Re: [newbie-it] medium
Il 05:55, domenica 20 gennaio 2002, in merito a [newbie-it] medium, Barbara ha scritto: Come fare a montare all'avvio cdrom e windows, e avere le icone sul desktop? per montare all'avvio un cdrom è sufficiente impstare in /etc/fstab auto sul cd stesso, all'avvio però il cd dovrà essere inserito per quanto riguarda le partizioni fat, idem l'opzione auto le monta al boot, attenzione, però, montando una partizione all'avvio, questa ti eredita i permessi quindi avresti problemi a scriverci da utente. è preferibile quindi montare da utente, dopo il boot. per le icone, dovresti dirci se usi kde, gnome o qualche altro desktop manager. ti allego il mio fstab, sicuramente differisce dal tuo, che, suppongo, usi un sistema diverso, - /dev/hda6 swap swapdefaults 0 0 /dev/hda5 /reiserfsdefaults 1 1 /dev/hda2 /fat-c vfatusers,noauto,showexec 0 0 /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,noauto,users,exec,showexec 0 0 /dev/fd0/floppy autodefaults,users,noauto,showexec 0 0 //mike:/exp /nfs nfs defaults,noauto,users 0 0 #//sie/e/smb smbfs user=Administrator,password=,defaults,noauto 0 0 none/dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none/procprocdefaults 0 0 - come vedi non lascio montare la partizione fat all'avvio, potrei automaticamente assegnarla all'utente, ma è più pratico montarla con un click quando serve (idem cd e floppy) PS i miei mountpoint differiscono dai tuoi, dovresti avere tutto sotto /mnt/... -- bye miKe _ Slackware 8 GNU/Linux 2.4.16-pk @ hp Xe3 R.U.# 219755 - S.R.U.# 705 - R.M.# 110932 public_key.asc Description: application/pgp-keys
Re: [newbie-it] compilazione kernel
Giuro che non lo faccio più!!(ma sai com'è, volevo provar la pazza ebbrezza..;-)). A questo punto, da quanto mi dici, devo fare un salto senza rete.. Nel caso qualcosa vada storto, sarebbe a questo punto consigliabile (e possibile) creare un LILO aggiornato su dischetto, così da poter preservare quello originario e poter ripartire con il vecchio Kernel senza rischiare di rendere il sistema inutilizzabile? Ciao, e ti ringrazio anticipatamente per l'eventuale risposta! Fabio - Original Message - From: miKe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 12:05 AM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] compilazione kernel Il 16:10, sabato 19 gennaio 2002, in merito a [newbie-it] compilazione kernel, Fabio Manunza ha scritto: Ciao a tutti. Mi sono cimentato nella compilazione ed aggiornamento del kernel sulla mia mdk8.1, dal 2.4.8 al 2.4.16. Ho dato prima il make dep, poi il make clean, senza riscontrare messaggi di errore. Al momento però di dare make bzdisk ho ricevuto il messaggio che il mio nuovo kernel di 956k era troppo grande per essere bootato da dischetto. Visto che in teoria il floppy dovrebbe tenere 1,44M, come è possibile tutto questo? Inutile dire poi che al momento di far partire il nuovo kernel, il tutto ha fatto cilecca...senza danni, comunque. C'è qualcuno in grado di illuminarmi? Grazie Fabio regola n.1 non fare cross posting! n.2 crea un kernel con make bzImage e aggiorna il LILO quindi dai un make modules e make modules_install il kernel su floppy non ti funzia se modularizzi -- bye miKe Slackware 8 GNU/Linux 2.4.16-pk @ hp Xe3 R.U.# 219755 - S.R.U.# 705 - R.M.# 110932
Re: [newbie-it] compilazione kernel
Il 15:00, domenica 20 gennaio 2002, in merito a Re: [newbie-it] compilazione kernel, Fabio Manunza ha scritto: Giuro che non lo faccio più!!(ma sai com'è, volevo provar la pazza ebbrezza..;-)). A questo punto, da quanto mi dici, devo fare un salto senza rete.. Nel caso qualcosa vada storto, sarebbe a questo punto consigliabile (e possibile) creare un LILO aggiornato su dischetto, così da poter preservare quello originario e poter ripartire con il vecchio Kernel senza rischiare di rendere il sistema inutilizzabile? nessun salto senza rete!! se ricompili un kernel di versione differente da quello attuale, ti verranno installati i moduli in posizione differente da querlli attualmente in uso, il kernel, poi, lo nominerai come vuoi (es vmlinuz-2.4.16) e in lilo AGGIUNGERAI la chiamata al nuovo, senza togliere la vecchia a questo punto, all'avvio potrai scegliere tra il vecchio (probabilmente si chiama linux) ed il nuovo (che chiamerai come vuoi) se il nuovo non funzia hai sempre il vecchio!! Ciao, e ti ringrazio anticipatamente per l'eventuale risposta! Fabio di nulla -- bye miKe Slackware 8 GNU/Linux 2.4.16-pk @ hp Xe3 R.U.# 219755 - S.R.U.# 705 - R.M.# 110932
Re: [newbie-it] medium
At 16.10 06/01/02, Mike wrote: ... per le icone, dovresti dirci se usi kde, gnome o qualche altro desktop manager. Uso kde. Il problema delle icone credo che stia a monte. Linux non riesce a montare i cdrom (sono 2) gia' all'avvio. Compare un bel messaggio di mount point fallito o qlkosa di simile con un bel FAILED scritto in rosso :( ti allego il mio fstab, ... Grazie mille dell'aiuto, soprattutto del tuo fstab (ci speravo!!... a furia di cambiare parametri ecc... devo averlo pasticciato un po' troppo ;) Vediamo cosa riesco a combinare e ti faccio sapere. ancora grazie. Barbara
Re: [newbie-it] medium
Il 19:26, domenica 20 gennaio 2002, in merito a Re: [newbie-it] medium, Barbara ha scritto: Uso kde. Il problema delle icone credo che stia a monte. Linux non riesce a montare i cdrom (sono 2) gia' all'avvio. Compare un bel messaggio di mount point fallito o qlkosa di simile con un bel FAILED scritto in rosso :( ok, hai ricompilato? se si, hai perso il supermount, ma con il mio fstab risolvi. ora, ti ho mandato l'fstab di un pc basato tutto su eide, nel caso di periferiche scsi dovrai sostituire /dev/hdxx con /dev/scdx ..il fatto che i cd non vengano montati all'avvio, potrebbe comunque dipendere dal fatto che non ci sono cd inseriti al boot. crea le icone sul desktop col tasto dx -Crea Nuovo -Dispositivo Cd-Rom anrai quindi a spulciare il device in base al tuo fstab, avrai quindi (es) che /mnt/cdrom punterà a /dev/cdrom (se hai il link creato, come credo) comunque vai in /dev e fai un bel $ls -l cdr* ti appariranno (se esistono) i link ai device a questo punto aggiornare fstab è semplice. Grazie mille dell'aiuto, soprattutto del tuo fstab (ci speravo!!... a furia di cambiare parametri ecc... devo averlo pasticciato un po' troppo ;) Vediamo cosa riesco a combinare e ti faccio sapere. prima di smanettare su un file, fai sempre una copia!! :-) -- bye miKe Slackware 8 GNU/Linux 2.4.16-pk @ hp Xe3 R.U.# 219755 - S.R.U.# 705 - R.M.# 110932
Re: [newbie-it] medium
At 19.45 06/01/02, miKe wrote: ... ok, hai ricompilato? fatto cosa? :-? se si, hai perso il supermount, non credo di aver capito bene cosa sia 'sto supermount :-/ ma con il mio fstab risolvi. infatti ho risolto! ^___^ Ora riesco a leggere tutti i miei cd rom! W! ... crea le icone sul desktop col tasto dx -Crea Nuovo -Dispositivo Cd-Rom ... ok! prima di smanettare su un file, fai sempre una copia!! :-) gia', eheheh :-P Grazie 1 !!!
Re: [newbie-it] medium
Il 22:26, domenica 20 gennaio 2002, in merito a Re: [newbie-it] medium, Barbara ha scritto: ok, hai ricompilato? fatto cosa? :-? intendevo dire, hai ricompilato il kernel? sostituendo quindi quello della mandrakkia con uno linus in questo caso avresti perso il supermount, un'utilità della mdk che ti permette di vedere i dischi come dempre montati, un pò come window$ inserisci un disco e il sistema lo monta, facendotelo vedere in /mnt/device senza costringerti al montaggio del /dev/device in /mnt/device... (oddio, l'automount in fondo è simile, ma richiede il tuo intervento, cioè, addiritture, il click sull'icona che astrae il device!!) se si, hai perso il supermount, non credo di aver capito bene cosa sia 'sto supermount :-/ ora è chiaro.. ma con il mio fstab risolvi. infatti ho risolto! ^___^ Ora riesco a leggere tutti i miei cd rom! W! ...ma non ti vengono certomontati al boot, vedi che così è meglio? Grazie 1 !!! de nada! -- bye miKe Slackware 8 GNU/Linux 2.4.16-pk @ hp Xe3 R.U.# 219755 - S.R.U.# 705 - R.M.# 110932
Re: [newbie-it] medium
At 23.38 06/01/02, scus se mi faccio i fatti tuoi: come mai sei restato indietro nel tempo? (se hai trovato il modo x recuperare tempo devi assolutamente svelarmi il trucco!!! ;) miKe wrote: ... intendevo dire, hai ricompilato il kernel? no, e' una cosa al di sopra delle mie capacita'! ;) ... ora è chiaro.. ... Grazie!
