Re: [newbie-it] Mailreader + gpg
Il 22:47, giovedì 26 luglio 2001, scrivesti: On Thursday 26 July 2001 18:43, you wrote: On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 01:22:58 +0200 Mr_Brain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Il 05:58, mercoledì 25 luglio 2001, hai scritto: Se non ti serve l'interfaccia grafica allora mutt. A me piacerebbe tantissimo usare Mutt. Ma non riesco a farlo andare. Premo m per mandare un messaggio. scrivo l'indirizzo (a proposito non c'è una rubrica?) scrivo l'oggetto. Premo Enter e mi dice aborting unmodified message. Che cavolo vuol dire??? Ad occhio non trova l'editor. Mutt non ha un editor interno, usa quello che gli dici tu, altrimenti prova ad usare vi. Per configurare l'editor, devi mettere nel file .muttrc che dovresti trovare nella tua home una riga del tipo set editor=vim ( al posto di vim metti joe, pico, emacs, quello che ti pare, dopo esserti assicurato che sia installato) -- Fabio Coatti http://www.ferrara.linux.it/members/cova Ferrara Linux Users Group http://ferrara.linux.it GnuPG fp:9765 A5B6 6843 17BC A646 BE8C FA56 373A 5374 C703 Old SysOps never die... they simply forget their password.
[newbie-it] Files Corel Draw
Salve, vorrei sapere se ci sia un'utiliity per poter gestire i files prodotti da Corel Draw (*.cdr). Grazie anticipate, Alberto -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie-it] informazione
Uso il VI o l'editor di MC, capisco che sono utili, ma noi sviluppiamo su quella macchina procedure per la telecom, e scriviiamo file in continuazione!!! :) Grazie per l'aiuto. - Original Message - From: Fabio Coatti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] informazione Il 12:20, venerdì 27 luglio 2001, scrivesti: Qualcuno gentilmente saprebbe come non far crare i file con la ~ dopo averli aperti con un editor? Dipende dall'editor. Ad esempio se usi joe credo ci sia l'opzione -nobackups Che editor usi? Di solito ce ne sono almeno una decina a disposizione :-)) Comunque tieni presente che tali files possono essere utili :-) -- Fabio Coatti http://www.ferrara.linux.it/members/cova Ferrara Linux Users Group http://ferrara.linux.it GnuPG fp:9765 A5B6 6843 17BC A646 BE8C FA56 373A 5374 C703 Old SysOps never die... they simply forget their password.
R: [newbie-it] non riesco a leggere i cd
- Original Message - Ciao a tutti, avrei un problemino: ho installato mdk 8 senza problemi, ma sul desktop non avevo le icone dei cdrom; ho aggiunto un icona cdrom col tasto destro del mouse (aggiungi disp. cdrom), ma quando provo ad accedere ad esso, mi comunica che impossibile accedere alla directory. Ho provato anche da root, ma è successo lo stesso. Ciao a tutti e grazie a chi mi risponderà. Forse è una questione di permessi. Oppure c'è qualcosa che non va nel file fstab ( /etc/fstab ). Prova a postare il contenuto del file in questione e proviamo a darti una mano (se ci riusciamo :-)) /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat user,exec,umask=0,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 preciso che invece il floppy lo legge tranquillamente, e sul desktop l'icona appare come cd già montato ciao a tutti e grazie!!
[newbie-it] Re: [newbie-it] Secondo voi si può fare?
Il problema rimane dove scaricare i vecchi sistemi operativi considerati obsoleti. Sto cmq facendo delle prove (avendo 2 di questi notebook): su uno metterò (o proverò a mettere appena finisco di scaricarla) RH 5.2 come suggeritomi, provando a far partire un X molto leggero e guardando i risultati; a tutto questo affiancherò LaTex. Sul secondo win 3.11 e dos 5 (che differenza c'e' con il DR-DOS?) e cercherò di trovare qualche editor compatibile leggero. Dopodichè vedrò i risultati :-) Rimane il fatto che il problema fondamente è trovare dove scaricare i SO, se qualcuno può aiutarmi a dirmi dove trovarli e dove trovae anche sw opportuno mi farebbe un piacere. Thx, Luko - Original Message - From: Antonio Bonifati [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 12:46 AM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] Secondo voi si può fare? io ho mulinux sul mio 486DX2 con soli 8MB. In modo testo funziona bene, ma la X di mulinux, pure molto leggera, richiederebbe più memoria; inoltre non c'è un prg. di elaborazione testi grafico, perciò dovresti compilaterlo tu uno leggero, magari su un'altra macchina, perché il gcc di mulinux non compila tutto. Secondo me l'unica cosa, con così poca memoria, è utilizzarlo per scrivere testi in ascii con vi e simili, oppure imparare *roff, tex o latex e rinunciare quindi alla composizione WYSIWYG. In questo caso mulinux può esserti utile: http://sunsite.dk/mulinux/ il tex addon contiene lyx che genera latex, un formato standard, però non credo che ti giri in modo praticabile con soli 8 MB. Altrimenti, installaci un DOS, come DR-DOS, e mettici qualche vecchio programma di word-processing grafico per DOS, che magari esporta in un formato leggibile anche dai nuovi programmi. Antonio http://king.rett.polimi.it/~ant
Re: R: [newbie-it] non riesco a leggere i cd
Il 11:57, venerdì 27 luglio 2001, hai scritto: /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat user,exec,umask=0,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 preciso che invece il floppy lo legge tranquillamente, e sul desktop l'icona appare come cd già montato ciao a tutti e grazie!! Il file è corretto. Penso che sia una questione di permessi. Una domanda: da root riesci ad accedere ai dispositivi? Se la risposta è si allora devi settare i permessi per i dispositivi anche agli altri utenti non root. Sia i device che sono dentro /dev sia alle directory di montaggio che sono dentro /mnt. Controlla questi permessi e cambiali se non ci sono. Fammi sapere. Ciao Sandro -- Dr. Sandro Porrazzini Linux Mandrake 8.0 Linux User: 203143 Linux Machine: 103048
Re: [newbie-it] non riesco a leggere i cd
--- kokkix [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Ciao a tutti, avrei un problemino: ho installato mdk 8 senza problemi, ma sul desktop non avevo le icone dei cdrom; ho aggiunto un icona cdrom col tasto destro del mouse (aggiungi disp. cdrom), ma quando provo ad accedere ad esso, mi comunica che impossibile accedere alla directory. Ho provato anche da root, ma è successo lo stesso. Ciao a tutti e grazie a chi mi risponderà. Mi viene in mente una cosa banale, ma hai fatto il mount del cdrom prima di accedervi? Ciao. Steo. __ Do You Yahoo!? Il tuo indirizzo gratis e per sempre @yahoo.it su http://mail.yahoo.it
Re: [newbie] test box took 5.75 hours to load mandrake..
I had the same problem with my 52x CDRom I replaced the CDRom and it loaded in 40minutes. The CDRom appeared to be very very very slightly off track, and that caused the problem, Robert MacLean - Original Message - From: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 9:52 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] test box took 5.75 hours to load mandrake.. Those same CD's have loaded very quickly on other box's,, so I am left assuming its probably the cdrom that made it so slow.. oh well.. its loaded and running now anyways.. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of mooseman Sent: Friday, 27 July 2001 3:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] test box took 5.75 hours to load mandrake.. X-RebelTech Is Here: www.rebeltech.ca MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit where did your cd come from? was it downloaded and then burnt from a winblows box? in the past i have had things like that happen when i got a cd that was written using packet writing (ie: direct cd). a lot of older cdroms don't like packet technology and will either barf right away or slug away at it and read the disc _really slow_ just a thought anyways. On Thursday 26 July 2001 16:29, you wrote: It was Fri, 27 Jul 2001 01:12:27 +0800 when Franki wrote: Hi Frank. That amount of time is definitely NOT normal. On my old P/II-400 (128Mb) it took about 45 minutes. On a 200mhz it will take some longer but never 6 hours. Perhaps someone else can shed light on the problem though. Paul I just did an install on a test box I have here,, the box details are: CPU: Pentium Pro 200, RAM: 64mb EDO. MB: FX Chipset. Harddisks: 4.3 gig Maxtor, and 1.03 gig Seagate. CDROM: 24speed IDE Sony. Video: S3 Virge 2mb. I did a total install of Mandrake 7.2, and it just finished copying files, it took nearly 6 hours. is that normal?? -- The universe is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering. -Chinese proverb http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.5.1 ** http://www.care2.com - when you care **
Re: [newbie] newbie and hardware questions
On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 05:37, George Baker wrote: Content-Length: 759 Status: R X-Status: N Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 16:53, Robert MacLean wrote: Good Morning Bunnies ;) My next one is also hardware. I have a Genius Netscroll Optical mouse. But for some reason I can't select it, when I tried it during install it stuffed the mouse up. So I choose std mouse. Any way to fix this? I miss my mouse wheel :( Run mousedrake as root. 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 I'm using LM 7 and I notice it only has Genius Netscroll on PS2. I have a serial Netscroll mouse - any ideas how I can set it up? -- Thanks George Baker South Africa I'm not sure if you can. Mandrake 7.0 is _very_ old (it was released in January 2000), and MandrakeSoft don't even support it anymore. It may be better if you upgrade to 8.0. -- 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] write permissions in gui.
