[newbie] Samba make problem

[Kirby Urner]

I'm sending this to the samba list too, but maybe has something
to do with MDK specifically.  When I make the latest Samba
(downloaded and untarred from website) I get:

Compiling printing/pcap.c
Compiling printing/print_svid.c
Compiling printing/print_cups.c
printing/print_cups.c:25:23: cups/cups.h: No such file or directory
printing/print_cups.c:26:27: cups/language.h: No such file or directory
make: *** [printing/print_cups.o] Error 1

Clues?

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Re: [newbie] kdm not starting KDE

[Doug X]

Hi Bill and s srlinuxx,
  Thank you both.  Both solutions worked like a charm.

  I don't know why kcontrol comes with 'kde' by default if it needs 'KDE' but anyway 
all is well.

  As for s srlinuxx's solution, what I did was change /etc/X11/prefdm from

preferred=
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/desktop ]; then
. /etc/sysconfig/desktop >/dev/null 2>&1
[ -n "$DISPLAYMANAGER" ] && DESKTOP=$DISPLAYMANAGER
if [ "$DESKTOP" = GNOME -o "$DESKTOP" = Gnome ]; then
preferred=gdm
elif [ "$DESKTOP" = "KDE" -o "$DESKTOP" = "KDE1" -o "$DESKTOP" = "KDE2"
]; then
preferred=/usr/bin/kdm
elif [ "$DESKTOP" = AnotherLevel ] ; then
preferred=/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm
fi
fi

to

preferred=gdm
#if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/desktop ]; then
#   . /etc/sysconfig/desktop >/dev/null 2>&1
#   [ -n "$DISPLAYMANAGER" ] && DESKTOP=$DISPLAYMANAGER
#   if [ "$DESKTOP" = GNOME -o "$DESKTOP" = Gnome ]; then
#   preferred=gdm
#   elif [ "$DESKTOP" = "KDE" -o "$DESKTOP" = "KDE1" -o "$DESKTOP" = "KDE2"
]; then
#   preferred=/usr/bin/kdm
#   elif [ "$DESKTOP" = AnotherLevel ] ; then
#preferred=/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm
#   fi
#fi

I realize this breaks the flexibility for auto configuring the login manager, but it 
did work!

Thank you.

  A happy LM fan,
fearless1

-Original Message-
From:Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:Wed, 22 Aug 2001 20:04:10 -0500
To:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] kdm not starting KDE


I was told you can go into the control center
System
Login Manager

Click on Sessions
remove the kde in small case and add KDE in uppercase.

Cheers


On Wednesday 22 August 2001 07:37 pm, you wrote:
> Yeah, that little shortcut wouldn't work for me either.  There is a file
> called  /etc/X11/prefdm in which you can switch the preference order of kdm
> and gdm.  It might work tho I don't know for sure cause I switched to
> booting to console then startx.  But I've heard it does.
> -s
>
> On Wednesday 22 August 2001 06:53 pm, you wrote:
> > Hi Dave and all,
> >   I tried changing /etc/sysconfig/desktop to {GNOME, Gnome, gnome} and
> > rebooted each time, but each time it still comes back with kdm!  Is it
> > possible that this file is not being read? or is there something I need
> > to do to activate it?
> >
> > Thank you
> >   fearless1
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From:Dave Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent:Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:55:34 -0500
> > To:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] kdm not starting KDE
> >
> >
> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> > Hash: SHA1
> >
> > On Wednesday 22 August 2001 04:47 pm, thus spake Doug X:
> > > > Hello LM users,
> > >
> > >   I just upgraded to XFree86 4.1.0 and got X to finally restart.
> > > Then I upgraded to Texstar's kde2.2 rpm's.
> > >
> > > My problem is this.
> > >   kdm won't start KDE, it always starts icewm.  Any ideas or solutions
> > > as to how I can fix kdm to start KDE. To note:  I can log in via init 3
> > > and startx will properly load KDE. Also from init 3 I can run as root
> > > xdm or gdm from command line and both will start KDE properly, however
> > > I don't know how to get gdm or xdm to start by default on init 5?  I
> > > have tried the gdm configurator but on a reboot kdm returns.
> >
> > Hello Doug,
> >
> > You need to edit the file /etc/sysconfig/desktop, and change the entry
> > from KDE to GNOME. This will then start gdm instead of kdm.
> >
> > Dave
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[newbie] DCOPserver failure

[Mohammed Arafa]

hello

over the weekend, there was a brown out at my place and my box went down. i
got myself a UPS but now when i switch on there are several problems left:

1. my modem (practical peripherals 33.6k) no longer connects to the internet
even tho kppp see the modem and does all the tests
2. when i try to log in as a user i get DCOPserver failure of some sort BUT
i can log in as root.

how can i fix these problems ?

thanks


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Re: [newbie] Any hope for Java on Linux?

[Michael F. Aube]

Dear Dr. Evil,

I too have installed Sun's jdk1.3.1 on Mandrake 8.0, and I use it every
day to write software in Java.  As long as you set up the appropriate
environment variables (namely PATH and CLASSPATH), you shouldn't have any
trouble writing, compiling, and running Java programs.

If you would like more details on how I set up my environment to support
Java development, I would be more than happy to share them with you.  Just
send me a reply, and I will help you unravel the Java mysteries...

By the way, it is my humble opinion that getting the environment
configured correctly is at least half the battle in learning how to
program in Java.  It's not always intuitive at first, and it's definitely
easier to get started if you have the help of someone who has already set
things up before on several different OS's.  And yes, compiled Java
classes are truly portable across OS's without recompiling (with a few
exceptions like Java Native Interface API and multi-threaded programs).

Hope this helps you want to try again.  Please contact me if you would
like help getting Java set up on your Mandrake box.

Mike

--- "Dr. Evil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> It seems very difficult to get the Linux java stuff working.  When I
> installed Mandrake, it came with a bunch of java stuff:
> 
> /usr/bin/java  /usr/bin/javac  /usr/bin/javadoc  /usr/bin/javakey
> /usr/bin/javap
> 
> However, when I set my java interpreter to /usr/bin/java in Konqueror,
> it wouldn't run java applets.  I downloaded the Sun JDK, and installed
> it in /usr/local/jdk1.3.1/, and then set Konqueror's java to
> /usr/local/jdk1.3.1/bin/java.  Now Konq shows java applets just fine.
> So, what was /usr/bin/java for?
> 
> Also, I am now trying to write some of my own java stuff.  When I use
> Sun's JDK javac, I can compile things just fine, but when I try to run
> even the simplest java thing from the commandline, I get this error:
> 
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: test/class 
> 
> So, what's the story on java with Linux?  So far it seems that java is
> "write once, run nowhere".
> 
> Shouldn't this stuff be built in the kernel?  In other words,
> shouldn't the kernel be able to execute java binaries by using some
> kind of built-in JVM?
> 
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Re: [newbie] tuxracer& :)

[Robert MacLean]

what graphics card do you have? and have you installed the MESA RPM's?


Robert MacLean
- Original Message -
From: "pepe torrres" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 6:16 AM
Subject: [newbie] tuxracer& :)


> im very happy cos i got mandrake 8 running perfect  :)
> whan i run tuxracer ther appear an error about the video: couldnt
find
> matching GLX video.. help!
> and by the way does someone knows how to configure a hotmail account
in
> mozilla messenger?
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Re: [newbie] Software Manager not really installing

[Doug X]

Hi Jeremy,
  I don't know about your other issues, but you can always use 'df' or 'df -h'.
The -h option tells df to print numbers for humans like KB and MB.

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Sent:Thu, 23 Aug 2001 00:03:52 -0500
To:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Software Manager not really installing



snip


I'd appreciate, as always, any thoughts and ideas anybody might have.  
Thanks for the support so far!

Jeremy

P.S.  While I'm here, could somebody tell me how to check how much drive 
space is still free on my hard drive?


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RE: [newbie] Re: Mandrake 8.0 "internet" desktop icon does not give me a button to connect & disconnect to Internet. . .

[Michael McGibben]

Hi there,
I assume that you have set up a connection to your isp. If so, try adding
kppp to the panel. When you click on the kppp icon, you should get a pop-up
window with:
quit, , setup and connect. (More or less)! Obviously you need to
configure your modem etc.
Check things out and try again.
Michael

 -Original Message-
From:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]  On Behalf Of WCBaker
Sent:   23 August 2001 00:51
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:[newbie] Re: Mandrake 8.0 "internet" desktop icon does not give me
a button to connect & disconnect to Internet. . .

 << File: message.footer >> Hi!   I very recently installed Mandrake 8.0.
The "internet" desktop icon
in KDE (and I think, in Gnome, too) does not give me a button to connect &
disconnect to Internet. . .   I'm wondering how I can go about
troubleshooting this problem.

Thanks!

-warren






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[newbie] eth0 not up on boot

[Dennis Myers]

For some reason my nmbd does not start on boot anymore. I have to insmod 
8139too and then ifup eth0 to get samba totally on line. Some where I have 
changed something but don't  know where to look.  Any help or suggestions 
are appreciated. TIA
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[newbie] Software Manager not really installing

[Jeremy Davidson]

Well, I'm back with more questions.

This time I'm trying to install a couple packages off the CD (namely Samba 
and Tuxracer).  The program appears to run properly, and the KDE menu is 
updated with links to the programs.  The programs themselves, however, never 
seem to really get installed.  I checked the /usr/local folder (please 
excuse my win9x terminology), and there was no samba folder.  Also, I can't 
get into SWAT at http://localhost:901 -- it tries to send a request to my 
proxy server instead (I have a proxy on another computer for internet 
sharing).  Tuxracer wouldn't do anything when I tried to run it, either.

The Software Manager shows that the programs have been installed properly -- 
they get moved to the "Installed" tree listing.  Removing them seems normal 
too.  Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

On a similar note, I tried installing the RPM for Imici Messenger, but it 
wouldn't let me.  Clicking on the RPM file (imici-0.9.4-1.i386.rpm) gave me 
the installer program, but clicking "Next" brought up an error saying that 
the package had already been installed.  'Don't know if there's a connection 
here or not -- if not, I have two problems I guess.

I'd appreciate, as always, any thoughts and ideas anybody might have.  
Thanks for the support so far!

Jeremy

P.S.  While I'm here, could somebody tell me how to check how much drive 
space is still free on my hard drive?


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[newbie] Re: hoping to use CD-only install of Mandrake 8.0 on a Libretto palmtop. . . possible??

[WCBaker]

Here's a good question for you!   I've put Mandrake 8.0 on a desktop and
it's great (I'm new to Linux, by the way).   Now I need to get Mandrake 8.0
on my tiny Libretto palmtop.   The palmtop currently has a Japanese version
of Windoze 95 on it and I'd like to keep a very tiny bit of the disk for
Windoze but have Linux eat up most of it.   Problem is that my PCMCIA
fax/modem card  and the floppy drive are no longer functional (long story
involving a lot of travelling).

Is it possible to NOT use a floppy disk to boot when installing?   I want to
just use my CD (I do have access to a PCMCIA CD machine that connects quite
nicely) and install Mandrake 8.0.

Can I do this?  I've seen other methods on the Net, but I need to use CD
only. . .

Hopefully,

-warren




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Re: [newbie] mplayer

[Willy Sutrisno]

> Paul, excuse me for butting in on this thread, but after hearing so much about
> Mplayer I decided to try it. Went to their website, d/l'ed the source and
> tried to compile it. Got an immediate error message to the effect that I was
> using a bad (2.96) version of gcc. Said to -downgrade- it or upgrade it.
>
> So...how did you get Mplayer to compile? Thanks!
>
> PS I'm using 8.0!

Actually before you start to compile it, there is an option to disable the
GCC checking. I done that, and they will pass the GCC checking, and my
mplayer can work smoothly. I dont know, why the manual say that you should
use GCC 2.96 because it does not support MMX, but in my computer the
mplayer works perfectly, eventhough my GCCis 2.96.





