[newbie-it] devfs and sound
Come consigliatomi ho dismesso il devfs. sndconfig a quel punto ha fatto il suo dovere, ascolto file midi con playmidi e file wav, (da mc). Però da interfaccia grafica non ho suoni di sistema, non posso sentire file midi (kmidi abortisce ) e non ho più il dev/cdrom (qualcuno conosce il major e il minor number per ricrearlo?) per sentire i cd musicali. Chi mi può consigliare?
[newbie-it] shutdown and usb
Ho un problemino da qualche giorno, lo shutdown abortisce, costringendomi ad un halt hardware nel momento di smontare l'usb. Come rimediare?
Re: [newbie-it] devfs and sound
Stefano Sebastiani wrote: Come consigliatomi ho dismesso il devfs. sndconfig a quel punto ha fatto il suo dovere, ascolto file midi con playmidi e file wav, (da mc). Però da interfaccia grafica non ho suoni di sistema, non posso sentire file midi (kmidi abortisce ) e non ho più il dev/cdrom (qualcuno conosce il major e il minor number per ricrearlo?) per sentire i cd musicali. Chi mi può consigliare? spetta spettacome hai fatto ad eliminare devfs ??? perdona la mia ignoranza
[newbie-it] mandrake 8.0 su win2k
E' possibile far girare la versione 8.0 da una sessione Windows 2000? Esiste qualche software per caricare Linux da W2k? Tipo quello per W98 che c'era... tutto questo per evitare lunghi reboot per far partire Linux! Cu s%N!Ciaociao Byez ! L8r \\marco[www] http://members.xoom.it/verbal_666 ||| http://surf.to/verbal_666[email] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ||| [EMAIL PROTECTED] ||| [EMAIL PROTECTED][icq] 19758469 ] do you have an opinion ?] a mind of your own ?] i thought you were special.] i thought you should know.] but i've run out of patience,] i couldn't care less.] now i lay me down to sleep,] pray the Lord my soul to keep,] if i die before i wake,] pray the Lord my soul to take.] 10 hippopotamuses to change your mind. ] Dance! Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.] oh my God, it's full of stars!
Re: [newbie-it] mandrake 8.0 su win2k
E' possibile far girare la versione 8.0 da una sessione Windows 2000? Esiste qualche software per caricare Linux da W2k? http://www.vmware.com -- CyberDevil Se non sai a cosa serve disinstallalo !!!
[newbie] RAID SUPPORT
Ok People, I have an ASUS motherboard with built in (Promise) RAID support and i was wanting to know if Drake 8.0 Supports this and how i can get it to work properly if it does. I have never used RAID in linux, and i need to know how i install linux on a system running XP and have support for the RAID. -Thanks- DARKW0LF Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] linux fitness/health programs?
I know this is a super long shot, but does anyone know of any of these? I found one (Diondine) but it was closed source, cost money and wasn't so great. Matt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RAID SUPPORT
On Friday 07 December 2001 11:02 pm, Brandon S. Neily wrote: Ok People, I have an ASUS motherboard with built in (Promise) RAID support and i was wanting to know if Drake 8.0 Supports this and how i can get it to work properly if it does. I have never used RAID in linux, and i need to know how i install linux on a system running XP and have support for the RAID. -Thanks- DARKW0LF With 8.0 you can pretty well forget it. So few people know that the promise RAID controller is nothing more than a BIOS extension chip with some proprietary, secret, copyrighted software. Look at the Duke of URL site. He was taken in sufficiently by the totally fake hardware to show how to write a driver from the proprietary RH driver. Or check www.linux-ide.org for a link to a project to support these so called hardware RAIDs. Or look at kernels after 2.4.8-31mdk and you will find support for reading Windows RAID but happily no support for using the vastly inferior software RAIDs in linux. As a matter of fact there is a RAID in linux and it has been around for a while, in software. Feature Promise, HPT, CMD Linux Software RAID RAID styles 0, 1, 0+1 0, 1, 4, 5, 0+1 Extents 1 No limit Volumes No Logical Volumes of several drives Cost in space Yes, drive destrokedDependent on RAIDx Compat with Windows Yes No, but can read after kernel 2.4.9 Basically, some controller manufacturers and board manufacturers are making money selling these RAIDs representing them as something they are arguably _not_. If you want a read hardware IDE RAID supported in ANY OS that runs on a PC, its name is ARCO, and there is a link to it at http://www.linux-ide.org/chipsets.html I am really displeased that so many folks are being taken in by this hype. If my opinion is not enough, then see what Mr. Linux-Ide, Andre Hedrick, the fellow who slaves to keep up with industry drivers, had to say about it. http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=450lang=en Sorry to go on a rant, but this one really annoys me. The manufacturers are so jealous of their bogus IP that they won't provide enough info for us to be compatible. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] vmware in LM 8.1 continues
install kernel-headers and kernel-source, then vmware-config.pl can find the right location. /Jun On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 08:44:10PM -0500, Marcia wrote: :Dear All, : :Thank you for your answers and help. I was installing my vmware 2.03 on my :LM8.1 and got a complaint about not having the correct module and they needed :to know what file my C ++ header files were in. I did not know the answer to :that one. Does anyone know what files I need to have installed for these :needed C++ header files so that I may run this vmware 2.03? Thank you for the :help. : :Sincerely, : :Marcia : :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] What's this dependency nonesense all about?
