[newbie-it] Installazione di leafnode, pacchetto rpm
Non capisco cosa sbaglio, ho provato ad installare leafnode, è un pacchetto rpm, ma mi da un messaggio d'errore, ho digitato rpm -ivh /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/leafnode-1.9.18-4mdk.i586.rpm ed il messaggio d'errore è stato: error: failed dependencies: inn conflicts with leafnode-1.9.18-4mdk Ho fatto tutto da root. Che vuol dire? -- -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #147054457 Bye byte, Cerchietto Nessuna arte può leggere in un volto ciò che lo spirito va costruendo (Shakespeare - Macbeth, atto I scena IV) -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
Re: [newbie-it] Installazione di leafnode, pacchetto rpm
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 12:29 AM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] Installazione di leafnode, pacchetto rpm devi disinstallare inn rpm -e inn (classico) Ci sono riuscito, funziona a meraviglia! :-)) -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #147054457 Bye byte, Cerchietto Nessuna arte può leggere in un volto ciò che lo spirito va costruendo (Shakespeare - Macbeth, atto I scena IV) -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
[newbie-it] Masterizzatore compatibile?
Ciao a tutti! Volevo solo una piccola informazione: il masterizzatore Traxdata 20X10X40X è compatibile con la Mandrake 8.0? Và bene? Ho provato a guardare sul sito Mandrake solo che non è contemplato nella lista dei masterizzatori, però mi sembrava di aver sentito voci sulla sua compatibilità e adesso volevo conferma. Vi ringrazio! Sapete anche qualche cosa sul Memorex 16X? Sergio __ Abbonati a Tiscali! Con Tiscali By Phone puoi anche ascoltare ed inviare email al telefono. Chiama Tiscali By Phone all' 892 800http://byphone.tiscali.it
[newbie-it] Quando Linux non sta piu' al suo posto! (E winzoz fa l'offeso)
Ciao! Ho trascorso il venerdi' notte ed il sabato ad archiviare vecchi dati della partizione di Winzoz98, e visto che quella di Linux e' stretta stretta, ho deciso di allargarla un po'. Ma... partition Magic non vuole saperne. Ridistribuisco lo spazio e poi do Applica, pero' invece di partire co l'operazione si apre una casella di avviso con su scritto che, per compiere l'operazione, deve riavviarsi in modalita' Dos, e che fa tutto lui... col cavolo! ho provato quattro volte e la partizione e' come prima. Cosa consigliate (si', lo so, buttare via Winzoz, e' quello che sto cercando di fare!)? Tenete conto che in entrambe le partizioni ho dei dati che non vorrei perdere... -- A presto, Arwan mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie]
Caching and buffers. Don't worry - it's a good thing that all of your ram is in use, it means none of it is being wasted. However, KDE2 is a bit of a hog when it comes to resources. If you're really bothered by it, use a lighter WindowManager like BlackBox. -Original Message- From: marvin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 12:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] KDE seems to take a lot of memory. I have a 128MB machine, it`s a pure workstation with no servers. Mandrake 8.1, KDE 2.2.1. I have :- kmail 1.3.1 in desktop 1 konqueror 2.2.1 in desktop 2 terminal/shell in desktop 4 Once it`s booted up and I use top, I see 120MB in use and 4.6MB swap used. Yes, I know ram is cheap but I`m wondering why so much ram is used. Looking at my old trusty Amiga, obviously with a full GUI, with the YAM (mailer) plus voyager (web browser) and shell plus top, I see it using only 3.8MB and it`s running ntp in addition to comparable stuff on Mandrake e.g. screensaver. 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] Uptime in e-mail sig
Think someone has already answered your question now - I've never looked at Evolution, so I can't offer any specific advice for that package. -Original Message- From: Johnson, David [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 8:23 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:RE: [newbie] Uptime in e-mail sig I'm using Evolution right now. -Original Message- From: FLYNN, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 11:04 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Uptime in e-mail sig Combination of a pipe, backticks and an email reader which lets you run a program or script to determine the contents of the sig. Which email reader do you use? -Original Message- From: Johnson, David [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 5:12 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [newbie] Uptime in e-mail sig How do people get their current uptime info into their e-mail signature? 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 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] /opt and /initrd directories
On Saturday 02 February 2002 01:26, you wrote: Shanon, Here is a link which you may find useful. http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ The standard that defines questions of the type you posed is called the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard. The latest revision of this standard is 2.2; they are working on version 2.3. To nutshell these questions for you, the /opt directory is for software packages that might clump all their files together in one location (configuration, binary, whatnot), in other words, software packages that do not follow the normal system of Linux installation. The definition of normal is when you have config files in the /etc dir, binary files in the /usr/bin dir, and so on. Software of the /opt type is (more or less) uses the same organizational style as application software packages that are installed in Windows.. i.e, alot of stuff clumped into one dir (under program files). A seperate location had to be defined for this style of application software installation, as it conflicts with the standardized native Linux package installation scheme. This interpretation of course is subject perhaps to a somewhat wider scope, as the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard can be interpreted somewhat loosely under some circumstances. Example: Even though the FHS version 2.2 specifies that all /opt related files need to be contained to /etc/opt (configuration), /opt (binary and all other needed application files), and /var/opt (everything not contained under the other two categories), there are applications that install everything that's needed into an /opt subdirectory and then ignore the other two directories. This isn't unusual. It's entirely likely that if you never move away from Mandrake RPM's you will never see a usage of the /opt directory. The /initrd directory is not mentioned in the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard version 2.2. I suspect that this is either a feature of the upcoming FHS version 2.3 or that it may be vendor specific (Mandrake). In either case, it is definitely related to the initrd filesystem, which is a compressed filesystem that the kernel loads BEFORE it mounts the primary root filesystem on the hard drive. The purpose of this is to load drivers and device files needed for basic system operation, i.e., complete hard drive access, for one example. Hello all, I am currently going through my file system in order to learn more about linux and I have come across these two directories that are empty. /opt /initrd I was wondering if someone could tell me what they are for and if it will break anything if I remove them. Thanks Shanon __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] networking internet woes...
