[newbie-it] Come fare per...
Salve a tutti, volevo chiedere come fare per trasferire o leggere una mia cartella che ho sulla partizione windows sul mio linux mandrake 8.0. E se per cortesia qualcuno conosce un sito dove trovare i driver per un conexant, tenendo presente che è un winmodem. Grazie per l'aiuto
Re: [newbie-it] Come fare per...
Ciao Anch'io possiedo un Conexant, per cui posso immaginare perchè ti interessi sapere come trasferire file da win a Linux. Io lo faccio senza alcun problema, soprattutto con quello che scarico da Internet per il pinguino, quindi nel caso tu avessi problemi, ritengo possa essere solo una questione di permessi; addirittura con explore2fs sono in grado, da Win, di leggere la partizione linux. Per quanto riguarda i driver, nel caso tu abbia un HSF ti consiglio il sito www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html ; nel caso invece tu abbia comprato, come me, un HCF, la Conexant ha promesso entro la fine del 2001 un driver dedicato a Linux. Stiamo ancora aspettando...Si metta in fila..:-). Ciao Fabio - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 11:13 AM Subject: [newbie-it] Come fare per... Salve a tutti, volevo chiedere come fare per trasferire o leggere una mia cartella che ho sulla partizione windows sul mio linux mandrake 8.0. E se per cortesia qualcuno conosce un sito dove trovare i driver per un conexant, tenendo presente che è un winmodem. Grazie per l'aiuto
[newbie-it] Non leggo i file di testo!
Ho una mdk 8.1 e utilizzo kde. Non riesco + a visualizzare i file testo correttamente con konqueror (e in generale con tutti gli applicativi x testo kde) Al posto del testo compare una pagina bianca con qua e là uno strano simbolo (credo si chiami dagger) Inoltre se provo a salvare un file testo (sempre con gli applicativi x testo kde) mi ritrovo un file illeggibile!!! grazie
[newbie-it] Videolan senza ggi.h
Ciao, ho provato a scaricare il .tar.bzip2 di videolan, ma ad un certo punto della compilazione mi compaiono questi messaggi: manca il file ggi.h nella directory opportuna. Qualcuno può magari mandarmelo, per favore ? Grazie anticipate, Alberto - . gcc -I../../include -I../../extras -finline-limit-3 -DSYS_LINUX -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D__USE_UNIX98 -Iinclude -Iextras -Wall -Winline -pipe -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -O3 -ffast-math -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -mcpu=pentiumpro -DPLUGIN -fPIC -c -o vout_ggi.o vout_ggi.c vout_ggi.c:37: ggi/ggi.h: File o directory inesistente vout_ggi.c:63: parse error before `ggi_visual_t' vout_ggi.c:63: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union vout_ggi.c:66: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `p_buffer' vout_ggi.c:66: warning: data definition has no type or storage class vout_ggi.c:68: parse error before `}' vout_ggi.c:68: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `vout_sys_t' vout_ggi.c:68: warning: data definition has no type or storage class vout_ggi.c: In function `vout_Init': vout_ggi.c:153: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type vout_ggi.c:155: warning: implicit declaration of function `ggiResourceAcquire' vout_ggi.c:155: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type vout_ggi.c:156: `GGI_ACTYPE_WRITE' undeclared (first use in this function) vout_ggi.c:156: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once vout_ggi.c:156: for each function it appears in.) vout_ggi.c:160: warning: implicit declaration of function `ggiSetEventMask' vout_ggi.c:160: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type vout_ggi.c:161: `emKeyboard' undeclared (first use in this function) vout_ggi.c:161: `emPtrButtonPress' undeclared (first use in this function) vout_ggi.c:161: `emPtrButtonRelease' undeclared (first use in this function) vout_ggi.c:164: warning: implicit declaration of function `ggiAddFlags' vout_ggi.c:164: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type vout_ggi.c:164: `GGIFLAG_ASYNC' undeclared (first use in this function) vout_ggi.c: In function `vout_End': vout_ggi.c:179: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type vout_ggi.c:181: warning: implicit declaration of function `ggiResourceRelease' vout_ggi.c:181: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type vout_ggi.c: In function `vout_Manage': vout_ggi.c:206: variable `tv' has initializer but incomplete type vout_ggi.c:206: warning: excess elements in struct initializer vout_ggi.c:206: warning: (near initialization for `tv') vout_ggi.c:206: warning: excess elements in struct initializer vout_ggi.c:206: warning: (near initialization for `tv') vout_ggi.c:206: storage size of `tv' isn't known vout_ggi.c:207: `gii_event_mask' undeclared (first use in this function) vout_ggi.c:207: parse error before `mask' vout_ggi.c:208: `gii_event' undeclared (first use in this function) vout_ggi.c:210: `mask' undeclared (first use in this function) vout_ggi.c:210: `emKeyboard' undeclared (first use in this function) vout_ggi.c:210: `emPtrButtonPress' undeclared (first use in this function) vout_ggi.c:210: `emPtrButtonRelease' undeclared (first use in this function) vout_ggi.c:212: warning: implicit declaration of function `ggiEventPoll' vout_ggi.c:212: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type vout_ggi.c:214: warning: implicit declaration of function `ggiEventsQueued' vout_ggi.c:214: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type vout_ggi.c:216: warning: implicit declaration of function `ggiEventRead' vout_ggi.c:216: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type vout_ggi.c:216: `event' undeclared (first use in this function) vout_ggi.c:220: `evKeyRelease' undeclared (first use in this function) vout_ggi.c:226: `GIIUC_Escape' undeclared (first use in this function) vout_ggi.c:228: warning: unreachable code at beginning of switch statement vout_ggi.c:236: `evPtrButtonRelease' undeclared (first use in this function) vout_ggi.c:240: `GII_PBUTTON_RIGHT' undeclared (first use in this function) vout_ggi.c:242: warning: unreachable code at beginning of switch statement vout_ggi.c:228: warning: unreachable code at beginning of switch statement vout_ggi.c:206: warning: unused variable `tv' vout_ggi.c: In function `vout_Display': vout_ggi.c:265: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type vout_ggi.c:267: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type vout_ggi.c:269: warning: implicit declaration of function `ggiSetDisplayFrame' vout_ggi.c:269: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type vout_ggi.c:270: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type vout_ggi.c:273: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type vout_ggi.c:275: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type vout_ggi.c:276: `GGI_ACTYPE_WRITE' undeclared (first use in this function) vout_ggi.c:278: warning: implicit declaration of function `ggiSetWriteFrame' vout_ggi.c:278: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type vout_ggi.c:279: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type vout_ggi.c:282:
[newbie] HCF Modem. Any hope?
Title: HCF Modem. Any hope? * This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. * Having received a 2nd HD for Chrimble I decided to set my system up as a dual book using Mandrake 8.1 and start easing myself away from Unca Bill. Imagine my joy and surprise when I, like so many others found that my Conexant modem doesn't have Linux drivers being, in my shame, a Winmodem. Conexant provide beta drivers for HSF Winmodems but not for HCF. Does anyone know where I can get valid drivers so I can enjoy the net under Linux? cds
[newbie] Sound card recommendation for IBM Aptiva 2168 using Mandrake 8.
Hi again, Does anyone recommend a PCI sound card for an IBM Aptiva 2168 using Mandrake 8?? I know that Linux in theory supports many sound cards, but I would like to find a card that is easily recognized by Mandrake 8, as I am a newbie to Linux and would like to avoid the worst difficulties, including trying to return a card that I can't get to work with Mandrake. I realize there are a large number of cards listed on the Mandrake site, but I am interested in personal experiences/recommendations. Cheers, Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sound card recommendation for IBM Aptiva 2168 using Mandrake 8.
El Lun 21 Ene 2002 08:14, escribió: Hi again, Does anyone recommend a PCI sound card for an IBM Aptiva 2168 using Mandrake 8?? I know that Linux in theory supports many sound cards, but I would like to find a card that is easily recognized by Mandrake 8, as I am a newbie to Linux and would like to avoid the worst difficulties, including trying to return a card that I can't get to work with Mandrake. I realize there are a large number of cards listed on the Mandrake site, but I am interested in personal experiences/recommendations. Cheers, Brian Hola, Brian. The SB Live (OEM) is working fine, for me. (Mobo Soyo 7BVA, PIII 733.) But there is a little problem: Kmix report two cards: 1. Cirrus Logic CS4297A rev B with the legend: Invalid mixer; and 2. Creative SBLive - Emu10k1, and I don't know why. The second is the correct one, and works OK. Good luck Carlos Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sound card recommendation for IBM Aptiva 2168 using Mandrake 8.
Unless you had a particular need for amazing sound quality (which seems pointless to me when the case fans make such a noise), I would suggest a cheap BRANDED card like a Creative Sound Blaster PCI Linux detects it straight away, and it works in all modes. All for only £12 derek On Monday 21 January 2002 11:14, you wrote: Hi again, Does anyone recommend a PCI sound card for an IBM Aptiva 2168 using Mandrake 8?? I know that Linux in theory supports many sound cards, but I would like to find a card that is easily recognized by Mandrake 8, as I am a newbie to Linux and would like to avoid the worst difficulties, including trying to return a card that I can't get to work with Mandrake. I realize there are a large number of cards listed on the Mandrake site, but I am interested in personal experiences/recommendations. Cheers, Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HCF Modem. Any hope?
El Vie 18 Ene 2002 12:16, escribió: *** ** This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. *** ** Having received a 2nd HD for Chrimble I decided to set my system up as a dual book using Mandrake 8.1 and start easing myself away from Unca Bill. Imagine my joy and surprise when I, like so many others found that my Conexant modem doesn't have Linux drivers being, in my shame, a Winmodem. Conexant provide beta drivers for HSF Winmodems but not for HCF. Does anyone know where I can get valid drivers so I can enjoy the net under Linux? cds Hi, Colin. Here you can find some info. http://tickletux.sourceforge.net/howto/index.html Good luck Carlos Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] wolfenstien.
the most games,you can find for linux are at locky.com:) reg. timoty _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 8.1, gateway solo 5300 laptop, fe575 3com nic
I just setup a dual boot system running xp pro and mandrake 8.1. I installed xp first on a fat32 4.5 gig partion. I then installed manrake on another 4.5 partion and used default install options. Everything worked great. Not one problem. However when in linux/kde I don't have any connectivity to my network at work. Or my cable modem at home. We have dhcp server at work and I figured it would configure itself. I tried going into kde and changing setting but to be honest I have about 10mins worth of exp in linux, Any help would be apperiated. Paul Kraus Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Kernell version
How can I check my redhat (7.2) kernell version ? Regards Nene Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kernell version
uname -a shows more than the kernel version. N E N I S T E R wrote: How can I check my redhat (7.2) kernell version ? Regards Nene 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] Speed up printing?