On Saturday 08 December 2001 07:27, you wrote: Hi list, Being new, I'm sure I'm going to have lots of questions and stuff I just don't like. However this dependency stuff when installing software in Linux is making me nuts! I read a great review about a great little program called KcreatCD, I go to the site and get it, all is well until I go to install it. No way it says, this program needs CDParanoia to be installed first! Well there was no mention of that in the review, eh hello! Most Linux apps are small and inter relate with others. They often consist of a 'front end' which is the GUI you feast your eyes on. Some 'middleware' like cdparanoia (which reads audio data digitally), and a 'back end' like cdrecord (which does the actual cd burning). This gives you flexibility and choice. If you do not like the kreatecd front end, then fine... choose a different front end. I tried 8 different cd burning front ends until I found the one I liked best. (It was kreatecd) Its much easier to innovate when only a small portion of the code has to be written. If we had big monolithic applications it would take much longer to develop and it would be a waste of effort. Its the concept of small building blocks which can be independently developed and tested that makes Linux so inherently more stable than windows. This is not the first time I have come up against this. Why in Linux does software depend on other software? Why? Why can't each program stand up on it's own two 1's and 0's? And that brings me to another question. RPMS. I'm not comfortable with the concept of installing just yet, and Lord knows the Kpackage and the like in the distros aren't helping. I have a problem pointing the installer to the source disks. I kinda thought this would be as easy as pointing to a drive letter as in Windows. Don't bother with kpackage just use the Mandrake software manager. It is already set up to point to your CD's. Any time you want a package just search for it in the Software Manager. If any 'dependencies' are required. They will be automagically installed. It really is very simple. If you want to install a package not on your CD's (such as kreatecd) then try to find a mandrake version of the rpm by looking up www.rpmfind.org If you use konqueror then all you have to do is click on the rpm, and when it prompts you select 'open' and Software Manager will automagically download and install the rpm and warn you of any needed dependencies. If you cannot find a Mandrake RPM, then a RedHat one will normally do. Why do I get the feeling someone is about to point out to me that I should have read a RPMS HOW-TO. Okay, I'll go do that now. Mick (It's slow, but I'm getting there) BTW: Do not force an RPM to be installed until you are a LOT more competent with Linux. The software manager knows what it is doing. Enjoy kreatecd. It's the one most like Windows applications, so it should feel familiar. Derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Blocking websites from displaying in Konqueror?
Yes there is a fairly simple way. On the 8.1 discs is an application called junkbuster. This is a proxy server which you run as a daemon, and you point your browsers to the proxy instead of to the internet. Any time doubleclick or any other domain you despise tries to hijack your browser junkbuster will intercept it and display a graphic in its place. Now you have 8.0 so junkbuster is not on your disc set (I think) you can get it off the web, but be aware there are two versions. A new one which is fairly experimental (I gave up on it), and an old one which is reliable but not very sophisticated. Try a Google search and you will find it. HTH Derek On Saturday 08 December 2001 03:20, you wrote: I have a question: There are some websites which I never want to browse or load from, ever. Is there a way to tell Konqueror to never fetch anything from a certain domain? Specificly, I never want Konq to fetch anything from doubleclick.net for any reason. I just have no interest in anything on that site. Surely there is a way to do this? This is with Mandrake 8.0. I am also using iptables firewalling, but that is IP addr only, which won't catch everything I want to catch. Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] missing PostScript fonts
Len. Search the list archives. This one came up a month or so back. I think it was Cilvileme who have a URL for some neat fonts, and also where to find Microsoft fonts on their web site. HTH Derek On Saturday 08 December 2001 06:50, you wrote: Dear fellow explorers Under Mandrake 7.2 I had access to certain fonts which seemed to have disappeared from my 8.1 system. These were Hershey, Antiqua and English Gothic. No idea where they came from but suspect they might be available on Windows systems. I don't have Windows installed so cannot check this. Can these fonts be downloaded from somewhere? There is a Win98 installation disk - could they be read off the CD-ROM? - Len Lawrence @ The Thistle Foundation Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Spam
No, nothing like that, just an HTML attachment which when opened produced a form inviting me to subscribe to some sort of credit checking/e commerce service, I have just noticed that there is an e mail on this list from Tomek Nowinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] and the source of my mysterious e mail contains From: Mel Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Your Competition Will #6C65 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] of course the poczta may be coincidental. On Friday 07 December 2001 19:56 pm, you wrote: that might be stuff generated from the hard drive of the user whos computer the worm was generated last by. it sometimes takes a file name and a file as well as sending itself. was there a filename with a .pif, .exe. .bat, .com extension mentioned ? On Friday 07 December 2001 09:18, you wrote: No, not a worm some sort of invitation to subscribe to an internet trading service - I send details, they set it up for free... yeah, right. On Friday 07 December 2001 10:53 am, you wrote: Spam? maybe, worm? more than likely. i got to you because Uncle Bill wants to drag the internet to his knees so he can sell more stuff. On Friday 07 December 2001 05:20, you wrote: I received an e mail, obviously spam, which came to the e mail address which I use exclusively for this list, it appears that addresses may have been harvested (has any one alse had it ?) Strangely though, it does not appear to be addressed to me, any ideas how it got to me, the message source is pasted below. Received: from poczta.tvfamilijna.pl ([212.45.227.198]) by neodymium.btinternet.com with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #8) id 16CEDi-00025E-00; Fri, 07 Dec 2001 06:10:50 + Received: from host (10-089.024.popsite.net [66.19.6.89]) by poczta.tvfamilijna.pl (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id fB7663ND021747; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 07:06:05 +0100 Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Mel Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Your Competition Will #6C65 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE VÐßD.1712.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 22:25:02 -0500 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary==_NextPart_000_007F_01BDF6C7.FABAC1B0 Status: R X-Status: N This is a MIME Message --=_NextPart_000_007F_01BDF6C7.FABAC1B0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary==_NextPart_001_0080_01BDF6C7.FABAC1B0 --=_NextPart_001_0080_01BDF6C7.FABAC1B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * This is an HTML Message ! * (I have not included the HTML attachment). -- Poogle Registered Linux user 182657 (added to sig for the benefit of those irritated by it) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] oops
hello oops, check /boot for your old kernel. anytime you make a kernel change, before creating new kernel, cp old kernel to *.old or what ever, add image for *.old to lilo or grub config so you will still have a working kernel selectable at boot tc,hago. g . -- think green... save a tree, save a life, save time, save bandwidth, save storage. send email, text/plain - disable pgp/gpg/geek code =+= if you are proud to be an american, then buy made in america. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] lilo
