Re: [newbie-it] Masterizzazione fantasma
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alle 15:59, sabato 15 giugno 2002, in merito a [newbie-it] Masterizzazione fantasma, Patti Santo ha scritto: Tutto bene, CD Roast riconosce entrambi i dispositivi. Hai lo stesso problema anche con altri programmi di burning tipo G-Combust? Fai una prova e dimmi! Bye - - jv - ~~~ mdk 8.1 GNU/Linux 2.4.18 l.u. # 245448 l.m # 126972 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9C1fRoD2O62YfgMARArhpAJ9yZcyhWEHR9ls9v73ayLT/jrByJQCfeUIh Y2Bse/gRYhYhZz36Tgy6dss= =JXtK -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[newbie] Cannot mount file system messages.
Hi, When I boot LM8.2 from hard disk I get the message that the local file system mounting has failed. Later, before the boot up is completed, I get a message that amother file system mounting has failed. However the boot up goes to completion. I am able to login and seemingly the system is functioning without any problem. I tried to use fsck on the hard disks but it would not work on disks that are mounted. Can someone help me figure out why those messages are appearing? Thanx, Seedkum Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT - World Cup broadcasts
On Saturday 15 June 2002 03:00, Todd Slater wrote: On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 15:26:50 +0100 Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As usual the BBC can be relied on http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/ It was a good match :-) As it happens Italy would have gone through even if they lost since Paraguay beat Croatia. Mexico looked quite impressive. derek Thanks, Derek. I've learned that FIFA has sold exclusive broadcast rights to 2002 World Cup to some company that, believe it or not, strictly prohibits the broadcast of real-time commentary via Internet. If only I had bought that world band radio like I always wanted :-( The coverage hear in the US has been pitiful. ESPN and ESPN2 should be ashamed. Or maybe it's the company that's restricting the broadcast rights that's to blame. You can pay $19.95 to see some lame video highlights--yeah, right! The day I have to pay extra to watch the Super Bowl is the day I buy a gun and start a revolution! Shame... Its getting really good coverage here in the UK. Some of the games start at 7:30 am, but that is not stopping the pubs opening early, and everyone is missing work for the important games. The cable operators are broadcasting repeats of the games 18 hours a day on 3 channels without adverts, so we get to see several games a day :-) Today England play Denmark. So this afternoon will be devoted to footie . If you had been able to see the matches I think you would be proud of the USAs performance. While not actually having the skill of Portugal, their teamwork led them to a deserved victory. Mexico also have been impressive. Now they have to play each other.. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading memory [getting OT]
dfox wrote: I imagine Mandrake would work OK with such a system. But personally I shy away with 'branded' computers - isn't there a way you can upgrade the system you have, just get the components you need, and then install on that? HPs a respected brand but I wouldn't buy a P4 system from any- one - the processor is just too da*n crippled and too expensive. AMD is far better choice. And you probably have some good HD space left, but if not, you can save your orig drive(s) and move them into a new home. * Intel® Pentium® 4 1.60GHz Processor * 512MB Memory * 80GB Hard Drive * 16x8x40x CDRW * 16x DVD * 3.5 1.44MB Floppy Drive * nVidia TNT2 M64 32MB AGP graphics card Note that apart from the video card, nothing is said about the makers of the individual components. One thing I've noticed is that many prebuilt PCs use good hardware for the things they think people will notice (CPU, video card etc.) then skimp on the more obscure parts - frequently the motherboard (which is probably the component you need to choose most carefully!). If you don't want to mess around assembling parts, a solution is to approach a small firm who will build one to your specs. This way you can ensure you get what you want, and avoid getting Windows as well. Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] problem with run RPM files ..
shane wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 04 December 2002 04:03 am, FARSHAD did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: hello i have a problem with RPM files , when i run a RPM run by guest account or root account i got a error message .. will be appear a box with title can't display location and write below message into message box .. try right clicking, and selecting software manager. the trouble is RPM's are not a file you run but a package you install. think of them as zip files on steriods. Shane - Heh, nice description! RPMs (or Debian packages, if you're so inclines) are one of the great advantages of Linux, especially now the urpmi command (and it's graphic partner, Mandrake's Software Manager) gets you out of most of those annoying dependency problems. Farshad - Note that most RPMs can't be run as is without being root. There are ways you can make them install to a home directory (sometimes) - read man urpmi and man rpm if you want to do this. Sir Robin Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Virus in Linus OS ...
