Re: [newbie] Problems Installing New Vid Card
Metamorphysical wrote: > > I followed the directions and got to the program Midnight Commander but when > I went to the X11 directory there was XF86Config but no XF-Config.cfg. > Should there be one? no typo on my part sue me XF86Config-4 is what you want -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] CD Playing with home brewed SMP kernel
Hi, Just tried to play an audio CD and I get the following messages in my syslog and dialogue box on screen. Using Konq Services Audio CD Browser - The file or directory / does not exist, and the following message in syslog: Jul 24 23:47:30 faust modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-21 last message displayed N number of times With XMMS the play button opens up a dialouge box for file location etc, I enter /mnt/cdrom but no files or anything are displayed. Does anyone have any idea what may be wrong, CD's play fine under Win2K on the same machine. Oh yes I did rebuild my Kernel for SMP and did do some pruning in the config of the kernel, hope I did not remove something vital ;-) The CD is on the onboard IDE channel2, primary, HD is on Promise Ultra66 card. Thanks for any tips. Richard. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Cd-rw Problem
Chuck Stuettgen wrote: > >I can't seem to get mt CD-RW to work. I've tried Gnome Toaster, >X-CDRoast and GCombust. Nothing seems to work. The drive works fine >under Windows 2000 and I can record without problem. When I try it >using cdrecord from the command line I get the following: > >- >Cdrecord 1.10 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg >Schilling >TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM >scsidev: '0,0,0' >scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0 >Linux sg driver version: 3.1.20 >Using libscg version 'schily-0.5' >atapi: 1 >Device type: Removable CD-ROM >Version: 0 >Response Format: 1 >Vendor_info: 'SONY' >Identifikation : 'CD-RW CRX700E ' >Revision : '1.4h' >Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. >Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr). >Driver flags : SWABAUDIO >Drive buf size : 8377856 = 8181 KB >FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB >Track 01: data 650 MB >Total size: 746 MB (73:59.06) = 332930 sectors >Lout start: 747 MB (74:01/05) = 332930 sectors >Current Secsize: 2048 >ATIP info from disk: > Indicated writing power: 4 > Is not unrestricted > Is not erasable > Disk sub type: Medium Type A, high Beta category (A+) (3) > ATIP start of lead in: -11079 (97:34/21) > ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74) >Disk type:Long strategy type (Cyanine, AZO or similar) >Manuf. index: 11 >Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation >Trying to clear drive status. >cdrecord: Drive needs to reload the media to return to proper status. >Re-load disk and hit >Blocks total: 359849 Blocks current: 359849 Blocks remaining: 26919 >Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 4 in dummy mode for single session. >Last chance to quit, starting dummy write in 0 seconds. Operation >starts. >Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready. >cdrecord: Input/output error. read track info: scsi sendcmd: no error >CDB: 52 01 00 00 00 FF 00 00 1C 00 >status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) >Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 24 00 00 C0 >Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 >Sense Code: 0x24 Qual 0x00 (invalid field in cdb) Fru 0x0 >Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) error refers to command part, bit ptr 0 >(not valid) field ptr 0 >cmd finished after 0.008s timeout 240s >Writing time:0.025s >Fixating... >WARNING: Some drives don't like fixation in dummy mode. >Fixating time:0.003s >cdrecord: fifo had 64 puts and 0 gets. >cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%. >--- > >Anyone have any ideas? > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Well, several 1. Is your interface in set for CABLE SELECT position? If so it is likely to fail 2. Is DMA enabled for the drive? 3. Are you set for -dao? Many drives will not work in Disk-At-Once but are fine with Track-At-Once. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Cd-rw Problem
I can't seem to get mt CD-RW to work. I've tried Gnome Toaster, X-CDRoast and GCombust. Nothing seems to work. The drive works fine under Windows 2000 and I can record without problem. When I try it using cdrecord from the command line I get the following: - Cdrecord 1.10 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM scsidev: '0,0,0' scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0 Linux sg driver version: 3.1.20 Using libscg version 'schily-0.5' atapi: 1 Device type: Removable CD-ROM Version: 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info: 'SONY' Identifikation : 'CD-RW CRX700E ' Revision : '1.4h' Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : SWABAUDIO Drive buf size : 8377856 = 8181 KB FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB Track 01: data 650 MB Total size: 746 MB (73:59.06) = 332930 sectors Lout start: 747 MB (74:01/05) = 332930 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 ATIP info from disk: Indicated writing power: 4 Is not unrestricted Is not erasable Disk sub type: Medium Type A, high Beta category (A+) (3) ATIP start of lead in: -11079 (97:34/21) ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74) Disk type:Long strategy type (Cyanine, AZO or similar) Manuf. index: 11 Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation Trying to clear drive status. cdrecord: Drive needs to reload the media to return to proper status. Re-load disk and hit Blocks total: 359849 Blocks current: 359849 Blocks remaining: 26919 Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 4 in dummy mode for single session. Last chance to quit, starting dummy write in 0 seconds. Operation starts. Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready. cdrecord: Input/output error. read track info: scsi sendcmd: no error CDB: 52 01 00 00 00 FF 00 00 1C 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 24 00 00 C0 Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x24 Qual 0x00 (invalid field in cdb) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) error refers to command part, bit ptr 0 (not valid) field ptr 0 cmd finished after 0.008s timeout 240s Writing time:0.025s Fixating... WARNING: Some drives don't like fixation in dummy mode. Fixating time:0.003s cdrecord: fifo had 64 puts and 0 gets. cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%. --- Anyone have any ideas? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sudden Logouts
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 25 July 2002 3:07 am, g2 did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: > Switching between desktops sucks, just when i get used to KDE, that darn > sudden logouts occur. is that a known bug? or am just one of the few > lucky user to experience that? well it happened to me in 3.0.1 but 3.0.2 is rock solid so far. - -- "'Tis some script kidd3z," I muttered, "tapping at my server port- Only this, and nothing more." - Edgar "root" Poe. 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 iD8DBQE9P3DYBwq+ZwvIN/oRAnUhAJ9HzzgVq9spcoxjZ+zDGa9uN9AznACeP8X1 cmBQvHGuU8m6eX1aasNmsIo= =9i7o -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] beta
On Wednesday 24 July 2002 06:09 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I burned the beta iso sunday night as soon as it came out > but being newbie.I was kind of wait to see if anyone is > haveing much trouble.I,ve seen a couple of notes saying > they hadn,t found but a couple of bug,s.Is there anything > major? JOE Joe, doesn't seem to be anything major, install gave me no options on monitor or screen color depth, Control Center is missing. That's all I've seen so far. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Newbie and Confused! :)
> This is not a spam! Your are receiving this email either because, > you have sent me an email in the past, or you are on a list of marketers > requesting information. If this is not the case, PLEASE accept my > sincerest apologies and reply with "remove" in the subject field. ..no problem. i forgive you. ;oP -- Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my disk? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Newbie and Confused! :)
I have mandrake 8.2 and I am attempting to install KDE 3.0x and Update the Kernel can some send me a message on ICQ # 19870108 and give me links and stuff i can look at that will help me I am trying to build a contact list of ICQ users that can all interact if we have problems I am a novice user :) Kenneth Spress [EMAIL PROTECTED] == This is not a spam! Your are receiving this email either because, you have sent me an email in the past, or you are on a list of marketers requesting information. If this is not the case, PLEASE accept my sincerest apologies and reply with "remove" in the subject field. I will remove your name immediately! == Registered user #252546 with the Linux Counter Get Your Box Counted http://counter.li.org Listen to us every Sunday at 11:00 am EST at: http://www.alternacast.com EZHelp, You & More Show Info http://learn.at/ezhelp AIM: keniswhoiam Yahoo: kspress MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 19870108 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sudden Logouts
hi, I haven't fixed my KDE 3.0.2 Sudden Logouts that is why Im switching temporarily to GNOME, the problem is, I find KDE more user friendly than GNOME for example in creating shorcuts to applications, I cant seem to figure out yet how to make one in GNOME without "dragging from Nautilus", unlike in KDE where i just have to right click and voila, a create link to application menu. Switching between desktops sucks, just when i get used to KDE, that darn sudden logouts occur. is that a known bug? or am just one of the few lucky user to experience that? what's the latest stable version of GNOME? I read GNOME 2 is just on a beta version. HYH -- g2 "Intelligence, acquired; Wisdom, inherent." RLU # 278414 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] IDE PCI controller card
On Wednesday 24 July 2002 10:13 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > Hi all, was wondering if anyone has had success with an addon pci > Controller card. I want to add a CDROM drive to my set up but have no IDE > connections available. I would like to add a card but can not find anything > in "supported hardware" to tell me if a "Promise card" or some other brand > card will work without having the linux drivers. Any advice is appreciated, > Thanks. Never mind, with a bit of searching I find that there are a couple that are supported. Most common being the Promise IDE PCI controller. Now All I have to do is figure out how to compile the module into my kernel. Ya gotta love Mandrake-Linux. It has it all. This from the 9.0 beta1. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandarke won't boot anymore!
