Re: [newbie] fonts too small
ctrl+ for mozilla, then ctrl- to reduce. Damian Gatabria wrote: >hi.! > >does anyone know how to make fonts bigger for browsers? i'm finding more > and more websites difficult to read ( my screen resolution is not that > high ) and i can't find an option on any of them to enlarge the text. > Only on Konqueror, but it only makes buttons and widgets bigger. > >how can i change this? sizes are OK for everything else. > >thanks! > >Damian > > > > > > >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] KDE - Connection
Just found another problem. I can't connect to my network drive (From Windows XP to Mandrake 8.1) Now I think the Samba update is the problem. I had these two computers networked and working fine befor the update. How would I go about finding and uninstalling the update to see if that's my problem? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mithrilhall2000 Sent: March 3, 2002 10:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] KDE - Connection I tried to install the "kde-moreartwork-liquid" and rebooted because it wasn't showing up in LookNFeel/Style. Ever since the reboot I cant connect to the internet. When I click the Connect Icon on the desktop it just sits there and never even completely showing the window. If I try to reconfigure my connection it goes fine until I try to test the connection and it does it says that it can't connect and something must be messed up. I don't really want to reinstall the OS since I finally got so many things working and I don't want to loose the settings. I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could help me. Thanks again, Mithrilhall * * Mithrilhall's Linux* * Server * * AMD-K2 350MHz* * http://mithrilhall.redirectme.net * * _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] KDE - Connection
I just remembered that I did do some update the other day. I think they were : Samba, Apache, and a few others that I can't think of. Maybe these are the problems. How would I go about uninstalling the updates I recently did if you think that might be my problem? Thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mithrilhall2000 Sent: March 3, 2002 10:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] KDE - Connection I tried to install the "kde-moreartwork-liquid" and rebooted because it wasn't showing up in LookNFeel/Style. Ever since the reboot I cant connect to the internet. When I click the Connect Icon on the desktop it just sits there and never even completely showing the window. If I try to reconfigure my connection it goes fine until I try to test the connection and it does it says that it can't connect and something must be messed up. I don't really want to reinstall the OS since I finally got so many things working and I don't want to loose the settings. I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could help me. Thanks again, Mithrilhall * * Mithrilhall's Linux* * Server * * AMD-K2 350MHz* * http://mithrilhall.redirectme.net * * _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] xfice
Hi all, apologies for re-sending this, but I didn't see it appear last time It looks like I have really stuffed something up here. (lm8.1) I followed some instructions I came across for booting up with Xfice (I was using kde). everything appeared to work ok, but when I next rebooted, I was no longer able to start kde or gnome. if I use startx kde -- :1 it still starts xfice. Where do I start looking to fix this? -- regards, Colin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 5:20pm up 1 day, 5:41, 1 user, load average: 1.39, 1.33, 1.29 Time is what keeps everything from happening at once. ..registered linux user #223862 .. _ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] KDE - Connection
I tried to install the "kde-moreartwork-liquid" and rebooted because it wasn't showing up in LookNFeel/Style. Ever since the reboot I cant connect to the internet. When I click the Connect Icon on the desktop it just sits there and never even completely showing the window. If I try to reconfigure my connection it goes fine until I try to test the connection and it does it says that it can't connect and something must be messed up. I don't really want to reinstall the OS since I finally got so many things working and I don't want to loose the settings. I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could help me. Thanks again, Mithrilhall * * Mithrilhall's Linux* * Server * * AMD-K2 350MHz* * http://mithrilhall.redirectme.net * * _ 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] HSP56 Pctel modem
Did anyone here install the HSP56 drivers successfully? I've been stuck for over a week, I'm not making any progress. This is what i get when I tipe isnmod -f pctel.o unresolved symbol bh_mash unresolved symbol etc etc please help me to make this work, I want to get rid of windows once and for all. Thanks in advance Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Compaq Proliant 2500