shane wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 14 June 2002 08:50 pm, D. Olson did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: There are a grand total of 19 Linux viruses/trojans/worms, according to the Linux virus encyclopedia. ...and the number in the wild is? zero? Well, there's Simile, but that's pretty harmless, and can only affect the infected user's home directory in any case. I'd caution against the kind of Linux advocacy that says Linux is immune to all viruses, since it only takes one even slightly successful virus to make Windows users turn round and say Nyeh nyeh, you get them too. Also remember that the average user doesn't know the difference between a virus, a trojan and a worm (hey we 'nix users invented worms before Windows even existed!). Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Surround Sound
FemmeFatale wrote: Charlie wrote: On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 13:34:27 -0400 ~~ Under any Linux distribution SB Live! and Audigy use the same emu10k1 drivers as far as I know. I thought it was a kernel module now but what the devil do I know? The project was being reworked the last time I checked since; as has been said here before, Audigy support falls under the bleeding edge category. Checking SourceForge just now I see EMU10K1 listed as Status 5: Production/Stable as of May 25. Here catch: http://sourceforge.net/projects/emu10k1 As to Surround sound, if it ain't it's a damned good emulation! I have an older SB Live! Value Digital (4.1 for certain and the earliest iteration of 5.1 from Creative Labs) and Altec Lansing speakers and it sure SEEMS like full surround! There are songs that are apparently starting in one speaker (front left for example) then building to include the rest in discrete fashion. I could be wrong, but I'm positive it sounds great. :-) -- Charlie Heh good for you. :) Wish i had speakers that did that ... ah well. thx for the linky! Hadn't gotten around to looking :) I'm on 8.2, and the mixer says that I'm definitely using emu10k1, but I've only got thin sound from 2 speakers. If you can do it, it must be possible. I wonder what I'm missing? Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] loki went bust???
robin wrote: D. Olson wrote: So... Companies are starting to support us. Now we need to support them. Now, I totally DISAGREE with the whole Linux users are stingy bastards point you and that software developer make. Well, I didn't say that _all_ Linux users were stingy, but that is the reputation we have, and I think there is something in it. From my point of view, I'm happy that Linux software gives me a chance to look at it graatis. If they then charge, as long as the price is reasonable, I'm willing to pay. The labourer is worthy of his hire. I installed Mandrake from a magazine disc, liked it, and have now ordered disks from MandrakeSoft. PC software must be the only business in which the customer is expected to put down sizeable chunks of cash, without knowing whether it will do what is required (or even run at all on his hardware) and having no chance of getting his money back if it doesn't. The Linux model benefits us, and I agree that we should give whatever support we can in return. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.0 wishlist :-)
on MY wishlist for MDK 9.0... voice activated menus. ( I liked viavoice in 7.2, and install and use it still. seems to me the only viavoice that really worked) On Friday 14 June 2002 07:46 am, you wrote: On Thursday 13 June 2002 09:37 pm, Damian G wrote: [snip] Damian, clearly you haven't seen kde-301 yet, have you? and besides...it's not their job to make it look prettier. thats what desktop managers like KDE, Blackbox, and the rest are for, right? .. i used KDE 3.0.1 a while and i dumped it when i found fluxbox ;o) but i think you didn't get my point. i'm not saying Mandrake has to improve KDE themes. that's up to kde-look . .. you will have perfect, beautiful icons, transparent menus, sleek 3D window decorations, gorgeous fonts with antialiasing. and a horrid mandrake control center icon that matches nothing, looks way too flat, and with opaque colors. http://damz.net/theme1/linux.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Surround Sound
