Re: [newbie] Ad Blocker for Linux? (Mandrake 8.0)
On Monday 16 July 2001 11:57, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: There's an article about this on MandrakeForum.com right now. On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 01:42, Jim Lynch wrote: Anybody know of a good ad blocker for Linux? I tried WebWasher but it didn't work right. Is there anything else out there? I hate being stuck with so many obnoxious ads flashing at me. Thanks in advance if you can point me in the right direction. :-) Jim I use SAB, (check out the Forum as mentioned above), esay to compile and install. I compiled it and created /usr/bin/sab, put the config files and the executable in their, check the permissions, and enter the startup and shutdown commands in the ppp up/down scripts. Works for me a treat. It also has java control, and cookie blocker. Dave.
Re: [newbie] 486-dx4-100 and MDK 7.2
At 15.53 17/07/01, Brandon Caudle wrote: shouldn't have a problem!just remeber to not load any services not needed on startup! ~Brandon wrong: LM 7.2 is compiled for i586 (Pentium). Use 7.0 instead. Olaf Marzocchi Configuration: Celeron 333A, 128 MB, 6+3 GB HD, Yamaha OPL3-SA3 ISA soundcard, Realtek Ethernet, i740 video card running at 1024@16bpp, Toshiba CD and LG 8080B CD-RW hda1: win 98, hda5 Linux ReiserFS, hda6 swap; hdb1: FAT32 with datas
[newbie] Picky sound questions
Morning, folks! I have two obnoxiously small concerns about how sound works on my LM8.0 machine, which has a VIA sound device using the VT82C686 [Apollo Super AC97/Audio] module (or, at least, so claims harddrake). First, every now and then I get a clunk from the speakers, as if somebody had echoed one byte of data to /dev/audio. I haven't noticed any patterns about that, unfortunately. Second, I wonder how to configure my sound device to play from more than one source at once. I know the sound card can do that; under Windows, application and system sounds could play over top of winamp with no problem. Under Linux, though, when I close XMMS, I get all the sounds queued up since XMMS got its lock on the sound card. These are both more like annoyances than actual complaints. Still, maybe there's an easy fix... Thanks! -- Dan Ray Director Custom Applications Triangle Research, Inc. http://www.triangleresearch.com
[newbie] XFree 4.1 from Cooker Installation
Dear all, I have downloaded the XFree86 4.1.0 RPMs from Mandrake Cooker and installed them using the Software Manager. When looking in the Mandrake Control Centre after I restarted X there is no option to choose 4.1 instead of 4.03. How can I select and configure Linux to use XFree86 4.1 now? Thanks. Norman
Re: [newbie] RE: Use of Linux (in public schools)
yeah but our school is 3800 students alot to teach linux to, since i my self have to study! now we do have 200 linux boxes but most kids don't touch them because they have no clue as to what to do. I teach kids how to use the machines and they do, they find it very intresting but i won't be able to teach all the kids, hopefully the kids i introduce to linux will introduce it to thier friends! Brandon From: James S Bear [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] RE: Use of Linux (in public schools) Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 06:55:55 +0500 We're a very, very small school but have about 1 machine for every 2 kids K- 12. Last year, all of our PC's were dual boot, winders and redhat. This year, I switched to Mandrake and our new machines are straight mandrake. Dropping winders on the new ones saved enough cash to buy another PC. I like that. Quoting Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]: All of Mexico and Montpelier Public School in Montpelier, ND--where I teach. jim All of Mexico I read on www.theregister.co.uk that they also go after a similar setup that is based in Australia. A PC's for the poorest project, bringing PC's to the poor people (with winders installed) for free. And M$ wants a large fee from these poor people. Unfortunately the article disappeared from the register site. Paul Ignorance is underrated _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
RE: [newbie] Sap and Linux
As a member of the group that set up the SAP at the company where i work, and as a five year end user of this software i agree; nobody enjoys working with sap. It is a too complex software; the interface and the help system is confusing and too rigid. The basic idea of this software is wonderful, but i think, it still has a long way ... By the way, in our case the consultants got the real training with us, and it is practice; the only way to learn it. Daryl Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] con fecha 15/07/2001 12:57:43 PM Destinatarios: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (cci: Freddy R. Mena/TA/EDC) Asunto: RE: [newbie] Sap and Linux Probably the major ERP* package in the world, supplied by the german software company and configured by an army of overpaid, and sometimes over-rated, consultants. It is difficult to imagine how sap could be used or 'enjoyed' by a single-user. regards Daryl Johnson Proplan Associates 07710 908817 *enterprise resource planning - oh and often a multi-million dollar investment. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Marcia Waller Sent: 15 July 2001 15:40 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Sap and Linux Dear all, My husband says that he works with Sap at his work and he really is enthralled with it. Does anyone know anything about Sap and how Linux can work with it? I have done a search on it and found some interesting web pages but do not know exactly what Sap is. I am curious. Thanks, Marcia
RE: [newbie] Next replacement needed: CUTEFTP
I like Kbear. -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Rigby Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 10:24 PM To: Newbie Subject: [newbie] Next replacement needed: CUTEFTP Hi folks, What advice as a replacement for CuteFTP in M8? -- Cheers, John Fablor now Webhosting?? What on earth for?? Info here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (it's only an Autoresponder) :-)
[newbie] Open GL issues, using NT proxy
I just installed M8 on my system. I have a VooDoo3 3000 card. The normal video works fine, but I cannot get any OpenGL software to run. (Example: Tux Racer, ect) This is the error message I get when I try to run an OpenGL program: XLib: extension GLX missing on display :0.0 XLib: extension GLX missing on display :0.0 Couldn't set GL mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual Any ideas? I have the glide for Voodoo3 installed, and the Xfree86 GL lib installed. Also, I'm trying to get this thing to talk to the net through a Windows NT4 proxy server. Anyone figured out how to do it? It's driving me nuts. Thanks In Advance Peter Marchetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup. - unknown, but wise
Re: [newbie] HTML Bugs in Email - Sure Can!
John, Thanks for the response! I looked a little more at the site and found a statement in the FAQ (first question, IIRC) that confirms these Web bugs can also be in HTML email. I see you're using KMail under Linux, which gives you a lot of options (kmail filter, procmail) to delete HTML mail. I'll have to look into what I can do under Netscape Navigator 3.0x (until I migrate my email to Linux). Randy Kramer John Rigby wrote: I do not accept HTML email at all since experiencing a demo by a friend of mine. I don't believe in aiding scriptidiots with ideas, so enuff said. The trouble is that it only needs one intelligent sicko to create the methodology and then it is passed around and the idiots start using it. BUT, it sure worked! It startled me and I am no stranger to these things. I thought I was being basically paranoid - then I found out I wasn't!! :-) Think it isn't happening? Install the detector and visit all your favourite respectable big Sites -- Cheers, John Fablor now Webhosting?? What on earth for?? Info here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (it's only an Autoresponder) :-)
[newbie] What it does during boot?
