RE: [newbie] Hard-Drive Problems after using Linux
Title: Message The only thing that would cause this, is if Linux activated UDMA/66 (or 100) on a UDMA capable drive that was only working at UDMA/33 or below under winblows. Certain drives, once set to UDMA/66 continue to attempt to operate in this mode, even through a power off. WD & Seagate have a utility to ENABLE/DISABLE this. If your motherboard is UDMA/66 capable, you might want to make SURE that you have an 80 conductor UDMA IDE cable. These are denser than the normal cable(s) running to CD-ROMS, etc. If the OS, Linux, or utility put the drive into UDMA/33/66/100 mode and you do not have a 80 conductor cable, you'll end up with a lot of errors.. -JMS -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Greg TaylorSent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 2:01 AMTo: Linux-NewbieSubject: [newbie] Hard-Drive Problems after using Linux I'm not sure if I just have really bad luck when it comes to harddrives, but it seems that every time I install any flavor of *nix on a drive that was formerly Winblows, I can't turn around and reinstall windows on the drive again without it not working or being awfully unstable. I'm not sure why this happens, it's a pity my 20gb drive no longer wants to work. I even went as far as to go back in the installer on Redhat, get in the fdisk, and create a new empty dos partition table, saved it, then rebooted, fdisk'd off a boot floppy, created a primary partition, rebooted, formatted it, then tried the installer. It didn't make it past the system checker thing at the beginning of the installer, gave some weird errors about the drive. Anyway, anyone else having this problem?
[newbie] Kernel 2.4.7. is out as RPM
Find it at http://fr.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/cooker//cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS//kernel-2.4.7-7mdk.i586.html (Europe) or http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/cooker//cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS//kernel-2.4.7-9mdk.i586.html (US) Paul
RE: [newbie] can't startx
Sheez all these complex answers to a simple problem... Type "service xfs restart" THEN try "startx" -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Errant Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 5:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] can't startx Hi all, I suddenly can't get x up and running on my LM8 box. After issuing the startx command as Root from console, it returns the following: >Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list! > >Fatal Server Error: >could not open default font 'fixed' Can someone help me fix this, and explain how it might have happened? Thanx a bunch, E
[newbie] Hard-Drive Problems after using Linux
I'm not sure if I just have really bad luck when it comes to harddrives, but it seems that every time I install any flavor of *nix on a drive that was formerly Winblows, I can't turn around and reinstall windows on the drive again without it not working or being awfully unstable. I'm not sure why this happens, it's a pity my 20gb drive no longer wants to work. I even went as far as to go back in the installer on Redhat, get in the fdisk, and create a new empty dos partition table, saved it, then rebooted, fdisk'd off a boot floppy, created a primary partition, rebooted, formatted it, then tried the installer. It didn't make it past the system checker thing at the beginning of the installer, gave some weird errors about the drive. Anyway, anyone else having this problem?
[newbie] Setting up a DNS server
Was wondering if there was any good walkthru's on setting up a DNS server for a LAN of abuot 10 computers
[newbie] YahooMessenger
Hello! I found a version of YahooMessenger for Linux, at: http://messenger.yahoo.com/messenger/download/unix.html And Instructions were: To install the Linux version of Messenger: Save the file ymessenger-0.93.0-1.i386.rpm to your machine. Log in as root, and type rpm -i ymessenger-0.93.0-1.i386.rpm to install the application. Type ymessenger from a prompt to launch the application. But when I did ... or try to do so... it didn't work... Said something extra was needed. Has anyone tried to install it... and succeded? I have a downloaded vesion of LM-8.0. Thanks. ADrian.
Re: [newbie] Convert .wma files?
I'm not sure about the Linux solution to this. But I do know that if you have Windurz, you could use TotalRecorder from http://www.highcriteria.com . It converts ANY sound format by capturing it digitally through acting as a pseudo sound device. Then you can save it in MP3 format with its built-in Lame encoder. It could even speed up any non-live audiostream (as long as the stream server isn't throttled). There's even software to convert the dreaded ASF format to MPEG. It's called TMPGEnc; http://www.tmpgenc.com Good Luck. Sevatio >> Original Message << On 8/6/01, 4:56:35 PM, Jon Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding [newbie] Convert .wma files?: > Is there a way to convert .wma files to mp3 or to burn a cdplayable format?
Re: [newbie] Realplayer sound defaults
It was Wed, 8 Aug 2001 14:31:34 +1200 when John Rye wrote: >> My realplayer (basic v.8) keeps loading with the volume all the way down. >> In itself I can move that up to something audible when I load realplay, >> but the plugin for netscape and mozilla don't have a volume control. > >Have you run the mixer controls for your desktop?? > >I had to run Aumix (KDE) to get sensible sound levels on my system. The >settings seem to be recorded in /etc/aumixrc globally and ~/user/.aumixrc >locally. Hi John, All other sounds on my machine work perfectly, XMMS, wav, etc. Just realplayer keeps starting with the volume down, no matter what. I move the slider up, and there's sound in realplay. I quit realplay, the config file (I assume that .RealPlayer_SDK something is the config) reflects the proper volume setting, but the program doesn't initialise on that volume level. Paul -- Bureaucrat, n.: A person who cuts red tape sideways. -J. McCabe http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.5.2 ** http://www.care2.com - when you care **
Re: [newbie] New Kernel 2.4.7
It was Tue, 07 Aug 2001 19:26:17 -0300 when Lúcio Costa wrote: >I've gone to Fenasof / Brazil, and I had a opportunity to saw some Linux >distros. >In fact, some machines are using kernel 2.4.7 >Can you help me to up-grade my Linux Kernel to this version ? >I don't know what I need to do. >I've found for RPM's files to do this... >It's more easy !!! >Thank you for Your Help and Time. Hi, Go to www.rpmfind.net and look for "kernel". As soon as the 2.4.7. is packaged you will be able to find it there. Paul -- Bureaucrat, n.: A person who cuts red tape sideways. -J. McCabe http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.5.2 ** http://www.care2.com - when you care **
Re: [newbie] 'Rumor' of TCP/MS & WinXP [Check this out]
On Wed, 8 Aug 2001 13:10, Richie de Almeida wrote: > On Monday 06 August 2001 21:43, Michael Leone wrote: > > From: Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >Linux has had IPv6 support for quite some time, and I beleive that > > >Win2K has it as well (because they stole the TCP/IP stack from > > > FreeBSD). > > > > They did NOT steal it. The license ALLOWED them to use it. It was > > perfectly legal, if a bit hypocritical. > > Hold the boat! IPv6 was developed in consortium about 3 years ago, that > means its there for everybody. Saying M$ stole it from anywhere is like > saying they stole email as they happen to use POP and SMTP in Outlook... Let me try that again... By "stole", I meant that MS took the TCP/IP stack code from BSD and didn't give anything back. Of course, the BSD license allows this (I did not wish to be taken literally), but I see it as unethical to just take and not give anything back. I never said that MS "stole" IPv6; I simply meant that Windows gained IPv6 functionality by "stealing" the BSD TCP/IP stack. -- 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] Problems upgrading RPM
Your problem may have been from dinking around with RedHat software instead of Mandrake software. Personally, I don't trust installing RPMs on Mandrake unless they're from Mandrake, with a few exceptions. I don't know about backing out from these abortive RPM installs, you may want to make a fresh install of Mandrake. When you get a working install back, try downloading the Linux Kernel source in .tar.gz format from Linux.org or some other place and compiling it yourself. There's great HOWTOs on compiling the kernel just about everywhere and it's not as hard as it seems, it's just takes a little extra time to actually compile the kernel (my first compile was on a Pentium 90-- it took about two hours! Any Pentium II should take considerably less time) The best part is once you get used to it you can really customize the kernel to suit your needs, it's a great way to squeeze all the performance you can out of your PC! On Tuesday 07 August 2001 20:24, Rafael Lepra wrote: > I installed LM 7.1, I needed to upgrade my kernel to 4.2.6 in order to > instal the drivers of my software modem Motorola SM56. I could upgrade the > kernel thanks to the help of this mailing list. > > So far, no problem. Unfortunately when I tried to instal the package of the > modem's driver I got a warning that my rpm did not support versions higher > than 3. I got a rpm package rpm-4.0.2-5x.i386.rpm (from redhat upgrade ftp > site) and tried to instal it. I got a message about db3 dependency. So, I > downloaded the package db3-3.1.17-4.5x.i386.rpm and installed it. > > Then I installed the rpm-4.0.2 and I got a message about a directoy > /rpm/libs (but I am not sure about the name) that could not be erased > because it was not empty. > > The bad new is that after that, kdepackage did not work, I tryed to rebuild > the databases, but after several minutes the process abort with a "core > dump" or somthing. > > Could anyone give me some advice about what to do? > > Thank you in advance for your help. > > Rafael
Re: [newbie] can't startx
"unix/:-1" is how Xserver connects to xfs, the X font-server. Going by the message you got, when xfs tried to upload its fonts to your X-server, some files or folders containing fonts were missing. Running Xconfigurator may have updated the configuration file for xfs (the file is /etc/X11/fs/config) to not include the missing path, OR, Xconfigurator dropped the command to download fonts from xfs. Look in /etc/X11/XF86Config in the "FontPath" section, if xfs is being used for serving fonts you'll see a line that looks like: Load "unix/:-1" You really do want this line in your XF86Config as xfs lets you use scalable fonts and TrueType fonts, which is a big plus as the standard X fonts look awful in higher resolutions. On Tuesday 07 August 2001 19:42, Errant wrote: > Running Xconfigurator worked... but why did I have this problem in > the first place? And how would I avoid it in the future? > > Thanx again, > > E > > >On Tuesday 07 August 2001 5:58 pm, you wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I suddenly can't get x up and running on my LM8 box. After issuing > >> > >> the startx command as Root from console, it returns the following: > >> >Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list! > >> > > >> >Fatal Server Error: > >> >could not open default font 'fixed' > >> > >> Can someone help me fix this, and explain how it might have happened? > >> > >> Thanx a bunch, > >> > >> E > > > >Try typing in Xconfigurator and running that. > >Might get you back and running again. > > Robin
[newbie] RE: [expert] Re: mysterious incoming packets
> It will last as long as it takes these idiots to patch there servers or > quit using MS for web based services. I think it will go dormant again the 19th of the month unless CR 2 has changed that as well. >Yeah, ever since this all started, I have a constant 2+k activity on eth0, >still, and according to iptraf, they are virtually all ARP requests...as >well, my apache log shows constant hacking attempts. Is this all code red >generated activity, and if so, anyone have any idea how long it'll last? > > >peace, > >Rog
Re: [newbie] Resolver problem.