Re: [newbie-it] medium
Il 00:30, lunedì 21 gennaio 2002, in merito a Re: [newbie-it] medium, Barbara ha scritto: At 23.38 06/01/02, scus se mi faccio i fatti tuoi: come mai sei restato indietro nel tempo? (se hai trovato il modo x recuperare tempo devi assolutamente svelarmi il trucco!!! ;) azz. ma non è sfuggito a nessuno.. ok ok il mio server è impazzito, ora lo spengo e via! intendevo dire, hai ricompilato il kernel? no, e' una cosa al di sopra delle mie capacita'! ;) capirai.. basta chiedere le ML a questo servono.. ..pure a rimettere gli orologi.. :-P -- bye miKe Slackware 8 GNU/Linux 2.4.16-pk @ hp Xe3 R.U.# 219755 - S.R.U.# 705 - R.M.# 110932
[newbie-it] problema di stampa
Salve a tutta la lista. In casa ho una piccola LAN gestita da un server di rete con Mandrake linux 8.1. Riesco ad uscire sulla rete Internet e ad attivare vari servizi per le mie esigenze (es. FTP). Il problema è un altro. Ci ho appena attaccato una stampante Epson Stylus Color 880, e il tutto funziona egregiamente sul server stesso, ma non riesco a stampare dai 2 PC client, che montano sia Mandrake 8.1 che Windows 2000. La stampante la vedono (ad es. in Win2k in risorse di rete la stampante c'è). Riesco ad installarla sia sui mandrake client (print on a remote samba server, e mi riconosce tutti i parametri), sia sui win2k client. Ma di stampare non ne vuole sapere. Suggerimenti? Un saluto. Alessandro
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[newbie] wolfenstien.
Hi, Anyone know how I can get wolfenstien to run?? I have got the linux instalation. but cant get it to install properly. Derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 8.1
How much RAM do you have in this machine and is it known to be good? The only thing I can think of preventing Linux from creating and mounting a ram disk is either lack of free ram (try installing via a text install, rather than graphical) or bad ram (only option is to buy some decent ram). You CDROM is known to be good isn't it? -Original Message- From: gerry [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 3:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] Installing Mandrake 8.1 On a machine on which I have been able to install Suse 6.4 and Mandrake 7.1 I get the following problem when trying to install Mandrake 8.1: Mounting /dev/ram3 on /tmp/stage2 as type ext2 Mount failed: invalid argument Or (4) VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev ram disk (1,3). Any thoughts? Thanks File: message.footer ** This email and any files sent with it are intended only for the named recipient. If you are not the named recipient please telephone/email the sender immediately. You should not disclose the content or take/retain/distribute any copies. ** Norwich Union Life Pensions Limited Registered Office 2 Rougier Street York YO90 1UU Registered in England Number 3253947 A member of the Norwich Union Marketing Group which is regulated by the Personal Investment Authority. Member of the Association of British Insurers. For further Enquires 01603 622200 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] wolfenstien.
Going to need a touch nore information than that Derek. What problem are you having? What error messages do you get and at what stage? -Original Message- From: Derek fowler [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 10:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] wolfenstien. Hi, Anyone know how I can get wolfenstien to run?? I have got the linux instalation. but cant get it to install properly. Derek File: message.footer ** This email and any files sent with it are intended only for the named recipient. If you are not the named recipient please telephone/email the sender immediately. You should not disclose the content or take/retain/distribute any copies. ** Norwich Union Life Pensions Limited Registered Office 2 Rougier Street York YO90 1UU Registered in England Number 3253947 A member of the Norwich Union Marketing Group which is regulated by the Personal Investment Authority. Member of the Association of British Insurers. For further Enquires 01603 622200 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] wolfenstien.
Thanks Steve, heh, eh sorta guessed that :) 1st mail was an attention grabber :) right here goes.. I got the binaries sitting in my user home dir. I have chmoded the script to make it exec, when trying to run the thing it starts the install gets as far as the directory selection tells me I dont have enough permissions to write to the directories. So loged out logged in as root, I the install worked, but dont know how to get game to run. That said, I ma not too happy about playing the game as root. So I am guessing that I need to give my user rights to the nescessary directories, but I am also guessing that users are not given wrie rights to the bin directory for a reason. so am a tad confused as to which route to go. Derek On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 10:13, FLYNN, Steve wrote: Going to need a touch nore information than that Derek. What problem are you having? What error messages do you get and at what stage? -Original Message- From: Derek fowler [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 10:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] wolfenstien. Hi, Anyone know how I can get wolfenstien to run?? I have got the linux instalation. but cant get it to install properly. Derek File: message.footer ** This email and any files sent with it are intended only for the named recipient. If you are not the named recipient please telephone/email the sender immediately. You should not disclose the content or take/retain/distribute any copies. ** Norwich Union Life Pensions Limited Registered Office 2 Rougier Street York YO90 1UU Registered in England Number 3253947 A member of the Norwich Union Marketing Group which is regulated by the Personal Investment Authority. Member of the Association of British Insurers. For further Enquires 01603 622200 =_1011521192-762-1715 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] wolfenstien.
I just installed it last night if you did a standard install you should be able to open a console and type wolfspdemo (probably located in /usr/local/bin). As far as I know this should work... although I did it the really safe way by creating a directory as root and giving my normal user the permissions for the directoty. I then installed as a normal user the files in /usr/local/games/wolfenstein-spdemo/ , and the link path to my home directory. This shouldn't all be neccesary, and I should think that installing as root should pose no problems. Greetings Ralph On 20 Jan 2002, Derek fowler wrote: Thanks Steve, heh, eh sorta guessed that :) 1st mail was an attention grabber :) right here goes.. I got the binaries sitting in my user home dir. I have chmoded the script to make it exec, when trying to run the thing it starts the install gets as far as the directory selection tells me I dont have enough permissions to write to the directories. So loged out logged in as root, I the install worked, but dont know how to get game to run. That said, I ma not too happy about playing the game as root. So I am guessing that I need to give my user rights to the nescessary directories, but I am also guessing that users are not given wrie rights to the bin directory for a reason. so am a tad confused as to which route to go. Derek On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 10:13, FLYNN, Steve wrote: Going to need a touch nore information than that Derek. What problem are you having? What error messages do you get and at what stage? -Original Message- From: Derek fowler [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 10:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] wolfenstien. Hi, Anyone know how I can get wolfenstien to run?? I have got the linux instalation. but cant get it to install properly. Derek File: message.footer ** This email and any files sent with it are intended only for the named recipient. If you are not the named recipient please telephone/email the sender immediately. You should not disclose the content or take/retain/distribute any copies. ** Norwich Union Life Pensions Limited Registered Office 2 Rougier Street York YO90 1UU Registered in England Number 3253947 A member of the Norwich Union Marketing Group which is regulated by the Personal Investment Authority. Member of the Association of British Insurers. For further Enquires 01603 622200 =_1011521192-762-1715 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] wolfenstien.
