Re: [newbie] ProFTPd problem (solved!)
On Sat, 27 Apr 2002 00:09:48 -0500 Paul wrote: >> [paul@tbird paul]$ ftp tbird >> Connected to tbird.merlijn. >> Compiled-in modules: >> ftp> user paul >> Not connected. > >You should be getting a login prompt of some kind... what security level >do you have msec set to? Looks to me like you're never actually getting >connected at all. Hi Paul, I have set security to standard, nothing fancy. Did some checks. What I did wrong, probably, was disable the FTP ports 20 and 21 in /etc/services. I noticed that this had an impact, since I couldn't FTP to the outside world anymore. Changed that back now. Still I wonder how to get ProFTPd going in Xinetd-mode, since that is what I seem to need. At this point port 21 is in use: [root@tbird paul]# fuser -n tcp 21 21/tcp: 9251 [root@tbird etc]# proftpd -n -d0 tbird.merlijn - Failed binding to 0.0.0.0, port 21: Address already in use tbird.merlijn - Check the ServerType directive to ensure you are configured correctly. ProFTPd is set up as Standalone when I do this. Setting it up as "inetd" system tells me: [root@tbird etc]# proftpd -n -d0 tbird.merlijn - Fatal: Socket operation on non-socket tbird.merlijn - (Running from command line? Use `ServerType standalone' in config file!) (After some more typing...) It works?! I just wanted to show what PID 9251 is saying. It says: [paul@tbird etc]# ps 9251 PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 9251 ?S 0:00 proftpd (accepting connections) Accepting connections??? So why not: [paul@tbird etc]# ftp ftp> open tbird Connected to tbird.merlijn. 220 ProFTPD 1.2.5rc1 Server (ProFTPD on TBIRD) [tbird.merlijn] 500 AUTH not understood. 500 AUTH not understood. KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type Name (tbird:paul): I do NOT know what I changed to the better this time. But it works! Apparently it has been running all the time. I think I need more coffee... Have a good weekend, and thanks for the stimulus to dig into this again. Paul -- When things go wrong, don't go with them. http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.2 - Sylpheed 0.7.5 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Swap Rule for Memory
Hello, I often read about creating a swap partition (for Linux of course) that is twice as large as your amount of memory, up to 256mb. Why do you need a larger swap when you have more memory? If, for example, i had 64mb memory and a 128mb swap, couldn't i just replace it with 192mb? Thanks in advance, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] PCTEL HSP56K MicroModem
> The good news is, a driver has been made for my type. [ ] > The URL of the driver and a list of HOWTO's/FAQ's is [ http://www.medres.ch/~jstifter/pctel/ ] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] A Classic Newbian Problem
Okay, I have this associate that I introduced to Linux who has a switchbox set up between two terminals to change his keyboard, mouse and monitor over to whichever system he is using. He has a USB mouse hooked up with a converter as a PS/2 mouse. Because if X windows is running the mouse will stop responding if he switches over to the other terminal, he wanted me to see if having it set as a USB mouse would prevent this. I went and set Mandrake Control Center's mouse options to say that the mouse was a USB, and it stopped responding. My question is, "How do I return the settings to PS/2 using the keyboard in Control Center and/or another method?" Sean Robinson President Vernal Anime Society (VAS) http://vernal.quik.com/nz17/vas/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] PCTEL HSP56K MicroModem
Yes, unfortunately, I've fallen into the bane of Linux users everywhere - *shrudder* WinModem. The good news is, a driver has been made for my type. [ ] The bad news is, it is a little difficult to install. If anyone would like to give me a hand in doing this (basically hand-holding me from start to finish) I would really appreciate it. I already tried it once, and I messed up my settings and am going to re-install Mandrake again. By the way, what is the best/a really good way to partition your hard drive so that it is easy to re-install/upgrade Linuces? Thanks in advance, Sean Robinson President Vernal Anime Society (VAS) http://vernal.quik.com/nz17/vas/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] "Raw_add: partition table full" error ??
I'm not sure who is following this string but I have apparently fouled up the boot sector of the partition table while partitioning with Mandrake 8.1's Diskdrake and cannot procede with adding Mandrake 8.1 and Redhat 5.1 partitions my HD which presently contains a windows98 partition. (40G, ATA 100 HD ... I have no ATA100 controllers ... just EIDE). Upon launching Diskdrake, it announces it is having problems reading the partition table and warns about proceeeding and then when I go ahead and delete all partitions except the windows partition and add others, it will not format the partitions. So I am stuck. Someone has advised getting and using XOSL boot manager because it has a superior disk partitioner and others have given me mixed reviews about buying Partition Magic. I might go try one of these methods if there is not a more direct method but they both seem a little round about and may not work anyway. I think Diskdrake would still work for me if I can clear up the partition table. I believe I just unfortunately erred though ignorance while using it and caused the corruption/problem and can avoid that next time. If anyone could tell me or direct me to information on how I repair/clean up the boot sector/partition table, I would greatly appreciate the advice. I'm not sure what to do. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ProFTPd problem
On Sunday, Apr 21, 2002, Paul wrote: > When I want to log into the server, I see: > > [paul@tbird paul]$ ftp tbird > Connected to tbird.merlijn. > Compiled-in modules: > ftp> user paul > Not connected. > ftp> bye You should be getting a login prompt of some kind... what security level do you have msec set to? Looks to me like you're never actually getting connected at all. -- Paul Cox Kernel: 2.4.18-6mdk - Uptime: 9 days 1 hour 11 minutes. msg95369/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] java plugin installation
Another option is to become a Mandrake Club member, and then download the RPM. In fact you can get the RPM for J2RE 1.4.0. Miark On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 18:15:21 -0700 shane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 26 April 2002 17:04, Bill Winegarden opened a general hailing > frequency and transmitted to all open stations: > > > Hi, > > I know this has been covered before but the archives are hard to search > > for this one. I have downloaded j2re-1_3_1_03-linux-i386.bin and > > extracted all the files in a /home/~me/java directory. > > My questions are: what are the required files for java to work and where > > do I have to move them? My main web browser is Galeon but I wouild like > > to link java to Mozilla and Konq as well. > > http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/utils/ujava.html might get you started. i > do believe that once it works in moz, it will in galeon, but i don't use > galeon so don't quote me on that. > > me, i just copied the files from sun into file:/usr/lib/netscape/plugins if > i recall correctly. but i often don't. :-) > > -- > A fool and his money are soon using Windows. > > 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] Heretic 2 problem solved...
