Re: [newbie-it] Modem interno
Il 18:30, domenica 2 dicembre 2001, hai scritto: Ciao a tutti, un po' di tempo fa qualcuno ha scritto di aver risolto il problema del modem internosu un laptop della Acer. Ho provato a seguire le istruzioni ma quando lancio lspci, tra i dati che ottengo, non c'e' traccia di alcun modem pci. Come faccio a stabilire che razza di modem ho? Il punto e' che dopo aver fatto partire Linux, red Hat 7.1, da qualche parte lui mi indica la presenza di un modem LtWin ma mi dice che non e' operativo. Deduco quindi che Linux si accorge della sua esistenza ma come faccio a capire di che razza e'? Grazie Ciao, devi installare i driver specifici per il tuo modem, li ttrovi sul sito: http://www.limodems.org seguendo uno dei link ti porta a un server ftp dove trovi i driver per rh. Attenzione alla versione, che fa riferimento al kernel (es. 2.4.7). Io ho un Acer (Travelamte 513T) e funziona bene. Se trovi difficoltà a trovare il driver (è in formato rpm) scrivimi che te lo mando in privato. Se non hai fatto cambiamenti il tuo kernel dovrebbe essere il 2.4.7. Fammi sapere. Ciao Sandro -- Dr. Sandro Porrazzini Linux Mandrake 8.0 Linux Machine: 103048 Linux User: 203143
[newbie-it] SLMDM-2.04-00_20mdk.src.rpm file
Installando sul mio laptop la release Mandrake 8, mi sono accorto che non veniva riconosciuto il modem HARM5600 (winmodem). Dopo qualche ricerca, ho trovato una nota che il file SLMDM-2.04-00_20mdk.src.rpm, risolve pienamente il problema questo in una vostra e-mail di assistenza. Dato che non riesco a trovare questo file, potreste inviarmelo via e-mail? Grazie Massimo Bertoli Technical Director ACUCORP Via Pirandello, 29 29100 Piacenza (PC) Italy Tel:+39-0523-490770 Fax:+39-0523-480784 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.acucorp.it
[newbie-it] Modem ADSL Ericcson HM 120dp
Ciao a tutti, sapete se il Modem ADSL Ericcson HM 120dp è utilizzabile con linux? Grazie Marco
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--- tatiana_morosetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: 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??? Si, questa e' una cosa fantastica: l'installer di Windows NON ti permette di creare partizioni in fase di installazione, ne' di formattarle, devi averlo fatto in precedenza...! ...Dunque, puoi procedere in questo modo (che secondo me e' il modo piu' semplice)... procurati un disco di avvio per windows (il disco di ripristino e' l'ideale), avvia il pc con quello, lancia fdisk per partizionare l'hd e ti crei: - una partizione primaria per win (supponiamo il 50% dell'hd). - una partizione estesa (che occupa il rimanente 50%) - una unita' logica (all'interno della partizione estesa) per linux, che ospitera' tutti i dati di sistema (diciamo il 60% della part. estesa totale) - una seconda unita' logica (all'interno della partizione estesa) per linux, che ospitera' tutti i dati dei tuoi utenti (piu' o meno il 39% della part. estesa totale - regolati con quanto ti serve allocare anche per la partizione di swap) - una terza unita' logica (all'interno della partizione estesa) per linux di swap. Le dimensioni di questa partizione dovrebbero essere il doppio della ram di sistema: es. se hai 32mb di ram creati una partizione di swap di 64mb; se hai 64mb di ram creati la swap di 128mb ecc... In ogni caso non superare i 128mb perche' non vengono sfruttati... se hai 128mb (o piu') di ram creati una partizione di 128mb. La dimensione delle partizioni dipende dalla capacita' del tuo hd, le dimensioni che ti ho dato io sono indicative, ma potrebbero andare bene... Uscendo da fdisk ti dice di riavviare il sistema; fai come ti dice e dopo il riavvio ti formatti la partizione per windows (c:) Dopodiche' procedi con l'installazione di win. Terminata l'installazione di windows puoi passare ad installare linux sulle altre partizioni. Ad un certo punto l'installer di mdk ti chiede di configurare le partizioni del tuo hd... Le partizioni le hai gia' create, quindi devi solo dire a linux che cosa deve farne: La prima partizione e' quella dove hai installato windows: non modificare il tipo della partizione, altrimenti ti perdi i dati che contiene, devi solo indicare il mount-point (mi sembra che ti proponga /mnt/windows). In questo modo i tuoi files della partizione win saranno visibili anche da linux. La seconda partizione dovra' ospitare i files di sistema di linux; impostala come tipo linux native ed il mount point /. La terza partizione dovra' ospitare i files degli utenti di linux; impostala come tipo linux native ed il mount point /home. Questo ti permette di poter eventualmente reistallare e formattare la partizione / senza perderti i dati contenuti in /home. L'ultima partizione sara' utilizzata come area di swap da linux; impostala come tipo linux swap. Prosegui con l'installazione... Arrivata verso la fine l'installer ti chiede dove installare LILO. LILO e' il bootloader di linux: in pratica e' un programmino che si insedia nel Master Boot Record dell'hd e ti permette di avviare il sistema operativo. La cosa bella di LILO e' che puoi configurarlo per avviare anche sistemi operativi diversi da linux. L'installer di mdk dovrebbe averlo automaticamente configurato per fare tutto cio', quindi puoi limitarti a dargli Ok. Nel tuo caso, una volta terminata l'installazione, ad ogni boot del sistema ti proporra' un menu' per scegliere se avviare Windows o Linux. Terminata l'installazione di linux dovrebbe essere tutto a posto e dovresti trovarti in questa condizione: Win e' installato sulla prima partizione; hai linux installato sulla 2a (/), 3a (/home) e 4a (swap)partizione e LILO sull'MBR ti permette di scegliere che sistema avviare al boot. Spero di non essere stato troppo confuso! La fase piu' delicata e' forse la creazione delle partizioni, ma non ti perdere d'animo e se hai dubbi scrivi!! Ciao! Steo. Nokia 5510 insolito ma geniale. Vai a http://it.promotions.yahoo.com/nokia/ scoprilo e vincilo. Il concorso termina il 16 dicembre 2001.
Re: R: [newbie-it] mdk8.1 e permessi partizioni windows
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: funziona, grazie. Come fai a smontare DevFS? ...Cioe', a disabilitarlo all'avvio? Devi aggiungere la riga devfs=nomount nel lilo.conf (oppure se usi grub nel suo file di configurazione ...che pero' non so qualse sia ;)). Ciao! Steo. Nokia 5510 insolito ma geniale. Vai a http://it.promotions.yahoo.com/nokia/ scoprilo e vincilo. Il concorso termina il 16 dicembre 2001.
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Re: [newbie-it] Modem interno
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, [utf-8] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ciao a tutti, un po' di tempo fa qualcuno ha scritto di aver risolto il problema del modem internosu un laptop della Acer. Ho provato a seguire le istruzioni ma quando lancio lspci, tra i dati che ottengo, non c'e' traccia di alcun modem pci. Come faccio a stabilire che razza di modem ho? Il punto e' che dopo aver fatto partire Linux, red Hat 7.1, da qualche parte lui mi indica la presenza di un modem LtWin ma mi dice che non e' operativo. Deduco quindi che Linux si accorge della sua esistenza ma come faccio a capire di che razza e'? Grazie Ciao, io ho un Lucent LTwin che funziona nel mio computer. L'output del lspci sul mio computer e' il seguente: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge (rev 03) 00:02.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) 00:02.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) 00:02.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) 00:02.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03) 00:06.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08) 00:06.1 Serial controller: Lucent Microelectronics LT WinModem 00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1969 Solo-1 Audiodrive (rev 02) 00:09.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. 6832 (rev 34) 00:09.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. 6832 (rev 34) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64) Al numero 00:06.1 su vede il modem. A te che cosa dice lspci? Se hai bisogno di una mano per trovare i drivers ed installarli scrivimi. Ciao Luigi -- Not all who wander are lost (Tolkien) Luigi De Pascale: Indirizzo: Dipartimento di Matematica Applicata U.Dini Via Bonanno Pisano 25/B, 56126 Pisa, ITALY Tel.: +39/050/844745 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie-it] mdk8.1 e permessi partizioni windows
Il giorno 14:04, domenica 2 dicembre 2001 hai scritto: funziona, grazie. Come fai a smontare DevFS? ciaoMatteo Ciao Matteo, per disabilitare il devfs è sufficiente inserire la stringa devfs=nomount nel file di configurazione del tuo bootloader. Daniele
Re: [newbie-it] SLMDM-2.04-00_20mdk.src.rpm file
