[newbie-it] MS office
ho installato Mandrake 8 come posso operare sui miei file di Word, Access, Excell dato che Koffice non me li apre? Libero
Re: [newbie-it] MS office
Il 10:27, domenica 02 settembre 2001, hai scritto: ho installato Mandrake 8 come posso operare sui miei file di Word, Access, Excell dato che Koffice non me li apre? Libero Ciao, installa StarOffice (o l'ultima build di OpenOffice). Li puoi facilmente trovare in giro, oppure li puoi scaricare dal sito della Sun (www.sun.com) o dal sito www.openoffice.org ...
R: [newbie-it] MS office
Usa StarOffice, vedrai che sorpese ! -Messaggio originale-Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Per conto di Libero LazzariInviato: domenica 2 settembre 2001 10.27A: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Oggetto: [newbie-it] MS office ho installato Mandrake 8 come posso operare sui miei file di Word, Access, Excell dato che Koffice non me li apre? Libero
[newbie-it] Fwd: Re: [linux] Editor HTML
-- Messaggio inoltrato -- Subject: Re: [linux] Editor HTML Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 18:21:22 +0200 From: viger71 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LinuxC. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Il 22:16, sabato 01 settembre 2001, hai scritto: Ciao a tutti, quali sono gli editor HTML per Linux ? Grazie. Giuseppe Torelli LCDN - Il portale delle risorse gratuite al servizio del tuo PC http://www.lcdn.it Personalmente ancora non stò usando HTML su Linux ma cisono almeno 5 o 6 editor di ottima qualità su qualsiasi distro installati di default, prova!! viger71. - Istruzioni della mailing-list: http://ml.oltrelinux.com/ Archivio della mailing-list: http://ml.oltrelinux.com/linux/ ---
[newbie-it] Fwd: Sceda Tv
-- Messaggio inoltrato -- Subject: Sceda Tv Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 18:35:33 +0200 From: viger71 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: viger71 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ho un piccolo problema non riesco a visualizzare le immagini con xawtv sotto l'User ma ho solo l'audio, ma sotto root va tutto bene ma soprattutto dopo aver avviato xawtv sotto root per la prima volta poi su l'utente norm. va tutto bene, come mai? ciao. ---
[newbie-it] Fwd: Re: [linux] MDK8 alcuni problemi
-- Messaggio inoltrato -- Subject: Re: [linux] MDK8 alcuni problemi Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 18:26:24 +0200 From: viger71 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LinuxC. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Il 05:27, domenica 02 settembre 2001, hai scritto: Ciao Lista, ho installato la MDK e ora vorrei installare StarOffice5.2. Quando però cerco di montare il cdrom, con mount /dev/cdrom la risposta è: mount: impossibile trovare /dev/hdb in etc/fstab o etc/mtab. Cosa significa? Inoltre vorrei chiedervi quale scheda di rete è consigliabile utilizzando MDK8 o RedHat7.1? E infine, dispongo di una Creative Sound Blaster AudioPCI 128, che mi dicono non sia nulla di speciale ma per l'uso che ne faccio io è sufficiente. Ho cercato di configurare la MDK per il suono, ma non va. Tenendo conto che ancora utilizzo windoz, perché con Linux sono lontanissimo dalla sufficienza, e che la mia MDK è installata su una partizione del disco, potreste consigliarmi una scheda audio appropriata? Grazie in anticipo e scusate per le troppe richieste, rocco. Prova a configuraral manualmente, trovi i parametri per il settaggio su Win$$. Se non ti riesce prova a visitare il sito di Deb (www.debian.org) oppure quello di Red Hat(www.redhat.com), se cerchi trovi una lista aggiornata del hardware compatibile con GnuLinux, ma comunque dovresti avere i link sulla tua Mandrake. Fammi sapere. viger71. - Istruzioni della mailing-list: http://ml.oltrelinux.com/ Archivio della mailing-list: http://ml.oltrelinux.com/linux/ ---
Re: [newbie] file sharing Linux to Linux
Paul, Try nfs. Or use the mount command with the -t smbfs option. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 07:22 AM 09/02/2001 +0100, you wrote: I am running samba on a Linux server, file serving to my windows clients across the LAN. This was easy to set-up in Mandrake with the gui's provided. The problem that I have is that I now want to convert my main client to Linux too but how can I connect to the Linux server containing my data? Any advise would be great. Paul Upton Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] video4linux
2nd send to mailing list in 3 days.. apologies if this is repeated hi it was thrown upon me to setup an audio/video broadcast server for the local lan here and this is my chance to prove linux is acceptable at my work place. however, there are some things missing from the server i d/l ( ffmpeg) which in all honesty i must say that i have only installed n not run yet. the main item missing at the moment is video4linux, which i can find at rpmfind or icewalk or sourceforge or freshmeat or the osdn main site nor at linux.org. i see references to it EVERYWHERE but no rpm for it. pls. help _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] grub/lilo problem
Hi all, I had installed a new Quantum SCSI 36gb harddisk with adapatec scsi card.The partion i made is as below sda1 7gb(fat32) sda2 50mb(ext2) sda3 50mb(ext2) sda5 50mb(ext2) sda6 300mb(swap) sda7 6gb (ext2) sda8 7gb (ext2) sda9 6gb (ext2) sda10 8gb (fat32) I was able to load win98 on sda1 and also i loaded boot magic for booting into different Linux distro's,then i tried to install LM8 ,with /boot on sda2,/home on sda8 and / on sda7.I installed lilo on sda2 ,when i tried to boot into LM8.0 from boot magic option,my screen is filled with 1's and 0's.I also did try GRUB boot loader,but then when i try to boot, it says grub hard disk error.When i tried to install lilo on sda1,i could not even boot from the hard disk.Experts on Lilo and Grub,pls help me to solve this. Thanks Ivan -- Ivan Miranda General Instrument Engineer/IT support Po Box 8746,Doha,Qatar Ph:974-4402524/4402773 Fax:974-4323380 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Firewalling
Hello Colin, Sunday, September 02, 2001, 4:37:26 PM, you wrote: CJ Hello all, CJ This is probably a dumb question, but I am haveing trouble setting up CJ a firewall. CJ I have lm8 running as a print server dhcp and logon server for my home CJ windows network. CJ I was also using this box to share my dial-up internet connection. CJ I installed a very basic lm8 on a p120 with 20mb ram (it actually CJ works ok with ice. CJ The problem is that if I run internet connection sharing on the p120, CJ it messes up the DHCp server on the main box. CJ What do I have to do to share the internet connection? CJ CJ Colin Jenkins CJ ICQ: 650611 registered linux user 223862 CJ Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.-- Lily Tomlin CJ sorry, forgot to mention that I want to run a firewall on the p120, as it was not secure with all running on the one box Colin Jenkins ICQ: 650611 registered linux user 223862 Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.-- Lily Tomlin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] how to play mov files?
hi! how do i play mov files with mandrake 8.0? i didn't find a program that recognises quicktime files. cheers, -- , (o o) +oOOO--(_)---+ || | H E L L M U T | || +---0OOO-+ | _ | _ | | | | | | | | | ooO Ooo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Carte Trident
Any of the recent ATI cards will work fine. For cheapness, try the SIS range or the Cirrus Logics. Your box spec is fine and Mandrake will run fine, though you could try LM8 which installs easier and supports more hardware. regards On Friday 31 August 2001 14:36, you said: Hi ! I had to reinstall LM 7.2 because I changed a lot of things on my machine. Now I have the same old problem: X doesn't work. I have read here that my card -Trident 3D 975- may be the problem. Do you actually think so? Because if so, I will change it, because I'm sick and tired of video troubles. What video card you know that works very well under Linux, please? May be you know how to make the card work. I know it IS possible because I reached in the past, but I had to change the X server to FBDev. But I forgot how to do this :-) What specs do you need to think about? My machine is a Pentium II 350 Mhz, 256 Mb RAM, and Linux is on hdb (hda is windoze). hdb has 15 Gb. I'l appreciate any help G le D --- Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- MJK Systems-IT Consultants Training Phone/Fax-020 8697 4912 Mobile-077 4066 3292 Linux User #-196384 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] test, don't open (prueba, no lo abras, desde webono)
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Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...