Okay, I posted some problems I was having getting Heretic 2 working. Here is what I did (and many thanks to LX for his pointers!). During the installation, the main Heretic 2 executeable was not copied. Simply cp it over manually, from: /mnt/cdrom/bin/x86/glibc-2.1/heretic2 to: /usr/local/games/heretic2 (and don't forget to make a symbolic link in /usr/local/bin, so you can start it from anywhere!) Get the static update, heretic2-1.06a-x86.run from: http://www.thegamebox.net/files/Loki/patches/heretic2/ and install it. I'd grab the readme files as well. To get OpenGL and my Nvidia card working with this game, I did a: ln -s /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.0.1541 /usr/local/games/heretic2/gl_drivers/libGL.so and thats it! I've now got an OpenGL powered/full screen Heretic 2! ;-) -- /\ Dark> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] You folks are great
civileme wrote: > > Congratulations, newbie list members. You have kept a civil list > compared to the other linux help lists extant, and it has been a > pleasure being here. Thank you for the kind words (and all your help!) Civileme! Its alway an honor to be a part of this group, and what little help I've tried to give has been returned many times over... Mandrake is my second family... ;-) -- /\ Dark> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Email Client
On Friday 26 April 2002 18:28, Brian Koppe opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: > I like Mozilla Mail what a linux thread! 4 answers, all different! ;) -- "Hold (ESC)(CTRL)(ALT)(TAB)(SHIFT)(ENTER) & click here> #" 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
Fw: [newbie] moving /var partition
- Original Message - From: "dfox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 10:05 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] moving /var partition > > My /var partition is getting full (http server and discussion board). I have > > new 30GB hard drive to add and want to move the /var partition to the new > > drive. > > How big is your existing /var, and do you have /var/spool mounted under- > neath it or on a separate partition? Here, I had run out of space on > /var and /var/spool/news. I originally dedicated a spare 1.6 meg drive to > house both, but that's nowhere near enough. I dedicated a 5 meg slice > for news and all of my 1.6 gig spare for /var (news logs are *huge*). > > Anyhow, if you partition that 30 gig drive beforehand you might have > some extra space to throw tarballs of the existing /var partition. I have > 10 gig or so left on / so I just throw the tarballs into /tmp. That way > I don't have to use the tape drive :). > > Archiving /var is a little tricky. Since processes may write to it, or own > files on it, you really need to shutdown (telinit 1) to single-user mode > before proceeding. Next, figure out how much room to give /var, and > tar up /var somewhere: > > # tar cvf /tmp/var.tar /var > > Then you can unmount /var: > > # umount /var > > redo a file system (I use reiserfs here) with reiserfs, remount /var over > on the new partition (i.e., mount /var /dev/hdb1) and untar your archive > you created in step 1. All that's remaining is to redo your /etc/fstab > so that /var points to the proper drive & partition, and it has the > proper filesystem. > > I've done this numerous times with success. Having the available space to > store the partition data before you mess with anything makes it a lot > easier, of course. > > > I'm going nuts with this: No matter what I do it takes several hours to get my system back to sorta the way it was. hda was not used before (unplugged old Win HD not used in 2 years) :) hdb Nothing hdc current harddrive with /root, home hdd cdwriter Mandrake has been running for over a year on this conf. 8.0, upgrade to 8.1, upgrade to 8.2. The problem started with the 8.1 to 8.2. In 8.1 I had partitions for /root, etc, home, var, usr and swap. after 8.2 I have root , home, and swap but swap looks like it is mounted under /. Var was folded into root and the var space on the disk was given to home. The end result: root still is ok, Home is 15G and Var is part of root with almost nothing. 1) and most inportant and seems to be the biggest problem: How do I get the currrent hdc to be hda (the old win drive is removed) 2) add a new drive as hdb (then put the /var part on it) 3) make the CD writer hdc 4)kiss ms goodbye, opps did most of that many years ago, No inportant info stored or used on a ms machine, only games. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: LM8.2 shutdown problem
Dear Femme Fatale, Thank you for your help. NFS was the problem. I uninstalled it and now everything shuts down fine. Thanks again. Sincerely, Marcia Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] You folks are great
On Friday 26 April 2002 13:50, civileme opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: > Steer the really weird questions toward www.mandrakeexpert.com, if you > will, or email me privately. I like weird ones as you well know. yeah, my wife does too. ;-) don't stay away too long.. -- Computers are like air conditioners they stop working properly if you open windows. 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] KDE 3
On Friday 26 April 2002 7:10 pm, you wrote: > While we are on the topic, I also installed KDE3, and it rocks. > Played around with some of the icon settings and it looks great > (Screen shot http://nixit.ca/KDE3.png ). Definitely making the switch > (at least until Gnome 2 comes out). It's strangely similar to my desktop :) http://www.thebrixton.btinternet.co.uk/kde3desktop.png (the font is Frutiger Linotype; you get it installed with Microsoft Reader www.eu.microsoft.com/reader). > One thing tho, everytime I login, the KDE startup wizard loads up and > asks me a bunch of questions, how can I disable this. I tried through > the wizard but it still loads up everytime I start KDE3. (THis is not > the mandrake first time startup wizard). This is a 'known bug' and the fix is near the bottom of this excellent guide to KDE3 quirks: http://mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=2048 "Create or edit the file '~/.kde3/share/config/kpersonalizerrc'. Put this line into it: FirstLogin=false" Alastair -- Alastair Scott (London, United Kingdom) http://www.unmetered.org.uk/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] You folks are great
Congratulations, newbie list members. You have kept a civil list compared to the other linux help lists extant, and it has been a pleasure being here. It appears there are enough people answering questions--a critical mass of them, in fact, that I can feel comfortable leaving here to attack a huge backlog of questions on MandrakeExpert. Diane Marie Montesa, Sridhar, Lyvim, Charles Edwards, Etharp, s, Tom, Ronald J Hall. and all the other wonderful helpers, you are doing great. Steer the really weird questions toward www.mandrakeexpert.com, if you will, or email me privately. I like weird ones as you well know. Anyway, please don't read anything negative into my departure. I just need to be full-time on MandrakeExpert for the forseeable future, and that means the spare time past my normal working day as well. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] useless accounts?