In order to became a real Linux expert (ehe ehe) I nedd to know what every unix (and Linux, tell me every differencies if there are) system does during boot. As far as I know, everything starts with MBR, then fstab, then the kernel is loaded and devices recognized. After that? Please tell me the EXACT order, so I can modify the right config files. Thank you very much. Olaf Configuration: Celeron 333A, 128 MB, 6+3 GB HD, Yamaha OPL3-SA3 ISA soundcard, Realtek Ethernet, i740 video card running at 1024@16bpp, Toshiba CD and LG 8080B CD-RW hda1: win 98, hda5 Linux ReiserFS, hda6 swap, hda7 ReiserFS (/home); hdb1: FAT32 with datas
Re: [newbie] vmware(trying to install Windows95)
Bootdisc errors are often due to a faulty disc (either the software on it or the disc itself). Try another disc. On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 00:08, Marcia Waller wrote: On Monday 16 July 2001 22:36, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Have you got the latest version of VMware? You need 2.0.4 for it to work with 2.4 kernels, as used in LM8. On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 05:53, Marcia Waller wrote: Dear All, I have LM8. I had LM 7.2 and had vmware setup with Windows95 running on that. Now, I decided to install my vmware on my LM8, which is done and hopefully configured. Also, the license key was supposed to be installed for me but I had to reinstall it anyway. Now, I am following directions to install my Windows 95 with bootdisk and all I get is a system disk error when I try to install. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you very much. Sincerely, Marcia Yes, I have the latest vmware. I have the vmware installed fine however, I am having problems installing Windows 95 as I mention above. Thanks for the help. 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
Re: [newbie] InteractiveBastille killed my sound!
On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 20:54, etharp wrote: this might be beating a dead horse, but is the mixer set to a reasonable level? I have the same sound card, and while it appeared everything was getting setup, the vol. was so low that ! could not hear sound. I kept failing sndconfig since i could not here the sounds. That was one of the first things I checked. The mixer levels are fine. The problem is that sound works beautifully in everything except the GNOME/Sawfish environment itself. By this I mean that Sawfish sounds (e.g. when a window closes) and GNOME sounds (e.g. sounds associated to the panel) do not work. Esound is running as always. If I run another app, like Downloader for X, aviplay (part of avifile) or Xmovie, I can get sound as usual. Some other apps, like XMMS, don't work in GNOME. Sound works perfectly in KDE, including programmes that didn't work in GNOME like XMMS. As I said before, this is the second time this has happened, both times occurring after I configured my system with InteractiveBastille (version 1.2.0). I managed to fix things the first time with a Freq2 install. The firewall component is not the cause, AFAIK. I checked the rules, and there is nothing blocking ports locally. I then fully disabled the firewall, yet the problem persists. I am beginning to think I should just reinstall. I am loathe to do this: it is such a WinDOS solution. I would also lose the extra security provided by InteractiveBastille. I would rather see this problem fixed. That way when somebody else has a similar problem we'll already know the answer. IMHO, this looks like a nasty bug in Bastille that should be fixed, not forgotten about. On Monday 16 July 2001 22:19, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 08:00, civileme wrote: BIG SNIP Here's my complete lsmod output: [root@YAMA Data]# lsmod Module Size Used by vmnet 14720 3 vmmon 16880 0 (unused) sb 7136 0 sb_lib 33120 0 [sb] uart401 6224 0 [sb_lib] sound 54256 0 [sb_lib uart401] soundcore 3504 5 [sb_lib sound] af_packet 11280 1 (autoclean) 8139too11696 1 (autoclean) nls_iso8859-1 2848 2 (autoclean) nls_cp850 3584 2 (autoclean) vfat9040 2 (autoclean) fat30720 0 (autoclean) [vfat] supermount 32496 6 (autoclean) ide-scsi7568 0 reiserfs 165760 1 sd_mod 11048 0 (unused) scsi_mod 86036 2 [ide-scsi sd_mod] I see at least 5 entries related to sound -- is that normal? When I type service alsa status I get Sound loaded. The same output occurs when I type service sound status. In the services section of Drakconf (the X version), I noticed that alsa is stopped but set to load on boot, and sound is both running and configured to load on startup. While in GNOME I can get sound in programmes like Downloader for X (nt), xmovie and aviplay (part of avifile, an avi movie player). This is without esound or arts loaded. XMMS refuses to work, though.] OK that sounds like the alsa drivers worked and then the oss drivers got loaded on top. The behavior with XMMS is typical of that. Try stopping alsa at boot (i. e. telling it not to start), and see what happens. I figured you would ask this (since I have read your other responses to sound problems on the list), so as soon as I fired off my above message I went to DrakConf and disabled the alsa service from loading at boot, leaving sound as the only sound-related service that loads at boot. After a reboot, there was no change :-( And if that produces an improvement chkconfig --del alsa and dhange etc/modules.conf to alias the sb driver from oss. Civileme And he backup plan is pnpdump isapnp.conf sndconfig Sndconfig was the first thing I tried when the problem arose. Just in case, I did the pnpdump and tried sndconfig again -- still no luck. Here's the pnpdump output (i.e. the contents of isapnp.conf): # $Id: pnpdump_main.c,v 1.25 2001/01/06 20:45:58 fox Exp $ # Release isapnptools-1.24 # # This is free software, see the sources for details. # This software has NO WARRANTY, use at your OWN RISK # # For details of the output file format, see isapnp.conf(5) # # For latest information and FAQ on isapnp and pnpdump see: # http://www.roestock.demon.co.uk/isapnptools/ # # Compiler flags: -DREALTIME -DHAVE_PROC -DENABLE_PCI -DHAVE_SCHED_SETSCHEDULER -DHAVE_NANOSLEEP -DWANT_TO_VALIDATE # # Trying port address 0273 # Board 1 has serial identifier 8a 03 c3 2a 46 e4 00 8c 0e # (DEBUG) (READPORT 0x0273)
[newbie] imwheel = no mouse: Thanks...