On Sun, 3 Mar 2002 22:55:21 -0500 "William R.Nash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a problem with installing Linux on a Compaq Prolian t2500 server > with 458M of memory. What my problem is Linux only see 16M of memory. I > have tried to use linux-mem458M i get a error. I tried to use linux mem=128M > it will install but runs slow. took 2 hours to start KDE. > > > This is some copy of my report.bug could not send the whole thing. > > > > * lspci > > unknown : Intel Corporation|440FX - 82441FX PMC [Natoma] [NOT_DEFINED] > unknown : IBM|IBM27-82351 [NOT_DEFINED] > unknown : IBM|IBM27-82351 [NOT_DEFINED] > unknown : Compaq|PCI to EISA Bridge [NOT_DEFINED] > Card:Cirrus Logic GD543x: Cirrus Logic|GD 5430/40 [Alpine] [NOT_DEFINED] > tlan: Compaq|ProLiant Integrated Netelligent 10/100 [NOT_DEFINED] > sym53c8xx : Symbios|53c875 [NOT_DEFINED] > sym53c8xx : Symbios|53c875 [NOT_DEFINED] > > Thanks Bill Nash > Bill, I am going to make a guess based on the RAM problem showing up as running with 128 working but 458 not working. I am guessing that you have at least one bad memory stick in the computer. I would run memtest or equivalent on the system and see what you get as a report. Bad ram can cause funny problems. If one stick shows up as bad you could try the pencil eraser as a cleaner on the contacts and stick it back in. I had some bad ram once and windows reported all of it there but memtest said the stick in the second slot was bad, I cleaned it and then it reported back as good, well mostly. Anyway that's my hunch for what it is worth. Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Compaq Proliant 2500
Hello, I have a problem with installing Linux on a Compaq Prolian t2500 server with 458M of memory. What my problem is Linux only see 16M of memory. I have tried to use linux-mem458M i get a error. I tried to use linux mem=128M it will install but runs slow. took 2 hours to start KDE. This is some copy of my report.bug could not send the whole thing. * lspci unknown : Intel Corporation|440FX - 82441FX PMC [Natoma] [NOT_DEFINED] unknown : IBM|IBM27-82351 [NOT_DEFINED] unknown : IBM|IBM27-82351 [NOT_DEFINED] unknown : Compaq|PCI to EISA Bridge [NOT_DEFINED] Card:Cirrus Logic GD543x: Cirrus Logic|GD 5430/40 [Alpine] [NOT_DEFINED] tlan: Compaq|ProLiant Integrated Netelligent 10/100 [NOT_DEFINED] sym53c8xx : Symbios|53c875 [NOT_DEFINED] sym53c8xx : Symbios|53c875 [NOT_DEFINED] cpqarray: Compaq|Smart-2/P RAID Controller [NOT_DEFINED] * pci_devices 808612370 0068101400220 0090101400220 00a00e1100010 0130101300a00 41080001 01000400 0100 01380e11ae43a 680140002200 00100010 0001tlan 0148100fb 6001400020004000 010001001000 0158100f5 64014000210040001000 010001001000 02000e11ae109 700140104808 010001000800 4000 * fdisk * scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00 Vendor: QUANTUM Model: DLT7000 Rev: 1624 Type: Sequential-AccessANSI SCSI revision: 02 * lsmod loop7536 0 lp 5712 0 (unused) parport_pc 22320 1 parport21056 1 [lp parport_pc] tlan 22800 0 (unused) cpqarray 16368 3 serial 66080 0 af_packet 8272 0 (unused) sd_mod 10528 0 (unused) isofs 14984 1 sym53c8xx 54292 0 (unused) sr_mod 12648 0 (unused) scsi_mod 48168 3 [sd_mod sym53c8xx sr_mod] ide-cd 25980 1 cdrom 28704 0 [sr_mod ide-cd] * cmdline **
Re: [newbie] permissions on the network
Yes! Create a smbpassword: as root#smbpasswd -a yourusername And, yourusername on your XP machine is the same. Gerald is 100% right about this. e. > > I may have did it wrong but I created smb users and then smbpasswd > for the user of the windows machine and the linux machines > Seems to work. > -- > Gerald Waugh 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] permissions on the network
On Sunday 03 March 2002 16:04, you wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Erylon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 11:28 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] permissions on the network > > > as root: #chmod 2777 /the_location_of_your/public_directory > > OK - my tutorial must have had a typo as it left the 2 out of 2777! > > > You must have the same username and password on your XP and your Mandrake > > accounts > > OK :-)) > > > encrypt passwords = Yes #in samba.conf > > I don't have a password for the windows account, and not for the mandrake > account either - I wonder if i need to change that? I don't know--I've always used passwords and have never tried to setup samba without one. > > > Unix_name = SMB_yourusername #in /etc/smbusers > > I don't seem able to modify the file - I am logged in as root, but get an > error message 'you don't have permission to write to this file'. DOH! Hmmm, you should be able to do so--replacing the #Unix_name = SMB_name1 with your username. theroot = administrator adminline exists, doesn't it. Try this tutorial--it may help http://dennis_caparas.tripod.com/samba_test.html > > > Thanks - any suggestions about the above? > Heather 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] permissions on the network
On Sunday 03 March 2002 07:04 pm, Heather Reed wrote: > > as root: #chmod 2777 /the_location_of_your/public_directory > > OK - my tutorial must have had a typo as it left the 2 out of 2777! > > > You must have the same username and password on your XP and your Mandrake > > accounts > > OK :-)) > > > encrypt passwords = Yes #in samba.conf > > I don't have a password for the windows account, and not for the mandrake > account either - I wonder if i need to change that? > > > Unix_name = SMB_yourusername #in /etc/smbusers > I may have did it wrong but I created smb users and then smbpasswd for the user of the windows machine and the linux machines Seems to work. -- Gerald Waugh Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] fonts too small -thanks