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[newbie] Mandrake 8.0 Samba question

[Michael Picco]

I've noticed that if I don't set up a Samba printer on my 8.0 box
during installation, but wait and do it with the Mandrake Control
Center, I'm not allowed to enter the information into the boxes
asking for printer name, Samba host, etc.  I click in the box,
but can't get the cursor to appear there.  This is frustrating
and I'm wondering if anyone else has encountered this.  Hopefully
I've described it adequately enough.

Thanks,

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[newbie] Re: Benjamin: Thanks! Mandrake 8.0 "internet" desktop icon problem cleared up

[WCBaker]

Thanks heaps Benjamin!It all got cleared up.   I found out that Linux
was just responding to the fact that somehow I had misconfigured, and I
didn't have access to the Internet, so it wouldn't let me use the
connect/disconnect facility.  I don't know what I changed, but I've managed
to get things reconfigured and now Linux will let me have access to the
relevant tools.   One of my problems is not realizing that Linux is
intelligent enough to know what I should be using under what circumstances.

By the way, I just used VNC for the first time and that was a Peak
Experience.  Amazing stuff, and I'm just scratching the surface. . .  wow!

Cheers to all!

-warren


> Dear W.C. Baker:
>
> You are right. To connect to the Internet you need to click on the
Mandrake
> Software Manager icon, Network and Internet, Connection. Don't touch the
> Internet Sharing button unless youa re connecting two computers. The
> Connection interface is quite confusing. Use the Configure wizard at the
> bottom right. I hope LM 8.1 will feature a more streamlined, accessible
> interface for all this.
>
> Benjamin
>
> On Wednesday 22 August 2001 18:50, you wrote:
> > Hi!   I very recently installed Mandrake 8.0.   The "internet" desktop
icon
> > in KDE (and I think, in Gnome, too) does not give me a button to connect
&
> > disconnect to Internet. . .   I'm wondering how I can go about
> > troubleshooting this problem.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -warren
>





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[newbie] tuxracer& :)

[pepe torrres]

im very happy cos i got mandrake 8 running perfect  :)
whan i run tuxracer ther appear an error about the video: couldnt find 
matching GLX video.. help!
and by the way does someone knows how to configure a hotmail account in 
mozilla messenger?

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Re: [newbie] Mandrake Linux 8.1 install

[bascule]

can you boot your laptop off a floppy? assuming yu can then you can make the 
boot floppy from the hd.img file in /images on the 1st cd, copy the cdfiles 
to a partition on the notebook and boot

i've only done this a couple of times so i'm not sure if you have to put the 
rpms in /Mandrake/RPMS2 of the 2nd cd in a directory of same name or lump 
them in with those in .../  RPMS, it may be that the hard disk install doesn't 
use those rpms - any one out there know this?

bascule

p.s. make boot floppies from the alternative 'hd.img's as well so you can 
reboot with them quickly if the main one doesn't work, my machine only works 
with install floppies using 2.2-BADZ2 -  whatever that is

On Thursday 23 August 2001 3:03 am, you wrote:
> Can I install 8.1 off a hard drive vs. of CD distribution? My notebook does
> not have a CD-ROM drive. :-(  How would I do it?
>
> Thanks for any hints!
>
> Edas



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RE: [newbie] Test Post - is format readable, etc?

[Glenn Holden]

Hmmm funny.  Leave it to outlook.  :-(

>-Original Message-
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of s
>Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 9:53 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] Test Post - is format readable, etc?
>
>
>On Wednesday 22 August 2001 12:35 pm, you wrote:
>> Hello
>> Testing for format, etc.  Is this ok?
>>
>> New Newbie
>> Glenn
>
>It's still not plain ole text going by your headers:
>
>
>Subject: [newbie] Test Post - is format readable, etc?
>Content-type: multipart/mixed;
>  boundary="--=_998501819-1464-2183"
>
>-s
>
>
>



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Re: [newbie] Any hope for Java on Linux?

[Kirby Urner]

If it's any consolation, I know Java developers who
use Linux full time and consider it a fine development
platform.  I think IBM does a slick Java JVM -- but
none of this is personal experience (I've written some
Java in Windoze and that's it).

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Re: [newbie] Test Post - is format readable, etc?

[s]

On Wednesday 22 August 2001 12:35 pm, you wrote:
> Hello
> Testing for format, etc.  Is this ok?
>
> New Newbie
> Glenn

It's still not plain ole text going by your headers:


Subject: [newbie] Test Post - is format readable, etc?
Content-type: multipart/mixed;
  boundary="--=_998501819-1464-2183"

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Re: [newbie] ISP - KPPP - error 19

[R & C]

Les, I have had that problem ever since I changed to a new ISP. The 
problem, as I discovered, was that the ISP wanted me to use my full 
email address, in my dailer setup, when prompted for "user name." My old 
ISP only required my user name - rlp4991   

When I first tried to connect using Kppp, I got the same response as you 
did. Initially, during the setup process in Kppp, I had entered my user 
name as "rlp4991." When I received error 19, I also found that it had to 
do with authentication. The ISP don't seem to know who I am. I went back 
and changed my user name to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now when I dial 
in, I connect.

If your using Kppp to dail in, go to setup and change your user name to 
your full email address and see if you connect.

I hope this helps for you as well.

Roger

Les Jacobson wrote:

> After finally getting Mandrake Linux 8.0 to talk with my modem, I have
> tried to connect to my ISP.  I am able to do so via windows but when I
> try via KPPP I get an error code (19) which seems to indicate that there
> is some sort of authentication issue.
> 
> One person has suggested that this is due to some "magic" that windows
> 95, 98, NT and 2000 do but which Windows 3.1 and Linux do not do.
> 
> Another person has suggested it might be an SSL issue.
> 
> My ISP is quixnet.net. To the best of my knowledge (and ability) all of
> the required data has been set to the correct values (including userid
> and password).
> 
> Can someone please shed some light on this situation?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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[newbie] Modem Busy

[unclerichard]

Hi Folks: I know I'm on a hiding to nothing trying to get a windmodem going
with Linux (Mandrake 8.0), but having got this fat I'd like to take it a
little further before giving up.

I've reached the stage where I get a 'modem busy" error message. I figure
this is possibly a conflict with one of the 'line in' on my soundcard.

Has anyone any suggestions or rxperience with this problem.

Richard Innes
Auckland New Zealand
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RE: [newbie] How do I test my NIC?

[Glenn Holden]

Thanks Matt
ifconfig and ping both return some data, but I think it's just a local
loopback.  When I ifconfig eth0, I get No such device.
Where/how do I configure the eth0?
Glenn


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>Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 9:02 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] How do I test my NIC?
>
>
>
>--- Glenn Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> My NIC tests ok with it's software.  How can I be
>> sure the correct drivers,
>> etc. are configured?  How do I test it?
>>
>>
>as root, type "ifconfig" from a console. Your nic
>should pop up with an ip address.
>
>Then i'd ping the loopback address ("ping 127.0.0.1")
>and your nic's ip address for good measure.
>
>If you pass all three tests you should be good to go.
>
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Re: [newbie] File Renaming "Perks: Did someone say 'bash script'?"

[David E. Fox]

> for i in `ls /dirname | grep -e".+ .+"`; do mv $i `echo $i |
 gawk '{ gsub(_, ,$0) }'` ; done

?
:)
what's wrong with 'tr'?


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Re: [newbie] Re: Mandrake 8.0 "internet" desktop icon does not give me a button to connect & disconnect to Internet. . .

[Benjamin Sher]

Dear W.C. Baker:

You are right. To connect to the Internet you need to click on the Mandrake 
Software Manager icon, Network and Internet, Connection. Don't touch the 
Internet Sharing button unless youa re connecting two computers. The 
Connection interface is quite confusing. Use the Configure wizard at the 
bottom right. I hope LM 8.1 will feature a more streamlined, accessible 
interface for all this.

Benjamin

On Wednesday 22 August 2001 18:50, you wrote:
> Hi!   I very recently installed Mandrake 8.0.   The "internet" desktop icon
> in KDE (and I think, in Gnome, too) does not give me a button to connect &
> disconnect to Internet. . .   I'm wondering how I can go about
> troubleshooting this problem.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -warren


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[newbie] Mandrake Linux 8.1 install

[Linux Newbie]

Can I install 8.1 off a hard drive vs. of CD 
distribution? My notebook does not have a CD-ROM drive. :-(  How would I do 
it?
 
Thanks for any hints!
 
Edas

Re: [newbie] How do I test my NIC?

[Matt Greer]

--- Glenn Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My NIC tests ok with it's software.  How can I be
> sure the correct drivers,
> etc. are configured?  How do I test it?
> 
> 
as root, type "ifconfig" from a console. Your nic
should pop up with an ip address.

Then i'd ping the loopback address ("ping 127.0.0.1")
and your nic's ip address for good measure.

If you pass all three tests you should be good to go.

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[newbie] Problems with LM 8.0 Freq 3

[Kouros Owzar]

Hi.

I downloaded the LM 8.0 Freq 3 ISO images. I was able to install it on my
office computer (IDE drive). But it did not install on my home PC (SCSI
drive).

The computer boots from the CD. The installation process then begins and
shortly thereafter, it chokes when it tries to load the Adaptec AHA 2940
UW2 drivers (it freezes).

I tried my original LM 8.0 CD and it loads the AHA 2940 driver just fine.
Is there a way to circumvent this problem by feeding options when starting
the installation process.

Also, whenever I compile programs on my office machine (now running LM
8.0 Freq 3), I get some strange messages about locale settings (sample
output attached below). This is what I have installed

$ rpm -qa | grep locales
locales-2.3.1-8mdk
locales-en-2.3.1-8mdk

Is there a way to get rid of these messages?

Take care,

Kouros


$ g++ test.cc
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = "en_US:en",
LC_ALL = (unset),
LC_MESSAGES = "en_US",
LC_TIME = "en_US",
LC_NUMERIC = "en_US",
LC_CTYPE = "en_US",
LC_MONETARY = "en_US",
LC_COLLATE = "en_US",
LANG = "en"
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[newbie] NetMeeting - Is Linux in the way?

[Ron Bouwhuis]

All,

I have a Linux Mandrake (8.0) box with 2 ethernet
cards - one to my ISP, the other to my home network, 
where the machines run Windows 98.  The LM8.0 box does
very basic IP masquerading for the other computers. 
I've had a wonderfully easy time with it to date, but
now need to reach out to this community for help.

When using NetMeeting on a W98 box, the other party
can hear us OK, but we can't hear them.  However, chat
works fine.  Same thing with MSN messenger: text
chatting works fine, but "Talk" fails to connect. 
However, when that W98 box is directly connected to
the cable modem (i.e. not through the Linux box), I
can get sound both ways!  Interestingly, 2 W98 boxes
on the home network communicate great with each other
- sound AND video - even successfully using the
directory to find each other!  So, the only thing that
seems to stop NetMeeting and MSN Messenger sound
working properly appears to be the Linux box.  

I have no firewalling in place (I plan to, once I
figure all this out!).  No Bastille running, only 1
rule in iptables - the one to get masquerading going
with NAT.  I also know that the ISP hasn't got a
firewall in place, as I've checked with them (plus it
works directly connected!).

What am I missing?  I assume that all packets in and
out the cable modem are passed through untouched
(other than IP address), so port handling and other
communication details should be handled by the W98
boxes.  Of course, the IP address NetMeeting shows
behind LM8.0 as a 192.168 etc. address, but (not sure
of nomenclature) I understood that iptables changes
that when it does the masquerading?

I've tried putting in port entries in /etc/services as
per various obscure MS "support" pages I've managed to
find.  I've looked at the xinetd man page, but can't
figure out what service I'd need to set up to enable
this.  And as I said, I thought that with
masquerading, packets get passed through unless
there's a rule saying not to.  