On Sun, 2 Sep 2001 22:25:09 -0600 Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: Hello: Let me introduce myself. My name is Dexter, and just today I installed linux on a partitioned hdd and I am looking forward to spending some good quality time with this group list. = Welcome!! I own a Dell 4100 series pc, running on an 800mhz PIII, with about 380 megs of ram, 40 gig hdd, a linksys nic, a scanner, two printers, a power backup system, and a Conexant/Rockwell modem. The modem is not a winmodem. == Why are you so certain?? == Ok, now for some background as to what happened. snip I went through the internet connection wizard and placed all the proper information (or so I think, everything is subject to change without notice), but when I try to connect all I get is a message stating: Modem is Busy. Well, far as I know, the modem is not busy and it works fine in windoze. I tried using all the different com ports, including the something/modem allocation (it is configured for com2 in win98), with no luck. Under properties, the modem is described as a HFCModem MDP3900V-U PCI Enumerator modem (don't know what it all means, but there it is anyway). == I believe the HFC is the clue that this *is* indeed a _winmodem_ Hope I'm wrong :o) == I tried running minicom (as suggested by a person in #mandrake in irc), but I basically had the same result. I tried removing the nic, thinking maybe there is a conflict going on between the two (the wizard at first thinks I am accessing the net via the network), but again no luck. I went to the conexant web site, but they don't have any linux drivers available for their modems. I visited the #mandrake channel in IRC and one of their helpers suggested running ppp-on, but the copy I obtained is in the tar format, and I don't feel confident about messing with it at this point in time. I also sent a message to the support group at Mandrake, but I suspect it might be a couple of days before I hear from them. So, I am hoping somebody in this group list can help me out. I have a few theories running in my head, actually more like intuitions. One theory would be that Mandrake cannot support the conexant/rockwell modem. It would surprise me, considering they are one of the major manufacturers of modems around. If indeed conexant is not supported, can somebody send me the brandname and model number of a modem supported by Mandrake? Almost any external modem that connects to a serial port. External is the way to go IMHO. HTH, Mike -- I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. --Tom Waits _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Scottaline Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 7:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem... On Sun, 2 Sep 2001 22:25:09 -0600 Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: Hello: Let me introduce myself. My name is Dexter, and just today I installed linux on a partitioned hdd and I am looking forward to spending some good quality time with this group list. = Welcome!! I own a Dell 4100 series pc, running on an 800mhz PIII, with about 380 megs of ram, 40 gig hdd, a linksys nic, a scanner, two printers, a power backup system, and a Conexant/Rockwell modem. The modem is not a winmodem. == Why are you so certain?? == Ok, now for some background as to what happened. snip I went through the internet connection wizard and placed all the proper information (or so I think, everything is subject to change without notice), but when I try to connect all I get is a message stating: Modem is Busy. Well, far as I know, the modem is not busy and it works fine in windoze. I tried using all the different com ports, including the something/modem allocation (it is configured for com2 in win98), with no luck. Under properties, the modem is described as a HFCModem MDP3900V-U PCI Enumerator modem (don't know what it all means, but there it is anyway). == I believe the HFC is the clue that this *is* indeed a _winmodem_ Hope I'm wrong :o) == Yes. The HFC prefix does mean that it is a Winmoden. There is a linux driver avaiable for this modem at http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html#drivers but they will only work with the 2.2.14 kernel unless you choose to recompile a later kernel including the needed driver support. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...
On Sun, 2 Sep 2001 07:34:52 -0400 Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: CE Yes. CE The HFC prefix does mean that it is a Winmoden. CE CE There is a linux driver avaiable for this modem at CE http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html#drivers CE but they will only work with the 2.2.14 kernel unless you CE choose to recompile a later kernel including the needed CE driver support. CE CE Charles (-: = Good one, Charles. If the original poster can afford it, I'd still recommend switching to an external, or even a true hardware internal modem, as the better solution. Mike -- I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. --Tom Waits _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Firewalling
Hello all, This is probably a dumb question, but I am haveing trouble setting up a firewall. I have lm8 running as a print server dhcp and logon server for my home windows network. I was also using this box to share my dial-up internet connection. I installed a very basic lm8 on a p120 with 20mb ram (it actually works ok with ice. The problem is that if I run internet connection sharing on the p120, it messes up the DHCp server on the main box. What do I have to do to share the internet connection? Colin Jenkins ICQ: 650611 registered linux user 223862 Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.-- Lily Tomlin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] System/Newtork Monitoring in Console
On Sat, 01 Sep 2001 23:40:20 -0400 Isaac Curtis [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: IC Hey all, IC IC Moving to a less fiesty topic, what are some commands I can use to IC monitor tasks, network traffic, etc from the console/terminal? I know IC some basic networking stuff like netstat and ifconfig but I don't know IC any tools that display what tasks are running or what's going on with IC the network. A specific example in which I would be interested is how IC some of you who have posted your hardware throughput, etc, have gotten IC your numbers? I'd be interested in any GUI tools as well, but IC console/terminal tools are of the most value to me. Thank you all so IC much for your help. IC IC Peace, IC Isaac = For a nice gui tool, try gkrellm. Shows lots of system stats with minimonitors for ppp or eth0, disk activity, process activity, and cpu activity. It also reports disk usage (including floppies, cdrom, and zip disk) uptime, connect time, and other items of interest. You can get loads of different skins for it to match your various themes. Mike -- I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. --Tom Waits _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] TEst, don't open
prueba desde outlook Francisco Alcaraz Ariza Departamento de Biología Vegetal Universidad de Murcia E-30100 Murcia (España) Correo electrónico trabajo: falcaraz@.um.es Correo electrónico de casa: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...
Sorry but your modem is a winmodem. It is controllerless modem. First Clue is the words HCF. I would check on linmodems.org to see if there is support for it. Jeanette -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Admin Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 11:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem... Hello: Let me introduce myself. My name is Dexter, and just today I installed linux on a partitioned hdd and I am looking forward to spending some good quality time with this group list. I own a Dell 4100 series pc, running on an 800mhz PIII, with about 380 megs of ram, 40 gig hdd, a linksys nic, a scanner, two printers, a power backup system, and a Conexant/Rockwell modem. The modem is not a winmodem. Ok, now for some background as to what happened. I am pretty new at unix/linux. One big reason I decided to install linux was to learn more about the o/s. I have had shell accounts in the past, but have never been involved in any heavy duty unix/linux stuff. So basically, I can move files around, I am pretty good at deleting files, and have very very little experience tarring/untarring and setting up kernels and what not. In any case, I went ahead and installed the system. It all seemed to go well. I had to play around a bit before it recognized both my printers, but it was not a big deal and I have yet to try and get the network up and running (I will tackle the network later). But I am having a problem getting the o/s and the modem to coexist. I went through the internet connection wizard and placed all the proper information (or so I think, everything is subject to change without notice), but when I try to connect all I get is a message stating: Modem is Busy. Well, far as I know, the modem is not busy and it works fine in windoze. I tried using all the different com ports, including the something/modem allocation (it is configured for com2 in win98), with no luck. Under properties, the modem is described as a HFCModem MDP3900V-U PCI Enumerator modem (don't know what it all means, but there it is anyway). I tried running minicom (as suggested by a person in #mandrake in irc), but I basically had the same result. I tried removing the nic, thinking maybe there is a conflict going on between the two (the wizard at first thinks I am accessing the net via the network), but again no luck. I went to the conexant web site, but they don't have any linux drivers available for their modems. I visited the #mandrake channel in IRC and one of their helpers suggested running ppp-on, but the copy I obtained is in the tar format, and I don't feel confident about messing with it at this point in time. I also sent a message to the support group at Mandrake, but I suspect it might be a couple of days before I hear from them. So, I am hoping somebody in this group list can help me out. I have a few theories running in my head, actually more like intuitions. One theory would be that Mandrake cannot support the conexant/rockwell modem. It would surprise me, considering they are one of the major manufacturers of modems around. If indeed conexant is not supported, can somebody send me the brandname and model number of a modem supported by Mandrake? Another possibility might be a bad switch setting. If interested, I could copy the settings for all the parameters, but I rather wait and do it only if necessary. Taking up enough bandwidth as it is. My modem strings seem ok, but it has been a while since I played with such things, so an erroneous setting is a possibility. Of course the best scenario would be somebody somewhere who has had the same experience I am, and having a fix for it. So if you know the answer, don't be shy. ;) Also, and depending on how comfortable people might feel about it, I could call you and try to trouble shoot it over the phone. I live in the United States, and would like to keep the call within the lower 48 if possible. :) I can also be found in IRC, specifically in the Efnet network in the channel #shelter under the nickname of Coqui. I normally have a client there 24/7. I have most everything else up and running and I want to get the modem up and going, to see what it can do. In any case, any help on this issue would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Regards, Dexter AKA Coqui- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to play mov files?
On Sunday 02 September 2001 12:04, hellmut wrote: how do i play mov files with mandrake 8.0? i didn't find a program that recognises quicktime files. You write a polite, but firm letter to Apple requestion that they port Quicktime to Linux. Then you wait. Aren't proprietary formats fun? -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC An intellectual is someone who has discovered something more interesting than sex - Aldous Huxley Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] test, don't open
Prueba desderPentium 3 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mailing list in Spanish.
Yo tambien me apunto. donde hay que arrimar el hombro ?
[newbie] TEst, don't open
Desde icewm con mandrake 8 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...