The DOS version of fdisk /mbr won't kill NT-Loader, SYS C: would however. I learned this after alot of banging my head on the keyboard after trying to restore my laptop to Win95 some years ago! If you ever need to restore Bill's boot menu, just start a winnt install and choose to "Repair an Installation", just stop the install before it actually starts copying files otherwise you'll mess up your existing WINNT install! After you have restored Bill's bootloader you can restore LILO by booting up Linux with your bootdisk (you *did* make a bootdisk, didn't you?) and run LILO. Make sure you've added your WINNT and DOS partitions to /etc/lilo.conf before you run /sbin/lilo... You should also check with Linux's fdisk that the active partition is set to whichever partition LILO gets installed to. There's some excellent HOWTOs in the Linux Documentation Project for doing a multi-boot the NT and Linux, read them before you go any further! On Saturday 04 August 2001 11:05, Seedkum Aladeem wrote: > Hi, > > Because of the resolver problem and other problems, I have decided to > try version 7.2 instead of 8.0. > > I have D*S and W*ndo*s NT4.0 installed on the machine. I need to keep > those UNFORTUNATELY :( I am going to take the following two steps to > uninstall > mdk 8.0 and install mdk 7.2 instead: > > 1) Use NT to delete all the linux partitions. > 2) Use mdk 7.2 install to create the required linux partitions and > install mdk 7.2 > > There is an issue with LILO, however. Currently, with 8.0 installed, > LILO lets me boot DOS instead of linux and from there I get B*ll Gates > boot menu from which I chose NT or DOS boot. Now when I take step (1) > above and without doing "fdisk /mbr" LILO stays there and it still works > for booting the D*S and W*ndo*s. I am hesitant to try "fdisk /mbr" > because doing that will allow me to boot D*S and I am not sure I will > get the b*ll Gates menu selection that allows me to boot NT instead of > D*S. > > DO I have to do "fdisk /mbr" before installing 7.2? What would be the > repercussions if I did not? If I do have to do "fdisk /mbr", how will I > be able to boot D*S or NT without LILO? > > Thanx, > > Seedkum
Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake vs RedHat
On Tuesday 07 August 2001 00:42, X - A - W - K wrote: > Hi, > > I just would like to ask somebody to explain me the main difference between > Linux Mandrake and RedHat. > > I just want to know the strong points of each one... For what is better to > use Mandrake... and for what RedHat? > > Thanks > > X - A - W - K Mandrake is very accessible, and after installing both LM 8 and RH7.1, I think Mandrake goes that extra step to get the creature-comforts in like working sound, video and printing straight out of the box. Redhat doesn't even confirm sound or printer settings during its install, they do work, but you have to configure them after the installation. LM8 is also the only distribution I've that can run my Radeon at all. Even though RedHat 7.1 identified my card, it still couldn't run it on X, I think it has something to do with FBDev not being install, but I'm not sure yet... LM's Software Manager is reliable and way faster than the defacto GNOrpm but RedHat's Up2Date utility is superb for accessing the latest updates and libraries. LM seems to favour KDE, RedHat favours GNOME. Mandrake appears to have more in-house tools like Software Manager, Mandrake Control Center, DiskDrake, HardDrake, etc. Overall, both are good, but I feel that I spend much less time configuring Mandrake, so I can do the things I really want to do like listening to music and writing really long emails on mailing lists
Re: [newbie] Reasons for use LM 8.0
This really comes down to what do they want to do with the machines. Are these going to be desktops for users? Are these going to be servers? Are these going to be used to teach a class on Linux? I've installed quite a good number of different distros in "my day." (Always wanted to say that! :0) And in my experience it just comes down to what the machines are going to do. Mandrake makes a great desktop for new users. It's stable, is reasonably secure "right out of the box." It's cute, people are drawn to it. RedHAT, especially lately, seem to have abandoned security. 7.1 out of the box can be hacked into in minutes. Recently we installed a 7.1 machine, and 25 minutes after the server was installed, it was already hacked and somebody using portscanning software! That was a server install! But RedHAT 6.2 is very sound! We went back to that version for that server, no problems. Installing apps comes very easy. Everything is made in Linux for RedHAT. Debian has a following of users that at times have a complex thinking they're the group of elite *nix users. It is however very secure, in my experience it's a pain in the butt to install. There is starting to be more and more support for it as far as software as well as hardware. As far as a desktop machine for a regular every day user, I would suggest against it. SuSE is a muscle car. I know we through around a lot of car comparisons when it comes to the distro wars, but it's a pretty package, but tuned up a bit. Security is good, apps are plenty, but not as many as RedHAT or Mandrake. It's a long, hardware intensive install. SuSE 7.0 was 6 discs I believe. Took almost 2 hours to install. But it was very solid and sound when installed. Caldera had the best install. I used that for a month or so before Mandrake 7.0 came out. After that I've used Mandrake for my workstations. It was pretty simple, nothing to complicated about it, but I don't know about it being a real sound workstation, it was very much so an in for Windows users. Administration was next to none, but since there wasn't much to administer, that would cut back on the work needed. FreeBSD is a server distro if you ask me. I know some people do use it for a workstation, but it's a damn good server. Kernel compiles are easy and quick, very secure, a lot of ISPs use them for servers. You'll have a very solid server, that once it's configured to your liking, only backups are needed. Talk to somebody else about using it as a desktop. OpenBSD is a server only really. You can lock that machine down so tight, the only way you can get into it, would be to sit down at it's keyboard. But the web server and mail server and everything else will work great! Not a desktop OS at all! I've tried 4 times and I couldn't get Xwindows to work correctly at all! Slackware wasn't anything impressive honestly. It's install was a lot like FreeBSD, but nothing special. I honestly didn't leave it installed long enough since I had to use that machine as a test server for RedHAT for our current project. But where you'll find a fair comparison of the distros to let you know which one you should choose for what, good luck! I've looked. All of them have been out dated, and biased. But something like this should be researched AFTER they know what they want to do with the machines. Hope that helps a little. tdh -- T. Holmes - UNIXTECHS.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Real Men Use Vi!" Uptime: 11:02pm up 6 days, 9:56, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 | Hi...In my college we are going to install in about 20 PC's one Linux | distribution. I believe that LM 8.0 is the best one i ever seen so far | for the purposes we had... Another persons think that SuSE 7.1 is the best, | another ones think that RH 7.2 is better, and so on | | The question is, i want to know some place on the internet, or some document | which contains a further explication of why to choose LM instead other | distributions.. | | Thanks | | Bytes | | | | --
Re: [newbie] 'Rumor' of TCP/MS & WinXP [Check this out]
On Monday 06 August 2001 21:43, Michael Leone wrote: > From: Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Linux has had IPv6 support for quite some time, and I beleive that > >Win2K has it as well (because they stole the TCP/IP stack from > > FreeBSD). > > They did NOT steal it. The license ALLOWED them to use it. It was > perfectly legal, if a bit hypocritical. Hold the boat! IPv6 was developed in consortium about 3 years ago, that means its there for everybody. Saying M$ stole it from anywhere is like saying they stole email as they happen to use POP and SMTP in Outlook...
