Re: [newbie-it] mount partizione ntfs
mailing - Thecma.net wrote: ciao a tutti. scusate l'eterna ignoranza...ma siamo proprio agli inizi :-)) sono riuscito a montare una partizione ntfs come user root ma mi piacerebbe capire come ci si riesce come user normale... normale...quello che ti crea alla prima installazione :-)) E' possibile? 2. ho eseguito come root : mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/win2k Leggi prima man fstab, poi apri il file /etc/fstab e aggiungi, (basandoti su quello che hai letto e sugli esempi delle altre righe) una riga del tipo /dev/hda1 /mnt/win2k ntfs defaults,ro, 1 Al posto di metterai: auto per farla montare automaticamente al boot user per dare a chiunque la possibilita` di(s)montarla altre opzioni Ovviamente, con l'opzione user chiunque puo`(s)montarla ma solo con le opzioni fisaate da root in fstab. Quindi solo mount /mnt/win2k e non mount -opzioni /dev/hda1 /dove/voglio ;-) ciao, Andrea
Re: [newbie-it] Crisi Mandrake
Fabio Congiu wrote: Mi sono appena iscritto al Mandrake Club. Si paga 120$ all'anno. Sono felice di poter contribuire in questo momento di crisi. Sono favorevole a queste forme di incentivazione, soprattutto per chi non é uno sviluppatore (come me) e al pagamento di servizi che gratis non possono esistere . Viva Linux!!! Abbasso Windows!!! Fabio Come silver-club sei tra i primissimi a poter prelevare StarOffice-6.0, che non e` ancora in vendita neanche sul sito Sun. :-) ciao, andrea
Re: [newbie-it] Crisi Mandrake
- Original Message - From: Andrea Celli [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 10:25 AM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] Crisi Mandrake Come silver-club sei tra i primissimi a poter prelevare StarOffice-6.0, che non e` ancora in vendita neanche sul sito Sun. :-) ciao, andrea Scusa, ma credo che staroffice 6.0 sarà a pagamento. Non cifre esorbitanti ma nemmeno + gratuita. Gratis è invece openoffice che forse sarebbe il caso di prendere in considerazione considerato che tra 4/6 settimane uscirà la prima vers. definitiva. Ciao ku68
[newbie-it] Invalid compressed format
Ciao, ricompilato il kernel 2.4.18 da una MDK 8.1 2.4.8-36 con gcc3.0.1 secondo tutte le regole va tutto a buon fine. MA al riavvio del sistema dopo la selezione in lilo del nuovo kernel al momento di Uncompressing .. ricevo il messaggio invalid compressed format system halted ( err=2 ) Premetto che due settimane fa questo non accadeva. Ho pensato la causa fosse l'ultimo aggiornamento delle zlib , ho rimesso le vecchie ma niente. Capisco che la causa sia il formato di compressione sbagliato di bzImage, ma volevo sapere quale programma si occupa della compressione del kernel e se per caso e' necessario aggiungere qualche voce nel kernel oppure settare qualcosa in lilo. Ogni consiglio e' ben accetto!!! Grazie.
[newbie-it] Realtek 8139 su Mandrake 8.2. Come installarla?
Ciao a tutti/e, premetto che sono completamente inesperto di Linux. Posseggo un Duron 1000 256 Mb Ram, HD IBM 60Gb, scheda video Matrox G450. Ho per la prima volta in vita mia installato Linux (Mandrake 8.2), tutto bene fino a quando ho aggiunto al pc una scheda di rete con chip Realtek 8139. Appena acceso il pc Linux mi ha rilevato l'hardware e mi chiede se voglio configurarlo. Seleziono configure e lo schermo dopo pochi secondi mi diventa nero per un numero imprecisato di minuti. E' normale? Non ho visto niente fino a quando, stanco di attendere, ho premuto CRTL ATL CANC e q quel punto ha fatto una specia di shutdown per poi riavviarsi e propormi la stessa videata di prima. Sempre cosi' fino a quando ho scelto ignora. Cosi' sono arrivato in KDE e sono andato nel pannello di gestione hardware del Mandrake. Ho visto la scheda di rete ma se clicco sul tasto per configurarla mi appare un messaggio che mi pare dica qualcosa relativo a moduli (o pacchetti non ricordo) mancanti. Che significa? Scusate la mia ignoranza, mi affido a voi e farò il possibile per imparare in fretta ;) Ciao! Shomax -- Prendi GRATIS l'email universale che... risparmia: http://www.email.it/f Sponsor: Spendi i tuoi crediti su www.dmail.it: ricevi un Portamonete per Euro GRATIS con ogni ordine! Clicca qui: http://adv.email.it/cgi-bin/foclick.cgi?mid=372d=27-3
Re: [newbie-it] Realtek 8139 su Mandrake 8.2. Come installarla?
Nell'Evo medio, all'ora 15:54, mercoledì 27 marzo 2002, Voi, Notabile [EMAIL PROTECTED], avete dipinto: Ho per la prima volta in vita mia installato Linux (Mandrake 8.2), tutto bene fino a quando ho aggiunto al pc una scheda di rete con chip Realtek 8139 [..] Ho visto la scheda di rete ma se clicco sul tasto per configurarla mi appare un messaggio che mi pare dica qualcosa relativo a moduli (o pacchetti non ricordo) mancanti. Che significa? Il comportamento probabilmente e' dovuto al fatto che 'kudzu', che e' il demone/programma che si occupa del riconoscimento dell'hardware all'avvio, fa le bizze (in questa versione come in altre, tanto per cambiare ...). Se, come e' prevedibile, il sistema non associa la scheda al modulo corretto, dovresti diventare 'root' [con il comando su] e modificare (dopo aver fatto una copia) il file '/etc/modules.conf', aggiungendo (o adeguando, se gia' presente) questa riga: alias eth0 8139too (se non si tratta dell'unica o della prima scheda di rete va messa una o piu' altre righe con eth1, ecc..) Altra cosa e' eliminare kudzu dalla lista dei demoni che partono all'avvio: sempre da root, digita 'drakxservices'. Cerca la riga che riguarda kudzu, fai clic su 'stop' (se e' ancora in esecuzione) e poi togli la spunta alla casella 'al boot'. SaluT, Lk -- L.U. #210970 - L.M. #98222 * MDK 8.3-Cooker - 2.4.18-linus
Re: [newbie-it] Problema invio posta con mozilla
tom wrote: Alle 14:51, marted 26 marzo 2002, ku68 ha scritto: cut Ciao , Tom Ok ci sono riuscito. Praticamente grazie ai tuoi sugg ho rintracciato outgoing server - quindi ho deselezionato la casellina username e password che era attiva e tutto sembra funzionare. SSL impostato su never. Ciao ku68
Re: [newbie-it] Fwd: Sintesi vocale per linux .
23:17, martedì 26 marzo 2002, Renato: Grazie a tutti, i consigli ed i link non sono mai abbastanza. Ultimamente sono anch'io andato alla ricerca di programmi di sintesi vocale. Ovviamente ho trovato solo programmi parlanti il inglese. Il programma che mi è sembrato più valido è Festival (The Festival Speech Synthesis System), suite di programmi vari e modulari. Ci sono moduli per voci inglesi, americane, tedesche e spagnole. Non italiane, ma non dovrebbe essere difficile modificare il modulo spagnolo per farlo italiano: ci sono un file per le regole sintattiche e uno per la pronuncia. Dovresti trovare i link su Freshmeat. Comunque se trovi qualche altro programma interessante fammelo sapere. Tommaso
Re: [newbie-it] X-Cd- Roast
fabrizio wrote: Alle 07:16, mercoled 27 febbraio 2002, hai scritto: Doopo alcune esperienze negative con GC Combust uso X-Cd-roast per masterizzare, ma ho un problema, non riesco in alcun modo, anche come root a cambiare la configurazione del dispositivo di lettura. Al momento dell'installazione di Cd-Roast ho (ingenuamente) settato il masterizzatore (Philips 1610a) sia come dispositivo di lettura sia di scrittura, ma, volendo effettuare copie al volo di cd, ovviamente mi trovo impossibilitato a farlo. Ho cercato di modificare la configurazione anche come root, ma non ottengo alcun risultato,cut Ho ritrovato questa mail ed esattamente quello che mi capitato. Come posso far riconoscere sia il cd che il master a X-cd-roast o a gnome toaster? Vorrei solo copiare al volo un cd con alcuni mp3. Sarebbe la mia prima masterizzazione completa in quanto per testare i prg avevo solo provato con alcuni file di dati da hd a cd. Grazie in anticipo dei sempre utili consigli ku68 ps non ho mai configurato niente a mano quindi nel caso qualche istruzione non guasterebbe. :-)
Re: [newbie-it] mount partizione ntfs
una riga in /etc/fstab di questo tipo: /dev/hd* /mnt/w2k ntfs umask=0 0 0 dove *=nome partizione nt, e /mnt/w2k sia rwxrwxrwx monta automaticamente la partizione nt al boot su un 8.1 installazione standard, con accesso per tutti gli utenti (non in scrittura). mailing - Thecma.net wrote: ciao a tutti. scusate l'eterna ignoranza...ma siamo proprio agli inizi :-)) sono riuscito a montare una partizione ntfs come user root ma mi piacerebbe capire come ci si riesce come user normale... normale...quello che ti crea alla prima installazione :-)) E' possibile? Comunquevi chiedo anche se per la prima soluzione avevo fatto tutto ok. 1. ho creato una directory in /mnt chiamata w2k 2. ho eseguito come root : mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/win2k come è andata??? grazie francesco.