On Wednesday 12 June 2002 02:40 pm, you wrote: FemmeFatale wrote: Charlie wrote: On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 13:34:27 -0400 ~~ Under any Linux distribution SB Live! and Audigy use the same emu10k1 drivers as far as I know. I thought it was a kernel module now but what the devil do I know? The project was being reworked the last time I checked since; as has been said here before, Audigy support falls under the bleeding edge category. Checking SourceForge just now I see EMU10K1 listed as Status 5: Production/Stable as of May 25. Here catch: http://sourceforge.net/projects/emu10k1 As to Surround sound, if it ain't it's a damned good emulation! I have an older SB Live! Value Digital (4.1 for certain and the earliest iteration of 5.1 from Creative Labs) and Altec Lansing speakers and it sure SEEMS like full surround! There are songs that are apparently starting in one speaker (front left for example) then building to include the rest in discrete fashion. I could be wrong, but I'm positive it sounds great. :-) -- Charlie Heh good for you. :) Wish i had speakers that did that ... ah well. thx for the linky! Hadn't gotten around to looking :) I'm on 8.2, and the mixer says that I'm definitely using emu10k1, but I've only got thin sound from 2 speakers. If you can do it, it must be possible. I wonder what I'm missing? Anne h my mixer says audigy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading memory [getting OT]
robin wrote: dfox wrote: I imagine Mandrake would work OK with such a system. But personally I shy away with 'branded' computers - isn't there a way you can upgrade the system you have, just get the components you need, and then install on that? HPs a respected brand but I wouldn't buy a P4 system from any- one - the processor is just too da*n crippled and too expensive. AMD is far better choice. And you probably have some good HD space left, but if not, you can save your orig drive(s) and move them into a new home. I understand Walmart is now selling computers, either with no operating system, or with Lindows preinstalled -- it could be worth looking at. BTW, I like cheap motherboards. I've used TX-Pro II motherboards with onboard sound and video for a number of years without problems on Windows. (I've had difficulty with Linux, but some of that is probably my problem. I am stuck at Xfree 3.3.6 on those motherboards, IIRC, and don't have sound working. (I normally don't use sound, don't have speakers plugged in -- there is a slight possibility that sound does now work (with some more recent installs) but I really haven't checked. The newer motherboard I'm using is a Matsonic MS8308-E (or EP?). On board sound, video (works with the new Xfree -- 4.2.x?), NIC, and special LMR slot for a modem. (On board stuff is based on the SiS 730 chipset.) One nice feature of the board is that the on board video is AGP, but there is also an AGP slot, so if I want to plug in a better video card I can. I originally installed Mandrake 7.2 (after being unsuccessful with Mandrake 8.0), and sound did not work. Since then I've upgraded to Mandrake 8.1 and then 8.2 but never tested the sound. I understand that the NIC does not work with Linux -- I've never tried as I use coax on my network, and the on board NIC is RJ-45 (10/100). Aside: The reason I switched motherboards is that the TX-Pro II could handle a max of two 64 MB DIMMS (plus two SIMMs, IIRC, 32 MB each). I needed more memory. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] making dos file system on floppy
I'm trying to format a floppy with a dos file system using the command mkdosfs /dev/hdd . I keep getting the error message mkdosfs: Will not try to make filesystem on '/dev/hdd'. I have a two drives in one floppy drive that is detected in harddrake as both hdd and fd0. It won't mount as fd0 though. I don't know if this is an issue with making the filesystem or not. What I'm trying to do is copy the patch.pl script that I need to install 8.2 to the floppy. (I have an AMD-K6 processor.) I have tried making the floppy in Windows but the installation fails. Any help appreciated, SW --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading memory
On Friday 14 June 2002 19:58 pm, Marcia wrote: snip Dear All, The above message convinces me to consider very seriously to build my own computer by starting with a barebones kit-mainly this one below: Jetway 830CF Barebones w/ Duron 1Ghz. CPU $164.95 $149.95 On Sale! I'm running one of these boards with a Duron 1200 - no probs, I would just quote the following from the mb manual ...provides 4x mode AGP slot support 4X AGP card for those wanting even greater graphic performance. However, due to the chipset's specification, on board AGP slot supports n-Vidia TNT series VGA card only -- John Clarke, Derby, England Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Virus in Linus OS ...