Il giorno 18:58, venerdì 30 novembre 2001 hai scritto: Installando sul mio laptop la release Mandrake 8, mi sono accorto che non veniva riconosciuto il modem HARM5600 (winmodem). Dopo qualche ricerca, ho trovato una nota che il file SLMDM-2.04-00_20mdk.src.rpm, risolve pienamente il problema questo in una vostra e-mail di assistenza. Dato che non riesco a trovare questo file, potreste inviarmelo via e-mail? Salve, ho fatto una rapida ricerca su Google. Pare che il web contenga molte copie di questo file. Giusto per darle un indirizzo: http://www.modem-help.freeserve.co.uk/help/links.html Buon download! Daniele Micci
Re: [newbie-it] drivers nVidia
Il giorno 20:35, domenica 2 dicembre 2001 hai scritto: Scusa ma come hai fatto a risolvere il problema, dove hai trovato i drivers? sul sito www.nvidia.com quale drivers hai scaricato per la Mandrake 8.1? Scusami ma sono alle prime armi, e avendo reinstallato il tutto già tre volte non vorrei far casini. Mi potresti dire il nome esatto del file, ed eventualmente la procedura per rimettere tutto a posto. Ti dico cosi' perchè ho già provato e dopo il riavvio Linux mi partiva in modalità testo. Ciao Milko Ciao Milko, i driver non li ho ancora installati perchè non sono per il mio computer (io ho una scheda Matrox). Il file che ho scaricato è quello precompilato per la Mandrake Linux 8.1. Con le indicazioni ricevute, ho ovviamente scaricato il file contrassegnato dalla sigla UP. Se hai un sistema multiprocessore (cosa, in verità, abbastanza insolita), devi scaricare il file con la sigla SMP. Inoltre devi scaricare il file NVIDIA-GLX-etc.etc.. Le istruzioni del file README mi sono sembrate abbastanza chiare. Ma non mi sono ancora cimentato, quindi non so dirti di più... Daniele
Re: R: [newbie-it] mdk8.1 e permessi partizioni windows
Il giorno 12:09, lunedì 3 dicembre 2001 hai scritto: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: funziona, grazie. Come fai a smontare DevFS? ...Cioe', a disabilitarlo all'avvio? Devi aggiungere la riga devfs=nomount nel lilo.conf (oppure se usi grub nel suo file di configurazione ...che pero' non so qualse sia ;)). Se hai GRUB, il file da modificare è /boot/grub/menu.lst Daniele
Re: [newbie-it] Modem ADSL Ericcson HM 120dp
Il giorno 09:28, lunedì 3 dicembre 2001 hai scritto: Ciao a tutti, sapete se il Modem ADSL Ericcson HM 120dp è utilizzabile con linux? Grazie Marco Ciao Marco, sul sito di Linux Mandrake trovi un archivio dell'hardware. Hai provato a guardare se il tuo modem c'è nell'elenco? Inoltre, il consiglio in questi casi è sempre quello di scrivere al produttore e chiedere se esistano driver per Linux. In genere non se ne ottiene niente, ma è un modo per rendere Linux più visibile agli occhi delle aziende. Finchè i problemi ce li risolviamo da soli... Daniele
[newbie-it] mandrake 8.1 audio
Ciao, ho un problema con l'audio. quando si carica kde sento la musica di sottofondo ma poi non avverto + nessun segnale sonoro e non riesco a sentire i cd musicali. Non ho trovato nulla al riguardo. Qualcuno mi sa dare delle indicazioni? Con win98 sullo stesso computer funziona tutto. la scheda audio è Ensoniq ess1371 _ Scarica GRATUITAMENTE MSN Explorer all'indirizzo http://explorer.msn.it/intl.asp
Re: [newbie-it] mandrake 8.1 audio
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Jacopo Ortis wrote: Ciao, ho un problema con l'audio. quando si carica kde sento la musica di sottofondo ma poi non avverto + nessun segnale sonoro e non riesco a sentire i cd musicali. Non ho trovato nulla al riguardo. Qualcuno mi sa dare delle indicazioni? Con win98 sullo stesso computer funziona tutto. la scheda audio è Ensoniq ess1371 Potrebbe dipendere dal fatto che tutti i toni sono settati a 0 di default. Lancia kmix dalla linea di comando, alzali e poi da uno dei menu' scegli di settare i nuovi volumi come volumi di default. Attento a non alzare anche il volume del microfono altrimenti fischia tutto. Fammi sapere se funziona. Ciao Luigi -- Not all who wander are lost (Tolkien) Luigi De Pascale: Indirizzo: Dipartimento di Matematica Applicata U.Dini Via Bonanno Pisano 25/B, 56126 Pisa, ITALY Tel.: +39/050/844745 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie-it] Modem ADSL Ericcson HM 120dp
Daniele ha scritto: sul sito di Linux Mandrake trovi un archivio dell'hardware. Hai provat o a guardare se il tuo modem c'è nell'elenco? Inoltre, il consiglio in que sti casi è sempre quello di scrivere al produttore e chiedere se esistano driver per Linux. In genere non se ne ottiene niente, ma è un modo per render e Linux più visibile agli occhi delle aziende. Ciao Daniele, ho fatto entrambe le cose. Nulla sul fronte del database Mandrake mentre dalla Ericsson mi hanno risposto di chiedere al mio service provider ... A quel punto ho risposto loro che volendo sapere se esistevano driver per linux di un loro prodotto non vedo perché rivolgermi al mio ISP ... attendo replica. Speravo nel frattempo che qualcuno avesse già risolto. Ciao Marco
Re: [newbie-it] Modem ADSL Ericcson HM 120dp
Il giorno 15:59, lunedì 3 dicembre 2001 hai scritto: Ciao Daniele, ho fatto entrambe le cose. Nulla sul fronte del database Mandrake mentre dalla Ericsson mi hanno risposto di chiedere al mio service provider ... A quel punto ho risposto loro che volendo sapere se esistevano driver per linux di un loro prodotto non vedo perché rivolgermi al mio ISP ... attendo replica. Speravo nel frattempo che qualcuno avesse già risolto. Ciao Marco Ciao di nuovo, premesso che non ho l'ADSL e non sono quindi la persona più adatta ad aiutarti (e perchè mi rispondi? ti starai chiedendo...), hai provato a dare un'occhiata all'ADSL-HowTo? In rete lo trovi a vari indirizzi; una copia è su: http://www.pluto.linux.it/ildp/HOWTO/mini/ADSL.html ... Prova a dargli un'occhiata; può darsi che il tuo modem non richieda drivers o moduli esterni, ma sia sufficiente configurare Linux per usarlo... (o magari ho appena sparato la corbelleria della giornata) Scritto questo, mi fermo e passo la palla ad altri; mi sono già spinto ben oltre le mie (inesistenti) conoscenze in materia di ADSL... :-) Daniele
Re: [newbie-it] mdk8.1 e audio
Il giorno 17:50, domenica 2 dicembre 2001 hai scritto: Non riproduce nessun suono, ne di kde, gnome C. tantomeno cd o mp3, completamente muto! Ho controllato il bios e PnP OS Installed è disabilitata. La scheda la riconosce nel setup di installazione (senza darmi modo di verificarla o sostituirla, ma cmq. il driver è lo stesso utilizzato dalla mdk 7.2, ora c'è la mdk 8.1!) e viene riconosciuta anche con harddrake, solo che quando provo a cambiare tipo di modulo (sempre della serie yamaha) non viene riprodotto il file campione, con nessun modello, e sono gli stessi tra la 7.2 e la 8.1non riesco a capire pecchè non fà!... ... dubbio ... Hai verificato i livelli audio? Nel menu K - Multimedia - Suono trovi l'applicazione Mixer sonoro. Controlla che i livelli del volume non siano a zero... Altrimenti, prova ad usare sndconfig dalla console di root. Daniele
Re: [newbie-it] Modem ADSL Ericcson HM 120dp
Daniele ha scritto: premesso che non ho l'ADSL e non sono quindi la persona più adatta ad aiutarti (e perchè mi rispondi? ti starai chiedendo...) Mai al mondo! Grazie comunque ;-) Ciao Marco
Re: [newbie-it] installazione xine divx 4.02
--- luigi pinna [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: il ./configure (che da me parte solo se faccio sh configure) E' strano, la shell dovrebbe eseguirti lo stesso lo script. Hai provato proprio a lanciare ./configure (cioe' con il ./ davanti?) mette come fine della riga :no mentre nei restanti a fine riga compare :yes Il ./configure ti da a video una serie di messaggi sulla configurazione che trova sul tuo sistema: se il pacchetto/la libreria e' installata correttamente ti dice yes, altrimenti no (che fantasa!! ;)) ...In alcuni casi determinate librerie sono distribuite con due pacchetti: la libreria vera e propria che contiene i files di runtime, e un pacchetto che si chiama nomedellalibreria-devel, che alcuni programmi necessitano in fase di compilazione. Magari ti manca qualcosa del genere. Puoi verificare l'output video del ./configure per vedere se ti da qualche segnalazione che ti era sfuggita. Un altro file che puoi controllare e' anche config.log che viene creato dal ./configure. avverto che la compilazione l'ho provata in cui versione pulita della 8.0(cioè appena installata con formattazione di /) in cui in fase d'installazione ho fatto installare di tutti i pacchetti disponibili. Mi sembra che per default i pacchetti devel non ti vengano installati... Ciao! Steo. __ Do You Yahoo!? Il Nokia Game è on line! Clicca qui per iscriverti e partecipare alla nuova avventura multimediale entro il 3 novembre. Vai alla pagina del gioco http://it.promotions.yahoo.com/info/nokiagame.html!