Hi all, I have one of those usb alcatel modems, which works perfectly. my problem is that when i have eth0 enabled as well, i loose dns resoloution, i can ping the outside world and retreve web pages if iknow the ip address of the site. i can ping my internal lan (on eth0) fine etc. disbable eth0 and dns suddenly works any ideas? Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.comPOV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.ukTEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037 PGP Public Keyhttp://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x231E1CEA
[newbie] Zip drive Access
Hi guys I have installed an internal zip drive into my Mandrake 8.1 machine and I am having dramas getting access to the drive Using hardrake I can find that the zip drive is there as /dev/hdd However if I try to use the mount (i.e. under KDE on the desktop I make a new floppy device link where the device is /dev/hdd and mount point is /mnt/zip) I get an error saying no device or could not mount the device /dev/hdd does not exist Using an article from linuxnewbie.org I was told to modify the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file with: Insmod parport Insmod ppa And also modifying the fstab file with the same line as on my other computer /dev/hdd /mnt/zip auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 Can someone please let me know what I am doing wrong Thanks for your help Rick J PS once I have sorted this I may or should I say will need help in setting up my USB zip drive and USB printer so if you have any pointers for that please let me know, thanks again
[newbie] install does not recognize keyboard/mouse
Hello: I am trying to install Mandrake 8.0 on a laptop (Micron Transport XT). After the first screen comes up (graphical screen asking me to choose the language), I cannot go forward since the installation script does not recognize any keys from the keyborad nor the mouse? I tried disabling Plug and Play feature from BIOS, but still no luck. Any body has come across this? Please help. TIA Ravi
Re: [newbie] Zip drive Access
might be an idea to make sure the drive works under windows, and the disk your trying is not a duff. zip drives are not the most reliable beasties Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.comPOV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.ukTEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037 PGP Public Keyhttp://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x231E1CEA - Original Message - From: Richard Bartlett To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 11:45 AM Subject: [newbie] Zip drive Access Hi guys I have installed an internal zip drive into my Mandrake 8.1 machine and I am having dramas getting access to the drive Using hardrake I can find that the zip drive is there as /dev/hdd However if I try to use the mount (i.e. under KDE on the desktop I make a new floppy device link where the device is /dev/hdd and mount point is /mnt/zip) I get an error saying no device or could not mount the device /dev/hdd does not exist Using an article from linuxnewbie.org I was told to modify the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file with: Insmod parport Insmod ppa And also modifying the fstab file with the same line as on my other computer /dev/hdd /mnt/zip auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 Can someone please let me know what I am doing wrong Thanks for your help Rick J PS once I have sorted this I may or should I say will need help in setting up my USB zip drive and USB printer so if you have any pointers for that please let me know, thanks again
Re: [Fwd: Re: [newbie] Reboot..how often]
On Friday 01 February 2002 03:58, you wrote: How come many of you have server up times of many days and even months? I find that after approx. 2-3 days I need to reboot my MDK 8 box else the modem will not respond when I use kppp and the Software Manager only partially displays. I have 64 Mb of RAM and a separate 32 Mb video card. What's up? what type of modem? is it USR? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] /opt and /initrd directories
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: The /initrd directory is not mentioned in the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard version 2.2. I suspect that this is either a feature of the upcoming FHS version 2.3 or that it may be vendor specific (Mandrake). In either case, it is definitely related to the initrd filesystem, which is a compressed filesystem that the kernel loads BEFORE it mounts the primary root filesystem on the hard drive. The purpose of this is to load drivers and device files needed for basic system operation, i.e., complete hard drive access, for one example. And, if I'm not mistaken, the /initrd stuff ends up on a RAM disk, and the size of this RAM disk puts one constraint on the minimum RAM required for installation. (If the RAM disk requires 32 MB, you must have more than 32 MB for installation.) Aside: There is an on line version of the FHS file standard at http://www.twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/FHS. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] /opt and /initrd directories
Ashley Reynolds wrote: If you are interested in learning about the Linux filesystem, the FHS document is a worthwhile read. You can find it at: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ There is an HTML version on-line at http://www.twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/FHS. ;-) Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Unable to log on to Samba - Error writing 4 bytes to socket 5: ERRNO = connection reset by peer
Gidday All I've got a problem accessing my schools samba server. When I left Friday everything was working but there had been a power cut overnight and no access this morning. The problem occurs both from pc's (win98) that are setup for domain logins and pc's that are still peer to peer. Samba is the primary domain controller. I'm way over my depth in here Can ANYONE help? PLEASE From /var/log/samba/log.smb I get: [2002/02/02 18:09:52, 1] smbd/server.c:main(641) smbd version 2.0.10 started. Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998 [2002/02/02 18:12:36, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(540) write_socket: Error writing 4 bytes to socket 5: ERRNO = connection reset by peer [2002/02/02 18:12:36, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send.smb(754) Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. Exiting When connecting from a PEER pc the error is the same except for ERRNO = connection reset by $ From the console I get: [2002/02/02 18:12:36, 0] lib/debug.c:check_log_size(314) check_log_size: open of debug file /var/log/samba/log.smb failed using console The log was large so I cp log.smb to log.smb.old and then deleted the contents of log.smb Hoping someone has some idea of what I've done/has happened TIA rgrds max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Zip drive Access
Thanks, but I just brought it over from my Windoze machine and it was working, the data also came from that machine, so hopefully there is not a drama Thanks J -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Rick [Kitty5] Sent: Saturday, 2 February 2002 8:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Zip drive Access might be an idea to make sure the drive works under windows, and the disk your trying is not a duff. zip drives are not the most reliable beasties Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037 PGP Public Key http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x231E1CEA - Original Message - From: Richard Bartlett To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 11:45 AM Subject: [newbie] Zip drive Access Hi guys I have installed an internal zip drive into my Mandrake 8.1 machine and I am having dramas getting access to the drive Using hardrake I can find that the zip drive is there as /dev/hdd However if I try to use the mount (i.e. under KDE on the desktop I make a new floppy device link where the device is /dev/hdd and mount point is /mnt/zip) I get an error saying no device or could not mount the device /dev/hdd does not exist Using an article from linuxnewbie.org I was told to modify the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file with: Insmod parport Insmod ppa And also modifying the fstab file with the same line as on my other computer /dev/hdd /mnt/zip auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 Can someone please let me know what I am doing wrong Thanks for your help Rick J PS once I have sorted this I may or should I say will need help in setting up my USB zip drive and USB printer so if you have any pointers for that please let me know, thanks again
Re: [newbie] networking internet woes...
