Re: [newbie-it] Gli scherzi dei CDrom
Alle 22:33, mercoledì 18 settembre 2002, hai scritto: so che la cosa mi dovrebbe dire qualcosa (ma e' passato troppo tempo da quando ho letto il manuale, e non riesco piu' a trovare la pagina che avevo stampato al riguardo...), se qualche indovino sa interpretare i segni del mio pinguino :-) [arwan@localhost arwan]$ cdrecord -scanbus Cdrecord 1.11a15 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling Linux sg driver version: 3.1.22 Using libscg version 'schily-0.5' scsibus0: cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page. 0,0,0 0) 'ASUS' 'CD-S400 ' '2.20' Removable CD-ROM 0,1,0 1) 'LG ' 'CD-RW CED-8080B ' '1.06' Removable CD-ROM 0,2,0 2) * 0,3,0 3) * 0,4,0 4) * 0,5,0 5) * 0,6,0 6) * 0,7,0 7) * Qui mi sembra tutto a posto... No, perchè questo output è in contraddizione con il fstab che hai spedito nella tua prima lettera; dato che nella tua successiva hai dichiarato di aver modificato di conseguenza fstab, controlla ora che lilo.conf contenga il necessario append per l'emulazioe SCSI nella forma append=devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi quiet che dovrebbe rimetterti tutto a posto. P.S. Per sicurezza (a me è successo), controlla anche che le icone sul desktop puntino al device giusto... -- - -- Fabio Manunza -- ## n° macchina 140545 ## -
Re: [newbie-it] Gli scherzi dei CDrom
perfetto. allora prova a verificare i parametri di boot: puoi farlo via interfaccia grafica -apri control center, -clicca avvio, -clicca configura, -clicca ok; ti compaiono le scelte del bootloader. -scegli la voce linux, -scegli modifica voce. alla riga aggiungi devi avere devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi. secondo me in contrasto con quanto scrive fabio manunza (scusa) devi avere questa riga scritta in questa maniera con indicato SOLO il masterizzatore hdc e non anche il lettore hdb (a meno che il lettore sia scasi..) perchè non hai nessun motivo di attivare l'intefaccia ide-scsi sul lettore; anzi questo potrebbe giocare scherzi all'interfaccia scsi. se vuoi prova (e fai il reboot) (così poi puoi prendertela...) ciao Arwan wrote: Alle 21:07, lunedì 16 settembre 2002, contorcendoti la mente su Re: [newbie-it] Gli scherzi dei CDrom, paolo brusasco hai scritto: omissis
Re: [newbie-it] Gli scherzi dei CDrom
Alle 18:49, giovedì 19 settembre 2002, hai scritto: perfetto. allora prova a verificare i parametri di boot: puoi farlo via interfaccia grafica -apri control center, -clicca avvio, -clicca configura, -clicca ok; ti compaiono le scelte del bootloader. -scegli la voce linux, -scegli modifica voce. alla riga aggiungi devi avere devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi. secondo me in contrasto con quanto scrive fabio manunza (scusa) devi avere questa riga scritta in questa maniera con indicato SOLO il masterizzatore hdc e non anche il lettore hdb (a meno che il lettore sia scasi..) perchè non hai nessun motivo di attivare l'intefaccia ide-scsi sul lettore; anzi questo potrebbe giocare scherzi all'interfaccia scsi. se vuoi prova (e fai il reboot) (così poi puoi prendertela...) ciao ARRRGG!!! =8-0 No, nessun problema, non me la prendo... ;-) Ho dato quella indicazione perchè ho visto che Arwan (da fstab) aveva indicato l'emulazione SCSI anche per il lettore CD (questo immagino per poter fare copie al volo con applicazioni tipo XCD-Roast); in quanto a problemi inerenti all'attivazione suddetta, ti assicuro che sono assolutamente infondati: il sistema gestisce l'emulazione senza problemi, sia per l'una, che per l'altra periferica.. Vale. -- - -- Fabio Manunza -- ## n° macchina 140545 ## -
Re: [newbie-it] ancora di driver nvidia
Mi associo alla richiesta questi driver nvidia mi stanno facendo impazzire! Sembra che manchi qualcosa ma non riesco a sapere cosa!
[newbie-it] in attesa di stampa
Ho acceso la stampante con linux in funzione dopo varie settimane e con mia grande sorpresa quella s'è messa immediatamente a stampare per conto suo roba di cui non ricordavo nemmeno l'esistenza; io sono rimasto a guardare come un allocco impagliato. Ho desunto che con linux la roba da stampare venga salvata sul disco fisso e rimanga lì fino a che non viene effettivamente stampata oppure fino a che non si dà l'ordine di eliminarla. E' giusto? Ho trovato nel centro di controllo - gestore stampa un posto dove si possono eliminare i documenti in attesa, però mi sembra che anche così si ottenga di fermare la stampante solo dopo aver riavviato. C'è un sistema più semplice per fermare la baracca? Ciao Giorgio
Re: [newbie-it] Gli scherzi dei CDrom
grazie scusa adesso provo anch'io a fare le copie al volo e taccio ciao. Fabio Manunza wrote: Alle 18:49, giovedì 19 settembre 2002, hai scritto: omissis
Re: [newbie-it] in attesa di stampa
Alle 20:59, giovedì 19 settembre 2002, hai scritto: Ho acceso la stampante con linux in funzione dopo varie settimane e con mia grande sorpresa quella s'è messa immediatamente a stampare per conto suo roba di cui non ricordavo nemmeno l'esistenza; io sono rimasto a guardare come un allocco impagliato. Ho desunto che con linux la roba da stampare venga salvata sul disco fisso e rimanga lì fino a che non viene effettivamente stampata oppure fino a che non si dà l'ordine di eliminarla. E' giusto? Ho trovato nel centro di controllo - gestore stampa un posto dove si possono eliminare i documenti in attesa, però mi sembra che anche così si ottenga di fermare la stampante solo dopo aver riavviato. C'è un sistema più semplice per fermare la baracca? Ciao Giorgio Ciao, hai provato a collegarti al server CUPS usando il Konqueror? Basta digitare localhost:631 (senza le virgolette, of course). Da lì puoi vedere l'elenco dei lavori stampati e l'elenco di quelli in coda, e puoi eliminarli... prova a vedere se in questo modo riesci a svuotare la coda più agevolmente... Daniele
Re: [newbie-it] Gli scherzi dei CDrom
Alle 21:35, giovedì 19 settembre 2002, hai scritto: grazie scusa adesso provo anch'io a fare le copie al volo e taccio ciao. ..Prego, ma tacere no! Si discute, sempre, anche a costo di dir castronate (e chi non ne ha mai dette?); dai e dai, con questo sistema qualcosa anch'io l'ho imparato... Vale. -- - -- Fabio Manunza -- ## n° macchina 140545 ## -
Re: [newbie-it] in attesa di stampa
Alle 20:59, giovedì 19 settembre 2002, hai scritto: Ho acceso la stampante con linux in funzione dopo varie settimane e con mia grande sorpresa quella s'è messa immediatamente a stampare per conto suo roba di cui non ricordavo nemmeno l'esistenza; io sono rimasto a guardare come un allocco impagliato. Ho desunto che con linux la roba da stampare venga salvata sul disco fisso e rimanga lì fino a che non viene effettivamente stampata oppure fino a che non si dà l'ordine di eliminarla. E' giusto? Ho trovato nel centro di controllo - gestore stampa un posto dove si possono eliminare i documenti in attesa, però mi sembra che anche così si ottenga di fermare la stampante solo dopo aver riavviato. C'è un sistema più semplice per fermare la baracca? Ciao Giorgio Hai provato a dare un'occhiata alla configurazione www di cups? Io la trovo molto utile, paragonabile per impostazione al webmin; se non la trovi immediatamente da menù, apri konquror, e scegli come indirizzo http://localhost:631 . Vale. -- - -- Fabio Manunza -- ## n° macchina 140545 ## -
[newbie] 9.0 rc2 display manager
System: Compaq Deskpro, P-233 MMX, 192 MB, 4.2 GB, 1 MB Video on board, standard PS/2 2 button with scroll wheel (as middle button), using Mandrake Linux 9.0 RC2 iso images. After installing RC2 on a test machine, I was having all kinds of good luck with it, until there was a power cutoff while logged into KDE. After any successive reboot, it starts /etc/init.d/dm and I can see it loading. It then displays the login panel of kdm (my preferred login manager). After a few seconds, the screen blanks and drops down to the C-A-F1 login screen as if init 3 had been issued. C-A-F7 is a blank screen. I have been into the Mandrake Control Center and made sure that KDE automatically starts but does not auto-login a user. I even changed it to not start X upon boot (init 3), saved it, then changed it back to init 5 on boot and re-saved just to make sure it took. If I login as any user on the F1 screen and issue a startx, it comes up just fine. If I login as root and issue a /etc/init.d/dm restart the display manager comes up and stays up. Users are able to login use the machine as normal. When a user logs out, it stays on the kdm login screen as it's supposed to. However, on reboots, it does the exact thing as described in the 3rd paragraph. Here is some pertinent info from /var/log/message towards the end of the boot process: kernel: Splash status on console 0 changed to off echo: 0 rc: Disabling Boot logo succeeded kdm[957]: Unknown session exit code from manager process kdm[957]: Rescanning all config files gpm[798]: info: [mice.c(1751)]: gpm[798]: imps2: Auto-detected intellimouse PS/2 Before, I was getting errors dealing with problems with mice.c on the boot process. It is either something blowing up with dm or mice.c from what I can tell. Any help or ideas would be great. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kemulator mdk8.2-update
On Wednesday 18 September 2002 11:48 pm, joe wrote:
Here is an update to my problem: I figured out that I needed gcc installed so
i found and installed gcc-2-96-0.76mdk (with all dependencies and no
errrors).
Here is the new message the configure script gives me:
./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for -p flag to install... yes
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake... missing
checking for working autoheader... missing
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for c++... no
checking for g++... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C++ compiler (gcc ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler cannot
create executables.
Please help me mandrake gurus!