[newbie-it] File Midi
Salve a tutti, sono un felice possessore di SbLive! Ma sotto linux mi trovo un pò in imbarazzo quando voglio ascoltare i files midi. Esiste il modo di sfruttare le potenzialità della scheda, magari tramite alsa, o uno è costretto a software che emulano soltanto i banchi sonori, con evidenti scarse prestazioni (ad esempio con il sintetizzatore midi). Qualcuno sa come ovviare a questo problema? Grazie Nicola
Re: [newbie-it] Problema invio posta con mozilla
Daniele Micci wrote: Il giorno 18:23, mercoled 27 marzo 2002 hai scritto: cut Ti dir... avevo sperato che non ci riuscissi, almeno le tue email - finch eri costretto a spedirle con KMail - erano leggibili! Ora che sei tornato a Mozilla, c' il solito fastidioso effetto dovuto al fatto che hai probabilmente selezionato il set di caratteri del *Tagikistano Arcaico delle Montagne del Nord Est* ... ;) Non so il perch.Ricevo e leggo tutto perfettamente. La codifica che uso south european iso -8859-3 se mi dite cosa devo cambiare lo faccio pi che volentieri. Ciao ku68
[newbie] [Fwd: New Bill attempts to regulate hardware, software development]
So, all you guys enjoying Linux? Enjoying the benefits of Mandrake? Well, enjoy it while you can, because if Democrat Fritz Hollings (Senator, South Carolina, lobbied via $300,000 USD from the Entertainment Industry) has his way, this bill will get passed and Open Source could be a thing of the past. It's also noteworthy that Hollings has accepted lobby money from Microsoft. He withdrew South Carolina's objections to the M$ DOJ settlement sellout after he got that money. Go figure. That's right, they are attempting to take you rights to run open source away at the moment, as we speak. At the very least, regulate the hell out of it via the government. My suggestion is that if you are concerned enough about your rights, that you get angry and active. A good place to start is to check out the links below in the below from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the forwarded message from the bugtraq list. Things you can do: http://lwn.net/daily/eff-cbdtpa.php3 Also get up to speed with the articles about this on wired.com, for instance this one: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51274,00.html This affects everybody unilaterally, and unless people become proactive and oppose the Democrats and their apocalyptic police state laws, the face of the computer industry will *become* a police state. If you care, blast your senator with some firm emails and phone calls, plus get your friends to do it also. We can't let them take our rights away. I for one love Linux and Mandrake enough that I'm willing to Fight. Excerpt from: http://lwn.net/daily/eff-cbdtpa.php3 Begin Excerpt-- ALERT: CONGRESS CALLS FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON DIGITAL MUSIC ISSUES SUBMIT COMMENTS OPPOSING TECHNOLOGY MANDATES (Issued: Friday, March 22, 2002 / Deadline: Monday, April 8, 2002) Introduction: Imagine a world where all digital media technology is either mandatory or forbidden -- Senator Fritz Hollings and a cabal of Hollywood entertainment interests are cooking up a set of laws aimed at conjuring this apocalyptic world into existence. Today, Senator Hollings introduced the alarming Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA), which will give Hollywood plutocrats the power to stall new digital media technologies for a year, negotiating a phony consensus at lawyer-point with technologists. This consensus will receive the force of law, prescribing which user-hostile features are mandatory and which innovative features are forbidden. CBDTPA is derived from the draft SSSCA (Security Systems Standards Certification Act), the subject of our last alert. Both the House and the Senate have called for comments on the future of digital music, an issue that is deeply entwined with technology mandates. What YOU Can Do Now: This is YOUR chance to voice your opposition to laws that make all digital media technology mandatory or forbidden. * Send the EFF letter below to both the House and the Senate. Feel free to use this letter verbatim, or modify it as you wish. Please be polite and concise, but firm. --End Excerpt- ALERT SENT OUT ON BUGTRAQ MAILING LIST: -Forwarded Message- From: Jon O. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: New Bill attempts to regulate hardware, software development Date: 22 Mar 2002 14:24:48 -0800 As we are all aware, bugtraq is not a forum to discuss political issues or laws. However, with the continued goverment pressure and attempts to reform and regulate the hardware and software industries, bugtraq readers should be informed and aware of these new laws which will no doubt impact all of us. Senator Hollings is attempting to regulate hardware and software development. The bill can be reviewed here: http://cryptome.org/broadbandits.htm Concerned software developers can submit comments here: http://judiciary.senate.gov/special/input_form.cfm?comments=1 You can review other peoples comments here: http://judiciary.senate.gov/special/input_form.cfm The following senators also support this Bill: Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), John Breaux (D-Louisana) and Dianne Feinstein (D-California). There is a mailing list discussing these issues here: http://lists.microshaft.org/mailman/listinfo/dmca_discuss - Forwarded message from Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] - As a bonus, here's a section-by-section summary of the bill: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51275,00.html And a collection of info on the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA): http://www.politechbot.com/docs/cbdtpa/ -Declan --- http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51274,00.html Anti-Copy Bill Slams Coders By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 1:25 p.m. March 22, 2002 PST WASHINGTON -- America's programmers, engineers and sundry bit-heads have not yet figured out how much a new copyright bill will affect their livelihood. When they do, watch for an
Re: [newbie] How do you Install Mandrake 8.2
John Richard Smith wrote: On Tuesday 26 March 2002 19:21, you wrote: John Richard Smith wrote: --- usb detection on certain motherboards will not occur during install because we don't have a full set of drivers (USB2 turned out to be less comprehensive than advertised), and of course without help from your BIOS, you have to wait until the kernel modules for the full system are installed. Once you are running, you should gfind detection of USB devices as soon as you plug them in. You should gfind detection of USB devices as soon as you plug them in. Please to advise me. How do I do this. I tried typing gfind in a root shell it did nothing, returned : command not found. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Sorry, typo :-) USB devices should be detected as soon as you plug them in on a running 8.2 system. If they are not, then the hardware is outside of everything we were able to test. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Detection routines are different from the hotplug--you came through on the hotplug and failed on detection. Others will have opposite results. The point is that both rarely work on the same machine, so we opted for double-coverage. Anyway, print away. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printerdrake freezing??
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com urpmi cups urpmi foomatic Should do it Civileme cups was already loaded. It froze on foomatic. What else should I try/look at? Thanks, Linus Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Look at getting a CD with the foomatic file not corrupted Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Crashes unlimited
B.O. Jone wrote: Hi, I wound up here after wondering around in search of a miracle hand over my ailing Mandrake. 8.2 certainly laid a good foundation for linux future development ahead of all other distros. But I have one cripling problem on my system: crashes everywhere. Crashes come during bootup at various points--Loading..., Starting..., etc., but always at a different point. Crashes also come in routine file read/write operations after clicking on a loaded file folder with the Home icon. I have an impression that the new kernel 2.4x, on which 8.x is based, is not yet settled down, especially in file-r/w functions. One clear signal of crash is to see the hd pilot light lit up without blinking. When a crash happens, there is no remedy but to switch off the power and start over. The key presses like ctl-alt-bs/del and Xkill do not function. My question: Is there a way to tweak the kernel (or my machine) settings to smooth over my system--amd k6 300mhz mmx, 130mb ram, read3d starfighter vid card 16mb? Or any other remedy, bettern than waiting for the next version to come out. thanx a mil. ben __ __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Ben you have a corrupted install and/or bad memory/bad disk. Kernel 2.4 is well settled, even with a lot of the new features like devfs, and it is running everywhere. Windows does not often use middle-upper memory and linux uses all od it or nearly all of it all the time. try /images directory to make a memory testing diskette,,, boot from it and let it roll. I think the filename is /images/memtest-x86.bin on the first CD which you rawrite or dd to a floppy. There is the off chance that you have the rare hard disk drive-chipset combination that causes geometry errors, but we have been three distros without that, so I think not. There is a real chance that you have an out-of-spec hard drive (and if the kernel identifies it as WDx where the x's are numbers and letters, the probability goes up dramatically, especially with ATA133 drivers now active. Of course if you are using a Promise card, well the mostr recent drivers were just patched and offered again by Promise who discovered a small error which might make some systems crashy. The fix will be available before the 8.2 boxed sets are. Probably in a week or so--to give us time to test. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] any caritative soul?
On Tuesday 26 March 2002 07:43 pm, Pupeno wrote: Is there any caritative soul in the area of Miami that can make me a copy of the download version fo Linux Mandrake 8.2 ? I would pick it up and I would pay for the CDs but there's no way I can download right now and I don't have any cd burner that can I use. Thank you! -- I'm in Fort Lauderdale, cell number 954 7320620. I'm out and about (elevator inspections) all day, sometimes in Miami, but more often in Broward. I'll carry a set with me. If you would rather, email or call with an address and I'll drop 'em in the mail. No charge. Lee Registered Linux abuser #223705 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Getting Club Help (OT) Is it enough?
Perhaps some-one from Mandrake can answer, was there enough response to the call to arms? Will the financial worms be dosed for now? shane wrote: a few things for your thoughts: snip it is a problem, and once you get in you will find more, but they are growing pain type troubles as they are just starting up this side of things and between a massive influx of users and the staroffice mess (which should not have been a mess and they are handling very well IMHO) they are a bit flooded. i honestly don't think they expected this kind of rush this fast. i hope they are pleasently surprised. -- If a 6600 used paper tape instead of core memory, it would use up tape at about 30 miles/second. -- Grishman, Assembly Language Programming Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
re: [newbie] I'm Locked Out!
Alrighty. A wise man once told me that griping the griper was unproductive. To that wise man, I now offer my apologies, and the offering that this exchange is in no way an attempt to disrespect his advice. I've been taking note of this exchange for some time now, and since I feel like I've pretty well grokked it, I'm going to lay down my wooden nickel's worth. Since it's a free country and a list-of-liberty and all. My first observation is that, Steve, you're an asshole. You love to wallow in your own mental feces. I don't know what your personal problems are, but this list and the female members are not your psychologic dumping ground. Now if you've got something like this to say to any female on the list, ( being as concerned about bandwidth as you are )my second observation is that you have the option to go private. You did not do this. Now where I come from, if you walk up to somebody's girlfriend or wife and say something like what you've said below to them, you end up with a black eye and checking out the taste of the local dirt. But of course you're not going to go private with shit like you've said below, are you? Because your true aim is not to correct what you propagandize as OT's or bandwidth transgressions. Your true aim is to hurt and embarrass Femme to maximum effect; everything else is just a shield or an excuse. Lack of a private exchange is irrefutable evidence, since a private exchange in your case would have been setting an example for OT's or bandwidth transgressions. I'll tell you this though; if this list was a party or a get together and we were all together in person, I know for a fact that you would not have been as courageous as you've been below with your female target. You may be an asshole, but you're not stupid. On Sun, 2002-03-24 at 20:48, sda wrote: On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 05:20:15PM -0700, FemmeFatale wrote: We're rough... to idiots. :) For someone who's actually been only posting on this list for what three weeks tops? - You seem to have an awful lot to say about things around here. Now I'm sure you're cutsy 14 yo girlish antics get you somewhere with most of the boys, I'm not too impressed. Care to tone it down a bit, or is this list your flavour of the month? I notice you've now started posting on the expert list - I'm sure you're a sunny personality and all, but why do most women on the internet have to chatter like 14 yo girls? You do realize that's what you sound like right? I ran several of your posts by several of my friends that are relatively sophisticated urbanite women early 30ish - they agreed. On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 02:50:01PM +0200, Robin Turner wrote: [snippets] I just cant get over everyone calling Femme a 14 yr old girl. Not everyone, by a long chalk. On Tue, 2002-03-26 at 11:32, sda wrote: Oh please, it's quite obvious by some of her comments, that she was acting as such. I didn't say she was one and since this list is for newbies to acquire some techinical information, lets keep the side chatter or socializing ratio down please. I've been receving quite a few private e-mails in support, much more than here in support of keeping the noise ratio high. So it's OK to be provocative, condescending, dogmatic or pedantic (not referring to anyone in particular) but being cute or girlish is out? I detect a double standard here. I'd guess that if Femme Fatale had picked a different nickname, like, say SegFault, no one would have picked up on the girly thing. Oh contraire, she sounds as she sounds and this list is detoriating to more noise once again. The problem is when the noise ratio exceeds the actual help ratio, and with this nonsense carrying on I can see it happening with ease. If you folks want to chat socially, I suggest you all grab IRC and go to the Mandrake or what-ever-channel. This is not the place, for the cutesy folksy noise that seems to prevade here, more recently since uno-who joined. Anyway carry-on I won't respond any more to this or similar threads. Will watch and see what happens. The sad thing will be if those that have the knowledge refuse to share it because of the noise ratio. Civilme can't do it all alone. -- °°° Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°° _ 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] Crashes unlimited