Any help, guidance, etc. would be greatly appreciated.
 I've been having a great time dusting off my old Unix
skills, but I have to admit that TCP/IP networking is
an area that's a black art to me.  Keen to learn,
though (which is the point, huh!)

Regards,
Ron.

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Re: [newbie] File Renaming

[Donnie Green]

You may have to ask someone for a simple sed and awk script.  Sorry I was no 
help

Donnie


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>Date: 23 Aug 2001 14:08:36 +1000
>
>but thats slow i got many files
>
>On 22 Aug 2001 10:07:43 -0400, Donnie Green wrote:
> > type cp "file name" file_name then rm "file name"
> > or
> > type mv "file name" file_name
> >
> >
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> > >Subject: [newbie] File Renaming
> > >Date: 23 Aug 2001 08:34:12 +1000
> > >
> > >I got many files that have spaces in them.,
> > >I want to rename all the files with a space and replace to them with 
>"_"
> > >chracter
> > >like: file file.ram to> file_file.ram
> > >how can i do this? I got many files over 200!
> > >thx people
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[newbie] Any hope for Java on Linux?

[Dr. Evil]

It seems very difficult to get the Linux java stuff working.  When I
installed Mandrake, it came with a bunch of java stuff:

/usr/bin/java  /usr/bin/javac  /usr/bin/javadoc  /usr/bin/javakey
/usr/bin/javap

However, when I set my java interpreter to /usr/bin/java in Konqueror,
it wouldn't run java applets.  I downloaded the Sun JDK, and installed
it in /usr/local/jdk1.3.1/, and then set Konqueror's java to
/usr/local/jdk1.3.1/bin/java.  Now Konq shows java applets just fine.
So, what was /usr/bin/java for?

Also, I am now trying to write some of my own java stuff.  When I use
Sun's JDK javac, I can compile things just fine, but when I try to run
even the simplest java thing from the commandline, I get this error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: test/class 

So, what's the story on java with Linux?  So far it seems that java is
"write once, run nowhere".

Shouldn't this stuff be built in the kernel?  In other words,
shouldn't the kernel be able to execute java binaries by using some
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[newbie] Dependencies

[R & C]

How do I find out what the dependencies are for a program that has 
already been installed without them?

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[newbie] ISP - KPPP - error 19

[Les Jacobson]

After finally getting Mandrake Linux 8.0 to talk with my modem, I have
tried to connect to my ISP.  I am able to do so via windows but when I
try via KPPP I get an error code (19) which seems to indicate that there
is some sort of authentication issue.

One person has suggested that this is due to some "magic" that windows
95, 98, NT and 2000 do but which Windows 3.1 and Linux do not do.

Another person has suggested it might be an SSL issue.

My ISP is quixnet.net. To the best of my knowledge (and ability) all of
the required data has been set to the correct values (including userid
and password).

Can someone please shed some light on this situation?

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Re: [newbie] download manager

[L.V.Gandhi]

I tried for tripod as 
ftp:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
It didn't work. It didn't ask for password. By inserting with : after 
lvgandhi also didn't work.

On August 20, 2001 08:05 pm, Liam O'Connell wrote:
> L.V.Gandhi wrote:
>  > How to do ftp with login:password to a site in konq?
>
> IIRC URL syntax should be: protocol://user:password@host:port/pathname
>
> so ftp://myname:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
> should do the job.
>
> Although it probably won't accept the myname:mypassword construct, but
> if you just type in ftp://myname@host it should prompt you.
>
> (can't verify as I don't have konq on work box, but it works in kfm)
>
> Liam
>
>  > On August 20, 2001 10:16 am, civileme wrote:
>  >>Well there are several.  One nice one is called Konqueror.
>  >>Open it and get to the ftp site using a URL  then split the screen
>
> and type
>
>  >>in file:/(mydownloaddirectory)   for whatever download directory you
>  >> use.
>  >>
>  >>Drag the file from the ftp half-window to the local half-window and
>
> repeat
>
>  >>as required.
>  >>
>  >>If the download breaks, then set up as before and drag--you will be
>  >> asked whether you want to resume or overwrite.
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[newbie] Thanks to Tom & Charles for responses for my last 2 problems! All cleared up!

[WCBaker]

Thanks to Tom & Charles for responses for my last 2 problems!  All cleared
up!

Cheers!

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Re: [newbie] Test Post - is format readable, etc?

[steve]

On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 11:35:00AM -0600, Glenn Holden wrote:
> Hello
> Testing for format, etc.  Is this ok?  

Looks fine from here.

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Re: [newbie] Good source for icons?

[s]

On Wednesday 22 August 2001 04:18 pm, you wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> Does anybody have a good source for high-quality icons for linux (or just
> high quality icons in general)?
>
> I've been searching all over, and though i've found a few, i haven't found
> nearly as many as i would expect.  Just tryin to spruce up the ol'X desktop
> =)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott

I found some really cute penguin ones once a while back.  I think the site 
linked off of kde's.  I don't have the url, but I still have the tarball 
somewhere, let me know if you want a copy. (yep I just checked - still got 
it.  82kb).
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Re: [newbie] mplayer

[Ronald J. Hall]

Paul wrote:
> 
> It was Wed, 22 Aug 2001 12:05:10 -0400 when Tim Holmes wrote:
> 
> >Not sure if this will help, but here's the alias I use for Mplayer.
> >
> >alias mp='mplayer -vo x11'
> 
> I told him so on another list...
> It did not work. I suspect there's something with the setup of his system.
> Even with other players there is the same problem.
> 
> Paul

Paul, excuse me for butting in on this thread, but after hearing so much about
Mplayer I decided to try it. Went to their website, d/l'ed the source and
tried to compile it. Got an immediate error message to the effect that I was
using a bad (2.96) version of gcc. Said to -downgrade- it or upgrade it.

So...how did you get Mplayer to compile? Thanks! 

PS I'm using 8.0!

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Re: [newbie] CD player, volume very faint

[Ronald J. Hall]

Tom Brinkman wrote:

>I can't vouch for all hardare combo's, but it should work. My old
> motherboard had 2 isa slots and I used an SB AWE64 that had two headers
> for the CD drive sound cables. Both the CDrom and the CD-RW could play
> sound with cables connected from each.

Ok, I'll give it a try the next time I have my case open (thats pretty well
daily! )
 
>   My new mobo only has one isa slot, so I use it for my modem and
> reluctantly use the integrated sound chip. Damn win-hardware, it's
> gettin tought to avoid ;(  Anyhow there's only one header on the mobo
> for connecting CD drive sound to, so my CDrom is connected, CD-RW isn't.
> --
> Tom Brinkman   Galveston Bay

Boy, do I understand that. The Soyo MB that I was having so many IRQ problems
with (everything wanted to grab IRQ 11, dunno why) had integrated sound. Don't
like it. I gave that setup to my son, (age 10) who is now dual-booting with
Linux (with the small number of cards he has though, its okay) and Windog. I
switched to one of Civileme's recommendations - a generic Shuttle MB.
Installed same cards I had in the Soyo MB, and got no IRQ conflicts at all. Go
figure. ;-)

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RE: [newbie] How do I test my NIC?

[Glenn Holden]

Thanks Tim for the response...

>[eric@ericekong eric]$ cat /etc/modules.conf | grep eth

I did:
[glenn@localhost glenn]$ cat /etc/modules.conf | grep eth
cat: /etc/modules.conf: No such file or directory

>[eric@ericekong eric]$ cat /proc/interrupts | grep eth
[glenn@localhost glenn]$ cat /proc/interrupts | grep eth

returns nothing.  When I omit the grep eth, I get a list of values but it
doesn't list an ethernet device.

I ran the ISA detection in DrakConf/Hardware Config. and it detects no
Network Devices.  How can I "add" one manually?

What am I missing?

Just to be sure I double checked the NIC...
When I test the NIC with the 3Com disk heres the result:


3Com adapter and config detected:

Etherlink III for ISA/EISA - 3C509B Twisted Pair/Coax
  Interrupt: 10
  I/O: 300
  DMA, Shared RAM: N/A
  Boot ROM: Disabled
  Performance optimized for: Win/OS2 (could also be DOS or Server)
  Media COnnector: RJ45
  LinkBeat: Enabled
  Ethernet Address: 00609762A6B4


What should the performance optimization be set to?  Win client/Server/DOS

Thanks again.
Glenn


>
>Well here are a few commands to run to see if Mandrake sees the card and
>is going to have a chance in hell of using it.
>
>[eric@ericekong eric]$ cat /etc/modules.conf | grep eth
>alias eth0 3c59x
>
>That machine has a 3Com card in it.  So your 3c59x may read something
>completely different.  If it's there, that's a very good sign.
>
>But this right here is the real test.  Does your NIC have an IRQ?
>
>[eric@ericekong eric]$ cat /proc/interrupts | grep eth
> 11: 829318  XT-PIC  eth0
>
>If you see eth of any kind there, your card has an IRQ and merely needs
>to be configured.
>
>You can then configure the card via HardDrake.  I'd suggest that since
>it's very simple.  Once that's done, open DrakConf and go through and
>configure the network for the card.
>
>After all that's done, one last command would be ifconfig.  (If you're
>not root, you'll have to use the path.  /sbin/ifconfig)
>
>
>eth0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:BA:44:04:89
>  inet addr:192.168.0.1  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>  UP BROADCAST RUNNING  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>  RX packets:60878 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>  TX packets:62667 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>  collisions:586 txqueuelen:100
>  Interrupt:7 Base address:0xe800
>
>loLink encap:Local Loopback
>  inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>  UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3924  Metric:1
>  RX packets:69 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>  TX packets:69 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>  collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>
>That will tell you your IP address for your NIC.  If you have more then
>one NIC, then you'd have eth1, eth2 and so on.
>
>Hope that comes in hand.
>tdh
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Re: [newbie] kdm not starting KDE

[Bill]

I was told you can go into the control center
System
Login Manager

Click on Sessions
remove the kde in small case and add KDE in uppercase.

Cheers


On Wednesday 22 August 2001 07:37 pm, you wrote:
> Yeah, that little shortcut wouldn't work for me either.  There is a file
> called  /etc/X11/prefdm in which you can switch the preference order of kdm
> and gdm.  It might work tho I don't know for sure cause I switched to
> booting to console then startx.  But I've heard it does.
> -s
>
> On Wednesday 22 August 2001 06:53 pm, you wrote:
> > Hi Dave and all,
> >   I tried changing /etc/sysconfig/desktop to {GNOME, Gnome, gnome} and
> > rebooted each time, but each time it still comes back with kdm!  Is it
> > possible that this file is not being read? or is there something I need
> > to do to activate it?
> >
> > Thank you
> >   fearless1
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From:Dave Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent:Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:55:34 -0500
> > To:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] kdm not starting KDE
> >
> >
> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
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> >
> > On Wednesday 22 August 2001 04:47 pm, thus spake Doug X:
> > > > Hello LM users,
> > >
> > >   I just upgraded to XFree86 4.1.0 and got X to finally restart.
> > > Then I upgraded to Texstar's kde2.2 rpm's.
> > >
> > > My problem is this.
> > >   kdm won't start KDE, it always starts icewm.  Any ideas or solutions
> > > as to how I can fix kdm to start KDE. To note:  I can log in via init 3
> > > and startx will properly load KDE. Also from init 3 I can run as root
> > > xdm or gdm from command line and both will start KDE properly, however
> > > I don't know how to get gdm or xdm to start by default on init 5?  I
> > > have tried the gdm configurator but on a reboot kdm returns.
> >
> > Hello Doug,
> >
> > You need to edit the file /etc/sysconfig/desktop, and change the entry
> > from KDE to GNOME. This will then start gdm instead of kdm.
> >
> > Dave
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[newbie] Version Differences

[Han2097]

Each version of Linux is bigger than the last.  But are older versions necessarily 
more secure?  For example, if I wanted to use LM 6.0 so it'd work on my 486, and just 
try to find out about any security flaws in it and fix those?  Most of the basic linux 
programs- cron, ftp, the daemons- stay about the same from distro to distro in 
general, don't they?