At 11:25 PM 9/2/01, you wrote: Hello: Let me introduce myself. My name is Dexter, and just today I installed linux on a partitioned hdd and I am looking forward to spending some good quality time with this group list. I own a Dell 4100 series pc, running on an 800mhz PIII, with about 380 megs of ram, 40 gig hdd, a linksys nic, a scanner, two printers, a power backup system, and a Conexant/Rockwell modem. The modem is not a winmodem. Ok, now for some background as to what happened. snip I went through the internet connection wizard and placed all the proper information (or so I think, everything is subject to change without notice), but when I try to connect all I get is a message stating: Modem is Busy. Well, far as I know, the modem is not busy and it works fine in windoze. I tried using all the different com ports, including the something/modem allocation (it is configured for com2 in win98), with no luck. Under properties, the modem is described as a HFCModem MDP3900V-U PCI Enumerator modem (don't know what it all means, but there it is anyway). I tried running minicom (as suggested by a person in #mandrake in irc), but I basically had the same result. I tried removing the nic, thinking maybe there is a conflict going on between the two (the wizard at first thinks I am accessing the net via the network), but again no luck. I went to the conexant web site, but they don't have any linux drivers available for their modems. I visited the #mandrake channel in IRC and one of their helpers suggested running ppp-on, but the copy I obtained is in the tar format, and I don't feel confident about messing with it at this point in time. I also sent a message to the support group at Mandrake, but I suspect it might be a couple of days before I hear from them. So, I am hoping somebody in this group list can help me out. LURKER, here. Just to let you know in WindBlows you use 'PNP' in Linux TURN it OFF. That fixed mine. I have a few theories running in my head, actually more like intuitions. One theory would be that Mandrake cannot support the conexant/rockwell modem. It would surprise me, considering they are one of the major manufacturers of modems around. If indeed conexant is not supported, can somebody send me the brandname and model number of a modem supported by Mandrake? Another possibility might be a bad switch setting. If interested, I could copy the settings for all the parameters, but I rather wait and do it only if necessary. Taking up enough bandwidth as it is. My modem strings seem ok, but it has been a while since I played with such things, so an erroneous setting is a possibility. Of course the best scenario would be somebody somewhere who has had the same experience I am, and having a fix for it. So if you know the answer, don't be shy. ;) Also, and depending on how comfortable people might feel about it, I could call you and try to trouble shoot it over the phone. I live in the United States, and would like to keep the call within the lower 48 if possible. :) I can also be found in IRC, specifically in the Efnet network in the channel #shelter under the nickname of Coqui. I normally have a client there 24/7. I have most everything else up and running and I want to get the modem up and going, to see what it can do. In any case, any help on this issue would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Regards, Dexter AKA Coqui- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...
Dexter, LURKER again, I find the USR's to be far above the others, of course that is all I have used except for a WinMDM HSP56 that I have NOT tried to make work on Linux. From what I have been told most ISP's, which I use, are using a USR bank and when you connect all thingys will work faster and better because they speak the same. Others some times need a small script or special commands to encourage them to talk to one another. NO, I do NOT work for any manufacturer of CPU parts, I am Retired, worked in Electronics Test Equipment for about 18 years and my last 10 was with CPU's, different OS's than DOS or Linux. I was in a BTOS, Bouroghs Task OS, on a MINI-MainFrame/w 34 dumb terminals. Did do some surfing before the WWW was created, using IP addys and UNIX commands, which I found to be more fun than the WWW, which the only thingy I can say for it is it is easier for those that are NOT familiar with ###.###.###.### type of addys. At 04:55 PM 9/2/01, you wrote: Lurker: LURKER, here. Just to let you know in WindBlows you use 'PNP' in Linux TURN it OFF. That fixed mine. After reading the instructions (go figure, I can't remember the last time I ever read instructions), I did disable PNP from the BIOS. Still, after receiving your response, I double checked, and the darn thing is still disabled. It would have been and easy fix. Oh well. Hey, that is all I know about Linux at this time. Double checking does NOT hurt, I have done some of that on my system and found thingys turned back on, that does NOT figure either, plus I go for the easiest FIRST. Thank You for at least looking into that as a possibility, you never know! Right now, it looks like I will be buying a new modem, any suggestions of brand name/model number would be appreciated. Give http://www.usr.com or http://www.3com.com a look see, and maybe ask some questions. Thanks, Dexter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Linux port for Agent - was Re: [newbie] how to play mov files?
On Sun, 2 Sep 2001, Michel Clasquin wrote: On Sunday 02 September 2001 12:04, hellmut wrote: how do i play mov files with mandrake 8.0? i didn't find a program that recognises quicktime files. You write a polite, but firm letter to Apple requestion that they port Quicktime to Linux. Then you wait. On that note, if anyone here wishes Agent was ported to linux, Forte Inc is working on 2.0 right now, and they say they are on the fence as to making a linux port...perhaps now would be a good time to express interest...http://www.forteinc.com Aren't proprietary formats fun? peace, Rog Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...
At 11:56 AM 9/2/01, you wrote: LURKER, here, Be careful what you say about NEWBY, we all represent that, even you. BAG! =|;-) Most of us have NOT either, before LINUX. It is easier than WinBlow$. Talk about newbies and I'm there - I have never even run a unix based system before last week !! snip As for your MDM, in WinBlows you use PNP, within Linux turn it OFF in the BIOS. I have a USR that I was told is a WinMDM, I do NOT think so, it NOW works just fine. That is the full extent of my Knowledge of Linux. now my modem doen't seem to work. Do I need to install it or will linus recognize it automatically. If installation is required, please let me know what file to use and where I could find it. Also, just in case, my modem is Motorola sm56 - is this a winmodem ? if so, that explains the problem !! Thankx TIA, 'd' [EMAIL PROTECTED] San Antonio, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to set Default paper size?
On Saturday 01 September 2001 10:32 pm, Geof Steichen wrote: kups is set correctly. My problem is with K Setup Printer window that pops up when I select the printer icon from KMail. Geof Ahhh, people been complaining about that for distros. I don't recall a fix ever being found. Just have to change it each time before printing. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Floppy entry for LILO?
I'd like to have the ability, on bootup, of choosing Floppy. Unfortunately, I had deleted the original entry in lilo.conf for LM8. After an extensive search on the Net, I can't seem to find an example of how to do it. I don't want to mess up Lilo another time. Would anyone have this entry in their lilo.conf? Btw, thanks for all the great info on this list! Andre Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Carte Trident
Thank you very much, Jim. How to obtain LM 8, please ? regards Jim Kempton wrote: Any of the recent ATI cards will work fine. For cheapness, try the SIS range or the Cirrus Logics. Your box spec is fine and Mandrake will run fine, though you could try LM8 which installs easier and supports more hardware. regards On Friday 31 August 2001 14:36, you said: Hi ! I had to reinstall LM 7.2 because I changed a lot of things on my machine. Now I have the same old problem: X doesn't work. I have read here that my card -Trident 3D 975- may be the problem. Do you actually think so? Because if so, I will change it, because I'm sick and tired of video troubles. What video card you know that works very well under Linux, please? May be you know how to make the card work. I know it IS possible because I reached in the past, but I had to change the X server to FBDev. But I forgot how to do this :-) What specs do you need to think about? My machine is a Pentium II 350 Mhz, 256 Mb RAM, and Linux is on hdb (hda is windoze). hdb has 15 Gb. I'l appreciate any help G le D --- Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- MJK Systems-IT Consultants Training Phone/Fax-020 8697 4912 Mobile-077 4066 3292 Linux User #-196384 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Install of Mandrake 8 on a system with NCR53c896 scsi controller
Hello, I have an HP LC 2000. When I try to install Mandrake 8.0 I get the error could not uncompress second stage ramdisk and intall halts. I created an other.img boot disk with rawrite this gave me more error info which I belive leads me to the problem. Install failed with the following: PCI device 1000 b is Symbios|53c896 (ncr53c8xx) have to insmod ncr53c8xx needs ncr53c8xx file not found in archive ncr53c8xx.o Is there a boot image that can correct this so I can continue the install. Boot from a floppy and it can access the CD-ROM? Mandrake 7.1 can install on this system no problem. BTW I find it embarassing to know I need a windows machine to install Linux. - Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] manage command-line scroll
Isn't there some way to control the way that information is spewed out (more than a screenfull) in Linux? I find the locate command so much better than doing Find with KDE. but I don't know how to stop it from scrolling off the page before I can read it. I know that there are things like less for text files, but don't know of anything that works on the command line itself. I'm thinking of something like DOS's /w and /p. Thanks anyone. Pete R. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] manage command-line scroll
At 01:09 PM 9/2/01 -0700, you wrote: Isn't there some way to control the way that information is spewed out (more than a screenfull) in Linux? I find the locate command so much better than ls | more Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] manage command-line scroll
At 01:09 PM 9/2/01 -0700, you wrote: Isn't there some way to control the way that information is spewed out (more than a screenfull) in Linux? I find the locate command so much better than Oopsie, my bad That should read locate file | more Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Need to start different window mgr
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 09:50:05AM -0500, Dave Sherman wrote: On 01 Sep 2001 14:08:34 -0400, Steve wrote: I'm starting my Xserver from runlevel 3, and it defaults to gnome, which I don't want. I want to start with icewm, when I give the command `starticewm' or `icewm' from the console at start I get an error message along the lines need startup info for $SETDISPLAY, not exactly verbatim, sorry. Anyways I can start icewm as my window manager in gnome, but would rather start up with it in place of gnome. I can't remember which xconfig file to edit and what to edit it with to acheive this. Suggestions/help? Steve, Create a .xinitrc file in your home directory, and in that file have a single line of text: exec some_window_manager where some_window_manager is the name of the binary: 'blackbox' for BlackBox, 'as' for AfterStep, etc. When you run 'startx', your specified window manager will be used. Dave Thanks very much Dave, after waiting a few hours for my download to finish, I'm happily starting icewm from runlevel 3 without any gnome. Thanks for your help! -- Steve - Toronto ICQ 35454764 /~\ 'If you're not a rebel when you're 20 you've got no heart; if \ / you're not establishment when you're 30 you've got no brain. X Join the ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML email/ \ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Has anyone got KOffice 1.1 to install?