The bug is probably with the southbridge chip on your motherboard. Too bad you have an AMD CPU :-( The same thing happened to a friend of mine. There is a patch for this somewhere on the net I think. 8.2 works fine with Intel... BAT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of B.O. Jone Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 5:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Crashes unlimited Hi, I wound up here after wondering around in search of a miracle hand over my ailing Mandrake. 8.2 certainly laid a good foundation for linux future development ahead of all other distros. But I have one cripling problem on my system: crashes everywhere. Crashes come during bootup at various points--Loading..., Starting..., etc., but always at a different point. Crashes also come in routine file read/write operations after clicking on a loaded file folder with the Home icon. I have an impression that the new kernel 2.4x, on which 8.x is based, is not yet settled down, especially in file-r/w functions. One clear signal of crash is to see the hd pilot light lit up without blinking. When a crash happens, there is no remedy but to switch off the power and start over. The key presses like ctl-alt-bs/del and Xkill do not function. My question: Is there a way to tweak the kernel (or my machine) settings to smooth over my system--amd k6 300mhz mmx, 130mb ram, read3d starfighter vid card 16mb? Or any other remedy, bettern than waiting for the next version to come out. thanx a mil. ben __ __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards. http://movies.yahoo.com/ --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.332 / Virus Database: 186 - Release Date: 2002. 03. 06. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.332 / Virus Database: 186 - Release Date: 2002. 03. 06. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Java in Opera
On Wednesday 27 March 2002 00:49, Todd Slater wrote: I thought I had java installed correctly to work with Opera 6, but I can't get any applets to play (I got addicted to bejeweled). I downloaded and installed jre, then added the path to the plugin in Opera. I did get it to work in Netscape, but I'm not particularly fond of that browser. Todd I had a similar problem after installing Opera on my third computer. I could not understand what was different about the installations that prevented java working on one computer and not the others. The solution tirned out to be the order in which I declared plugin paths in PreferencesMultimediapluginsPlugin Path I asked on the Opera news group, and was advised to change the order of the plugin paths in the list. After that it worked.. That was with the third 'Technology preview' version. In the Beta version they have added a little pop up window to manage the plugin paths, so I am not sure if it is still position sensitive. In any case make sure that one of the plugin paths points directly at your /usr/java/j2re1.4.0/plugin/i386/ns4 directory. HTH derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Fwd: New Bill attempts to regulate hardware, software development]
not to bring up a sore subject, but after last year's presidential election disaster, i'll no longer be surprised at ANYTHING the supreme court decides ... - Original Message - From: James Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 4:09 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] [Fwd: New Bill attempts to regulate hardware, software development] | I don't really understand the furor over this bill. It is obviously grossly | unconstitutional and, even if it passes, will not withstand the court cases | and the Supreme Court. The only thing it's going to succeed in doing is | getting Senator Hollings kicked out of Congress (and any of those that vote | for this package). | _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] 8.2 and nvidia
short tutorial (If I remamber right) 1. download the source tar.gz of the nvidia kernel and glx 2. extract them to eg: /home/bat/install/nvidiakernel /home/bat/install/nvidiaglx 3. install them: a) kernel b)GLX in a terminal go to their directory, su and write make install (if i remamber right) 4. Logout, go to terminal mode (ctrl+alt+F1), su 5. in /etc/X11/somethingidontremember/XF86config-4 modify a) 'nv' to 'nvidia' b) in the modules section write 'Load GLX' 6. in /etc/modules write 'NVdriver' 7. Restart :-) If you see an NVIDIA logo splashscreen at boot, you did it right :-))) BAT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Carroll Grigsby Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 2:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] 8.2 and nvidia There is an article at the Mandrake Forum about getting nvidia cards to work under 8.2, including the news that rpms will be available to Club members later this week. If you're in that boat, why not take a look? HTH -- -- cmg --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.332 / Virus Database: 186 - Release Date: 2002. 03. 06. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.332 / Virus Database: 186 - Release Date: 2002. 03. 06. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
AW: [newbie] 8.2 and nvidia
Do those driver work with my guillemont hercules prophet 2 mx ? My mandrake recognized it as a nvidia gforce 2 mx ... - keep the X in your system - -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Im Auftrag von Baka Attila Tamás Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. März 2002 15:28 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: RE: [newbie] 8.2 and nvidia short tutorial (If I remamber right) 1. download the source tar.gz of the nvidia kernel and glx 2. extract them to eg: /home/bat/install/nvidiakernel /home/bat/install/nvidiaglx 3. install them: a) kernel b)GLX in a terminal go to their directory, su and write make install (if i remamber right) 4. Logout, go to terminal mode (ctrl+alt+F1), su 5. in /etc/X11/somethingidontremember/XF86config-4 modify a) 'nv' to 'nvidia' b) in the modules section write 'Load GLX' 6. in /etc/modules write 'NVdriver' 7. Restart :-) If you see an NVIDIA logo splashscreen at boot, you did it right :-))) BAT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Carroll Grigsby Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 2:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] 8.2 and nvidia There is an article at the Mandrake Forum about getting nvidia cards to work under 8.2, including the news that rpms will be available to Club members later this week. If you're in that boat, why not take a look? HTH -- -- cmg --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.332 / Virus Database: 186 - Release Date: 2002. 03. 06. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.332 / Virus Database: 186 - Release Date: 2002. 03. 06. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Fwd: New Bill attempts to regulate hardware, software development]
On Wednesday 27 March 2002 09:15 pm, Kenn Yahoo opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: not to bring up a sore subject, but after last year's presidential election disaster, i'll no longer be surprised at ANYTHING the supreme court decides ... i would second that, but i am sure it would not be counted -- The box said 'Requires Windows 95 or better.' So I installed LINUX shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Crashes unlimited
Title: RE: [newbie] Crashes unlimited -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Baka Attila Tamás Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 6:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Crashes unlimited The bug is probably with the southbridge chip on your motherboard. Too bad you have an AMD CPU :-( The same thing happened to a friend of mine. There is a patch for this somewhere on the net I think. 8.2 works fine with Intel... BAT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of B.O. Jone Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 5:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Crashes unlimited Hi, I wound up here after wondering around in search of a miracle hand over my ailing Mandrake. 8.2 certainly laid a good foundation for linux future development ahead of all other distros. But I have one cripling problem on my system: crashes everywhere. Crashes come during bootup at various points--Loading..., Starting..., etc., but always at a different point. Crashes also come in routine file read/write operations after clicking on a loaded file folder with the Home icon. I have an impression that the new kernel 2.4x, on which 8.x is based, is not yet settled down, especially in file-r/w functions. One clear signal of crash is to see the hd pilot light lit up without blinking. When a crash happens, there is no remedy but to switch off the power and start over. The key presses like ctl-alt-bs/del and Xkill do not function. My question: Is there a way to tweak the kernel (or my machine) settings to smooth over my system--amd k6 300mhz mmx, 130mb ram, read3d starfighter vid card 16mb? Or any other remedy, bettern than waiting for the next version to come out. thanx a mil. ben 8.2 works very well with AMD processors also. The southbridge bug was way over blown IMHO. I have 3 computers running 8.1 and 8.2 no problem. I have to agree with previous post, it sounds like a RAM problem, especially since it occurs at differing times during boot. Check the RAM and let the list know how that turned out. HTH Dennis M.
AW: [newbie] 8.2 and nvidia
http://ftp.hercules.com/video/linux/NVIDIABASED/1.0-1541/readme-v1.0-154 1.txt Everything about those nvidia drivers ... - keep the X in your system - -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Im Auftrag von Baka Attila Tamás Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. März 2002 15:28 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: RE: [newbie] 8.2 and nvidia short tutorial (If I remamber right) 1. download the source tar.gz of the nvidia kernel and glx 2. extract them to eg: /home/bat/install/nvidiakernel /home/bat/install/nvidiaglx 3. install them: a) kernel b)GLX in a terminal go to their directory, su and write make install (if i remamber right) 4. Logout, go to terminal mode (ctrl+alt+F1), su 5. in /etc/X11/somethingidontremember/XF86config-4 modify a) 'nv' to 'nvidia' b) in the modules section write 'Load GLX' 6. in /etc/modules write 'NVdriver' 7. Restart :-) If you see an NVIDIA logo splashscreen at boot, you did it right :-))) BAT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Carroll Grigsby Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 2:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] 8.2 and nvidia There is an article at the Mandrake Forum about getting nvidia cards to work under 8.2, including the news that rpms will be available to Club members later this week. If you're in that boat, why not take a look? HTH -- -- cmg --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.332 / Virus Database: 186 - Release Date: 2002. 03. 06. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.332 / Virus Database: 186 - Release Date: 2002. 03. 06. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Anyone experienced w/ games under linux ?
On Wednesday 27 March 2002 09:29 pm, - vom adi - opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: If got a prophet II mx ... With the gforce 2 MX chipset Games like UT , HalfLife [CS] Quake ? not with that video card, i haven't but halflife and quake run very well thank you. have a glance at http://lhl.linuxgames.com/ http://www.linuxquake.com/ -- Followers of tao are nonconformists. The conventional label our behavior erratic, antisocial, irresponsible, inexplicable, outrageous, even scandalous. We hear other voices than they do. -Deng Ming-Dao shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] squid on single network firewall
Hi guys I just set up SNF on an old machineit loos like from the internal lan I can see the firewall computer for the setup and from the firewall I can see the external lan and the internet ( managed updating all the updatable packages from one of the madrake ftps)...but i cannot see the internet from the internal networkI suppose I have to set up the firewall to work as a proxy as well.the set up of squid works fine till I get to the point of setting up the allowed lan sourcei can inoput a single ip address or a mask or anything but when I press ADDwell nothing gets added to the list of the allowed onescan u please help me?? which is the right format??any suggestion or ideas is very very much appreciated Ciao Maurizio __ Abbonati a Tiscali! Con Tiscali By Phone puoi anche ascoltare ed inviare email al telefono. Chiama Tiscali By Phone all' 892 800http://byphone.tiscali.it Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Crashes unlimited
No, because on the same config debian runs just fine. And not all southbridges are bad, I think only one series. 2 weeks ago I tried to solve the problem... I made a quick serach: http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0106.3/0309.html Do you wanna bet that MDK 8.1 would work? :- BAT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of shane Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 11:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Crashes unlimited On Wednesday 27 March 2002 08:37 pm, Baka Attila Tamás opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: The bug is probably with the southbridge chip on your motherboard. Too bad you have an AMD CPU :-( The same thing happened to a friend of mine. There is a patch for this somewhere on the net I think. 8.2 works fine with Intel... errr, 8.2 is running just fine on this AMD southbridge and all. me thinks tis the RAM as was mentioned earlier. -- Remember, to a tree being useful is a terminal illness. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.332 / Virus Database: 186 - Release Date: 2002. 03. 06. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.332 / Virus Database: 186 - Release Date: 2002. 03. 06. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: COMMUNITY: Re: [newbie] Support? - a Solution ?
Kaj Haulrich wrote: That's funny Carroll, I've got exactly the same shakes. Here in Denmark we have a special word for that kind of language : flosculature (slightly english-ified). I think it translates to something like gobbledygook. Extensively used by business-executives, marketing-gurus, civil-servants in suits and high-ranking desk-weenies. To have the shakes go away immidiately, I just read H.C. Andersen's : The Emperor's new Clothes. Sorry for continuing this thread, which some people seem to object to. I like the (new) word, or maybe some variation of it -- floculant, to me, carries an implied meaning of something like extraneous -- not really required, so I could see extending the definition from goggledygook to something like extraneous gobbleddygook -- gobbleddygook not serving any purpose. (Before I get flamed, in the processes I was involved in (coalmining) -- floculant was an essential element of some of the processes to clean coal.) Perhaps unneccesary or extraneous is already implied in the word? If not, I might adopt the word floculature (without the s) to mean extraneous gobbledygook. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Crashes unlimited
On Wednesday 27 March 2002 08:37 pm, Baka Attila Tamás opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: The bug is probably with the southbridge chip on your motherboard. Too bad you have an AMD CPU :-( The same thing happened to a friend of mine. There is a patch for this somewhere on the net I think. 8.2 works fine with Intel... errr, 8.2 is running just fine on this AMD southbridge and all. me thinks tis the RAM as was mentioned earlier. -- Remember, to a tree being useful is a terminal illness. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Codeweavers announcement (Office under Linux!)