I just installed Mandrake on a Dell Pentium III machine. It runs well alongside Windows ME. I want to have lilo default to Windows, instead of Linux. How do I do this? I assume I need to edit the lilo.conf file and move the windows section to the top of the list, right? If I am right, how do I change the file attributes so I can write to it? -- Bob Kauffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 573-874-6783 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] lilo
On Saturday 08 December 2001 06:44 am, Bob Kauffman wrote: I just installed Mandrake on a Dell Pentium III machine. It runs well alongside Windows ME. I want to have lilo default to Windows, instead of Linux. How do I do this? I assume I need to edit the lilo.conf file and move the windows section to the top of the list, right? You can actually do this through linuxconf, but first you have to tell it to load LILO as one of the things handled by it. If I remember how I did it correctly, that's Control-Linuxconf Management-Modules. Then, the button to control LILO should appear in Config-Boot.-LILO. That will spring up the panel to use. The rest should be fairly obvious. If I am right, how do I change the file attributes so I can write to it? To lilo.conf or to the Windows partition? For the latter, su into root via a console window, and type: umount /mnt/windows (or wherever the Windows partition is mounted on your setup). Then, mount /mnt/windows. Everything should now be writeable (so be careful to avoid hosing Windows!). Robin M. Weare Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RAID SUPPORT, OT now;, Civileme? go on a rant? never
IMHO I would only qualify as a rant if you were not asked the question so often As it is, in my view, you are 'patiently answering a question too often repated. I would be temppted to just give the URL for the list archive and say search. Sorry to go on a rant, but this one really annoys me. The manufacturers are so jealous of their bogus IP that they won't provide enough info for us to be compatible. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] lilo
On Saturday 08 December 2001 07:44, you wrote: I just installed Mandrake on a Dell Pentium III machine. It runs well alongside Windows ME. Easiest way to get used to how lilo uses the entries, as root: copy to lilo.conf.old. (cp lilo.conf lilo.conf.old) Assuming your using 8.1: Open Control Center, choose Boot on the menu on the left, Choose Boot Config then choose configure. On the small window that pops up choose OK. It will bring up one more small window, click on the windows entry and choose modify. Select default, then OK, then done. In a shell as root type lilo -v (making sure there are no errors). Now you can look at the two versions (lilo.conf and lilo.conf.old) and see how it changed the entries. I often chose this method to review how things changed entries to learn the symantics. A visual is worth more than words. Your good to go. Cheers Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] error: Id x respawning too fast
I've had better luck with this problem by electing NOT to start x automatically..just my view tho :-) Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] error notification
On Saturday 08 December 2001 07:47, you wrote: Hi, Since yesterday, everytime I want to 'su' in A terminal and give my root paasword I get: 'maximum filesize exeeded' Well it's A translation from Dutch. It's really annoying me, does somebody know how to get rid of it? TIA, Gerard Gerard, this is due to a bug in the InteractiveBastille configuration. You will need to go into the /etc/limits.config file and find the line that shows a file limit of 1 and add a couple of zeros to it. This was put in to limit user file sizes in case of a hack into the system that would take over for DDOS attacks. It is short a zero or two in the file. The other way to do it, I think, is to rerun InteractiveBastille and not choose file limits. HTH -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] conflict between modem and Com 2?
Less see... take two aspirins, no more caffeine for 10 hours, post the output of (in a text console, as root, without the quotes) cat /proc/pci and the real model number of your modem would be good. the part we are looking for in /proc/pci is about a communication controller or something else about communication. On Saturday 08 December 2001 08:52, you wrote: John B wrote: Unfortunately, it *does* sound like a winmodem problem. AAA Not a Winmodem!! I have asked the shop again and there is an internal USR PCI Sportster V90 56k in there on Com 4. I understand that the reason Com 2 doesn't work is because it has the same IRQ as Com 4 but see below. Aren't the USR modems linmodems? Why doesn't it show as up as detected in the Mandrake Control Centre when I am logged on as a user or root? or is the reason it is not showing up that it is a Winmodem or is there a CLI command I need to run for the AMD Thunderbird to detect even though it looks for new hardware on bootup? HELP. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] lilo
write to lilo as root. just change the default info, does not matter where in the list it is. after saving lilo.conf, run (as root in a text console, without the quotes, lilo or /sbin/lilo to have lilo check and write the configuration to the boot record. On Saturday 08 December 2001 09:44, you wrote: I just installed Mandrake on a Dell Pentium III machine. It runs well alongside Windows ME. I want to have lilo default to Windows, instead of Linux. How do I do this? I assume I need to edit the lilo.conf file and move the windows section to the top of the list, right? If I am right, how do I change the file attributes so I can write to it? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Epson Printer ~ Which one?
El Sábado 08 Diciembre 2001 08:46, escribió: Hi there all, I just need a little advice on a new printer. I currently have a HP printer, but due to it's age the quality sucks :-/ Bacause of this I want now to buy an Epson printer (a friend of mine has one) as the quality is great :-) What epson printers are supported under lpd? I still don't like the idea of Cups though, as so far it has only caused me head-aches. Could you guys maybe suggest a certain model is you have any experience with that particular printer under linux / mandrake? Many thanks Ralph Stylus Photo 700 (CUPS) do a great job (if you need photo quality). Carlos Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Spam
I wonder what country has .PL? I always think .pl is a perl script? On Saturday 08 December 2001 05:46, you wrote: poczta.tvfamilijna.pl Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] yamaha sound card problems
I am looking for a module called 'isa-pnp' to make my sound card work. Does any one know where i can find it? Roy
RE: [newbie] Transgamings Winex (I can play Diablo 2)!!!
In fact, next Mandrake update (8.2), methinks there will no longer be dual-booting... ;-) That would be cool!! Now we will install microsoft office xp on your machine :) /me ducks outta way of heavy thrown objects:) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Spam ok .pl is poland
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Re: [newbie] yamaha sound card problems
ehhh. do you have the cds? rpm.sourceforge.net? google.com search? On Saturday 08 December 2001 11:33, you wrote: I am looking for a module called 'isa-pnp' to make my sound card work. Does any one know where i can find it? Roy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] yamaha sound card problems
i have the down load version of the cd's.. but when i run the modprobe command and tell it to install isa-pnp is replys something to the effect of cannot find module isa-pnp.o roy - Original Message - From: Ed Tharp To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 1057 Subject: Re: [newbie] yamaha sound card problems ehhh. do you have the cds? rpm.sourceforge.net? google.com search? On Saturday 08 December 2001 11:33, you wrote: I am looking for a module called 'isa-pnp' to make my sound card work. Does any one know where i can find it? Roy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] conflict between modem and Com 2?