When I try to install KOffice I get an error: libkdeprint.so.0 is needed by koffice-1.1-1mdk Does anyone know what RPM file that library is included in? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] HELLOOO...Newby.....
LURKER, here with some info I found on the, guess where, http://www.linuxnewbie.org/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi . It is a bulletin board for NEWBIES and they have different areas such as; Hardware related, Programming, Script Depot, Web Serving/Security, How I did it!!, etcetera. There are many more topics and a General one also. HEY, this is put here for those that like to browse and find solutions for themselves, NOT me though, I like it when some one tells me where to go, to get HELP. BAG! TIA, 'd' [EMAIL PROTECTED] San Antonio, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] manage command-line scroll
LURKER, here again. I find the locate command works great in a 'term' just fine. There is a scroll bar usually on the right side of the window when accessing from KDE, BTW you can put that scroll bar on the left side under Options if you like. At 03:09 PM 9/2/01, you wrote: Isn't there some way to control the way that information is spewed out (more than a screenfull) in Linux? I find the locate command so much better than doing Find with KDE. but I don't know how to stop it from scrolling off the page before I can read it. And if you also like you can do locate [the info you need] | (pipe symbol) more, WFM. HTH! I know that there are things like less for text files, but don't know of anything that works on the command line itself. I'm thinking of something like DOS's /w and /p. Thanks anyone. Pete R. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com TIA, 'd' [EMAIL PROTECTED] San Antonio, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Need to start different window mgr
On Sunday 02 September 2001 10:50 am, Dave Sherman wrote: Anyways I can start icewm as my window manager in gnome, but would rather start up with it in place of gnome. I can't remember which xconfig file to edit and what to edit it with to acheive this. Suggestions/help? Steve, Create a .xinitrc file in your home directory, and in that file have a single line of text: exec some_window_manager Even easier -- startx window_manager_you_want_to_start and /usr/sbin/chksession -l will give you a list of window managers that will work with the above -- Alex Steve Balmer, CEO of Microsoft, recently referred to LINUX as a cancer. Unsurprisingly, that's incorrect; LINUX was released on August 25th, 1991 and is therefore a Virgo. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...
Lurker: LURKER, here. Just to let you know in WindBlows you use 'PNP' in Linux TURN it OFF. That fixed mine. After reading the instructions (go figure, I can't remember the last time I ever read instructions), I did disable PNP from the BIOS. Still, after receiving your response, I double checked, and the darn thing is still disabled. It would have been and easy fix. Oh well. Right now, it looks like I will be buying a new modem, any suggestions of brand name/model number would be appreciated. Thanks, Dexter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...
Talk about newbies and I'm there - I have never even run a unix based system before last week !! I managed to get my video card going with the option noaccel in the XF86Config, now my modem doen't seem to work. Do I need to install it or will linus recognize it automatically. If installation is required, please let me know what file to use and where I could find it. Also, just in case, my modem is Motorola sm56 - is this a winmodem ? if so, that explains the problem !! Thankx _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...
I use an Actiontec PCI Call Waiting modem and the box even says Linux.. It is NOT a winmodem! Just followed their instructions for Linux and worked right off the bat. It consistently connects at higher speeds in Linux than in Win98SE too. I found it at Walmart of all places for $40. The model no. is PCI56012-01CW. Check it out here: http://www.actiontec.com/products/modems/cwi/cwi_overview.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...
I have a SM56, but never tried it in Linux. However Motorola has drivers for Linux here: http://e-www.motorola.com/products/softmodem/support/software.html Also check the archives for posts about the SM56, I remember seeing posts regarding the SM56. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Need to start different window mgr
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:55:52AM -0400, A V Flinsch wrote: On Sunday 02 September 2001 10:50 am, Dave Sherman wrote: Anyways I can start icewm as my window manager in gnome, but would rather start up with it in place of gnome. I can't remember which xconfig file to edit and what to edit it with to acheive this. Suggestions/help? Steve, Create a .xinitrc file in your home directory, and in that file have a single line of text: exec some_window_manager Even easier -- startx window_manager_you_want_to_start Really didn't know about adding the additional syntax after startx. So even with the `set $DISPLAY' message this will work? I haven't had a chance to try the previous suggestion yet, as I forgot I'm in the middle of a large download which I don't wish to interrupt at this point in time. and /usr/sbin/chksession -l will give you a list of window managers that will work with the above Cool thanks. Just checked that out, this is what it gives me: Gnome Enlightenment BlackBox Sawfish. Now I have icewm installed - for some reason it hasn't shown up. But I can lauch it from within gnome as the preferred window manager to sawfish. I guess maybe this means your method won't work and perhaps Dave's will not either? Please note that previously when in the console @ runlevel 3, whenever I attempt to start icewm I get the `set $DISPLAY' message. This applies for blackbox as well, which is in the chksession list. -- Steve - Toronto ICQ 35454764 /~\ 'If you're not a rebel when you're 20 you've got no heart; if \ / you're not establishment when you're 30 you've got no brain. X Join the ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML email/ \ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Serial IRQ problem
On Saturday 01 September 2001 08:16 am, Caglar ERGUN wrote: Hi, I installed Mandrake 8.0 but I have a problem with the serial port (modem). It is a isa NON-PNP modem. I set it com3 Irq5 but Linux sees it as Irq 4. when I enter : setserial /dev/ttyS2 Irg 5 autoconfig ^auto_irq everything is okay. But when I reboot I loose the setting. What should I do ? you could put that setserial line at the bottom of your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file before the final fi. (That's how I used to do it.) Another thing is I can't connect to my ISP kind of protocol problem but it is an other issu and I haven't RTFM enough yet :) There are different protocol choices in kppp, experiment with the different settings. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Floppy entry for LILO?
