine. If you have a high speed internet access and you share your hard drive with your local network it can be viewed from the outside world. This is through windows file and print sharing. The only way this could happen in Linux is if you use samba. But there are also other problems like IP fragmentation problems with diffeent versions of windows. in the end windows is a hell of alot easier than Linux to hack NOTE: I do not find remote connection to someones shares hacking. if you are worried about the share thing in windows just find out your ip address and do a net view \\ip address and it will tell you Brandon Caudle - Original Message - From: "tazmun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 10:48 PM Subject: Fw: [newbie] Use of Linux > > > >> It is not perfect, but relaxation beyond that lets in the sort of > > nonsense you see in Windows all the time. << > > > Ok, I too am curious exactly what is meant here? I've had my computer in > windows mode to all the sites I am aware of to check security and as far as > I know it is secure as it is possible to be. My systems don't even allow > file transfer on TCP/IP, they use another protocol for that so the TCP/IP is > only for web access.My knowledge of hacking etc is very limited. It is > implied that it is easier to hack a windows system then it is a Linux > system...if this is so why and how? > > >
Re: [newbie] Star office problem
Romanator wrote: > Okay. But I have to figure how to import them into Linux. I use kde on Mandrake 7.2 with the MandrakeFreq from 20010315. Start drakfont (it should be on your menu -- in my case it it is under configuration -> other -> drakfont). You can do this from a user account -- it will prompt you for the root password. After you start drakfont, click on the button labeled Get Windows fonts -- hopefully it will be self explanatory from there. Like I said, I got them to Linux and can use them for many applications, but I haven't been able to use them in any kde application. If you get stuck after the Get Windows fonts button, write back. (I'm trying to reconstruct what I did from memory.) Hope this helps, Randy Kramer
Fw: [newbie] Use of Linux
> >> It is not perfect, but relaxation beyond that lets in the sort of > nonsense you see in Windows all the time. << Ok, I too am curious exactly what is meant here? I've had my computer in windows mode to all the sites I am aware of to check security and as far as I know it is secure as it is possible to be. My systems don't even allow file transfer on TCP/IP, they use another protocol for that so the TCP/IP is only for web access.My knowledge of hacking etc is very limited. It is implied that it is easier to hack a windows system then it is a Linux system...if this is so why and how?
Re: [newbie] Problem in installing Mandrake Linux
Shashi wrote: >> So my problem is how do I install to have both Linux and Windows working on my system? What is the problem I am having? << I can't answer that. However, I can tell you what I did to get a perfectly functioning dual boot between Windows 98SE and Mandrake 8. It took me four tries, by the way, because I wasn't sure what I was doing in setting up this dual boot and if I didn't like the results of my experiments, I just blew away Linux and started over until I got what I wanted. Pre-Linux, I had 98SE in an 8 gig primary and 22 gig extended partition, both of them FAT32, on a 30 gig IBM Desktar 7200 rpm hard drive. I wanted to have Windows totally ignorant of Linux's existence and have no Linux files showing in Windows Explorer. Above all, I didn't want my Windows installation to be damaged in any way. First I moved the less than 2 gigs of stuff on my Drive D and Drive E onto Drive C in the primary partition. I created directories on Drive C called MovedFromD and MovedFromE to hold the stuff (which I later moved back after I recreated the drives). After I got everything onto my 8 gig C, I ran a full backup that I burned onto CD-R. After D and E were empty, I used FDISK to delete the extended partition. Then I used FDISK to create a FAT32 extended partition that left 7.5 gigs of the drive empty. I would be recreating logical drives D and E in the extended partition and putting Linux in the 7.5 gigs that were simply empty, not part of a partition. Now I installed Mandrake 8 from the CDs. When I got to the disk partitioning part of the installation, I did *not* let it do it automatically. Instead, I created my own partitions. I first set up a Linux swap partition of 256 megs. Then I created one ext2fs partition for everything else from all the remaining disk space. I finished the installation and set up LILO for my boot manager, with a default boot into Windows and five seconds to decide. This has worked extremely well. Windows doesn't see Linux, Linux automatically mounted my Windows drives C, D,and E. I think I'm going to unmount Drive C because I don't like to have my primary Windows drive exposed in any way. I never use any of the data on my Windows drives in Linux. When I install Wine, though, I may want Linux to see Windows. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. A couple of comments: you now have two partitions on your drive--a primary and an extended. Strictly, your drive letters after C aren't partitions, but volumes (logical drives) in the extended partition. FDISK destroys everything on a partition, so if you let FDISK loose on your extended partition, you'll lose everything but Drive C, which is a primary. I don't know why you have all your drives on FAT16. You are limited to 2 gigs per drive under FAT16, which gets to be a pain. You can't move everything to Drive C the way I did unless you have the space. If you want to resize a partition without losing data, you would need to convert your C to FAT32 and use a tool like Partition Magic. Or you could move the stuff on D, E, etc., to CD-R or Zip disks or tape or a network drive. Then you can delete the extended partition and make a new extended that leaves enough space for Linux. Be extremely careful with FDISK and the Linux partitioning tool to leave your primary Drive C absolutely untouched. You DON'T want to take a chance of destroying it, so double check before you do any step at all that involves partitioning or formatting. Well, if you don't mind reinstalling Windows or you're completely confident of your backups, you can be more daring. But I absolutely did not want to reinstall Windows and my vast number of programs, most of them patched, updated, and customized. I would have preferred having another partition for /usr, rather than having all of Linux on one partition (plus the swap partition). However, I couldn't remember the "rules" for numbers of partitions and I didn't feel like looking them up. I do know that you can have just one extended partition and there is a limit of four primary partitions, one of which can be active. What I couldn't remember was whether that was four primaries plus an extended, or a total of four (one extended plus three primaries). Partition information from FDISK shows that I have one primary (Drive C), one extended divided into logical D and E, and two non-DOS primaries (Linux swap and Linux). By default, the Windows primary is the active primary. I expect that LILO switches the primary to the Linux partition when I boot into Linux. If you have Linux use an extended partition, it will use that Lin4Win thing to carve out a Linux image on your Windows extended partition, which you'll see in Windows Explorer. >> Why LILO gives DOS option for booting instead of WINDOWS? Can I consider DOS option same as WINDOWS option? << I don't know. LILO calls it Windows on my system, not DOS. By the way, you can boot into Windows Safe Mode by highlighting the word Windows in LILO and holding down Shi
Re: [newbie] Acrobat
Kevin wrote: >> Has anybody had any luck installing adobe acrobat reader on Mandrake yet? << Yes, I put it on Mandrake 8 and it's working fine. There is a Readme file you get when you untar the download and it has specific information about installing in Linux. Check the Readme to make sure you have the required files on your Linux installation. --Judy Miner
[newbie] Soundcard problem
I have a Compaq Presario 5834, which unfortunately has an integrated soundcard on the mobo (an ES1969 Solo-1 Audiodrive, which apparently uses the snd-card-es1938 module). A couple months ago, about the time 8.0 came out, I bought a Soundblaster Live Platinum 5.1. I never actually tried to get it going in 8.0, as I had no luck getting 8.0 online. So, I've finally reloaded 7.2 (interesting story so far, no?), and I have no sound. I do have sound in Windows 98 SE (I'm dual booting), but I just disabled the Solo-1 card in the hardware profile. Can anyone tell me how to get the Soundblaster working in 7.2? I've noticed the module for the integrated card is loaded; would I just have to get rid of that module, and replace it with the module for the SoundBlaster? Or do I have to disable the integrated card on the board? I don't see any jumpers on the board for doing so...and I looked through the BIOS, and didn't see anything there about disabling the soundcard. Compaq tech support was pretty helpful in getting it working in Windows, but not suprisingly, they've been resistant to helping with the Linux problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated... Thanks!
[newbie] Message translation...
This was sent to root on my box by the system - is someone trying to hack me through port 23? It actually keeps getting sent to root, every half hour or so... >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jul 4 21:31:06 2001 Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 16:35:37 -0400 (EDT) From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ALERT servers/telnet: localhost (Wed Jul 4 16:35:36) Summary output: localhost Group : servers Service : telnet Time noticed : Wed Jul 4 16:35:36 2001 Secs until next alert : Members : localhost Detailed text (if any) follows: --- localhost: problem connecting to "localhost", port 23: Connection refused
[newbie] Balsa rpm install
I have downloaded balsa-1.1.5 rpm. I have mdk 8.0. It gives dependency errors. I have already have compiled libesmtp-0.8.0. tty output for rpm install is as follows. [root@lvghomepc lvgandhi]# rpm -ivh balsa-1.1.5-1.i386.rpm error: failed dependencies: libesmtp >= 0.7.1 is needed by balsa-1.1.5-1 libesmtp.so.1 is needed by balsa-1.1.5-1 libgnomeprint.so.11 is needed by balsa-1.1.5-1 [root@lvghomepc lvgandhi]# ls -al /usr/lib/libesmtp.so.1 lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 26 Jul 5 06:47 /usr/lib/libesmtp.so.1 -> /usr/lib/libesmtp.so.5.0.1* [root@lvghomepc lvgandhi]# ls -al /usr/lib/libgnomeprint.so.11 lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 32 Jul 5 06:50 /usr/lib/libgnomeprint.so.11 -> /usr/lib/libgnomeprint.so.15.1.7* [root@lvghomepc lvgandhi]# I will be thankful if somebody can point out where I am wrong. -- L.V.Gandhi 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux user No.205042
[newbie] Error compiling balsa
I was compiling balsa 1.1.5. I got the following error. cc1: warnings being treated as errors send.c: In function `libbalsa_process_queue': send.c:423: warning: passing arg 2 of `smtp_set_messagecb' from incompatible pointer type make[2]: *** [send.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/balsa-1.1.5/libbalsa' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/balsa-1.1.5' make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2 [root@lvghomepc balsa-1.1.5]# how to get out of error? -- L.V.Gandhi 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux user No.205042
[newbie] koffice 1.1/KDE 2.1.1 must be rebuilt from src.rpm!
Dear Dennis and friends: I did a thorough search for this libkdeprint.so.0 file using Google. I am quite familiar with this process and have done this before. In this case, it turns out that the answer in on KDE's site: the file is part of libkdeprint, and this library is only available as part of KDE 2.2. Otherwise, if you are using KDE 2.1.1, KDE recommends that you rebuild it from source (i.e. src.rpm). The file is available on Mandrake's Cooker, but after downloading it, I found myself with another 5 or 6 failed dependencies that had to be satisfied before koffice 1.1 src.rpm could be rebuilt. I think I'll just wait for KDE 2.2 to come out in the fall. Thanks so much. Benjamin On Wednesday 04 July 2001 19:16, you wrote: > On Wednesday 04 July 2001 08:23 pm, you wrote: > > Dear friends: > > > > [root@localhost sher]# rpm -Uvh koffice-1.1-0.beta3.3mdk.i586.rpm > > error: failed dependencies: > > libkdeprint.so.0 is needed by koffice-1.1-0.beta3.3mdk > > [root@localhost sher]# > > > > Please, what's this all about? How do I satisfy this dependency, > > please, so I can install Mandrake's own koffice beta 3 file? > > > > Thank you so much. > > > > Benjamin > > Benjamin, if you do a search on rpmfind.net using the > libkdeprint.so.0 parameter above, it will locate the package that > that file is in and you can either download it from the internet or > find it on your cd set. Hope this helps. -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Star office problem
Hi Randy, Okay. But I have to figure how to import them into Linux. Roman Randy Kramer wrote: > > Roman, > > You can take Windows fonts and use them in Linux. > > AFAIK, you can do so legally on a dual boot machine where you have > Windows legally installed. > > I can't tell you the step-by-step of how to do it -- I think it's been > mentioned in this thread or elsewhere on the list -- I've done this by > following instructions from the list. > > Aside: The procedure I followed got the fonts into Linux to be used by > most applications, but I still haven't figured out how to make them work > in KDE -- I can never find them listed in any of the KDE font > configuration tools (general or app specific). > > Hope this helps, > Randy Kramer > > Romanator wrote: > > Drakfont provides its own Windows font but I don't think that they are > > fonts provided by Microsoft. Microsoft would never provide Linux with > > their fonts. However, if you find some sort of workaround, please let me > > know what steps you took to import them into your Linux box.
