[newbie-it] Sorgenti del Kernel e scheda audio Aureal
Ciao a tutti, grazie ad Andrea Celli per il suggerimento sul file contenente i sorgenti del kernel. Ho trovato il file sul secondo cd di installazione. L'installazione dei sorgenti richiede però l'installazione del pacchetto ncurses-devel. Per agevolare altri dico subito che non ho trovato il pacchetto ncurses- devel ma dopo una ventina di minuti di sconsolate ricerche ;-) ho trovato libncurses-devel (sempre nel secondo cd) che risolve il problema delle dipendenze. Concludo questa mia (un po' lunghina) per dire che sono riuscito a far funzionare egregiamente la scheda audio Aureal Vortex 8810. Chi fosse interessato (anche per 8820 e 8830) sono a disposizione per tutte le informazioni). Ciao Marco
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Re: [newbie-it] devfs
--- Stefano Sebastiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Alle 11:42, giovedì 29 novembre 2001, hai scritto: Il consiglio è di disabilitare devfs... :) Daniele Non vorrei, preferirei riuscire ad usarlo, l'idea di una gestione avanzata dei device non è male, . eliminando i problemi! Io un paio di settimane fa ho scoperto come impostare i permessi per le partizioni Windows... Credo che lo stesso valga per cdrom, floppy ecc... Ti inoltro la mail che avevo postato allora. Spero che ti serva! Ciao! Steo. --- [...] Aspetta, aspetta!! Stasera ho fatto un po' di prove ed ho capito alcune cosette interessanti!! (Tutte le prove le ho fatte con il DevFS montato) In /etc/fstab puoi usare alcuni parametri specifici del filesystem vfat (ogni filesystem ha alcuni parametri particolari, che trovi verso il fondo di man mount). Alcuni in particolare servono proprio per risolvere questo problema: umask, uid e gid Ho provato inutilmente a modificare i permessi dei dispositivi, dei mount point, ad aggiungere l'opzione rw in fstab, ma non e' cambiato nulla: ad ogni avvio la situazione era sempre la stessa!! Ho risolto tutto con quei parametri. umask ti permette di impostare i flag dei permessi sul mount point con la stessa logica di chmod. Va inserito tra i parametri di fstab (dove puoi anche mettere auto,rw[,...] per intenderci) ed il formato e' umask=sequenza numerica dove sequenza numerica e' un numero ottale che imposta i permessi con lo stesso criterio di chmod ma all'inverso: impostando umask=0 abiliti tutti i permessi per tutti gli utenti (ottieni drwxrwxrwx), impostando umask=7 togli tutti i permessi a others (ottieni drwxrwx---) e cosi' via. uid e gid sono analoghi e servono per impostare uno user ed un group proprietari del mount point nel momento in cui viene effettuato il mount del filesystem . Se questi parametri non sono impostati il sistema utilizza il gid lo uid dell'utente che effettua il mount: al momento del boot questo utente e' root. Per fare un esempio, se tu hai un gruppo users il cui gid e' 500 puoi inserire in fstab l'opzione gid=500: in questo modo puoi far si che al boot del sistema il tuo mount point diventi proprieta' del gruppo users (anziche' di root). La stessa cosa vale per uid ma uid ti imposta lo user proprietario. Ora, combinando questi parametri puoi configrarti la tua partizione windows con opportuni permessi quasi come fosse una directory linux. Io ho fatto cosi': Mi sono creato un gruppo windisk che ha come gid 782. Poi ho modificato /etc/fstab in questo modo: /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat user,auto,gid=782,umask=3,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850 0 0 il parametro gid mi imposta windisk (gid=782) come gruppo di /mnt/win_c, mentre umask=3 mi imposta i diritti a drwxrwxr--. All' avvio ho cosi' questa situazione: [steos@localhost steos]$ ls -l /mnt/ drwxrwxr-x2 root root 4096 ott 9 1998 cdrom/ drwxr-xr-x2 root root 4096 nov 12 22:07 cdrom2/ drwxr-xr-x2 root root 4096 nov 12 22:07 cdrom3/ drwxrwxr-x2 root root 4096 set 14 17:35 disk/ drwxrwxr-x2 root root 4096 feb 6 1996 floppy/ drwxrwxr--8 root windisk 8192 nov 15 23:40 win_c/ In questo modo /mnt/win_c e' accessibile in lettura e scrittura per gli utenti del gruppo windisk e solo in lettura per tutti gli altri. Spero di esserti stato d'aiuto (e di non essere stato troppo confuso...!). Ciao! Steo. __ Iscriviti al Meglio della Settimana, la newsletter di Yahoo! Per saperne di più vai alla pagina: http://buongiorno.yahoo.it
Re: [newbie-it] permessi
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: ho un probelma probilmente cretino ho una partizione windows che voglio rendere accessibilie solo da root come fare per impostare i permessi in modo che solo root vi possa accedere ? grazie Claudio In /etc/fstab puoi usare alcuni parametri specifici del filesystem vfat (ogni filesystem ha alcuni parametri particolari, che trovi verso il fondo di man mount). Alcuni in particolare servono proprio per risolvere questo problema: umask, uid e gid Ho provato inutilmente a modificare i permessi dei dispositivi, dei mount point, ad aggiungere l'opzione rw in fstab, ma non e' cambiato nulla: ad ogni avvio la situazione era sempre la stessa!! Ho risolto tutto con quei parametri. umask ti permette di impostare i flag dei permessi sul mount point con la stessa logica di chmod. Va inserito tra i parametri di fstab (dove puoi anche mettere auto,rw[,...] per intenderci) ed il formato e' umask=sequenza numerica dove sequenza numerica e' un numero ottale che imposta i permessi con lo stesso criterio di chmod ma all'inverso: impostando umask=0 abiliti tutti i permessi per tutti gli utenti (ottieni drwxrwxrwx), impostando umask=7 togli tutti i permessi a others (ottieni drwxrwx---) e cosi' via. uid e gid sono analoghi e servono per impostare uno user ed un group proprietari del mount point nel momento in cui viene effettuato il mount del filesystem . Se questi parametri non sono impostati il sistema utilizza il gid lo uid dell'utente che effettua il mount: al momento del boot questo utente e' root. Per fare un esempio, se tu hai un gruppo users il cui gid e' 500 puoi inserire in fstab l'opzione gid=500: in questo modo puoi far si che al boot del sistema il tuo mount point diventi proprieta' del gruppo users (anziche' di root). La stessa cosa vale per uid ma uid ti imposta lo user proprietario. Ora, combinando questi parametri puoi configrarti la tua partizione windows con opportuni permessi quasi come fosse una directory linux. Io ho fatto cosi': Mi sono creato un gruppo windisk che ha come gid 782. Poi ho modificato /etc/fstab in questo modo: /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat user,auto,gid=782,umask=3,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850 0 0 il parametro gid mi imposta windisk (gid=782) come gruppo di /mnt/win_c, mentre umask=3 mi imposta i diritti a drwxrwxr--. All' avvio ho cosi' questa situazione: [steos@localhost steos]$ ls -l /mnt/ drwxrwxr-x2 root root 4096 ott 9 1998 cdrom/ drwxr-xr-x2 root root 4096 nov 12 22:07 cdrom2/ drwxr-xr-x2 root root 4096 nov 12 22:07 cdrom3/ drwxrwxr-x2 root root 4096 set 14 17:35 disk/ drwxrwxr-x2 root root 4096 feb 6 1996 floppy/ drwxrwxr--8 root windisk 8192 nov 15 23:40 win_c/ In questo modo /mnt/win_c e' accessibile in lettura e scrittura per gli utenti del gruppo windisk e solo in lettura per tutti gli altri. Spero di esserti stato d'aiuto (e di non essere stato troppo confuso...!). Ciao! Steo. __ Iscriviti al Meglio della Settimana, la newsletter di Yahoo! Per saperne di più vai alla pagina: http://buongiorno.yahoo.it
[newbie-it] Ancora problemi con il floppy
Ringrazio intanto tutti per i consigli su come modificare i bootloader (sia per Grub che per Lilo), mi sono anche letto tutte le informazioni date in precedenza ed altro ancora ... tuttavia sono ancora al punto di partenza. Penso comunque che il problema sia legato alla mia scarsa capacità interpretativa ... mi chiedo se qualcuno, nella lista, che ha avuto lo stesso problema può mostrarmi come ha modificato i due file (menu.Ist -per Grub- e lilo.conf -per Lilo-) in modo che possa risolvere questo problema. Grazie in anticipo.
