Re: [newbie] Getting and installing packages
I've been using Red Carpet to get my Mandrake upgrades, and all of the other goodies that they provide (basically every Linux package out there--including, of course Mozilla). I even decided to pay my $7.95 a month to get access to their high speed services. I suspect that the time may come when I find this service unnecessary, but as a beginner, I have found it extremely helpful to have all of these updates installed automatically. Usually when someone recommends me to download such-and-such a package, with such-and-such a version number, I go to Red Carpet and not only find that it is there, but in a newer version. So far, I have not had a single problem with anything that I have installed through this service. Regards, Chuck > Paul, > > > It is called urpmi. > > How does one use it then to say, upgrade Mozilla? > > I noticed another program rpmdrake which perhaps uses urpmi? It > usefully updated some programs and went to the net to resolve the > dependencies - great. However they were not the programs i > particularly needed! > > Walter > > (not Rob who asked the otriginal question.) > > -- > Walter Logeman > Psychotherapist > http://www.psybernet.co.nz > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Charles Muller Toyo Gakuen University Digital Dictionary of Buddhism and CJK-English Dictionary www.acmuller.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Willing to run Dragon Plus MB
Providing the fans hold up, then yes. Ensure you route cabling correctly. Don't use massively high-spin speed hard drives - they run a lot hotter than slower stuff. Be sensible about the configuration of the machine... 24*7*365 isn't a problem. The important thing is the load on the box. Remeber, the machine will run cooler with a light load on it than it will if you are running Dnet or SETI@home on it all the time. I assume the machine is to be used as a server - and as such will be under stres at times. Would you say this was the case? -Original Message- From: Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 5:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [newbie] Willing to run Dragon Plus MB Lots of emails about this and finally I've decided to go for a brand new Dragon Plus MB ***BUT*** something hit my head We all know the temperature issue on AMD, I'm considering an Ath1.4 or a XP1.9. Ok, I live in Brazil and recently we've got real hot temperatures (30 ~ 36C), high humidity. Do you think this config should be able to run 24x7x365? I'm planning to take the best cooler around for the CPU and have front and back forced ventilation, as well as on the top (one or two coolers). Currently, I have a se440bx-2 pII-400, and it does support this temperature and humidity. How about AMD and this Dragon Plus MB? Ricardo Castanho -- == Linux user # 102240 => Machine # 96125 => Seti@home user == << File: message.footer >> ** This email and any files sent with it are intended only for the named recipient. If you are not the named recipient please telephone/email the sender immediately. You should not disclose the content or take/retain/distribute any copies. ** Norwich Union Life & Pensions Limited Registered Office 2 Rougier Street York YO90 1UU Registered in England Number 3253947 A member of the Norwich Union Marketing Group which is regulated by the Personal Investment Authority. Member of the Association of British Insurers. For further Enquires 01603 622200 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mem opinion please.
On Sat, 2002-03-16 at 17:51, FemmeFatale wrote: > OK OK I'm wrong. Shoot me ;p > > Sorry for the inaccuracy > Femme, You get an "E" for effort. Don't sweat it, keep on helping. :) LX _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Willing to run Dragon Plus MB
Lots of emails about this and finally I've decided to go for a brand new Dragon Plus MB ***BUT*** something hit my head We all know the temperature issue on AMD, I'm considering an Ath1.4 or a XP1.9. Ok, I live in Brazil and recently we've got real hot temperatures (30 ~ 36C), high humidity. Do you think this config should be able to run 24x7x365? I'm planning to take the best cooler around for the CPU and have front and back forced ventilation, as well as on the top (one or two coolers). Currently, I have a se440bx-2 pII-400, and it does support this temperature and humidity. How about AMD and this Dragon Plus MB? Ricardo Castanho -- == Linux user # 102240 => Machine # 96125 => Seti@home user == Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Which File system?
On Saturday 16 March 2002 20:01, you wrote: > On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 12:09:32 -0700, Miark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ext3 is dog slow, and good only for compatibility with > > Ext2. > > Ext3 is also the safest filesystem, because you have the option of > journalling data as well as metadata (the other journalling FSs only > journal metadata). I've tried ext3 and it seemed faster than ext2 but when I went to reinstall it would stop after a few screens and I'd get the message "oops, no root partition found!". There was a root partition. I just finished reinstalling with Reiser, did a cold reboot on purpose, no problem during reboot. -- Jonathan Dlouhy Saturday, March 16, 2002 Don't get even -- get odd! Registered Linux user #264482 Powered by Mandrake Linux 8.1 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] What programs are you looking for?
scripts definitely... and an EZ tutorial on how to write them... I've read a book, seen some tutorials...but they assume you *have knowledge* that as a newbie, we lack by virtue of our apple greeness. ;) Please if you do go ahead, I know I'd appreciate something like that... Or hell, a URL to something that does exist. I tried the "advanced BASH scripting" program...its useless. It assumes you do have some idea of programming. Something I personally, don't have atm. :( Femme Nelson Bartley wrote: > > Heyo, > > I've begun to develop an insterest in Linux programming and I was > wondering what applications, you as the linux beginner, are looking for? > > Setup files, scripts, GUI programs, anything, as I'm interested in > trying my hand at it. > > Nelson Bartley > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > 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] Getting and installing packages
Paul, > It is called urpmi. How does one use it then to say, upgrade Mozilla? I noticed another program rpmdrake which perhaps uses urpmi? It usefully updated some programs and went to the net to resolve the dependencies - great. However they were not the programs i particularly needed! Walter (not Rob who asked the otriginal question.) -- 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] Getting and installing packages
rob, > Is there a semi-automated way to fetch packages? I used to use > SuSe Linux, and they had Yast which would go out and get the > rpm's. I'm told there is something similar in Mandrake, but I > didn't find it after fooling around for an hour or so. Thanks, Rob, I m a month or so into Linux and mandrake but this question is of interest to me. I am lost! There are too many of these things for me at present - and I have also installed binaries which means the rpm database no longer knows what is what. Some programs i have tried are urpmi rpm MandrakeUpdate - Software Manager red-carpet kpackage There are a few more too, I expect none are like Yast or apt (or are they?) Should one find one and then commit to it? Today for example i wanted to upgrade Mozilla - but just got tangled up in things not working. So I'll be watching this thread - how do people manage their files? Walter -- 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] Which File system?
