date:20020817


On 17 Aug 2002, chuck wrote:

 I'm trying to run an executable that uses QT3 and mysql.  I get the
 following error when trying to do this:
 
 QSqlDatabase warning: QMYSQL3 driver not loaded
 QSqlDatabase: available drivers: 
 Mutex destroy failure: Device or resource busy
 couldn't open db
 
 I'm not sure what the problem is, any help would be appreciated.
 
 Thanks,
 
 -Chuck

Chuck,

From what the error message is saying there is a driver that the program 
requires that is not being loaded for the program at run time. without 
knowing more about the program my *guess* would be that it wasn't 
installed correctly. 

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Re: [newbie] error message received from Cron Daemon (FIXED)

2002-08-17 Thread Steve Jeppesen


For anybody interested, after doing a google newsgroup search I was able to
track down this duplicate entry for syslog.

The duplication happened to be in /etc/logrotate.d/syslog
so after removing the second entry all is well.

Ah, the joys of Linux!
Never give them up and go back to M$ Windblows!

On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 18:36:46 -0500
Steve Jeppesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 For the past two days, I have received this message from Cron Daemon
 with the subject title Cron root@dads nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.daily;
 
 error: syslog:22 duplicate log entry for /var/log/syslog
 run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1

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Re: [newbie] Messages won't thread in KMail


On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Isaac Curtis wrote:

 On Saturday 17 August 2002 03:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  On Saturday 17 Aug 2002 3:36 am, you wrote:
   I can't get my messages to thread in KMail. I've tried unchecking and
   rechecking the option to no avail, as well as restarting X and the entire
   machine. Any ideas?
  
   Isaac
 
  Works in mine - but if you filter into different folders you will need to
  check it for each folder. HTH
 
  Anne
 
 I thought you were on to something for a sec, but I just checked and 
 everything was already in order. Any other ideas? It used to work fine but 
 the last time I logged in they were all flat and I haven't been able to 
 re-thread them since.
 
 Isaac
 
Isaac,

Was there anything else that occured at the time when they last worked 
correctly that sticks out in your mind? 

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[newbie] Cable connection (Mainly for UK readers)

2002-08-17 Thread poogle


Had to dust off an old windows drive and plug it in to get my NTL broadband 
set up, this is obviously not my preferred way to connect to the internet.
I have googled endlessly to find a how to set up NTL Cable broadband with 
Linux but without success.
Could somebody who has installed NTL cable in MD 8.2 please tell me what to do 
or point me to a how-to or tutorial please ?



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Re: [newbie] Cable connection (Mainly for UK readers)


On Saturday 17 Aug 2002 3:05 pm, poogle wrote:
 Had to dust off an old windows drive and plug it in to get my NTL broadband
 set up, this is obviously not my preferred way to connect to the internet.
 I have googled endlessly to find a how to set up NTL Cable broadband with
 Linux but without success.
 Could somebody who has installed NTL cable in MD 8.2 please tell me what to
 do or point me to a how-to or tutorial please ?

Yes.  I have NTL cable broadband.

What you have to do to get it working is leave it switched off overnight, and 
in the morning it will work!!!

The problem is the cable modem makes a note of your Hostname/Mac address, and 
refuses to acccept a new address until the dhcp license is renewed in four 
hours.  The problem is that the address reported by Linux is going to be 
slightly different to the one reported by Windows, and so you get rejected.

If you work continuously in Linux, or if you have a firewall/router betweem 
your computer and the modem there is no issue. Just wait 4 hours.

If you want to switch between Linux and Windows, there is a way to configure 
your DHCP client to look like a Windows one. I will try to find a web 
reference and send it you.

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Re: [newbie] Cable connection (Mainly for UK readers)


On Saturday 17 Aug 2002 3:05 pm, poogle wrote:
 Had to dust off an old windows drive and plug it in to get my NTL broadband
 set up, this is obviously not my preferred way to connect to the internet.
 I have googled endlessly to find a how to set up NTL Cable broadband with
 Linux but without success.
 Could somebody who has installed NTL cable in MD 8.2 please tell me what to
 do or point me to a how-to or tutorial please ?

I think dhcpcd is what you need. I cannot find specifics on how to set it up 
with NTL, but this may help http://www.phystech.com/download/dhcpcd.html

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[newbie] How to Create and Use Additional IMAP Folders?

2002-08-17 Thread Randy Kramer


(Hope this is not a duplicate -- I tried sending it from Mozilla on
Linux (my first try) and it didn't seem to go, nor a subsequent test
mail to myself, so I'm remailing from Windows.  There are a few slight
changes from the original, enclosed in asterisks.  (PS: My mail server
definitely works, I can send mail from another Linux box via Pine -- I
just apparently don't have Mozilla on the other box set up correctly.)

Questions:

   * How do I create additional IMAP folders and make them visible
from another computer running an IMAP mail client?  (See Background
below *and note that I can see the inbox (under /var/spool/mail/dad) on
the email server*.)

   * Anybody know of a good concise reference on IMAP, especially one
that might touch on the above?

Background:

I've got a local email server running (finally ;-) ), and am using
procmail to do a few things, including filtering mail into different
folders on the email server.  (Under my user directory, /home/dad/mail.)

I've tried a few different IMAP email clients (primarily from Mandrake
8.2 -- Mozilla 0.9.8, KMail, Sylpheed (well it never comes up) and
Mohagany 0.64-2 on Windows) -- so far I can't see any of those other
folders from a client computer.  *I can see the inbox on the server from
the client computer.* (I haven't tried an IMAP client on the server
yet.)

Is there something special I must do to make a folder visible to an IMAP
client?  What?  Must the folders be below, for example,
/var/spool/mail(/dad) instead of /home/dad/mail to be visible to IMAP?

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[newbie] embarrasing KDE problem (n00b)


Hello,

I took the plunge and installed Mandrake 8.2 last week, and I've been
having a grand old time learning how everything works, installing RPMs,
installing drivers, getting games working, enjoying XMMS etc, and I had
X working pretty well, considering I am a complete Linux n00b. That is,
until I booted up my machine this morning - I have no tool bar in KDE.
It's just disapeared - during KDE's start up, it flickers at the bottom
of the screen, and then it just isn't there. I've tried reinstalling KDE
using the mandrake install disc, but it made no difference, so I'm
guessing it's a config thing... 