El dom, 03-03-2002 a las 20:59, Michel Clasquin escribió: > On Monday 04 March 2002 01:35, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > hi.! > > > > does anyone know how to make fonts bigger for browsers? i'm finding more > > and more websites difficult to read ( my screen resolution is not that > > high ) and i can't find an option on any of them to enlarge the text. > > Only on Konqueror, but it only makes buttons and widgets bigger. > > Use Galeon. Out of the box, it has a widget on the toolbar that lets you > specify a size from 10% to 200% and above? for that particular page. > > More generally, you need to go into each browser's preferences, set the > font *and* then specify that it should use your fonts, not those specified > by the web page author. If you don't specify this, your fonts will only > be used if the author made a weak specification like "Serif" (which is > actually the right way to write HTML, but fewer and fewer web authors do > this) All the examples below start from the top menu: > > Netscape4: Edit| Preferences | expand Appearance (click on triangle) | > Fonts | fill in as you wish > > Mozilla/Netscape 6: Same as above, but needs to be done separately. Do NOT > trust it to pick up your netscape4 prefs! > > Galeon: Settings | Preferences | Rendering | Fonts/Colors | fill in as you > wish > > Konqueror: Settings | Configure Konqueror | Konqueror Browser | Appearance > > Opera has these settings as well IIRC, but I don't have that app loaded so > you'll have to search for it yourself. > > Generally each of these ask for a serif font (serif s are the little hooks > at the end of letters in typefaces like Times), a sans serif font (sans as > in "without", so this is like Arial) and a monospaced font (all letters > are equally wide, like Courier). Things like "fantasy font" are ignorable. > > One final way of making your apps more readable is to take your screen > resolution down a notch. If you are running at your monitor's ragged edge, > like 1600 x 1200, bring it back down one step and see if your eyes don't > appreciate it! > > -- > Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) > [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm > This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC > > ... Linux users and the women who chase them - next Oprah! > > Looks like galeon is turning into my default browser.thanks for your quick response ;o) see ya. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Ext2fs to ext3fs conversion in LM8.0?
On Sunday 03 March 2002 12:49 pm, Andre Dubuc wrote:
> The area where I live has numerous power failures. I'm using LM8.0
> ext2fs filesysytem and . . . I'm getting tired of having to re-install
> when the files system get so messed up that fsck won't fix it.
>
> Is it possible, with LM8.0, to switch over to the ext3fs -- the one
> that's jouranlized? {Btw, I don't wnat to try LM8.1 -- I've had enough
> problems getting 8.0 to work fine.] If so, how do I go about it with my
> present system?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Tia, Andre
man tune2fs. I think the command is 'tune2fs -j /dev/hda1' or whatever
partition you're converting.
Bill
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Re: [newbie] OK New install, probs with virtual Terms
Ed is to blame for helping lots of people! Me very much included. In fact he helped me so much I think I can answer this one ;-) AFAIR the F12 thing gets you to a live version of the error log. i.e. here you see error messages as they are issued to the system log. If nothing is happening here, that's got to be good right? HTH Brian On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 11:42, FemmeFatale wrote: > > I hope that subject line is correct. It was Ed Tharp I believe who is to blame > > for telling me to re-post if i have a similar problem on a new install of LM8. > > > > Well, I do. I used reiserFS this time as a filesystem, and all went well. > > > > Except, when I tried to do the Ctrl-Alt-F* thing. As soon as I hit F12, I get > > to a screen where it looks like Linux is still hanging mid boot. > > > > The screen looks like the opening Aurora screen with the words, "initializing > > Linux Hook Confs" or something similar. Some of the other Terms are normal > > Login text prompts. And one of them (F6?) I think has just a blinking cursor up > > in the left corner. > > > > Now this is a new install, I did update some packages for security reasons. > > Then I installed the Nvidia drivers (and quickly got hooked on Tux Racer!). > > Needless to say, I was impressed I got that far, so finding the F12 issue was a > > surprise. > > > > Any ideas? I can post whatever file is needed here if that would help. Other > > than that, I'm stumped? > > > > Femme > > > > > 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] permissions on the network
Heather, No password doesn't matter as long as there is no password on both XP and LM accounts. What are the permissions on smbusers? On my system, that's in /etc/samba BTW. Do an "ls -l" and check the ownership as well as the permissions. On mine it's: -rw-r--r--1 root root 97 Nov 17 04:26 smbusers Remember that the first group seen here as "rw-" refers to the owner of the file, not to root unless root owns the file. If you have created smbusers with ownership other than root, try "chown root:root smbusers" to make it owned correctly, then try editing. Do this as root of course. HTH Brian On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 11:04, Heather Reed wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Erylon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 11:28 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] permissions on the network > > > > as root: #chmod 2777 /the_location_of_your/public_directory > > > OK - my tutorial must have had a typo as it left the 2 out of 2777! > > > You must have the same username and password on your XP and your Mandrake > > accounts > > > OK :-)) > > > encrypt passwords = Yes #in samba.conf > > > I don't have a password for the windows account, and not for the mandrake > account either - I wonder if i need to change that? > > > Unix_name = SMB_yourusername #in /etc/smbusers > > > I don't seem able to modify the file - I am logged in as root, but get an > error message 'you don't have permission to write to this file'. DOH! > > > You're making really good progress. It took me 3 days to get samba going > the > > first time I did it! > > > Well - I thought i was until a while ago - now I am stuck again! > Thanks - any suggestions about the above? > Heather > > > > > > 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] permissions on the network