On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 12:09:32 -0700, Miark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ext3 is dog slow, and good only for compatibility with > Ext2. Ext3 is also the safest filesystem, because you have the option of journalling data as well as metadata (the other journalling FSs only journal metadata). -- Sridhar Dhanapalan Without C, We would only have Pasal, Basi, and obol. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mem opinion please.
OK OK I'm wrong. Shoot me ;p Sorry for the inaccuracy Femme Gerald Waugh wrote: > > On Friday 15 March 2002 06:34 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > > DDR *dedicated direct ram* IIRC is the acronym. Says it all > > > > However, SDRam is poised to take over, and is speccing faster, IIRC. > > > > Don't take my word for it though. See Tom's Hardware for a better idea. > > > > IFrom http://foldoc.linuxguruz.org//foldoc.php?DDR-RAM > Double Data Rate Random Access Memory > (DDR-RAM, DDR-SDRAM ...Synchronous...) RAM that transfers data on both 0-1 > and 1-0 clock transitions, theoretically yielding twice the data transfer > rate of normal RAM or SDRAM. > === > Most current DDR is SDRAM and it is called DDR-SDRAM > SDRAM in it self is an old technology > > -- > Gerald Waugh > http://frontstreetnetworks.com > New Haven, Connecticut USA > > > 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] Printing.. lpr or cups
On Saturday 16 March 2002 20:07, damian wrote: > hello everyone.. > > i've got one that is making me a little mad when it comes to printing. > > all kde applications that have a print option use CUPS + Gimp-print, > which works well, however, all Gnome apps, staroffice, etc > ( all non-KDE-specific apps ) use lpr, so i want them to use CUPS. > > > how can i manage to do this? CUPS does not appear as an option in > "print setup" in any of these programs, and i've only managed to print > to PS output, then ps2pdf and print from KDE's pdf viewer. > > is there any way to get cups as an option fon printing in non-kde apps? > > ... i've got a weird feeling it's a simple matter..? "lpr" is a print command - you're thinking of "lpd", which is the print daemon, and the alternative to CUPS. I only have CUPS installed, and I've never had any problems with non-KDE apps. Check your CUPS configuration and /etc/printcap - if they're set up with defaults (/etc/printcap should just have one line reading "lp:", assuming you have one printer which is locally connected) then you should have no problems. Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Numlock turns on by itself
On Saturday 16 March 2002 12:12 pm, rob wrote: > I have a Sony Viao FX290, and Mandrake constantly turns on the > Numlock which borks my typing. I am wondering how to fix this? I > picked the US keyboard. thanks, Rob. su to root in a terminal and type 'mcc' . Then click on the System icon, then Services. Look down the list til you find 'numlock' and uncheck the 'start on boot' button. You shouldn't need to re-boot, MCC should stop the service. If it doesn't, click on the Stop button to the right of 'numlock'. While you're in MCC you might wanna look thru the services to see if you should turn off other unwanted or unneeded ones. There's a list of services and what they do at mandrakeuser.org -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] a good jpeg veiwer
On Saturday 16 March 2002 09:28 am, Donald E.Gulmire wrote: > What is a good Jpeg viewer, similar to ACDSee for use with Linux. > I am not interested so much in manipulation as I am in ease of > viewing. With ACDSee I can view in full screen and also use the > space bar to go through pictures in a directory. I heard about > JCDSee, but can't see to get it up and running. Thanks in advance. Gqview is on your CD's, probly already installed, it's very much like ACDSee, only much better. You can either r-click on the image and choose 'Full Screen', or the key will make the image full screen. For multiple images you can either start the 'Slide Show' (from a right click), or just press the key. To manually move thru multiple images you can either use the , , or keys to cycle either backwards or forwards. I've used Gqview as my desktop (on all 4, enlarged to full screen without being in full screen mode), starting automagically with KDE, cycling thru (Slide Show) a directory of 63,474 .jpg's at 4 secs each for over a year now. ACDSee won't do that ;) Look on the tool bar on the top left just like in ACDSee. Gqview's configuration and use is very intuitive, you shouldn't have any problems. I've also found it uses much less memory and cpu resources than other viewers, yet loads and runs quickly, even with 63,000+ files ;) The only other viewer of this type with similar fuctionality I've found is a commercial app named Compupic (free for private use). BUT, besides the fact that you should always avoid introducing closed source proprietary software or drivers, as much as possible, onto your system ... Compupic's a real memory/cpu hog. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CVS
.9 works pretty well though. remember, 0. releases run about the same as MS version 1.0's. ;-) On Saturday 16 March 2002 11:03, Dan Butler opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: > Unfortunately. I want to be able to use my Palm M505 with my > computer in Linux mode. The only known support for PDA's using the USB > hotsync is jpilot V1.0 (which is in beta) and the rpm is only at .9. -- "Microsoft has knowingly and willfully concealed information regarding security flaws in computer hardware from the [National Security Agency] out of fear that revealing such flaws would reduce the number of copies of its products that would be purchased by the government... I have raised this issue internally with Microsoft, and in return have been the subject of both bribes and threats." -ED CURRY, Computer Security Specialist, in a letter to Defense Secretary William Coen shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printing.. lpr or cups
I am only printing with Cups and it works under both KDE and Gnome. Under Gnome, usually the print dialog comes up with "generic printer" or something like that. I simply select the name of my printer from the dropdown list. I do happen to have both KDE and Gnome loaded, so I don't know if that makes a difference. Joe On 16 Mar 2002 15:07:49 -0300 damian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hello everyone.. > > i've got one that is making me a little mad when it comes to printing. > > all kde applications that have a print option use CUPS + Gimp-print, > which works well, however, all Gnome apps, staroffice, etc > ( all non-KDE-specific apps ) use lpr, so i want them to use CUPS. > > > how can i manage to do this? CUPS does not appear as an option in > "print setup" in any of these programs, and i've only managed to print > to PS output, then ps2pdf and print from KDE's pdf viewer. > > is there any way to get cups as an option fon printing in non-kde apps? > > ... i've got a weird feeling it's a simple matter..? > > > Damian > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] turkish character problem