I purchased the Codeweavers crossover app and I'm there mailing list. This just came through, and I'm pretty sure various people would be interested in it so I'm posting it here. ;-) - I am very excited to announce the next product in our CrossOver family of products - CrossOver Office. CrossOver Office will make it possible to install and use popular Windows applications as easily as CrossOver Plugin has made it to use Windows plugins, all without a Microsoft Windows Operating System license. Version 1.0 of CrossOver Office will support Microsoft Office 97, Microsoft Office 2000, and Lotus Notes. We hope to rapidly expand our support throughout the year. We have also made a major change in the way we deliver support to our customers, in the hope that we can serve you better. Specifically, we have built a completely new support infrastructure which means that each customer support email is assigned a ticket, and is tracked through our system. We also are providing a new support web page, http://support.codeweavers.com which provides you with a place to search the support archives and check up on the status of your requests. The new support system, if you sign in (which is optional), allows us to provide you with some further features. First, we can now automatically remail you a full installation download, which we hope will come in handy when you've lost yours or when we have a version upgrade. Second, and we hope importantly, we are offering a special discounted price to all of our current CrossOver Plugin customers - you can buy CrossOver Office for $39.95 instead of $54.95, if you go through the download section of the new support web site. Once again, I want to thank all of you. Working with our customers has been the greatest pleasure we have had these past 9 months. Please let us know if you have any problems or concerns. Cheers, Jeremy ___ announce mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://crossover.codeweavers.com/mailman/listinfo/announce -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] changing the bash prompt
Wally wrote: Is there some sort of web server installed by default? Sorry, I don't know. I have three Linux installations at this point, only one of which has Webmin installed. It also happens to have Apache installed and enabled, and webmin works. Sometime when I get a chance I'll install webmin on one of the boxes without Apache enabled and see whether it works. (On that box I did a which webmin and it wasn't found, but I thought I had installed webmin on that box.) (Not familiar with the https prefix.) The s means it is some sort of secure variation of the http protocol (maybe with something called ssl, which IIUC, is not the same as ssh). Do I need some sort of GUI installed? Maybe -- I tried lynx https://localhost:1; on the box where webmin workd in konqueror and I got a 401 error which I think is Start file could not be found or is not text/html or text/plain. I did this while webmin was running (displayed) in a konqueror window. Randy Kramer I'm not sure that Lynx (if it's there) is a route I want to follow. LIS, I want to learn the system behind webmin in any case - gotta know my way around at the command prompt. When the time comes, I guess I'll use linuxconf for the LAN settings (unless if find the settings files before then...). --- 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] cannot partition
That is essentially what I've done, only I bought Ghost for the purpose of not having to reinstall windows. And I still have windows on the 12 GB incase someting goes wrong, but using them both is not an option right now. I would just like to be able to repartition the new drive and finally get linux running on it! From: Wally [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] cannot partition Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 03:37:04 - - Original Message - From: Blood Slap [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've tried defragging multiple times in windows with rearrange files so my programs start faster turned off and on, but I get the same problem, so I will look for other defragmenting apps that might help, also partitioning software. A reinstall is worth considering... Assemble the disks you will recquire and copy essential settings (email servers and the like) into a text file. Wipe the new drive and set up your Windows partition. Install Windows, drivers, and the apps you use. Add the old drive to the same computer (set jumpers as neccessary) and copy your data onto the new drive. (Or use a CD burner if you have one.) When you set up email and the like, copy'n'paste from the text file. If you want to retain stuff like email folders, favourites, etc, it can usually be done although the method can be Win version dependent. Don't wipe the old drive for as long as you can avoid doing so - keep it for the purpose of restoring stuff that you might have missed. Although you might want to get a decent defragger at some point, this method defrags for free, gets rid of all those apps that got tried out once and were left lying, and doesn't take too long unless the app-count is high. About an evening, tops. When you're done, back up the user settings directories before the temp internet files folders are full of junk (faster copy). 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
Re: [newbie] changing the bash prompt
Wally wrote: - Original Message - From: Carroll Grigsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] My main problem with man is that I have to know the name of the command in order to access the man file. Well, there's a bunch of commands with not-always-intuitive names and I don't have the sharpest memory. I'm trying to address the same (similar) problem(s) by using a wiki (actually TWiki). I've created a page now called SearchingText (and dedicated it to Carroll Grigsby). Try going to http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/WebSearch and try the following searches: * simple search, check topic name and search for searchingtext, search, searching, or text. * simple search, check topic text and search for the same terms As stated on the SearchingText page, twiki.org is indexed by Google, so after twiki.org is indexed by Google (one to two months on current cycles), you could search Google for this page, including using the site qualifier site:twiki.org as part of the search query. If I learn how, I will try to get Google to index the site more frequently, assuming I can do so on a no cost basis -- otherwise I may look for sponsors of some sort. One of my points is this -- a wiki is a collaborative tool. Anyone who registers (you need to pick a wiki name, a password, and specify the country you are from, IIRC), can register and then edit or add pages. If you think this is a useful effort, feel free to register and participate. Eventually I plan to move WikiLearn to it's own site on sourceforge -- if anyone wants to help in that effort, take a look at http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/WikiLearnToDos. Randy Kramer What I'd like to see is a browsable front end. Not a GUI deal, just some text-mode screen that uses handy things like the arrow/esc/enter keys to let one move around dirs and files, letting one do useful stuff like 'read docs', 'get quick help', 'install', 'run', etc. Plenty of such stuff like that for DOS, but I don't think I've seen similar mentioned amongst linux people. Another problem is that it can be bewildering when there are so many choices for a given app (like text editors). On the MD8.1 download, they're just dumped into a single RPMs directory - how on earth is a newbie supposed to manage when the app he might or might not want is buried somewhere in a list of 2000 files? With an all-too-often obscure xmc3-2.11-mightworkifyou'relucky.rpm file name. One solution that I've found useful is the Linux Cookbook -- available on paper and also online at www.nostarch.com. It's task oriented, so that if I want to search for a specific bit of text, and I can't remember whether I should use grep (or is it gerp? grope?) or some other tool, a few minutes scanning the chapter on searching text gets me pointed in the right direction. I'll have a look. Was at the local computer mega-store today (getting the modem) and had a look at their linux books. I didn't really feel that any of them fitted the bill - quite a few based around RedHat 7.x, but I'm not sure how relevant that would be to Mandrake 8.1. --- 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] changing the bash prompt
PS to Carroll: If you prefer not to have your name listed on the referenced page, let me know, or, register and edit the page yourself (http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/SearchingText). Aside: Maybe I should name the page LinuxCommandsForSearchingForText, or something similar. regards, Randy Kramer Randy Kramer wrote: Wally wrote: - Original Message - From: Carroll Grigsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] My main problem with man is that I have to know the name of the command in order to access the man file. Well, there's a bunch of commands with not-always-intuitive names and I don't have the sharpest memory. I'm trying to address the same (similar) problem(s) by using a wiki (actually TWiki). I've created a page now called SearchingText (and dedicated it to Carroll Grigsby). Try going to http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/WebSearch and try the following searches: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT CHEER UP Femme :)
Hanan Shargi wrote: As for those who are charged for their connection by the BITs and BYTES,,, uum ,,, perhaps its time for them to switch ISP's ??? As someone else has mentioned, people in foreign countries don't necessarily have any option available that allows free unlimited download from the Internet. See http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/MeteredInternetAccess for some examples of the costs involved in a few situations. (I welcome additions to this list -- it may help we Americans remember that not everybody has the same advantages that we take for granted. Since it is a wiki, you can edit and add pages yourself. Don't worry too much about format -- a wiki is a collaborative environment, and most likely someone will be around to fix the format if appropriate.)) Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] squid on single network firewall
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: %_Hi guys I just set up SNF on an old machineit loos like from the internal lan I can see the firewall computer for the setup and from the firewall I can see the external lan and the internet ( managed updating all the updatable packages from one of the madrake ftps)...but i cannot see the internet from the internal networkI suppose I have to set up the firewall to work as a proxy as well.the set up of squid works fine till I get to the point of setting up the allowed lan sourcei can inoput a single ip address or a mask or anything but when I press ADDwell nothing gets added to the list of the allowed onescan u please help me?? which is the right format??any suggestion or ideas is very very much appreciated Ciao Maurizio Well u are going to have to use NAT and ipvforwarding What kind of a computer did you put SNF on (CPU - Memory) Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com New Haven, CT United States of America Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] changing the bash prompt
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Randy Kramer wrote: %_Wally wrote: Is there some sort of web server installed by default? Sorry, I don't know. I have three Linux installations at this point, only one of which has Webmin installed. It also happens to have Apache installed and enabled, and webmin works. Sometime when I get a chance I'll install webmin on one of the boxes without Apache enabled and see whether it works. (On that box I did a which webmin and it wasn't found, but I thought I had installed webmin on that box.) No a web server is not installed by default, Unless you actually select it to be installed. -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com New Haven, CT United States of America Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] What programs are you looking for?
skinky wrote: I dont even know what a wiki or TWiki is! I know you've mentioned this several times on list for other reasons but never got around to looking it up - although I've been to your site a few times. In case it's not clear, my site is a wiki (TWiki). Anyone who registers can edit any of the existing pages or create new pages. Editing uses a simple markup language, but you can start by just entering plain text. Anyone can read and search the site. Hope that gives you an overview. Randy Kramer BTW, your instructions at your site on rsyncing a large file certainly prevented me from tearing ALL of my hair out a day or two ago. Don't think I would have figured that one without help! Thanks Randy and others who contributed! You're welcome -- glad it helped -- that's the intent! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [OT] Posting style [was: Re: [newbie] I'm Locked Out!]
Femme Fatale has helped me with a couple problems, and I've enjoyed reading her posts. In fact, I usually just delete posts that have subjects that don't interest me, but a couple times I've checked in because I saw Femme had replied. Once or twice, that's led to me helping someone that I wouldn't have otherwise. I find in each of the groups and lists I frequent, you get people who just have to try to quash any posts that aren't 100% on topic, especially if the off topic bit is fun (interestingly, they always - *always* - claim to get emailed support off-list). Rog, those are called list nazis. ;) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] proftpd configuration
How do you add users to be able to connect to my ftp server? are these already existing users on your system, or are they users apart from your system such as remote users that would be connecting from outside your local lan? 1) if they're users that already exist on your system then simply editing the /etc/proftpd.conf file is all that is needed. 2) if they are remote users that do not have a login on your machine then you will have to create a login for them, i.e. make a userID for them on that machine as well as a groupID and then add them to the Proftd config. Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] changing the bash prompt
On Wednesday 27 March 2002 10:54 am, Randy Kramer wrote: PS to Carroll: If you prefer not to have your name listed on the referenced page, let me know, or, register and edit the page yourself (http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/SearchingText). Aside: Maybe I should name the page LinuxCommandsForSearchingForText, or something similar. regards, Randy Kramer Randy: No problem. I've been associated with wacky plenty of times, but wiki is a whole new experience. --- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cannot partition
- Original Message - From: Michael Kovary [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 10:15 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] cannot partition I just tried FIPS, and I keep getting an error message telling me that the partition tables don't match or something to that effect. So right now I running a surface scan to see if it can correct any problems, (don't know if it will do any good at all) which might be done by the time I wake up in the morning. Michael, I just a new Dell box with XP on a 40GB drive. The way I did it was knowing that resizing with Diskdrake would likely wipe out some needed files on the XP system I ran the Mandrake install. (Being VERY sure to make a boot floppy during the install) Did all the partition resizing, installed Mandrake and then reinstalled XP on the same drive. Worked like a charm. When I was finished with the XP reinstall I booted back into Mandrake with the boot floppy and re-ran lilo to reinstall the bootloader to the front of the drive and everything works just as it's supposed to. By the way..it took only 23 minutes to install Mandrake and be able to run it and get some stuff done. The XP reinstall took almost an hour which included reformatting the windows partition and all that needs to be done. I don't know yet if Mandrake can see the NTFS partition, but I do know that the kernel supports that. Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Now I've done it....
At 02:52 PM 3/26/02 -0300, you wrote: El mar, 26-03-2002 a las 13:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: I'm dual booting mdk 8.1 on two different drives - or I was... I tried to re-install 8.1 (on hdb) - Formatted root and /boot leaving /home alone and chose no packages. ==snip=== Curt, yes, that LI-- means your boot sector is not working right. to fix it, you gotta rewrite hda's boot sector. boot rescue mode and run lilo ( /sbin/lilo ). that should do it. HTH Damian Damian, Unfortunately not... It looked like it rewrote LILO - it added vmlinuz, etc but I got this mesage : Warning BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible. On re-booting it hung at LI again. insert 1st cd rescue mode chroot \mnt --to simulate your system init 5 ---graphic mode go to control center and reinstall lilo. hope to help afonso Afonso, After chroot /mnt I ran init 5 and got INIT: Switching to runlevel : 5 INIT: Sending process the TERM signal I let it sit for 10 min or so - the cursor sat below the above, blinking until I shut it down. Also tried re-install again - thanks Brian - It wouldn't let me choose upgrade - I chose /boot to be formatted. A message told me: I can't read your partition table it's too corrupted for me :( I can try to go on blanking bad partitions (All DATA will be lost) The other solution is to modify the partition table. (The error is no normal partition in extended partition) I chose not to lose all data and continued but on re-booting - hung at LI again. Also tried installing 8.2 after switching to boot from the cd but it didn't seem to see the cd and hung at LI once more Have I run out of options? Curt Just found Femme's suggestion. I'm off to try it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.306 / Virus Database: 166 - Release Date: 12/4/01 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Linux User Groups
Hello Everyone, I have been talking with several people about starting up a Linux user group in Hiram, GA. This is my plan so far. 1. Teach people to use Linux. 2. Build computers with Linux installed and set them up for local schools so they will have computers and internet server for free. 3. Learn to program free software for Linux. My question is that I'm not sure how to get this started or if this is something that people would like to see happen. Any help on this would be appreciated. Thanks Bill Nash.