On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 19:40, John Rigby wrote: Hi Sridhar, This was specific to the fix from you re ONE of my problems. A lot of data to copy from an Email message into a black screen. (*x commands are not intuitive! :-) ) You mean it isn't intuitive for a Windos user? Then you are correct. For people who have been using *nix for a while this can be very intuitive. Remember, this is _not_ Windos. As you know, I am trying to compose - eventually, a simplified startup and gotcha list for both New Newbies and ex-Doze Newbies and am rapidly coming to the conclusion that there won't be much difference! First time computer users can generally learn an OS like GNU/Linux much faster than a Windos user, since they don't expect everything to be like Windos. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I taught myself MS-DOS when I was three years old. Since I had no previous conceptions on what an OS should be like, I learned rather easily. I then took things in steps, learning Windos 3.1, OS/2 Warp 3 and then Win9x with little trouble. When I tried MacOS, a very user-friendly OS, I couldn't understand it, simply because it wasn't anything like what I had tried before. The same thing initially happened with GNU/Linux (in 1999). However, I kept an open mind, and now I find that I can't understand the logic (if there is any) in Windos, my previous OS of choice. The question was really aimed at doing the job simply as per the expectations of a Doze user and/or the reasonable expectations of a New User and that always will mean GUI, I'm afraid. When it comes to troubleshooting problems, often you will _have_ to use the command line. In Windos, if something goes wrong, the user has no way of finding out what it is. This is because things are 100% graphical. As a result, often the solution is to reinstall, and even this can't fix everything. So that's what I meant. I knew cutnpaste wouldn't work. I was looking for a reasonable way via GUI. When you select text with the mouse in GNU/Linux (either in the console or in X), its contents are automatically placed in a clipboard. To paste, just aim and middle-click. The Windos ctrl-x, ctrl-c and ctrl-v will also work in many apps. So many critical jobs do require Su and I was looking for a simple way to do that on the front end for a situation like this. kdesu is a graphical version of su. You can even make desktop icons ask for the root password in a graphical dialogue box before they run their app. Its syntax is simple: $ kdesu -c command More information can be found in your KDE documentation (if searching doesn't work, install the htdig package) or by typing man kdesu in a terminal. Also have a look at sudo, which can give root access without a password for a limited amount of time. Further example: Xemacs. Unknown on my machine ( run command has no idea) You obviously don't have every app known to humanity installed on your system. You will need to install Xemacs if you want to use it (it is on one of your Mandrake CDs). There are many other editors out there you can try -- some graphical, some console-based. In KDE, Kedit and Kwrite (Advanced Editor) are good. In GNOME, Gedit and GXedit are good as well. On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 21:15, you manipulated electrons to produce: On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 19:32, John Rigby wrote: Hi folks, With MY memory I NEED cutnpaste. Can't do it on Emacs. What are you copying from? X has a clipboard, but it cannot share it with apps loaded at the console (i.e. not just in a terminal window). Have you tried Xemacs? In M8 GUI how do we assign root/su permissions to a file like modules.conf? Esp. on a temp basis? If you mean /etc/modules.conf then it should already be owned by root. -- 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] NOW: philosophy of the Newby book
Hi Tiny, On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 07:02, you manipulated electrons to produce: John, IMHO: you are spot-on with the intent and benevolence of your project. I have had to learn most of what I know from doccumentation, beginner to [self-described ;] expert... LOL I would love to help you in any way I can. As nearly a new immigrant to the Linux world, I have not yet been spoiled by intuitive knowlege... though I would love to get things done right. Thanks Tiny, the big need is for people who have survived the early days and can tell us about the things that caught them out - gotchas as I call them. The idea is not to produce YAM, but a guide book TO the Manuals. Little things like: x program takes up to a minute to get its act together and gives no indication what it is doing... be patient. Do NOT hit CTL+ALT+BSPACE Or The mysterious process of being able to enable the KDE Doc Search Engine. I REMEMBER bits of Fortran. What you needed was someone to give you a glossary of terms - THEN with those magic passwords you could go .. see? I forgot them. Like cron from Unix. This *is* NEWBY land, so post them here and I can pick them up on the way through as the answers come in and add the wisdom to the pile. Which BTW, seems to be gravitating toward a flat database with good search capability. It is going to have to be updatable every 20 minutes it would seem. The key solution guide to me is GUI unless impossible as the method. -- Cheers, John http://counter.li.org GO HERE IF YOU SUPPORT LINUX! Fablor is now Webhosting?? What on earth for?? Info here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (it's only an Autoresponder) :-)
Re: [newbie] THat stuck message from Kmail - again.
Hi there and thanks for info, however: 1. fetchmail in all variants is command not found 2. kcron does start - comes up with multiple errors then KMail locks up ( loses all text, cannot be killed and requires reboot) I think now my Distro is seriously flawed. -- Cheers, John http://counter.li.org GO HERE IF YOU SUPPORT LINUX! Fablor is now Webhosting?? What on earth for?? Info here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (it's only an Autoresponder) :-)
Re: [newbie] Best browser for linux?
Hey Michael, Gee you must be OLD.. :-) On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 11:06, you manipulated electrons to produce: In fact Mozilla is one of the grandaddys of web browsers Nope; that was Mosaic. -- Cheers, John http://counter.li.org GO HERE IF YOU SUPPORT LINUX! Fablor is now Webhosting?? What on earth for?? Info here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (it's only an Autoresponder) :-)
Re: [newbie] Alternatives help like Win4Lin?
Hi Miark folks, On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 01:54, you manipulated electrons to produce: I've never tried voice recognition, so I don't know. I think there might have been something about it on this list too, but that was probably regarding Wine rather than Win4Lin. Good question. At any rate, it would be a problem only with _recording_ sound. Playing back sound works flawlessly. *** Have since been told officially: can not record via W4L. No plans to implement it either... ! :-( The only negative thing is having to trash my drives and reload everything again! I dual boot to Mandrake 8.0 and Win200. I didn't trash my Windows partitions when Installed Win4Lin. In fact, I've set it up to use my data files seamlessly between Windows and Win4Lin. Have been tryting to get to undersatand the W4L install, but small things like system trashing keep interrupting.. :-) My take was you had to virtually start with a clean system. So, you actually installed w4l into M8? Then added Win98 via it as a new install? AND kept all your data? BUT of course would lose all the installed programs? I've got gigabytes of programs. I thought all you had to do was install win4 on top of an existing Linux system that still had a Windoze partition (or two). That would be nice, but they're not there yet. Any Newby-type hints from the install process? One big tip, though: Win4Lin acts as an entirely different computer on your home network, so make certain to give it a different IP address than the Linux box you put it on. Were you on M8? Yes. What Doze ver? Dual boot to Win2000; Win4Lin ran Win98SE. ** I think I need a nice nap... It has been a confusing day. :-) -- Cheers, John http://counter.li.org GO HERE IF YOU SUPPORT LINUX! Fablor is now Webhosting?? What on earth for?? Info here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (it's only an Autoresponder) :-)
Re: [newbie] Best browser for linux?
It was Fri, 27 Jul 2001 17:23:13 +1000 when John Rigby wrote: Hey Michael, Gee you must be OLD.. :-) In fact Mozilla is one of the grandaddys of web browsers Nope; that was Mosaic. I resent that! I used Mosaic too! :-) Paul -- Who shall decide when doctors disagree? -Alexander Pope http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.5.1 ** http://www.care2.com - when you care **
Re: [newbie] ug, windows cave man got head sore. (mostly x-windows related)
On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 16:55, Robert MacLean wrote: ug ug ug bunnies ;) (hello bunnies ;)) I have some questions about x-windows. My biggest worry is that when my machine is starting up (in aurora, I think it's called) It try's to load something called X Windows System [K and that seems to crash. I couldn't find any reference to it in any of the log files (maybe I looked at the wrong log files). Everything seems fine, XWindows starts and runs (but it seems less stable than before I got that error). Where in the bootup sequence does X start? Is it right at the end, or is it during the bootup, just before Aurora is loaded? firstly I'm running something called Easel and Nautilus, and it is SLOW. Is there a better alternative? Or a way to make it faster? Three versions of Nautilus have been released since Mandrake 8.0 came out with Nautilus 1.0.1. The current version, 1.0.4, is _much_ faster than 1.0.1. Go to a Cooker mirror near you and download the following packages: nautilus (maybe nautilus-devel as well) nautilus-mozilla eel libeel0 (maybe libeel0-devel as well) librsvg1 bonobo (you may need ORBit as well) Install these packages. You should then uninstall the ammonite and trilobite packages. These were part of Eazel services, which no longer exists. If you want an alternative to Nautilus, there's Konqueror. Both Nautilus and Konqueror have their own pros and cons. Try both and see. Being the windows user I am, I got a lot of True Type Fonts and was wondering if I can use them under Gnome? And if so how? Use DrakFont (available in the Mandrake Control Centre) to import your Windos fonts. Just remember that the more you install, the more memory your fonts will take up (as in Windos). And my only question not XWindows related is how to I get something to run on start-up? Start up at the console or when you load X? To start something at the console, just add it to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file. Note that the programme will be running as root (which can be a major security risk). Different WMs and environments have different ways of loading things at startup. In GNOME, open the Control Centre and go to Session - Startup Programmes. In KDE, add a .desktop link file to the Autostart directory. Thank you very much for any responses Robert MacLean -- 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] ATTENTION all newbies!
It _is_ a default. If you use Konqueror, you should be able to open a PDF file inside it.. Otherwise, you can install the xpdf (then run xpdf to execute) and/or ggv (then run ggv to execute) packages. On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 16:05, John Rigby wrote: Hi Sridhar, In its default state, my M8 won't recognise PDF format. Guess I'll have to install it - so many people use the silly thing today... :-) But I would have thought it would have been a default. On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 21:21, you manipulated electrons to produce: IBM have just released a great FAQ titled Transitioning from Windows to Linux. I had a look at it and it appears quite Newbie-friendly: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-faq/?openl=2 52,t=grl,p=LinuxFAQ -- 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] Samba stopped working..
I have a LINUX OS computer which is used to store my back up files for all computers I have at home. It used to work but last week I could not access to this computer. I did not change anything at this computer. I checked everything and pretty sure that there is no problem with this computer except SAMBA. When I type IP of this computer from my windows computer browser and I saw it. Therefore I knew Apache was running. After I decided to re-install LM8.0, I could not get SAMBA back to work! Could anyone please explain for me and how to fix it? I am using Win2000 SPK2. I generally start by running testparm at the command line. If this runs then at least I cn see the shares that are working and what defaults are being used.. Second place I look is the sambapassword set-up. The things that seem to interfere with samba running are not using an encrypted passwords flag in the samba.conf file and then not adding the user names to the smbpasswfile smbpasswd -a johndoe1 then following the prompt issu the appropriate password. Whenever you make any changes remember to stop and then re-start samba. I also have two more questions: How can I setup FTP and mail server? I know not thing at all.
Re: [newbie] ATTENTION all newbies!
Hi Sridhar, On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 18:55, you manipulated electrons to produce: It _is_ a default. If you use Konqueror, you should be able to open a PDF file inside it.. Otherwise, you can install the xpdf (then run xpdf to execute) and/or ggv (then run ggv to execute) packages. -- I can *see* it in K, but there is no save option to it - even rc or in the Browser. Cheers, John http://counter.li.org GO HERE IF YOU SUPPORT LINUX! Fablor is now Webhosting?? What on earth for?? Info here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (it's only an Autoresponder) :-)
Re: [newbie] Vacation Notice
On Thursday 26 July 2001 23:23, civileme wrote: I will be absent from posts to this list for the next two months. It is time from a vacation from my favorite hobby to turn my attention fully to my work tasks. LSB compliance testing, software testing, preparation of updates, and coordination of the crashtesters will replace helping people getting things running. I really enjoy this list, but I'm gone. Catch you in October. Civileme Have fun, fix the silly things with 8.0, have some wine and sit back in the sun for a while. You will have the world's best OS AND a gutful of decent french wine. You will be missed, but we all know that you are taking valuable knowlege of what needs to be addressed with you. I mean, the howling on this list is way better than even the most destructive beta tester. You guys are winning, just keep it up! au revoir. steve
[newbie] Restoring Dual Boot-Up After HD Fails
Okay, this one's worrying me a bit. Originally had my PC setup with DualBoot through Grub. WinME on Master LM8 on Primary Slave My Master drive failed recently after four years of faithful service, leaving me with LM8 fully functional on my slave but no way to access it. Simple question is ; How do I restore the Grub bootmanager to the master after I've replaced the drive.? Many thanks for all your help., great list. -Ivan T. ** The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not read, use or disseminate that information. Although this email and any attachments are believed to be free of any virus, or any other defect which might affect any computer or IT system into which they are received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that they are virus free and no responsibility is accepted by BPS Teleperformance for any loss or damage arising in any way from receipt or use thereof. **
Re: [newbie] Strange X problem I have never had before. (damn thing crashed again.)
