[newbie-it] Materizzatore
Ciao a tutti, ho un masterizzatore HP 9100 installato, come faccio a farlo riconoscere a Mandrake 8.1? Non avendo la più pallida idea di come si masterizza sotto Linux potreste aiutarmi. Grazie mille per gli aiuti, e Buon Anno Milko
[newbie-it] epson_stylus_c60
grazie in anticipo ho installato una epson stylus c60 che dovrebbe essere ottimale con la mia mandrake 8.1 qualcuno mi sa dire quale driver dovrei utilizzare sul sito di mandrake non e' indicato o perlomeno non l'ho trovato quello proposto da hard-drake (non mi pare presente un driver per la stampante in oggetto) non mi pare che stampi in maniera ottimale particolarmente i colori forse devo cambiare qualche impostazione? rigrazie
Re: [newbie-it] Materizzatore
Il giorno 14:55, venerdì 28 dicembre 2001 hai scritto: Ciao a tutti, ho un masterizzatore HP 9100 installato, come faccio a farlo riconoscere a Mandrake 8.1? Non avendo la più pallida idea di come si masterizza sotto Linux potreste aiutarmi. Grazie mille per gli aiuti, e Buon Anno Milko Ciao Milko, in questi casi la rete è un ottimo posto dove cercare informazioni. Puoi trovare le istruzioni che cerchi dando un'occhiata a queste pagine: http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2F2001%2Fs1209%2F54s09%2F54s09%2Easp http://www.linux-mag.com/2000-04/desktop_01.html Non dimenticare, ovviamente, la documentazione in linea di Mandrake: leggiti il CD-Writing HowTo che trovi nel pacchetto di documentazione di Mdk... Buona lettura! Daniele
Re: [newbie-it] Gnomemeeting
Alle 13:57, giovedì 27 dicembre 2001, hai scritto: Ciao, è proprio vero che la notte porta consiglio. Stamattina sono riuscito a compilare Gnomemeeting. Ho anche aggiustato un po' la traduzione, e finalmente la finestra si apre. C'è per caso qualcuno che lo usa, così che possa fare qualche prova ? Poichè non c'è manuale d'uso, some si fa ad usarlo ? Grazie anticipate, Alberto Prova a vedere in questo sito http://www.gnomemeeting.org/screenshots.php ma c'è poco. Sono anche io nelle stesse tue condizioni. Lancio la connessione sulla barra in basso compare calling... e poi più niente. Fammi sapere se ci riesci. Ciao
[newbie] Segmentation+misc. install errors ?
Hi Folks, Well I'm back to my son's box still trying to get 8.1 installed. Here is the gist of the guts :-) It's an FIC motherboard (va-503+) w/192 mg. of ram. Now the memory consists of 2 sticks,1 is a 128 mg of crucial ram that is cl2. The other is a stick I bought from Tiger Direct. I've also got an ATI RAge 128 Pro (AGP card). In addition there is a Teac cdr along with another cdrom. The hd is a WD unit. Oh..and the bios is by award..version je-439 (if this helps). There is also a nic card that needs to go in,whch isn't in there at the moment. All of this is in an AT type case... The errors are seg faults..seems like memory is missing..lots of sig 11's,,hmm a few other wordings but it sounds like the themes are the same across all of them. I've tried a # of different settings..video shadowing off/on,turned the caches off/on,the pci burst settings and a variety of other things that don't seem to come to mind at the moment. Re-set the ram to cl3 ( took out what I percieved as the cheaper ram (the tiger) and used just the crucial)pnp off/on..irq manual/auto. Darn near all of 'em I think..lol. Bios defaults..set-up defaults...gee have I missed any..lol. I'm sure I have but you get the point :-) I even tried taking the drive to another box,loaded 8.1 (gaming edition) and put it back in the machine (it didn't like my trickery) to no avail. As I'm not sure which direction to go next I thought I'd post my problem here. The boy had 98se on there before and I REALLY REALLY don't wanna admit defeat and re-install that !! Win4Lin,sure..but straight 98..NO !! Now..I'm thinking maybe pull out the cdr (set as sec. master and where I'm installing from) and try again ? I have a PCI video card I can try ? Anyway..if anyone has managed to get past issues such as this I'd really love to know how it was done,or be pointed to the correct docs to work it out on my own. I spent 12+ hours trying to deal w/this the day before y'day before I come crying to the list..lol. Thank you all once again..so very much for your time :-) Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RE: Office Suites
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 01:28:01 -0500 Maureen L. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled gleefully: I upgraded to KDE 2.2 and am using K-Office. So far it hasn't crashed or froze on me and I have imported all the documents I was using from Lotus SmartSuite and it hasn't lost a thing. I am very pleased with it. Some small improvements in K-Spread are needed, like multi copy, but otherwise it works just fine. KWord does everything that I need for home and for a couple of non profit orgs I help out. All in all it all works fairly decently. Interesting, Maureen, but how about the export filters? Will K-Office successfully export to M$Office or Lotus SmartSuite. Can a document be saved in .doc or .xlm or whatever. When I tried to import a form (lots of tables) from a Word file that that StarOffice handled flawlessly, there were too many errors in the K-Word version to make the form usable. Ordinary Word docs (mere text) seem to work OK. Thanks for the review, Mike -- Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life. -- George Bernard Shaw _ 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: Open Source (was Re: [newbie] Recommended office suites? Now OT)
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Doug Lerner wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Friday, December 28, 2001): Tech support? Free downloads, but boxed packages that you pay for if you choose? Heh...sound familiar? Just a thought... The company I work for actually doesn't sell boxed sets. The total download is just about 15 MB and we provide updates practically weekly, so they would get out of date too quickly. doug I'm sure, however, that you see my point. I was just mentioning a couple possible revenue stream. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Firewire
I'm currently in the process of building a new PC (finally, everything is ordered except the RAM - and can anyone tell me why crucial.coms prices just jumped?), and I'm kind of curious about firewire - is it linux friendly? I do plan on doing some video editing with this machine, and some friends (mostly Mac users) have assured me that firewire is the way to go for that, if in fact it can be integrated into Linux. Thanks! Rog Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: [nVidia on Mandrake]
On Thursday 27 December 2001 05:59 pm, you wrote: I agree. I have an Athlon 1GHz and I've given up trying to use nvidia's drivers. I too have noticed that there seem to be a lot of problems with AMD cpus and nvidia drivers. Because I have 1152MB RAM I use Mandrake's enterprise kernels. The 1541 nvidia drivers for 2.4.8-26mdkenterprise (from muo a couple of months back) work fine with that kernel, however supermount is not supported. Thus I also have 2.4.16.3mdk-1-1mdkenterprise installed (supermount works) but have been unsuccessful with any of the nvidia drivers so I'm using XFree86-3.3.6-23 without 3D accel for this kernel. I have read several references that stated we need to only use a (BEEFY) AMD-approved power supply. Especially with the faster/newer AMDs and video cards as they draw lots of wattage. Also with more ram, bigger/faster spinning drives, extra pci cards. I don't _seem_ to have any ps-related problems, but I only have a cheap 16meg TNT agp card and one pci card (cheap sound) and one isa card (my usr sportster 33.6 voice modem since my 56k pci modem uses Conexant's HCF drivers. They say on their website they will have Linux drivers for it by the end of the year but looks at calendar and shakes head...). I assume you've been through the nVidia drivers with a fine-toothed card. I also assume if it is an Abit mobo you have tried turning off AGP to see if that takes care of it. Read a reference that some of their older mobos wouldn't work properly with AGP - that they discovered this while developing their own nVidia-based video cards. Apparently it has something to do with power, as they say there are a handful of power supplies that overcome this problem (somehow). I've tried 1541, 2313 and 2314 with rpms, source rpms and compiling from the tarballs to no avail. I also compiled 7 different kernels myself and tried each driver with each kernel before I realised I was wasting my time. Ouch! The strange thing is that with most nvidia driver installs it all worked just fine and dandy (gears, tuxracer, tuxkart, etc) until I restarted X or rebooted then I started getting segmentation faults all over the place. Hey. I think I read something about this situation on (possibly) nVidia's linux forum. Could have been Mandrake User forum. It might have something to do with that depmod a command, but I don't think so (my memory is faultier than my computer's). To make matters worse, it appears that my monitor - Philips 107S - causes problems so I'm using a generic multisync monitor driver. The Philips drivers that come with LM work but there are errors/problems. I bought my monitor in 1994 - all I can use are the generic drivers. Which brings to mind something I've been wondering about since my first install at the first of the month: Does anyone know the difference between Generic SVGA and Generic Extended SVGA or whatever it is in the Generic Monitor section? So until I find a kernel that supports supermount and the nvidia drivers work with it, I'll have to boot between these two kernels. Not that I'm complaining... ; ) I hope you get it all worked out before you get tired of trying. Another question: My box (Mandrake Linux 8.1 Powerpack) says I have kernels 2.4.8 and 2.2.19. But when I installed (over and over) I never saw a place for choosing kernels. It seems I have 2.4.8.26 installed automatically? skinky I'll just have to take your word on that one! 8-P Later, Wes Gregg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 252649 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Firewire