On Sat, 08 Dec 2001 15:52:37 +0200 Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John B wrote: Unfortunately, it *does* sound like a winmodem problem. AAA Not a Winmodem!! I have asked the shop again and there is an internal USR PCI Sportster V90 56k in there on Com 4. I understand that the reason Com 2 doesn't work is because it has the same IRQ as Com 4 but see below. Aren't the USR modems linmodems? Why doesn't it show as up as detected in the Mandrake Control Centre when I am logged on as a user or root? or is the reason it is not showing up that it is a Winmodem or is there a CLI command I need to run for the AMD Thunderbird to detect even though it looks for new hardware on bootup? HELP. Why don't you just follow Ed's and Civileme's advice and try (after disabling COM2 in the BIOS) to set up your internet connection in Mandrake Control Centre - Connection? -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] conflict between USR modem and Com 2?
Less see... take two aspirins, no more caffeine for 10 hours, No More caffeine for 10 hours, are you SICK! Someone also said I should see a doctor after a headache lasted a week so I quit Aspirin and am now waiting for the doctor to have an open appointment :) post the output of (in a text console, as root, without the quotes) cat /proc/pci... real easy if I was sending email from my Mandrake 8 box but alas Mr Gates seems to have partially locked me into using Windows for Netscape. and the real model number of your modem would be good. Will have to ask the shop on Monday for the model number. Just had a brain waveI'll check on the gromitc modem page to see if the USR Sportster is supported or only certain model numbers. the part we are looking for in /proc/pci is about a communication controller or something else about communication. Will do the cat command and then view it and see if I can pick anything up about the controller. E, real newbie question: How do I view the file I created with cat or will that let me view its contents as well? Should I perhaps open the file in a web browser like Konquerer or summit? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Transgamings Winex (I can play Diablo 2)!!!
Carl Lafferty wrote: In fact, next Mandrake update (8.2), methinks there will no longer be dual-booting... ;-) That would be cool!! Now we will install microsoft office xp on your machine :) /me ducks outta way of heavy thrown objects:) -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Not only are they heavy (metallic) thrown objects, but I right-clicked on properties and made them heat-seeking as well... ;-))) Good luck! -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SPAM FILTER
Take a look at Postini http://www.google.com/search?q=Postinichk=on Alex Matt Greer wrote: From: Matt Koppelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am a new sysadmin for my ISP.. we have a horrible spam problem here, and no one has done anything in the past to resolve it. I have decent linux experience, but i wouldnt exactly call myself a pro.. :) i have been looking into blackmail, but it seems very difficult to install. I was wondering if anyone out there knew of an AWESOME spam filter, that can be used system-wide (for ISP use) and is EASY to install and administer.. can anyone please help me?!?!? :) Give procmail a try. I'm about to set it up for my network as well. I don't actually have it running yet, but I've seen nothing but positive things about it. http://www.procmail.org/ 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Transgamings Winex question
i have been wondering, does the winex (or wine for that matter, never even read up on either) require a windows install or dual boot? or just select files from windows, or niether. i would love to play diablo and starcraft and TFC, but i am NOT putting a win partition on here, soo On Saturday 08 December 2001 06:01, you spoke unto me thusly: Its not free, but if you're like me, and live for the day that -nothing- Windoze is around me, then you'll appreciate this. Transgamings WineX (wine on steroids!) works. Its about a 4 meg d/l, and costs a monthly subcription of $5... I've thrown Starcraft and Diablo 2 at it so far. Both work, even networking play in Diablo2! (speed is great - graphics look identical) I'm happy. ;-) In fact, next Mandrake update (8.2), methinks there will no longer be dual-booting... ;-) -- Computers are like air conditioners they stop working properly if you open windows. shane registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ http://www.mystic-light.net/personal/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Transgamings Winex question
On Saturday 08 December 2001 12:40 pm, you wrote: i have been wondering, does the winex (or wine for that matter, never even read up on either) require a windows install or dual boot? or just select files from windows, or niether. i would love to play diablo and starcraft and TFC, but i am NOT putting a win partition on here, soo Apparently not. Here is a howto on how to run halflife in Linux via wine, and it says a windows install is not necessary. You can run halflife's installation program from wine itself. http://lhl.linuxgames.com/howto/half-life-HOWTO-0.4.1.html I haven't tried it yet. As halflife, despite its age, is still a full price game :/ Matt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] error notification
Op zaterdag 8 december 2001 16:00, schreef u: Gerard, this is due to a bug in the InteractiveBastille configuration. You will need to go into the /etc/limits.config file and find the line that shows a file limit of 1 and add a couple of zeros to it. Thanks! That was it! Although is was in /etc/security/limits.conf I added 2 zero's. Gerard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] SAMBA (was: internet sharing setup)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 At 06:12 PM 12/7/2001 -0500, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: First: Are all three machines members of the same workgroup? Yes, they are. Are you SURE that you've defined the Workgroup name in Samba the SAME as that used on your other Winblows boxes? Yes, I have. Second: When you log into windows you are asked for a user name and password. This user name and password, gets passed to Samba whenever you connect to a share and browse the network. Not on the Win95 machine. The Win95 machine prompts for a password. Thus a Linux/Unix account AND a corresponding Samba account must exist for each of these login name/password pairs. In other words, both the Windows computers and the Linux box has to have identical user/password combinations? I.E. you need to use smbadduser and smbpasswd to add the SAMBA users to Linux's SAMBA user/password lists. ALWAYS double check this using SMBCLIENT smbclient -L LINUXBOX -U WINUSER Asks the Samba Linuxbox, to log in as WINUSER and present the shares. LINUXBOX WINUSER == the machine name? When you configured SAMBA, you should have also enabled the NMB component and enabled SAMBA to be the BROWSE MASTER for your network or domain. Done. This is what presents the shares to the Winblows workstations. (the icons). If you havent increase the OS LEVEL in samba, the browse master will be decided by election amoung your computers (REALLY they vote!). When things change the browse list(s) dissappear for awhile until things get sorted out again. The OS level was not changed. If your Linux box is up all the time, make it the BROWSE MASTER so that things will not keep shifting and disappearing. Did you also remember to define the DEVICES (aka IP ADDRESSES) using the INTERFACES = Line? Yes. If not Samba will not broadcast it's information until something nudges it. -JMS I made some progress. I am able to access the Win95 machine from the Linux box but not vice-versa. I am unable to connect to the Win2K machine and vice-versa. Here's one error I get: added interface (addressing deleted) added interface (addressing deleted) session request to N0SQ failed (Not listening for calling name) session request to *SMBSERVER failed (Not listening for calling name) |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Lee Roberts |Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 5:40 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: Re: [newbie] internet sharing setup | | |Speaking of Samba, I get the icon for the Linux box to show |up on my Win2K Win95 clients but I can't browse the Linux |box. And if I restart Windows, I have to restart the services |on the Linux box before I can display the network icons again |- that sucks. Win95 asks for a password to try to access the |Linux box - that fails, of course. I used the procedure for |Samba from the techtv.com website. Apparently, it's not that |easy to set up Samba. So, what am I doing wrong? BTW, I can |ping all 3 machines on my network - can't share files with any |of them even though the icons show up on the Windows boxes. |And internet connection sharing works OK. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8EmqgjCg8oFTHzFARArlLAJ9vGRPgIf1csO5j9NG0nonirXoz2gCgnd/m 6TuGqPJfO/waGmtpPTTO11o= =QaWl -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Pentium 4 mishaps.