I've had this same problem. The only way I've found to cure it is to do a low-level format and start all over. This brings to my mind a question: How efficient is the formatting of ext2? Compared to a dos format, it takes next to no time. I've always been taught that haste makes waste, but I understand that possibly it is just easier to format ext2. Can anybody explain to me why it takes so much less time to format ext2? jim Quoting Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi guys, just wondering if anyone can give me any ideas on this: The system: 200 Ppro 64mb ram. S3Virge 2MB ReiserFS The Problem: System boots in vga=788 mode with Aurora perfectly. when starting x, (after using drakconf and trying progressively lower res and color) the system locks up tight.. monitor starts flashing no sync signal and CTRL-ALT-DEL, or CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE or anything else works either.. altough the number lock and caps key lights are still working, so it doesn't look like a total lockup.. can't switch to another terminal either.. Latest problem, after another crash, this time haing tried 640x480 bit,,, the system is reporting this no boot (unsucessful boot I might add. INIT: version 2.78 booting INIT: /etc/inittab[6]: id field too long (max 4 characters) INIT: /etc/inittab[7]: id missing action field a heap of other stuff like that,,, then : Enter runlevel: no mater what I select, it tells me INIT: no more processes left on this runlevel anyone know how to fix that? I have just reinstalled this thing 3 times, don't want to make it 4 if it can be avoided.. The daft thing was, I had KDE running perfectly, had upgraded the kernel to 2.2.19 and did all my usual config stuff.. Then I tried to load aurora, got that working, then X disappeared, and now it appears that I have had a data coruption as well. This is not going well at all... any help, suggestions, general cursing,, anything at all is most welcome.. regards Frank Ignorance is underrated
Re: [newbie] Time to Quit the Install?
Hi Sridhar, On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 14:45, you manipulated electrons to produce: Actually, the price is about the same when you take into account the exchange rate (about $US1 = $A2 at present). THAT is the fiction of Foreign Exchange - don't get me started on that ! :-) Believe me, if you LIVE there and EARN there it is not relevant. 1. The machine EVEN runs W98SE with the only fault being the famous memory leak under heavy use. I can keep it going all day! Wow, that's amazing! I used to reboot several times a day! With GNU/Linux, I only reboot (and not out of necessity) once or twice a week (I keep my machine on all the time). Oh yes, Doze I KNOW. There are tricks - like keeping an old donkey moving better to get a horse. If you use the Ext2 filesystem (the default), the machine will execute a file system check (fsck) on bootup if you didn't shut down correctly. It will also issue a periodic checkup after a certain number of boots (I've forgotten how many). This is normal. * Well, we certainly aren't getting to shut down correctly. 2. On Logout, sometimes it offers a login alternative screen, sometimes it simply boots back into the default user - and continues the problem. That's odd -- things should be consistent here. I'm not sure about this one. ** I do have an auto login running, but it shouldn't be effective AFTER a logout, should it? 3. On Shutdown it reports numerous and seemingly increasing problems - particularly with both CDs and devices. What are the problems? Sometimes these are not problems at all (but then again, sometimes they are). * Too many to list readily. Scroll rate faster than I can recall. But, they are increasing. 4. PPP dies unexpectedly regularly. You mean you get disconnected from the Internet? This could be a problem with your ISP, or from being logged in for too long, or maybe from an idle connection. *** Can't tell for sure - it offers to run a log, then fails to do so. But only having the problem under Mandrake - no probs all day under Doze. 5. Kmail will suddenly whiteout and only a logout will help. This costs the loss of the display details of the KPPP. It is still connected, but no display of the fact is available. Turn off interval mail checking in KMail. Also, have you considered another client, like Evolution or Aethera, or maybe even Mozilla Mail? Wait for KDE 2.2 (due out on Aug 6). Maybe things will be fixed in there. Thought I'd wait for it - mail hassles in converting I don't need - only just finished cross-sending over two hundred as nothing translated them. 6. Intense Disk activity (thrashing in the Doze world) has caused lockup 3 times in 2 days. Always involving Kmail. (VERY frustrating to duplicate 100+ emails downloaded! ) Resolved by hitting cancel button on display saying ( each reboot) indexing. Try going to /home/username/Mail (after closing all instances of KMail) and delete all files with the extensions .sorted and .index. Now reload KMail. I find that this can often fix KMail errors. * Don't have any there. ( On startup not relog, a display of Gnome is searching for Trash bins also appears and has to be cancelled. It does not go away.) 7. A Gnome Desktop has appeared on Dtop 4 and is un-cancellable I assume you are using KDE? Have you tried logging out from GNOME? This should leave only KDE. When you exit from KDE, make sure that your session is saved (there's an option for this in the Control Centre). When you next log in, there should be no more GNOME. I'm actually not logged in to Gnome. There is no option to log out. On the Gnome screen the Taskbar is still KDE 8. Hitting the Kill option has no effect on the locked-up programs. In the now severe cases. the final event is reminescent of the B.S.O.D. of Doze. Only recourse is a reboot. In almost all cases, a reboot is unnecessary. Some apps don't die with an ordinary kill (e.g. as done through xkill). If you use an app like gtop (there are KDE equivalents, but I don't know them), you should have options to issue stronger kills than what is standard. Sometimes I find that this is necessary (although I do the same thing through a command line). ** With the severe lockup I don't have access to the keyboard any longer. For options beyond Kill - I haven't the knowhow yet. Before you reinstall, try using other environments besides KDE. I personally find GNOME/Sawfish (i.e. not loaded inside KDE) to be far more stable (in face, rock-solid) than KDE. Other users find that the opposite is the case for them. Try a few alternatives and see what works best. You may even begin to like them :-) ** Well, I would prefer not to do the whole thing again, but time is running out on me and it looks like a hybrid will be my only choice - Win4Lin - and
[newbie] Kerenel 2.2.x
Hiya, Okay.. i have a problem.. I have just had my phone line reconnected so i can go on the internet (woohoo!), not the tyink is i have a cruddy winmodem in my laptop, i have the drivers for it, but they only work with 2.2.x kernels, whereas My Mandrake 8.0 installation cd dosnt include any of the kernel sources so i cant compile the driver in. I CAN install the 2.2.x kernel though from the cd, but no sources.. question is, would i be able to use the sources for this kernel from my Mandrake 7.1 distro? -- Jamie _ 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] ATTENTION all newbies!
Just like in any other browser (Windos browsers included), you can right-click the link and select Save link as... (the actual name can differ between browsers). On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 20:56, John Rigby wrote: Hi Sridhar, On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 18:55, you manipulated electrons to produce: It _is_ a default. If you use Konqueror, you should be able to open a PDF file inside it.. Otherwise, you can install the xpdf (then run xpdf to execute) and/or ggv (then run ggv to execute) packages. -- 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] ug, windows cave man got head sore. (mostly x-windows related)
It's a winmodem. Manufacturers like to be sneaky about it, using jargon that makes it sound better than it is. In this case, the offending line is Host signal processing for both controller and DSP. A newbie may think this sounds great, but it isn't. The host is your computer, and it is doing the signal processing. A proper modem does _all_ its processing itself. Another giveaway is how the advertisement emphasises Supports Windows 2000 in red letters (to make it stand out) and Supports Windows Me/2000 in a fancy star picture next to the winmodem's image. A real modem is OS-independent, and would not need to advertise what OS it is compatible for. People buy Winmodems because they are cheap. They are cheap because the CPU, not the winmodem, does all the work. This, naturally, slows down your computer. On some computers the CPU performance degradation can be as much as 40%. A real modem may cost more, but it will work in any OS and it won't slow your computer down. On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 21:27, Robert MacLean wrote: hi You noticed that the last modem I bought was a winmodem, I've searched the local shops and this seems like the best value for money modem, I checked and I don't see anything that could say winmodem. Could you please just give it a quick check and tell me if it is a winmodem or not? http://www.genius-kye.com/product/faxmodem/gm56pci-sm.htm Thank you so much, if you don't have time I'll understand. Robert MacLean -- 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] login problem
On Friday 27 July 2001 04:43, etharp wrote: is this while you wait to login? have you installed mandrake security and what level? (paranoid?) or a firewall? what reaction are you expecting? i was expecting no reaction, since I had never heard of that method of logging on before. I hit alt-f4 at the point where otherwise I would enter root and my password and hit go. The original problem when attempting to login via the normal login panel, I sometimes was bounced back to the login panel without getting logged in, and when that happened had to reboot before being successful at logging in. When installing, I took the defaults for security and the firewall. Before altering those, I'll want an explanation of why the bounce occurs only some of the time instead of every time. It seems to me if it was a security or firewall problem, the bounce would be consistent instead of sporadic. On Friday 27 July 2001 00:48, root wrote: On Thursday 26 July 2001 16:34, etharp wrote: what happens if you hit ctrl+alt+f4 (or any other f-key up to f6) and log in? nothing. no reaction at all -- Gentlemen, it's in beta. That means it's like Windows. They're letting you test it while they continue to screw it up until it's totally useless. (Bigg Fredd in RCC talking about Google's temporary interface to the deja archives)
Re: [newbie] SuSE User on Mandrake List
I agree completely. I think every Linux should try the other flavors. Kinda like Kool-Aid. :0) Personally, I've installed most of the distros. I don't think that I've missed any of the major ones. But each distro handles things different. I currently have 3 machines at home. JEDI -- RedHat 7.1 R2D2 -- Mandrake 8.0 YODA -- FreeBSD. But I have installed: Caldera 2.4 RedHat 6.2, 7.0, 7.1 Mandrake 7.1, 7.2, 8.0 SuSe 7.0 Slackware 8.0 OpenBSD FreeBSD TurboLinux BSDi Debian (Even though I could never get the install to complete! I tried! :0) I liked SuSE, but I like Mandrake better. Of all the distros, I know Mandrake/RedHat the most, but I really like FreeBSD. I've considered making that my workstations, but I already have Mandrake set up for DualHead and I like my dual monitor set up on my Mandrake box! tdh -- T. Holmes - UNIXTECHS.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Real Men Use Vi! Uptime: 8:56am up 7 days, 9:24, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 | On Wednesday 25 July 2001 12:18, Miark wrote: | | Out of curiosity, how is it that a SuSE user is on a | Mandrake list? | | I am primarily a SuSE user. I have two systems at home running SuSE 7.0 | and 7.2. | | But I think it's good to be familiar with more than one distro. I run | Mandrake 7.2 Power Pack on my machine at work. I mostly read the list | at home, where I happen to be using SuSE. I belong to the SuSE list as | well. | | I have been enjoying my Mandrake system. | | *** | Powered by SuSE Linux 7.2 Professional | KDE 2.1.2 KMail 1.2 | | Bryan S. Tyson | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | *** | | --
Re: [newbie] Time to Quit the Install?
Hi Erylon, No we don't allow flames here!! But you might have saved my sanity!! :-) Everyone else seems to have serious problems - like Networking Apples, their Grannie and their 4 totally incompatible clones of 386 vintage to run unattended! I was feeling very lonely .. On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 15:35, you manipulated electrons to produce: On Thursday 26 July 2001 15:26, John Rigby wrote: Hi folks, Well, I purchased the official M8 Powerbox ( to avoid any problems with install) - in Oz it costs twice the price of USA - $140 After two weeks of at least half a day every day - asking for and getting great support here, it seems time to call a halt O.K., I'll probably get flamed for this, but I, too, had multiple problems with version 8.0, across multiple installs. I know there are lots of people out there that have had no problems with 8.0, but I'm not one of them. eryl -- Cheers, John http://counter.li.org GO HERE IF YOU SUPPORT LINUX! Fablor is now Webhosting?? What on earth for?? Info here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (it's only an Autoresponder) :-)
Re: [newbie] @ symbol in latin american keyboard
At 00.09 27/07/01, you wrote:
El Jue 26 Jul 2001 12:20, escribiste:
Hello everyone,
I was wondering if any of you has a latin american keyboard layout. I have
it, but I haven't found where the @ symbol is.
Regards.
Hugo
Hola, Hugo. Probá AltGr + q o si no AtlGr + 2
Suerte
Carlos
And { or }? (in windows it is altGr+Shift+ è or +) I have an italian
keyboard but I'm not able to have those symbols: it seems MDK can't handle
two modification keys simultaneously.