On Tuesday 23 July 2002 10:08 am, civileme wrote: > eric jackson wrote: > >I get this error message when I try to boot Mandrake 8.2: > > > >Ext3-fs- unable to read superblock > >mount: error 22 mounting Ext3 flags noatime > >well, retrying without the options flags > >(a repeat of line 1) > >(a repeat of line 2 without the words flags noatime) > >well, retrying read only without any flags > >(a repeat of line 1) > >(a repeat of line 2 without the words flags noatime) > >pivotroot: pivot_root (/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed :2 > >kernel panic: no init found. try passing inits option to kernel > > Drop in your CD#1 install and hit F1 at the splash screen then type > > rescue > > and try re-running LILO. > > Civileme I have had the exact same problem several times lately trying to install the cooker beta from June or upgrading (urpmi) an 8.2 install to cooker. I was able to install 8.0 and 8.2 with no problem. I suspected it was a problem with my new motherboard, a MSI KT3 Ultra with raid and the newer kernels not getting along. I have since left well enough alone but would like to go to the 9.0 beta. I just don't know how to fix that problem. I did try rerunning LILO at one point but I forget where. I wanted to report it to cooker but had not saved the messages. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] grep search
Anne Wilson wrote: >Is there a way of using grep to search for a word in all directories except >those under /mnt ? > >Anne > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Well you don't want to search /proc either The easy way is probably to use a list that you develop with ls and sed ls -I 'mnt' -I 'proc' -R -1 -d / | grep '/?|(yoursearchstring)' should generate the list of files matching your search with each match headed by its enclosing directories. That is is you are looking for a match in the file name. Now if you are looking for a match in the file contents, it is a little trickier,,, grep -i -l --exclude 'mnt|proc' -e (yourpatternwithoutquotes) / The -i is for ignore case and the -l lists only the file, not the matching lines within it. The --exclude implies recursive (-r or -d recurse). Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] beta 9.0
You can find the opensource release at http://tuxracer.sourceforge.net/ . Michael At 04:50 PM 7/24/2002 -0400, you wrote: >On Wednesday 24 July 2002 04:21 pm, you wrote: >> Hi, I don't know if any of you out there have installed the 9.0 Beta, but I >> have, because I love to tinker with new things. I thought I might be a beta >> tester. Anyway, does anyone know why tuxracer did not come with the beta? >> That is one of my fav games. >> >> Thanks, >> >> John Drouhard >> >> P.S. from what I have done so far, Mandrake 9 is not very buggy. Only a >> couple bugs, maybe. > > >I don't know why the older version isn't included, but it is now a commercial >game. If you want it, you can buy it. Or try getting the last free release to >work. > > >-- >D. Olson >The Mandrake eXPerience >http://mdkxp.by-a.com/ > >MUB-NWN >http://nwn.by-a.com/ > >WinXP - the best thing since induced vomitting. > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to mount zip drive, post install, Dell laptop
On Wed, 24 Jul 2002 07:26, Richard Holt wrote: > Thanks for the advise. > > Finally, insert CD#1, expert, Update, let it find the drive, go > through all the motions and back in business. > > I know there must be a way to probe for it and set it up but this > is the only way I found that works. > > Richard. I THINK you have to create the device with /sbin/MAKEDEV which I don't have a clue how to use. Maybe you can make sense of "man MAKEDEV"? I once had the same problem but couldn't figure out how to use MAKEDEV so I ended up reinstalling. Sorry I'm not much help. Sharrea -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to append files to a CD-R?
On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 14:57, Damian G wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 21:53:21 -0400 > > Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 17:55:30 -0700 > > > > Josef Lowder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How can I add or append additional files to a CD-R onto which I have > > > already recorded or "burned" just a few files? > > > > I don't think you can write more than once to a CD-R. A CD-RW you can, > > but I have yet to try this in Linux. > > actually, if the "session" has been closed. the data is "fixated" and > no further writing is possible. OTOH if it's a multisession CD or if the > disk session was not fixated after the writing, a swift read of > man cdrecord > will tell you the specifics on adding data to the CD. I use eroaster (gui) which is VERY easy to configure - its mostly done for you. I may be mistaken but IIRC, if you don't fixate the cd then you can't read the data until it has been fixated. After I click "Burn CD" I just select "CD-R", "fixate CD when done" and "multisession CD". Then I can read the data immediately and then add more data to the same cd. (Also if IIRC) the only thing to watch is that this method uses something like 30 MB (not sure if this figure is correct) in between burn sessions to record each session but I don't mind that. I've never had a coaster (yet) and I burn cdrw @ 4x, cdr @ 8x - except music cds @ 4x on a 10x HP 9310i burner Please correct me If this info is wrong. Cheers Sharrea -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CUPS driver for Star Gemini-10X
On Wednesday, 24 July 2002 12:54 pm, Warren Post wrote: > I am trying to get my venerable Star Gemini-10X working under LM > 8.1 and CUPS but cannot find an appropriate driver. The > Gemini-10X is a 9 pin dot matrix printer, so I've tried the dot > matrix drivers that are available for Star under CUPS. What I get > when I try to print a test page is a single horizontal line > followed by line feeds forever. Ditto when I try the Epson dot > matrix driver. What else should I be trying? My first printer was a Gemini for Commodore64. Try some of the Citizen drivers. old ones. 200GX or 190. Let me think a bit. Maybe use generic text printer. Basically should print ascii. good luck, Richard. > I've already looked at linuxprinting.org and posted this question > on linuxprinting.star.general with no luck. > > TIA, > Warren -- http://es.openoffice.org, Servicios GO-TRO,ca, v/f:0265-641-0003 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sound, ethernet, & irq's
On Wednesday 24 July 2002 10:28 am, you wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 11:10:14 -0400 > > Marcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > For some reason I cannot get my ethernet to accept any other irq except > > for 5 where my sound resides and they are definitely conflicting. I have > > gone into the bios as suggested and turned off power management, plug & > > play, freed up some irq's but the ethernet seems to just want 5. I have > > not tried to move the sound because I plan to install vmware and it wants > > the sound at irq 5. Does anyone have any suggestions here? I have the > > realtek chip 8139 that uses the 8139too driver. I am using LM8.2 on my > > brand new Athlon XP 1600+ 512 megs of ram machine. I purchased the OSS > > commercial sound which works well if I take the ethernet of f 5, but > > then I cannot get on the net. Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Marcia > > Don't you have a free PCI slot which gives a different IRQ for the NIC? Or > does the BIOS allow you to assign IRQ's to PCI slots? Good luck :) > > -Frans there may be a diagnostic utility on the drivers disk that came with the card. you may have to copy it to a dos startup disk. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] html mail
On Wednesday 24 July 2002 05:19 pm, you wrote: > Is this still in html format or did I change it correctly > > > - Original Message - > > From: "D. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Metamorphysical" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 2:16 PM > > Subject: Re: Video card problem > > > > > Ooo... That's not good. > > > > > > Are you using XFree 4.20? Beause it doesn't sound like it... And those > > > drivers need XF4.2 I think. > > > > > > Anyhow, you could log in at the terminal, and run XFDrake, then choose > > one > > > of > > > > > the GeForce cards, then save the config. Then try to edit the file, and > > it > > > > should have info in it now. If you are using XF4.2, that is. > > > > > > > > > Good luck. > > > > > > On Wednesday 24 July 2002 07:40 am, you wrote: > > > > I tried your tutorial on your website. One problem the file > > XFConfig-4 > > > is > > > > > > empty. There is no text at all in the file. Should I put in those > > > > commands the way they are in the tutorial? > > > > - Original Message - > > > > From: "D. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "Metamorphysical" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 1:51 AM > > > > Subject: Video card problem > > > > > > > > > Hey there. I don't know if you got your problem fixed or not, but I > > > > have > > > > > > > a fairly simple tutorial you could try to follow. It works every > > time > > > for > > > > > > me. > > > > > > > > > http://mdkxp.by-a.com/ (Go to Tutorials, then OpenGL with NVidia) > > > > > > > > > > Good luck. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > D. Olson > > > > > The Mandrake eXPerience > > > > > http://mdkxp.by-a.com/ > > > > > > > > > > MUB-NWN > > > > > http://nwn.by-a.com/ > > > > > > > > > > WinXP - the best thing since induced vomitting. > > > > > > -- > > > D. Olson > > > The Mandrake eXPerience > > > http://mdkxp.by-a.com/ > > > > > > MUB-NWN > > > http://nwn.by-a.com/ > > > > > > WinXP - the best thing since induced vomitting. Looks ok to me, the full headers don't show html. Dennis M. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] beta