On Saturday 16 March 2002 18:56, Veysel Harun Sahin wrote: > hello, > > i am using mandrake 8.1. both at the console and x i can write with tr-q > keyboard without any problems except not being able to see these turkish > characters truly: ð, Ý, ý ý and þ. First, make sure you have the following installed: locales locales-tr XFree86-iso-8859-9 XFree86-iso-8859-9-100dpi-fonts XFree86-iso-8859-9-75dpi-fonts (you don't actually need both of the ast two, but their useful for printing/displaying at different resolutions) Also, if you have a Windows partition, grab the truetype fonts from there using the Mandrake Control Centre. I don't know how Gnome handles things these days, but in KDE, from the main menu, go to Configuration->KDE->Look and Feel->Fonts and make sure you've selected iso-8859-9 in "Character Set" (some fonts will not have this option). Console mode is a different story - I used to know how to do it several installs ago, but I stopped bothering, as I only use console mode for commands (and editing system files when I screw up!). Other applications ... Most apps use the default desktop fonts, so no problems there. In LyX, set it up for Latin5 in document properties (this is for the output, not the screen font). Star/Open Office is problematic, since at least in the version I have, it will always choose iso-8859-1 fonts in preference; the only way I've found round this is to install fonts which only exist as iso-8859-9 (Turkish) fonts. However, I noticed there's a (rather alpha) Turkish version out for Windows, so if and when the Linux version appears, this might solve that particular problem. All we need know is for someone to write aspell/ispell dictionaries for Turkish (not easy for agglutinating languages)! Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] "nmb" freezing system
On Saturday 16 March 2002 03:11 pm, Gerald Waugh wrote: > On Saturday 16 March 2002 11:15 am, tek1 wrote: > > i just installed mandrake8.1 and during startup, it freezes when loading > > "nmb". however, when i start the system in failsafe mode and turn the > > nmb/samba service to start manually, i'm able to boot up without a > > problem. > > > > anyone know why this might be happening? > > Did you look in the log files, may be a clue in there. > /var/log/samba/log.nmbd > /var/log/samba/log.smbd /var/log/dmesg also > If you don't find anything there, check your anti-freeze ;-) -- Gerald Waugh http://frontstreetnetworks.com New Haven, Connecticut USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] "nmb" freezing system
On Saturday 16 March 2002 11:15 am, tek1 wrote: > i just installed mandrake8.1 and during startup, it freezes when loading > "nmb". however, when i start the system in failsafe mode and turn the > nmb/samba service to start manually, i'm able to boot up without a problem. > > anyone know why this might be happening? > Did you look in the log files, may be a clue in there. /var/log/samba/log.nmbd /var/log/samba/log.smbd If you don't find anything there, check your anti-freeze ;-) -- Gerald Waugh http://frontstreetnetworks.com New Haven, Connecticut USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Cgi Scripts Don't Work
On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:17:25 -0700, SoloCDM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly: > With Apache 1.3.22 on Linux with kernel 2.2.19 is the cgi > scripts suppose to work at installation time in the cgi-bin > (/var/www/cgi-bin)? I went through the settings for ExecCGI, > AddHandler, and Directory. Everything is activated and pointing > to the directory for the cgi-bin, except for "Options -Indexes > FollowSymLinks MultiViews." What is missing? You may have already checked this, but are the permissions on your scripts set properly? > I noticed test-cgi in the cgi-bin. If it can be used for testing > Apache's cgi-bin, how would I make the test? I'm not running 1.3.22, but you may still have this test: http://localhost/cgi-bin/printenv See if that works. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Which File system?
Aryan, I asked this question a few days ago. Here is what Civileme, (he _The_ Man in these parts) responded. Your choices are Ext3, Reiser, JFS, and XFS. Ext3 is dog slow, and good only for compatibility with Ext2. Reiser doesn't work well with PostScript, and doesn't work well for for mailservers. JFS takes twice as much storage space to perform its journaling operations, and it must be defraged on occassion (which you would set up as a cron job). XFS, although slower in destroying files, is very fast in all other operations. It works with everything. To quote Civileme, XFS is the "the better choice." As far as Ext2 goes, it's not even an option on any machine that doesn't explicitly need it, IMHO. The benefit of data recovery and integrity far, far outweighs the whatever processing overhead is involved. Miark On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 13:48:28 +0330, "Aryan Ameri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly: > Hi there: > Maybe It's an old question and man of you have seen similar questions. But I read >the archive and couldn't make up my mind. I am a newbie to Linux and am willing to >buy Mandrake Linux 8.2. But I don't know what file system to use. > I am willing to install my Linux on my desktop computer. I don't want it to be >secure. nor I want it to give me back up options, nor do I use RAID. I just want the >fastest File system and I want it to be stable enough ( not that much stable, any >thing more stable than FAT will suite me). > If possible please also give me a list of File systems that are available with >version 8.2 and please tell me which one best suit my needs. > Linux Registered user # 266090 > Aryan > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 3-button mouse
Try running mouseconfig again. **As root mouseconfig Go through that, and then try testing it again. Of course if you've not done that already. But I think that's where I'd start. I think that will ask you to test the mouse and let you know if it's going to work. I have a Kensington Expert Mouse Pro, and it works just fine. Mouse wheel, and 3 of the 4 mouse buttons work. And if I had time, I could probably get the 6 quick start buttons to work if I really worked at it. tdh -- T. Holmes | UNIXTECHS.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | UIN: 17021091 | Hi, | | The middle button of my mouse isn't working. It is properly setup as Generic | 3 Button Mouse in Mandrake Control Center. But it simply doesn't work. I | remember it working correctly under LM 8.0. Does anybody know what could be | wrong? | | TIA, | | -- | Guilherme Cirne | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | 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] CVS
Unfortunately. I want to be able to use my Palm M505 with my computer in Linux mode. The only known support for PDA's using the USB hotsync is jpilot V1.0 (which is in beta) and the rpm is only at .9. So... Dan B - Original Message - From: "RichardA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] CVS > Are you sure you absolutely have to have the _newest_ version? How about one > which is compiled and packaged as an rpm, from your distribution disks or the > net? It would make life a hell of a lot easier for you. I'm not saying don't > learn about cvs, just first things first. > > Richard > > Dan Butler, Saturday 16 March 2002 15:24: > > There is an application that I am after (jpilot) the newest version and > > the web site says to use CVS. What do I have to do before using CVS? Do I > > have to have all the subdirectories I see on the web page with the files > > from each? And there was something about downloading a snapshot. Would > > that be easier? Then again, I didn't see the "snapshot". > > I write scripts at work all day. I work in awk, sed, and perl. > > Manipulating data mostly. I understand how computers work, but I have > > never been exposed to CVS. Any help would be appreciated. > > Dan B > > > 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] 3-button mouse
Hi, The middle button of my mouse isn't working. It is properly setup as Generic 3 Button Mouse in Mandrake Control Center. But it simply doesn't work. I remember it working correctly under LM 8.0. Does anybody know what could be wrong? TIA, -- Guilherme Cirne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Master & slave drives