[newbie] try again: Kernel problem in 8.2
Like others I have a problem with the 8.2 kernel. My problem is that whenever I access the internet the computer either crashes hard or spontaneously reboots. I access my ISP fine and the page starts loading and then crash. My system logs say nothing except restart. It must be a kernel problem because I have been running 8.1 with no problems. I have reinstalled 8.2 twice with exactly the same problem- I even downloaded the kernel separately from the net and it still had the same problem. What I am doing now is running 8.2 with the 8.1 kernel and there seem to be no problems (except that galeon keeps crashing). My system is an Athlon 1000 Tbird on an Epox KTA2 board. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux User Groups
On March 27, 2002 10:33 am, William R. Nash sent these bytes to ponder: Hello Everyone, I have been talking with several people about starting up a Linux user group in Hiram, GA. This is my plan so far. 1. Teach people to use Linux. 2. Build computers with Linux installed and set them up for local schools so they will have computers and internet server for free. 3. Learn to program free software for Linux. My question is that I'm not sure how to get this started or if this is something that people would like to see happen. Any help on this would be appreciated. Thanks Bill Nash. This should help: http://www.ssc.com:8080/glue/ -- Charlie Edmonton. AB., Canada Linux MDK 8.1 and kernel 2.4.8.1-34.1mdk Registered user 244963 at Linux Counter 10:56am up 2 days, 18:29, 2 users, load average: 1.46, 1.21, 1.11 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux User Groups
Also: This page http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Linux/User_Groups/North_America/United_States/Georgia/ -- Charlie Edmonton. AB., Canada Linux MDK 8.1 and kernel 2.4.8.1-34.1mdk Registered user 244963 at Linux Counter 11:00am up 2 days, 18:33, 2 users, load average: 1.28, 1.21, 1.12 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Fwd: New Bill attempts to regulate hardware, software development]
I know, the bloody thing puts it there automatically. But the email service is good, and well, it didn't used to be Microsoft! :) James Did you know your post is carrying a MS advert? Thanks, I needed that. *chuckle* Lee On Wednesday 27 March 2002 05:09 am, you wrote: I don't really understand the furor over this bill. It is obviously grossly unconstitutional and, even if it passes, will not withstand the court cases and the Supreme Court. The only thing it's going to succeed in doing is getting Senator Hollings kicked out of Congress (and any of those that vote for this package). Let them kiss their own a**es good-bye, it'll be fun to watch their political careers go down in flames! James _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. -- Registered Linux abuser #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 _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] What programs are you looking for?
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Randy Kramer wrote: %_skinky wrote: I dont even know what a wiki or TWiki is! I know you've mentioned this several times on list for other reasons but never got around to looking it up - although I've been to your site a few times. In case it's not clear, my site is a wiki (TWiki). Anyone who registers can edit any of the existing pages or create new pages. Editing uses a simple markup language, but you can start by just entering plain text. Anyone can read and search the site. Hope that gives you an overview. Randy Kramer BTW, your instructions at your site on rsyncing a large file certainly prevented me from tearing ALL of my hair out a day or two ago. Don't think I would have figured that one without help! Thanks Randy and others who contributed! You're welcome -- glad it helped -- that's the intent! Where are these instructions for rsync? -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com New Haven, CT United States of America Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Now I've done it....
At 04:51 PM 3/26/02 -0700, you wrote: Hi Femme! When you say it should take me to the CLI prompt, are you referring to the rescue disk? Also, being barely familiar with CLI, I'm not sure what commands/options to use to get to /lilo.conf I tried saying ~ man 8 mount ~ but it said no such file or directory. It should take you to a CLI prompt. From there, edit the lilo.conf file to point to hdab instead of hda. type sbin/lilo again its done I believe. If that fails well...ever heard the saying you're reinstalling ? :) Femme -- Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.306 / Virus Database: 166 - Release Date: 12/4/01 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] I'm Locked Out!
Title: RE: [newbie] I'm Locked Out! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of sda Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 10:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] I'm Locked Out! On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 04:53:48AM -0500, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Alrighty. A wise man once told me that griping the griper was unproductive. To that wise man, I now offer my apologies, and the offering that this exchange is in no way an attempt to disrespect his advice. Obviously you don't listen then... I've been taking note of this exchange for some time now, and since I feel like I've pretty well grokked it, I'm going to lay down my wooden nickel's worth. Since it's a free country and a list-of-liberty and all. Oh I bet you have - since I dusted you last time, want to take a poke now eh? My first observation is that, Steve, you're an asshole. You love to wallow in your own mental feces. I don't know what your personal problems are, but this list and the female members are not your psychologic dumping ground. Hey I might be an asshole, but I'm not a stupid one like you appear to come across as... Now if you've got something like this to say to any female on the list, ( being as concerned about bandwidth as you are )my second observation is that you have the option to go private. You did not do this. Now where I come from, if you walk up to somebody's girlfriend or wife and say something like what you've said below to them, you end up with a black eye and checking out the taste of the local dirt. But of course you're not going to go private with shit like you've said below, are you? Because your true aim is not to correct what you propagandize as OT's or bandwidth transgressions. Your true aim is to hurt and embarrass Femme to maximum effect; everything else is just a shield or an excuse. Lack of a private exchange is irrefutable evidence, since a private exchange in your case would have been setting an example for OT's or bandwidth transgressions. No some things need to be said, and I've received quite a bit of encouragement from others on this list who found many of her posts inappropriate for a technical forum. I just don't care for the cutesy aspect of a young woman flirting on an adult list. I have several friends in law enforcement and one with the horsemen [RCMP]. Over time they've remarked when investigating cybercrime, specifically older men caught seducing young girls online, that often these men thought they were talking to women considerably older. These seem policemen mentioned that one of the problems they have to deal with is that women often chat like young teenage girls online - vis-a-vis some of the exchanges I've seen on this list with unowho. I just wish to put an end to some of this nonsense, women shouldn't flirt with strange men in real life, so why should it be considered proper in an online forum, especially one like this one? Something I hope you fellas consider before thinking you're defending a damsel in distress. Methinks she has probably a few issues to deal with and finding them here is NOT appropriate. I'll tell you this though; if this list was a party or a get together and we were all together in person, I know for a fact that you would not have been as courageous as you've been below with your female target. You may be an asshole, but you're not stupid. No I'm not stupid and but I realize you like to jump to conclusions - whatever floats yer boat. Swim on. -- -^- -^- ? ? Steve ^ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' ` I would suggest that it is time to let this thread die. There are enough other things to address than this type of thing. If you don't like the way some one posts or participates put a filter on. Length of time on the list has little to do with how a post is made. I have been on the list for about 2years now, I find that it is community and that for the most part it is made up of people trying to help others or looking for help. I've been both and I don,t mind adding a little humor to my posts (some might say very little humor). Tongue in cheek is ok too. So folks let's just let it lay for now. Thanks. Dennis M.
Re: [newbie] Now I've done it....
El mié, 27-03-2002 a las 14:32, Curt Tresenriter escribió: At 02:52 PM 3/26/02 -0300, you wrote: El mar, 26-03-2002 a las 13:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: I'm dual booting mdk 8.1 on two different drives - or I was... I tried to re-install 8.1 (on hdb) - Formatted root and /boot leaving /home alone and chose no packages. ==snip=== Curt, yes, that LI-- means your boot sector is not working right. to fix it, you gotta rewrite hda's boot sector. boot rescue mode and run lilo ( /sbin/lilo ). that should do it. HTH Damian Damian, Unfortunately not... It looked like it rewrote LILO - it added vmlinuz, etc but I got this mesage : Warning BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible. On re-booting it hung at LI again. insert 1st cd rescue mode chroot \mnt --to simulate your system init 5 ---graphic mode go to control center and reinstall lilo. hope to help afonso Afonso, After chroot /mnt I ran init 5 and got INIT: Switching to runlevel : 5 INIT: Sending process the TERM signal I let it sit for 10 min or so - the cursor sat below the above, blinking until I shut it down. Also tried re-install again - thanks Brian - It wouldn't let me choose upgrade - I chose /boot to be formatted. A message told me: I can't read your partition table it's too corrupted for me :( I can try to go on blanking bad partitions (All DATA will be lost) The other solution is to modify the partition table. (The error is no normal partition in extended partition) I chose not to lose all data and continued but on re-booting - hung at LI again. Also tried installing 8.2 after switching to boot from the cd but it didn't seem to see the cd and hung at LI once more Have I run out of options? Curt one thing on your side when this kind of problem appears, you are never out of options. it looks like the installation can't find a primary partition on that disk. try entering the installation, and on the bar at the left which shows in what stage of the installation you are, click on boot loader or anything that is past the packages installation. this way you don't touch your system in any way, but the installer will try to find which OSses you got installed and will reconfigure your MBR and boot loader. anyway, if you can access partitions ( you don't need to be able to boot them ) you can redo the partitioning without erasing any data. if i understand correctly, you have two HD's, right? boot in rescue mode and go into midnight commander ( the command is mc ) backup your data from one disk to the other. then redo all partitioning of the backed-up disk from scratch. then restore the data you backed up. later, you can do the same on the other. the one that you used as a back-up will be the one backed-up, and repartition it. you can use the dd command to make exact copies of the data contained in one partition. anyway this is the hard way to do it, maybe you can fix your problem without re-doing all your partitions.. good luck Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6.0
El mar, 26-03-2002 a las 08:48, ed tharp escribió: snip i don't think it is yet out from sun, so you won't find it. if you wish to join as a silver member at the mandrake users club you can get it and much more, but it will set you back $120 Really? I am a silver member, but when I joined I saw a thing that said the benifits were the same for all club members, reguardless of level of membershiip. has that changed? yes it has, ed. someone from mandrake, according to what i've been reading, recently said that benifits were the same for all club members, reguardless of level of membershiip. was missing a last part: at the moment i'm not sure where you can find the article, but if you search for it on linux-mandrake.com, you will find it, it's pretty new. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: [newbie] squid on single network firewall
it's a p166mhz with 64 mega RAM it should be alright at least reading the system requirements. CHeers Mauri -- Messaggio Originale -- On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: %_Hi guys I just set up SNF on an old machineit loos like from the internal lan I can see the firewall computer for the setup and from the firewall I can see the external lan and the internet ( managed updating all the updatable packages from one of the madrake ftps)...but i cannot see the internet from the internal networkI suppose I have to set up the firewall to work as a proxy as well.the set up of squid works fine till I get to the point of setting up the allowed lan sourcei can inoput a single ip address or a mask or anything but when I press ADDwell nothing gets added to the list of the allowed onescan u please help me?? which is the right format??any suggestion or ideas is very very much appreciated Ciao Maurizio Well u are going to have to use NAT and ipvforwarding What kind of a computer did you put SNF on (CPU - Memory) Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com New Haven, CT United States of America __ Abbonati a Tiscali! Con Tiscali By Phone puoi anche ascoltare ed inviare email al telefono. Chiama Tiscali By Phone all' 892 800http://byphone.tiscali.it Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cannot partition
El mié, 27-03-2002 a las 14:29, daRcmaTTeR escribió: - Original Message - From: Michael Kovary [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 10:15 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] cannot partition I just tried FIPS, and I keep getting an error message telling me that the partition tables don't match or something to that effect. So right now I running a surface scan to see if it can correct any problems, (don't know if it will do any good at all) which might be done by the time I wake up in the morning. Michael, I just a new Dell box with XP on a 40GB drive. The way I did it was knowing that resizing with Diskdrake would likely wipe out some needed files on the XP system I ran the Mandrake install. (Being VERY sure to make a boot floppy during the install) Did all the partition resizing, installed Mandrake and then reinstalled XP on the same drive. Worked like a charm. When I was finished with the XP reinstall I booted back into Mandrake with the boot floppy and re-ran lilo to reinstall the bootloader to the front of the drive and everything works just as it's supposed to. By the way..it took only 23 minutes to install Mandrake and be able to run it and get some stuff done. The XP reinstall took almost an hour which included reformatting the windows partition and all that needs to be done. I don't know yet if Mandrake can see the NTFS partition, but I do know that the kernel supports that. Mark what i know may be already old, but when XP came out, we couldn't mount it's ntfs partitions because it's slightly different from the prior versions and it doesn't work. if you want to mount ntfs in linux, you don't have to let XP installer make it's own ntfs. make one yourself with partition magic, or diskdrake, or whatever and then put XP on it again, this may already be solved. i honestly dunno. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux User Groups