To Charles and Siro Thanks for your help. Just getting to a terminal without a mouse was great! I didn't uninstall imwheel but as Charles suggested, I ran mousedrake and reconfigured my standard PS/2 mouse which is now working fine again. Had another go at trying to get the cordless intellimouse to work but no luck yet. At least I can use my std mouse in the meantime. I'll get around to the intellimouse someday ;-). Meanwhile, I just want to get to know Mandrake and learn more console commands. Thanks again. Cheers skinky -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Siro Belza Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 7:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] imwheel = no mouse Hello, I have just started my computer and Linux booted OK (see below) but no mouse at all, not even with the standard mouse after rebooting. As I don't know L-Mandrake at all, I can't seem to navigate anywhere from the desktop using the keyboard (in KDE). Is there any way that I can uninstall imwheel without using the mouse to do it? I fear I will have to reinstall the OS (eeek!). I don't think that uninstalling imwheel is going to help, but try it. To uninstall imwheel: -switch to a terminal by pressing Alt+Ctrl+F1 at the same time -switch to root with the command su and enter your password -type rpm -e imwheel (this will uninstall the imwheel rpm package) Try using your old PS/2 mouse again to see if it works. Once you have your old mouse working, use the Mandrake Control Center (the icon is located on your desktop) to install your new microsoft intellimouse. If your old mouse turns out not to work, you will need to install a mouse in text-mode: switch to a terminal and run harddrake to configure it. Before you uninstall imwheel. From the commandline as describrd above run mousedrake to reconfigure your mouse. Charles _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] RPM failures
John Rigby wrote: Hi folks, No wonder so many people do give up on Linux! :-) I have downloaded for the second time ( in case of error) the IBM WEbsphere package and attempted to install it. All of the responses are fine all the way EXCEPT that the program is nowhere to be seen. Yet if I try to install again I'm told it is there. If I uninstall I can then re-install and go around the same rosebush! It has also happened with IglooFTP just now, so it isn't a faulty IBM D/load. And this is the easy stuff! I haven't started on the fact that my soundcard is recognised and no sound at all. My printer was bought especially for Linux compatability and it half works ( Lexmark Z32) I have RT$%#$%%M and tried MANY times to solve these things myself I have noted many errors in the destructions which I am notarising to forward when I finally get through it all, especially the problems with bug-fixes that Newbies certainly would not be expecting to require before the install would work! With all of this in mind, I would like to ask the other REAL Newbies ( non-commandliners) on the list to send me the gotchas that caught them when starting out and I will put them into a report for Mandrake to help others along the way. It can be done! We can escape that other one! AND take others with us! :-) Meanbwhile, any help on the above greatly appreciated - I opened my expanded mouth and said No worries - I'll just switch over to Linux (Mandrake - the easy one!) over the weekend and get the new Site up in a flash... -- Cheers, John Fablor now Webhosting?? What on earth for?? Info here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (it's only an Autoresponder) :-) Hello John, WebShpere gets installed in /opt folder. Ensure that you install WebSphere as root from the console window. My copy is working very well. After installing it, open a console and type in: hpbuilder -e Press the [enter] key. Give it a few moments start up. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 su is not the root of your problem but the start of a new journey
Re: [newbie] Linux Magazine-8.0 Installation impossible!!Help appreciated
MACK DROFWARC wrote: I just bought 8.0 on Linux magazine's subscription version Linux-Mandrake 8.0 Traktopel-i586 20010418 13:31. I have a smallish harddrive and as such, always format my drive and run ms-dos from disk, then use MSCDEX.exe with oakcdrom.sys and a description of oemcd001 because my computer does not support CD rom booting. I have tried rawrite with th cdrom.img file, and it says the cd does not appear to be an installation CD. Ihave tried a Dos version rawrite unsuccesfully, and I have tried using D:\dosutils\autorun.bat, which is non-existent, that is, my installation instructions pointed me to something that is'nt there! I am running an 808 meg hdd (ouch!), a 32 meg RAM ,44X CD-rom (ATAPI? ithink) and a 188 Pentium MMX. If it is possible for someone smarter than myself to help it would be greatly appreciated! Also, please excuse my typing errors-- its around midnight and i'm burnt out. -- Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Either way, you are going will have to connect an external CD ROM to your computer. Without it the installation will not continue. If this is imposssible, try downloading the entire Mandrake ISO image file from an ftp site and run it from your hard drive. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 su is not the root of your problem but the start of a new journey
Re: [newbie] RPM failures
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 15:42, John Rigby wrote:
Hi folks,
No wonder so many people do give up on Linux! :-)
I have downloaded for the second time ( in case of error) the IBM
WEbsphere package and attempted to install it.
All of the responses are fine all the way EXCEPT that the program is
nowhere to be seen. Yet if I try to install again I'm told it is
there. If I uninstall I can then re-install and go around the same
rosebush!
What do you mean by the program is nowhere to be seen? The RPM is
installed, right? Try this from a command line:
rpm -q packagename
Replace packagename with the name of the IBM package (without the
.x86.rpm on the end). If it is installed, it should say so.
Which particular IBM WebSphere app are you installing? WebSphere refers to
a family of apps. If you are installing the HomePage Builder, you need IBM's
own Wine package (as described on their web site). Also, you can't use this
app if you have XFree 4.x (you need 3.x or lower). Unfortunately, IBM chose
not to display this clearly on their site, so I had to find out the hard
way. To find out your version of X, type X -version at a command line.
--
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
John,
I have included the instructions including where you can find the wine
rpm for hpbuilder below:
IBM WebSphere Homepage Builder for Linux
Version 4.0 for Evaluation
Release Note
(README File)
Licensed Materials - Property of IBM (C) COPYRIGHT IBM Corp. 2000.
All rights reserved. US Government Users Restricted Rights - Use,
duplication or disclosure restricted.
Thank you for your interest in IBM WebSphere Homepage Builder for Linux.
The free trial period of WebArt Designer, Web Animator, and File
Transfer
program will expire 60 days after installation. The number of sample
files is
limited. The full version of this product contains many more
sample files,
multimedia tutorial, online user's guide, and the pdf version of
user's guide
for printing.
Note) IBM WebSphere Homepage Builder is formerly known as IBM
NetObjects
TopPage.
1. IBM WebSphere Homepage Builder for Linux
===
Version 4.00 2000/Jul
IBM WebSphere Homepage Builder is a Web page authoring and design
software
program suitable for both experts and beginners without any HTML
knowledge
or programming skills. It contains all the tools necessary for
creating a Web
page, including WebArt Designer which lets you create logos and
buttons, and a
Web Animator which lets you create animated GIF files in just a few
simple
steps.
2. Features
===
Easy
* Personalize your own logos and hot link buttons with a medley of
design
effects.
* Move effortlessly through each step, guided by an Interactive
tutorial.
* Type in text, drag and drop graphics, build frames, identify
links, and
more! It's easy!
* Select over 200 graphics, images and sounds from the huge built-in
library.
* Cut and paste documents, spreadsheets, tables and text into your
designs.
Instant
* Create lifelike animations from still pictures and graphics.
* Design your site with over 40 built-in templates, or start creating
it from
scratch!
* Personalize your site with pictures from digital cameras ,
scanners,
or images in .bmp or .tiff format.
* Electrify each page with the latest Web technology -
Cascading Style
Sheets, Java applets, and Dynamic HTML.
* Enhance the impact of your site with exciting special
effects and
multimedia features.
Advanced
* Preview each page on the Web - while you build your site.
* Automatically check for spelling errors and broken links.
* Upload your Web pages to the Internet with easy, interactive file
transfers.
* Keep in touch with your viewers through on-line forms and
questionnaires.
* Update your site and add new pages as often as you like.
3. Minimum System Requirements
==
The machine on which you install Homepage Builder must meet the
following
system requirements:
Hardware
* Pentium (166 MHz or more recommended)
* Memory: 64 megabytes or more is recommended
* Disk space: Required disk space will vary depending on the package
to be
installed.