I burned the beta iso sunday night as soon as it came out but being newbie.I was kind of wait to see if anyone is haveing much trouble.I,ve seen a couple of notes saying they hadn,t found but a couple of bug,s.Is there anything major? JOE Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] T1 line
Hello, I was wondering if there was a way to make a t1 line multilink to increase it bandwidth. I have some information on this but still do not know how to do it. Thanks For any help. Bill Nash
Re: [newbie] html mail
Metamorphysical wrote: >Is this still in html format or did I change it correctly > It's plain text. -- "There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't" - thinkgeek.com Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Üniversitesi Ankara 06533 http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re:[newbie] Make ISO WAS: Command line burning
Yeah, I know that there are some howtos already, but my main goal is to make my own collection of tutorials on my site for newbies to be able to follow simply. No extra stuff, just the info they need. That's my goal. I think that the dd command line is what I was after. Thanks a lot! On Wednesday 24 July 2002 05:51 pm, you wrote: > On Wednesday July 24 2002 03:16 pm, D. Olson wrote: > > I have been working a bit on a tutorial for this, but I would like to > > add how to make an ISO of a CD, and then burn it. > > > > Do you know how, via the commandline, to take everything on a CD and > > make it into an ISO? Preferably including the volume label and all > > that jazz. > > > > Thanks! > > Here's my latest ( disertation ;) on CL burning > http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/msg99825.html > > Search the rest of the archive (expert too) and you'll find that > others have added many good and useful ideas. The example I posted > about on the cooker page (link below) gives an example of exactly how > to make a bootable .iso, create a bootable CD > > If you just want to "take everything on a CD" and copy it to an .iso > on your HDD, simply > 'dd if=/dev/cdrom/ of=/where/you/want-it/filename.iso' If it's a > bootable CD, the copy (.iso) on the HDD will be also since it already > includes a bootable .img file. > >A CD-writing HowTo already exists, and has examples. Best way to > find out what works... is trial'n error. Just use the '-dummy' option > when testing CD writes. Soon you won't need it after you get the hang > of it. Then you'll wonder why anybody would want the confusion of GUI's > for CD burning. MOF, I believe it's needed to learn CL burning, just to > figure out most CD burning software GUI's ;) -- D. Olson The Mandrake eXPerience http://mdkxp.by-a.com/ MUB-NWN http://nwn.by-a.com/ WinXP - the best thing since induced vomitting. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Continuing problems installing New Vid Card
> > Well I know Geforce 4 will install since here is a thread of people who > > have > > > done it > > http://www.club-nihil.net/mub/viewtopic.php?t=2718&highlight=geforce > > > > So when you ran XFdrake did it allow you to see a test screen, or did it > > give > > > some kind of error. > > Came up saying could not find specific hardware. > > > > > > > Does your screen ever flash and then show text saying X cannot start? > > It nevered flashed or flickered. Just says X server cannot start. There is a file called /var/log/XFree86.0.log which contains a log of your attempt to startX You may find the reason for the failure in there. If you cannot understand the contents, copy the file into your Windows partition and then either post it in a mail, or send it as an attachment direct to me if it is too large for a mail. If you send your XF86Config-4 file as well I could check if it looks OK. It is also worth posting on that mandrakeuser.org board as well. You will get your problem in front of more people. Well you are learning the command line quickly :-) derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] html mail
Is this still in html format or did I change it correctly > - Original Message - > From: "D. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Metamorphysical" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 2:16 PM > Subject: Re: Video card problem > > > > Ooo... That's not good. > > > > Are you using XFree 4.20? Beause it doesn't sound like it... And those > > drivers need XF4.2 I think. > > > > Anyhow, you could log in at the terminal, and run XFDrake, then choose one > of > > the GeForce cards, then save the config. Then try to edit the file, and it > > should have info in it now. If you are using XF4.2, that is. > > > > > > Good luck. > > > > > > > > On Wednesday 24 July 2002 07:40 am, you wrote: > > > I tried your tutorial on your website. One problem the file XFConfig-4 > is > > > empty. There is no text at all in the file. Should I put in those > > > commands the way they are in the tutorial? > > > - Original Message - > > > From: "D. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Metamorphysical" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 1:51 AM > > > Subject: Video card problem > > > > > > > Hey there. I don't know if you got your problem fixed or not, but I > have > > > > a fairly simple tutorial you could try to follow. It works every time > for > > > > > > me. > > > > > > > http://mdkxp.by-a.com/ (Go to Tutorials, then OpenGL with NVidia) > > > > > > > > Good luck. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > D. Olson > > > > The Mandrake eXPerience > > > > http://mdkxp.by-a.com/ > > > > > > > > MUB-NWN > > > > http://nwn.by-a.com/ > > > > > > > > WinXP - the best thing since induced vomitting. > > > > -- > > D. Olson > > The Mandrake eXPerience > > http://mdkxp.by-a.com/ > > > > MUB-NWN > > http://nwn.by-a.com/ > > > > WinXP - the best thing since induced vomitting. > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fwd: RUSSELL PAVLICEK: "The Open Source" from InfoWorld.com, Wednesday, July 24, 2002
> PONDERING PALLADIUM > > Posted July 19, 2002 01:01 PM Pacific Time > BIG SNIP> > Will Palladium be a security dream or a nightmare > invasion? Let us know what you think at > http://www.infoworld.com/os , or drop Russell a line > at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - -- > Hiroshima '45, Chernobyl '86, Windows '95, Windows '98, Windows 2000! > Palladium? > > shane Personally I like the name 'the Register' gave to Palladium 'Windows 1984' derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] WD drives and Linux/UNIX
Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: >Here's a recent response from WD concerning their drives and Linux or UNIX. >Take it for what it's worth. > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Very different from what their reps said at shows... Which is that they support only Windows and Solaris. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] beta 9.0
Hi, I don't know if any of you out there have installed the 9.0 Beta, but I have, because I love to tinker with new things. I thought I might be a beta tester. Anyway, does anyone know why tuxracer did not come with the beta? That is one of my fav games. Thanks, John Drouhard P.S. from what I have done so far, Mandrake 9 is not very buggy. Only a couple bugs, maybe. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] grep search
Is there a way of using grep to search for a word in all directories except those under /mnt ? Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: XDisplay Screen Settings
SNIP > Oh Derek, thank you so much, up until now I simply accepted what ever > diskdrake installed automatically. > > Of course It was the screen resolution, rather than drive choice. > > I chose, > > generic monitor 1280x1024 @ 60 Hz, > > Now it may be that the monitor is capable of a higher frequency than > 60Hz, but I don't want tp get locked out, is there anyway of finding > out, I think from memory that windblows chooses 70 or 74Hz,but I cannot > quite remember, I suppose I could go back there and look, but I'm > concerned with linux here and I'm wondering if I can "test the monitor" > without getting locked out. > > John There is not really a way to 'test' what settings your monitor is capable of (Not without risking blowing it up!) The safe way is to refer to the monitors manual. It is possible to write custom settings in XF86Config-4 to suit any monitor. But it really is quite complicated and the documentation is quite arcane (http://www.xfree.org/4.2.0/XF86Config.5.html#sect8) This is probably more work than you feel comfortable doing, so the easy solution is to just use XFdrake to pick a monitor similar to your own, and compare the specs by looking them up on the web. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[Fwd: Re: [newbie] Re: XDisplay Screen Settings]