It's really annoying, cos I was just getting used to using multiple desk
tops! :)

So, what I'm asking is, what config/setup files do I need to edit to get
my tool bar back? Also, how do you show the '.KDE' directory in
/home/myprofile* using the Konquerer file browser and command line?
There are lots of hidden directories there that I discovered when I was
playing with gFTP but can't see in Konq.

I'm using the version of KDE that is shipped with MD 8.2 (I think it
might be v2.2, but I'm not sure, sorry :/ ), and I've got the latest
nVidia drivers if that makes a difference.

Thanks in advance,

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[newbie] nothing? are we broken again?



this is weird...nothing from the list for a while. is my server broken?

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Re: [newbie] embarrasing KDE problem (n00b)


On Saturday 17 Aug 2002 4:54 pm, Stephen Gaffney wrote:
 Hello,

 I took the plunge and installed Mandrake 8.2 last week, and I've been
 having a grand old time learning how everything works, installing RPMs,
 installing drivers, getting games working, enjoying XMMS etc, and I had
 X working pretty well, considering I am a complete Linux n00b. That is,
 until I booted up my machine this morning - I have no tool bar in KDE.
 It's just disapeared - during KDE's start up, it flickers at the bottom
 of the screen, and then it just isn't there. I've tried reinstalling KDE
 using the mandrake install disc, but it made no difference, so I'm
 guessing it's a config thing...

 It's really annoying, cos I was just getting used to using multiple desk
 tops! :)

 So, what I'm asking is, what config/setup files do I need to edit to get
 my tool bar back? Also, how do you show the '.KDE' directory in
 /home/myprofile* using the Konquerer file browser and command line?
 There are lots of hidden directories there that I discovered when I was
 playing with gFTP but can't see in Konq.

 I'm using the version of KDE that is shipped with MD 8.2 (I think it
 might be v2.2, but I'm not sure, sorry :/ ), and I've got the latest
 nVidia drivers if that makes a difference.

 Thanks in advance,

 gaff

Alt+F2 will allow you to run kcontrol  which will allow you to reconfigure 
your KDE.

At a guess in your last log on you deleted the tool bar by accident, and then 
logged out with the 'save session' box checked.  Once your desktop is as you 
like it log out once with 'save session' and then in future logouts have it 
unchecked. That way your desktop always comes up the way you like.

In konqueror ViewShow hidden files allows you to see the set up files. The 
directory ~/.kde  (~ means 'your home directory) contains all your kde set 
ups. If you get really stick just delete it and a new one with default values 
will be set up on next log in.

Other useful stuff
Ctl+Alt+F1  (through to F6)  gives you a console window
ls -a will list hidden files in the console

HTH

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Re: [newbie] Messages won't thread in KMail

2002-08-17 Thread Isaac Curtis


On Saturday 17 August 2002 08:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Isaac Curtis wrote:
  On Saturday 17 August 2002 03:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   On Saturday 17 Aug 2002 3:36 am, you wrote:
I can't get my messages to thread in KMail. I've tried unchecking and
rechecking the option to no avail, as well as restarting X and the
entire machine. Any ideas?
   
Isaac
  
   Works in mine - but if you filter into different folders you will need
   to check it for each folder. HTH
  
   Anne
 
  I thought you were on to something for a sec, but I just checked and
  everything was already in order. Any other ideas? It used to work fine
  but the last time I logged in they were all flat and I haven't been able
  to re-thread them since.
 
  Isaac

 Isaac,

 Was there anything else that occured at the time when they last worked
 correctly that sticks out in your mind?

Nothing whatsoever. Should I delete and recreate my Mail folder? It's a last 
resort because I'd like to learn a better way, but I've got no personal or 
valued emails that are at risk of being lost. So what do you think? Time to 
resort to brute force tactics?

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Re: [newbie] install on Compaq Presario 1240

2002-08-17 Thread Randy Kramer


  Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   If I hit retry or cancel, I'm asked which driver to try to gain scsi
   access. Any clues, or is this machine toast?

This will sound like heresy, but why don't you try booting from the
floppy with something like (MS-)Dos 5 or 6?

Then try accessing the hard disk from dos.

Then try accessing the cd-rom (although you'd need to install some
drivers or something, like mscdex or whatever).

At least this would give you some indication of hardware condition.

sorry, ;-)
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Re: [newbie] embarrasing KDE problem (n00b)


On Sat, 2002-08-17 at 17:13, Derek Jennings wrote:
 On Saturday 17 Aug 2002 4:54 pm, Stephen Gaffney wrote:
  Hello,
 
  I took the plunge and installed Mandrake 8.2 last week, and I've been
  having a grand old time learning how everything works, installing RPMs,
  installing drivers, getting games working, enjoying XMMS etc, and I had
  X working pretty well, considering I am a complete Linux n00b. That is,
  until I booted up my machine this morning - I have no tool bar in KDE.
  It's just disapeared - during KDE's start up, it flickers at the bottom
  of the screen, and then it just isn't there. I've tried reinstalling KDE
  using the mandrake install disc, but it made no difference, so I'm
  guessing it's a config thing...
 
  It's really annoying, cos I was just getting used to using multiple desk
  tops! :)
 
  So, what I'm asking is, what config/setup files do I need to edit to get
  my tool bar back? Also, how do you show the '.KDE' directory in
  /home/myprofile* using the Konquerer file browser and command line?
  There are lots of hidden directories there that I discovered when I was
  playing with gFTP but can't see in Konq.
 
  I'm using the version of KDE that is shipped with MD 8.2 (I think it
  might be v2.2, but I'm not sure, sorry :/ ), and I've got the latest
  nVidia drivers if that makes a difference.
 
  Thanks in advance,
 
  gaff
 
 Alt+F2 will allow you to run kcontrol  which will allow you to reconfigure 
 your KDE.
 
 At a guess in your last log on you deleted the tool bar by accident, and then 
 logged out with the 'save session' box checked.  Once your desktop is as you 
 like it log out once with 'save session' and then in future logouts have it 
 unchecked. That way your desktop always comes up the way you like.
 
 In konqueror ViewShow hidden files allows you to see the set up files. The 
 directory ~/.kde  (~ means 'your home directory) contains all your kde set 
 ups. If you get really stick just delete it and a new one with default values 
 will be set up on next log in.
 