Re: [newbie] Acrobat
Hi: You can tray download it again, then install it (usually at /usr/local/acro...) On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Kevin Fonner wrote: > Has anybody had any luck installing adobe acrobat reader on Mandrake > yet? They don't have a lot of support on their site and when I try to > run the install script in says it can't find a configuration file. > > Thanks, > Kevin > >
Re: [newbie] CDwriting questions
Hi: multisession means you can write any files today, anothers files tomorrow, etc., by example, make backups every weekend, which you can read at any time. On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, s wrote: > I have some questions about this cd writing thing. (Relatively new to this). > > 1. With a cdrw, is it necessary to blank it before rewriting over it? (I > seem to have to). > > 2. What is fixating? > > 3. What is multisession? (I kinda think this mean different formats on the > same cd). > > 4. How does one use a cdrw just like say a floppy or zip? (Where one can > add a few files today, and a few more tomorrow, etc.) > > TIA, > -s > >
Re: [newbie] multiple OSes problems
Hello, Consider a mobile rack unit. It will allow you to swap hard drives, so you can have one hard drive with Mandrake and another with Windows or whatever else.. It is an option as is multiple booting, but this allows one to use both. That way, if there is a problem with one it will never affect the other. It is an alternative. Windows was apparently not designed to be as tolerant of other partition types as is Linux. It does not "play well with others" as they say. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Angel Mendez Peter Kováè wrote: > I have installed Mandrake 8.0 ontop of Win Me and DOS (both in sepatare > primary partitions). LILO detected both of the OSes and added boot option > for them. My problem is i cant boot none of the. After playing a bit with > fdisk i've figured out > that Win ME partitions is 0x1b. I've changed it to 0xb and wrote partition > to disk. Win ME failed, moreover after returning back to linux, partition > type was set again to 0x1b. The same with DOS. > > Any advice is welcomed > > Peter
Re: [newbie] Star office problem
Roman, You can take Windows fonts and use them in Linux. AFAIK, you can do so legally on a dual boot machine where you have Windows legally installed. I can't tell you the step-by-step of how to do it -- I think it's been mentioned in this thread or elsewhere on the list -- I've done this by following instructions from the list. Aside: The procedure I followed got the fonts into Linux to be used by most applications, but I still haven't figured out how to make them work in KDE -- I can never find them listed in any of the KDE font configuration tools (general or app specific). Hope this helps, Randy Kramer Romanator wrote: > Drakfont provides its own Windows font but I don't think that they are > fonts provided by Microsoft. Microsoft would never provide Linux with > their fonts. However, if you find some sort of workaround, please let me > know what steps you took to import them into your Linux box.
Re: [newbie] StarOffice and Linux2.4.3-20mdk
That's great news. Earlier this year, I installed XFree 4.0.3 thinking that if it is a higher revision, my card would work better. In fact, it was the opposite. I removed XFree 4.0.3 via the Software manager, set up my display to use XFree 3.3.6, rebooted my computer and it got fixed. I was informed by Mandrake that just because it's a higher revision it may not apply to your card. All in all it's a nice feeling. Roman Jay DeKing wrote: > > It's working now. The problem was the Xfree 4.0.3 graphics driver; my > previous install had that driver loaded, and despite going through the > Mandrake Control Center (as root) and telling it to use 3.3.6, the 4.0.3 > software was still lingering on the system. Reverting to 7.2 and upgrading > again to 8.0 (being very careful not to allow 4.0.3 to infect my system this > time) solved the problem. > > There was probably an easier way to accomplish this, but I needed to access > my data and had been banging my head against this problem for days. The idea > to reinstall without 4.0.3 didn't occur to me until later. > > Just glad to have LM8 running again with StarOffice along for the ride. > > Thanks for the suggestions, > Jay > > On Wednesday 04 July 2001 13:17, Jay DeKing wrote: > > I have a USB printer. No TV card, no network card. The only ISA card I have > > is my modem (only one ISA slot, the rest are PCI and AGP). The USB is > > integrated into the mobo. > > > > When the problem first manifested itself, I had the printer attached to the > > parallel port and nothing was using the USB ports. > > > > I just reinstalled 8.0, taking care NOT to install the 4.0.3 Xfree driver. > > The last time, I installed 4.0.3, and tried to go back to 3.3.6 when > > StarOffice froze, but I think that having 4.0.3 lingering around may have > > continued to cause problems. > > > > Haven't tried StarOffice yet. If it doesn't work, I'll bump Xfree up to > > 4.0.3 and apply the patch and try again. > > > > Jay > > > > On Wednesday 04 July 2001 07:13, etharp wrote: > > > you note that it works OK in MDK 7.2 do you have USB and do you use it? > > > the difference may be the IRQ for USB is causing the hang up. I found > > > that my network card, my USB and my TVcard all using the same irq caused > > > problems with MDK 8.0 and I had to move some of the cards around for a > > > different setup. > > > > > > On Wednesday 04 July 2001 02:44, Jay DeKing wrote: > > > > On Wed, 04 Jul 2001, Jay DeKing wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 03 Jul 2001, Romanator wrote: > > > > > > Jay DeKing wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, 01 Jul 2001, Romanator wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sunday 01 July 2001 05:42 pm, RobertLuzader wrote: > > > > > > > > > Perhaps someone can give a newbie some advice. I recently > > > > > > > > > purchased Mandrake 8.0 and so far I'm pretty satisfied. > > > > > > > > > Having worked in the Windows world for the past few years > > > > > > > > > it's great to see other operating systems coming about. The > > > > > > > > > install went very well and over all I'm impressed with the > > > > > > > > > ease Mandrake 8.0 loaded up, but (Here it comes,,, always a > > > > > > > > > but) After installing Staroffice 5.2 and trying to open it my > > > > > > > > > system hangs. This requires a reboot to get things > > > > > > > > > running again. I've been to the Sun site and the only thing > > > > > > > > > I've found is a recommendation to go back to a different > > > > > > > > > Kernel and that StarOffice is coming out with (Who knows > > > > > > > > > when) an upgrade. Therefore there will not be a patch > > > > > > > > > Has this been encountered by others? also Why would Mandrake > > > > > > > > > include it with their system if it wouldn't run properly? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any guidance would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Robert > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Robert, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you provide additional information about your computer > > > > > > > > configuration. In the meantime, rather than rebooting, try > > > > > > > > holding down the > > > > > > > > CNTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE keys. Log back in again. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Roman > > > > > > > > Registered Linux User #179293 > > > > > > > > Kmailer by Tux > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have gone through this myself, and none of the many recommended > > > > > > > key combinations worked - the keyboard was COMPLETELY > > > > > > > unresponsive. The reset button was the only way out. So, I > > > > > > > reinstalled LM 7.2 and now am using StarOffice again. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This feels like a video driver problem to me - the mouse pointer > > > > > > > freezes along with everything else. My video card is a Stealth > > > > > > > III S540, which was mentioned by several individuals on the > > > > > > > StarOffice site who are having the same problem. Since StarOffice > > > > > > > 5.2 worked fine in LM7.2, I would say that the problem does not > > > > > > > lie w
Re: [newbie] Use of Linux
> I don't understand this. If root has no password, is there any > protection with regard to the Internet, or does the password protect Not having a password on root is a very bad idea. I suggest if the option still exists on Mandrake, that it be removed. First, root can do anything it wants. Therefore *once you've gotten into a system* and have logged in as root, you can really screw things up. The security is twofold - the remote computer has to be able to allow remote logins, and be password protected. So, if the remote computer doesn't offer telnet/ssh, then it might not matter if the system doesn't have a root password. Even then, it would be not a very nice thing to have. > password would not be a problem? In other words, does the fact that root > has a password have anything to do with Internet security? Can root Well it's part of internet security - but of course, the fact that I could remotely login as root in the first place is more of an insecure thing than the fact root doesn't have a password. Under normal circumstances, (/etc/securetty controls this) root is not permitted to log in anywhere except the physical console. So, anyone logging in from outside would need to know both a regular user account and its password. Then if he gets in, he just su's to root. And we're back to no security if root doesn't have a password. > as super user just to see all the files and directories on MY OWN > system!! My impression is that having no password for root would not Unless execute permission is turned off on some system directories, a regular user should be able to see everything with a 'normal' file manager. Whether of course you can do anything with the files themselves is another issue. Personally, I don't bother running 'super user' file managers. Instead, I have an xterm (or konsole, rxvt, etc.) running, where I've started it with 'xterm -font 10x20 -e su - root &'. This lets me just tab over when I need to do something as root. At any other time, I'm just 'dfox'. > rarely uses the computer and most certainly wouldn't use the Linux side > of it. Visiting grandchildren are not allowed to use the computer, boo hoo :) > What is ssh? Since I'm the only user, I must be the only one allowed to > "ssh" into the machine, but I have no idea what that means--secure > something, I'd guess. 'ssh' is secure shell. It's analogous to telnet/rlogin, but far more secure. > > What is Webmin? What is a local loopback? How do I configure Webmin? webmin is a web-based administrative tool. Configuring it to only run on 127.0.0.1 (the local loopback) is what's at issue, I would think. But I've never used webmin. > --Judy Miner David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. ---
Re: [newbie] StarOffice and Linux2.4.3-20mdk
It's working now. The problem was the Xfree 4.0.3 graphics driver; my previous install had that driver loaded, and despite going through the Mandrake Control Center (as root) and telling it to use 3.3.6, the 4.0.3 software was still lingering on the system. Reverting to 7.2 and upgrading again to 8.0 (being very careful not to allow 4.0.3 to infect my system this time) solved the problem. There was probably an easier way to accomplish this, but I needed to access my data and had been banging my head against this problem for days. The idea to reinstall without 4.0.3 didn't occur to me until later. Just glad to have LM8 running again with StarOffice along for the ride. Thanks for the suggestions, Jay On Wednesday 04 July 2001 13:17, Jay DeKing wrote: > I have a USB printer. No TV card, no network card. The only ISA card I have > is my modem (only one ISA slot, the rest are PCI and AGP). The USB is > integrated into the mobo. > > When the problem first manifested itself, I had the printer attached to the > parallel port and nothing was using the USB ports. > > I just reinstalled 8.0, taking care NOT to install the 4.0.3 Xfree driver. > The last time, I installed 4.0.3, and tried to go back to 3.3.6 when > StarOffice froze, but I think that having 4.0.3 lingering around may have > continued to cause problems. > > Haven't tried StarOffice yet. If it doesn't work, I'll bump Xfree up to > 4.0.3 and apply the patch and try again. > > Jay > > On Wednesday 04 July 2001 07:13, etharp wrote: > > you note that it works OK in MDK 7.2 do you have USB and do you use it? > > the difference may be the IRQ for USB is causing the hang up. I found > > that my network card, my USB and my TVcard all using the same irq caused > > problems with MDK 8.0 and I had to move some of the cards around for a > > different setup. > > > > On Wednesday 04 July 2001 02:44, Jay DeKing wrote: > > > On Wed, 04 Jul 2001, Jay DeKing wrote: > > > > On Tue, 03 Jul 2001, Romanator wrote: > > > > > Jay DeKing wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, 01 Jul 2001, Romanator wrote: > > > > > > > On Sunday 01 July 2001 05:42 pm, RobertLuzader wrote: > > > > > > > > Perhaps someone can give a newbie some advice. I recently > > > > > > > > purchased Mandrake 8.0 and so far I'm pretty satisfied. > > > > > > > > Having worked in the Windows world for the past few years > > > > > > > > it's great to see other operating systems coming about. The > > > > > > > > install went very well and over all I'm impressed with the > > > > > > > > ease Mandrake 8.0 loaded up, but (Here it comes,,, always a > > > > > > > > but) After installing Staroffice 5.2 and trying to open it my > > > > > > > > system hangs. This requires a reboot to get things > > > > > > > > running again. I've been to the Sun site and the only thing > > > > > > > > I've found is a recommendation to go back to a different > > > > > > > > Kernel and that StarOffice is coming out with (Who knows > > > > > > > > when) an upgrade. Therefore there will not be a patch > > > > > > > > Has this been encountered by others? also Why would Mandrake > > > > > > > > include it with their system if it wouldn't run properly? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any guidance would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Robert > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Robert, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you provide additional information about your computer > > > > > > > configuration. In the meantime, rather than rebooting, try > > > > > > > holding down the > > > > > > > CNTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE keys. Log back in again. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Roman > > > > > > > Registered Linux User #179293 > > > > > > > Kmailer by Tux > > > > > > > > > > > > I have gone through this myself, and none of the many recommended > > > > > > key combinations worked - the keyboard was COMPLETELY > > > > > > unresponsive. The reset button was the only way out. So, I > > > > > > reinstalled LM 7.2 and now am using StarOffice again. > > > > > > > > > > > > This feels like a video driver problem to me - the mouse pointer > > > > > > freezes along with everything else. My video card is a Stealth > > > > > > III S540, which was mentioned by several individuals on the > > > > > > StarOffice site who are having the same problem. Since StarOffice > > > > > > 5.2 worked fine in LM7.2, I would say that the problem does not > > > > > > lie with StarOffice but with the X driver supplied with LM8. I've > > > > > > tried both the 4.0.3 and 3.3.6 drivers and the same thing happens > > > > > > with both. > > > > > > > > > > > > Jay > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > "You no longer change. You've changed!" > > > > > > > > > > I think you should ask Civileme. He can give you a better answer > > > > > about this > > > > > You may want try out a different kernel > > > > > > > > Also suggested by StarOffice website. > > > > Been there, done that (2.2.19mdk). No difference. > > > > > > > > Jay > > > > > > I downloaded a Savage4 driver patch from > > >