disable routing. you have the default route set to eth0 and not PPP0 On Saturday 02 February 2002 06:02, you wrote: Hi all, I have one of those usb alcatel modems, which works perfectly. my problem is that when i have eth0 enabled as well, i loose dns resoloution, i can ping the outside world and retreve web pages if i know the ip address of the site. i can ping my internal lan (on eth0) fine etc. disbable eth0 and dns suddenly works any ideas? Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037 PGP Public Key http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x231E1CEA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Another web site crash with konqueror
On Friday 01 February 2002 22:30, you wrote: crashed on me too. eric l. mcclure http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/AltAz.html enter a state and city Press the back arrow to go back to the previous page. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Unable to log on to Samba - Error writing 4 bytes to socket 5: ERRNO = connection reset by peer
Gidday again Some more info. Mandrake 8.0 On the domain controlled pc, it gives me the standard failed to provide valid username or password but on the peer pc, it gives me a network is busy error. As well another error on bootup that may be unrelated is: Feb 2 17:59:14 files sendmail:/usr/sbin/sendmail:error while loading shared libraries: libsfio.so.1999: cannot load shared object files: No such file or directory TAIA max Gidday All I've got a problem accessing my schools samba server. When I left Friday everything was working but there had been a power cut overnight and no access this morning. The problem occurs both from pc's (win98) that are setup for domain logins and pc's that are still peer to peer. Samba is the primary domain controller. I'm way over my depth in here Can ANYONE help? PLEASE From /var/log/samba/log.smb I get: [2002/02/02 18:09:52, 1] smbd/server.c:main(641) smbd version 2.0.10 started. Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998 [2002/02/02 18:12:36, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(540) write_socket: Error writing 4 bytes to socket 5: ERRNO = connection reset by peer [2002/02/02 18:12:36, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send.smb(754) Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. Exiting When connecting from a PEER pc the error is the same except for ERRNO = connection reset by $ From the console I get: [2002/02/02 18:12:36, 0] lib/debug.c:check_log_size(314) check_log_size: open of debug file /var/log/samba/log.smb failed using console The log was large so I cp log.smb to log.smb.old and then deleted the contents of log.smb Hoping someone has some idea of what I've done/has happened TIA rgrds max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] networking internet woes...
On Saturday 02 February 2002 06:02, you wrote: Hi all, I have one of those usb alcatel modems, which works perfectly. my problem is that when i have eth0 enabled as well, i loose dns resoloution, i can ping the outside world and retreve web pages if i know the ip address of the site. i can ping my internal lan (on eth0) fine etc. disbable eth0 and dns suddenly works any ideas? disable routing. you have the default route set to eth0 and not PPP0 and I do that in which file? Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037 PGP Public Key http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x231E1CEA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] solution to ebda too large error?
Scott Anderson wrote: I'm dual booting Mandrake 8.1 and Windows XP. When I installed Mandrake, I let it write LILO to the MBR, and it worked great. I could boot into either one without any problems. Then, I installed some security patches using the software updater thing, and suddenly I can't get into Linux anymore. I can get into Windows just fine, but when I choose Mandrake, it says: ebda too large and just hangs. I searched for this error message and found some people that had it saying that it was because the kernel was too large. They didn't suggest any solution though. It's funny that a security update could some how make my kernel too large...anyway, somebody know what I should do to fix this? Scott, did you choose to update your kernel via the Software Manager ? If you did, that's probably the reason. A little while ago there was a thread here on the list on this issue. In short, the conlusion was : never UPDATE the kernel. Download the new kernel and INSTALL it, then try it out, and - eventually - delete the old kernel. This, of course, raises the question : why is it possible to choose that option in Software Manager at all ? - I don't know, but maybe Software Manager is nothing more than a frontend to FTP+RPM combined. Try to search the archive. Kaj Haulrich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] solution to ebda too large error?
Kaj Haulrich wrote: Scott Anderson wrote: I'm dual booting Mandrake 8.1 and Windows XP. When I installed Mandrake, I let it write LILO to the MBR, and it worked great. I could boot into either one without any problems. Then, I installed some security patches using the software updater thing, and suddenly I can't get into Linux anymore. I can get into Windows just fine, but when I choose Mandrake, it says: ebda too large and just hangs. I searched for this error message and found some people that had it saying that it was because the kernel was too large. They didn't suggest any solution though. It's funny that a security update could some how make my kernel too large...anyway, somebody know what I should do to fix this? Scott, did you choose to update your kernel via the Software Manager ? If you did, that's probably the reason. A little while ago there was a thread here on the list on this issue. In short, the conlusion was : never UPDATE the kernel. Download the new kernel and INSTALL it, then try it out, and - eventually - delete the old kernel. This, of course, raises the question : why is it possible to choose that option in Software Manager at all ? - I don't know, but maybe Software Manager is nothing more than a frontend to FTP+RPM combined. Try to search the archive. Kaj Haulrich OH, and I forgot : how to fix it ? Well here's a quote from the archive : Boot with the 1st Mandrake CD as if you're going to install ML and when you get to the bit where you choose the installation type, choose Expert and Update (NOT Install) - read carefully. Then continue without choosing any software packages and it will install the original kernel again. You should be right from there on. Kaj Haulrich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Various questions
Hello again. I`m not sure if the Two web sites I listed as problems are significant as the konqeror team are working on 3.0 beta. Anyone using 3.0 beta want to confirm problems with those sites. This is my wife's computer and I converted her to Linux Mandrake about Three weeks ago after the Third total win2K failure in a year. After a few days of kiccking and screaming (it`s different despite KDE) she is pretty happy now. I`m wary of upgrading it in case aomething breaks and need to figure out a backup system at least for /home which is pretty big. Complaints she has are quicktime movies and real audio movies. I`ve e-mailed ALL the sites I come across asking them to provide a non-proprietry format e.g. mpeg Apple hasn`t released it for Linux although it is working for OSX but I guess they don`t want linux competing with their mac Unix. I did try and install quicktime4linux and openquicktime but they aborted during the builds. Rememnering she has Mandrake v 8.1 kde 2.2.1 Questions I have :- 1) Anyone successfully built and installed quicktime ? 2) Has anyone installed kde 2.2.2 or 3.0beta and did it break their system. 3) Anyone have a HP OJ R40xi and have scanning successfully working ? I think that`s it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Where to submit bugs?