* William R. Nash [EMAIL PROTECTED] [020327 11:42]: I have been talking with several people about starting up a Linux user group in Hiram, GA. This is my plan so far. 1. Teach people to use Linux. 2. Build computers with Linux installed and set them up for local schools so they will have computers and internet server for free. Check out the Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) at http://ltsp.org/ It works great with Mandrake. We are promoting it (and Linux) in Belize, and trying to get a Belize Linux User Group going. http://linux.bz/ We figure between hardware and software savings we can save a school about 2/3 the cost of going the Billy-way. 3. Learn to program free software for Linux. My question is that I'm not sure how to get this started or if this is something that people would like to see happen. Any help on this would be appreciated. Thanks Bill Nash. Google is your friend. Search for Linux user groups and you'll get LOTS of stuff. There's even a howto or two that apply, and an organization or two. -- Jan Wilson, SysAdmin _/*]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Corozal Junior College | |:' corozal.com corozal.bz Corozal Town, Belize | /' chetumal.com linux.bz Reg. Linux user #151611 |_/ Network, SQL, Perl, HTML Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] changing the bash prompt
Carroll, Thanks for the response! Carroll Grigsby wrote: No problem. I've been associated with wacky plenty of times, but wiki is a whole new experience. Me too (wacky), but I think you'll find wiki is a little different ;-) Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] System slowdown
I was curious if anyone experienced anything like this using Mandrake, and knew how to fix it. I'm running Mandrake 8.2 with the KDE windows enviornment that comes packaged with it, on a 1.2ghz AMD Thunderbird processor, a GeForce MX-200 video card, 256 RAM, and a Mainboard motherboard. I only installed Mandrake a few days ago, and since then I've had problems with it crashing programmes as it loads them, as in it starts loading them, and then while it's attempting to load them, it doesn't quite manage to do so and the programme just closes, and after that it seems as if my computer has slowed down, and the more times it happens, the worse it gets, each time a program doesn't quite load, my system gets slower, and there are more programmes that it happens with. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT CHEER UP Femme :)
On Wednesday 27 March 2002 18:00, Randy Kramer wrote: Hanan Shargi wrote: As for those who are charged for their connection by the BITs and BYTES,,, uum ,,, perhaps its time for them to switch ISP's ??? As someone else has mentioned, people in foreign countries don't necessarily have any option available that allows free unlimited download from the Internet. And we should remember that in most countries, local calls are not free as they are in America. I have a free Internet connection, but until recently it was going through my normal phone line, charged at the normal phone rate (and Turkey apparently has the highest phone charges in Europe). OTOH, we should keep things in proportion. A text e-mail is usually around 1K (this one is 750 bytes so far). Even a small JPEG image is at least 5K, and a decent-sized one can be 50-100K. Opening a typical web page with a couple of banner ads is going to take up at least 30K (unless you disble graphics or use lynx, of course!). IMHO, the real wasters of bandwidth are not people who make irrelevant posts, they are people who spam you with graphic-heavy HTML mails, and well-intentioned friends who think you might find the attached 1.5M powerpoint slideshow amusing. Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6.0
On Wednesday 27 March 2002 18:40, Damian wrote: El mar, 26-03-2002 a las 08:48, ed tharp escribió: snip i don't think it is yet out from sun, so you won't find it. if you wish to join as a silver member at the mandrake users club you can get it and much more, but it will set you back $120 Really? I am a silver member, but when I joined I saw a thing that said the benifits were the same for all club members, reguardless of level of membershiip. has that changed? yes it has, ed. someone from mandrake, according to what i've been reading, recently said that benifits were the same for all club members, reguardless of level of membershiip. was missing a last part: at the moment i'm not sure where you can find the article, but if you search for it on linux-mandrake.com, you will find it, it's pretty new. Damian Before anyone upgrades their Mandrake Club membership to get hold of Star Office 6.0 you might like to check out this review comparing it to OpenOffice http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/03/25/013225tid=3 (BTW: Contrary to what the article says printing to pdf with OpenOffice is a breeze with Mandrake 8.2. Just use CUPS, and OO can then print to a pdf pseudo printer) derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cannot partition
I just tried FIPS, and I keep getting an error message telling me that the partition tables don't match or something to that effect. So right now I running a surface scan to see if it can correct any problems, (don't know if it will do any good at all) which might be done by the time I wake up in the morning. Michael, I just a new Dell box with XP on a 40GB drive. The way I did it was knowing that resizing with Diskdrake would likely wipe out some needed files on the XP system I ran the Mandrake install. (Being VERY sure to make a boot floppy during the install) Did all the partition resizing, installed Mandrake and then reinstalled XP on the same drive. Worked like a charm. When I was finished with the XP reinstall I booted back into Mandrake with the boot floppy and re-ran lilo to reinstall the bootloader to the front of the drive and everything works just as it's supposed to. By the way..it took only 23 minutes to install Mandrake and be able to run it and get some stuff done. The XP reinstall took almost an hour which included reformatting the windows partition and all that needs to be done. I don't know yet if Mandrake can see the NTFS partition, but I do know that the kernel supports that. Mark what i know may be already old, but when XP came out, we couldn't mount it's ntfs partitions because it's slightly different from the prior versions and it doesn't work. if you want to mount ntfs in linux, you don't have to let XP installer make it's own ntfs. make one yourself with partition magic, or diskdrake, or whatever and then put XP on it again, this may already be solved. i honestly dunno. Damian Damian You're probably correct about that as I've not yet attempted to read the Windows partition from Mandrake. And if it wouldn't cooperate thats ok too cause most of my attention will be spent in getting Samba to accept a second machine being added to it's network. Personally I think administrating Novell Netware is easier then Samba. Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OMG u have to see this!!!
vvv click here vvv http://www.shortnews.com/shownews.cfm?id=19643u_id=8242 _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] HELP: File System Errors
I've got an ugly problem. When I boot my computer I get a message saying File System Errors, would you like to fix this problem In the Graphical startup, I get what looks like two buttons at the bottom of the screen saying Yes or No, but I can't do antyhing w/ them. When I boot into failsafe, I can get to a prompt, but if I type in fsch (is this the command), nothing happens. I get the same question would you like to fix this error. When I type Yes, I get a message saying that it failed. How do I fix this? Thanks, Paul __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Publish kernel status in HTML?
Barry Michels wrote: Great! Exactly what I was looking for more. Thanks, You're welcome! Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Fwd: New Bill attempts to regulate hardware,software development]
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, James Thomas wrote: I know, the bloody thing puts it there automatically. But the email service is good, and well, it didn't used to be Microsoft! :) James And it's not totally out of place in this case...M$ is as against the bill as we are, or so I read... Did you know your post is carrying a MS advert? Thanks, I needed that. *chuckle* Lee On Wednesday 27 March 2002 05:09 am, you wrote: I don't really understand the furor over this bill. It is obviously grossly unconstitutional and, even if it passes, will not withstand the court cases and the Supreme Court. The only thing it's going to succeed in doing is getting Senator Hollings kicked out of Congress (and any of those that vote for this package). Let them kiss their own a**es good-bye, it'll be fun to watch their political careers go down in flames! James _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. -- Registered Linux abuser #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 _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Java path for Konqueror.
Doh... I've just realised that twice today I have given you bad information. Deleting kdeglobals fixes the problem when your fonts go all weird in KDE, not the konqueror thing. My apologies... To fix the konqueror not starting up issue you have to delete /home/youruser/.kde/share/config/konquerorrc Deleting this file will lose all your konqueror preferences fonts etc. It will not delete your bookmarks, or affect your mails, but if you are nervous just rename the file. You could then change it back again later if you wished. Strange that you do not see the 'Netscape Plugins' page under KDEControlCenterWebBrowsing It ought to appear as soon as you install the RPM. Which version of kdebase-nsplugins did you install? Does the version number match your installed version of KDE? It was made for Mandrake wasn't it? Sorry for giving you bad info,, but at least now you know what to do if KDE suddenly starts to not find some fonts ;-) derek On Wednesday 27 March 2002 22:03, Seedkum Aladeem wrote: Will I lose my bookmarks and my kmail addresses and old emails? That is all what I am worried about. BTW, I do not see any new entry called 'Netscape Plugins' or a button called 'Scan for new plugins' or a 'scan for new plugins at startup' box. I am able to get to the Konqueror browser settings through the KDE configuration menus. I do not need to have Konqueror running to do that. Seedkum On Wednesday 27 March 2002 01:26 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: Thats the problem I mentioned when you have the 'Scan for plugins at startup' checkbox set. You do not have to uninstall. To fix the problem just delete the hidden file /home/youruser/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals On the next login KDE will recreate it again and konq should then load up. Warning- You will lose your desktop wallpaper/themes etc when you delete that file, so you will have to set up your desktop again. derek On Wednesday 27 March 2002 20:55, Seedkum Aladeem wrote: Hi Derek, I installed the rpm and rebooted. Now Konqueror does not come up any more. Whenever I clik an a Konqueror icon I can see it on the task bar trying to come up but then it fails to come up. If I try to start konqueror from the command line in a terminal window, nothing happens. No error message gets listd and I can see a konqueror process listed when I do a ps. Consequently, my system now qualifies as broken. Should I uninstall konqueror using the software manager and then install it again? will this work? Seedkum On Wednesday 27 March 2002 04:30 am, Derek Jennings wrote: I have both Netscape and Mozilla installed. I searched for the kdelinbs-nsplugins rpm mentioned below on both rpmfind and tuxfinder but it could not be found. Is there a typo error in the rpm name? Thanks, Seedkum Doh.. Sorry My mistake .Problem between keyboard and brain.. The RPM is kdebase-nsplugins and it is on your Mandrake distribution CD, For some reason in 8.1 it is not installed by default, although in 8.2 it is. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[OT] was: Re: [newbie] I'm Locked Out!
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 11:40:16 -0500 sda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: big_snip Over time they've remarked when investigating cybercrime, specifically older men caught seducing young girls online, that often these men thought they were talking to women considerably older. These seem policemen mentioned that one of the problems they have to deal with is that women often chat like young teenage girls online - vis-a-vis some of the exchanges I've seen on this list with unowho. I just wish to put an end to some of this nonsense, women shouldn't flirt with strange men in real life, so why should it be considered proper in an online forum, especially one like this one? Something I hope you fellas consider before thinking you're defending a damsel in distress. Methinks she has probably a few issues to deal with and finding them here is NOT appropriate. women shouldn't flirt with strange men in real life you say? You mean it's OK for men to flirt with strange women (or men :) ) , and with 'strange' you mean what?? Ever heard of 'human rights' ;) I'll tell you this though; if this list was a party or a get together and we were all together in person, I know for a fact that you would not have been as courageous as you've been below with your female target. You may be an asshole, but you're not stupid. No I'm not stupid and but I realize you like to jump to conclusions - whatever floats yer boat. Swim on. -Frans Btw, I just read Dennis.R.Myers's post, I agree ;) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Java path for Konqueror.
I have LM8.1 running and the rpm came from the 8.1 CDs! Do you want me to do more trouble shooting before I delete that file? There always was a plugins tab because I installed Mozilla (and Netscape) with the 8.1 install; but not Netscape Pligins or any of those other buttons/checkboxes you mentioned. Seedkum On Wednesday 27 March 2002 03:07 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: Doh... I've just realised that twice today I have given you bad information. Deleting kdeglobals fixes the problem when your fonts go all weird in KDE, not the konqueror thing. My apologies... To fix the konqueror not starting up issue you have to delete /home/youruser/.kde/share/config/konquerorrc Deleting this file will lose all your konqueror preferences fonts etc. It will not delete your bookmarks, or affect your mails, but if you are nervous just rename the file. You could then change it back again later if you wished. Strange that you do not see the 'Netscape Plugins' page under KDEControlCenterWebBrowsing It ought to appear as soon as you install the RPM. Which version of kdebase-nsplugins did you install? Does the version number match your installed version of KDE? It was made for Mandrake wasn't it? Sorry for giving you bad info,, but at least now you know what to do if KDE suddenly starts to not find some fonts ;-) derek On Wednesday 27 March 2002 22:03, Seedkum Aladeem wrote: Will I lose my bookmarks and my kmail addresses and old emails? That is all what I am worried about. BTW, I do not see any new entry called 'Netscape Plugins' or a button called 'Scan for new plugins' or a 'scan for new plugins at startup' box. I am able to get to the Konqueror browser settings through the KDE configuration menus. I do not need to have Konqueror running to do that. Seedkum On Wednesday 27 March 2002 01:26 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: Thats the problem I mentioned when you have the 'Scan for plugins at startup' checkbox set. You do not have to uninstall. To fix the problem just delete the hidden file /home/youruser/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals On the next login KDE will recreate it again and konq should then load up. Warning- You will lose your desktop wallpaper/themes etc when you delete that file, so you will have to set up your desktop again. derek On Wednesday 27 March 2002 20:55, Seedkum Aladeem wrote: Hi Derek, I installed the rpm and rebooted. Now Konqueror does not come up any more. Whenever I clik an a Konqueror icon I can see it on the task bar trying to come up but then it fails to come up. If I try to start konqueror from the command line in a terminal window, nothing happens. No error message gets listd and I can see a konqueror process listed when I do a ps. Consequently, my system now qualifies as broken. Should I uninstall konqueror using the software manager and then install it again? will this work? Seedkum On Wednesday 27 March 2002 04:30 am, Derek Jennings wrote: I have both Netscape and Mozilla installed. I searched for the kdelinbs-nsplugins rpm mentioned below on both rpmfind and tuxfinder but it could not be found. Is there a typo error in the rpm name? Thanks, Seedkum Doh.. Sorry My mistake .Problem between keyboard and brain.. The RPM is kdebase-nsplugins and it is on your Mandrake distribution CD, For some reason in 8.1 it is not installed by default, although in 8.2 it is. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: COMMUNITY: Re: [newbie] Support? - a Solution ?