Re: Re[1] [newbie] fonts in StarOffice
In addition, download the drakfont update. Ron Peake wrote: > > Hi > You probably need the latest version of Mandrake Update software > for Mandrake version 8.0. FTP site addresses in your country > you can get from the linux-mandrake.com website > Regards, > Ron > > kp _ wrote: > > >>have you tried importing all the fonts from windows if > >> > > you've got a dual > > > >>boot system? > >> > > > > I made that and : > > > > 1. Import didn't finish, i had to close the window > > 2. the windows fonts did not appear in SO, but when > > I typed the name of the font it seems to be ok > > 3. I tried 2 or 3 fonts and then SO crashed > > 4. After when I launch SO, the 'popup' never disappear !! > > ==> impossible to use it > > > > I uninstalled and re-installed SO, same result, same > > crash after 2 minutes > > > > Thanks for your help, > > & sorry for my english ;o) > > __ > > Boîte aux lettres - Caramail - http://www.caramail.com > > > >
[newbie] great looking theme
For those of you who like themes for you kde, I found one that looks really great. I love what it does for the menu(s). Of course it's at themes.org. Eazel-like-2.x-Style.tar.gz Anybody got the transparent menus thing going on yet? -s
Re: [newbie] Net Install Problems
Next time your installing, if you press the details button, you can watch the progress bar and see if it's a particular app giving you the problems. (I had a copy of redhat 7.0 that would freeze up on the zlib install, so I had to install without it and add it in later after boot with rpm.) -s On Wednesday 04 July 2001 05:47 pm, you wrote: > That's OK. I'm now trying to burn a ISO image and see if that works. > > Aaron >
RE: [newbie] Net Install Problems
That's OK. I'm now trying to burn a ISO image and see if that works. Aaron -Original Message- From: Adams, Jamie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 2:56 AM To: 'Aaron' Subject: RE: [newbie] Net Install Problems Sorry, i thought you meant that you were installing it over a network from a cd, not over the 'net'. Cheers -- Jamie >-- >From: Aaron[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: 04 July 2001 07:35 >To:Adams, Jamie; Mandrake List >Subject: RE: [newbie] Net Install Problems > >I don't understand why you would have a problem witha badly pressed CD when >doing a install over the net? I'm not using any CD? > >Aaron > >-Original Message- >From: Adams, Jamie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 2:07 AM >To: 'Aaron' >Subject: RE: [newbie] Net Install Problems > > >I know this dosnt solve your problem, but i had exactly the smae >problem. It was a badly pressed cd in the end. >Cheers > >-- Jamie > > >>-- >>From: Aaron[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: 03 July 2001 01:38 >>To: Mandrake List >>Subject: [newbie] Net Install Problems >> >>I have tried to install three times now and keep getting the same error >when >>Mandrake 8.0 is installing. I can't tell if its one specific program that >is >>causing the problem because there is a splash screen over top of the >>progress bar and the name of the program that is being installed. >> >>When the error occurred I get a message box saying: >>"An error occurred >>Can't use an undefined value as a symbol reference." >> >>After I get this error the only thing I can do is press the "OK" button and >>the installer starts reloading the list of packages and I have to go >through >>selected what I want to install again. >> >>Does anyone know what might be happening or a way to fix this? >> >>thanks, >> >>Aaron >> >> <::.. Aaron ..::> >>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >>_ >>This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet >>delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further >>information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call >>Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. >> > >_ >This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet >delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further >information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call >Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. > > > >_ >This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet >delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further >information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call >Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. > _ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service.
Re: [newbie] What does "Load Average" mean?
> Wouldn't know exactly, depends a lot on what your system does in general. But > if it starts running on more than 50 for a single user machine, I'd start IF *my* box got a load average of >50, I'd be pulling my hair out one strand at a time :). Seriously, a load average of 50 is *extremely* high - eepecially for a desktop - and probably so for a "server" as well. It literally means that 50 jobs are in the run queue (load average is defined as the number of processes running or waiting to run within a period of time, repored in units of 1, 5, and 15 minutes). If you had a fast processor many of those processes would complete sooner than the granularity of w(1), and wouldn't impact the load average as severely. Incidentally, the most my box has ever gotten on its own through "normal" use was ca. a load average of 24 when I sent through a bunch of stuff to a couple hundered addresses at the same time. But even then that didn't last too long before the system started to become more responsive as the individual copies of sendmail(1) finished on their own. However, through doing things like repeated finds and md5sums, one can (at least artificially) pump the load average up to >50 or even higher and still be a bit responsive but that really depends on how fast your processor is. > Paul David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. ---
Re: [newbie] Internet Security
Paul wrote: > > > > I tried to run the interactive Bastille but I didn't understand the > > > options and the explanations were much too sketchy. I don't like to > > > make > > > decisions like that when I don't understand what I'm doing. So I ran > > > BastilleChooser instead and figure it's better than nothing. Why isn't > > > Bastille on medium security closing all my ports? > > I tried to set up a firewall with Bastille, and it locked up so many things > that I ended up booting failsafe to remove it all. > Then I went back to pmfirewall and ipchains, and things are pretty safe > again now. :) > Paul Rather than using Bastille, I installed ipchains and ran a port scan with flying colours. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 This email is powered by the Tux Email Utility
Re: [newbie]Odd KMail Problem
Will they rebuild themselves? (ie: can I still view the messages indexed there if .index deleted?) -s On Wednesday 04 July 2001 08:02 am, you wrote: > Problems like hangs and crashes in Kmail can often be fixed by deleting the > *.index files in your ~/Mail directory. >
Re: [newbie] StarOffice and Linux2.4.3-20mdk
Jay DeKing wrote: > > On Tue, 03 Jul 2001, Romanator wrote: > > Jay DeKing wrote: > > > On Sun, 01 Jul 2001, Romanator wrote: > > > > On Sunday 01 July 2001 05:42 pm, RobertLuzader wrote: > > > > > Perhaps someone can give a newbie some advice. I recently purchased > > > > > Mandrake 8.0 and so far I'm pretty satisfied. Having worked in the > > > > > Windows world for the past few years it's great to see other > > > > > operating systems coming about. The install went very well and over > > > > > all I'm impressed with the ease Mandrake 8.0 loaded up, but (Here it > > > > > comes,,, always a but) After installing Staroffice 5.2 and trying to > > > > > open it my system hangs. This requires a reboot to get things > > > > > running again. I've been to the Sun site and the only thing I've > > > > > found is a recommendation to go back to a different Kernel and that > > > > > StarOffice is coming out with (Who knows when) an upgrade. Therefore > > > > > there will not be a patch Has this been encountered by others? > > > > > also Why would Mandrake include it with their system if it wouldn't > > > > > run properly? > > > > > > > > > > Any guidance would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > Robert > > > > > > > > Robert, > > > > > > > > Can you provide additional information about your computer > > > > configuration. In the meantime, rather than rebooting, try holding down > > > > the > > > > CNTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE keys. Log back in again. > > > > > > > > Roman > > > > Registered Linux User #179293 > > > > Kmailer by Tux > > > > > > I have gone through this myself, and none of the many recommended key > > > combinations worked - the keyboard was COMPLETELY unresponsive. The reset > > > button was the only way out. So, I reinstalled LM 7.2 and now am using > > > StarOffice again. > > > > > > This feels like a video driver problem to me - the mouse pointer freezes > > > along with everything else. My video card is a Stealth III S540, which > > > was mentioned by several individuals on the StarOffice site who are > > > having the same problem. Since StarOffice 5.2 worked fine in LM7.2, I > > > would say that the problem does not lie with StarOffice but with the X > > > driver supplied with LM8. I've tried both the 4.0.3 and 3.3.6 drivers and > > > the same thing happens with both. > > > > > > Jay > > > > > > -- > > > "You no longer change. You've changed!" > > > > I think you should ask Civileme. He can give you a better answer about > > this > > You may want try out a different kernel > > > > Also suggested by StarOffice website. > Been there, done that (2.2.19mdk). No difference. > > Jay > -- > "Support your local law enforcement agency - > this week commit the crime of your choice!" As in my earlier response, you want want to address this to Civileme. He is better informed about the insides of this issue Roman Registered Linux User #179293 This email is powered by the Tux Email Utility
Re: [newbie] Use of Linux
Michael wrote: >> It is possible to have a "user" that has root-like privileges -- Try going to your user manager of choice and changing the uid / gid (user and group ids) to 0. If you do so, the account will become a root user. << What would be the advantages of doing that rather than simply logging in as root myself? Remember, I'm the only user. I assume the root-like user could make changes like root could. >> Another option is to make the user a part of the "wheel" group, which will give you at least some root capabilities as a user. << Same questions. What is the point or advantage compared with my simply logging in as root for the whole session? I'm not arguing or disagreeing, just trying to understand the difference between being a user with root privileges and being root. Why would I need to give *myself* root privileges? I already have them. --Judy Miner
Re: [newbie] Use of Linux
civileme wrote: >> at install time, there is an option to give root no password. Then you can function as user, but if you need super-user, you just ask for the program and you don't get asked for the password. << I don't understand this. If root has no password, is there any protection with regard to the Internet, or does the password protect only on one's own computer anyway, in which case the lack of a root password would not be a problem? In other words, does the fact that root has a password have anything to do with Internet security? Can root change from password to no password *after* installation? I wouldn't want to install again if I can avoid it. This would still force me as user to run the superuser file manager and superuser terminal, would it not? That's one of the annoying things--opening a different file manager because the one I'm using doesn't show the whole system, so I have to launch another file manager as super user just to see all the files and directories on MY OWN system!! My impression is that having no password for root would not change this situation, but this is obviously a guess on my part. >> This works well under 3 conditions: 1. You are really the only user. << In my case, yes. The only other person in the house is my husband, who rarely uses the computer and most certainly wouldn't use the Linux side of it. Visiting grandchildren are not allowed to use the computer, nor is anyone else. >> 2. You are the only user allowed to ssh into the machine << What is ssh? Since I'm the only user, I must be the only one allowed to "ssh" into the machine, but I have no idea what that means--secure something, I'd guess. >> 3. You configure Webmin to run from the local loopback only. << What is Webmin? What is a local loopback? How do I configure Webmin? >> It is not perfect, but relaxation beyond that lets in the sort of nonsense you see in Windows all the time. << Not on my computers! --Judy Miner
Re: [newbie] Use of Linux
Jose wrote: >> I wish that Apple would make a version of their software for the intel platform. Then the disappointed Windows users could go that way rather than try their hands on Linux. << In other words, you wish we'd go away. Sorry--I've used a Mac and I don't care for the Mac. It insulates the system's underpinnings from the user too much for my taste. I find the Mac to be keyboard-unfriendly and too mouse-oriented. I also have no interest in buying thousands of dollars worth of software to replace what I have now. Steve Jobs is as obnoxious as Bill Gates. Macs are even more proprietary than Windows. I am not a disappointed Windows user, just someone who has had enough of Microsoft's arrogance. --Judy Miner
Re: [newbie] What does "Load Average" mean?
