Re: [newbie] RaiserFS or Linux partition
On Thursday 14 February 2002 04:07, you wrote: > I don't think ReiserFS is worth crying about since it doesn't get > smaller than 32MB... > > A partition that small (such as /boot) isn't getting much activity > anyhow. So using a non journel FS is fine. Or, like you seggested, ext3. > > Fsck on <32MB is hardly even noticable. What you say is very true. However, to go on to the *rest* of the story, the reasons you enunciate do not pass as reasons NOT to use a capable journaling FS on smaller partitions. I don't see the mandatory use of fsck or sync as being a valid reason for anything, no matter how fast it is; except maybe clinging to a dramatic but inferior version of past evolutionary history best left behind. On the other hand, if you do happen to have a personal fetish for other filesystem types other than journaling, Linux certainly scores with the ability to support those fetishes. Freedom rules; so more power to ya. _ 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] Linux Video and Pinnacle Systems
Hi, Has anyone got the Pinnacle System TV Capture module (on USB) working with Mandrake 8.1? Jon.
Re: [newbie] Program with ./configure
Yes, I do cd into the directory > Just for clarification. Did you 'cd' into the directory and type ./congifure Daniel > './configure'? All that stuff without quotes. > > Bill > > On Friday 15 February 2002 04:14 pm, Daniel Chen wrote: > > Yes, I am sure the configure file is in the same directory and it is set > > to executable. Also, I am sure the first line of the file is looked > > like #!/bin/sh > > > > I tried to type in > > /bin/sh configure > > > > and I got the result like this: > > : command not found > > : command not found > > : command not found > > : command not found > > : command not found > > : command not found > > > > (repeat many many times..:-) > > > > : command not found > > : command not found > > : command not found > > : command not found > > > > 'onfigure: line 837: syntax error near unexpected token `in > > 'onfigure: line 837: ` case X$UNAME in > > > > So, does anyone have idea of what happening with my Mandrake 8.1? > > > > BTW, thank you very much for your guys' help! > > > > Daniel > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Restoring with TAR
I appreciate the advice on how to automate TAR/GZIP. Concerning the matter of restoring, especially something like a full system backup, I am having another problem. When I open up a TAR file, by default it will dump into the directory where the TAR file is located. The problem is, if my my TAR/GZIP file is too large to fit into the /.. partition, I can't do a full restore directly from there. I would have to unpack it in another directory (or perhaps even another drive) and then copy the folders to my original drive individually. Is there a setting that can be applied to TAR to make the restore occur in another drive, or lower-level folder, in other words, with absolute directories, instead of relative? I have read the instructions on TAR in a few different books, and in the HOWTO pages, but these all just explain only the basic packing and unpacking function, and don't give me a clue as to how to solve this problem. Chuck Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Set Backup
it doesn't have to end in .sh you can just make it executable: chmod 755 myscipt. in the top line should be something like this: #!/bin/sh then leave a blank line, and then add your commands to it.. I usually put my home grown scripts into /usr/sbin then I always have them in my path, and don't have to use ./ or the full path. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Barran, Richard Sent: Friday, 15 February 2002 5:31 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Set Backup > >I have a backup that I want to run daily, that goes > something like this > > > >$ tar cvzf /mnt/win_d/docs/e-mail/evolution/evol.tar.gz > >/home/chuck/evolution > > > > > >I would like to save this in a file that I can run as a > command, like a > >BAT file in DOS. I assume then, that I would save this > script in a text > >file. Then, what else should I do, in terms of naming, or other > >preparation, to have it available as a command? > > You can name the file anything you want. Linux supported long > names long > before Windows/Dos did. Then you can run > > chmod +x > > to make it executable (set the execute attribute). After that > you can run it > as./ > > ./ means "in this directory" > > Paul > Speaking as a newbie... I thought scripts had to end with a ".sh"? Or is that just a convention? Also, when I want to run a script I've written myself, I just change to the directory the script is kept in, and type the script name. I don't prefix it with a "./" Am I missing something here? Thanks, Richard *** This e-mail and its attachments are intended for the above named recipient(s) only and are confidential and may be privileged. If they have come to you in error you must take no action based on them, nor must you copy or disclose them or any part of their contents to any person or organisation; please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail and its attachments from your computer system. Please note that Internet communications are not necessarily secure and may be changed, intercepted or corrupted. We advise that you understand and observe this lack of security when e-mailing us and we will not accept any liability for any such changes, interceptions or corruptions. Although we have taken steps to ensure that this e-mail and its attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free. Copyright in this e-mail and attachments created by us belongs to Littlewoods. Littlewoods takes steps to prohibit the transmission of offensive, obscene or discriminatory material. If this message contains inappropriate material please forward the e-mail intact to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it will be investigated. Statements and opinions contained in this e-mail may not necessarily represent those of Littlewoods. Please note that e-mail communication may be monitored. Registered office: Littlewoods Retail Limited, Sir John Moores Building, 100 Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L70 1AB Registered no: 421258 http://www.littlewoods.com *** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Email client that allows checking of hotmail
Hotmail uses HTTP, not POP3. I can easily check it using Navigator/Mozilla or whatever, but I like the convenience of using a program like Outlook Express instead of a web browser just to check my email. So I guess a better question is there an email client out there (I played with Sylpheed a little and I REALLY like it, too bad it doesn't) that supports the HTTP protocol for checking email? Thanks, James >Assuming Hotmail is just another POP3 mail server, >most of the common E-mail clients will fetch your >E-mail from your Hotmail account. For example, I use >a @yahoo.com E-mail account for my mailing lists and I >retrieve them using Sylpheed. I used to use KMail for >the same thing and it worked fine also. You jsut need >to configure the account settings properly in your >EMail client (the POP3 server name, username, >password,etc...). _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Email client that allows checking of hotmail
* James Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [15 Feb 02 21:31]: > Does anyone know if there is an email client for mandrake/linux that allows > me to check my email from Hotmail a la Outlook Express? all of them, you just need something to negotiate access to hotmail: http://www.cudeso.be/linuxdoc/gotmail.html -- Regards, Kipling Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] scanner doesn't work
Hello I'm trying to install sane 1.0.6 in order to get an epson 1240U scanner working in Mandrake 8.0. I have installed the backend, but when I try the frontend I get the following error message: *** The sane-config script installed by SANE could not be found *** If SANE was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in *** your path, or set the SANE_CONFIG environment variable to the *** full path to sane-config. ** ERROR: Couldn't find SANE libraries (sane-backends). Possible reasons: - sane-backends isn't installed (install sane-backends before sane-frontends - the SANE header files aren't installed (if you installed SANE as RPM make sure you also included the sane-devel RPM) - the SANE libraries can't be found because /usr/local/lib/ isn't searched by the dynamic linker (see INSTALL for details) I have changed the following line in sane-cofig from prefix="/usr/local" to prefix="/usr/local/bin" , guessing that this is the environmental variable. I have also added the line "usr/local/lib/" to /etc/ld.so.conf and called ldconfig (as root). I still get this error message. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, SW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Email client that allows checking of hotmail
This summer, a visiting friend with a hotmail account was getting his mail on one of my Linux boxes using Netscape Communicator. So, unless hotmail has changed since then, that should do it. e. On Friday 15 February 2002 18:12, you wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Does anyone know if there is an email client for mandrake/linux that allows > me to check my email from Hotmail a la Outlook Express? > > Thanks! > > James > > _ > Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Running slow.