I was playing around with webmin and found out that there are quite a few accounts on the system that I don't think they are needed. Here are a few of them. gopher anyone still using it? snort not using it on this box gicaaccounting software, don't even think it's installed vpopmail alias qmaild qmaill qmailp qmailq qmailr qmailr qmails tinydns axfrdns I am using postfix and courier, are the vpopmail and qmail accounts required? Do tinydns and axfrdns accounts have anything to do with BIND? I am wondering if the existence of these accounts would post any security problem? or is it ok to remove these accounts. Thanks Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Software Manager crashing.
Seedkum Aladeem wrote: >Hi, > >I have multiple version of some packages installed. I want to uninstall the >older version but the KDE "Software Manager" crashes when trying to do >that.. I have, for example, the "e2fsprogs-1.27-1.1mdk.i586.rpm" and the >"e2fsprogs-1.26-1.1mdk.i586.rpm" on my system by the "Software Manager". When >I select the 1.26 version in "Software Manager" and click uninstall, the >"Software Manager" program just disappears from the screen and I do not have >any error messages from it. > >When I use the "Package Manager" to do the uinstall instead, it does not >crash but it gives me the following message : >[root@grumpy seedkum]# rpm -e e2fsprogs;echo RESULT=$? >error: "e2fsprogs" specifies multiple packages >RESULT=1 > >When I give the rpm command from the command line I get the following >[root@grumpy seedkum]# rpm -e e2fsprogs-1.26-1.1mdk.i586.rpm >error: package e2fsprogs-1.26-1.1mdk.i586.rpm is not installed > >How do I go about cleaning the mess I have? > >Thanx, > >Seedkum > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > rpm --rebuilddb abd if that doesn't work urpmi rpm and install every package that comes up then it will work Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't su to root
On 27 Apr 2002 00:44, Nathan Pryor wrote: > > # ls -l su > -rwsr-xr-x1 root root17912 Mar 7 09:54 su* > > HTH, > -nathan Many thanks to all those who replied. That did the trick. Jeez I didn't know about the s flag (Set user or group ID) in permissions. It was a simple matter of a quick look at "Linux in a Nutshell" and # chmod 4755 /bin/su and all is well again : ) . After searching thru so many different mailing list archives and various articles on the net the good ol' faithful Mandrake Newbie list comes up trumps again! Thanks. Cheers skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] printer
thanks to all who helped it is now working after a reboot it started working yea
[newbie] Nimda
Hello, would anyone know where I can find a script that would shut down or stop a nimda infected server? I can no longer tolerate this nimda, blocking does not work, there are some addresses that still get though and I don't know how the little buggers do it, so I want to make my web server send back a command that will shut off the infected server. Thanks to those that can help. Ibly __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Software Manager crashing.
On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 12:29:29 -0700 Seedkum Aladeem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have multiple version of some packages installed. I want to uninstall the > older version but the KDE "Software Manager" crashes when trying to do > that.. I have, for example, the "e2fsprogs-1.27-1.1mdk.i586.rpm" and the > "e2fsprogs-1.26-1.1mdk.i586.rpm" on my system by the "Software Manager". When > I select the 1.26 version in "Software Manager" and click uninstall, the > "Software Manager" program just disappears from the screen and I do not have > any error messages from it. > > When I use the "Package Manager" to do the uinstall instead, it does not > crash but it gives me the following message : > [root@grumpy seedkum]# rpm -e e2fsprogs;echo RESULT=$? > error: "e2fsprogs" specifies multiple packages > RESULT=1 > > When I give the rpm command from the command line I get the following > [root@grumpy seedkum]# rpm -e e2fsprogs-1.26-1.1mdk.i586.rpm > error: package e2fsprogs-1.26-1.1mdk.i586.rpm is not installed > > How do I go about cleaning the mess I have? Sounds like your db is segued. Run rpm -rebuilddb, that should clear up many of the multi version you are now showing and the error messages. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Rebooting from linux to windows 2000
Hello tux fans. I have a Compaq Armada E500 laptop (12 GB disk, 320 MB RAM, 500 MHz) with a dual installation: LM 8.2 and Windows 2K. I work with this two oses since 1999 (Windows 98 --> 2000 ; LM ? --> 8.0 --> 8.1 --> 8.2) and all runs OK, untill I installed LM 8.2 . When I reboot the machine within my blackbox environment (or any other), there´s no problem. Lilo behaves very well. But when I reboot the machine outside any user account, and I have to choose the OS (windows or linux) to load, it happens the following: --- if I choose windows, when loading this OS the machine freezes; --- if I choose linux, no problem at all. Any hint´s about that? Thanks, best regards to all Nuno Ricardo Loureiro Ferreira Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] Can't su to root
On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Charles A Edwards wrote: > >%_On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 14:55:41 -0400 > Gerald Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Well obviously you have to log in as root first. Single user mode shouldn't > > > be necessary, though. > > > > > > > Perhaps you should read the first part of the message,,, > > particularly the part about unable to su to root!!! > > > He did not suggest to become root; ala su. > He said login As root. Oh, now I see, said the blind man > If that can not be accomplished then I am afraid that Stinky will be right at home >because he will be up shit creek without a paddle. > Yes, I know, bad pun, but I could not resist. > > -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com Front Street Networks LLC - 203-785-0699 229 Front Street, Ste. #C, New Haven CT, 06513-3203 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Software Manager crashing.