Re: [newbie] How to turn off applets in KDE?
On Tuesday 07 August 2001 10:58 pm, you wrote: > Ooo, Ooo , > that's an easy one. Just right click the little dimpled 'bar' in front of > the applet and click remove. :-) > -s Thanks!
Re: [newbie] How to turn off applets in KDE?
Ooo, Ooo , that's an easy one. Just right click the little dimpled 'bar' in front of the applet and click remove. :-) -s On Tuesday 07 August 2001 05:48 pm, you wrote: > I installed Kscore and Newsticker applets into my Kpanel and I don't like > them there, how do I remove them? lol
Re: [newbie] Realplayer sound defaults
On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 18:25:30 -0400 Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > My realplayer (basic v.8) keeps loading with the volume all the way down. > In itself I can move that up to something audible when I load realplay, > but the plugin for netscape and mozilla don't have a volume control. > What do I have to do to make the setting stick? > The file ~/.RealNetworks_RealMediaSDK_60 says that the volume is set to > 97, but on load there's no sound until I move the slider up. > > Is this a bug in version 8? Paul. Have you run the mixer controls for your desktop?? I had to run Aumix (KDE) to get sensible sound levels on my system. The settings seem to be recorded in /etc/aumixrc globally and ~/user/.aumixrc locally. Cheers John -- "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected" (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.) Registered Linux User: 102826
Re: [newbie] Disabling Mandrake 8.0 automatic login?
Mandrake Control Center - Boot Config - System Mode - No I don't want auto login ShalomOut Chal Elder PCUSA Registered Linux user # 217118 Keith Christian wrote: > > How do I disable the automatic login when my Mandrake 8.0 machine is > booted up? Instead of waiting for me to login, it automatically logs in > as the regular user and goes straight to the desktop. Convenient, but > not really secure. > > Thanks, > > =Keith > > _ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Network configuration help needed
first a couple of things, since I bees just a newbie myself, you might consider posting to the list so if I say somethig less that 100% correct, some one who knows more can chime in, and that way we can all benifit from the information about your problems. Next, how old is the computer? what processor? there may be a few different PNP settings in BIOS, but the one I am speaking of is refering to PNP aware OS. keep searching, unless you have a really old MOBO it should be there somewhere. On Tuesday 07 August 2001 20:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks for your time! > This may sound strange, but I do not see a pnp option is the bios. I > am using Phoenix Bios. I checked several places, like advanced and so on. > Any ideas? > > Again, thanks for your time. Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description:
[newbie] Staroffice 5.2
Hello! I tried using StarOffice 5.2, and it sounds like it is rather buggy. At least the display is not good. The piece of text around the cursor is partly hidden, backspace leaves some black pixels (i.e. it does not eras prefectly) etc. Is there a way to get it work fine? Thanks, Pascal
[newbie] Problems upgrading RPM
I installed LM 7.1, I needed to upgrade my kernel to 4.2.6 in order to instal the drivers of my software modem Motorola SM56. I could upgrade the kernel thanks to the help of this mailing list. So far, no problem. Unfortunately when I tried to instal the package of the modem's driver I got a warning that my rpm did not support versions higher than 3. I got a rpm package rpm-4.0.2-5x.i386.rpm (from redhat upgrade ftp site) and tried to instal it. I got a message about db3 dependency. So, I downloaded the package db3-3.1.17-4.5x.i386.rpm and installed it. Then I installed the rpm-4.0.2 and I got a message about a directoy /rpm/libs (but I am not sure about the name) that could not be erased because it was not empty. The bad new is that after that, kdepackage did not work, I tryed to rebuild the databases, but after several minutes the process abort with a "core dump" or somthing. Could anyone give me some advice about what to do? Thank you in advance for your help. Rafael
[newbie] Help with IP Tables please.
hey folx. I installed linux mandrake 8.0 a little over a week ago, and just not got it working perfectly (for me). It took a while to figure out all the stuff I wanted, and didn't want, then to make it all look nice. Couldn't decide between RH7.1 or LM 8.0. Anyway, I asked my friend how to enable IP Masquerading, and the command he gave me was an ipchains command. However, ipchains doesn't seem to work w/ LM8.0, and I'm pretty sure I need to use a similar command w/ iptables. I currently have this soon to be server running on a cable modem line, and need to route ips to up to 3 more computers. All computers will be windoze except 1 (not including this server). >From what i've gathered, sharing an internet connection is supposedly easy, and a standard thing to do, because it uses TCP/IP. For now, I don't need to use samba because I don't care if the Linux computers can access the network neighborhood that M$ uses. I just need to share the internet connection. The Linux box i'm using has 2 NICs in it. (One connected to the cable modem[eth0], and one to the LAN[eth1]) The one connected to the cable modem is using a DHCP connection, and the one for the LAN, eth1, was assigned a static IP of 192.168.1.1. The windoze computer is set to get an IP automaticly, the gateway is set to 192.168.1.1. Eth1 on the linux box goes into the uplink port on the HUB, the windoze computer is connected to port1. Right now, i'm pretty sure that the linux box just doesn't have IP routing/masqing enabled. Is there a DHCP client I need to install ( think i have one on here)? After it's installed, how do I set it up to run? Any help would be appreciated. -Matt
Re: [newbie] can't startx
Running Xconfigurator worked... but why did I have this problem in the first place? And how would I avoid it in the future? Thanx again, E >On Tuesday 07 August 2001 5:58 pm, you wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I suddenly can't get x up and running on my LM8 box. After issuing >> >> the startx command as Root from console, it returns the following: >> >Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list! >> > >> >Fatal Server Error: >> >could not open default font 'fixed' >> >> Can someone help me fix this, and explain how it might have happened? >> >> Thanx a bunch, >> >> E > >Try typing in Xconfigurator and running that. >Might get you back and running again. > Robin
Re: [newbie] Joystick support?
On Tuesday 07 August 2001 11:09, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Can anyone point me to a good solid "howto" or faq about installing > joystick support for Mandrake? > > I've given up on getting any further in Descent 3 using the keyboard! > > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/joystick.txt -- 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 6 hours 52 minutes
[newbie] How to acess other screens (terminals)?
Hello I had 7.2 on my old computer and with it I could use alt+F keys to access different screens (terminals)? Now with 8.0 alf+F2 to 9 won't work so I am stuck with just one screen. How can I make them available? Many thanks Eduardo NetZero Platinum Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum&refcd=PT97
[newbie] How to turn off applets in KDE?