It was Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:23:44 + when George Petri wrote: >So at appoximately what "load average" should I start to get worried about >the system being too busy (i.e. becomes so unresponsive that I can't do any >work)? Wouldn't know exactly, depends a lot on what your system does in general. But if it starts running on more than 50 for a single user machine, I'd start worrying and looking! But it also depends on the load that a certain job puts on the machine. 100 jobs that echo output are by far not as heavy as 10 compiles in one run. Paul -- Progress: replacing a theory that is wrong with one more subtly wrong. http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.5.0pre3 ** http://www.care2.com - when you care **
Re: [newbie] What is the MFT?
It was Thu, 5 Jul 2001 00:01:05 + when George Petri wrote: >/dev/hdb6 15G 9.5G 5.5G 63% /mnt/f >Trying to open MFT >/dev/hda5 2.0G 1.7G 267M 87% /mnt/nt > >Notice the "Trying to open MFT" sandwiched in the middle? >What does it mean? Is it important or a warning or something? I wouldn't know... The only mft I know is the program to translate Metafont code to Tex to make it look nice on printers... Paul -- Progress: replacing a theory that is wrong with one more subtly wrong. http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.5.0pre3 ** http://www.care2.com - when you care **
[newbie] Problem in installing Mandrake Linux
Hi, I have a Dell Pentium II PC running Windows 98. It has total of 10GB hard disk space. I have one primary partition C: 2GB and one extended partition. The extended partition is further divided into 3 logical partitions D,E,F each of 2GB. All partitions have FAT 16 file system. I cleaned up partition F and deleted it on DOS before installing Linux. I selected "Use free space" option during installation of Linux. Installation completed successfully. LILO gave me few options to boot: Linux, DOS, Floppy. When I select DOS or Floppy the system hangs. It works only for Linux. I went into Linux deleted the Linux partition using fdisk and then windows started working without doing anything else. So my problem is how do I install to have both Linux and Windows working on my system? What is the problem I am having? Why LILO gives DOS option for booting instead of WINDOWS? Can I consider DOS option same as WINDOWS option? Thanks, Shashi _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Re: [newbie] StarOffice and Linux2.4.3-20mdk
I have a USB printer. No TV card, no network card. The only ISA card I have is my modem (only one ISA slot, the rest are PCI and AGP). The USB is integrated into the mobo. When the problem first manifested itself, I had the printer attached to the parallel port and nothing was using the USB ports. I just reinstalled 8.0, taking care NOT to install the 4.0.3 Xfree driver. The last time, I installed 4.0.3, and tried to go back to 3.3.6 when StarOffice froze, but I think that having 4.0.3 lingering around may have continued to cause problems. Haven't tried StarOffice yet. If it doesn't work, I'll bump Xfree up to 4.0.3 and apply the patch and try again. Jay On Wednesday 04 July 2001 07:13, etharp wrote: > you note that it works OK in MDK 7.2 do you have USB and do you use it? the > difference may be the IRQ for USB is causing the hang up. I found that my > network card, my USB and my TVcard all using the same irq caused problems > with MDK 8.0 and I had to move some of the cards around for a different > setup. > > On Wednesday 04 July 2001 02:44, Jay DeKing wrote: > > On Wed, 04 Jul 2001, Jay DeKing wrote: > > > On Tue, 03 Jul 2001, Romanator wrote: > > > > Jay DeKing wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 01 Jul 2001, Romanator wrote: > > > > > > On Sunday 01 July 2001 05:42 pm, RobertLuzader wrote: > > > > > > > Perhaps someone can give a newbie some advice. I recently > > > > > > > purchased Mandrake 8.0 and so far I'm pretty satisfied. Having > > > > > > > worked in the Windows world for the past few years it's great > > > > > > > to see other operating systems coming about. The install went > > > > > > > very well and over all I'm impressed with the ease Mandrake 8.0 > > > > > > > loaded up, but (Here it comes,,, always a but) After installing > > > > > > > Staroffice 5.2 and trying to open it my system hangs. This > > > > > > > requires a reboot to get things running again. I've been to the > > > > > > > Sun site and the only thing I've found is a recommendation to > > > > > > > go back to a different Kernel and that StarOffice is coming out > > > > > > > with (Who knows when) an upgrade. Therefore there will not be a > > > > > > > patch Has this been encountered by others? also Why would > > > > > > > Mandrake include it with their system if it wouldn't run > > > > > > > properly? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any guidance would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Robert > > > > > > > > > > > > Robert, > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you provide additional information about your computer > > > > > > configuration. In the meantime, rather than rebooting, try > > > > > > holding down the > > > > > > CNTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE keys. Log back in again. > > > > > > > > > > > > Roman > > > > > > Registered Linux User #179293 > > > > > > Kmailer by Tux > > > > > > > > > > I have gone through this myself, and none of the many recommended > > > > > key combinations worked - the keyboard was COMPLETELY unresponsive. > > > > > The reset button was the only way out. So, I reinstalled LM 7.2 and > > > > > now am using StarOffice again. > > > > > > > > > > This feels like a video driver problem to me - the mouse pointer > > > > > freezes along with everything else. My video card is a Stealth III > > > > > S540, which was mentioned by several individuals on the StarOffice > > > > > site who are having the same problem. Since StarOffice 5.2 worked > > > > > fine in LM7.2, I would say that the problem does not lie with > > > > > StarOffice but with the X driver supplied with LM8. I've tried both > > > > > the 4.0.3 and 3.3.6 drivers and the same thing happens with both. > > > > > > > > > > Jay > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > "You no longer change. You've changed!" > > > > > > > > I think you should ask Civileme. He can give you a better answer > > > > about this > > > > You may want try out a different kernel > > > > > > Also suggested by StarOffice website. > > > Been there, done that (2.2.19mdk). No difference. > > > > > > Jay > > > > I downloaded a Savage4 driver patch from > > http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html and will give that a try. > > > > Jay -- "Support your local law enforcement agency - this week commit the crime of your choice!"