On Wednesday 27 March 2002 03:13 pm, you wrote: Kaj, Thanks for the response -- looks like flosculature will do the job. ;-) regards, Randy Kramer Kaj Haulrich wrote: Yes, Randy. In danish a floskel is some buzzword that talkative,unconscious people repeat over and over again, whenever they are short of real arguments. They tend to think it makes them look intelligent. To them, silence is unthinkable. Floculant in engineering or chemical terms is a material in water or more importantly sewage treatment that clumps very small particles together to get them to have enough mass to settle out of the liquid carrier. Thus flosculature is an appropo word to describe verbage that clumps things together and seperates them from the real media involved and giving them questionable meaning. Oh, I think I just commited flosculature. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 8.2 and nvidia
Carroll Grigsby wrote: There is an article at the Mandrake Forum about getting nvidia cards to work under 8.2, including the news that rpms will be available to Club members later this week. If you're in that boat, why not take a look? HTH -- -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com so...if you're not a club member you get no RPM later? Is that correct? Femme -- Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Java path for Konqueror.
On Tuesday 26 March 2002 11:47 am, you wrote: El mar, 26-03-2002 a las 03:29, Seedkum Aladeem escribió: I have java runtime environment j2rel.4.0 installed (still on LM8.1) and Konqueror needs to know the path to the executable and the required arguments. Can someone please tell me which file the path is for so that I figure out the rquired path and what the arguments should be? Seedkum (java-dir)/bin/java HTH Damian Here is what I do. Since I am always messing with my installation and frequently do a total reinstall or an upgrade to keep things current, I have placed the jre in my /home/dennis directory. That way when I reinstall I generally do not reformat /home and I still have the latest jre accessable without doing a new download. I then open the konqueror configuration and point konqueror at /home/dennis/jre1.3.1/bin/java This works for me cause I am the only user, but it could be copied or linked to the /usr/share directory also I think. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 8.2 and nvidia
I could be wrong, but I don't think Mandrake has the right to give it away to everyone via their web site or the free download CDs. It's either that, or they don't freely make it available because they can't fully support closed-source drivers. Either way, who cares? Mandrake has good reasons for whatever they do, and if you don't get the drivers from Mandrake, you _will_ get them from nVidia's own website. Nobody goes without. Miark so...if you're not a club member you get no RPM later? Is that correct? Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 8.2 and nvidia
On Thursday 28 March 2002 01:54, FemmeFatale wrote: Carroll Grigsby wrote: There is an article at the Mandrake Forum about getting nvidia cards to work under 8.2, including the news that rpms will be available to Club members later this week. If you're in that boat, why not take a look? so...if you're not a club member you get no RPM later? Is that correct? Civileme may be able to enlighten us more, but AFAIK the reason why it's a Club thing is that the standard Mandrake distro is Open Source only, and the nvidia drivers are closed source - they're free as in beer but not as in speech. Shouldn't matter much anyway - RPMs are a little easier, but unless 8.2 is radically different from 8.0 (which is what I have at home), installing the nvidia drivers is straightforward enough (see earlier posts). In any case, XFree86 works passably on its own - you get some increase in performance if you install nvidia's own drivers, but nothing to write home about (unless you're an avid 3D gamer). Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] What programs
On 17 Mar 2002 12:52, 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. I guess I am at the end of a long list now :-( There is a really nifty Windows editor called Note Tab. The lite version is free. Aside from being a pretty good standard text editor, it has the ability to strip all html directives out of a downloaded page, leaving pure text. I have not found a linux editor which will do this. If anyone knows of such a one please let us know about it. There is another Win 9x editor called I think, Simple Edit. It is shareware and although it will strip html code it is not as nice an editor in my opinion. Cheers John Montgomery Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CAN ANYONE GET ME BACK INTO LM7.2
El mié, 27-03-2002 a las 18:35, John Richard Smith escribió: I have a dualboot LM8.1 and a LM7.2,( kept for use of one app ) Today I went to use that app and the bootup failed. It occured after I had changed the boot loader from Grub to Lilo in LM8.1. and ran /sbin/lilo everything OK. Anyway, the boot began :- Loading Hardware detection ... when page comes to rest, /bil/scsi_mod.0:unresolved symbol blk_queue_headactive_Ra0832d7d --- 4 more lines in similar vein - Error:/bininsmod excited abnormally ! loading sd_mod module /lib/sd_mod.0:unresolved symbol boot_cpu_data_R65dda927 --- 21 more lines in similar vein --- Error:/bin/insmod excited abnormally! mounting /proc/filesystem creating root device mounting root filesystem pivotroot:pivot_root (/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd)failed38 remounting devfs at correct place if necessary. freeing unused kernel memory :128kfreed kernel panic: no init found,try passing init options to kernel Seems like it didn't like what I did. LM8.1 still boots OK. Can anyone suggest what I did wrong, what I can do about it, preferably without having to do a complete re-install. thanks, John looks like you are missing some important files! if you still have the 7.2 cd's you may wanna do an upgrade over the current installation and see if it helps. since the error says no init found maybe reinstalling the kernel from RPM's could solve it, too.. HTH Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Can you play bejeweled on Mandrake?
I've become an addict. This game requires java, which I did get working with Opera. BUT, Bejeweled does not work right in Opera, and freezes Netscape. Wondering if anybody using Konqeror (or any other browser) can play the game. Or, do you know of a similar game that's Mandrake friendly? The game is at: http://zone.msn.com/bejeweled/default.asp -- Todd Slater 8:42pm up 22:09, 2 users, load average: 0.28, 0.48, 0.51 There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather than the village bum's ability to whittle sticks and smoke cigarettes. The reason why the child does not is plain enough - the bum has put himself on an equality with him and the teacher has not. (Floyd Dell) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] What programs
J or M Montgomery wrote: There is a really nifty Windows editor called Note Tab. The lite version is free. Aside from being a pretty good standard text editor, it has the ability to strip all html directives out of a downloaded page, leaving pure text. I have not found a linux editor which will do this. If anyone knows of such a one please let us know about it. There is a utility called html2text, available at http://freehost25.websamba.com/ybsoft/html2txt/, which will take the html file and convert it to a plain text file, after which you can edit it. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] What programs
Randy Kramer wrote: There is a utility called html2text, available at http://freehost25.websamba.com/ybsoft/html2txt/, which will take the html file and convert it to a plain text file, after which you can edit it. Thank you. I will check it out. John Montgomery Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Fwd: RE: [newbie] What programs are you looking for?
Was sent to me but I'm not the programmer ; ) -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: RE: [newbie] What programs are you looking for? Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 13:46:35 +0100 From: Baka Attila Tamás [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Some programs I need A GOOD CD burning program :-) I want something like Nero 5!!! With real time CD copy without making an image, and I also want to be able to set the speed for each burn. The GUI should be over simplified (like in burncenter) with process bars etc... And I want to overburn CD's and I don't want the program to stop burning a 730MB avi if I use a 700MB disc, because it can be burnt...! I found only burncenter and cdbakeoven usable in linux BAT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of skinky Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 6:42 AM To: Randy Kramer Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Nelson Bartley Subject: Re: [newbie] What programs are you looking for? On 27 Mar 2002 14:19, Randy Kramer wrote: skinky wrote: Sorry for the LATE reply... WAY behind with my email... For quite some time I've been looking for a diary/journal that contains daily entries with a search facility on say a subject heading or just be able to search all text. Kinda like the journal part of KOrganizer but searchable. Have you considered a wiki, specifically TWiki? See, for example, http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/LinuxResources and click on search and edit (successively -- i.e., go back to the page after you do a search and try an edit). Then try http://twiki.org. You could install a wiki (TWiki) locally for your own use. Randy Kramer I dont even know what a wiki or TWiki is! I know you've mentioned this several times on list for other reasons but never got around to looking it up - although I've been to your site a few times. BTW, your instructions at your site on rsyncing a large file certainly prevented me from tearing ALL of my hair out a day or two ago. Don't think I would have figured that one without help! Thanks Randy and others who contributed! Anyways, sounds like a wiki could solve my journal/diary problems. Looks like I'll be reading a lot tonight ; ). Thanks again. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.332 / Virus Database: 186 - Release Date: 2002. 03. 06. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.332 / Virus Database: 186 - Release Date: 2002. 03. 06. --- -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] System slowdown
On Wednesday 27 March 2002 03:11 pm, Justin wrote: I was curious if anyone experienced anything like this using Mandrake, and knew how to fix it. I'm running Mandrake 8.2 with the KDE windows enviornment that comes packaged with it, on a 1.2ghz AMD Thunderbird processor, a GeForce MX-200 video card, 256 RAM, and a Mainboard motherboard. I only installed Mandrake a few days ago, and since then I've had problems with it crashing programmes as it loads them, as in it starts loading them, and then while it's attempting to load them, it doesn't quite manage to do so and the programme just closes, and after that it seems as if my computer has slowed down, and the more times it happens, the worse it gets, each time a program doesn't quite load, my system gets slower, and there are more programmes that it happens with. Try looking at running processes, top, or ps from the command line. Probably these processes are still running and poorly, Kill em. -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com New Haven, CT, United States of America 9:15pm up 6 days, 5:39, 2 users, load average: 1.13, 1.10, 1.13 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Publish kernel status in HTML?
On Wednesday 27 March 2002 03:39 pm, Barry Michels wrote: RE: [newbie] I'm Locked Out!Is there a utility that will monitor CPU status (like top) but publish the results to a HTML page? A process list isn't necessary, just the memory usage and CPU load would be nice. there is a script phpSysInfo on the net. If you are running php. -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com New Haven, CT, United States of America 9:18pm up 6 days, 5:42, 2 users, load average: 1.06, 1.10, 1.12 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Upgrading from LM8.1 to 8.2
I have been watching the messages but have not noticed a post about someone using the upgrade option with Mandrake 8.2. I am running LM8.1, evolution galeon, and KDE on a Duron 800MHZ with 256MB ram and a 56k modem. Has anyone tried it and what were the results. Roly Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Publish kernel status in HTML?