I installed Kscore and Newsticker applets into my Kpanel and I don't like them there, how do I remove them? lol
Re: [newbie] can't startx
On Tuesday 07 August 2001 5:58 pm, you wrote: > Hi all, > > I suddenly can't get x up and running on my LM8 box. After issuing > > the startx command as Root from console, it returns the following: > >Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list! > > > >Fatal Server Error: > >could not open default font 'fixed' > > Can someone help me fix this, and explain how it might have happened? > > Thanx a bunch, > > E Try typing in Xconfigurator and running that. Might get you back and running again. Robin
[newbie] MTV (video player)
This is gonna sound really odd, but I have the registered version of MTV, and it plays much faster and smoother on my old setup than my new one. Old setup: AMD K6III@475mhz, 192 megs ram, Voodoo 3000 New setup: AMD Duron@850mhz, 256 megs DDR ram, Geforce 2 GTS (32megs) Can anyone tell me why that would be? Its the last thing I expected! Thanks in advance for any insights. -- /\ Dark>
[newbie] can't startx
Hi all, I suddenly can't get x up and running on my LM8 box. After issuing the startx command as Root from console, it returns the following: >Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list! > >Fatal Server Error: >could not open default font 'fixed' Can someone help me fix this, and explain how it might have happened? Thanx a bunch, E
Re: [newbie] Beowulf
how many computers do you have to hook together? On Tuesday 07 August 2001 17:47, William R. Nash wrote: > I just want to get Beowulf running just to say i did it. I'm trying to > learn as much as i can and i think this might be the next step to learning > more. Thanks Bill Nash > > - Original Message - > From: "etharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "William R. Nash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 6:54 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Beowulf > > > I do not wish to seem nasty here, but as this is a "newbie" list, and I > > have > > > heard that Beowolf is "non-trivial" you might find more info on the > > "expert" > > > list ([EMAIL PROTECTED])? > > That said, I sure would love to learn more about the why and what you > > intend > > > to use Beowolf for, and why you considered it. I would also love to be up > > to > > > date on your getting it running. > > > > On Sunday 05 August 2001 21:20, William R. Nash wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Has anyone install Beowulf cluster under lm 8.0. I would like to try > > > this but i'm not sure how to start. Any help on this thanks Bill Nash > > > > > > Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Attachment: 1" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Content-Description: > >
[newbie] Mail Server
What is a good mail server for linux. I was looking for these features... IMAP Web Interface Server side mail (rules) sorting for the individual users and the ability for it to grab mail for a domain out of a single pop mailbox and sort it into each of the accounts on the mailserver. Thanks, -- Kevin Fonner
Re: [newbie] StarOffice 5.1 not working with LM8
On Tuesday 07 August 2001 03:09 pm, you wrote: > Hi > > fter installing of StarOffice 5.1 with LM8 it ask to restart KDE > to finish the installation > I' restart the system But I' did not found any link to Office but I' found > directory for office51 on my hard disk > > On Tuesday 07 August 2001 03:41, you wrote: > > On Monday 06 August 2001 20:25, Ebrahim Elmahdy wrote: > > > Hi > > > after installing of StarOffice 5.1 with LM8 it ask to restart KDE > > > to finish the installation But that it not working > > >___ > > > cp -rf /home//.kde/share/applnk/staroffice_51 /home//.kde/share/applnk-mdk/ -s > > >Thank you > > > > > > > > >Ebrahim Elmahdy > > > > You are most welcome. Want to try your question again?
[newbie] locked cdrom and floppy
I have just installed MandrakeFreq 2 in my Toshiba Satellite 1715 XCDS and all running great except to cdrom and floppy. When I click it I receive the message: "You do not have permissions to read file:/mnt/cdrom". What should I do to unlock this? Any help would be really appreciate. Thanks in advance. Oder
RE: [newbie] Reasons for use LM 8.0
Title: RE: [newbie] Reasons for use LM 8.0 I have messed around with Caldera, Redhat and LM over the passed 2 1/2 years and IMHO, Linux-Mandrake is the most user friendly and has the exceptional list of applications in the "Power Pack" (don't know what comes with the enterprise addition). The whole thing is put together well and leaves lots of room for individuals to customize their desktop the way they want it. Mandrakesoft also appears to be dedicated for the most part to the desktop workstation and that can not be said of RH and some of the others who are pointing to the enterprise or server market only. Just my 2 pennys worth. Dennis M. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael D. Viron Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 1:16 PM To: Nicolás Gómez; newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] Reasons for use LM 8.0 At 11:23 AM 08/07/2001 -0300, Nicolás Gómez wrote: >Hi...In my college we are going to install in about 20 PC's one Linux >distribution. I believe that LM 8.0 is the best one i ever seen so far >for the purposes we had... Another persons think that SuSE 7.1 is the best, >another ones think that RH 7.2 is better, and so on RH 7.2 is in beta right now, and hasn't been officially released. 7.1 is the latest stable Redhat release. Michael
Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake vs RedHat
> however, heavily biased towards mandrake since I tried Red Hat 7 first, on > which I could get not a damn thing (zip, printer, mounting other partitions) > to work, even when following the instructions in the official book. Or the > fact that half the power tools won't run under 7 (i've heard this is a > problem with a broken glibc). I know that it's fixable, but is that my job. I'm running Redhat 7.1 and everything was detected and installed with out problems on my box. But I've heard a lot of complaints about RedHat 7.0 were solved with the 7.1 as is common in X.0 editions as compared to later revised versions of the main version number. > > but every mandrake install i do, everything is detected and effortless. > > not to mention that I've found their tech support to be impatient with > non-enormus-corporate-server problems. just my exp. > I've recently contacted RedHat support with my simple problems on 2 different issues and got responce via the web in less then one business day. As far as support issues are concerned C-Nets reviews favor Redhat over Mandrake, but again I can't compare Mandrake support because this list is the only form I qualify for since I've not actually bought mandrake since 7.1. However this list can't be beat in my opinion either. Right now I think it's a horse apiece. I'm wondering about the kernel performance issues since my boxes are considered i686's though with PIII 800+ speed. That performance wise I need to compare somemore. However it is not immediately obvious to me at this point. I almost thought Redhat loaded the StarOffice 5.2 faster though.
Re: [newbie] Reasons for use LM 8.0
At 11:23 AM 08/07/2001 -0300, Nicolás Gómez wrote: >Hi...In my college we are going to install in about 20 PC's one Linux >distribution. I believe that LM 8.0 is the best one i ever seen so far >for the purposes we had... Another persons think that SuSE 7.1 is the best, >another ones think that RH 7.2 is better, and so on RH 7.2 is in beta right now, and hasn't been officially released. 7.1 is the latest stable Redhat release. Michael
Re: [newbie] portmap services
James, Before you remove the scripts, change portmap from "auto" starting on bootup, to manual start. This will make sure you aren't running portmap, and hence won't have any problems when shutting down (since if it isn't running, linux will not try to stop it.) Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems & Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 07:00 AM 08/07/2001 +0500, James S Bear wrote: >One of my machines, an AMD 1.2 ghz processor box with 256 mb of ram, a SCSI >drive, two NICs, and an optical logitech mouse(It's just fun to give specs, >okay?)Has problems shutting down. > >It always hangs on Shutting Down Portmap Services. > >I've got a hunch it has to do with two NICs. Regardless, I don't use portmap >services and have no need to shut it down. Where can I find the shutdown >scripts? > >jim > > >Ignorance is underrated >
Re: [newbie] Problems with RAM memory
Miark wrote: > Okay, I found out: > > * No ReiserFS support > * Possible funny business with supermount > > There's probably more info about it in the > Cooker archive. > > Cheers, > Miark Miarkyep, those problems both make sense given that they are both problems of other 2.4.3 kernels than our release 2.4.3-20mdk kernel which didn't have those two. Thanks. I'm not sure why you emailed direct with this thread, but I can't email you back direct because your mail server bounces me as spam. -- Alan > - Original Message - > From: Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 1:04 AM > Subject: Fwd: Re: [newbie] Problems with RAM memory > > > Miark wrote: > > > Alan, do you know of any bugs or inconveniences with > > this > > > > kernel? Someone was telling me that there's _something_ > > > annoying about it. > > > > > > Miark > > > > Miarkthe enterprise? I'm aware of none that aren't > > in the regular 2.4.3-20 kernel. But then I'm not aware > > of everything to do with everthing, so! :) > > -- > > Alan
Re: [newbie] subscribe
Hi Alvin, If you wish to subscribe to the newbie mailing list then you need to send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "subscribe newbie" in the body of the message. Robin --- Oh, look at me! I'm making people happy. I'm the magical man from Happyland in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Laaane! Oh, by the way, I was being sarcastic. -- Homer Simpson Flaming Moe's ---
Re: [newbie] Reasons for use LM 8.0
Here is as unbiased as I can muster, a description of distributions talents. Mandrake - Easy installation and setup, lots of apps, multimedia, ease of app installation RedHat - Fairly easy installation and setup, some neat apps, multimedia, pretty secure, ease of app installation, easy as Mandrake to operate. Suse - Very very high-end graphics. Debian - Excellent firewall and security. Slackware - Great for all server uses and other networkings. I may have some errors in the above, but its all I can remember right now. On Tuesday 07 August 2001 04:46 pm, so spoke Paul: > It was Tue, 7 Aug 2001 11:23:36 -0300 when Nicolás Gómez wrote: > > I am afraid that you will end up confused or empty-handed. > There are 1000s of reasons that any distro will give you why you should > select theirs. > I like mandrake because it works, it is easy to install. > Others like Suse, for the same reason. Or Redhat. Or Slackware. > > Good luck in your hunt > Paul > > >Hi...In my college we are going to install in about 20 PC's one Linux > >distribution. I believe that LM 8.0 is the best one i ever seen so far > >for the purposes we had... Another persons think that SuSE 7.1 is the > > best, another ones think that RH 7.2 is better, and so on > > > >The question is, i want to know some place on the internet, or some > > document which contains a further explication of why to choose LM instead > > other distributions.. > > -- > Ideally, couples need three lives; one for him, one for her, > and one for them together. > Jacqueline Bisset > > http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 > Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.5.2 > ** http://www.care2.com - when you care **
RE: [newbie] Linux Mandrake vs RedHat
I find this to be an interesting discussion. The "media" tends to label Red Hat as a "serious" and "corporate" linux; while mandrake is dubbed the "baby" linux. I guess I should know better than to trust what I hear on TV and the like, but since trying both myself, I know this is a bit exagerated. I find mandrake every bit as customizable and functional as red hat. i am, however, heavily biased towards mandrake since I tried Red Hat 7 first, on which I could get not a damn thing (zip, printer, mounting other partitions) to work, even when following the instructions in the official book. Or the fact that half the power tools won't run under 7 (i've heard this is a problem with a broken glibc). I know that it's fixable, but is that my job. but every mandrake install i do, everything is detected and effortless. not to mention that I've found their tech support to be impatient with non-enormus-corporate-server problems. just my exp.
Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake vs RedHat
Higher than 90%, or so they claim: "Linux-Mandrake is 99% compatible with RedHat. So most applications packaged for RedHat as RPM packages (.rpm file) should run under Mandrake." It appears the only thing they recommend against is "upgrading Linux-Mandrake specific packages (those that can be found in the Mandrake distribution) with RedHat's ones. You could lose Mandrake's benefits." Quotes from http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fapps.php3 Miark - Original Message - From: Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 6:16 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake vs RedHat > Nevertheless, Mandrake tries to be as Red Hat compatible as is practicable. > They claim over 90% compatibility with Red Hat packages. This can be useful, > since most RPMs are built for Red Hat. > > On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 20:56, Paul wrote: > > It was Mon, 6 Aug 2001 23:42:59 -0500 when X - A - W - K wrote: > > > > Mandrake was built on the source code of Redhat 5.2. >From there they went > > there separate ways. > > Mandrake is compiled optimised for Pentium processors where redhat is > > compiled for 386's. > > Paul > > > > >Hi, > > > > > >I just would like to ask somebody to explain me the main difference > > > between Linux Mandrake and RedHat. > > > > > >I just want to know the strong points of each one... For what is better to > > >use Mandrake... and for what RedHat? > > -- > 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] Anyone have an AMD 761 chipset and a Radeon video card working with X?
You might find a crack for it on astalavista.box.sk On Monday 06 August 2001 07:12 pm, so spoke Stan Finley: > Hello Edmund - I have Mandrake 8 going with the all in one radeon and an > asus a7m266 mb (AMD 761 chipset). I've tried everything I could and can't > get it working with X (except with noaccel in the config file). Of course > it's slow and will not do 3d. I e-mailed AMD about the problem and they > claim to be working on it (see their message below). It does seem to be a > pervasive problem with the 761s. I did get it working with acceleration > and 3d (very easily) with the commercial driver (www.xig.com) demo, but > it's too expensive. > > If you get a solution, please let me know. > > Thanks, Stan > > +++ > > from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi Stan, > > We are working on offering Linux drivers for the 760 chipsets. Linux has > this license so we are still in the process of developing a strategy for > distribution. I'll let you know once I have more info. > > Best Regards, > Phil Vu > AMD - Apps Engineer > > > > > - Original Message - > From: "Mitchell, Edmund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 9:52 AM > Subject: [newbie] Anyone have an AMD 761 chipset and a Radeon video card > working with X? > > > Still doing battle, trying to get Mandrake working on my box > > at home. I found a couple of other people who couldn't get > > X working, and it turns out that we all have that chipset > > and various Radeon cards. It's a shot in the dark, but > > maybe that's the problem. > > If someone has that config and has X working with LM8, I'd > > love to hear from you. > > > > Edmund
Re: [newbie] X installation troubles
On Wed, 8 Aug 2001 01:37, Gonzalix le Druide wrote: > Thanks, but right now I have no money to buy another card :-(( Yeah, I know what you mean. I got lucky and managed to score a free Matrox Millennium II which my computer assembler was going to throw out :-) > So, I must make it work... meanwhile IIRC, the best I could achieve with that card was 640x480 at 256 Colours. It just refused to go any higher. > I remember that installing the FBDev it worked pretty well. I remember running through Caldera and Mandrake installations, both of which employ framebuffer graphics, with the card. It seems to handle the framebuffer well, but not XFree. > Any ideas, please ? > > G le D > > Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > > Your system specs are exactly what I had when I tried Mandrake 7.0 (with > > XFree 3.3.x) in early 2000. I did heaps of research on that same card in > > an attempt to get it working well, and concluded that it was no good for > > XFree 3.3.x. I switched my card to a Matrox Millennium II and I've been > > happy ever since. > > > > On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 14:37, Gonzalix le Druide wrote: > > > Hi All!! > > > > > > Please help me: I installed LM7.2 on a Pentium II 350 Mhz, 256 Mb RAM, > > > Video Card Trident 975 agp 4 Mb. > > > > > > I've probed Xconfigurator, xf86cfg and xf86config. > > > > > > I was trying to find some command "XFree86Setup" or something like that > > > I don't remember. > > > > > > I was trying to install XFree 3.3.6, but I couldn't found the server. > > > > > > I will appreciate any ideas. -- 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] Disabling Mandrake 8.0 automatic login?
Keith Christian wrote: > > How do I disable the automatic login when my Mandrake 8.0 machine is > booted up? Instead of waiting for me to login, it automatically logs in > as the regular user and goes straight to the desktop. Convenient, but > not really secure. Mandrake Control Centre -> Boot -> Boot Config :) -Frans
[newbie] follow on of i810 acceleration - rpm problems
gidday, i followed some of the advice that you guys gave, installed some more stuff (specs, and patch rpms) and so when i go to do rpm --rebuild (or --recompile; either give me this) i810tt-etc.src.rpm i get a page or so of output, and then the last few lines look like this. KERNEL_VERSION=2.4.3-20mdk KERNEL_VERSION_MAJOR=2.4 Something wrong with detection of KERNEL_VERSION? Please check Makefile and report bug KERNEL_VERSION_MAJOR=2.4 agpgart.o not yet available for non-2.2 kernels exit -1 Expect kernel source at location /usr/src/linux Sym.link /usr/src/linux -> where you have your sources make: *** [sanity] Error 255 Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.14526 (%build) obviously, my linux sources aren't in /usr/src/linux...in fact the dir does not even exist. so yeah, i know my header files (the next thing it looks for) are in /usr/include/ but i'm not sure about the normal source files. any help would be wikid, wikid. thanking ya muchly, Ant
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[newbie] Disabling Mandrake 8.0 automatic login?
How do I disable the automatic login when my Mandrake 8.0 machine is booted up? Instead of waiting for me to login, it automatically logs in as the regular user and goes straight to the desktop. Convenient, but not really secure. Thanks, =Keith _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
RE: [newbie] JAVA SDK on Mandrake 8.0
I've been using the JDK 1.3.1 daily for about a month and a half now, and have not had any problems (I can work all day without a single O/S crash and burn). I really like doing my Java Development on LM 8.0, as I can use the .jar and .class files on my WinDoze partition! :>) I also now have decent source code control and a relational database on Linux, which I did not have when using WinDoze. Long live the Penguino! M!ke --- "Mitchell, Edmund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I haven't had any troubles - everything by the book. > > Edmund > > -Original Message- > From: Alwan Sadagopan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Hi, > > Planning to install J2SDK 1.3.1. Are there any known issues on J2SDK on > LM 8.0. Kindly let me know. > > -- > > = May the Force be with you. __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
RE: [newbie] Re: AOL/Netscape Releases Netscape 6.1
Thank you all who answered! it wasnt mentioned in the documentation.. now i can go surf happily! -- Jamie >-- >From: Terry[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 07 August 2001 14:18 >To:Adams, Jamie >Subject: Re: [newbie] Re: AOL/Netscape Releases Netscape 6.1 > >On Tuesday 07 August 2001 06:15 am, you wrote: >> I have a similar question.. i have the flash plugin working for Mozilla, >> however Konqueror is my preferred browser and i would like to get the >> plugin working in this. >> >> I did read the help file for Konqueror and it said that i should goto >> configuration and find the plugin part, now suppoedly there should be a >> tab that llows me to search for plugins, but there isnt, theres just a >> checkbox saying 'enable plugins globaly', can anyone tell me how to get >> this plugin working for konqueror? >> >> Thanks >> >> -- Jamie > >Jamie, > >There is a package you need to install to be able to use your >Netscape/Mozilla plugins. Go to www.rpmfind.net and download a package >called "kdebase-nsplugins." > >-- >Terry Sheltra >PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator >University of Virginia >School of Architecture >434.982.3047 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >-- >Registered Linux User # 218330 > >_ >This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet >delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further >information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call >Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. > _ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service.