Well not sure about the firewire portion of this post,but I can tell you that ram prices go up and down all the time. We have been blessed lately by cheap prices :-) Lee I'm currently in the process of building a new PC (finally, everything is ordered except the RAM - and can anyone tell me why crucial.coms prices just jumped?), and I'm kind of curious about firewire - is it linux friendly? I do plan on doing some video editing with this machine, and some friends (mostly Mac users) have assured me that firewire is the way to go for that, if in fact it can be integrated into Linux. Thanks! Rog Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Open Source (was Re: [newbie] Recommended office suites? Now OT)
If software were free how could the employees of the software company be paid to begin with? Lots (most?) non-profit organizations' employees draw salaries. Someone mentioned internet development as an example of free software helping us all. I saw the guy that wrote the mailer program that the majority of isps use on TechTV a couple of months back. He didn't seem to mind that his free software was being used by millions. Although if he had charged $5-$10 for each copy in existance he would surely be a millionaire. Of course there are probbably other programs that do the same thing for hundreds of dollars. I for one am glad that they aren't the only option, as I live in a small town with dialup only and I can see how we could have been severly restricted in internet isps if everything that was available for free... ...Wasn't Red Hat has posted small (and growing) profits over the past few quarters. MandrakeSoft is apparently on target to post a profit next year or in 2003. Considering that the current economic climate is not conducive to profit making, these are not trivial feats. I think the key staff know what the GNU/Linux distribution market is like, and they won't be expecting too much from their share prices. MandrakeSoft is listed on the Marche Libre exchange, which was chosen (AFAICT) for its stability and lack of over-speculation, which is the main problem with the NYSE and OTC (AKA Nasdaq). Investors here generally tend to be more forgiving and don't expect quick, unsustainable profits. How can one (in the United States) purchase a token amount of Mandrake shares (just a couple I am afraid) without going to a stock broker? But, as you have said, the verdict is still out on that. :) It seems that a lot of the big (for profit) software companies (I'm thinking along the lines of Microsoft and Apple here) are like chiropractors. Their entire existance is based on taking people's money to just get them by until the next visit (verion). If they got it right the first time they would all go out of business. Someone said to me, You don't buy a new car and expect to get a free upgrade when the next version comes out, do you? But if I bought a new car and it stalled at least once a day and I had to restart, well, sure I would expect a free upgrade - to a properly working version which is what I would have paid for in the first place. I mean c'mon, why pay a hundred dollars (or more) just to be what amounts to a beta (gamma?) tester?!? Linux, on the other hand, IS free. If I do find a bug, it probbably wouldn't anger me that much to download a newer version. And since the minute you do there are probbably three newer versions out there, it isn't like there is a long wait for bugfixes/upgrades. Microsoft, I hate your OS's (well, I actually LIKED Windows 3.11, and its File Manager (don't like to see my files as icons, y'see) - but I really like your hardware (mice/keyboards are outstanding and cheap if you don't need the absolute newest versions) and games (Flight Simulator, I think I have one of the original DOS versions). It's a shame buying one of their products doesn't give you a voice in the direction of development of their company. Or maybe its just a shame their stockholders (Hmm, Bill?) don't have to use their OS (exclusively). And BTW, WTF is Windows ME for, anyway? Just venting/rambliing, Wes Gregg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 252649 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Online Troubleshooting Resources HOWTO
Online Troubleshooting Resources HOWTO http://www.xmission.com/~howardm/t1.html It almost sounds redundant - an online HOWTO on how to find HOWTOs and other resources online. This click is actually very useful. By pulling together a great collection of online Linux resources, the author has created a quick-look click that should be useful to all Linux users, newbie or guru. This link was originally part of Linux: An Eclectic Compendium for Linux Newbies that is now, according to the author, no longer maintained. Reted from 20011228 Lockergnome Penguin Shell Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake support
this is NOT mandreake suport, and you probly should look on the web pages you were on on mandrake-expert to contact them about the problem. what was the problem tho? On Wednesday 26 December 2001 21:11, you wrote: I have purchased mandrake powerpack 8.1. I got registered also. I did login. and started creating an incident. I am not sure what is the title? I typed one for power pack i got the next screen saying that I don't own any unit. I typed my user name. Then also same how to roceed to use the mandrake expert during this period. Validity exist upto 25/2/2 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] clock on dual boot system
thanks to everyone who helped me on this question, especially you, Anuerin ... this is a terrific reply. --- Anuerin G. Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 13:08:22 -0800 (PST) Kenn Murrah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: okay, i know this is a trivial issue but it's driving me nuts ... i've created a dual boot (windows ME and linux) in which the clock is 6 hours different between the two ... if i correct the clock in one operating system, when i reboot, it's wrong in the other ... what am i doing wrong here, gang ? thanks, kenn you are in luck, i still have the reply from the semi-legendary Tom Brinkman himself about the same problem [PASTE] 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). [/PASTE] but i havent even tried it yet because of the public time server thing which is not always accessible to me (i may not be understanding it correctly but charge it to my personal stupidity ;-). i made do with not selecting any timezone in linux. i now have the same time in the two OS in my box. 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 __ 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
[newbie] kernel update
I did a kernel header, doc, and kernel update with mandrake on my 8.0 system. Everything installed just fine but I can no longer use ppp to get on the internet. I tried modprobe -v ppp and it can't seem to find it. I am out of ideas. Crapola I shouldn't have updated through security updates. Eric
Re: [newbie] Re: [nVidia on Mandrake]
On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 08:23:37AM -0500, Wes Gregg wrote: snip I hope you get it all worked out before you get tired of trying. Another question: My box (Mandrake Linux 8.1 Powerpack) says I have kernels 2.4.8 and 2.2.19. But when I installed (over and over) I never saw a place for choosing kernels. It seems I have 2.4.8.26 installed automatically? I think Civilme alluded to the fact recently that one needs to boot from the cd [#2?] that has those kernels. Search the past few days for complete instructions from him. -- Cheers, Stephen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Segmentation+misc. install errors ?