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Re: [newbie] Can't get rid of menu bar
Bob Read wrote: Just right-click on the desktop, left-click on disable desktop menu. (Only a single on each) That option doesn't come up on a right click. Sir Robin -- So I repeat myself? I am great, I contain tautologies. Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Üniversitesi Ankara Turkey http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] OT help writing my deny IE page
On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 23:36, Franki wrote: I don't think the answer would be yes... By a strange coincidence a very interesting post from Thor Larholm (of the IE list) regarding Mozilla appeared on [bugtraq]. I reproduce it in full; it would seem that the yes can't be very confident (of course, we will never know what Microsoft finds, and fixes, internally): On September 9th I wrote the following to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- START -- I noticed that you have published a list ( http://mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0.1/security-fixes-1.0.1.html ) of security issues that have been fixed in Mozilla 1.0.1 I would recommend posting this list to the Bugtraq mailinglist, [EMAIL PROTECTED], so that the secinfo industry and the public in general becomes aware of these. This would help raise the awareness of your security efforts, as well as urge users of older versions to upgrade and provide hints to other software products that embed Gecko, or other parts of Mozilla, that they should consider getting fresh sources for their projects. In case you feel that this is not a necessary action, I would like to personally make the list aware of these security fixes in a matter of 5 working days. -- END -- At first I received a reply from Asa Dotzler, which among others mentioned that the list was far from comprehensive and It would be much better if someone (mitch) updated the real page at http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html; So I forwarded and wrote to Mitch: May I recommend updating the official list of known vulnerabilities in Mozilla to include the vulnerabilities that have been fixed, such as XMLHTTP and the many on Asas list? And received a short reply last thursday: Yes, that page will be updated soon. Thanks for letting me know. Since nothing has happened, I thought I would pass this on to the list. This is a short list of issues fixed between the 1.0 and 1.0.1 version of Mozilla. As Asa mentioned, this list was just put together from some queries on Bugzilla. Undoubtedly, there will be many more vulnerabilities that have been fixed, and it would be a welcome change to let the public know about these. BUG ID Product Component Summary 88183 Browser Plug-ins navigator.plugins leaks path names 104472 Browser Security execution of scripts in the file: protocol from XUL using cgi 125583 Browser Security Disable automatic XLinks in Mail 135267 Browser Security Reading files cross-host using styles 144228 MailNews Security Malicious email breaks POP server connection 146094 Browser Networking Stealing third-party cookies through a proxy 147754 Browser Security XMLSerializer needs same-origin check 148256 Browser XML flawfinder warnings in XML Extras 148269 NSS Libraries flawfinder warnings in mozilla/security 148520 Browser Password Manager window.prompt is returning a saved password instead of prompting. 149777 Browser Security Node cloned from external, untrusted document and appended to chrome document. 149943 Browser Security Princeton-like exploit may be possible 150339 Browser Internationalization huge font crashes X Windows 151933 Browser XML xml:base should not allow setting chrome URLs 152697 Browser Networking no limit on the size of a HTTP header 152725 Browser Cookies Possible cookie stealing using javascript: URLs 154030 Browser Security HTML directory indexer doesn't html-escape url 154240 PSM Client Libraries No warning when redirecting https-http-https at http protocol level 154930 Browser Security document.domain abused to access hosts behind firewall 155222 Browser Security Heap corruption in PNG library 157202 Browser Security Exploitable (?) heap overrun in PNG 157652 Browser JavaScript Engine Crash, possible heap corruption in JS Array.prototype.sort 157845 Browser DOM Events Crash involving document.open() 157989 Browser ImageLib Possible heap corruption with 0-width GIF 161721 Browser Installer install in onkeypress for space key bypasses warning dialog To put it shortly, I do appreciate the efforts put forth by the Mozilla.org team, I just wish they could be more communicative instead of hiding the fact that Mozilla, like most any other software product, has had and will have a long number of security vulnerabilities. Undoubtedly, this gives a different view on the security of Mozilla than one would get by reading the official list of vulnerabilities (listing just 1 vulnerability). Again, the above was just an incomplete list of security issues that were fixed between the minor version change 1.0 to 1.0.1, I have no idea about the amount of issues that remain or that has been fixed so far. Regards Thor Larholm, Security Researcher PivX Solutions, LLC Are You Secure? http://www.PivX.com; signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [newbie] Mounting my NTFS partition
Scott Felton wrote: I'm new to Mandrake and fairly new to Linux (ran Slackware for a few months back around 3.5-4.0 on a P166) Now I have a new machine, 1.3g celeron, 384m RAM and two 40g hard drives. I have been installing and toying with many distros but Mandrake is the first that has my interest for more than a day or two. I have Windows XP on the first hard drive (hda) that came with the computer. How do (can?) I mount that drive just in case I want to get something off it to look at from here in Linux? I created a /windows directory (as root) and tried. [root@whitetrash scott]# mount -t ntfs /dev/hda /windows mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda, or too many mounted file systems (gee, I still remember how to cut and paste in Linux :) AFAIK Mandrake is mounting 3 partitions for Linux on hdb (at least when I installed it, I defined 3). I *THINK* lilo is installed on /dev/hda (and not in MBR). Should I be able to mount my Windows NTFS? The Windows HD actually has nothing on it but Windows and I will probably ditch it when I settle on a final distro of Linux, but now that I can't mount it, I'm curious what my problem might be? I've installed Windows several times (I keep wiping it out during Linux install goofs:) and it SAYS it's using NTFS during the install. Looking at the man page for mount I think I have the syntax correct and I found nothing in this lists FAQ (although I'm not very good at searching it). TIA... It's quite simple really, mandrake installer will not , unlike vfat, automatically mount any ntfs partition, yet, but you can do it . I have W2k in a ntfs partition and a number of spare ntfs partitions. As Root, First create files in the /mnt directory for each ntfs partition you want to mount. here are mine, /mnt/ntfs-vol7 /mnt/ntfs-vol8 /mnt/ntfs-vol9 /mnt/W2000 Then go to /etc/fstab and add entries with a text editor,save and exit. here are mine, /dev/hda10 /mnt/ntfs-vol7 ntfs iocharset=iso8859-15,defaults 0 0 /dev/hda11 /mnt/ntfs-vol8 ntfs iocharset=iso8859-15,defaults 0 0 /dev/hda12 /mnt/ntfs-vol9 ntfs iocharset=iso8859-15,defaults 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/W2000 ntfs iocharset=iso8859-15,defaults 0 0 Adapt your entries to your situation. ]# mount -a If your've done it right you can enter any of the above partitions and copy across to mandrake, but you cannot write back.It's not supported, so the work around is to have one modest sized vfat partition and copy to that . -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/Mandrake/Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.0rc3-inst-2.i586.iso
I notice that MandrakeLinux-9.0rc2 went from the websites this morning, and seems to be replaced by, Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.0rc3-i18n.i586.iso Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.0rc3-inst-1.i586.iso Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.0rc3-inst-2.i586.iso this is another beta ? not the finished article ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mounting my NTFS partition
Scott, I set up two 40 GB hds to run Windows XP and Mandrake 8.2 . I run WinXP on hda [for some adobe programs and their files that I use in my work] and Linux on hdb. When I installed, I chose to dual boot and set LILO up accordingly. My setup may differ from yours in that respect. In my setup, on the / partition, is /mnt and windows is one of the directories listed, along with crdrom, cdrom2, floppy, disk and zip. If, by chance, you have either windows or ntfs listed there already, then you can open your W2K with the file manager or in terminal with the command cd /mnt/windows (or cd /mnt/ntfs -- however your system is set up). From there, I can copy files onto hdb...but as stated by JRS, you can't write to the ntfs directly. Hope this helps. Erik John Richard Smith wrote: Scott Felton wrote: I'm new to Mandrake and fairly new to Linux (ran Slackware for a few months back around 3.5-4.0 on a P166) Now I have a new machine, 1.3g celeron, 384m RAM and two 40g hard drives. I have been installing and toying with many distros but Mandrake is the first that has my interest for more than a day or two. I have Windows XP on the first hard drive (hda) that came with the computer. How do (can?) I mount that drive just in case I want to get something off it to look at from here in Linux? I created a /windows directory (as root) and tried. [root@whitetrash scott]# mount -t ntfs /dev/hda /windows mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda, or too many mounted file systems (gee, I still remember how to cut and paste in Linux :) AFAIK Mandrake is mounting 3 partitions for Linux on hdb (at least when I installed it, I defined 3). I *THINK* lilo is installed on /dev/hda (and not in MBR). Should I be able to mount my Windows NTFS? The Windows HD actually has nothing on it but Windows and I will probably ditch it when I settle on a final distro of Linux, but now that I can't mount it, I'm curious what my problem might be? I've installed Windows several times (I keep wiping it out during Linux install goofs:) and it SAYS it's using NTFS during the install. Looking at the man page for mount I think I have the syntax correct and I found nothing in this lists FAQ (although I'm not very good at searching it). TIA... It's quite simple really, mandrake installer will not , unlike vfat, automatically mount any ntfs partition, yet, but you can do it . I have W2k in a ntfs partition and a number of spare ntfs partitions. As Root, First create files in the /mnt directory for each ntfs partition you want to mount. here are mine, /mnt/ntfs-vol7 /mnt/ntfs-vol8 /mnt/ntfs-vol9 /mnt/W2000 Then go to /etc/fstab and add entries with a text editor,save and exit. here are mine, /dev/hda10 /mnt/ntfs-vol7 ntfs iocharset=iso8859-15,defaults 0 0 /dev/hda11 /mnt/ntfs-vol8 ntfs iocharset=iso8859-15,defaults 0 0 /dev/hda12 /mnt/ntfs-vol9 ntfs iocharset=iso8859-15,defaults 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/W2000 ntfs iocharset=iso8859-15,defaults 0 0 Adapt your entries to your situation. ]# mount -a If your've done it right you can enter any of the above partitions and copy across to mandrake, but you cannot write back.It's not supported, so the work around is to have one modest sized vfat partition and copy to that . 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] Mounting my NTFS partition
- Original Message - From: Scott Felton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 1:13 AM Subject: [newbie] Mounting my NTFS partition snip I have Windows XP on the first hard drive (hda) that came with the computer. How do (can?) I mount that drive just in case I want to get something off it to look at from here in Linux? /snip I had the same problem. My solution was to create a seperate FAT32 partition on the windows HD (using PartitionMagic) but leaving most of the disk as NTFS. This FAT32 partition is easily mountable and can be read and written to by both linux and XP. Anything to be transferred to the other OS has to be copied to this partition, it could alternatively be on the linux HD and you would probably not need PartiionMagic. Regards PeteW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.389 / Virus Database: 220 - Release Date: 16/09/2002 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kemulator mdk8.2-update
Well now you need to install the gcc-c++ RPM
You are almost certain to see lots more error messages appear before this app
compiles OK. Each time it stops look at the messages and then search in
Mandrake Software Manager for packages with similar names, and also 'search
by file name' You will usually have to install the package as well as its
associated '-devel' package.