Package name Package sizeRequired disk space
--
-
hpbuilder-4.0-1 30 MB 64 MB
hpbuilder-docs-4.0-1 11 MB 48 MB
Re: [newbie] RPM failures
John Rigby wrote: Hi Sridah, On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 16:08, you manipulated electrons to produce: What do you mean by the program is nowhere to be seen? The RPM is installed, right? Try this from a command line: rpm -q packagename ** Yup - says same as the GUI Manager: is installed!!?? BUT no search finds it, either in RPM or Dir or Desktop start. Which particular IBM WebSphere app are you installing? WebSphere refers to a family of apps. If you are installing the HomePage Builder, you need IBM's own Wine package (as described on their web site). Also, you can't use this app if you have XFree 4.x (you need 3.x or lower). Unfortunately, IBM chose not to display this clearly on their site, so I had to find out the hard way. To find out your version of X, type X -version at a command line. *** Xfree 3.3.6 as supplied with my new M8 Powerpak. So, does this mean I should upgrade Xfree anyway? As this means really that HPBuilder is really a Windoze program, I'm no longer THAT keen!! I thought it was the other way around. I understood it started life as TopPage(?) and was bought by IBM and ported to Doze! But where has IglooFTP gone, as well?? -- Cheers? John Fablor now Webhosting?? What on earth for?? Info here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (it's only an Autoresponder) :-) Try opening a console window. Type in: su and then your password. Type in: updatedb and press the [enter] key. Sit back, as this can take several minutes. In response to upgrading XFree, you do not have to upgrade all the time. Some cards work poorly with the higher version of XFree. In my case, I am sticking with 3.3.x Roman Registered Linux User #179293 su is not the root of your problem but the start of a new journey
Re: [newbie] Open GL issues, using NT proxy
Marchetti, Peter wrote: I just installed M8 on my system. I have a VooDoo3 3000 card. The normal video works fine, but I cannot get any OpenGL software to run. (Example: Tux Racer, ect) This is the error message I get when I try to run an OpenGL program: XLib: extension GLX missing on display :0.0 XLib: extension GLX missing on display :0.0 Couldn't set GL mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual Any ideas? I have the glide for Voodoo3 installed, and the Xfree86 GL lib installed. Also, I'm trying to get this thing to talk to the net through a Windows NT4 proxy server. Anyone figured out how to do it? It's driving me nuts. Thanks In Advance Peter Marchetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup. - unknown, but wise Peter, Open your Software manager and in the search field, type in mesa When you find it, select it and install it and the OpenGL will work. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 su is not the root of your problem but the start of a new journey
Re: [newbie] 486-dx4-100 and MDK 7.2
as I understand it Mandrake is all optimized for at least pentium class machines and should not be tried on anythinh less than an i586 On Tuesday 17 July 2001 09:53, Brandon Caudle wrote: shouldn't have a problem!just remeber to not load any services not needed on startup! ~Brandon From: Dan Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] 486-dx4-100 and MDK 7.2 Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 00:13:20 -0400 Hi all, My P 233 seems to have fried, can Mdk 7.2 be installed on a 486-dx4-100 ? Thanks in advance. -- Regards, Dan Gordon Powered by KMail Registered Linux user #217868 _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
[newbie] Changing the default directory of WebSphere
John, Rather than having WebSphere install to /opt folder, use the following relocate command to change the default directory. To change the default top directory, use the --relocate option of the rpm command. # rpm -ivh --relocate /opt=Top Directory Package File Name E.g., # rpm -ivh --relocate /opt=/usr/local hpbuilder-4.0-1.i386.rpm Roman Registered Linux User #179293 su is not the root of your problem but the start of a new journey
Re: [newbie] 486-dx4-100 and MDK 7.2
At 06:43 PM 07/17/2001 -0400, etharp wrote: as I understand it Mandrake is all optimized for at least pentium class machines and should not be tried on anythinh less than an i586 Actually, there is a release 7.0 for i486 processors. We had several workstations (486/66 with 64 MB ram and 3 1 + GB hard drives) that were running the i486 release of Mandrake 7.0. They were kind of slow, but they did work. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida
Re: [newbie] Managing Zip, CD-ROM, and floppy drives
Judy, once you do a umount on the zip drive you must place another disk in the drive and then type in console mount /mnt/zip assuming that is what it is called in your fstab file. so if you umount you have to then mount again. This should work an unlimited number of times in any session AFAIK. Dennis M. On Tuesday 17 July 2001 16:07, you wrote: I reinstalled Mandrake 8, redoing my partitions, and that went well. I was finally able to se up tinyfirewall, which did not work on my previous installation, and I tested it at grc.com, sdesign.com, and scan.sygatetech.com. All my ports were invisible at all the sites. Yy! snip My questions have to do with removable media, such as Zip disks, CD-ROMs, and floppies. I have an internal ATAPI 100-meg Zip drive. It is automatically mounted by the supermount feature (I guess) and is /mnt/zip. If I put a disk in I can copy files. To remove the disk, I snip My eternal gratitude to anyone who can help me get these drives to work the way I want them to work! --Judy Miner
Re: [newbie] Managing Zip, CD-ROM, and floppy drives
I was able to change permissions for judy (user) with LinuxConf. I gave myself all the permissions I could. I still get annoying messages when I try to do things logged in as judy. Doing su at a console doesn't help alot because unless I know the command that brings up a graphical screen, I'm lost. But I'm plugging away. I may misuse the proper words here getting confused between linux and windows but I have been looking in the menu on kde.finding the target file...and thus I have the file name which is the command line. Linux doesn't seem to require the entire path of the file either which greatly surprised me. So to run kpackage I simply type kpackage after logging onto console as su. Tazmun
Re: [newbie] RPM failures
I don't get what you're trying to do here. How are you searching? If its installed, you should be able to type the relavant command (IIRC, it's hpbuilder) to load the app. * I suspect it has something to do with WINE and how it is all supposed to startup as well. I have not learned yet how to start it from docs available: vis: does one start WINE in some way first? It does show up as installed, it just doesn't start. It did not add itself to the Desktop Menu. I am attempting to start it from the Konq File Manager Directory. It did start life as TopPage, a WinDOS app. Winelib was used to port it to GNU/Linux. It works quite well, so there's nothing to be afraid of. ** IF I can ever get to it ! :-) But where has IglooFTP gone, as well?? * I found it. It also did not add itself to the Menu. What I have learned from MANUAL searching painfully, dir by dir, is that some install packages install wherever they like - not in the origin dir and often in strange places. Some go to /root, some to odd sub-dirs. Igloo went to root/user/local/igloo. Example is trying to install Official Lexmark Printer Drivers: An odd message comes up under RPM saying delete package under Console It appears to have installed - but doesn't. My Printer still says generic APPARENTLY RPM also will not install over an existing program. Worse, it won't tell you that it is not listing under installable because of this. It simply doesn't show up under Pack Mgr search. Sometimes adding a new source works, sometimes it does not. This I learned by deduction and cross-checked with some amazement to be so. Thus, yet another problem in getting an install done, to look for. On this mornings bootup, I suffered the same problem again with SCREEM. I downloaded the fixes as advised, reinstalled SCREEM and it seemed to work ok, yesterday. This AM it froze on startup ( why it was starting up resident I do not know) and would not be killed - leaving the same white block in centre screen left over from its splash . To remove it I had to delete SCREEM again. Cheers, John Fablor now Webhosting?? What on earth for?? Info here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (it's only an Autoresponder) :-)