Mandrake 8.x is roughly equivalent to Windows 2000, at least if you are running KDE. That is a serious drag on a P120. Some things that may help are: Upgrade your kernel to 2.4.17 (this can help, but not much in the case of a P120) Install more ram (again, some help, but the P120 will always be a bottleneck) Install an older distro (mdk 7.x or RH 6.x--roughly equiv to W95-W98, depending on how far back in the 7 series you go and which 2.2.x kernel you use). Personally, with a P120, I wouldn't use anything past mdk 7.1. Use a lighter gui (I like Xfce a lot). Don't use the big, memory hogging apps like StarOffice or Konquerer file manager (try Abiword or xwc. Mozilla may work o.k., but Opera will be quicker to load.) You may be able to tweak 8.1 so that you can use it, but it will never be more than just useable. I have 8.0 on a P200 with 128 megs, running Xfce (blackbox is just too minimal for my taste), and with careful selection of what apps I use it is just o.k. 7.2 and kernel 2.2.17 was very nice on that machine. With my P233, 284 megs, running Xfce and mdk 8.0, I have a very snappy box. I have made a useable machine of a P75 with 48 megs and RH6.0, and a nice one with a P133 with 32 megs and SuSe 6.2, so it is possible with the older distros. You're pushing it with the new ones, though. jmo e. On Thursday 14 February 2002 20:51, you wrote: > > Greetings: > > > > I recently installed Mandrake 8.1 on my son's machine which consists of a > > 120Mhz processor and 84meg of ram. It now operates deadly slow. My > > understanding has been that one advantage of linux is that it runs fine > > on older equipment ; that it doesn't require the horsepower, so to speak, > > that other OS's like windows does. > > > > Prior to installing Linux on my son's machine he was running windows 95. > > That moved right along. He likes linux but it is dreadfully slow. > > > > I am running a celeron @ 700Mhz with 512 Meg of ram. The speed is much > > better but still slower than windows ME, which I migrated from. > > > > Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. Since I began this journey, I > > can't seem to get away from my computer. Though the learning is slow, I > > am learning and enjoying experimenting. On the other hand I have 3 boys > > in school, 3 machines networked together, and I need a stable system with > > reasonable speed. > > > > Any comments would be helpful. Tnx > > > > Jeff - K1LE - SECT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Email client that allows checking of hotmail
truth be, I have no clue, but my guess would be No. It isn't like microsft to let hotmail be checked without something of theirs (ie. Outlook Express) =X. heh Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Email client that allows checking of hotmail
Hotmail uses HTTP not POP3 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Email client that allows checking of hotmail truth be, I have no clue, but my guess would be No. It isn't like microsft to let hotmail be checked without something of theirs (ie. Outlook Express) =X. heh _ 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] Email client that allows checking of hotmail
>Does anyone know if there is an email client for >mandrake/linux that allows me to check my email >from Hotmail a la Outlook Express? Assuming Hotmail is just another POP3 mail server, most of the common E-mail clients will fetch your E-mail from your Hotmail account. For example, I use a @yahoo.com E-mail account for my mailing lists and I retrieve them using Sylpheed. I used to use KMail for the same thing and it worked fine also. You jsut need to configure the account settings properly in your EMail client (the POP3 server name, username, password,etc...). Let me know if you have any specific questions concerning setup. Good luck, Mel __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Email client that allows checking of hotmail
Hello everyone, Does anyone know if there is an email client for mandrake/linux that allows me to check my email from Hotmail a la Outlook Express? Thanks! James _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] SSH and GFTP question........
Hello all, I am trying to connect to sourceforge.net using GFTP 2.0.8 using the SSH optionwith no luck It keeps spitting out : bash: sftpserv: command not found I have been able to use MS windows and WinSCP2.0 and connect just fine.. it is a graphical interface that works like a regular ftp client... basically drag and drop..(actually works good).. but want to work from my linux desktop instead. - I have also been able to connect with GTelnet using the SSH option. but don't have a clue how to move files using the command line.. Is there any graphical SSH clients that resemble an ftp client I tried secpanel 0.31-1 but to no avail.. Any ideas?? -- Dave Crouse Running Mandrake 8.1 IBM Intellistation E Pro 450 mghz 750 mb ram Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] enlightenment oops
I was having a look around enlightenment and i pushed the virtual desktop windows right over to the right where they seemed to sit better. Then i rolled them up - right off the side of my screen... now how do i get them back? Yes i have RTFM, at least i scanned it looking for an answer. I think that in my home directory there should be a setup file i can delete that will be replaced when i restart enlightenment again. Can anybody please tell me what/where this file is and can i delete it ok? MDK V7.1 and enlightenment V0.16.3 TIA Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] uninstall .tar.gz
On Friday 15 February 2002 10:12, you wrote:
> Hi,
> Is it possible to somehow uninstall something I compiled and installed
> from a tarball?
>
> TIA
> Roman
For next time:
I think that the best way to handle the installation of tarballs is
through checkinstall. Use it to create an rpm based on the tarball, then
you can uninstall the program with rpm if you want to. No need to mess
around with 'make uninstall' anymore, which may or may not work. I highly
recommend this program!
Narfi.
ps. The project's home page is http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/
From the checkinstall page:
A lot of people has asked me how can they remove from their boxes a
program they compiled and installed from source. Some times -very few- the
program's author adds an uninstall rule to their Makefile, but that's not
usually the case. This is my primary reason to write CheckInstall. After
you ./configure; make your program, CheckInstall will run make install
(or whatever you tell it to run) and keep track of every file modified by
this installation, using the excelent installwatch utility written by
Pancrazio 'Ezio' de Mauro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
When make install is done, CheckInstall will create a Slackware, RPM or
Debian compatible package and install it with Slackware's installpkg, "rpm
-i" or Debian's "dpkg -i" as appropriate, so you can view it's contents
with pkgtool ("rpm -ql" for RPM users or "dpkg -l" for Debian) or remove
it with removepkg ("rpm -e"|"dpkg -r"). Aditionally, this script will
leave you a copy of the installed package in the source directory so you
can install it wherever you want, which is my second motivation: I don't
have to compile the same software again and again every time I need to
install it on another box :-).
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[newbie] Disk Concatenaton in Mandrake 8.1?
I'm running out of space on my root partition, and was wondering if anyone knows of a way to concatenate a partition with an additional hard drive to get more space. I can scrounge up another hard drive, but don't want to have to move/reinstall/copy/etc. If there's a HOWTO, website, or guru out there that can explain how to do this, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks, Ben Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lilo Problems
Any chance you can boot from the mandrake CD and mount / . Then send a copy of lilo.conf ? On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 21:00, Carlos Alberto Lima dos Santos wrote: > Hi bryan, > > I have 2 disks IDE, that are configured of the following form: > > hdc 15GB - windows 2000. > hdd 10GB - Linux > > The partitions linux are in the following mode: > hdd1 / > hdd5 /swap > hdd6 /usr > hdd7 /home > > T+ > > --- Bryan B Whitehead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > can you give allot > more info? like how many disks? scsi? ide? mixed? how > > is the partitions? > > > > On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 10:33, Carlos Alberto Lima dos Santos wrote: > > > I installed windows 2000, after that linux 8.1, but I am with problems > > to > > > initiate with lilo. > > > > > >The following error occurs, that I am not obtaining to decide, if > > somebody > > > will be able to help. > > > > > > LI > > >The First estage boot loader was able to load the second stage boot > > loader, > > > but has failed to execute. This can either be caused by a geometry mismatch > > or > > > by moving /boot/boot.b without running the map installer. > > > > > > T+ > > > > > > = > > > > > > Carlos Alberto L. dos Santos (TOCA) > > > Eng. de Computação - Puc-Campinas(SP) - Brasil > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! GeoCities > > > Tenha seu lugar na Web. Construa hoje mesmo sua home page no Yahoo! > > GeoCities. É fácil e grátis! > > > http://br.geocities.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > -- > > Bryan Whitehead > > SysAdmin - JPL - Interferometry Systems and Technology > > Phone: 818 354 2903 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > = > > Carlos Alberto L. dos Santos (TOCA) > Eng. de Computação - Puc-Campinas(SP) - Brasil > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >___ > Yahoo! GeoCities > Tenha seu lugar na Web. Construa hoje mesmo sua home page no Yahoo! GeoCities. É >fácil e grátis! > http://br.geocities.yahoo.com/ > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Bryan Whitehead SysAdmin - JPL - Interferometry Systems and Technology Phone: 818 354 2903 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fragmentation of filesystem
On Fri, 2002-02-15 at 17:02, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > Hello list ! > Now, of course, they asked me : how often do > you do this defrag-thing ? > > My answer : Never, 'cause I don't have to : I use linux on my desktop > and OS/2 on my laptop ! > And here's my very unimportant question to you : was I lying ? Nope, you were correct. Dave -- Beware the wrath of dragons, for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[newbie] Fragmentation of filesystem
Hello list ! Some collegues of mine recently asked me a question, considering me - falsely - to be some sort of a PC-guru. They all use flavours of Windows and frequently have all sorts of problems. Occasionally I'm able to help, but mostly I'm just telling them to use the "Vulcan Nerve Pinch" (the windoze three-finger-salute : ) repeatedly until their systems reboots, eventually running a "scandisk". However, it seems that after doing so many times their systems slow down quite some. I've told them to run their defragmentation-program at least once a month, and the other day I actually watched the program in action, assembling an enormous amount of files, all spread out over the entire disk. Took quite some time. Now, of course, they asked me : how often do you do this defrag-thing ? My answer : Never, 'cause I don't have to : I use linux on my desktop and OS/2 on my laptop ! Now, on the OS/2 - side, I know that the filesystem (HPFS) is arranged in a binary tree fashion, which makes disk-reads/writes extremely fast and at the same time re-arranges everything to optimal performance. One can constantly notice the action on the disk : when there's no other activity going on, the system uses the "idle" time to clean things up. Cool ! On my linux-box I use the Reiser filesystem. Never had a problem with it, even after a power-outage. Seems a little mysterious, though. Earlier, when I used ext2, the system made a file-check every 20'th boot or so, displaying messages like : "1.6% non-contigous". Fine with me, but the Reiser-FS just boots and boots happily and never seems to care about fragmentation at all ? Performance is blazingly fast even running KDE, Star Office and all sorts of other applications simultanously - never seems to need a defragmentation a la windoze. I guess the same goes for other journalling filesystems as well : ext3, XFS and JFS (the latter really being an OS/2 thing) ??? And here's my very unimportant question to you : was I lying ? Kaj Haulrich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Starcraft/Winex networking now works! Hurrah!