I'm printing a large .pdf file to my trusty old HP Laserjet Series II from Adobe Acrobat. It is VERY slow going. Can anybody suggest a workaround that might speed things up? All I need is draft quality. (Running KDE 2.2 and CUPS). Thanks! Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Can't run install disks
I'm trying to boot ML 8.1 Gaming Edition and it seems to be hanging in the when it's installing the kernel. As it's checking the devices it seems to be hanging here: IDE1 at 0170=0x177,0x376 on IRQ 15 My P3/800 has a: Quantum FireballP LM SCSI hard drive I'd love any help on figuring out how to boot the install disks. Thanks, Bryan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Dial-up connection problem
Hello everyone! =) I need your help. I don't know how to connect to the Internet using my dial-up connection. I am using Speed Com+ 56K external modem (serial) running on Mandrake 8.1. I hope you can give me a HOW-TO on how to connect my dial-up to the Internet. Please forgive me if this is a very newbie question. It's just that I don't know how and I really want to surf the web using my Mandrake 8.1 already. Thanks in advance... God bless... __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HCF Modem. Any hope?
On Monday 21 January 2002 08:34 am, Carlos Arigós wrote: El Vie 18 Ene 2002 12:16, escribió: * ** ** This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. * ** ** Having received a 2nd HD for Chrimble I decided to set my system up as a dual book using Mandrake 8.1 and start easing myself away from Unca Bill. Imagine my joy and surprise when I, like so many others found that my Conexant modem doesn't have Linux drivers being, in my shame, a Winmodem. Conexant provide beta drivers for HSF Winmodems but not for HCF. Does anyone know where I can get valid drivers so I can enjoy the net under Linux? cds Hi, Colin. Here you can find some info. http://tickletux.sourceforge.net/howto/index.html Good luck Carlos There is a long thread about HCF modems at www.mandrakeforum.com that has been running since January 2. (Search for HCF). It started with a posting claiming to have solved the HCF driver problem, but it looks like the fix only works with some HCF modems. Maybe you are one of the lucky ones. Regards, -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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Re: [newbie] How to speed up Linux Mandrake 8?
so i have 2.4.8-26 and am using Reiserfs. haven't seen any trouble except when i use realplayer i start using swap, until then no swap at all. (512megs) so how bad is the vm speed problem? is it worth updating? On Sunday 20 January 2002 11:48, you spoke unto me thusly: 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 -- If you don't know where you want to go, we'll make sure you get taken. -- Japanese translation of Microsoft's slogan shane registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ http://www.mystic-light.net/personal/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dial-up connection problem
On Tuesday 22 January 2002 03:22, you wrote: Hello everyone! =) I need your help. I don't know how to connect to the Internet using my dial-up connection. I am using Speed Com+ 56K external modem (serial) running on Mandrake 8.1. I hope you can give me a HOW-TO on how to connect my dial-up to the Internet. Please forgive me if this is a very newbie question. It's just that I don't know how and I really want to surf the web using my Mandrake 8.1 already. Thanks in advance... God bless... __ www.edsamail.com Are you using KDE for your desktop? if so click on the icon that says Internet It will bring up Kppp dialer. You will have to know your ISPs two DNS addresses, like 207.217.126.81 or similar. You should make the device on the device tab /dev/ttyS0 and you will need your dial in number and password. I don't know how it's handled in console mode but this is a start if you use KDE desktop. Most of it is self explanatory. Come back if you need more help. HTH -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] no sound with xawtv
yes, I tried that, as well as toggling the mute setting just to be sure. I'm thinking maybe there is a module that needs to be loaded that hasn't been. On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 23:22, Mario Michael da Costa wrote: 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? Hello Chuck, This may sound a bit silly, but did you try adjusting the volume slider all the way to max in xawtv ? I have to do that everytime i fire up xawtv. Thank You, Regards, mario =_1011592918-762-1881 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] AMD CPU bug
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/23749.html anyone know anything about this? i have not personally had more than 2 crashes with mandrake since i started using it with 7.1, and i am on an athelon, but the news makes it sound like only _some_ cpus are affected. if you use the fix and are not affected are you taking a performance hit for nothing? -- The universe is a figment of its own imagination. shane registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ http://www.mystic-light.net/personal/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie]
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 17:55:00 +0100 Arturo Sciacca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: subscribe newbie See this link to subscribe, note the email address :) http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3 -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Dial-up connection problem