(BTW: Looking at your messages here, you could also do with installing
automake and autoconf )
derek
On Thursday 19 Sep 2002 7:27 am, joe wrote:
On Wednesday 18 September 2002 11:48 pm, joe wrote:
Here is an update to my problem: I figured out that I needed gcc installed
so i found and installed gcc-2-96-0.76mdk (with all dependencies and no
errrors).
Here is the new message the configure script gives me:
./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for -p flag to install... yes
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake... missing
checking for working autoheader... missing
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for c++... no
checking for g++... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C++ compiler (gcc ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler
cannot create executables.
Please help me mandrake gurus!
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Re: [newbie] Mounting my NTFS partition
Hi, I could mount (at boot) my NTFS partition without any problem. In /etc/fstab, here my mount how looks like: /dev/hda1 /mnt/win2k ntfs user,iocharset=iso8859-15,ro,auto,exec,umask=0 0 0 I am running Win2K together with MDK 8.2. I have two partions in my Win2K, one is NTFS (C:\) and FAT32 (D:\). My FAT32 partition is like a bridge. From my Linux partition I can copy files to D:\ (fat32) in order to use them within C:\ (ntfs). Hope this can help Muhend Erik wrote: Scott, I set up two 40 GB hds to run Windows XP and Mandrake 8.2 . I run WinXP on hda [for some adobe programs and their files that I use in my work] and Linux on hdb. When I installed, I chose to dual boot and set LILO up accordingly. My setup may differ from yours in that respect. In my setup, on the / partition, is /mnt and windows is one of the directories listed, along with crdrom, cdrom2, floppy, disk and zip. If, by chance, you have either windows or ntfs listed there already, then you can open your W2K with the file manager or in terminal with the command cd /mnt/windows (or cd /mnt/ntfs -- however your system is set up). From there, I can copy files onto hdb...but as stated by JRS, you can't write to the ntfs directly. Hope this helps. Erik John Richard Smith wrote: Scott Felton wrote: I'm new to Mandrake and fairly new to Linux (ran Slackware for a few months back around 3.5-4.0 on a P166) Now I have a new machine, 1.3g celeron, 384m RAM and two 40g hard drives. I have been installing and toying with many distros but Mandrake is the first that has my interest for more than a day or two. I have Windows XP on the first hard drive (hda) that came with the computer. How do (can?) I mount that drive just in case I want to get something off it to look at from here in Linux? I created a /windows directory (as root) and tried. [root@whitetrash scott]# mount -t ntfs /dev/hda /windows mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda, or too many mounted file systems (gee, I still remember how to cut and paste in Linux :) AFAIK Mandrake is mounting 3 partitions for Linux on hdb (at least when I installed it, I defined 3). I *THINK* lilo is installed on /dev/hda (and not in MBR). Should I be able to mount my Windows NTFS? The Windows HD actually has nothing on it but Windows and I will probably ditch it when I settle on a final distro of Linux, but now that I can't mount it, I'm curious what my problem might be? I've installed Windows several times (I keep wiping it out during Linux install goofs:) and it SAYS it's using NTFS during the install. Looking at the man page for mount I think I have the syntax correct and I found nothing in this lists FAQ (although I'm not very good at searching it). TIA... It's quite simple really, mandrake installer will not , unlike vfat, automatically mount any ntfs partition, yet, but you can do it . I have W2k in a ntfs partition and a number of spare ntfs partitions. As Root, First create files in the /mnt directory for each ntfs partition you want to mount. here are mine, /mnt/ntfs-vol7 /mnt/ntfs-vol8 /mnt/ntfs-vol9 /mnt/W2000 Then go to /etc/fstab and add entries with a text editor,save and exit. here are mine, /dev/hda10 /mnt/ntfs-vol7 ntfs iocharset=iso8859-15,defaults 0 0 /dev/hda11 /mnt/ntfs-vol8 ntfs iocharset=iso8859-15,defaults 0 0 /dev/hda12 /mnt/ntfs-vol9 ntfs iocharset=iso8859-15,defaults 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/W2000 ntfs iocharset=iso8859-15,defaults 0 0 Adapt your entries to your situation. ]# mount -a If your've done it right you can enter any of the above partitions and copy across to mandrake, but you cannot write back.It's not supported, so the work around is to have one modest sized vfat partition and copy to that . Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie]ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/Mandrake/Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLin ux-9.0rc3-inst-2.i586.iso
On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 10:14, John Richard Smith wrote: I notice that MandrakeLinux-9.0rc2 went from the websites this morning, and seems to be replaced by, Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.0rc3-i18n.i586.iso Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.0rc3-inst-1.i586.iso Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.0rc3-inst-2.i586.iso this is another beta ? not the finished article ? RC2 had big problems with removable storage devices and similar (extremely wobbly detecting of my Clie), and also with USB hubs (occasionally both of my hubs were dead on booting, and I was not the only person with this problem) so the new RC3 is prudent; the kernel has moved from 2.4.19-7mdk to 2.4.19-13mdk at least in the interim. I had to reinstall RC2 from scratch in order to begin to install RC3 (so that RC2 would recognise my external USB CD writer; harddrake2 under RC2 refused to 'see' it) :) Once all three ISOs are downloaded and the CDs are written I shall plaster every removable storage device I have on (USB CD writer; USB PalmOS handheld; USB solid state card reader) and see what happens when I install RC3 ... Alastair PS This reminds me horribly of Windows 2000, when several hardware devices I had at the time had no acceptable drivers for months and I had to revert to Windows 98 :( signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[newbie] CVS Mplayer Update
Hello Ralph, How are you. I made a bit of spare time this morning and did a coplete update from scratch. please note I had a full compliments of fonts in both system and user directories at the outset, though nothing seems to of changed since theCVS download completed. see the file attatched. Gmplayer works fine, Mplayer does not. regards, John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] el2 Description: application/java-vm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/Mandrake/Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLin ux-9.0rc3-inst-2.i586.iso
Alastair Scott wrote: On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 10:14, John Richard Smith wrote: I notice that MandrakeLinux-9.0rc2 went from the websites this morning, and seems to be replaced by, Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.0rc3-i18n.i586.iso Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.0rc3-inst-1.i586.iso Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.0rc3-inst-2.i586.iso this is another beta ? not the finished article ? RC2 had big problems with removable storage devices and similar (extremely wobbly detecting of my Clie), and also with USB hubs (occasionally both of my hubs were dead on booting, and I was not the only person with this problem) so the new RC3 is prudent; the kernel has moved from 2.4.19-7mdk to 2.4.19-13mdk at least in the interim. I had to reinstall RC2 from scratch in order to begin to install RC3 (so that RC2 would recognise my external USB CD writer; harddrake2 under RC2 refused to 'see' it) :) Once all three ISOs are downloaded and the CDs are written I shall plaster every removable storage device I have on (USB CD writer; USB PalmOS handheld; USB solid state card reader) and see what happens when I install RC3 ... Alastair PS This reminds me horribly of Windows 2000, when several hardware devices I had at the time had no acceptable drivers for months and I had to revert to Windows 98 :( Back in Mandrake9.0 beta2 it failed to detect my usb printer as well hope they fixed that problem by now. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't get rid of menu bar
On Wednesday 18 Sep 2002 7:06 pm, you wrote: On Wednesday 18 September 2002 10:50 am, Anne Wilson did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: Funny, when I tried it it went off and stayed off. Teaching your granny and all that, but have you tried turning it off, then logging out and back in, to make it forget? Might be a stupid idea, but harmless, I think the menu bar is a save settings on exit issue? odd. Crazy, I know, but I've had such wierd problems with KDE - like the 'beep on arrival' coming back yesterday, without obvious reason, and not working again this morning, when all I did was sleep for a few hours! So I rule out nothing. :-) Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel Panic Errors
Does your motherboard use shared video memory?
If so this link may help
http://www.club-nihil.net/mub/viewtopic.php?t=3994highlight=unable+mount+root
derek
On Thursday 19 Sep 2002 5:12 am, Robert W. Dempsey wrote:
Hello - I am unable to resolve this issue and time is of the essence!
Hardware - 1, Adaptec 2110S RAID Controller Revision 380E
3, Fujitsu MAN3184MP Ultra 160 10K RPM SCSI Drives
1, Intel PIII 933 MHz
2, 256MB Sticks Generic PC133 SDRAM
Configuration - RAID 5, Capacity: 35044 MB, Block Size: 512 Bytes,
Stripe Size: 64Kb
RAID Card: Termination On, SCSI ID:7
Drives: SCSI IDs 1-2-3
Terminator on: 0 (the end of the cable)
Error Messages:
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
crc error6Freeing initrd memory: 2556k freed
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:03
1Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 5c1d8bca
printing eip:
c01099af
*pde =
Oops:
CPU:0
EIP:0010:[c01099af] Not tainted
EFLAGS: 00010002
eax: dfd5bf58
(these all had numerical and
alpabetical values)
Stack: lots of numbers
Call Trace: numbers in brackets and
Code: f6 43 07 20 8b 7d 08 be 01 00 00 00 75 01 fb 0b 73 04 ff 75
0Kernel Panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
In interrupt handler - not synching
After this the machine locks up. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thank you all in advance.