Re: [newbie] Small desktop
What it sounds like to me, is that you're booting and then X is loading failsafe. Now when I load failsafe, it shows up in the lower right hand corner, but it may be something I've set up. I doubt it has anything to do with what version of X you're running. Then again... it could be loading TWM. (Which in my opinion is a waste of diskspace if you ask me!) I recompiled XFree86 4.1.0 over the weekend and every time I tried to load X, it would give me TWM. Either way, when you're in whatever windows manager, perform a CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE. It will kill the X windows session and give you a prompt. At the prompt type: [timh@r2d2 timh]$ cat .xinitrc exec enlightenment If it comes back saying "No file or directory" then create one. [timh@r2d2 timh]$ vim .xinitrc And follow the example above. I use enlightenment, so that's why it says enlightenment. I suggest just using that to test when you start. After you've done that type xinit, or startx, they'll both give you the same thing. Does the new windows manager load? If it does, just edit the .xinitrc to load the windows manager you want. Give that a try and let us know. tdh | Second issue, | | I've been installing LM 8.0 on A friends Lcd-pc from Mitac , sold as A | Fujitsu. (No dual boot, plain Linux!! Yess!! The owner is A computer newbie | in any way.) | During X configuration, I only get A desktop that is much smaller than the | lcd screen is, and it is placed in the left upper corner. | I do have the feeling that I have to use XFree86 3.3.6 instead of 4.0.3 to | get this fixed, but oddly enough I did not get A choice between the two | versions during expert install. I installed LM 8.0 A couple of times on my | own computer, and I had always the choice between the two XFree86 versions. | I tried various settings of resolutions, colour depths and monitors. | Than I thought that I should finsh the install with the small desktop and try | to change the XFree86 version thru Mandrake control center, but there I | didn't had the choice either! | Mandrake forced me to use version 4.0.3 | After A couple of installation Attempts still no result. | What can I do about it? | Thanks, | | Gerard | | Mitac LCD PC 1 (ML 5601) | 13 " LCD screen 800x600 (DSTN I believe.) | Pentium 233 intel 430 TX chipset | 128 meg ram | 4 gig harddisk | Onboard video: Chips & technologies ct 65 | Onboard sound: Crystal something , it works after sndconfig. not sounddrake `--
[newbie] curious X information
I am getting conflicting information concerning the version of X I'm running, and the color depth. When I bring up "X-Server - KDE Control Module" it tells me that I am running XFree86 3.3.6 and a 24 bit color depth. If I run "XFree86 -version" in a terminal it tells me that I am running XFree86 4.0.1. I tend to believe the info from running "XFree86 -version", but why the discrepancy? I need to make sure that I have 4.0.1 running before I install the nVidia drivers, so how can I verify which is correct? Thanks. TC __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
RE: [newbie] LISa configuration
I get working Network browsing by execute lisa -K in Super user mode, I don't know is that's the right way, but work. - Original Message - From: ivan miranda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 9:46 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] LISa configuration > Hi , > I use "xsmbrower",more comfortable with this,(there is no need to mount > the shares ), on mounting one gets more acess of the directory,but i had > seen them crashing after mounting at times.Also try "komba2".I don't > remember the links,you should be able to get it from "rpmfind.net" > > Ivan > > civileme wrote: > > > > On Monday 02 July 2001 14:41, Jamie Kerwick wrote: > > > I think I'm doing well, i've got my w98se box speaking to mandrake > > > 8 accessing my samba shares (encrypt password = yes helps!!). The > > > problem i have now is that i'm struggling to get Linux box to > > > access w98 shares. I have tried 'browsing network' using LISa and > > > reLISa in KDE. However, no joy. Basically the problem is that i > > > don't really know what information to give it. I am attempting to > > > configure in KDE Control centre, -> Look n Feel -> Lan Browsing. > > > Is there a way i can mount the w98 shares on the linux box? how > > > would i go about doing this. Or betting yet does anyone know of any > > > good websites which give help. (i like to learn rather than follow > > > blindly) > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Jamie > > > > Try LinNeighborhood > > > > http://www.bnro.de/~schmidjo/ > > > > It seems to work with all WMs very well. > > > > Civileme > > > > > ___ > > >__ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > > > http://www.hotmail.com. > > -- > Ivan Miranda > General Instrument Engineer/IT support > Po Box 8746,Doha,Qatar > Ph:974-4402524/4402773 > Fax:974-4323380 >
[newbie] Small desktop
Second issue, I've been installing LM 8.0 on A friends Lcd-pc from Mitac , sold as A Fujitsu. (No dual boot, plain Linux!! Yess!! The owner is A computer newbie in any way.) During X configuration, I only get A desktop that is much smaller than the lcd screen is, and it is placed in the left upper corner. I do have the feeling that I have to use XFree86 3.3.6 instead of 4.0.3 to get this fixed, but oddly enough I did not get A choice between the two versions during expert install. I installed LM 8.0 A couple of times on my own computer, and I had always the choice between the two XFree86 versions. I tried various settings of resolutions, colour depths and monitors. Than I thought that I should finsh the install with the small desktop and try to change the XFree86 version thru Mandrake control center, but there I didn't had the choice either! Mandrake forced me to use version 4.0.3 After A couple of installation Attempts still no result. What can I do about it? Thanks, Gerard Mitac LCD PC 1 (ML 5601) 13 " LCD screen 800x600 (DSTN I believe.) Pentium 233 intel 430 TX chipset 128 meg ram 4 gig harddisk Onboard video: Chips & technologies ct 65 Onboard sound: Crystal something , it works after sndconfig. not sounddrake
Re: [newbie] configure
Op maandag 2 juli 2001 05:48, schreef u: > Install the X-Headers library i think, though it might be called > X-Development or something similar to that.. > Cheers > > -- Jamie > > >-- > > From: Van Winssen & Ramaakers[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > >Sent:02 July 2001 16:30 > >To: Mandrake Newbie List > >Subject: [newbie] configure > > > >I tried to install A program with ./configure , make ,make install. > >During ./configure I get an error: > > > >[root@drakehut kdvd-0.1]# ./configure > >loading cache ./config.cache > >checking for gcc... gcc > >checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes > >checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no > >checking whether we are using GNU C... yes > >checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes > >checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp > >checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X includes. Please check > > your installation > >and add the correct paths! > > > > > >What to do about it? > > > >Thanks, > > > >Gerard Thanks, I got passed that error after I installed Xfree86 devel. So I got to the next error in ./configure: checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt-1.4 (headers and libraries) not found. Please check your installation! I assume that I have to install Qt-1.4 is that right? It's not on the LM8.0 cd's I've searched on RPMfind.net where I found something like Qt-1.4.5 from A different distro. That didn't get me any further after installing that. What next? Thanks Gerard
[newbie] firewall logs
Hi, I have configured the 'tinyfirewall' in the Mandrake Control Centre. Can anyone tell me where the logs are stored? Thanks and regards, Bill W.
[newbie] KDM to XDM
Which file do I need to change so that I boot into XDM instead of KDM? I am going to install the nvidia drivers instead of using the XFree86 drivers for my video card and have read that there are some problems which have been attributed to using KDM. Thanks. Terry __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] curious ....
On Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:10, Judith Miner wrote: > Sridhar wrote: > >> I noticed that you said in an earlier post that you had trouble > > importing your fonts. Have you tried using DrakFont (part of the > Mandrake Control Centre)? << > > Of course. It's a very limited tool, but it did make some TrueType fonts > available to the system and some of the programs are using them for > display. They do look better than the dreadful defaults used otherwise. > > But it's not enough for printing or serious work. You don't get an > acceptable character set, only ISO 8859 that does not include true > typographic apostrophes, quotation marks, and other important > typographic characters. KFontInst should do what I need to do with both > Type 1 and TrueType fonts and I'll be able to select a proper character > set, but I'm still puzzling out how to do the preliminaries as described > in the KFontInst "manual." > > Do you know how to get rid of all those ugly fonts that are listed in > DrakFont? I tried highlighting them and telling DrakFont to remove them, > but it wouldn't. Didn't tell me why, either. I would keep a Helvetica, a > Times, and a Courier from the screen fonts listed and would like to dump > the rest. I have added several TrueTypes for screen display. > --Judy Miner I'm not sure if this will do the job (I haven't tried it yet), but have a look at pfaedit, now available in Cooker. A quick and dirty way to disable font directories (not individual fonts) can be done in the file /etc/X11/fs/config. Place a hash (#) in front of any line (except the first) in the "catalogue" section to disable that directory. For more details, take a look at the Fonts HOWTO at http://www.linuxdoc.org. -- 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] Internet Security
On Tuesday 03 July 2001 08:57 pm, Judith Miner wrote: > How can I get those ports closed? Clear directions much appreciated! > If you tell me exactly where to look and what to edit, I can do it, > but I can't figure it out on my own. In DrakConf, click on Security, then on Firewalling. You'll be asked a few simple easy questions. Most often the default answer is appropriate and already selected. When you're done it will configure 8.0's iptables and start your firewall for you. Then go to http://www.sdesign.com:8080/cgi-bin/fwtest.cgi for either a Basic or Complete scan. -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] attached log
On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Tom wrote: > > Would y'all go to Google and search 'netiquette'. Please. It's > very rude to post attachments to a public mailing list. and then > y'all keep re-attaching it to your replies. That's beyond being rude. Thanks Tom, I also noticed that lack of proper quoting. -- Cheers, Steve - ICQ 35454764 Toronto
[newbie] What is the MFT?
Hello everybody! Sometimes when I type mount, I get this: FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda6 973M 874M 50M 95% / /dev/hdb81020M 358M 662M 35% /home /dev/hda8 806M 575M 231M 71% /mnt/d /dev/hdb6 15G 9.5G 5.5G 63% /mnt/f Trying to open MFT /dev/hda5 2.0G 1.7G 267M 87% /mnt/nt /dev/hdb7 5.2G 3.5G 1.4G 72% /usr /dev/hda1 2.0G 1.4G 643M 69% /mnt/c /dev/hdb5 15G 6.8G 8.2G 45% /mnt/e Notice the "Trying to open MFT" sandwiched in the middle? What does it mean? Is it important or a warning or something? Thanks, George
Re: [newbie] Blackbox
On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Michael Scottaline wrote: > > > Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hello all: > > > > > > My first qestion to this list. > > > > > > I like light window managers, therefore am using Blackbox. > > > > > > In other environments one can tab through the desktops by using > > > `control-F1' etc. How does one do this with BB? > > == > If I'm understanding your question correctly Steve, try > cntrl + -> keys or cntrl + <- to go the other way ;-) > Blackbox has been my wm of choice for the past 10 months or so. That doesn't work unless it's set up in the config file. =) I was informed by another gentleman that the .blackboxrc file needs to have the proper line entered to turn this feature on. I'm perplexed it's not there by default as even XFce does it as a default. Thanks for the help Michael. -- Cheers, Steve - ICQ 35454764 Toronto
Re: [newbie] attached log
Would y'all go to Google and search 'netiquette'. Please. It's very rude to post attachments to a public mailing list. and then y'all keep re-attaching it to your replies. That's beyond being rude. -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] LISa configuration
Hi , I use "xsmbrower",more comfortable with this,(there is no need to mount the shares ), on mounting one gets more acess of the directory,but i had seen them crashing after mounting at times.Also try "komba2".I don't remember the links,you should be able to get it from "rpmfind.net" Ivan civileme wrote: > > On Monday 02 July 2001 14:41, Jamie Kerwick wrote: > > I think I'm doing well, i've got my w98se box speaking to mandrake > > 8 accessing my samba shares (encrypt password = yes helps!!). The > > problem i have now is that i'm struggling to get Linux box to > > access w98 shares. I have tried 'browsing network' using LISa and > > reLISa in KDE. However, no joy. Basically the problem is that i > > don't really know what information to give it. I am attempting to > > configure in KDE Control centre, -> Look n Feel -> Lan Browsing. > > Is there a way i can mount the w98 shares on the linux box? how > > would i go about doing this. Or betting yet does anyone know of any > > good websites which give help. (i like to learn rather than follow > > blindly) > > > > Cheers > > > > Jamie > > Try LinNeighborhood > > http://www.bnro.de/~schmidjo/ > > It seems to work with all WMs very well. > > Civileme > > > ___ > >__ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > > http://www.hotmail.com. -- Ivan Miranda General Instrument Engineer/IT support Po Box 8746,Doha,Qatar Ph:974-4402524/4402773 Fax:974-4323380
Re: [newbie] mingetty and kdeinit
Yep. Some programmes employ multiple processes or threads to provide extra functionality or increased speed. On Wed, 4 Jul 2001 02:02, Dan Gordon wrote: > Is it normal for more than one instance of mingetty and kdeinit to be > running when i look in gps or top ? -- 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] dns record