Red-Alert! Blizzard just released a v1.09 patch for Starcraft/Broodwars (there are 2 separate files) and it now supports UDP - TCP/IP! I just tried it with Winex v1.03, and I could create a game and the 2 other machines on my LAN could join in. I was not able to join in on one other machine when they created a game though. BUT still...its workable networking! This was my final/last reason for keeping Windog around. When I get Mandrake v8.2 and/or a new hard drive (whichever comes first), there'll be no more Windoze partition uglying up my beloved 'Nix box! PS Lets party! ;-) PSS Not had a chance to try Battlenet yet! -- /\ Dark> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Program with ./configure
Just for clarification. Did you 'cd' into the directory and type './configure'? All that stuff without quotes. Bill On Friday 15 February 2002 04:14 pm, Daniel Chen wrote: > Yes, I am sure the configure file is in the same directory and it is set > to executable. Also, I am sure the first line of the file is looked > like #!/bin/sh > > I tried to type in > /bin/sh configure > > and I got the result like this: > : command not found > : command not found > : command not found > : command not found > : command not found > : command not found > > (repeat many many times..:-) > > : command not found > : command not found > : command not found > : command not found > > 'onfigure: line 837: syntax error near unexpected token `in > 'onfigure: line 837: ` case X$UNAME in > > So, does anyone have idea of what happening with my Mandrake 8.1? > > BTW, thank you very much for your guys' help! > > Daniel Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] uninstall .tar.gz
On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 17:12:55 +0100 Roman wrote: >Hi, >Is it possible to somehow uninstall something I compiled and installed >from a tarball? This depends on the make script. If it supports uninstalling, you can do make uninstall Good luck Paul -- The key to change . . . is to let go of fear. -Rosanne Cash http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.7.1 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Memory(Again)
On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 11:41:03 -0500 Marcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear All, > > Thanks very much for your input and suggestions. Since memory is inexpensive > right now I am leaning towards increasing it. I have a program that asks for > 256 megs of ram. It is a SAP program. My hard drive is new anyway and it is > possible I may decide to upgrade the cpu in the future. I found old receipts > for the memory modules on my system and it is using 2 EPS-RM716E72pin EDO > memory module 16 MB and 2 EPS-RM732EDRAM 32MB SIMM MODULE EDO. I did find a > supplier for the 72 pin ED > O Simms modules. Does this mean I need to buy 2 or 4 of those and do they all > need to be the Simms modules? Your help will be greatly appreciated here, > because I will order these right away if I can find the right ones. > > By the way, is it difficult to upgrade the cpu? What is the best to upgrade > it to? > Marcia I do not know from what site you plan to purchase your memory but 1 thought that you might wish to consider that if the cost of the memory is going to be $100 or more and If your current computer case can fit an ATX board then it might be more cost and performance effective for you to purchase a MOBO CPU combo and 256MB of either PC133 or DDR. You can find 1gig athlon combos for around $100 and the ram for $50 or less. And of course lower CPU at even lessor prices. And if you read the docs and do not let it intimidate you putting a system together is easy. I am at the point now that I would not Have a pre-built system. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Md menu - where is it kept
If I had to completely reinstall md8.1 what file would I need to backup in order to reinstate my present KDE/Md menu structure. Nev Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] command for checking security level?
On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 00:30:45 -0800, db wrote: >>>Does anyone know it? >>> >>> db wrote: > > I am new to Mandrake and Linux. During the install I setup the "tiny > firewall" and changed the Security level to Medium. Upon revisting the > security section (thru the KDE interface) twice since, it tells me that >>>the > firewall is in place but each time following a reboot the security level > seems to return to "Welcome to Crackers". Can anyone explain this and >>>tell > me if I am doing anything wrong? There's nothing wrong, db ! - Just a "glitch" in the dialog-box. In fact you ARE in medium level. You can check it : open a file-manager (i.e. Konqueror in KDE of Nautilus in Gnome) and try to read someting in a directory not belonging to you, for example : /root or another users files. Impossible ! - There's a command-line option to check the levels as well, but I don't remember it, sorry. Anyway : it's allright. Regards Kaj haulrich Well, after thinking about it, db, I suggest "msec" (without quotes) as root. If in doubt, read the man msec. Can't do it myself now, 'cause I'm using an OS/2 -box. If you want "medium" security you should type (as root still) : msec 3. Then watch the output scroll by or pipe it to less. As far as I remember there's more information somewhere in /usr/doc/msec * or some such. Anyway, there's nothing wrong with your system. Kaj Haulrich >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 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] Booting problems
On Friday 15 February 2002 23:14, Spyros Spyropoulos wrote: > Hi, > > I have the following problem. > > I recently got a second hard drive, to install my (Mandrake 8.0)linux. > Prior to that I had linux installed on a partition of my first hard drive. > > However, once the intsallation was complete, Lilo could not be > (re)intsalled for some reason. > > Now it is looking for the linux partition in the wrong place (on the > partition in was intalled before) when I try to boot (I can boot windows as > it is on the same partition it was before). > > Foolish enough, I did not create a boot disk when I intsalled linux, and > every try to create a boot disk via windows (you get this option when you > intert the mandrake installation cd) that would enable me to boot and edit > the lilo.conf file failed. Booting via CD does not seem to help either. > > Any ideas how I could fix this? You can boot with the first Mandrake cd then at the prompt type: F1 rescue chroot /mnt Now you can check/edit the entries in /etc/lilo.conf then type lilo and reboot. HTH skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Program with ./configure
Yes, I am sure the configure file is in the same directory and it is set to executable. Also, I am sure the first line of the file is looked like #!/bin/sh I tried to type in /bin/sh configure and I got the result like this: : command not found : command not found : command not found : command not found : command not found : command not found (repeat many many times..:-) : command not found : command not found : command not found : command not found 'onfigure: line 837: syntax error near unexpected token `in 'onfigure: line 837: ` case X$UNAME in So, does anyone have idea of what happening with my Mandrake 8.1? BTW, thank you very much for your guys' help! Daniel Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Memory(Again)
Marcia wrote: > Thanks very much for your input and suggestions. Since memory is inexpensive > right now I am leaning towards increasing it. I have a program that asks for > 256 megs of ram. It is a SAP program. My hard drive is new anyway and it is > possible I may decide to upgrade the cpu in the future. I found old receipts > for the memory modules on my system and it is using 2 EPS-RM716E72pin EDO > memory module 16 MB and 2 EPS-RM732EDRAM 32MB SIMM MODULE EDO. I did find a > supplier for the 72 pin ED > O Simms modules. Does this mean I need to buy 2 or 4 of those and do they all > need to be the Simms modules? Your help will be greatly appreciated here, > because I will order these right away if I can find the right ones. Marcia, Before you order anything: Do you have the instructions for your motherboard? It should tell you what combinations of memory are allowed -- confirm that whatever you order will work with your motherboard. If you don't have the instructions, get the model number and check with the manufacturer. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Which Services to Keep/Stop ?
On Fri, 2002-02-15 at 13:23, Hanan Z. Shargi wrote: > Hi All, > > Every once in a while somebody recommends that Services that aren't used > should be stopped ... > ever since I started using Linux, everytime I'm asked during the installation: > should I start these services at startup? ... I say YES :-) > > would someone please explicitly state WHICH services should run in a normal pc > (notebook here ) one that is connected to the internet through DSL and doing > usual games.., net browsing, text editing stuff ?? > > AND/OR refer us to a good document to read about services and what they do. In Mandrake Control Center, under System -> Services, you see a listing of what services are run at bootup. This list is essentially the same as the files in /etc/rc5.d/, if your system boots into X, which Mandrake defaults to and probably most Mandrake users prefer. I run an IBM ThinkPad i1500, and here is my /etc/rc5.d listing: ./ S11internet@ S56rawdevices@ S77Win4Lin@ S95kheader@ ../ S12syslog@S60cups@S85gpm@ S99local@ S08ipvsadm@ S20random@S70alsa@S90crond@ S09pcmcia@ S26apmd@ S71sound@ S90xfs@ S10network@ S55ntpd@ S75keytable@S95anacron@ (ignore the preceding numbers and following '@' symbols and just look at the service names). I also have DSL at home (through my home LAN), and I need network/LAN connectivity at my clients' offices, so I have a PCMCIA network card. I only use Samba client to connect to other computers, but I do not share anything on my own drive (as a "server"), so it is not listed here. I do not provide any server-type services like http, ftp, smtp, etc. Some people set up Sendmail or Postfix to run on their workstations so they can send email directly, but I have no need for this and it can be a security hole if you don't know how to configure it properly. Notice that I have Win4Lin. This allows me to run Windows 98SE as an application under Linux, for the few Windows applications which I still need to use. Win4Lin requires its own kernel-based service to work. Dave -- Beware the wrath of dragons, for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [newbie] uninstall .tar.gz
RK> Hi, RK> Is it possible to somehow uninstall something I compiled and installed RK> from a tarball? RK> TIA RK> Roman Does not guarantee to 100% work, but mostly does. Go to the source directory of that app and do "make uninstall". If you have deleted it already, untar it again, do ./configure (with the options you used during installation) and then do the "make uninstall". If there is no uninstall rule for make, you will need to trace the files tru Makefile. Onur Kucuk _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] uninstall .tar.gz
Hi, Is it possible to somehow uninstall something I compiled and installed from a tarball? TIA Roman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Which Services to Keep/Stop ?