Ok,, managed to get it to run as me not root (Thanks Ralph), now getting error sys_error GLimp_init () could not load openGL subsystem. Any ideas (also going huntin to see if I can find answer @ID activision but any suggestions would be appreciated) Thanks Derek On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 11:09, Ralph Slooten wrote: I just installed it last night if you did a standard install you should be able to open a console and type wolfspdemo (probably located in /usr/local/bin). As far as I know this should work... although I did it the really safe way by creating a directory as root and giving my normal user the permissions for the directoty. I then installed as a normal user the files in /usr/local/games/wolfenstein-spdemo/ , and the link path to my home directory. This shouldn't all be neccesary, and I should think that installing as root should pose no problems. Greetings Ralph On 20 Jan 2002, Derek fowler wrote: Thanks Steve, heh, eh sorta guessed that :) 1st mail was an attention grabber :) right here goes.. I got the binaries sitting in my user home dir. I have chmoded the script to make it exec, when trying to run the thing it starts the install gets as far as the directory selection tells me I dont have enough permissions to write to the directories. So loged out logged in as root, I the install worked, but dont know how to get game to run. That said, I ma not too happy about playing the game as root. So I am guessing that I need to give my user rights to the nescessary directories, but I am also guessing that users are not given wrie rights to the bin directory for a reason. so am a tad confused as to which route to go. Derek On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 10:13, FLYNN, Steve wrote: Going to need a touch nore information than that Derek. What problem are you having? What error messages do you get and at what stage? -Original Message- From: Derek fowler [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 10:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] wolfenstien. Hi, Anyone know how I can get wolfenstien to run?? I have got the linux instalation. but cant get it to install properly. Derek File: message.footer ** This email and any files sent with it are intended only for the named recipient. If you are not the named recipient please telephone/email the sender immediately. You should not disclose the content or take/retain/distribute any copies. ** Norwich Union Life Pensions Limited Registered Office 2 Rougier Street York YO90 1UU Registered in England Number 3253947 A member of the Norwich Union Marketing Group which is regulated by the Personal Investment Authority. Member of the Association of British Insurers. For further Enquires 01603 622200 =_1011521192-762-1715 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com =_1011524884-762-1722 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] desktop shortcuts
How do I get shortcuts to CDrom HDd on desktop? 9I know it is probably inthe manual, but I am trying to fix 3 other problems at the same time) Derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] desktop shortcuts
Right click on desktop Select 'create NewCDROM device' Pick a name for it. In Device Tab use drop down menu to select which device you want, and enter the correct mount point for that device in the mount point window. Thats it.. dead easy. derek On Sunday 20 January 2002 12:33, you wrote: How do I get shortcuts to CDrom HDd on desktop? 9I know it is probably inthe manual, but I am trying to fix 3 other problems at the same time) Derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] wolfenstien.
Okay, where do we get the software to play Wolfenstien on Linux or is there a linux port? I was thinking about getting it but don't want to play it on Winders of I don't have to. It would be a great additon to my Linux gaming experience! Thanks, Steve On Sunday 20 January 2002 06:02 am, you wrote: Ok,, managed to get it to run as me not root (Thanks Ralph), now getting error sys_error GLimp_init () could not load openGL subsystem. Any ideas (also going huntin to see if I can find answer @ID activision but any suggestions would be appreciated) Thanks Derek On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 11:09, Ralph Slooten wrote: I just installed it last night if you did a standard install you should be able to open a console and type wolfspdemo (probably located in /usr/local/bin). As far as I know this should work... although I did it the really safe way by creating a directory as root and giving my normal user the permissions for the directoty. I then installed as a normal user the files in /usr/local/games/wolfenstein-spdemo/ , and the link path to my home directory. This shouldn't all be neccesary, and I should think that installing as root should pose no problems. Greetings Ralph On 20 Jan 2002, Derek fowler wrote: Thanks Steve, heh, eh sorta guessed that :) 1st mail was an attention grabber :) right here goes.. I got the binaries sitting in my user home dir. I have chmoded the script to make it exec, when trying to run the thing it starts the install gets as far as the directory selection tells me I dont have enough permissions to write to the directories. So loged out logged in as root, I the install worked, but dont know how to get game to run. That said, I ma not too happy about playing the game as root. So I am guessing that I need to give my user rights to the nescessary directories, but I am also guessing that users are not given wrie rights to the bin directory for a reason. so am a tad confused as to which route to go. Derek On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 10:13, FLYNN, Steve wrote: Going to need a touch nore information than that Derek. What problem are you having? What error messages do you get and at what stage? -Original Message- From: Derek fowler [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 10:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] wolfenstien. Hi, Anyone know how I can get wolfenstien to run?? I have got the linux instalation. but cant get it to install properly. Derek File: message.footer * * This email and any files sent with it are intended only for the named recipient. If you are not the named recipient please telephone/email the sender immediately. You should not disclose the content or take/retain/distribute any copies. * * Norwich Union Life Pensions Limited Registered Office 2 Rougier Street York YO90 1UU Registered in England Number 3253947 A member of the Norwich Union Marketing Group which is regulated by the Personal Investment Authority. Member of the Association of British Insurers. For further Enquires 01603 622200 =_1011521192-762-1715 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com =_1011524884-762-1722 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] wolfenstien.
You can pick up the linux stuff from bluesnews.com, but you need the windows version to play (needs pak files from windows cd key) Derek On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 13:28, Steven Spears wrote: Okay, where do we get the software to play Wolfenstien on Linux or is there a linux port? I was thinking about getting it but don't want to play it on Winders of I don't have to. It would be a great additon to my Linux gaming experience! Thanks, Steve On Sunday 20 January 2002 06:02 am, you wrote: Ok,, managed to get it to run as me not root (Thanks Ralph), now getting error sys_error GLimp_init () could not load openGL subsystem. Any ideas (also going huntin to see if I can find answer @ID activision but any suggestions would be appreciated) Thanks Derek On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 11:09, Ralph Slooten wrote: I just installed it last night if you did a standard install you should be able to open a console and type wolfspdemo (probably located in /usr/local/bin). As far as I know this should work... although I did it the really safe way by creating a directory as root and giving my normal user the permissions for the directoty. I then installed as a normal user the files in /usr/local/games/wolfenstein-spdemo/ , and the link path to my home directory. This shouldn't all be neccesary, and I should think that installing as root should pose no problems. Greetings Ralph On 20 Jan 2002, Derek fowler wrote: Thanks Steve, heh, eh sorta guessed that :) 1st mail was an attention grabber :) right here goes.. I got the binaries sitting in my user home dir. I have chmoded the script to make it exec, when trying to run the thing it starts the install gets as far as the directory selection tells me I dont have enough permissions to write to the directories. So loged out logged in as root, I the install worked, but dont know how to get game to run. That said, I ma not too happy about playing the game as root. So I am guessing that I need to give my user rights to the nescessary directories, but I am also guessing that users are not given wrie rights to the bin directory for a reason. so am a tad confused as to which route to go. Derek On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 10:13, FLYNN, Steve wrote: Going to need a touch nore information than that Derek. What problem are you having? What error messages do you get and at what stage? -Original Message- From: Derek fowler [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 10:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] wolfenstien. Hi, Anyone know how I can get wolfenstien to run?? I have got the linux instalation. but cant get it to install properly. Derek File: message.footer * * This email and any files sent with it are intended only for the named recipient. If you are not the named recipient please telephone/email the sender immediately. You should not disclose the content or take/retain/distribute any copies. * * Norwich Union Life Pensions Limited Registered Office 2 Rougier Street York YO90 1UU Registered in England Number 3253947 A member of the Norwich Union Marketing Group which is regulated by the Personal Investment Authority. Member of the Association of British Insurers. For further Enquires 01603 622200 =_1011521192-762-1715 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com =_1011524884-762-1722 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com =_1011532967-762-1735 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] Superblocks corrupted after a change in fstab ....