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Re: [newbie] Mounting Drives on other machines?!

[h3rb]

Thx..already got it working.  =)  Life is much easier now.

h3rb
On Wednesday 22 August 2001 09:36 am, Michael D. Viron wrote:
> >Start the NFS service after restarting Linuxconf's service handler...
> >
> >Then service nfs restart.
>
> In order to run NFS, you must also run portmap.  Before you try service nfs
> restart, check on the status of portmap '/etc/rc.d/init.d/portmap status'.
>
> You can, of course, also find the NFS howto on http://www.linuxdoc.org .
>
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Re: [newbie] kdm not starting KDE

[s]

Yeah, that little shortcut wouldn't work for me either.  There is a file 
called  /etc/X11/prefdm in which you can switch the preference order of kdm 
and gdm.  It might work tho I don't know for sure cause I switched to booting 
to console then startx.  But I've heard it does.
-s


On Wednesday 22 August 2001 06:53 pm, you wrote:
> Hi Dave and all,
>   I tried changing /etc/sysconfig/desktop to {GNOME, Gnome, gnome} and
> rebooted each time, but each time it still comes back with kdm!  Is it
> possible that this file is not being read? or is there something I need to
> do to activate it?
>
> Thank you
>   fearless1
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From:Dave Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent:Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:55:34 -0500
> To:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] kdm not starting KDE
>
>
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
>
> On Wednesday 22 August 2001 04:47 pm, thus spake Doug X:
> > > Hello LM users,
> >
> >   I just upgraded to XFree86 4.1.0 and got X to finally restart.
> > Then I upgraded to Texstar's kde2.2 rpm's.
> >
> > My problem is this.
> >   kdm won't start KDE, it always starts icewm.  Any ideas or solutions
> > as to how I can fix kdm to start KDE. To note:  I can log in via init 3
> > and startx will properly load KDE. Also from init 3 I can run as root
> > xdm or gdm from command line and both will start KDE properly, however I
> > don't know how to get gdm or xdm to start by default on init 5?  I have
> > tried the gdm configurator but on a reboot kdm returns.
>
> Hello Doug,
>
> You need to edit the file /etc/sysconfig/desktop, and change the entry
> from KDE to GNOME. This will then start gdm instead of kdm.
>
> Dave
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Re: [newbie] Why won't you help me?

[etharp]

"It's also important to understand that there's no answers available from 
this list, only opinions.
Some of them just happen to be, or are intended to be helpful ;-}>"
*Tom Brinkman


On Wednesday 22 August 2001 19:20, Tim Holmes wrote:
> Well the only response to the message you sent was the best on.  The
> reason why I didn't respond to your post.
>
> The solutions that would cause the least amount of headaches would be to
> buy a REAL modem.  Even if you did get the WinModem working, you'd be
> sending posts asking why it disconnects like it does.  All because
> poorly written beta drivers for something never intended to run under a
> real operating system.
>
> But, just to humor you, since you seem to feel neglected at the lists
> "failure" to help you, I'll offer some help for your problem.
>
> You may need a newer and/or recompiled kernel to accept the module for
> your "modem."  Not knowing which version of Mandrake, or what kernel
> you're using, I couldn't speculate as to what is needed.
>
> When you found that your modem actually has a driver for Linux, still
> doesn't mean it will work for your machine, with your kernel, or even
> with Mandrake.
>
> Mandrake is becoming more and more popular, and more mainstreamed (As
> much as Linux can be at this point in time.) but those drivers were
> written and compiled for RedHat 6.2 or RedHat 7.0.  Maybe even Debian,
> so you may even need to compile the driver yourself in hopes of getting
> it to work under your Mandrake machine.  But let's not get into the
> state of mind where people think if there's a driver, especially beta,
> then it's supported under Linux.
>
> And this is a Users List.  Just because you post an question, doesn't
> mean it's going to be responded to.  If you don't get a response, try
> posting it to the EXPERT list.  Or try going to MandrakeCampus.com, or
> going through more doc pages.  I've posted quite a few questions to the
> board that nobody replies to.  Either they don't read it, or they have
> no clue on how to help.  Keep that in mind as well as take some
> recommendations with a grain of salt.  What worked for them, may not
> work for you.
>
> As well as any sort of formated text is the first kind of email to get
> deleted.  For those of us that use console based mailers like pine, elm,
> or mutt, HTML emails aren't worth the ~/.mailcap entry.
> tdh


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Re: [newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux

[etharp]

Ok, for _my_ wise a$$ rply;
yes.; 
why?;
 are you trying to be insulting (?"windoze explorer browser"?).
 yes,
 that's understandable, 
none of those MP3s are illegally ripped are they?


now the real stuff

we are always glad to help someone just learning, and we are learning too, (I 
ain't nothing budda Neeewwwbeee) you are going to need to access the fstab 
file and edit it as root. or run diskdrake, I believe it will bo it for you 
in a GUI. will be important to know the type of filesystem installed


On Wednesday 22 August 2001 15:18, Joe Brault wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I found this mailing list on the Mandrake site, and thought you all
> might be able to help me with my problem.  I purchased a hard drive
> yesterday (maxtor 40GB 5400rpm) and installed it thru windoze.  I can see
> and use the drive fine in windoze, however when I access my linux setup
> (Linux Mandrake 8.0, running KDE; I have a dual boot system using grub)  I
> can see the drive when I look for it in the windoze explorer browser (can't
> remember name?)  but the size shows as 4kb and I can't see any files on
> it... its like a blank drive...
>
> Does anyone know how to configure Linux to see this drive in kde so I
> can read/write to it?  I've got all my mp3's on this drive... so it's kinda
> important to have it up:) no music until it's working!  Thanks in advance!
>
>
>  - Joe :)
>
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Re: [newbie] Re: Mandrake 8.0 "internet" desktop icon does not give me a button to connect & disconnect to Internet. . .

[Charles A. Punch]

In KDE, click on the K then go to -Networking Remote Access -Internet
Dialer. In GNOME, it's called Gnome ppp. If you want to put it on the
desktop, you just drag & drop it from the menu.

ShalomOut
  Chal
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WCBaker wrote:
> 
> Hi!   I very recently installed Mandrake 8.0.   The "internet" desktop icon
> in KDE (and I think, in Gnome, too) does not give me a button to connect &
> disconnect to Internet. . .   I'm wondering how I can go about
> troubleshooting this problem.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -warren
> 
>   
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Re: [newbie] kdm not starting KDE

[Doug X]

Hi Dave and all,
  I tried changing /etc/sysconfig/desktop to {GNOME, Gnome, gnome} and rebooted each 
time, but each time it still comes back with kdm!  Is it possible that this file is 
not being read? or is there something I need to do to activate it?

Thank you
  fearless1


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Sent:Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:55:34 -0500
To:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Wednesday 22 August 2001 04:47 pm, thus spake Doug X:

> > Hello LM users,
>   I just upgraded to XFree86 4.1.0 and got X to finally restart.
> Then I upgraded to Texstar's kde2.2 rpm's.
>
> My problem is this.
>   kdm won't start KDE, it always starts icewm.  Any ideas or solutions
> as to how I can fix kdm to start KDE. To note:  I can log in via init 3
> and startx will properly load KDE. Also from init 3 I can run as root
> xdm or gdm from command line and both will start KDE properly, however I
> don't know how to get gdm or xdm to start by default on init 5?  I have
> tried the gdm configurator but on a reboot kdm returns.

Hello Doug,

You need to edit the file /etc/sysconfig/desktop, and change the entry 
from KDE to GNOME. This will then start gdm instead of kdm.

Dave
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RE: [newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux

[Michael McGibben]

Lo Joe,
As is usual, I had an idea just as I was about to go to bed.
Am I right in thinking that you can boot into Linux? If so, try the
following for me and send me the results.
>From the command line, or from a terminal, run 'fdisk /dev/hda' (no quotes).
Run too 'df' and send the results.
Once you've run these two let me have the results please. I suspect that you
have, quite simply, finished the 'fdisk' too early. I may be wrong of course
but keep your fingers crossed!
Mail me directly.

Michael

 -Original Message-
From:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]  On Behalf Of Joe Brault
Sent:   22 August 2001 21:50
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:RE: [newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux

 << File: message.footer >> Mike,

Sorry, should have put that info in before :)  I think I did a typo...
the drive is a 40GB drive, 5400rpm.  here's the rest of my specs:

Motherboard:  Tyan 1854s
CPU:  Genuine Intel P3 666Mhz
Pri HD:  Maxtor 15GB 7200rpm
RAM:  256mb
Video Card:  Vodoo 3 3500TV AGP
CD Drive:  Creative 52x
CDRW Drive:  Creative CDRW 8*4*32x
Sound Card:  Sound Blaster Live Platinum!
Network card:  Generic Ne2k card
Modem:  Actiontec 56k internal PCI call waiting modem (works with Linux :)

I think that's all the pertinent info... my system is a dual boot, 7gig
partition is win98.  8gig for Linux Mandrake 8.0.  I use grub to boot my
system.

I'm not sure if I need to 'install' the hard drive in Linux or not..  please
see my previous post below for the specifics... But I can read/write to the
drive in Win98 (and it sees it as a 40gb drive) but in linux it sees the
drive however it shows it to have a size of 4kb... and I see no files on the
drive even though over 9gigs are full already.  Thanks for any help :)  you
can email me directly if you have more specific q's about my system, or with
an answer to my problem :)  Thanks!

 - Joe :)

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>From: "Michael McGibben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: [newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux
>Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:32:44 +0100
>
>Hello there,
>Are you saying that windoze sees it as 4GB? A 4Kb drive is a very
>retrograde
>step! What sort of motherboard do you have, processor etc? Which version of
>'doze' do you use? How have you partitioned your drive. Are you using
>Partition Magic or what?
>
>Send some more info please.
>
>Michael
>
>  -Original Message-
>From:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]  On Behalf Of Joe Brault
>Sent:  22 August 2001 20:19
>To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject:   [newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux
>
>  << File: message.footer >> Hello,
>
> I found this mailing list on the Mandrake site, and thought you all
>might be able to help me with my problem.  I purchased a hard drive
>yesterday (maxtor 40GB 5400rpm) and installed it thru windoze.  I can see
>and use the drive fine in windoze, however when I access my linux setup
>(Linux Mandrake 8.0, running KDE; I have a dual boot system using grub)  I
>can see the drive when I look for it in the windoze explorer browser (can't
>remember name?)  but the size shows as 4kb and I can't see any files on
>it... its like a blank drive...
>
> Does anyone know how to configure Linux to see this drive in kde so I
>can read/write to it?  I've got all my mp3's on this drive... so it's kinda
>important to have it up:) no music until it's working!  Thanks in advance!
>
>
>  - Joe :)
>
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>
>
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>
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RE: [newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux

[Michael McGibben]

Lo Joe,
A little more info please. Of the 40Gb you are using 15. What happens to the
rest?
The point is that if Doze sees it ok then Linux should. Are you using
Mandrake 8.0?
When you load Md 8.0 you are asked a) which drive and b) how do you want to
partition it.
If you assume that doze is the C: drive then Linux will see that as
/dev/had. What drive letter does Linux assign?
Sorry to be so boring but it all helps to crack the prob.
Mail me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Michael

 -Original Message-
From:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]  On Behalf Of Joe Brault
Sent:   22 August 2001 21:50
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:RE: [newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux

 << File: message.footer >> Mike,

Sorry, should have put that info in before :)  I think I did a typo...
the drive is a 40GB drive, 5400rpm.  here's the rest of my specs:

Motherboard:  Tyan 1854s
CPU:  Genuine Intel P3 666Mhz
Pri HD:  Maxtor 15GB 7200rpm
RAM:  256mb
Video Card:  Vodoo 3 3500TV AGP
CD Drive:  Creative 52x
CDRW Drive:  Creative CDRW 8*4*32x
Sound Card:  Sound Blaster Live Platinum!
Network card:  Generic Ne2k card
Modem:  Actiontec 56k internal PCI call waiting modem (works with Linux :)

I think that's all the pertinent info... my system is a dual boot, 7gig
partition is win98.  8gig for Linux Mandrake 8.0.  I use grub to boot my
system.