On Saturday 08 December 2001 01:57, you wrote: Hi all, Just to share my experiences. I acquired a Pentium4 chipset and ditto motherboard (Intel D845WN). To boot I received a lovely present: a Hercules prophet 4000XT (64mb) video card. Sheer horror! The whole lot put together. The motherboard has a (not too helpful) cd-ROM with it. It (of course) contains m$ drivers, but not the right ones...well done, wintel!:( Mdk8.1 installed reasonably well, considering it didn't recognize any of the chipsets but the Hercules AGP card (with Kyroschips) was/is a killer. I can handle a gui at 16 bits...That's it!!...:( And frankly that's the only (major) hassle I haven't been able to deal with, as of yet. Kyros has been going out of its way to be uncooperative for drivers, and if their corporate attitude continues through the passage of UCITA, then even reverse-engineering drivers will not be possible, because it will be illegal. But right now, it appears if you want gaming performance in linux, look elsewhere. Right!!! That's clear enough. Now this card was bought brand new, it's been in my PC i.e. it's unpacked. I would definitely like to bring this 'thing' back with some arguments that hopefully would make a diff if more were to do so(and if not at least make the shop think twice when acquiring non-linux gadgets). Any helpfull thoughts? T.i.a, Harm Bathoorn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] error notification
On Saturday 08 December 2001 14:14, you wrote: Op zaterdag 8 december 2001 16:00, schreef u: Gerard, this is due to a bug in the InteractiveBastille configuration. You will need to go into the /etc/limits.config file and find the line that shows a file limit of 1 and add a couple of zeros to it. Thanks! That was it! Although is was in /etc/security/limits.conf I added 2 zero's. Gerard Oops, sometimes my fingers and brain don't coordinate, like walking and chewing gum can be difficult on some days. Sorry I forgot the /security but glad you found it anyway. Bastille is very good with this one minor problem as its only faux paux that I have found. All sites that I have used to probe my computer can't find it, so it is invisible for hacking, and with the packet forwarding I have all the other computers on the LAN protected too, I love linux. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Clock Synchronization
At 07:23 AM 11/27/2001 -0500, Tom Brinkman wrote: hwclock --hctosys Set the System Time from the Hardware Clock. hwclock --systohc Set the Hardware Clock to the current System Time. (see man hwclock) I use this alias in bashrc to set both hardware and software clocks to a time server (U of Houston) alias tdate=rdate -p -s tick.uh.edu hwclock --systohc You'll probly need to install rdate, it's on your CD's. You'll also need to find a public time server in your time zone (Google). Thanks for this info! I've added something similar to cron. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Pentium 4 mishaps.
On Saturday 08 December 2001 02:09, you wrote: I swear: I will never purchase anything from Intel again if there's an AMD option available!! Easy now Harm, lately AMD is the better choice, granted. Not too long ago Intel was. What's best next is always a toss up. Often a monthly moving target, sometimes even quicker. Specially motherboards and chipsets they use. That's sound advice:) It was a fairly surcharged cry of frustation after a day (well almost) of experimenting, searching, cursing (in a silent way, I've got little people in the house:)) and hair pulling. I can promise it won't stop me experimenting, and certainly will not bring m$ back to this machine. That's a big period!! Freedom's expensive but worth it. Harm Bathoorn. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] xawtv - mouse kills sound
xawtv works... until I move the mouse, then the sound goes off. Sound works fine with everything else. I have a pinnacle studio tv pro card. Anybody have any suggestions where to look to diagnose this? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Transgamings Winex (I can play Diablo 2)!!!
Not only are they heavy (metallic) thrown objects, but I right-clicked on properties and made them heat-seeking as well... ;-))) You obviously don't know I am cold blooded so there ya go. :) hehehehe:) Seriously have you tried the IPX stuff with starcraft yet?? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Transgamings Winex (I can play Diablo 2)!!!