Thank you
Olaf
Configuration: Celeron 333A, 128 MB, 6+3 GB HD, SoundBlaster 128 PCI,
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] THat stuck message from Kmail - again.
John, Install fetchmail-* from the CDs--that should clear up #1. I'm not sure about kcron, since I've never used it. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 04:38 PM 07/27/2001 +1000, John Rigby wrote: Hi there and thanks for info, however: 1. fetchmail in all variants is command not found 2. kcron does start - comes up with multiple errors then KMail locks up ( loses all text, cannot be killed and requires reboot) I think now my Distro is seriously flawed. -- Cheers, John http://counter.li.org GO HERE IF YOU SUPPORT LINUX! Fablor is now Webhosting?? What on earth for?? Info here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (it's only an Autoresponder) :-)
Re: [newbie] Kerenel 2.2.x
Jamie, You can download the 2.2.x kernel source for Mandrake 8.0 at ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/Linux/Mandrake/8.0/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/kernel22-sour ce-2.2.19-10mdk.i586.rpm Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 01:45 PM 07/27/2001 +0100, Adams, Jamie wrote: Hiya, Okay.. i have a problem.. I have just had my phone line reconnected so i can go on the internet (woohoo!), not the tyink is i have a cruddy winmodem in my laptop, i have the drivers for it, but they only work with 2.2.x kernels, whereas My Mandrake 8.0 installation cd dosnt include any of the kernel sources so i cant compile the driver in. I CAN install the 2.2.x kernel though from the cd, but no sources.. question is, would i be able to use the sources for this kernel from my Mandrake 7.1 distro? -- Jamie _ 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] login problem
well, we can look at the logs, if you want, or we could create a new user from the text prompt, and see how it logs in. On Friday 27 July 2001 09:05, root wrote: On Friday 27 July 2001 04:43, etharp wrote: is this while you wait to login? have you installed mandrake security and what level? (paranoid?) or a firewall? what reaction are you expecting? i was expecting no reaction, since I had never heard of that method of logging on before. I hit alt-f4 at the point where otherwise I would enter root and my password and hit go. The original problem when attempting to login via the normal login panel, I sometimes was bounced back to the login panel without getting logged in, and when that happened had to reboot before being successful at logging in. When installing, I took the defaults for security and the firewall. Before altering those, I'll want an explanation of why the bounce occurs only some of the time instead of every time. It seems to me if it was a security or firewall problem, the bounce would be consistent instead of sporadic. On Friday 27 July 2001 00:48, root wrote: On Thursday 26 July 2001 16:34, etharp wrote: what happens if you hit ctrl+alt+f4 (or any other f-key up to f6) and log in? nothing. no reaction at all -- Gentlemen, it's in beta. That means it's like Windows. They're letting you test it while they continue to screw it up until it's totally useless. (Bigg Fredd in RCC talking about Google's temporary interface to the deja archives)
[newbie] webmin, portmappin
WEll, because I have been a windows person for a couple of years and old habits are hard to break, I rebooted to see if that would help my webmin dilemma. When it went to reboot, on its way down, it froze at the portmapping shutdown. I don't know why, but got a hunch they are related. When the machine started back up, I had the same issue. anybody using comanche? Ignorance is underrated
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 install hangs after IDE detection
On Thursday 26 July 2001 20:18, you wrote: The install locks up the system only on the Western Digital WDC AC24300 drive. Various utilities report that there are no errors on that drive, though the Disk Minder utility whines about the boot loader not being present even though Grub works just fine. If I temporarily take the WD drive out and switch the Fujitsu to be the master drive, the install will not lock the system up, but, that is not the drive I want to install on... There have been many posts about problems with WD hard drives, search for Western Digital in the the archives. http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/
Re: [newbie] Konqueror Problem
I had the same problem until I upgraded to LM8.0 with KDE 2.1.2 and Konqueror 2.1.1. Occasionally it pops up again but only rarely. What versions of KDEand Konqueror are you using? Jay On Thursday 26 July 2001 h:05, Darren wrote: Hey everyone, another minor problem. Konqueror will not allow me to log into certain sites. More specifically, some web based email accounts. What happens is I type in the user name and password, then it basically goes right back to the login page after I click 'Log In' - There are no error messages, and the email does not tell me there was any problems (bad password, etc). However it does all work in Netscape Mozilla. But lets face it, atleast in my opinion, them two browsers arent worth very much. (Java is installed in Konq and working properly - so I think) So on that note, should I just assume the mail server (Lycos) just doesnt like the way Konqueror does things? Or is there something I can do about it? Darren AKA Liquid Delusion System Setup Custom Built DualBoot - Win98SE Linux-Mandrake 8.0 [Like Windows gets used lol] AMD 850MHz 256MB RAM Two 40GB HardDrives 52x CDROM 12x10x32 CDRW Giga-Byte System Board ATI Rage Series w/ 32MB SoundBlaster PCI 128 RealTek Ethernet ---Alot of the above doesnt have anything to do with problem. Just part of saved draft--- -- I used to think I had an appetite for destruction, but all I really wanted was a club sandwich.
Re: [newbie] Time to Quit the Install?
I too have had some very strange problems with LM 8.0. My desktop took an inordinate amount of time to load the system with the installer pausing in the middle of program loads for 20 or 30 seconds. It took about 3 hours to load. With my laptop, the software update manager does not work properly, and the network connection disappears and re-appears at random. I have posted to this list but have not had a reply. None of these problems existed in LM 7.2. I built my CD's using Adaptec programs on a WinNT 4.0 system so the CD's may not be burned properly. I did the same for my LM 7.2 and had no problems though... I think I will re-load 7.2 on the laptop and upgrade individual systems as required. Lots of luck... Tom. erylon hines wrote: On Thursday 26 July 2001 15:26, John Rigby wrote: Hi folks, Well, I purchased the official M8 Powerbox ( to avoid any problems with install) - in Oz it costs twice the price of USA - $140 After two weeks of at least half a day every day - asking for and getting great support here, it seems time to call a halt . The distro install is definitely deteorating - like my adrenalin reserves :-) O.K., I'll probably get flamed for this, but I, too, had multiple problems with version 8.0, across multiple installs. Total lockups required hitting the reset button (something I've had to do maybe 3 times in 4 years with linux) happened at least twice a week. DNS problems which would come and go--sometimes dns worked, sometimes the browser would hang resolving hostname, and would require the kill command to close it. Ghost windows staying after I killed the proc, etc. And processes would sometimes take an inordinate amount of time to complete on my P233 developmental box that I had it installed on. After the third install I finally just went back to 7.2 and the problems have ALL GONE AWAY. I know there are lots of people out there that have had no problems with 8.0, but I'm not one of them. eryl
[newbie] boot menu
Where do I configure the boot menu and and the menu item names. I had windows 2000 and Mandrake on my system and then I reconfigured the partitions. Now the Windows 2000 menu item boots up to the wrong partition. Thanks, -- Kevin
[newbie] GUI doesn't load
I using the lnx4win and installing into the windows partion. All appears well, the video card and x86config seems well. When it presents the multiple Penguins, it appears to be the end of the install. Nothing. On previous installs, a reboot results in normal operations. On almost 100% of recent installs, never has a GUI (KDE or Gnome) loaded. Before only Gnome loaded, KDE always had this effect (not loading). Shall I rebox my system and take it to the store? Or is there hope for me on this? Mike _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
[newbie] Delivery Receipts
When I was running Windows I used Outlook 2000 and we have a MSExchange server. On outlook I could choose to get a delivery receipt(I don mean read receipts). I always hated those read reciepts except on sesitive documents. When I would check delivery reciept I would get an email back stating that my mail server had succesfully delivered it into the mailbox on so and so on this mail server. Is their a way to do that with linux? Either with a client or a client/server combination? -- Kevin
[newbie] webmin
I've got my webserver running, sorta, but I am really not a command prompt type of person. Can anybody tell me how to run webmin? I tried typing it from the command line, but it tells me from a browser go to http://localhost:1/ Okay, I did that. In Konqueror, now it tells me that connection to localhost is broken. Okay. So, then in type in my localhost:901 for CUPS, it works fine. Well, I did a bit of exploring and ran the install for webmin, but it still does the same thing. Why? I don't know. Do you? I did issue a start command with success. Mozilla tells me that transfer completed, but it stays at the previous page. help, please. Ignorance is underrated
RE: [newbie] webmin
for starters, if its a recent webmin, the link is https://localhost:1 then you can check that it is running.. open a console: /etc/rc.d/init.d/webmin start then make sure its running at boot: ntsysv scroll down and make sure webmin is selected. (you can do that last one from Drakconf as well.. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James S Bear Sent: Friday, 27 July 2001 1:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] webmin I've got my webserver running, sorta, but I am really not a command prompt type of person. Can anybody tell me how to run webmin? I tried typing it from the command line, but it tells me from a browser go to http://localhost:1/ Okay, I did that. In Konqueror, now it tells me that connection to localhost is broken. Okay. So, then in type in my localhost:901 for CUPS, it works fine. Well, I did a bit of exploring and ran the install for webmin, but it still does the same thing. Why? I don't know. Do you? I did issue a start command with success. Mozilla tells me that transfer completed, but it stays at the previous page. help, please. Ignorance is underrated
[newbie] pretty graphical editor
I know I asked this question once and got some reponses but if it ok I would like to just check once more but being a little clearer. Perhaps I am contaminated coming from the windows world but I like it when I am programming in a graphical editor and the editor colorizes on my code depending on whether it a comment or a function... I have JBuilder and it works great for java code. Are their any really good editors like this for C? I tried emacs, and well... we just didn get along. Thanks, -- Kevin
[newbie] X server troubles.