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RE: [newbie] Kemulator mdk8.2
whats kemulator -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of joe Sent: Thursday, 19 September 2002 1:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Kemulator mdk8.2 Has anyone successfully compiled Kemulator using 8.2.? When I run the ./configure script I get: configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH. Any help would be great! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bad EIP value
On Sun, 2002-09-15 at 02:32, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Saturday 14 September 2002 03:31 am, Brian Parish wrote: I have installed lots of Mandrake machines, but haven't seen this before. At the end of the shutdown, I get some traceback info and a bad EIP value reported, then a segfault. No big deal as it's at the point the machine is supposed to power off anyway, but it looks untidy and of course the machine fails to power down. Any ideas out there? TIA Brian Brian: I had this error on an old system, and fixed it with the help of an article General Protection Fault after shutdown at mandrakeuser: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/troubles/tquick1.html#GPF Although the heading says that it's for 7.1, it also worked on later versions, too. -- cmg Carroll, Delayed this reply until it was proved to work - and it did. My sister can now shut down her 8.2 system without nasty looking segfault messages. Thanks from us both. Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/Mandrake/Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.0rc3-inst-2.i586.iso
On Thursday September 19 2002 04:14 am, John Richard Smith wrote: I notice that MandrakeLinux-9.0rc2 went from the websites this morning, and seems to be replaced by, Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.0rc3-i18n.i586.iso Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.0rc3-inst-1.i586.iso Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.0rc3-inst-2.i586.iso this is another beta ? not the finished article ? John The RC3 iso's are a cooker snapshot as of late last Fri (Sat. in Europe). 'RC3' was reported on the install screen then. I don't know why they took so long to put 'em up unless they at first weren't going to. There's been some significant problems that appeared late, and a chunk of updated rpms yesterday. So rather than going Final mid week it'll probly be Fri. or Sat. with the announcement and release iso's comin next Mon. At least that's my take of the discussion/activity on the cooker list. 'Course it depends on whether the current updates fix the problems. BTW, IME, ftp.nluug.nl is fairly reliable, but often lags a day or even two behind the primary mirror, sunsite. This is a good thing when some rpms are gettin updated 4 or 5 times a day as was the case for example with kdebase recently. Now that the updates have settled down (ie, one a day per updated rpm), you might wanna switch to a more current mirror. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kemulator mdk8.2-update
On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 16:27, joe wrote:
On Wednesday 18 September 2002 11:48 pm, joe wrote:
Here is an update to my problem: I figured out that I needed gcc installed so
i found and installed gcc-2-96-0.76mdk (with all dependencies and no
errrors).
Here is the new message the configure script gives me:
./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for -p flag to install... yes
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake... missing
checking for working autoheader... missing
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for c++... no
checking for g++... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C++ compiler (gcc ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler cannot
create executables.
Please help me mandrake gurus!
No guru here, but this is because you still haven't installed enough
compiler stuff. Have a look under the development section in the
software installer. You probably need gcc-c++ or something. Install
anything that looks vaguely like a C compiler and you'll probably be in
business.
See? I told you I was no guru :-)
HTH
Brian
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Re: [newbie] 9.0 rc2 display manager
try updating 9.0rc2 to the latest modules, which may resolve your problem, with these 2 attached scripts. i didn't have your same exact problem, but md9.0rc2 was going to the shell instead of automatically starting xwindows upon startup. updating to the latest cooker modules, which the scripts do, solved the problem. before updating though, backup your important data, just to be on the safe side. run the initial script first and only once. after that, run daily everyday to get the fixes since the previous upgrade. At 02:32 02/09/19 -0400, you wrote: System: Compaq Deskpro, P-233 MMX, 192 MB, 4.2 GB, 1 MB Video on board, standard PS/2 2 button with scroll wheel (as middle button), using Mandrake Linux 9.0 RC2 iso images. After installing RC2 on a test machine, I was having all kinds of good luck with it, until there was a power cutoff while logged into KDE. After any successive reboot, it starts /etc/init.d/dm and I can see it loading. It then displays the login panel of kdm (my preferred login manager). After a few seconds, the screen blanks and drops down to the C-A-F1 login screen as if init 3 had been issued. C-A-F7 is a blank screen. I have been into the Mandrake Control Center and made sure that KDE automatically starts but does not auto-login a user. I even changed it to not start X upon boot (init 3), saved it, then changed it back to init 5 on boot and re-saved just to make sure it took. If I login as any user on the F1 screen and issue a startx, it comes up just fine. If I login as root and issue a /etc/init.d/dm restart the display manager comes up and stays up. Users are able to login use the machine as normal. When a user logs out, it stays on the kdm login screen as it's supposed to. However, on reboots, it does the exact thing as described in the 3rd paragraph. Here is some pertinent info from /var/log/message towards the end of the boot process: kernel: Splash status on console 0 changed to off echo: 0 rc: Disabling Boot logo succeeded kdm[957]: Unknown session exit code from manager process kdm[957]: Rescanning all config files gpm[798]: info: [mice.c(1751)]: gpm[798]: imps2: Auto-detected intellimouse PS/2 Before, I was getting errors dealing with problems with mice.c on the boot process. It is either something blowing up with dm or mice.c from what I can tell. Any help or ideas would be great. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com update9.0rc2_root_daily Description: Binary data update9.0rc2_root_initial Description: Binary data Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.0 rc2 display manager
by the way, it takes a long time to download the updated modules and install, so you should have a broadband connection and about 30mins to spare. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] cups hiccups
I have lots of 8.2 boxes on which cups works just fine. Then there's this other one... As the GUI tools have previously worked for me where cups is concerned, I have never looked beyond them. On the problem box, when I access Hardware Printer under the Control Center, it says that something or someone has set cups to not automatically start at boot and asks if I would like to turn this back on. I answer yes and at the next boot, it fails to start and I can repeat this loop for as long as it seems like fun. (not long) If I go into System Services, I see that cups is not running and not set to start at boot. I can start it from there (and it works), but my attempts to click the On boot button don't stick. i.e. Exit from Control Center then jump back in and the On boot button is off again. This is a standard 8.2 install with only security and bugfix updates applied. Security level is set at Standard (i.e. low). Can anyone point me at the appropriate config files that determine cups starts and stops? TIA Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trouble making a boot floppy
On Thursday 19 September 2002 10:49 am, iggy wrote: On Thursday 19 September 2002 10:10 am, mudder wrote: Hello Has anyone had trouble creating a boot disk? I've been playing around with this since the first beta, and have had problems with the boot floppy.From the first beta through RC2 I would get something like the following Boot: loading vmlinuz.(17 periods) boot failed: Please change disks and press a key to continue I just loaded RC3 this morning and it is telling me that the boot floppy is not a bootable disk. Anyone have any advice? I have installed Elx Linux, Lycoris Desktop LX, and Mandrake 8.2 and have not had this problem. The floppy drive is a Epson SD-800 3-1/2 5-1/4 combination drive. Any help would be appreciated Epson SD-800 3-1/2 5-1/4 combination drive? shame on you ;^) did you try the simple things first? disk drives fail, diskettes go bad, etc. have you tried replacing the diskette? replacing the drive? by the way, you didn't try to make a 5-1/4 the boot disk? there may not be enough room on one of those for all the info. good luck. -iggy ps, assuming hardware failure first. btw, were you able to create a boot disk whene you first installed rc3? Shame on me?? I need the 5-1/4 drive because I program some older types of gearcutting machines that use old computers and 5-1/4 360k floppy disks. (yea, I'm old. But not too old to learn something new.) I have installed Elx Linux, Lycoris Desktop LX, and Mandrake 8.2 all in the last few days and I was using brand new disks. I was able to write a disk when I installed rc3 and in a terminal window I can see that it has these files on it. boot.msg initrd.img syslinux.cfg and vmlinuz and it tells me that it is not bootable? I am able to format disks inside of linux, write text files and read them on other machines in both drives. And I had just installed mandrake 8.2 last night and all was well. I'm going out to buy a floppy drive later on today, buy I have a hard time believing that the drive is bad given all of the conditions that I see here. Thanks for replying so fast. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trouble making a boot floppy
On Thursday 19 September 2002 11:21 am, mudder wrote: On Thursday 19 September 2002 10:49 am, iggy wrote: On Thursday 19 September 2002 10:10 am, mudder wrote: Hello Has anyone had trouble creating a boot disk? I've been playing around with this since the first beta, and have had problems with the boot floppy.From the first beta through RC2 I would get something like the following Boot: loading vmlinuz.(17 periods) boot failed: Please change disks and press a key to continue I just loaded RC3 this morning and it is telling me that the boot floppy is not a bootable disk. Anyone have any advice? I have installed Elx Linux, Lycoris Desktop LX, and Mandrake 8.2 and have not had this problem. The floppy drive is a Epson SD-800 3-1/2 5-1/4 combination drive. Any help would be appreciated Epson SD-800 3-1/2 5-1/4 combination drive? shame on you ;^) did you try the simple things first? disk drives fail, diskettes go bad, etc. have you tried replacing the diskette? replacing the drive? by the way, you didn't try to make a 5-1/4 the boot disk? there may not be enough room on one of those for all the info. good luck. -iggy ps, assuming hardware failure first. btw, were you able to create a boot disk whene you first installed rc3? Shame on me?? I need the 5-1/4 drive because I program some older types of gearcutting machines that use old computers and 5-1/4 360k floppy disks. (yea, I'm old. But not too old to learn something new.) I have installed Elx Linux, Lycoris Desktop LX, and Mandrake 8.2 all in the last few days and I was using brand new disks. I was able to write a disk when I installed rc3 and in a terminal window I can see that it has these files on it. boot.msg initrd.img syslinux.cfg and vmlinuz and it tells me that it is not bootable? I am able to format disks inside of linux, write text files and read them on other machines in both drives. And I had just installed mandrake 8.2 last night and all was well. I'm going out to buy a floppy drive later on today, buy I have a hard time believing that the drive is bad given all of the conditions that I see here. Thanks for replying so fast. before buying a new drive, as a test, i'd fill the drive w/ one large text file and then verify that the contents of the drive. i'f the drive was failing, then the file inards would be screwed. if the text was fine then no need to replace the drive and the problems are elsewhere... i'll help by checking the mail list archives for similar problems (if any) at http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3 and mandrake forum at http://www.mandrakeforum.org/. i'm new to linux but (relatively) old to hardware (10+ years). -iggy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trouble making a boot floppy
On Thursday 19 September 2002 9:21 am, mudder wrote: snip Shame on me?? I need the 5-1/4 drive because I program some older types of gearcutting machines that use old computers and 5-1/4 360k floppy disks. (yea, I'm old. But not too old to learn something new.) I have installed Elx Linux, Lycoris Desktop LX, and Mandrake 8.2 all in the last few days and I was using brand new disks. I was able to write a disk when I installed rc3 and in a terminal window I can see that it has these files on it. boot.msg initrd.img syslinux.cfg and vmlinuz You're missing ldlinux.sys for one thing. and it tells me that it is not bootable? I am able to format disks inside of linux, write text files and read them on other machines in both drives. And I had just installed mandrake 8.2 last night and all was well. I'm going out to buy a floppy drive later on today, buy I have a hard time believing that the drive is bad given all of the conditions that I see here. Thanks for replying so fast. Great resource these lists, aren't they? There have been a LOT of cooker updates lately. Last week there was an update to mkbootdisk to version 1.4.5-4mdk to fix problems people were having with making a boot disk. In a terminal as super user check the version installed with: rpm -qa mkbootdisk If it's older than the version number I reported above you'll likely have to update it and syslinux too I believe. There was a post on the cooker mailing list about this. More than one in fact. That's a great place to read about all this fun stuff. :-) With the fun and games in drakconf over the past two weeks the GUI boot configuration utility from the control center may not work either. I had to build my boot disk using mkbootdisk kernel version from a terminal. If none of that helps and the drive checks out OK then I don't know. Sorry. -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org Theorem: a cat has nine tails. Proof: No cat has eight tails. A cat has one tail more than no cat. Therefore, a cat has nine tails. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trouble making a boot floppy