[newbie-it] Problemi con installazione kernel
Sono un neofita e chiedo aiuto per un problema i cui tentativi di risolverlo me ne sta creando altri (a catena!). Ho installato Mdk 8.0 sul mio portatile Ibm 560X: per un vizio del kernel 2.4.3-mdk riconosciuto dalla stessa casa il mouse non viene ricosciuto e quindi sono stato costretto sino ad ora ad utilizzare il 2.2.19. Per ovviare alla cosa ho provato ha installare un nuovo kernel 2.4, il 2.4.10 partendo dai sorgenti. Si tratta di un kernel generico non mdk. Sistemati in /boot i bzImage e System.map della versione, modificato lilo. All'avvio selezionando il 2.4.10 il sistema parte ma poi si blocca con il seguente messaggio: Controllo il filesystem radice/dev/hda6 is mounted cannot continue, aborting Failed to check filesystem. Do you want to repair the errors? E per di più adesso quando seleziono da lilo il 2.2.19 non va in modalità grafica segnalando il seguente errore dopo aver fatto il login e dato startx: Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list Fatal error server error: could not open font fixed Qualcuno può aiutarmi? Dove ho sbagliato? E qualcuno può dirmi quali precauzioni particolari (immagino che ce ne siano) per installare un nuovo kernel partendo dai file rpm? Grazie e ciao a tutti
[newbie-it] stampante ora funge ma !!!
ok ora la stampante funge, ho levato l'opzione mount dal devfs in lilo e tutto va bene ora si printa !! ma è fastidioso che dopo una stampa regolare viene stampata e questo sempre una pagina con il seguente messaggio: ERROR: timeout OFFENDING COMMAND: imeout STACK: ??dicctype ??dicttype come mai ? ciao e grazie
[newbie-it] Fwd: mdk8.1 e audio
Salve a tutta la ML. Ho due piccoli problemi che non riesco a risolvere. Ho da poco installato mandrake 8.1 e tutto è andato a meraviglia tranne che per il mixer sonoro, che quando lo si avvia, si apre una finestra vuota. Diversamente, per l'xmms, l'applicazione funziona ma quando carico un MP3 e lo faccio eseguire, mi risponde cosi: Could'n open audio Please check that: 1. You have the correct output plugin selected 2. No other programs is blocking the sound card 3. Your sound card is configured properly A priori direi che, il punto 1 e 3 sono da escludere, dato che ho fatto l'installazione fresca fresca e senza modifiche, quindi presumo che qualche cosa blocchi queste due applicazioni. Sarei lieto di avere almeno qualche indicazione su come rintracciare la causa del problema. Grazie a tutti coloro che vorranno aiutarmi.
Re: [newbie-it] Satellite
Io ho LINUXe windows2000, e la scheda di netsystem con windows funziona perfettamente, però non uso il provaider netsystem ma skynet che per ora è gratis con velocità di 2,5Mb/s, percio non è cosi importante volevo riuscire ad usare il satellite anche con LINUX. Quanto costa la scheda che mi dici tu, magari la compro ugualmenta. - Original Message - From: Renato To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 10:25 PM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] Satellite Se hai già NetSystem, si devi cambiarla. Hauppage è un produttore di scede TV e DVB, personalmente ho la scheda WinTVgo di Haup., Tra l'altro con questa scheda puoi fare l'abbonamento con Hot Bird per internet via satellite con canone annuale di Lit.300.000. Tieni presente che chi mi ha venduto quella m..a di netsystem mi ha consigliato la DVB di H. se prorpio voglio internet su satellite, e chiaramente puoi vedere in canali sat che trasmettono in chiaro. Però prima di fare la scelta definitiva fammi sapere. Ciao e a presto. - Original Message - From: Matteo To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 9:50 PM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] Satellite Grazie Renato, ma cosè houppage? puoi spiegarmi meglio, devocambiare scheda dvb? Ciao - Original Message - From: Renato To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 8:49 PM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] Satellite I driver per la NetSystem non sono disponibbili, mentre per la scheda DVB di Hauppage puoi trovare i driver per linux e c'è anche un Howto per configurarla. Spero di esserti stato utile. Renato - Original Message - From: Matteo To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 3:17 PM Subject: [newbie-it] Satellite Ciao a tutti!!! Ho una scheda PCI-dvb della netsystem, e vorrei sapere se ci sono i drivers ed il software. Oppure qualescheda si potrebbe usare al posto di quella che ho.