Who can I send info about bugs i've found in 8.2b1? Thanks! -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain Yahoo AOL quini2k ICQ 11407395 www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] /opt and /initrd directories
On Saturday 02 February 2002 01:26 am, shanon loveridge wrote: I am currently going through my file system in order to learn more about linux and I have come across these two directories that are empty. /opt /initrd I was wondering if someone could tell me what they are for and if it will break anything if I remove them. I see you've received explaintion for /opt. /initrd shouldn't be completely empty. It should have one file. In a term, type ~ $ less /initrd/README.WARNING or use an editor to read it. Now just in case this README is missing, here's what it says, (mkinitrd) Don't remove this directory, it's needed at boot time, in the initrd, to perform the pivot_root. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CD burning setup - sorted
Because it worked fine in MDK 8.0 a few weeks ago, it didn't cross my mind to even check if it should be flashed. However, I took it from 1.07 to 1.09 and wrote an .iso from the prompt, as root! Could mount and 'ls' it afterwards. Tried a disk-to-disk copy in GCombust and the buffer emptied, but this is labelled as unreliable anyway. Copied the CD to .wav's on the HD, then wrote it at 8 speed - it worked fine. Still not quite sure what wasn't happy with the firmware version - even if cdrecord has put on a revision between 8.0 and 8.1, surely they/he wouldn't take out existing support? Thank you Derek, and thank you Chris for all your help. Richard Derek Jennings, Tuesday 29 January 2002 11:20: If you look at Jorg Schillings page for cdrecord you will note that there is a firmware upgrade for the Plextor PX-W8432T http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private /firmware.html It is also referenced on the Plextor Technical support page http://www.plextor.be/english/technical/download2.html and the README for the upgrade specifically mentions this drive http://makecd.core.de/ftp/FlashROM.readme The only thing not mentioned is what the upgrade actually does? I think we can probably conclude that you need to upgrade the firmware of the drive before it will work :( derek On Monday 28 January 2002 23:55, RichardA wrote: Chris, Tried mkisofs. Had all sorts of fun (confused my /tmp with system /tmp, hacked way through man pages, realised many years of Windows experience useless). Eventually got a 1.2 MB test.iso. Then: [root@drina richard]# cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 speed=2 -dummy /tmp/test.iso Cdrecord 1.10 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM scsidev: '0,0,0' scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0 Linux sg driver version: 3.1.20 Using libscg version 'schily-0.5' atapi: 1 Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info : 'PLEXTOR ' Identifikation : 'CD-R PX-W8432T' Revision : '1.07' Device seems to be: Generic CD-ROM. cdrecord: Sorry, no CD/DVD-Recorder or unsupported CD/DVD-Recorder found on this target. cdrecord thinks my CDRW is an ordinary CD-ROM drive? Richard Chris Keelan, Sunday 27 January 2002 20:54: On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 14:23:45 +, RichardA [EMAIL PROTECTED] spilled a can of spare bits all over the network, which arranged themselves like so: Am I right in thinking that root cannot have permission problems, so this is about scsi settings? Well, that's a definite maybe. I'd like to see if we can get some more troubleshooting info, so let's start at the hardware and work our way up. cdrecord can find your CDRW. That suggests to me that it's been installed properly. Try making a test iso in a temp directory. I'm going to pretend you've copied file1, file2, file3 into /temp (a total of say, 25Mb). As root, # mkiso -r -J /temp/test.iso /temp/file* Then do: # cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 speed=2 -dummy /temp/test.iso This is a dummy burn and won't actually toast a CDR. Watch the debug output carefully (anyone know how to pipe this to a file?) If that works, then both your CDRW and the underlying cd-burning programs are configured correctly. This, then may be a problem with gcombust which I won't be able to help you with, since I burn everything via command line. If it doesn't work, let us know what errors occur. - C Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Harddrack
On Saturday 02 February 2002 12:44 am, Carlos Alberto Lima dos Santos wrote: I am with problems to use hardrack. Always that I go to use it the computer stops T+ I assume you mean 'harddrake' Try typing 'harddrake' (as root, without the 's) in a terminal. Then if it doesn't run properly, paste the error messages into an email and post that to the list. Depending on your hardware, it could be that the detection process is just taking a long time, so be patient. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Various questions
On Saturday 02 February 2002 15:50, marvin wrote: 2) Has anyone installed kde 2.2.2 Yes and did it break their system. No -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC All in all, you're just another brick in the wall- Pink Floyd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Star Office as RPM ?
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- file.rpm will be installed by the rpm - option command
On the road to guruhood, stop and read the man(info) pages. Seriously, you
will learn more about rpm by typing:
$ man rpm | less
or
$ info rpm
(the $ sign represents your prompt in a terminal or shell -- we use $
to denote a normal user and # to denote root; the | is the unix pipe
symbol and it means redirect the output of the man program to the
input of the less pager program), than you will by firing off an
e-mail. What's better, you will be able to make more sense of the help
offered to you. The beauty of unix systems is that most of the
information you need is already on your computer.
Now when you type man or info, you'll see a lot of stuff--it's very
terse. Don't worry about trying to understand all of it at once. Just
skim through it looking for the information you need. Here's an
excerpt from the rpm man page:
INSTALLING, UPGRADING, AND REMOVING PACKAGES:
rpm {-i|--install} [install-options] PACKAGE_FILE ...
rpm {-U|--upgrade} [install-options] PACKAGE_FILE ...
rpm {-F|--freshen} [install-options] PACKAGE_FILE ...
rpm {-e|--erase} [--allmatches] [--nodeps] [--noscripts]
[--notriggers] [--repackage] [--test] PACKAGE_NAME ...
Look at that a few times. You'll begin to see that it's telling you
exactly how to use rpm to install, upgrade, freshen, and erase
programs. Oh, if that hasn't answered your question. Always use the
rpm command to install packages that end with .rpm.
- file.bin with bla bla command
Well, .bin denotes binary. It means that the program you are trying
to install is itself contained in an installer program. This is the
equivalent of an .exe extension in the Windows world. So if you get
this file: hot_new_program-V4.0.bin from the internet, the command
to install it is going to be:
# ./hot_new_program-V4.0.bin
or StarOffice 6.0 Beta is installed by typing
$ ./so-6_0-beta-bin-linux-en.bin*
or, if you want it installed system-wide (wise on a single-user machine):
# ./so-6_0-beta-bin-linux-en.bin*
- when to use the ./ , when do u need to chmod the file before u install
...etc
Remember, .bin files are PROGRAMS. In unix, a program must be
executable in order to run, i.e. it's permissions must be set to
executable. When you download hot_new_program-V4.0.bin and copy it to
whatever directory you're going to install from, check its permissions
first:
# cd /home/downloads/
# ls -l
- -rw-r--r--1 rufmetal root 1474560 Jan 20 19:06 driver-1.bin
- -rwxr-xr-x1 rufmetal root 1474560 Jul 29 2001 rescue.bin*
- -rwxr-xr-x1 rufmetal root 1474560 Jul 29 2001 root.bin*
- -rw-r--r--1 rufmetal root 124582824 Oct 3
12:00hot_new_program-V4.0.bin
Uh-oh. There are no x's in the permissions listing for
hot_new_program-V4.0.bin. What's more, our bash shell is kind enough
to put an asterisk * on the end of any file that's executable, when
using the ls command. Since the file has no execute permissions, we
need to change its modes.
# chmod u+x hot_new_program-V4.0.bin
(do man chmod | less to see what I'm talking about).
Now in unix, as in DOS, an executible must be in one of the
directories listed in your PATH variable in order for it to be
executed at the command line. If it's not in your PATH, i.e. the shell
doesn't know to look in the current directory for executable files,
you either need to add the directory (not always a good idea), or make
an absolute reference to the file.