On Thursday 19 September 2002 12:15 pm, Charlie M. wrote: On Thursday 19 September 2002 9:21 am, mudder wrote: snip Shame on me?? I need the 5-1/4 drive because I program some older types of gearcutting machines that use old computers and 5-1/4 360k floppy disks. (yea, I'm old. But not too old to learn something new.) I have installed Elx Linux, Lycoris Desktop LX, and Mandrake 8.2 all in the last few days and I was using brand new disks. I was able to write a disk when I installed rc3 and in a terminal window I can see that it has these files on it. boot.msg initrd.img syslinux.cfg and vmlinuz You're missing ldlinux.sys for one thing. and it tells me that it is not bootable? I am able to format disks inside of linux, write text files and read them on other machines in both drives. And I had just installed mandrake 8.2 last night and all was well. I'm going out to buy a floppy drive later on today, buy I have a hard time believing that the drive is bad given all of the conditions that I see here. Thanks for replying so fast. Great resource these lists, aren't they? There have been a LOT of cooker updates lately. Last week there was an update to mkbootdisk to version 1.4.5-4mdk to fix problems people were having with making a boot disk. In a terminal as super user check the version installed with: rpm -qa mkbootdisk If it's older than the version number I reported above you'll likely have to update it and syslinux too I believe. There was a post on the cooker mailing list about this. More than one in fact. That's a great place to read about all this fun stuff. :-) With the fun and games in drakconf over the past two weeks the GUI boot configuration utility from the control center may not work either. I had to build my boot disk using mkbootdisk kernel version from a terminal. If none of that helps and the drive checks out OK then I don't know. Sorry. found help from civileme (spelling?)... seems he ran into another person with a similar problem, diskette was corrupt. try different disk. iggy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trouble making a boot floppy
On Thursday September 19 2002 09:10 am, mudder wrote: Has anyone had trouble creating a boot disk? I've been playing around with this since the first beta, and have had problems with the boot floppy.From the first beta through RC2 I would get something like the following Boot: loading vmlinuz.(17 periods) boot failed: Please change disks and press a key to continue I just loaded RC3 this morning and it is telling me that the boot floppy is not a bootable disk. Anyone have any advice? I have installed Elx Linux, Lycoris Desktop LX, and Mandrake 8.2 and have not had this problem. The floppy drive is a Epson SD-800 3-1/2 5-1/4 combination drive. Any help would be appreciated Make sure you have a good floppy. EG, Try a full format on it. If that's ok, then su to root in a terminal and type, mkbootdisk $(uname -r) Put a floppy in and hit Enter. It should complete without error and return you to a prompt when done. Then try again to see if that floppy will boot. There's been some complaints on the cooker list of bootdisk problems with the betas/RCs (I haven't had any), you might wanna search the ML archive http://www.mandrake.com/en/archives/cooker/ Other than what you might find there, the only problem I'm aware of is making a boot disk when you use XFS as your file system. The image can be too big for a 1.44 floppy. Then you'll havt'a use your CD1 as there is no fix. Also, if you compiled your own kernel and let it get too big, it might not fit on a floppy either. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trouble making a boot floppy
On Thursday 19 September 2002 10:36 am, iggy wrote: SNIP I don't know about anyone else but as long as you have it figured out/fixed I don't care where the help came from. :-) Have fun! -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org A conclusion is simply the place where someone got tired of thinking. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Help with Winbind - includes much file documentation!
Hello All! I have a Mandrake 9.0 RC2 box w/ Samba 2.262 w/ Winbind 2.262? I have successfully joined the Win2K domain, and I have made all of the file alteration that are necessary to fully integrate into the Win2K domain (or I atleast think so). When I run wbinfo -u I get the error: Error looking up domain users. Follows are my config files /etc/samba/samba.conf log file = /var/log/samba/logg.%m load printers = yes smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 preserve case = yes encrypt passwords = yes hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127. passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u winbind uid = 1-2 dns proxy = yes netbios name = Mandrake1 server string = Samba Server printing = cups winbind enum users = yes password server = * winbind enum groups = yes winbind enum users = yes printcap name = lptstat security = domain short preserve case = yes preferred master = no max log size = 50 winbind separator = + /etc/pam.d/login authrequired/lib/security/pam_securetty.so authsufficient /lib/security/pam_winbind.so authsufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so use_first_pass authrequired/lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth authrequried/lib/security/pam_nologin.so account required/lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth account sufficient /lib/security/pam_winbind.so password required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth session required/lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth session optional/lib/security/pam_console.so /etc/pam.d/samba authrequired/lib/security/pam_winbind.so authrequried/lib/security/pam_nologin.so authrequired/lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth account required/lib/security/pam_winbind.so account required/lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth session required/lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth password required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth /etc/nsswitch.conf passwd: files winbind nisplus shadow: files winbind nisplus group: files winbind nisplus hosts: files nisplus nis dns ** Any help with this is much appreciated. I have a RH7.3 w/ Samba 2.2.5 fully integrated, and I didn't fully document (of course :( everything I did to integrate it. I thank everyone in advance. - Robert Dempsey Atlantic Dominion Solutions Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] URPMI Update
On Thursday September 19 2002 10:01 am, Jim Gentry wrote: I have been updating MDK 9.0RC2 with urpmi for the past several days. Yesterday I noticed that there was a RC3 being released. Does updating RC2 daily with urpmi give me the same system as downloading and installing RC3 .iso's? Yes. Actually if you've updated everything 'urpmi --auto-select' lists after last Sat., you're past RC3, gettin closer to the Final. Second, after updating with urpmi, what is the recommended way to enable the just installed changes? I have been rebooting (windoze habit), but I know Linux does not always need a reboot except for a new kernel. I believe it's a good idea to log out of your desktop and restart X after a some Gnome or KDE updates. Rather than reboot, I use this alias in bashrc after doin a lot of current cooker updates. 'upall' (alias upall='rpm --rebuilddb updatedb update-menus -n ldconfig') That's all one line. I've yet to see anything in the man page for update-menus for the -n switch, but the Mdk developers recommend it all the time ;) When in doubt, I reboot, there's other things besides a new kernel that require it. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: Molayer CVS Update
Hi there John, On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, John Richard Smith wrote: Hello Ralph, How are you. I made a bit of spare time this morning and did a coplete update from scratch. please note I had a full compliments of fonts in both system and user directories at the outset, though nothing seems to of changed since theCVS download completed. The CVS update / install won't change anything with your fonts. The fonts are a total separate thing. see the file attatched. I have done so, and it didn't tell me much at all I'm afraid. Read below to see the comments SORRY RALPH MANAGED TO SEND THIS TO NEWBIE BY MISTAKE Hehehehe... I don't know how to answer that =) LOL. We all make mistakes. gcc-3.0.4: pci_names.c: No such file or directory make[2]: *** [depend] Error 1 mplayer.c: In function `main': Seems while compiling it's complaining about this. Normally when compilling an Error 1 is avital thing, however mplayer seems to compile further.. which may not be that vital therefor (I'm not sure). To get to your running mplayer / gmplayer: === Can't open input config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/input.conf : No such file or directory === This seems to be the case with both of them (g/mplayer). Look in your sources and copy this file to that location and try again. It's not vital, however you never know ;-) You can find it in the etc/ folder of mplayer. playing DVD title 1 Using CSS Key-cache dir: /root/.mplayer/DVDKeys/2002081418421300 Reading disc structure, please wait... libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO. Can't open VMG info! This warning is given by both mplayer and gmplayer too however from what I understand it's only mplayer that bombs out. Maybe a corrupted DVD? It's just a wild shot in the dark, but seeing as DVD's have no standards, there are many errors on a standard DVD. Most are overlooked by players, but some are problems. Do you have another DVD to try it with? Else try deleting /root/.mplayer/DVDKeys/2002081418421300 and rerunning mplayer. Font /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars) Playing /mnt/cdrom/lordoftheringscd1.avi Detected AVI file format! == You added this directly afterwards in your output, so I'm guessing it's not related to your DVD, but just to show that mplayer works? Otherwise I'm really and tryly stumped dude... and I'm sorry for that. I just presume it's something really simple, and we are overlooking it somewhere. The possible options are: Compiling is stuffed? mplayer looks to /dev/dvd and contains a bug? gmplayer overrides mplayer's bug? DVD is a curupted DVD? Your keycode is wrong (for the DVD encryption)? Running as root is forbidden under mplayer, but gmplayer overlooks that? OK, why I didn't say this earlier I don't know, but try this: mplayer -dvd 1 -dvd-device /dev/scd0 -v The -v with give you a lot more info, and maybe even tell you exactly what's wrong ;-) Then send me the output of that ;-) Else compare the same output with: gmplayer -dvd 1 -dvd-device /dev/scd0 -v Oh, and you can reply off-list now ;-) LOL greetings Ralph -- Homepage: http://tuxpower.f2g.net/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] msec question
I'm pretty sure it has something to do with msec because i will 'chmod 777 /dev/ttyS1' and after sucessfully running wvdial as root the permissions of the device will are changed to 755. any idea how to work around this or at least account for the device permissions being changed? On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Franki wrote: as I understand it, one of the current limitations of wvdial is that it needs root when its used standalone... you need to look into sudo to get it working as a user. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Les Henderson Sent: Thursday, 19 September 2002 12:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] msec question I've been using wvdial on my LM8.1 box to connect to my ISP. I've not been able to get a normal user account to be able to use wvdial. I keep on getting the error message Device or resource busy. I can use it fine if I su to root first. I've tried setting the permissions of the device to rwxrwxrwx, but the permissions always are changed to rwxr-xr-x when i use wvdial. I am pretty sure that msec is changing the permissions of the device when pppd is started. Any idea what changes I need to make to get wvdial to work for a normal user? Les Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Les Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trouble making a boot floppy(Solved)
On Thursday 19 September 2002 12:45 pm, Charlie M. wrote: On Thursday 19 September 2002 10:36 am, iggy wrote: SNIP I don't know about anyone else but as long as you have it figured out/fixed I don't care where the help came from. :-) Have fun! Many thanks to everyone who gave me input. mkbootdisk was 1.4.5-4mdk syslinux was 1.76-2mdk It turns out that I did have to build a boot floppy from a terminal window. This was my first post to a linux mailing list and I must say that I am impressed. You guys were fast to reply and accurate with your answers. Thanks again. Mudder Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] converting icon to xpm
Hi, Is there a command line utility to convert an icon (win 32 .ico file) to an xpm format? Thanks. Jeff Chapman Software Engineer Registered Linux User #218160 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] [OT]Nondeliverable messages?