Re: [newbie-it] charimento su scheda sonora
Il giorno 08:15, venerdì 30 novembre 2001 hai scritto: Mi interesserebbe capire quale sia l'effetto di devfs=nomount Grazie, Luca Ciao Luca, il DEVFS - almeno così com'è implementato in Mandrake Linux - pare avere qualche problema di sicurezza e di stabilità (nonchè di funzionamento in presenza di link simbolici). Così, la stessa MandrakeSoft in un avviso di sicurezza ha consigliato per il momento di caricare LinuxMandrake senza il DEVFS abilitato. In questo modo, oltre ad evitare i suddetti problemi di sicurezza, si migliora il funzionamento di alcune periferiche. Da vari post letti in rete e sul sito www.mandrakeexpert.com, ho appreso che diversi apparenti conflitti o problemi di riconoscimento di periferiche erano legato al (mal)funzionamento di DEVFS. L'opzione devfs=nomount nel file di configurazione del bootloader, fa sì che il sistema operativo sia caricato con il DEVFS disabilitato. Tutto qui. Daniele
Re: [newbie-it] Sorgenti_del_Kernel_e_scheda_audio_Aureal
Concludo questa mia (un po' lunghina) per dire che sono riuscito a far funzionare egregiamente la scheda audio Aureal Vortex 8810. Chi fosse interessato (anche per 8820 e 8830) sono a disposizione per tutte le informazioni). Ciao Marco mi mandaresti i dati per far funzionare l'aureal vortex 8810? io e altre persone che conosco abbiamo rinunciato a farla funzionare (io l'ho proprio cambiata!) grazie = se un giorno ti svegli e hai 4 palle vuol dire che hai il nemico alle spalle, e a questo punto non ti muovere perchè altrimenti farai il suo gioco! by Zelig __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1
Re: [newbie-it]
- Original Message - From: tatiana morosetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 12:35 PM Subject: [newbie-it] installato linux mandrake 8.0 avendo formattato win98, mi ritrovo a voler tornare a una partizione win e lin. ma non ho la più pallida idea di come fare. come posso creare unap artizione per win??? help.- Istalla Mandrake 8.0 in modo esperto crea con il wizzard di partizionamento le due partizioni delle dimensioni desiderate(una linux native Mount Point \ una senza MP del tipo Win Fat 32 crea poi una partizione di SWAP (256 MB dovrebbero andare bene) Quest'ultima è obbligatorio averla. istalla Mandrake 8.0 crea il Boot disk (floppino) terminata l'istallazione,istalla windows al completamento di entrambe le istallazioni inserisci il floppy e da root al prompt della shell scrivi sbin lilo --invio Potrebbe essere necessario aggiungere la voce windows al menù di LILO scusate per l'HTML non succederà più ciaoDok
Re: [newbie-it]
--- Luigi De Pascale [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, [utf-8] tatiana morosetti wrote: installato linux mandrake 8.0 avendo formattato win98, mi ritrovo a voler tornare a una partizione win e lin. ma non ho la più pallida idea di come fare. come posso creare unap artizione per win??? help.- Se hai ancora spazio sul tuo HD per creare una partizione puoi farlo con fdisk (man fdisk per le istruzioni) ed impostarla come partizione windows, dopodiche' ci installi sopra Windows. dunque: nessun problema a formattare perchè il comp e' vuoto e posso pasticciare quanto voglio. io ho provato a fare questo: da lin ho creato spazio per win (installando di nuovo la mandrake 8.0, che mi da la possbilita' di creare partizioni di tutti i tipi. quando devo scegliere il boot per la partizione win, io INTUITIVAMENTE scelgo /dev/windows - is it right? poi pero' non ho la piu' pallida idea di COME installare win. se uso fdisk e provo a creare una sola grande partizione dove far andare win (e poi creare da li una part. x lin), win a un certo punto dell'installazione salta, e mi dice che devo creare una partizione dos. e come??? Tieni presente che devi avere un dischetto di boot per Linux perche' l'installazione di Windows ti ricopre il Master Boot Record dell'HD e quindi ti ricopre Lilo: senza un disco di boot non potresti piu' riaccedere a Linux. Se hai utilizzato tutto il tuo HD per Linux diventa gia' piu' difficile: non so se ci sono dei tools Linux per ridimensionare una partizione esistente. Nel caso il tuo sistema Linux abbia piu' di una partizione puoi rinunciare ad una di queste ed utilizzarla per Windows, altrimenti non saprei. In genere se vuoi installare sia Win che Linux conviene: 1 - partizionare l'HD mi puoi spiegare bene bene cosa dovrei fare? 2 - installare Windows 3 - installare Linux In questo modo Windows si insedia sulla prima partizione, e quando Linux ti installa Lilo lo configura automaticamente in modo da poter avviare anche Windows, ed in + ti monta le partizioni Win in modo da poterle vedere anche in Linux. Ciao! Steo. mi scuso se sono un po' confusa nelle mie esposizioni, ma sono di super fretta. :) se hai capito qualcosa e mi sai rifilare una soluzione, ti ringrazio con inchino annesso. tati __ Iscriviti al Meglio della Settimana, la newsletter di Yahoo! Per saperne di più vai alla pagina: http://buongiorno.yahoo.it
[newbie-it] cronologia
Ciao, nella mia cronologia di Konqueror c'è una voce che non si riesce a cancellare: se provo a rimuoverla, oppure a svuotare l'intera cronologia, il Konqueror semplicemente si chiude. Ho provato a cercare in quale file o directory siano registrate le voci della cronologia, ma senza successo. Qualcuno sa dirmi dove posso trovarle? Grazie in anticipo a chi vorrà rispondermi. Daniele
[newbie-it] risolto il problema del floppy
sono riuscito a risolvere il problema del floppy e anche quello del cdrom (comparso successivamente). Ringrazio tutti per la collaborazione e ... per la pazienza.
[newbie-it] prob. di tatiana
- Original Message - From: DoK [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 7:00 PM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] - Original Message - From: tatiana morosetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 12:35 PM Subject: [newbie-it] installato linux mandrake 8.0 avendo formattato win98, mi ritrovo a voler tornare a una partizione win e lin. ma non ho la più pallida idea di come fare. come posso creare unap artizione per win??? help.- Istalla Mandrake 8.0 in modo esperto crea con il wizzard di partizionamento le due partizioni delle dimensioni desiderate(una linux native Mount Point \ una senza MP del tipo Win Fat 32 crea poi una partizione di SWAP (256 MB dovrebbero andare bene) Quest'ultima è obbligatorio averla. istalla Mandrake 8.0 crea il Boot disk (floppino) terminata l'istallazione,istalla windows al completamento di entrambe le istallazioni inserisci il floppy e da root al prompt della shell scrivi sbin lilo --invio Potrebbe essere necessario aggiungere la voce windows al menù di LILO scusate per l'HTML non succederà più ciaoDok
Re: [newbie] 3D support for SIS 300/305 AGP 16 meg video card?
Have you checked out these HOWTO's? http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Sound-HOWTO/index.html http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Plug-and-Play-HOWTO.html HTH derek On Friday 30 November 2001 03:35, you wrote: I just installed v8.1 on an older computer (older is pretty subjective nowdays though - its still a 475mhz AMD K6-III with 192 megs of Ram) that belongs to my stepson. It has a Crystal ISA soundcard, as well as a SIS 300/305 AGP 16m video card. After installation, we got: No sound No 3D-accelerated video Are the Crystal and SIS supported? I tried to look up the SIS model at Mandrakes home page, as well as at Xfree.org, but found nothing useful. I ran sndconfig as root, and it would play a sound sample (Linus's voice, right?) but when it got to the midi sample, it said there was a modprobe error at the kernel level and wouldn't save anything or go on... ;-( Can anyone help? Thanks much! ;-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] empty messages anyone?