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 15 June 2002 06:52 am, robin did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: ...and the number in the wild is? zero? Well, there's Simile, but that's pretty harmless, and can only affect the infected user's home directory in any case. I'd caution against the kind of Linux advocacy that says Linux is immune to all viruses, since it only takes one even slightly successful virus to make Windows users turn round and say Nyeh nyeh, you get them too. i agree completely, but while it is entirely possible to get infected, and we have to admit it, there is not yet a method (it will come though) and both transmition and effect are very limited. the diversity in linux email, method and apps ensures transmition will be limited in the forseeable future, and the built in security ensures a limited scope of damage. while we have to be careful, we also have to play on lour strengths. ;) ...unless you run as root or like lindows OS. gotta love random sigs. :) - -- 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/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9C06qBwq+ZwvIN/oRAlcLAJ9x4WoArOIq9IEBJYigLErjPuyF3ACePlNy QgFVta1BidH4efly6cKTd+s= =VIvI -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] making dos file system on floppy
any /dev/hd* will be a hard drive try changing the hdd to fd0 that will be the Floppy Drive 0 (first in the bus). I kinda think you need a few different commands tho (I don't remember since I have not used a floppy in some time) On Saturday 15 June 2002 10:33 am, you wrote: I'm trying to format a floppy with a dos file system using the command mkdosfs /dev/hdd . I keep getting the error message mkdosfs: Will not try to make filesystem on '/dev/hdd'. I have a two drives in one floppy drive that is detected in harddrake as both hdd and fd0. It won't mount as fd0 though. I don't know if this is an issue with making the filesystem or not. What I'm trying to do is copy the patch.pl script that I need to install 8.2 to the floppy. (I have an AMD-K6 processor.) I have tried making the floppy in Windows but the installation fails. Any help appreciated, SW --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: Cleaning the current IPVS table
Shutting down 8.1 and it stopped, displayed --- Current state: Multi-user Cleaning the current IPVS table --- What happened? How do I get out of it? -- Gerald Waugh Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mozilla Addressbook
How can I convert my large mozilla addressbook to html as a standard setting in a global fashion so as to avoid having to reset each individual entry manually. Anyone know of a command line method perhaps ? John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Cleaning the current IPVS table
Shutting down 8.1 and it stopped, displayed --- Current state: Multi-user Cleaning the current IPVS table --- What happened? How do I get out of it? I used the Alt+SysRq sequences to get out Still can't figure, what happened -- Gerald Waugh Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Corrupt rpm database?
On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 21:36, robin wrote:
Whenever I rpm or urpmi something, I get the following message:
rpmdb: read: 0x4014b274, 4096: Input/output error
rpmdb: Hash bucket 428 maps to non-hash page 518
error: db3 error(-30985) from db-verify: DB_VERIFY_BAD: Database
verification failed
I assume my database is corrupt, but how do I fix it (I tried rpm
--rebuilddb to no avail)?
Sir Robin
Robin, I searched thru my personal archives here and dug this up just
for you. Someone posted the URL to this text a while back and I took
the time to commit the content of the web page to the hard drive.
Basically this procedure builds a text list of all rpm's that are
currently on the system using the find command, and then works up from
there; so the final rpm database result should (theoretically) be a
mirror image of what you actually have. Not too shabby an idea;
although he does mention some caveats below that you should be aware
of. This looks to be a procedure that should be refined and integrated
into Mandrake as a factory script some time in the future; it's a
major achilles heel of rpm based Linux systems right now.
So here it is:
_
On one of my Mandrake Linux systems, I had once this problem:
[pascal@hermes pascal]$ su
Password:
[root@hermes pascal]# rpm -q -a
failed to open //var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
rpmQuery: rpmdbOpen() failed
[root@hermes pascal]# rpm --rebuilddb
failed to open //var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
[root@hermes pascal]# rpm --initdb
[root@hermes pascal]# rpm -q -a
failed to open //var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
rpmQuery: rpmdbOpen() failed
[root@hermes pascal]# rpm --version
RPM version 3.0.3
Well, clearly the RPM database was completely out of usage. I had to rebuild it.