Re: [newbie-it] drivers nVidia
Ciao Daniele, ma il drivers l'hai scaricato dall'elenco che trovi sotto la voce "ftp"? Ciao Milko Daniele Micci wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"> Il giorno 20:35, domenica 2 dicembre 2001 hai scritto: Scusa ma come hai fatto a risolvere il problema,dove hai trovato i drivers? sul sito www.nvidia.com quale drivers haiscaricato per la Mandrake 8.1?Scusami ma sono alle prime armi, e avendo reinstallato il tutto gi trevolte non vorrei far casini.Mi potresti dire il nome esatto del file, ed eventualmente la proceduraper rimettere tutto a posto.Ti dico cosi' perch ho gi provato e dopo il riavvio Linux mi partivain modalit testo.Ciao Milko Ciao Milko,i driver non li ho ancora installati perch non sono per il mio computer (io ho una scheda Matrox). Il file che ho scaricato quello precompilato per la Mandrake Linux 8.1. Con le indicazioni ricevute, ho ovviamente scaricato il file contrassegnato dalla sigla "UP". Se hai un sistema multiprocessore (cosa, in verit, abbastanza insolita), devi scaricare il file con la sigla "SMP". Inoltre devi scaricare il file NVIDIA-GLX-etc.etc.. Le istruzioni del file README mi sono sembrate abbastanza chiare. Ma non mi sono ancora "cimentato", quindi non so dirti di pi...Daniele
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-- Messaggio inoltrato -- Subject: Re: [newbie-it] Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 20:14:53 +0100 From: viger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Il 14:42, domenica 2 dicembre 2001, hai scritto: Qualcuno conosce il comando x disinstallare il Lilo??non lo ricordo più Da linux ci sono i tool appositi, da winzozzo basta dare il comando fdisk \mbr dal prompt dos. Viger ---
Re: [newbie-it] mdk8.1 e audio
Ciao Ragazzi, da neofita come voi, per la prima volta e con grande soddisfazione, ho scoperto da me, come far funzionare le schede audio che su mdk 8.1 sembra abbiano alcuni problemi !!! Purtroppo sembra un errore ( o piu ) di Mandrakesoft. Per passare al succo della faccenda, bisogna modificare il nome della directory di dispositivo ( device ) e cioé: da /dev/sound in /dev/audio. TUTTO QUI. Sicuramente la scheda audio viene rilevata in fase di installazione del SO, ma quando si vuole usare il dispositivo, questo non viene trovato perche si trova in un percorso diverso, da cio' il non funzionamento del dispositivo. Spero di essere stato di aiuto ed esatto. Saluti a tutti da Mauro Non riproduce nessun suono, ne di kde, gnome C. tantomeno cd o mp3, completamente muto! Ho controllato il bios e PnP OS Installed è disabilitata. La scheda la riconosce nel setup di installazione (senza darmi modo di verificarla o sostituirla, ma cmq. il driver è lo stesso utilizzato dalla mdk 7.2, ora c'è la mdk 8.1!) e viene riconosciuta anche con harddrake, solo che quando provo a cambiare tipo di modulo (sempre della serie yamaha) non viene riprodotto il file campione, con nessun modello, e sono gli stessi tra la 7.2 e la 8.1non riesco a capire pecchè non fà!... ... dubbio ... Hai verificato i livelli audio? Nel menu K - Multimedia - Suono trovi l'applicazione Mixer sonoro. Controlla che i livelli del volume non siano a zero... Altrimenti, prova ad usare sndconfig dalla console di root. Daniele
[newbie-it] programmazione java su linux
Salve a tutti, Mi sto cimentanto nella creazione di pagine web ed il liguaggio html direi che è piuttosto accessibile. Ora desidererei alpliare le mie conoscenze in altri linguaggi tra cui: Java e javascript su linux. domanda: cosa mi occorre? (in più ripetto alla microsoft). dove trovo tutto il necessario? ogni consiglio o suggerimenti a riguardo sono graditi. grazie anticipatamente
Re: [newbie] INSTALL STAR OFFICE
Damian G wrote: after you downloaded the .bin files, you have to run them. watch for the file's access permissions. usually you won't be able to run them right away. in KDE, right click on the file and in properties turn execute permission on. Don't forget to be root use the /net option as well, if you want more than one user to be able to access Star Office. I'd recommend 6.0 over 5.2, even though it's still beta. It's a bit faster and has KDE/GNOME integration instead of the awful integrated desktop that comes with 5.*. You lose the web browser and email client, but they were IMO superfluous anyway. Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] memory: leaks and fragmentations
I think my KDE has a memory leak, although I've not been able to find any info on the possibility at kde.org. When I first turn on the computer, KDE is using about 80MB, just now it was using 250MB (ouch!). I got those two numbers from gtop. The memory usage builds up slowly over time. I just shutdown kde and looked at my memory with top, and despite all the kde processes being gone the memory usage didn't drop by much at all. At runlevel 3 with X/kde shutdown, and nothing but top being ran by me directly, I had about 70MB free of my 384MB of memory. That just doesn't sound right. I thought I left memory fragmenting behind with the Macintosh :) Now, coming back into kde, kde is using about 150MB. A big improvement over 250MB, but still more than it seems like it should be using. I am using kde 2.2.1. I had 2.2.2 briefly installed and noted it did the same thing. Searching the net doesn't turn up much. It seems people think Linux handles memory ok :) I think I will start using gnome or iceWM for a while and see if I notice the same thing happening. 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
[newbie] Modem Conection
Hello folks !!! Can Anyone help me? One Friend of my, both a pc: AMD Athon 1GHz, 256 RAM, 2 HD's 20Gb, (Window$, Linux) 1 DVD (LG), 1 CDRW (LG) And the problem --Fax/modem: USR 3cp5610a I can't do this modem worked in Windows or Linux, I tryed all COM Ports, in Window$, (COM1 and COM2); and all Linux ports, too. No modem detected !!! Please, Help me ! ___ Yahoo! GeoCities Tenha seu lugar na Web. Construa hoje mesmo sua home page no Yahoo! GeoCities. É fácil e grátis! http://br.geocities.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] memory: leaks and fragmentations
this has been gone into for ever..but what you are veiwing _Might_ have to do with the cache use by linux. I don't think it is a memory leak (this ain't your win 95 box) On Monday 03 December 2001 04:08, you wrote: I think my KDE has a memory leak, although I've not been able to find any info on the possibility at kde.org. When I first turn on the computer, KDE is using about 80MB, just now it was using 250MB (ouch!). I got those two numbers from gtop. The memory usage builds up slowly over time. I just shutdown kde and looked at my memory with top, and despite all the kde processes being gone the memory usage didn't drop by much at all. At runlevel 3 with X/kde shutdown, and nothing but top being ran by me directly, I had about 70MB free of my 384MB of memory. That just doesn't sound right. I thought I left memory fragmenting behind with the Macintosh :) Now, coming back into kde, kde is using about 150MB. A big improvement over 250MB, but still more than it seems like it should be using. I am using kde 2.2.1. I had 2.2.2 briefly installed and noted it did the same thing. Searching the net doesn't turn up much. It seems people think Linux handles memory ok :) I think I will start using gnome or iceWM for a while and see if I notice the same thing happening. 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
[newbie] programming
Title: programming Hi, Is there a Linux programming equivalent of this mailing group? i.e. newbie? Thanks for any suggestions. Volkan Varol This message and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressees. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, copying or dissemination is prohibited. E-mails are susceptible to alteration. Neither L'OREAL nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates shall be liable for the message if altered, changed or falsified. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] can't eject cdrom
On Monday 03 December 2001 07:43 pm, ethan wrote: I tried that and got this : umount /mnt/cdrom umount: /mnt/cdrom: not mounted [root@Echelon ethan]# eject eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument [root@Echelon ethan]# eject eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument Just what the error mesg says, you didn't provide an 'argument' (not to be confused with what we do on the list ;) eject /dev/cdrom '/dev/cdrom/' is the missing argument -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] can't eject cdrom
nope. tried that as well: eject cdrom and /dev/cdrom gives: eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument Tom Brinkman wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"> On Monday 03 December 2001 07:43 pm, ethan wrote: I tried that and got this : umount /mnt/cdromumount: /mnt/cdrom: not mounted[root@Echelon ethan]# ejecteject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument[root@Echelon ethan]# ejecteject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument Just what the error mesg says, you didn't provide an 'argument' (not to be confused with what we do on the list ;)eject /dev/cdrom '/dev/cdrom/' is the missing argument Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Data Socket problem with proftpd
Hi all I have proftpd setup at home and here at work i'd like to access it. At home I tried it out and it works fine over the home network... using cuteftp here at work produces the following log... basically it hangs a while on Connecting data socket... and then says Failed to establish data socket. What is causing this? I've changed the actual IPs concerned to IP addresses here... just in case - am paranoid! :) Thanks for any help Neil PS I also use apache to serve pages and that's working np. STATUS:Connect: Monday 14:07:46 12-03-2001 STATUS:Connecting to IP addresses here STATUS:Connecting to IP addresses here (ip = IP addresses here) STATUS:Socket connected. Waiting for welcome message... 220 ProFTPD 1.2.2 Server (ProFTPD Default Installation) [nrpmedia] STATUS:Connected. Authenticating... COMMAND: USER neil 331 Password required for neil. COMMAND: PASS 230 User neil logged in. STATUS:Login successful COMMAND: TYPE I 200 Type set to I. COMMAND: REST 100 350 Restarting at 100. Send STORE or RETRIEVE to initiate transfer. STATUS:This site can resume broken downloads COMMAND: REST 0 350 Restarting at 0. Send STORE or RETRIEVE to initiate transfer. COMMAND: pwd 257 /home/neil is current directory. COMMAND: TYPE A 200 Type set to A. STATUS:Retrieving directory listing... COMMAND: PASV 227 Entering Passive Mode (IP addresses here). COMMAND: LIST STATUS:Connecting data socket... ERROR: Failed to establish data socket Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Zoom USB Modem
Hello, Gang: Has anyone gotten a Zoom USB modem to work in Mandrake 8.1? My friend bought Mandrake on a whim and is trying to get it setup, but the only modem he has is this USB modem. I don't know the model number right off hand, but was wondering if anyone had any luck at all with USB modems. Thanks, Steve Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Smart Card Reader and Linux