Andre Dubuc wrote: I'd like to have the ability, on bootup, of choosing Floppy. Unfortunately, I had deleted the original entry in lilo.conf for LM8. After an extensive search on the Net, I can't seem to find an example of how to do it. I don't want to mess up Lilo another time. Would anyone have this entry in their lilo.conf? Btw, thanks for all the great info on this list! Andre Hi, these are the last lines in my /etc/lilo.conf generated by Mandrake 8.0: other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy unsafe HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install of Mandrake 8 on a system with NCR53c896 scsi controller
On Sunday 02 September 2001 18:35, TLG wrote: Hello, I have an HP LC 2000. When I try to install Mandrake 8.0 I get the error could not uncompress second stage ramdisk and intall halts. I created an other.img boot disk with rawrite this gave me more error info which I belive leads me to the problem. Install failed with the following: PCI device 1000 b is Symbios|53c896 (ncr53c8xx) have to insmod ncr53c8xx needs ncr53c8xx file not found in archive ncr53c8xx.o Is there a boot image that can correct this so I can continue the install. Boot from a floppy and it can access the CD-ROM? Mandrake 7.1 can install on this system no problem. BTW I find it embarassing to know I need a windows machine to install Linux. - Thomas The could not uncompress second stage ramdisk is a classic symptom of a bad CD If it read that far, it is seeing your CD. Now the problem is picking the ncr driver off it or the symbios driver from it. This is likely to be a media problem since we supply both those drivers. If you bought the Pack, (either Desktop or PowerPack or the simple one, register your product and notify technical support of the problem. They do have replacement CDs available for shipment. Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Praise for Mandrake
On Thursday 30 August 2001 18:17, you wrote: I just wanted to send a little thanks to the Mandrakesoft team. I bought a new SB Live card today and booted Linux turned Kudzu back on and then removed my old soundcard booted Linux and Kudzu instaled the card flawlessly. Perhaps for some this was to easy but I find it simply fantastic. On a sidenote I really like the autocomplete feature in Kmail 1.3/KDE 2.2 if we have any KDE developers on the list! John Thanks for sharing the info John. I was interested in getting a SB Live card myself, but chickened out after reading some comments about their compatibility with LM. But now I might just get one. Cheers skinky _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] manage command-line scroll
Isn't there some way to control the way that information is spewed out (more than a screenfull) in Most progs that send stuff to stdout (i.e., your screen) can be piped to 'more'. So, in this situation, you'd do 'locate whatever | more' and read the output one page at a time. command line itself. I'm thinking of something like DOS's /w and /p. IIRC, those switches were only in one program (DIR). Piping to 'more' is a (erm) more general solution. Also, if you have a 'regular' console, ctrl-s and ctrl-q should work. For xterms, if you start them up so that they have a sufficient scroll back buffer (xterm -sb some number) then you can use the scrollbar. Pete R. David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mount errors
I have just started getting errors on bootup that my kernel does not support filetype fat. I haven't done anything to the kernel and I haven't altered the lines in my fstab file. Anyone have any ideas what might be causing the problem? TIA David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Hard drive recognition (2nd post)
I posted this before, but got no responses so I thought i'd post it again. Thanks for any help :) Hello again, I apologize for posting this again, but I became extremely busy after I first posted this topic, and I misplaced all emails pertaining to it... so here goes: I am having problems getting my second hard drive to be recognized in Linux Mandrake 8.0. I have a 15GB Maxtor drive (primary drive) and a 40GB Maxtor drive (secondary drive). My drive can bee seen in the linux explorer, but it shows up with a 'default' type of name, and I cannot see any files on it... I'm wondering how to 'install' this drive in Linux so I can access my files already on the drive? My system specs are below. Thanks for any help, and feel free to email me personally if you wish. Thanks! PIII 667Mhz 256mb Ram Creative CDRW 8x4x32 drive Creative 52x Drive 1.44mb floppy drive Sound Blaster Live! Platinum card and drive bay NE2k compatible ethernet card vodoo 3 3500 TV AGP graphics card Dual boot operating systems: win98 on 7GB partition and LM8.0 on 8GB partition. -- | Have you petted your penguin today? :) | | Registered Linux user #183248 | -- _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install of Mandrake 8 on a system with NCR53c896 scsi controller
I did install this another machine and the install went fine, though that was just a generic ide all around system with no scsi devices - Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; TLG [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Install of Mandrake 8 on a system with NCR53c896 scsi controller On Sunday 02 September 2001 18:35, TLG wrote: Hello, I have an HP LC 2000. When I try to install Mandrake 8.0 I get the error could not uncompress second stage ramdisk and intall halts. I created an other.img boot disk with rawrite this gave me more error info which I belive leads me to the problem. Install failed with the following: PCI device 1000 b is Symbios|53c896 (ncr53c8xx) have to insmod ncr53c8xx needs ncr53c8xx file not found in archive ncr53c8xx.o Is there a boot image that can correct this so I can continue the install. Boot from a floppy and it can access the CD-ROM? Mandrake 7.1 can install on this system no problem. BTW I find it embarassing to know I need a windows machine to install Linux. - Thomas The could not uncompress second stage ramdisk is a classic symptom of a bad CD If it read that far, it is seeing your CD. Now the problem is picking the ncr driver off it or the symbios driver from it. This is likely to be a media problem since we supply both those drivers. If you bought the Pack, (either Desktop or PowerPack or the simple one, register your product and notify technical support of the problem. They do have replacement CDs available for shipment. Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Need to start different window mgr
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:34:47PM -0400, civileme wrote: On Sunday 02 September 2001 16:43, Steve wrote: On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:55:52AM -0400, A V Flinsch wrote: On Sunday 02 September 2001 10:50 am, Dave Sherman wrote: Anyways I can start icewm as my window manager in gnome, but would rather start up with it in place of gnome. I can't remember which xconfig file to edit and what to edit it with to acheive this. Suggestions/help? Steve, Create a .xinitrc file in your home directory, and in that file have a single line of text: exec some_window_manager Even easier -- startx window_manager_you_want_to_start and /usr/sbin/chksession -l will give you a list of window managers that will work with the above -- Alex Alex this worked as well, and I've implemented Dave's suggestion in my .xintrc. Thanks for the additional input - these Mandrake lists are fantastic! And if you want it even easier, http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~civileme/ has a downloadable program called Xtart. Just drop it into /usr/bin and use it from runlevel 3 after logging in. Xtart gives you a menu of all installed WMs to choose from And it doesn't even use chksession or startx Civileme Wow! Is this something you wrote yourself? Way cool, mérci. -- Steve - Toronto ICQ 35454764 /~\ 'If you're not a rebel when you're 20 you've got no heart; if \ / you're not establishment when you're 30 you've got no brain. X Join the ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML email/ \ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hello and Keyboard Map
x-flowedI'm not sure about how to fix you keyboard problem but the clock issue is one that I had when I installed Linux-Mandrake on my PC here. For some reason, the mandrake clock ran 5 hours behind where it should have. Here are a few suggestions, check the clock from the command line type clock -r to check the CMOS clock and compare it to the clock in from your gui...kde or gnome (which ever you are using). If your gui's clock is showing the right time, you can set the CMOS clock to the same time by typing clock -w. If your CMOS time is showing the correct time but the gui is not, type clock -a and this will set the system clock in accordance with the CMOS time. I hope this helps you with your clock problems. I'm kind of a newbie as well but that is how I fixed the times between the two. /x-flowed Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I didn't had to do what you told me, it was just an extension that I disabled in the MacOS (that have to syncronize time with servers and it's used for daylight saving time), when I inable it again, everything worked fine. Thanks for the answer anyway Pierre Houben Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] access permissions, please help
Hello again, I'm trying to access my CD-Rom drive to install some items... but it says I don't have access rights to the drive... I am logged in as root and still I cannot access the drive; same message. Can someone direct me to where I can change these settings please? I am using Linux Mandrake 8.0. Thanks in advance! - Joe :) -- | Have you petted your penguin today? :) | | Registered Linux user #183248 | -- _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] trouble installing DHCP
I am running LM on a dual boot Compaq Armada 7800 laptop. The ethernet card is detected but when i try to install a LAN conncetion to the internet, I get an error saying: insmod'ing module failed at /usr/lib/libDrakX/modules.pm line 510 the code in this line is: run_program::run (-x /sbin/modprobe.static ? /sbin/modprobe.static : /sbin/modprobe, $name, @options) What could be the problem? I also get a resource collision error at boot-time. The error reads: PCI: device 00.0e.1 not available due to resource collisions. could this be related to the above error? History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. -Winston Churchill _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] manage command-line scroll
Thanks everyone re: the | more solution. I thought that only worked inside a file. Using the scroll bar in KDE term is even better. Don't know how I missed that. Thanks. --- d [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LURKER, here again. I find the locate command works great in a 'term' just fine. There is a scroll bar usually on the right side of the window when accessing from KDE, BTW you can put that scroll bar on the left side under Options if you like. At 03:09 PM 9/2/01, you wrote: Isn't there some way to control the way that information is spewed out (more than a screenfull) in Linux? I find the locate command so much better than doing Find with KDE. but I don't know how to stop it from scrolling off the page before I can read it. And if you also like you can do locate [the info you need] | (pipe symbol) more, WFM. HTH! I know that there are things like less for text files, but don't know of anything that works on the command line itself. I'm thinking of something like DOS's /w and /p. Thanks anyone. Pete R. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com TIA, 'd' [EMAIL PROTECTED] San Antonio, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] LISa setup tip
For reasons I will not go into Windoze trashed my hard disc and forced me to re install Mandrake 8.0 Network browsing using LISa had previously been working, but after the reinstall I could not get it to work despite having succeeded previously. Checking the newbie archive I saw that many other newbies had had similar troubles and had not had a satisfactory reply. So when I found the answer I thought it worth posting it on the mailing list. Not only does LISa require a configuration file, lisarc to be stored somewhere where LISA can find it on startup, as has been reported several times in the archives, but there is a second common problem which is that even when the Lisa configuration has been defined in Control Center/Networking it is still only possible to use konquerer to browse the network when logged in under root. Many newbies found like myself that when logged in under a normal user any attempt to browse using konquerer would give a message Networking has not been set up. Go to control Center/Networking and set up the parameters you see there However these parameters can only be set up under root, and root already has no problem browsing the network. The solution I found in the kde e-mail archives here :- http://www.kde.com/maillists/show.php?q=control%20center%20LISaf=1l=20sb=ranko=dv=searchmq=42184m=392640 To fix the problem all you have to do is let knoqueror know that you have already set up the LISa config by placing a file called kio_lanrc in the .kde/share/config directory of each user. The contents of kio_lanrc should be :- AlreadyConfigured=true Support_FTP=0 Support_HTTP=0 Support_NFS=0 Support_SMB=0 Then it all works. Hope this helps some other poor soul who has been beating their head against the desk :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Getting closer to a working modem
Hello: Well, some progress on my attempts to get the modem up and going. I switched to XON/XOFF and can now reach the point where the o/s attempts to initialize the modem, but then nothing happens. If I log the answer obtained from the modem, it looks something like: M}W[_mm The initialization string is ATZ. I tried adding ^M to it, but it did not have any effect. Any suggestions? Thanks, Dexter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Getting closer to a working modem
Admin wrote: Hello: Well, some progress on my attempts to get the modem up and going. I switched to XON/XOFF and can now reach the point where the o/s attempts to initialize the modem, but then nothing happens. If I log the answer obtained from the modem, it looks something like: M}W[_mm The initialization string is ATZ. I tried adding ^M to it, but it did not have any effect. Any suggestions? Thanks, Dexter Dexter: What modem are you trying to connect using what version of Mandrake? And how are you trying to do it? (CrystalBall is still in early alpha stage -- look for it in Mandrake 10.1.) Carroll Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Digital Playback
I'm looking for a way to play audio CDs by reading the data directly from a CD. Can anyone tell me why this doesn't work: cdparanoia 1 /dev/dsp ..I've tried several variations on this but all I get is alot of hissing from my speakers. Richie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to play mov files?