On Saturday 08 December 2001 15:01, you wrote: Its not free, but if you're like me, and live for the day that -nothing- Windoze is around me, then you'll appreciate this. Transgamings WineX (wine on steroids!) works. Its about a 4 meg d/l, and costs a monthly subcription of $5... I've thrown Starcraft and Diablo 2 at it so far. Both work, even networking play in Diablo2! (speed is great - graphics look identical) I'm happy. ;-) In fact, next Mandrake update (8.2), methinks there will no longer be dual-booting... ;-) So tell! You said (almost) the same about quicktime and crossover (and I've the same experience:)). Did you un-install one for the other, or are they both installed on the same machine? Ciao and good gaming, Harm Bathoorn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Linux to Windows connection problem
Thanks a lot for the warm welcome I got on this list. I want my linux machine connected to the internet on eth0. Eth1 I want connected to my windows machine. At least one of them should have read/write permission on the other. I do not wish to share the internet connection. The windows machine is win 2000 pro with ip 192.168.0.1 and the linux is mandrake 8.1 with ip 192.168.0.2. They both use subnet mask 255.255.255.0. When I ping the linux from windows I get an ok message (100% ok, 0% dropped) but when I ping from linux it keeps on pinging forever. Does this mean that only one of my machines is misconfigured, and if this is the case, wich one? Does anyone have any idea on how to fix it? If I want only one of them to read/write on the other, could I live with this or do I have to fix it? Soon to be qualified to be a newbie, Stojs Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Linux to Windows connection problem
When I ping the linux from windows I get an ok message (100% ok, 0% dropped) but when I ping from linux it keeps on pinging forever. Does this mean that only one of my machines is misconfigured, and if this is the case, wich one? What do you mean it keeps pinging forever? does it return numbers like this?? Splinter ~ ping 172.24.38.37 PING 172.24.38.37 (172.24.38.37): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 172.24.38.37: icmp_seq=0 ttl=128 time=0.7 ms 64 bytes from 172.24.38.37: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=0.6 ms 64 bytes from 172.24.38.37: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=0.6 ms 64 bytes from 172.24.38.37: icmp_seq=3 ttl=128 time=0.6 ms 64 bytes from 172.24.38.37: icmp_seq=4 ttl=128 time=0.6 ms 64 bytes from 172.24.38.37: icmp_seq=5 ttl=128 time=0.5 ms but keep going?? If so, then that is fine. hit CTRL-C to end it and it should give you something like --- 172.24.38.37 ping statistics --- 6 packets transmitted, 6 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 0.5/0.6/0.7 ms default ping in linux goes on slightly less than forever unless you limit it. Default ping in windows is only to do it 4 times. Hope this helps. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Transgamings Winex question
shane wrote: i have been wondering, does the winex (or wine for that matter, never even read up on either) require a windows install or dual boot? or just select files from windows, or niether. i would love to play diablo and starcraft and TFC, but i am NOT putting a win partition on here, soo I'm dual-booting right now, simply (and the ONLY reason) is because I can play networking Starcraft with my 11 and 8 year old. They love it, and it keeps me off the streets at night. grin Once (and I LIVE for the day!) I can get Starcraft networking to work with Winex, then I'll reinstall, and wipe Windog from my HD so fast Bill Gates head will spin like Linda Blair in the Exorcist! Anyways, I've had Starcraft working with Wine, under a -fake- windows partition on my /home/darklord partitions so it works either way. I've heard some say though, that certain Windows games won't work like this. Do yourself a favor, goto: http://www.transgaming.com http://www.codeweavers.com http://www.winehq.com and check out all the FAQ files, info sections, etc, etc, and judge for yourself... See ya! ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] yamaha sound card problems
On Sat, 8 Dec 2001 11:02:52 -0600 Roy Barton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have the down load version of the cd's.. but when i run the modprobe command and tell it to install isa-pnp is replys something to the effect of cannot find module isa-pnp.o roy snip The LM8.1 standard kernel has isa-pnp support compiled in, not as a module. The sound section of Mandrake Control Centre doen't seem to know this... Try, as root, in a text console, running 'sndconfig' :) -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [[newbie] Blocking websites from displaying in Konqueror?]
Thanks for the tip on Junkbuster. I used to use it but it definitely doesn't work for some sites. I'm not sure why. Wouldn't this be an awesome feature for Konq? Have a menu where you can list domains that should never ever be visited? It seems like it would be a really easy feature to add. Just when Konq is about to call gethostbyname, before it does that, see if the domain is on a blacklist. Would this be difficult? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux to Windows connection problem
On Saturday 08 December 2001 02:58 pm, you wrote: When I ping the linux from windows I get an ok message (100% ok, 0% dropped) but when I ping from linux it keeps on pinging forever. Does this mean that only one of my machines is misconfigured, and if this is the case, wich one? That's correct. Unix ping will ping forever unless you stop it. Hit CTRL-C to stop it, and it will then clean up the program for you. Windows ping will ping 3 times and then stop. If I want only one of them to read/write on the other, could I live with this or do I have to fix it? If you want read/write between them, the best solution is probably Samba. Don't get discouraged, getting Samba running can be a pain, it's a complex set of programs. The best crash course on samba I've figured out is to just install the samba rpms then work your way through the diagnosis file, which is online at: http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/DIAGNOSIS.html You will fail the later tests, samba doesn't run out of the box unfortunately. But when you do fail, you'll have an idea of what you need to troubleshoot. I've set up samba a few times, and I'm sure others here have as well. So you can always post here with problems. Matt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Transgamings Winex (I can play Diablo 2)!!!
Harm Bathoorn wrote: On Saturday 08 December 2001 15:01, you wrote: Its not free, but if you're like me, and live for the day that -nothing- Windoze is around me, then you'll appreciate this. Transgamings WineX (wine on steroids!) works. Its about a 4 meg d/l, and costs a monthly subcription of $5... I've thrown Starcraft and Diablo 2 at it so far. Both work, even networking play in Diablo2! (speed is great - graphics look identical) I'm happy. ;-) In fact, next Mandrake update (8.2), methinks there will no longer be dual-booting... ;-) So tell! You said (almost) the same about quicktime and crossover (and I've the same experience:)). Did you un-install one for the other, or are they both installed on the same machine? Ciao and good gaming, Harm Bathoorn I'm a little confused about what you are asking here? I've got Winex installed to play Windoze games with...and the Crossover plugin to view Quicktime (MOV) files with... They are both installed concurrently...on the same machine. I hope this answers your question! ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Transgamings Winex (I can play Diablo 2)!!!
Carl Lafferty wrote: Not only are they heavy (metallic) thrown objects, but I right-clicked on properties and made them heat-seeking as well... ;-))) You obviously don't know I am cold blooded so there ya go. :) hehehehe:) Seriously have you tried the IPX stuff with starcraft yet?? Yes, and I still cannot get it to work. :-( I end up with a ifconfig that says IPX is up and running, but once I'm at the IPX screen in SC, it says it failed to initialise a provider?...I followed the howto here: http://koti.mbnet.fi/~hoppq/sc-howto.html If you don't mind, when you get a moment, look at it and see what you think. Thanks! ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] yamaha sound card problems
The LM8.1 standard kernel has isa-pnp support compiled in, not as a module. The sound section of Mandrake Control Centre doen't seem to know this... Try, as root, in a text console, running 'sndconfig' :) -Frans I've been trying to get a scsi card working for my scanner and when I try to configure it from the control center, I get that message about the isa-pnp module. How would I correct that? I'm running 8.1. Thanks, Randy Donohoe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xawtv - mouse kills sound
Richard Wenninger wrote: xawtv works... until I move the mouse, then the sound goes off. Sound works fine with everything else. I have a pinnacle studio tv pro card. Anybody have any suggestions where to look to diagnose this? Xawtv is very picky about IRQ conflicts. Make sure that you have enough IRQ's free, and no conflicts... You can do a: cat /proc/interrupts to see how everything is going... Hope this helps! ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] rescue and copy directories
Hi, I have decided to do a re-install since my kernel mishap. I can get into my existing linux installation with the installation cd #1 and 'rescue'. Once at a command prompt, I would like to copy the entire /home/bill directory to /mnt/windows and then use it to re-establish my data after a fresh install. When I try a cp /home/bill /mnt/windows I continue to get a 'omitting directory' message and only files in the root of the directory are copied. Is there a way that I can copy the entire directory and maintain the directory structure? Also, I tried to do a cp --help but the messages scrolled off the top of the screenwhat is the command to halt information a page at a time? Thanks to all for helping, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Transgamings Winex (I can play Diablo 2)!!!