Hi all !! I can't install X after a reinstallation. It has worked fine with FBDev, but I tried to do the same thing without results. My specs: LM7.2 on a Pentium II 350 Mhz, hda Win 98, hdb LM 7.2 on a hdd 15 Gb. RAM 64 Mb. It starts with GRUB (I don't know why LILO wasn't installed) I'll appreciate any help. G. le D. ---
Re: [newbie] pretty graphical editor
Try Kwrite (listed as Advanced Editor in the menu, under ApplicationsEditors)...you might have to enable code highlighting, but it does the job for me... On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Kevin Fonner wrote: I know I asked this question once and got some reponses but if it ok I would like to just check once more but being a little clearer. Perhaps I am contaminated coming from the windows world but I like it when I am programming in a graphical editor and the editor colorizes on my code depending on whether it a comment or a function... I have JBuilder and it works great for java code. Are their any really good editors like this for C? I tried emacs, and well... we just didn get along. Thanks, peace, Rog
Re: [newbie] pretty graphical editor
Have you taken a look at VIM? Its GUI version of VI. Barry On Fri, 27 July 2001, Kevin Fonner wrote: I know I asked this question once and got some reponses but if it ok I would like to just check once more but being a little clearer. Perhaps I am contaminated coming from the windows world but I like it when I am programming in a graphical editor and the editor colorizes on my code depending on whether it a comment or a function... I have JBuilder and it works great for java code. Are their any really good editors like this for C? I tried emacs, and well... we just didn get along. Thanks, -- Kevin
Re: [newbie] webmin
On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, James S Bear wrote: I've got my webserver running, sorta, but I am really not a command prompt type of person. Can anybody tell me how to run webmin? I tried typing it from the command line, but it tells me from a browser go to http://localhost:1/ Instead of http, try https...that should do it... peace, Rog
Re: [newbie] webmin
On Friday 27 July 2001 06:00, James S Bear wrote: I've got my webserver running, sorta, but I am really not a command prompt type of person. Can anybody tell me how to run webmin? I tried typing it from the command line, but it tells me from a browser go to http://localhost:1/ [...] It's https://localhost:1/ ^ -- Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales. Registered Linux User No. 219434 ( see http://counter.li.org/ ). Linux Mandrake release 8.0 (Traktopel) for i586, kernel 2.4.3-20mdk-win4lin-pnr, XFree86 4.0.3, patch level 11mdk, KDE: 2.1.2, Qt: 2.3.1. Uptime 2 hours 19 minutes
Re: [newbie] webmin
James, I haven't used Webmin, but I keep seeing messages that you have to use https instead of http. Hope this helps, Randy Kramer James S Bear wrote: http://localhost:1/
Re: [newbie] buying Domain Name from Yahoo
I'm a fan of gandi.net, over in France. I registered a US org domain with them last spring, and will be moving most if not all of my domains to them in the future as registrations get closer to expiration. It cost 12EU per year (EU currently trading around 86 cents US to the EU if memory serves), Set up was easy, I can extend it out to 10 years, and unlike Network Solutions, gandi has yet to send me my first piece of spam. I've used three other registrars (invite, NS, and joker) for various domains. I've received spam from all the others, in particular NS (very limited from joker and invite to the point where they might almost make the case that they didn't spam). invite can't cope with transferring a domain from another registrar for some weird reason. gandi.net seems best set up to do that of the ones I've used. Before doing business with any registrar, do a google search of news.admin.net-abuse.email to make sure you aren't giving your email address to a registrar which has a reputation for spamming its customers. NS got so bad that this became my primary reason for finding another registrar, so that I could stick their IP space into my procmail filter. From: Roger Sherman Subject: Re: [newbie] buying Domain Name from Yahoo Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 15:10:48 -0700 No! Go to Dotster.com, 15 clams a year... On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Tuan Duc Tran wrote: Hi all, I am going to buy a Domain Name (registered Domain) for my Web Server. I have a plain to buy it from Yahoo. Has anyone bought it from Yahoo? Is this a good way to do? It's cost about $35.00 USD/year. Tuan _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Microsoft, Windows, Windows 98, Bugs, Lacking features, IRQ conflicts, System crashes, Non-functional multitasking, the Y2K problem and the Blue Screen of Death are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp., Redmond, USA.
Re: [newbie] Viruses.
On Wednesday 25 July 2001 11:51, Adams, Jamie wrote: Just a small note about the SirCam virus, i had never heard of this, but on my windows machine at work this morning i have recieved 3 messages from an unknown person infected with it. Get a life, mate. I've had over 30 of the damn things so far g. One of us needs to get out more, I guess. -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC Free Dimitry Sklyarov!
Re: [newbie] Delivery Receipts
Kevin: Netscape provides several options for this; don't know about other mail programs. Go Edit Preferences Return Receipt. I'm not sure how effective it is, though. Several weeks ago I sent an important document and requested a receipt. The doc went through, but I never got a receipt. It turned out that the server at the other end stripped all receipt requests from external mail. However, please make sure that you don't ask for receipts when posting to this list. It's a real pain, causes a lot of unnecessary traffic, and may result in some nasty messages back to you. Regards, Carroll Kevin Fonner wrote: When I was running Windows I used Outlook 2000 and we have a MSExchange server. On outlook I could choose to get a delivery receipt(I don mean read receipts). I always hated those read reciepts except on sesitive documents. When I would check delivery reciept I would get an email back stating that my mail server had succesfully delivered it into the mailbox on so and so on this mail server. Is their a way to do that with linux? Either with a client or a client/server combination? -- Kevin
Re: [newbie] Time to Quit the Install?
was this done as a upgreade to 8.0 or a complete fresh (reformat HD) install? On Friday 27 July 2001 12:15, Tom Cada wrote: I too have had some very strange problems with LM 8.0. My desktop took an inordinate amount of time to load the system with the installer pausing in the middle of program loads for 20 or 30 seconds. It took about 3 hours to load. With my laptop, the software update manager does not work properly, and the network connection disappears and re-appears at random. I have posted to this list but have not had a reply. None of these problems existed in LM 7.2. I built my CD's using Adaptec programs on a WinNT 4.0 system so the CD's may not be burned properly. I did the same for my LM 7.2 and had no problems though... I think I will re-load 7.2 on the laptop and upgrade individual systems as required. Lots of luck... Tom. erylon hines wrote: On Thursday 26 July 2001 15:26, John Rigby wrote: Hi folks, Well, I purchased the official M8 Powerbox ( to avoid any problems with install) - in Oz it costs twice the price of USA - $140 After two weeks of at least half a day every day - asking for and getting great support here, it seems time to call a halt . The distro install is definitely deteorating - like my adrenalin reserves :-) O.K., I'll probably get flamed for this, but I, too, had multiple problems with version 8.0, across multiple installs. Total lockups required hitting the reset button (something I've had to do maybe 3 times in 4 years with linux) happened at least twice a week. DNS problems which would come and go--sometimes dns worked, sometimes the browser would hang resolving hostname, and would require the kill command to close it. Ghost windows staying after I killed the proc, etc. And processes would sometimes take an inordinate amount of time to complete on my P233 developmental box that I had it installed on. After the third install I finally just went back to 7.2 and the problems have ALL GONE AWAY. I know there are lots of people out there that have had no problems with 8.0, but I'm not one of them. eryl
Re: [newbie] OT; the truth about Civilme's vacation
Good one! GO CIVILEME!!! - Original Message - From: Michel Clasquin [EMAIL PROTECTED] out of reach.. http://www.tenerife-direct.com Nice cover story, but I'm not buying any of it. According to my source, Elongated Esophagus, civilime has assumed a false identity and has accepted a temp programming job at Microsoft HQ in Redmond. His mission, should he get that far, is to slip some viral GPL code into Windows XP, which will make the whole thing fall under the GPL, by Ballmer's own logic. On the next anniversary of Linus's email to the Minix discussion group, the code will announce its presence to the world by flashing the text of the GPL on to the screens of millions of Windows XP machines, against a backdrop of Bill Gates' face slowly morphing into Richard Stallmann's. Microsoft will be forced to release the source to Windows and we can then finish them off once and for all by ignoring it completely. It will have been the first time a monopolist has been forced out of business by global derisory laughter ... This e-mail will self-destruct in five seconds 4 ... 3... 2 ... 1 ... -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC Free Dimitry Sklyarov! _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] pretty graphical editor
Check out Cooledit. Roman Randy Kramer wrote: I tried Kwrite, and it's not bad. I switched to nedit because it has: -soft wrap (they call it continuous) -macros However, the search and replace in kwrite is nicer than that in nedit if you want to accept changes one at a time -- nedit doesn't highlight the found selection. Also, kwrite looks a little slicker -- nedit uses what I think they call the Motif style. (Actually, I switch between nedit and kwrite (and jstar) depending on exactly what I'm doing.) Hope this helps, Randy Kramer Roger Sherman wrote: Try Kwrite (listed as Advanced Editor in the menu, under ApplicationsEditors)...you might have to enable code highlighting, but it does the job for me... On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Kevin Fonner wrote: I know I asked this question once and got some reponses but if it ok I would like to just check once more but being a little clearer. Perhaps I am contaminated coming from the windows world but I like it when I am programming in a graphical editor and the editor colorizes on my code depending on whether it a comment or a function... I have JBuilder and it works great for java code. Are their any really good editors like this for C? I tried emacs, and well... we just didn get along. Thanks, peace, Rog
Re: [newbie] Time to Quit the Install?
On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 22:43, John Rigby wrote: Hi Sridhar, On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 14:45, you manipulated electrons to produce: Actually, the price is about the same when you take into account the exchange rate (about $US1 = $A2 at present). THAT is the fiction of Foreign Exchange - don't get me started on that ! :-) Believe me, if you LIVE there and EARN there it is not relevant. 1. The machine EVEN runs W98SE with the only fault being the famous memory leak under heavy use. I can keep it going all day! Wow, that's amazing! I used to reboot several times a day! With GNU/Linux, I only reboot (and not out of necessity) once or twice a week (I keep my machine on all the time). Oh yes, Doze I KNOW. There are tricks - like keeping an old donkey moving better to get a horse. If you use the Ext2 filesystem (the default), the machine will execute a file system check (fsck) on bootup if you didn't shut down correctly. It will also issue a periodic checkup after a certain number of boots (I've forgotten how many). This is normal. * Well, we certainly aren't getting to shut down correctly. 2. On Logout, sometimes it offers a login alternative screen, sometimes it simply boots back into the default user - and continues the problem. That's odd -- things should be consistent here. I'm not sure about this one. ** I do have an auto login running, but it shouldn't be effective AFTER a logout, should it? If you cloose to log out you should be logged out properly, without being logged in again. 3. On Shutdown it reports numerous and seemingly increasing problems - particularly with both CDs and devices. What are the problems? Sometimes these are not problems at all (but then again, sometimes they are). * Too many to list readily. Scroll rate faster than I can recall. But, they are increasing. 4. PPP dies unexpectedly regularly. You mean you get disconnected from the Internet? This could be a problem with your ISP, or from being logged in for too long, or maybe from an idle connection. *** Can't tell for sure - it offers to run a log, then fails to do so. But only having the problem under Mandrake - no probs all day under Doze. What offers to run a log? KPPP? You can try another dialer (I can't think of any off-hand but I know there are some out there). 5. Kmail will suddenly whiteout and only a logout will help. This costs the loss of the display details of the KPPP. It is still connected, but no display of the fact is available. Turn off interval mail checking in KMail. Also, have you considered another client, like Evolution or Aethera, or maybe even Mozilla Mail? Wait for KDE 2.2 (due out on Aug 6). Maybe things will be fixed in there. Thought I'd wait for it - mail hassles in converting I don't need - only just finished cross-sending over two hundred as nothing translated them. Kmail uses a pretty standard mail format (namely, UNIX's MBOX standard). It should be readable by other mail clients, AFAIK. 6. Intense Disk activity (thrashing in the Doze world) has caused lockup 3 times in 2 days. Always involving Kmail. (VERY frustrating to duplicate 100+ emails downloaded! ) Resolved by hitting cancel button on display saying ( each reboot) indexing. Try going to /home/username/Mail (after closing all instances of KMail) and delete all files with the extensions .sorted and .index. Now reload KMail. I find that this can often fix KMail errors. * Don't have any there. ( On startup not relog, a display of Gnome is searching for Trash bins also appears and has to be cancelled. It does not go away.) 7. A Gnome Desktop has appeared on Dtop 4 and is un-cancellable I assume you are using KDE? Have you tried logging out from GNOME? This should leave only KDE. When you exit from KDE, make sure that your session is saved (there's an option for this in the Control Centre). When you next log in, there should be no more GNOME. I'm actually not logged in to Gnome. There is no option to log out. On the Gnome screen the Taskbar is still KDE If there are any GNOME Panels, right-click an empty space on one (like a handle) and select Desktop - Log Out. Otherwise, open a terminal and type kill gnome-session. 8. Hitting the Kill option has no effect on the locked-up programs. In the now severe cases. the final event is reminescent of the B.S.O.D. of Doze. Only recourse is a reboot. In almost all cases, a reboot is unnecessary. Some apps don't die with an ordinary kill (e.g. as done through xkill). If you use an app like gtop (there are KDE equivalents, but I don't know them), you should have options to issue stronger kills than what is standard. Sometimes I find that this is necessary (although I do the same thing through a command
Re: [newbie] Strange X problem I have never had before. (damn thing crashed again.)