Heather, Could you pls post a link to the URL of the tutorial you are using? I want to set up SAMBA myself but find the prospect rather intimadating. Thx, Femme a.k.a. Heather too ;P Heather Reed wrote: > OK - coming thick and fast now! I have Samba running, and can see the > linux box from windows. However, I can't access it, as it gives me the > message 'your account is not authorised to log in from this station'. > I am following a tutorial in which I have created a public directory > that should be accessible as guest. However, I can't get as far as > that, as I am being told I do not have the necessary permissions to > access the linux computer - this is from windows XP. How do I give > myself permission?ThanksHeather Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printing from a windowz thing
Yes, Samba is what does it, but don't be concerned about getting that going. There's not much more to it than turning it on. Just post again here if you have any problems with it. Brian On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 07:00, Paul wrote: > Hi all, > > Do I need to set up samba in order to get printing from a windowz thing to > the printer on a decent Linux computer working? If not, what is the way to > go then? > > Paul > > -- > Much of the excitement we get out of our work is > that we don't really know what we are doing. > -E. Dijkstra > > http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 > Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.7.3 > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OK New install, probs with virtual Terms
> I hope that subject line is correct. It was Ed Tharp I believe who is to blame > for telling me to re-post if i have a similar problem on a new install of LM8. > > Well, I do. I used reiserFS this time as a filesystem, and all went well. > > Except, when I tried to do the Ctrl-Alt-F* thing. As soon as I hit F12, I get > to a screen where it looks like Linux is still hanging mid boot. > > The screen looks like the opening Aurora screen with the words, "initializing > Linux Hook Confs" or something similar. Some of the other Terms are normal > Login text prompts. And one of them (F6?) I think has just a blinking cursor up > in the left corner. > > Now this is a new install, I did update some packages for security reasons. > Then I installed the Nvidia drivers (and quickly got hooked on Tux Racer!). > Needless to say, I was impressed I got that far, so finding the F12 issue was a > surprise. > > Any ideas? I can post whatever file is needed here if that would help. Other > than that, I'm stumped? > > Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] resizing partitions mishap
On Sunday 03 March 2002 15:04, you wrote: > Ok I used DiskDrake to resize my swap partition and created a new > partition, /data, with the extra space. Now when I reboot I get an error > and lockup. It says fsck: bad superbolck in /dev/hdb6 (the new partition) > > I get an option to correct the errors with yes/no selects, but it locks up > here. > > I tried booting in failsafe and nonfb and noticed in the text boot up that > when swapon /dev/hdb5 ( my swap partition) is run, it fails with an invalid > arguement. > > Can anyone tell me what I did wrong and how I can fix it? > > Thanks, > Jeff Jeff, when you set up the partition did you format it? there is a button on the gui to format. If you didn't it won't see the partition as usable. HTH -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] permissions on the network
- Original Message - From: "Erylon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 11:28 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] permissions on the network > as root: #chmod 2777 /the_location_of_your/public_directory > OK - my tutorial must have had a typo as it left the 2 out of 2777! > You must have the same username and password on your XP and your Mandrake > accounts > OK :-)) > encrypt passwords = Yes #in samba.conf > I don't have a password for the windows account, and not for the mandrake account either - I wonder if i need to change that? > Unix_name = SMB_yourusername #in /etc/smbusers > I don't seem able to modify the file - I am logged in as root, but get an error message 'you don't have permission to write to this file'. DOH! > You're making really good progress. It took me 3 days to get samba going the > first time I did it! > Well - I thought i was until a while ago - now I am stuck again! Thanks - any suggestions about the above? Heather Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] fonts too small
On Monday 04 March 2002 01:35, Damian Gatabria wrote: > hi.! > > does anyone know how to make fonts bigger for browsers? i'm finding more > and more websites difficult to read ( my screen resolution is not that > high ) and i can't find an option on any of them to enlarge the text. > Only on Konqueror, but it only makes buttons and widgets bigger. Use Galeon. Out of the box, it has a widget on the toolbar that lets you specify a size from 10% to 200% and above? for that particular page. More generally, you need to go into each browser's preferences, set the font *and* then specify that it should use your fonts, not those specified by the web page author. If you don't specify this, your fonts will only be used if the author made a weak specification like "Serif" (which is actually the right way to write HTML, but fewer and fewer web authors do this) All the examples below start from the top menu: Netscape4: Edit| Preferences | expand Appearance (click on triangle) | Fonts | fill in as you wish Mozilla/Netscape 6: Same