So you could type:
# /home/downloads/hot_new_program-V4.0.bin
Which would execute HotProgram4's installer. That's called absolute
referencing because you tell bash the absolute (complete) path to the
file. An easier way is to use ./ which means look for the file in
the current directory.
# /home/downloads/hot_new_program-V4.0.bin
and
# ./hot_new_program-V4.0.bin
are really the same command, but one is easier to type.
Finally, a lot of programs are still packaged as tarballs. That is,
they are compressed tar archives with installer scripts. To install
hot_new_program-V4.0.tar.gz:
# gunzip hot_new_program-V4.0.tar.gz
# tar -xvf hot_new_program-V4.0.tar
# cd hot_new_program-V4.0
# cat README | less
# cat INSTALL | less
# cat ANY_OTHER_RELEVANT_DOCS | less
# ./install.sh
Notice, I'm recommending you read at least the INSTALL and README
files that come with most tarballs!
Have a look at the man pages for gunzip and tar to get an idea of what
these incredibly useful commands can do.
Hope this helps
~ Chris
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Re: [newbie] /opt and /initrd directories
Excellent! Thanks a bunch, Randy. Regards, -- Ashley Reynolds - [EMAIL PROTECTED] He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Randy Kramer wrote: Ashley Reynolds wrote: If you are interested in learning about the Linux filesystem, the FHS document is a worthwhile read. You can find it at: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ There is an HTML version on-line at http://www.twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/FHS. ;-) Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] /opt and /initrd directories
Ashley Reynolds wrote: Thanks a bunch, Randy. Ashley, You're welcome! Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Another web site crash with konqueror
ML 8.1 (stock) Konquerer 2.2.1 - crashed here yesterday rendered all but the pictures today. Galeon 0.12.1 - displays the page, but without the two images Mozilla 0.9..4 - same as Galeon (makes sense) Netscape - did just fine Windows XP IE6 - did just fine Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Various questions
On Saturday 02 February 2002 08:50 am, marvin wrote: Questions I have :- Just a suggestion, but I believe you'll have better results if you limit your posts to one question each. 1) Anyone successfully built and installed quicktime ? Sort'a, but no ;) I didn't have problems installing qt4linux, but it wouldn't play my .mov's ... errors out. mplayer gets a lot closer, running the .mov, no errors, but the screen is solid black, no sound at all. I can use codeweavers wine to run Windoze' QuickTimePlayer.exe The picture quality is equal to, maybe slightly better* than Winblows, but the sound is garbled. *probly a driver difference, I use the open source 'nv' driver with Linux, the Det4 27.20's under Windoze98 for a GeF2 DDR400 http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/ (mplayer) say's it supports QT since 0.60, but then also says Codecs: any codecs allowed, both CBR and VBR. Note: most new mov files use Sorenson video and QDesign Music audio. These formats are completely secret, and only Apple's quicktime player is able to play these files (on win/mac only). PS, I even tried copying some of QT's (completely secret;) .dll's into my Linux codecs dir, /usr/lib/win32/Didn't help ;( 2) Has anyone installed kde 2.2.2 or 3.0beta and did it break their system. Both together with some minor problems. Running some apps under 3.0 will change their config for 2.2.x. I didn't bother with 3.0 very long. Switching back to 2.2.2, it didn't take long to put the mis-configured apps back to normal (eg, kmail). 3.0b1's far from ready yet, and I didn't like some of the new graphics. YMMV ;) If you do upgrade to 2.2.2, I suggest usin Texstar's rpms. http://www.pclinuxonline.com I used these with 8.1. I'm now usin Mandrake's that come with 8.2 (on 8.2b1). 3) Anyone have a HP OJ R40xi and have scanning successfully working ? I don't have one. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Evolution
I second that. I'd been having great difficulties getting an Evolution 1.0.1 update done on my Mandrake 8.1 distro...lots of dependencies that I couldn't completely track down. (It looks like some notes this week indicate that the Cooker has everything we need). So I downloaded Red Carpet, Ximian Desktop, etc. from the Ximian site. Everything installed perfectly and works beautifully (at least on the RH 7.2 side of the house). I used Red Carpet last night to update RH and the Gnome software. Completely transparent and apparently successful. Terry Smith Cape Cod USA On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 04:01, Vincent A. Primavera wrote: Hello, If you are using 8.1, I suggest that you install Red Carpet from the same site first and use that to install. I was having a rough time installing/upgrading Evolution but now that Red Carpet supports 8.1 it makes the installation a breeze since it handles all of the dependencies which there are many. Good luck, Vincent A. Primavera On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 13:52, Kenn Yahoo wrote: http://www.ximian.com/products/ - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 7:22 AM Subject: [newbie] Evolution | Can someone please let me know where I can download a copy of Evolution | 1.0 from | | Thanks :) | | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? | Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com | _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com 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] Where to submit bugs?
On Saturday 02 February 2002 09:57 am, Joan Tur wrote: Who can I send info about bugs i've found in 8.2b1? Thanks! Mandrake forum has an article listing various ways http://www.mandrakeforum.org/article.php?sid=1606mode=threadorder=0thold=0 -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Am I being hacked?
Checking the webalizer stats for Apache, I see that I have a huge amount of 404 errors. I looked in the error log and found a single IP address requesting all sorts of Windows programs and directories. For example: /winnt/system32/cmd.exe /MSADC/root.exe root.exe and cmd.exe are the two main files, the paths vary. And, what should/can I do about it? Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Am I being hacked?
On Sat, 2002-02-02 at 12:47, Todd Slater wrote: Checking the webalizer stats for Apache, I see that I have a huge amount of 404 errors. I looked in the error log and found a single IP address requesting all sorts of Windows programs and directories. For example: /winnt/system32/cmd.exe /MSADC/root.exe root.exe and cmd.exe are the two main files, the paths vary. And, what should/can I do about it? Todd Most likely, you are seeing the results of Code Red or some variant, which is a worm that only affects MS IIS (Internet Information Server, Microsoft's WinNT/2000-based web server). There has been a free patch available for several months, but there are still a LOT of infected servers out there. Since you aren't running IIS, you really don't need to worry about it yourself. However, if you want to avoid filling up your log, then you might just want to add that host's IP address to your /etc/hosts.deny file. Also, courtesy would dictate that you do an nslookup on the IP address, find out who owns that server, and email them to tell them they are infected and should patch their system. Dave -- Beware the wrath of dragons, for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] read this steve flynn!