 Other useful stuff
 Ctl+Alt+F1  (through to F6)  gives you a console window
 ls -a will list hidden files in the console
 
 HTH
 
 derek
 
Thanks Derek,

I ended up deleting the .kde directory, since nothing I tried worked in
kcontrol worked. Guess I won't log out with save seesion checked
again... :)

Thanks for your help, much appreciated.

gaff




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Re: [newbie] Messages won't thread in KMail


On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Isaac Curtis wrote:

 On Saturday 17 August 2002 08:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Isaac Curtis wrote:
   On Saturday 17 August 2002 03:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Saturday 17 Aug 2002 3:36 am, you wrote:
 I can't get my messages to thread in KMail. I've tried unchecking and
 rechecking the option to no avail, as well as restarting X and the
 entire machine. Any ideas?

 Isaac
   
Works in mine - but if you filter into different folders you will need
to check it for each folder. HTH
   
Anne
  
   I thought you were on to something for a sec, but I just checked and
   everything was already in order. Any other ideas? It used to work fine
   but the last time I logged in they were all flat and I haven't been able
   to re-thread them since.
  
   Isaac
 
  Isaac,
 
  Was there anything else that occured at the time when they last worked
  correctly that sticks out in your mind?
 
 Nothing whatsoever. Should I delete and recreate my Mail folder? It's a last 
 resort because I'd like to learn a better way, but I've got no personal or 
 valued emails that are at risk of being lost. So what do you think? Time to 
 resort to brute force tactics?
 
 Isaac
 
Isaac,

I just had a thought. I was thinking about how the program uses the 
header information on the email so as to know how and where to thread a 
message. It could be that if messages in other directories are being 
threaded correctly that there is something amiss with the headers in the 
message file for Inbox.

email comes in as a plain text file and is appended to the Inbox text 
file that the email program presents as a folder with messages inside it. 
Each message is seperated by a From header that signifies the beginning 
of the each message. That is the first place I would begin to look for the 
answer to this mystery. 

I used to use Sylpheed and every now and then if the program didn't close 
properly some corruption would happen to the mail folders, which in 
reality are really text files containing email message that have been 
received. I discovered that the From header usually on the very first 
message of the Inbox file would get truncated and instead of reading 
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] the F would get be dropped and 
Sylpheed would be unable to read the file, present the message and would 
subsequently die with an error.

Until I discovered what was causing the problem it was a real mystery and 
the only reason I did discover what was responsible for causing the 
error was because at the time there were a few other files at the time 
that were experiencing file corruption. To this day I still don't know 
what was originally responsible for causing this corruption. I can only 
assume that the file wasn't being written to disk properly on program 
close, or by the MTA as new messages were coming in to the server. I 
rather suspect the latter because the problem was mainly with the file 
that resides in /var/spool/mail/$USER. 

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Re: [newbie] Unreal Tournament help.


On Saturday 17 August 2002 12:42 am, you wrote:

 two bells are going off for me.  One being a different installer for
 goty, and the second being a vague recollection of one having to
 decompress those uz files.  Ummm, I used to have a script that
 someone wrote for that, but I've lost track of it.  You may have some
 luck with google or some of those linux gaming sites.
 hths,
 -s

Hi s. Thanks for the reply.

I think you're right, the unr.uz files must be uncompressed. I went to D. 
Olsons' web site, where he has a nice UT tutorial. I grabbed a different 
installer from the link there, one that actually has GOTY in its name. I 
tried it with both of my copies of UT (one is GOTY and the other is Best of 
Infogrames). This time, it did ask for the 2nd CD (the other 436 script did 
not). BTW, the GOTY version supports a 2nd CD-ROM, if you have one.
I followed his tutorials' instructions exactly, applying the chmod and 
running it as ./. I also tried it with sh . Same difference, AFAICT...

What does not happen though, in my open terminal window, is all the scrolling 
messages about the files being uncompressed - when the installer dialog boxs' 
indicator bar is nearly to the end. It just quits, says that the game was 
successfully installed, and to start it with ut. My terminal window does 
finish with this though:

[root@darkforce darklord]# ./ut-install-436-GOTY.run
Verifying archive integrity...OK
Uncompressing Unreal Tournament version 436-GOTY Linux 
install.
ERROR: No matching delta for /usr/local/games/ut/System/UTMenu.u

I'm at a loss here. Does anyone have any idea why my setup won't uncompress 
the files that UT needs?

Thanks.

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[newbie] 9.0 beta

2002-08-17 Thread jbarron201


I installed the 9.0 3 beta this morning ,had been useing
9.0 2 looked same .But I gained some H/D space over
9.0.1,9.0.2 are even 8.2 .Is it tighter ? I alway clean
h/d and pick the same packages.I don,t use that big of
H/D a 4 gig W/D.



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[newbie] Burn an iso to disk


Can someone explain in simple terms how to burn an .iso image to a CD and get 
readable files?  I have tried every burner front end available and all I get 
is a text copy of the .iso image.  No hair left to tear out. Help is much 
appreciated.
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Re: [newbie] 9.0 beta


On Saturday 17 August 2002 12:20 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I installed the 9.0 3 beta this morning ,had been useing
 9.0 2 looked same .But I gained some H/D space over
 9.0.1,9.0.2 are even 8.2 .Is it tighter ? I alway clean
 h/d and pick the same packages.I don,t use that big of
 H/D a 4 gig W/D.
They appear to have left off some packages that were on the first two betas, 
one being Quanta and some others I can't remember cause I don't use them. : /
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Re: [newbie] 9.0 beta

2002-08-17 Thread jbarron201


I never used them either so didn,t even noticed,but
haven,t had it up that long.One thing I have noticed I
need to add memory,running AMD 950 with 128 dimm .
 On Saturday 17 August 2002 12:20 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  I installed the 9.0 3 beta this morning ,had been useing
  9.0 2 looked same .But I gained some H/D space over
  9.0.1,9.0.2 are even 8.2 .Is it tighter ? I alway clean
  h/d and pick the same packages.I don,t use that big of
  H/D a 4 gig W/D.
 They appear to have left off some packages that were on the first two betas, 
 one being Quanta and some others I can't remember cause I don't use them. : /
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[newbie] Beta ISO images too big to burn

2002-08-17 Thread SystemAdmin ABC Mini Storage LLC


On all the beta disk 1 and 2 iso images, the ISO
images are too big to burn on my CD-RW drive.
I am using a Windows 2000 Pro system at work to
download the beta ISO images and trying to burn them
at work to take home to install on my home system with
no internet access at all.  I have 700 MB CD-RW disks.
 I get burn errors with images over 705+ MB images. 
Work system has Plexwriter 12/10/32A with OEM Easy CD
Creator 4 with all updates.  Easy Creator will not
finilize the disk with burn errors on it.  See this
link about overburning (Watch the wrap!).

http://www.cdspeed2000.com/go.php3?link=cdrmedia_overburning.html

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Re: [newbie] Cable connection (Mainly for UK readers)

2002-08-17 Thread poogle


On Saturday 17 August 2002 16:04 pm, Derek Jennings wrote:
 On Saturday 17 Aug 2002 3:05 pm, poogle wrote:
  Had to dust off an old windows drive and plug it in to get my NTL
  broadband set up, this is obviously not my preferred way to connect to
  the internet. I have googled endlessly to find a how to set up NTL Cable
  broadband with Linux but without success.
  Could somebody who has installed NTL cable in MD 8.2 please tell me what
  to do or point me to a how-to or tutorial please ?