Original Message Subject: Re: [newbie] Re: XDisplay Screen Settings Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 17:27:04 +0100 From: John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Derek Jennings wrote: >SNIP > > >># ** >># Monitor section >># ** >> >># Any number of monitor sections may be present >> >>Section "Monitor" >>Identifier "Generic|High Frequency SVGA, 1024x768 at 70 Hz" >>VendorName "Unknown" >>ModelName "Unknown" >># HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified. >># HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a >># comma separated list of ranges of values. >># NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S >># USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. >> HorizSync 31.5-57.0 >># VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified. >># VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a >># comma separated list of ranges of values. >># NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S >># USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. >> VertRefresh 50-90 >> >> > > >SNIP > >Here is something interesting. You have declared your monitor to have a >maximum resolution of 1024x768 at 70Hz >Unless you have a really crummy Monitor then you have the wrong monitor >selected. > >Just run the Video setup in Mandrake Control Centre and select a different >monitor. Selecting a different monitor will change the vertical and >horizontal scan refresh frequencies shown above >If your monitor is not shown, then select a Generic one, but check that the >scan refresh frequencies are within the specifications in your monitors >handbook. > > > >SNIP > > >># ** >># Screen sections >># ** >> >> >>Section "Screen" >>Identifier "screen1" >>Device "NVIDIA GeForce3 (generic)" >>Monitor "Generic|High Frequency SVGA, 1024x768 at 70 Hz" >>DefaultColorDepth 24 >>Subsection "Display" >>Depth 8 >>Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400" >>ViewPort0 0 >>EndSubsection >>Subsection "Display" >>Depth 16 >>Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" >>ViewPort0 0 >>EndSubsection >>Subsection "Display" >>Depth 24 >>Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" >>ViewPort0 0 >>EndSubsection >>Subsection "Display" >>Depth 32 >>Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" >>ViewPort0 0 >>EndSubsection >>EndSection >> >> >> >SNIP > >Now see in the screen section that none of the possible screen resolutions is >better than 1024x768. This is a consequence of having the wrong monitor >selected. >Set the monitor correctly and these should change to be more like mine. > > > > > > Oh Derek, thank you so much, up until now I simply accepted what ever diskdrake installed automatically. Of course It was the screen resolution, rather than drive choice. I chose, generic monitor 1280x1024 @ 60 Hz, Now it may be that the monitor is capable of a higher frequency than 60Hz, but I don't want tp get locked out, is there anyway of finding out, I think from memory that windblows chooses 70 or 74Hz,but I cannot quite remember, I suppose I could go back there and look, but I'm concerned with linux here and I'm wondering if I can "test the monitor" without getting locked out. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Later, One problem though, now that I've changed the monitor/screen resolution my display programmes like xine,mplayer.divx and ogilvie will not display,I guess I've got to reset something here as well, but does this mean a fresh new install of the rpms etc, I hope not. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] CUPS driver for Star Gemini-10X
I am trying to get my venerable Star Gemini-10X working under LM 8.1 and CUPS but cannot find an appropriate driver. The Gemini-10X is a 9 pin dot matrix printer, so I've tried the dot matrix drivers that are available for Star under CUPS. What I get when I try to print a test page is a single horizontal line followed by line feeds forever. Ditto when I try the Epson dot matrix driver. What else should I be trying? I've already looked at linuxprinting.org and posted this question on linuxprinting.star.general with no luck. TIA, Warren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: XDisplay Screen Settings
Derek Jennings wrote: >SNIP > > >># ** >># Monitor section >># ** >> >># Any number of monitor sections may be present >> >>Section "Monitor" >>Identifier "Generic|High Frequency SVGA, 1024x768 at 70 Hz" >>VendorName "Unknown" >>ModelName "Unknown" >># HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified. >># HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a >># comma separated list of ranges of values. >># NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S >># USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. >> HorizSync 31.5-57.0 >># VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified. >># VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a >># comma separated list of ranges of values. >># NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S >># USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. >> VertRefresh 50-90 >> >> > > >SNIP > >Here is something interesting. You have declared your monitor to have a >maximum resolution of 1024x768 at 70Hz >Unless you have a really crummy Monitor then you have the wrong monitor >selected. > >Just run the Video setup in Mandrake Control Centre and select a different >monitor. Selecting a different monitor will change the vertical and >horizontal scan refresh frequencies shown above >If your monitor is not shown, then select a Generic one, but check that the >scan refresh frequencies are within the specifications in your monitors >handbook. > > > >SNIP > > >># ** >># Screen sections >># ** >> >> >>Section "Screen" >>Identifier "screen1" >>Device "NVIDIA GeForce3 (generic)" >>Monitor "Generic|High Frequency SVGA, 1024x768 at 70 Hz" >>DefaultColorDepth 24 >>Subsection "Display" >>Depth 8 >>Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400" >>ViewPort0 0 >>EndSubsection >>Subsection "Display" >>Depth 16 >>Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" >>ViewPort0 0 >>EndSubsection >>Subsection "Display" >>Depth 24 >>Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" >>ViewPort0 0 >>EndSubsection >>Subsection "Display" >>Depth 32 >>Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" >>ViewPort0 0 >>EndSubsection >>EndSection >> >> >> >SNIP > >Now see in the screen section that none of the possible screen resolutions is >better than 1024x768. This is a consequence of having the wrong monitor >selected. >Set the monitor correctly and these should change to be more like mine. > > > > > > Oh Derek, thank you so much, up until now I simply accepted what ever diskdrake installed automatically. Of course It was the screen resolution, rather than drive choice. I chose, generic monitor 1280x1024 @ 60 Hz, Now it may be that the monitor is capable of a higher frequency than 60Hz, but I don't want tp get locked out, is there anyway of finding out, I think from memory that windblows chooses 70 or 74Hz,but I cannot quite remember, I suppose I could go back there and look, but I'm concerned with linux here and I'm wondering if I can "test the monitor" without getting locked out. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Re:Gif etc conversions
>On Wednesday 24 July 2002 8:06 am, Tibbetts, Ric did speak unto the huddled >masses, saying: > >> Why not just use "convert"? It's part of Imagemagic, and it's already >> installed. > >in linux it is installed, but not windows. > >why post to a linux list about windows programs? the world may never >know > Sorry, but I don't personally care if it's installed in Windows or not. This is a Linux list. If someone needs Windows solutions, they can go to a Windows list. I was answering to a solution that exists in Linux. Sorry. JMHO Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re:Gif etc conversions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 24 July 2002 8:06 am, Tibbetts, Ric did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: > Why not just use "convert"? It's part of Imagemagic, and it's already > installed. in linux it is installed, but not windows. why post to a linux list about windows programs? the world may never know > -Original Message- > From: John Rigby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Re the conversion from gifs etc., here is a great program by a great guy > and it's free - BUT is Windows. - -- "Any sufficiently advanced operating system is indistinguishable from Linux." shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9PsmNBwq+ZwvIN/oRAg9oAJ0bvqcMJaPU3+0x9VO5oXsl0chc8wCeIYG2 4nxBuprZI474z21lRnVi0SE= =D0Pj -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Email for root crons
I'm coming in on this late, so this may have been suggested already. But, what I do is alias roots mail to mine in /etc/alias. Then anything that would normally go to root, goes to my account. Hope that helps. Ric -Original Message- From: Alan Carbutt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 3:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Email for root crons I tried that and it still doesn't work. Any other ideas that I may be missing? TIA Paul wrote: > In reply to Alan's mail, d.d. Wed, 17 Jul 2002 09:58:32 -0600: > > >>Does anyone know how to enable email response for crons that run under >>root? I get responses for other users, but not for root. Currently I >>an running LM 8.2. >> > > Just add > > MAILTO= > > to the top of root's crontab and you should be fine. > > Paul > > -- > Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently. > -Henry Ford > > http://nlpagan.net-Linux Mandrake 8.2 - Sylpheed 0.8.0 > Help Microsoft combat software piracy: give Linux to a friend today! > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > -- Alan Carbutt Applications Programmer Adams State College 719-587-7741 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Re:Gif etc conversions
Why not just use "convert"? It's part of Imagemagic, and it's already installed. Just my .02p I seem to have lots of .02's today. ;) Ric -Original Message- From: John Rigby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 11:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Re:Gif etc conversions Hi folks, Re the conversion from gifs etc., here is a great program by a great guy and it's free - BUT is Windows. http://jansfreeware.com/formati9.exe He has some excellent progs there for those still forced to be living in two worlds :-) http://jansfreeware.com/ himagain Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I have an opportunity...