Here's an interesting question. I just received a USB Smart Card Reader for my credit card in the mail today. Does anyone know if these are compatible with Linux, and if so, how to go about using it? Would really hate to have to dual-boot into Window$ just to use the smart card reader. Thanks! Terry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] DVD's, TV-out vid cards and Mandrake 8.1
Hello all, My roommate and I are trying to put together a multimedia server to output mp3's and DVD's to our TV/stereo set up. I'm trying to decide on which video card to use that contains as many options and features as possible, while at the same time being as low cost as possible. So far I've settled on two different cards: nVidia's (any brand will do) TNT2 M64 w/ TV-OUT (RCA style video connection) or, ATI's All-In-Wonder 128 Pro 32MB w/ S-VIDEO/Audio-OUT, S-VIDEO/Audio-IN Has anyone tried either of these cards in Linux to play DVD's through a TV (one without any S-Video connectors)? I know the ATI board comes with a connection adapter thing that will convert the S-Video out to an RCA-out for me, so I'm primarily concerned as to whether Mandrake 8.1 can be used in conjunction with something like XMMS or other DVD players in Linux to pump the DVD's playing in my computer's DVD-ROM drive to my TV. I have a SB512 (I think) as the audio card, so sound shouldn't be a problem at all. I would just rather be using Linux to run this multimedia server box versus a BSOD-prone Win98 install. ;) __ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Test Message Please Ignore
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Re: [newbie] apache public_html help needed
On Sunday 02 December 2001 09:54 pm, you wrote: I know I had set this up right on a different CPU, but I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. For some reason I can't get my ~dherndon43/ directory to work. I'm getting a: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /~dherndon43/test.php on this server. Where are the apache permissions placed? Here;s a snippet from the apache faq, it might help. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html#forbidden -- Why do I get a Forbidden message whenever I try to access a particular directory? This message is generally caused because either The underlying file system permissions do not allow the User/Group under which Apache is running to access the necessary files; or The Apache configuration has some access restrictions in place which forbid access to the files. You can determine which case applies to your situation by checking the error log. In the case where file system permission are at fault, remember that not only must the directory and files in question be readable, but also all parent directories must be at least searchable by the web server in order for the content to be accessible. --- Why do I get a Forbidden/You don't have permission to access / on this server message whenever I try to access my server? Search your conf/httpd.conf file for this exact string: Files ~. If you find it, that's your problem -- that particular Files container is malformed. Delete it or replace it with Files ~ ^\.ht and restart your server and things should work as expected. This error appears to be caused by a problem with the version of linuxconf distributed with Redhat 6.x. It may reappear if you use linuxconf again. If you don't find this string, check out the previous question. 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] memory: leaks and fragmentations
On Monday 03 December 2001 03:08 am, you wrote: I just shutdown kde and looked at my memory with top, and despite all the kde processes being gone the memory usage didn't drop by much at all. At runlevel 3 with X/kde shutdown, and nothing but top being ran by me directly, I had about 70MB free of my 384MB of memory. That just doesn't sound right. I thought I left memory fragmenting behind with the Macintosh :) Well I got one answer to this. Linux purposely grabs free memory to use for disk write caching and the like. So the fact that my memory is nearly full despite most everything being shutdown is not really a concern. I'm still curious about KDE, though. 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] Wine under 8.1...Anybody?
Paul Rodríguez wrote: I'm no expert on Wine and wine debugging, but I would suggest you download the latest CVS builds from http://wine.dataparty.no . These will always be the latest version every day. And they are easy to download/install. I have had them running with no problems (though I still can't open all the programs I would necesarily like to). I have ehard of people running starcraft successfully with wine, but have never played any games myself. Good luck. -Paul Rodríguez Thanks Paul, I'll try that, although TBH, I've got no confidence in it. Like I mentioned, I installed an older version of wine that I had working fine all the way up to v8.0 of Mandrake, and it would not work, with the exact same error. BTW, yes - Starcraft does work under Wine. I've used it for quite some time now, until 8.1... ;-( -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Where is the kernel configuration?
I am using Mandrake Linux 8.1 Standard edition on my PC. I have only been using Linux for about two weeks. I want to modify my kernal. According to my Linux for Dummies book, there is supposed to be a /usr/src/linux directory, but I don't see it. I appreciate help on this subject because I want to tweak the kernel for my system. What are the steps to modifying the kernel in Mandrake 8.1? --Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Where is the kernel configuration?
Hi Alan; Looks like you did not select to install all needed kernel rpm's during you'r initial install. You can find them on your install CD's Ingo -Original Message- From: Jones, Alan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 12:54 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [newbie] Where is the kernel configuration? I am using Mandrake Linux 8.1 Standard edition on my PC. I have only been using Linux for about two weeks. I want to modify my kernal. According to my Linux for Dummies book, there is supposed to be a /usr/src/linux directory, but I don't see it. I appreciate help on this subject because I want to tweak the kernel for my system. What are the steps to modifying the kernel in Mandrake 8.1? --Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] apache public_html help needed
Outstanding, thanks for the info. I will try this out when I get home tonight. -Original Message- From: Michael Viron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 23:18 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] apache public_html help needed In order for apache to be able to access the directory, you must have a minimum of permissions 0711 on all directories above the 'public_html' directory. 'public_html' must be at least 0755 permission, and all files underneath need to be at least 644. (0711 == user read / write / execute, group execute, other execute 0755 == user read / write / execute, group read / execute, other read / execute 0644 == user read / write, group read, other read). If you still have problems beyond that, take a look at the error_log file under /var/log/httpd that apache uses. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 10:54 PM 12/02/2001 -0500, you wrote: I know I had set this up right on a different CPU, but I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. For some reason I can't get my ~dherndon43/ directory to work. I'm getting a: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /~dherndon43/test.php on this server. Where are the apache permissions placed? 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] KDE Died (The Blue Screen of Death)..... why?
Rob, Just a guess: before you startx, do a rm -f .DCOPserver* and then startx. KDE fails to load for me about once a week. This always fixes the problem for me. Miark - Original Message - From: Robin Regennitter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 11:48 PM Subject: [newbie] KDE Died (The Blue Screen of Death). why? for the 2nd time since I have installed mandrake 8.1, kde fails to loads. I see the box and it stalls on the mechanical icon and it just wont go to the next icon which is the keyboard and mouse icon. then it just disappear and the only thing I see is a solid light blue color on the screen. no taskbar, no icons, nothing works. sadly I had to switch to gnome which I really dont like. The first time, there seems to be no hope on having kde back especially with my user name. KDE works in root or other username. Maybe I just have too many things in my home directory that it causes KDE to corrupt only in that directory. I had to create a new username and copy all the stuff I had saved and do more works as I had done with this one. works fine for the next month or two then I get this blue screen again. There a dead serious bug somewhere that causes this. Has anyone experienced this? If so do know why it did this and what is the solution to prevent it from happening again? Any help would be appreciate. Rob 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] apache public_html help needed
Yes I did see that item in my httpd.conf file. I didn't realize it was malformed Thanks for this info. Here;s a snippet from the apache faq, it might help. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html#forbidden -- Why do I get a Forbidden message whenever I try to access a particular directory? This message is generally caused because either The underlying file system permissions do not allow the User/Group under which Apache is running to access the necessary files; or The Apache configuration has some access restrictions in place which forbid access to the files. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DVD's, TV-out vid cards and Mandrake 8.1
Oh yeah, forgot to include my computer's specs: standard Gateway motherboard PII 400MHz Processor SoundBlaster 512K PCI card 1 AGP slot, several other open PCI slots 2 PCI 10/100 Ethernet cards (both work fine in Linux) 1 ISA generic 56K modem 128M PC100 SDRAM 10GB Maxtor HDD DVD-ROM drive (I forget the manufacturer) CD-RW drive (I forget the manufacturer of this one too) 3.5 Floppy --- Caveman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, My roommate and I are trying to put together a multimedia server to output mp3's and DVD's to our TV/stereo set up. I'm trying to decide on which video card to use that contains as many options and features as possible, while at the same time being as low cost as possible. So far I've settled on two different cards: nVidia's (any brand will do) TNT2 M64 w/ TV-OUT (RCA style video connection) or, ATI's All-In-Wonder 128 Pro 32MB w/ S-VIDEO/Audio-OUT, S-VIDEO/Audio-IN Has anyone tried either of these cards in Linux to play DVD's through a TV (one without any S-Video connectors)? I know the ATI board comes with a connection adapter thing that will convert the S-Video out to an RCA-out for me, so I'm primarily concerned as to whether Mandrake 8.1 can be used in conjunction with something like XMMS or other DVD players in Linux to pump the DVD's playing in my computer's DVD-ROM drive to my TV. I have a SB512 (I think) as the audio card, so sound shouldn't be a problem at all. I would just rather be using Linux to run this multimedia server box versus a BSOD-prone Win98 install. ;) __ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DVD's, TV-out vid cards and Mandrake 8.1