Re: [newbie] Re: AOL/Netscape Releases Netscape 6.1
Install the kdebase-nsplugins package. On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 20:15, Adams, Jamie wrote: > I have a similar question.. i have the flash plugin working for Mozilla, > however Konqueror is my preferred browser and i would like to get the > plugin working in this. > > I did read the help file for Konqueror and it said that i should goto > configuration and find the plugin part, now suppoedly there should be a > tab that llows me to search for plugins, but there isnt, theres just a > checkbox saying 'enable plugins globaly', can anyone tell me how to get > this plugin working for konqueror? -- 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] Linux Mandrake vs RedHat
Nevertheless, Mandrake tries to be as Red Hat compatible as is practicable. They claim over 90% compatibility with Red Hat packages. This can be useful, since most RPMs are built for Red Hat. On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 20:56, Paul wrote: > It was Mon, 6 Aug 2001 23:42:59 -0500 when X - A - W - K wrote: > > Mandrake was built on the source code of Redhat 5.2. From there they went > there separate ways. > Mandrake is compiled optimised for Pentium processors where redhat is > compiled for 386's. > Paul > > >Hi, > > > >I just would like to ask somebody to explain me the main difference > > between Linux Mandrake and RedHat. > > > >I just want to know the strong points of each one... For what is better to > >use Mandrake... and for what RedHat? -- 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] Fuzzy Text in Konqueror
Hi, I recently installed Manrake 8.0. The installation was a breeze and I liked the KDE very much. However, I was disappointed when I opened Konqueror. The text was distorted, readable but very annoying. When I increase the font size, some of the page would get better, but other parts remain fuzzy or might even get worse. I tried to change the font, but it was no solution. As I write this, I cannot see the periods. What's the problem? Is this a general problem or it's only with me? I have a Pentium II, 400 MHz, 320 MB RAM, SiS 6324?, XFree86 4.0.3 Thank You, Usama Saadi _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
[newbie] Can't load iptables
I am having trouble starting iptables in Mandrake 8.0. When I boot up or otherwise attempt to start iptables, I get an error message that: /sbin/iptables-restore: invalid option -- p /sbin/iptables-restore: invalid option -- f When I look at the start section of rc3.d/S08iptables I see the following main line: grep -v "^[[:space:]]*#" $IPTABLES_CONFIG | grep -v '^[[:space:]]*$' | /sbin/iptables-restore -p -f && \ success "Applying iptables firewall rules" || \ failure "Applying iptables firewall rules" The first two lines are one but Agent has wrapped them. The thing to note is that /sbin/iptables-restore is being invoked with the options -p and -f. However, iptables-restore -h gives no such options. The script is basically the same in this respect in all rcX.d. I installed iptables from DrakConf which downloaded and installed iptables version 1.2.1-4mdk. I have not found a later version. I can't see why the startup script should call iptables-restore with non-existant parameters unless there was some kind of version mixup. Any idea what's wrong? Thanks Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[newbie] ACPI 4 Linux
I found this if anyone is interested, seems good. http://phobos.fs.tum.de/acpi/index.html Robert MacLean
Re: [newbie] ACPID misery
ACPI as in the stuff that turns your machine off your you? Or have I been in front of a monitor too long and am getting this wrong? If I'm right and it is the stuff that powers down your machine, any idea where to get it? Robert MacLean - Original Message - From: "George Petri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jason Guidry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Linux-Mandrake Newbie (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 2:27 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] ACPID misery > > > > My K-6 based laptop is haveing some power management problems. The ACPI > > daemon fails on boot (Not found). > > I made a post about this a while ago and no one responded... > Anyway, I found out the answer today: ACPI is not compiled into your kernel. > It is currently experimental (I think) and it doesn't seem to do anything for my computer anyway! > If you really want it, then download the appropriate kernel SRPMS (or whatever) from Mandrake and compile it with ACPI. > > > I tried reinstalling it and it says > > that it's already there. tried uninstalling it (in GUI) and it says > > it's not there :P > > > > Could be a corrupted install? > > > is there some variation on an rpm command with a --force switch or > > something? will that do it? is this common? > > > > Yes, there is a force switch but I don't use RPM that much -- I use kpackage. > So I really don't know. Generally, you won't need to force anything unless you have a corrupted install. > > Hope it helps, > George > > > > >
[newbie] portmap services
One of my machines, an AMD 1.2 ghz processor box with 256 mb of ram, a SCSI drive, two NICs, and an optical logitech mouse(It's just fun to give specs, okay?)Has problems shutting down. It always hangs on Shutting Down Portmap Services. I've got a hunch it has to do with two NICs. Regardless, I don't use portmap services and have no need to shut it down. Where can I find the shutdown scripts? jim Ignorance is underrated
RE: [newbie] JAVA SDK on Mandrake 8.0
I haven't had any troubles - everything by the book. Edmund -Original Message- From: Alwan Sadagopan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Hi, Planning to install J2SDK 1.3.1. Are there any known issues on J2SDK on LM 8.0. Kindly let me know. --
Re: [newbie] Intel 810 accelerated i810 X server
Before you hear what I have to say, I would take it to heart that graphics acceleration has never been an extremely high priority on my end. I've got two machines with an 810 video card and four with an 815(I believe is basically the same). When I first installed mandrake, the first thing I wanted to do was play tux racer. It was horrible. Choppy. I couldn't make it past the first level because I couldnt see what was coming next. However, when I rebooted, it was fine. It was the same with all my intel boards. Why? I don't know. Logic? Somebody who knows more about it than me might know. jim Quoting Ant 'DS Boulton' Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > g'day, > Mandrake 8 happily picked up my i810 onboard video, one thing however, is > that > i think the gl support or 3d support isn't too snappy, and so i looked > into it at intel's site (bless their hearts =P) > and they had an X version for d/l that would support the i810 "better", > and so forth. > i d/l the file, also d/l a rpm that contained the intel agpgart module, > and some instructions (linux_release.pdf) > i believe (a search of "i810 linux" at support.intel.com will get you > there). anyhoo, after following the instructions > it says to recompile the agpgart rpm, but whenever i type rpm > --recompile i810etcetc.rpm it just spits > out the rpm parameters. > if anyone has ANY ideas, i would be muchly muchly obliged. > basically, i just want my X server to pick up my graphics so i can have > a hope at possibly having a game of > Q3 or CounterStrike or something with decent acceleration. > cheers to all, > ant > > Ignorance is underrated
Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake vs RedHat
It was Mon, 6 Aug 2001 23:42:59 -0500 when X - A - W - K wrote: Mandrake was built on the source code of Redhat 5.2. From there they went there separate ways. Mandrake is compiled optimised for Pentium processors where redhat is compiled for 386's. Paul >Hi, > >I just would like to ask somebody to explain me the main difference between >Linux Mandrake and RedHat. > >I just want to know the strong points of each one... For what is better to >use Mandrake... and for what RedHat? > >Thanks > >X - A - W - K > > > >-- > >Jest niezly ... i liscik napisze >OnetKomunikator [ http://ok.onet.pl/instaluj.html ] > -- Ideally, couples need three lives; one for him, one for her, and one for them together. Jacqueline Bisset http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.5.2 ** http://www.care2.com - when you care **
Re: [newbie] Network configuration help needed
PLUG and PRAY aware OS set to "off" or "no" In BIOS? On Monday 06 August 2001 21:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a 3Com 900B-TPO. Harddrake seems to recognize it. I cannot ping > another win98 machine on my small network. The card works fine under > windows. I can ping 127.0.0.1. When I run ifup eth0, I get the > following errors: > device or resource is busy > network is down > file exists > > I have an alias setup in /etc/modules.conf > thanks alot Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description:
Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake vs RedHat
I just would like to ask somebody to explain me the main difference > > between > > > Linux Mandrake and RedHat. > > > > I just want to know the strong points of each one... For what is better > > to use Mandrake... and for what RedHat? Just MY opinions Redhat is very well know in America. I would generalize an explanation that the differences between redhat and mandrake is that Mandrake is all complied for (at least) a pentium class computer, while redhat tries harder to be backward compatible with slower computers. I belief you might find (if you lurked the linux mags on newsgroups) that the reputation is that while redhat seems to be "easier" to use (once installed) that is because some security is lowered as the default. the average complaint I hear from knowledgable "linuxites" is that Mandrake is trying to hard to reach winders users and making a distro that is too pretty ( I read a suggestion not long ago that had the idea that Mandrake should make an AOL version. I know one guy (a college student in India) who is working on a "kinder-linux" to be setup for kids (since in linux it is MUCH easier to protect the inner workings of the computer software from damage or even viewing by the users). Mandrake tries hard for an easier install and has written there own install and hardware detection programs that are not GPL (or at least I have not seen them used with any other distribution). The Power Pack box has some other nice software that you don't get from cheap-bytes. it includes a good (if you have a fair sound card and mic) speech recognition program, IBM via voice. I also like video editing program called broadcast 2000. In Mandrake 8.0, I can import and capture a video from my regular video cam, edit it, render it as an mpeg1, burn it to a cd and have it viewable on a dvd player, you can't save as much info as on a dvd, but you can save a good 45 to 60 min of full screen video per disk. The fifth disk contains toys I have not had a great chance to play with yet, mostly GUIs for the same commands that some other gui will work for too. They both use the "RPM" (redhat package manager) method to assist with installing updates and some software. The idea that Redhat is more used is false these days, Mandrake has the largest installed base (according to linuxtoday) but has just taken the lead from redhat. (mandrake 32% +/-, and redhat 27% +/-, debian 4%, VAlinux 4%, turbo and all other linux make the rest, and there are a sh!+ load of smaller distros. I am a little bit prejudice when it comes to recommending a distro for all but the most experienced users, (read: "knows what they want their linux box to do") you all should give Mandrake a go.