Re: [newbie] Linux Magazine-8.0 Installation impossible!!Help appreciated
Romanator wrote: MACK DROFWARC wrote: I am running an 808 meg hdd (ouch!), a 32 meg RAM ,44X CD-rom (ATAPI? ithink) and a 188 Pentium MMX. Either way, you are going will have to connect an external CD ROM to your computer. Without it the installation will not continue. If this is imposssible, try downloading the entire Mandrake ISO image file from an ftp site and run it from your hard drive. I think we misunderstand the problem. He has a CD Rom (listed and based on his reference to MSCDEX) -- I'm not sure it's external, but neither do I see what difference that would make. Randy Kramer
[newbie] Sony vaio F701/X problems
I am trying to get a sony vaio f701 working with X. I have tried using Xconfigurator but using the NeoMagic drivers the best I can get is a corrupted screen at 640*480 using 8 bit. Anyone got this laptop working? Regards, ben *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ * Ben Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED]+44 (0)7970 269 522 * * Campaign Against proper English, Dyslexia division * * Homepagehttp://www.gifford.co.uk/~bedwards * * i-Contact Progressive Videohttp://www.videonetwork.org * * Smashing the Corporate image http://www.subvertise.org * * Bristol's radical newshttp://www.bristle.co.uk * * Open Directory Project http://www.dmoz.org * *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+
Re: [newbie] Managing Zip, CD-ROM, and floppy drives
tazmun wrote: I was able to change permissions for judy (user) with LinuxConf. I gave myself all the permissions I could. I still get annoying messages when I try to do things logged in as judy. Doing su at a console doesn't help alot because unless I know the command that brings up a graphical screen, I'm lost. But I'm plugging away. I may misuse the proper words here getting confused between linux and windows but I have been looking in the menu on kde.finding the target file...and thus I have the file name which is the command line. Linux doesn't seem to require the entire path of the file either which greatly surprised me. So to run kpackage I simply type kpackage after logging onto console as su. We all misuse words at times, and I'm pretty much a newbie to. Just FYI, su stands for switch user. By default you switch to root, but you can type su tazmun to switch to user tazmun. So, I guess I'm saying logging on as su is not standard usage. YMMV. Also, you're right, Linux doesn't need a fully qualified filename for an executable if it's on the path. I should explain more about path, but you understand the general idea from your Windows days. For the specific differences, I'm learning those to. (The first one being that the pwd is not on the path, which is why you must use ./filename for an executable in the pwd (unless the pwd also happens to be on the path). It seems like I should say something profound now about being on the path. I'll have to think about it. ;-) Hope this helps a little, Randy Kramer
[newbie] Teleport a full website to your harddisk
Hello all. There are Windows programs (like Teleport) which permits you browse offline a full website (with all links in n sublevels). Do you know any for Linux? Thanks. -- Juan Carlos Conde e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Valladolid (Spain)Running Linux Mandrake 8.0 Linux Registered User: 219425 - http://counter.li.org/ __ mensaje enviado desde http://www.iespana.es emails (pop)-paginas web (espacio illimitado)-agenda-favoris (bookmarks)-foros
Re: [newbie] Linux Magazine-8.0 Installation impossible!!Help appreciated
On Tuesday 17 July 2001 07:43 pm, Randy Kramer wrote: Romanator wrote: MACK DROFWARC wrote: I am running an 808 meg hdd (ouch!), a 32 meg RAM ,44X CD-rom (ATAPI? ithink) and a 188 Pentium MMX. Either way, you are going will have to connect an external CD ROM to your computer. Without it the installation will not continue. If this is imposssible, try downloading the entire Mandrake ISO image file from an ftp site and run it from your hard drive. I think we misunderstand the problem. He has a CD Rom (listed and based on his reference to MSCDEX) -- I'm not sure it's external, but neither do I see what difference that would make. Randy Kramer Maybe some one else wants to a stab at it? Roman Registered Linux User #179293 su is not the root of your problem but the start of a new journey
[newbie] Floppy Problem
I has recently installed Mandrake 8 download version on my system. After the installation, everything runs fine except my floppy drive. It cannot read from or write to any floppy disk with ext2 filetype at both root and user account, but it can access any Windows-formatted disk. My /etc/fstab has following line: /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 So I edit the line (after backup the original) to: /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=ext2,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 After the change, I now can read write file to ext2 floppy, but can't access the Windows disk anymore. From what I read from some books, the original setup is capable of accessing both filetypes. Or am I wrong? If not, what change should I make? ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca
Re: [newbie] Ad Blocker for Linux? (Mandrake 8.0)
Konqueror can kill JavaScript, but it appears to kill all JavaScript. The Galeon option appears to kill pop-ups specifically. Is that correct? And while I ponder Konqueror, I have one other question: I have Enable Web Shortcuts turned on, and I _thought_ this would allow me to type, say av and go directly to altavista. Instead, Konqueror sends it to Google as a search term. Should that happen? Miark - Original Message - From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Benjamin Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Ad Blocker for Linux? (Mandrake 8.0) Konqueror in KDE 2.2b1 has this feature as well. The popup windows are created with Javascript -- Konqueror and Galeon can block this particular Javascript call while leaing the rest intact. Note, however, that there are some legitimate uses for popup windows that this feature will block (since it can't tell what's an ad and what's not). On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 02:35, Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear Jim: Try Galeon, the browser that uses Mozilla's Gecko engine. It has a fabulous feature (Settings, Preferences, Advanced, Filtering) called: Allow pop-ups. You uncheck it and, bingo, all those horrible ads are gone (e.g. at www.real.com). Besides, Galeon is a great browser with all the features of Mozilla and then some. You'll need Mozilla AND Galeon. Reall all about it at: http://galeon.sourceforge.net Benjamin. -- 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] MandrakeFreq for 7.2
I'm not clear on how MandrakeFreq for Mandrake 7.2 should be used. Some questions: 1. Last time I reinstalled, I installed Mandrake 7.2, then I repeated the installation procedure with the MandrakeFreq CD. Was this the proper approach? (On another computer, I wiped Mandrake 7.2 off the disk and then installed from the MandrakeFreq CD, but I think I got less than a complete system -- we haven't been using that system so I don't know how many problems it may have.) (Both installs were several months ago (thank goodness), so I'm a little hazy on the details.) 2. (For future reference) Is this the same way that the MandrakeFreq update for 8.0 should be used with Mandrake 8.0? Randy Kramer
[newbie] Gates or Novell (was Use of Linux (in public schools))
It was Tue, 17 Jul 2001 07:53:27 -0400 when Brandon Caudle wrote: Personally, I don't like Bill Gates, nor his company. And If it came to where I had to chose Netware or 2000 Server, I would go with novell just cause it isn't Microsoft! Brandon Caudle Guess why I did get the Novell CNE certificate, and decided against MCSE... Paul -- Government: when they make a joke it's a law, and every time they make a law it's a joke. http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.5.0 ** http://www.care2.com - when you care **