Thank,s .Shane you understand what I,m wanting to do it,s me that is scared of this thing .I built a AMD 1900 for a friend the other day he had acouple of drives neither very big so I used one for the master and put XP on it (what he wanted not my ideal) the slave has something on it 98 I think but this weekend I wanted to wipe it out (it,s only 2.5 gig) and put 8.1 on it .But I,ve only setup lilo on 98 and on one hardrive never set-up were when I boot I want to pick another drive. - Original Message - From: "shane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Master & slave drives > maybe i don't understand, but, i just installed 8.2 release canidate 1 on a > slave drive with win2000 on the master and i use lilo to boot. IIRC only > part of lilo goes onto the MBR of the first disk, the rest is in your boot > folder in linux (is that right guys?) and lilo handles booting for both > systems. as i said though, i have not done XP. > > you could install lilo to the second drive i guess, but it wouldn't do > anything. you could also not istall lilo and simply use a boot disk. i > would certainly be sure to have a working boot disk for XP before i started > though. > > also, once installed, if you wish to remove lilo you can boot to linux and > as root run "lilo -u" which if i recall is for -uninstall. :-) > > On Saturday 16 March 2002 08:30, Joe Barron opened a hailing frequency and > transmitted: > > > Sorry ! Shane you told me what I wanted to know ,except were well lilo > > install master harddrive are slave .The system is for someone else but > > what he would like to do is have XP on the master and 8.1 on the 2nd H/D > > which I have slaved and he would like to have the 8.1 on that drive.Well > > this work trouble free? anything I need to watch loadind MD on the 2nd > > drive? - Original Message - > > -- > "'Tis some script kidd3z," I muttered, "tapping at my server port- Only > this, and nothing more." - Edgar "root" Poe. > > shane > http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ > Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 > Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html > Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ > > > > 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] Printing.. lpr or cups
hello everyone.. i've got one that is making me a little mad when it comes to printing. all kde applications that have a print option use CUPS + Gimp-print, which works well, however, all Gnome apps, staroffice, etc ( all non-KDE-specific apps ) use lpr, so i want them to use CUPS. how can i manage to do this? CUPS does not appear as an option in "print setup" in any of these programs, and i've only managed to print to PS output, then ps2pdf and print from KDE's pdf viewer. is there any way to get cups as an option fon printing in non-kde apps? ... i've got a weird feeling it's a simple matter..? Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] a good jpeg veiwer
On Saturday 16 March 2002 10:28, Donald wrote: > What is a good Jpeg viewer, similar to ACDSee for use with Linux. I > am not interested so much in manipulation as I am in ease of viewing. > With ACDSee I can view in full screen and also use the space bar to > go through pictures in a directory. I heard about JCDSee, but can't > see to get it up and running. Thanks in advance. Compupic http://www.photodex.com/downloads/platforms/linux.html *** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Professional KDE 2.2.1 KMail 1.3.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Master & slave drives
maybe i don't understand, but, i just installed 8.2 release canidate 1 on a slave drive with win2000 on the master and i use lilo to boot. IIRC only part of lilo goes onto the MBR of the first disk, the rest is in your boot folder in linux (is that right guys?) and lilo handles booting for both systems. as i said though, i have not done XP. you could install lilo to the second drive i guess, but it wouldn't do anything. you could also not istall lilo and simply use a boot disk. i would certainly be sure to have a working boot disk for XP before i started though. also, once installed, if you wish to remove lilo you can boot to linux and as root run "lilo -u" which if i recall is for -uninstall. :-) On Saturday 16 March 2002 08:30, Joe Barron opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: > Sorry ! Shane you told me what I wanted to know ,except were well lilo > install master harddrive are slave .The system is for someone else but > what he would like to do is have XP on the master and 8.1 on the 2nd H/D > which I have slaved and he would like to have the 8.1 on that drive.Well > this work trouble free? anything I need to watch loadind MD on the 2nd > drive? - Original Message - -- "'Tis some script kidd3z," I muttered, "tapping at my server port- Only this, and nothing more." - Edgar "root" Poe. shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] turkish character problem
hello, i am using mandrake 8.1. both at the console and x i can write with tr-q keyboard without any problems except not being able to see these turkish characters truly: ğ, İ, ı ı and ş. thank you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] realplayer
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 08:09, Arjan Petersen wrote: > >>Hello, i have a problem with realplayer. When i open it. It's saying that my >>audiodevice is already in use. >> >>How can i fix this? >> >>arjan >> > > Go to View - Preferences - Performance - Audio Options. Play with > those and see if you can make a difference. > > > _ > 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 It sounds like there's getting priority over your soundcard. Check if you can play xmms. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] PCMCIA NIC not recognised
Hi all, I installed MDK 8.1 on my laptop with 'linux noauto' and then installed kernel-pcmcia-cs. If I do a 'cardctl -ident' and look the output up at mobilix.org it seems I have a Sitecom ethernet nic: product info: "PCMCIA", "FastEthernet", "V", "1.0" manfid: 0x021b, ox0202 function: 6 (network) (although when I looked up the mac address somewhere, it said I had an NE2000 compatible) /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia starts with: pcmcia = yes pcic = i82365 (because I edited it). /etc/modules.conf has the right line in it. /etc/pcmcia/config.opts mentions module "ray_cs", but there is a boot-up message from cardmgr about 'axnet_cs'. 'probe' says: PCI bridge probe: not found Intel PCIC probe: not found Databook TCIC-2 probe: not found So something can see and even talk to the card, but I don't have the right driver loaded? Or any driver at all? Will I have to spring for a different card? I've looked at the PCMCIA HOWTO, but it doesn't seem to be starting from where I am. Richard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CVS
Are you sure you absolutely have to have the _newest_ version? How about one which is compiled and packaged as an rpm, from your distribution disks or the net? It would make life a hell of a lot easier for you. I'm not saying don't learn about cvs, just first things first. Richard Dan Butler, Saturday 16 March 2002 15:24: > There is an application that I am after (jpilot) the newest version and > the web site says to use CVS. What do I have to do before using CVS? Do I > have to have all the subdirectories I see on the web page with the files > from each? And there was something about downloading a snapshot. Would > that be easier? Then again, I didn't see the "snapshot". > I write scripts at work all day. I work in awk, sed, and perl. > Manipulating data mostly. I understand how computers work, but I have > never been exposed to CVS. Any help would be appreciated. > Dan B Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Personal Security Manager (PSM)
Hello, When I want to visit a secure webpage I get the following message: "This document cannot be displayed unless you install the Personal Security Manager (PSM). etc... " What is it and where can I get it? Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Master & slave drives