Anuerin G. Diaz reported on Monday, November 26, 2001 4:40 PM hi, i just received one from parthysomething with the body saying No Message Collected the rest has its message attached. i dont see a reason why text attachment should not be viewed. but maybe its just a matter of personal preference. ciao! Gidday Anuerin Sorry about the delay (been in hosp 4 days) It's cause I'm running windoze and I don't trust anything much. I've renamed the windows scripting exe, locked up everything I can, deleted all unneeded programs, and use Zone Alarm. My ISP filters for viruses. Should really stop using OE but have 5 yrs of emails I want to access. You might ask why not Linux, but the simple answer is, I can't get it to work on the net yet. In fact I can't even get it to work my home network yet. More to do with hardware than anything. rgrds max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how do I save any html page
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 20:53, Lance Dow wrote: On Thursday 29 November 2001 3:15 am, pesarif wrote: In Konqueror: Tools - Archive Web Page. I'm using KDE 2.2. My Tools menu only has Run Command..., Open Terminal... and Find file What am I doing wrong? Please help! Go to the 'Location' menu and use 'Save as...'. Lance But that doesn't save all the pictures in the website -- it just saves the HTML. pesarif Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SMTP error
just delete the first message in the outbox. it has a bad address that does not connect to a valid smtp mail server address On Friday 30 November 2001 01:42, you wrote: I'm having a problem sending email in Mandrake 8.1. Today I tried to send an email with a file attachment (1.8 mb) and I couldn't send in either Kmail or Mozilla Messenger. When I click on send in either program it appears to be sending the data and then just aborts. Kmail gives me this error message: Sending failed: a SMTP error occured. Command: CONNECT Response: Error reading socket. The message will stay inthe 'outbox' folder until you either fix the problem (e.g. a broken address) or remove the message from the 'outbox' folder. Note: other messages will also be blocked by this message, as long as it is in the 'outbox' folder. The following transport protocol was used: smtp://shawmail:25 Mozilla Messenger gives an error message of: sending of message failed The funny thing is I can send smaller text messages with no problems it only seems to happen when I try to attach a file. My isp has a limit of 5 mb so I'm well below that with the 1.8 mb file. Can anybody shed some light on what might be the problem and what I can do to fix it? TIA Steve M. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How to upgrade to ext3?
I have a standard install of Mandrake 8.1 and I have upgraded the kernel to the latest Cooker kernel 2.4.13-12mdk. I was wondering how can I upgrade my filesystem to ext3 from ext2? Anyone have some sites that show you how to do this? Anything Mandrake specific perhaps? Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] How to upgrade to ext3?
hmmm, I thought you just had to mount them as ext3 to get the journal started... and I know you can just change that back to ext2 to read them that way, so try editing fstab, and change all ext2 references (except maybe boot) to ext3. then restart. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of NDPTAL85 Sent: Friday, 30 November 2001 6:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] How to upgrade to ext3? I have a standard install of Mandrake 8.1 and I have upgraded the kernel to the latest Cooker kernel 2.4.13-12mdk. I was wondering how can I upgrade my filesystem to ext3 from ext2? Anyone have some sites that show you how to do this? Anything Mandrake specific perhaps? Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] fill in the blank.directory question...
On Friday 30 November 2001 00:01, you wrote: Okay, I asked this before, but I've not been able to resolve it...if I copy/move/delete a file from any folder/directory, it leaves a file called: the name if that folder.directory I don't want this, its useless as far as I can tell, and unchecking view properties saved in directory under settings does -not- stop it.. Anyone have this same problem and any ideas what to do about it? Thanks! PS I'm using v8.1 BTW... I've got exactly the same problem. It looks like a sort of temporary directory index that doesn't get removed when the job is done. What filesystem are you using? I'm using ext2. Good luck, Harm Bathoorn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] fill in the blank.directory question...
sorry, I used the show hidden files tab and now ...even tho it's there. i don't see it. some times a hidden file might just be something you need, and if it seems empty when you look at it, when it;s needed, it sure would be nice to have, and really, in that 40 gig HD, how much space are you losing? On Friday 30 November 2001 06:21, you wrote: On Friday 30 November 2001 00:01, you wrote: Okay, I asked this before, but I've not been able to resolve it...if I copy/move/delete a file from any folder/directory, it leaves a file called: the name if that folder.directory I don't want this, its useless as far as I can tell, and unchecking view properties saved in directory under settings does -not- stop it.. Anyone have this same problem and any ideas what to do about it? Thanks! PS I'm using v8.1 BTW... I've got exactly the same problem. It looks like a sort of temporary directory index that doesn't get removed when the job is done. What filesystem are you using? I'm using ext2. Good luck, Harm Bathoorn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to find Space on HD?
Hi there are 2 commands worth looking at they are: du and df Type man du and man df to see the syntax, HTH ___ Robert MacLean - Original Message - From: Neville Cobb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Linux Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 2:00 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] How to find Space on HD? I too am used to the tools of windows and have found that xdiskusage useful in linux as it shows disk usage in a graph for a selected partition. You'll need to install egcs-c++ rpm as well and you'll need to run it as root. You can use the binary at this location just change the permissions to execute, install egcs-c++ rpm an make a desktop icon and on the icons properties select to run as different user root. http://xdiskusage.sourceforge.net/ nev Neil R Porter wrote: Hi All Might sound like a trivial question (and most prob is!)... but if on windows I want to know how big each partition is and how much space i have left and have used etc it's easy... how can I do this in linux... I installed LM8.1 and took the default partitioning (if memory serves it was a bit for swap and about 3GB for home and 15GB for the rest - 20GB hd)... I can see my file system fine.. but I want to know where I can store big files and when I am running out of space etc ... ta Neil - --- 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to find Space on HD?
I too am used to the tools of windows and have found that xdiskusage useful in linux as it shows disk usage in a graph for a selected partition. You'll need to install egcs-c++ rpm as well and you'll need to run it as root. You can use the binary at this location just change the permissions to execute, install egcs-c++ rpm an make a desktop icon and on the icons properties select to run as different user root. http://xdiskusage.sourceforge.net/ nev Neil R Porter wrote: Hi All Might sound like a trivial question (and most prob is!)... but if on windows I want to know how big each partition is and how much space i have left and have used etc it's easy... how can I do this in linux... I installed LM8.1 and took the default partitioning (if memory serves it was a bit for swap and about 3GB for home and 15GB for the rest - 20GB hd)... I can see my file system fine.. but I want to know where I can store big files and when I am running out of space etc ... ta Neil 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] kwintv
If anyone is interested there is an rpm for kwintv that works fine on md8.1 at http://ftp.kde.com/Multimedia/Video/kwintv/mandrake/ Nev Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 3D support for SIS 300/305 AGP 16 meg video card?
On Thursday 29 November 2001 10:35 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: I just installed v8.1 on an older computer (older is pretty subjective nowdays though - its still a 475mhz AMD K6-III with 192 megs of Ram) that belongs to my stepson. It has a Crystal ISA soundcard, as well as a SIS 300/305 AGP 16m video card. I ran sndconfig as root, and it would play a sound sample (Linus's voice, right?) but when it got to the midi sample, it said there was a modprobe error at the kernel level and wouldn't save anything or go on... ;-( Just a thought, try 'sndconfig --noprobe' without X, IOW's from a level 3 prompt. I've never had the problem, but I've talked to some people with Crystal chips, and it worked for them. -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] xine - no sound
I compiled the .mdk package of xine 0.9.6 to play .asf files. However, it keeps saying that the audiodriver (null) failed. I'm not sure where to start looking for a problem. All I know is, there is no sound. XMMS and Mplayer plays with sound, though. (although mplayer plays some .asf files too fast) Has anyone ever had any problems with this? thanks in advance. Meg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 3D support for SIS 300/305 AGP 16 meg video card?