Seems to me I once got a mov file to play in Netscape. It didn't have any playback controls (just a box centered within the working area), but it worked (don't remember if it had sound or not -- was having soundcard troubles at the time). This was using the PeanutLinux distro. Jeremy Original Message Follows From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], hellmut [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] how to play mov files? Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 21:32:45 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from [216.71.84.35] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id MHotMailBD5B9FC6004640043888D8475423786B0; Sun, 02 Sep 2001 08:48:25 -0700 Received: from yavin.mandrax.org (moseisley.mandrax.org [63.209.80.226])by mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA16553;Sun, 2 Sep 2001 10:48:24 -0500 Received: by yavin.mandrax.org (Postfix, from userid 500)id 9DC6A87E56; Sun, 2 Sep 2001 08:48:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au (ha1.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au [203.164.2.50]) by yavin.mandrax.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E13887DD9 for [EMAIL PROTECTED];Sun, 2 Sep 2001 04:32:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from there ([203.164.95.102]) by mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id 20010902113256.VPFO4715.mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au@there;Sun, 2 Sep 2001 21:32:56 +1000 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun, 02 Sep 2001 08:48:40 -0700 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.1] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: 20010902113256.VPFO4715.mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au@there X-Loop: newbie@ X-Sequence: 332 Precedence: list X-Validation-BY: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 2 Sep 2001 20:04, hellmut wrote: hi! how do i play mov files with mandrake 8.0? i didn't find a program that recognises quicktime files. Apple don't make a Quicktime player for GNU/Linux. Most Quicktime files are encoded with the Sorenson codec, which is patented. This means that the free players (e.g. Xmovie, Xanim and aKtion) are not able to play these files properly (sometimes you can get a garbled picture or just sound). You can try running the Windows player through WINE, or you can purchase CodeWeavers' CrossOver Plugin (which is built with WINE) for $US20. I actually bought this product today, but I haven't used it enough to make a proper decision on its quality. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Firewalling
Colin, If you open Mandrake's control center you'll be able to configure your firewall in there. Mdk 8.0 comes with iptables and there are two way to configure your firewall already on your machine. You have both tiny firewall and Bastille firewall. Mandrake Control Center uses tiny firewall by default. Which is ok cause iptables is an excellent packet filter. -- daRcmaTTeR =/\=??? |%C++ On Sun, 2 Sep 2001, Colin Jenkins wrote: Hello Colin, Sunday, September 02, 2001, 4:37:26 PM, you wrote: CJ Hello all, CJ This is probably a dumb question, but I am haveing trouble setting up CJ a firewall. CJ I have lm8 running as a print server dhcp and logon server for my home CJ windows network. CJ I was also using this box to share my dial-up internet connection. CJ I installed a very basic lm8 on a p120 with 20mb ram (it actually CJ works ok with ice. CJ The problem is that if I run internet connection sharing on the p120, CJ it messes up the DHCp server on the main box. CJ What do I have to do to share the internet connection? CJ CJ Colin Jenkins CJ ICQ: 650611 registered linux user 223862 CJ Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.-- Lily Tomlin CJ sorry, forgot to mention that I want to run a firewall on the p120, as it was not secure with all running on the one box Colin Jenkins ICQ: 650611 registered linux user 223862 Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.-- Lily Tomlin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...
On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 08:47:11 -0600 Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: Well, I had called Dell Tech Support before buying Mandrake, and they were very certain it was not a winmodem. Well so much for that. It appears they have goofed, looks like it is a winmodem, based on other responses I have received. I gather you use an external modem. At this point, an external modem is not a practical option. Can you recommend an internal modem which would do the trick? If you can't, how can I tell, when I go to the store, if the modem I am buying is a winmodem or not? = An ISA modem with jumpers will likely be a *real* hardware based modem. Another _hint_ may be price. Winmodems, because they are software driven modems, tend to be quite a bit cheaper. If it's under US$50 it might well be a winmodem. You can check the Mandrake site for a list of modems (and other hardware) that will work with their distro. Also check the Linux Documentation Project. In Google you might try Tom's hardware or something like that (I don't know the URL off-hand) for a farily thorough listing of linux compatible hardware. = I went to Best Buy the other day, before buying the o/s and the sales rep was pretty clueless. One more question, where could I find a list of standard modems supported by Mandrake? Thank you for your help and your prompt response. Dexter AKA Coqui- P.S. What book, if any, would you recommend for a newbit to read in order to develop a better understanding of linux/unix? = There are several very good ones. Try *Running Linux* by Matt Welsh, et al for starters. HTH, Mike -- I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. --Tom Waits _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Getting closer to a working modem - For Carroll
Carroll: Admin wrote: Hello: Well, some progress on my attempts to get the modem up and going. I switched to XON/XOFF and can now reach the point where the o/s attempts to initialize the modem, but then nothing happens. If I log the answer obtained from the modem, it looks something like: M}W[_mm The initialization string is ATZ. I tried adding ^M to it, but it did not have any effect. Any suggestions? Thanks, Dexter Dexter: What modem are you trying to connect using what version of Mandrake? And how are you trying to do it? (CrystalBall is still in early alpha stage -- look for it in Mandrake 10.1.) Carroll Carroll: I am trying to get a 3Com(us robotics) model 5610 to work under Mandrake version 8.0. Below is a copy from an earlier posting today. Since the posting below, I have been able to get LM to try and initialize the modem, but the process is not working properly. Dexter I think I am getting closer to solving my problem, but I am not there yet. I went out and bought a 3Com 5610 modem. It is linux compatible, as stated on the box and in the literature inside the box and the only modem I found in the three stores I visited which made such a claim. It also states and I quote All 2.3 and higher Linux kernels contain the 3Com Linux modem drivers. And as long as the kernel's plug and play (and I assume it is not referring to the BIOS plug and play) is enabled, it should install without any problems. I just installed LM 8.0. Well, I went ahead and physically installed the modem, turn the pc on and let LM do its' magic. The results were mixed. It did recognize the modem and it is now listed under hardware under the proper manufacturer and model number, but it has unknown under the kernel module setting. I clicked on the configure, and again it has the proper brand name and model number, but if I click the OK tab it tells me it can't configure a winmodem. Go figure. I went ahead and tried to connect to my ISP to see what would happen. Here I have some good news and some bad news to report. The good news: instead of getting the modem is busy error message I had the modem is ready message. Very encouraging. The bad news: the modem is ready message is quickly followed by a modem not responding error message. I tried using the different serial ports, but did not have any luck. Then I followed a set of instructions to check for modem installation and written by the folks at 3Com. Here is what they say: 1. launch terminal shell 2. cd /dev enter 3. rm modem enter 4. ln -s ttySXenter 5. type minicom enter 6. if modem initializes, type AT enter and if everything is ok, i should get an OK. Well, I followed the instructions and i did not get the ok. Any suggestions as to what might be going on now? I am thinking a possible irq conflict, but I don't know how to check for irq's. I have not reached the chapter yet. ;). If I go to /dev I can see a file by the name of modem ttyS1. Not sure what it means, but it seems like the modem is on serial port 2. I have an additional device in serial port one (as assigned in windows) which LM does not recognize and at this time it does not matter, but could it be creating some sort of conflict. One more thing, I keep reading of a program called Kppp. I can't find in my system to safe my life. I have checked under installed s/w and under installable s/w, and I get zip, nada, ought, zippity doo da, for a response. Any suggestions??? Again, I appreciate the response I have received so far. I feel like I am getting closer, but still feel like a ship in the midst of a fog and for some reason, I also get the feeling there is an iceberg out there with my name on it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to play mov files?