On Tuesday 23 July 2002 06:40 pm, you wrote: > The other option of course is to have a relatively nice server, and run the > 486's as Terminals off of it via the ltsp project. > > The url is http://www.k12ltsp.org if you wanted to try that out. > > Several groups have done that -- I think they are listed on > http://casestudy.seul.org . > > Michael Thanks for the reply, I'll look into that option as well. -- /\ Dark> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Email for root crons
I ended up sending all of root's mail to another local user. Just a workaround for now. Thanks to all for the help received. Paul wrote: > In reply to Alan's mail, d.d. Fri, 19 Jul 2002 13:40:11 -0600: > > Very strange. Works fine for me. The only extra I have at the top of root's > crontab is SHELL=/bin/sh , and after that my e-mail address. That's all that > it took here (using postfix). > Perhaps the SHELL command is needed? > Paul > > >>I tried that and it still doesn't work. Any other ideas that I may be >>missing? >>TIA >> >> >>>Just add >>> >>>MAILTO= >>> > > -- > Nothing deters a good man from doing what is honorable. > -Seneca > > http://nlpagan.net-Linux Mandrake 8.2 - Sylpheed 0.8.0 > Help Microsoft combat software piracy: give Linux to a friend today! > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > -- Alan Carbutt Applications Programmer Adams State College 719-587-7741 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sound, ethernet, & irq's
On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 11:10:14 -0400 Marcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear All, > > For some reason I cannot get my ethernet to accept any other irq except for 5 > where my sound resides and they are definitely conflicting. I have gone into > the bios as suggested and turned off power management, plug & play, freed up > some irq's but the ethernet seems to just want 5. I have not tried to move > the sound because I plan to install vmware and it wants the sound at irq 5. > Does anyone have any suggestions here? I have the realtek chip 8139 that uses > the 8139too driver. I am using LM8.2 on my brand new Athlon XP 1600+ 512 megs > of ram machine. I purchased the OSS commercial sound which works well if I > take the ethernet of f 5, but then I cannot get on the net. Any help will > be greatly appreciated. Thank you. > > Sincerely, > > Marcia Don't you have a free PCI slot which gives a different IRQ for the NIC? Or does the BIOS allow you to assign IRQ's to PCI slots? Good luck :) -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandarke won't boot anymore!
> >
> >I tried to reinstall and I got to this screen:
> >
> >Choose the petitions you want to format
> >
> >hda 1{C:} (15MB, /mnt/win_Dos Fat16
> >hda 2 {D} (12 GB, /mnt/Win-2, Win98, Fat32, LBA-mapped
> >
> >The options below are preselected
> >
> >(400MB, /Journalised FS: Ext 3)
> >(50MB, Swap Linux Swap)
> >
> >Could hda have been my bootloader? I only had 1 drive before I installed
> >Linux.
> >
> >Any help you can give to staighten out this mess will be appreciated.
> >
> >Eric
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> Ummm you installed linux on a FAT32 partition? Or did disk Doctor
> convert it?
I guess Disk Doctor converted it. I did the recommended install originally
so I didn' t choose it. Mandrake "chose" where to install itself.
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> You should use ext2 or ext3 for linux. It is far more efficient and
> basically never needs defragging.
This is the error I get on bootup. I'd guess it was Ext3 at one time.
>Ext3-fs- unable to read superblock
>mount: error 22 mounting Ext3 flags noatime
>well, retrying without the options flags
>(a repeat of line 1)
>(a repeat of line 2 without the words flags noatime)
>well, retrying read only without any flags
>(a repeat of line 1)
>(a repeat of line 2 without the words flags noatime)
>pivotroot: pivot_root (/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed :2
>kernel panic: no init found. try passing inits option to kernel
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> And it is invisible to windows. so no programs can mess with it.
Something messed with it!
Thanks for your help.
Eric
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> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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Re: [newbie] Continuing problems installing New Vid Card
oops sorry about the html wasn't thinking and thanks for the info on the XFdrake I'm gonna try it now - Original Message - From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Continuing problems installing New Vid Card > On Wednesday 24 Jul 2002 1:56 pm, Metamorphysical wrote: > > The rpms definately installed. I ran the rpms and said they were already > > installed. But to the editing of the XF86-Config.cfg there isn't a file > > named like that. > > > > This is what I do have under etc/X11 > > Name Size > > XF86Config 0 > > XF86Config-40 > > XF86Config.test16364 > > XF86Conf~.test-4 6174 > > XftConfig 8121 > > > > I have found a couple of tutorials that give me the same kind of directions > > to editing the files mentioned in previous emails, but for some reason I > > can't find them under that directory. > > XF86Config-4 is the file you want. But the size says zero bytes. Have you > inavertantly erased it? > > If so do not panic. It will be automatically recreated if you run > XFdrake --expert --auto > > derek > > (BTW: You may not even realise it, but the Outlook Express mailer you are > using is generating mails in HTML format. Many list users will not be able > to read your mails if their email client is not able to render HTML, or your > font may appear really tiny. It is an example of Microsoft trying to > dominate the market by making it hard for non Microsoft users to communicate > with other people. You can disable HTML mails in your Outlook settings.) > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: XDisplay Screen Settings
SNIP > # ** > # Monitor section > # ** > > # Any number of monitor sections may be present > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Generic|High Frequency SVGA, 1024x768 at 70 Hz" > VendorName "Unknown" > ModelName "Unknown" ># HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified. ># HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a ># comma separated list of ranges of values. ># NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S ># USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. >HorizSync 31.5-57.0 ># VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified. ># VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a ># comma separated list of ranges of values. ># NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S ># USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. >VertRefresh 50-90 SNIP Here is something interesting. You have declared your monitor to have a maximum resolution of 1024x768 at 70Hz Unless you have a really crummy Monitor then you have the wrong monitor selected. Just run the Video setup in Mandrake Control Centre and select a different monitor. Selecting a different monitor will change the vertical and horizontal scan refresh frequencies shown above If your monitor is not shown, then select a Generic one, but check that the scan refresh frequencies are within the specifications in your monitors handbook. SNIP > # ** > # Screen sections > # ** > > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "screen1" > Device "NVIDIA GeForce3 (generic)" > Monitor "Generic|High Frequency SVGA, 1024x768 at 70 Hz" > DefaultColorDepth 24 > Subsection "Display" > Depth 8 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400" > ViewPort0 0 > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > ViewPort0 0 > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > ViewPort0 0 > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 32 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > ViewPort0 0 > EndSubsection > EndSection > SNIP Now see in the screen section that none of the possible screen resolutions is better than 1024x768. This is a consequence of having the wrong monitor selected. Set the monitor correctly and these should change to be more like mine. > > I don't think this is so very different compared to yours, > I'm sure I don't really know what if anything to change. > But just in case you feel confident, see what you think. > > by the way there is also a etc/X11/XF86Config not dissimilar, but > no -4 0n the end. That is for use with the XFree86 Rev 3 It is not being used by your system. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Recording Net-Radio Broadcasts (Chpt 2)