Hi, I have multiple version of some packages installed. I want to uninstall the older version but the KDE "Software Manager" crashes when trying to do that.. I have, for example, the "e2fsprogs-1.27-1.1mdk.i586.rpm" and the "e2fsprogs-1.26-1.1mdk.i586.rpm" on my system by the "Software Manager". When I select the 1.26 version in "Software Manager" and click uninstall, the "Software Manager" program just disappears from the screen and I do not have any error messages from it. When I use the "Package Manager" to do the uinstall instead, it does not crash but it gives me the following message : [root@grumpy seedkum]# rpm -e e2fsprogs;echo RESULT=$? error: "e2fsprogs" specifies multiple packages RESULT=1 When I give the rpm command from the command line I get the following [root@grumpy seedkum]# rpm -e e2fsprogs-1.26-1.1mdk.i586.rpm error: package e2fsprogs-1.26-1.1mdk.i586.rpm is not installed How do I go about cleaning the mess I have? Thanx, Seedkum Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Soundcard freezes mouse
> I posted a while ago about my sound card and followed the sueegestions i > was givenand i got sound... until i rebooted at which point loading the > sound failed and I got a message about my mouse "device busy" and once X > loaded the mouse was just frozen in the middle of the screen. > > So i have now restored /etc/modules.conf back to how it was and all is ok > again well except i still have no sound. > > Any more ideas as to what i can do? That sounds like classic IRQ conflict. > > Cheers > > > On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 12:24:38 GMT > Matt Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, I've just installed 8.2 but am generally new to Linux having only > > used Redmond Linux before. During setup my soundcard wasn't configured > > properly and the setup told me to run sndconfig later on. So i did that > > and the ISAPNP Probe Results found my sound card: > > > > Model: Crystal Codec:GAME > > > > The first sound card test was ok and i heard the sample sound fine. But > > when it did the second sound card test for the MIDI sample it returned: > > > > modprobe error > > The following error occurred running the modprobe program: > > /lib/modules/2.4.18-6mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/opl3.o.gz: > > init_module: No such device > > Well, the opl3 device was not found by the opl3 module ;) > > > modprobe: insmod > > /lib/modules/2.4.18-6mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/opl3.o.gz failed > > modprobe: insmod synth0 failed > > Yes, it's about a FM synthesizer for MIDI. But Timidity (on your CD's) > can play MIDI just fine (in fact the sound quality of the opl3 based MIDI > synthesizer is rather bad AFAIK). > > > It offered me the chance to do all the setting manually, but i don't know > > what they are. So my questions are: what does the above error mean and if > > i have to set it up manually then how do i find all the settings for it? > > 'cat /proc/isapnp' _may_ give you some ideas. It's possible sndconfig > made > a mistake and shouldn't have tried to load the opl3 module > > > Also, the strange thing is that for the rest of the session after i have > > run this, the sound card works fine, so i know it works ok, but then i > > have to run sndconfig again next time i log in, which is quite often at > > the moment as my modem is not supported yet, but thats another story!! > > You can check with '/sbin/lsmod' which modules (drivers) are loaded. Let > us > know. I think sndconfig loaded a driver for your card, then tried to load > the > opl3 module which failed. Because of that sndconfig didn't add the > necessary > lines to the /etc/modules.conf file. > > > Cheers in advance and thanks to all the mandrake people for a cool distro > > > > Matt > > HTH, > > -Frans > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mozilla / yahoo mail
On Fri, 2002-04-26 at 08:34, Randy Kramer wrote: > Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > Today is the 25th. Yesterday was the yahoo cutoff date for free mail. > > They have required that all yahoo users pay for their mail now, 19.95 > > until the 8th of may, when the price will go up even more. The 24th was > > the cutoff date. > > I looked at the yahoo pages about a week ago (and again today), and the > understanding I have is that an account with a 4 MB mailbox is free, > with no indication that it will not stay free. Am I missing something? > > Randy Kramer -Forwarded Message- From: Yahoo! Mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Final Notice: Free POP access and Forwarding service ending soon Date: 23 Apr 2002 16:25:28 -0700 Less than one day left! Have you forgotten to sign up for enhanced POP and Forwarding? On Wednesday, April 24, 2002 POP and forwarding will no longer be offered for free to Yahoo! Delivers subscribers. 33% discount extended through May 8, 2002! Subscribe to this service before May 8, 2002, to get the first year of service for just $19.99. That's $10 off the regular annual service fee of $29.99. Visit the following link to subscribe: http://ordering.yahoo.com/or/ypm/splash?855&Pkgs=us:ym:pop&.osig=zQwKT New Features! - Send and receive more and bigger outgoing attachments -- up to 5MB per message. - Forward your Yahoo! Mail messages to another Yahoo! Mail account. - Remove the Yahoo! promotional text at the bottom of your emails.* Plus, you can: - Read your mail in Outlook, Eudora, or another POP3 email client. - Forward your Yahoo! Mail messages to another email address. - Protect your account from becoming inactive. Remember, if you do not subscribe by April 24, 2002, you will no longer be able to access your Yahoo! Mail messages by POP or at another email address. Of course, you will still have free access to reading your Yahoo! Mail on the web at http://mail.yahoo.com. If you have just subscribed to this service, please disregard this notification. Sincerely, Yahoo! Mail For further information, please read our frequently asked questions. http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/pop/pop-16.html Please note that your Yahoo! Delivers settings will not be affected. *Applies only to email sent through the Yahoo! SMTP servers. Neither VTech nor SkyTV users will be affected by this change. ___ LX -- °°° Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] Can't su to root
On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 14:55:41 -0400 Gerald Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Well obviously you have to log in as root first. Single user mode shouldn't > > be necessary, though. > > > > Perhaps you should read the first part of the message,,, > particularly the part about unable to su to root!!! > He did not suggest to become root; ala su. He said login As root. If that can not be accomplished then I am afraid that Stinky will be right at home because he will be up shit creek without a paddle. Yes, I know, bad pun, but I could not resist. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] Can't su to root