On Thursday 27 December 2001 04:17 pm, lee wrote: Well I'm back to my son's box still trying to get 8.1 installed. Here is the gist of the guts :-) It's an FIC motherboard (va-503+) w/192 mg. of ram. Now the memory consists of 2 sticks,1 is a 128 mg of crucial ram that is cl2. The other is a stick I bought from Tiger Direct. I've also got an ATI RAge 128 Pro (AGP card). In addition there is a Teac cdr along with another cdrom. The hd is a WD unit. Oh..and the bios is by award..version je-439 (if this helps). There is also a nic card that needs to go in,whch isn't in there at the moment. All of this is in an AT type case... The errors are seg faults..seems like memory is missing..lots of sig 11's,,hmm a few other wordings but it sounds like the themes are the same across all of them. I've tried a # of different settings..video shadowing off/on,turned the caches off/on,the pci burst settings and a variety of other things that don't seem to come to mind at the moment. Re-set the ram to cl3 ( took out what I percieved as the cheaper ram (the tiger) and used just the crucial)pnp off/on..irq manual/auto. Darn near all of 'em I think..lol. Bios defaults..set-up defaults...gee have I missed any..lol. I'm sure I have but you get the point :-) I even tried taking the drive to another box,loaded 8.1 (gaming edition) and put it back in the machine (it didn't like my trickery) to no avail. http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/ Sig11's are due to faulty software or faulty hardware. Since you're havin problems with software that most people don't have problems with, it strongly indicates hardware problems. So I believe before you can do much else, you need to test the hardware. Before you try the apps below, go thru the box and re-seat ram sticks, peripheal cards, cables, etc. Make sure the HDD is set appropriately to master or slave, and not cable select. Make a bootable floppy with memtest86. http://www.teresaudio.com/memtest86/The doc's will tell you how to do this. You can also make it on the other box. Then boot that floppy and let the tests run overnite. You should get -0- errors. mprime would be a more stringent test http://www.iaeste.dk/~henrik/projects/mprime.html Make a bootable floppy and run 'mprime -m', choose option 17 (torture test). Let it run overnite, again, you should get -0- errors. The ultimate acid test is cpuburn http://users.ev1.net/~redelm/ You should have constant cpu temperature monitoring enabled before you run the appropriate module for your processor (ie, K6, K7). Again, -0- errors, and your cpu and case cooling must be adequate to keep your cpu at least 30C under AMD's failure spec for your proccessor. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Open Source (was Re: [newbie] Recommended office suites? Now OT)
On Friday 28 December 2001 09:49 am, you wrote: This list like to MS-bash. A lot. Be careful in your MS-bashing, though; they made most of the tech revolution possible. Without MS the tech industry as we know it would be much smaller (most of us wouldn't have jobs in tech), we would probably all be using OS/2 version 2, and MacOS 6 or 7 would likely be a new product. I don't have a job in the tech industry. Maybe that would change my perspective. I never got to try OS/2 but I heard that it was well-liked by its users. MacOS only runs on Macs (AFAICT) so that isn't something to help me either (mainly because the macs are WAY out of my price range, maybe if I could just write a check for a new G4 my perspective would change. Mac users sure seem to like being Mac users). Not only that, but processor development would have been slower. We would all be using 486/Pentium processors right now. There would be no such thing as desktop 3D-acceleration. SGI and Sun would still be major forces in the computer industry. The Internet boom would never have happened. Linux would never have been developed. At least, not to the point it is now. It would have simply been considered a Unix variant (at best) or an entertaining graduate school project (at worst). I was a fan of MS-DOS. Even (more or less) liked Win 3.11. I like a GUI desktop, I just don't like icons only. I guess I like to pretend I know what is going on. And when it comes down to it I miss my Commodore 128. And the sound on my Commodore 64 wasn't too shabby (midi type I guess). And I could turn it on and it was all set to go. We owe Bill a great deal. Does that mean I like the way his company does business? No. But I still respect him for doing something that most of us are very jealous at (whether we admit it or not), and that's becoming the richest man alive by creating demand for something that the rest of us decided we couldn't live without: computers. How many of you actually remember the pre-MS computer days? And not just Windows; pre-MS-DOS, too. Okay, stop it with the siezures and the coughing and the unpleasant memory-faces. *You* know what I'm talking about. Ok. _I_miss_my_Commodore_128. I think if we were using them ( computers of that era) we would still know Spam as that meat-like food and our time on the internet wouldn't be spent closing pop-up ad windows. Years ago my friend had an account at our local college on their Vax/VMS(?) computer and I learned a little about email/gopher, etc. How many people know gopher as anything but the little rodent today? And all the busy signals I get and slowdowns? If half of the internet users really ARE just downloading porn and such - that wasn't a problem at 320*200*16 colors. And I can't really see the me-too! AOL users rushing to sign up for such a service on a unix-based system. (Note: There are lots (_maybe_ even the majority) of useful human beings that use aol. But) And I wouldn't have to throw away approx. 3 AOL cd's a week. At least when they sent the floppies you could tape over the write-protect hole and reformat it. I wish they would send their crap on cd-rw's - but I ramble. Personally, If I ever met Mr. Gates (or Ballmer or anyone else high-up at Microsoft) I would smile, shake hands, and thank them for what they've done for the world of computers. After all, if they had never shown up I wouldn't have the job I have. And I'm betting that a decent number of you wouldn't either. :) I hear he is actually a nice man if you don't get in his way. But if you get in MY way you will not get run over. But like I said, I only have a problem with his OS's ( the last several at that). I like the hardware and some of the games. And as for unfair business practices(sic): If someone like me could see this situation developing years ago, surely the companies crying foul today could have. Brings to mind Darwin's Theory of Evolution. Not even a gazelle climbs into the lion's mouth. And I suppose if he wanted to he could have squashed/bought/sent to Davy Jone's Locker the developers of free software if he wanted to. And not being a fool, he probbably looks at it as good for the industry. After all, if there really WAS no competition, then we would all be in bad shape. As it is, well, it doesn't bother me. I don't expect to delete my Win98SE partition anytime soon. I just don't see any reason to go any farther than that. I saw a show on WinXP talking about all the problems (from Win98) that had been fixed, they ought to give it away as a bugfix. But this is a Linux forum! We should I suppose not even be discussing these things. For that I apologize to the group and will keep silent on non-linux issues. May God stand between you and harm in all the empty places through which you must walk. -- ancient Egyptian blessing
Re: [newbie] Segmentation+misc. install errors ?
lee wrote:
Hi Folks,
Well I'm back to my son's box still trying to get 8.1 installed. Here is the
gist of the guts :-)
It's an FIC motherboard (va-503+) w/192 mg. of ram. Now the memory consists
of 2 sticks,1 is a 128 mg of crucial ram that is cl2. The other is a stick I
bought from Tiger Direct. I've also got an ATI RAge 128 Pro (AGP card). In
addition there is a Teac cdr along with another cdrom. The hd is a WD unit.
Oh..and the bios is by award..version je-439 (if this helps). There is also a
nic card that needs to go in,whch isn't in there at the moment. All of this
is in an AT type case...
The errors are seg faults..seems like memory is missing..lots of sig
11's,,hmm a few other wordings but it sounds like the themes are the same
across all of them.
I've tried a # of different settings..video shadowing off/on,turned the
caches off/on,the pci burst settings and a variety of other things that don't
seem to come to mind at the moment. Re-set the ram to cl3 ( took out what I
percieved as the cheaper ram (the tiger) and used just the crucial)pnp
off/on..irq manual/auto. Darn near all of 'em I think..lol. Bios
defaults..set-up defaults...gee have I missed any..lol. I'm sure I have but
you get the point :-)
I even tried taking the drive to another box,loaded 8.1 (gaming edition) and
put it back in the machine (it didn't like my trickery) to no avail.
Look--there is no doubt what it is at all. If you suspect memory make a
floppy from
/images/memtest-x86.bin
on the first CD and boot from it.
But I can reproduce your errors with a WD 64AA rifght here... seems
like memory missing...
And with a maxtor, I am fine
I am also able to get better performance with
linux ide0=noautotune
and a 40 pin cable instead of 80. Install will complete on the WD one
time in three. Afterwards I see the odd {DriveReady SeekComplete} error
from the WD on boot but it runs flakily after a fashion.
WD drives were never properly set up in terms of hardware to do ATA/66
or higher. They don't have the hardware to do the required 57-byte CRC
in the standard, yet chipset manufacturers have let them get away with
that crap for years. WD has told us at shows repeatedly that they
support only windows (with all their drives) and Solaris (with their
SCSI line).
It is really time for people who hope to run linux to seriously consider
a permanent switch of hdd brands.
Civileme
As I'm not sure which direction to go next I thought I'd post my problem
here. The boy had 98se on there before and I REALLY REALLY don't wanna admit
defeat and re-install that !! Win4Lin,sure..but straight 98..NO !! Now..I'm
thinking maybe pull out the cdr (set as sec. master and where I'm installing
from) and try again ? I have a PCI video card I can try ?
Anyway..if anyone has managed to get past issues such as this I'd really love
to know how it was done,or be pointed to the correct docs to work it out on
my own. I spent 12+ hours trying to deal w/this the day before y'day before I
come crying to the list..lol.
Thank you all once again..so very much for your time :-)
Lee
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[newbie] Is This (browser type/function) Available in Linux?