install wvdial off your mandrake cd's then go to /etc in an xterm (as root) and type 'touch wvdial.conf' then type wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf it will go and find your modem, query it, and put its details in /etc/wvdial.conf... then, edit that file, and fill in the blanks for dialup number, username and password.. then, run the file by typing: wvdial the modem will dialup your ISP, and work out what it needs... it works great.. I create two files called dial and hangup.. by doing this: touch /usr/sbin/dial and touch /usr/sbin/hangup then edit dial and put: wvdial in it, and any other things you want to run on dialup, (like restarting you firewall or whatever.) then do the same for hangup, and this time put: killall wvdial then, whenever you want to dial, you type dial, and ditto with hangup... works great, and it solved a problem I had, where my ISP, uses two different routers to connect to, both of which had different prompting methods and as such normal dialup scripts wouldn't work... give it a go, its easy to do, and works great... (you will have to use sudo if you want to do it as anyone other then root.) rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mandrake Newbie Sent: Tuesday, 22 January 2002 5:22 PM To: Linux Mandrake Newbie Subject: [newbie] Dial-up connection problem Hello everyone! =) I need your help. I don't know how to connect to the Internet using my dial-up connection. I am using Speed Com+ 56K external modem (serial) running on Mandrake 8.1. I hope you can give me a HOW-TO on how to connect my dial-up to the Internet. Please forgive me if this is a very newbie question. It's just that I don't know how and I really want to surf the web using my Mandrake 8.1 already. Thanks in advance... God bless... __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Can't run install disks
I'm trying to boot ML 8.1 Gaming Edition and it seems to be hanging in the when it's installing the kernel. As it's checking the devices it seems to be hanging here: IDE1 at 0170=0x177,0x376 on IRQ 15 My P3/800 has a: Quantum FireballP LM SCSI hard drive I'd love any help on figuring out how to boot the install disks. Thanks, Bryan
Re: [newbie] Sound card recommendation for IBM Aptiva 2168 using Mandrake 8.
On Monday 21 January 2002 03:14, you wrote: Hi again, Does anyone recommend a PCI sound card for an IBM Aptiva 2168 using Mandrake 8?? Mandrake has never failed to detect and configure any of the Creative SoundBlaster cards that I've ever tried, up to and including the SB Live!. Support for the Audigy is iffy, so don't bother with it, yet. If you only want sound, get one of the SB 16 PCI series. Cheap ($19 here), and no frills, no hassle. e. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] AMD CPU bug
The bug only effects 2.4 kernels and they will be fixed automatically with 2.4.18 kernels hopefully. It has been known for windoze 2k and patched for more than 1 year. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of shane Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 8:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] AMD CPU bug http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/23749.html anyone know anything about this? i have not personally had more than 2 crashes with mandrake since i started using it with 7.1, and i am on an athelon, but the news makes it sound like only _some_ cpus are affected. if you use the fix and are not affected are you taking a performance hit for nothing? -- The universe is a figment of its own imagination. 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] supermount kernel
Hi all, Since the newer cooker kernels seem to be fine with supermount, why has mandrake not put on in updates that will allow people to use supermount without resorting to installing cooker kernels? Is it because mandrake never add functionality to a distro instead prefering to leave it to the next version of the distro?? personaly I have no problem with that, except that I think supermount was too important a thing to leave out of a distro,, and mandrake would have alot of happier customers if they released a supermount patch that is basically a supermount safe 2.4 kernel... what do you guys think? I was running 2.4.16-11 for ages with supermount enabled,, and never had a problem with it.. I would just prefer to have a kernel endorsed by mandrake as being stable rgds Frank Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] cleaning /tmp
Hi, I have been having problems with losing my user accounts so I have been looking at a lot of possibilities. One I have found isI remember checking the option to clean /tmp . However, now when I reboot, there is a lot of stuff remaining in /tmp from my faulty user. ls there any harm in cleaning the /tmp directory manually? Also, where is that option located so that I might 're-inititiate' it? Many thanks, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dial-up connection problem
On Tuesday 22 January 2002 22:22, Mandrake Newbie wrote: On Tuesday 22 January 2002 05:41, Dennis Myers wrote: I need your help. I don't know how to connect to the Internet using my dial-up connection. I am using Speed Com+ 56K external modem (serial) running on Mandrake 8.1. I hope you can give me a HOW-TO on how to connect my dial-up to the Internet. Are you using KDE for your desktop? if so click on the icon that says Internet It will bring up Kppp dialer. You will have to know your ISPs two DNS addresses, like 207.217.126.81 or similar. You should make the device on the device tab /dev/ttyS0 and you will need your dial in number and password. I don't know how it's handled in console mode but this is a start if you use KDE desktop. Most of it is self explanatory. Come back if you need more help. HTH Just to add to Dennis' post, FYI /dev/ttyS0 = COM1 in Windoze and /dev/ttyS1 = COM2 (just in case you have plugged your modem into your second serial port). skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dial-up connection problem