I think that I had a messy trouble! I had a boot floppy of Mandrake 8.1, but it is from another install of Mandrake!!! I don't know if it'll work properly. However, if one of my tries to recover the system I remember that I gat a root prompt, but I cannot open mc to edit any of those files Although I think I opened vi to do that..!!! Well, I'll give a try to this boot disk from another install Bye!! - Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Superblocks corrupted after a change in fstab Can you boot from your Boot floppy? If so you should be able to fix it. It looks as if you have edited the lilo.conf and fstab files incorrectly Your lilo.conf file should look something like this :- default=linux-2.4.8-34 boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal keytable=/boot/uk.klt lba32 prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.8-34.1mdk label=linux-2.4.8-34 root=/dev/hda5 read-only optional vga=normal append= hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi devfs=nomount quiet initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.8-34.1mdk.img ***SNIP more stanzas follow Here I have defined IDE devices hdd and hdd as SCSI emulation. I am running with devfs disabled, but you may not need to do that. (In my system the CD writer would not work with devfs enabled) I am using the updated kernel so my Lilo points to the 2.4.8-34 image. After modifying /etc/lilo.conf be sure to run /sbin/lilo as root and be sure there are no error messages or else you will not be able to boot. (This could well be your problem) Now my /etc/fstab file looks like this :- /dev/scd0/mnt/cdrom auto iocharset=iso8859-1,user,exec,noauto,codepage=850,nodev 0 0 /dev/scd1 /mnt/cdrom2 auto iocharset=iso8859-1,user,exec,noauto,codepage=850,nodev 0 0 (these two statements occupy one line each. there is a space before and after 'auto') device hdc is now referred to as /dev/scd0 and hdd has become /dev/scd1 Note you do not need any 'dev=' in the fstab file. If you can get in to make these corrections you should be OK derek On Sunday 20 January 2002 00:14, ngn wrote: Hi folks...I have the following trouble: I have a cd-copier a cd-reader, Due to I want to perform direct cd copying I made some changes in fstab and lilo.conf. For example: when in fstab appeared /dev/cdrom1 I put instead dev=/dev/scd1 (This was to made SCSI simulation on the cd-reader) I get both the cd-r the cd-wr recognized by the front-ends of burning although I cannot make any on-the-fly copies [This is another problem!!!]... The problem starts to arose when I tried to install some packages from the download cd's... When Software Manager asks for the cd1, I put it on the reader, and it ejects me the cd like it was a wrong one!!! Well, here is when the problem arises!!...Due to my big ignorance I open the file fstab and when it says dev=/dev/scd1 [IT IS MY CD-R] I put something like this dev=/dev/scd1,/dev/cdrom After that I rebooted and neither I can run the label failsafe nor the normal linux entrie on lilo. Moreover I cannot bot in linux 2-2.secure. When I tried to boot in any of those entries it stops in the Checking root filesystem step with a msg like this : The Superblocks on the device are corrupted, try to run an fsck and it says more things that I do not remember now. However, one thing sounds strange for me.It's says that I had to run fsck when my root partition is on a journallised file system [EXT3] Well, I know that this post might be very large, but... Unless I have a solution, I'll have to re-install Linux-Mandrake 8.1 Thanks in Advance Nicolas Gomez Montevideo, URUGUAY 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] sound
Got a problem with sound, when starting xwindows I get the welcom sound, but if I try to play a CD nothing, cant see anything in manual about it, anyone got an iadea ?? Derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No sound for window/system events (Gnome/Sawfish/LM8.1)
On 20 Jan 2002 14:47:27 +1000, Charles Darcy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2002-01-19 at 16:41, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On 19 Jan 2002 14:33:45 +1000, Charles Darcy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2002-01-18 at 22:35, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Try running GNOME as root. If sound works properly there, then we have a permissions problem. Load userdrake (as root) and add your username to the'audio' group. No Gnome sounds as 'root' either, I'm afraid. Have you configured a Bastille firewall recently? I once had a problem with sound in GNOME and I managed to trace it back to my Bastille settings. I set up a Bastille firewall soon after I installed LM8.1, and since I have never heard any Gnome sounds, this may well be the cause. In fact, after I had started 'esd' as a background process from a terminal, a little while later the terminal displayed some sort of error message about Bastille and a 'tmp' directory. Bastille has an option to guard against abuse of the 'tmp' directory, which I enabled when I configured Bastille. Do you think this might be the problem ? If not, do you recall which Bastille setting gave you trouble ? IIRC, there is a question in the Interactive Bastille setup that says Would you like to set a default-deny on TCP Wrappers and xinetd? Set this to 'No'. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan I strongly believe that trying to be clever is detrimental to your health. -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Setting up optical devices on Dell i8100
Hi, I am using mandrake 8.1 with KDE on a Dell i8100 laptop. I have one CD-ROM working fine with a desktop short cut. (I did not set it up - a friend did it for me.) It is in fact a DVD CD-RW combo in the fixed media bay. I have only the cdrom working and also audio CDs will work from that drive, under Services. I have played Audio CDs from that drive. I'd like to get all the devices working. I will add possible relevant info i have gleaned below. I am very new to linux, so even links to relevant files might be of use, though i simply could not grasp the CD-ROM HOW-TO. Other than somehow they are all treated as SCSI devices? Walter ~~~ In the /dev directory i have cdrom cdrom0 cdrom1 cdrom2 in the /dev/cdroms directory there are only 3 files: cdrom0 cdrom1 cdrom2 The cdrom.desktop shortcuts indicates that the Device is: /dev/cdrom1 it points (read only) to /mnt/cdrom I have tried creating another Icon pointing in various ways... however I get various I/O error messages - files not supported etc. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How to speed up Linux Mandrake 8?
I think it is very slow on my machine (K6-II 450, 128 RAM, TNT2, 20GB Quantum, with kernel 2.4.3). How can I optimise it so it can load and run applications faster? Thanks in advance. -- Zaradite odmah na Internetu +++ mnostvo besplatnih stvari! URL: http://zarada.wzr.net E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] files and packages
Recently I tried to install (I'm using Mandrake 8.1) a certain package but after I typed rpm -i it asked for libGLcore.so.1 The file itself is of no importance. The general issue is how can I find the .rpm package that contains a certain file ?? I tried to use Software Manager, Package Manager amd rpmfind with no results. As far as I understood Software Manager loocked for that file in all 3 CDs 10x Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Trouble with (an) OAF!
Hi all, Today's problem (actually I've been fooling with this off and on for a coupla weeks!) is installing Evolution 1.0.1. I'm going the route of downloading source files from the Ximian site. The first package that needs to be installed is bonobo-config-0.14. When I do a ./configure it goes through a script which runs a series of checks...All is well until it gets to . much snipping checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no creating libtool checking for gawk... gawk checking for glib-config... /usr/bin/glib-config checking for GLIB - version = 1.2.0... yes checking for oaf-config... /etc/oaf/oaf-config.xml checking for OAF - version = 0.6.2... no *** Could not run OAF test program, checking why... *** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the *** exact error that occured. This usually means OAF was incorrectly installed *** or that you have moved OAF since it was installed. In the latter case, you *** may want to edit the oaf-config script: /etc/oaf/oaf-config.xml I have a file /etc/oaf/oaf-config.xml which I would be willing to post but a few basic questions. What is bonobo and what is it doing? What is OAF (I can't find it listed in any of my books) and what does it do? Do I need a newer version? What is going on here? (I'm a little mystified as I've got Evolution 0.13 running OK and it must use bonobo???). Anywhow, if someone could steer me in the right direction it would be much appreciated. Terry Smith Hatchville, MA USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] is tthere an archive
of this mailig list?? Just about got all my problems sorted, just licq to fix some GL problems to fix.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] files and packages
On Sunday 20 January 2002 11:34, you wrote: Recently I tried to install (I'm using Mandrake 8.1) a certain package but after I typed rpm -i it asked for libGLcore.so.1 The file itself is of no importance. The general issue is how can I find the .rpm package that contains a certain file ?? I tried to use Software Manager, Package Manager amd rpmfind with no results. As far as I understood Software Manager loocked for that file in all 3 CDs 10x That lib is part of a nvidia package. Go to http://rpmfind.net/ and do a search on the libGL file you are looking for. You can d/l it or see if it is on your CDs. HTH -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] is tthere an archive
On Sunday 20 January 2002 11:57, you wrote: of this mailig list?? Just about got all my problems sorted, just licq to fix some GL problems to fix.. Look at the Mandrake website mail lists page and you will find archives links for all of their mail lists. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3 -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] no sound with xawtv
I can't seem to get any sound out of xawtv with my wintv card. I'm using mandrake 8.1. The picture looks fine but no sound at all. I don't seem to have any problems with sound with any other applications. Also, everything works just fine in windows so I know it's not a hardware problem. Anybody know how to fix this? Thanks, -Chuck Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to speed up Linux Mandrake 8?
Assassin wrote: I think it is very slow on my machine (K6-II 450, 128 RAM, TNT2, 20GB Quantum, with kernel 2.4.3). How can I optimise it so it can load and run applications faster? Thanks in advance. -- Zaradite odmah na Internetu +++ mnostvo besplatnih stvari! URL: http://zarada.wzr.net E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Install a newer kernel. The problem is the vm in early kernel 2.4 (up to about kernel 2.4.10). Alternatively, install kernel 2.2 right on your installation disks which will work much better, and will fully support supermount. The only caution here is if you used Reiserfs, the one for kernel 2.2 is a different version than the one for 2.4 and using kernel 2.2 with the newer version will _NOT_ work and will destroy data. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mandrake update broken?....
chris huston wrote: Hi, Is there any fool proof way to get the security updates I can handle the manual way... but i m trying to help a newbie set up their computer with mandrake 8.1.. and i've yet to get mandrake update to pull a secure source update from any mirror I 've left it running for an hour or so, trying to get it to sink up with a few local mirrors... no dice when i ftp into them and grab them manually, i can snag them in seconds.. what gives??? thank you, chris That's the problem with using volunteer mirrors. Rpmdrake is sensitive to the way permissions are set up on the mirror. Many mirrors work; some don't. Keep trying and report mirror failures to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trouble with (an) OAF!