I'm not sure if I need to 'install' the hard drive in Linux or not..  please
see my previous post below for the specifics... But I can read/write to the
drive in Win98 (and it sees it as a 40gb drive) but in linux it sees the
drive however it shows it to have a size of 4kb... and I see no files on the
drive even though over 9gigs are full already.  Thanks for any help :)  you
can email me directly if you have more specific q's about my system, or with
an answer to my problem :)  Thanks!

 - Joe :)

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>From: "Michael McGibben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: [newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux
>Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:32:44 +0100
>
>Hello there,
>Are you saying that windoze sees it as 4GB? A 4Kb drive is a very
>retrograde
>step! What sort of motherboard do you have, processor etc? Which version of
>'doze' do you use? How have you partitioned your drive. Are you using
>Partition Magic or what?
>
>Send some more info please.
>
>Michael
>
>  -Original Message-
>From:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]  On Behalf Of Joe Brault
>Sent:  22 August 2001 20:19
>To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject:   [newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux
>
>  << File: message.footer >> Hello,
>
> I found this mailing list on the Mandrake site, and thought you all
>might be able to help me with my problem.  I purchased a hard drive
>yesterday (maxtor 40GB 5400rpm) and installed it thru windoze.  I can see
>and use the drive fine in windoze, however when I access my linux setup
>(Linux Mandrake 8.0, running KDE; I have a dual boot system using grub)  I
>can see the drive when I look for it in the windoze explorer browser (can't
>remember name?)  but the size shows as 4kb and I can't see any files on
>it... its like a blank drive...
>
> Does anyone know how to configure Linux to see this drive in kde so I
>can read/write to it?  I've got all my mp3's on this drive... so it's kinda
>important to have it up:) no music until it's working!  Thanks in advance!
>
>
>  - Joe :)
>
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>
>
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[newbie] Re: Mandrake 8.0 "internet" desktop icon does not give me a button to connect & disconnect to Internet. . .

[WCBaker]

Hi!   I very recently installed Mandrake 8.0.   The "internet" desktop icon
in KDE (and I think, in Gnome, too) does not give me a button to connect &
disconnect to Internet. . .   I'm wondering how I can go about
troubleshooting this problem.

Thanks!

-warren




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Re: [newbie] How do I test my NIC?

[Tim Holmes]

Well here are a few commands to run to see if Mandrake sees the card and
is going to have a chance in hell of using it.

[eric@ericekong eric]$ cat /etc/modules.conf | grep eth
alias eth0 3c59x

That machine has a 3Com card in it.  So your 3c59x may read something
completely different.  If it's there, that's a very good sign. 

But this right here is the real test.  Does your NIC have an IRQ?

[eric@ericekong eric]$ cat /proc/interrupts | grep eth
 11: 829318  XT-PIC  eth0

If you see eth of any kind there, your card has an IRQ and merely needs
to be configured.

You can then configure the card via HardDrake.  I'd suggest that since
it's very simple.  Once that's done, open DrakConf and go through and
configure the network for the card.  

After all that's done, one last command would be ifconfig.  (If you're
not root, you'll have to use the path.  /sbin/ifconfig)


eth0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:BA:44:04:89
  inet addr:192.168.0.1  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0  
  UP BROADCAST RUNNING  MTU:1500  Metric:1
  RX packets:60878 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
  TX packets:62667 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
  collisions:586 txqueuelen:100
  Interrupt:7 Base address:0xe800

loLink encap:Local Loopback
  inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
  UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3924  Metric:1
  RX packets:69 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
  TX packets:69 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
  collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

That will tell you your IP address for your NIC.  If you have more then
one NIC, then you'd have eth1, eth2 and so on.

Hope that comes in hand.
tdh

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| 
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Re: [newbie] Why won't you help me?

[Tim Holmes]

Well the only response to the message you sent was the best on.  The
reason why I didn't respond to your post.  

The solutions that would cause the least amount of headaches would be to
buy a REAL modem.  Even if you did get the WinModem working, you'd be
sending posts asking why it disconnects like it does.  All because
poorly written beta drivers for something never intended to run under a
real operating system.

But, just to humor you, since you seem to feel neglected at the lists
"failure" to help you, I'll offer some help for your problem.

You may need a newer and/or recompiled kernel to accept the module for
your "modem."  Not knowing which version of Mandrake, or what kernel
you're using, I couldn't speculate as to what is needed.

When you found that your modem actually has a driver for Linux, still
doesn't mean it will work for your machine, with your kernel, or even
with Mandrake.

Mandrake is becoming more and more popular, and more mainstreamed (As
much as Linux can be at this point in time.) but those drivers were
written and compiled for RedHat 6.2 or RedHat 7.0.  Maybe even Debian,
so you may even need to compile the driver yourself in hopes of getting
it to work under your Mandrake machine.  But let's not get into the
state of mind where people think if there's a driver, especially beta,
then it's supported under Linux.

And this is a Users List.  Just because you post an question, doesn't
mean it's going to be responded to.  If you don't get a response, try
posting it to the EXPERT list.  Or try going to MandrakeCampus.com, or
going through more doc pages.  I've posted quite a few questions to the
board that nobody replies to.  Either they don't read it, or they have
no clue on how to help.  Keep that in mind as well as take some
recommendations with a grain of salt.  What worked for them, may not
work for you.

As well as any sort of formated text is the first kind of email to get
deleted.  For those of us that use console based mailers like pine, elm,
or mutt, HTML emails aren't worth the ~/.mailcap entry.
tdh

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Re: [newbie] kdm not starting KDE

[Dave Sherman]

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On Wednesday 22 August 2001 04:47 pm, thus spake Doug X:

> > Hello LM users,
>   I just upgraded to XFree86 4.1.0 and got X to finally restart.
> Then I upgraded to Texstar's kde2.2 rpm's.
>
> My problem is this.
>   kdm won't start KDE, it always starts icewm.  Any ideas or solutions
> as to how I can fix kdm to start KDE. To note:  I can log in via init 3
> and startx will properly load KDE. Also from init 3 I can run as root
> xdm or gdm from command line and both will start KDE properly, however I
> don't know how to get gdm or xdm to start by default on init 5?  I have
> tried the gdm configurator but on a reboot kdm returns.

Hello Doug,

You need to edit the file /etc/sysconfig/desktop, and change the entry 
from KDE to GNOME. This will then start gdm instead of kdm.

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[newbie] new rpm problem???

[Kevin Fonner]

OK so I gave up on Mandrake Corporate Server and went with Mandrake 8 as 
my starting platform.  However MDK come with RPM 4.0 and to put together 
the source rpms it says I need 4.0.2.  I noticed 4.0.3 is in cooker but 
when I try to upgrade just rpm through software manager it wants to 
upgrade half my system!  Why do I need to upgrade alsa libs and another 
20 or so irrelevant things to put a newer version of rpm on my 
computer?  I understand the difficulty with going from v3.x to v4.x now, 
but is it supposed to be difficult to go from 4.0 to 4.0.2?  Is their a 
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Re: [newbie] File Renaming "Perks: Did someone say 'bash script'?"

[civileme]

On Wednesday 22 August 2001 17:20, Kirby Urner wrote:
> There's gotta be a simple bash script based on
> grep or find or something that'll get only the files
> that need renaming, and substitute underline for
> space.  I'm sure that's the kinda thing he wants
> -- some regular expression gizmo.  I could do it
> easily enough in Python...
>
> Kirby
>
> At 10:54 PM 8/22/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >It was 23 Aug 2001 14:08:36 +1000 when Newacct wrote:
> > >but thats slow i got many files
> > >
> > >On 22 Aug 2001 10:07:43 -0400, Donnie Green wrote:
> > >> type cp "file name" file_name then rm "file name"
> > >> or
> > >> type mv "file name" file_name
> >
> >Then you'd better type it in quickly. The system _does_ have to plow
> > through the whole set of files. No matter if it is done through the mv
> > command (which is a program) or another program, the thing has to be
> > processed... Paul
> >
> >--
> >Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.
> >-Francis R. Havergal


for i in `ls /dirname | grep -e".+ .+"`; do mv $i `echo $i | gawk '{ gsub(_, ,$0) }'` 
; done

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Re: [newbie] File Renaming

[Newacct]

Well isnt there a way like scripting in the shell?

On 22 Aug 2001 22:54:40 -0400, Paul wrote:
> It was 23 Aug 2001 14:08:36 +1000 when Newacct wrote:
> 
> >but thats slow i got many files
> >
> >On 22 Aug 2001 10:07:43 -0400, Donnie Green wrote:
> >> type cp "file name" file_name then rm "file name"
> >> or
> >> type mv "file name" file_name
> 
> Then you'd better type it in quickly. The system _does_ have to plow through
> the whole set of files. No matter if it is done through the mv command (which
> is a program) or another program, the thing has to be processed...
> Paul
> 
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> 
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> 
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Re: [newbie] No Taskbar, minimized programs gone

[Peter Rymshaw]

I fixed it. It was KDE and fixed it by rightclicking
on the taskbar and then selecting add/extenal taskbar.

--- Randy Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For some of us, it may help if you tell us which
> desktop you are using
> -- KDE, GNOME, Blackbox, ...?
> 
> Randy Kramer
> 
> Peter Rymshaw wrote:
> > 
> > All of a sudden I have no Taskbar. Used to be that
> > when I minimized a program an icon would appear at
> the
> > screen bottom, now nothing there except the panel
> (not
> > containing the minimized program).
> > 
> > Manual says that minimizing sends to Taskbar,
> which is
> > usually in top right corner. I don't see anything
> > there, and, like I said, they used to drop down to
> the
> > bottom (the Panel?).
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Pete R.
> > 
> >
>
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Re: [newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux

[Paul]

It was Wed, 22 Aug 2001 14:18:37 -0500 when Joe Brault wrote:

If it is connected through the ATA100 interface, it is probably /dev/hde. My
40Gb maxtors are hde and hdf

Paul

>Hello,
>
>I found this mailing list on the Mandrake site, and thought you all 
>might be able to help me with my problem.  I purchased a hard drive 
>yesterday (maxtor 40GB 5400rpm) and installed it thru windoze.  I can see 
>and use the drive fine in windoze, however when I access my linux setup 
>(Linux Mandrake 8.0, running KDE; I have a dual boot system using grub)  I 
>can see the drive when I look for it in the windoze explorer browser (can't 
>remember name?)  but the size shows as 4kb and I can't see any files on 
>it... its like a blank drive...
>
>Does anyone know how to configure Linux to see this drive in kde so I 
>can read/write to it?  I've got all my mp3's on this drive... so it's kinda 
>important to have it up:) no music until it's working!  Thanks in advance!
>
>
> - Joe :)
>
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Re: [newbie] File Renaming

[Paul]

It was 23 Aug 2001 14:08:36 +1000 when Newacct wrote:

>but thats slow i got many files
>
>On 22 Aug 2001 10:07:43 -0400, Donnie Green wrote:
>> type cp "file name" file_name then rm "file name"
>> or
>> type mv "file name" file_name

Then you'd better type it in quickly. The system _does_ have to plow through
the whole set of files. No matter if it is done through the mv command (which
is a program) or another program, the thing has to be processed...
Paul

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RE: [newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux

[Joe Brault]

Mike,

Sorry, should have put that info in before :)  I think I did a typo... 
the drive is a 40GB drive, 5400rpm.  here's the rest of my specs:

Motherboard:  Tyan 1854s
CPU:  Genuine Intel P3 666Mhz
Pri HD:  Maxtor 15GB 7200rpm
RAM:  256mb
Video Card:  Vodoo 3 3500TV AGP
CD Drive:  Creative 52x
CDRW Drive:  Creative CDRW 8*4*32x
Sound Card:  Sound Blaster Live Platinum!
Network card:  Generic Ne2k card
Modem:  Actiontec 56k internal PCI call waiting modem (works with Linux :)

I think that's all the pertinent info... my system is a dual boot, 7gig 
partition is win98.  8gig for Linux Mandrake 8.0.  I use grub to boot my 
system.