On Tuesday 22 January 2002 01:22, you wrote: Hello everyone! =) I need your help. I don't know how to connect to the Internet using my dial-up connection. I am using Speed Com+ 56K external modem (serial) running on Mandrake 8.1. I hope you can give me a HOW-TO on how to connect my dial-up to the Internet. You have 2 choices if you use dialup. If you are using Gnome, I recommend wvdial. If you use KDE, go to the K menu, Networking, Remote Access and open the Internet Dialer. Go to the Setup tab on the bottom, then New and Dailog Setup and give your connection a name. Type in the connection phone number, then add--you can add a whole string of #'s, one at a time. Open the IP tab and check the box for Dynamic IP Address. Open the Gateway tab and check Default Gateway, unless your ISP uses a specific address for a gateway, then you will check the Static Gateway and fill in the address. Check the box Assign the Default Route to this Gateway. Open the DNS tab, and type in your ISP's domain name (mine is gorge.net). Click the manual box, and type in your ISP's primary domain address, (should be something like 200.123.132) and click Add. Do it again for your ISP's secondary DNS server address. Click OK. Open the Device tab. It will probably say /dev/modem This is usually o.k., but not always. Open the Modem tab and click the Query Modem button. If the system finds the modem, you will get a Modem Query Results box within a few seconds, and you're all setup. If the system doesn't find your modem, go back to the Device tab and try the dropdown arrow, choosing /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1, /dev/ttyS2, etc., in succession, going to the Modem tab and querying the modem with each selection. If that all fails to work, get back to the list. e. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Dial-up connection problem
you can use kppp from within gnome as well ,, just open an xterm and type: kppp and off you go, i used to use kppp from within icewm all the time. still think wvdial is better thought, console tools like this are awesome,, and use very little resources, unlike kppp and others. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Erylon Sent: Tuesday, 22 January 2002 3:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Dial-up connection problem On Tuesday 22 January 2002 01:22, you wrote: Hello everyone! =) I need your help. I don't know how to connect to the Internet using my dial-up connection. I am using Speed Com+ 56K external modem (serial) running on Mandrake 8.1. I hope you can give me a HOW-TO on how to connect my dial-up to the Internet. You have 2 choices if you use dialup. If you are using Gnome, I recommend wvdial. If you use KDE, go to the K menu, Networking, Remote Access and open the Internet Dialer. Go to the Setup tab on the bottom, then New and Dailog Setup and give your connection a name. Type in the connection phone number, then add--you can add a whole string of #'s, one at a time. Open the IP tab and check the box for Dynamic IP Address. Open the Gateway tab and check Default Gateway, unless your ISP uses a specific address for a gateway, then you will check the Static Gateway and fill in the address. Check the box Assign the Default Route to this Gateway. Open the DNS tab, and type in your ISP's domain name (mine is gorge.net). Click the manual box, and type in your ISP's primary domain address, (should be something like 200.123.132) and click Add. Do it again for your ISP's secondary DNS server address. Click OK. Open the Device tab. It will probably say /dev/modem This is usually o.k., but not always. Open the Modem tab and click the Query Modem button. If the system finds the modem, you will get a Modem Query Results box within a few seconds, and you're all setup. If the system doesn't find your modem, go back to the Device tab and try the dropdown arrow, choosing /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1, /dev/ttyS2, etc., in succession, going to the Modem tab and querying the modem with each selection. If that all fails to work, get back to the list. e. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Superblocks corrupted after a change in fstab ....
why not just boot from your mandrake install CD, and at the prompt, type rescue then when you are in and running, type, chroot /mnt and from that point on, you essentially have your own system running, with the exception that its using the kernel off the CDROM... fix your problems, and reboot without the cdrom,, works like a treat, and is one of the all time best things mandrake ever came up with. (I have even used it to rescue other distro's... rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of ngn Sent: Sunday, 20 January 2002 9:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 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
Re: [newbie] Kernell version
uname -a as already mentioned or 'rpm -qa | grep kernel' will show you the kernel or kernels you have installed. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 10:29 AM 01/07/1996 -0600, you wrote: How can I check my redhat (7.2) kernell version ? Regards Nene 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
Hi, Check out tuner type in tuner module options... BR, Andris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of chuck Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 8:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [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
[newbie]
Ok I need to be able to access / change MS Office Files. If I can do this accurtly then I can completely remove the need of Windows. Also there some kind of Term Emulator I can run? I need to attach to a unix host and have it support sco ansi ect. Any one have any good links to beginers info? I can get mandrake to run find now but I am very unclear as to what I am doing or why something worked. Installing software bewilders me. Rpm files install but then don't create any icons to load them. If I navigate to the bin directory I can find the executable but they are all in the directory. That seem rather troublesome when it come to organization. Thanks Paul Kraus Network Administrator PEL Supply Company (216) 267-5775 Voice (216) 267-6176 Fax www.pelsupply.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to speed up Linux Mandrake 8?