When you get to root, from lilo for instance (boot: linux single --I think), run msec at whatever security level you have previously selected, or pick a security level and msec will (as I understand) set your perms properly. Msec is in /usr/sbin. BTW, welcome to the Perm Mangling Society. (PMS) LX On Fri, 2002-04-26 at 10:47, Gerald Waugh wrote: > > On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Robin Turner wrote: > > >%_On Friday 26 April 2002 16:36, skinky wrote: > > > Today I made a reeeal bad mistake... I accidentally changed permissions on > > > the /bin directory instead of a bin subdirectory and now I am unable to su > > > to root. I get "incorrect password". Well at least I think thats what the > > > problem is. > > > > > > AND I've only just completed a clean reinstall of LM8.1 which has taken > > > days to get everything configured (eg. apache, twiki, samba, etc)! I > > > really don't want to reinstall... Spent hours searching the net for clues, > > > thinking it was something to do with basic authentication in apache with > > > .htaccess files then remembered my error. I think it was a "chmod a+x > > > /bin/*". > > > > > > So can someone pleeease tell me the permissions on /bin/su ? Hopefully > > > that will solve my problem. > > > > -rwsr-xr-x1 root root13952 Feb 7 2001 /bin/su > > > > Sir Robin > > Probably have to be root to change permissions! > Thats why I suggested single user mode... > -- °°° Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] Can't su to root
On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Robin Turner wrote: > >%_On Friday 26 April 2002 17:47, Gerald Waugh wrote: > > On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Robin Turner wrote: > > > >%_On Friday 26 April 2002 16:36, skinky wrote: > > > > Today I made a reeeal bad mistake... I accidentally changed permissions > > > > on the /bin directory instead of a bin subdirectory and now I am unable > > > > to su to root. I get "incorrect password". Well at least I think > > > > thats what the problem is. > > > > > > > > AND I've only just completed a clean reinstall of LM8.1 which has taken > > > > days to get everything configured (eg. apache, twiki, samba, etc)! I > > > > really don't want to reinstall... Spent hours searching the net for > > > > clues, thinking it was something to do with basic authentication in > > > > apache with .htaccess files then remembered my error. I think it was a > > > > "chmod a+x /bin/*". > > > > > > > > So can someone pleeease tell me the permissions on /bin/su ? Hopefully > > > > that will solve my problem. > > > > > > -rwsr-xr-x1 root root13952 Feb 7 2001 /bin/su > > > > > > Sir Robin > > > > Probably have to be root to change permissions! > > Thats why I suggested single user mode... > > Well obviously you have to log in as root first. Single user mode shouldn't > be necessary, though. > Perhaps you should read the first part of the message,,, particularly the part about unable to su to root!!! -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com Front Street Networks LLC - 203-785-0699 229 Front Street, Ste. #C, New Haven CT, 06513-3203 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] Can't su to root
On Friday 26 April 2002 17:47, Gerald Waugh wrote: > On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Robin Turner wrote: > > >%_On Friday 26 April 2002 16:36, skinky wrote: > > > Today I made a reeeal bad mistake... I accidentally changed permissions > > > on the /bin directory instead of a bin subdirectory and now I am unable > > > to su to root. I get "incorrect password". Well at least I think > > > thats what the problem is. > > > > > > AND I've only just completed a clean reinstall of LM8.1 which has taken > > > days to get everything configured (eg. apache, twiki, samba, etc)! I > > > really don't want to reinstall... Spent hours searching the net for > > > clues, thinking it was something to do with basic authentication in > > > apache with .htaccess files then remembered my error. I think it was a > > > "chmod a+x /bin/*". > > > > > > So can someone pleeease tell me the permissions on /bin/su ? Hopefully > > > that will solve my problem. > > > > -rwsr-xr-x1 root root13952 Feb 7 2001 /bin/su > > > > Sir Robin > > Probably have to be root to change permissions! > Thats why I suggested single user mode... Well obviously you have to log in as root first. Single user mode shouldn't be necessary, though. Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mozilla / yahoo mail
Sridhar Dhanapalan's message on April 26, 2002 10:46 am, stated: >On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 18:35:10 +0200, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 10:22:23 -0600 Charlie wrote: >> >Yahoo has started charging for some services as I (vaguely) recall, but >> >since they weren't ones that I ever use it matters not for me. Possibly >> >POP3 re-direct service? I only use that mailbox in a browser as nothing >> >important ever goes there so it would never affect me. >> >> Dunno. I heard it was POP3 access. Payable after april 24th. I don't pay, >> and POP3 access is still POPsible. ;) > >I think free POP3 and redirect services were only terminated for members of >yahoo.com. If you're a member of a non-US Yahoo site (as I am with >yahoo.com.au), you should be fine for the moment. I think you may be right. The Register has a pair of Yahoo! articles about this subject today. One of my "Yahoo Identities" is at yahoo.com though, and I have no problem with anything I've ever used there. But, as stated previously, I never use their POP3/re-direct/SMTP services anyway. With 5 e-mail addresses available (full service, 10 MB each etc..) from my ISP I don't really need to try to sort any more mailboxes. Yahoo is for junk only; as was hotmail until SPAM became the only thing ever delivered there. I allowed that one to die of neglect. -- Charlie in Edmonton, AB., Canada Mandrake 8.2 registered user 244963 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mozilla / yahoo mail
On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 18:35:10 +0200, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 10:22:23 -0600 Charlie wrote: > > >Yahoo has started charging for some services as I (vaguely) recall, but > >since they weren't ones that I ever use it matters not for me. Possibly > >POP3 re-direct service? I only use that mailbox in a browser as nothing > >important ever goes there so it would never affect me. > > Dunno. I heard it was POP3 access. Payable after april 24th. I don't pay, > and POP3 access is still POPsible. ;) I think free POP3 and redirect services were only terminated for members of yahoo.com. If you're a member of a non-US Yahoo site (as I am with yahoo.com.au), you should be fine for the moment. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan Help Microsoft stamp out software piracy. Give GNU/Linux to a friend today. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] "Raw_add: partition table full" error ??