Hi All, Every once in a while somebody recommends that Services that aren't used should be stopped ... ever since I started using Linux, everytime I'm asked during the installation: should I start these services at startup? ... I say YES :-) would someone please explicitly state WHICH services should run in a normal pc (notebook here ) one that is connected to the internet through DSL and doing usual games.., net browsing, text editing stuff ?? AND/OR refer us to a good document to read about services and what they do. Many thanks. -- Hanan Z. Shargi Registered Linux User# 259916 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Host access
thanx... i've found some fairly good resources online for configuring and using xinetd... At 12:15 PM 2/15/2002 -0600, you wrote: >On Fri, 2002-02-15 at 11:49, JSheble wrote: > > thanx... you were a tremendous help... I guess I need to figure out the > > xinetd.conf file since I don't seem to have indetd running... > >I'd offer to help, but my xinetd experience is practically zero. I have >used inetd, but they are quite different from what I have seen. > >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
Re: [newbie] Set Backup
Barran, Richard wrote: > Also, when I want to run a script I've written myself, I just change to the > directory the script is kept in, and type the script name. I don't prefix it > with a "./" > Am I missing something here? Yes, maybe. Does this work because you have "." on your path, or does it so happen that you usually write scripts and store them in a directory that is on the path? Putting "." on the path is a security concern, in that someone with access to your system could put a file in your directory named, for example "ls" that would act like ls plus do something nefarious. Randy Kramer PS: I thought the shebang line was required (!/bin/bash), or is it only required if you are running a script that is for other than the default shell? Even so, it might be "good practice" to always include the shebang line -- then it may be more likely to work if you take the script to another system. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Set Backup
On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 09:31:09 - "Barran, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> revealed these words to me: > > Speaking as a newbie... I thought scripts had to end with a ".sh"? Or is > that just a convention? > Also, when I want to run a script I've written myself, I just change to the > directory the script is kept in, and type the script name. I don't prefix it > with a "./" > Am I missing something here? > > Thanks, > > Richard > .sh is just a convention so users can see what interpreter is to be used with the script ( .csh, .ksh, .py are some of the other endings but the list does not end there). you could make it end in '.nonsense' and it will be executed by the interpreter specified by its first line (i.e #!/bin/bash), or if it is still missing, the current interpreter (which is your shell). echo your PATH environment ( $ echo $PATH ) and see if there is a lone dot in the resulting list of colon-delimited directories. i assume you have it which is considered by many to be a security risk. the default setting is to exclude the current directory from the PATH variable to limit the potential of running a malicious executable placed in a directory which is named after a common utility. here is a scenario. assuming your PATH variable looks like this ".:/bin/:/usr/local/bin:..." and an intruder with 'maliscious intent' ( a hacker or a friend trying to put a trick on you) got an access to your account and created a script containing the following code: #!/bin/bash rm -rf ~ echo "Hi, you just toasted you home directory! Have a nice day." and saved it on your home directory with the filename 'ls' with matching execute permissions. then you log-in, was put in your home directory. you issued ls to get a directory listing. since bash will be looking first for a ls executable in the current directory (look at the PATH variable), you could just guess how big the intruder's smile would be after that moment. *grin* ciao! -- "Programming, an artform that fights back." = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Host access
On Fri, 2002-02-15 at 11:49, JSheble wrote: > thanx... you were a tremendous help... I guess I need to figure out the > xinetd.conf file since I don't seem to have indetd running... I'd offer to help, but my xinetd experience is practically zero. I have used inetd, but they are quite different from what I have seen. Dave -- Beware the wrath of dragons, for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [newbie] Memory(Again)
On Fri, 2002-02-15 at 10:41, Marcia wrote: > Dear All, > > Thanks very much for your input and suggestions. Since memory is inexpensive > right now I am leaning towards increasing it. I have a program that asks for > 256 megs of ram. It is a SAP program. My hard drive is new anyway and it is > possible I may decide to upgrade the cpu in the future. I found old receipts > for the memory modules on my system and it is using 2 EPS-RM716E72pin EDO > memory module 16 MB and 2 EPS-RM732EDRAM 32MB SIMM MODULE EDO. I did find a > supplier for the 72 pin ED > O Simms modules. Does this mean I need to buy 2 or 4 of those and do they all > need to be the Simms modules? Your help will be greatly appreciated here, > because I will order these right away if I can find the right ones. You will find that as long as it is 72-pin (SIMM) EDO, it should work fine. SIMM modules came in a couple of types, 30-pin and 72-pin. Your are both 72-pin SIMMs. As far as I know, EDO was/is only available in the 72-pin variety (and not the 30-pin), so you should be safe. > By the way, is it difficult to upgrade the cpu? What is the best to upgrade > it to? CPUs are easy to upgrade, *as long as your motherboard will support the increased speed*. You just unlatch and lift a single lever to loosen the CPU in its socket, pull it out, drop in the new one and push the lever back down into its latch. You will probably also need to remove the heat sink on top of the CPU, but that is usually also a pretty easy thing. As an example, my first Win95 PC had a Pentium 120MHz CPU running on a 60MHz front-side bus (FSB) with a 2x clock multiplier. If you don't see the relationship, notice that 60 x 2 = 120. Therefore, the CPU speed in MHz (megahertz) is always a product of the front-side bus multiplied by the clock speed multiplier. I later looked at the motherboard specs, and found that I could increase the FSB from 60 to 66 MHz, which would effectively also give me a 133MHz CPU speed (66 x 2 = 132, but in fact the 66MHz was really 66...., so it comes out to 133 when doubled). Even later, I also noticed that I could increase the clock multiplier from 2 to 2.5 or even 3! This would give me yet another speed boost, from 133MHz to 166 (66 x 2.5) or 200MHz (66 x 3). I tried to change it with my current CPU, but the CPU itself couldn't handle that clock speed, and refused to boot. I then purchased a 200MHz Pentium, popped it into my motherboard, and whee! I had my 200MHz system running perfectly. Now, noticing that you are running a 200MHz CPU already, you will need to check your motherboard specs (often available from the PC manufacturer) to see if it can handle a higher clock multiplier and/or higher front-side bus speed. Chances are pretty good it will *not* be able to handle a faster FSB, but it *will* take a higher clock multiplier. Assuming this is the case, and that your clock multiplier is 3x, then if you can get it to 3.5x or 4x you should be able to handle a Pentium 233 or 266MHz CPU. I think 266MHz was the fastest Pentium that Intel made, but it is possible they came out with a 300 or even 333. I know the Pentium II CPUs started at 233 and went up from there, I just don't remember how much crossover there was in the speed (MHz) ratings between the original Pentium and the Pentium II. Dave -- Beware the wrath of dragons, for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
RE: [newbie] Memory(Again)
Title: RE: [newbie] Memory(Again) since all four slots are 72 pin It would seem reasonable that the best choice would be to replace the two 16mb modules with 32mb SIMM EDO. SEE: http://192.216.185.10/mwave/ProdMR-MW.hmx?UID=CN%2D1121954&CID=&updepts=MR&DNAME=%3Cb%3EMemory+%2D+Mwave%3C%2Fb%3E&back=ProdMR-MW.hmx? Current competitive prices I have seen. I am not sure but believe that with simm it is always best to upgrade in pairs. HTH Dennis M. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Marcia Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:41 AM To: Marcia Subject: [newbie] Memory(Again) Dear All, Thanks very much for your input and suggestions. Since memory is inexpensive right now I am leaning towards increasing it. I have a program that asks for 256 megs of ram. It is a SAP program. My hard drive is new anyway and it is possible I may decide to upgrade the cpu in the future. I found old receipts for the memory modules on my system and it is using 2 EPS-RM716E72pin EDO memory module 16 MB and 2 EPS-RM732EDRAM 32MB SIMM MODULE EDO. I did find a supplier for the 72 pin ED O Simms modules. Does this mean I need to buy 2 or 4 of those and do they all need to be the Simms modules? Your help will be greatly appreciated here, because I will order these right away if I can find the right ones. By the way, is it difficult to upgrade the cpu? What is the best to upgrade it to? Thanks very much for all of your help and suggestions. Marcia
Re: [newbie] Host access
thanx... you were a tremendous help... I guess I need to figure out the xinetd.conf file since I don't seem to have indetd running... At 11:21 AM 2/15/2002 -0600, you wrote: >On Fri, 2002-02-15 at 10:52, JSheble wrote: > > Couldn't I add the sshd service to the xinetd or inetd config files to > open > > and start those services, thus forcing access rules in hosts.* files to be > > enforced? > >Yes, as long as the server is fairly low-traffic (which it sounds like >it will be, since you are limiting access to only two hosts/IP >addresses). > >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] Memory(Again)