as above, but needs to be done separately. Do NOT trust it to pick up your netscape4 prefs! Galeon: Settings | Preferences | Rendering | Fonts/Colors | fill in as you wish Konqueror: Settings | Configure Konqueror | Konqueror Browser | Appearance Opera has these settings as well IIRC, but I don't have that app loaded so you'll have to search for it yourself. Generally each of these ask for a serif font (serif s are the little hooks at the end of letters in typefaces like Times), a sans serif font (sans as in "without", so this is like Arial) and a monospaced font (all letters are equally wide, like Courier). Things like "fantasy font" are ignorable. One final way of making your apps more readable is to take your screen resolution down a notch. If you are running at your monitor's ragged edge, like 1600 x 1200, bring it back down one step and see if your eyes don't appreciate it! -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC ... Linux users and the women who chase them - next Oprah! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] devfs log messages pse help!
I also get the DevFS errors despite reloading many times. I'm told that many of the below troubles might be related to a devfs problem. Is there anyone who can shine some light on what I am seeing in my log. A suggestion, a web site, something I could read, something to try...anything. I want very much to learn how to troubleshoot this system but am starting at ground zero and thus haven't the faintest idea as to where to start. Any help would be very much appreciated. Jeff Mar 3 13:15:32 office devfsd[108]: Caught SIGHUP <30>Mar 3 13:15:32 devfsd[108]: read config file: "/etc/devfsd.conf" Mar 3 13:15:38 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth1 Mar 3 13:15:38 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth2 Mar 3 13:15:38 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth3 Mar 3 13:15:38 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth4 Mar 3 13:15:38 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth5 Mar 3 13:15:38 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth6 Mar 3 13:15:38 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth7 Mar 3 13:15:38 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth8 Mar 3 13:15:38 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth9 Mar 3 13:15:38 office devfsd[108]: error calling: "unlink" in "GLOBAL" <27>Mar 3 13:15:38 devfsd[108]: error calling: "unlink" in "GLOBAL" Mar 3 13:15:38 office init: Entering runlevel: 5 Mar 3 13:15:38 office devfsd[108]: error calling: "unlink" in "GLOBAL <27>Mar 3 13:15:38 devfsd[108]: error calling: "unlink" in "GLOBAL" Mar 3 13:16:09 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-226 Mar 3 13:16:09 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-226 Mar 3 13:19:09 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth1 Mar 3 13:19:09 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth2 Mar 3 13:19:09 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth3 Mar 3 13:19:09 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module tr0 Mar 3 13:19:09 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module tr1 Mar 3 13:19:09 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module tr2 Mar 3 13:19:09 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module tr3 Mar 3 13:19:09 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module fddi0 Mar 3 13:19:09 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module fddi1 Mar 3 13:19:09 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module fddi2 Mar 3 13:19:09 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module fddi3 Mar 3 13:19:09 office DrakX: running: /sbin/modprobe.static tulip Mar 3 13:19:09 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth1 Mar 3 13:19:09 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth2 Mar 3 13:19:09 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth3 Mar 3 13:19:09 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module tr0 Mar 3 13:19:10 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module tr1 Mar 3 13:19:10 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module tr2 Mar 3 13:19:10 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module tr3 Mar 3 13:19:10 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module fddi0 Mar 3 13:19:10 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module fddi1 Mar 3 13:19:10 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module fddi2 Mar 3 13:19:10 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module fddi3 Mar 3 13:19:10 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth1 Mar 3 13:19:10 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth2 Mar 3 13:19:10 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth3 Mar 3 13:19:10 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module tr0 Mar 3 13:19:10 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module tr1 Mar 3 13:19:10 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module tr2 Mar 3 13:19:10 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module tr3 Mar 3 13:19:10 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module fddi0 Mar 3 13:19:10 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module fddi1 Mar 3 13:19:10 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module fddi2 Mar 3 13:19:10 office modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module fddi3 On Saturday 02 March 2002 08:40 am, you wrote: > On 01 Mar 2002 17:10:01 -0500 > Paul Rodríguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to > > ponder: > > Nobody knows what these errors are? > > > > - paul > > Paul, > > it would appear that there's something wrong with the program DevFS. Try > reinstalling the package containing this program and see if it continues to > report this error. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] fonts too small