Insufficient information, so I'll make some assumptions. In particular, I assume you're trying to do this all on one machine, right? If so, check your '/etc/resolv.conf'. It should have a line that looks something like this: nameserver 127.0.0.1 That should be the first line that starts with 'nameserver'. This way, your machine will use itself to resolve DNS queries, and nslookup will default to your own machine. BTW: You shouldn't use nslookup at all, if you can help it. If you like seeing raw DNS records, use dig - it doesn't have any of nslookup's bugs. If you're just looking for DNS data, and aren't trying to test your machine (or any other DNS server), use host. (I think that's what it's called, anyway - I never use it.) Chris Buxton Men & Mice [EMAIL PROTECTED] We Make DNS Easy! At 4:46 PM +0800 7/4/01, SK wrote: >Hi! I need help on my local dns record. Below is my new dns server. I want >to create a new record call intranet. But when I use nslookup to test my >record it was not found. Need help ... > > > >$TTL 86400 >@ IN SOA @ root.localhost ( > 9 ; serial > 28800 ; refresh > 7200 ; retry > 604800 ; expire > 86400 ; ttl > ) > > >@ IN NS dns.leaderuniversal.com > >@ IN MX 2 leaderuniversal.com > >@ IN A 192.168.118.252 >intranetIN A 192.168.118.252 > > > >Best Regards, >SKLIM
Re: [newbie]Odd KMail Problem
Problems like hangs and crashes in Kmail can often be fixed by deleting the *.index files in your ~/Mail directory. On Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:20, s wrote: > That is weird. That's the third problem with kmail I read about today > (actually two and one of my own that started last night). But yours is the > weirdess, and the most cripling. One guys folders/old messages became > corrupt, and then with mine now the search messages option will cause kmail > to crash. Can't really uninstall and reinstall, huh? Maybe we should > upgrade to the new beta (or is it still alpha)? > -s > > On Tuesday 03 July 2001 07:32 pm, you wrote: > > Dear All, I had some display problems and with your help I was able to > > fix them however a new problem developed immediately afterwards. I went > > to KMail to compose an email and discovered that my letter o key > > actually prints out a c in KMail now. > > Sincerely, Marcia -- 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] Support for Permedia2 video card
Hi all, I have Sony GDM 1950,this monitor does not work with normal video cards.From the net i found a couple of cards (fixed freq card) which can work with this monitor.I am planning to purchase Gemini3D 6321,AGP card(Permedia2)chip set.I had a look at mandrake hardware support and here it list the above chip set.Does anyone have this combination.i wanted to double check before buying this card. Thanks Ivan -- Ivan Miranda General Instrument Engineer/IT support Po Box 8746,Doha,Qatar Ph:974-4402524/4402773 Fax:974-4323380
Re: [newbie] Net Install Problems
Try one of these: * install from a different mirror; * do a very minimal install and then add more packages with Software Manager afterwards. On Wed, 4 Jul 2001 16:35, Aaron wrote: > I don't understand why you would have a problem witha badly pressed CD when > doing a install over the net? I'm not using any CD? > > Aaron > > -Original Message- > From: Adams, Jamie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 2:07 AM > To: 'Aaron' > Subject: RE: [newbie] Net Install Problems > > > I know this dosnt solve your problem, but i had exactly the smae > problem. It was a badly pressed cd in the end. > Cheers > > -- Jamie > > >-- > > From: Aaron[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > >Sent:03 July 2001 01:38 > >To: Mandrake List > >Subject: [newbie] Net Install Problems > > > >I have tried to install three times now and keep getting the same error > > when > > >Mandrake 8.0 is installing. I can't tell if its one specific program that > > is > > >causing the problem because there is a splash screen over top of the > >progress bar and the name of the program that is being installed. > > > >When the error occurred I get a message box saying: > >"An error occurred > >Can't use an undefined value as a symbol reference." > > > >After I get this error the only thing I can do is press the "OK" button > > and the installer starts reloading the list of packages and I have to go > > through > > >selected what I want to install again. > > > >Does anyone know what might be happening or a way to fix this? > > > >thanks, > > > >Aaron > > > > <::.. Aaron ..::> > >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > >_ > >This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet > >delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further > >information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call > >Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. > > _ > This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet > delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further > information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call > Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. -- 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] Blackbox
Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all: > > My first qestion to this list. > > I like light window managers, therefore am using Blackbox. > > In other environments one can tab through the desktops by using > `control-F1' etc. How does one do this with BB? == If I'm understanding your question correctly Steve, try cntrl + -> keys or cntrl + <- to go the other way ;-) Blackbox has been my wm of choice for the past 10 months or so. HTH, Mike -- "Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting, killing, and dreadful idolatry took place there." --Baltasar Rusow, Estonia, 16th century __ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
Re: [newbie] What does "Load Average" mean?
On Wednesday 04 July 2001 10:33, Paul wrote: > As ffar as I know it is the average number of jobs in the run queue over > the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes. The numbers displayed are an indication of > how many processes were competing for CPU time at any given time averaged > over "N" minutes. > > Paul So at appoximately what "load average" should I start to get worried about the system being too busy (i.e. becomes so unresponsive that I can't do any work)? Thanks, George
Re: [newbie] No sound for NeoMagic 256AV
"Adams, Jamie" wrote: > > OK, i found the sndconfig package and installed it. But it didnt work > anyway, it said i didnt have a kernel with 'modular sound' enabled. How > would go about enabling this in the kernel? Is the soundcore module loaded ( '/sbin/lsmod' ) ? If not, as root, what does 'modprobe soundcore' report ? -Frans
Re: [newbie] mini linux distro recommendations
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 FreeSco -- fits on a ploppy. I have used it for several routers/firewalls, for my clients and my own company. www.freesco.org Dave On Tuesday 03 July 2001 23:19, thus spake Fireman71: > Not really related to Mandrake but > > I am looking for a mini linux distro (under 20 meg and preferably one > just one floppy) that i can load onto an old 386 computer and configure > to act as an internet masquerading / firewall machine. > > Anyone have any ideas? > > TIA, > Ian > EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- "Nihil tam munitum quod non expugnari pecunia possit." (No fortification is such that it cannot be subdued with money.) - - Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 B.C. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7Qw9BOiMJhTaLf3MRAnDGAJ0Wxn1RKvnkpv01r3dB3J73NYyc5wCgnRAu DE+KQgX25CSxdqIRSST4aB8= =D5pf -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [newbie] Mandrake and ADSL support
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Is the modem internal or external? If it is external, then all you need to do is configure your LAN connection. My external DSL modem even includes a dhcp server, so all I had to do was set up dhcpcd on my Linux boxes, and they worked perfectly. If internal, then I don't know... Dave On Tuesday 03 July 2001 23:30, thus spake amadeus: > Hello, > > I will be installing an ADSL modem from Verizon. My question has 2 > parts: > > 1-is ADSL supported, and > 2-Where can I find a howto/info etc. > - -- "Nihil tam munitum quod non expugnari pecunia possit." (No fortification is such that it cannot be subdued with money.) - - Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 B.C. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7Qw/cOiMJhTaLf3MRAqzCAJ9EuzjeOAV2dJiOH9sB4m4k3TCviACfQFkt 5IbHuqsOVBzACGChYUeg5mU= =isGk -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[newbie] Remote Running
Does anyone know of a program that will enable me to run KDE (or similar) over my network (TCP/IP) in a window on a W2K machine? I can run Linux command prompt over SSH very succesfully but can't seem to run X over SSH. Mark
[newbie] lineighborhood
when I use "linneighborhood to try and browe my windows machines, I can see them and see the shared resources, but when i try to mount the share, I get an error that says something like "error, standard in must be in a tty" and a radio button to click OK. any IDEAS?
Re: [newbie] Re: Use of Linux thread-off subject
> > I must agree with you. But, being new to Linux, there is not much I > *can* do without the GUI. Is there a resource out there for Mandrake/KDE > that would detail all the keyboard shortcuts you can use?? I know a > volume could be written about something like VI or Emacs, but I'm more > interested in some of the basic tasks like "windows Key" (or penguin > key, if you so desire) plus "something else" to bring up an xterm. What > about bringing up the SU-xterm very quickly?? I'm sort of like a crack > addict that can wait for the lighter to spark. Very impatient. Have you installed the Kde users manual ? If so the keyboard shortcut table is listed in sec 7.1 -- Poogle Registered Linux user 182657 (added to sig for the benefit of those irritated by it)
Re: [newbie] mini linux distro recommendations
Hi, I happen to also use "hal91", which was reviewed on the Linux Gazette (www.linuxgazette.com) recently. Take a look at the following URL: http://www.itm.tu-clausthal.de/~perle/hal91/ HTH, Thomas Adam - Original Message - From: A V Flinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Fireman71 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Newbie Mailing List Mandrake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 12:19 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] mini linux distro recommendations > On Wednesday 04 July 2001 00:19, Fireman71 wrote: > > Not really related to Mandrake but > > > > I am looking for a mini linux distro (under 20 meg and preferably one > > just one floppy) that i can load onto an old 386 computer and configure > > to act as an internet masquerading / firewall machine. > > > > Anyone have any ideas? > > freesco -- http://ww.freesco.org > easy to setup, fits on a single floppy. > I have it running on an old 486, and it has been working great. > > > -- > Alex > Kernel Panic is General Failure's second in command > > Please note that the content of this message is confidential between the original sender and the intended recipient(s) of the message. If you are not an intended recipient and/or have received this message in error, kindly disregard the content of the message and return it to the original sender. If you have any complaints about this message please reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Purbeck School E-Mail server running: users.purbeck.dorset.sch.uk
Re: [newbie] mini linux distro recommendations
On Wednesday 04 July 2001 00:19, Fireman71 wrote: > Not really related to Mandrake but > > I am looking for a mini linux distro (under 20 meg and preferably one > just one floppy) that i can load onto an old 386 computer and configure > to act as an internet masquerading / firewall machine. > > Anyone have any ideas? freesco -- http://ww.freesco.org easy to setup, fits on a single floppy. I have it running on an old 486, and it has been working great. -- Alex Kernel Panic is General Failure's second in command
Re: [newbie] StarOffice and Linux2.4.3-20mdk
On Wed, 04 Jul 2001, Jay DeKing wrote: > On Tue, 03 Jul 2001, Romanator wrote: > > Jay DeKing wrote: > > > On Sun, 01 Jul 2001, Romanator wrote: > > > > On Sunday 01 July 2001 05:42 pm, RobertLuzader wrote: > > > > > Perhaps someone can give a newbie some advice. I recently > > > > > purchased Mandrake 8.0 and so far I'm pretty satisfied. Having > > > > > worked in the Windows world for the past few years it's great to > > > > > see other operating systems coming about. The install went very > > > > > well and over all I'm impressed with the ease Mandrake 8.0 loaded > > > > > up, but (Here it comes,,, always a but) After installing Staroffice > > > > > 5.2 and trying to open it my system hangs. This requires a > > > > > reboot to get things running again. I've been to the Sun site and > > > > > the only thing I've found is a recommendation to go back to a > > > > > different Kernel and that StarOffice is coming out with (Who knows > > > > > when) an upgrade. Therefore there will not be a patch Has this > > > > > been encountered by others? also Why would Mandrake include it with > > > > > their system if it wouldn't run properly? > > > > > > > > > > Any guidance would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > Robert > > > > > > > > Robert, > > > > > > > > Can you provide additional information about your computer > > > > configuration. In the meantime, rather than rebooting, try holding > > > > down the > > > > CNTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE keys. Log back in again. > > > > > > > > Roman > > > > Registered Linux User #179293 > > > > Kmailer by Tux > > > > > > I have gone through this myself, and none of the many recommended key > > > combinations worked - the keyboard was COMPLETELY unresponsive. The > > > reset button was the only way out. So, I reinstalled LM 7.2 and now am > > > using StarOffice again. > > > > > > This feels like a video driver problem to me - the mouse pointer > > > freezes along with everything else. My video card is a Stealth III > > > S540, which was mentioned by several individuals on the StarOffice site > > > who are having the same problem. Since StarOffice 5.2 worked fine in > > > LM7.2, I would say that the problem does not lie with StarOffice but > > > with the X driver supplied with LM8. I've tried both the 4.0.3 and > > > 3.3.6 drivers and the same thing happens with both. > > > > > > Jay > > > > > > -- > > > "You no longer change. You've changed!" > > > > I think you should ask Civileme. He can give you a better answer about > > this > > You may want try out a different kernel > > Also suggested by StarOffice website. > Been there, done that (2.2.19mdk). No difference. > > Jay I downloaded a Savage4 driver patch from http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html and will give that a try. Jay -- "Support your local law enforcement agency - this week commit the crime of your choice!"