Dear All, Thanks very much for your input and suggestions. Since memory is inexpensive right now I am leaning towards increasing it. I have a program that asks for 256 megs of ram. It is a SAP program. My hard drive is new anyway and it is possible I may decide to upgrade the cpu in the future. I found old receipts for the memory modules on my system and it is using 2 EPS-RM716E72pin EDO memory module 16 MB and 2 EPS-RM732EDRAM 32MB SIMM MODULE EDO. I did find a supplier for the 72 pin ED O Simms modules. Does this mean I need to buy 2 or 4 of those and do they all need to be the Simms modules? Your help will be greatly appreciated here, because I will order these right away if I can find the right ones. By the way, is it difficult to upgrade the cpu? What is the best to upgrade it to? Thanks very much for all of your help and suggestions. Marcia Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Host access
On Fri, 2002-02-15 at 10:52, JSheble wrote: > Couldn't I add the sshd service to the xinetd or inetd config files to open > and start those services, thus forcing access rules in hosts.* files to be > enforced? Yes, as long as the server is fairly low-traffic (which it sounds like it will be, since you are limiting access to only two hosts/IP addresses). Dave -- Beware the wrath of dragons, for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [newbie] Host access
At 10:29 AM 2/15/2002 -0600, you wrote: >On Fri, 2002-02-15 at 09:50, JSheble wrote: > > could somebody help me out with my hosts.allow and hosts.allow files? > > > > I'd like to allow access to the web server to anyone, but FTP and SSH I > > want to limit to two specific IPs... could somebody learn me the entries > > I'll want to make to allow this? > >Those files are only used with the inetd and xinetd daemons. Since >Apache is not controlled by these (it runs as a separate service, the >httpd daemon), your hosts.* files will not affect access to your >website. You will need to consult the Apache documentation (maybe in >/usr/share/doc/apache, or check the Apache website) for this. > >The same goes for ssh, which also runs as a separate service, the sshd >daemon. 'man sshd' for more information. Couldn't I add the sshd service to the xinetd or inetd config files to open and start those services, thus forcing access rules in hosts.* files to be enforced? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: SV: [newbie] Memory
as far as i know, the vx-chipset was able to cache more than 64mb... but... because of the vx-chipset being able to work with single ram-modules instead of pairs and the way the chipset worked to accomplish this, the vx was slower than a "normal" chipset. the one and only master chipset in this era was hx... on the other hand, when working with 200mhz, there is no need for the last piece of performance anyway :) Am 15.02.2002 15:09:12, schrieb Joacim Wängdahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >Another thing to really consider is the memory and cache support in your >chipset. When 200 MHz was a speedy computer the i430Vx and i430Tx >chipsets were common. These chipsets can only cache 64 MB of RAM and an >increase from that amount will lead to a part of the RAM being uncached. >Worth thinking of. More memory might even slow the system down. With KDE >or Gnome and especially when using many applications at the same time >more memory will, however, be worth it. Uncached memory is extremely >faster then swap-space. > >I had a 200 MHz K6 and for me an increase from 64 MB to 128 MB (and from >PC66 to PC100) made a huge increase in performance. > >Good Luck >/Joacim > >> -Ursprungligt meddelande- >> Från: Mario Michael da Costa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Skickat: den 15 februari 2002 05:37 >> Till: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Ämne: Re: [newbie] Memory >> >> >> hmmm, 96 megs is a lot of RAM IMHO, having more RAM won't hurt, but is >> the type of RAM that you want available ? with the 200 mmx systems, >> the SDRAM has to have 60 - 70 ns timing. most modern SDRAMS have 10 >> less ns timing. even the smaller SIMMS are hard to find. check and see >> wether the RAM that you want will be supported by your mobo. refer to >> your mobo manual for this. >> >> besides it is not always true that incrasing your ram will increase >> the speed of your computer, the reverse is also possible. offhand, 128 >> MB would be ideal for a 200 mmx system, you have 96 which is good >> enough. >> >> switch to windowmaker/fvwm(2)/enlightenment instead of gnome or kde. >> >> Thank You, >> Regards, >> mario >> >> Roy wrote: >> > >> > ram is the biggest bottle neck on a machine. installing >> ram will help out >> > alot by improving most software preformace and reduce the >> read-write caching >> > to your hard drive >> > roy >> > - Original Message - >> > From: Marcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 1:26 PM >> > Subject: [newbie] Memory >> > >> > > Dear All, >> > > >> > > Happy Valentine's Day. >> > > >> > > I have a desktop computer that is only 200mhz and has 96 >> megs of ram. I >> > would >> > > like to upgrade it to have 256 megs of ram but is that >> all for nothing if >> > I >> > > do not upgrade the cpu? >> > > >> > > Thanks for the help. >> > > Sincerely, >> > > >> > > Marcia >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> -- >> -- >> > >> > >> > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >> > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >> > > >> > >> > --- >> > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >> > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >> > Version: 6.0.323 / Virus Database: 180 - Release Date: 2/8/02 >> > >> > >> -- >> > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >> > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >> >> -- >> "The software said 'runs on Win95 or better,' so I installed it on >> Linux" >> >> > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] Booting problems
> On Fri, 15 February 2002, Spyros Spyropoulos wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > Booting via CD does not seem to help either. > > > > Any ideas how I could fix this? > > Did you hit F-1 when you booted from the CD? > This puts you into a rescue set of menu options. > > Barry I did. I used the rescue option to boot linux, however it seems that in this mode you cannot do much - it does not mount any harddrives. Maybe I should try to manualy mount the harddrives (hm stupid me did'nt thought of it earlier). Thnx I will try once I get home. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install on W98
install windoze first then install mandrake... roy - Original Message - From: Que más da <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 8:47 AM Subject: [newbie] Install on W98 > I have Linux Mandrake 8.0. When start the instalationl, what i have to do to > install in W98 without partitioning.? > Ok > > _ > MSN Photos es la manera más sencilla de compartir, editar e imprimir sus > fotos favoritas. http://photos.latam.msn.com/Support/WorldWide.aspx > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.323 / Virus Database: 180 - Release Date: 2/8/02 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] change ownership & group
Hey, > I just upgrade my linux to Mandrake 8.1 from 8.0, but now I can't change the > ownership or group in windows partition (/mnt/win_c and /mnt/win_d) the > system said that action not permitted (not enough permission, when I try to > change in properties) even I login as root. I try by using console and GUI > but the result is same. Is it any special thing to do that I miss? *In* the windows partition? I guess that's not supposed to work, since it's vfat. Right, anyone? Bye Roman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Install on W98
I have Linux Mandrake 8.0. When start the instalationl, what i have to do to install in W98 without partitioning.? Ok _ MSN Photos es la manera más sencilla de compartir, editar e imprimir sus fotos favoritas. http://photos.latam.msn.com/Support/WorldWide.aspx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Running slow.
On Fri, 2002-02-15 at 08:16, Dave Sherman wrote: > I actually used to run RedHat 5.1 on an old 486 (100 MHz, so it was a > "fast" 486) with 16 MB RAM. Using an older version of X (3.3.6 I think) > and the AfterStep window manager, it was quite peppy -- wy > faster than the Win95 that was installed when I got it. But that was an > older distribution, *designed for older hardware* (at the time, the two > would have been somewhat concurrent, so it wasn't really "old" hardware > when RH 5.1 came out). If you really want to run Linux on that old box, > try finding an older distribution releasr, like Mandrake 7.x or even an > older RedHat 5.x release. You will notice a BIG difference. FYI, I still have my old RedHat 5.1, RedHat 6.2, and Mandrake 7.2 CDs. I could burn copies of one or more versions and ship them to you if you want. Let me know. Dave -- Beware the wrath of dragons, for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [newbie] Running slow.
On Friday 15 February 2002 01:49, you spoke unto me thusly: > If speed and footprint are concerns, then Blackbox or Windowmaker might > be even better choices. I believe Blackbox *might* be the lightest either blackbox or fvwm is the lightest would be my bet, but i have nothing to back that up ;-) i recommend e first cause i kinda like it. nothing more. while not as light as others it does more. always trading off. -- 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] Running slow.