Re: [newbie] Joysticks
On Tuesday 17 July 2001 05:04, s wrote: On Monday 16 July 2001 09:03 pm, you wrote: On Tuesday 17 July 2001 02:25, s wrote: Can anyone brief me on the set up of a joystick? If you're using a 2.4 kernel, add the following to /etc/modules.conf... # Joystick alias char-major-13 joydev ns558 yourJoystickModule, e.g. analog That should be it. Good luck. Thanks, that helped some. I do have the modules loading, but descent3 still doesn't recognize it, nor harddrake. I had read joystick.txt in /Documentation and it made a little more sense this time. I've tried a few of the js=type, but I still don't have use of my joystick. jstest says no devices found (but I'm not sure that is made and installed okay). The faq states that the /dev/jsx must not be there, but they are with the major and minor characters as specified, as are the events. I checked just to be sure, and joysticks are compiled into the kernel as a module (obviously). Using 2.4.3-20mdk and X version 4.0.3. (I checked in windows, and tho I don't have any games that I could test it with, I could do the calibration thing. So the hardware is functioning.) I've read where some info might be required in the XF86Config-4 file (but the referenced were for 3.3.6 and XF86Config). Is this still necessary? If so, can I see yours? (Any other suggestions would be appreciated also.) TIA, -s You don't have to add anything to the XF86Config-4 file. Raider Pro isn't listed in joystick.txt, so which module are you loading? What sort of SoundBlaster card do you have? Your problem might be something to do with the PNP setup. I have an AWE64 ISA PnP and my /etc/isapnp.conf looks like this. Look in particular at the Game section. # $Id: pnpdump_main.c,v 1.25 2001/01/06 20:45:58 fox Exp $ # Release isapnptools-1.24 # # This is free software, see the sources for details. # This software has NO WARRANTY, use at your OWN RISK # # For details of the output file format, see isapnp.conf(5) # # For latest information and FAQ on isapnp and pnpdump see: # http://www.roestock.demon.co.uk/isapnptools/ # # Compiler flags: -DREALTIME -DHAVE_PROC -DENABLE_PCI -DHAVE_SCHED_SETSCHEDULER -DHAVE_NANOSLEEP -DWANT_TO_VALIDATE # # Trying port address 0273 # Board 1 has serial identifier d6 06 ea d5 ce c5 00 8c 0e # (DEBUG) (READPORT 0x0273) (ISOLATE CLEAR) (IDENTIFY *) (VERBOSITY 2) (CONFLICT (IO FATAL)(IRQ FATAL)(DMA FATAL)(MEM FATAL)) # or WARNING # Card 1: (serial identifier d6 06 ea d5 ce c5 00 8c 0e) # Vendor Id CTL00c5, Serial Number 116053454, checksum 0xD6. # Version 1.0, Vendor version 1.0 # ANSI string --Creative SB AWE64 PnP-- # Vendor defined tag: 73 02 45 01 # # Logical device id CTL0045 # Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3a # Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3d # # Edit the entries below to uncomment out the configuration required. # Note that only the first value of any range is given, this may be changed if required # Don't forget to uncomment the activate (ACT Y) when happy (CONFIGURE CTL00c5/116053454 (LD 0 # ANSI string --Audio-- # Multiple choice time, choose one only ! # Start dependent functions: priority preferred # IRQ 5. # High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default) (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E))) # First DMA channel 1. # 8 bit DMA only # Logical device is a bus master # DMA may execute in count by byte mode # DMA may not execute in count by word mode # DMA channel speed in compatible mode (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 1)) # Next DMA channel 5. # 16 bit DMA only # Logical device is not a bus master # DMA may not execute in count by byte mode # DMA may execute in count by word mode # DMA channel speed in compatible mode (DMA 1 (CHANNEL 5)) # Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines # Minimum IO base address 0x0220 # Maximum IO base address 0x0220 # IO base alignment 1 bytes # Number of IO addresses required: 16 (IO 0 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0220)) # Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines # Minimum IO base address 0x0330 # Maximum IO base address 0x0330 # IO base alignment 1 bytes # Number of IO addresses required: 2 (IO 1 (SIZE 2) (BASE 0x0330)) # Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines # Minimum IO base address 0x0388 # Maximum IO base address 0x0388 # IO base alignment 1 bytes # Number of IO addresses required: 4 (IO 2 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0388)) # Start dependent functions: priority acceptable # IRQ 5, 7, 9 or 10. # High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default) # (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E))) # First DMA channel 0, 1 or 3. # 8 bit DMA only # Logical device is a bus master #
Re: [newbie] free news group servers
On Tue 17 Jul 2001 07:17, you wrote: Doesn't your ISP have one? Most do, AFAIK. On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 18:20, KompuKit wrote: I realise this is off topic...but, does anyone know where I can find a free news group server...? I have the same problem. My ISP give me News using a browser in WWW, not at a news server. -- Juan Carlos Conde e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Valladolid (Spain)Running Linux Mandrake 8.0 Linux Registered User: 219425 - http://counter.li.org/ __ mensaje enviado desde http://www.iespana.es emails (pop)-paginas web (espacio illimitado)-agenda-favoris (bookmarks)-foros
Re: [newbie] Ad Blocker for Linux? (Mandrake 8.0)
Actually I finally got Web Washer installed and it's great! No more obnoxious spinning ads. If anybody is in need of one, I'd say check it out. It's free at www.webwasher.com. Jim --- civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 17 July 2001 21:19, DStevenson wrote: On Monday 16 July 2001 11:57, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: There's an article about this on MandrakeForum.com right now. On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 01:42, Jim Lynch wrote: Anybody know of a good ad blocker for Linux? I tried WebWasher but it didn't work right. Is there anything else out there? I hate being stuck with so many obnoxious ads flashing at me. Thanks in advance if you can point me in the right direction. :-) Jim I use SAB, (check out the Forum as mentioned above), esay to compile and install. I compiled it and created /usr/bin/sab, put the config files and the executable in their, check the permissions, and enter the startup and shutdown commands in the ppp up/down scripts. Works for me a treat. It also has java control, and cookie blocker. Dave. And I use SquidGuard, and fail to see the pop-up ads as they map into transparent single pixels. I also deny/drop certain domains like doubleclick.net Civileme __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Ad Blocker for Linux? (Mandrake 8.0)
BTW, the beta of Netscape 6.1 has good cookie control. I installed it the other day and no problems so far. Best browser so far I've used on Linux. Jim --- DStevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 16 July 2001 11:57, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: There's an article about this on MandrakeForum.com right now. On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 01:42, Jim Lynch wrote: Anybody know of a good ad blocker for Linux? I tried WebWasher but it didn't work right. Is there anything else out there? I hate being stuck with so many obnoxious ads flashing at me. Thanks in advance if you can point me in the right direction. :-) Jim I use SAB, (check out the Forum as mentioned above), esay to compile and install. I compiled it and created /usr/bin/sab, put the config files and the executable in their, check the permissions, and enter the startup and shutdown commands in the ppp up/down scripts. Works for me a treat. It also has java control, and cookie blocker. Dave. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] RPM failures
John Rigby wrote: But where has IglooFTP gone, as well?? JohnIglooFTP-PRO installs in the /usr/local directory. It's executable resides in /usr/local/IglooFTP-PRO/bin, but there's also a simlink in the /usr/local/bin (which is in your path) directory called IglooFTP-PRO, so all you need to do to execute it is to type: IglooFTP-PRO at a console window command line or at the minicli (alt-f2 brings up the minicli which is analogous to the run option in windows). I'll bet you didn't know what the executable (and its simlink) was called. Remember to pay attention to the uppercase and lowercase part of the spelling. :) -- Alan