 I think dhcpcd is what you need. I cannot find specifics on how to set it
 up with NTL, but this may help http://www.phystech.com/download/dhcpcd.html

 derek


Thanks Derek, this pointed me in the right direction, d/l dhcpcd and issued 
dhpcd -h username and away it went.

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Re: [newbie] embarrasing KDE problem (n00b)



 Thanks Derek,

 I ended up deleting the .kde directory, since nothing I tried worked in
 kcontrol worked. Guess I won't log out with save seesion checked
 again... :)

 Thanks for your help, much appreciated.

 gaff

Your experience demonstrates that unfortunately KDE is not ready for the wider 
public. I have seen my own daughter click on the little XKill icon on the 
screen, and with the words What does this do she killed the KDE toolbar. It 
then only requires a log off with 'save session' and the computer is unusable 
to the uninitiated.
But we will get there!  In the one year I have been using Linux it has already 
made great leaps foward. And then nothing will stop us...(Manic laughter)

Seriously. KDE is very nice and is what I use on my desktop, but it can be 
'fragile', requiring deletion of various hidden files to recover from a screw 
up.  

There are more 'robust' Window Managers.  Gnome is more robust, although it is 
not to my taste. Fluxbox is my current fave 'robust' manager for my 
(underpowered) laptop. It is so simple there is virtually no way you can 
break it. (None I can find anyway), but it is so different from Windows 
people are repelled.

There are lots of nice WMs on your CDs and you can have fun trying them all. 
(For example Enlightenment has some if the most nightmarishly ghastly themes 
you can imagine :) (Do read the documentation on each or you  might never 
work out how to use them)

Thats what I like about Linux. Choice :-)

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Re: [newbie] Beta ISO images too big to burn

2002-08-17 Thread Jure Repinc


SystemAdmin ABC Mini Storage LLC wrote:
 On all the beta disk 1 and 2 iso images, the ISO
 images are too big to burn on my CD-RW drive.
 I am using a Windows 2000 Pro system at work to
 download the beta ISO images and trying to burn them
 at work to take home to install on my home system with
 no internet access at all.  I have 700 MB CD-RW disks.
  I get burn errors with images over 705+ MB images. 
 Work system has Plexwriter 12/10/32A with OEM Easy CD
 Creator 4 with all updates.  Easy Creator will not
 finilize the disk with burn errors on it.  See this
 link about overburning (Watch the wrap!).
 
 http://www.cdspeed2000.com/go.php3?link=cdrmedia_overburning.html

First I highly suggest you use Nero Burning Rom for burning. This Easy 
Coaster Creator is no good. Also make sure the CD-RW discs are big 
enough. Some 80 min CDs are smaller and some larger. Then just select 
File  Burn Image and select Disk At Once mode and NO Multisession.

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Re: [newbie] Burn an iso to disk


On Saturday 17 Aug 2002 6:39 pm, Dennis Myers wrote:
 Can someone explain in simple terms how to burn an .iso image to a CD and
 get readable files?  I have tried every burner front end available and all
 I get is a text copy of the .iso image.  No hair left to tear out. Help is
 much appreciated.

Well  I open kreatecd  Select 'Advanced Project'
Drag and drop the iso file from konqueror into the kreatecd window, and then 
press the 'Write' button.

The only problem is that the version of kreatecd on the 8.2 CD is defective, 
and I am not sure if  it can do the job.  I compiled mine from source.

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Re: [newbie] embarrasing KDE problem (n00b)


On Sat, 2002-08-17 at 19:01, Derek Jennings wrote:
 
  Thanks Derek,
 
  I ended up deleting the .kde directory, since nothing I tried worked in
  kcontrol worked. Guess I won't log out with save seesion checked
  again... :)
 
  Thanks for your help, much appreciated.
 
  gaff
 
 Your experience demonstrates that unfortunately KDE is not ready for the wider 
 public. I have seen my own daughter click on the little XKill icon on the 
 screen, and with the words What does this do she killed the KDE toolbar. It 
 then only requires a log off with 'save session' and the computer is unusable 
 to the uninitiated.
 But we will get there!  In the one year I have been using Linux it has already 
 made great leaps foward. And then nothing will stop us...(Manic laughter)
 
 Seriously. KDE is very nice and is what I use on my desktop, but it can be 
 'fragile', requiring deletion of various hidden files to recover from a screw 
 up.  
 
 There are more 'robust' Window Managers.  Gnome is more robust, although it is 
 not to my taste. Fluxbox is my current fave 'robust' manager for my 
 (underpowered) laptop. It is so simple there is virtually no way you can 
 break it. (None I can find anyway), but it is so different from Windows 
 people are repelled.
 
 There are lots of nice WMs on your CDs and you can have fun trying them all. 
 (For example Enlightenment has some if the most nightmarishly ghastly themes 
 you can imagine :) (Do read the documentation on each or you  might never 
 work out how to use them)
 
 Thats what I like about Linux. Choice :-)
 
 derek
 

I settled on KDE after trying the others out - Gnome didn't look very
nice (poor font rendering), and the rest were just a little too far
removed from what I'm used to, but might give them another try in the
future. 

I've tried using linux at various points in the past 3 or 4 years and
decided it wasn't for me, but this time round I'm enjoying it, and it
seems to be easier. It still takes a lot more effort to do simple things
(like change your screen resolution... g) than it should, but I
guess it'll get there soon.