On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 21:50, Jeffrey Madore wrote: > > Greetings: > > I recently installed Mandrake 8.1 on my son's machine which consists of a > 120Mhz processor and 84meg of ram. It now operates deadly slow. My > understanding has been that one advantage of linux is that it runs fine on > older equipment ; that it doesn't require the horsepower, so to speak, that > other OS's like windows does. > > Prior to installing Linux on my son's machine he was running windows 95. That > moved right along. He likes linux but it is dreadfully slow. > > I am running a celeron @ 700Mhz with 512 Meg of ram. The speed is much better > but still slower than windows ME, which I migrated from. As others have mentioned, KDE (and Gnome) can be a real resource hog. It's not that they are necessarily bloated, but they have a lot of functionality and eye candy that just uses power. Basically, these desktop environments are designed to be run on modern hardware. Using lighter window managers like BlackBox, XFCE, etc. will definitely help. The lightest wm is probably twm, but it is so ugly in its default setup that it will likely make your eyes bleed upon first viewing. Another thing to keep in mind is hardware driver support, especially for X. I have found that if I can find an optimal X server (approximately equivalent to a video driver) for my systems, they perform much better than using the "generic super vga 1024x768" X server. In fact, I would say performance/speed doubles or even triples with a good X server. Yet another issue can be if you have too many unnecessary services (especially network services, but possibly others) running. Use Mandrake Control Center to look at boot-time services, and determine which ones you really need and which ones you don't. Then, stop them on the spot and disable them from running at boot-up. I actually used to run RedHat 5.1 on an old 486 (100 MHz, so it was a "fast" 486) with 16 MB RAM. Using an older version of X (3.3.6 I think) and the AfterStep window manager, it was quite peppy -- wy faster than the Win95 that was installed when I got it. But that was an older distribution, *designed for older hardware* (at the time, the two would have been somewhat concurrent, so it wasn't really "old" hardware when RH 5.1 came out). If you really want to run Linux on that old box, try finding an older distribution releasr, like Mandrake 7.x or even an older RedHat 5.x release. You will notice a BIG difference. Finally, I've said this before and I'll say it again. The *anecdotal* evidence for Linux running faster than Windows is primarily taken from server performance, where Linux is run with no GUI (no X Windows) at all. If you take out X Windows, even an old 486 with 16 MB RAM will fly under Linux. In fact, my church uses a Pentium 166 with 256 MB RAM for a Linux Samba server (and a few other network services), and it runs great. I wouldn't even *think* of putting Windows NT on that old beast! Dave -- Beware the wrath of dragons, for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
SV: [newbie] Memory
Another thing to really consider is the memory and cache support in your chipset. When 200 MHz was a speedy computer the i430Vx and i430Tx chipsets were common. These chipsets can only cache 64 MB of RAM and an increase from that amount will lead to a part of the RAM being uncached. Worth thinking of. More memory might even slow the system down. With KDE or Gnome and especially when using many applications at the same time more memory will, however, be worth it. Uncached memory is extremely faster then swap-space. I had a 200 MHz K6 and for me an increase from 64 MB to 128 MB (and from PC66 to PC100) made a huge increase in performance. Good Luck /Joacim > -Ursprungligt meddelande- > Från: Mario Michael da Costa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Skickat: den 15 februari 2002 05:37 > Till: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Ämne: Re: [newbie] Memory > > > hmmm, 96 megs is a lot of RAM IMHO, having more RAM won't hurt, but is > the type of RAM that you want available ? with the 200 mmx systems, > the SDRAM has to have 60 - 70 ns timing. most modern SDRAMS have 10 > less ns timing. even the smaller SIMMS are hard to find. check and see > wether the RAM that you want will be supported by your mobo. refer to > your mobo manual for this. > > besides it is not always true that incrasing your ram will increase > the speed of your computer, the reverse is also possible. offhand, 128 > MB would be ideal for a 200 mmx system, you have 96 which is good > enough. > > switch to windowmaker/fvwm(2)/enlightenment instead of gnome or kde. > > Thank You, > Regards, > mario > > Roy wrote: > > > > ram is the biggest bottle neck on a machine. installing > ram will help out > > alot by improving most software preformace and reduce the > read-write caching > > to your hard drive > > roy > > - Original Message - > > From: Marcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 1:26 PM > > Subject: [newbie] Memory > > > > > Dear All, > > > > > > Happy Valentine's Day. > > > > > > I have a desktop computer that is only 200mhz and has 96 > megs of ram. I > > would > > > like to upgrade it to have 256 megs of ram but is that > all for nothing if > > I > > > do not upgrade the cpu? > > > > > > Thanks for the help. > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > Marcia > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -- > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.323 / Virus Database: 180 - Release Date: 2/8/02 > > > > > -- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > -- > "The software said 'runs on Win95 or better,' so I installed it on > Linux" > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DVDRom problem
Thank you. But the question was "How do I upgrade the firmware in a 24/10/40B drive? This was raised because your web page provides for an firmware upgrade for the 24/10/40X drive, indicating that there was a difference. Please respond to the question, not whether an upgrade is available. Ken Brown - Original Message - From: "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 6:38 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] DVDRom problem > Andy Gay wrote: > > > > Thanks for help so far. > > I have tried several things. > > The dmesg reported: > > hdc: Toshiba DVD-ROM SDC2502, ATAPI CD-DVD ROM drive > > Okay, so its /dev/hdc > > > I did a > > ln -s /dev/cdrom /dev/hdc as root and got > > /dev/hdc already exists > > So the link already exists > > > Doing > > ls -l /dev/cdrom > > I get > > lr-xr-xr-x 1 rootroot 16 Feb 14 10:09 dev/cdrom --> > > ../cdroms/cdrom0 > > I'm not entirely sure why this link is pointing that way... Can someone else > jump in here and help? > > > Something keeps reseting /dev/cdrom back group=root after I set > > permissions to myself as group > > Do you have devfs disabled? > > > Here is /etc/fstab: > > > > /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 > > /dev/hda2 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 > > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > > /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=auto,dev=/dev/hdc,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,nosuid,exec,ro,noauto,codep age=850,nodev 0 0 > > /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=auto,dev=/dev/fd0,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,nosuid,exec,noauto,nodev,co depage=850 0 0 > > /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat defaults 0 0 > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > > > What am I not doing? > > Thanks for ongoing help. > > Andy > > Are you using v8.1 of Mandrake? If so, supermount is broken in it, and > disabled (by default from my understanding). > > Looks like supermount is turned on in your /etc/fstab file... > > -- > >/\ > Dark>\/ > > > 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] Mandrake and ISA cards
Renato Tognaccini wrote: > On the other machine MDK 8.x detected the soundcard (classic soundblaster) > but I was not able to get it working, detected my LS120 zip drive, but it did > not mounted it because, having also a scsi controller, the system created an > /etc/fstab very confused, my floppy 3.5" mounted on /mnt/floppy2 and hdb (my > ls120) mounted on /mnt/floppy, but it does not work. > > On my PCI machine at home MDK 8.x installed succesfully. > > I saw the soundcard problem common to many people in newbie community but it > seems not solved. > > Bye Renato Thats odd. I have a classic SB ISA in my 8 year olds computer and Mandrake 8.1 found it out of the box... I didn't have to do anything at all. Wait - well, I had to turn some channels up in Kmix, as well as tell Xmms to use /dev/dsp but other than that... ;-) Guess its just the difference in the hardware surrounding the sound card. -- /\ Dark> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT] saw this one in Sridhar's sig
shane wrote: > > On Thursday 14 February 2002 18:03, you spoke unto me thusly: > > > Yes, this is entirely true. And this was supposed to be the most secure > > version yet. Silly Micro$oft ;) > > the act that it is true, does not change the fact that it IS microsofts > most secure ever. > > -- > "you can have peace or freedom, but never count on both at once" -heinlein > > shane Right. Like saying that our new handy-dandy "carry any form of liquid" super-bowl is now the most waterproof ever because it only has 5 undisclosed holes in its construction instead of 10... PS All in good fun! ;-) -- /\ Dark> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DVDRom problem
Andy Gay wrote: > > Thanks for help so far. > I have tried several things. > The dmesg reported: > hdc: Toshiba DVD-ROM SDC2502, ATAPI CD-DVD ROM drive Okay, so its /dev/hdc > I did a > ln -s /dev/cdrom /dev/hdc as root and got > /dev/hdc already exists So the link already exists > Doing > ls -l /dev/cdrom > I get > lr-xr-xr-x 1 rootroot 16 Feb 14 10:09 dev/cdrom --> > ../cdroms/cdrom0 I'm not entirely sure why this link is pointing that way... Can someone else jump in here and help? > Something keeps reseting /dev/cdrom back group=root after I set > permissions to myself as group Do you have devfs disabled? > Here is /etc/fstab: > > /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 > /dev/hda2 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount >fs=auto,dev=/dev/hdc,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,nosuid,exec,ro,noauto,codepage=850,nodev > 0 0 > /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount >fs=auto,dev=/dev/fd0,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,nosuid,exec,noauto,nodev,codepage=850 > 0 0 > /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat defaults 0 0 > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > What am I not doing? > Thanks for ongoing help. > Andy Are you using v8.1 of Mandrake? If so, supermount is broken in it, and disabled (by default from my understanding). Looks like supermount is turned on in your /etc/fstab file... -- /\ Dark> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ADSL Setup with Mandrake 8.1
Hi, Im sure it is because I screwed something up on the install that mine is not setup correctly. However I did not want to retry it as installing Mandrake 8.1 on a P90 is a little painful. I had a few crashes as well. Because of the spec of my machine I did a fairly small install. Just enough for the firewalling. Then later rpm'd the NDS server as well. Thanks for the info on the network scripts. Ill look into those files when I get home. Re your question. I dont think it will be a problem. In route you can define routes to addresses which dont exist and they will kick in once they are available. So the fact that ppp0 drops from time to time should not matter. In fact mine has dropped once already without any problem (it re-connected automatically and continued to work). Claude. > Hi, > > I've got the same modem as you but the routing is set up correctly. > I used drakconf to configure my setup. > I see in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts that ifup sets the default route > and ifup-ppp deletes any existing route prior to that. It's quite > complicated. > I'm also planning of setting up a fw using fwbuilder as a front-end. Do > you think it is possible to define the external interface in our case > since the address we have is not fixed and the interface, ppp0, > dissappears from time to time. > I haven't looked into it I must admit but if you have any experience... > > Guy. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] kernel messages
I am constantly gtting the following kernel messages: kernel: DMA write timed out kernel: paraport0: FIFO is stuck kernel: paraport0: BUSY timeout (1) incompat_write_block_pio What do these messages mean? And how do I fix it? tia Dave Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Running slow.