hi.! does anyone know how to make fonts bigger for browsers? i'm finding more and more websites difficult to read ( my screen resolution is not that high ) and i can't find an option on any of them to enlarge the text. Only on Konqueror, but it only makes buttons and widgets bigger. how can i change this? sizes are OK for everything else. thanks! Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] permissions on the network
as root: #chmod 2777 /the_location_of_your/public_directory You must have the same username and password on your XP and your Mandrake accounts encrypt passwords = Yes #in samba.conf Unix_name = SMB_yourusername #in /etc/smbusers You're making really good progress. It took me 3 days to get samba going the first time I did it! e. On Sunday 03 March 2002 13:29, you wrote: > OK - coming thick and fast now! I have Samba running, and can see the linux > box from windows. However, I can't access it, as it gives me the message > 'your account is not authorised to log in from this station'. I am > following a tutorial in which I have created a public directory that should > be accessible as guest. However, I can't get as far as that, as I am being > told I do not have the necessary permissions to access the linux computer - > this is from windows XP. How do I give myself permission? Thanks > Heather Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] permissions on the network
OK - coming thick and fast now! I have Samba running, and can see the linux box from windows. However, I can't access it, as it gives me the message 'your account is not authorised to log in from this station'. I am following a tutorial in which I have created a public directory that should be accessible as guest. However, I can't get as far as that, as I am being told I do not have the necessary permissions to access the linux computer - this is from windows XP. How do I give myself permission? Thanks Heather
[newbie] resizing partitions mishap
Ok I used DiskDrake to resize my swap partition and created a new partition, /data, with the extra space. Now when I reboot I get an error and lockup. It says fsck: bad superbolck in /dev/hdb6 (the new partition) I get an option to correct the errors with yes/no selects, but it locks up here. I tried booting in failsafe and nonfb and noticed in the text boot up that when swapon /dev/hdb5 ( my swap partition) is run, it fails with an invalid arguement. Can anyone tell me what I did wrong and how I can fix it? Thanks, Jeff
Re: [newbie] changing hostname (sorry 'bout this!)
- Original Message - From: "Dennis Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] changing hostname (sorry 'bout this!) > > > Heather, hi again, you can take a look in /etc/hosts and see if the incorrect name is there, if so open the file with a text editor like "advanced editor" and change it right in the file. Hope I explained this ok and it helps. > Thanks Dennis and Gerald - job done :-)) I have also scrapped the idea of using SWAT to set up Samba, and am trying to build my own file - so far so good as I now have the linux box appearing in network neighbourhood. This is more fun than I have had in ages - must get out more I spose :-)) Heather Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Printing from a windowz thing
Hi all, Do I need to set up samba in order to get printing from a windowz thing to the printer on a decent Linux computer working? If not, what is the way to go then? Paul -- Much of the excitement we get out of our work is that we don't really know what we are doing. -E. Dijkstra http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.7.3 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re:[newbie] share the DSL & more
On Sunday 03 March 2002 02:03 pm, Hanan Shargi wrote: > Gerald, > > do you mean this: > > run both machins in linux set up a lan between them, then switch both to > win and do the same. > okay then what happens after that ? i mean when i switch one of them back > to linux will they be able to see each other form that point ? or there is > something else to set. ? > That is another way to look at it, byt yes, I think you have it correct. If you want to file share you need to setup the linux machines to run samaba -- Gerald Waugh I am not legally responsible for information in this post. Use at your own risk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re:[newbie] share the DSL & more
Gerald, do you mean this: run both machins in linux set up a lan between them, then switch both to win and do the same. okay then what happens after that ? i mean when i switch one of them back to linux will they be able to see each other form that point ? or there is something else to set. ? - Hanan AL-Shargi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] changing hostname (sorry 'bout this!)
On Sun, 3 Mar 2002 18:17:18 - "Heather Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi again > A quick question this time :-)) When i installed, I panicked at the hostname entry >and accidentally entered the hostname of a computer already on the network. I want to >change it to something else - where do I go to do that? And do I have to have a >domain? All my windoze PCs just have a name - I'm just running a simple peer to peer >network. > Thanks > Heather > Heather, hi again, you can take a look in /etc/hosts and see if the incorrect name is there, if so open the file with a text editor like "advanced editor" and change it right in the file. Hope I explained this ok and it helps. Dennis M. registered linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] changing hostname (sorry 'bout this!)