Don't use Aurora -- it's more trouble than it's worth. Do a fresh reinstall (just in case), making sure to format (but _don't_ low-level format as James suggested below!) the partition before installing. When you get to choose the boot loader, choose either LILO or GRUB, but _without_ graphics (i.e. text-only). Your bootup may not look as pretty but at least it should work. On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:13, James S Bear wrote: I've had this same problem. The only way I've found to cure it is to do a low-level format and start all over. This brings to my mind a question: How efficient is the formatting of ext2? Compared to a dos format, it takes next to no time. I've always been taught that haste makes waste, but I understand that possibly it is just easier to format ext2. Can anybody explain to me why it takes so much less time to format ext2? jim Quoting Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi guys, just wondering if anyone can give me any ideas on this: The system: 200 Ppro 64mb ram. S3Virge 2MB ReiserFS The Problem: System boots in vga=788 mode with Aurora perfectly. when starting x, (after using drakconf and trying progressively lower res and color) the system locks up tight.. monitor starts flashing no sync signal and CTRL-ALT-DEL, or CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE or anything else works either.. altough the number lock and caps key lights are still working, so it doesn't look like a total lockup.. can't switch to another terminal either.. Latest problem, after another crash, this time haing tried 640x480 bit,,, the system is reporting this no boot (unsucessful boot I might add. INIT: version 2.78 booting INIT: /etc/inittab[6]: id field too long (max 4 characters) INIT: /etc/inittab[7]: id missing action field a heap of other stuff like that,,, then : Enter runlevel: no mater what I select, it tells me INIT: no more processes left on this runlevel anyone know how to fix that? I have just reinstalled this thing 3 times, don't want to make it 4 if it can be avoided.. The daft thing was, I had KDE running perfectly, had upgraded the kernel to 2.2.19 and did all my usual config stuff.. Then I tried to load aurora, got that working, then X disappeared, and now it appears that I have had a data coruption as well. This is not going well at all... any help, suggestions, general cursing,, anything at all is most welcome.. regards Frank Ignorance is underrated -- 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] Libc.so.6
On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 22:48, Dave Sherman wrote: On Friday 27 July 2001 02:19, thus spake Sridhar Dhanapalan: Mandrake 7.2 has GLIBC 2.1. For this binary to work, you need GLIBC 2.2. You have three solutions: * Compile from source (get an srpm). * Find another binary that will work. * Upgrade to a distro that uses GLIBC 2.2. Mandrake 8.0 is an example. How do srpm's work? I've always just used tarballs... Dave Assuming all dependencies are met (just like with tarballs): # rpm --rebuild package.src.rpm The sources will be built in the directories under /usr/src/RPM. The final package will be placed in a directory under /usr/src/RPM/RPMS, depending on your architecture. You may want to delete the extracted sources from the /usr/src/RPM tree afterwards. -- 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] Completely empty software update...
Hi all, I have a 7.2 box, and I wanted to keep it up to date, so I ran software update in drakconf (incidently is there a console version of that?) anyway, no matter which mirror I choose, no matter if I choose development updates or just normal ones, I get nothing in my update list, and I know for a fact that I should be getting a heap of stuff as this is an almost clean box, almost nothing has been updates yet except the kernal and some other minor stuff.. I have double and triple checked the proxy settings, the box can ping and browse anywhere.. and I tried around 25 different mirrors and got nothing from any of them... Has anyone had this problem and if so, how did you get around it? rgds Frank
Re: [newbie] webmin
James, This works for me: https://127.0.0.1:1 Press the [enter] key. Roman James S Bear wrote: I've got my webserver running, sorta, but I am really not a command prompt type of person. Can anybody tell me how to run webmin? I tried typing it from the command line, but it tells me from a browser go to http://localhost:1/ Okay, I did that. In Konqueror, now it tells me that connection to localhost is broken. Okay. So, then in type in my localhost:901 for CUPS, it works fine. Well, I did a bit of exploring and ran the install for webmin, but it still does the same thing. Why? I don't know. Do you? I did issue a start command with success. Mozilla tells me that transfer completed, but it stays at the previous page. help, please. Ignorance is underrated
[newbie] Modem Configuration
I am having a lot of trouble configuring my modem. One problem is that I have never used Linux before - today is my first day. I just got Mandrake 8.0 installed, and I don't know where to go to configure the modem. During install I told the configuration program that the modem was on COM2 (which i thought was correct, but i could be wrong) - other than that, I don't know what info I can provide to help anyone determine what I did wrong. I would be really grateful for any advice! TIA Tom Malone
Re: [newbie] libc.so.6
Everette wrote: I am trying to install some software and keep getting errors. It say's Dependency Problem libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2) is needed by my software. I looked at the list archives and found several people with the same problem, but never seen an answer. Could someone please tell me how to fix this problem. Go http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/ You'll find them there. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 su is not the root of your problem but the start of a new journey
Re: [newbie] Delivery Receipts
No... You didnt read my email carefully. What you described was a read receipt. These are common to most mail clients, and your right! They are a real pain when used for anything except important emails. I am talking about a DELIVERY receipts. They are not returned by the user but by the mail server. I know Microsoft Outlook has them when you use Exchange server. I find them very valuable. I was wondering if any clients or client/servers have this feature? Carroll Grigsby wrote: Kevin: Netscape provides several options for this; don't know about other mail programs. Go Edit Preferences Return Receipt. I'm not sure how effective it is, though. Several weeks ago I sent an important document and requested a receipt. The doc went through, but I never got a receipt. It turned out that the server at the other end stripped all receipt requests from external mail. However, please make sure that you don't ask for receipts when posting to this list. It's a real pain, causes a lot of unnecessary traffic, and may result in some nasty messages back to you. Regards, Carroll Kevin Fonner wrote: When I was running Windows I used Outlook 2000 and we have a MSExchange server. On outlook I could choose to get a delivery receipt(I don mean read receipts). I always hated those read reciepts except on sesitive documents. When I would check delivery reciept I would get an email back stating that my mail server had succesfully delivered it into the mailbox on so and so on this mail server. Is their a way to do that with linux? Either with a client or a client/server combination? -- Kevin
[newbie] Apparently small challenge
Hi all. Imagine a sub-network with 10 windows-boxes. These machines does not have DD and it does not contain CDROM drive. Simply they are connected in the same network. Its HDs measures 10gb and contains windows-ME installed as primary operational system. In these conditions, how can I would install Linux OS (MDK8) on these boxes ? Remember that winme does not allow F8 to get a MS-Dos for partitioning or things like this. Can any one help me with this ? Thanks in advance. Marcos Nobre
Re: [newbie] Modem Configuration
On Friday 27 July 2001 23:09, you wrote: Dennis, It is a winModem, and I am using KPPP in the KDE desktop. The KPPP configuration dialogue says the modem is on /dev/modem, if that help.. I am completely new to this linux stuff - I don't know how to change the port the modem is on, and I am really confused (and not just a little afraid :) ) by the prospect of having to compile some linmodem driver software.. Tom -Original Message- From: Dennis Myers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 7:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem Configuration On Friday 27 July 2001 19:18, you wrote: I am having a lot of trouble configuring my modem. One problem is that I have never used Linux before - today is my first day. I just got Mandrake 8.0 installed, and I don't know where to go to configure the modem. During install I told the configuration program that the modem was on COM2 (which i thought was correct, but i could be wrong) - other than that, I don't know what info I can provide to help anyone determine what I did wrong. I would be really grateful for any advice! TIA Tom Malone What brand name is the modem? If it is on com2 in windows then you should set it up as ttyS1 on linux. ports start as ttyS0(com1), ttyS1(com2)etc. If it is a so called controllerless internal modem then it is a winmodem and you may have a problem unless you find the linmodem drivers. If it is an external modem no USB you should be ok. Are you using KPPP in the KDE desktop? A little more info would help if the above does not correct the problem. We'll be waiting : ) -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 That makes the problem a bit more difficult, I have never used a winmodem and my advice would be to get a real modem external, and serial connection to your computer. However, don't panic, relax, you are looking straight on at the learning curve. I was there one year ago or so. Now, the url for the linmodems support I do not know, so someone please repost it for Tom. Then the compilation help needed is also here on the list cause there are several people who have done it or know how. I call for there support also. You will learn so much in the next few weeks and months, and sometimes the frustration may get to you, but hang in there it is worth the ride. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
Fwd: RE: [newbie] Modem Configuration
Ok folks, here's another that is over my head for now. Please jump in here and advise Tom on his need for help. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: RE: [newbie] Modem Configuration Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 23:09:39 -0400 From: Tom Malone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dennis Ok - I found a binary version for Mandrake 8.0 - 2.4.3 kernel, and verified that that is the version i have by typing uname -r in the terminal. I know this is a stupid question, but I don't know how - i have the rpm now on my windows pc and am going to transfer it to my laptop (with mandrake) via floppy - can you please tell me how to install it? Thanks! Tom -Original Message- From: Dennis Myers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 7:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem Configuration On Friday 27 July 2001 19:18, you wrote: I am having a lot of trouble configuring my modem. One problem is that I have never used Linux before - today is my first day. I just got Mandrake 8.0 installed, and I don't know where to go to configure the modem. During install I told the configuration program that the modem was on COM2 (which i thought was correct, but i could be wrong) - other than that, I don't know what info I can provide to help anyone determine what I did wrong. I would be really grateful for any advice! TIA Tom Malone What brand name is the modem? If it is on com2 in windows then you should set it up as ttyS1 on linux. ports start as ttyS0(com1), ttyS1(com2)etc. If it is a so called controllerless internal modem then it is a winmodem and you may have a problem unless you find the linmodem drivers. If it is an external modem no USB you should be ok. Are you using KPPP in the KDE desktop? A little more info would help if the above does not correct the problem. We'll be waiting : ) -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 --- -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
Re: RE: [newbie] Modem Configuration
u can run as root kpackage n open the file or rpm -i rpmthing.rpm - Original Message - From: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie Linux-Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 9:20 PM Subject: Fwd: RE: [newbie] Modem Configuration Ok folks, here's another that is over my head for now. Please jump in here and advise Tom on his need for help. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: RE: [newbie] Modem Configuration Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 23:09:39 -0400 From: Tom Malone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dennis Ok - I found a binary version for Mandrake 8.0 - 2.4.3 kernel, and verified that that is the version i have by typing uname -r in the terminal. I know this is a stupid question, but I don't know how - i have the rpm now on my windows pc and am going to transfer it to my laptop (with mandrake) via floppy - can you please tell me how to install it? Thanks! Tom -Original Message- From: Dennis Myers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 7:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem Configuration On Friday 27 July 2001 19:18, you wrote: I am having a lot of trouble configuring my modem. One problem is that I have never used Linux before - today is my first day. I just got Mandrake 8.0 installed, and I don't know where to go to configure the modem. During install I told the configuration program that the modem was on COM2 (which i thought was correct, but i could be wrong) - other than that, I don't know what info I can provide to help anyone determine what I did wrong. I would be really grateful for any advice! TIA Tom Malone What brand name is the modem? If it is on com2 in windows then you should set it up as ttyS1 on linux. ports start as ttyS0(com1), ttyS1(com2)etc. If it is a so called controllerless internal modem then it is a winmodem and you may have a problem unless you find the linmodem drivers. If it is an external modem no USB you should be ok. Are you using KPPP in the KDE desktop? A little more info would help if the above does not correct the problem. We'll be waiting : ) -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 --- -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
Re: [newbie] Modem Configuration