Thanks again for your help,

gaff




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Re: [newbie] Burn an iso to disk


On Saturday 17 August 2002 01:13 pm, Derek Jennings wrote:
 On Saturday 17 Aug 2002 6:39 pm, Dennis Myers wrote:
  Can someone explain in simple terms how to burn an .iso image to a CD and
  get readable files?  I have tried every burner front end available and
  all I get is a text copy of the .iso image.  No hair left to tear out.
  Help is much appreciated.

 Well  I open kreatecd  Select 'Advanced Project'
 Drag and drop the iso file from konqueror into the kreatecd window, and
 then press the 'Write' button.

 The only problem is that the version of kreatecd on the 8.2 CD is
 defective, and I am not sure if  it can do the job.  I compiled mine from
 source.

 derek
I am using 9.0 beta 3 right now and kreatecd has qt2 lib dependencies up the 
wazoo. I should be able to do it in xcdroast, or gtoaster, but the results 
are as described. I also have eroaster loaded and GCombust. What is my 
problem this should be easy. TIA for the Help.
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Re: [newbie] Burn an iso to disk

2002-08-17 Thread Todd Slater


On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 12:39:10PM -0500, Dennis Myers wrote:
 Can someone explain in simple terms how to burn an .iso image to a CD and get 
 readable files?  I have tried every burner front end available and all I get 
 is a text copy of the .iso image.  No hair left to tear out. Help is much 
 appreciated.
 -- 
 Dennis M. linux user #180842

If you don't object to command line:

cdrecord -v -pad speed=1 dev=1,0,0 yourimage.iso

You may have to change dev= to suit your system. That is how I burn
all my backups and haven't had any problem.

HTH,
Todd

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Re: [newbie] Burn an iso to disk

2002-08-17 Thread Charlie M.


On Saturday 17 August 2002 11:39 am, Dennis Myers wrote:
 Can someone explain in simple terms how to burn an .iso image to a CD and
 get readable files?  I have tried every burner front end available and all
 I get is a text copy of the .iso image.  No hair left to tear out. Help is
 much appreciated.
~
This may not be the simplest method Dennis, but it's what I use and it works. 
I don't make coasters often. One out of the last 3 boxes of CD-Rs anyway. The 
power died for about 30 seconds during that one so I can't blame cdrecord for 
that.

I''ve only managed to ever burn one disk using the front-ends available, and 
that was back during the 7.2 Freq period. I found the method I use now on the 
list, and haven't even tried the XCDRoast, etc., methods. Maybe I'm just 
becoming a command line junkie?

Insert blank media. You'd be surprised how often I've woopsed this part 
temporarily. :-) We all have our D'UH! moments.

I start from File Manager Super User Mode. It ain't necessarily what you need 
to do but I can never remember if I've added my userid to the cdrom/cdrecord 
groups. Click the Tools button up top, click Open Terminal. Type (you're in 
su mode already, remember?) the following command, altering as needed to fit 
the system you're on. For example, this is what I used to burn beta2 of 
Mandrake 9.0, just change the CD number and other relevant information for 
what you're burning and for subsequent disks.

cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0 -eject 
/store/Downloads/MandrakeLinux-9.0beta2-CD1.i586.iso

The directory I save downloaded ISOs to is on a separate partition on a 
separate hard drive called /store; and one of the directories is (surprise 
grin) Downloads. The rest is just the name of the ISO as it appears in the 
directory in question.

After -eject is a single space but word wrap can be a PITA.

You should've already done the scanbus thing (so you'll know what the drive is 
recognized as, mine is dev=0,0,0) and you're away. 

My CD-RW is only an old Mitsumi 4x4x24 so the speed is maxed out here. I would 
_strongly recommend_ not burning version ISOs at anything greater than 4 
speed anyway, just to be sure you get a bootable/mountable copy but YMMV.

Just for my own curiosity, did you do md5sum checking before starting? I 
always do and haven't had a bad disk since I started doing it.

Here's a tutorial that I've found useful. I've sent the link to others that 
have also said it was helpful. It shows an example of checking the md5sum as 
well:

http://www.cpqlinux.com/cdrw.html

Good luck. I hope this helps.

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Re: [newbie] install on Compaq Presario 1240

2002-08-17 Thread Todd Slater


On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 12:13:13PM -0400, Randy Kramer wrote:
   Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If I hit retry or cancel, I'm asked which driver to try to gain scsi
access. Any clues, or is this machine toast?
 
 This will sound like heresy, but why don't you try booting from the
 floppy with something like (MS-)Dos 5 or 6?
 
 Then try accessing the hard disk from dos.
 
 Then try accessing the cd-rom (although you'd need to install some
 drivers or something, like mscdex or whatever).
 
 At least this would give you some indication of hardware condition.
 
 sorry, ;-)
 Randy Kramer

Thanks Randy, I'm willing to give it a try. But where can I get Dos 5 or
6?

Thanks!

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Re: [newbie] install on Compaq Presario 1240


On Sat, 2002-08-17 at 19:41, Todd Slater wrote:
 On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 12:13:13PM -0400, Randy Kramer wrote:
Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 If I hit retry or cancel, I'm asked which driver to try to gain scsi
 access. Any clues, or is this machine toast?
  
  This will sound like heresy, but why don't you try booting from the
  floppy with something like (MS-)Dos 5 or 6?
  
  Then try accessing the hard disk from dos.
  
  Then try accessing the cd-rom (although you'd need to install some
  drivers or something, like mscdex or whatever).
  
  At least this would give you some indication of hardware condition.
  
  sorry, ;-)
  Randy Kramer
 
 Thanks Randy, I'm willing to give it a try. But where can I get Dos 5 or
 6?
 
 Thanks!
 
 -- 
 Todd Slater
try here:

http://www.bootdisk.com/

There's plenty of useful bootdisk images to download. Useful website.




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Re: [newbie] install on Compaq Presario 1240

2002-08-17 Thread Richard


Look for FreeDos.
Richard.


On Sat, 17 Aug 2002 14:41:05 -0400, Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 12:13:13PM -0400, Randy Kramer wrote:
Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 If I hit retry or cancel, I'm asked which driver to try to gain scsi
 access. Any clues, or is this machine toast?
  
  This will sound like heresy, but why don't you try booting from the
  floppy with something like (MS-)Dos 5 or 6?
  
  Then try accessing the hard disk from dos.
  
  Then try accessing the cd-rom (although you'd need to install some
  drivers or something, like mscdex or whatever).
  
  At least this would give you some indication of hardware condition.
  
  sorry, ;-)
  Randy Kramer
 
 Thanks Randy, I'm willing to give it a try. But where can I get Dos 5 or
 6?
 