On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Jeffrey Madore wrote: > I recently installed Mandrake 8.1 on my son's machine which consists of a > 120Mhz processor and 84meg of ram. It now operates deadly slow. My > understanding has been that one advantage of linux is that it runs fine on > older equipment ; that it doesn't require the horsepower, so to speak, that > other OS's like windows does. > > Prior to installing Linux on my son's machine he was running windows 95. That > moved right along. He likes linux but it is dreadfully slow. > > I am running a celeron @ 700Mhz with 512 Meg of ram. The speed is much better > but still slower than windows ME, which I migrated from. > > Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. Since I began this journey, I can't > seem to get away from my computer. Though the learning is slow, I am learning > and enjoying experimenting. On the other hand I have 3 boys in school, 3 > machines networked together, and I need a stable system with reasonable speed. > > Any comments would be helpful. Tnx > It's probably the X app you are runing, you didn't say. Thee have been threads concerning different desktops. Which one are you running, and maybe someone on the list can rate the different desktops, - Fastest to Slowest -- Gerald Waugh Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Memory
hmmm, 96 megs is a lot of RAM IMHO, having more RAM won't hurt, but is the type of RAM that you want available ? with the 200 mmx systems, the SDRAM has to have 60 - 70 ns timing. most modern SDRAMS have 10 less ns timing. even the smaller SIMMS are hard to find. check and see wether the RAM that you want will be supported by your mobo. refer to your mobo manual for this. besides it is not always true that incrasing your ram will increase the speed of your computer, the reverse is also possible. offhand, 128 MB would be ideal for a 200 mmx system, you have 96 which is good enough. switch to windowmaker/fvwm(2)/enlightenment instead of gnome or kde. Thank You, Regards, mario Roy wrote: > > ram is the biggest bottle neck on a machine. installing ram will help out > alot by improving most software preformace and reduce the read-write caching > to your hard drive > roy > - Original Message - > From: Marcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 1:26 PM > Subject: [newbie] Memory > > > Dear All, > > > > Happy Valentine's Day. > > > > I have a desktop computer that is only 200mhz and has 96 megs of ram. I > would > > like to upgrade it to have 256 megs of ram but is that all for nothing if > I > > do not upgrade the cpu? > > > > Thanks for the help. > > Sincerely, > > > > Marcia > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.323 / Virus Database: 180 - Release Date: 2/8/02 > > -- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- "The software said 'runs on Win95 or better,' so I installed it on Linux" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] What does CTRL-ALT-F2 get you?
> Burrows, Scott wrote: > > My system starts up in GNOME. I pressed and it took > > me to a command prompt out of GNOME. This is OK and expected > but.. > > > > How do I get back to GNOME from there? > you can also do it with till you get your X windows back. > > How is this different then simply clicking the "Open Terminal" icon in > > GNOME? well if you want a good and proper console, than that would be the way to go i guess. but it is much more convenient to open an xterm from within x-windows. if you find the fonts to small play around with the options a bit. i have finally settled on the foll combinaion: xterm -rv -fn 10x20 -geometry 100x37 the -rv option gives white text on a black background -fn 10x20 gives me a comfortable font size -geometry 100x37 gives me an almost full screen terminal. you may need to change the -geometry numbers according to your screen size. the above options work even with rxvt, which is another terminal emulator but uses less ram. Thank You, Regards, mario -- "The software said 'runs on Win95 or better,' so I installed it on Linux" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] unix to dos and dos to unix....
Robin Turner wrote: > > On Thursday 14 February 2002 05:17, Franki wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have many perl scripts in a directory that all contain windows > > control characters.. > > > > I would like to make a shell script or something that will go > > through all the files in a directory, (and any sub directores) > > grep every file for ^M characters and swap them for their unix > > equivalent > > > > has anyone ever done this? > > > > PS, the only txt editor that allowed me to see the ^M's was vi, > > pico and others did not show them.. why is that? > > On Thursday 14 February 2002 05:17, Franki wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have many perl scripts in a directory that all contain windows > > control characters.. > > > > I would like to make a shell script or something that will go > > through all the files in a directory, (and any sub directores) > > grep every file for ^M characters and swap them for their unix > > equivalent > > > > has anyone ever done this? > > > > PS, the only txt editor that allowed me to see the ^M's was vi, > > pico and others did not show them.. why is that? > > AFAIK KWrite doesn't show, but does give the opportunity to, say, > search/replace regexps, and change the EOL character. I'm still > finding I have the same problem - I converted a ton of Word documents > ages ago (with noword, IIRC) but some control characters just won't > go, no matter what kind of substitutions I run on them; e.g., > > s/t+//g; > > should get rid of tabs, but doesn't. open the file in vi or vim, and when in command mode, use the foll command: :%s/^M//g now the ^M is not <6>, rather it is obtained by: , if you have some problem with this command, play around a bit, then mail me, i'll give you a key by key sequence. but i doubt you'll need it. let me break down the command % => for the entire file as scope s => search and replace eg. s/old_data/new_data/ g => global i.e for all occurances of old_data between the 2nd and 3rd foward-slash there is nothing, not even a space. thus we are effectivly deleting that character by replacing it with nothing. just showing off :-P mario -- "The software said 'runs on Win95 or better,' so I installed it on Linux" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Program with ./configure
Daniel Chen wrote: > > Strange problem > > I download the source code of PHP-4.1.1 and tried to compile it in my > Mandrake Linux 8.1 This is my first time compiled a source code. I > followed the instruction in INSTALL and execute ./configure. However, no > matter how hard I tried, I could not run ./configure. I always got this > error message: > > bash: ./configure: bad interpreter: No such file or directory > > Help me please, I am going to crazy! > > Also, can anybody tell me what is "foo." I saw this word appeared quite > often in Linux document but I don't understand what it mean. > > Thank you for help! > > Daniel > > -- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com i cannot understand the "bad interpreter" part, but are you running the command from the same directory where you have untarred the sources ? try doing a "ls | grep configure" to see if you have the configure script in the directory. if it is present then do a "./configure -help" or maybe "--help" if the "-help" option does not work. this may list out a set of other options that you may need to supply to the configure script. HTH, mario -- "The software said 'runs on Win95 or better,' so I installed it on Linux" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Set Backup
On Friday 15 February 2002 11:31, Barran, Richard wrote: > > Speaking as a newbie... I thought scripts had to end with a ".sh"? > Or is that just a convention? It's just a convention, so you know it's a script. If it's marked as an executable, the system will execute it whatever (though you need to have something like #!/bin/bash at the beginning). Same principle applies to Perl scripts - a lot of people suffeix them with .pl, but it's not necessary (may help your text editor to recognise them, though, so you get the right highlighting). Robin -- "Never mind the quality, feel the bandwidth." Robin Turner IDMYO, Bilkent Universitesi Ankara 06533 Turkey http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Netscape 6.2 Installation
Hi Andre, I am a newbie also : ), so I can't help you much with installing it as an ordinary user. I installed Netscape 6.2 as root and I can run it as a normal user. If that is your worry, don't worry anymore. You could try installing it in another directory which you have permission to write, but I've never done it, can't help again. Good luck, Rodrigo > -- Mensagem original --- > > De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc : > Data: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 16:56:53 -0500 > Assunto : [newbie] Netscape 6.2 Installation > > Maybe I'm paranoid, but to "install" Netscape using "NetscapeInstaller" > involves downloading from the net. I've no problem with that, but I do take > issue that, in order for the install to succeed, the files must go into > /usr/local/netscape. > > Now, unless I'm mistaken /usr/local has root:root permissions. So, in effect > I have to download as root? Sounds like a Windows-come-and-get me install?? > > My gut feeling is that I must be mistaken, and/or I don't understand the > perrmission thing with /usr/local/ . . . Since no-one else has complained > about this, how can I download it as user? I get error messages about > "pipeline being broken" or such. > > How I love being a newbie -- just got back onto the list. Great to be back! > > Tia, > Andre > > > -- > Please pray the Holy Rosary to end the holocaust of abortion. > Remember in your prayers the suffering souls in Purgatory. > > May God bless you abundantly in His love! > > For a free Cenacle Scriptural Rosary Booklet -- http://www.webhart.net/csrb/ > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Buss speed (and definitely OT!!)