You may think that it's simply a matter of using :
rpm --rebuilddb
However, I learned that --rebuilddb is REALLY AND COMPLETELY USELESS. Maybe the
authors and contributors to rpm could take some idea from this NFAQ to actually
implement a true --rebuilddb option.
The main idea of the process is to use:
rm -f /var/lib/rpm/* ; rpm --initdb
and:
rpm -i -v --nodeps --noscripts --notriggers --excludepath / packages...
to fill a package database without really installing anything (not overriding
installed files, not running any script, ...). This is done in the seventh step;
everything before I made to recover a list of installed packages.
This is not perfect, since some packages I have upgraded or modified the sources
and upgraded. I should have checked for /usr/src/RPMS too; I'll update the
database later by hand to synchronize it with the handful of packages I touched
after the initial installation.
+--+
| COOKBOOK PROCEDURE TO REBUILD A RPM DATABASE DAMAGED BEYOND HOPE |
+--+
BEWARE, THIS IS NOT AN AUTOMATIC SCRIPT!
Use this only as a guideline to rebuild your rpm database.
#
# 1 # Find the files currently installed.
# # ON THE HOST WHO LOST ITS RPM DATABASE.
#
find / -print | sort /tmp/dsk-contents
#
# 2 # Find all the files installed by the installation RPMs,
# # with their corresponding RPM.
#
losetup /dev/loop0 /mnt/usr3/mandrake/mandrake61-1.iso
mount -o ro -t iso9660 /dev/loop0 /mnt/cdrom
cd /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS
rm -f /tmp/rpm-contents
for f in *.rpm ; do
rpm -q -l -p $f \
| awk -v pn=$f '{printf %s:%s\n,pn,$0;}' /tmp/rpm-contents
done
sort -t: +1 -o /tmp/rpm-contents /tmp/rpm-contents
#
# 3 # Obtain the actually installed RPMs.
#
gzip -d lgetvalue-src.tar.gz | tar xf -
cd lgetvalue-src
make all test
./lgetvalue--field-separator=: \
--key-position=2 \
--value-position=1 \
/tmp/rpm-contents /tmp/dsk-contents \
| sort -u /tmp/rpm-installed
#
# 4 # Reinitialize a new rpm database.
#
mv /var/lib/rpm /var/lib/rpm-damaged-beyond-hope
mkdir /var/lib/rpm
rpm --initdb
#
# 5 # Let rpm say what problems there may be
# # (trying to do a pseudo-installation.
#
cd /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS
rpm -i -v --noscripts --notriggers --excludepath / `cat /tmp/rpm-installed`
#
# 6 # Correct the list of installed RPMs.
#
emacs /tmp/rpm-installed
#
# 7 # Rebuild the rpm data base, without installing any file
# # nor running any script.
#
rpm -i -v --nodeps --noscripts --notriggers --excludepath / \
`cat /tmp/rpm-installed `
#
# 8 # Check you have a valid rpm database.
#
rpm -q -a
HTH !!
LX
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Re: [newbie] Virus in Linus OS ...
On Saturday 15 June 2002 10:26 am, you wrote: Nimda virus affects Linux! My linux boxes have had their bandwidth chewed up by four thousand Nimda servers infected with IIS. OH LOL! I LOVE IT! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Corrupt rpm database?
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 21:36, robin wrote: Whenever I rpm or urpmi something, I get the following message: rpmdb: read: 0x4014b274, 4096: Input/output error rpmdb: Hash bucket 428 maps to non-hash page 518 error: db3 error(-30985) from db-verify: DB_VERIFY_BAD: Database verification failed I assume my database is corrupt, but how do I fix it (I tried rpm --rebuilddb to no avail)? Sir Robin Robin, I searched thru my personal archives here and dug this up just for you. Someone posted the URL to this text a while back and I took the time to commit the content of the web page to the hard drive. Thanks, I'll try this when I get some non-critical time (i.e. nothing currently running, no urgent work-related tasks). Things have actually got worse since my last post, as Software Manager is refusing to install anything - I get the insert CD message, insert the CD, then get the same message again (though that could be a different problem). Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] loki went bust???