I have been struggling with setting up two linux's (Mandrake 8.1 & RH 5.1) on my win98 machine and have been back and forth so many times on the partitioning of this drive (getting the RH5.1 partitions in a workable place) that apparently I filled up the partition table or something ... it won't let me finish any partitioning now ...when I try to go to the formatting stage following diskdrake, its gives me an error message: raw_add: partition table full. I tried rebooting and starting over ... remove and re-install every partition but the windows partition ... but still the same message. Does anyone have any idea of what has gone wrong or how to fix it? (I'm using discdrake from Mandrake 8.1 as the partitioning tool . I'm trying to re-partition the drive properly to add Mandrake and RedHat 5.1 (for a deadended legacy app.) along with the win98 that is already loaded. Not sure what I did wrong but I seem to have broken it! :( ) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mozilla / yahoo mail
On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 10:22:23 -0600 Charlie wrote: >Yahoo has started charging for some services as I (vaguely) recall, but >since they weren't ones that I ever use it matters not for me. Possibly >POP3 re-direct service? I only use that mailbox in a browser as nothing >important ever goes there so it would never affect me. Dunno. I heard it was POP3 access. Payable after april 24th. I don't pay, and POP3 access is still POPsible. ;) Paul -- I keep six honest serving-men. (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who -Rudyard Kipling http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.2 - Sylpheed 0.7.5 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mozilla / yahoo mail
Randy Kramer's message on April 26, 2002 06:34 am, stated: >Lyvim Xaphir wrote: >> Today is the 25th. Yesterday was the yahoo cutoff date for free mail. >> They have required that all yahoo users pay for their mail now, 19.95 >> until the 8th of may, when the price will go up even more. The 24th was >> the cutoff date. > >I looked at the yahoo pages about a week ago (and again today), and the >understanding I have is that an account with a 4 MB mailbox is free, >with no indication that it will not stay free. Am I missing something? > >Randy Kramer ~ Yahoo.ca still shows free 6.0 MB mailboxes for two different identities for me as of less than one minute ago. I also have a friend that is visiting in Virginia at the moment and her mailboxes at Yahoo! and Yahoo.ca are still both active and valid, (both 6.0 MB) and she's using Yahoo mesenger which is linked to the e-mail identity. I seriously doubt that portal will ever give up on competing with A O (Hel)L by turning off mailboxes and instant messenger services for anyone. Yahoo has started charging for some services as I (vaguely) recall, but since they weren't ones that I ever use it matters not for me. Possibly POP3 re-direct service? I only use that mailbox in a browser as nothing important ever goes there so it would never affect me. -- Charlie in Edmonton, AB., Canada Mandrake 8.2 registered user 244963 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] printer set up
the printe cartigaes are lexmark 12a 1980 colorand 12a 1970- black also when i use the lexmark z 22 driver it prints the test page just fine but when i try to print a letter from the linux program it will only print the top line - Original Message - From: Ron Grace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 5:18 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] printer set up > the printer is a compaq ij750 > - Original Message - > From: Joseph Braddock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Ron Grace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 8:10 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] printer set up > > > > Do you know what model the printer is? A lot of times, Compaq took a > Lexmark Z series inkjet and repackaged it as it's own. If you can figure > out if that is the case with your printer (sometimes looking at what ink > cartridges the printer uses will help answer it), then you can use the > appropriate lexmark driver. It most likely is a Z11 or Z22. I don't have > info on the Z22, but the Z11 driver that ships with mandrake doesn't work > right (I told Civileme that I would post a fixed driver, but haven't gotten > around to it yet.) If you think that you do have a Z11 masquerading as a > Compaq printer let me know and I'll try and help you get it going. > > > > Joe > > > > p.s. Civileme, I'll get the driver to Mandrake soon! > > > > On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 18:56:44 -0400 > > "Ron Grace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I am having trouble getting my printer to work in linux(works in > windows) i ran the install program and when the printer runs it sounds like > the drive is going to rip out of it. computer compaq with compaq printer > mandrake 8.1 ty Ron > > > > > > > > > > -- -- > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Soundcard freezes mouse
I posted a while ago about my sound card and followed the sueegestions i was givenand i got sound... until i rebooted at which point loading the sound failed and I got a message about my mouse "device busy" and once X loaded the mouse was just frozen in the middle of the screen. So i have now restored /etc/modules.conf back to how it was and all is ok again well except i still have no sound. Any more ideas as to what i can do? Cheers On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 12:24:38 GMT Matt Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I've just installed 8.2 but am generally new to Linux having only > used Redmond Linux before. During setup my soundcard wasn't configured > properly and the setup told me to run sndconfig later on. So i did that > and the ISAPNP Probe Results found my sound card: > > Model: Crystal Codec:GAME > > The first sound card test was ok and i heard the sample sound fine. But > when it did the second sound card test for the MIDI sample it returned: > > modprobe error > The following error occurred running the modprobe program: > /lib/modules/2.4.18-6mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/opl3.o.gz: > init_module: No such device Well, the opl3 device was not found by the opl3 module ;) > modprobe: insmod > /lib/modules/2.4.18-6mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/opl3.o.gz failed > modprobe: insmod synth0 failed Yes, it's about a FM synthesizer for MIDI. But Timidity (on your CD's) can play MIDI just fine (in fact the sound quality of the opl3 based MIDI synthesizer is rather bad AFAIK). > It offered me the chance to do all the setting manually, but i don't know > what they are. So my questions are: what does the above error mean and if > i have to set it up manually then how do i find all the settings for it? 