And here's the secondpart. Original Message Subject: [newbie] Recording Net-Radio Broadcasts (Chpt 2) Date: 25 Jun 2002 03:39:17 -0400 From: Lyvim Xaphir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NewbieMandrake-List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In the previous email to this one I demonstrated how you could bring the Sox sound utility up to speed with Ogg Vorbis encoding. Because of some very competent and excellent help I now know we need to amend the sox installation steps. Formerly it looked like this: __ ./configure make After that we need to edit the Makefile that we just made. Do vi Makefile __ Now it looks like: ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --libdir=/usr/lib \ --sysconfdir=/etc make make install With no editing of the Makefile, and everything else remains the same. Much better approach; thanks Tom Lyons! However, as dfox pointed out, sox likes to put uncompressed man page files out there, so after Tom Lyon's ./configure addition above we still need to do the following: cd /usr/share/man/man1 (deleting the old originals) rm -f sox.1.bz2 rm -f play.1.bz2 rm -f soxexam.1.bz2 (compressing the newer and more up to date manpages) bzip2 sox.1 bzip2 play.1 bzip2 soxexam.1 There are symlinks in the man1 directory that point to the compressed man page filenames; we need not destroy or recreate those because they will become valid as we replace their targets with the proper files. (after the bzip2 process.) Now we will put Sox to work as we get Realplayer installed and functional. The Sox recompile has been and is the most complicated part of this (unless you are hunting Windows Media streams, but that's another time), so don't run yet. The rest is pretty straightforward stuff. Realplayer can be a little tricky to get ahold of if you haven't done it before. There are two ways I can think of for everyone here and neither one of them involve going to the Realplayer site for a download. I've heard fuzziness about the binaries on the Realplayer site, and haven't experienced them myself, but have listened intently to others. The number one way to get Realplayer is to be a member of the Mandrake Club. Like me, for instance. ;D In that case you can get it from the following link: http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=search&query=realplayer This gets you RealPlayer-8.0-3mdk.i586.rpm; which is a newer and slicker rpm. Works better too, IMO. If you are NOT a Mandrake Club member, you can get the rpm from this link: ftp://speakeasy.rpmfind.net/linux/freshrpms/misc/RealPlayer-8.0-1.i386.rpm After you download the rpm from one of these, you go to the directory you put it in ( ~/tmp, perhaps) and issue the following: rpm -ivh RealPlayer-8.0-blah.rpm You also need to review at this point that your soundcard is fully functional, and also that you have Kmix installed. Kmix is a graphical util that controls all available aspects of your soundcard as it sees them; and usually it sees the most. If you don't have it pull up rpmdrake and do a search on your installation cd's for it. Now pull up Kmix from your menu or from an Eterm or terminal prompt. You will notice a bunch of sliders and alot of green lights, with one red light lit up across the bottom. The greens represent all sources that are sending to or have access to /dev/dsp. Turn them ALL OFF except for anything labeled with a RED right triangle across the top, and the master volume and PCM sliders. Of the Red right triangles, there are only two that seem to affect recording on my system: Ogain and Recmon. These need to have green lights. If you have these two sliders, leave them green and turn the other red triangles off. This is important. The controls vary from soundcard to soundcard, depending on it's features. You may need to experiment; but this section gives you the basic blueprint. Your soundcard may be different in the next step too, so again you may have to experiment. Notice that the Master and PCM sliders are almost to the top; they work just fine right there. Move your Gain sliders almost to the bottom; the same degree that the Master/PCM sliders are from the top. Know what I mean here? This is the proper degree of adjustment for my system; I assume here that it will work for you as well. Now let's deal with the red lights across the bottom. This represents your recording source; and There Will Only Be One. Yep, just like Highlander. Your One needs to be Master, so make sure that one is lit up under the Master slider, and all the other ones are dark. What am I doing and why, you ask? Well, noise is a real problem. By carefully targeting what channels are active and deactivating the majority of them, you are assured ( or given a higher probability of getting) a noise free recording. If a channel is not on
Re: [newbie] Command line burning
On Tuesday July 23 2002 06:30 pm, Barry Michels wrote: > I have some ISO files (a downloaded Linux distribution), so I don't > need to use mkisofs. However, during burning, I get a coaster, then > the following disc is ok. The next one is a coaster, then ok. I > ended up with 7 good discs and 4 coasters. There were no changes > made to the command line. After getting a coaster, I'd just press the > up arrow, replace the disc and hit enter. It's a 800Mhz Celeron > running a 16x burner (but I slowed down to 8x after the first > coaster, the third CD burned at 16x). > > Here's the command I used: > cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0 -pad -data -eject -ignsize filename.iso > I pulled that off a message in this thread and changed it for my > system. > Barry Try it with simply cdrecord -v -eject speed=4 dev=0,0,0 filename.iso I got that 'simplified' CL from the cooker page, works every time ;) http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/cookerdevel.php3 ..even for 699mb iso's ..and who makes the media, not brand name, who really makes 'em? ..and how many mb's are you tryin' to burn to what size disk? A lot of your problem might be less than best quality cd-r's, but also too many extras on the CL, particularly '-data'. I've found I get the best results with a minimum amount of cdrecord options. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] Command line burning
Hey, > I have some ISO files (a downloaded Linux distribution), so I don't need to > use mkisofs. However, during burning, I get a coaster, then the following > disc is ok. The next one is a coaster, then ok. I ended up with 7 good > discs and 4 coasters. There were no changes made to the command line. > After getting a coaster, I'd just press the up arrow, replace the disc and > hit enter. It's a 800Mhz Celeron running a 16x burner (but I slowed down to > 8x after the first coaster, the third CD burned at 16x). > Here's the command I used: > cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0 -pad -data -eject -ignsize filename.iso > I pulled that off a message in this thread and changed it for my system. What does happen? Do you get a buffer underrun? Go to the directory where the iso is placed and try: cdrecord -v -eject -dummy speed=16 dev=0,0,0 ./filename.iso cdrecord -v -eject -dummy speed=8 dev=0,0,0 ./filename.iso cdrecord -v -eject -dummy speed=4 dev=0,0,0 ./filename.iso cdrecord -v -eject -dummy speed=2 dev=0,0,0 ./filename.iso cdrecord -v -eject -dummy speed=1 dev=0,0,0 ./filename.iso and see which one works for you. The -dummy switch makes sure no data is actually burnt to the disc. -- Good luck Roman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] Command line burning
Hey, >cdrecord: fifo had 11671 puts and 11608 gets. >cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 11400 times full, min fill was >85%. >>Well, as long as the FIFO doesn't go empty I don't think you need to >>worry about anything. The CD-RW has a buffer of its own, so I assume >>if FIFO runs out of data there still is at least 2 megs of >>drive-internal buffer to be written and FIFO can get filled meanwhile. >>Anyways, you can always increase the FIFO using a switch, don't >>remember which one, though. (fifo=16 maybe?) > This seems to be correct. I never seem to get buffer underuns so > obviously cdrecord is being causious in some way, Cdrecord probably doesn't do anything special to prevent buffer underruns. I guess it's just your drive working fine / as expected. > Yes my writer, Mitsumi in this case has 2mb of buffer, can anyone > tell me the logic of the fact that my older writers which could not > exceed 4x write spped all had 4mb of buffer built in to them, yet > this 24x write speed Minsumi seems only to need 2Mb of buffer, the > logic of the setup escapes me. Obvious it doesn't need it, but why ? The guys at Mitsumi probably assume that you won't use their burner on a 486 with a PIO 3 disk... However I guess you're right, more wouldn't be worse. Apart from that I have 4 megs on my 8x Plextor. -- Greets Roman > John Roman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Pauses with FTP and POP services
I have a new Mdk 8.2 server that is handling FTP and POP 3 services, the initial connect takes a very long time, up to a minute. Once the connection is made it is super fast, but it is the connection that is taking forever. Has anyone else experienced this and is there a way to tweak it? Running ProFTP for FTP and imap for POP3 on Mandrake 8.2 on an IBM Netfinity Server. Thanks, -Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: XDisplay Screen Settings