I'm getting Nondeliverable message notices from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] every time I send a message to this list. I don't recall ever sending anything direct to this person and if they don't choose to read my messages that's fine. This seems to say there is no such address though. Am I the only one this is happening to? This is all I get back: --Transcript of session follows --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] The system cannot find the path specified. plus my messages returned as attachments. Both messages from today were posted and I don't have a reply to address specified in this mail client so why do I get this direct if the message is undeliverable? Shouldn't this be going to sympa? -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org I'm sorry, but my karma just ran over your dogma. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Constant computer crashes
Dear All, Since I have placed LM8.2 on my new Athlon 1600+ xp, elitegroup motherboard with via chipset, onboard sound and video and 512 megs of ram, my system just flakes out on me constantly. My web browsers will crash after using them for awhile and or files will not open or the menu bar will just disappear for no apparent reason. I then reboot and sometimes that gets everything working for awhile and sometimes not. I did have an irq conflict for awhile which I thought was resolved now. What could be happening and what can be done about it? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Marcia Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT]Nondeliverable messages?
Am I the only one this is happening to? no. -- boot into windows? what has smashing glass with footwear got to do with Operating systems? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT]Nondeliverable messages?
No, you aren't the only one. It has been happening to me as well. I see this one got thru though. This must be a problem at Mandrake. I have forwarded one to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and included a backround note. Maybe someone on this list has a more direct connection? Of course I don't know if this one will get through, Bob Charlie M. wrote: I'm getting Nondeliverable message notices from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] every time I send a message to this list. I don't recall ever sending anything direct to this person and if they don't choose to read my messages that's fine. This seems to say there is no such address though. Am I the only one this is happening to? This is all I get back: --Transcript of session follows --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] The system cannot find the path specified. plus my messages returned as attachments. Both messages from today were posted and I don't have a reply to address specified in this mail client so why do I get this direct if the message is undeliverable? Shouldn't this be going to sympa? -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org I'm sorry, but my karma just ran over your dogma. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Bob Read http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Constant computer crashes
On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 09:46:37 -0500 Marcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. lilo append mem=nopentium If that does not do the trick check your temp and your power connections both of those can produce similar symptoms. Charles --- Fortune's real live weird band names #436: Manson-Nixon Line -- Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT]Nondeliverable messages?
On Thursday 19 September 2002 1:58 pm, Bob Read wrote: No, you aren't the only one. It has been happening to me as well. I see this one got thru though. This must be a problem at Mandrake. I have forwarded one to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and included a backround note. Maybe someone on this list has a more direct connection? Of course I don't know if this one will get through, Bob I think I didn't make myself clear Bob. My messages get to the list most of the time but I was getting those notices directly from an ISP's (hetnet) postmaster application in the Netherlands. Someone must have subscribed with a bogus address or something. I see it was reported on the cooker list too. Maybe it's handled now since the last message didn't trigger that stuff. Thanks. -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org Let's show this prehistoric bitch how we do things downtown! -- The Ghostbusters Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT]Nondeliverable messages?
Of course, I noted that the reply to address has also been changed to a hotmail address. As in MSNhotmail. Do you suppose. . . No, that couldn't be. ;-} - Bob Read http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT]Nondeliverable messages?
On Thursday 19 Sep 2002 9:06 pm, you wrote: On Thursday 19 September 2002 1:58 pm, Bob Read wrote: No, you aren't the only one. It has been happening to me as well. I see this one got thru though. This must be a problem at Mandrake. I have forwarded one to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and included a backround note. Maybe someone on this list has a more direct connection? Of course I don't know if this one will get through, Bob I think I didn't make myself clear Bob. My messages get to the list most of the time but I was getting those notices directly from an ISP's (hetnet) postmaster application in the Netherlands. Someone must have subscribed with a bogus address or something. I see it was reported on the cooker list too. Maybe it's handled now since the last message didn't trigger that stuff. Thanks. We had this before, with a different address. I think the explanation was that someone had subscribed with an address covered by a firewall/company postserver, or some such, which was rejecting his copy of the posts, resulting in the sender getting his copy bounced. After a week or so the offending name must have been struck off, because the problem stopped. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MANDRAKE REGISTER?
On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 16:05, Gabriel Gonzalez wrote: Hello all, Just I have installed by first time the mandrake 8.0 and I would like to register this but I get this software thought a magazine and does not had included the Serial Number. What I can do to get one Serial Number or How I can register the software? Unlike Windows or MacOS, with Linux software there's usually no such thing as registration and there certainly isn't any with Mandrake Linux. In fact, Linux is based on a _completely different_ philosophy from other operating systems, as you'll see here: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.es.html One of the best things about Open Source / Free Software is that, even when the software costs money, you just pay it. There are no registration codes, serial numbers or other things to lose :) Should you decide that you want to reward MandrakeSoft for their efforts there are at least two things you can do: i. buy a boxed set from http://new.mandrakestore.com/ ii. join the Mandrake Club http://www.mandrakeclub.com/ Alastair signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[newbie] crontab and xmms?
Hi, I tried to set up a cronjob without using /etc/cron.d and the like. But I just don't get some things. Why can't I start xmms? Why doesn't printf \a work? I did this: cd ~ touch somefile crontab somefile crontab -e this is my crontab: * * * * * /bin/bash /home/pm/bin/showMe this is the script (/home/pm/bin/showMe) it starts: #!/bin/bash cd /home/pm/tmp # just to test if it works at all: touch `date +%Y-%m-%e__%k.%M.%S` # this does not work: xmms crontab -l shows my line, every minute it dutifully starts my script and I get a file every minute in ~/tmp so it works! At least until the xmms line because xmms never shows up. When I start the script manually in the shell it works fine. at fails me too... Is it the Xserver? Does crond run as a different user? The files that were generated every minute have the same user and group as I have... It must be something so obvious that it isn't mentioned anywhere. But I just don't get it... Patrik Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MANDRAKE REGISTER?
On Thursday 19 September 2002 04:21 pm, Alastair Scott wrote: On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 16:05, Gabriel Gonzalez wrote: Hello all, Just I have installed by first time the mandrake 8.0 and I would like to register this but I get this software thought a magazine and does not had included the Serial Number. What I can do to get one Serial Number or How I can register the software? Unlike Windows or MacOS, with Linux software there's usually no such thing as registration and there certainly isn't any with Mandrake Linux. In fact, Linux is based on a _completely different_ philosophy from other operating systems, as you'll see here: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.es.html One of the best things about Open Source / Free Software is that, even when the software costs money, you just pay it. There are no registration codes, serial numbers or other things to lose :) Should you decide that you want to reward MandrakeSoft for their efforts there are at least two things you can do: i. buy a boxed set from http://new.mandrakestore.com/ ii. join the Mandrake Club http://www.mandrakeclub.com/ Alastair i LOVE this e-mail and reply coming from MS WinCrap, i can COMPLETELY understand the confusion. Such freedom confused me at first. Thoughts such as: i can download it instead of buying it? *see note 1, i can give you a copy, you can copy it, and pass along a copy, LEGALLY! *see note 2, etc. what to do with the new found freedom? squander it? it's your right, if you wish. Perhaps it might be better to: *note 1: buy it instead of downloading it. some well deserved developers would appreciate it. not to mention, it is A LOT less expensive than MS products. heck, i've paid more for software to catch a crash in MS Winblows than i did for mandrake 8.2. *note 2: copy and encourage copying. mandrake linux is a gift that shows you care. why give them crapware? a windows installation is a massive security risk for their very_personal information. if anybody needs confirmation on this just visit any tech news site. even those catering to MS cannot hide the multiple warnings (they seem to be growing exponentially). patch windows, office, etc, etc. no hiding it, security holes are found in linux, but they are usually patched at a phenomenal speed and mandrake makes it so very painless to patch (often, with no rebooting, try THAT with winblows!) how about contributing something back to support this new found freedom? this newbie mailing list is great to not only get help but to help those who need it. there are many ways to enjoy this freedom, have fun! -iggy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT]Nondeliverable messages?