Tom Brinkman wrote: Just a thought, try 'sndconfig --noprobe' without X, IOW's from a level 3 prompt. I've never had the problem, but I've talked to some people with Crystal chips, and it worked for them. -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA Thanks Tom, I'll try that in a few minutes! ;-) BTW, first time I've -never- got sound from a Mandrake install. My other 2 comps were picked up just fine (Sblaster Live and onboard audio, just had to tweak them a bit - but then, I was born to tweak - its genetic grin). -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Linux Network Install
Hey group, Has anyone here ever installed Drake Linux over the network through a PCMCIA card? Andrew -- It's a beautiful day...don't let it get away... ~U2~ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] do I need AMD Kernel
I have an AMD Athlon Thunderbird processor. Do I need to install an Athlon kernel, or just leave everything (Mandrake 8.1) as is? Saw this in an issue of Penguin Shell and didn't know if applied to all Linux distros or not: Athlon Kernel] If you're running an Athlon machine, up2date will update your kernel to i386. Instead of updating it with up2date, download the 2.4.9-7.athlon.rpm and rpm -ivh it. Grub will see the old kernel as default so you just need to reset that and you're golden. - Ernie Schroder Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] do I need AMD Kernel
up2date is a Red Hat utility. The article may have been specific to RH Linux. As far as I know generic kernels work fine on Athlons. On Friday, November 30, 2001, at 11:40 AM, Mr.E. wrote: I have an AMD Athlon Thunderbird processor. Do I need to install an Athlon kernel, or just leave everything (Mandrake 8.1) as is? Saw this in an issue of Penguin Shell and didn't know if applied to all Linux distros or not: Athlon Kernel] If you're running an Athlon machine, up2date will update your kernel to i386. Instead of updating it with up2date, download the 2.4.9-7.athlon.rpm and rpm -ivh it. Grub will see the old kernel as default so you just need to reset that and you're golden. - Ernie Schroder 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] [ OT ] Recommended Perl Book
[ Sorry for this OT. ] Hello! =) Can you point me to a complete URL where I can download a good book on Perl for free? As much as possible, it would be free for download 'cause I don't have enough money to buy expensive books. Thanks in advance. =) God bless... __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Book recommendations
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Santa just asked me what I want for Christmas. A Linux reference book, of course. But which book? Dennis Myers has already recommended O'Reilly's Linux in a Nutshell. Any other recommendations? - Linux Newbie Administrator Guide by: Stan and Peter Klimas http://sunsite.dk/linux-newbie/ - An Introduction to Linux Systems Administration 3rd Edition by: David Jones and Bruce Jamieson http://infocom.cqu.edu.au/85321/ or try searching at http://www.google.com/ - Linux: Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition by: Paul Sheer http://rute.sourceforge.net/ - The Linux Cookbook by: Michael Stutz http://www.dsl.org/ - Securing and Optimizing Linux: Red Hat Edition Version 1.3 by: Gerhard Mourani http://www.linuxdoc.org/guides.html - Oreilly Open Book Projects http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/ HTH. Good luck! =) P.S. Can you point me to a complete URL where can I download a good book on Perl for free? Thanks in advance. __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Double-sided printing
Does anyone know of a way to do double-sided printing in Linux? (by flipping over the pages and printing on the reverse side) I have been using a Windows program called FinePrint to do this, but I would like to not have to revert to Windows every time I need to print out a long document. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Double-sided printing
Jim Dawson wrote: Does anyone know of a way to do double-sided printing in Linux? (by flipping over the pages and printing on the reverse side) Same as under Windows. I just had a quick look and Kmail, Kword and Open Office all offer the option to print odd or even pages. Abiword doesn't have the option so it's obviously program dependent. Lance Dow Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] can't find qt when compiling theme
Hi, I'm trying to compile a couple of themes under mandrake8.1 I keep getting an error saying it can't find Qt. I assume its installed since I'm running kde. I've tried the suggested prefix and a couple of others. Any ideas? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to upgrade to ext3?
Ok I followed your instructions and I saw the journals being created on my partitions but when I power cycle the box its still running fcsk. There's no change it keeps running fcsk each time I cycle the box. Any ideas? Thanks. On Friday, November 30, 2001, at 09:37 AM, Dave Sherman wrote: On Fri, 2001-11-30 at 04:39, NDPTAL85 wrote: I have a standard install of Mandrake 8.1 and I have upgraded the kernel to the latest Cooker kernel 2.4.13-12mdk. I was wondering how can I upgrade my filesystem to ext3 from ext2? Anyone have some sites that show you how to do this? Anything Mandrake specific perhaps? Thanks. You're in luck! I just did this yesterday morning, and it was a piece of cake. 1. Make sure you have tune2fs installed. It is probably /sbin/tune2fs, and so won't be in your path as a user, but will be as root. 2. Unmount any unused partitions (nfs or samba mount points, windows partitions if you dual-boot). 3. Run this command as root: tune2fs -j /dev/hdxx where hdxx is the device name for your hard drive partitions (hda1, hda5, etc.). You need to run this for each partition you want to convert -- you do not need to do this on your swap partition, only on your ext2 partitions. 4. Edit /etc/fstab, and change all instances of ext2 to ext3. Dave -- Love may laugh at locksmiths, but he has a profound respect for money bags. -- Sidney Paternoster, The Folly of the Wise Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] xine brightness control working???
Has anyone been able to get xine's brightness control to work or is that part not yet fully developed? Nev Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] kapm-idled?
In top what is kapm-idled and why is it taking up all of my CPU time? Is it just marking how much idle CPU time there is? I'm using Mandrake 8.1 with 2.4.13-12mdk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to upgrade to ext3?
Ok got it working. Someone gave me a tip. You also have to have the latest e2fsprogs installed so I just ran urpmi e2fsprogs to install it and ext3 worked! Thanks again. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] linux and i815e
i just want to know... does lns mandrake 8.1 support i815e chipset (music, video) in 100%. i remember that m80 loaded drivers from 810 - Original Message - From: Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 4:29 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] 3D support for SIS 300/305 AGP 16 meg video card? Tom Brinkman wrote: Just a thought, try 'sndconfig --noprobe' without X, IOW's from a level 3 prompt. I've never had the problem, but I've talked to some people with Crystal chips, and it worked for them. -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA Thanks Tom, I'll try that in a few minutes! ;-) BTW, first time I've -never- got sound from a Mandrake install. My other 2 comps were picked up just fine (Sblaster Live and onboard audio, just had to tweak them a bit - but then, I was born to tweak - its genetic grin). -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Tego nie znajdziesz w zadnym sklepie! [ http://oferty.onet.pl ] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] linux mandrake 8.1 and harddrake
when i had mamdrake80 i couldnt run harddrake. after clicking on it in taskbar, HDD was running for about 5 sec and then the screen became black with a blinking cursor in the upperleft corner. Does the system hang or i just have to wait much longer (i waited 5 min and nothing happened) ? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 5:18 PM Subject: [newbie] Linux Network Install Hey group, Has anyone here ever installed Drake Linux over the network through a PCMCIA card? Andrew -- It's a beautiful day...don't let it get away... ~U2~ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Tego nie znajdziesz w zadnym sklepie! [ http://oferty.onet.pl ] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] linux mandrake 8.1 UPGRADE
How good an idea is it to do the 8.1 PowerPack UPGRADE and specify that it should NOT format /var and /home (those are where my webserver and some documents live). IF I do the upgrade, does 8.1 automagically select/update the packages, or do I need to specify which packages it should update? What about new hardware that I added since I installed 8.0? For example, I added an internal ATAPI ZIP drive since 8.0 was installed. Will 8.1 detect and upgrade the software for that? --- Andrew Vogel: Manager of Professional Programs, University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy http://pharmacy.uc.edu (513)-558-3784 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] do I need AMD Kernel
On Friday 30 November 2001 11:40 am, Mr.E. wrote: I have an AMD Athlon Thunderbird processor. Do I need to install an Athlon kernel, or just leave everything (Mandrake 8.1) as is? as is.With an Athlon typing 'arch' in a terminal will return ~ $ arch i686 Saw this in an issue of Penguin Shell and didn't know if applied to all Linux distros or not: Athlon Kernel] If you're running an Athlon machine, up2date will update your kernel to i386. This would actually be a downgrade from a Mandrake kernel which are i585. i686 processors like the Athlon are completely compatible. You could recompile the kernel for i686 or Athlon optimizations but you won't recieve any benefits, might even lose some. -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to upgrade to ext3?