On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Pen Gwynne wrote: > For the record (and putting tongue firmly in cheek) something needs to be > pointed out. > > Whilst a computer can have a "bus" speed, only warm flesh and blood can have > a "buss" speed. But then why would you want speed here unless the buss was > just a stepping stone... Well said. :) Regards, -- Ashley Reynolds - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever." Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Charset in Star/Open Office
I'm sure this one must have been asked and answered before, but I can't find it in the archives How do you get Star / Open Office to use a different charset? I need Latin5 (iso-8859-9) encoding and can't find anything there to set it (choosing language as Turkish has no effect either). Is there some environment variable to set this or what? Robin -- "Never mind the quality, feel the bandwidth." Robin Turner IDMYO, Bilkent Universitesi Ankara 06533 Turkey http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Booting problems
Hi, I have the following problem. I recently got a second hard drive, to install my (Mandrake 8.0)linux. Prior to that I had linux installed on a partition of my first hard drive. However, once the intsallation was complete, Lilo could not be (re)intsalled for some reason. Now it is looking for the linux partition in the wrong place (on the partition in was intalled before) when I try to boot (I can boot windows as it is on the same partition it was before). Foolish enough, I did not create a boot disk when I intsalled linux, and every try to create a boot disk via windows (you get this option when you intert the mandrake installation cd) that would enable me to boot and edit the lilo.conf file failed. Booting via CD does not seem to help either. Any ideas how I could fix this? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Running slow.
On 15 Feb 2002 15:02:00 +1100 Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled in frustration: >Are you running KDE? If so, that's a lot of overhead for a 120. A RAM >upgrade would certainly pay off, but you may like to try a lighter >desktop environment - Enlightenment is often mentioned as a good choice >for lower overhead and you can still use the KDE apps apparently. == If speed and footprint are concerns, then Blackbox or Windowmaker might be even better choices. I believe Blackbox *might* be the lightest weight, fastest of them all. Xfce might also be worth trying. Not quite as snappy, but not as Spartan either. BTW, as long as KDE and Gnome are installed on the machine, you can still use virtually all of their apps with any of these wm's. Mike -- "He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you., he really is an idiot." -Groucho Marx _ 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] change ownership & group
hi, I just upgrade my linux to Mandrake 8.1 from 8.0, but now I can't change the ownership or group in windows partition (/mnt/win_c and /mnt/win_d) the system said that action not permitted (not enough permission, when I try to change in properties) even I login as root. I try by using console and GUI but the result is same. Is it any special thing to do that I miss? thank u 4 u help.. chris Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Multi-boot System Problem
Currently, there are two operating system installed in my computer, the Windows 98 and Linux Mandrake 8.0, every time I open my computer, it will automatically go to the Linux mandrake options whether to go automatically to Linux or I have to select what operating system should I used. I have no problem if I go to Windows, then restart my machine to go in Linux, but when I restart my machine using Linux, to go back to Windows, it will not load my Windows instead off it will hang or sometime I should start my Windows in safe mode. What should I do to fix this booting problem? __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Set Backup
> >I have a backup that I want to run daily, that goes > something like this > > > >$ tar cvzf /mnt/win_d/docs/e-mail/evolution/evol.tar.gz > >/home/chuck/evolution > > > > > >I would like to save this in a file that I can run as a > command, like a > >BAT file in DOS. I assume then, that I would save this > script in a text > >file. Then, what else should I do, in terms of naming, or other > >preparation, to have it available as a command? > > You can name the file anything you want. Linux supported long > names long > before Windows/Dos did. Then you can run > > chmod +x > > to make it executable (set the execute attribute). After that > you can run it > as./ > > ./ means "in this directory" > > Paul > Speaking as a newbie... I thought scripts had to end with a ".sh"? Or is that just a convention? Also, when I want to run a script I've written myself, I just change to the directory the script is kept in, and type the script name. I don't prefix it with a "./" Am I missing something here? Thanks, Richard *** This e-mail and its attachments are intended for the above named recipient(s) only and are confidential and may be privileged. If they have come to you in error you must take no action based on them, nor must you copy or disclose them or any part of their contents to any person or organisation; please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail and its attachments from your computer system. Please note that Internet communications are not necessarily secure and may be changed, intercepted or corrupted. We advise that you understand and observe this lack of security when e-mailing us and we will not accept any liability for any such changes, interceptions or corruptions. Although we have taken steps to ensure that this e-mail and its attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free. Copyright in this e-mail and attachments created by us belongs to Littlewoods. Littlewoods takes steps to prohibit the transmission of offensive, obscene or discriminatory material. If this message contains inappropriate material please forward the e-mail intact to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it will be investigated. Statements and opinions contained in this e-mail may not necessarily represent those of Littlewoods. Please note that e-mail communication may be monitored. Registered office: Littlewoods Retail Limited, Sir John Moores Building, 100 Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L70 1AB Registered no: 421258 http://www.littlewoods.com *** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake and ISA cards
Hi, I want to report some problems of Mandrake 8.x which were not present with Mandrake 7.x, it is just an info for Mandrake developers. I installed MDK 7.x on two machines with ISA cards and it was a success: all hardware detected automatically and I got all my hardware working automatically. On the contrary, when updating to MDK 8.x, on one machine the ethernet 3com509 card was not detected and I moved back to MDK 7.x. On the other machine MDK 8.x detected the soundcard (classic soundblaster) but I was not able to get it working, detected my LS120 zip drive, but it did not mounted it because, having also a scsi controller, the system created an /etc/fstab very confused, my floppy 3.5" mounted on /mnt/floppy2 and hdb (my ls120) mounted on /mnt/floppy, but it does not work. On my PCI machine at home MDK 8.x installed succesfully. I saw the soundcard problem common to many people in newbie community but it seems not solved. Bye Renato Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] command for checking security level?
Does anyone know it? > db wrote: > > > > I am new to Mandrake and Linux. During the install I setup the "tiny > > firewall" and changed the Security level to Medium. Upon revisting the > > security section (thru the KDE interface) twice since, it tells me that the > > firewall is in place but each time following a reboot the security level > > seems to return to "Welcome to Crackers". Can anyone explain this and tell > > me if I am doing anything wrong? > > There's nothing wrong, db ! - Just a "glitch" in the dialog-box. In fact > you ARE in medium level. You can check it : open a file-manager (i.e. > Konqueror in KDE of Nautilus in Gnome) and try to read someting in a > directory not belonging to you, for example : /root or another users > files. Impossible ! - There's a command-line option to check the levels > as well, but I don't remember it, sorry. Anyway : it's allright. > > Regards > > Kaj haulrich > > > 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] Running slow.
Have you create a swap partition for Linux? if not, create it now. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Greetings: > >I recently installed Mandrake 8.1 on my son's machine which consists of a >120Mhz processor and 84meg of ram. It now operates deadly slow. My >understanding has been that one advantage of linux is that it runs fine on >older equipment ; that it doesn't require the horsepower, so to speak, that >other OS's like windows does. > >Prior to installing Linux on my son's machine he was running windows 95. That >moved right along. He likes linux but it is dreadfully slow. > >I am running a celeron @ 700Mhz with 512 Meg of ram. The speed is much better >but still slower than windows ME, which I migrated from. > >Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. Since I began this journey, I can't >seem to get away from my computer. Though the learning is slow, I am learning >and enjoying experimenting. On the other hand I have 3 boys in school, 3 >machines networked together, and I need a stable system with reasonable speed. > >Any comments would be helpful. Tnx > >Jeff - K1LE - SECT __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