On Saturday 08 December 2001 22:26, you wrote: Harm Bathoorn wrote: On Saturday 08 December 2001 15:01, you wrote: Its not free, but if you're like me, and live for the day that -nothing- Windoze is around me, then you'll appreciate this. Transgamings WineX (wine on steroids!) works. Its about a 4 meg d/l, and costs a monthly subcription of $5... I've thrown Starcraft and Diablo 2 at it so far. Both work, even networking play in Diablo2! (speed is great - graphics look identical) I'm happy. ;-) In fact, next Mandrake update (8.2), methinks there will no longer be dual-booting... ;-) So tell! You said (almost) the same about quicktime and crossover (and I've the same experience:)). Did you un-install one for the other, or are they both installed on the same machine? Ciao and good gaming, Harm Bathoorn I'm a little confused about what you are asking here? I've got Winex installed to play Windoze games with...and the Crossover plugin to view Quicktime (MOV) files with... They are both installed concurrently...on the same machine. I hope this answers your question! ;-) It does! Thanks, Harm Bathoorn. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rescue and copy directories
On Saturday 08 December 2001 04:48 pm, you wrote: When I try a cp /home/bill /mnt/windows I continue to get a 'omitting directory' message and only files in the root of the directory are copied. Is there a way that I can copy the entire directory and maintain the directory structure? by default cp will not copy directories. try cp -r /home/bill /mnt/windows the -r is recursive which is a fancy way of saying it will dive into directories and copy their contents over. Also, I tried to do a cp --help but the messages scrolled off the top of the screenwhat is the command to halt information a page at a time? There's several ways. You can look up cp's man page man cp or you can pipe that help message you got to a program which will let you see it. cp --help | less or cp --help | more whichever you prefer. Matt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux to Windows connection problem
On Sat, 8 Dec 2001, Matt Greer wrote: On Saturday 08 December 2001 02:58 pm, you wrote: When I ping the linux from windows I get an ok message (100% ok, 0% dropped) but when I ping from linux it keeps on pinging forever. Does this mean that only one of my machines is misconfigured, and if this is the case, wich one? That's correct. Unix ping will ping forever unless you stop it. Hit CTRL-C to stop it, and it will then clean up the program for you. Windows ping will ping 3 times and then stop. You can do ping -c n where n is number of packets sent. -- Chad Young Registered Linux User #195191 @ http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] lilo
As root, edit lilo.conf and change 'default = windows' to 'default = linux'. Save the file. In a terminal (again as root) type '/sbin/lilo -v' without the quotes of course. Reboot and watch. Glenn Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #175132 Usually Powered by Linux Mandrake 8.1! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] joystick problem (it won't work)
I have a standard analog joystick and it is hooked up to the gameport on my sb live! soundcard. I am running linux mandrake 8.1 and harddrake won't detect it. Is there any way you can configure it manually? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rescue and copy directories
Erm.. I may be talking(writing) rubbish, but is it a good idea to copy your home directory to a FAT partition? You will not be able to save the same file permissions and ownership. When the files are copied back again it will be a complete mish mash won't it? If you can boot from floppy you should be able to recover your old kernel by editing the lilo.conf file and putting the correct symlinks in /boot If you have totally trashed your old kernel you should be able to reinstall it without having to do a new install. The recent article in Mandrake security tells you everything you need to know. http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/magic.php HTH Derek On Saturday 08 December 2001 22:48, you wrote: Hi, I have decided to do a re-install since my kernel mishap. I can get into my existing linux installation with the installation cd #1 and 'rescue'. Once at a command prompt, I would like to copy the entire /home/bill directory to /mnt/windows and then use it to re-establish my data after a fresh install. When I try a cp /home/bill /mnt/windows I continue to get a 'omitting directory' message and only files in the root of the directory are copied. Is there a way that I can copy the entire directory and maintain the directory structure? Also, I tried to do a cp --help but the messages scrolled off the top of the screenwhat is the command to halt information a page at a time? Thanks to all for helping, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Editors won't save file, why not?
On Saturday 08 December 2001 05:27 pm, you wrote: Hi list, I am trying to edit my lilo.conf file in order to tell the system that I have a second cdrom drive that I want detected as a scsi dev. Each time I go to save the changes to the file in the editor it says 'cannot save file, discard?' Whay can't I save the file changes in the editor? I am using LM 8.1. Thank you. Mick Mick, you need to edit this file as root. log in as su before you edit it, then you can save it. When you open it as a user, it is opened read-only. Fred Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Editors won't save file, why not?
Hi list, I am trying to edit my lilo.conf file in order to tell the system that I have a second cdrom drive that I want detected as a scsi dev. Each time I go to save the changes to the file in the editor it says 'cannot save file, discard?' Whay can't I save the file changes in the editor? I am using LM 8.1. Thank you. Mick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HELP: I Lost LILO
hmm.. i did this one, too... but with XP.. so at least there´s two of us.. boot the linux installation CD. choose expert install, when it goes into the partition manager, tell it NOT to format ANY partitions. when it asks you which packages to install, of course, select none. right from there, you can skip parts of the installation by clicking the column of yellow stars at your left. go to the one that says something like boot loader ..and there you go. reinstall lilo. :o) this worked for me.. just be careful not to format any partitions. see ya. From: Pauljames Dimitriu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] HELP: I Lost LILO Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 03:28:43 -0800 (PST) Hello, I did something silly. I installed Linux, had it running fantastically, but then I decided to install Windows 2000 and it overwrote LILO. Unfortunately, my boot disk is damaged. How can I get LILO back? Either that or how can I configure my Win2K boot manager to give me the option for loading Linux? Thanks, Paul __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Editors won't save file, why not?