Hi, I just remembered that I saw a program once that allowed you to type a website address (ie, http://gnttype.org for instance) and tell it how many levels deep you wanted it to go and it would start downloading complete pages to your hard drive for offline browsing. It would allow the option of specifing what type of files to get (html, graphics sound, etc.) or not as the case would be and if you wanted links followed how deep to go in them as well. Since I'm stuck with my 33.6 right now I can usually keep up browsing, but I've just discovered that with the multiple desktop option I can have a web browser on one, a set of audio apps in another, my email in a third, a card game in #4, etc. And I thought that would be a good program to take advantage of this feature. Plus (since I have a slow [I know, it's all realitive - we were so amazed when we figured out how to overdrive our 300 bps/baud modems to 450!] connection) it would be great to pick a site to download while I'm sleeping/away from home. Thanks much, Wes Gregg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 252649 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Which Kernel?
Someone writes in another subject's post... I hope you get it all worked out before you get tired of trying. Another question: My box (Mandrake Linux 8.1 Powerpack) says I have kernels 2.4.8 and 2.2.19. But when I installed (over and over) I never saw a place for choosing kernels. It seems I have 2.4.8.26 installed automatically? Well, you use expert mode and individual package selection and find trhe little symbol at the bottom of the screen that looks like recycling but with two blue arrows to toggle from the mostly useless tree view to the flat view and then scroll down to the k's and pick kernel22 to be installed. Then when bootloader time rolls around, you can make the kernel22 boot the default or even delete the kernel 2.4 boots if you like. If you have a box that just doesn't like kernel 2.4 to begin with boot from the _second_ CD and you can use kernel22 as your install kernel as well. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Change Time
On Friday 28 December 2001 11:01, you wrote: If you are connected to the internet all the time you can add a cron for rdate - I'm not always connected, so I wrote this little script: #!/bin/sh # # Name: settime.sh # This script syncs the Linux time to that on a public # NTP server (Atomic Clock just sounds better!) and # then equalises software and hardware clocks. # #dependencies: rdate, Xdialog # # su to root first - rdate and hwclock need to run as root # from a menu structure, call this script like this: kdesu settime.sh # u=`whoami` r=root if [ $u != $r ] then a=You are logged on as $u a=$a. You must be root to run settime.sh echo $a | Xdialog --no-cancel --textbox - 0 0 exit 0 fi Xdialog --screen-center --left --no-buttons --infobox Preparing to sync time/date\nto atomic clock server. 0 0 5000 /usr/bin/rdate -s clock-1.cs.cmu.edu sleep 1 /sbin/hwclock --systohc Xdialog --screen-center --left --no-buttons --infobox Time/date synced to atomic clock\nThis dialog will self-destruct\nin 5 seconds .. 4 .. 3 .. 2 .. 1 0 0 6000 NB: It doesn't do any error-checking besides looking for root status. If rdate couldn't connect to the ntp server, the script will cheerfully report success. Maybe in a later version ... -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Which Kernel?
Civilme, this brings me to a new question, Does the DraX installer use a 2.4 kernel to perform the install? if so, what revision is it? NB On Fri, 2001-12-28 at 13:14, tester wrote: Someone writes in another subject's post... I hope you get it all worked out before you get tired of trying. Another question: My box (Mandrake Linux 8.1 Powerpack) says I have kernels 2.4.8 and 2.2.19. But when I installed (over and over) I never saw a place for choosing kernels. It seems I have 2.4.8.26 installed automatically? Well, you use expert mode and individual package selection and find trhe little symbol at the bottom of the screen that looks like recycling but with two blue arrows to toggle from the mostly useless tree view to the flat view and then scroll down to the k's and pick kernel22 to be installed. Then when bootloader time rolls around, you can make the kernel22 boot the default or even delete the kernel 2.4 boots if you like. If you have a box that just doesn't like kernel 2.4 to begin with boot from the _second_ CD and you can use kernel22 as your install kernel as well. Civileme 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] kernel update
Eric wrote: I did a kernel header, doc, and kernel update with mandrake on my 8.0 system. Everything installed just fine but I can no longer use ppp to get on the internet. I tried modprobe -v ppp and it can't seem to find it. I am out of ideas. Crapola I shouldn't have updated through security updates. Eric You didn't read the security advisory which would have told you that you _cannot_ update a kernel. You must download it and _install_ it. Updating produces a new kernel with the older modules, initrd.img, and System.map and it is a miracle if it even boots. Civileme Everything but kernels will update OK through the security updates. We have tried to make sure that Software manager in 8.1 will only install kernels, but we have discovered it can be fooled in multiple updates at once. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Change Time
But does it work??? ;-) I forgot to mention before to look at http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.htm for an explanation of how the time server strata works and for any special requirements when using any of the public time servers. Ed At 03:21 PM Friday, 12/28/2001, you wrote -= On Friday 28 December 2001 11:01, you wrote: If you are connected to the internet all the time you can add a cron for rdate - I'm not always connected, so I wrote this little script: #!/bin/sh # # Name: settime.sh # This script syncs the Linux time to that on a public # NTP server (Atomic Clock just sounds better!) and # then equalises software and hardware clocks. # #dependencies: rdate, Xdialog # # su to root first - rdate and hwclock need to run as root # from a menu structure, call this script like this: kdesu settime.sh # u=`whoami` r=root if [ $u != $r ] then a=You are logged on as $u a=$a. You must be root to run settime.sh echo $a | Xdialog --no-cancel --textbox - 0 0 exit 0 fi Xdialog --screen-center --left --no-buttons --infobox Preparing to sync time/date\nto atomic clock server. 0 0 5000 /usr/bin/rdate -s clock-1.cs.cmu.edu sleep 1 /sbin/hwclock --systohc Xdialog --screen-center --left --no-buttons --infobox Time/date synced to atomic clock\nThis dialog will self-destruct\nin 5 seconds .. 4 .. 3 .. 2 .. 1 0 0 6000 NB: It doesn't do any error-checking besides looking for root status. If rdate couldn't connect to the ntp server, the script will cheerfully report success. Maybe in a later version ... Ed Kasky Los Angeles, CA . . . . . . . . Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservations. - Elton Trueblood Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kernel update
That's what I get for not rtfm! So do I have to reinstall the os? If I reinstall, I do have the 8.1 waiting in the background but just want to do an upgrade, not reformat everything. So I guess there is nothing I can do? Thanks for responding civileme. eric - Original Message - From: tester [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] kernel update Eric wrote: I did a kernel header, doc, and kernel update with mandrake on my 8.0 system. Everything installed just fine but I can no longer use ppp to get on the internet. I tried modprobe -v ppp and it can't seem to find it. I am out of ideas. Crapola I shouldn't have updated through security updates. Eric You didn't read the security advisory which would have told you that you _cannot_ update a kernel. You must download it and _install_ it. Updating produces a new kernel with the older modules, initrd.img, and System.map and it is a miracle if it even boots. Civileme Everything but kernels will update OK through the security updates. We have tried to make sure that Software manager in 8.1 will only install kernels, but we have discovered it can be fooled in multiple updates at once. 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] AOL Help!-Hardisk!
AOL Systems wrote: How to mount and unmount second hardisk on my linux box Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Well it should be in your /etc/fstab for convenience sake, but you can as root mount /pattitionname /mountpoint umount /partitionname or umount /mountpoint partitionname would be like /dev/hdc5 and mountpoint is just a directory name like /2nddisk/files or /mnt/2nddisk. You do need to create the directory before using it as a mount point with mkdir /mnt/2nddisk Of course you can do this automagically with diskdrake--yes the very same tool as is used in installing. just open Mandrake Control Center, then Hardware then MountPoints, and you will be there with diskdrake. assign mount points to the second drive partitions as you choose, then mount them, and answer yes to updating /etc/fstab with changes as you leave diskdrake. Now you can mount and unmount with mount /mountpointname umount /mountpointname in a terminal as root at any time no programs are using the 2nd disk (yeh, if it is open in a file manager, it won't unmount). Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] clock on dual boot system
Or Linux was configured to 'Hardware clock set to GMT'. -Original Message- From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:27:38 + Subject: Re: [newbie] clock on dual boot system Well at a guess I'd say you had different time zones configured in the two systems. derek On Thursday 27 December 2001 21:08, you wrote: okay, i know this is a trivial issue but it's driving me nuts ... i've created a dual boot (windows ME and linux) in which the clock is 6 hours different between the two ... if i correct the clock in one operating system, when i reboot, it's wrong in the other ... what am i doing wrong here, gang ? thanks, kenn __ 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
Re: [newbie] Which Kernel?