Yes, just like you said. - Original Message - From: FLYNN, Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 January, 2002 16:18 Subject: RE: [newbie] How to speed up Linux Mandrake 8? Do you mean that when you click on, for example, Konqueror, you get a startup box on the kicker bar at the bottom of the screen for a few seconds before it starts? I think it has a little spinning disk in it to signify it's doing something -Original Message- From: Assassin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 3:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [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] 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] supermount kernel
On Monday 21 January 2002 11:14, you spoke unto me thusly: Is it because mandrake never add functionality to a distro instead prefering to leave it to the next version of the distro?? sarcasmlike the way the slackers don't have anyway to update like a software manager or maybe a way for users to try out new software before release like the cooker. they need to get it in gear. /sarcasm personaly I have no problem with that, except that I think supermount was too important a thing to leave out of a distro,, and mandrake would have alot of happier customers if they released a supermount patch that is basically a supermount safe 2.4 kernel... along with many other things that is what the cooker kernel work is for, i do believe. they also said they will be fixing the AMD cpu bug, and that is AMD's problem not theirs. I was running 2.4.16-11 for ages with supermount enabled,, and never had a problem with it.. then you answered your own question, mandrake does support such a kernel, and if you ask them for support on supermount my bet is that they give you several options to solve it, and that is one. how is that not adding functionality to a distro? i wish the other distros i have tried did half as much! guess that is why i stuck with this one. -- If you don't know where you want to go, we'll make sure you get taken. -- Japanese translation of Microsoft's slogan 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] Zip/KDE annoyance
This is probably more a KDE thing than Mandrake, but hoping to get some advice. I can mount my zip using the desktop icon in KDE. I deleted the old zip icon, created a new one, specified Device and Mount Point, and everything is cool. Until I log out and back on. Then, another zip icon appears, giving me two. So I deleted the one I created, went with what seems to be an auto-created one. But it defaults to the wrong Device (/mnt/zip, I have to tell it /dev/sda4), and every time I re-tell it, log out, log back in, and it forgets what I've told it! I can get it to work, it's just annoying to have to keep doing that everytime. -- Todd Slater mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free since 13 January 2002 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Zip/KDE annoyance
have you tried using save settings? just wondering On Monday 21 January 2002 14:06, you spoke unto me thusly: I can get it to work, it's just annoying to have to keep doing that everytime. -- 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 shane registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ http://www.mystic-light.net/personal/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] AMD CPU bug
2.4.18 huh? and here i just did 2.4.17 today... ;-) On Monday 21 January 2002 11:25, you spoke unto me thusly: The bug only effects 2.4 kernels and they will be fixed automatically with 2.4.18 kernels hopefully. It has been known for windoze 2k and patched for more than 1 year. -- One of the surest signs of intelligent in outer space is that it hasn't contacted us yet. shane registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ http://www.mystic-light.net/personal/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to speed up Linux Mandrake 8?
ok, to answer my own question, i added the 2.4.17-7mdk kernel to my system and it seems markedly faster, though i haven't actually timed it. open office for example seems to open about twice as fast. just in case anyone wondered:-) On Monday 21 January 2002 09:46, you spoke unto me thusly: so i have 2.4.8-26 and am using Reiserfs. haven't seen any trouble except when i use realplayer i start using swap, until then no swap at all. (512megs) so how bad is the vm speed problem? is it worth updating? -- ...in a world without walls or fences, we wouldn't need windows or gates. shane registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ http://www.mystic-light.net/personal/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Gnome Mouse Scrollig
oh.. hehehehe NB On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 21:01, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: You can uninstall imwheel with the root command: # rpm -e imwheel On 20 Jan 2002 20:28:28 -0500, Nelson Bartley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 Windows 2000: Designed for the Internet. The Internet: Designed for UNIX. 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] which kernel should I run LM 8.1
Current kernel 2.4.8-26mdk I looked around the LM site and could only find 8.1/RPMS/kernel-2.4.8-34.1mdk.i586.rpm I thought I seen on this list 2.4.10 -- 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]
On Monday 21 January 2002 21:11, you wrote: Ok I need to be able to access / change MS Office Files. Well on your system you have KWord and Abiword. They are both able to import MS Word documents, but not able to export to Word You also have KSpead and Gnumeric which can import from Excel, but not Export, and KPresenter which can import from Powerpoint but not export. Before you say... Well what use is that! If you go to www.openoffice.org you can download the latest Openoffice Binaries which can Import from, and Export to, MS Word, MS Excel, and MSPowerpoint, and can do it almost flawlessly. It is a big download (Around 70MB), but it is worth it. OpenOffice is essentially the same as SunStarOffice6.0 which is due for official release this quarter. If I can do this accurtly then I can completely remove the need of Windows. Good. You can also get rid of the Outlook Express you appear to use ;-) Also there some kind of Term Emulator I can run? I need to attach to a unix host and have it support sco ansi ect. Heck... There is a whole bunch of them on your discs. I do not use ANSI emulation myself so I cannot say which is the best to use. Any one have any good links to beginers info? I can get mandrake to run find now but I am very unclear as to what I am doing or why something worked. Start by reading the documentation. There is an Icon on your desktop. Also remember almost all 'commands' in Linux have a built in manual. Just type 'man commandname' in a terminal to read the manual. You