I'm not sure if I need to 'install' the hard drive in Linux or not..  please 
see my previous post below for the specifics... But I can read/write to the 
drive in Win98 (and it sees it as a 40gb drive) but in linux it sees the 
drive however it shows it to have a size of 4kb... and I see no files on the 
drive even though over 9gigs are full already.  Thanks for any help :)  you 
can email me directly if you have more specific q's about my system, or with 
an answer to my problem :)  Thanks!

 - Joe :)

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>From: "Michael McGibben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: [newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux
>Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:32:44 +0100
>
>Hello there,
>Are you saying that windoze sees it as 4GB? A 4Kb drive is a very 
>retrograde
>step! What sort of motherboard do you have, processor etc? Which version of
>'doze' do you use? How have you partitioned your drive. Are you using
>Partition Magic or what?
>
>Send some more info please.
>
>Michael
>
>  -Original Message-
>From:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]  On Behalf Of Joe Brault
>Sent:  22 August 2001 20:19
>To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject:   [newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux
>
>  << File: message.footer >> Hello,
>
> I found this mailing list on the Mandrake site, and thought you all
>might be able to help me with my problem.  I purchased a hard drive
>yesterday (maxtor 40GB 5400rpm) and installed it thru windoze.  I can see
>and use the drive fine in windoze, however when I access my linux setup
>(Linux Mandrake 8.0, running KDE; I have a dual boot system using grub)  I
>can see the drive when I look for it in the windoze explorer browser (can't
>remember name?)  but the size shows as 4kb and I can't see any files on
>it... its like a blank drive...
>
> Does anyone know how to configure Linux to see this drive in kde so I
>can read/write to it?  I've got all my mp3's on this drive... so it's kinda
>important to have it up:) no music until it's working!  Thanks in advance!
>
>
>  - Joe :)
>
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Re: [newbie] Why won't you help me?

[etharp]

either that or we (I) don't have a clue as to what your message was, and why 
you need to know about .a files and what they have to do with modules 
etither, anyway.

On Wednesday 22 August 2001 12:24, Tim Barnard wrote:
> People aren't replying because you're probably doing what I did on my first
> posting, sending HTML formatted email. Try resending as Plain Text.
>
> Tim
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Solver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Linux Newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 8:12 AM
> Subject: [newbie] Why won't you help me?
>
> > People, why didn't anybody reply to my message, ".a files for modules"? I
> > would like some clue as to what the problem is, please, not necessarily
>
> the
>
> > solution for it.
> > Please reply to it.
> > Solver
>
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Re: [newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux

[Chuck Lalli]

On Wednesday 22 August 2001 04:32 pm, you wrote:
> Hello there,
> Are you saying that windoze sees it as 4GB? A 4Kb drive is a very
> retrograde step! What sort of motherboard do you have, processor etc? Which
> version of 'doze' do you use? How have you partitioned your drive. Are you
> using Partition Magic or what?
>
> Send some more info please.
>
> Michael
>
>  -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]  On Behalf Of Joe Brault
> Sent: 22 August 2001 20:19
> To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:  [newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux
>
>  << File: message.footer >> Hello,
>
> I found this mailing list on the Mandrake site, and thought you all
> might be able to help me with my problem.  I purchased a hard drive
> yesterday (maxtor 40GB 5400rpm) and installed it thru windoze.  I can see
> and use the drive fine in windoze, however when I access my linux setup
> (Linux Mandrake 8.0, running KDE; I have a dual boot system using grub)  I
> can see the drive when I look for it in the windoze explorer browser (can't
> remember name?)  but the size shows as 4kb and I can't see any files on
> it... its like a blank drive...
>
> Does anyone know how to configure Linux to see this drive in kde so I
> can read/write to it?  I've got all my mp3's on this drive... so it's kinda
> important to have it up:) no music until it's working!  Thanks in advance!
>
>
>  - Joe :)
>
> --
>
> | Have you petted your penguin today? :) |
> | Registered Linux user #183248  |
>
> --
You need to set up the drive in /etc/fstab.   I am not the one to tell you 
how though, sorry.

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RE: [newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux

[Michael McGibben]

Hello there,
Are you saying that windoze sees it as 4GB? A 4Kb drive is a very retrograde
step! What sort of motherboard do you have, processor etc? Which version of
'doze' do you use? How have you partitioned your drive. Are you using
Partition Magic or what?

Send some more info please.

Michael

 -Original Message-
From:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]  On Behalf Of Joe Brault
Sent:   22 August 2001 20:19
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:[newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux

 << File: message.footer >> Hello,

I found this mailing list on the Mandrake site, and thought you all
might be able to help me with my problem.  I purchased a hard drive
yesterday (maxtor 40GB 5400rpm) and installed it thru windoze.  I can see
and use the drive fine in windoze, however when I access my linux setup
(Linux Mandrake 8.0, running KDE; I have a dual boot system using grub)  I
can see the drive when I look for it in the windoze explorer browser (can't
remember name?)  but the size shows as 4kb and I can't see any files on
it... its like a blank drive...

Does anyone know how to configure Linux to see this drive in kde so I
can read/write to it?  I've got all my mp3's on this drive... so it's kinda
important to have it up:) no music until it's working!  Thanks in advance!


 - Joe :)

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Re: [newbie] X woes (Toshiba laptop)

[Chuck Messenger]

Thanks, Ingo (and everyone else) for the response(s).

The linux-laptop site was neat -- there's a whole in-depth page just 
about my laptop
(Toshiba 2060CDS).  Alot of the information is out-of-date.  But I did 
learn a few useful
tricks I didn't know (like, how to get to the BIOS!)

Anyway, FWIW, I did resolve my problems.  In case anyone encounters the 
same difficulty,
I'll relate what I did.

Skipping the boring stuff (_lots_ of it!), what finally worked is that I 
re-installed in "expert"
mode (previous attempts were in non-expert mode).  I don't know what 
choices I made which
differed from the non-expert mode, exactly.  But I chose the 4.whatever 
version of X, rather
than version 3.3.6.  I chose a generic laptop LCD at 800x600 resolution. 
 And presto --
everything worked!

Was it because in non-expert mode, it chooses the 3.3.6 version of X? 
 Who knows...?  All I
know is it all works great now -- both sound and video at the same time! 
 Yippeee!

- Chuck


Ingo Bauer wrote:

>Hi Chuck ;
>
>It is hard to tell what to do without knowing the model you are using. 
>You may want to try http://www.linux-laptop.net/ for more indepth info on
>howto get linux running on your toshiba.
>
>Ingo
>
>-Original Message-
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chuck Messenger
>Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 2:42 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [newbie] X woes (Toshiba laptop)
>
>
>I'm unable to figure out the right display mode for my laptop.  During 
>the install process, the graphics mode is correct (i.e. the screen looks 
>great -- no problems).  However, after it starts X, the display goes 
>haywire.  I tried another mode -- this time, the LCD display mode. 
> Still no luck.
>
>How do I figure out what mode to use?  For example, how do I figure out 
>what mode Mandrake is using during the boot-up and boot-down process 
>(during which time the graphics looks fine).  How do I set the mode?  Is 
>there a way to test the mode, without committing to it?
>
>Can anyone point me to a troubleshooting page for xfree86?
>
>Thanks.
>
>- Chuck
>
>
>
>
>
>






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[newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux

[Joe Brault]

Hello,

I found this mailing list on the Mandrake site, and thought you all 
might be able to help me with my problem.  I purchased a hard drive 
yesterday (maxtor 40GB 5400rpm) and installed it thru windoze.  I can see 
and use the drive fine in windoze, however when I access my linux setup 
(Linux Mandrake 8.0, running KDE; I have a dual boot system using grub)  I 
can see the drive when I look for it in the windoze explorer browser (can't 
remember name?)  but the size shows as 4kb and I can't see any files on 
it... its like a blank drive...

Does anyone know how to configure Linux to see this drive in kde so I 
can read/write to it?  I've got all my mp3's on this drive... so it's kinda 
important to have it up:) no music until it's working!  Thanks in advance!


 - Joe :)

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Re: [newbie] Test Post - is format readable, etc?

[Sevatio]

Your message didn't get through.  ;-)

>> Original Message <<

On 8/22/01, 10:35:00 AM, "Glenn Holden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding 
[newbie] Test Post - is format readable, etc?:


> Hello
> Testing for format, etc.  Is this ok?

> New Newbie
> Glenn



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Re: [newbie] CD player, volume very faint

[Kirby Urner]

OK, that was it!  Duh, slap forehead:  no cable from CDR
to Ensoniq (which I earlier specified as ISA, but I was
staring cross-eyed at my modem -- it's a PCI card) which
fortunately has inputs for CD and AUX.  So now both the
CDR and CDRW play thru speakers.

Thanks to Dennis, Tom, s et al for an education in how
Windoze and Linux differ in their approach to hardware.
I just couldn't wrap my mind around WinME getting sound
from both devices -- a mental block.  So it was sucking
vibes through the motherboard, bypassing the cable.
What a hoot!

So now I'll turn my attention to the ISA modem, which
pnpdump has told me all about.  I gather I can just check
the settings in Windows and there's a pretty good chance
if those show up commented, I can uncomment and feed to
isapnp, to get a working modem (I have DSL already working,
so this isn't super high priority -- more in the "just for
fun" category).  I'll have to read up on how to make sure
isapnp runs at boot time

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Re: [newbie] Mandrake In General

[Ric Tibbetts]

etharp wrote:

>
>
Later, I may add additional Linux systems and plan to share the /home
partition with them.  The same user names and passwords will be
used .  Is there some way to insure that the user ID numbers will be
the same in all systems?  Is it just a matter of editing?

>
>good question I would like to know the answer if you find out
>

Look into NIS. This is exactly what it's designed to do.

>
Would having / on a separate HD from  /home and swap slow things down
or would
it be faster?   Advantages or disadvantages???

>
>sometimes I think having the data split between two ide channels might seem 
>faster, particularly if it is considering seek time as wel as read time
>

Absolutely faster. You want your user data away from the system disk if 
at all possible (not always possible. It depends on your particular 
hardware configuration.)






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Re: [newbie] File Renaming

[Newacct]

but thats slow i got many files

On 22 Aug 2001 10:07:43 -0400, Donnie Green wrote:
> type cp "file name" file_name then rm "file name"
> or
> type mv "file name" file_name
> 
> 
> >From: Newacct <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: [newbie] File Renaming
> >Date: 23 Aug 2001 08:34:12 +1000
> >
> >I got many files that have spaces in them.,
> >I want to rename all the files with a space and replace to them with "_"
> >chracter
> >like: file file.ram to> file_file.ram
> >how can i do this? I got many files over 200!
> >thx people
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [newbie] Enciclopedia

[Michel Clasquin]

On Wednesday 22 August 2001 04:27, Richie de Almeida wrote:
> I don't know of any Linux-based encyclopediae (if there was one, I suspect
> the "C" and "L" sections would be very well developed, but the rest would
> just be based on Farside comic strips... but I digress)

Not to mention the "G", "K" and "X" sections ... 