i have a geforce 3, the tvout works great on it and Xv is now supported, so you should get a decent frame rate. If you unplug your monitor and just have s-video plugged in, it will automatically boot up to your tv. I have it setup so that when I press ctrl-alt-F8, it displays on the tv (running blackbox), and when I press ctrl-alt-F7 (default) it displays back on my monitor running gnome. This can be easily created by adding a new monitor section (for your tv) and a new screen section for your tv screen, then running the command startx -- :1 -screen tv_screen enjoy mark On Monday 03 December 2001 23:24, you wrote: Oh yeah, forgot to include my computer's specs: standard Gateway motherboard PII 400MHz Processor SoundBlaster 512K PCI card 1 AGP slot, several other open PCI slots 2 PCI 10/100 Ethernet cards (both work fine in Linux) 1 ISA generic 56K modem 128M PC100 SDRAM 10GB Maxtor HDD DVD-ROM drive (I forget the manufacturer) CD-RW drive (I forget the manufacturer of this one too) 3.5 Floppy --- Caveman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, My roommate and I are trying to put together a multimedia server to output mp3's and DVD's to our TV/stereo set up. I'm trying to decide on which video card to use that contains as many options and features as possible, while at the same time being as low cost as possible. So far I've settled on two different cards: nVidia's (any brand will do) TNT2 M64 w/ TV-OUT (RCA style video connection) or, ATI's All-In-Wonder 128 Pro 32MB w/ S-VIDEO/Audio-OUT, S-VIDEO/Audio-IN Has anyone tried either of these cards in Linux to play DVD's through a TV (one without any S-Video connectors)? I know the ATI board comes with a connection adapter thing that will convert the S-Video out to an RCA-out for me, so I'm primarily concerned as to whether Mandrake 8.1 can be used in conjunction with something like XMMS or other DVD players in Linux to pump the DVD's playing in my computer's DVD-ROM drive to my TV. I have a SB512 (I think) as the audio card, so sound shouldn't be a problem at all. I would just rather be using Linux to run this multimedia server box versus a BSOD-prone Win98 install. ;) __ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com -- 5:27pm up 1:49, 2 users, load average: 1.76, 1.88, 2.28 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Top posting poll
Well, the tide of messages regarding all of your opinions has ended, and I am happy to report the following, in order, winners: 1. Top posting ok 2. Please change subject line when replying and changing main point of previous message 3. Please snip replies 4. Please bottom post to keep better track of replies I didn't even give the suggestion for numbers 3 and 4, but they were sent to me, so I included them. Like I said when I started keeping track, I didn't do this to try to change the way anyone does anything here, just thought if we all knew what other wanted to see, we could make this list even more effective and easier to navigate Diesel Dan http://DieselDan.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] can't eject cdrom
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, ethan wrote: Hi, Ethan! I've seen these msg just now! I hope it helps! I had recently something this! I messed up the symlinks! Try in this order: 1.type 'eject' as root! if it work, you have permissions problems! as root, correct them! If it doesn't work, correct the symlinks but, before... See #2. *Yes! no arguments!* (does it open anything? I have one cdrom, one cd-rw and one zipdrive and mount them all and just type eject!) 2. try: eject /dev/hdX (the 'X'n is the a,b,c or d, depending on your config! *If this works, so the problem is really the symlink! You have to build/rebuild them! 3. To fix *my* own mess, I've included dvfs=nomount into LILO 'append' label! (I removed that after fixing!) 4. I fixed the symlinks like, ln -s /dev/hdb /dev/cdrom (I've looked into fstab to check which one was correct). 5. Now, I'm happily eject everything! 6. eject has a serious 'bug'! it does NOT work for in-laws ;-) (It would be great!) HTH, Ricardo Castanho nope. tried that as well: eject cdrom and /dev/cdrom gives: eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument - -- Whenever possible mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] == Linux user # 102240 = Machine # 96125 = Seti@home user == -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 iEYEARECAAYFAjwLusAACgkQ9I0k95pf9XvXjgCgg7bhjwZFeZX8VOYVfaKPuMnf 28sAoJR06+E0ztEXyPCONwo/IR4sOphe =zkfp -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] kernel updates...
Ok, so I did try to update the kernel using mandrake-update. Everything went well (or so I thought) until I rebooted my machine. A lot of things were missing in the new kernel, such as mounting fat drives and networking. Is there any way to restore these features? Do I need to re-install or venture into the wonderful world of kernel compilation (although that would be a new domain to explore for me). Fortunately, I downloaded the source of the kernel too, so I can recompile if need be. I'd like to be up to date on this, but I'm very newbie in the area of kernel modules and kernel compilation. I checked out kernel.org, but there are no informations regarding the actual compiling part, just an archive of kernels. Any help on this topic would be appreciated. Thanks! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Wine problem resolved (mostly).
Okay, grabbing the latest cvs build (stripped) from WineHQ worked. It was odd though. I removed the Mandrake Wine version, deleted .wine from my /home dir, and then installed the new Wine. Tried running it on SC, and it said it could not find the .wine folder. So...I made a .wine directory. Ran Wine again - said it could not find config. So...I touched a text file called config. Didn't work either. I wound up uninstalling the new version of Wine (which for some reason would not creat a .wine setup in /home, and reinstalling the Mandrake version. Once it installed .wine, I uninstalled it again, and reinstalled the new Wine. This time, the new Wine found /home/.wine and it actually ran Starcraft! However, it opens a small 640x480 window on my 1024x 768 desktop... Anyone know any ideas how to get it to open full-screen? I tried modifying the /home/.wine/config file but it would not let me... Thanks to all who helped! PS Mandrake - fix your Wine RPMS!!! ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] console PIM
Im looking for a PIM that has the look and feal of pine. You know, somthing i can run on the console over ssh. Any ideas? -- Brad Wyman bradw at sta-care.com PGP Fingerprint: 8B1E E12F 3982 0D54 E01C DFD3 898B 6CA3 ED6F 3E56 -- Arthur Dent: What's so unpleasant about being drunk? Ford Prefect: You ask a glass of water. - Douglas Noel Adams, 1952 - 2001 - DNA, so long and thanks for all the books Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] memory: leaks and fragmentations
Ed Tharp wrote: this has been gone into for ever..but what you are veiwing _Might_ have to do with the cache use by linux. I don't think it is a memory leak (this ain't your win 95 box) I don't think there is anything inherent in Linux which will prevent memory leaks -- it comes down to care and testing by the programmer. AFAIK, memory leaks can be created anywhere C or C++ are used (and probably many other languages). Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] security: tcpd daemon with /etc/xinetd.d/
My installation of xinetd (from the downloadable CD images) came with tcpd capabilities already compiled in, so that I did not have to add the tcpd information to my xinetd.conf file. When I make changes to the host.allow and host.deny files, xinetd restricts access accordingly, without any reference to tcpd in the configuration file. Have you tried this? (I welcome corrections if I'm off base...) - Kathy tek1 wrote: in my linux: the complete reference book on p.559, it explain that to use tcp wrappers (for monitoring connections and controlling access), we need to put tcpd in front of the service name in the inetd.conf file. however, mandrake uses the xinetd.conf file, which doesn't list the services. instead, it includes the dir /etc/xinetd.d/, which are the equivalent of listing the services in xinetd.conf. but how do we wrap the services in /etc/xinetd.d/ in a tcpd wrapper? thanks... -- For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. - 2 Timothy 1:7 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] memory: leaks and fragmentations
On Monday 03 December 2001 12:17 pm, you wrote: Ed Tharp wrote: this has been gone into for ever..but what you are veiwing _Might_ have to do with the cache use by linux. I don't think it is a memory leak (this ain't your win 95 box) I don't think there is anything inherent in Linux which will prevent memory leaks -- it comes down to care and testing by the programmer. AFAIK, memory leaks can be created anywhere C or C++ are used (and probably many other languages). Yup, I just tested that. Linux does not appear to make any attempt to stop memory leaks. I wrote a quick program with an infinite loop that dynamically allocated some memory. Watching top, its memory usage climbed dramatically. There's really no way for Linux to know if I really am using that memory or not, so I don't see how it could interfere. 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] memory: leaks and fragmentations
yes.. but when that process terminates... the memory should be returned to the system, right? in which case... the OS never lost track of it. On Monday 03 December 2001 12:59 pm, you wrote: On Monday 03 December 2001 12:17 pm, you wrote: Ed Tharp wrote: this has been gone into for ever..but what you are veiwing _Might_ have to do with the cache use by linux. I don't think it is a memory leak (this ain't your win 95 box) I don't think there is anything inherent in Linux which will prevent memory leaks -- it comes down to care and testing by the programmer. AFAIK, memory leaks can be created anywhere C or C++ are used (and probably many other languages). Yup, I just tested that. Linux does not appear to make any attempt to stop memory leaks. I wrote a quick program with an infinite loop that dynamically allocated some memory. Watching top, its memory usage climbed dramatically. There's really no way for Linux to know if I really am using that memory or not, so I don't see how it could interfere. 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] security: tcpd daemon with /etc/xinetd.d/
On Monday 03 December 2001 09:24 am, Kathy Montgomery wrote: My installation of xinetd (from the downloadable CD images) came with tcpd capabilities already compiled in, so that I did not have to add the tcpd information to my xinetd.conf file. When I make changes to the host.allow and host.deny files, xinetd restricts access accordingly, without any reference to tcpd in the configuration file. Have you tried this? (I welcome corrections if I'm off base...) - Kathy tek1 wrote: in my linux: the complete reference book on p.559, it explain that to use tcp wrappers (for monitoring connections and controlling access), we need to put tcpd in front of the service name in the inetd.conf file. however, mandrake uses the xinetd.conf file, which doesn't list the services. instead, it includes the dir /etc/xinetd.d/, which are the equivalent of listing the services in xinetd.conf. but how do we wrap the services in /etc/xinetd.d/ in a tcpd wrapper? thanks... You are correct. There is no need for a lot of what used to be recommended. When we still used inetd, the tcp_wrappers were installed and configured by default and it was ard to get rid of them even then, but that is no longer necessary with xinetd. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] memory: leaks and fragmentations