Hi list, I am trying to edit my lilo.conf file in order to tell the system that I have a second cdrom drive that I want detected as a scsi dev. Each time I go to save the changes to the file in the editor it says 'cannot save file, discard?' Whay can't I save the file changes in the editor? I am using LM 8.1. Thank you. Mick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] SAMBA (was: internet sharing setup)
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Lee Roberts Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 2:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] SAMBA (was: internet sharing setup) -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 At 06:12 PM 12/7/2001 -0500, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: First: Are all three machines members of the same workgroup? Yes, they are. Are you SURE that you've defined the Workgroup name in Samba the SAME as that used on your other Winblows boxes? Yes, I have. Second: When you log into windows you are asked for a user name and password. This user name and password, gets passed to Samba whenever you connect to a share and browse the network. Not on the Win95 machine. The Win95 machine prompts for a password. --- No, you misunderstand. Whenever your Win9x machine attempts to access a Samba resource or share, what happens first behind the scenes is that Samba requests a user name and password from the Windows machine attempting to access it's share. Windows then passes the user name and passwords you originally used to log into WINDOWS, to SAMBA. Thus if Samba doesn't know the username and/or password, it will fail to show you the share you've created. A symptom of this is exactly what you describe. That is, Windows puts up a dialog box asking for a password, when trying to access the Samba share. Why? Well Windows passed the username and password you used to log in, to Samba, but Samba rejected them. Samba doesn't have the username and password in it's database of valid SAMBA users. Thus a Linux/Unix account AND a corresponding Samba account must exist for each of these login name/password pairs. In other words, both the Windows computers and the Linux box has to have identical user/password combinations? --- Correct, but more importantly Windows and SAMBA must have identical user/password combinations. As a result of this you should also have corresponding LINUX/UNIX logins passwords (though this is not strictly true, for the moment say it is...) Consider SAMBA to be another computer on your network with it's OWN set of logins. Linux is yet another, and so is your Windows box. Windows ONLY passes the user name and passwords to of the currently logged in user to Samba. (Purely as an aside; sitting on your Windows hard drive is a file called USERNAME.pwl The PWL stands for Pass Word List. This file contains the usernames and passwords used by the person logged in as USERNAME. Thus if you log in as Joe, there will be a JOE.PWL on the hard drive. This file is what Windows creates as it builds up a password database for other shares on your LAN...) I.E. you need to use smbadduser and smbpasswd to add the SAMBA users to Linux's SAMBA user/password lists. ALWAYS double check this using SMBCLIENT smbclient -L LINUXBOX -U WINUSER Asks the Samba Linuxbox, to log in as WINUSER and present the shares. LINUXBOX WINUSER == the machine name? --- No. Linuxbox is the NETBIOS/NMB name of your SAMBA server. If you named it Blue_Linux_Box you would type in smbclient -L Blue_Linux_Box -U WINUSER WINUSER is a login name that you are using on your WINDOWS machine to log in there! This effectively tests the ability of Windows to log into Samba. Say at the Windows Login screen you enter Joe for a login name and BigDogs for a password. Then you would type; smbclient -L Blue_Linux_Box -U Joe at your Linux console. This tells Samba that you want to log in as Joe, the same userNAME you are using on your Windows machine. You do this to test if Samba recognizes the Joe account and password. Normally after doing this, Samba will reply Password: You then enter the SAME password you normally use on the Windows machine to log in. If Samba has a correctly configured account for Joe it will then show you a list of all of the shares it has available. When you configured SAMBA, you should have also enabled the NMB component and enabled SAMBA to be the BROWSE MASTER for your network or domain. Done. This is what presents the shares to the Winblows workstations. (the icons). If you havent increase the OS LEVEL in samba, the browse master will be decided by election amoung your computers (REALLY they vote!). When things change the browse list(s) dissappear for awhile until things get sorted out again. The OS level was not changed. --- By default Samba is the equivalent of a Windows NT 3.51 server. It pays to raise the OS level a bit. Why? All of your Windows machines query the network to see who has the highest OS level. The machine with the highest level is normally elected to be the browse master. If your Linux box is up all the time, it's the best browse master. The browse master keeps a list of all the shareable resources on your network, even from other windows computers. If your Linux box is up all the time, make it the BROWSE MASTER so that things will not keep shifting and disappearing. Did
Re: [newbie] Spam
.pl is poland, I believe. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 11:17 AM 12/08/2001 -0500, you wrote: I wonder what country has .PL? I always think .pl is a perl script? On Saturday 08 December 2001 05:46, you wrote: poczta.tvfamilijna.pl Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Upgrade File Location?
Ok, I give up, where is the file that has the upgrades or updates from Mandrake Control Center. I've been to archives, I searched my files and I thought I had kept a bookmark on it but, guess not. Can someone feed me that info? I know that It is here somewhere cause I made a copy to CD a couple of months ago and want to make an up to date copy now. TIA for the help. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] joystick problem (it won't work)
On Saturday 08 December 2001 15:12, you wrote: I have a standard analog joystick and it is hooked up to the gameport on my sb live! soundcard. I am running linux mandrake 8.1 and harddrake won't detect it. Is there any way you can configure it manually? Yup, there is. I run 8.0, and this is what I do: 1. su to root 2. modprobe ns558 3. modprobe analog 4. modprobe joydev If you have the joystick utilities installed, you can then do #jstest /dev/input/js0 to verify that it's working (I got mine off a RH disk, so I don't have a url--sorry). If someone can tell me how to load it at start up, please do so! eryl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] driver for Dell Trinitron
Hi all, Does anyone know where I can find the driver for a Dell trinitron monitor? - eJ
[newbie] IBM PCMCIA Etherjet NIC Config Problems
Hello all! I've been trying the past couple of days to get my IBM Etherjet PC Card to install under Mandrake but I don't seem to be having much success. When I do a 'cardctl status' it tells me that I have a slot 1 and 0 and that a 5v 16bit card is sitting in slot 0 and is ok. I can't seen to get my Etherjet card to load. (I don't see it load when I do a dmesg). Although I've read conflicting information I think I need to load the the tulip_cb module in order for my PC card to work. Perhaps someone could tell me how to do that and to test whether or not it works? Help or diagnostics that anyone can provide would be much appreciated! Thanks! -Jason Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