That would've been the Plugger plugin playing the QuickTime file via Xanim. The file must've been non-Sorenson. Most QuickTime files nowadays are Sorenson-encooded, and so can't be played by open source players :-( On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 11:40, Jeremy Davidson wrote: Seems to me I once got a mov file to play in Netscape. It didn't have any playback controls (just a box centered within the working area), but it worked (don't remember if it had sound or not -- was having soundcard troubles at the time). This was using the PeanutLinux distro. Jeremy Original Message Follows From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], hellmut [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] how to play mov files? Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 21:32:45 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from [216.71.84.35] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id MHotMailBD5B9FC6004640043888D8475423786B0; Sun, 02 Sep 2001 08:48:25 -0700 Received: from yavin.mandrax.org (moseisley.mandrax.org [63.209.80.226])by mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA16553;Sun, 2 Sep 2001 10:48:24 -0500 Received: by yavin.mandrax.org (Postfix, from userid 500)id 9DC6A87E56; Sun, 2 Sep 2001 08:48:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au (ha1.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au [203.164.2.50]) by yavin.mandrax.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E13887DD9 for [EMAIL PROTECTED];Sun, 2 Sep 2001 04:32:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from there ([203.164.95.102]) by mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id 20010902113256.VPFO4715.mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au@there;Sun, 2 Sep 2001 21:32:56 +1000 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun, 02 Sep 2001 08:48:40 -0700 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.1] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: 20010902113256.VPFO4715.mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au@there X-Loop: newbie@ X-Sequence: 332 Precedence: list X-Validation-BY: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 2 Sep 2001 20:04, hellmut wrote: hi! how do i play mov files with mandrake 8.0? i didn't find a program that recognises quicktime files. Apple don't make a Quicktime player for GNU/Linux. Most Quicktime files are encoded with the Sorenson codec, which is patented. This means that the free players (e.g. Xmovie, Xanim and aKtion) are not able to play these files properly (sometimes you can get a garbled picture or just sound). You can try running the Windows player through WINE, or you can purchase CodeWeavers' CrossOver Plugin (which is built with WINE) for $US20. I actually bought this product today, but I haven't used it enough to make a proper decision on its quality. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sound not working - solved
I see a lot of my sound doesn't work and discovered while fiddling around that if the sound mixer line 3 slider is even part way up towards the top, my sound shuts off. For what I do I have the slider for lines 1,2,and 3 all the way to the bottom. They are the plugin jack symbols on the right hand side of the window to the left of the blue scope symbols which represent digital 1 and 2. Hope this helps someone. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hotmail like platform for linux?
I use a free mail service called MyRealBox which is used as a beta site/demonstration site for Novell's NIMS (Novell Internet Mail Service) product. I have been using it with Evolution (via IMAP, it also supports SNMP) for quite some time. It can be reached at www.myrealbox.com. The web interface can be a little buggy at times (due to the fact that most of the time it is stress-testing beta code. They recently did a major upgrade which caused a few outages but it's been pretty reliable lately) but overall it works pretty good (I've never lost messages, but occasionally I have trouble connecting via the web interface. But then again, Hotmail is known for being down for days at a time!). And best of all it doesn't require a (explative deleted) HotMail account! On 01 Sep 2001 16:03:16 +1000, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Sat, 1 Sep 2001 04:50, Mark Johnson wrote: Just curious, would anyone out there be interested in a web based email system that can be used with say Evolution or KMail or something. For example, I have a hotmail account which makes things really convient when travelling because you can always check email where ever you are. But I actually don't prefere to read and write from a web based email system. However, hotmail is integrated with Outlook Express so I can use my hotmail account just like my other SMTP/POP3 email accounts and this makes things quite nice. It would be nice if mandrake or ximian or whoever could provide a web based email accounts that are integrated in KMail or Evolution, I would dump my hotmail account and go for a mandrake or ximian account instead and then I could be one step closer to running linux 100% of the time. Anybody think this would be a good idea? I think Netscape Webmail can be accessed via Netscape/Mozilla Mail. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson =_999325655-7607-558 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hotmail like platform for linux?
try using ocs webmail or twig or squirrelmail. these are available free for the asking at www.screwdriver.net and at www.squirrelmail.org Enable imap in the /etc/inetd.conf file and reboot. You have your own web-based emai which can be accessed from anywhere provided you box is on and running. -- S.Ganesan Principal Scientist Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering Berasia Road Bhopal 462038, INDIA Phone: 0755-730986 (O) 0755-732105 (R) Fax:0755-734016 Email[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Address:http://www.ciae.nic.in Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trident 9750 video
Please, Eyedeal, could you explain to me (sad owner of a Trident 975 AGP who doesn't accept my LM 7.2) how to make that noaccel option? Please, note that I'm more newbie than you. Thanks in advance G le D --- On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 03:03, Eyedeal wrote: Thanks - but option noaccel got it working, though not to my satisfaction (I'm a perfectionist !! :)) BTW, my modem does not work with kppp (its motorola sm56 internal) - could this be fixed too ? Much appreciated. - Original Message - From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Eyedeal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 5:06 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Trident 9750 video (was: Linux, Borders, and social consciousness) I believe that the XFree86 3.3.x series supports this chipset better than the 4.x series. Trident have been notoriously uncooperative with the XFree developers on driver development, especially in recent weeks, so I don't see this situation improving. On Sat, 1 Sep 2001 23:35, Eyedeal wrote: thanks. I dont suppose upgradinf XF86Free will help huh ? - Original Message - From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Eyedeal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Trident 9750 video (was: Linux, Borders, and social consciousness) On Sat, 1 Sep 2001 00:50, Eyedeal wrote: I guess this will come as no surprise - I'm having problems with my video card. Its a trident 9750 agp. My monitor is LG studioworks 440Si and my mandrake version is the old 6.1 Any ideas ?? Much appreciated I used to have that same card about a year ago. After mounting an extensive Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] how to add ttf?
when I used mkttfdir to add some turetype fonts, It only have medium type fonts, no bold or italic. How can I add some bold and italic fonts ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Graphic LiLo Gone
SInce upgrading to md freq3 my graphical lilo has been replaced with the text one and I can't get it back even through using the mandrake control center. Is there a file that I can tweak to get it back? Nev Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] The myth that is Mandrake Support.
Hi everyone. Does anyone know at which usergroup or mailinglist I can get an answer to the problem quoted hereunder - I use a boxed set MD 8.0 and have posted a request for assisteance here and with Mandrake Support (off their website) but get no reply at all. Hi I am trying to install MD 8.0 dualboot on hdb with an existing W2k installation on hda. My systems information is at the bottom hereof. I have done some earlier installations with the same set of disks, also dual boot w2k on two different HDs to test and play with Linux before installing it for use on my work computer. All those installations have gone smoothly. This time, after selecting the language, the installation skipped all other installation steps to go directly to partitioning the HD. I select hdb, deleted all existing partitions and selected auto allocate. Next a dialogue box comes up with just: An error occurred, swap area needs to be. And OK. Just that. Well what does the swap area need to be...? I tried to change that, but it only allowed me to take swap from 243 to 244Mb even if I made /home much smaller, i.e. there is enough space for swap to be changed up or down in size. And this is where the installation process stops, going back to the start of the partitioning process, etc. Any clues? TIA Lex. CPU: Athlone 1GHz Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Mainboard, GA-7ZM RAM:500 and whatever Megs Acer DVD HP CD Writer 3900 series Graphics card: ASUS AGP-V300C Series Acer 77c Screen; USB Wheelmouse; 3Com US Robotics Voice Fax Modem 56K Soundblaster Live Soundcard Windows 2K on hda 27Gig hdb empty (previously had w2k on) 3.9Gig And o yes, theres a SCSI card for the HP Scanjet scanner and a HP Laserjet printer attached too. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Newbie still having problems with modem
Hello: I think I am getting closer to solving my problem, but I am not there yet. I went out and bought a 3Com 5610 modem. It is linux compatible, as stated on the box and in the literature inside the box and the only modem I found in the three stores I visited which made such a claim. It also states and I quote All 2.3 and higher Linux kernels contain the 3Com Linux modem drivers. And as long as the kernel's plug and play (and I assume it is not referring to the BIOS plug and play) is enabled, it should install without any problems. I just installed LM 8.0. Well, I went ahead and physically installed the modem, turn the pc on and let LM do its' magic. The results were mixed. It did recognize the modem and it is now listed under hardware under the proper manufacturer and model number, but it has unknown under the kernel module setting. I clicked on the configure, and again it has the proper brand name and model number, but if I click the OK tab it tells me it can't configure a winmodem. Go figure. I went ahead and tried to connect to my ISP to see what would happen. Here I have some good news and some bad news to report. The good news: instead of getting the modem is busy error message I had the modem is ready message. Very encouraging. The bad news: the modem is ready message is quickly followed by a modem not responding error message. I tried using the different serial ports, but did not have any luck. Then I followed a set of instructions to check for modem installation and written by the folks at 3Com. Here is what they say: 1. launch terminal shell 2. cd /dev enter 3. rm modem enter 4. ln -s ttySXenter 5. type minicom enter 6. if modem initializes, type AT enter and if everything is ok, i should get an OK. Well, I followed the instructions and i did not get the ok. Any suggestions as to what might be going on now? I am thinking a possible irq conflict, but I don't know how to check for irq's. I have not reached the chapter yet. ;). If I go to /dev I can see a file by the name of modem ttyS1. Not sure what it means, but it seems like the modem is on serial port 2. I have an additional device in serial port one (as assigned in windows) which LM does not recognize and at this time it does not matter, but could it be creating some sort of conflict. One more thing, I keep reading of a program called Kppp. I can't find in my system to safe my life. I have checked under installed s/w and under installable s/w, and I get zip, nada, ought, zippity doo da, for a response. Any suggestions??? Again, I appreciate the response I have received so far. I feel like I am getting closer, but still feel like a ship in the midst of a fog and for some reason, I also get the feeling there is an iceberg out there with my name on it. Regards, Dexter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hello and Keyboard Map
x-charset Big5[EMAIL PROTECTED] banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: - Hello to everybody in the list, Welcome to Linux and to Newbie@Linux-Mandrake. - 1) there is no mapping for the Italian or QZERTY keyboard, the one - you have to press shift to write the numbers, the only choices are: .. - Is there anyway to build the mapping or, better, to install the - Italian mapping ? You didn't say if you use KDE or Gnome. I assume you are using KDE. Go to the KDE Control Center (click on the icon of a screen with a green coat on) Go to Personalizationkeyboard layout and choose your primary keyboard (Italian). You can choose another layout (french, british or whatever) so that you can easily can switch from one to the other. It's not working at all, any change I make doesn't produce a change in the layout. - 2) there must be a conflict between the Mac and the Mandrake - clock, one of the two is running two hours in advance, no - possibilities to set them at the same time; any ideas ? go to the Mandrake Control center (KConfigurationotherMandrake Control Center) - enter root password which is system date and time It was an extension disabled on the MacOS side, problem solved, thanks anyway. - Thank you De rien. Je vous en prie Pierre Houben Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to play mov files?