On Thursday 19 September 2002 2:07 pm, Bob Read wrote: Of course, I noted that the reply to address has also been changed to a hotmail address. As in MSNhotmail. Do you suppose. . . No, that couldn't be. ;-} - Bob Read http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Hotmail? I just looked at the headers for the one I just received 'cause I sent the original whine to the list. It's from hetnet.nl wherever and whoever they are. :-) This address is the only one I've ever used for the Mandrake mail lists. It's the busiest of the 5. Especially subscribed to cooker lately. :-) -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org It's better to burn out than it is to rust. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Constant computer crashes
On Thursday 19 September 2002 16:46, you wrote: I had a similar problem I few days ago, and it appeared to be a defective harddisk. After replacing it to problem dissapeared. Maybe something went wrong when you partitionned the hard disk. Dear All, Since I have placed LM8.2 on my new Athlon 1600+ xp, elitegroup motherboard with via chipset, onboard sound and video and 512 megs of ram, my system just flakes out on me constantly. My web browsers will crash after using them for awhile and or files will not open or the menu bar will just disappear for no apparent reason. I then reboot and sometimes that gets everything working for awhile and sometimes not. I did have an irq conflict for awhile which I thought was resolved now. What could be happening and what can be done about it? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Marcia Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Constant computer crashes
On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 09:46:37 -0500, Marcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear All, Since I have placed LM8.2 on my new Athlon 1600+ xp, elitegroup motherboard with via chipset, onboard sound and video and 512 megs of ram, my system just flakes out on me constantly. My web browsers will crash after using them for awhile and or files will not open or the menu bar will just disappear for no apparent reason. I then reboot and sometimes that gets everything working for awhile and sometimes not. I did have an irq conflict for awhile which I thought was resolved now. What could be happening and what can be done about it? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Marcia Although your equipment is much newer than mine, try a different set of disks, professionally burned if possible. It might make a difference. I had similar problems trying to upgrade/install Mdk8.2 and Rh7.3 from CDs burnt at the local LUG, although Mdk8.1 from Cheapbytes installs and runs great. Based on comments on this list and others, it seems that disks burnt at high speed do not always read well on older equipment. The Mdk8.2 would install with no complaints but would perform as you mention: mine would hand in Konqueror and lock up. The Rh CDs would not get past the 2nd stage install. Although, both sets were used to install other, newer computers with no problems. Waiting on opportunity for new disks, though actually not lacking anything except newer versions of things. Everything works fine with Mdk8.1. regards, Richard. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT]Nondeliverable messages?
Charlie M. wrote: On Thursday 19 September 2002 2:07 pm, Bob Read wrote: Of course, I noted that the reply to address has also been changed to a hotmail address. As in MSNhotmail. Do you suppose. . . No, that couldn't be. ;-} Hotmail? I just looked at the headers for the one I just received 'cause I sent the original whine to the list. It's from hetnet.nl wherever and whoever they are. :-) Charlie, the ones returned to me from the netherlands showed that they had been sent by me to an address in the NL, but that my mail showed a Reply To address at hotmail. In other words, my post to Newbie had the header changed to a different addressee and showing a Hotmail Reply to address. If the post had gone out to the list and bounced from a list member, it should have had Newbie as the Reply To address. Weird! ??? Bob -- Bob Read http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MANDRAKE REGISTER?
On Thursday 19 September 2002 11:05 am, you wrote: Hello all, Just I have installed by first time the mandrake 8.0 and I would like to register this but I get this software thought a magazine and does not had included the Serial Number. What I can do to get one Serial Number or How I can register the software? Bye for now, Gabriel Gonzalez Gab, there are a few places to register and if you feel the need for a serial number, try u-own-it2. serialously why do you feel a need to register? one of the neat things about GNU-linux (which Mandrake is a version of) is that the person who owns the computer, owns the software too... you ain't renting that version... but you really might consider upgradeing to a more recent version. we are about to enjoy the release of version 9.0, an there was an 8.1 and 8.2, since your 8.0 version was released. hey if you really feel a need to register still, you can go to www.counter.li.org and get a number. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT]Nondeliverable messages?
Charlie M. wrote: I'm getting Nondeliverable message notices from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] every time I send a message to this list. I don't recall ever sending anything direct to this person and if they don't choose to read my messages that's fine. This seems to say there is no such address though. Am I the only one this is happening to? This is all I get back: --Transcript of session follows --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] The system cannot find the path specified. plus my messages returned as attachments. Both messages from today were posted and I don't have a reply to address specified in this mail client so why do I get this direct if the message is undeliverable? Shouldn't this be going to sympa? I have had this problem for some time, and it has only ever occured in regard to newbie listings.Now I subscribe to other lists and messages to them do not have this problem, I therefore suspect some of these postfix, sendmail, and spam assassins are working overtime.somewhere. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT]Nondeliverable messages?
I plead insanity. Or temporary cranial cloud burst. I wasn't paying attention, sorry. Mine weren't redirected through hotmail though. There's definitely weirdness happening though. Thanks Bob. Charlie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT]Nondeliverable messages?
On Thursday 19 September 2002 2:16 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: We had this before, with a different address. I think the explanation was that someone had subscribed with an address covered by a firewall/company postserver, or some such, which was rejecting his copy of the posts, resulting in the sender getting his copy bounced. After a week or so the offending name must have been struck off, because the problem stopped. Anne Hi Anne; I spoke too soon, I get it no matter which list I post to. I remember the last time this was going on was also the only time this e-mail account ever got spammed. I wonder.. :-( Let's hope the address is taken off the mailing list subscribers by Mandrake now that I see others complaining about it on cooker. -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org Anyone attempting to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin. -- John Von Neumann Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Upcoming addition of Linux to XP system
My laptop is returning home tomorrow after a week in the shop for a bad hard drive. It is a 4-month old Compaq Presario with 256Mb RAM and a 20Gb hard drive -- plenty of room for XP and Linux to coexist while I migrate to Linux. That having been said, how do I begin? (I have the three Mandrake 8.2 ISO CD's I created from downloads and once successfully installed on the above-mentioned laptop. However, the lesson I learned is that I can't be too cavalier with carving up my laptop.) From what I have read on this list over the past couple of weeks, I am considering the following approach: 1. Start with XP loaded and install Partition Magic. (I would partition the hard drive before installing anything if I could, but I only have a 'recovery' CD that drops an image onto the hard drive without regard for how I may want to partition it.) 2. Carve the hard drive into at least four volumes: a: Windows XP operating system and applications (leave as NTFS file system) b: Linux operating system and applications (ext2 file system) c: Linux swap d: Data (FAT 32 file system so I can access from both OS') 3. Install Mandrake 8.2 4. Install XP applications 5. Restore data files My questions are these: - Is my approach sound? - Will my drive partitioning work? - How large should the drive volumes be to maximize utility? (I know I can resize at will with Partition Magic, but I'd like to leave it stable for a while.) - Is there anything I am neglecting to take into consideration? Many thanks in advance for your input. Steven Kopischke Green Bay, WI USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Opinions on kyocera printer?
I'm looking into getting a laser printer for home, and linuxprinting.org mentions the kyocera FS-1010. Does anybody on the list have experience with this brand? A tech guy at work said I should go with the HP1200. Any thoughts? Todd -- Todd Slater Not currently listening to tunes Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat. (Martin H. Fischer) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 9.0 rc3 i18n
Before I burned 9.0 RC3 could someone tell me what the i18n is ? I,m use to the 1,2,3. JOE
[newbie] games wont laungh
I am still having trouble with my brand new mandrake 8.2. I am new to linux, and cannot solve my problem. Tux racer will not launch. The advice from before was nvidia drivers, but I downloaded the latest and the system told me that I already have them installed? Anyone else deal with this before? I have geforce2 card Thanks _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT]Nondeliverable messages?