Derek Jennings wrote: > > >> >>Mandrake Control Centre - Hardware - X Display , >>comes up, >> >>1024x768 16million colours (24bits) >> >>now I can reset here to either, >> >>1024x768 4billion colours (32bits) >>or better still, >>1280x1024 4billion colours (32bits), >> >>both test OK, and it is mandatory before exiting the Xdisplay >>programme to reboot, which duely happens, >> >>But always something has reset Xdisplay back to, >>1024x768 16million colours (24bits) >> >>So no matter how often you attempy a reset you end up back where you >>came in. >> >>Is there any way to prevent to get the better resolution adopted. >> >>John >> >> > > >Well I do not know where the default screen resolution is set, nor do I know >why your settings are not sticking. However a look at /etc/XF86Config-4 >shows the screens section contains this in my config > > >Section "Screen" >Identifier "screen1" >Device "NVIDIA GeForce 256 (generic)" >Monitor "Nokia 446Xpro" >DefaultColorDepth 16 >Subsection "Display" >Depth 8 >Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400" >ViewPort0 0 >EndSubsection >Subsection "Display" >Depth 16 >Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" >ViewPort0 0 >EndSubsection >Subsection "Display" >Depth 24 >Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" >ViewPort0 0 >EndSubsection >Subsection "Display" >Depth 32 >Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" >ViewPort0 0 >EndSubsection >EndSection > > >Notice the colourdepth 24 section has 1024x768 as its max resolution. > >Try setting the DefaultColorDepth parameter to 16 or 32 by editing the file >and see if that improves things. (Just restart X. No need to reboot. This >isn't Windows :-) > >I believe you can add extra resolutions simply by adding them to the Modes >list, but I have never tried it, and if you were to add a resolution which >causes the scan rate of the monitor to be too high you could fry your >monitor. > >derek > > > Before I go altering anything , and get locked out, this is my /etc/X11//XF86Config-4 file as present. # File generated by XFdrake. # ** # Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of # this file. # ** Section "Files" RgbPath"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:-1" EndSection # ** # Server flags section. # ** Section "ServerFlags" # Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is # received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may # provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging #NoTrapSignals # Uncomment this to disable the server abort sequence # This allows clients to receive this key event. #DontZap # Uncomment this to disable the / mode switching # sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events. #DontZoom # This allows the server to start up even if the # mouse device can't be opened/initialised. AllowMouseOpenFail EndSection # ** # Input devices # ** # ** # Keyboard section # ** Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "Keyboard" Option "AutoRepeat" "250 30" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "gb" EndSection # ** # Pointer section # ** Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol""IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" #Option "Emulate3Buttons" #Option "Emulate3Timeout""50" # ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice #Option "ChordMiddle" EndSection Section "Module" # This loads the DBE extension module. Load"dbe" # This loads the Video for Linux module. Load"v4l" # This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables # initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module. SubSection"extmod"
Re: [newbie] Problems Installing New Vid Card
I followed the directions and got to the program Midnight Commander but when I went to the X11 directory there was XF86Config but no XF-Config.cfg. Should there be one? - Original Message - From: "FemmeFatale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Problems Installing New Vid Card > Derek Jennings wrote: > > > > SNIP > > > > > > $ rpm -ivh NVIDIA_GLX.i386.rpm > > > > > > > > > They figure you should already now how to use linux. > > > You get the instructions for Windows an idiot like me can follow them, or > > > so to speak someoone like me. > > > > If I may be of help perhaps this will smooth matters over? > > You're on the console Only yes? > > Fine. You d/led your drivers I assume to a FAT32 partition? If So, at > your commmand prompt type this: > > find nvidia* > > when it find them do this: > > su - (that gives you root status) > > Enter Root password here > > rpm -ivh /mnt/windowspartition/whereeverRPMishere > > same for your GLX file (usually nvidia-blah-blah-glx.rpm). > > Your files are now installed. K so now everyone says EDIT THIS FILE! > and you're think, WTF are you smoking!? What file!? Where!? > @#%!OIU%U@@!$!#%%&&* > > so I hope you've installed this program called midnight commander. if > so do a: > > mc (thats the nameof the file) at your command prompt. > > Its opens a nice blue screen (NO not a BSOD), which is a lot like > Internet Explorer. Fine, now use your arrow keys to navigate to the: > > etc/X11 directory. *You have to hit the ENTER key to get the program to > let you into the highlighted directory*. > > Now, scroll down till you find the file: > > XF86-Config.cfg > > see those F#'s on the bottom of your screen? K hit F4 *edit*, now go > into that file. > > Edit the files everyones told you to edit like this: > > Driver: nv > > change that to: > > Driver: nvidia > > (Add This line. Goes below a line that reads "Module" > Load "glx > > > http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/hardware/hgforce.html > > that page gives the simplest instructions I have found to date for this > :) And fwiw, I've felt as you do a LOT... Heh Madame Reinstall I think > should be my nickname ;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 > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I have an opportunity...
> > > >Love to help Mandrake Linux get another foothold somewhere locally where a >lot of people would be exposed to it. We are doing this voluntarily (no pay). > >Thanks much guys! > > Just as an aside I've just spend 5 days trying to convince my local authority, Milton Keynes Council , that they have nothing to fear in converting to linux OS's, all to no particular avail. I suspect though , the seeds of some some change may well have been sown. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: XDisplay Screen Settings
On Wednesday 24 Jul 2002 11:13 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > I have nvidia geforce3 graphics card. > > My windblows screen resolutions are always better, and this is because I > can set a far higher screen resolution which windblows adopts and holds. > > Mandrake can test a better screen resolution , but something always > resets the screen resolution backwards to the lower values, I do not > know what. > > Mandrake Control Centre - Hardware - X Display , > comes up, > > 1024x768 16million colours (24bits) > > now I can reset here to either, > > 1024x768 4billion colours (32bits) > or better still, > 1280x1024 4billion colours (32bits), > > both test OK, and it is mandatory before exiting the Xdisplay > programme to reboot, which duely happens, > > But always something has reset Xdisplay back to, > 1024x768 16million colours (24bits) > > So no matter how often you attempy a reset you end up back where you > came in. > > Is there any way to prevent to get the better resolution adopted. > > John Well I do not know where the default screen resolution is set, nor do I know why your settings are not sticking. However a look at /etc/XF86Config-4 shows the screens section contains this in my config Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "NVIDIA GeForce 256 (generic)" Monitor "Nokia 446Xpro" DefaultColorDepth 16 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400" ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection EndSection Notice the colourdepth 24 section has 1024x768 as its max resolution. Try setting the DefaultColorDepth parameter to 16 or 32 by editing the file and see if that improves things. (Just restart X. No need to reboot. This isn't Windows :-) I believe you can add extra resolutions simply by adding them to the Modes list, but I have never tried it, and if you were to add a resolution which causes the scan rate of the monitor to be too high you could fry your monitor. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Command line burning
Barry Michels wrote: >I have some ISO files (a downloaded Linux distribution), so I don't need to >use mkisofs. However, during burning, I get a coaster, then the following >disc is ok. The next one is a coaster, then ok. I ended up with 7 good >discs and 4 coasters. There were no changes made to the command line. >After getting a coaster, I'd just press the up arrow, replace the disc and >hit enter. It's a 800Mhz Celeron running a 16x burner (but I slowed down to >8x after the first coaster, the third CD burned at 16x). > >Here's the command I used: >cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0 -pad -data -eject -ignsize filename.iso >I pulled that off a message in this thread and changed it for my system. > > >Barry > > > > > > > I generally use, cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=0,1,0 -eject /.iso -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] XDisplay Screen Settings
I have nvidia geforce3 graphics card. My windblows screen resolutions are always better, and this is because I can set a far higher screen resolution which windblows adopts and holds. Mandrake can test a better screen resolution , but something always resets the screen resolution backwards to the lower values, I do not know what. Mandrake Control Centre - Hardware - X Display , comes up, 1024x768 16million colours (24bits) now I can reset here to either, 1024x768 4billion colours (32bits) or better still, 1280x1024 4billion colours (32bits), both test OK, and it is mandatory before exiting the Xdisplay programme to reboot, which duely happens, But always something has reset Xdisplay back to, 1024x768 16million colours (24bits) So no matter how often you attempy a reset you end up back where you came in. Is there any way to prevent to get the better resolution adopted. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[Fwd: [newbie] Recording Net-Radio Broadcasts (Chpt 1)]
I'd saved these intending to investigate further at some point. It
can't hurt to repost them for those who are interested.