Nelson Bartley wrote: Civilme, this brings me to a new question, Does the DraX installer use a 2.4 kernel to perform the install? if so, what revision is it? NB On Fri, 2001-12-28 at 13:14, tester wrote: Someone writes in another subject's post... I hope you get it all worked out before you get tired of trying. Another question: My box (Mandrake Linux 8.1 Powerpack) says I have kernels 2.4.8 and 2.2.19. But when I installed (over and over) I never saw a place for choosing kernels. It seems I have 2.4.8.26 installed automatically? Well, you use expert mode and individual package selection and find trhe little symbol at the bottom of the screen that looks like recycling but with two blue arrows to toggle from the mostly useless tree view to the flat view and then scroll down to the k's and pick kernel22 to be installed. Then when bootloader time rolls around, you can make the kernel22 boot the default or even delete the kernel 2.4 boots if you like. If you have a box that just doesn't like kernel 2.4 to begin with boot from the _second_ CD and you can use kernel22 as your install kernel as well. Civileme 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 We issue the software with one version of the kernel to run and the same version to install (but in a special configuration with the drivers likely to be needed) For example, you probably won't be installing from CDs attached to a sound card with a 34 or 40 pin cable proprietary interface any more, so we removed those drivers to make space fo r the things you most often use. Remember the install kernel and its modules _must_ fit a 1.44 floppy, and run framebuffer or VGA-style X Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kernel update
Eric wrote: That's what I get for not rtfm! So do I have to reinstall the os? If I reinstall, I do have the 8.1 waiting in the background but just want to do an upgrade, not reformat everything. So I guess there is nothing I can do? Thanks for responding civileme. eric - Original Message - From: tester [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] kernel update Eric wrote: I did a kernel header, doc, and kernel update with mandrake on my 8.0 system. Everything installed just fine but I can no longer use ppp to get on the internet. I tried modprobe -v ppp and it can't seem to find it. I am out of ideas. Crapola I shouldn't have updated through security updates. Eric You didn't read the security advisory which would have told you that you _cannot_ update a kernel. You must download it and _install_ it. Updating produces a new kernel with the older modules, initrd.img, and System.map and it is a miracle if it even boots. Civileme Everything but kernels will update OK through the security updates. We have tried to make sure that Software manager in 8.1 will only install kernels, but we have discovered it can be fooled in multiple updates at Hmmm, no you are not that messed... Find your 8.0 install disk boot and open an xterm and su to root and rpm -e kernel-(version number instsalled) then reboot with your install CD in the machine Select expert mode and Update It will fuss and cluck figuring out all it has to do is install the kernel At individual package selection, toggle to the flat list and check that the kernel will be installed. Let it run its course--you can skip the networking section because it si already set up, and you can try to fine-tune X if you like... Let the bootloader be your friend Your system should then be restored. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hotmail
Borrow someones Windows box, setup your Hotmail account so you can send and recieve the email via POP3. Doesn't 'fix' the problem, but you get your mail. On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, skidley wrote: On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Michel Clasquin wrote: On Thursday 27 December 2001 10:53, chris swain wrote: I am trying to set up a hotmail account but neither konqueror or netscape will allow me to enter the hotmail site in order to check my mail. (they let me set up an account just fine) Is this just a MS anti linux thing Probably. Most linux browsers will let you spoof (pretend to be running MSIE) somewhere in their setups. Opera lets you do it on the fly, try that. I've heard of this spoofing before but I searched mozilla 0.9.6 settings and I couldn't seem to find where I could do such a thing. Anyone know? -- Jody 'JoLinux' Harvey Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. -Albert Einstein Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] trouble installing rlt8139 netcard driver...
X-RebelTech Is Here: http://www.rebeltech.ca MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Many Thanks Dennis! got 'er beat. that insmod was exactly the missing link for me. do i need to add it to any of my rc.local files so that it will reload on next reboot? moose. On Thursday 27 December 2001 17:16, you wrote: On Thursday 27 December 2001 11:19, you wrote: X-RebelTech Is Here: http://www.rebeltech.ca MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit hi all, i got a smc1244 10/100 netcard and it came with the rlt8139 driver, but i am having no success installing the driver. when i attempt to compile as per the instructions that came with the card, errors are thrown regarding a driver should never attempt to use kernel-headers, system headers. when i run linuxconf and try to select my card, the driver shows up but almost all the other cards show (inst) before the name. which i assume means driver installed or at least available. i had a look at the source of the driver in comparison to another driver and they look pretty much the same in the includes etc. so, i don't know how to proceed. from other postings, it seems that this should be a pretty easy card to install. i must be missing something. ideas? moose. if you have LM 8.1 (not sure about earlier versions) go to a console and type in insmod 8139too and see if it finds the driver already installed by the OS. If it does it will tell you already installed or it will install it, then type ifup eth0 and you should have a functioning ethernet card. Previous without the quotes of course. HTH Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Booting From Floppy
Yesterday, I installed 8.1 on my PC. It is installed on the second hard drive (/dev/hdb). When I installed it, I chose to use the EXT3 journaling filesystem. I would like to use a boot floppy to boot into Linux. So, during the installation, I created a bootdisk. However, now, when I try to boot with it, it comes up with a kernel panic message and says I should use the init= parameter. I am getting the impression that it may have something to do with the file system I have chosen. Does anyone know if that is the case? If so, what can I do about it? Do I need to repartition everything as EXT2 in order to use a boot floppy? Thanks in advance, Rick -- Rick Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email (212) 894-3753 x1212 - voicemail/fax He's dead, Jim. You get his wallet. I'll get his tricorder. __ FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] how can I connect Linux-Mandrake 8.1 to a Windows/Netware LAN?
Hinew to Linux (and UNIX) so please forgive ignorance. I have configured the network parameters on Netconf, and when I try to open the local network tree I get an error could not connect to host localhost. I read this: You need to set up the lisa / reslisa daemon in order to be able to browse the network. on some linux distros (e.g. suse 7.2) you can use the system configuration tools to start lisa automatically, otherwise setup the reslisa daemon in kcontrol.Konqueror connects to that daemon (on localhost) to browse the local network.After starting reslisa you should be able to browse the network using the url rlan:/So I autoconfigured the lisa and reslisa daemons as root, rebooted, but still the same error.Any help please? Are there other steps I need to take? Thanks, Matthew
Re: [newbie] Re: [nVidia on Mandrake]
On Saturday 29 December 2001 02:23, Wes Gregg wrote: | I have read several references that stated we need to only use a | (BEEFY) AMD-approved power supply. Especially with the faster/newer | AMDs and video cards as they draw lots of wattage. Also with more ram, | bigger/faster spinning drives, extra pci cards. I've learned so much more about hardware since I started using linux! (about 6 months). Trouble is, I bought most of my current hardware when I was still using windoze. I'm not sure what the power supply is (too lazy to pull the covers off) - I just asked for a good/suitable 350W (IRC) power supply. Jeez, I thought I bought decent hardware at the time but it seems that almost my entire system is crap. mobo: Soltek SL-75KAV w KT133A Northbridge and 686B Southbridge chipset - thankfully Mandrake have provided workarounds. cpu: AMD 1GHz - known AMD probs monitor: Philips 107S - driver probs. hd: IBM Deskstar DTLA 307060 60GB - known problems (something about not lasting all that long from someone in NZLUG). hd: Quantum Bigfoot CY6480A 6.4GB - no probs cdrw: HP 9310i which supposedly die after x # of burns. graphics: nVidia geforce GTS2 Pro 64MB - driver probs for 3D accel but thats a closed source prob. sound: Creative SB Live! 5.1 - centre speaker doesn't work (not even properly in windoze!) printer: HP Deskjet 670C - printing looks pretty crappy - not crisp. floppy: old? - no probs cdrom: Matsushita - no probs modem: Swann Speed Demon 56K external serial - no probs Sounds like I'm bleating - but I'm not, I think linux is awesome. And I think Mandrake are doing a fine job! When I get another pc, I will choose the components VERY carefully but I guess its the same old story, if the manufacturers don't co-operate with open source then linux developers still do the best they can. I think they're amazing with what has been achieved so far. | I don't _seem_ to have | any ps-related problems, but I only have a cheap 16meg TNT agp card and | one pci card (cheap sound) and one isa card (my usr sportster 33.6 voice | modem since my 56k pci modem uses Conexant's HCF drivers. They say on | their website they will have Linux drivers for it by the end of the year | but looks at calendar and shakes head...). Yeah, I had a 56K pci Conexant modem which I yanked out and replaced with an external serial modem. Can't even give the Conexant modem away (to windoze users) as it only works on cpus = 500MHz and everyone I know have approx 200MHz cpus. | I assume you've been through the nVidia drivers with a fine-toothed | card. I also assume if it is an Abit mobo you have tried turning off | AGP to see if that takes care of it. Read a reference that some of | their older mobos wouldn't work properly with AGP - that they discovered | this while developing their own nVidia-based video cards. Apparently it | has something to do with power, as they say there are a handful of power | supplies that overcome this problem (somehow). I tried turning off AGP in bios. I tried turning video shadowing and caching on/off in bios also, to no avail. I updated the bios a few months back. | Hey. I think I read something about this situation on (possibly) | nVidia's linux forum. Could have been Mandrake User forum. It might | have something to do with that depmod a command, but I don't think so | (my memory is faultier than my computer's). I tried the depmod -a command and rebooting each time after installing the nvidia drivers : ( | I bought my monitor in 1994 - all I can use are the generic drivers. | Which brings to mind something I've been wondering about since my first | install at the first of the month: | | Does anyone know the difference between Generic SVGA and Generic | Extended SVGA or whatever it is in the Generic Monitor section? Sorry, can't help you there. I wouldn't have a clue but now you've got me curious so I'll try to find out what I can. | I hope you get it all worked out before you get tired of trying. | Another question: My box (Mandrake Linux 8.1 Powerpack) says I have | kernels 2.4.8 and 2.2.19. But when I installed (over and over) I never | saw a place for choosing kernels. It seems I have 2.4.8.26 installed | automatically? During installation the enterprise kernel was automatically installed for me (2.4.8-26mdkenterprise) - obviously because of the amount of ram. But you can download another kernel and install it alongside your current kernel (rpm -ivh kernel 2.4.x-xxmdk.i586.rpm) until you are happy that everything is OK then remove your old kernel. It really isn't difficult at all but there are a few other things to do other than just installing the new kernel. If you need more info on this just post to the list or email me directly. Actually there was a lot of discussion and very helpful information (from Tom Brinkman and others) a little while back so its in the mailing list archives as
Re: [newbie] Windows won't start - any suggestions?