Re: [newbie] RPM failures
On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 15:42, John Rigby wrote: Hi folks, No wonder so many people do give up on Linux! :-) I have downloaded for the second time ( in case of error) the IBM WEbsphere package and attempted to install it. All of the responses are fine all the way EXCEPT that the program is nowhere to be seen. Yet if I try to install again I'm told it is there. If I uninstall I can then re-install and go around the same rosebush! What do you mean by the program is nowhere to be seen? The RPM is installed, right? Try this from a command line: rpm -q packagename Replace packagename with the name of the IBM package (without the .x86.rpm on the end). If it is installed, it should say so. Which particular IBM WebSphere app are you installing? WebSphere refers to a family of apps. If you are installing the HomePage Builder, you need IBM's own Wine package (as described on their web site). Also, you can't use this app if you have XFree 4.x (you need 3.x or lower). Unfortunately, IBM chose not to display this clearly on their site, so I had to find out the hard way. To find out your version of X, type X -version at a command line. -- 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] Kernel panic when installing Mandrake 8.0 on a Digital with RAID Mylex Controller
Hi, I have the following error at boot time after installation : Kmod:failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k block-major-48, errno = 2 VFS:Cannot open root device 3001 or 30:01 Kernel panic:VF:Unable to mount root fs on 30:01 The server is a Digital ZX Prioris with a SCSI Mylex Controller. (2 disk of 4 GBs (RAID1) and 3 others of 9 GBs (RAID5)) I installed the OS on first pack (/dev/rd/c0d0) I created a boot disk where the lilo.conf has the following entries : boot=/dev/fd0H1440 timeout=100 message=/boot/message prompt image=/vmlinuz-2.4.3-20mdk label=linux root=/dev/rd/c0d0p1 append= initrd=/initrd.img Also, if I need to recompile the Kernel, pls let me know how to do it as I don't have any other machine running Mandrake. Thanks for you help Orazio Sgalbiero Tel. +3222955954 Fax +3222994830
Re: [newbie] RPM failures
Hi Sridah, On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 16:08, you manipulated electrons to produce: What do you mean by the program is nowhere to be seen? The RPM is installed, right? Try this from a command line: rpm -q packagename ** Yup - says same as the GUI Manager: is installed!!?? BUT no search finds it, either in RPM or Dir or Desktop start. Which particular IBM WebSphere app are you installing? WebSphere refers to a family of apps. If you are installing the HomePage Builder, you need IBM's own Wine package (as described on their web site). Also, you can't use this app if you have XFree 4.x (you need 3.x or lower). Unfortunately, IBM chose not to display this clearly on their site, so I had to find out the hard way. To find out your version of X, type X -version at a command line. *** Xfree 3.3.6 as supplied with my new M8 Powerpak. So, does this mean I should upgrade Xfree anyway? As this means really that HPBuilder is really a Windoze program, I'm no longer THAT keen!! I thought it was the other way around. I understood it started life as TopPage(?) and was bought by IBM and ported to Doze! But where has IglooFTP gone, as well?? -- Cheers? John Fablor now Webhosting?? What on earth for?? Info here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (it's only an Autoresponder) :-)
[newbie] oh sh*t! /usr full....
Heep. I just notice my /usr partition is full! I made it 4 gigs, which in the past was plenty. But lately I discovered linux gaming and I think that's what has eat up alot of space. I have about 4 or 5 gigs free space at the end of my disc with /var sitting between /usr and free. What I'd like to do is resize /usr and move /var. Is this possible without messing everything up? Can I delete /var (anything earth system shattering in there? I was thinking I could use the diskdruid thingy at the beginning of the install to delete /var, resize /usr, and then make a new /var? Will this work? I also have about 7 gigs on hdb that I could copy stuff in /var to, but will it reboot to copy it back? Any thoughts, suggestions, ideas; please? TIA, -s
[newbie] Mystery of disappearing paks Websphere /3
Hi Sridah and folks, Well, following Sridah's lead, I went and followed up more detail at IBM: You do need a special implementation(?) of WINE and the install puts the package in a directory off root called opt/hpbuilder4 !! I still can't implement it as there is no immediate doc for what to do with the WINE. So, I installed it - it went to same directory, but nothing else happened - it did not fire up. Still haven't found Igloo! I wonder if frontpage would run under WINE?? -- Cheers, John Fablor now Webhosting?? What on earth for?? Info here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (it's only an Autoresponder) :-)
Re: [newbie] Ad Blocker for Linux? (Mandrake 8.0)
Konqueror in KDE 2.2b1 has this feature as well. The popup windows are created with Javascript -- Konqueror and Galeon can block this particular Javascript call while leaing the rest intact. Note, however, that there are some legitimate uses for popup windows that this feature will block (since it can't tell what's an ad and what's not). On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 02:35, Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear Jim: Try Galeon, the browser that uses Mozilla's Gecko engine. It has a fabulous feature (Settings, Preferences, Advanced, Filtering) called: Allow pop-ups. You uncheck it and, bingo, all those horrible ads are gone (e.g. at www.real.com). Besides, Galeon is a great browser with all the features of Mozilla and then some. You'll need Mozilla AND Galeon. Reall all about it at: http://galeon.sourceforge.net Benjamin. -- 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] oh sh*t! /usr full....
On Tuesday 17 July 2001 04:57 am, you wrote: On Tuesday 17 July 2001 10:42, s wrote: Heep. I just notice my /usr partition is full! Here is what I tried back up the contents of /usr/local ( I am assuming the bulk of your bulk is in there) make a new partition. mounted as /usr/local mount it copy all the backed up guff into it unmount it (/usr/local will once again at this point be your original one) delete contenrs of /usr/local mount up your new /usr/local sit back and spark up a cigar:) Wow, thanks for the quick response. Could you hear the panic in my e-voice? Thanks for the suggestion, and I think that is doable for me. I'm still going to have to use the installer tho. But at least no major system files will be boggled if I fail - only the fun stuff. -s
[newbie] IP Aliasing revisited
Hello again, As some readers may recall from last week, I was trying to get my machine to respond on multiple IP addresses on one interface. The solution, I was told, was webmin. So I got webmin working, and I found where in webmin to add IP addresses. But it didn't actually change my configuration one bit. [I'm guessing that maybe my paranoid Bastille configuration is causing some problems. I don't know for sure, since there doesn't seem to be any real documentation of what Bastille actually does to the system.] So I determined that I would make changes directly to the init.d scripts. I read the script /etc/init.d/network and discovered that it actually reads in all files whose names follow a certain pattern in a certain location, so I figured out that I shouldn't actually change the script itself. As root, I went into /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and copied ifcfg-eth1 three times, to ifcfg-eth1:1, ifcfg-eth1:2, and ifcfg-eth1:3. I then edited each new copy, changing the device name and IP address appropriately. After rebooting, my system appears to have all 4 of my public addresses working just fine. My question is, did I do this correctly? Is there anything that will be screwed up by configuring the alias interfaces this way? Thanks in advance for any insights. Chris Buxton
Re: [newbie] InteractiveBastille killed my sound!