On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 19:18:22 -0400 Tom Malone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom, First off - Welcome to Linux OK then, a couple of points to start with.. You need to give us rather more information.. What kind of system do you have?? What kind of modem? (You are dual booting with Windows - I see that from your headers :-) Go to Control Panel -- Modems -- Properties (I think) and run the utility which looks at the modem's internal registers. From there make a note as to which Address and Port windows has the modem assigned to. Make a note of what the modems Identification string is. If that Id string or the modem labels in Control Panel -- Systems -- has the characters 'DSF' or 'HCL' in it - then you may have a software modem and it _MAY NOT_ (not _will_not_) be supported by Linux. This will mean maybe a different approach. OK Com Ports. In Linux the serial ports are labeled /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1 and so on, /dev/ttyS0 is the equivilent of Windows/MsDos Com1: and so on. So you need to tell your dialer software where it it in the /dev/ttySx form. A side note to that, I suggest that you do not assign your modem to Com1 (/dev/ttyS0) as the is a chance that your mouse regardless of type may also be assigned there resulting in device conflicts. Nuf to start with?? Write direct if you wish - I shall echo to the list. Cheers John I am having a lot of trouble configuring my modem. One problem is that I have never used Linux before - today is my first day. I just got Mandrake 8.0 installed, and I don't know where to go to configure the modem. During install I told the configuration program that the modem was on COM2 (which i thought was correct, but i could be wrong) - other than that, I don't know what info I can provide to help anyone determine what I did wrong. I would be really grateful for any advice! TIA Tom Malone -- 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] Modem Configuration
Ok everyone, Sorry to drag you through another newbie-from-windows-convert-transition - I'm sure it was painful enough for you all the first time you went through it ;) Anyway, I found a binary rpm driver that matched my distribution and kernel, installed it, and had some success. However, it dropped the connection (some PPP problem it says). Here is what happened, step-by-step, after i clicked OK in the KPPP dialogue box: Jul 27 23:55:37 localhost pppd[1098]: pppd 2.4.0 started by tom, uid 501 Jul 27 23:55:37 localhost pppd[1098]: Using interface ppp0 Jul 27 23:55:37 localhost pppd[1098]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyLT0 Jul 27 23:55:55 localhost pppd[1098]: Hangup (SIGHUP) Jul 27 23:55:55 localhost pppd[1098]: Modem hangup Jul 27 23:55:55 localhost pppd[1098]: Connection terminated. Jul 27 23:55:55 localhost pppd[1098]: Exit. Again - i'm sorry if this turns out to be something simple, but I REALLY appreciate your help! Tom -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Myers Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 10:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Newbie Linux-Mandrake Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem Configuration On Friday 27 July 2001 23:09, you wrote: Dennis, It is a winModem, and I am using KPPP in the KDE desktop. The KPPP configuration dialogue says the modem is on /dev/modem, if that help.. I am completely new to this linux stuff - I don't know how to change the port the modem is on, and I am really confused (and not just a little afraid :) ) by the prospect of having to compile some linmodem driver software.. Tom -Original Message- From: Dennis Myers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 7:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem Configuration On Friday 27 July 2001 19:18, you wrote: I am having a lot of trouble configuring my modem. One problem is that I have never used Linux before - today is my first day. I just got Mandrake 8.0 installed, and I don't know where to go to configure the modem. During install I told the configuration program that the modem was on COM2 (which i thought was correct, but i could be wrong) - other than that, I don't know what info I can provide to help anyone determine what I did wrong. I would be really grateful for any advice! TIA Tom Malone What brand name is the modem? If it is on com2 in windows then you should set it up as ttyS1 on linux. ports start as ttyS0(com1), ttyS1(com2)etc. If it is a so called controllerless internal modem then it is a winmodem and you may have a problem unless you find the linmodem drivers. If it is an external modem no USB you should be ok. Are you using KPPP in the KDE desktop? A little more info would help if the above does not correct the problem. We'll be waiting : ) -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 That makes the problem a bit more difficult, I have never used a winmodem and my advice would be to get a real modem external, and serial connection to your computer. However, don't panic, relax, you are looking straight on at the learning curve. I was there one year ago or so. Now, the url for the linmodems support I do not know, so someone please repost it for Tom. Then the compilation help needed is also here on the list cause there are several people who have done it or know how. I call for there support also. You will learn so much in the next few weeks and months, and sometimes the frustration may get to you, but hang in there it is worth the ride. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
[newbie] I've gone and done it now!
Hey gang, sigh...I think I've really screwed up this time. I thought I'd go into Drakfont, and remove a mess of fonts I never use. It was going real easy, but apparently it went too easy. I figured I'd reboot just for the heck of it and now, I can't get xwindows to start. Why?...heh...no font for it. I tried to fix things with 'upgrade', but that doesn't work, so now all I have is the cli staring me in the face, but can't get into xwindows. Does anyone out there feel like holding my hand and walking me through a fix or am I best off just reinstalling? (I hope I don't have to reinstall...I've got a few e-mails saved and I really need to have them, and I haven't figured out how to do backups with Linux yet...yes, I've read man dump, man tar, man etc, etc...too technical(?) to understand, for me at least) Thanks for any help, y'all be good, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 28/07/2001 **Please report spammers to SpamCop. Use PocoMail for virus-free email and PGP to keep it all safe from prying eyes. Use Linux for freedom!**
Re: [newbie] I've gone and done it now!
If you do re-install, you should have all your mail, etc. saved, as long as you don't mess with your /home partition (you did make a separate /home, didn't you?). Note to all newbies--always make a separate /home partition, so if you do have to re-install, you can save your settings, backups, etc. there. If you don't reformat /home, you will still have that stuff. eryl On Friday 27 July 2001 22:29, John wrote: Hey gang, sigh...I think I've really screwed up this time. I thought I'd go into Drakfont, and remove a mess of fonts I never use. It was going real easy, but apparently it went too easy. I figured I'd reboot just for the heck of it and now, I can't get xwindows to start. Why?...heh...no font for it. I tried to fix things with 'upgrade', but that doesn't work, so now all I have is the cli staring me in the face, but can't get into xwindows. Does anyone out there feel like holding my hand and walking me through a fix or am I best off just reinstalling? (I hope I don't have to reinstall...I've got a few e-mails saved and I really need to have them, and I haven't figured out how to do backups with Linux yet...yes, I've read man dump, man tar, man etc, etc...too technical(?) to understand, for me at least) Thanks for any help, y'all be good, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 28/07/2001 **Please report spammers to SpamCop. Use PocoMail for virus-free email and PGP to keep it all safe from prying eyes. Use Linux for freedom!**
Re: [newbie] pine in an xterm and copy/paste
It was Fri, 27 Jul 2001 10:46:11 -0700 when Justin Kao wrote: Did you enable mouse support in Pine? If yes, that might be the reason. Paul I have Mandrake 8. When I run pine in an xterm (or any other terminal in X), I am unable to select text in pine, and unable to paste with the middle mouse button... can anyone tell me how to fix this? Copy/paste works everywhere else. I have the default configuration in pine, except that I changed /etc/pine.conf to turn off colors. Thanks for any help, Justin -- Who shall decide when doctors disagree? -Alexander Pope http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.5.1 ** http://www.care2.com - when you care **
Re: [newbie] pretty graphical editor
I tried Kwrite, and it's not bad. I switched to nedit because it has: -soft wrap (they call it continuous) -macros However, the search and replace in kwrite is nicer than that in nedit if you want to accept changes one at a time -- nedit doesn't highlight the found selection. Also, kwrite looks a little slicker -- nedit uses what I think they call the Motif style. (Actually, I switch between nedit and kwrite (and jstar) depending on exactly what I'm doing.) Hope this helps, Randy Kramer Roger Sherman wrote: Try Kwrite (listed as Advanced Editor in the menu, under ApplicationsEditors)...you might have to enable code highlighting, but it does the job for me... On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Kevin Fonner wrote: I know I asked this question once and got some reponses but if it ok I would like to just check once more but being a little clearer. Perhaps I am contaminated coming from the windows world but I like it when I am programming in a graphical editor and the editor colorizes on my code depending on whether it a comment or a function... I have JBuilder and it works great for java code. Are their any really good editors like this for C? I tried emacs, and well... we just didn get along. Thanks, peace, Rog
[newbie] About to take the plunge
Well, I'm about to install LM 8.0 and end a life shackled to M$. Any suggestions or helpful sanity-saving proceedures?
Re: [newbie] Dual booting win 2000 with NTFS file system with aurora and lilo
This is a boot loader (the graphical menu that allows you to choose what OS you want to load at bootup) issue, not a distro one. Mandrake used LILO up to 7.1, when it replaced it for GRUB. LILO at that time was not able to boot from a partition that was past the 1024th cylinder. This is a BIOS limitation, and GRUB was designed with a workaround for this. By the time of Mandrake 7.2, LILO had been improved do that it could also boot from past the 1024th cylinder. In Mandrake 8.0, LILO is once again the default boot loader. On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:09, James S Bear wrote: This is why I use Mandrake. I used to play with redhat, but I learned from doing that that you need to put the boot sector towards the front of the disk. If you have a machine with Winders already installed and then want to put redhat overtop, it is almost impossible to get that boot sector towards the front of the disk so you are using the Windows mbr. I am assuming that Mandake solves this problem by...? I don't know. Quoting tazmun [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all I've been actually dual booting one of my systems with win 2000 NTFS file system for some time now with MD 8.0 with no problems. All seemed to work flawlessly and was set up on original install no muss no fuss. However at this point I'm also trying on another system to get Red Hat 7.1 going. This box also has win 2000 on it with NTFS file system. So far I've not figured out how to get the RedHat booted with out using the boot up disk I made. The way the Red Hat is installed is similiar to the mandrake with the Root filesystem being on hdb5hdb1 is win NTFS as well as hda is all NTFS. Is the lilo used in mandrake totally different or is it the Aurora giving me the dual boot screen at start up. I get a dark bluish screen(I'm somewhat color blind so don't quote me on this could be purple too) offering me NT, Linux, Floppy. I can edit the properties of this screen in the GUI config offered in Mandrake as well. The Mandrake distro claims that this particular version of Aurora is made especially for them in RPM information but that downloads for other distros are available as well on their site. Any idea where that site would be. In searchs thus far no luck. www.aurora.com seems to be a company of some sort not related to the aurora I speak of here. Even if I find this site is it likely it will solve my problem? I realize this is a bit off topic being it is redhat oriented, but this list seems more informative then the redhat install list. Ya gotta give Mandrake a high 5 on this issue since they seem to have left redhat in the dust on dual booting. Any suggestions here other then just run mandrake would be greatly appreciated... :-) Thanks Tazmun Ignorance is underrated -- 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] Restoring Dual Boot-Up After HD Fails
I've forgotten the command (I use LILO), but I know you can write to the boot sector through the Mandrake Control Centre. On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 21:36, Ivan Tefalco wrote: Okay, this one's worrying me a bit. Originally had my PC setup with DualBoot through Grub. WinME on Master LM8 on Primary Slave My Master drive failed recently after four years of faithful service, leaving me with LM8 fully functional on my slave but no way to access it. Simple question is ; How do I restore the Grub bootmanager to the master after I've replaced the drive.? Many thanks for all your help., great list. -Ivan T. -- 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] How to execute a specified command string with codeweavers-WINE
You need to install the X11R6-contrib package. To run a command with switches, etc. encase it in quotes, e.g. $ wine /mnt/windos/windows/command/format.exe c: That should work :-) On Sat, 28 Jul 2001 00:03, Olaf Marzocchi wrote: I need to execute a specified string in order to use Eudora for win. At the moment, if I start wine from a terminal I receive the message: Xmessage not found or similar. If I click on an exe in konqueror every app starts without problem. I simply need to pass to WINE a specific command line. Thank you Olaf Configuration: Celeron 333A, 128 MB, 6+3 GB HD, SoundBlaster 128 PCI, 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 -- 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] libc.so.6
Everette wrote: I am trying to install some software and keep getting errors. It say's Dependency Problem libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2) is needed by my software. I looked at the list archives and found several people with the same problem, but never seen an answer. Could someone please tell me how to fix this problem. Here's a better one: http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=libc.so.6submit=Search+... Roman Registered Linux User #179293 su is not the root of your problem but the start of a new journey
FW: [newbie] Modem Configuration
if you loaded linuxconf, run it, go to misc options, and select modem that windows has a detect option, if you select that, it will query your ports and look for a modem, if it finds one, it will make a symlink between your port and /dev/modem from then on, you just select /dev/modem in everything.. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Malone Sent: Saturday, 28 July 2001 7:18 AM To: Mandrake Newbies Subject: [newbie] Modem Configuration I am having a lot of trouble configuring my modem. One problem is that I have never used Linux before - today is my first day. I just got Mandrake 8.0 installed, and I don't know where to go to configure the modem. During install I told the configuration program that the modem was on COM2 (which i thought was correct, but i could be wrong) - other than that, I don't know what info I can provide to help anyone determine what I did wrong. I would be really grateful for any advice! TIA Tom Malone
Re: [newbie] ATTENTION all newbies!