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Re: [newbie] What's "Raklet"?

[Michel Clasquin]

On Wednesday 22 August 2001 02:13, Paul-H. Gagnon wrote:
> From Robert & Collins French/English dictionary,
> raclette:

> a. scraper (tool)
> b. Swiss cheese dish.
>
> Anyone sees a connection with 8.1?

Well Swiss cheese is full of holes, isn't it? I hope this doesn't tell us 
anything about mdk's current take on system security...

Alternatively, it contains every piece of software they could "scrape" 
together.

Or, no wait: it has a new desktop environment called the "GNOME of Zurich"!


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Re: [newbie] CD player, volume very faint

[Tom Brinkman]

On Wednesday 22 August 2001 11:50 am, Ronald J. Hall escribió:

> Now...another question - since my SB Xgamer Live! sound card does
> have another aux/in port, can I hook another audio cable to it? I
> know that seems excessive, but the reason I'm asking is (please
> correct me if I'm wrong here) but I can't do the burn audio CD thingy
> without thruput from my CD-RW, right? Thanks much! ;-)

   My last reply got away from me too soon. Sure you can burn audio 
cd's with a CD-RW that isn't sound card connected. Just play 'em with a 
CDrom drive that is once they're made ;>

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Re: [newbie] dual boot

[Kirby Urner]

KDE and probably Gnome also have X-client interfaces to the
boot parameters.  Go to Mankdrake Control Center and look under
bootup settings.  You'll find some funky dialog boxes letting
you pick the default boot OS.

Kirby

At 11:36 AM 8/22/2001 -0500, Matt Greer wrote:
> > matt conran wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi
> >> I'm having problems dual booting mandrake with win2000.  It can boot in
> >> linu or 2000, but it defaults in to linux if you don't scroll down and
> >> select windows2000.  Do you know of a way where the boot screen can
> >> default to windows2000.  It boots into a linux gui first and then it
> >> lists the O/S I can go into.  If it booted into 2000 by default I could
> >> just edit the boot.ini.  I have tried to edit the lilo conf and I have
> >> switched the default to 2000 etc.. but when I restart the linux screen
> >> pops up and it still defaults to linux.
>
>I didn't seem to get the original post.
>
>Did you run lilo after changing lilo.conf? You have to enter "lilo" at the
>shell as root in order for changes in lilo.conf to take effect.
>
>Matt




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Re: [newbie] Test Post - is format readable, etc?

[Tim Barnard]

Looks ok.

Tim

- Original Message -
From: "Glenn Holden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Linux Newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 10:35 AM
Subject: [newbie] Test Post - is format readable, etc?


> Hello
> Testing for format, etc.  Is this ok?
>
> New Newbie
> Glenn
>
>






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RE: [newbie] Test Post - is format readable, etc?

[Todd Zashin]

yes ok

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Glenn Holden
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 10:35 AM
To: Linux Newbie
Subject: [newbie] Test Post - is format readable, etc?


Hello
Testing for format, etc.  Is this ok?  

New Newbie
Glenn





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Re: [newbie] Why won't you help me?

[Paul]

It was Wed, 22 Aug 2001 09:24:05 -0700 when Tim Barnard wrote:

>People aren't replying because you're probably doing what I did on my first
>posting, sending HTML formatted email. Try resending as Plain Text.

Or they just don't know...
Paul

>Tim
>
>- Original Message -
>From: "Solver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Linux Newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 8:12 AM
>Subject: [newbie] Why won't you help me?
>
>
>> People, why didn't anybody reply to my message, ".a files for modules"? I
>> would like some clue as to what the problem is, please, not necessarily
>the
>> solution for it.
>> Please reply to it.
>> Solver
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: [newbie] mplayer

[Paul]

It was Wed, 22 Aug 2001 12:05:10 -0400 when Tim Holmes wrote:

>Not sure if this will help, but here's the alias I use for Mplayer.
>
>alias mp='mplayer -vo x11'

I told him so on another list...
It did not work. I suspect there's something with the setup of his system.
Even with other players there is the same problem.

Paul

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RE: [newbie] CD player, volume very faint

[Michael McGibben]

Hi there,

One reason could be that Mandrake doesn't recognize your sound card! Try
reconfiguring sound.

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Re: [newbie] Why won't you help me?

[Tim Barnard]

I take it as a joke, as it was sent in Plain Text, anyway.


Then try again and double check the format. Your msgs are incredibly small
and nearly unreadable.

Tim

- Original Message -
From: "Solver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Why won't you help me?


> I take it as a joke, as it was sent in Plain Text, anyway.
> In despair,
> Solver
> - Original Message -
> From: "Harvey Janson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Solver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 5:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Why won't you help me?
>
>
> > The fonts in your msg are too small for me to read without straining my
> > eyes. I am using KMail. Perhaps, other people also had trouble reading
> your
> > post.
> >
> >   peace,
> >   Harvey
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday 22 August 2001 11:12, Solver wrote:
> > > People, why didn't anybody reply to my message, ".a files for
modules"?
> I
> > > would like some clue as to what the problem is, please, not
necessarily
> the
> > > solution for it.
> > > Please reply to it.
> > > Solver
> >
> > 
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1257"; name="message.footer"
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
> > Content-Description:
> > 
> >
>
>
>






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Re: [newbie] CD player, volume very faint

[Ronald J. Hall]

Tom Brinkman wrote:

> Not sure about your "only one needs to be plugged in and both
> should work" comment, but I don't think so.  AFAIK, only the connected
> CD drive would be able to play sounds. That's the situation here, my
> CDrom is connected, my CD-RW isn't. I'll be real surprised if this
> isn't the case. 'Course, wouldn't be the first time I've been surprised
> either ;>
> --
> Tom Brinkman   Galveston Bay

Hi Tom. Thats the situation here. I just tried to play an audio CD from my
CDRW which does -not- have the cable, and CD-Player did not find it. It plays
just fine from my regular CD-ROM (which has the audio cable running to my
soundcard).

Now...another question - since my SB Xgamer Live! sound card does have another
aux/in port, can I hook another audio cable to it? I know that seems
excessive, but the reason I'm asking is (please correct me if I'm wrong here)
but I can't do the burn audio CD thingy without thruput from my CD-RW, right?
Thanks much! ;-)

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Re: [newbie] dual boot

[Matt Greer]

> matt conran wrote:
>> 
>> Hi
>> I'm having problems dual booting mandrake with win2000.  It can boot in
>> linu or 2000, but it defaults in to linux if you don't scroll down and
>> select windows2000.  Do you know of a way where the boot screen can
>> default to windows2000.  It boots into a linux gui first and then it
>> lists the O/S I can go into.  If it booted into 2000 by default I could
>> just edit the boot.ini.  I have tried to edit the lilo conf and I have
>> switched the default to 2000 etc.. but when I restart the linux screen
>> pops up and it still defaults to linux.

I didn't seem to get the original post.

Did you run lilo after changing lilo.conf? You have to enter "lilo" at the
shell as root in order for changes in lilo.conf to take effect.

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Re: [newbie] rpm problem??

[Randy Kramer]

I forget the details, but if you try to upgrade a system with an RPM
manager below 4.0 to one above 4.0, you have a long row to hoe.  One of
the issues has to do with the need to update the existing RPM database.

I would not attempt this without knowing more.

Randy Kramer

Paul wrote:
> 
> You may have downloaded an RPM for Redhat which needs RPM v 4.
> Try getting the package for Mandrake from cooker or rpmfind.net and the
> present rpm should do fine. I think. It does for me.
> Paul
> 
> > On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 21:18:08 -0400
> > Kevin Fonner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted:
> >
> > KF> I decided since I wanted to learn more about what was going on
> > KF> undernieth the system that it would be fun to upgrade just the packets
> > KF> I
> > KF> want to on corporate server.  Any ways I keep getting a wierd error
> > KF> message from rpm command.
> > KF>
> > KF> "only packages with major numbers <=3 are supported by this version of
> > KF> rpm"
> > KF>
> > KF> what exactly does this mean and any ideas how to fix it?
> > 
> > You may have an old version of rpm.  Go to rpm.org and download the most
> > recent.  You *may* have to download it as source (tar.gz) and install it
> > that way.  I believe the most recent, stable version is 4.0.x (1 or 2)
> > Mike
> 
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Re: [newbie] CD player, volume very faint

[Ronald J. Hall]

Kirby Urner wrote:
> 
> At 12:34 PM 8/21/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> 
> >Kirby, if you are using KDE desktop or Gnome click on the K or
> >footprint (start button) and then look up for multimedia then sound
> >and you will see several selections pick one that looks like a speaker
> >  and you will find sound volume there or the aux ,I think it is,
> >  either one will allow you to crank up the volume. enjoy, Dennis M.
> 
> Thanks Dennis, helpful.   Getting loud sounds from Midi, system sounds
> (e.g. "ahem" sound).  But cdplayer and grip wierdly don't play
> through my sound card at all.  I have to plug headphones into CD
> device.  Still trying to figure that out.
> 
> Kirby
> 
> >-Original Message-
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >[mailto:newbie-owner@linux-mandrake
> >.com]On Behalf Of Kirby Urner
> >Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 12:59 PM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: [newbie] CD player, volume very faint
> >
> >
> >I just installed Mandrake 8.0, too curious to wait for 8.1, even though I
> >have the problematic VIA/Apollo chipset (see earlier thread).  I'm in
> >Mandrake right now, and thought the installation process very smooth.
> >
> >I have two CDs on ide1.  Set cdplayer to look at /mnt/cdrom2.  When I
> >play a music cd, the volume is incredibly faint.  HardDrake found the
> >ISA Ensoniq and played the 8-bit sound test (dunno about getting MIDI
> >up yet -- works in WinME).  What I'm not finding is a global volume
> >control in any of the config tools.
> >
> >Kirby
> 
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Hate to ask the obvious, but you do have the audio cable hooked up (good
connection?) from your CD to your sound card, right? Sometimes its the obvious
things - I do it all the time. ;-(

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Re: [newbie] Why won't you help me?

[Solver]

I take it as a joke, as it was sent in Plain Text, anyway.
In despair,
Solver
- Original Message -
From: "Harvey Janson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Solver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Why won't you help me?


> The fonts in your msg are too small for me to read without straining my
> eyes. I am using KMail. Perhaps, other people also had trouble reading
your
> post.
>
>   peace,
>   Harvey
>
>
> On Wednesday 22 August 2001 11:12, Solver wrote:
> > People, why didn't anybody reply to my message, ".a files for modules"?
I
> > would like some clue as to what the problem is, please, not necessarily
the
> > solution for it.
> > Please reply to it.
> > Solver
>
> 
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1257"; name="message.footer"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
> Content-Description:
> 
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RE: [newbie] X woes (Toshiba laptop)

[Ingo Bauer]

Hi Chuck ;

It is hard to tell what to do without knowing the model you are using. 
You may want to try http://www.linux-laptop.net/ for more indepth info on
howto get linux running on your toshiba.

Ingo

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chuck Messenger
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 2:42 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] X woes (Toshiba laptop)


I'm unable to figure out the right display mode for my laptop.  During 
the install process, the graphics mode is correct (i.e. the screen looks 
great -- no problems).  However, after it starts X, the display goes 
haywire.  I tried another mode -- this time, the LCD display mode. 
 Still no luck.

How do I figure out what mode to use?  For example, how do I figure out 
what mode Mandrake is using during the boot-up and boot-down process 
(during which time the graphics looks fine).  How do I set the mode?  Is 
there a way to test the mode, without committing to it?