On Fri, 2001-11-30 at 14:30, civileme wrote: Hmmm, well it seems you did the partition thing the hard way. If you open a terminal, su to root and run diskdrake You can change the partitions from ext2 to ext3 in place and it also changes the /etc/fstab entries so they say ext3 as well. I actually thought of that idea, but did not pursue it as I assumed that making such a change would also reformat the partition. Dave -- Never trust a child farther than you can throw it. msg83097/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] kapm-idled?
Just noticed this myself, taking up 40% cpu and caused the desktop to be very slow. I was running a gnome program just before. I had to log out and log back in. Nev = Mark Stewart wrote: I've noticed this, too, but only when I'm running Gnome, never when I'm running KDE. Does that jibe with your experience? ::mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of NDPTAL85 Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 3:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] kapm-idled? In top what is kapm-idled and why is it taking up all of my CPU time? Is it just marking how much idle CPU time there is? I'm using Mandrake 8.1 with 2.4.13-12mdk 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] upgrade 192 to 384 MB RAM = 45 minutes to boot
Hi! I upgraded my RAM from 192 to 384. Now it takes 45 minutes to boot with linux mandrake 8.1. In the beginning it's not slow (but slower than before). It becomes really slow, when he's starting my firewall. There's nothing wrong with the RAM itself, because other OS like windows 2000 don't have any probs. Specifications : intel celeron 600 MHz Gigabyte 6WMM7 rev 2.0 (I don't know the exact number sorry) intel i810 chipset 384 (128+256) MB SDRAM video integrated on mobo (AGP) with 8 MB shared RAM sound on board Thanks for helping me, Dusty Somers _ Download MSN Explorer gratis van http://explorer.msn.nl/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] skrude up my apache
I desparately need ehlp getting my apache server back up. I force-backgraded my gcc and it funked up apache and perl somehow. I have gcc 296 now but apache is funked up and does not function. Please ehlp me. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Internet connection and LAN don't get along
Further information on this problem... my /etc/resolv.conf file reads: # search pizzapizza.net hondutel.hn search pizzapizza.net # nameserver 192.168.0.1 nameserver 206.48.104.142 nameserver 206.48.104.158 # ppp temp entry The first time I had this problem, I solved it by remarking out 192.168.0.1 as the first nameserver. I don't understand why the same symptoms have returned even though 192.168.0.1 remains remarked out. Any ideas, anyone? Thanks, Warren -- http://www.srcopan.vze.com/ Warren Post wrote: Several people on this list have noted this problem: If you have a local area network, 2 or more computers connected, and you setup the LAN and eth0 during install, there is a bug in 8.1 that seems to stop the internet connection. Try going to a console and suroot passwd and then tlype ifdown eth0 then back to the desktop and try connecting to internet again. (Quoting Dennis Myers). I have encountered this problem not once but twice. The first time was upon installation. I was able to fix it using Dark Lord's advice to edit the nameservers declared in /etc/resolv.conf. Then yesterday the problem returned after running the Internet Connection Sharing wizard. The wizard did not change the nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf, and I've searched in vain for files changed yesterday that mention nameserver. Dennis's workaround of taking down the LAN before connecting to the Internet works, but does anyone know a permanent solution to this problem? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kapm-idled?
I'm running KDE. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] upgrade 192 to 384 MB RAM = 45 minutes to boot
Bring your MB down to 256 megs and give it a try! -JMS |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of DUSTY SOMERS |Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 9:02 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: [newbie] upgrade 192 to 384 MB RAM = 45 minutes to boot | | |Hi! | |I upgraded my RAM from 192 to 384. Now it takes 45 minutes to |boot with |linux mandrake 8.1. In the beginning it's not slow (but slower than |before). It becomes really slow, when he's starting my |firewall. There's |nothing wrong with the RAM itself, because other OS like |windows 2000 don't |have any probs. |Specifications : |intel celeron 600 MHz |Gigabyte 6WMM7 rev 2.0 (I don't know the exact number sorry) |intel i810 chipset 384 (128+256) MB SDRAM video integrated on |mobo (AGP) with 8 MB shared RAM sound on board | |Thanks for helping me, | |Dusty Somers | |_ |Download MSN Explorer gratis van http://explorer.msn.nl/intl.asp | | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] linux mandrake 8.1 UPGRADE
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:36:40 -0500 Vogel, Andrew (VOGELAP) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How good an idea is it to do the 8.1 PowerPack UPGRADE and specify that it should NOT format /var and /home (those are where my webserver and some documents live). I you do an Upgrade none of your partition will be formated. IF I do the upgrade, does 8.1 automagically select/update the packages, or do I need to specify which packages it should update? All packages that you now have installed, if they are also in 8.1 will be auto updated. I would suggest that you are least glance through Flat list during pkg selection since there are many in 8.1 that were not available in 8.0. What about new hardware that I added since I installed 8.0? For example, I added an internal ATAPI ZIP drive since 8.0 was installed. Will 8.1 detect and upgrade the software for that? To me the prudent course is to always run the installations as new installs rather than upgrades, you can still keep your current /var and /home intact and need not format them. The reasoning behind such a course is that in most cases when going from 1 version to the next there are most times certain differences which if done as a upgrade can cause unneccessary problems. In the case of 8.0 to 8.1 this is the addition of devfs in 8.1 allowing the kernel to handle all block devices, hds, cdrom, floppies, etc. Devfs does have a problem with Zip drives in general and especially with the ide Zip (these appears to have at last been fixed with the lastest kernel and devfs rpms.) I also have an ide Zip, if after installing 8.1 you should wish assistance I can outline the procedure I used to get mine to work. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] linux mandrake 8.1 and harddrake
I had this problem... I had to wait a few secs... and cycle through the virtual consoles until I found Xwindows. Then all was well. It was alt-F7 on my machine. On Friday 30 November 2001 02:24 pm, you wrote: when i had mamdrake80 i couldnt run harddrake. after clicking on it in taskbar, HDD was running for about 5 sec and then the screen became black with a blinking cursor in the upperleft corner. Does the system hang or i just have to wait much longer (i waited 5 min and nothing happened) ? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 5:18 PM Subject: [newbie] Linux Network Install Hey group, Has anyone here ever installed Drake Linux over the network through a PCMCIA card? Andrew -- It's a beautiful day...don't let it get away... ~U2~ --- - 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] kapm-idled?