John, You will need the following: acroread 4.0.5-6mdk and acroread-nppdf 4.0.5-6mdk (for Netscape plugin) Roman Registered Linux User #179293 su is not the root of your problem but the start of a new journey John Rigby wrote: Hi Sridhar, In its default state, my M8 won't recognise PDF format. Guess I'll have to install it - so many people use the silly thing today... :-) But I would have thought it would have been a default. On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 21:21, you manipulated electrons to produce: IBM have just released a great FAQ titled Transitioning from Windows to Linux. I had a look at it and it appears quite Newbie-friendly: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-faq/?openl=2 52,t=grl,p=LinuxFAQ -- Cheers, John http://counter.li.org GO HERE IF YOU SUPPORT LINUX! Fablor is now Webhosting?? What on earth for?? Info here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (it's only an Autoresponder) :-)
Re: [newbie] About to take the plunge
Just my opinions, and I bees a newbie too. first. if you are going to dual boot (I recomend it since that way you can still use winders to connect to this list and get help after you botch something else up) first is to run scandisk in winders or from a dos prompt. then defrag. This assumes you are not installing a new hard drive just for mandrake, and already have winders since you sent this from outlook. figure you want 5 gigs harddrive space if you have the powerpack and are going to try all the bells and whistles. (well,,, install them anyway I don't think you will get around to playing with them all.) if you have a non-ide cdrom, write back and find out about alternate boot.img set your bios to NON-PLUG and PRAY aware OS (this will only cause the bios to scan and initialize the PCI and PLUG AND PRAY devices in your computer. Don't bother with the lin4win that will autostart if you try to read the CD from winders, give linux it's own space and filesystem. boot from the cd and read the directions. I like the expert (as opposed to recomended) and developer instead of server or desktop. I also like to chose every damn thing on the disks, and let it all fill the hard drive UP. (everyone here that really knows will prolby flame me for that, since some programs can conflict, but for the most part, the installer program will not install conflicting programs. I also turn off as many services as I think I possibly can as soon as I reboot. what a good question tho... On Friday 27 July 2001 18:39, Kaldren wrote: Well, I'm about to install LM 8.0 and end a life shackled to M$. Any suggestions or helpful sanity-saving proceedures?
RE: [newbie] About to take the plunge
Nope, no Windose at all. I am installing it on a clean hard drive, Linux only. Chugging right along.
Re: [newbie] Modem Configuration
Tom: They are called WinModems because they only intended to work under windows. However, SOME of them can be made to work under other operating systems. Go here: www.idir.net.~gromitkc/winmodem.html and here: www.linmodems.org Regards, Carroll Tom Malone wrote: When I go into the KDE Control center, and expand the System Menu, and then click on KDE System Control, and the check the properties of the 56k WinModem in the device manager, it says the modem is operational. But if I try to connect to my ISP, it says the modem is busy. Anu idea what could cause it? TIA Tom Malone -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Franki Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 7:29 PM To: NEWBIE Mandrake List Subject: FW: [newbie] Modem Configuration if you loaded linuxconf, run it, go to misc options, and select modem that windows has a detect option, if you select that, it will query your ports and look for a modem, if it finds one, it will make a symlink between your port and /dev/modem from then on, you just select /dev/modem in everything.. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Malone Sent: Saturday, 28 July 2001 7:18 AM To: Mandrake Newbies Subject: [newbie] Modem Configuration I am having a lot of trouble configuring my modem. One problem is that I have never used Linux before - today is my first day. I just got Mandrake 8.0 installed, and I don't know where to go to configure the modem. During install I told the configuration program that the modem was on COM2 (which i thought was correct, but i could be wrong) - other than that, I don't know what info I can provide to help anyone determine what I did wrong. I would be really grateful for any advice! TIA Tom Malone
RE: [newbie] webmin
Please read the email attach below. I fixed it by doing this on my LM8.0 Tuan From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Tim Holmes [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 4:32 PM To: David Travis Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Remote access to Webmin There's something else you're going to want to look for, or your webadmin will NOT allow you access to the interface. As ROOT, edit the file /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf I believe it's line 11, that by default reads: ssl=1 Unless you have ssl configured and the cert created, you will not be able to gain access to the webmin. If you change that line to read: ssl=0 You will be able to get by using http://hostname:1. Once you've gotten that far, keep in mind that webmin will ONLY recogize the root user, and the root passwd specified at install. If you have since changed the root passwd, the new passwd will not work. So I hope you either remember the original root passwd, or haven't changed it. As far as ssh goes. Stick with it! It's more secure then telnet unless you're using another kind of telnet. I know FreeBSD comes with a secure telnet that uses SRA secure login. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Romanator Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 4:18 PM To: James S Bear Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] webmin James, This works for me: https://127.0.0.1:1 Press the [enter] key. Roman James S Bear wrote: I've got my webserver running, sorta, but I am really not a command prompt type of person. Can anybody tell me how to run webmin? I tried typing it from the command line, but it tells me from a browser go to http://localhost:1/ Okay, I did that. In Konqueror, now it tells me that connection to localhost is broken. Okay. So, then in type in my localhost:901 for CUPS, it works fine. Well, I did a bit of exploring and ran the install for webmin, but it still does the same thing. Why? I don't know. Do you? I did issue a start command with success. Mozilla tells me that transfer completed, but it stays at the previous page. help, please. Ignorance is underrated _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor Switch?
thanks for the quick responses! I dual boot both linux and winME with an older 17 IBM monitor that I got for $99 and it works just fine. My dad is kinda weird about these things and I have him really interested in linux, but when he had the monitor problem of course he blamed it on linux and deleted it. He just happens to have two brand new montiors and got the idea about some kind of switch, I won't argue with him if he gives linux another shot. He runs 800x600 I believe, so it sounds like he shouldn't have a problem. Again thanks for the fast responses.
Re: [newbie] Modem Configuration
On Saturday 28 July 2001 00:01, you wrote: Ok everyone, Sorry to drag you through another newbie-from-windows-convert-transition - I'm sure it was painful enough for you all the first time you went through it ;) Anyway, I found a binary rpm driver that matched my distribution and kernel, installed it, and had some success. However, it dropped the connection (some PPP problem it says). Here is what happened, step-by-step, after i clicked OK in the KPPP dialogue box: Jul 27 23:55:37 localhost pppd[1098]: pppd 2.4.0 started by tom, uid 501 Jul 27 23:55:37 localhost pppd[1098]: Using interface ppp0 Jul 27 23:55:37 localhost pppd[1098]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyLT0 Jul 27 23:55:55 localhost pppd[1098]: Hangup (SIGHUP) Jul 27 23:55:55 localhost pppd[1098]: Modem hangup Jul 27 23:55:55 localhost pppd[1098]: Connection terminated. Jul 27 23:55:55 localhost pppd[1098]: Exit. Again - i'm sorry if this turns out to be something simple, but I REALLY appreciate your help! Tom -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Myers Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 10:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Newbie Linux-Mandrake Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem Configuration No appologies needed. We are here to help as best we can, some are more versed in linux than others, I'm on the low end of the knowhow scale. hehe.. but, Ok, this one I have seen and it might be as simple as setting the modem timeout to a higher value. On the desktop click on the internet connection icon and then setupmodem and look for the timeout setting down near the bottom of the dialog box , set it for 90 secs or more. This can be done in an editor also, but I'm am sadly lacking in console knowledge. Working on that though. See if the timeout setting will get you connected. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
Re: [newbie] Alternatives help like Win4Lin?
*** Have since been told officially: can not record via W4L. No plans to implement it either... ! :-( Hmm. Too bad. Have been tryting to get to undersatand the W4L install, but small things like system trashing keep interrupting.. :-) My take was you had to virtually start with a clean system. So, you actually installed w4l into M8? Then added Win98 via it as a new install? AND kept all your data? BUT of course would lose all the installed programs? I started with a dual-boot Win98 and Linux. When I got Win4Lin, I installed it on MDK 8.0. I _did_ have to install my basic tools in Win4Lin, namely FrontPage and Photoshop. But I setup Win4Lin to use the existing FAT32 partions on which I store all my data. So while I have two copies of Photoshop on my box (one in Windows, one in Win4Lin) they both use the same FAT32 partition to which I keep all my work. So no, I didn't start with a clean system, and I didn't lose any installed programs. I just had to add another copy of my basic apps in Win4Lin. Winblows Win4Lin --- C: WinsuxC: = Win4Lin's install on Win98 in my Linux /home directory D: Apps D: = My real D: partition from Winsux, Although I install apps to a dirctory ear-marked for Win4Lin apps. E: Docs E: = My real E: partition from Winsux. I didn't need to put Win4Lin apps on my real D:. I just did that because my /home partition (where Win4Lin normally puts the Win4Lin D: drive) is almost full :-( Miark
[newbie] ug, windows cave man got head sore. (mostly x-windows related)
ug ug ug bunnies ;) (hello bunnies ;)) I have some questions about x-windows. My biggest worry is that when my machine is starting up (in aurora, I think it's called) It try's to load something called X Windows System [K and that seems to crash. I couldn't find any reference to it in any of the log files (maybe I looked at the wrong log files). Everything seems fine, XWindows starts and runs (but it seems less stable than before I got that error). firstly I'm running something called Easel and Nautilus, and it is SLOW. Is there a better alternative? Or a way to make it faster? Being the windows user I am, I got a lot of True Type Fonts and was wondering if I can use them under Gnome? And if so how? And my only question not XWindows related is how to I get something to run on start-up? Thank you very much for any responses Robert MacLean