this might be beating a dead horse, but is the mixer set to a reasonable level? I have the same sound card, and while it appeared everything was getting setup, the vol. was so low that ! could not hear sound. I kept failing sndconfig since i could not here the sounds. On Monday 16 July 2001 22:19, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 08:00, civileme wrote: BIG SNIP Here's my complete lsmod output: [root@YAMA Data]# lsmod Module Size Used by vmnet 14720 3 vmmon 16880 0 (unused) sb 7136 0 sb_lib 33120 0 [sb] uart401 6224 0 [sb_lib] sound 54256 0 [sb_lib uart401] soundcore 3504 5 [sb_lib sound] af_packet 11280 1 (autoclean) 8139too11696 1 (autoclean) nls_iso8859-1 2848 2 (autoclean) nls_cp850 3584 2 (autoclean) vfat9040 2 (autoclean) fat30720 0 (autoclean) [vfat] supermount 32496 6 (autoclean) ide-scsi7568 0 reiserfs 165760 1 sd_mod 11048 0 (unused) scsi_mod 86036 2 [ide-scsi sd_mod] I see at least 5 entries related to sound -- is that normal? When I type service alsa status I get Sound loaded. The same output occurs when I type service sound status. In the services section of Drakconf (the X version), I noticed that alsa is stopped but set to load on boot, and sound is both running and configured to load on startup. While in GNOME I can get sound in programmes like Downloader for X (nt), xmovie and aviplay (part of avifile, an avi movie player). This is without esound or arts loaded. XMMS refuses to work, though.] OK that sounds like the alsa drivers worked and then the oss drivers got loaded on top. The behavior with XMMS is typical of that. Try stopping alsa at boot (i. e. telling it not to start), and see what happens. I figured you would ask this (since I have read your other responses to sound problems on the list), so as soon as I fired off my above message I went to DrakConf and disabled the alsa service from loading at boot, leaving sound as the only sound-related service that loads at boot. After a reboot, there was no change :-( And if that produces an improvement chkconfig --del alsa and dhange etc/modules.conf to alias the sb driver from oss. Civileme And he backup plan is pnpdump isapnp.conf sndconfig Sndconfig was the first thing I tried when the problem arose. Just in case, I did the pnpdump and tried sndconfig again -- still no luck. Here's the pnpdump output (i.e. the contents of isapnp.conf): # $Id: pnpdump_main.c,v 1.25 2001/01/06 20:45:58 fox Exp $ # Release isapnptools-1.24 # # This is free software, see the sources for details. # This software has NO WARRANTY, use at your OWN RISK # # For details of the output file format, see isapnp.conf(5) # # For latest information and FAQ on isapnp and pnpdump see: # http://www.roestock.demon.co.uk/isapnptools/ # # Compiler flags: -DREALTIME -DHAVE_PROC -DENABLE_PCI -DHAVE_SCHED_SETSCHEDULER -DHAVE_NANOSLEEP -DWANT_TO_VALIDATE # # Trying port address 0273 # Board 1 has serial identifier 8a 03 c3 2a 46 e4 00 8c 0e # (DEBUG) (READPORT 0x0273) (ISOLATE PRESERVE) (IDENTIFY *) (VERBOSITY 2) (CONFLICT (IO FATAL)(IRQ FATAL)(DMA FATAL)(MEM FATAL)) # or WARNING # Card 1: (serial identifier 8a 03 c3 2a 46 e4 00 8c 0e) # Vendor Id CTL00e4, Serial Number 63121990, checksum 0x8A. # Version 1.0, Vendor version 1.0 # ANSI string --Creative SB AWE64 PnP-- # Vendor defined tag: 73 02 45 20 # # Logical device id CTL0045 # Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3a # Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3b # Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3d # Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3e # Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3f # # Edit the entries below to uncomment out the configuration required. # Note that only the first value of any range is given, this may be changed if required # Don't forget to uncomment the activate (ACT Y) when happy (CONFIGURE CTL00e4/63121990 (LD 0 # ANSI string --Audio-- # Multiple choice time, choose one only ! # Start dependent functions: priority preferred # IRQ 5. # High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default) # (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E))) # First DMA channel 1. # 8 bit DMA only # Logical device is a bus master # DMA may execute in count by byte mode # DMA may not execute in count by word mode # DMA channel speed in compatible mode # (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 1)) # Next DMA channel 5. # 16 bit DMA only #
[newbie] Bind zone rejected due to errors
Hi everyone
I have spent an embarassing amount of time trying to solve this problem but
Ijust cannot see where I'm going wrong.
Any help from you guys would be much appreciated again.
When I try to resolve host names with the named server I get the message ***
ev.barnswell.net can't find ev.barnswell.net:Server failed.
The messages log says
barnswell.net.zone: Line 11:Unknown type:ev.
barnswell.net.zone:11: Database error near (ev)
master zone barnswell.net rejected due to errors.
In /etc/named.conf file I have the zone
barnswell.net {
type master;
file barnswell.net.zone;
};
The zone /var/named/barnswell.net file reads
@ IN SOA ev.barnswell.net. master.ev.barnswell.net.
( 231301 ; Serial
21600 ; Refresh
1800; Retry
4w ; Expire
1h ;
IN NS ev.barnswell.net.
ev IN A 192.168.0.2
IN MX 10 ev.barnswell.net.
If this helps I am only using DNS for my LAN thus the root file
/var/named/barnswell.net reads thus
. 360 IN NS ev.barnswell.net.
ev.barnswell.net. 360 A 192.168.0.2
Also if it helps /etc/resolv.conf reads
search barnswell.net
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver 192.168.0.2
Thanks
Ev
Re: [newbie] Linux Magazine-8.0 Installation impossible!!Help appreciated
As I am sure some else will let you know that HTML mail is considered un- polite on this mail list. the reason being is that what we see looks like this below. next i would also urge you to try a different version (maybe redhat 6.X something) with the level of power and hard drive space, you will get an install, but you will not likely be happy (or able to) run Xwindows, much less any program under x. just my opinion. On Tuesday 17 July 2001 02:06, MACK DROFWARC wrote: htmlDIV PBRI just bought 8.0 onnbsp; Linux magazine's subscription version Linux-Mandrake 8.0 Traktopel-i586 20010418 13:31./P PI have a smallish harddrive and as such, always format my drive and run ms-dos from disk, then use MSCDEX.exe with oakcdrom.sys and a description of oemcd001 because my computer does not support CD rom booting. I have tried rawrite with th cdrom.img file, and it says the cd does not appear to be an installation CD./P PIhave tried a Dos version rawrite unsuccesfully, and I have tried using D:\dosutils\autorun.bat, which is non-existent, that is, my installation instructions pointed me to something that is'nt there! /P PI am running an 808 meg hdd (ouch!), a 32 meg RAM ,44X CD-rom (ATAPI? ithink) and a 188 Pentium MMX./P PIf it is possible for someone smarter than myselfnbsp; to help it would be greatly appreciated!/P PAlso, please excuse my typing errors-- its around midnight and i'm burnt out.BRBR/P/DIVbr clear=allhrGet Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at a href=http://www.hotmail.com;http://www.hotmail.com/a.br/p/html
Re: [newbie] RE: Use of Linux (in public schools)
All of Mexico and Montpelier Public School in Montpelier, ND--where I teach. jim All of Mexico I read on www.theregister.co.uk that they also go after a similar setup that is based in Australia. A PC's for the poorest project, bringing PC's to the poor people (with winders installed) for free. And M$ wants a large fee from these poor people. Unfortunately the article disappeared from the register site. Paul
Re: [newbie] RE: Use of Linux (in public schools)
We're a very, very small school but have about 1 machine for every 2 kids K- 12. Last year, all of our PC's were dual boot, winders and redhat. This year, I switched to Mandrake and our new machines are straight mandrake. Dropping winders on the new ones saved enough cash to buy another PC. I like that. Quoting Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]: All of Mexico and Montpelier Public School in Montpelier, ND--where I teach. jim All of Mexico I read on www.theregister.co.uk that they also go after a similar setup that is based in Australia. A PC's for the poorest project, bringing PC's to the poor people (with winders installed) for free. And M$ wants a large fee from these poor people. Unfortunately the article disappeared from the register site. Paul Ignorance is underrated