RE: [newbie] Sound Blaster AWE64 locks kernel
Hiya, this might be completely wrong, and i havnt got net access to look through the archives here.. but, did someone not say that there was an issue with a certain SoundBlaster card and a certain type of motherboard? It might be worth checking through the archives to see if this is the case with yours. I think it was a post from civileme. -- Jamie >-- >From: Peter Ruskin[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: 07 August 2001 00:08 >To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster AWE64 locks kernel > >On Monday 06 August 2001 23:35, Doug X wrote: >> Hello, >> As stated, I have a CL SB AWE 64 ISAPNP, 128MB, P1 200MHz, Scsi, >> LGburner IDE, CD IDE, 10GB Maxtor, 2GB Fujitsu, 4MB ATI PCI. My problem >> is that through all versions of RH5.0 and Mandrake 6.0 - 8.0 playing >> sound usually mp3 or anything from the hard drive freezes the kernel >> hard, only a physical reset is available(no keyboard). This has always >> been within 30 secs until MD 8.0. Under MD 8.0 the sound was configured >> so that it works for about 24 mins when I just tried it today then it >> froze again. >> >> I don't understand how it works for so long and then freezes everything? >> Does anyone else have this particular problem? >> Any suggestions? >> >> What other sound card would be a good one to buy for guaranteed linux >> support and good analogue recording(ie. record from cassettes and lp's)? >> >I have a SB AWE 64 PnP 32MB and don't have any problems. Have you tried >running sndconfig as root? >-- > 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 days 5 hours 44 minutes > > >_ >This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet >delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further >information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call >Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. > _ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service.
Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster AWE64 locks kernel
hmmm, might be a good idea to set the ISA saved irq to 5 since your soundblaster is set for 5. might also be a good idea to see if you can set the card (in dos or windblows) to be certian what IRQ it is set for. do you dual boot winblows? what are the settings in windblows device mangler? On Monday 06 August 2001 21:21, Peter Ruskin wrote: > On Tuesday 07 August 2001 02:05, Doug X wrote: > > Hello, > > Thank you for the speedy response. > > To answer your Q's: > > the scsi card is a pci. > > I had just tried the sndconfig as root this afternoon and then got the > > 24 mins of audio before I wrote for help. > > > > Bios: > > PNP NO > > Pci VGA palett snoopyes > > offboard pci ide card auto > > assign irq to pci vga card no > > pci slot 1,2,3,4 priority auto > > dma 0,1,3,5,6,7 pnp > > irq 3,4,5,7,10,11,14,15 pci/pnp > > irq 9 isa/eisa > > > > isa bus clock 7.159MHz other choices pciclk/4 or pciclk/3 > > > > harddrake said sb card has > > I/O 210 > > IRQ 5 > > DMA80 > > DMA16/2 0 > > OPL3I/O 388 > > > > AWE Wavetable unknown, device id is CTL0022 > > > > Thank you > > fearless1 > > > > -Original Message- > > From:etharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent:Mon, 6 Aug 2001 19:41:00 -0400 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster AWE64 locks kernel > > > > > > I have the same sound card (well the "gold" version, but i think the > > difference is windows drivers bells and whissels) and i never have had a > > problem after running sndconfig, as root, from a text console, with the > > execption that I have to set a mixer vol. since the default is too low > > to hear anything. > > Are we sure there is not a DMA or IRQ problem (conflict) and (in BIOS) > > set plug and pray aware OS to "NO" or "OFF"? what slot do you have the > > card in? is the sccsi card a pci, ISA, or onboard? > > > > On Monday 06 August 2001 19:08, Peter Ruskin wrote: > > > On Monday 06 August 2001 23:35, Doug X wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > As stated, I have a CL SB AWE 64 ISAPNP, 128MB, P1 200MHz, Scsi, > > > > LGburner IDE, CD IDE, 10GB Maxtor, 2GB Fujitsu, 4MB ATI PCI. My > > > > problem is that through all versions of RH5.0 and Mandrake 6.0 - 8.0 > > > > playing sound usually mp3 or anything from the hard drive freezes > > > > the kernel hard, only a physical reset is available(no keyboard). > > > > This has always been within 30 secs until MD 8.0. Under MD 8.0 the > > > > sound was configured so that it works for about 24 mins when I just > > > > tried it today then it froze again. > > > > > > > > I don't understand how it works for so long and then freezes > > > > everything? Does anyone else have this particular problem? > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > > > What other sound card would be a good one to buy for guaranteed > > > > linux support and good analogue recording(ie. record from cassettes > > > > and lp's)? > > > > > > I have a SB AWE 64 PnP 32MB and don't have any problems. Have you > > > tried running sndconfig as root? > > Try this in your /etc/modules.conf file and reboot ... > # AWE64 stuff > alias sound-slot-0sb > alias sound-slot-1off > alias sound-service-1-0 off > alias sound-service-1-3 off > alias midiawe_wave > alias synth0 awe_wave > options sound dmabuf=1 > options opl3 io=0x388 > options sbio=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330 > post-install awe_wave /bin/sfxload /etc/midi/GU11-ROM.SF2
Re: [newbie] 'Rumor' of TCP/MS & WinXP [Check this out]
On Monday 06 August 2001 21:43, Michael Leone wrote: > From: Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Linux has had IPv6 support for quite some time, and I beleive that > >Win2K has it as well (because they stole the TCP/IP stack from > > FreeBSD). > > They did NOT steal it. The license ALLOWED them to use it. It was > perfectly legal, if a bit hypocritical. And this is EXACTLY the reason some folks feel the GNU lic. (like Linux, Gnome, Mandrake, etc) is so much better than the BSD lic. You have to reely provide the source, and your changes to it. Even the richest man on the planet can not buy it for his personal and private use and profit. if M$ sold something using GPL'ed code he would have to provide the code and changes to the code for everyone to see. gee what a concept, a window you could see thru.
RE: [newbie] Resolver problem.
What resolver problem in 8.0? -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Seedkum Aladeem Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 11:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Resolver problem. Hi, Because of the resolver problem and other problems, I have decided to try version 7.2 instead of 8.0.
RE: [newbie] Re: AOL/Netscape Releases Netscape 6.1
I have a similar question.. i have the flash plugin working for Mozilla, however Konqueror is my preferred browser and i would like to get the plugin working in this. I did read the help file for Konqueror and it said that i should goto configuration and find the plugin part, now suppoedly there should be a tab that llows me to search for plugins, but there isnt, theres just a checkbox saying 'enable plugins globaly', can anyone tell me how to get this plugin working for konqueror? Thanks -- Jamie >-- >From: Paul[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: 07 August 2001 00:34 >To:newbie >Subject: [newbie] Re: AOL/Netscape Releases Netscape 6.1 > >It was 6 Aug 2001 17:20:55 - when Mandrake Forum wrote: > >>The >href="ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape6/english/6.1/unix/linux22/";>Linux >>version of Netscape 6.1 has surfaced on Netscape''s servers. First >>reactions on this Mozilla 0.91 based proprietary release are favourable. >>Who needs it? Yep, thought as much ... > >Does anyone know how to add the realplayer plugin to Mozilla? >Until then I think I will need Netscape. Even when I only keep 4.7x around... > >Paul > >-- >We measure success and depth by length of time, but it is >possible to have a deep relationship that doesn't always stay >the same. >-Barbara Hershey > >http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 > Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.5.2 >** http://www.care2.com - when you care ** > > >_ >This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet >delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further >information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call >Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. > _ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service.
Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake vs RedHat
A Cooker newsletter from about a month ago said that 8.1 would be out around October. What happened to those Cooker newsletters anyway? They used to come out every week but I haven't gotten any in quite a while :-( On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 18:38, Adams, Jamie wrote: > Sorry, this is OT, but when is 8.1 coming out? >-- Jamie -- 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] Linux Mandrake vs RedHat
Sorry, this is OT, but when is 8.1 coming out? -- Jamie >-- >From: tazmun[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: 07 August 2001 08:03 >To:Newbie >Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake vs RedHat > > >- Original Message - >From: "X - A - W - K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 11:42 PM >Subject: [newbie] Linux Mandrake vs RedHat > > >> Hi, >> >> I just would like to ask somebody to explain me the main difference >between >> Linux Mandrake and RedHat. >> >> I just want to know the strong points of each one... For what is better to >> use Mandrake... and for what RedHat? >> >> Thanks >> >> X - A - W - K >I'm runnin both right now with 2 different machines both dual booting with >win2k. The mandrake 8.0 is easier to install I think and offers an easier >transition to Linux in general for a previous windows user. I'm a complete >newbie to the Linux world however so not very qualified to go into any >technical aspects really. They both have endearing aspects however and if I >had to chooseI really don't know which one I like better yet. I >actually own the full version of Deluxe Redhat 7.1 and can atest to their >support being very good. That is one thing where in the reviews I've read >that Redhat 7.1 got one up one Mandrake 8.0. I only have the downloaded >version of Mandrake currently though so don't qualify for support directly >from Mandrake so thus I can't compare. I think RedHat has a few more >mail lists like this one then Mandrake does, but comparing a Redhat install >list to this Newbie list, well this list is just the best I've seen so far >and everyone here has been oh so helpful. I know for sure that some of the >Mandrake folk do help us out directly on this list. Mandrake does beat >RedHat hands down in dual booting Win 2k w/NTFS file partitions. The Lilo >included with MD 8.0 handles this nicely out of the box, no muss no fuss. >Red Hat on the other hand has to defer to Win 2k's boot loader to handle it >or use a boot disk. Both are very good and I think you have picked the top >2 contenders. Bear in mind one thing though, Redhats 7.0 version was not a >good year. The 7.1 however has improved it would seem. So with this being >a X.0 release of Mandrake and it is trying to be cutting edge, it is likely >in my opinion that 8.1 will be totally awesome. I'm personally trying to >wait patiently for 8.1 to come out for I plan on buying the powerpack >version at that time, however I'm not a patient person and may pop for the >current MD 8.0 PowerPack yet before that happens. > >Tazmun > > > >_ >This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet >delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further >information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call >Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. > _ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service.
Re: [newbie] Problems with RAM memory
Use the kernel-enterprise package instead of the standard kernel. As its name suggests, it is designed with more powerful systems -- such as yours -- in mind. On Thu, 1 Jan 1970 10:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear support, > > I have installed in my computer (Pentium III 933 MHz 1Gb of RAM memory) > the Mandrake 8.0, and I mainly interested to use the compilers C and > Fortran, but as I am a Linux beginner, I have faced the following problems: > > 1) The Fortran compiler can see until 512MB of RAM memory but in my > applications I need to use all the RAM memory available in my computer. > When I install the computer code (Monte Carlo MCNP) I have to install it > informing all the RAM memory that the calculations will need to use, and an > error message appear: this ram memory allocation is to large to > manager!!! (you can believe me: I need 1Gb!) > 2) The Linux can see only 896MB of RAM memory. If you know anything about > this Linux RAM memory limitation, please give some hints to solve also this > problem (I have already tried the option mem=1024Msomething like that > in the liloconfdid not work!) > > Thanks in advance for your attention, > > Aneuri de Amorim (Ph.D. student) > Laboratório de Ciencias Radiológicas - LCR > Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro > Rua São Francisco Xavier 524 > Pavilhão Haroldo Lisboa da Cunha sala 136 > CEP.:20550-013 - Rio de Janeiro RJ -Brazil > http://unimail.unisys.com.br -- 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] X installation troubles
Your system specs are exactly what I had when I tried Mandrake 7.0 (with XFree 3.3.x) in early 2000. I did heaps of research on that same card in an attempt to get it working well, and concluded that it was no good for XFree 3.3.x. I switched my card to a Matrox Millennium II and I've been happy ever since. On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 14:37, Gonzalix le Druide wrote: > Hi All!! > > Please help me: I installed LM7.2 on a Pentium II 350 Mhz, 256 Mb RAM, > Video Card Trident 975 agp 4 Mb. > > I've probed Xconfigurator, xf86cfg and xf86config. > > I was trying to find some command "XFree86Setup" or something like that > I don't remember. > > I was trying to install XFree 3.3.6, but I couldn't found the server. > > I will appreciate any ideas. > > G le D > --- -- 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] system clock
You should be able to set your system clock to GMT and then set your time zone to where you live. That is how my system is configured, and everything is peachy. - Sridhar P.S. Please don't post in HTML. On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 01:39, Jesse Hepburn wrote: > I found this problem was a result of the GMT setting in the bios (system > clock) > There are two ways to fix this problem: > 1. Set your system clock to GMT > 2. Recompile the kernel without the GMT setting for the system clock. > > >On Friday 03 August 2001 09:30 pm, Scott wrote: > >> I keep resetting my system clock to the correct time and date and it > >> will be ok for a few days and then it messes up again. Like now it > >> reads "22:28 Fri 3 August 2001". ( It's Sat Aug 4). Why is that? > > > > First you've got 2 clocks, system and hardware. > > > > If it's losing time at random like that, it's probly a hardware > >problem. How old is the motherboard? It's often as simple as needing a > > > >new battery for your mobo (looks like a big 'watch type' battery), but > >even new batteries are sometimes weak, or might just need re-seating > > (ie, poor contact). > > > > Try updating your software and hardware clock at the same time while > >connected with (as root) > > > > rdate -sp time.nist.gov && hwclock --systohc > > > > and keep an eye on it for a while to see if the problem persists. > >It's fairly normal to lose a few minutes every once an'while, so the > >above command (I use it as an alias I named 'tdate' **), is a good idea > > > >for any connected system. You can use other time servers depending on > >your location. > >** > >in bashrc: alias tdate="rdate -sp time.nist.gov && hwclock --systohc" > > > > > > You might havt'a install 'rdate', it's on your CD's or you can get it > > > >from any Mandrake mirror. Keep in mind that this may be only one > >possible cause for your time losses. Overclocking can also produce a > >similar symptom. If you dual boot, the 'other' OS can also cause the > >same situation. There's more, but these are the most common (after > >user errors anyhow ;) > >-- > >Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay -- 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] windows documents
What format did you save the files in? StarOffice works very well with MS Word files (with extension .doc). Abiword works great with RTF files. On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 10:25, chris wrote: > I have a problem in taking windows documents (mostly wordpad created) > from my mount/windows directory into my linux drive. Both kword and > konqeror give me about half of the first page and no more. Both usually > hang afterwards. Anyone know which program would read these documents > properly? -- 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] nautilus as desktop manager
I haven't used Nautilus in a while, but I vaguely recall an option for this existing in Nautilus' preferences. On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 11:50, paul rodríguez wrote: > I chose to have nautilus run as my desktop manager during the initial > setup of my LM 8 freq2 gnome system. Now it seems neither gnome nor > nautilus are fully in control of my desktop, the icons appear as blank > files and i can't change the background image. I would like to take off > nautilus' control of the desktop, how can I set this? -- 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] 'Rumor' of TCP/MS & WinXP [Check this out]
On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 11:43, Michael Leone wrote: > From: Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Linux has had IPv6 support for quite some time, and I beleive that > >Win2K has it as well (because they stole the TCP/IP stack from > > FreeBSD). > > They did NOT steal it. The license ALLOWED them to use it. It was > perfectly legal, if a bit hypocritical. It depends on how you define "steal". Of course, the BSD license allows others to use the code in almost any way they wish (provided they meet a few simple requirements). I used the word "steal" because Microsoft took the code and made proprietary closed source version, without giving any code back. I personally don't like this, and believe it is unethical (but of course, companies do it all the time). This is the reason why I prefer the GPL and LGPL. -- 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