Sorry ! Shane you told me what I wanted to know ,except were well lilo install master harddrive are slave .The system is for someone else but what he would like to do is have XP on the master and 8.1 on the 2nd H/D which I have slaved and he would like to have the 8.1 on that drive.Well this work trouble free? anything I need to watch loadind MD on the 2nd drive? - Original Message - From: "shane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 10:22 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Master & slave drives > i can't speak for XP, but if you want to use lilo, the linux loader, > generally you simply install. i have install several 7.1 through 8.2 > installs for others on second disks with win95, win98 and win2k on the > first. you just follow the instructions and generally everything works > fine. > > the one time i have had it _not_ work was a 7.1 install with win95 on the > other drive, and i thought i would check to see how the mandrake installer > saw the win partitions. oops, having linux rewrite your windows partitions > is not to smart. funny thing, while windows couldn't see the second > partition, linux could so the data was saved. they may have even fixed it, > still don't click the windows partitions in the installer. :-) > > On Friday 15 March 2002 19:48, Joe Barron opened a hailing frequency and > transmitted: > > > I,m greener than all getout.But what I,d like to know is setting up > > bootmanager for XP on master Mandrake on slave ,what I,ve found are > > partitioning the same drive. > > -- > "We know what we are, but not what we may become" -William Shakespeare > > shane > http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ > Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 > Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html > Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ > > > > 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] a good jpeg veiwer
On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 10:28:07 -0500, "Donald E.Gulmire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is a good Jpeg viewer, similar to ACDSee for use with Linux. I am not > interested so much in manipulation as I am in ease of viewing. With ACDSee I > can view in full screen and also use the space bar to go through pictures in > a directory. I heard about JCDSee, but can't see to get it up and running. > Thanks in advance. For quick viewing of single images, try qiv, which is included in Mandrake. For viewing multiple images in a directory, I like to use gqview (included in Mandrake, or downloadable from http://gqview.sourceforge.net) and gthumb (http://gthumb.sourceforge.net/). -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "Technically, Windows is an 'operating system,' which means that it supplies your computer with the basic commands that it needs to suddenly, with no warning whatsoever, stop operating." -- Dave Barry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] "nmb" freezing system
i just installed mandrake8.1 and during startup, it freezes when loading "nmb". however, when i start the system in failsafe mode and turn the nmb/samba service to start manually, i'm able to boot up without a problem. anyone know why this might be happening? thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Orinoco Wireless Card
Hi, I have a desktop and a laptop both running 8.1 and Orinoco Wavelan Wireless PCMCIA cards. I was able to get the wireless card working on my laptop fairly easily by downloading the driver from the OrinocoWireless.com web site, compiling it and editing the /etc/pcmcia/config.opts file. No such luck on the desktop however. It is automatically detected in the 8.1 install (it is not in the 8.2 install incedentally), but even so after inputting all the parameters I needed during install I was not able to connect to the internet with it. So I then followed the steps I followed for the laptop (meaning I followed the steps in the orinoco wirless driver README to the letter). But afterwords, not only could I still not connect to the internet, but it no longer seems to be detected by my system. WHen I open DrakConf, it doesn't even show I have a network device at all (but when I first installed it did show it, I just couldn't bring it up). My log files show a variety of messages regarding this card during bootup. I've included them below. Thank you very much. - Paul Rodriguez WAVELAN init_modeule(): doing device probing (bad !) Specify base adresses while loading module to correct the problem WAVELAN init_module(): no device found later... PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device 00:13.0. Please try using pci=biosirq [an lsdev shows 00:13.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Intruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01), which I take to be the pcmcia pci card adapter.] /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/net/wavlan.o.gz: init_module: Input/output error NET4: Appletalk 0.18a for Linux NET4.0 /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/net/wavlan.o.gz:insmod eth0 failed WAVELAN init_modeule(): doing device probing (bad !) modprobe: Can't locate module eth1 Specify base adresses while loading module to correct the problem modprobe: Can't locate module eth2 WAVELAN init_module(): no device found modprobe: Can't locate module eth3 modprobe: Can't locate module eth4 modprobe: Can't locate module eth5 modprobe: Can't locate module eth6 modprobe: Can't locate module eth7 modprobe: Can't locate module eth8 modprobe: Can't locate module eth9 Cardmgr[1041] watching 1 sockets Cardmgr[1042] starting, verison 3.1.32 rc Starting pcmcia: succeeded Cardmgr[1042] executing'modprobe wavelan2_cs network_name=\"[mynetname]\" key_1=\"[mykey]\" enable_encryption=Y' _ 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] a good jpeg veiwer
On Sat, 2002-03-16 at 10:28, Donald E.Gulmire wrote: > What is a good Jpeg viewer, similar to ACDSee for use with Linux. I am not > interested so much in manipulation as I am in ease of viewing. With ACDSee I > can view in full screen and also use the space bar to go through pictures in > a directory. I heard about JCDSee, but can't see to get it up and running. > Thanks in advance. I like xv and ee. both work well for the purposes you state. Mike -- "You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer." - Frank Zappa _ 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] a good jpeg veiwer
What is a good Jpeg viewer, similar to ACDSee for use with Linux. I am not interested so much in manipulation as I am in ease of viewing. With ACDSee I can view in full screen and also use the space bar to go through pictures in a directory. I heard about JCDSee, but can't see to get it up and running. Thanks in advance. TheBender Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] CVS
There is an application that I am after (jpilot) the newest version and the web site says to use CVS. What do I have to do before using CVS? Do I have to have all the subdirectories I see on the web page with the files from each? And there was something about downloading a snapshot. Would that be easier? Then again, I didn't see the "snapshot". I write scripts at work all day. I work in awk, sed, and perl. Manipulating data mostly. I understand how computers work, but I have never been exposed to CVS. Any help would be appreciated. Dan B Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Reloading lists in Software Manager
Is there a way to set Software Manager to not reload all the lists when it opens up? I'd like them to reload only when I want them to and I'd also like to choose which lists to reload. Bill Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Phone Dialer?