Terry Smith wrote: Hi all, Today's problem (actually I've been fooling with this off and on for a coupla weeks!) is installing Evolution 1.0.1. I'm going the route of downloading source files from the Ximian site. The first package that needs to be installed is bonobo-config-0.14. When I do a ./configure it goes through a script which runs a series of checks...All is well until it gets to . much snipping checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no creating libtool checking for gawk... gawk checking for glib-config... /usr/bin/glib-config checking for GLIB - version = 1.2.0... yes checking for oaf-config... /etc/oaf/oaf-config.xml checking for OAF - version = 0.6.2... no *** Could not run OAF test program, checking why... *** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the *** exact error that occured. This usually means OAF was incorrectly installed *** or that you have moved OAF since it was installed. In the latter case, you *** may want to edit the oaf-config script: /etc/oaf/oaf-config.xml I have a file /etc/oaf/oaf-config.xml which I would be willing to post but a few basic questions. What is bonobo and what is it doing? What is OAF (I can't find it listed in any of my books) and what does it do? Do I need a newer version? What is going on here? (I'm a little mystified as I've got Evolution 0.13 running OK and it must use bonobo???). Anywhow, if someone could steer me in the right direction it would be much appreciated. Terry Smith Hatchville, MA USA Up to this point, the Ximian for any version of Mandrake has been released just about the time the _next_ version of Mandrake is going for pressing. This means your packages are out of sync. Ximian has newer packages on its site (and requires them) than is in the current version of Mandrake. If you want working evolution, you need to look at cooker packages, but then cooker has newer versions of many things and people have reported segfaults and worse trying to run _some_ updates from cooker on top of a stock system If you have the disk space, you can dual-boot Mandrake 8.1 and Cooker using the _same_ /home directory(if it is set up as a separate partition). THere are many methods to do this, but one is described at http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=473lang=en 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] files and packages
Dadi wrote: libGLcore.so.1 DadiI believe that's part of an Nvidia TNT driver package. :) -- Alan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: VB on Linux???
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 10:30:52 -0900 tester [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: Well, try downloading XBasic--it is similar to VB (in fact it may be that VB was developed from XB ideas) and it runs on both platforms. There is a mdk rpm for it. It has a dragNdrop builder for grids (their term for widgets) and an html manual drops into /usr/share/doc/xb* with the mdk rpm (not so with their rpm, which does not include the manual). Original materials for it are at www.xbasic.org. Xbasic is much more powerful than VB as you will learn quickly. In fact it is powerful enough that the source code for the compiler is written in xbasic, and it compiles itself in just a few seconds. It will _NOT_ run from console... It requires X. The windows version needs an emulator for X. Glade is also something of interest--not a total Integrated Development environment, but it will build c routines for handling widgets you define in a drag-N-drop environment. I'm wondering...has anyone installed Kylix yet. I've made one attempt so far and i'm getting an error so far that I'm not sure just How I'm going to resolve it. The borpretest script reports a missing library file. One lib-a.so. The first place I went looking for this file was rpmfind but had no luck there. However, after reading your post Civileme I couldn't resist the temptation to pop over and grab xbasic and check it out. -- daRcmaTTeR windows = where do you want to go today Mac = go where you want, do what you want today MDK-linux = been there, done that, got the tee shirt, why do you ask? Registered Mandrake Linux User # 186492 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Konqueror and Flash Plugin
Title: Konqueror and Flash Plugin Hi All, I recently installed the Flash plugin that came with the Mandrake 8.1 PowerPack Edition. It will work with Netscape but not with Konqueror or Mozilla. Loading and enabling Konqueror plugins still won't detect it. Is there any way I can get Konqueror to work with Flash. Also on a side note, any way to get Mozilla to detect it. I'm using Mozilla 0.9.5 that came with Mandrake 8.1. Cheers. Craig Williamson
Re: [newbie] is tthere an archive
Derek fowler wrote: of this mailig list?? Just about got all my problems sorted, just licq to fix some GL problems to fix.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3 has links for the archives of the various lists. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Silly question concerning SPAM
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 15:00:07 -0600 Meowth [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: In the file, /etc/mail/access, I enter either the: return address, or if its not a real one, then the ip address from whence it was sent, or the domain name of the server that it last came from, then as action to be taken, I choose to enter a line as such in /etc/mail/access : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ERROR:550 Please stop spamming me what if you don't happen to be using Sendmail as your MTA? Postfix doesn't use the access files in /etc/mail. -- daRcmaTTeR windows = where do you want to go today Mac = go where you want, do what you want today MDK-linux = been there, done that, got the tee shirt, why do you ask? Registered Mandrake Linux User # 186492 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to speed up Linux Mandrake 8?
On Sunday 20 January 2002 15:47, you wrote: On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 16:08:50 +0100, Assassin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it is very slow on my machine (K6-II 450, 128 RAM, TNT2, 20GB Quantum, with kernel 2.4.3). How can I optimise it so it can load and run applications faster? The best way is to run fast software. KDE is probably the slowest of the lot, closely followed by GNOME/Sawfish with Nautilus enabled. I have a Pentium II 350MHz system, and I find GNOME/Sawfish _without_ Nautilus (or with GMC, which can replace Nautilus) to be reasonably fast. Otherwise, you should look at alternative window managers and environments like XFce, Enlightenment, IceWM, WIndowMaker, Blackbox/Fluxbox and PWM/Ion, all of which are lighter than GNOME and KDE. Once that's done, you can look into fast applications, like Galeon (web browsing), Sylpheed (e-mail) and Downloader for X (downloading). I'm a bit biased towards GTK+ 1.2 apps because I generally find them to be far faster than QT2 apps. They are also great apps in their own right. If you feel up to it (it can be a bit tricky), you may also wish to upgrade your kernel and XFree86 to more recent versions. The versions included in Mandrake 8.1 are a little old now. I do recall Civileme saying once that the 2.2 kernel was faster on machines of restricted capability, though I do not recall why. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to speed up Linux Mandrake 8?
You and me both Terry... I've adopted XFCE as my window manager of choice for my 'processor challenged' laptop. It is considerably faster than KDE or Gnome, prettier than ICEwm and easier to use than Enlightenment or Blackbox IMO (And the screen savers are quite funky) Two downsides are that many of the links are not set up correctly, and for some unexplained reason any 'X' application such as xterm is missing its scroll bars. I could use kterm or somesuch instead, but that means loading QT libraries etc which defeats the point of running a lightweight window manager. If you simply want to increase the speed KDE loads applications you could try out the famed Texstar's 'objprelinked' RPM's of KDE2.2.2 available from his download site at www.pclinuxonline.com I cannot honestly say it made a great deal of difference on my laptop, but others have reported significant speed increases. derek On Sunday 20 January 2002 17:11, you wrote: A bit of an asidefiddling about with window managers yesterday and just having read an article in LinuxFormat about the XFce window environment, I thought I'd try it. I'm liking XFce a lotfor me it's a good balance of GUI accessibility yet a bit lighter in weight/faster than KDE or Gnome/Sawfish/Nautilus. Check it out. Terry Smith Hatchville, MA On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 10:47, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 16:08:50 +0100, Assassin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it is very slow on my machine (K6-II 450, 128 RAM, TNT2, 20GB Quantum, with kernel 2.4.3). How can I optimise it so it can load and run applications faster? The best way is to run fast software. KDE is probably the slowest of the lot, closely followed by GNOME/Sawfish with Nautilus enabled. I have a Pentium II 350MHz system, and I find GNOME/Sawfish _without_ Nautilus (or with GMC, which can replace Nautilus) to be reasonably fast. Otherwise, you should look at alternative window managers and environments like XFce, Enlightenment, IceWM, WIndowMaker, Blackbox/Fluxbox and PWM/Ion, all of which are lighter than GNOME and KDE. Once that's done, you can look into fast applications, like Galeon (web browsing), Sylpheed (e-mail) and Downloader for X (downloading). I'm a bit biased towards GTK+ 1.2 apps because I generally find them to be far faster than QT2 apps. They are also great apps in their own right. If you feel up to it (it can be a bit tricky), you may also wish to upgrade your kernel and XFree86 to more recent versions. The versions included in Mandrake 8.1 are a little old now. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 8.2 release
On Wed, 09 Jan 2002 00:42:05 -0800 Ric Tibbetts [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: Or to quote the ever popular, and always true statement: When it's ready thank you! Ric Michael Viron wrote: Although no one is 100% sure, the best estimate is that it'll be released sometime in April or May of this year. Search the list archives for'Mandrake 8.2' as this has been discussed off and on for several months. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 11:48 AM 01/09/2002 +0530, Amish K. Munshi wrote: Hi, I would like to know by when will the 8.2 be realeased. Bye. whats wrong with Mandrake 8.1? is it broken? -- daRcmaTTeR windows = where do you want to go today Mac = go where you want, do what you want today MDK-linux = been there, done that, got the tee shirt, why do you ask? Registered Mandrake Linux User # 186492 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Victory! (and the obligatory question)
After two months of intermittent headbanging with a floppy drive that just _refuses to mount_ (and the consequent rantings on this list), I remembered one thing I hadn't tried yet. I typed 'linux nobiospnp' at the boot selection prompt, and lo+behold, the drive mounted when I told it to. Now, I'd love to get the machine to boot automatically like this without me having to type it every time it's booting. How do I go about doing this? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Postfix delivers mail for root to nobody, why?