will also learn a lot at www.mandrakeuser.org There are documents called HOWTO's at http://www.linuxdoc.org/ If you bought the PowerPack edition on your discs you have several complete Books on Linux, and you can browse books online at http://www.oreilly.com/ Read the archives of this list at http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/ Any question you could possibly ask has probably already been answered. Learning Linux is a steep curve. You will be baffled at first, but if you have patience and application you will soon learn to appreciate its power. Installing software bewilders me. Rpm files install but then don't create any icons to load them. Well made RPM packages will insert an entry in your 'K Menu' Not all are well made however :( In which case you must insert them in the menu by hand. If I navigate to the bin directory I can find the executable but they are all in the directory. That seem rather troublesome when it come to organization. Thanks You do not have to navigate to a directory to use an application. Almost all RPM's will put executables in well defined places which are in your 'Path' You only have to type the command name in a terminal to open an application. If you use the menu editor (Mandrake Control CentreSystemMenus) then just put the command name in the box when prompted and then you can start apps from the 'K Menu' Alternatively Right click on the desktop and select 'CreateLink to Application' and put the command name in there and you will have a desktop icon. The Linux file system is defined by standards. Once you get to know how it is organized you will know where to find things. You will also find that for anything you want to do in Linux there are around eight different ways of doing it. Just choose the one you are most comfortable with :) HTH derek Paul Kraus Network Administrator PEL Supply Company (216) 267-5775 Voice (216) 267-6176 Fax www.pelsupply.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] DHCP trouble with Comcast.net
Previous to the recent switchover from @Home's network to Comcast's own network, I assigned my firewall machine a static IP address and everything worked fine. However, now I've got to use DHCP to lease a dynamically assigned address from the network. I can't get this to work. I keep getting back the message timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response. My DHCP client is dhcpcd. I live in Howard county, in the Baltimore, MD area. I've tried this using both Mandrake 8.0 and 8.1. Has anyone had success getting this to work? Thanks, Steve === Steven Bradtke [EMAIL PROTECTED] === Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DHCP trouble with Comcast.net
On Monday 21 January 2002 03:30 pm, you wrote: Previous to the recent switchover from @Home's network to Comcast's own network, I assigned my firewall machine a static IP address and everything worked fine. However, now I've got to use DHCP to lease a dynamically assigned address from the network. I can't get this to work. I keep getting back the message timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response. My DHCP client is dhcpcd. I live in Howard county, in the Baltimore, MD area. I've tried this using both Mandrake 8.0 and 8.1. Has anyone had success getting this to work? Setting a static IP probably won't work once they are fully converted, but I find that sometimes my original setup works and other times I have to use the command line to activate dhcpcd and get connected. Try 'man dhcpcd' and see if that helps. --matt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DHCP trouble with Comcast.net
Steve, I'm NOT using a separate firewall, but it sounds like you have a bad DHCP configuration, and you could run into this problem whether you have a firewall or just a single machine. 1. Make sure that /etc/resolv.conf contains the IP addresses of the Comcast DNS servers in your area AND make sure that the search domain correctly reflects the new network information if you know it because you have either gotten it from a machine that works or from someone in your area who knows what it is. Mine looks like: nameserver 68.46.144.5 nameserver 68.46.144.6 search brlngt01.nj.comcast.net 2. Your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_resolv.default should contain the same information that the resolv.conf file does. 3. Your initial /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 should look like the following: DEVICE=eth0 DHCP_HOSTNAME=whatever your's is BOOTPROTO=dhcp IPADDR= NETMASK= NETWORK= BROADCAST= ONBOOT=yes After DHCP passes the parameters, the blanks should be filled in with the correct information. 4. If you haven't turned your cable modem off since the conversion, you should do so, so that will clear any cached information out of its memory. Hope this helps. George Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] VAIO C1XE with XFree86 3.3.6
Hi all i tried to install to Mandrake8.1-ja with X 3.3.6 well i couldn't work X when i was intall soon. then i was setting no start x with boot up. so i was login console and rewrited /ete/X11/XF86config but its not work and i cant understan error massage... Someone have XF86config for vaio? *$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B* Yukki (Yuki Ikuno) Sing a song is my life [EMAIL PROTECTED] *$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] remove from e-mail list
Please remove me from your "newbie" e-mail list. I simply do not have time to read this much e-mail. My e-mail address is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Felix Barreto "There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there." -- Indira Gandhi From: George Czerw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sjbradtke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mandrake Newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [newbie] DHCP trouble with Comcast.net Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 20:35:23 -0500 Steve, I'm NOT using a separate firewall, but it sounds like you have a bad DHCP configuration, and you could run into this problem whether you have a firewall or just a single machine. 1. Make sure that /etc/resolv.conf contains the IP addresses of the Comcast DNS servers in your area AND make sure that the search domain correctly reflects the new network information if you know it because you have either gotten it from a machine that works or from someone in your area who knows what it is. Mine looks like: nameserver 68.46.144.5 nameserver 68.46.144.6 search brlngt01.nj.comcast.net 2. Your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_resolv.default should contain the same information that the resolv.conf file does. 3. Your initial /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 should look like the following: DEVICE="eth0" DHCP_HOSTNAME="whatever your's is" BOOTPROTO="dhcp" IPADDR="" NETMASK="" NETWORK="" BROADCAST="" ONBOOT="yes" After DHCP passes the parameters, the "blanks" should be filled in with the correct information. 4. If you haven't turned your cable modem off since the conversion, you should do so, so that will clear any cached information out of its memory. Hope this helps. George Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: Click Here Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XF86 set up in non graphical mode