On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 09:30:46 + Graham Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a Linux equivalent to the Windoze phone dialer? > > -- > Graham Watkins > > For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body curled up > next > to me is a cat. (Kinky Friedman - Frequent Flyer) > > Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org > Graham, what do u use for desktop? If KDE then Internet Dialer, If command line then try wvdial, it is on the CDs. Both must be set up to dial out but the internet dialer is more self explanatory IMHO. Dennis M. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Which File system?
On Saturday 16 March 2002 04:18 am, Aryan Ameri wrote: > I don't know what file system to use. I am willing to install my > Linux on my desktop computer. I don't want it to be secure. nor I > want it to give me back up options, nor do I use RAID. I just want > the fastest File system and I want it to be stable enough ( not > that much stable, any thing more stable than FAT will suite me). If > possible please also give me a list of File systems that are > available with version 8.2 and please tell me which one best suit > my needs. Linux Registered user # 266090 > Aryan If you do an expert install, there's too many filesystem types to list ;) I believe you'll want a journaling FS, and that ReiserFS and XFS are the two most recommended. I've been using ReiserFS for over a year an' half without ever a problem. It's fast, stable, and recovers quickly and easily from improper shutdowns. A month or so ago when I got 8.2b2 CD's I thought I'd try XFS since it's gettin the best recommends lately. I only used it for 2 days. On my system XFS was slightly slower than ReiserFS, and I had a few problems which I suspected were FS related. Specially recovery from an improper shutdown (on purpose). I didn't bother getting to the bottom of it tho. I just went back to my good'ol tried and true ReiserFS. In fairness tho, I like many (but not most), install Linux in one big '/' partition which may have caused ill affects for XFS. It doesn't with ReiserFS. 'Course this is just my experience. Civileme has done extensive FS testing on various hardware. Search the newbie and expert mailing list archives and look for his posts related to filesystems. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3 (look down towards the bottom of the page). I believe a fair summary is he favors XFS. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] connection sharing and network with samba
Soory about the typo's. Not enough coffee! Lanman - Original Message - From: "Dan LaBine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 8:24 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] connection sharing and network with samba > Hey Stojs; You're firewall software has disallowed your internal network > card. It doesn't know that this card can be trusted. You'll have to go to > "/etc/Bastille" and open the config file - "bastille-firewall.conf" and edit > the "Trusted Ifaces" section. Give the whole config file a good read. It's > fairly straightforward. There is a way to do ICS without DHCP, and it can be > done in this config file, but you'll have to disable the Internet Connection > Sharing in Moandrake Control Center first. Look in the config file for IP > Masq, and put your subnet's IP range in there ie; 192.168.0.0/24 or > 10.0.0.0/24, then go to a root console and type "bastille-firewall-restart" > or "bastille-firewall-netstat". I'm not exactly sure of the command, but > worst case scenario, you could always restart Bastille. In fact, you shold > be able to disable the "Tiny Firewall" in the control center completely, and > just edit the bastille config file, then restart the service (bastille), and > you should be good to go. > > Lanman > > - Original Message - > From: "Stojs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 7:08 AM > Subject: [newbie] connection sharing and network with samba > > > > I had my internet sharing working perfectly. Then I wanted to set up the > firewall using wizdrake. I ran the network wizzard like I had to before > > running the firewall wizard. And when I was finnished there was no more > internet sharing. > > > > Can I have a connection sharing not using DHCP? I only have one machine > connected to the linux box. > > > > Or is it possible for the linux network to use the automaticly assigned > ip-number from the connection sharing? > > > > Any suggestions on how to get my network using both connection sharing and > SAMBA? > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Stojs > > > > > > > > > > > -- -- > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] connection sharing and network with samba
Stojs; I just read the rest of your email. DHCP is installed and configured by ICS when you set it up. That's how ICS can provide your other PC's with an IP address. That's probably not your problem. Your problem sounds like the firewall NOT trusting the network card which connects to your other PC or Hub. Thats why you should check out the file I mentioned in my previous reply. Once this is working again, you'll be able to set up Samba. If Samba was already running before, edit the config file as previously mentioned, and then restart Samba as root - "samba restart". Everything should work fine then. If you decide to use IP Masq in /etc/Bastille/bastille-firewall.conf , disable ICS first, and then, either start dhcp manually, or set up some fixed or static (same thing) IP's on any other machine you have connected to this firewall. If you're going to start dhcp as a separate daemon, make sure you tell bastille which network card will be the one running dhcp. Then restart bastille. Good Luck. Lanman - Original Message - From: "Stojs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 7:08 AM Subject: [newbie] connection sharing and network with samba > I had my internet sharing working perfectly. Then I wanted to set up the firewall using wizdrake. I ran the network wizzard like I had to before > running the firewall wizard. And when I was finnished there was no more internet sharing. > > Can I have a connection sharing not using DHCP? I only have one machine connected to the linux box. > > Or is it possible for the linux network to use the automaticly assigned ip-number from the connection sharing? > > Any suggestions on how to get my network using both connection sharing and SAMBA? > > > > Thanks in advance, > Stojs > > > > > 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] connection sharing and network with samba
Hey Stojs; You're firewall software has disallowed your internal network card. It doesn't know that this card can be trusted. You'll have to go to "/etc/Bastille" and open the config file - "bastille-firewall.conf" and edit the "Trusted Ifaces" section. Give the whole config file a good read. It's fairly straightforward. There is a way to do ICS without DHCP, and it can be done in this config file, but you'll have to disable the Internet Connection Sharing in Moandrake Control Center first. Look in the config file for IP Masq, and put your subnet's IP range in there ie; 192.168.0.0/24 or 10.0.0.0/24, then go to a root console and type "bastille-firewall-restart" or "bastille-firewall-netstat". I'm not exactly sure of the command, but worst case scenario, you could always restart Bastille. In fact, you shold be able to disable the "Tiny Firewall" in the control center completely, and just edit the bastille config file, then restart the service (bastille), and you should be good to go. Lanman - Original Message - From: "Stojs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 7:08 AM Subject: [newbie] connection sharing and network with samba > I had my internet sharing working perfectly. Then I wanted to set up the firewall using wizdrake. I ran the network wizzard like I had to before > running the firewall wizard. And when I was finnished there was no more internet sharing. > > Can I have a connection sharing not using DHCP? I only have one machine connected to the linux box. > > Or is it possible for the linux network to use the automaticly assigned ip-number from the connection sharing? > > Any suggestions on how to get my network using both connection sharing and SAMBA? > > > > Thanks in advance, > Stojs > > > > > 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] connection sharing and network with samba
I had my internet sharing working perfectly. Then I wanted to set up the firewall using wizdrake. I ran the network wizzard like I had to before running the firewall wizard. And when I was finnished there was no more internet sharing. Can I have a connection sharing not using DHCP? I only have one machine connected to the linux box. Or is it possible for the linux network to use the automaticly assigned ip-number from the connection sharing? Any suggestions on how to get my network using both connection sharing and SAMBA? Thanks in advance, Stojs Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [somewhat OT] Descent3 again
On Saturday 16 March 2002 02:52, Frans Ketelaars wrote: > On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 18:26:16 +0200 > > Robin Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, I've got Descent3 running now (my curiosity was piqued by earlier > > posts). It runs, but with no sound (this is using Mdk 8.0 and a Creative > > AWE64 card). The documentation boiled down to "If you don't have sound, > > then either your speakers aren't plugged in, or you don't have sound in > > Linux. If other Linux apps are producing sound, then it looks like > > you've got a problem". > > > > Anyone else have this problem? Anyone fixed it? > > > > Robin > > _Are_ other Linux apps producing sound? Yes. Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Which File system?