 Thanks!
 
 -- 
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Re: [newbie] install on Compaq Presario 1240

2002-08-17 Thread Charlie M.


On Saturday 17 August 2002 12:41 pm, Todd Slater wrote:
snip
 Thanks Randy, I'm willing to give it a try. But where can I get Dos 5 or
 6?

 Thanks!
~~
How about here:
http://www.bootdisk.com/
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Re: [newbie] Burn an iso to disk

2002-08-17 Thread Gary Montalbine


Iuse xcdroast. You need to burn the .iso image as a image file. Can't 
remember where I found the instructions. Try the xcdroast site. You need 
to configure the HD settings in xcdroast to show where your iso files are.
Gary



Dennis Myers wrote:
 On Saturday 17 August 2002 01:13 pm, Derek Jennings wrote:
 
On Saturday 17 Aug 2002 6:39 pm, Dennis Myers wrote:

Can someone explain in simple terms how to burn an .iso image to a CD and
get readable files?  I have tried every burner front end available and
all I get is a text copy of the .iso image.  No hair left to tear out.
Help is much appreciated.

Well  I open kreatecd  Select 'Advanced Project'
Drag and drop the iso file from konqueror into the kreatecd window, and
then press the 'Write' button.

The only problem is that the version of kreatecd on the 8.2 CD is
defective, and I am not sure if  it can do the job.  I compiled mine from
source.

derek
 
 I am using 9.0 beta 3 right now and kreatecd has qt2 lib dependencies up the 
 wazoo. I should be able to do it in xcdroast, or gtoaster, but the results 
 are as described. I also have eroaster loaded and GCombust. What is my 
 problem this should be easy. TIA for the Help.
 
 




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Re: [newbie] Burn an iso to disk

On Saturday 17 August 2002 01:47 pm, Todd Slater wrote:
On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 12:39:10PM -0500, Dennis Myers wrote:
Can someone explain in simple terms how to burn an .iso image to a CD and
get readable files? I have tried every burner front end available and
all I get is a text copy of the .iso image. No hair left to tear out.
Help is much appreciated.
--
Dennis M. linux user #180842

If you don't object to command line:

cdrecord -v -pad speed=1 dev=1,0,0 yourimage.iso

You may have to change dev= to suit your system. That is how I burn
all my backups and haven't had any problem.

HTH,
Todd
I have tried them all and now that I think about it, maybe the problem is that
I downloaded an easycd creator file from one of the mirrors. No matter how
I burn I still get a bunch of junk. That looks like this:

mkisofs 1.15a20 -graft-points -f -R -r -l -J
-o/home/dennis/beta3/MandrakeLinux-9.0beta3-CD2.i586.iso --
beta3/=/home/dennis/beta3/
MandrakeLinux-9.0beta3-CD2.i586.iso=/home/dennis/beta3/MandrakeLinux-9.0beta3-CD2.i586.iso

T RRIP_1991ATHE ROCK RIDGE INTERCHANGE PROTOCOL PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR POSIX
FILE SYSTEM SEMANTICSPLEASE CONTACT DISC PUBLISHER FOR SPECIFICATION SOURCE.
SEE PUBLISHER IDENTIFIER IN PRIMARY VOLUME DESCRIPTOR FOR CONTACT
INFORMATION.

So I've toasted 4 CDs and even though they are cheap I'm not. : ) I hate
wasting anything. And worse I hate having to use CDcreator or Roxio to burn
my Linux CDs.
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Re: [newbie] embarrasing KDE problem (n00b)


On Saturday 17 August 2002 02:01 pm, you wrote:

 Your experience demonstrates that unfortunately KDE is not ready for the
 wider public. I have seen my own daughter click on the little XKill icon on
 the screen, and with the words What does this do she killed the KDE
 toolbar. It then only requires a log off with 'save session' and the
 computer is unusable to the uninitiated.

One of the first things I do when I install Mandrake on my 8 and 11 year olds 
comps is to remove that xkill icon from the desktop. (and you can always use 
control alt esc if they start something that won't stop)

 But we will get there!  In the one year I have been using Linux it has
 already made great leaps foward. And then nothing will stop us...(Manic
 laughter)

Yeah! :-)

 Seriously. KDE is very nice and is what I use on my desktop, but it can be
 'fragile', requiring deletion of various hidden files to recover from a
 screw up.

I know...

 Thats what I like about Linux. Choice :-)

 derek

Absolutely!!! 

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[newbie] Unreal problem solved


Okay, I just plain gave up on using

ut-install-436-GOTY.run
ut-install-436.run

with the GOTY or Best of Infogrames version of this game. I did (finally!) 
get the installer CD that came from Tux Games to work. I've got 2 CD's, both 
SCSI, one is a DVD and one is a CDRW. For some odd reason, the installer 
worked fine from my 2nd CD (CDRW - /dev/scd1) but would not work from my 
first CD (DVD - /dev/scd0). So if anyone else has trouble with UT and you are 
using more than one CD, try the other one.

All's well that ends well, right? :-)

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Re: [newbie] install on Compaq Presario 1240

2002-08-17 Thread Tom Brinkman


On Saturday August 17 2002 02:04 pm, Charlie M. wrote:
 On Saturday 17 August 2002 12:41 pm, Todd Slater wrote:
 snip

  Thanks Randy, I'm willing to give it a try. But where can I get Dos
  5 or 6?
 
  Thanks!

 ~~
 How about here:
 http://www.bootdisk.com/


All good advice so far, I'd just add the best and easiest way to 
check a drive out is to use the manufacturers diagnostic. I'm not aware 
of any drive manufacturers that don't either supply one with the drive 
(even OEM drives), or make one available for d/l from their website.
IBM even has Linux versions, but regardless of FS system, they all 
result in a bootable floppy that will check the HDD for errors, often 
better and more safely than 3rd party stuff will.
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Re: [newbie] Burn an iso to disk


On Saturday 17 August 2002 02:08 pm, Gary Montalbine wrote:
 Iuse xcdroast. You need to burn the .iso image as a image file. Can't
 remember where I found the instructions. Try the xcdroast site. You need
 to configure the HD settings in xcdroast to show where your iso files are.
 Gary

 Dennis Myers wrote:
  On Saturday 17 August 2002 01:13 pm, Derek Jennings wrote:
 On Saturday 17 Aug 2002 6:39 pm, Dennis Myers wrote:
 Can someone explain in simple terms how to burn an .iso image to a CD
  and get readable files?  I have tried every burner front end available
  and all I get is a text copy of the .iso image.  No hair left to tear
  out. Help is much appreciated.
 