i had a same problem. you should to chose step "i can set up your computer to automatically start X upon booting would you like X to start when you reboot" to NO than you can see the console after reboot. and you can reconfigure /ete/X11/XF86Confiug or XF86Config-4 otherwise i don't know how to boot. i fixed to XF86Config. Best Regards On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 21:25:52 -0600 "Andy Gay" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, once again, trying to get my monitor settings right in KDE control, I managed to have my screen go freaky. Does anyone know how to reconfigure XFree86 from the command line? I've read about XF86Setup, but darned if I can find it in Mandrake 8.1. Thanks for any help. Andy *$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B* Yukki (Yuki Ikuno) Sing a song is my life [EMAIL PROTECTED] *$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] which kernel should I run LM 8.1
34.1 is the latest stable, released kernel. You'll find much later kernels on the cooker, but these are still classified as test versions and are not recommended unless you either know a lot about what you are doing, or are happy to potentially have to deal with interesting problems, or both! Needless to say - I am running 34.1. That said, the cooker versions certainly work, so if you want to walk on the wild side BTW, in case you haven't upgraded before, please make sure you manually download the kernel and use rpm -ivh kernel... to install it. Don't use MandrakeUpdate , or rpm -U. See the achive for LOTS more on this if you need convincing. I just installed 34.1 on another machine this morning and found the same behaviour as I mentioned in a previous post: ---snip--- 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? snip-- so check that before rebooting too! Brian On Tue, 2002-01-22 at 10:39, Gerald Waugh wrote: Current kernel 2.4.8-26mdk I looked around the LM site and could only find 8.1/RPMS/kernel-2.4.8-34.1mdk.i586.rpm I thought I seen on this list 2.4.10 -- 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] remove from e-mail list
Felix, go to http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3 you can remove yourself there. Brian On Tue, 2002-01-22 at 15:20, Felix Barreto wrote: Please remove me from your newbie e-mail list. I simply do not have time to read this much e-mail. My e-mail address is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Felix Barreto There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there. -- Indira Gandhi From: George Czerw Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sjbradtke , Mandrake Newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] DHCP trouble with Comcast.net Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 20:35:23 -0500 Steve, I'm NOT using a separate firewall, but it sounds like you have a bad DHCP configuration, and you could run into this problem whether you have a firewall or just a single machine. 1. Make sure that /etc/resolv.conf contains the IP addresses of the Comcast DNS servers in your area AND make sure that the search domain correctly reflects the new network information if you know it because you have either gotten it from a machine that works or from someone in your area who knows what it is. Mine looks like: nameserver 68.46.144.5 nameserver 68.46.144.6 search brlngt01.nj.comcast.net 2. Your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_resolv.default should contain the same information that the resolv.conf file does. 3. Your initial /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 should look like the following: DEVICE=eth0 DHCP_HOSTNAME=whatever your's is BOOTPROTO=dhcp IPADDR= NETMASK= NETWORK= BROADCAST= ONBOOT=yes After DHCP passes the parameters, the blanks should be filled in with the correct information. 4. If you haven't turned your cable modem off since the conversion, you should do so, so that will clear any cached information out of its memory. Hope this helps. George Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: Click Here 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] can't login
Bill, If you choose expert and upgrade during the install, then no - your data will remain untouched. Try this first choosing no packages for installation. Chances are it will fix it magically! No warranty implied though ;-) Brian On Tue, 2002-01-22 at 15:07, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, Not much action on this problem...I am considering a re-upgrade, choosing only the KDE workstation option. Will this refresh only KDE or will it wipe all other user installed software in the /home/user directory? Thanks, Bill W. - Original Message - From: Bill Winegarden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 9:00 PM Subject: [newbie] can't login Hi, I did a ctrl - alt - backspace to get out of a running session. Now when I try to get back in to my user account I get the following crash notifications. nspluginscan ksplash ksmserver After the third crash notification, I get kicked back out to the login screen. KDE will not start. If I login as root, no problem. Thoughts on what my rash action has caused? tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Security and services that are running?
Hi list, Being new, and currently enjoying an installation that's up and running (even if it did need a few tweaks here and there) I came across an article about 'Armoring Linux'. It was all about how default installations leave a lot of unneeded services running and provide access for 'undesirables' to wreak havoc if they so choose. This article has kinda scared the bejeepers out of me, as I could've sworn I just said yes to most of the default questions during (the most recent) install. The article referenced a lot to do with the Redhat distro, and I found myself at a loss on some of the more technical points and instructions about what to do. So, here's my question. Where in LM 8.1 do I start to find out what services are running? I am not using my Linux box as a server or anything 'technically heavy', just home use with email and browsing, MP3 playing etc... Will I need to setup a firewall? And of course, how do I start to shut off the unneeded services? Mick (nervously awaiting!) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