So, you want a file-system which isn't secure, you don't want to back it up and you aren't bothered about it being stable... It all really depends on what you use your machine for... what's the machines' primary use? > -Original Message- > From: Aryan Ameri [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 10:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Which File system? > > Hi there: > Maybe It's an old question and man of you have seen similar questions. But > I read the archive and couldn't make up my mind. I am a newbie to Linux > and am willing to buy Mandrake Linux 8.2. But I don't know what file > system to use. > I am willing to install my Linux on my desktop computer. I don't want it > to be secure. nor I want it to give me back up options, nor do I use RAID. > I just want the fastest File system and I want it to be stable enough ( > not that much stable, any thing more stable than FAT will suite me). > If possible please also give me a list of File systems that are available > with version 8.2 and please tell me which one best suit my needs. > Linux Registered user # 266090 > Aryan ** This email and any files sent with it are intended only for the named recipient. If you are not the named recipient please telephone/email the sender immediately. You should not disclose the content or take/retain/distribute any copies. ** Norwich Union Life & Pensions Limited Registered Office 2 Rougier Street York YO90 1UU Registered in England Number 3253947 A member of the Norwich Union Marketing Group which is regulated by the Personal Investment Authority. Member of the Association of British Insurers. For further Enquires 01603 622200 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Which File system?
About 5 months ago, XFS appeared to be the favorite, so when I crashed and burned the next time, I switched. Haven't lost anything since and system has gone off due to power outages several times since. I never do a clean shut down simply because there seems to be no good reason to turn the computer off any more. BTW 8.2 is A1. Lee On Saturday 16 March 2002 05:51 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Sat, 2002-03-16 at 05:18, Aryan Ameri wrote: > > Hi there: > > Maybe It's an old question and man of you have seen similar questions. > > But I read the archive and couldn't make up my mind. I am a newbie to > > Linux and am willing to buy Mandrake Linux 8.2. But I don't know what > > file system to use. > > > > I am willing to install my Linux on my desktop computer. I don't want > > it to be secure. nor I want it to give me back up options, nor do I > > use RAID. I just want the fastest File system and I want it to be > > stable enough ( not that much stable, any thing more stable than FAT > > will suite me). > > If possible please also give me a list of File systems that are available > > with version 8.2 and please tell me which one best suit my needs. Linux > > Registered user # 266090 > > Aryan > > The purpose of the journaling filesystems is to preserve data > integrity. There is a processing overhead incurred with the journalling > process. Consequently, if you are not interested in data integrity or > recovery, ext2 will probably be your best choice. It has no data > logging facilities to slow it down. > > If you change your mind about the data integity priorities, XFS seems to > be the best thing going for speed vs data integrity. > > For those looking for total data safety, ext3 is the best way. I > understand that it is the only fs available that provides data > journaling mode. The other journaling fs's are metadata logging > systems. I run ext3 on an Athlon 964 mhz with raid 0, and it's been > plenty fast for me. > > > _ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Registered Linux user #223705 Do not meddle in the affairs 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] Which File system?
On Sat, 2002-03-16 at 05:18, Aryan Ameri wrote: > Hi there: > Maybe It's an old question and man of you have seen similar questions. > But I read the archive and couldn't make up my mind. I am a newbie to > Linux and am willing to buy Mandrake Linux 8.2. But I don't know what > file system to use. > I am willing to install my Linux on my desktop computer. I don't want > it to be secure. nor I want it to give me back up options, nor do I > use RAID. I just want the fastest File system and I want it to be > stable enough ( not that much stable, any thing more stable than FAT > will suite me). > If possible please also give me a list of File systems that are available with >version 8.2 and please tell me which one best suit my needs. > Linux Registered user # 266090 > Aryan The purpose of the journaling filesystems is to preserve data integrity. There is a processing overhead incurred with the journalling process. Consequently, if you are not interested in data integrity or recovery, ext2 will probably be your best choice. It has no data logging facilities to slow it down. If you change your mind about the data integity priorities, XFS seems to be the best thing going for speed vs data integrity. For those looking for total data safety, ext3 is the best way. I understand that it is the only fs available that provides data journaling mode. The other journaling fs's are metadata logging systems. I run ext3 on an Athlon 964 mhz with raid 0, and it's been plenty fast for me. _ 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] Which File system?
Hi there: Maybe It's an old question and man of you have seen similar questions. But I read the archive and couldn't make up my mind. I am a newbie to Linux and am willing to buy Mandrake Linux 8.2. But I don't know what file system to use. I am willing to install my Linux on my desktop computer. I don't want it to be secure. nor I want it to give me back up options, nor do I use RAID. I just want the fastest File system and I want it to be stable enough ( not that much stable, any thing more stable than FAT will suite me). If possible please also give me a list of File systems that are available with version 8.2 and please tell me which one best suit my needs. Linux Registered user # 266090 Aryan
Re: [newbie] realplayer
On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 08:09, Arjan Petersen wrote: > Hello, i have a problem with realplayer. When i open it. It's saying that my > audiodevice is already in use. > > How can i fix this? > > arjan > Go to View - Preferences - Performance - Audio Options. Play with those and see if you can make a difference. _ 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] Phone Dialer?