Steve, Please can you send me a copy of 6.5 on a CD like you suggested. Contact me off mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Tom. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Various questions
Tom Brinkman writes: SNIP If you do upgrade to 2.2.2, I suggest usin Texstar's rpms. http://www.pclinuxonline.com I used these with 8.1. I'm now usin Mandrake's that come with 8.2 (on 8.2b1). -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Thanks. Looked at the site and have Two questions. I have amd K6-450 so i assume it`s i586 not i686 It has Two sets rpm`s in i585. One is static. Which set should I use ? Regards... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] backup app for LM 8.0
mike wrote: What backup apps are there for LM 8.0 that actually work? Looked into Partimage but couldn't get / or /home to unmount to use . Help ? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com If you have a CD-R or CDRW, try scdbackup (Use that as a search key on Google). Civileme And don't expect to be able to unmount / ever--the system would stop working, just as if you had issued killall5 from a console. You can unmount /home if it is a separate partition and you are logged in as root. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 8.1 installed - networking trouble
I've installed 8.1 and network was working fine out of the box. After doing MandrakeUpdate(all packages updated except the 3 kernel related) I lost the network (the 3com ISA 3c509b NIC) I can ping 127.0.0.1 but not eth0 set IP192.168.42.1 [root@myduckbox net]# ping 192.168.42.1 connect: Network is unreachable eth0 doesn't list with ifconfig output but the Network Configurator GUI / tool displays all correct values? I get the following error output after running modprobe: [root@myduckbox net]# modprobe 3c509 /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/net/3c509.o.gz: invalid parameter parm_io /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/net/3c509.o.gz: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/net/3c509.o.gz failed /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/net/3c509.o.gz: insmod 3c509 failed What's the next thing to check? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] AOL twig problem!
Just want to ask if you could help me out this.i just installed twig email program but i dont know how to run it im using tar and also i want my twig application to received e-mail only from certain e-mail and send also e-mail to only specific e-mail just need your help. Thanks and God Bless! Respectfully AOL www.aolsystems.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] backup app for LM 8.0
No flame intended, so hang on, backup (pun intended) and tell us just what you are doing and why. I want to backup the system ( meaning the whole system / , and /home included ) because i'm very tired of reinstalling ( no negativity intended just trying to be honest ) every time I try to update something and it breaks something else, or i try to install some app which is supposed to work with my distro, ( LM 8.0 stock kernel 2.4.3-20mdk ) I have everything working well now and have only to install a new scsi card ( ava aha-2906 ) when it gets here to try and get my umax astra 600s ( scanner ) working. I want to an extreme degree to not have anything windows on by box. and have been using Mandrake for three years or so ( maybe I'm a little slower on the uptake than others ) but I still have trouble with some simple things which stop me from completely removing windows. a way to make a simple backup which i can use to restore the system is one. To clarify more exactly: I have a cdrw and can use it to burn a disk, and would like to make a linux restore cd if possible. short of that i can backup to another hd ( There are three in the box, hda=windows hdc5/6/7=/,swap/home Lm8.0 hdd5=/backup ) If there is a different or simpler way tell me. Thanks. Ps if you knew I wanted to know how , It would have been nice to at least tell me something simple and basic as others did. Sorry , didn't mean any rudeness. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Another web site crash with konqueror
Konq worked for me. I have the nsplugins module loaded. crashed on me too. eric l. mcclure http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/AltAz.html enter a state and city Press the back arrow to go back to the previous page. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] backup app for LM 8.0
On Saturday 02 February 2002 18:28, you wrote: Mike, I know how bad it can be when you're starting from ground zero. I had the same problems when I had to learn IBM Dos version 2 from scratch by myself. The syntax can be arcane and hard to understand at times. Plus, the man pages are not oriented to new users. The best source of information for new users are HOWTO resources, which list concrete real world examples, put forth in no nonsense easy to understand format. I appreciate these resources greatly because I did not have them 15 years ago when I got a generous crash course by an asshole administrator. There are many HOWTO's, but after checking I found precious little in the way of tar information. This was a little disturbing, as tar is a heavily used resource in the UNIX world. On discovering this, I empathized with your situation even more. To access this information locally on your system, assuming you've got a Mandrake system and I don't have any reason to assume otherwise, put the following in your browser: file:/usr/share/doc/HOWTO/HTML/en/index.html If by chance the docs are not installed, go to the following net resource: www.linuxdoc.org Since this is a new user's list, there should'nt be any subscribers that have any misplaced preconceptions concerning a list member's foreknowledge about anything regarding Mandrake Linux. Having said that, your original question concerned backup programs. That in itself tells us alot about what you are asking. First, whenever you are talking about a script or utility that does backups, it's generally desirable to be able to grab everything in a given location, plus save permissions and ownership information; not to mention the hidden .dotdirs. That's generally what backup programs do. If you tend to back your stuff up to CDRW like I do, you might want to make a tar.gz archive of your directory. In my case, I like to save the home user's directory to a tar.gz archive, then put it on CDRW temporarily until I've upgraded the system to the next latest distro. The following command will save everything unilaterally and keep all ownership and permissions information verbatim: cd /home tar -zxpvf /tmp/storage/home_dir.tar.gz * If you then want to view what you've done after you complete this, you go to the /tmp/storage directory and type: tar -ztpvf home_dir.tar.gz This doesn't do anything but pull a list of what's in the archive. The z option on the tar command line tells the program to process the archive with gzip, which gives it a respectable compression; saving you alot of space. Hope this gets you started. Email again if you've got further questions. LX shane wrote: tar springs to mind. If I knew how to use tar to backup / or /home I would not have asked the question. would you mind to tell me how to do this ? Just smugly saying tar ( Duh ) springs to mind, doesn't really answer the question. For anyone reading this , most of us when we ask a question , we mean Ok, HOW do you do that? Mike _ 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] 8.1 installed - networking trouble
On Saturday 02 February 2002 18:47, you wrote: I've installed 8.1 and network was working fine out of the box. After doing MandrakeUpdate(all packages updated except the 3 kernel related) I lost the network (the 3com ISA 3c509b NIC) I can ping 127.0.0.1 but not eth0 set IP192.168.42.1 [root@myduckbox net]# ping 192.168.42.1 connect: Network is unreachable eth0 doesn't list with ifconfig output but the Network Configurator GUI / tool displays all correct values? I get the following error output after running modprobe: [root@myduckbox net]# modprobe 3c509 /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/net/3c509.o.gz: invalid parameter parm_io /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/net/3c509.o.gz: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/net/3c509.o.gz failed /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/net/3c509.o.gz: insmod 3c509 failed What's the next thing to check? You might try just doing and ifup eth0 and see if the network comes back up. I've seen this before and am trying to remember the fix. Let you know if I come up with a better solution. HTH -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Another web site crash with konqueror