 Well  I open kreatecd  Select 'Advanced Project'
 Drag and drop the iso file from konqueror into the kreatecd window, and
 then press the 'Write' button.
 
 The only problem is that the version of kreatecd on the 8.2 CD is
 defective, and I am not sure if  it can do the job.  I compiled mine from
 source.
 
 derek
 
  I am using 9.0 beta 3 right now and kreatecd has qt2 lib dependencies up
  the wazoo. I should be able to do it in xcdroast, or gtoaster, but the
  results are as described. I also have eroaster loaded and GCombust. What
  is my problem this should be easy. TIA for the Help.
I don't see where it says to burn as an image.  Followed the XCDroast 
instructions and still got a bunch of text and no files.  No joy. :  (
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[newbie] MandrakeUpdate failed to connect

2002-08-17 Thread frame


Is this just another buggy tool for messing up my config
or does it work in some way? Can it connect via proxy?
I have Mandrake 9 beta2. I always configure my network
by hand.  Here is what ifconifg gave me when I started
MandrakeUpdate:
before: RX bytes:21796890 (20.7 Mb)  TX bytes:2315216 (2.2 Mb)
after: RX bytes:21796890 (20.7 Mb)  TX bytes:2315216 (2.2 Mb).
Shouldn't it even try to connect? Or give any senseful error message?
I just get Couldn't connect!. Have I to change some mdk-specific files to 
become this working?

Thx in advance,
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Re: [newbie] Burn an iso to disk

2002-08-17 Thread Randy Kramer


Dennis Myers wrote:
 I have tried them all and now that I think about it, maybe the problem is that
 I downloaded  an easycd creator file from one of the mirrors. No matter how
 I burn I still get a bunch of junk. That looks like this:

That would be the problem -- an Easy CD Creator file or image is not an
iso.  But, I'm surprised a mirror has something like that.  Interesting!

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Re: [newbie] Burn an iso to disk

2002-08-17 Thread jbarron201


I have a 24x12x24 burner and used 40x Cd,s got 105 errors
at 24x slowed to 20x and got 45 burnt them at 16x all
came out 0 errors. JOE
 Dennis Myers wrote:
  I have tried them all and now that I think about it, maybe the problem is that
  I downloaded  an easycd creator file from one of the mirrors. No matter how
  I burn I still get a bunch of junk. That looks like this:
 
 That would be the problem -- an Easy CD Creator file or image is not an
 iso.  But, I'm surprised a mirror has something like that.  Interesting!
 
 Randy Kramer
 
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Re: [newbie] install on Compaq Presario 1240

2002-08-17 Thread Todd Slater


On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 03:52:30PM -0500, Tom Brinkman wrote:
 On Saturday August 17 2002 02:04 pm, Charlie M. wrote:
  On Saturday 17 August 2002 12:41 pm, Todd Slater wrote:
  snip
 
   Thanks Randy, I'm willing to give it a try. But where can I get Dos
   5 or 6?
  
   Thanks!
 
  ~~
  How about here:
  http://www.bootdisk.com/
 
 
 All good advice so far, I'd just add the best and easiest way to 
 check a drive out is to use the manufacturers diagnostic. I'm not aware 
 of any drive manufacturers that don't either supply one with the drive 
 (even OEM drives), or make one available for d/l from their website.
 IBM even has Linux versions, but regardless of FS system, they all 
 result in a bootable floppy that will check the HDD for errors, often 
 better and more safely than 3rd party stuff will.
 -- 
 Tom Brinkman  Corpus Christi, Texas

I booted into dos and tried to format c: and got an invalid drive
specification error. So, I think the HD is shot anyway :(

Thanks everybody for your help!

Todd

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Desktop Managers (was Re: [newbie] embarrasing KDE problem (n00b))

2002-08-17 Thread Terry Smith


Today's messages got me thinksing about Window Managers

so, FWIW,

Fluxbox - amazingly fast, amazingly sparse...too minimalist for me.

Gnome 2 - quite an improvement over Gnome 1faster, cleaner, can be
configured with themes, styles, etc. to look quite good (to me
anyway-:)). I prefer it to KDE (I'm running if as my WM of choice on my
gentoo 'bleeding edge' distribution).

Xfce - fast, sparse, but not too sparse! Still my favorite
(www.xfce.org).

Terry Smith
Cape Cod, USA

On Sat, 2002-08-17 at 14:14, Stephen Gaffney wrote:
 On Sat, 2002-08-17 at 19:01, Derek Jennings wrote:
  
   Thanks Derek,
  
   I ended up deleting the .kde directory, since nothing I tried worked in
   kcontrol worked. Guess I won't log out with save seesion checked
   again... :)
  
   Thanks for your help, much appreciated.
  
   gaff
  
  Your experience demonstrates that unfortunately KDE is not ready for the wider 
  public. I have seen my own daughter click on the little XKill icon on the 
  screen, and with the words What does this do she killed the KDE toolbar. It 
  then only requires a log off with 'save session' and the computer is unusable 
  to the uninitiated.
  But we will get there!  In the one year I have been using Linux it has already 
  made great leaps foward. And then nothing will stop us...(Manic laughter)
  
  Seriously. KDE is very nice and is what I use on my desktop, but it can be 
  'fragile', requiring deletion of various hidden files to recover from a screw 
  up.  
  
  There are more 'robust' Window Managers.  Gnome is more robust, although it is 
  not to my taste. Fluxbox is my current fave 'robust' manager for my 
  (underpowered) laptop. It is so simple there is virtually no way you can 
  break it. (None I can find anyway), but it is so different from Windows 
  people are repelled.
  
  There are lots of nice WMs on your CDs and you can have fun trying them all. 
  (For example Enlightenment has some if the most nightmarishly ghastly themes 
  you can imagine :) (Do read the documentation on each or you  might never 
  work out how to use them)
  
  Thats what I like about Linux. Choice :-)
  
  derek
  
 
 I settled on KDE after trying the others out - Gnome didn't look very
 nice (poor font rendering), and the rest were just a little too far
 removed from what I'm used to, but might give them another try in the
 future. 
 
 I've tried using linux at various points in the past 3 or 4 years and
 decided it wasn't for me, but this time round I'm enjoying it, and it
 seems to be easier. It still takes a lot more effort to do simple things
 (like change your screen resolution... g) than it should, but I
 guess it'll get there soon.
 