On Sunday 03 March 2002 01:17 pm, Heather Reed wrote: > Hi again > A quick question this time :-)) When i installed, I panicked at the > hostname entry and accidentally entered the hostname of a computer already > on the network. I want to change it to something else - where do I go to do > that? edit /etc/sysconfig/network you will see the hostname in there, change it > And do I have to have a domain? All my windoze PCs just have a name - > I'm just running a simple peer to peer network. Thanks You don't need a registered domain on your private network, however it will be useful to use a domsin name for your network/computers. I use loacalnet.net for all my computers. > Heather -- -- Gerald Waugh Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] share the DSL & more
On Sunday 03 March 2002 11:30 am, Hanan Shargi wrote: > I am running Mandrka 8.1 on the notebook.I didnt install LM on the PC yet, > so another question rises here: > > DO I have to set the LAN between the 2 computers while both are running > Linux first ? I mean do the 2 computers have to run linux and then I set a > LAN between 2 linuxe machines. ? > > Or can I setup a LAN while one is linux and the other is Win ?! > > excuse the silly qustion but again this is a newbie list ():-) > with dual-boot systems you have to set them both up for the LAN. 1) while running Linux 2) while running Windows -- Gerald Waugh Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] changing hostname (sorry 'bout this!)
Hi again A quick question this time :-)) When i installed, I panicked at the hostname entry and accidentally entered the hostname of a computer already on the network. I want to change it to something else - where do I go to do that? And do I have to have a domain? All my windoze PCs just have a name - I'm just running a simple peer to peer network. Thanks Heather
[newbie] Ext2fs to ext3fs conversion in LM8.0?
The area where I live has numerous power failures. I'm using LM8.0 ext2fs
filesysytem and . . . I'm getting tired of having to re-install when the
files system get so messed up that fsck won't fix it.
Is it possible, with LM8.0, to switch over to the ext3fs -- the one that's
jouranlized? {Btw, I don't wnat to try LM8.1 -- I've had enough problems
getting 8.0 to work fine.] If so, how do I go about it with my present system?
Any help would be appreciated.
Tia, Andre
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[newbie] local network error
Hello again - my second question in 24 hours, having solved the sound card :-)) Hope someone can help with this too! I've got the box up and running (Mandrake 8.0), and connecting to the Internet via a router connected to my home LAN. The LAN consists of mainly windows XP and 98 machines. I can ping the linux machine from the others and vice versa. I have set up a Samba conf file using SWAT, but am getting 2 error messages: 1. Clicking on 'local network' in my home directory returns 'Cannot connect to host 'localhost' 2. I tried netconf, and on trying to open the samba configuration entry there, I get the error message 'cannot find etc/samba/smbconf' Not surprising, since my conf file is simply etc/smb.conf Question is, where do I go next? Make 2 smb/conf files? TIA Heather
Re: [newbie] share the DSL & more
On Sun, 03 Mar 2002 11:30:35 -0500 Hanan wrote: You can set up a LAN between Linux and windows. Just make sure that on the windows end you edit c/system/hosts so the windowze machine knows what to expect on the other end of the wire. Paul >I am running Mandrka 8.1 on the notebook.I didnt install LM on the PC yet, >so another question rises here: > >DO I have to set the LAN between the 2 computers while both are running >Linux first ? I mean do the 2 computers have to run linux and then I set a >LAN between 2 linuxe machines. ? > >Or can I setup a LAN while one is linux and the other is Win ?! > >excuse the silly qustion but again this is a newbie list ():-) -- Much of the excitement we get out of our work is that we don't really know what we are doing. -E. Dijkstra http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.7.3 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] X Windows problem!