Original Message
Subject: [newbie] Recording Net-Radio Broadcasts (Chpt 1)
Date: 24 Jun 2002 21:51:42 -0400
From: Lyvim Xaphir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NewbieMandrake-List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I promised this a while back and got sidetracked by RL. ;) So here it
is.
This is what it takes to record broadcasts off the net in ogg format.
Using Sox (which is the best sound util ever made) you can also record
just about anything that your soundcard puts out; VERBATIM.
Sox is a deceptively innocuous utility that endows the user with a huge
amount of power and flexibility with sound streams that are routed thru
the soundcard. By trade and public presentation, Sox was originally
touted as a file format conversion utility. However Sox's real power
comes in it's ability to snatch an audio stream from /dev/dsp and
convert it into the file format of your choice. In this case, our
choice will be Ogg Vorbis.
There are fully 24 file formats listed in the Sox man page. You can
encode to or convert between all of them. Oddly enough, Ogg Vorbis is
not amongst them; at least in the LM82 version of the Sox man pages.
The first wrinkle that we encounter is the fact that Sox as installed
from the Mandrake LM81/82 CD's does NOT encode Ogg capability. Ogg
Vorbis encoding/conversion is indeed supported under Sox, however you
need to read the source documentation to catch this clue. To his
credit, the current maintainer of Sox Chris Bagwell does give Ogg an
honorable mention on his website. Which is:
http://home.sprynet.com/~cbagwell/sox.html
In order to get Ogg capability we must compile it in. Unfortunately,
running rpm --rebuild on sox-12.17.1-3mdk.src.rpm will not do this; it
will not detect installed oggvorbis libraries, and you will be forced to
do two things. One is to recompile the source code. The other is that
you must have the ogg vorbis libraries installed. The next time somebody
redoes the sox source rpm it would be nice if their configure routine
checks for Ogg Vorbis libs.(HINT HINT nudge nudge)
The devels may not be needed, I haven't checked. But this is what I have
installed according to Rpmdrake:
libogg0
libogg0-devel
libvorbis0
libvorbis0-devel
If you don't have those, do a search for them using rpmdrake and get
them installed off of your installation cd's. Next, make sure that you
have the rpm version of Sox installed. Yes I know I just said that the
rpm binary version of Sox does not support Ogg; however we need to
maintain some semblance of order with regard to the RPM database and in
order to do that we are going to cheat a little, since we must deal with
a direct source to binary install.
Make sure you have the Sox rpm installed. Now we go to CVS and download
the latest Sox code. That's right, if we've got to go pure source we
might as well go to thewell, the source. Hehe. Go to your home or
main /tmp directory and enter the following as a non-root user in a
terminal command line:
cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/sox login
(when prompted for a password here hit enter)
cvs -z3 -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/sox co
sox
And after the last line you should see a "sox" directory created and the
CVS download will commence.
After you have the entire CVS tree, su to root. Make sure you su to
root. Descend into the "sox" directory and enter the following two
commands:
./configure
make
After that we need to edit the Makefile that we just made. Do
vi Makefile
If you are not a member of the one true vi faith, you may be able to
scrape by with another of the lesser heretic faiths. I personally don't
recommend it, however.
In any case, at the beginning of the Makefile you will see the
following:
__
# Makefile.in
#
# Processed by configure into a Makefile. We assume the environment in
# which we are running is a POSIX'y environment. Thus, all of the
standard
# POSIX tools are available.
#
# Paths
srcdir = .
prefix = /usr/local
exec_prefix = ${prefix}
bindir = ${exec_prefix}/bin
libdir = ${exec_prefix}/lib
mandir = ${prefix}/man
includedir = ${prefix}/include
*snip**
Change "prefix = /usr/local" to "prefix = /usr". That's all. Save and
exit.
Now from the "sox" CVS dir do
make install
And you will see stuff happen. You should be root as you do "make
install".
Now do "sox -h" and you should see the following:
_
[elx@tamriel elx]$ sox -h
sox: Version 12.17.3
Usage: [ gopts ] [ fopts ] ifile [ fopts ] ofile [ effect [ effopts ] ]
gopts: -e -h -p -v volume -V
fopts: -r rate -c channels -s/-u/-U/-A/-a/-i/-g/-f -b/-w/-l/-d -x
effect: avg band bandpass bandreject chorus compand copy dcshift deemph
ear
Re: [newbie] Problems Installing New Vid Card
> PLEASE, I'm slow at getting the hang of Mandrake so explain this to me like > a 5 year old. > I just bought a GeForce4 Ti4400 and I need help on installing the > drivers(RPM's?) from a command prompt. > The Users guide says it supports Linux but I can't figure out how to install > the rpm's. > > There are 3 listed on the Nvidia site: > #1 Mandrake8.2 UP i586 Architecture > #2 Mandrake 8.2 SMP i586 Architecture > #3 Mandrake 8.2 Secure i586 Architecture Hi there Assuming you have a standard install of Mandrake 8.2, you'll be after #1 (NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.mdk82up.i586.rpm) I have also Geforce4 Ti4400 and its running very nicely with these drivers. cheers Ross Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] WD drives and Linux/UNIX
Here's a recent response from WD concerning their drives and Linux or UNIX. Take it for what it's worth. -- Jonathan Dlouhy Tuesday, July 24, 2002 Registered Linux user #264482 Powered by Mandrake Linux 8.1 Email Subject - Brief Description (100 chars max) --- usingWDharddriveswithUNIXorLinux Discussion Thread --- Response (Barb G) - 07/23/2002 07:58 AM Greetings Jonathan, Thank you for your email. We have no issues with Western Digital drives being installed with Linux or Unix. If you have more detailed information on specific issues, I would be happy to address them. Or, if you can provide the web site where these issues are being discussed we can address them to the customer. If your friends are having issues with a drive they should be contacting our technical support desk, or test the drive with our utilities. We do not warranty a drive based on the operating system used. Western Digital will honor the warranty on any drive in the event of a drive failure, as long as the drive is in warranty. If the drive carrys no warranty, or the warranty has expired, we cannot replace the drive. If I can be of further assistance, please let me know. Kind Regards, Barb G Western Digital Customer Service and Support Customer (Jonathan Dlouhy) - 07/21/2002 08:38 PM Otherthanthefactthatyoudon'tsupportUNIXorLinuxwiththedisksoftwareyouprovide ,isthereanyreasonyourdrivescan'torshouldn'tbeusedwiththeseoperatingsystems? IhavealwaysusedWDharddrivesforallvariationsofWindowsaswellasmanydistributio nsofLinuxwithnoproblem.ThereisquiteadebategoingintheLinux-Mandrakecommunity claimingthatWDdrivesarenotsupportedwithLinuxandifthedrivefailswhileusingitW Dwon'thonorthewarrantee?Isthistrueornot?You'regettingslammedprettyhardthese daysandifit'sunfoundedIwouldliketoclarifyyourpositiontomyLinuxcolleagues.Th anks! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Recording Real Streams
On Wednesday 24 Jul 2002 5:11 am, Miark wrote: > In the past several months, one or two people offered a > clever and simple way to record RealAudio streams. It may > have included wget--I'm not sure. > > Ring any bells? > > Miark Yep. Search the archives for a thread called Recording Net-Radio Broadcasts by Lyvim Xaphir in June http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/ derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