On Tue, 08 Jan 2002 00:08:58 +0100 Guy Zelck [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: Hi all, I've got a Md8.1 setup with postfix (I used sendmail before) and discovered I never had mail as root. On doing some research I found the file /var/spool/mail/nobody containing all my root mail from the beginning (cron job results). I searched for a .forward file without luck. I moved the file nobody elsewhere and re-tested mail to root. The file nobody was re-created. How can I rectify this situation and make root's mail land in a file called root like it ought to? Strange also that root's mail went to nobody before I even started postfix! Also, I always read postfix is so easy to configure; is there a gui that comes with it? See ya, Guy. Guy, in your /etc/postfix/aliases file you want to set an alias for root users' mail to go to your username so you're able to get root's mail. -- daRcmaTTeR windows = where do you want to go today Mac = go where you want, do what you want today MDK-linux = been there, done that, got the tee shirt, why do you ask? Registered Mandrake Linux User # 186492 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trouble with (an) OAF!
A simpler solution is to grab the Evolution1.0-2 RPMs for Mandrake 8.1 from Texstars site www.pclinuxonline.com They should load without any dependency problems. (I'm beginning to feel like an 'Infomercial' for Tex. This is the second time I've plugged his site today..) He has i686 RPM's posted at present (Pentium 3,4 or Athlon), not sure about i586 because his ftp site is not accepting anonymous access this evening derek On Sunday 20 January 2002 17:38, you wrote: Hi all, Today's problem (actually I've been fooling with this off and on for a coupla weeks!) is installing Evolution 1.0.1. I'm going the route of downloading source files from the Ximian site. The first package that needs to be installed is bonobo-config-0.14. When I do a ./configure it goes through a script which runs a series of checks...All is well until it gets to . much snipping checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no creating libtool checking for gawk... gawk checking for glib-config... /usr/bin/glib-config checking for GLIB - version = 1.2.0... yes checking for oaf-config... /etc/oaf/oaf-config.xml checking for OAF - version = 0.6.2... no *** Could not run OAF test program, checking why... *** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the *** exact error that occured. This usually means OAF was incorrectly installed *** or that you have moved OAF since it was installed. In the latter case, you *** may want to edit the oaf-config script: /etc/oaf/oaf-config.xml I have a file /etc/oaf/oaf-config.xml which I would be willing to post but a few basic questions. What is bonobo and what is it doing? What is OAF (I can't find it listed in any of my books) and what does it do? Do I need a newer version? What is going on here? (I'm a little mystified as I've got Evolution 0.13 running OK and it must use bonobo???). Anywhow, if someone could steer me in the right direction it would be much appreciated. Terry Smith Hatchville, MA USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Victory! (and the obligatory question)
On Sunday 20 January 2002 14:41, you wrote: After two months of intermittent headbanging with a floppy drive that just _refuses to mount_ (and the consequent rantings on this list), I remembered one thing I hadn't tried yet. I typed 'linux nobiospnp' at the boot selection prompt, and lo+behold, the drive mounted when I told it to. Now, I'd love to get the machine to boot automatically like this without me having to type it every time it's booting. How do I go about doing this? Check in the archives but I believe that if you just edit the lilo config and add to the append line nobiospnp that it will boot without having to type it. This is not something I have done, so again check the archives or someone who has done it please jump in here. HTH -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Victory! (and the obligatory question)
On Sunday 20 January 2002 14:41, you wrote: After two months of intermittent headbanging with a floppy drive that just _refuses to mount_ (and the consequent rantings on this list), I remembered one thing I hadn't tried yet. I typed 'linux nobiospnp' at the boot selection prompt, and lo+behold, the drive mounted when I told it to. Now, I'd love to get the machine to boot automatically like this without me having to type it every time it's booting. How do I go about doing this? On previous post, I was right about adding in the nobiospnp to the append line, forgot to mention put it in with a space after the last item already there and inside the quotation marks. Then go to a console and su to type in at the prompt /sbin/lilo That should write everything to the files and it will now boot with nobiospnp next time. If you don't run lilo like mentioned above it will not write the changes to the file. Or so I believe. Anyway, HTH -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Konqueror and Flash Plugin
do you have the netscape plugins section under config in konq? does it show a path to flash? (likely in netscape plugins) if not you need kdebase-nsplugin i believe. there was another package that was sometimes needed, but i can't recall it off hand, i believe it is the lesstif libraries. could be wrong. you might also check the kde mailing list as that is where i solved that trouble. On Sunday 20 January 2002 12:10, you spoke unto me thusly: Hi All, I recently installed the Flash plugin that came with the Mandrake 8.1 PowerPack Edition. It will work with Netscape but not with Konqueror or Mozilla. Loading and enabling Konqueror plugins still won't detect it. Is there any way I can get Konqueror to work with Flash. Also on a side note, any way to get Mozilla to detect it. I'm using Mozilla 0.9.5 that came with Mandrake 8.1. Cheers. Craig Williamson -- Going from DOS to Linux is like trading a glider for an F117. 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
[newbie] Installation error
I am installing LM8.1 and got the following error message during the installation. There was an error installing packages: XFree66-4.1.0-17mdk.i586 I am installing on a Netfinity 3500 with 256 megs of memory and a 4 gig scsi drive. The video adapter is an S3 Virge/GX2 agp with 4 megs of ram Any suggestions on how to install Xfree? Please respond with as much detail as possible, I am a totally new to Unix/Linux and am starting from scratch knowledge wise. Thanks! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installation error
MB I am installing LM8.1 and got the following error message during the MB installation. MB There was an error installing packages: MB XFree66-4.1.0-17mdk.i586 MB I am installing on a Netfinity 3500 with 256 megs of memory and a 4 gig MB scsi drive. MB The video adapter is an S3 Virge/GX2 agp with 4 megs of ram MB Any suggestions on how to install Xfree? MB Please respond with as much detail as possible, I am a totally new to MB Unix/Linux and am starting from scratch knowledge wise. MB Thanks! Your installation CD's might be corrupted, or your cdrom drive may have trouble reading it. 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
[newbie] autologin does run .bash_profile
Strange problem with logging in. Until yesterday I was letting the system come up in console mode, logging in as 'andyd' and then running 'startx' to get into X-Windows. Yesterday I chose the option of being logged in automatically as andyd and in KDE. When I do that, it appears that it is not a login session. At least .bash_profile does not get run. If I switch back to doing logging in manually, .bash_profile does get run. Shouldn't autologin run .bash_profile as the login shell script? The current workaround, of course, is to log in at a console first, then run 'startx'. But does anybody have any idea how I could make autologin do what I think it should? Don't know if it is related, but my PATH environment variable has duplicate paths in it: /usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games: /usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games: /usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/home/andyd/bin andy Andy Davidson --- Pheon Research If you know what you're doing, you're not learning anything. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Gnome Theme Selector?
Heyo, When I installed LM and updated it, I chose a theme through the first time wizard. Well, I really don't like it now, however I cannot find a way to change it. I'm using the latest cooker (20/02), and the new control center isn't of much help. NB Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Gnome Mouse Scrollig
Hi Guys, I'm in need of serious help. I'm trying to reduce the amount of scrolling that occurs in gnome when I scroll on my mouse. Rather then scroll by one line (similar to an up key) it scrolls by a whole page. I cannot seem to find a menu or control panel option to change this, and changing it in programs (galeon) does not seem to have any effect. For reference I'm using the Christmas Cooker which has been updated to the most recent cooker available from lip6.fr as of 12:00PM /20 Jan. NB Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: VB on Linux???
I have installed Kylix2 in systems runing Mandrake 8.1 and 8.0 and run fine; no libs. problems in both releases of Mandrake. Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] no sound with xawtv
On Sunday 20 January 2002 13:24, you wrote: I can't seem to get any sound out of xawtv with my wintv card. I'm using mandrake 8.1. The picture looks fine but no sound at all. I don't seem to have any problems with sound with any other applications. Also, everything works just fine in windows so I know it's not a hardware problem. Anybody know how to fix this? Check your mixer to be sure you have line-in unmuted and turned up. *** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.2 Professional KDE 2.1.2 KMail 1.2 Bryan S. Tyson [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Error installing postfix
I am trying to install postfix. In the software manager, I see 4 entries when I search for postfix, two pairs of duplicates: 20010228-15.1mdk 20010228-15mdk Pick one of the 15.1 and try to install. It immediately completes the fetching and starts the installing, then pops a window that says Problems occured during installation Click OK on that and get a qmessage window that says Installation failed. How can I dig myself out of this hole? Where do I look for more information on what went wrong? andy Andy Davidson --- Pheon Research If you know what you're doing, you're not learning anything. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: VB on Linux???