Hi Doug, Don't know much about Linux, as I just installed ML8.1 myself one week ago. Trying to find help on driver install in this corner. With my system all install went well. You might look in your windows 2000 partition for the file BOOT.INI. This should be something like: [boot loader] timeout=0 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT=Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional /fastdetect The last number (3) is the bootpartition number for w2000. Try any number between 0 and the maximum partitions on your drive. The file is attributes h,s,r so under dos first revert those attribs to be able to see the file. (attrib -s -r -h and after edit attrib +h +r +s). Maybe linux has made your first partition a other number. So W2000 sees its partition on an other number also. Maybe this will help you a bit further. Jan van Maasdam. Doug Lerner schreef: Hi, No - I didn't do anything special. I started out with two partitions on my hard drive. The first one contained Windows 98 and the second contained Windows 2000. I decided to keep the Win 2000 partition so I clicked on the first partition, deleted it and then pressed auto- allocate. When I did that the Mandrake installer allocated Linux partitions to the area left by the first partition. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Thanks civileme!
Thank you, I just did an upgrade to 8.1 and your trick with 8.0 worked fine getting the kernel back. I just want to say that you are the cat's meow for saving my information. Tell the boss you need a raise!!! Take care, eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] hotmail
Friday, December 28, 2001, 9:46:51 AM, you wrote: JH Borrow someones Windows box, setup your Hotmail account so you can send JH and recieve the email via POP3. Doesn't 'fix' the problem, but you get JH your mail. Does hotmail really support pop3 ? Accessible tru kmail etc If so what is the POP3 adress ? ... Onur Kucuk _ 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] Bandwidth Management - MAC Layer
I forwarded this to our local LUG. One of our members is from a local ISP that uses wireless technology. This was the feedback: hi, I remember the FreeBSD firewalling can govern bandwidth usage on an interface. *** Yes it can...It's based on firewall rules in which you divert packets to a pipe. It works well but currently it works with ip addresses and not MAC. I'm hoping they'll add that feature soon :) On Thursday 27 December 2001 03:30, you wrote: I didn't get an answer to my question when I posted to [expert], let me try [newbie]. Is this off topic?... I want to build a Bandwidth Management box for my friends ISP. He tells me he is providing Wireless access and currently controls security by hardcoding the MAC address of each client (he owns the Wireless client hardware). He needs MAC Layer control over his clients. I have not done this before so this will be a learning experience for me. Can you do MAC Layer Bandwidth Management? Thanks -Allen Content-Type: application/octet-stream; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re[2]: [newbie] hotmail
OK Does hotmail really support pop3 ? Accessible tru kmail etc If OK so what is the POP3 adress ? ... OK Sure does. I forget what the POP3 is, but is on the site. I have never really tried it in Kmail. So i will not make any promises. But I do know I have alot of users on my network that do it through Outlook. JoLinux On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Onur Kucuk wrote: Friday, December 28, 2001, 9:46:51 AM, you wrote: JH Borrow someones Windows box, setup your Hotmail account so you can send JH and recieve the email via POP3. Doesn't 'fix' the problem, but you get JH your mail. Does hotmail really support pop3 ? Accessible tru kmail etc If so what is the POP3 adress ? ... Onur Kucuk _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Jody 'JoLinux' Harvey Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. -Albert Einstein Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re[2]: [newbie] hotmail
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 23:36:23 +0100 (CET) Jody Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled in frustration: OK Does hotmail really support pop3 ? Accessible tru kmail etc If OK so what is the POP3 adress ? ... OK Sure does. I forget what the POP3 is, but is on the site. I have never really tried it in Kmail. So i will not make any promises. But I do know I have alot of users on my network that do it through Outlook. = Can they also reply through smtp, via hotmail?? Mike -- Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life. -- George Bernard Shaw _ 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: Re[2]: [newbie] hotmail
Ha haoh yeah. On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Michael Scottaline wrote: On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 23:36:23 +0100 (CET) Jody Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled in frustration: OK Does hotmail really support pop3 ? Accessible tru kmail etc If OK so what is the POP3 adress ? ... OK Sure does. I forget what the POP3 is, but is on the site. I have never really tried it in Kmail. So i will not make any promises. But I do know I have alot of users on my network that do it through Outlook. = Can they also reply through smtp, via hotmail?? Mike -- Jody 'JoLinux' Harvey Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. -Albert Einstein Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Unable to read partition table
Thanks to all of you that answered my previous e-mail. But really the question was not correctly formulated by me, so the answers are not what i expected.My fault. Try to explain better. First let me tell you about my machine: I have two hard disks hda , hdb and the first has three partitions: hda1 (Windows XP OS initializing files) hda5(Linux native) and hda6(swap). The hdb disk has the Windows XP system and is used as a store disk. There's also a CDRW hdc and a magneto-optical drive attached toa SCSI adapter that is sda. All this is correctly mounted in /etc/fstab and my /etc/lilo.conf has the append line to emulate the ATAPI CDRW as a SCSI one. Now what happens. When i switch the machine cames the LiLO screen. I choose to boot Linux. Thenext screen is the Aurora Welcome screen with the kernel version (Mandrake 8.1) in the upper left corner of the monitor. If everything goes right next we have a lot of messages scrolling the monitor showing the hard drives, the CDRW and the Optical drive. Then Aurora goes to the graphical display and the system boots to his end, and that's all. Now what happens to me? When i reachthe welcome screen the system stops a little and instead of displaying the information about the drives it sends a message: LDP: Unable to read partition table. Then the booting goes on apparently without problems. Butwhen i am in the OS if i try (as root) to type the command "cdrecord -scanbus", instead of displayng the CDRW and the Optical drive it says: cdrecord file or directory not found; cannot open scsi driver. And that's the problem. Question? Whyit can't read the partition table?that´s the true problem; the other is a consequence of this error. I use Mandrake since version 6.0 and i never had such a problem. I think i have been a little more clear now. Can anyone help me? Thanks Antonio.