On Friday 30 November 2001 11:11 am, NDPTAL85 wrote: In top what is kapm-idled and why is it taking up all of my CPU time? Is it just marking how much idle CPU time there is? I'm using Mandrake 8.1 with 2.4.13-12mdk Very good guess! It is recording the idle cycles. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFree upgrade question
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 23:52:59 -0500 Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 22:23:36 -0500 Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 21:37:35 -0500 Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:32:21 -0500 Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What packages from cooker do I need to upgrade? What is the best way to do the upgrade? I normally update 8 pkgs: XFree 86 XFree 86-libs XFree 86-server XFree 86-devel XFree 86-Xnest XFree 86-xfs XFree 86-100dpi fonts XFree 86-75dpi fonts I also normally use rpmdrake to download and install, you simply need add a Cooker source. You do not need all the pkgs I have. If you use rpmdrake just select the XFree 86 rpm and it will auto add the others that you Must have. Once they are installed, log-out and restart X ( you do not need to reboot.) Charles LOL, that almost worked. It took trying all the mirrors twice before I finally didn't get the an error occured when adding this source then I figured kewl, I'm finally gonna get it, and now 6 tries later I'm getting error fetching package on all of the packages. If you are still using the stock rpmdrake you need to manually download and install the lastest release from cooker: rpmdrake-1.3-106mdk.i586.rpm I usually have good results from this site: ftp://ftp.ciril.fr/pub/linux/mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS Once you have it installed you should not have any problem adding a Cooker source. Or if you prefer you can manually also dl the XFree rpms into a special directory such as /home/jon/xfree. Once you have dled all the rpms you need, cd to /home/jon/xfree, su to root and rpm -Uvh *rpm and this will install all the rpms residing in that directory. Charles Well that just blew things up...lol Broke the netowrk connection. Ended up having to reinstall 8.1. I did notice that Auruor or whatever it is called is installed by default. I choise not to install it and I guess we will see what happens now. Thanks for your help though. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] linux mandrake 8.1 UPGRADE
On Friday 30 November 2001 11:36 am, Vogel, Andrew (VOGELAP) wrote: How good an idea is it to do the 8.1 PowerPack UPGRADE and specify that it should NOT format /var and /home (those are where my webserver and some documents live). IF I do the upgrade, does 8.1 automagically select/update the packages, or do I need to specify which packages it should update? What about new hardware that I added since I installed 8.0? For example, I added an internal ATAPI ZIP drive since 8.0 was installed. Will 8.1 detect and upgrade the software for that? --- === = Andrew Vogel: Manager of Professional Programs, University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy http://pharmacy.uc.edu (513)-558-3784 === = If you are not formatting /var and /home, why bother with an upgrade? Just install and have no worries about update artifacts. In either case, it should see your ZIP. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Internet connection and LAN don't get along
On Friday 30 November 2001 11:51 am, Warren Post wrote: Further information on this problem... my /etc/resolv.conf file reads: # search pizzapizza.net hondutel.hn search pizzapizza.net # nameserver 192.168.0.1 nameserver 206.48.104.142 nameserver 206.48.104.158 # ppp temp entry The first time I had this problem, I solved it by remarking out 192.168.0.1 as the first nameserver. I don't understand why the same symptoms have returned even though 192.168.0.1 remains remarked out. Any ideas, anyone? Thanks, Warren What does route say when you type it in a terminal? Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SMTP error
Ed Tharp wrote: just delete the first message in the outbox. it has a bad address that does not connect to a valid smtp mail server address On Friday 30 November 2001 01:42, you wrote: I'm having a problem sending email in Mandrake 8.1. Today I tried to send an email with a file attachment (1.8 mb) and I couldn't send in either Kmail or Mozilla Messenger. When I click on send in either program it appears to be sending the data and then just aborts. Kmail gives me this error message: Sending failed: a SMTP error occured. Command: CONNECT Response: Error reading socket. The message will stay inthe 'outbox' folder until you either fix the problem (e.g. a broken address) or remove the message from the 'outbox' folder. Note: other messages will also be blocked by this message, as long as it is in the 'outbox' folder. The following transport protocol was used: smtp://shawmail:25 Mozilla Messenger gives an error message of: sending of message failed The funny thing is I can send smaller text messages with no problems it only seems to happen when I try to attach a file. My isp has a limit of 5 mb so I'm well below that with the 1.8 mb file. Can anybody shed some light on what might be the problem and what I can do to fix it? TIA Steve M. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I've deleted the first and only message in the outbox and I'm still unable to send an email with a file attachment with Kmail, and Mozilla Messenger. I've even tried Sylpheed and it also aborts with errors in sending. I'm sending to another one of my email addresses that I know are functional. Could this be a hardware problem? Network card? I'm using a StarTech 10/100 ST100SW connectted to a Linksys hub and from there to a Linksys single port router which then goes to my cable modem. Browsing the internet with Netscape, Galeon, Mozilla, Knonqueror all work fine. Steve M. -- ___ Linux Mandrake 8.1 (Vitamin) Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk i686 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] fill in the blank.directory question...
On Friday 30 November 2001 10:25, you wrote: Ed Tharp wrote: sorry, I used the show hidden files tab and now ...even tho it's there. i don't see it. some times a hidden file might just be something you need, and if it seems empty when you look at it, when it;s needed, it sure would be nice to have, and really, in that 40 gig HD, how much space are you losing? BUT...its NOT hidden. Its name of that directory.directory...not .name of that directory.directory... ;-( If it was hidden, I wouldn't mind at all... ;-) snip I've got exactly the same problem. It looks like a sort of temporary directory index that doesn't get removed when the job is done. What filesystem are you using? I'm using ext2. Good luck, Harm Bathoorn I'm using ext2 also... sorry I spoke to soon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xine - no sound
On Friday 30 November 2001 09:52 am, you wrote: I compiled the .mdk package of xine 0.9.6 to play .asf files. However, it keeps saying that the audiodriver (null) failed. Maybe that package did not include any audio driver? http://skyblade.homeip.net/xine/XINE-0.9.6/i686.RPMs/ This page has rpms for xine, including the sound drivers for various types of linux sound architectures. I originally had no sound with xine. I just installed all the sound rpms and now my xine has sound. No conflicts or anything. Perhaps a bit brute force, but it worked. Those are i686 rpms, if you have something else, go up a directory. Matt _ 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] Internet connection and LAN don't get along
Warren Post wrote: Further information on this problem... my /etc/resolv.conf file reads: # search pizzapizza.net hondutel.hn search pizzapizza.net # nameserver 192.168.0.1 nameserver 206.48.104.142 nameserver 206.48.104.158 # ppp temp entry The first time I had this problem, I solved it by remarking out 192.168.0.1 as the first nameserver. I don't understand why the same symptoms have returned even though 192.168.0.1 remains remarked out. Any ideas, anyone? Thanks, Warren -- http://www.srcopan.vze.com/ Warren Post wrote: Several people on this list have noted this problem: If you have a local area network, 2 or more computers connected, and you setup the LAN and eth0 during install, there is a bug in 8.1 that seems to stop the internet connection. Try going to a console and suroot passwd and then tlype ifdown eth0 then back to the desktop and try connecting to internet again. (Quoting Dennis Myers). I have encountered this problem not once but twice. The first time was upon installation. I was able to fix it using Dark Lord's advice to edit the nameservers declared in /etc/resolv.conf. Then yesterday the problem returned after running the Internet Connection Sharing wizard. The wizard did not change the nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf, and I've searched in vain for files changed yesterday that mention nameserver. Dennis's workaround of taking down the LAN before connecting to the Internet works, but does anyone know a permanent solution to this problem? Hi Warren, I've seen a similar problem on my dial-up system. So far I have discovered that are at least two programs that write (on a temporary basis) to /etc/resolv.conf; the first is kppp and the second seems to be the pppd daemon. You can identify what is happening if you try to make your connection and then open /etc/resolv.conf. I discovered from this that the two dns servers that I had entered in the setup had been appended by two completely different ip addresses (neither of which I had provided). This made a total of four dns's in the file which is illegal (three is the max). Subsequently I discovered that there is another resolv.conf in the /etc/ppp directory which contained the other addresses and it was this files contents that was being appended. This may of course be unrelated but I have had alot of difficulty with the Mandrake Control Centre lan and internet setup in both 8.0 and 8.1 and it has always been related to a nameserver issue. Regards, Colin Close Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] questions! TWO of them!! sort of...