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 01:00:25 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: I have installed Kylix2 in systems runing Mandrake 8.1 and 8.0 and run fine; no libs. problems in both releases of Mandrake. Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) do think I should worry about this that the test script is complaining about or go ahead with the install? -- daRcmaTTeR windows = where do you want to go today Mac = go where you want, do what you want today MDK-linux = been there, done that, got the tee shirt, why do you ask? Registered Mandrake Linux User # 186492 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Gnome Mouse Scrollig
On 20 Jan 2002 18:44:53 -0500, Nelson Bartley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Guys, I'm in need of serious help. I'm trying to reduce the amount of scrolling that occurs in gnome when I scroll on my mouse. Rather then scroll by one line (similar to an up key) it scrolls by a whole page. I cannot seem to find a menu or control panel option to change this, and changing it in programs (galeon) does not seem to have any effect. For reference I'm using the Christmas Cooker which has been updated to the most recent cooker available from lip6.fr as of 12:00PM /20 Jan. If you have imwheel running (it runs by default), kill it. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan When you say 'I wrote a program that crashed Windows', people just stare at you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those with the system, *for free*'. -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Gnome Mouse Scrollig
Thank you! you are a god. Now the real test, how do I remove it. permanently. Thanks NB On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 19:45, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On 20 Jan 2002 18:44:53 -0500, Nelson Bartley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Guys, I'm in need of serious help. I'm trying to reduce the amount of scrolling that occurs in gnome when I scroll on my mouse. Rather then scroll by one line (similar to an up key) it scrolls by a whole page. I cannot seem to find a menu or control panel option to change this, and changing it in programs (galeon) does not seem to have any effect. For reference I'm using the Christmas Cooker which has been updated to the most recent cooker available from lip6.fr as of 12:00PM /20 Jan. If you have imwheel running (it runs by default), kill it. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan When you say 'I wrote a program that crashed Windows', people just stare at you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those with the system, *for free*'. -- Linus Torvalds 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] Gnome Theme Selector?
What desktop are you using? KDE or Gnome maybe? I am running Gnome right now, and if you click on the toolbox on the taskbar which is Gnome configuration tool, choose themes from the selections you can choose a different one, or none at all. I don't know about any other desktops so sorry I cant be of more help. matt -Original Message- From: Nelson Bartley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 3:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Gnome Theme Selector? Heyo, When I installed LM and updated it, I chose a theme through the first time wizard. Well, I really don't like it now, however I cannot find a way to change it. I'm using the latest cooker (20/02), and the new control center isn't of much help. NB Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to speed up Linux Mandrake 8?
On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 20:30:45 + Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You and me both Terry... I've adopted XFCE as my window manager of choice for my 'processor challenged' laptop. It is considerably faster than KDE or Gnome, prettier than ICEwm and easier to use than Enlightenment or Blackbox IMO (And the screen savers are quite funky) same here. i only started to use xfce when the j2me emulator was not functioning with KDE and GNOME was too quirky for my taste. Xfce is now my default desktop here in the office. Two downsides are that many of the links are not set up correctly, and for some unexplained reason any 'X' application such as xterm is missing its scroll bars. I could use kterm or somesuch instead, but that means loading QT libraries etc which defeats the point of running a lightweight window manager. try aterm. i like it better than the konsole. its significantly faster and has scrollbars, the downside is that it doest support multiple terminals per window. but you cant have everything. *grin* snip derek ciao! -- Programming, an artform that fights back. = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] no sound with xawtv
yeah, I've actually tested the line in using a walkman and it is working properly. Thanks for the suggestion though. -Chuck On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 17:37, Bryan Tyson wrote: On Sunday 20 January 2002 13:24, you wrote: I can't seem to get any sound out of xawtv with my wintv card. I'm using mandrake 8.1. The picture looks fine but no sound at all. I don't seem to have any problems with sound with any other applications. Also, everything works just fine in windows so I know it's not a hardware problem. Anybody know how to fix this? Check your mixer to be sure you have line-in unmuted and turned up. *** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.2 Professional KDE 2.1.2 KMail 1.2 Bryan S. Tyson [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** =_1011573139-762-1841 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] no sound with xawtv
On Sunday 20 January 2002 23:54, chuck wrote: I can't seem to get any sound out of xawtv with my wintv card. I'm using mandrake 8.1. The picture looks fine but no sound at all. I don't seem to have any problems with sound with any other applications. Also, everything works just fine in windows so I know it's not a hardware problem. Anybody know how to fix this? Thanks, -Chuck kindly check whether tuner card sound out is connected to sound input of sound card. -- L.V.Gandhi 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux user No.205042 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kmail spell check
On Sunday 20 January 2002 07:26, Ron Secord wrote: On Friday 18 January 2002 10:17 am, L.V.Gandhi wrote: I have selected settings, spellckecker. In the dialog box that comes selected client as aspell. Still when I select edit spellcheck I get the msg. ISpell couldn't be started. Please make sure you have ispell properly configure and in your path. This I have written in my earlier mail also.Thanks for the interest. Also running Mandrake 8.1 here. The only additional thing that I needed to do was install Pspell support for Ispell. The .rpm (pspell-ispell-0.12-1mdk) is on your #2 install disk. After doing that spellchecker worked fine for me. Thanks for the info. It worked for me also after installing the above. By default it should have been installed by MDK. I want to know one more. Where is custom words added during spell check are stored? -- L.V.Gandhi 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux user No.205042 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Monitor Lock-up
Hi, When my IBM 202 monitor shuts itself down for the night, and I am still logged in, I have to turn the whole box off in the morning (which led to more difficuties - reformating). I have experimented and logged off at night and the results are various. I saw on the list several weeks ago, a command to tell your monitor NOT to go into shut down (energy saver) mode. And it worked fine. I searched the newbie archives but can't find it. Any help is appreciated. I am running MK 8.1, AMD 1.4 ghz 512 ram. Voodoo 5500. J Winkle _ 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] Monitor Lock-up
On Sunday 20 January 2002 05:54 pm, you wrote: Have you tried: K -- CONFIGURATION -- KDE -- POWER CONTROL -- ENERGY ? Hi, When my IBM 202 monitor shuts itself down for the night, and I am still logged in, I have to turn the whole box off in the morning (which led to more difficuties - reformating). I have experimented and logged off at night and the results are various. I saw on the list several weeks ago, a command to tell your monitor NOT to go into shut down (energy saver) mode. And it worked fine. I searched the newbie archives but can't find it. Any help is appreciated. I am running MK 8.1, AMD 1.4 ghz 512 ram. Voodoo 5500. J Winkle _ 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] First system crash, no more CDROM drive
Hey guys,
This is the first time my Linux system crashed. It's a sad and scary
thing.
From Gnome, I launched kscd and everything stopped for awhile, then
CPU and mem usage just shot up like crazy! But it eventually popped
up.
A few seconds later i issued a 'urpmi cdrecord' and it prompted me
for the installation disks.
I insert one, close the drive bay, it reads and then surprise: my
speakers eek out a loud
BUZ, very very loud! I try to get out of X but there's no
response.
Everything just stopped and I had to reset the computer. I have no
idea what it was but it
scared my pants off. Now everytime I pop in a CD, the same thing
happens -- CRASH!
major, man!
Here's the log of that incident:
Jan 21 09:57:46 lucifer gnome-name-server[741]: name server starting
Jan 21 09:57:50 lucifer gconfd (jal-749): starting (version 1.0.4), pid
749 user 'jal'
Jan 21 09:57:50 lucifer gconfd (jal-749): Removing stale lock
`/home/jal/.gconfd/lock' because of error pinging server:
IDL:CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0
Jan 21 09:57:51 lucifer kernel: cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks
I recognize!
Jan 21 09:59:04 lucifer su(pam_unix)[807]: session opened for user root
by jal(uid=502)
Jan 21 10:00:00 lucifer CROND[849]: (root) CMD ( /sbin/rmmod -as)
What the hell is this?
-Jan 21 10:00:31 lucifer kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 847
(kdeinit).-
I've never seen this before?