Can anyone point me to a troubleshooting page for xfree86?

Thanks.

- Chuck








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Re: [newbie] Why won't you help me?

[Tim Barnard]

People aren't replying because you're probably doing what I did on my first
posting, sending HTML formatted email. Try resending as Plain Text.

Tim

- Original Message -
From: "Solver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Linux Newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 8:12 AM
Subject: [newbie] Why won't you help me?


> People, why didn't anybody reply to my message, ".a files for modules"? I
> would like some clue as to what the problem is, please, not necessarily
the
> solution for it.
> Please reply to it.
> Solver
>
>
>






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Re: [newbie] Why won't you help me?

[Harvey Janson]

 The fonts in your msg are too small for me to read without straining my 
eyes. I am using KMail. Perhaps, other people also had trouble reading your 
post.

  peace,
  Harvey


On Wednesday 22 August 2001 11:12, Solver wrote:
> People, why didn't anybody reply to my message, ".a files for modules"? I
> would like some clue as to what the problem is, please, not necessarily the
> solution for it.
> Please reply to it.
> Solver


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[newbie] Why won't you help me?

[Solver]

People, why didn't anybody reply to my message, ".a files for modules"? I
would like some clue as to what the problem is, please, not necessarily the
solution for it.
Please reply to it.
Solver




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Re: [newbie] CD player, volume very faint

[Tom Brinkman]

On Wednesday 22 August 2001 09:33 am, Kirby Urner escribió:

> Note that both CD players (CDR and CDRW) play through the
> speakers when I'm in the WinME environment on the same
> machine (tested a few times).  I wouldn't think MDK'd
> require a cable where WinME does not.

   That's because it's win-sound. In Windoze the CD drives are playing 
digitally thru the motherboard using a combination of hardware and 
software.  Like all win-hardware situations it's a big drain on system 
resources. The direct cable connection is analog and doesn't drain 
system resources. Personally I hope Linux never develops win-hardware 
solutions. It's bad enough that junk win-modems are now tolerated.
-- 
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[newbie] mplayer

[Aristos]

hello
i have installed Mplayer( http://mplayer.sourceforge.net )on my linux
mandrake 8.0 box.
The problem that i have is that the avi's play very very fast.
My computer is a pIII 733mhz 128mb ram with a videocard nvidia tnt2 32mb.
I played differend avi's with differend playing options that Mplayer has,but
still the problem remains.It plays the very very fast.
I installed avifile ( http://avifile.sourceforge.net/ )for a second test,and
still the same problem.
can you help?
Aristos.




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RE: [newbie] dual boot

[Michael McGibben]

Try editing /etc/lilo.conf - you will find (at a guess) that the last entry
in the list is windoze 2000. Move it to the top of the list and save the
changes.
Then run /sbin/lilo

Give it a try.

Michael




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Re: [newbie] CD player, volume very faint

[Kirby Urner]

Thanks Jim.

Note that both CD players (CDR and CDRW) play through the
speakers when I'm in the WinME environment on the same
machine (tested a few times).  I wouldn't think MDK'd
require a cable where WinME does not.

Kirby

At 08:21 AM 8/22/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>For a CDR or CDRW to output sound from an audio cd to the sound card there
>must be a cable connecting its output to the sound card.  From what you
>said, the cable is currently connected to the CDR drive so it works fine.
>Most built in sound cards only have one connection for this currently, but
>you could check your sound card to see if there is another connection for CD
>sound and if so connect another cable from your CDRW drive to the extra CD
>sound connector on your sound card.
>
>Good luck.
>
>Jim




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[newbie] Installation troubles on v7.0

[Glenn Holden]

Hello all
I'm spanking new to Linux but not to computers.  I am trying to install v7
from disk to an old machine.  It's a P133/32.

I've run the install several times now, each time getting a little better.
I tried the server install first, since that is ultimately what I want this
to be.  (Mail server and toy)  The latest time I simply ran the Recommended
install.  This time everything seemed ok and I rebooted to the GUI for the
first time.

Each time I've reinstalled, I start with the floppy disk and it inits the
CD.  When it gets to the second stage install, an error appears.  It
displays very fast then goes on anyway.  Something about initializing
sockets...

Here's my issue.  I don't know if my NIC is working or not.  Something's not
working.  I'm behind a NAT router with DHCP.  I need the machine to seek out
it's own IP.  On the NIC I get a green light but hub doesn't show a link or
any traffic.  Could that be a software issue?  The first NIC I tried was a
3Com 10/100 3c905b.  That NIC hung the system after the second stage install
every time.  The current NIC is a 3Com 10 3c509b Combo.  It seems ok, but I
still get the error mentioned above flashing quickly during a boot.

Sorry for the run-on story.  Too much info - I know.
Thanks for any help.  If you can point me to some docs or web pages or...
Glenn





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Re: [newbie] File Renaming

[Donnie Green]

type cp "file name" file_name then rm "file name"
or
type mv "file name" file_name


>From: Newacct <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [newbie] File Renaming
>Date: 23 Aug 2001 08:34:12 +1000
>
>I got many files that have spaces in them.,
>I want to rename all the files with a space and replace to them with "_"
>chracter
>like: file file.ram to> file_file.ram
>how can i do this? I got many files over 200!
>thx people
>
>
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[newbie] DCOP server error message??

[Andre Dubuc]

I received this error message as KDE was loading:

"Could not read network connection host." -- "/home/andre/.DCOP 
server_localhost.localdomain_:0"

I had checked, during my original installation of LM8, "Network Computer 
(client)' and chose what then seemed to be a few appropriate items (I thought 
I needed them to get Bastille to work). Subsequently, I removed these items, 
and have only "openssh-clients" installed.

After I had removed whatever I had installed from "Network Computer 
(client)", on every bootup I noticed a new message: "Caldera Calserver server 
daemon: Can't register service (already exists)", and the next line, "Caldera 
keyserver daemon - OK". I'm not clear whether these things are related, since 
I cannot find docs on them to read.

In my search, I examined LinuxConf - Config - Networking - Client tasks, and 
received a Kerror: "Too many nameservers defined  /etc/resolv.conf maximum 3"

Could someone help me understand what is happening here? Obviously, in my 
ignorance, I've triggered some events -- I'm getting the feeling I've messed 
up the configuration of my system.

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RE: [newbie] Mounting Drives on other machines?!

[Michael D. Viron]

>Start the NFS service after restarting Linuxconf's service handler...
>
>Then service nfs restart.
>
In order to run NFS, you must also run portmap.  Before you try service nfs
restart, check on the status of portmap '/etc/rc.d/init.d/portmap status'.

You can, of course, also find the NFS howto on http://www.linuxdoc.org .

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FW: [newbie] X woes (Toshiba laptop)

[Adams, Jamie]

Ooops! forgot to post to the list..
   -- Jamie

>--
>From:  Adams, Jamie
>Sent:  22 August 2001 11:55
>To:'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
>Subject:   RE: [newbie] X woes (Toshiba laptop)
>
>You could also try (from the console) /usr/bin/X11R6/DrakConf (i think that
>path is correct, but im not infront of my machine) - from here you can
>configure your display settings, you can also test the settings and review
>them if needed.
>
>I am running on a Satellite 2520CDT, which has an S3Virge in it, and i run
>the display in 800x600 standard SVGA @ 16bbp.
>
>also, i couldnt at first configure my internal modem to work, the one in mine
>is reported as being made my Toshiba, but it is infact a winmodem(tm) made my
>Lucent Technologies. There are drivers available to get this working.
>
>The soundcard was also a pain to install, but i wont go into that as you
>probably have a different model to me.
>
>I have just about everything working on mine now, the only things that dont
>work ar the Infared port, which i have never used, and the USB socket, which
>i have also never used.
>
>   -- Jamie
>
>--
>From:  Chuck Messenger[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Reply To:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent:  22 August 2001 06:41
>To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject:   [newbie] X woes (Toshiba laptop)
>
><>
>I'm unable to figure out the right display mode for my laptop.  During 
>the install process, the graphics mode is correct (i.e. the screen looks 
>great -- no problems).  However, after it starts X, the display goes 
>haywire.  I tried another mode -- this time, the LCD display mode. 
> Still no luck.
>
>How do I figure out what mode to use?  For example, how do I figure out 
>what mode Mandrake is using during the boot-up and boot-down process 
>(during which time the graphics looks fine).  How do I set the mode?  Is 
>there a way to test the mode, without committing to it?
>
>Can anyone point me to a troubleshooting page for xfree86?
>
>Thanks.
>
>- Chuck
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: [newbie] dual boot

[Charles A. Punch]

you just need to set the timeout. Go to -Mandrake Control Center -Boot -
Boot Config then press the "Configure" button and set the "delay before
booting default image"

ShalomOut
  Chal
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matt conran wrote:
> 
> Hi
> I'm having problems dual booting mandrake with win2000.  It can boot in
> linu or 2000, but it defaults in to linux if you don't scroll down and
> select windows2000.  Do you know of a way where the boot screen can
> default to windows2000.  It boots into a linux gui first and then it
> lists the O/S I can go into.  If it booted into 2000 by default I could
> just edit the boot.ini.  I have tried to edit the lilo conf and I have
> switched the default to 2000 etc.. but when I restart the linux screen
> pops up and it still defaults to linux.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
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Re: [newbie] X woes (Toshiba laptop)

[Charles A. Punch]

Are you sure you have the right Graphic Card selected. On my Toshiba
Satrellite Pro 465 CDX, I had the same problem in installing MDK 7.1.
After much fiddling around with the resolution, I finally resolved it by
changing the Graphic card to  the first entry on Tatung. All of the
Generic settings worked fine during install, but then after booting
would flicker unless I changed the resolution to 256 colors. I was not
happy with 256 Colors, so I kept experimenting until I stumbled on the
right setting. Now it does not even flicker on 65 thousand colors. In
7.1 I changed it in Harddrake, but in 8.0 it's easier to use
-Configuration -Other -Mandrake Control Center

ShalomOut
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Registered Linux user # 217118


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Chuck Messenger wrote:
> 
> I'm unable to figure out the right display mode for my laptop.  During
> the install process, the graphics mode is correct (i.e. the screen looks
> great -- no problems).  However, after it starts X, the display goes
> haywire.  I tried another mode -- this time, the LCD display mode.
>  Still no luck.
> 
> How do I figure out what mode to use?  For example, how do I figure out
> what mode Mandrake is using during the boot-up and boot-down process
> (during which time the graphics looks fine).  How do I set the mode?  Is
> there a way to test the mode, without committing to it?
> 
> Can anyone point me to a troubleshooting page for xfree86?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> - Chuck
> 
>   
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[newbie] File Renaming

[Newacct]

I got many files that have spaces in them.,
I want to rename all the files with a space and replace to them with "_"
chracter
like: file file.ram to> file_file.ram
how can i do this? I got many files over 200!
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Re: [newbie] rpm problem??

[Paul]

You may have downloaded an RPM for Redhat which needs RPM v 4.
Try getting the package for Mandrake from cooker or rpmfind.net and the
present rpm should do fine. I think. It does for me.
Paul

> On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 21:18:08 -0400
> Kevin Fonner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted:
> 
> KF> I decided since I wanted to learn more about what was going on 
> KF> undernieth the system that it would be fun to upgrade just the packets
> KF> I 
> KF> want to on corporate server.  Any ways I keep getting a wierd error 
> KF> message from rpm command.
> KF> 
> KF> "only packages with major numbers <=3 are supported by this version of
> KF> rpm"
> KF> 
> KF> what exactly does this mean and any ideas how to fix it?
> 
> You may have an old version of rpm.  Go to rpm.org and download the most
> recent.  You *may* have to download it as source (tar.gz) and install it
> that way.  I believe the most recent, stable version is 4.0.x (1 or 2)
> Mike






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