On Sunday 03 March 2002 06:13, you wrote: > How do I install XWindows (Gnome) without having to go through the whole > installation process again!? > > PV. open up the Kpanel>configuration>package Manager . Once it loads up you can type Gnome in the find box and search and it will list all of the Gnome files. Select what you want and then click on the Install/remove button. If there are any dependencies it will catch them and inform you, click next and it should install everything. You typically don't need the devel files but on occasion another program will need them so this is a good way to do it, they get added as a dependency when needed. HTH -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] share the DSL & more
On Sunday 03 March 2002 00:10, you wrote: > Hi All, > > I'll get str8 to the point here > > I have a (PC with Win98 on it and will install LM on it too ) + a Notebook > that dual boots Win + LM. The notebook has an NIC connected to DSL internet > ( no DSL modem just an Rj45 running from the NIC to the wall , with an > internal IP 10.x.x.x then connects to the internet through the ISP's router > in the building) > > I want to be able to do the following: > > 1- I want the notebook to be running Linux all the time, the PC running > win ( most of the time ) > 2- Connect the PC and the notebook through a LAN, so I can see files both > ways ( see win files from linux and vice versa ) . > 3- Use the printer from both machines. > 4- access the internet from both machines. > > > Now, I have read some articles here and there ( IP masquerading, setting > up Linux/Win LANs, SAMBA... ) yet I'm not sure which I need to do first, > which I dont need to do at all , and ofcourse after reading a typical HOWTO > I ended up more confused than before I read it !!! > > can anybody who feels like helping, give me an "outline" of what shall I > do here ?? > ANY suggestion will be most appreciated. > > -- Hanan > > - > Hanan AL-Shargi Hi, you didn't say which version you are running, 8.1 or 8.0 or other. Anyway, in 8.1 when using wizdrake it always needs to have the network set up first. So you need both computers running on the network and able to surf the internet or what ever. Then set up Samba and with that you should be able to use printers and share files. I use komba2 to do that anymore but it isn't necessary to have running. It is like linneighborhood or windows explorer. HTH -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] canon printers
-Original Message- From: David P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 21:49:56 +0930 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] canon printers Re: On Wednesday 27 February 2002 09:39, you wrote: Re: Re: > > Does anyone know of a print driver that applies to Canon bubble jet Re: > printers? Re: > More specifically, bjc 5100 and bjc 211o? Re: > Thanks Re: > Mike Garcia Re: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: > Re: I have a BJC 2100 and use the cups drivers without a problem. Includes Re: drivers on Mandrake CDs Re: Re: David Re: Re: Re: I also use a Canon BJC 2100 and am running Mandrake 8.2 and most of the Canon Printer drivers are on the disk. Ryan -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] X Windows problem!
How do I install XWindows (Gnome) without having to go through the whole installation process again!? PV.
Re: [newbie] SBLive question
- Original Message - From: "bascule" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 9:31 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] SBLive question > what happens if you open the kmix and choose file>new mixer tab, do you get > offered the correct mixer to choose? > I have it sorted now thanks - I wasn't getting anything at all, just a blank screen. But I had to reinstall the whole system yesterday, and all is well now, so obviously the installation had a bad moment first time round :-)) Thanks though Heather Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Upgrading RPMs - how do I handle endless dependencies?
I have jpilot-0.99.1 installed but not yet working and thought i'd upgrade first to the latest one. You can see where i have got to with the details below. In the pilot folder are all the programs that are needed by the new version but it seems this will overwrite proigrams needed by other programs. Am I missing something? Should this stuff be handled automatically? Walter ~~~ 109 root@psybernet:/home/walter/wldownloads/pilot (01:16:06) # ls jpilot-0.99.2-1.i386.rpm pilot-link-0.9.3-3.i386.rpm tcl-8.0.5-31.rh6.1.i386.rpm openssl-0.9.6b-1.i686.rpm readline2.2.1-2.2.1-4.i386.rpm tk-8.0.5-31.rh6.1.i386.rpm 110 root@psybernet:/home/walter/wldownloads/pilot (01:16:31) # rpm -U *rpm error: failed dependencies: libtk8.3.so is needed by tix-8.3.3-7mdk libtk8.3.so is needed by ical-2.2-22mdk libtk8.3.so is needed by expect-8.3.3-7mdk libtk8.3.so is needed by python-imaging-1.1.2-3mdk libtk8.3.so is needed by sketch-0.6.12-2mdk libtk8.3.so is needed by tkinter-2.1.1-3mdk libtcl8.3.so is needed by tix-8.3.3-7mdk libtcl8.3.so is needed by tuxracer-0.61-4mdk libtcl8.3.so is needed by ical-2.2-22mdk libtcl8.3.so is needed by expect-8.3.3-7mdk libtcl8.3.so is needed by python-imaging-1.1.2-3mdk libtcl8.3.so is needed by sketch-0.6.12-2mdk libtcl8.3.so is needed by tkinter-2.1.1-3mdk libtcl8.3.so is needed by postgresql-libs-7.1.2-19mdk 111 root@psybernet:/home/walter/wldownloads/pilot (01:17:12) # -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SBLive question
what happens if you open the kmix and choose file>new mixer tab, do you get offered the correct mixer to choose? bascule On Saturday 02 March 2002 5:42 pm, you wrote: > > > Yes its there alright, and I get a report that the device is working > properly. But the mixer is totally empty - no volume controls or anything, > just a blank grey space. I get the feeling that there is something not > there that should be, but don't know what to do next :-(( I haven't > actually installed anything myself, as the card was detected automatically > on install. Any suggestions as to what to do next? > Heather -- 'Is it heroic to die like this?' said Conina. 'I think it is,' he said, 'and when it comes to dying, there's only one opinion that matters.' (Sourcery) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