I was very sceptical about this product (I haven't had much luck with WINE in the past), and I only bought it because CodeWeavers have a full refund policy -- for whatever reason. From my limited testing so far, QuickTime works quite well, both for local files and for streaming media (I'm watching BBC World on it right now). The MS Word viewer also seems to work reasonably well. I haven't managed to get them working as browser plugins, but I think that's a problem with my setup. I suggest that you buy the downloadable version and give it a try. If you don't like it you can always get a refund. CodeWeavers is one of those companies (like MandrakeSoft) whom I feel really deserve my money. They donate a great deal of code and expertise to the open source community. On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 05:24, Kittypuss Webmaster wrote: If it works, would you let me know so I won't get ripped off? Many thanks. On Sunday 02 September 2001 06:32 am, so spoke Sridhar Dhanapalan: Apple don't make a Quicktime player for GNU/Linux. Most Quicktime files are encoded with the Sorenson codec, which is patented. This means that the free players (e.g. Xmovie, Xanim and aKtion) are not able to play these files properly (sometimes you can get a garbled picture or just sound). You can try running the Windows player through WINE, or you can purchase CodeWeavers' CrossOver Plugin (which is built with WINE) for $US20. I actually bought this product today, but I haven't used it enough to make a proper decision on its quality. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trident 9750 video (was: Linux, Borders, and social consciousness)
Look for you modem at: http://linmodems.org/ http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html If you modem is a winmodem, then the answer is probably no. On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 03:03, Eyedeal wrote: Thanks - but option noaccel got it working, though not to my satisfaction (I'm a perfectionist !! :)) BTW, my modem does not work with kppp (its motorola sm56 internal) - could this be fixed too ? Much appreciated. - Original Message - From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Eyedeal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 5:06 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Trident 9750 video (was: Linux, Borders, and social consciousness) I believe that the XFree86 3.3.x series supports this chipset better than the 4.x series. Trident have been notoriously uncooperative with the XFree developers on driver development, especially in recent weeks, so I don't see this situation improving. On Sat, 1 Sep 2001 23:35, Eyedeal wrote: thanks. I dont suppose upgradinf XF86Free will help huh ? - Original Message - From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Eyedeal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Trident 9750 video (was: Linux, Borders, and social consciousness) On Sat, 1 Sep 2001 00:50, Eyedeal wrote: I guess this will come as no surprise - I'm having problems with my video card. Its a trident 9750 agp. My monitor is LG studioworks 440Si and my mandrake version is the old 6.1 Any ideas ?? Much appreciated I used to have that same card about a year ago. After mounting an extensive research effort, I concluded that the card was worthless in GNU/Linux. I have heard that some people have managed to get it working by using the noaccel option in their /etc/X11/XF86Config file (that's all I remember, I'm afraid), or by using 24-bit colour. I have never managed to make this work myself, but I suggest that you try it before doing anything further. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] access permissions, please help
On Sunday 02 September 2001 18:13, you wrote: Hello again, I'm trying to access my CD-Rom drive to install some items... but it says I don't have access rights to the drive... I am logged in as root and still I cannot access the drive; same message. Can someone direct me to where I can change these settings please? I am using Linux Mandrake 8.0. Thanks in advance! - Joe :) I have found that if you right click on a empty spot on the desk top and select create new cdrom device device mnt/dev cdrom/dev and then pick your icon(not necessary) and then ok, the new desktop icon will work (if you have a cd in the device). You can then right click on the old icon and select delete to get rid of it. HTH -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to play mov files?
Well I found a program on Freshmeat.net one weekend, however I could never get it to install. Not that I really gave it a diligent try, but I the few I did try, it didn't work. The app I found was quicktime4linux. -rw-r--r-- 1 timh timh 631944 Jul 27 09:06 quicktime4linux-1.3.tar.gz And here's the info from the README. Quicktime for Linux Author: Adam Williams[EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: heroinewarrior.com/quicktime Requires: libpthread * This is a Quicktime library for UNIX in a freely redistributable, statically linkable library. You can statically link it in a program and charge money for the program. The only condition is that if you use it in a program, you must put the author's name and email somewhere. If you improve the library itself or add a free codec to it, you should release your improvements. If you redistribute the code, you must also redistribute the author information and documentation. At this time it's very popular to license stuff under the GPL. You are free to include this library in a derived work and license the derived work under GPL. * Building: type make in the quicktime/quicktime directory. type make util to get some Small Utilities. Configuration: The file config.h defines the size of a 16 bit word and what the maximum file size is. *** * References: */ Apple's quicktime file format information: http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/quicktime/qtdevdocs/REF/refQTFileFormat.htm Color space conversions: http://www.neuro.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~aly/polygon/info/color-space-faq.html Try that... maybe it will do the trick for you. But like I said, I couldn't get it to install. tdh -- T. Holmes - UNIXTECHS.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Real Men Use Vi! Uptime: 11:39pm up 18 days, 5:23, 9 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00 | hi! | | how do i play mov files with mandrake 8.0? i didn't find a program that | recognises quicktime files. | cheers, | | -- |, | |(o o) | +oOOO--(_)---+ | || | | H E L L M U T | | || | +---0OOO-+ | | _ | _ | | | | | | | | | | | | ooO Ooo | | | -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install of Mandrake 8 on a system with NCR53c896 scsi controller
I have a mandrake 8.0 install disk that worked fine on 2 other systems...but when I tried to install it on my Toshiba Satellite 1605CDS/4.3.. it gave me the same error message also. I read as many of the archived emails as i could find on the subject..and Civilme..said somthing about passing some other info..(like you can ram)...before the install began. I wasn't brave enough or knowledgable enough to attempt this... Since I had no clue what I was actually attempting. Will 8.1 possibly correct these install issues? BTW-- I am not complaining this list and MANDRAKE are GREAT! I run M$ 98 on the laptop for now...(find it hard to convert the wife and kid)..but run 8.0 on my IBM Aptiva and Mandrake 7.2 on my work computer --- Old Ibm pc 350 / 166mghz/--but does have 180 meg ram :) 8.0 didn't like the ibm pc350 either... even tried some of the other .img files when booting. I am extremely happy with the progress that Mandrake has made with each new release. I am a definate newbie.but every release makes it easier and easier for newbies like myself to use Linux. and I am very happy to say I use LInux Mandrake! :) Have given a few disks out to other newbies at the local LUG meetings I attend. (Figured I should start them out right! :) Thanks again -- Dave Crouse Registered Linux User #204085 - Running LInux-Mandrake 8.0 on a M$-Free PC On Sunday 02 September 2001 21:24, you wrote: I did install this another machine and the install went fine, though that was just a generic ide all around system with no scsi devices - Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; TLG [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Install of Mandrake 8 on a system with NCR53c896 scsi controller On Sunday 02 September 2001 18:35, TLG wrote: Hello, I have an HP LC 2000. When I try to install Mandrake 8.0 I get the error could not uncompress second stage ramdisk and intall halts. I created an other.img boot disk with rawrite this gave me more error info which I belive leads me to the problem. Install failed with the following: PCI device 1000 b is Symbios|53c896 (ncr53c8xx) have to insmod ncr53c8xx needs ncr53c8xx file not found in archive ncr53c8xx.o Is there a boot image that can correct this so I can continue the install. Boot from a floppy and it can access the CD-ROM? Mandrake 7.1 can install on this system no problem. BTW I find it embarassing to know I need a windows machine to install Linux. - Thomas The could not uncompress second stage ramdisk is a classic symptom of a bad CD If it read that far, it is seeing your CD. Now the problem is picking the ncr driver off it or the symbios driver from it. This is likely to be a media problem since we supply both those drivers. If you bought the Pack, (either Desktop or PowerPack or the simple one, register your product and notify technical support of the problem. They do have replacement CDs available for shipment. Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