'cat /proc/isapnp' _may_ give you some ideas. It's possible sndconfig made a mistake and shouldn't have tried to load the opl3 module > Also, the strange thing is that for the rest of the session after i have > run this, the sound card works fine, so i know it works ok, but then i > have to run sndconfig again next time i log in, which is quite often at > the moment as my modem is not supported yet, but thats another story!! You can check with '/sbin/lsmod' which modules (drivers) are loaded. Let us know. I think sndconfig loaded a driver for your card, then tried to load the opl3 module which failed. Because of that sndconfig didn't add the necessary lines to the /etc/modules.conf file. > Cheers in advance and thanks to all the mandrake people for a cool distro > > Matt HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake Update
When I tried to update some of my RPMs with Mandrake Update they failed. I noticed that under the importance column they were listed as "not found". The one which had an importance listing of bugfix or security installed OK. I am using the ftp.sunet.se source. Is this something that can be fixed by finding a new security update source? If so any suggestions on a good one? Thanks in advance Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Fwd: Re: [newbie] Can't su to root
On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Robin Turner wrote: > >%_On Friday 26 April 2002 16:36, skinky wrote: > > Today I made a reeeal bad mistake... I accidentally changed permissions on > > the /bin directory instead of a bin subdirectory and now I am unable to su > > to root. I get "incorrect password". Well at least I think thats what the > > problem is. > > > > AND I've only just completed a clean reinstall of LM8.1 which has taken > > days to get everything configured (eg. apache, twiki, samba, etc)! I > > really don't want to reinstall... Spent hours searching the net for clues, > > thinking it was something to do with basic authentication in apache with > > .htaccess files then remembered my error. I think it was a "chmod a+x > > /bin/*". > > > > So can someone pleeease tell me the permissions on /bin/su ? Hopefully > > that will solve my problem. > > -rwsr-xr-x1 root root13952 Feb 7 2001 /bin/su > > Sir Robin Probably have to be root to change permissions! Thats why I suggested single user mode... -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com Front Street Networks LLC - 203-785-0699 229 Front Street, Ste. #C, New Haven CT, 06513-3203 -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com Front Street Networks LLC - 203-785-0699 229 Front Street, Ste. #C, New Haven CT, 06513-3203 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't su to root
On Friday 26 April 2002 16:36, skinky wrote: > Today I made a reeeal bad mistake... I accidentally changed permissions on > the /bin directory instead of a bin subdirectory and now I am unable to su > to root. I get "incorrect password". Well at least I think thats what the > problem is. > > AND I've only just completed a clean reinstall of LM8.1 which has taken > days to get everything configured (eg. apache, twiki, samba, etc)! I > really don't want to reinstall... Spent hours searching the net for clues, > thinking it was something to do with basic authentication in apache with > .htaccess files then remembered my error. I think it was a "chmod a+x > /bin/*". > > So can someone pleeease tell me the permissions on /bin/su ? Hopefully > that will solve my problem. -rwsr-xr-x1 root root13952 Feb 7 2001 /bin/su Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mozilla / yahoo mail
Michael Scottaline wrote: > POP and SMTP access is no longer free. Web access is. Mike, Thanks! regards, Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Can't su to root
Today I made a reeeal bad mistake... I accidentally changed permissions on the /bin directory instead of a bin subdirectory and now I am unable to su to root. I get "incorrect password". Well at least I think thats what the problem is. AND I've only just completed a clean reinstall of LM8.1 which has taken days to get everything configured (eg. apache, twiki, samba, etc)! I really don't want to reinstall... Spent hours searching the net for clues, thinking it was something to do with basic authentication in apache with .htaccess files then remembered my error. I think it was a "chmod a+x /bin/*". So can someone pleeease tell me the permissions on /bin/su ? Hopefully that will solve my problem. Many TIA skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Triple booting - success and a question
On Thursday 25 April 2002 05:15 pm, you wrote: > Bary, > > Thanks for the tip. I reformatted and did not delete the partition. I'll > try the latter and get back to the list. > > Terry Smith > Cape Cod USA > Hope that takes care of it for you. Barry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3
On Thursday 25 April 2002 1:19 pm, Matt Blake wrote: > I have followed the instructions from alastair to install KDE3 in 8.2 > and all goes fine, but it doesn't appear in the drop down list when i > log out and try to log back in. KDE is in the menu but it simply > loads KDE2 has before. Any ideas would be appreciated Reboot (or possibly restart the X server?) and you should have 'KDE' and 'KDE3' in the list; the first item starts KDE 2.2.2 so it's the second you want. Alastair Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mozilla / yahoo mail
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > Today is the 25th. Yesterday was the yahoo cutoff date for free mail. > They have required that all yahoo users pay for their mail now, 19.95 > until the 8th of may, when the price will go up even more. The 24th was > the cutoff date. I looked at the yahoo pages about a week ago (and again today), and the understanding I have is that an account with a 4 MB mailbox is free, with no indication that it will not stay free. Am I missing something? Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Which CD's are which?