[newbie] Some MDK 8.1 Problems
Hello all, I have been running Mandrake Linux since it's 7.2 release. I never had problems untill I upgraded to v8.1. I am running the following: An MSI 6163 Lite (VIA Chipset) M/B (with a Creative CT5880 Sound Card onboard) 533 MHz Intel Celleron CPU 128 MB RAM 1 15 GB Quantum HD, 1 20 GB Quantum HD Creative Sound Blaster 128 PCI A CTX PR705F Monitor. Win98SE and, of course, MDK 8.1. I have migrated from M$ 6 months ago and was very happy with the move. My problems with 8.1 are as follow: Some times the whole desktop (KDE) freezes, nothing helps but the reset bottun. Afer every boot, I have to run sndconfig and restart the sound service for the KMix app to work under X. I have the Onboard CT5880 disabled. I can hear the MPEG movies I play with plaympeg, but not see them... The Konqueror Browser (both the KFM and the WEB parts) stop working after a few times of use, I have to exit X, su and delete DCOP random seeds and user files under /tmp. All of these are really annoying. I am wondering, should I go back to v8.0 ? Thanks, Amichai. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Problems with MDK 8.1
Hello all, I have been running Mandrake Linux since it's 7.2 release. I never had problems untill I upgraded to v8.1. I am running the following: An MSI 6163 Lite (VIA Chipset) M/B (with a Creative CT5880 Sound Card onboard) 533 MHz Intel Celleron CPU 128 MB RAM 1 15 GB Quantum HD, 1 20 GB Quantum HD Creative Sound Blaster 128 PCI A CTX PR705F Monitor. Win98SE and, of course, MDK 8.1. I have migrated from M$ 6 months ago and was very happy with the move. My problems with 8.1 are as follow: Some times the whole desktop (KDE) freezes, nothing helps but the reset bottun. Afer every boot, I have to run sndconfig and restart the sound service for the KMix app to work under X. I have the Onboard CT5880 disabled. I can hear the MPEG movies I play with plaympeg, but not see them... The Konqueror Browser (both the KFM and the WEB parts) stop working after a few times of use, I have to exit X, su and delete DCOP random seeds and user files under /tmp. All of these are really annoying. I am wondering, should I go back to v8.0 ? Thanks, -- Amichai. (SBY) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake 8.1
Hi, It's the 4th time it's happening to me:when i boot under linux a message say:Linux BDME too big.Can anyone explain what to do to boot normaly. The other times I reformated and reinstalled Mandrake 8.1. Is there any other method Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Some MDK 8.1 Problems
Amichai Rotman wrote: Hello all, I have been running Mandrake Linux since it's 7.2 release. I never had problems untill I upgraded to v8.1. I am running the following: An MSI 6163 Lite (VIA Chipset) M/B (with a Creative CT5880 Sound Card onboard) 533 MHz Intel Celleron CPU 128 MB RAM 1 15 GB Quantum HD, 1 20 GB Quantum HD Creative Sound Blaster 128 PCI A CTX PR705F Monitor. Win98SE and, of course, MDK 8.1. I have migrated from M$ 6 months ago and was very happy with the move. My problems with 8.1 are as follow: Some times the whole desktop (KDE) freezes, nothing helps but the reset bottun. Could be a sound drivers lockup Afer every boot, I have to run sndconfig and restart the sound service for the KMix app to work under X. I have the Onboard CT5880 disabled. get into a terminal su to root # chkconfig --del alsa Bet you have two sets of drivers loaded for the same sound card (OSS and ALSA). I can hear the MPEG movies I play with plaympeg, but not see them... The Konqueror Browser (both the KFM and the WEB parts) stop working after a few times of use, I have to exit X, su and delete DCOP random seeds and user files under /tmp. Or forward to KDE 2.2.2--some of these are strictly kde bugs. All of these are really annoying. I am wondering, should I go back to v8.0 ? Thanks, Amichai. Civileme 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] c compiler and its problem in 8.0
Dear mandrake 8.0 standard user: I used simple c program hello world, in printf(hello world) it did not print at all, until I add \n\n at the end of the line of hello world, then it print as what it should be. but that kind of result is not correct. it never happen at redhat 7.1 or debian-progeny 1.0, they all can print even without \n\n at the end of string. need help, and thanks inn advance, eric lin, http://www.onlineexchange.com/shilin url so far, will add later Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Compiling a new kernel...
The instructions I have say download the 2 RPM's (source and header), but I just need to add a custom kernel based on the existing configuration. How do I go about this, as the packages are already installed? Thanks, David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hotmail
OK Does hotmail really support pop3 ? Accessible tru kmail etc If OK so what is the POP3 adress ? ... OK JH Sure does. I forget what the POP3 is, but is on the site. Nothing about it on neither the help section or settings. There is one, that makes hotmail check other pop sites like your isp's pop account and adds to the hotmail one. If I missed it, please show me. JH I have never really tried it in Kmail. So i will not make any promises. I had given kmail just as an example of non ms related mail clients because I am looking for a normal/real pop server. JH But I do know I have alot of users on my network that do it through Outlook. That does not mean hotmail has a pop server. It is, I believe, nothing more than another MS' style ignore all the other, and do our stuff secretly, so no one can know what we do, or no one else can use it. I tried on some guess for a pop server in the name, and found only pop.hotmail.com to be existent. It used to be a normal pop server actually, back in the old days, 3-4 years ago, when hotmail was running non MS os. The machine, though, seems to be ignoring everything. telnet to port 110 gave me nothing, also the nmap. Up to here, nothing proves me hotmail has a pop server. Any other ideas are welcome. Onur Kucuk _ 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] Recommended office suites?
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 17:29:02 +0900, Doug Lerner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wasn't even going to respond to the hypothetical about the avaracious drug company withholding medication from poor people, but the logic of the answer bothered me so much I decided to. Even though my question was never answered by anybody (do the investors of time and money in drug research deserve to make a profit for their efforts?) I will answer yours. Your example seems to imply that anybody who puts forth effort and creates something that society finds useful and important then personally becomes liable financially to make sure that everybody who needs it gets it. I say to that - WHAT?! The answer to the problem of poor people not getting drugs from a drug company is not to steal the patent. It is for government and charities and properly run health care systems to acquire the medication and distribute it as needed. As I mentioned earlier, the Brazilian Government made their decision only after all other avenues had been explored. The health system of Brazil (or even for the US for that matter) does not have enough funds to help everyone in the best way possible. Negotiations were made with Roche in an effort to lower the exhorbitant price of nelfinavir. These failed, leaving the government with little alternative. The UN has praised the move, and the USA has withdrawn the official objection they had lodged through the WTO. Other AIDS-striken nations, like South Africa, are investigating similar methods. Again, that it what government, taxes and charities are FOR. Capitalism and social welfare often don't work well together. Generally, here is little or no profit for private corporations in social welfare, and governments are reluctant to put more funds into this vital sphere for fear of alienating the business comunity, who increasingly have the power to divert their investment to other countries at the wink of an eye. Governments, particularly those of lesser developed countries (LDCs) have limited funds. LDCS often have huge debts to pay as well. They don't need the added burden of paying double the real cost of some drug. They _could_ probably get the money, but that would divert funds from other pressing tasks, and would hamper the economy (which would make things even worse in the long run). Yes, you can hypothecate about some drug company blackmailing society over some needed drug. And, in fact, there are already laws allowing the government to license the patent to competing firms in that case. That almost happened in Canada recently over Cipro, but it turned out not to be necessary. But you are talking about the exception, not the rule. I never said it was the rule. However, the few exceptions that _do_ exist warrant some consideration due to their massive impacts. Would you rather that people die? The Canadian example you offer is interesting. There really isn't much difference between this and what is happening in Brazil. I know little about Cipro, but the difference here seems to be that nelfinavir is made and owned by a completely foreign manufacturer. In that case, how can it be licensed to competing firms? Extending the argument that it is somehow the responsibility of the dryg company to also supply it to everybody in need, regardless of financial impact, you could also say that anybody who produces anything that anybody needs somehow assumes an ethical responsibility to make sure they get it. But there is a different between the producing side and the consuming side. Just because a person wants to be creative and inventive shouldn't put the person at financial risk by society. I should first say that I am not arguing that you are wrong. The difference here is simply that we are taking different approaches to the topic. I believe that for a democracy to properly function, everyone and everything in it (including corporations) should hold some responsibility for its functioning. Otherwise, we see what is happening in nations like the USA or Australia (my country): rising social inequality. In the long run, this can only be bad for a society. My view is more like that espoused in Europe and Asia. Take Japan, for example. To the Japanese, your views would be totally alien. In the past fifty years, they have undergone more rapid economic transformation than any other nation, while _maintaining_ social equality. They have done this by making everyone and everything accountable for the welfare of the nation. In the same period, social equality has markedly fallen in Anglo-American capitalist states. No nation has ever moved from an 'underdeveloped' to a 'developed' state by using Anglo-American economic principles (which you seem to embrace). Indeed, most nations that have adopted such methods have gone backward. While your views may be 'alien' to the Japanese (or to many other peoples), it doesn't necessarily mean they are 'wrong', just 'different'. doug
[newbie] FINAL DESPERATE TEST
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Re: [newbie] FINAL DESPERATE TEST
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 21:28:53 -0500 jal [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled in frustration: If you're reading thismy kdenetwork upgrade was a success! = Congrats!! ;-) Mike -- Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life. -- George Bernard Shaw _ 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] FINAL DESPERATE TEST
If you're reading thismy kdenetwork upgrade was a success! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Recommended office suites?