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 13 June 2002 11:01 am, Anne Wilson did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: From my point of view, I'm happy that Linux software gives me a chance to look at it graatis. If they then charge, as long as the price is reasonable, I'm willing to pay. The labourer is worthy of his hire. I installed Mandrake from a magazine disc, liked it, and have now ordered disks from MandrakeSoft. i have to admit that the real reason i first choose Mandrake over SuSE was SuSE's damn no free ISO for you! policy. considering the amount of money i have sent Mandrake in the last few years, SuSE should hope i am the exception, not the rule... - -- This is Linux country. On a quiet night, you can hear NT re-boot. 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/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9C3yxBwq+ZwvIN/oRAiZCAJ43mrmPVOW1oOmXQdB1jj2b+/WNJwCfe3LE KEizCQDSh7nYn45lPuNunqs= =oUo7 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RPMs in CD 3 MDK 8.2
Welcome to Linux! Open the Mandrake Software Manager (should be on your start menu at Configuration | Packaging | Software Manager). Here you will have a complete list of all RPMs on all three CDs with a description of what they do, what files they contain, where on your hard disk they have been or would be installed, and more. You also can install and uninstall any RPM with the Software Manager. As you get to know Linux, the Software Manager will become one of your most used tools. It's far more powerful and useful than those unenlightening install.exe's you've used in Windows. Warren On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 04:31, FARSHAD wrote: hello i'm using from mdk 8.2 , in CD 3 there are very RPM files , if everybody have a full list of this PRMs with details for each file , please send for me ... i want know what's name apps (RPM) in CD 3 mdk 8.2 and i want know each app what do they do ? thanks alot bye Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: Pre-migration strategies: Win2K - LM
On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 14:40, shane wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 14 June 2002 12:36 pm, Warren Post did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: Short of changing the OS, however, I've been given carte blanche to improve the system. What should I be doing now to insure that a future migration to LM goes smoothly? I'm thinking of things like using FAT32 wherever possible instead of NTFS, and migrating users from MS Office to OpenOffice. isn't changing to mandrake improving the system? :) That's certainly how I see it! what apps do they use? * MS Office has been replaced by OpenOffice. * Corel is being replaced by The Gimp and OpenOffice Draw. Unresolved problems so far are the lack of clip art and the inability to open legacy Corel files. * MS Publisher, Broderbund Banner - I haven't found anything sufficiently lobotomized to satisfy users accustomed to canned solutions. * AutoCAD and ARCview - I haven't started looking for alternatives to these yet. But the Really Big App is a proprietary database and information management system done in Visual Basic and Foxpro. Being able to run this and access the Foxpro databases on the fileserver is what will make or break a future migration to Linux. A few modules are still being implemented by the contractor, and the programmers tell me that if Linux can do Visual, the app should run fine. The LAN has no connection to the outside world, so that makes things easier. At the moment it's a simple workgroup but I have to change it to a domain with MS Active Directory next week to make our new network antivirus work. Though I was tempted to leave the system unprotected so when the inevitable meltdown occurs I could tell management this doesn't happen with Linux. :-) Warren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: Pre-migration strategies: Win2K - LM
On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 14:07, Joshua James wrote: At least if you switch to OpenOffice you'll save a ton of money on licensing. US$10,625 is what we saved by not buying 25 licenses for MS Office... and after a couple of days of help, MS Office users prefer OpenOffice. The cost savings are what makes management sit up straight and pay attention, so I'm pushing that. I have a mandate to eliminate illegal software and have found a few workstations with copies of Windows that are... er... prelegalized, so I may use one or two of those as Linux testbeds and later present management with the price tag of _not_ switching to Linux. Users will also find something familiar when you switch them to linux down the road. Yes, this is _really_ important to users. The Windows/MS Office/MSIE users I've shown Linux to like it but don't see it as anything practical, because they don't see their favorite apps. The Windows/OpenOffice/Netscape users I've shown Linux to say Wow! It's just like Windows, only better! We know, of course, that Linux isn't just like Windows, only better. But this kind of love at first sight on the part of users is what I want to achieve in order to insure a successful migration. Warren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] loki went bust???