On Friday 26 April 2002 06:52 am, you wrote: > Of the seven CD's in the Powerpack8.2 boxed set which are the three that > would usually get downloaded? > > 1. Installation CD 1, Bootable CD 01SPP-8201 > 2. Installation CD 2 01SPP-8202 > 3. Commercial Applications CD 1 01SPP-8203 > 4. Commercial Applications CD 2 01SPP-8204 > 5. Installation Sources CD 1 01SPP-8205 > 6. Installation Sources CD 2 01SPP-8206 > 7. Supplementary Applications CD 01SPP-8207 > > I ask, so that if someone wants a copy, they get only what i am legally > entitled to burn for them i.e. what they could download themselves. My > guess is disks 1, 2, and perhaps 7. > > Michael I notice all e-mails this morning are from "unknown" a change in the mail list? My guess, CDs 1&2, are the installables, 5&6 the source code Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Which CD's are which?
On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 22:52:56 +1200 Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Of the seven CD's in the Powerpack8.2 boxed set which are the three that > would usually get downloaded? > My > guess is disks 1, 2, and perhaps 7. > Correct Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Which CD's are which?
Of the seven CD's in the Powerpack8.2 boxed set which are the three that would usually get downloaded? 1. Installation CD 1, Bootable CD 01SPP-8201 2. Installation CD 2 01SPP-8202 3. Commercial Applications CD 1 01SPP-8203 4. Commercial Applications CD 2 01SPP-8204 5. Installation Sources CD 1 01SPP-8205 6. Installation Sources CD 2 01SPP-8206 7. Supplementary Applications CD 01SPP-8207 I ask, so that if someone wants a copy, they get only what i am legally entitled to burn for them i.e. what they could download themselves. My guess is disks 1, 2, and perhaps 7. Michael -- Beneath this stone lies Murphy, They buried him today, He lived the life of Riley, While Riley was away. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Another Partitioning Question
Michael wrote: > > I have watched with interest Civileme's posts over the last month or so on > the multi-boot (windows plus two linuces) issue. > > My situation is similar to others. I have: > > $ df > FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/hdb5 3.7G 2.5G 1.0G 71% / > /dev/hda1 7.9G 3.3G 4.6G 42% /mnt/win_c > /dev/hda5 7.9G 104k 7.9G 0% /mnt/win_d > > I want to repartition win_d and install 8.2 on there. > > hdb5 is a mandrake 7.1 partition (My first usable Linux attempt). I may > eventually, when i have 8.2 set up to my satisfaction, delete 7.1 and > replace it with /home. > > This means that initially i will have 8.2's /home on hda7 or thereabouts. I > will make 8.2 / and /boot ext2 and other new partitions XFS. > > So instead of putting the vmlinuz-X.XX.XX and initrd.img-X.XX.XX of 8.2 > into /boot on 7.1 i feel i should do a full install of 8.2 overwriting the > MBR of hda and then drag the 7.1 vmlinuz and initrd.img back into 8.2's > boot partition. Then edit boot config in the control centre. > > Will this acheive the same result as the the previous multi-boot queries? > i.e. will this allow me to boot into windows or 7.1 or 8.2? > > I am really looking forward to my purchased box set arriving here in NZ. > > TIA > Michael > OK, no replies and the box set has arrived. Thanks Mandrake! I don't want to smoke my 7.1 so will do it the other way and copy 8.2 boot files into 7.1 /boot. Will have to sort out the other issue when i come to it. Thanks anyway Cheers Michael -- Beneath this stone lies Murphy, They buried him today, He lived the life of Riley, While Riley was away. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT? mouse problem
On Thursday 25 Apr 2002 6:36 pm, poogle wrote: > I know it's OT but I ask for your forbearance as I know there are a > lot of technical gurus on this list so here goes... > Suddenly, today, my mouse is behaving badly. It's a 3 button logitech > which allows me to left & right click but dragging is erratic - often > (too!) if I click and hold on either the top frame of a konqueror > window or try to drag the left "elevator" to scroll up an down a page > it just will not work. I have to left click > x button if it is > visible or right click > close if it is not. Tried a different mouse > and the same thing happens, tried a different Mandrake install and > the same thing happens. > I have disconnected the PS2 connector from the 4 pin terminal on the > MB and reseated it and the problem went away for a while, now it's > back. Does this indicate that my MB is on the way out (Yes would be a > nice answer then I can justify an upgrade from K6 II - 450 to " She > who must be obeyed") Strangely, I have a similar problem with a brand new Logitech USB optical wheel mouse; the pointer seems to 'stick' momentarily (ie I start dragging, nothing happens, then the pointer suddenly 'catches up' with the drag). No problems with the buttons; I'll continue investigating. Shame, as it's a nice, light, comfortable mouse compared with my old MS Intellimouse Wireless which was like dragging a Volkswagen Beetle round the desktop and went through a pair of AA alkaline batteries every few weeks; it also suffered from the notorious Mandrake bug (not corrected in 8.2) where the pointer only moves up or down, not left or right, until you stop the 'usbmouse' module being loaded ... Alastair -- Alastair Scott (London, United Kingdom) http://www.unmetered.org.uk/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] fly
Hi all, asked this question a while ago, but got no response. Has anyone managed to install flt in lm8.2? -- regards, Colin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 5:20pm up 18:43, 2 users, load average: 0.24, 0.07, 0.02 Hardware: The parts of a computer system that can be kicked. ..registered linux user #223862 .. _ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to install Win98, RH 5.1 & Mandrake 8.1 ??
Well, I spoke too soon Civilme. I have been back and forth so many times on the partitioning of this drive that apparently I filled up the partition table or something ... it won't let me finish any partitioning now ...when I try to go to the formatting stage following diskdrake, its gives me an error message: raw_add: partition table full. I tried rebooting and starting over but still the same message. So I'm stuck and can't load anything on this drive. Any idea of what has gone wrong or how to fix it? > I guess I'll go ahead and finish the 8.1 install this evening and see if RH > will install. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