ummm... wow. i would love to fire off on this topic, but i just don't have the time now. however, i would like to thank all of you. why? because we are having a awesome discussion about a fascinating topic and everyone is making really intelligent comments observations and this is what i love about this list. i'm really learning thinking as i read this. thank you thank you thank you. adrian p.s. can we do this more often? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] FINAL DESPERATE TEST
On Friday 28 December 2001 21:28, you wrote: If you're reading thismy kdenetwork upgrade was a success! I think you got it! -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] trouble installing rlt8139 netcard driver...
On Friday 28 December 2001 20:33, you wrote: On Friday 28 December 2001 11:38, you wrote: X-RebelTech Is Here: http://www.rebeltech.ca MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Many Thanks Dennis! got 'er beat. that insmod was exactly the missing link for me. do i need to add it to any of my rc.local files so that it will reload on next reboot? moose. snip if you have LM 8.1 (not sure about earlier versions) go to a console and type in insmod 8139too and see if it finds the driver already installed by the OS. If it does it will tell you already installed or it will install it, then type ifup eth0 and you should have a functioning ethernet card. Previous without the quotes of course. HTH Adding to my earlier reply, I found the spot. Check out your /etc/modules.conf file. If it does not have alias eth0 8139too then just adit with your choice of editors and save it to the file. The next time you boot you should have no problem with eth0. Oh, also check in the Mandrake Control Centersystemservices and make sure network is checked to start on boot. I think this will end all of the problems for you. HTH forgot to make this address to the list, just in case someone else is having the problem. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re[2]: [newbie] hotmail
nope, hotmail is not pop3, but M$ Outlook Express can fetch it anyway, if you tell it to... that way it's easier than ever to get the latest viruses!! ;o) Friday, December 28, 2001, 9:46:51 AM, you wrote: JH Borrow someones Windows box, setup your Hotmail account so you can send JH and recieve the email via POP3. Doesn't 'fix' the problem, but you get JH your mail. Does hotmail really support pop3 ? Accessible tru kmail etc If so what is the POP3 adress ? ... Onur Kucuk _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Recommended office suites?
Well, I've been living here in Japan for the past 18 years now and I find companies here more capitalistic and less regulated then in the U.S. Everything you buy here is strictly let the buyer beware. There is no such thing at all like money back guarantee like in stores in the U.S. And things are pretty unregulated as far as business goes. I remember some years ago I wanted to import modems into Japan so I contacted JETRO, the Japan External Trade Organization, asking how do I arrange for an import license. They said there was no such thing. If I wanted to import, go ahead. In the U.S. you have to have business licenses to open up a small store or business. No such thing here. I ran an Internet cafe here in Tokyo for three years with no regulation hassles at all. As far as maintaining social equality goes, tell that to women who have traditionally been more discriminated against here. When I worked at Fujitsu, women - even the programmers - were expected to come in 15 minutes before the men to tidy things up and start the coffee and tea going. (Fujitsu, by the way, is a great company and one of the more progressive in Japan, with a high percentage of female managers these days.) While the salary discrepencies that exist in the U.S. are not as severe in Japan (and maybe that is what you meant by maintaining social equality), unemployment is at a high right now and the lifetime employment system is falling by the wayside. In addition, the population is aging quickly and the health insurance system is about bankrupt. Lots of problems facing Japan right now. I could go on forever... doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Saturday, December 29, 2001): My view is more like that espoused in Europe and Asia. Take Japan, for example. To the Japanese, your views would be totally alien. In the past fifty years, they have undergone more rapid economic transformation than any other nation, while _maintaining_ social equality. They have done this by making everyone and everything accountable for the welfare of the nation. In the same period, social equality has markedly fallen in Anglo-American capitalist states. No nation has ever moved from an 'underdeveloped' to a 'developed' state by using Anglo-American economic principles (which you seem to embrace). Indeed, most nations that have adopted such methods have gone backward. While your views may be 'alien' to the Japanese (or to many other peoples), it doesn't necessarily mean they are 'wrong', just 'different'. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re[2]: [newbie] hotmail
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 23:36:23 +0100 (CET), Jody Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK Does hotmail really support pop3 ? Accessible tru kmail etc If OK so what is the POP3 adress ? ... OK Sure does. I forget what the POP3 is, but is on the site. I have never really tried it in Kmail. So i will not make any promises. But I do know I have alot of users on my network that do it through Outlook. I don't think that's POP, but rather a proprietary protocol that only Lookout/Lookout Express can do. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan If Bill Gates had a dime for every time a Windows box crashed... ...Oh, wait a minute, he already does. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re[2]: [newbie] hotmail
- Original Message - From: Damian G [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 7:55 PM Subject: Re: Re[2]: [newbie] hotmail nope, hotmail is not pop3, but M$ Outlook Express can fetch it anyway, if you tell it to... that way it's easier than ever to get the latest viruses!! ;o) The Hotmail setting on my windoze says it is een HTTP server with the following address: http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp Haven't tried it with Kmail yet. Good luck, Marten Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Recommended office suites?
Amazing how things can digress! Soon we'll throw in religion and whale hunting. :-) doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Saturday, December 29, 2001): I could go on forever... You could, but we're not talking about office suites anymore :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How long to wait???
Hi All, I have been having a long wait to do anything in Mandrake 8.0 w/KDE on 32m RAM. A few hours ago I put in *128M* and it only reads 65m or so, it is much faster. Maybe it would be faster still if *128m* was reading? How do I use the GUI to set the ram? If no GUI, can I get to lilo while the server is running, or do I need to shut it down and restart? Question two... I am running rpminst after selecting update to most of the packages on the update list. It has been going for hours maybe the progress bar is moving, maybe not. I am reluctant to shutdown. I have an almost fast, cable connection that is working ok for web pages on another machine at the same time. How long should I wait and/or how do I tell/determine if rpminst is stalled and unrecoverable. The graffic box in Software Manager is going back and fort nicely, back and forth, back and forth, to and fro.(-: (-; :-) Pentium 150 -- Have an extra nice Day!, Andrew Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How long to wait???
On Saturday 29 December 2001 20:03, Andrew wrote: | Hi All, | | I have been having a long wait to do anything in Mandrake 8.0 | w/KDE on 32m RAM. A few hours ago I put in *128M* and it only reads | 65m or so, it is much faster. Maybe it would be faster still if | *128m* was reading? How do I use the GUI to set the ram? If no GUI, | can I get to lilo while the server is running, or do I need to shut | it down and restart? Have you tried typing free in a terminal (without the quotes)? Not sure if this is the right way to do it, but you can set the amount of ram in Mandrake Control Center Boot Boot Config Advanced. | Question two... I am running rpminst after selecting update | to most of the packages on the update list. It has been going for | hours maybe the progress bar is moving, maybe not. I am reluctant to | shutdown. I have an almost fast, cable connection that is working ok | for web pages on another machine at the same time. How long should I | wait and/or how do I tell/determine if rpminst is stalled and | unrecoverable. The graffic box in Software Manager is going back and | fort nicely, back and forth, back and forth, to and fro.(-: (-; :-) hynotising? ; ) u... well last time I tried that it took approx 3-4 hours (IIRC) but then I can only connect at 19200 bps... skinky -- But what ... is it good for? (Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