On Saturday 02 February 2002 19:44, you wrote: Konq worked for me. I have the nsplugins module loaded. crashed on me too. eric l. mcclure http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/AltAz.html enter a state and city Press the back arrow to go back to the previous page. Worked for me also, again I also have plugins installed and Konqueror brought up the page no problem. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] backup app for LM 8.0
got errors when I tried it see attached mike [mike@linux mike]$ tar -zxpvf /backup/home_dir.tar.gz * tar (child): /backup/home_dir.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar: Child returned status 2 tar: bonus01.jpg: Not found in archive tar: Desktop: Not found in archive tar: earth.jpg: Not found in archive tar: ILINXR.install: Not found in archive tar: lm_sensors-2.4.5: Not found in archive tar: lm_sensors-2.4.5.tar.gz: Not found in archive tar: mad4lg.gif: Not found in archive tar: mad9lg.gif: Not found in archive tar: mandrake-faq.html: Not found in archive tar: mentalic.tar.bz2: Not found in archive tar: mnt: Not found in archive tar: MPlayer-0.60: Not found in archive tar: MPlayer-0.60.tar.bz2: Not found in archive tar: nsmail: Not found in archive tar: openoffice-6.0.5-1mdk.i586.rpm: Not found in archive tar: OpenOffice.org641: Not found in archive tar: proton.tar.bz2: Not found in archive tar: tmp: Not found in archive tar: w32codec-0.60.tar.bz2: Not found in archive tar: WindowsMediaPlayer6.tar.bz2: Not found in archive tar: xray-blue.boot: Not found in archive tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] backup app for LM 8.0
Uhhh, the 'x' argument means extract. You want 'c' for create. At 09:50 PM 2/2/2002, you wrote: got errors when I tried it see attached mike[mike@linux mike]$ tar -zxpvf /backup/home_dir.tar.gz * tar (child): /backup/home_dir.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar: Child returned status 2 tar: bonus01.jpg: Not found in archive tar: Desktop: Not found in archive tar: earth.jpg: Not found in archive tar: ILINXR.install: Not found in archive tar: lm_sensors-2.4.5: Not found in archive tar: lm_sensors-2.4.5.tar.gz: Not found in archive tar: mad4lg.gif: Not found in archive tar: mad9lg.gif: Not found in archive tar: mandrake-faq.html: Not found in archive tar: mentalic.tar.bz2: Not found in archive tar: mnt: Not found in archive tar: MPlayer-0.60: Not found in archive tar: MPlayer-0.60.tar.bz2: Not found in archive tar: nsmail: Not found in archive tar: openoffice-6.0.5-1mdk.i586.rpm: Not found in archive tar: OpenOffice.org641: Not found in archive tar: proton.tar.bz2: Not found in archive tar: tmp: Not found in archive tar: w32codec-0.60.tar.bz2: Not found in archive tar: WindowsMediaPlayer6.tar.bz2: Not found in archive tar: xray-blue.boot: Not found in archive tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors 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] backup app for LM 8.0
fixed my mistake Tried it - it worked ! ;-) wrote it all down backed that up all is good in the world tonite Thanks Mike McNeese Springdale, Ar. -- if obstacles are what you see on your path . . . then you've lost sight of your goal! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] RaiserFS or Linux partition
Before I attempt tonight to try another install should I use RaiserFS (Seen somewhere in the instalation guide) or a linux native partition? Will RaiserFS create any sticky situations for a newbie? thanks for your help ;x Richard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Strange CD error installing 8.1
While trying to boot from CD and install, I get to the point where it tries to load the second stage ramdisk and it errors out saying it cannot uncompress the second stage ramdisk. In the logs it tells me trying to load /tmp/image/Mandrake/base/mdkinst_stage2.bz2 as ramdisk. In the kernel msgs I get a scrolling set of errors: 4 hdc: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51 DriveReady SeekComplete Error 4 hdc: cdrom decode_status: error=0x34 It repeats these lines several times then gives: ATAPI reset complete. 6 end_request I/O error dev 16:00 hdc sector It repeats all of these, with a different sector number each time. I've burned several copies from two different mirrors with no luck. Also, immediately after I burn disk 1 I can read it on my Windows machine, but if I eject the CD I can no longer read it, but it still boots from it to to the install. I can read disks 2 and 3 fine on my other machines. I've also installed versions 6, 7.2 and 8.0 with (basically) the same hardware and no problems. chris Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RaiserFS or Linux partition
On Saturday 02 February 2002 19:20, you wrote: Before I attempt tonight to try another install should I use RaiserFS (Seen somewhere in the instalation guide) or a linux native partition? Will RaiserFS create any sticky situations for a newbie? thanks for your help ;x Richard Reiser has been good to me. The only problem might be if you dual boot with WinNT and you use the NT loader instead of LILO--then there can be some issues after an improper shutdown. Other than that, I've had no problems at all, and I use it on several different machines. e. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] backup app for LM 8.0
if you want to make an image of your drive, try powerquest's driveimage: http://www.powerquest.com/driveimage/ At 21:16 02/02/02 -0600, you wrote: fixed my mistake Tried it - it worked ! ;-) wrote it all down backed that up all is good in the world tonite Thanks Mike McNeese Springdale, Ar. -- if obstacles are what you see on your path . . . then you've lost sight of your goal! 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] backup app for LM 8.0
tek1 wrote: if you want to make an image of your drive, try powerquest's driveimage: http://www.powerquest.com/driveimage/ Works to restore LM 8.0 system ? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] backup app for LM 8.0
check out the specs for the product. it says that it works on linux partitions, so it shouldn't matter what flavor of linux you're using... At 22:12 02/02/02 -0600, you wrote: tek1 wrote: if you want to make an image of your drive, try powerquest's driveimage: http://www.powerquest.com/driveimage/ Works to restore LM 8.0 system ? Mike 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] backup app for LM 8.0
On Saturday 02 February 2002 22:16, you wrote: Sorry. The tar -zxpvf was my mistake. fixed my mistake Tried it - it worked ! ;-) wrote it all down backed that up all is good in the world tonite Thanks Mike McNeese Springdale, Ar. -- if obstacles are what you see on your path . . . then you've lost sight of your goal! _ 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] backup app for LM 8.0
On Saturday 02 February 2002 17:20, you spoke unto me thusly: No flame intended, no problem, and i didn't and don't see it as flame, but one of the things i find most often is people asking the wrong question cause they don't know they are asking the wrong question. asking what can i use to backup when you might be better served by answers about something else if we only knew it. ya never know.. once you get used to tar another option, if you find you haven't enough room for a full backup is to (after a fresh install) make the replication disk. you know where it asks if want to make an install disk that remebers everything you just installed? then you only have to backup changes to your system. after a total (and i mean _total_) failure you can use that disk, the install cds, and the backup of your changes to get back to where you were pretty fast. that is pretty much just a hack job and i sure it could be done better, but hey what works works. not sure if you can make one of those disks after the install, maybe someone else knows. Ps if you knew I wanted to know how , It would have been nice to at least tell me something simple and basic as others did. yeah, but sometimes, taoist that i am, i am just a jerk, what can say. call it a personality trait. ;-) Sorry , didn't mean any rudeness. nor did i, just holding conversation and probing a bit to see what you actually needed to get done. another bit of (unwanted) advise, i think you said you run 8.0. i have used mandrake since 7.1 and while every version brings improvements, 8.1 made the biggest leap for me. you might try it out and find some of the reasons you need the backups go away. just a thought, and best of luck. -- Microsoft: Writing viruses has never been easier! shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ 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] RaiserFS or Linux partition