Richard Wenninger wrote: yes.. but when that process terminates... the memory should be returned to the system, right? in which case... the OS never lost track of it. Maybe there are different levels of memory leak? In many cases after you shut down a Windows program which continued to use more and more memory, the memory is freed for the OS. Example: (sadly) the recent versions of AbiWord (for Windows) that I've tested have a memory leak. If you invoke AbiWord and then open and close additional windows for documents, more and more memory is used, but not freed up until you close the last AbiWord window, at which point all the memory is restored. (Note: some memory is restored each time you close a document (window), but more and more is locked up until you finally close AbiWord completely. There seem to be other memory leaks that do not restore the lost memory until a reboot. Now that I've written this, I suspect that some of the memory leaks are in the operating system itself and some are in applications, thus making the difference. Maybe Linux (currently) has no leaks in the operating system itself. (But, I'll bet some of the development versions have had leaks.) Speculating, Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Booting LM8.1 problems
This is known as an 'X respawning' problem. It can occur for a variety of reasons. The most common is a misconfigured video driver. To get around it get your friend to try doing this:- Wait for it to pause to catch its breath, and then hit Ctl+Alt+F2 to get you to another console window Log in as username root, and then type 'init 3' This will stop X trying to start again. You can then run 'XFdrake' (without the quotes)if it is a video problem. When you think you have it OK then type 'init 5' to restart X. I think sometimes mouse driver problems can also cause respawning, in which case run 'mousedrake' HTH Derek On Monday 03 December 2001 20:17, R C wrote: Hi All, I was asked to forward an enquiry to the list. It seems that LM8.1 has been installed on a 40mb HD, dual-booting with win98. I'm told that during the boot process, linux goes through the initializing process ok but, when the console prompt comes up and get's ready to automatically start X, the screen flashes several times, with the following message eventually displayed: INIT: ld X Responding To Fast Disabled for 5 Minutes This computer has a Supermicro P4STA MB, with a 1.7gb P4 intel, 256mb memory, 800 mhz Rabus Ram This is a new installation from store bought CD's (full 7 cd pack) any ideas? TIA Roger Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] memory: leaks and fragmentations
On Monday 03 December 2001 15:47, you wrote: As I understand it a leak is returned to the OS after the program finishes. The problem with leaks is they can cause problems while the program is running. There were problems with different versions of windows, where the memory was NOT returned to the OS when the program exited. Quality OS eh? What a joke. yep I remember running a network of win95a computers, we just told everyone to turn the box off at night, or reboot every three days, if the system does not reboot you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] losing eth0 on reboot
Sorry if this has been flogged to death. When I reboot the machine eth0 fails to initialize. The cure so far has been to go through the mandrake control center network setup and the security and firewall setups. The first attempt to run the security and firewall setup gives the error message 'see if its installed'. I dont make any changes, I just click through all of the screens and save. Now I can log in, log out, and restart x and the network will work. If I reboot the information will still be there, just not useful until it gets resaved. Any ideas on the cause and cure? Thanks, Grant Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Galeon and Java
On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 04:38, Allen Herndz wrote: I have a pretty old version of Galeon on my mdk 8.0 (0.10.2), and I just wanted to know how to get Java working. I have a very slow connection and I can't make the rpms work coz I don't have the Mozilla srces. Just looking for any quick answers from Galeon lovers. As far as I know, all you need to do is get Java working for mozilla, and Galeon will be able to use it too. There was a thread here just about a week ago, that said how to get Java working in Mozilla, but I don't remember the steps. I think it had to do with making a symlink from a working JDK or JVM, to the plugins directory under the mozilla directory. Dave -- linux: because a PC is a terrible thing to waste ([EMAIL PROTECTED] put this on Tshirts in '93) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Test
Just making sure that my posts are making it. Happy Monday, everyone. Warren -- http://www.srcopan.vze.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] GUI file search -- mini help
Kfind isn't bad. 3 methods to use it: Applications -- File Tools -- Find Files or Alt+F2 runss a launcher you can type kfind there. or from the console kfind. It's not really useful to run a GUI program from the console for long peiods of time because the console needs to stay open for the program to stay open (it's a child process of that console), in other words it takes extra screen space to have two programs open. But, for a program like find that you don't need for very long, it can be convenient. In order to keep using that console while it is running a GUI program, end the command with (which means run this program in the background). For example kfind or kfind Go ahead, give it a try. To search for a file from the command line in text mode, however you can type: find -name [file] or find [dir] -name file for example: find -name downloads will search current directory for a file named downloads (and in Unix, everything is a file, a directory is just a type of file) find /home/david/downloads/ -name *mp3 will find any mp3 files (or at least files named something.mp3) in /home/david/downloads/ If you were already in /home/david/, you could type: find downloads/ -name *mp3 to do the same thing, the difference is one uses a relative path and the other an absolute path (like on web pages). More info on find and any other console cammands can be found by typing man find or info find depending on how you prefer the text to be formatted (your preference). Exit by typing q. You can even type man man :) Good luck! -Paul Rodríguez PS I sent this to the newbie list as well, in case it helps anybody. _ 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] Galeon and Java
to get java working, run mozilla as root (is this safe ?), go to java.sun.com, it will tell you that you need the java plug-in, say ok, when it takes you to the new web page, click java for linux, it should download and install, restart mozilla, and java should work, java should now also work in galeon as regular user mark On Tuesday 04 December 2001 05:04, you wrote: On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 04:38, Allen Herndz wrote: I have a pretty old version of Galeon on my mdk 8.0 (0.10.2), and I just wanted to know how to get Java working. I have a very slow connection and I can't make the rpms work coz I don't have the Mozilla srces. Just looking for any quick answers from Galeon lovers. As far as I know, all you need to do is get Java working for mozilla, and Galeon will be able to use it too. There was a thread here just about a week ago, that said how to get Java working in Mozilla, but I don't remember the steps. I think it had to do with making a symlink from a working JDK or JVM, to the plugins directory under the mozilla directory. Dave -- 11:25pm up 1:16, 3 users, load average: 0.17, 0.16, 0.09 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] bash script
On 03 Dec 2001 16:47:11 -0500 Paul Rodr$ByH(Buez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok Lets say I have files in Dir2 which I have symlinks for in Dir1. So the contents of Dir1 include links to all the files in Dir2, plus files of its own... I want to delete all of those symlinks in Dir1 for Dir2, without deleting anything else, or going through them one by one... Is there a way I can say something like.. rm -rf /Dir1/(output of ls Dir2) Or, said another way... rm -rf /Dir1/(all symlinks to contents of Dir2) Thanks! -Paul Rodr$Bmg(Buez hi paul, im working on the assumption that all links on Dir1 refer to the files in Dir2 and is to be deleted without harming the files in Dir2... #!/bin/bash for file_d1 in `ls` do if [ -L $file_d1 ] #test for a link then rm $file_d1 fi done if my assumption is wrong then pls reply and ill do what i can to assist. ciao! -- "Programming, an artform that fights back." === Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer 25/F Equitable-PCI Tower ADB Ave. cor. Poveda St., Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines 1605 Tel no: (632) 6383070 loc 75 === Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Galeon and Java
On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 12:27, Mark D'voo wrote: to get java working, run mozilla as root (is this safe ?), go to java.sun.com, it will tell you that you need the java plug-in, say ok, when it takes you to the new web page, click java for linux, it should download and install, restart mozilla, and java should work, java should now also work in galeon as regular user Hey thanks! I was having the same problem and it never occurred to me to run as root. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFree upgrade question
hello. i have 2 basic questions abt xfree86: 1. how can you easily tell what version you are running? 2. i believe that i'm running 3.3.6 (because it mandrake software manager, under installed, i found xfree86-server-common 3.3.6), but i'd like to upgrade to 4.1.0. what is the best way to upgrade? it looks like 4.1.0 came with the mandrake installation, as i found xfree86-server 4.1.0 under the installable listing. can i just check this file and the other xfree86 files that have 4.1.0 listed next to them and click install? with that automatically uninstall or upgrade the already installed 3.3.6 xfree stuff? thanks... :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] KDE Died (The Blue Screen of Death)..... why? NOWVIRI LERT
Content-Type: audio/x-wav; name=YOU_ARE_FAT!.MP3.scr followed by giberish. I tried to reply but it bounced. I am trying again by removing the underscore. Could just be a spammer. It's a Windows virus. The gibberish is the encoded virus executable itself. -- -- Michael J. Leone Registered Linux user #201348 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ: 50453890 AIM: MikeLeone PGP Fingerprint: 0AA8 DC47 CB63 AE3F C739 6BF9 9AB4 1EF6 5AA5 BCDF PGP public key: http://www.mike-leone.com/~turgon/turgon-public-key.gpg Foreman, roving paving crew, Dept. of Roads, Hades. msg83273/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] kapm-idled?