Re: [newbie] What does "Load Average" mean?
As ffar as I know it is the average number of jobs in the run queue over the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes. The numbers displayed are an indication of how many processes were competing for CPU time at any given time averaged over "N" minutes. Paul
RE: [newbie] HSP56 micromodem
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of pepe torrres Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 10:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] HSP56 micromodem had anyone installed a hsp56 micromodem on madrake??? pls help! Try this site. It has available all working winmodems drivers. http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html#drivers Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
Re: [newbie] mini linux distro recommendations
Just wonderingdoes anyone know of a floppy distro with reiserfs support? I use toms boot disc and while it is great for hacking my friends broken windows, I can't actually use it on my own Linux..ironic huh? :) On Wednesday 04 July 2001 06:03, Brandon Caudle wrote: > www.loaf.org > > www.linuxrouterproject.org > > Brandon Caudle > - Original Message - > From: "Fireman71" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Newbie Mailing List Mandrake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 12:19 AM > Subject: [newbie] mini linux distro recommendations > > > Not really related to Mandrake but > > > > I am looking for a mini linux distro (under 20 meg and preferably one > > just one floppy) that i can load onto an old 386 computer and configure > > to act > > as > > > an internet masquerading / firewall machine. > > > > Anyone have any ideas? > > > > TIA, > > Ian > > EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] StarOffice and Linux2.4.3-20mdk
On Tue, 03 Jul 2001, Romanator wrote: > Jay DeKing wrote: > > On Sun, 01 Jul 2001, Romanator wrote: > > > On Sunday 01 July 2001 05:42 pm, RobertLuzader wrote: > > > > Perhaps someone can give a newbie some advice. I recently purchased > > > > Mandrake 8.0 and so far I'm pretty satisfied. Having worked in the > > > > Windows world for the past few years it's great to see other > > > > operating systems coming about. The install went very well and over > > > > all I'm impressed with the ease Mandrake 8.0 loaded up, but (Here it > > > > comes,,, always a but) After installing Staroffice 5.2 and trying to > > > > open it my system hangs. This requires a reboot to get things > > > > running again. I've been to the Sun site and the only thing I've > > > > found is a recommendation to go back to a different Kernel and that > > > > StarOffice is coming out with (Who knows when) an upgrade. Therefore > > > > there will not be a patch Has this been encountered by others? > > > > also Why would Mandrake include it with their system if it wouldn't > > > > run properly? > > > > > > > > Any guidance would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > Robert > > > > > > Robert, > > > > > > Can you provide additional information about your computer > > > configuration. In the meantime, rather than rebooting, try holding down > > > the > > > CNTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE keys. Log back in again. > > > > > > Roman > > > Registered Linux User #179293 > > > Kmailer by Tux > > > > I have gone through this myself, and none of the many recommended key > > combinations worked - the keyboard was COMPLETELY unresponsive. The reset > > button was the only way out. So, I reinstalled LM 7.2 and now am using > > StarOffice again. > > > > This feels like a video driver problem to me - the mouse pointer freezes > > along with everything else. My video card is a Stealth III S540, which > > was mentioned by several individuals on the StarOffice site who are > > having the same problem. Since StarOffice 5.2 worked fine in LM7.2, I > > would say that the problem does not lie with StarOffice but with the X > > driver supplied with LM8. I've tried both the 4.0.3 and 3.3.6 drivers and > > the same thing happens with both. > > > > Jay > > > > -- > > "You no longer change. You've changed!" > > I think you should ask Civileme. He can give you a better answer about > this > You may want try out a different kernel > Also suggested by StarOffice website. Been there, done that (2.2.19mdk). No difference. Jay -- "Support your local law enforcement agency - this week commit the crime of your choice!"
RE: [newbie] Internet Security
I thought I might comment here, it is quiet acceptable to close both cups and x11 on your external interface,, (ie the one that connects to the outside world, be it via ppp0,, eth0 or other, in fact, since you want neither X or cups linked to the outside world, its RECOMMENDED you do close them on the external interface closing them on all interfaces, particularly the interal ones,, is bad and will effect the services,, (ie they wont work) see my earlier email about ipchains... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Rye Sent: Wednesday, 4 July 2001 3:02 PM To: Judith Miner Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet Security On Tue, 3 Jul 2001 21:57:44 -0400 "Judith Miner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: S'ok - we've all been here at some point > that had something to do with mail transport. So okay, some progress. > At sdesign.com I had fewer ports open than I did before, but I'm still > seeing open ports at 631 (tcp) and 6000 (tcp X11). Port 631 is your Cups printer Daemon and 6000 is part of your GUI setup > > I got the same results whether I went online as root or as user. > > How can I get those ports closed? Clear directions much appreciated! > If you tell me exactly where to look and what to edit, I can do it, > but I can't figure it out on my own. I'm not sure about the results of cups the port being closed, but as I understand closing the X11 port with have a sortakindlikeabit deretorious effect on your preference for the GUI (um - won't work) It's a real ring-a-round - if you want to close/disable 631 completely, you might well wind up removing the cups systems and installing the 'old' lpr/lpd' system - others will correct me on this issue. > I tried to run the interactive Bastille but I didn't understand the > options and the explanations were much too sketchy. I don't like to > make > decisions like that when I don't understand what I'm doing. So I ran > BastilleChooser instead and figure it's better than nothing. Why isn't > Bastille on medium security closing all my ports? I agree with these comments. Part of the problem with many applications we try to use when we are unfamiliar with them is the on-screen instruction. Remember that very many of the applications developers do not use English (which-ever flavour) as their first language and as a result many messages are rather obscure. I don't have a work around for this. I use the firewalling which is accessed from the Mandrake Control Centre. It is a subset of Bastille and unless one is totally paranoid about security, I feel it is quite adequate for the 'average home user' (which included me). Have you taken a look at that yet, I know there's a great deal to learn here and I suspect that you, like many other on the list, will eventually get there. There are a good many books out there which are very helpful - one which I found useful when I was first starting was:Sams "Teach Yourself Linux in 10 minutes" which cost me about $US10. It's 200-page paperback which helps with much of the 'basic' stuff. If you want to get more detail then look at the O'Rielly titles in your local book-store. _BUT_ bear in mind that many of the books out there are written around the Redhat distributions and may not be exactly what you are looking for. Look at this way (Comment from mere male) The diff between RH and LM is much the same as the difference between a couple od say Microwave ovens - they do the same job - it's just that the controls are different. Cheers John -- "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected" (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.) Registered Linux User: 102826
RE: [newbie] mini linux distro recommendations
try freeSCO,, its amazing what they fit on a floppy,,, works great, we are using it on several machines here, even one acts as a mini dialup server... great little product. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fireman71 Sent: Wednesday, 4 July 2001 12:19 PM To: Newbie Mailing List Mandrake Subject: [newbie] mini linux distro recommendations Not really related to Mandrake but I am looking for a mini linux distro (under 20 meg and preferably one just one floppy) that i can load onto an old 386 computer and configure to act as an internet masquerading / firewall machine. Anyone have any ideas? TIA, Ian EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] What does "Load Average" mean?
Hi! I continually see something called a "Load Average" as a statistic for servers, ftp sites...and even my machine :) But what does it mean? The output from "uptime" tells me this: 11:50pm up 2:48, 2 users, load average: 0.49, 0.55, 0.51 So is this saying that my system is being "loaded" 0.49 out of 10, 1 minute ago...or is it out of 5 or what? Please help me :) Thanks, George
RE: [newbie] Internet Security some iphains stuff... simple explanation
Hi Judith,, rather then comment on the command stuff that the other responses are focusing on, I will try to help you out in my megre way... first, what type of connection do you have? cable, ppp (dialup) ADSL all can require different answers.. The problem is that I do everything with IPCHAINS, and because you have IPtables, it is different and not compatable, although the syntax is similiar, This is an IPchain rule to open a port.. /sbin/ipchains -A input -p tcp -s 0/0 -d 123.123.123.245/255.255.255.255 80 -j ACCEPT That basically means allow all tcp connections from 0/0 (anywhere) to 123.123.123.245/255.255.255.255 (your ip and subnet) on port 80,, so that means with this ipchains rule, it will open port 80... if you change the -j (which bascially means "jumpto" and is essentially what you want to do with the packet... so change it to DENY and you have locked that port.. and if you put a -l after it, it will log it also.. /sbin/ipchains -A input -p tcp -s 0/0 -d 123.123.123.245/255.255.255.255 80 -j DENY -l brief breakdown,,, -A means append a new rule... -p means what protocol, in the above example its tcp -s means source,, where the packet came from,,, (so 0/0 means it doens't matter where it came from) -d means destination, where the packet was heading to,, (hense specifing your IP) -j is the target, or what to do with the packet... (hence DENY, ACCEPT REJECT.. etc..) -l log the packets Then you would add this rule to the bottom of your rc.local file,,, or where ever your other firewall scripts put them.. so in your case, assuming you had ipchains and not iptables, (IPTABLES is newer and in some ways better, (ie simplier) to use) you could add the rules as follows... /sbin/ipchains -A input -p tcp -s 0/0 -d 123.123.123.245/255.255.255.255 631 -j DENY -l /sbin/ipchains -A input -p tcp -s 0/0 -d 123.123.123.245/255.255.255.255 6000 -j DENY -l so now,, all you have to do is convert them to IPTABLES and add them to your rules and you are set... I might that ipchains and iptables are kernel filtering,, they are much better then the windows variants, and that is why they are alittle more daunting at first,, I ran bastille ages ago, and had the same problem, back then I didn't know wether or not to have stuff open or closed... Thats why I liked pmfirewall back then, it asks you questions and writes the rules based on your suggestions... and it suggests stuff like closing 6000... anyway, I apologise for not being able to be more specific to your problems, but there are a few sites out there that can tell you how to convert IPCHAINS to IPTABLES, and if you find one of them, you should be fine... (or you can set your box up to use ipchains instead, but thats more hassle then converting to iptables. regards Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Judith Miner Sent: Wednesday, 4 July 2001 9:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Internet Security First of all, thanks to everyone who shared their opinions on working as root. I've printed out a bunch of messages and will be digesting them as time allows. For those who wondered why I need to be root so often, it's because I'm still very much involved in getting the system set up, installing programs, etc., and it seems I have to be root in order to do a lot of what needs to be done. Once the system is complete and has a chance to settle, I can handle working as user. But for now, it is very inconvenient. My priorities now are first, to firm up my Internet security; second, to get my Type 1 fonts working and available to applications; third, to figure out what's going on with the printers. Today I worked on Internet security. I tried some of the things suggested and frankly, I don't have a clue. I don't understand the directions, I can't find some of the things suggested, I can't deal with scripts, I don't have six months to take a course. I read the How To's on network security and firewalls and they descended into geekspeak much too fast and far too deeply and I was lost. Remember, I'm your test case--the Windows user who wants to say good-bye to Microsoft but does not want to and will not become a command line/console sort of gal. Mandrake 8 claims to have me in mind. Since I was stumped by the console approach, here's what I did in desperation to get my ports closed on the Internet. I ran draksec as root from a command line and when it came up, I set my security to Medium. I also ran BastilleChooser and picked the Medium level, no server option. Then I went on the Web and back to grc.com and sdesign.com to test my ports. At grc.com all my ports were closed, which was an improvement from when I tested before and my SMTP port was reported open. I turned off some startup process or whatever it's called that had something to do with mail transport. So okay, some progress. At sdesign.com I had fewer ports open than I did before, but I'm still seeing open ports
Re[1] [newbie] fonts in StarOffice
> have you tried importing all the fonts from windows if you've got a dual > boot system? I made that and : 1. Import didn't finish, i had to close the window 2. the windows fonts did not appear in SO, but when I typed the name of the font it seems to be ok 3. I tried 2 or 3 fonts and then SO crashed 4. After when I launch SO, the 'popup' never disappear !! ==> impossible to use it I uninstalled and re-installed SO, same result, same crash after 2 minutes Thanks for your help, & sorry for my english ;o) __ Boîte aux lettres - Caramail - http://www.caramail.com
[newbie] RE: [expert] udma 66????