On Wednesday 27 March 2002 03:39 pm, Barry Michels wrote: RE: [newbie] I'm Locked Out!Is there a utility that will monitor CPU status (like top) but publish the results to a HTML page? A process list isn't necessary, just the memory usage and CPU load would be nice. If all else fails reboot in single user mode -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com New Haven, CT, United States of America 9:20pm up 6 days, 5:45, 2 users, load average: 1.13, 1.10, 1.11 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Problem with ISP DNS address lookup
Dear all, I am having a problem resolving web addresses when connected to my ISP using kppp. Mandrake dials and connects OK to my ISP via the modem. I can see the local and remote IP addresses automatically assigned and can ping these OK. There are entries in resolv.conf for the nameservers, automatically placed. According to the ISP these addresses are correct. However I cannot ping these. Interestingly when I ping the local and remote IP's (203... range), ping shows my ISP locally assigned IP address as the from, which should be correct. But when I try to ping any other external IP's, such as the nameserver address, ping shows my from address as being my locally assigned (172...) address for my ethernet card. Obviously something is wrong with my network setup somewhere but I can't find. Iused the KDE Internet/network tools to set it up. I am using Mandrake 8.1 distro straight off the CD's. Any clues ? Rob. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] What programs
J or M Montgomery wrote: There is a utility called html2text, available at http://freehost25.websamba.com/ybsoft/html2txt/, which will take the html file and convert it to a plain text file, after which you can edit it. Thank you. I will check it out. You're welcome! Attempting to generalize my answer a little bit, there are a lot of utilities of the form filetype_extension2filetype_extension, like html2text. If you need a converter, try searching Google for something of that form. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] ML 8.2 and soundblaster live
This is hopefully going to be a help to some folks, and a minimal embarrassment to me. My one real complaint with 8.2 was that I could not get a CD player to work, not CDplayer or XMMS. So I was fiddling with it tonight and decided to dump the SBlive card and just use the onboard sound. Ok, I open up the case and unplug the cable from the SBLive card and go to put it in the mobo connection and the other end of the cable falls out and dangles from my hand. I could swear I plugged it in but obviously not. So no matter how sure you are that you connected something, if you are having problems with a device that is supposed to be supported, open up the durn case and make sure it is plugged in. Sometimes I just kill myself : ) -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HELP: File System Errors
anyway, what filesystem is this? is it journalized? Damian El mié, 27-03-2002 a las 20:01, Miark escribió: I know sqwat about fixing this type of error, except this: the command is fsck rather than fsch. Miark Pauljames Dimitriu [EMAIL PROTECTED] spoke thusly: I've got an ugly problem. When I boot my computer I get a message saying File System Errors, would you like to fix this problem In the Graphical startup, I get what looks like two buttons at the bottom of the screen saying Yes or No, but I can't do antyhing w/ them. When I boot into failsafe, I can get to a prompt, but if I type in fsch (is this the command), nothing happens. I get the same question would you like to fix this error. When I type Yes, I get a message saying that it failed. How do I fix this? Thanks, Paul __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards_ http://movies.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading from LM8.1 to 8.2
On Wednesday 27 March 2002 08:29 pm, you wrote: I have been watching the messages but have not noticed a post about someone using the upgrade option with Mandrake 8.2. I am running LM8.1, evolution galeon, and KDE on a Duron 800MHZ with 256MB ram and a 56k modem. Has anyone tried it and what were the results. Roly It did work for me but left a bunch of legacy stuff on the desk top that were broken links and some of the taskbar icons had to be reinstalled, I ended up just going and doing an install and not reformatting /home so that all my info was saved. Still had some broken stuff so I saved all of /home/dennis to a partition I had labeled /object and then did a clean install by formatting everything but /object. Once the OS was back up I just moved what I wanted from the old /home/dennis to the new one and still have the old stuff saved that I didn't need to move just yet. So I guess what I am saying is that the second best way to upgrade is to do an install and not reformat /home while the best way is to save your good stuff to a different directory and do a clean install on the whole shebang. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] kmail url opening.
i am not sure if i did something to cause this, but i think not. still. i am running 8.2 and using kmail, and it seems that the way kmail now handles url in a message is to load the file to a tmp directory and then open it. can this be changed somewhere, or is this simply the way kmail will run from now on? or is this a KDE thing i have changed the confiruration of and not realized it? thankee. -- Remember, to a tree being useful is a terminal illness. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Upgrading from LM8.1 to 8.2
I had a lm 8.1 install, which i have upgraded the kernel to...loading linux for a very long time. The system was otherwise dead ( it worked just fine before my kernel upgrade). I got the lm 8.2 isos and just went thrugh Upgrade. Was boring as hell. It just installed. Couple questions as to what kbd or mouse and host name. So it went well for me. Yr milager may vary. DKS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Roland Hughes Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 9:30 PM To: Mandrake Help List Server Subject: [newbie] Upgrading from LM8.1 to 8.2 I have been watching the messages but have not noticed a post about someone using the upgrade option with Mandrake 8.2. I am running LM8.1, evolution galeon, and KDE on a Duron 800MHZ with 256MB ram and a 56k modem. Has anyone tried it and what were the results. Roly Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Now I've done it....
Curt Tresenriter wrote: At 04:51 PM 3/26/02 -0700, you wrote: Hi Femme! When you say it should take me to the CLI prompt, are you referring to the rescue disk? Also, being barely familiar with CLI, I'm not sure what commands/options to use to get to /lilo.conf I tried saying ~ man 8 mount ~ but it said no such file or directory. It should take you to a CLI prompt. From there, edit the lilo.conf file to point to hdab instead of hda. type sbin/lilo again its done I believe. If that fails well...ever heard the saying you're reinstalling ? :) Femme -- Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Ugh, wasn't very clear was I? Sorry. I meant, re-run the installer, the installer allows you to re-partition things Stuff. At the Term...you should be able to just type /mnt/hdx and then when done, type /sbin/lilo. That rewrites the LILO file AFAIK. Beyond that if someone can jump in with more detailed ideas or if I missed something that'd be great. Femme -- Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OMG u have to see this!!!
El mié, 27-03-2002 a las 17:22, Sujeet Akula escribió: vvv click here vvv http://www.shortnews.com/shownews.cfm?id=19643u_id=8242 _ Not Found The requested URL /shownews.cfm was not found on this server. Apache/1.3.22 Server at 212.52.224.20 Port 80 ..it's really amazing! ;oP looks like it's not there anymore. what did it say? made me curious. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Crashes unlimited
On Thursday 28 March 2002 05:25 am, civileme opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: OK, for a while, hard disks remained small. I remember thinking an 80M unit was huge(yes, 80 M not 80G). Then as the capacity of the CHS thank you for that painful flash back to my 40MB drive. backing up to floppy. two floppies mind you.. green screen... i have to go lay down now. -- Nimda virus affects Linux! My linux boxes have had their bandwidth chewed up by four thousand Nimda servers infected with IIS. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] System slowdown
Justin wrote: I was curious if anyone experienced anything like this using Mandrake, and knew how to fix it. I'm running Mandrake 8.2 with the KDE windows enviornment that comes packaged with it, on a 1.2ghz AMD Thunderbird processor, a GeForce MX-200 video card, 256 RAM, and a Mainboard motherboard. I only installed Mandrake a few days ago, and since then I've had problems with it crashing programmes as it loads them, as in it starts loading them, and then while it's attempting to load them, it doesn't quite manage to do so and the programme just closes, and after that it seems as if my computer has slowed down, and the more times it happens, the worse it gets, each time a program doesn't quite load, my system gets slower, and there are more programmes that it happens with. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com We have another thread on this. On one of the CDs is a program called memtest86 I believe. Try running it to see if your problem is a hardware one. Femme -- Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] cgi-bin
How can you tell if cgi scripts will work on your web server? I'm sure I have everything in the correct places but I can't seem to get a message board I downloaded to work. * * 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
Re: [newbie] Java path for Konqueror.
when in doubt on the .kde files always rename and let it regenerate. you can always name it back.. On Thursday 28 March 2002 07:22 am, Seedkum Aladeem opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: I have LM8.1 running and the rpm came from the 8.1 CDs! Do you want me to do more trouble shooting before I delete that file? There always was a plugins tab because I installed Mozilla (and Netscape) with the 8.1 install; but not Netscape Pligins or any of those other buttons/checkboxes you mentioned. Seedkum On Wednesday 27 March 2002 03:07 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: Doh... I've just realised that twice today I have given you bad information. Deleting kdeglobals fixes the problem when your fonts go all weird in KDE, not the konqueror thing. My apologies... To fix the konqueror not starting up issue you have to delete /home/youruser/.kde/share/config/konquerorrc Deleting this file will lose all your konqueror preferences fonts etc. It will not delete your bookmarks, or affect your mails, but if you are nervous just rename the file. You could then change it back again later if you wished. Strange that you do not see the 'Netscape Plugins' page under KDEControlCenterWebBrowsing It ought to appear as soon as you install the RPM. Which version of kdebase-nsplugins did you install? Does the version number match your installed version of KDE? It was made for Mandrake wasn't it? Sorry for giving you bad info,, but at least now you know what to do if KDE suddenly starts to not find some fonts ;-) derek On Wednesday 27 March 2002 22:03, Seedkum Aladeem wrote: Will I lose my bookmarks and my kmail addresses and old emails? That is all what I am worried about. BTW, I do not see any new entry called 'Netscape Plugins' or a button called 'Scan for new plugins' or a 'scan for new plugins at startup' box. I am able to get to the Konqueror browser settings through the KDE configuration menus. I do not need to have Konqueror running to do that. Seedkum On Wednesday 27 March 2002 01:26 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: Thats the problem I mentioned when you have the 'Scan for plugins at startup' checkbox set. You do not have to uninstall. To fix the problem just delete the hidden file /home/youruser/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals On the next login KDE will recreate it again and konq should then load up. Warning- You will lose your desktop wallpaper/themes etc when you delete that file, so you will have to set up your desktop again. derek On Wednesday 27 March 2002 20:55, Seedkum Aladeem wrote: Hi Derek, I installed the rpm and rebooted. Now Konqueror does not come up any more. Whenever I clik an a Konqueror icon I can see it on the task bar trying to come up but then it fails to come up. If I try to start konqueror from the command line in a terminal window, nothing happens. No error message gets listd and I can see a konqueror process listed when I do a ps. Consequently, my system now qualifies as broken. Should I uninstall konqueror using the software manager and then install it again? will this work? Seedkum On Wednesday 27 March 2002 04:30 am, Derek Jennings wrote: I have both Netscape and Mozilla installed. I searched for the kdelinbs-nsplugins rpm mentioned below on both rpmfind and tuxfinder but it could not be found. Is there a typo error in the rpm name? Thanks, Seedkum Doh.. Sorry My mistake .Problem between keyboard and brain.. The RPM is kdebase-nsplugins and it is on your Mandrake distribution CD, For some reason in 8.1 it is not installed by default, although in 8.2 it is. derek -- Remember, to a tree being useful is a terminal illness. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with realplayer8
Well, I don't know what these messages mean either :-( If you play around with real player a little bit you will find a configuration window. There you can set up some parameters to assure compatibility with your sound card. In my system it is set something like this, "use the os sound driver", and it works fine. I don't know whether it will help you, but that is all I know by now. Good luck and hope you succeed. Rodrigo Defner Johannes wrote: Am Dienstag 26 März 2002 14:52 schrieben Sie: Hello Hannes, I had the same problem some time ago. I solved it usingthe following command to open realplayer:artsdsp realplayType that at the command line and see what happens. If it works for you,I can send you a shell script I wrote, in order to get things moreautomated. I think this method is valid only if you're running kde, I amnot sure.Hope it helps you,RodrigoDefner Johannes wrote: Hello everybody!First some lines to introduce me:Linux is a hobby of me and I have some experiences with installing Suse,RedHat , Mandrake and some (bad ;-) ) experiences with debian. Now I amusing mandrake 8.1; some experiences with working with command line too.My problem is that after starting realplayer8 I`ve got following msg:Cannot open audio device! Maybe another application is using it.My soundcard is a SB64 ,driver Esonique 1370, kde 2.2.2, kernel2.4.8-34.1mdk, securitylevel medium and tiny firewall installed.I´ve tried to change the permissions of /dev/audio and /dev/mixer withchmod -c 666 and chmod a=rw. After restarting the system there were theold permissions ( crw-). Afriend of mine suggested that there isa problem with PAM too. Or it could be a PATH problem.As a newbie II don´t know the commandline methods to solve these problemsand with the help forum of realplayer8 I have probl ems to understand whatI have to do.Is there anyone how could support me?thanks in advanceHannesWant to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakkeSoft?Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Dear Rodrigo!Thanks for your answer. Alsa is not running. Following happend:$ artsdsp realplayRealplayer8 is starting with the same error-msg.In the terminal you can read:esd: Failed to fix mode of /tmp/.esd to 1777. Try -trust to force esd to start.esd:Esound sound daemon unable to create unix domain socket: /tmp/.esd/socketThe socket is not accessible by esd.Exiting.$esd -trustesd: Failed to fix mode /tmp/.esd/socketUnable to connect to Unix socket /tmp/.esd/socketPerhaps this could help you for further suggestions. I don?t know the meaning of these msgs.cu Hannes