On Saturday 15 June 2002 12:42 pm, shane wrote: masses, saying: From my point of view, I'm happy that Linux software gives me a chance to look at it graatis. If they then charge, as long as the price is reasonable, I'm willing to pay. The labourer is worthy of his hire. I installed Mandrake from a magazine disc, liked it, and have now ordered disks from MandrakeSoft. i have to admit that the real reason i first choose Mandrake over SuSE was SuSE's damn no free ISO for you! policy. considering the amount of money i have sent Mandrake in the last few years, SuSE should hope i am the exception, not the rule... Nope you're not the only one. Same exact situation here. I'd might be an suse fan, had I been able to try it first. Oh well, mandrake deserves my money more anyway. :D -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] making dos file system on floppy
On Saturday 15 June 2002 04:33 pm, Scott wrote: I'm trying to format a floppy with a dos file system using the command mkdosfs /dev/hdd . I keep getting the error message mkdosfs: Will not try to make filesystem on '/dev/hdd'. I have a two drives in one floppy drive that is detected in harddrake as both hdd and fd0. It won't mount as fd0 though. I don't know if this is an issue with making the filesystem or not. What I'm trying to do is copy the patch.pl script that I need to install 8.2 to the floppy. (I have an AMD-K6 processor.) I have tried making the floppy in Windows but the installation fails. Any help appreciated, SW --- Scott, this is really weird. If I understand you correctly, you are unable to get this patch.pl onto a floppy in order to install 8.2 on a K6-2 CPU, right ? Then, how can you struggle with linux-commands like mkdosfs ? And, a floppy-drive is definately not /dev/hdd (that's the slave on the second IDE-bus). Floppies are /dev/fd0 , /dev/fd1 and so on Did you somehow manage to install linux after all ? - And if, how ? What happened if you - completely in Windows - formatted a floppy, then downloaded patch.pl directly to the floppy ? - That should be easy, even in Windows. And then tried to install 8.2 ? Did you follow instructions exactly ? For your convinience, I'll repeat them below : *Error scenario* : Unable to install or problems with installation with K6 and Pentium I systems. *Why* : Some packages on the Commercial CD were built with i686 instructions and as a result, when the installer generates the hdlist, it crashes when encountering this RPM and reports a problem of hdlist. *Solution* : Format a floppy disk with a DOS filesystem (in Linux, you can use the command mkdosfs /dev/fd0). Copy patch.pl to the floppy disk. Remove the floppy and reboot using the Mandrake Linux 8.2 CD1 to do a CD-ROM installation. During boot, press F1 at the splash screen, then place your floppy disk that contains patch.pl in the floppy drive. At the prompt, type patch, then follow the installation as usual. If still in trouble, please return to the list. It's getting late here, but this list is populated with nice people all over the globe. And to repeat myself : I'm sure we can get you going. HTH Kaj Haulrich Denmark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] MySQL
I went on a MySQL book hunt a while back and I've seen most of them, since I used to work in a MySQL shop. OReilly is OK, it's the easiest to get your hands on, but this one stood out from the rest qualitywise to me: MySQL by Paul DuBois New Riders Publishing ISBN # 0-7357-0921-1 Amazon used book listing for MySQL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/offering-page/ref=sdp_ab_ub/103-5215189-3195846?index=fixed-pricefield-offering-type=usedfield-asin=0735709211field-status=opensize=25rank=+price It has more about the MySQL C Api than any other book I've seen. Content is in depth and superb. HTH, LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: Pre-migration strategies: Win2K - LM
Warren Post wrote: Users will also find something familiar when you switch them to linux down the road. Yes, this is _really_ important to users. The Windows/MS Office/MSIE users I've shown Linux to like it but don't see it as anything practical, because they don't see their favorite apps. The Windows/OpenOffice/Netscape users I've shown Linux to say Wow! It's just like Windows, only better! We know, of course, that Linux isn't just like Windows, only better. But this kind of love at first sight on the part of users is what I want to achieve in order to insure a successful migration. Warren sounds very successful to me. :) Now help me convince my g/f ;p -- 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] Mandrake 9.0 wishlist sidetrack