i will second that, reiser has been both good and fast, and stable too. On Saturday 02 February 2002 19:33, you spoke unto me thusly: Reiser has been good to me. -- Going from DOS to Linux is like trading a glider for an F117. shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ 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] Strange CD error installing 8.1
just wondering, did you try a checksum on the iso image? On Saturday 02 February 2002 19:24, you spoke unto me thusly: While trying to boot from CD and install, I get to the point where it tries to load the second stage ramdisk and it errors out saying it cannot -- The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them into it in the first place. -DOUGLAS ADAMS, Author shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ 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] RaiserFS or Linux partition
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Before I attempt tonight to try another install should I use RaiserFS (Seen somewhere in the instalation guide) or a linux native partition? Will RaiserFS create any sticky situations for a newbie? thanks for your help ;x Richard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Basically, don't use Reiser unless you need it .. Definitely not with postfix based mailservers, and not with NFS. If you have ML8.1 or later, XFS is a good choice for newbies, providing full functionality and a lot of speed and some safety. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] backup app for LM 8.0
Sat, 02 Feb 2002 22:12:54 -0600: In attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] transmitted: tek1 wrote: if you want to make an image of your drive, try powerquest's driveimage: http://www.powerquest.com/driveimage/ Works to restore LM 8.0 system ? Mike Have a look at partimage: http://www.partimage.org/ It's an open source Norton Ghost/DriveImage clone. - C Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] backup app for LM 8.0
Chris Keelan wrote: Have a look at partimage: http://www.partimage.org/ It's an open source Norton Ghost/DriveImage clone. Tried it but can't unmount / or /home to use it on LM 8.0 Unless you know how ? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RaiserFS or Linux partition
On Saturday 02 February 2002 22:20, you wrote: Erylon, There's another problem also. Reiser Fs cannot be used on partitions less than 32 meg in size. This precluded the possibility of using it for the /boot partition on my root-raid system. I felt it was desirable to keep all filesystems the same type across /boot, /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions. For this reason, I decided to go with the Ext3 journaling filesystem. I haven't run any benchmarks, but I can tell you one thing: It's a crapload faster than ext2 by a wide margin. On this system at least, anyway. Plexi: The Ext3 journaling FS offers a utility compatible filesystem upgrade for users. Red Hat decided to go with it in order to maintain backward compatibility with the filesystem utilities in the Linux OS. It also seems to have no restriction on filesystem size; you can go as small as you would like. This is handy for raid configuration folk like myself. Before I attempt tonight to try another install should I use RaiserFS (Seen somewhere in the instalation guide) or a linux native partition? Will RaiserFS create any sticky situations for a newbie? thanks for your help ;x Richard On Saturday 02 February 2002 19:33, Erylon Hines wrote: Reiser has been good to me. The only problem might be if you dual boot with WinNT and you use the NT loader instead of LILO--then there can be some issues after an improper shutdown. Other than that, I've had no problems at all, and I use it on several different machines. e. _ 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] backup app for LM 8.0
On Sunday 03 February 2002 00:25, you wrote: Chris Keelan wrote: Have a look at partimage: http://www.partimage.org/ It's an open source Norton Ghost/DriveImage clone. Tried it but can't unmount / or /home to use it on LM 8.0 Unless you know how ? Mike Tar and a CDRW is probably going to be your safest bet. It's very wasteful spacewise to back up an entire partition. A per-file backup gives you alot more flexibility in how much storage space you end up using, and what files you want to restore and what you don't. Especially if your primary concern is restoring home directory components after a distro new install. Then you get to pick and choose what gets put back and what doesnt. L8R !! LX _ 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] Canon Digital Ixus
Dear List: Does anyone has this lovely camara working under LM? I use 8.1 How can I do it? Thank you in advance. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Fw: Video mode
Hi, I am trying to set up the video mode on my computer but seem to be having problems. I have checked through some of the documentation on the Mandrake web site but I am not sure about the relevancy/currency of the information. The TV/Video capture system is based on the Pinnacle systems module (via USB) so has anyone done it and if so, is there a particular set of instructions I should be looking at? TIA Jon.
Re: [newbie] backup app for LM 8.0
On Sat, 02 Feb 2002 16:31:13 -0600 mike wrote: What backup apps are there for LM 8.0 that actually work? Looked into Partimage but couldn't get / or /home to unmount to use . I think you need to reboot and run linux 1 (single user mode) for that. Paul -- Better wade back mid water than gang forward and drown. (Scottish Proverb) http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.7.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] No Modem after Bastille?
Hi List, I setup the simple bastille firewall the other night. Then the next time I logged in to KDE the Kppp dialog box was open and waiting for me! (I used to manually click on it to open it up) It does this all the time now (strangely) and reports an error 'cannot find modem' when I try to get online. Even when I select /dev/modem in the setup, it still can't find it. I tried using tty0, and tty01 etc and so, but now Kppp can't dial out for me! Is this a side effect of setting up a firewall? I'd appreciate any help here. Thanks. Mick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] web chat program
hello there i m trying to set up something for work and i want it to be on linux otherwise they are gonna use nt i m looking for a program that will do certain things 1. limit to only one room 2. web interface (if possible ..otherwise can i limit ircd to one room only?) 3. logging of the chat 4. full strong administrative control via interface (i suck at command line) 5. easy to set up 6. does not use perl i have been to sourceforge.net and looked up some stuff .. most project there under the search parameters web chat are dead or do not meet my requirements thankx in advance _ 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] 8.2 beta bug report
Besides the fact that it looks like he spelled the site wrong... Don't bother. You will not be allowed to post a bug report there anyway. Only 'authorised' beta testers can post there (I tried) Instead post your bug report to Mandrake Expert making sure you have selected the Operating system as 8.2 Beta 1 in the drop down list. derek On Thursday 31 January 2002 01:54, you wrote: Hello, I am trying to contact the site http://qa.mmandrakesoft.com for bug report issues, but I cannot find it. Does anybody know the exact address? Apparently it is badly linked, or the server might be down... Thanks, Pascal 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