hi..! how ya doin' ? ;oP this time these are my questions.. i've noticed that when i log into windoze ( yes unfortunately i still use it, however less and less often ) my zonealarm firewall logs repeated attempts from a single IP address trying to connect to my computer ( repeated = HUNDREDS of times ). note that it is always the same source ip, and same port it tries to connect to. it's a high port so i guess it's not trying to access any regular service. now, this led me to a question.. was this port open when i was using linux? ( port is over 27900 ) How can i tell about this in linux? like, people trying to connect to my computer, connections accepted/rejected/ignored... from what ip, etc... my second question was asked before by other people but i forgot to write down the answer and i ended up forgetting.. how can i see all the processes running in my pc? like the task manager on windoze..? thanks for your patience! ;o) see ya. _ 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] questions! TWO of them!! sort of...
On Sat, 01 Dec 2001 03:56:54 + Damian G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi..! how ya doin' ? ;oP this time these are my questions.. i've noticed that when i log into windoze ( yes unfortunately i still use it, however less and less often ) my zonealarm firewall logs repeated attempts from a single IP address trying to connect to my computer ( repeated = HUNDREDS of times ). note that it is always the same source ip, and same port it tries to connect to. it's a high port so i guess it's not trying to access any regular service. now, this led me to a question.. was this port open when i was using linux? ( port is over 27900 ) How can i tell about this in linux? like, people trying to connect to my computer, connections accepted/rejected/ignored... from what ip, etc... Not sure. my second question was asked before by other people but i forgot to write down the answer and i ended up forgetting.. how can i see all the processes running in my pc? like the task manager on windoze..? top, gtop, gps and there are some KDE GUI's for this also. Under ApplicationsMonitoring in your menu. thanks for your patience! ;o) see ya. _ 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] [ OT ] Recommended Perl Book
Mandrake Newbie wrote: Can you point me to a complete URL where I can download a good book on Perl for free? As much as possible, it would be free for download 'cause I don't have enough money to buy expensive books. Here are some things I found with Google query [Perl free book]: * A list of free online books: http://members.tripod.com/~tariqnazir/books.html -- there are at least six Perl books listed here * Practical Perl Programming by A.D.Marshall, 1999 (looks like class notes for some class) -- http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/PERL/perl_caller.html I've never used these books, so I don't know how good they might be -- when I saw your message I got curious about whether there were any free on-line books for Perl. There were about 353,000 hits, the above two were in the first fifty. Hope this helps, Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Internet connection and LAN don't get along
civileme wrote: On Friday 30 November 2001 11:51 am, Warren Post wrote: Further information on this problem... my /etc/resolv.conf file reads: # search pizzapizza.net hondutel.hn search pizzapizza.net # nameserver 192.168.0.1 nameserver 206.48.104.142 nameserver 206.48.104.158 # ppp temp entry The first time I had this problem, I solved it by remarking out 192.168.0.1 as the first nameserver. I don't understand why the same symptoms have returned even though 192.168.0.1 remains remarked out. Any ideas, anyone? Thanks, Warren What does route say when you type it in a terminal? Civileme route says: Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 00 lo default gerencia.pizzap 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 eth0 Thanks, Warren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Root exploit in SSH
Root exploit in SSH -- anybody heard about this? I've shut down my ssh server, just in case. But I haven't seen anything on Mandrake's security page for 8.1, nor have I received an announcement from Mandrake. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openssh-unix-devm=100696253318793w=2 I CC'd the security address for Mandrake ... if this was a faux pas, please forgive. Dave Sherman -- Worth seeing? Yes, but not worth going to see. Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Attachment converted: Big Foot:Untitled 9 (/) (0003801F) Can you shut off the attachments that go out with your posts to the Mandrake Newbie list? My drive is getting littered with these files and I'm sure this is happening for others. After the first couple of times, they are redundant. Thanks. Please don't interpret this as an objection to the posts themselves. They are illuminating and helpful. Thanks. Andy Miller Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: Root exploit in SSH
On Fri Nov 30, 2001 at 09:50:55AM -0600, Dave Sherman wrote: Root exploit in SSH -- anybody heard about this? I've shut down my ssh server, just in case. But I haven't seen anything on Mandrake's security page for 8.1, nor have I received an announcement from Mandrake. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openssh-unix-devm=100696253318793w=2 I CC'd the security address for Mandrake ... if this was a faux pas, please forgive. This was apparently fixed in March with 2.5.2. Since we are at 2.9.9p2 in updates, we should all be safe (well, those of us who have updated anyways). I did receive info from a local LUG member that a friend's RH (I assume) system got rooted, but was using openssh-2.3.0. That is *way* old. From having talked with some other vendors and a member of the openssh team, it looks like this may have to do with the crc32 vulnerability in the ssh1 protocol that was fixed in March. Otherwise it may have to do with the kerberos authentication in openssh, which 3.x fixes (we will be updating openssh for that fix next week probably). Unless someone has evidence of getting rooted on a Mandrake system running openssh 2.9.9p2, I (and many others) are discounting this as simple paranoia based on available exploits for a bug that was fixed roughly 8 months ago. -- vdanen (at) mandrakesoft.com, OpenPGP key available on www.keyserver.net 1024D/FE6F2AFD 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD Current Linux kernel 2.4.8-34.1mdk uptime: 10 days 21 hours 57 minutes. msg83515/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[newbie] Root exploit in SSH
Root exploit in SSH -- anybody heard about this? I've shut down my ssh server, just in case. But I haven't seen anything on Mandrake's security page for 8.1, nor have I received an announcement from Mandrake. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openssh-unix-devm=100696253318793w=2 I CC'd the security address for Mandrake ... if this was a faux pas, please forgive. Dave Sherman -- Worth seeing? Yes, but not worth going to see. msg83706/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