On Sat, 2002-06-15 at 00:37, dfox wrote: Hat ha eddig nem volt nyilvanvalo :-() My hovercraft is full of eels. (ducking) LOL! :) LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: Pre-migration strategies: Win2K - LM
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 15 June 2002 02:16 pm, FemmeFatale did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: Now help me convince my g/f ;p can't be done, g/fs are beyond reason by definition. ;) - -- My job is bring comfort to the disturbed, and disturb the comfortable. 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/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9C/lGBwq+ZwvIN/oRAkl8AJ9iRnaH5ypUzRs4158Qjpy6s5N0/QCeI5jo 7uPClraKRqZKqd9hNC+Rp5M= =4Pm6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: Pre-migration strategies: Win2K - LM
On 16/06/2002, shane did utter into the folds of space: On Saturday 15 June 2002 02:16 pm, FemmeFatale did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: Now help me convince my g/f ;p can't be done, g/fs are beyond reason by definition. ;) A bumper sticker I have seen: If it has tits or tyres its TROUBLE -- Regards, Mark Van Bruggen [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is always a way, it's just reality that's the problem !! == Mark Van Bruggen Microsoft OEM Certified Phone : 07 4926 4900 Computer Systems Supplier Mobile: 04 3886 4900 Internet / Computer Technician E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rockhampton QLD AU == Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] loki went bust???
i have to admit that the real reason i first choose Mandrake over SuSE was SuSE's damn no free ISO for you! policy. considering the amount of money i have sent Mandrake in the last few years, SuSE should hope i am the exception, not the rule... Well, I am an exception too... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Corrupt rpm database?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] robin wrote: I assume my database is corrupt, but how do I fix it (I tried rpm --rebuilddb to no avail)? can not say about your data base, but your clock is not in best of shape. tc,hago. g . -- think green... save a tree, save a life, save time, save bandwidth, save storage. send email, text/plain - disable pgp/gpg/geek code =+= if you are proud to be an american, then buy made in america. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] making dos file system on floppy
On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 00:29, et wrote: On Saturday 15 June 2002 10:33 am, you wrote: I'm trying to format a floppy with a dos file system using the command mkdosfs /dev/hdd . I keep getting the error message mkdosfs: Will not try to make filesystem on '/dev/hdd'. I have a two drives in one floppy drive that is detected in harddrake as both hdd and fd0. It won't mount as fd0 though. I don't know if this is an issue with making the filesystem or not. What I'm trying to do is copy the patch.pl script that I need to install 8.2 to the floppy. (I have an AMD-K6 processor.) I have tried making the floppy in Windows but the installation fails. Any help appreciated, SW --- also you can not mount a drive that does not have a file system on it. I have not run into the need for the patch.pl. what does it do? and who needs it to install? Ed, That patch is needed when installing on a K6 or P1 system. See the errata on 8.2 SW, It's tough to understand why the patch can't be made to work when copied to a floppy under windows, but in any case I would hope that it were possible in Mandrake as well ;-) Sounds like you may be using a pre-8.2 version with supermount and/or devfs screwing up your floppy access. If so, (or maybe even if not) try this: 1. As root, edit /etc/lilo.conf with your favorite text editor. Wherever you see devfs=mount, make it devfs=nomount. 2. Still as root, type the command lilo (without the quotes) 3. Type the command supermount -i disable (without the quotes) 4. Reboot Now you have devfs and supermount switched off. As root in a console: mkdosfs /dev/fd0 mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy cp patch.pl /mnt/floppy/ Should work, but note that this will also have changed (fixed?) access to your CDROM as well. If you need help with accessing it after, just post again. Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