According to Civilme, mandrake 8 shuts off udma 66 or above on motherboards with the 686 southbridge chip,, and that chip is on every KT133 motherboard I have seen thus far... (it does this to stop a bug in the chip causing you to lose data.) Bet thats your problem, I am waiting for Mdk8.1 to come out in the hope that one of those smart buggars works out a way to work around the problem.. I am in a worse position becaus I have a 7200rpm WESTERN DIGITAL hard disk... and they suck apparently... although on mdk7.2 I get around 29mb/sec on hdparm tests, which apparently isn't that bad., as soon as I find someone to upgrade to my hard drive, I will get an IBM 30 gig or something,,, (probably around the same time that MDK8.1 comes out...) regards Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stephen Poynter Sent: Wednesday, 4 July 2001 8:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] udma 66 Hey everyone, I'm having a little problem getting mandrake 8 with the stock kernel to use my hardrive in udma 66 mode. In the dmesg log it looks as though my udma controller is recognized properly, but when the hard drives are detected it shows them as using only UDMA 33. I have an Epox-7KXA with the KX133 VIA chipset and a Maxtor 20GB ATA66 hard drive. Any suggestions on enabling UDMA 66 demesg output: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 VP_IDE: chipset revision 16 VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx VP_IDE: VIA vt82c686a (rev 21) IDE UDMA66 controller on pci00:07.1 ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd000-0xd007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd008-0xd00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA hda: Maxtor 52049U4, ATA DISK drive hdc: WDC AC33200L, ATA DISK drive hdd: ASUS CD-S500/A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 hda: 40020624 sectors (20491 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=2491/255/63, UDMA(33) hdc: 6346368 sectors (3249 MB) w/256KiB Cache, CHS=6296/16/63, UDMA(33)
RE: [newbie] No sound for NeoMagic 256AV
OK, i found the sndconfig package and installed it. But it didnt work anyway, it said i didnt have a kernel with 'modular sound' enabled. How would go about enabling this in the kernel? Cheers -- Jamie >-- >From: etharp[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 04 July 2001 00:41 >To:Frans Ketelaars; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] No sound for NeoMagic 256AV > >did you try it as root in a all text console? > >On Tuesday 03 July 2001 06:29, Frans Ketelaars wrote: >> "Adams, Jamie" wrote: >> > I dont seem to have the sndconfig program installed, does that not only >> > come with Redhat systems? >> >> No, I have the sndconfig package installed from the 2 CD Mandrake 8.0 >> download distro. >> >> -Frans > > >_ >This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet >delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further >information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call >Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. > _ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service.
Re: [newbie] Internet Security
> > I tried to run the interactive Bastille but I didn't understand the > > options and the explanations were much too sketchy. I don't like to > > make > > decisions like that when I don't understand what I'm doing. So I ran > > BastilleChooser instead and figure it's better than nothing. Why isn't > > Bastille on medium security closing all my ports? I tried to set up a firewall with Bastille, and it locked up so many things that I ended up booting failsafe to remove it all. Then I went back to pmfirewall and ipchains, and things are pretty safe again now. :) Paul
[newbie] dns record
Hi! I need help on my local dns record. Below is my new dns server. I want to create a new record call intranet. But when I use nslookup to test my record it was not found. Need help ... $TTL 86400 @ IN SOA @ root.localhost ( 9 ; serial 28800 ; refresh 7200 ; retry 604800 ; expire 86400 ; ttl ) @ IN NS dns.leaderuniversal.com @ IN MX 2 leaderuniversal.com @ IN A 192.168.118.252 intranetIN A 192.168.118.252 Best Regards, SKLIM
[newbie] Re: xcin not working.
I have installed Mandrake 8.0 a few weeks ago but I haven't been able to
configure it the way I need to yet. I have tried to get help from a local
linux list about installing chinese functinalities, but my problem is not
solved. I hope someone here will be able to help me. :-)
Basically, I need to be able to input different languages (inc. french,
german... but most importantly chinese which requires a special software).
I would use chinese in kmail, abiword and many other common softwares.
Abiword won't even display the chinese in existing .doc files.
in the message below.
CLE stands for Chinese Linux Extension, of which xcin is a part, if I
understand well.
Linuxer is a local linux monthly magazine.
Thanks,
:-)
Anguo
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ok, it's been a while I have been trying to install chinese input without
success. Further help will be appreciated.
Here's the situation:
from Mandrake 8.0 CDs in the June Linuxer issue, I properly installed
everything that could be installed.
In the KDE Control Center, I set the personalization> country and language
to Taiwan. Big5.
Now, all the menus are more or less displayed in chinese and can read my mail
in chinese (even though is some places, especially in Kmail, I have funny
symbols instead of Chinese... but I can cope with that for now).
The problem is that I can not start xcin. Here is the error message I get:
$ xcin
XCIN (Chinese XIM server) version xcin 2.5.2.3.
(module ver: 2831, syscin ver: 2210).
(use "-h" option for help)
xcin: locale "en_US" encoding "iso-8859-1"
xcin: error: /etc/chinese/xcin/xcinrc:
locale section "en_US": DEFAULT_IM: value not specified.
I followed the advice I was given:
>If you want everything to be in Chinese, you can just
>copy /etc/sysconfig/i18n to $HOME/.i18n
>Edit .i18n, changing "en" and "en_US" everywhere to zh_TW.Big5.
>You can set up multiple users, one with English configuration and
>one with Chinese.
here is the file as I modified it:
$home/.i18n
---
SYSFONT=lat0-sun16
LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.Big5
LC_MONETARY=zh_TW.Big5
LANGUAGE=zh_TW.Big5
LC_TIME=zh_TW.Big5
LC_NUMERIC=zh_TW.Big5
LC_COLLATE=zh_TW.Big5
LC_MESSAGES=zh_TW.Big5
LANG=zh_TW.Big5
SYSFONTACM=iso15
It didn't help. To start with the messages in the terminal are illigible.
It's neither english nor chinese. i guess it because of the SYSFONTACM which
is not set properly?
When I start xcin, I have a similar error message (only after copy/paste into
this email, could I read what the message said):
$ xcin
XCIN (¤¤¤å XIM ¿é¤Jªkµ{¦¡) ª©¥» xcin 2.5.2.3¡C
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xcin: °Ï°ì¤Æ³]©w "zh_TW.Big5" ¤º½X "big5"
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>I uninstall the xcin 2.5 in Mandrake and then install the xcin in CLE 1.0.
>It works! I use the same method to solve the Abiword problem. Please try it.
>I hope it will be helpful for you.
I installed Mandrake 8.0 from the 2 cds included in Linuxer. June.
I also have the 2 cds CLE1.0 included in Linuxer, May.
I did:
rpm -i *CLE*
from the second CLE1.0 cd. (there were only virtual links in CD1)
What I don't understand is that: are there different softwares to input
chinese (xcin -installed by default with mandrake- being one and CLE being
another one)???
If so, I must have CLE somewhere installed but I couldn't figure out how to
start it.
Or are both the same thing, just a different version?
Am I supposed to overwrite (upgrade) the one with the other?
Yet, in this case, I guess that the one I have installed is the latest
because it came from the latest published cd. It seems that I have the
2.5.2.3 version of xcin installed.
It is important that I can input chinese using bopomofo (I am still
learning).
Thank you for your help,
an-guo
Re: [newbie] Internet Security
Here's what I did...
I edited the file '/etc/rc.d/rcfirewall', and added rules for the
services that i required, or wanted to block...
It was in the form:
ipchains {rule.}
ipchains {rule...} etc., etc.
Try "man ipchains" and/or search the web for sample
rcfirewall scripts, and how to create them. Might be of use...
note: I now use an old machine (486) with smoothwall installed on it, and it
sits between my local machines and the outside world.. Way easier ;)
Might still have the file somewhere, I'll have a look
G
- Original Message -
From: Judith Miner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 2:57 AM
Subject: [newbie] Internet Security
> First of all, thanks to everyone who shared their opinions on working as
> root. I've printed out a bunch of messages and will be digesting them as
> time allows. For those who wondered why I need to be root so often, it's
> because I'm still very much involved in getting the system set up,
> installing programs, etc., and it seems I have to be root in order to do
> a lot of what needs to be done. Once the system is complete and has a
> chance to settle, I can handle working as user. But for now, it is very
> inconvenient.
>
> My priorities now are first, to firm up my Internet security; second, to
> get my Type 1 fonts working and available to applications; third, to
> figure out what's going on with the printers.
>
> Today I worked on Internet security. I tried some of the things
> suggested and frankly, I don't have a clue. I don't understand the
> directions, I can't find some of the things suggested, I can't deal with
> scripts, I don't have six months to take a course. I read the How
> To's on network security and firewalls and they descended into geekspeak
> much too fast and far too deeply and I was lost.
>
> Remember, I'm your test case--the Windows user who wants to say good-bye
> to Microsoft but does not want to and will not become a command
> line/console sort of gal. Mandrake 8 claims to have me in mind.
>
> Since I was stumped by the console approach, here's what I did in
> desperation to get my ports closed on the Internet. I ran draksec as
> root from a command line and when it came up, I set my security to
> Medium. I also ran BastilleChooser and picked the Medium level, no
> server option. Then I went on the Web and back to grc.com and
> sdesign.com to test my ports. At grc.com all my ports were closed, which
> was an improvement from when I tested before and my SMTP port was
> reported open. I turned off some startup process or whatever it's called
> that had something to do with mail transport. So okay, some progress. At
> sdesign.com I had fewer ports open than I did before, but I'm still
> seeing open ports at 631 (tcp) and 6000 (tcp X11).
>
> I got the same results whether I went online as root or as user.
>
> How can I get those ports closed? Clear directions much appreciated! If
> you tell me exactly where to look and what to edit, I can do it, but I
> can't figure it out on my own.
>
> I tried to run the interactive Bastille but I didn't understand the
> options and the explanations were much too sketchy. I don't like to make
> decisions like that when I don't understand what I'm doing. So I ran
> BastilleChooser instead and figure it's better than nothing. Why isn't
> Bastille on medium security closing all my ports?
>
> Thanks very much for any help you can give.
> --Judy Miner
>
>