Does anyone know if there is a Linux equivalent to the Windoze phone dialer? -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body curled up next to me is a cat. (Kinky Friedman - Frequent Flyer) Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Filesystems as of 8.2
> With all those in mind, I would say toss a coin between JFS and XFS. If > I hadn't had the RAID0 scare, I would recommend XFS wholeheartedly > because the SGI team has been so helpful in the implementation. > > Civileme > > What is the minimum partition size for XFS? _ 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] Webproject (Was: Feel like joining in?)
Sebastian, I wasn't what I was thinking about, but sourceforge can become a valuable reference for me. The whole idea is to learn how to do it by just doing it together instead of strugling all alone with a bunch of tutorials and what have you. But thanks for the suggestion. Marco On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 14:54, Seb Kinnaird wrote: > Hi Marco, > > If you're thinking about what I think you're thinking about ... then check > out http://sourceforge.net/ > > "SourceForge.net is the world's largest Open Source development website, > with the largest repository of Open Source code and applications available > on the Internet. SourceForge.net provides free services to Open Source > developers, including project hosting, version control, bug and issue > tracking, project management, backups and archives, and communication and > collaboration resources." > > HTH > > Regards, > Sebastian > > Ps. if this isn't what you're thinking about ... then I've got it completely > wrong :) > > >From: Marco Verheul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [newbie] Feel like joining in? > >Date: 12 Mar 2002 22:28:11 +0100 > > > >Hello fellow Linux users, > > > >An idea popped into my head tonight and I want to do something with it > >rightaway. So let me explain. > > > >I'm relatively new to Linux and I got my LM 8.1 distro running for a > >couple of weeks now very smoothly (most of the times). I visited a lot > >of Linux related websites and it impressed me to see how many ways there > >must be to develop really cool open source software. At this point I'm > >particulary interested in learning the skills to built a dynamic website > >with underlying database technology. Only it seems I have 2 "problems". > >I'm not so creative in coming up with a topic and I don't want to spend > >the whole year figuring out MySQL, PHP etc.. on my own locked away > >behind my desk. > > > >So here's the idea. There must be more people with the same ambitions, > >so why don't we try to come up with ideas to make this work as a group. > >We could build a website about making OUR website (this tackles the > >topic problem), so everybody (including ourselves) can see how we did it > >and learn from it. Off course we would make use of open source software. > >I'm an Oracle programmer myself and I don't have any experience in > >building something the open source way, so who is joining in? > > > >I hope that also the more experienced persons care to join in and let > >others profit from your experience. We need to come up with some sort of > >structure to do this, get a server to which the group can have access I > >suppose and what more..? > > > >Well, surprise me. Oh yeah, I live in Haarlem, the Netherlands. > > > >Marco > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > _ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > > > 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] Brief Unix-C History
Shane, this is for you. :) > > On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 19:11, shane wrote: > > > On Tuesday 12 March 2002 08:26, Myers, Dennis R NWO opened a > > > hailing frequency and transmitted: > > > > > > > LoL... ever hear of Pigdog? Being a Sanfranciscan and all. > > > > > > fraid not, but i have only been here 2 years. :-P > > > > > > i have learned there is a reason berkely invented both UNIX and > > > LSD though. :-D > > > > > > -- > > > "He who laughs, lasts." > > > > Where did you hear that the University of Cal at Berkeley invented > > Unix? > > > > Ken Thompson and Dennis Richie developed the first version of Unix > > at Bell labs in Murray Hill, NJ circa 1969. (same year that men > > walked on the moon, btw) They developed the OS so they could run a > > game on a less expensive PDP-11 minicomputer (computer time was > > expensive in those days.) They made the OS portable by using a > > variant of the "B" programming language (authored by Ken Thompson) > > called "C" (based on B, but basically authored by Dennis Richie). > > The reason they wanted to port the OS was so they could run a game > > called "Space Travel." > > > > In 1975, Unix was made available to educational institutions at > > minimal cost by Bell Labs. Among those that got it was the Computer > > Systems Research Group at the University of Cal at Berkeley. The > > distro forked into BSD. > > On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 12:37, shane wrote: > cool history lesson, thanks! > > On Friday 15 March 2002 09:05, Lyvim Xaphir opened a hailing frequency > and transmitted: >> Where did you hear that the University of Cal at Berkeley invented >> Unix? > i knew that bell labs did it, but i was under the impression that > "bezerkely" was in on it from very early on, like 1970. funny thing > is i have heard that joke from several ppl out here > guess i have a new project, learn unix history. ;-) > > -- > For more than 4 generations the IT Professionals were the guardians of > quality and stability in software. Before the dark times. Before > Microsoft.. Love your sig, Shane. :) But since you are taking this to heart, let me tell you that all that stuff was from memory. As such I need to make two corrections; first I have committed heresy by mispelling Dennis Ritchie's name. I hope that the elite secret Unix Shadow Guild does not manage to penetrate my defenses before I finish this message. ;) Second, the minicomputer that Thompson and Ritchie had assess to was NOT a PDP-11, it was a PDP-7. My bad. While I am still uncrucified, let me add the following. "Space Travel" was a game that Ken Thompson had written and it was running under the Multics OS on a GE 635. Thompson and Ritchie rewrote the game so that it would run on the PDP-7. The catch was that the devel work had to be done under GECOS (a batch oriented OS), then the project was to move the finished programs to the PDP-7 for execution, using paper tape. Ken Thompson was so aggravated with the complications involved that he decided to create a file system and some utilities for the PDP-7. This primitive OS was given the name "Unix" in the following year (1970). At this time there was no portable language invented to port Unix with; Thompson had written it entirely in PDP-7 assembler. The Unix OS got attention immediately after it's initial creation. On a promise that they would add text processing capabilites to the OS, they received a PDP-11 minicomputer in exchange. Sometime in this timeframe, Ken Thompson wrote a computer language that would make it easier to port the Unix OS to other hardware. He christened it "B". Dennis Ritchie then brought his legendary talents to bear on the problem, and together with Ken they rewrote the language. They then called it "C". _ 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