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, 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? Not quite its actually the kernels advanced power management process. What normally happens when your machine is idle, has nothing to do, it will execute a special no-op instruction which, as the name suggests does nothing at all except to keep the machine ticking over. Now what the kapm-idle process does is it runs whenever the machine is idle and replaces these no-ops with a special instruction to cause the processor to shutdown some parts to conserve power, and also as a side effect reduce heat output. Cool huh! I'm using Mandrake 8.1 with 2.4.13-12mdk All recent kernels have this option. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] mulitple desktop managers
hi gang, i read a tip in the muo board about loading two desktop/window manager. i know about changing consoles so im looking for the direction on how to load an additional window manager in another console. simply invoking in another console the startx (actually Xtart) produces a lock error since I think the startup default to the :0 console or something and the lock file still exists. i currently am internet-handicapped so im hoping the speed of this mailing list will provide an answer. if its any help, im planning to use blackbox on another console since running GNOME while KDE is up is a little bit overkill for my needs (and a waste of CPU cycles ;-) . thanks! -- Programming, an artform that fights back. === Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer 25/F Equitable-PCI Tower ADB Ave. cor. Poveda St., Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines 1605 Tel no: (632) 6383070 loc 75 === Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Galeon and Java
On Monday 03 December 2001 07:55 pm, Rich wrote: On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 12:27, Mark D'voo wrote: to get java working, run mozilla as root (is this safe ?), go to java.sun.com, it will tell you that you need the java plug-in, say ok, when it takes you to the new web page, click java for linux, it should download and install, restart mozilla, and java should work, java should now also work in galeon as regular user Hey thanks! I was having the same problem and it never occurred to me to run as root. It's not safe, and you NEVER should connect as root. For much the same reasons you should NEVER use Windoze to connect at all. In both situations, anybody has root capabilities. Even worse is the idea of d/l'g and installing while connected as root. -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: mulitple desktop managers
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 09:05:07 -0500 Anuerin G. Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi gang, i read a tip in the muo board about loading two desktop/window manager. i know about changing consoles so im looking for the direction on how to load an additional window manager in another console. simply invoking in another console the startx (actually Xtart) produces a lock error since I think the startup default to the :0 console or something and the lock file still exists. i currently am internet-handicapped so im hoping the speed of this mailing list will provide an answer. if its any help, im planning to use blackbox on another console since running GNOME while KDE is up is a little bit overkill for my needs (and a waste of CPU cycles ;-) . thanks! or XFCE. i forgot to add that. ;-) im using the j2me wireless toolkit and its unusable in KDE. just additional info. ciao! -- Programming, an artform that fights back. === Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer 25/F Equitable-PCI Tower ADB Ave. cor. Poveda St., Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines 1605 Tel no: (632) 6383070 loc 75 === Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mulitple desktop managers
The simplest way I've found (without having to remember complicated commands) is to simply hit CTL+Alt+F2 and then log on as root and type gdm This will put you straight into the gnome log on window and from there you can open the window manager of your choice. Its a helluva good demonstration of linux to switch between users/window managers with a single key action :-) Derek On Tuesday 04 December 2001 14:05, you wrote: hi gang, i read a tip in the muo board about loading two desktop/window manager. i know about changing consoles so im looking for the direction on how to load an additional window manager in another console. simply invoking in another console the startx (actually Xtart) produces a lock error since I think the startup default to the :0 console or something and the lock file still exists. i currently am internet-handicapped so im hoping the speed of this mailing list will provide an answer. if its any help, im planning to use blackbox on another console since running GNOME while KDE is up is a little bit overkill for my needs (and a waste of CPU cycles ;-) . thanks! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] can't eject cdrom
you know what's strange: I tried to insert a normal CD into the tray and it mounts. So eject command is able to eject the cdrom after that, once I insert the audio cd inside, eject also can eject the cdrom now previously eject cannot eject the audio cdrom. Does anyone have an idea of what happened ??? thanks, /ethan Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-Hash: SHA1On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, ethan wrote:Hi, Ethan!I've seen these msg just now! I hope it helps!I had recently something this! I messed up the symlinks!Try in this order:1.type 'eject' as root! if it work, you have permissions problems!as root, correct them!If it doesn't work, correct the symlinks but, before... See #2.*Yes! no arguments!*(does it open anything? I have one cdrom, one cd-rw and one zipdrive andmount them all and just type "eject"!)2. try: eject /dev/hdX (the 'X'n is the a,b,c or d, depending on yourconfig!*If this works, so the problem is really the symlink! You have tobuild/rebuild them!3. To fix *my* own mess, I've included "dvfs=nomount" into LILO 'append'label! (I removed that after fixing!)4. I fixed the symlinks like, "ln -s /dev/hdb /dev/cdrom" (I've lookedinto fstab to check which one was correct).5. Now, I'm happily eject everything!6. eject has a serious 'bug'! it does NOT work for "in-laws" ;-) (It wouldbe great!)HTH,Ricardo Castanho nope. tried that as well:eject cdrom and /dev/cdrom gives:eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument - -- Whenever possible mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]==Linux user # 102240 = Machine # 96125 = Seti@home user==-BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux)Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6iEYEARECAAYFAjwLusAACgkQ9I0k95pf9XvXjgCgg7bhjwZFeZX8VOYVfaKPuMnf28sAoJR06+E0ztEXyPCONwo/IR4sOphe=zkfp-END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mulitple desktop managers
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 01:38:43 + Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The simplest way I've found (without having to remember complicated commands) is to simply hit CTL+Alt+F2 and then log on as root and type gdm This will put you straight into the gnome log on window and from there you can open the window manager of your choice. Its a helluva good demonstration of linux to switch between users/window managers with a single key action :-) Derek thanks for the quick reply but i may have hit a snag... following your suggestion, I was presented with a warning that another application (xfs?? cant remember) is already occupying display :0 (expected) so I let it try another display number. that's when everything went haywire. i think i just witnessed the 'respawing too fast problem' since my monitor kept on flickering. i switched to another console using ctrl+alt+f6 and tried to logon but the monitor flickers too fast for me to be able to press enter for the username. i just powered down and i just first witnessed a journalling system in action. ;-) so i am looking for another route to the problem of using multiple managers. if i remember right, i think somebody mentioned it during the satirical exchange about linux and windows in this list (why they hate linux or something). if somebody out there is saving those messages, i would be indebted if you could send me a copy of that message. thanks! -- Programming, an artform that fights back. === Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer 25/F Equitable-PCI Tower ADB Ave. cor. Poveda St., Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines 1605 Tel no: (632) 6383070 loc 75 === Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mulitple desktop managers
from any command line you can just run: startx -- :1 or if you want three graphic desktops startx -- :2 if you want to run gnome startx /usr/bin/gnome-session -- :1 mark On Tuesday 04 December 2001 21:22, you wrote: On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 01:38:43 + Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The simplest way I've found (without having to remember complicated commands) is to simply hit CTL+Alt+F2 and then log on as root and type gdm This will put you straight into the gnome log on window and from there you can open the window manager of your choice. Its a helluva good demonstration of linux to switch between users/window managers with a single key action :-) Derek thanks for the quick reply but i may have hit a snag... following your suggestion, I was presented with a warning that another application (xfs?? cant remember) is already occupying display :0 (expected) so I let it try another display number. that's when everything went haywire. i think i just witnessed the 'respawing too fast problem' since my monitor kept on flickering. i switched to another console using ctrl+alt+f6 and tried to logon but the monitor flickers too fast for me to be able to press enter for the username. i just powered down and i just first witnessed a journalling system in action. ;-) so i am looking for another route to the problem of using multiple managers. if i remember right, i think somebody mentioned it during the satirical exchange about linux and windows in this list (why they hate linux or something). if somebody out there is saving those messages, i would be indebted if you could send me a copy of that message. thanks! -- 8:39pm up 2:23, 3 users, load average: 0.14, 0.34, 0.41 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Modem Conection
Lúcio Costa de Almeida wrote: Hello folks !!! Can Anyone help me? One Friend of my, both a pc: AMD Athon 1GHz, 256 RAM, 2 HD's 20Gb, (Window$, Linux) 1 DVD (LG), 1 CDRW (LG) And the problem --Fax/modem: USR 3cp5610a I can't do this modem worked in Windows or Linux, I tryed all COM Ports, in Window$, (COM1 and COM2); and all Linux ports, too. No modem detected !!! Please, Help me ! ___ Yahoo! GeoCities Tenha seu lugar na Web. Construa hoje mesmo sua home page no Yahoo! GeoCities. É fácil e grátis! http://br.geocities.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I have the same modem and I use ttyS4 (COM5). Regards, Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Alternative to QuickTime
Guys, what's the best alternative to QuickTime ? Ran into a site that requires QT but problem is that its only available for Windoze and Mac... /thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Alternative to QuickTime
try this url : http://www.heroinewarrior.com/quicktime.php3 -- Mike McNeese Springdale Ar. USA __ If you only see obstacles in your path You have stopped seeing your goal. __ Registered Linux User # 248955 Since Aug. 1997 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mulitple desktop managers
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 20:40:15 +0600 Mark D'voo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: from any command line you can just run: startx -- :1 or if you want three graphic desktops startx -- :2 if you want to run gnome startx /usr/bin/gnome-session -- :1 mark thanks mark but i encountered this while running xfce (it was run using starx and KDE is my default desktop manager). this is a little bit long... thanks! [adiaz@Ronin bin]$ startx -- :1 XFree86 Version 4.1.0 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510) Release Date: 2 June 2001 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.8-5mdkenterprise i686 [ELF] Module Loader present (==) Log file: /var/log/XFree86.1.log, Time: Tue Dec 4 10:53:49 2001 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) ServerLayout layout1 (**) |--Screen screen1 (0) (**) | |--Monitor monitor1 (**) | |--Device Intel 815 (**) |--Input Device Mouse1 (**) |--Input Device Keyboard1 (**) XKB: rules: xfree86 (**) XKB: model: pc105 (**) XKB: layout: us (**) FontPath set to unix/:-1 (**) RgbPath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb (==) ModulePath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules (--) using VT number 8 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a (II) Module bitmap: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a (II) Module pcidata: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 0.1.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (II) Module scanpci: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 0.1.0 (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (--) PCI:*(0:2:0) Intel i815 rev 2, Mem @ 0xf800/26, 0xf700/19 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a (II) Module dbe: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a (II) Module glx: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a (II) Module GLcore: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a (II) Module dri: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a (II) Module drm: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a (II) Module extmod: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a (II) Module type1: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a (II) Module freetype: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.1.9 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/i810_drv.o (II) Module i810: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o (II) Module mouse: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) I810: Driver for Intel i810 chipset: i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815 (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device (--) Chipset i815 found (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a (II) Module vgahw: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 0.1.0 (**) I810(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16 (==) I810(0): RGB weight 565 (==) I810(0): Default visual is TrueColor (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a (II) Module vbe: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a (II) Module int10: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) I810(0): initializing int10 (II) I810(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000 (II) I810(0): VESA BIOS detected (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a (II) Module ddc: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC supported (II) I810(0): Manufacturer: PHL Model: 770c Serial#: 140626 (II) I810(0): Year: 2000 Week: 11 (II) I810(0): EDID Version: 1.1 (II) I810(0): Analog Display Input, Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.700 V (II) I810(0): Sync: Separate (II) I810(0): Max H-Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 31 vert.: 23 (II) I810(0): Gamma: 2.77 (II) I810(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy
Re: [newbie] mulitple desktop managers
true, it doesn't bother me though, If you are using kde you can press alt-f2 (run command), and type it in there, then you won't see any of the debug info On Tuesday 04 December 2001 21:57, you wrote: On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 20:40:15 +0600 Mark D'voo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: from any command line you can just run: startx -- :1 or if you want three graphic desktops startx -- :2 if you want to run gnome startx /usr/bin/gnome-session -- :1 mark thanks mark but i encountered this while running xfce (it was run using starx and KDE is my default desktop manager). this is a little bit long... thanks! [adiaz@Ronin bin]$ startx -- :1 XFree86 Version 4.1.0 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510) Release Date: 2 June 2001 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.8-5mdkenterprise i686 [ELF] Module Loader present (==) Log file: /var/log/XFree86.1.log, Time: Tue Dec 4 10:53:49 2001 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) ServerLayout layout1 (**) |--Screen screen1 (0) (**) | |--Monitor monitor1 (**) | |--Device Intel 815 (**) |--Input Device Mouse1 (**) |--Input Device Keyboard1 (**) XKB: rules: xfree86 (**) XKB: model: pc105 (**) XKB: layout: us (**) FontPath set to unix/:-1 (**) RgbPath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb (==) ModulePath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules (--) using VT number 8 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a (II) Module bitmap: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a (II) Module pcidata: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 0.1.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (II) Module scanpci: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 0.1.0 (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (--) PCI:*(0:2:0) Intel i815 rev 2, Mem @ 0xf800/26, 0xf700/19 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a (II) Module dbe: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a (II) Module glx: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a (II) Module GLcore: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a (II) Module dri: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a (II) Module drm: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a (II) Module extmod: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a (II) Module type1: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a (II) Module freetype: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.1.9 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/i810_drv.o (II) Module i810: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o (II) Module mouse: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) I810: Driver for Intel i810 chipset: i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815 (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device (--) Chipset i815 found (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a (II) Module vgahw: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 0.1.0 (**) I810(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16 (==) I810(0): RGB weight 565 (==) I810(0): Default visual is TrueColor (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a (II) Module vbe: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a (II) Module int10: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) I810(0): initializing int10 (II) I810(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000 (II) I810(0): VESA BIOS detected (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a (II) Module ddc: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC supported (II) I810(0): Manufacturer: PHL Model: 770c Serial#:
Re: [newbie] memory: leaks and fragmentations
Ed Tharp wrote: well now... i guess it depends on your dafinition (spelled the way i wanted) of what is a memory leak. i would have bet that was abiword cacheing the documentsand I have noticed the same behaivior with Adobe Photoshop. it does make re-opening the same file somewhat quicker in my opinion. but I would not have called it a leak' as the mem was returned (for the most part, it is a winders program) It's not a cache. After each of these steps, check the resources available in the Resource Meter. Open AbiWord. Open an existing document in AbiWord (which creates a new window). Close that document. Open it, close it, open it, close it, ... After each open close cycle you will notice that fewer and fewer resources are available. Is AbiWord caching the same document multiple times? (If that is the case, it is just as good as a memory leak.) Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to execute .jar files on LM 8.1
what exactly are you trying to do? you usually run .jar, if it has a class in it that defines the main() method, as: java -jar FILE.jar At 22:35 01/12/03 -0500, you wrote: How do run .jar files on Mandrake 8.1? I still have not figured it out. -- Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch it to be sure. -Murphy's Law 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 execute .jar files on LM 8.1
On Mon, 03 Dec 2001 22:46:37 +0900 tek1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what exactly are you trying to do? you usually run .jar, if it has a class in it that defines the main() method, as: java -jar FILE.jar That is what I am doing, this is what I get and it doesn't have anything to do with this particular file, I get this error for any .jar file: [jon@linuxgeek jon]$ java -jar JAP.jar Internal error: caught an unexpected exception. Please check your CLASSPATH and your installation. java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: JAPView at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:native) at kaffe.jar.ExecJarName.main(ExecJarName.java:70) at kaffe.jar.ExecJar.main(ExecJar.java:59) Aborted How do I set the classpath? Or is that even gonna fix it? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mulitple desktop managers
it should not but I still dont see where the second manager went (did it come up?). i thought the loading failed as is implied by the the 'Fatal Server Error'. ciao! On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 21:02:23 +0600 Mark D'voo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: true, it doesn't bother me though, If you are using kde you can press alt-f2 (run command), and type it in there, then you won't see any of the debug info On Tuesday 04 December 2001 21:57, you wrote: On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 20:40:15 +0600 Mark D'voo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: from any command line you can just run: startx -- :1 or if you want three graphic desktops startx -- :2 if you want to run gnome startx /usr/bin/gnome-session -- :1 mark thanks mark but i encountered this while running xfce (it was run using starx and KDE is my default desktop manager). this is a little bit long... thanks! [adiaz@Ronin bin]$ startx -- :1 XFree86 Version 4.1.0 / X Window System snip Fatal server error: AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0 When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file /var/log/XFree86.1.log. Please report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED] XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server :1.0 after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. -- Programming, an artform that fights back. === Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer 25/F Equitable-PCI Tower ADB Ave. cor. Poveda St., Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines 1605 Tel no: (632) 6383070 loc 75 === Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to execute .jar files on LM 8.1
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 22:52:03 -0500 Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 03 Dec 2001 22:46:37 +0900 tek1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what exactly are you trying to do? you usually run .jar, if it has a class in it that defines the main() method, as: java -jar FILE.jar That is what I am doing, this is what I get and it doesn't have anything to do with this particular file, I get this error for any .jar file: [jon@linuxgeek jon]$ java -jar JAP.jar Internal error: caught an unexpected exception. Please check your CLASSPATH and your installation. java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: JAPView at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:native) at kaffe.jar.ExecJarName.main(ExecJarName.java:70) at kaffe.jar.ExecJar.main(ExecJar.java:59) Aborted How do I set the classpath? Or is that even gonna fix it? what version of java do you want to use? im using the one from sun and its working fine. classpath is defined in the .bashrc (single person) or in the /etc/profile (all users). my .bashrc entries look like this: export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.3.1/ export CLASSPATH=.:$JAVA_HOME/lib and ditch the kaffe if you dont need v1.1.x support (i use the blackbox port when i want that kind of support). HTH -- Programming, an artform that fights back. === Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer 25/F Equitable-PCI Tower ADB Ave. cor. Poveda St., Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines 1605 Tel no: (632) 6383070 loc 75 === Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] bash script
With some [read LOTS] of help on IRC, I found way to do this: find dir1/ -lname /dir2 | xargs rm this find all files in dir1 which link to dir2 (it's important to know whether you want to find files that link relatively or absolutely), then pipes this info to xargs and rm. Try it just up to the pipe to see how it lists the links. For mroe info, check out man find and man xargs -Paul Rodríguez On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 16:47, Paul Rodríguez wrote: Ok Lets say I have files in Dir2 which I have symlinks for in Dir1. So the contents of Dir1 include links to all the files in Dir2, plus files of its own... I want to delete all of those symlinks in Dir1 for Dir2, without deleting anything else, or going through them one by one... Is there a way I can say something like.. rm -rf /Dir1/(output of ls Dir2) Or, said another way... rm -rf /Dir1/(all symlinks to contents of Dir2) Thanks! -Paul Rodríguez _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com =_1007416123-31033-1102 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ 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] Alternative to QuickTime
from what i can see, it provides only the libraries needed to run quicktime movies. Are there any executable binaries that can be used as plugins to Linux Netscape 6.2 ? thanks... mycal62 wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"> try this url : http://www.heroinewarrior.com/quicktime.php3 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Internet connection sharing
I have just dedicated one of my machines as a Linux server. Installed Mandrake 8.1 and chose server partitioning. Almost everything works great! That is it does immediately after I set up internet connection sharing, but after a server reboot I can no longer use the shared connection until I configure it again. i.e. I use the wizard in DrakConf. It tells me that this is already configured. I click on the Configure button anyway and it reruns the scripts and everything works again. Reboot and it's no go. It's a dialup connection and it still dials OK - is then accessable from the server, but not to the client machines. I'm planning to do the server tutorial stuff and learn what's behind the wizard, but right now I need a quick fix (don't we all!), or at least a starting point on where to look for a diagnostic. As always, any help is much appreciated. cheers /Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How do I uninstall?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: MD5 Hello newbie, Is there an easy way to uninstall Linux on a machine? I have to reclaim some space and unfortunately Linux has to go for now. Thanks, Rudy Willis - -- Best regards, The Willis Family mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6 iQDVAwUAPAx+57y+QJnZ0mOpAQHzsgX/VSTetx2Ftl2qbzp6WuiHesoqRp9S/i3G ZHXcev2ahIgHCEABLqyKPMoLA/TqjEbfy1pAM5V3UIfiXSXk04Fr3ViGRV9EMGaf g5rUoU5K2AI0ZlmJCMpcjyfiGh5TV9Opk5migNcHEy/ixw8TQFd4uq/VrGAuZaBF 6eAFHyGlDcLfw4VY6AT+c2sdHzHpOcLzlYoI85N0kfH503dagVJpPW2+8nITXDhz 6pRHvptz6vKjwEJXTJAOVqo1ZJkouXRJ =whqT -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