Jan 21 10:00:46 lucifer su(pam_unix)[807]: session closed for user root
Jan 21 10:01:00 lucifer CROND[856]: (root) CMD (run-parts
/etc/cron.hourly)
Jan 21 10:01:11 lucifer kernel: hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Jan 21 10:01:11 lucifer kernel: hdb: DMA disabled
Jan 21 10:01:11 lucifer kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset complete
Jan 21 10:01:21 lucifer kernel: hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Jan 21 10:01:21 lucifer kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset complete
Jan 21 10:01:31 lucifer kernel: hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Jan 21 10:01:31 lucifer kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40 (hdb),
sector 0
Jan 21 10:01:32 lucifer kernel: hdb: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy
}
Jan 21 10:01:32 lucifer kernel: hdb: drive not ready for command
Jan 21 10:01:36 lucifer kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset complete
Jan 21 10:01:42 lucifer kernel: hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Jan 21 10:01:42 lucifer kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset complete
Jan 21 10:01:52 lucifer kernel: hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Jan 21 10:02:03 lucifer kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40 (hdb),
sector 0
Jan 21 10:02:03 lucifer kernel: hdb: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy
}
Jan 21 10:02:03 lucifer kernel: hdb: drive not ready for command
Jan 21 10:02:03 lucifer kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset complete
Jan 21 10:02:03 lucifer kernel: hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Jan 21 10:02:03 lucifer kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset complete
Jan 21 10:02:13 lucifer kernel: hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Jan 21 10:02:13 lucifer kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40 (hdb),
sector 0
Jan 21 10:02:16 lucifer kernel: hdb: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy
}
Jan 21 10:02:16 lucifer kernel: hdb: drive not ready for command
Jan 21 10:02:18 lucifer kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset complete
Jan 21 10:02:28 lucifer kernel: hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Jan 21 10:02:28 lucifer kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset complete
Jan 21 10:02:38 lucifer kernel: hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Jan 21 10:02:38 lucifer kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40 (hdb),
sector 0
Jan 21 10:02:40 lucifer kernel: hdb: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy
}
Jan 21 10:02:40 lucifer kernel: hdb: drive not ready for command
Jan 21 10:02:44 lucifer kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset complete
Jan 21 10:02:51 lucifer gconfd (jal-749): 16 items remain in the cache
after cleaning already-synced items older than 300 seconds
Jan 21 10:03:59 lucifer su(pam_unix)[911]: session opened for user root
by jal(uid=502)
Jan 21 09:57:46 lucifer gnome-name-server[741]: name server starting
Jan 21 09:57:50 lucifer gconfd (jal-749): starting (version 1.0.4), pid
749 user 'jal'
Jan 21 09:57:50 lucifer gconfd (jal-749): Removing stale lock
`/home/jal/.gconfd/lock' because of error pinging server:
IDL:CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0
Jan 21 09:57:51 lucifer kernel: cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks
I recognize!
Jan 21 09:59:04 lucifer su(pam_unix)[807]: session opened for user root
by jal(uid=502)
Jan 21 10:00:00 lucifer CROND[849]: (root) CMD ( /sbin/rmmod -as)
Jan 21 10:00:31 lucifer kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 847
(kdeinit).
Jan 21 10:00:46 lucifer su(pam_unix)[807]: session closed for user root
Jan 21 10:01:00 lucifer CROND[856]: (root) CMD (run-parts
/etc/cron.hourly)
Jan 21 10:01:11 lucifer kernel: hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Jan 21 10:01:11 lucifer kernel: hdb: DMA disabled
Jan 21 10:01:11 lucifer kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset complete
Jan 21 10:01:21 lucifer kernel: hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Jan 21 10:01:21 lucifer kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset
Re: [newbie] Victory! (and the obligatory question)
On Sunday 20 January 2002 03:41 pm, Ville V Sinkko wrote: After two months of intermittent headbanging with a floppy drive that just _refuses to mount_ (and the consequent rantings on this list), I remembered one thing I hadn't tried yet. I typed 'linux nobiospnp' at the boot selection prompt, and lo+behold, the drive mounted when I told it to. Now, I'd love to get the machine to boot automatically like this without me having to type it every time it's booting. How do I go about doing this? I changed my append line in /etc/lilo.conf then ran lilo as root image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hda1 append= devfs=mount nobiospnp #append= nopnpbios devfs=mount quiet vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux-nonfb root=/dev/hda1 append= devfs=mount nobiospnp #append= nopnpbios devfs=mount read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=failsafe root=/dev/hda1 append= devfs=mount nobiospnp #append= nopnpbios devfs=mount failsafe read-only -- Gerald Waugh Registered Linux User 255245 Register at http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Victory! (and the obligatory question)
On Sunday 20 January 2002 20:45, you wrote: On Sunday 20 January 2002 03:41 pm, Ville V Sinkko wrote: After two months of intermittent headbanging with a floppy drive that just _refuses to mount_ (and the consequent rantings on this list), I remembered one thing I hadn't tried yet. I typed 'linux nobiospnp' at the boot selection prompt, and lo+behold, the drive mounted when I told it to. Now, I'd love to get the machine to boot automatically like this without me having to type it every time it's booting. How do I go about doing this? I changed my append line in /etc/lilo.conf then ran lilo as root image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hda1 append= devfs=mount nobiospnp #append= nopnpbios devfs=mount quiet vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux-nonfb root=/dev/hda1 append= devfs=mount nobiospnp #append= nopnpbios devfs=mount read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=failsafe root=/dev/hda1 append= devfs=mount nobiospnp #append= nopnpbios devfs=mount failsafe read-only That should do it, did it? I think you only need to add it to the section with label=linux the other two I'm not sure will make any difference if you boot into them. So anyway does lilo boot and give you floppy access now? -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] lilo.conf after kernel install
Just installed the security update for the kernel. After rpm -ivh kernel I noted that lilo.conf (excluding the menu stuff at top) now looked like: image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append= devfs=mount quiet vga=791 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.8-34.1mdk label=248-341 root=/dev/hda5 read-only optional vga=normal append= devfs=mount quiet initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.8-34.1mdk.img A check of /boot reveals that initrd.img is linked to initrd-2.4.8-34.1mdk.img So, my lilo allows me to boot either the new kernel by choosing 248-341, or the new kernel by choosing linux. That doesn't seem like a very failsafe option, so I added: image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.8-26mdk label=old-linux root=/dev/hda5 read-only optional vga=normal append= devfs=mount quiet initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.8-26mdk.img and ran lilo before attempting a reboot. The new kernel seems fine, so there was no need, but it still leaves the question of why the install behaves that way. Anyone care to comment? Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] software manager config
How do I set up software manager to find the updates. It says choose your mirror what do I put in there for a URL? -- Gerald Waugh Registered Linux User 255245 Register at http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor Lock-up
There it was, right in front of me. Never bothered to look there because I figured this wasn't a laptop and didn't apply (batteries). Thanks for the response --- Dan Shackelford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 20 January 2002 05:54 pm, you wrote: Have you tried: K -- CONFIGURATION -- KDE -- POWER CONTROL -- ENERGY ? Hi, When my IBM 202 monitor shuts itself down for the night, and I am still logged in, I have to turn the whole box off in the morning (which led to more difficuties - reformating). I have experimented and logged off at night and the results are various. I saw on the list several weeks ago, a command to tell your monitor NOT to go into shut down (energy saver) mode. And it worked fine. I searched the newbie archives but can't find it. Any help is appreciated. I am running MK 8.1, AMD 1.4 ghz 512 ram. Voodoo 5500. J Winkle _ 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 = Registered Linux User No: 194751 __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] trouble with CD-RW drive
Please ignore this message. I found the answer in a message posted a few days ago. Sorry. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark) wrote: I just upgraded from mandrake 8.0 to 8.1, and I am now having trouble with my CD-RW drive. This drive worked under 8.0. I can read data CDs but not audio CDs. I took a look at the fstab file and this is what I found: /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=auto,dev=/dev/scd0,iocharset=iso8859-1,ro,nosuid,noauto,nodev,codepage=850,exec 00 I issued the supermount command because I thought that might help. I read the iocharset for CD-ROMs should be iso9660, but when I changed the file, I got an error message saying that the filesystem is not supported or something like that. Has anyone else experienced this problem? -- Mark Vasquez __ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ -- Mark Vasquez __ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: Re: [newbie] trouble with CD-RW drive
I apologize. I posted too hastily. I reviewed some old messages on this list and found the answer to this problem. It has to do with configuring the cd player correctly. The device setting was wrong, it was listed /dev/cdrom. But since CD-RW drives use SCSI emulation, it should be /dev/scd0. I changed the setting, and I am now able to play audio CDs. Sorry everyone. Anuerin G.Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 01:18:11 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark) wrote: I just upgraded from mandrake 8.0 to 8.1, and I am now having trouble with my CD-RW drive. This drive worked under 8.0. I can read data CDs but not audio CDs. I took a look at the fstab file and this is what I found: /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=auto,dev=/dev/scd0,iocharset=iso8859-1,ro,nosuid,noauto,nodev,codepage=850,exec 00 I issued the supermount command because I thought that might help. I read the iocharset for CD-ROMs should be iso9660, but when I changed the file, I got an error message saying that the filesystem is not supported or something like that. Has anyone else experienced this problem? -- Mark Vasquez i think this falls on the category of questions answerable by: audio CDs have no filesystems therefore should not be mounted. a properly configured audio player (noatun, kscd, xmms) should be able to play an audio CD when it is inserted into the tray sounds easy doesnt it? but i have not yet tried using my CD-RW as a cd reader. if i am wrong then im sure someone will correct me. ;-) ciao! -- Programming, an artform that fights back. = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = -- Mark Vasquez __ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