 Thanks again for your help,
 
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Re: [newbie] wireless router

2002-08-17 Thread Rob Burris


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Hi Scott. I have just recently purchased a Linksys Wireless Access Point and 
a Linksys WAC11 Wireless PCMCIA card for my laptop. I'm using XP and Mandrake 
8.2

Setting up the wireless connection with XP was really easy ( I imagine it 
will be just as easy with 98 ). Trying to figure out how to set it up with 
linux was pretty tough but once I got it it was really easy to do. I'd be 
more than happy to show you how I did it. 

- Good Luck, Rob B. 

On Saturday 17 August 2002 07:53 am, you wrote:
   I have a new box running 8.2 and windows '98 and another box on which I'm
 going to be putting XP.  I want to get to get a wireless router to share
 cable internet on the  two machines.  I don't know what compatability
 issues, if any, there are with linux and wireless routers. Can someone
 suggest a good router that will work with this set-up?

 Thanks,
 Scott



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[newbie] lost network connection

2002-08-17 Thread b w


OK, a newbie problem.

I installed Mandrake 8.2 Thursday night. Was able to connect to the internet 
with my Cisco uBR900 cable model (through Adelphia), but only after some 
fiddling with the Mandrake Command Center (it didn't work immediately after 
installation).

Today, I was using MandrakeUpdate to download updates. Was able to download 
many of the important ones (security and bugfixes). After they were 
downloaded, I rebooted my machine (Dell Inspiron 3800 laptop with 196 RAM 
and 500Mhz). At that point, I lost my internet connection (the number 1 
light on the cable modem wouldn't even glow, and no lights flickered on my 
network adapter); no amount of fiddling would get me a connection through 
the Mandrake Command Center.

Yet when I reboot and launch Win2K, the number 1 light glows, and I get an 
internet connection... reboot and go linux, the light goes out and no 
connection.

BTW, when I reboot in linux, I get a couple of error messages: the ext2fs 
file is out of date... httpd-perl and httpd fail to launch.

Also: I'm running a Xircom CardBus Ethernet 10 56K modem (if that helps).

Am I missing something here?

ANY help would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

bw

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Re: [newbie] GCombust permissions problem

2002-08-17 Thread Marcia


Dear Sridhar and Dennis,

Thank you for your thoughts and help. I think I know what I am doing wrong. I have not 
fixed it yet but your info has made me realize what to do. Yes, I think the Rock Ridge 
extensions were enabled so I will disable those and try again. 
Thanks alot for you help.

Sincerely,

Marcia



On Sat, 17 Aug 2002 13:47:27 +1000
Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 11:29:21 -0400, Marcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  Dear All,
  
  I just successfully created a cdrw backup disk using Gcombust on LM8.2. After 
  it was written I went to open it and I got a message that I did not have 
  access rights to /mnt/cdrom. I have written a disk successfully before 
  without this problem. How can I change the permissions on this disk so that I 
  may open it? How did this happen in the first place? I cannot open it on my 
  other computer either. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I am the only 
  user on this computer so would like full permissions for myself as user. I am 
  not sure how to do this.
 
 In /etc/fstab, look for /mnt/cdrom line. In the fourth field (fields are tab or
 space delimited), you should see a set of options. Add ,user to the end. This
 will allow a user to mount /mnt/cdrom. Reboot, and hopefully everything should
 be fine.
 
 If that doesn't work, open userdrake and add yourself to the cdrom group.
 
 Was the CD-ROM burnt using Rock Ridge extensions enabled? If so, then file
 permissions were recorded to the disc. This means that the files on the disc
 behave as if they're on your hard drive, in that you need the correct user
 permissions to access them.
 
 -- 
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 The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead
 all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that
 it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them into it in the first
 place. -- Douglas Adams
 
 



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Re: [newbie] lost network connection

2002-08-17 Thread K. Spress


So. The solution could be for you to go get a router and allow the router to
maintain the connection to the internet and boot into whatever OS You want
with out a problem


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- Original Message -
From: b w [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 11:20 PM
Subject: [newbie] lost network connection


 OK, a newbie problem.

 I installed Mandrake 8.2 Thursday night. Was able to connect to the
internet
 with my Cisco uBR900 cable model (through Adelphia), but only after some
 fiddling with the Mandrake Command Center (it didn't work immediately
after
 installation).

 Today, I was using MandrakeUpdate to download updates. Was able to
download
 many of the important ones (security and bugfixes). After they were
 downloaded, I rebooted my machine (Dell Inspiron 3800 laptop with 196 RAM
 and 500Mhz). At that point, I lost my internet connection (the number 1
 light on the cable modem wouldn't even glow, and no lights flickered on my
 network adapter); no amount of fiddling would get me a connection through
 the Mandrake Command Center.

 Yet when I reboot and launch Win2K, the number 1 light glows, and I get an
 internet connection... reboot and go linux, the light goes out and no
 connection.

 BTW, when I reboot in linux, I get a couple of error messages: the ext2fs
 file is out of date... httpd-perl and httpd fail to launch.

 Also: I'm running a Xircom CardBus Ethernet 10 56K modem (if that helps).

 Am I missing something here?

 ANY help would be GREATLY appreciated.

 Thanks in advance,

 bw

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[newbie] USB CD Burner

2002-08-17 Thread Jon




Hi,

I have a USB CD Burner (Kodak CD-R/RW) but I 
haven't been able to get it to burn and as I understand it Linux (Mandrake 8.1) 
isn't capable of directly talking to such burners it can only talk to SCSI/IDE 
burners? Is that correct? However I think I read somewhere that you can fool 
Linux so that it appears to be a SCSI burner? Is that correct, has someone done 
it and how have they done it? Thanks.

Jon.

Re: [newbie] Unreal problem solved


On Saturday 17 August 2002 06:08 pm, you wrote:

 I had the misfortune of calling up InfoGames or whoever makes Unreal
 because I was having problems with installation. During the call they
 told me that Unreal Tourney was designed _not_ to run on DVD drives.
 At the time I was pretty upset cuz that's all I had. I'm still pissed
 off that they did that.

 Miark

Hi Miark! Well...thats certainly enlightening. I wonder why? You know come to 
think of it, I believe I did add my DVD after I had installed UT (the first 
time, I mean).

I still can't figure out why - did they tell you?

Thanks.

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