On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 22:53:10 +0100 John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Charlie M. wrote: I'm getting Nondeliverable message notices from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] every time I send a message to this list. I don't recall ever sending anything direct to this person and if they don't choose to read my messages that's fine. This seems to say there is no such address though. Am I the only one this is happening to? This is all I get back: --Transcript of session follows --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] The system cannot find the path specified. plus my messages returned as attachments. Both messages from today were posted and I don't have a reply to address specified in this mail client so why do I get this direct if the message is undeliverable? Shouldn't this be going to sympa? I have had this problem for some time, and it has only ever occured in regard to newbie listings.Now I subscribe to other lists and messages to them do not have this problem, I therefore suspect some of these postfix, sendmail, and spam assassins are working overtime.somewhere. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] So, [EMAIL PROTECTED] , do you really exist? (in cyberspace atm I mean) Thanks, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Upcoming addition of Linux to XP system
Steve, your approach sounds pretty good. Is 20 gigs enough for all that though? My xp installing is over 6 gigs. I have a similar setup but I use a 15gig chopped in half (7.5gig for all of linux and 7.5 for fat32 data partition). Then I have a 40gig drive with xp on a 12gig partition and the rest is for storage. You should be all set. The latest mandrake is pretty easy to set up. --- Steven Kopischke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My laptop is returning home tomorrow after a week in the shop for a bad hard drive. It is a 4-month old Compaq Presario with 256Mb RAM and a 20Gb hard drive -- plenty of room for XP and Linux to coexist while I migrate to Linux. That having been said, how do I begin? (I have the three Mandrake 8.2 ISO CD's I created from downloads and once successfully installed on the above-mentioned laptop. However, the lesson I learned is that I can't be too cavalier with carving up my laptop.) From what I have read on this list over the past couple of weeks, I am considering the following approach: 1. Start with XP loaded and install Partition Magic. (I would partition the hard drive before installing anything if I could, but I only have a 'recovery' CD that drops an image onto the hard drive without regard for how I may want to partition it.) 2. Carve the hard drive into at least four volumes: a: Windows XP operating system and applications (leave as NTFS file system) b: Linux operating system and applications (ext2 file system) c: Linux swap d: Data (FAT 32 file system so I can access from both OS') 3. Install Mandrake 8.2 4. Install XP applications 5. Restore data files My questions are these: - Is my approach sound? - Will my drive partitioning work? - How large should the drive volumes be to maximize utility? (I know I can resize at will with Partition Magic, but I'd like to leave it stable for a while.) - Is there anything I am neglecting to take into consideration? Many thanks in advance for your input. Steven Kopischke Green Bay, WI USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.0 rc3 i18n
On Thursday 19 September 2002 08:59 pm, you wrote: Before I burned 9.0 RC3 could someone tell me what the i18n is ? I,m use to the 1,2,3. JOE I believe i18n is an internationalization for GNu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.0 rc3 i18n
On Thursday 19 September 2002 07:59 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Before I burned 9.0 RC3 could someone tell me what the i18n is ? I,m use to the 1,2,3. JOE http://mirror.brain.org/misc/MandrakeLinux-9.0rc3-i18n.ls-lR Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] games wont laungh
On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 23:12:41 + chris shockley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am still having trouble with my brand new mandrake 8.2. I am new to linux, and cannot solve my problem. Tux racer will not launch. The advice from before was nvidia drivers, but I downloaded the latest and the system told me that I already have them installed? Launch it from a terminal then copy the error message and post it. Charles --- Fortune's real live weird band names #436: Manson-Nixon Line -- Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Upcoming addition of Linux to XP system
Compaq Presario what? This sounds suspiciously like my Presario 730US laptop. If it's a 700 series, check out the website at the bottom of the page. It will help in the installation. On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 18:40, Steven Kopischke wrote: My laptop is returning home tomorrow after a week in the shop for a bad hard drive. My hard drive LIGHT is bad. Doesn't work at all. It is a 4-month old Compaq Presario with 256Mb RAM and a 20Gb hard drive -- plenty of room for XP and Linux to coexist while I migrate to Linux. That having been said, how do I begin? (I have the three Mandrake 8.2 ISO CD's I created from downloads and once successfully installed on the above-mentioned laptop. However, the lesson I learned is that I can't be too cavalier with carving up my laptop.) From what I have read on this list over the past couple of weeks, I am considering the following approach: 1. Start with XP loaded and install Partition Magic. (I would partition the hard drive before installing anything if I could, but I only have a 'recovery' CD that drops an image onto the hard drive without regard for how I may want to partition it.) 2. Carve the hard drive into at least four volumes: a: Windows XP operating system and applications (leave as NTFS file system) b: Linux operating system and applications (ext2 file system) c: Linux swap d: Data (FAT 32 file system so I can access from both OS') 3. Install Mandrake 8.2 4. Install XP applications 5. Restore data files My questions are these: - Is my approach sound? Sounds good. But make a / and a /boot and a /home (3 linux partitions). Consider ext3. - Will my drive partitioning work? Yep. - How large should the drive volumes be to maximize utility? (I know I can resize at will with Partition Magic, but I'd like to leave it stable for a while.) Oh boy. WinXP - I have 6GB. Depends on how much space your apps take up. Swap - I'd say 300MB. / - 8GB /boot - 50MB /home - remainder Get other opinions. - Is there anything I am neglecting to take into consideration? That Compaq Presario 700 series laptops DO NOT LIKE LINUX! Seriously, if this is a 700 series, I will help you in every way I know how, but read that Website. I posted it because there were some other Websites that were my saving grace. I combined everything that I needed to get this system to have a 2 hour battery life (YAY!!!) Many thanks in advance for your input. Steven Kopischke Green Bay, WI USA I can actually help someone now. I'm so happy. -- *Michael Notforyou* Registered Linux User #197888 Registered Linux Machine #166780 LINUX ON A COMPAQ PRESARIO 700 SERIES: http://www.quack-net.com/presario/ //42! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] games wont laungh
On Friday 20 Sep 2002 12:29 am, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 23:12:41 + chris shockley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am still having trouble with my brand new mandrake 8.2. I am new to linux, and cannot solve my problem. Tux racer will not launch. The advice from before was nvidia drivers, but I downloaded the latest and the system told me that I already have them installed? Launch it from a terminal then copy the error message and post it. If your Nvidia driver is correctly installed you should get a huge NVIDIA logo appear for a few seconds just before your log on screen. If it does not appear your drivers are not correctly configured. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Opinions on kyocera printer?
I have a Kyocera FS800 and its been great, Mandrake has always found it straight away. Only thing I don't like is the paper feeder, it jammes up to much.. but they have probably fixed that by now. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Todd Slater Sent: Friday, 20 September 2002 6:51 AM To: newbie Subject: [newbie] Opinions on kyocera printer? I'm looking into getting a laser printer for home, and linuxprinting.org mentions the kyocera FS-1010. Does anybody on the list have experience with this brand? A tech guy at work said I should go with the HP1200. Any thoughts? Todd -- Todd Slater Not currently listening to tunes Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat. (Martin H. Fischer) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT help writing my deny IE page
Hi. On Thu 2002-09-19 at 08:10:08 +0100, Alastair Scott wrote: On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 23:36, Franki wrote: I don't think the answer would be yes... By a strange coincidence a very interesting post from Thor Larholm (of the IE list) regarding Mozilla appeared on [bugtraq]. I reproduce it in full; it would seem that the yes can't be very confident (of course, we will never know what Microsoft finds, and fixes, internally): You are going to compare apples with oranges. I read that posting on bugtraq, too, and think it was way off (claiming that one would/should get a different view of mozilla): 1. These are bugs _fixed_, not open bugs as with IE. 2. Mozilla has never made a secret about 1.0.0 having security bugs, but strongly recommended an upgrade to 1.0.1 when it came out (http://www.mozilla.org/, topic Mozilla 1.0.1 released) 3. You can complain about them not listing all bugs explicitly, but then 4. complain to your vendor (aka distribution). mozilla.org does not provide end-user support. 5. The list contains bugs of which is not known if they have security relevance or not, but only, that they *might* have. 6. Some of those were serious, other were mere inconveniences. 7. There are three open security bugs listed for 1.0.1. Have a look at them and (hopefully) feel warm and safe, if these are the worst to fear... 8. As you said yourself, you will never know, how such a list for IE would look like. In short, the main thing one can accuse mozilla.org of, according to the proof this posting provided, is that they did not listed comprehensive details about all bugfixes which may have security relevance. Well, I have yet to see such a list from Microsoft. My point is: Although I would also prefer mozilla.org to push information about such bugs more, this lack cannot compared in any way to a company which still has more than a dozen security related bugs not fixed for *several* months in their equivalent product (not counting mail components and others, which Mozilla provides, too). Btw, it is common practise to *not* announce any bug with possible security implications. That is, because most time it is not worth the time to find out if the bug really had potential to be exploited. Just as abitrary example, consider which announcements you read about PHP. Then go and dig into their Changelog and look for any fixes which might have security relevance (e.g. all crashes related to variables and function calls). Then reconsider the Mozilla list you forwarded. /rant off ;-) Bye, Benjamin. msg104536/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Upcoming addition of Linux to XP system
On Thursday 19 September 2002 06:40 pm, Steven Kopischke wrote: My laptop is returning home tomorrow after a week in the shop for a bad hard drive. It is a 4-month old Compaq Presario with 256Mb RAM and a 20Gb hard drive -- plenty of room for XP and Linux to coexist while I migrate to Linux. That having been said, how do I begin? (I have the three Mandrake 8.2 ISO CD's I created from downloads and once successfully installed on the above-mentioned laptop. However, the lesson I learned is that I can't be too cavalier with carving up my laptop.) From what I have read on this list over the past couple of weeks, I am considering the following approach: 1. Start with XP loaded and install Partition Magic. (I would partition the hard drive before installing anything if I could, but I only have a 'recovery' CD that drops an image onto the hard drive without regard for how I may want to partition it.) 2. Carve the hard drive into at least four volumes: a: Windows XP operating system and applications (leave as NTFS file system) b: Linux operating system and applications (ext2 file system) c: Linux swap d: Data (FAT 32 file system so I can access from both OS') 3. Install Mandrake 8.2 4. Install XP applications 5. Restore data files My questions are these: - Is my approach sound? - Will my drive partitioning work? - How large should the drive volumes be to maximize utility? (I know I can resize at will with Partition Magic, but I'd like to leave it stable for a while.) - Is there anything I am neglecting to take into consideration? Many thanks in advance for your input. Steven Kopischke Green Bay, WI USA Steven: Looks good, and sounds like fun. One suggestion though: I've had better luck confining Partition Magic to the WIndows stuff only, and using the Mandrake tools for Linux. (Although it might have been operator error... Nah.) -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Opinions on kyocera printer?
Todd Slater wrote: I'm looking into getting a laser printer for home, and linuxprinting.org mentions the kyocera FS-1010. Does anybody on the list have experience with this brand? A tech guy at work said I should go with the HP1200. Any thoughts? Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I tried several (borrowed)printers to make sure that before I spent my hard earned cash that I would have a fully functional printer and not a decorative paper-weight on my desk like the canon LBP-800 I used to use with Winblow$. After a lot of frustration and research I bought and have been using a Kyocera FS-1000+ for 8 months nowwith MDK 8.0/8.1/8.2 and soon to be 9.0. Installation is a breeze and the results are great EVERY time I print a document. My girlfriend and two other friends now use a Kyocera FS-1010 and I haven't had one call regarding problems with printing from any of them. Another great feature is the lower TCO with the Kyocera. One thing to bear in mind though is that you will need a good quality shielded printer cable, other than that it is a great investment Graham Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] URPMI Update
On Thursday 19 September 2002 10:50 pm, Larry Theden wrote: Pretty much. MOT, you'll be ahead of the isos. Like right after What, then, is the advantage (if any) of downloading/burning the betas/RCs as they come down the pipe? I suppose, if nothing else, having *a* set of bootable CDs is a good fallback, but what (if anything) do you get for using the .ISOs as opposed to keeping up with urpmi? Well, I don't know, just testing the installer mainly and the default set up I guess. Like you said having the isos available locally is a good backup in case an update toasts system (tho Ive never had that happen). I have unlimited downloads and a big pipe so no biggie for me. tho Im still in rc2 updated cause I got winex and mplayer and alot of other goodies working good. So I don't boot rc3. One example is kdeartwork is missing from rc3 isos, but I never would have realized that if I hadn't installed it fresh. I guess mainly it's personal preference. One reason I kept wanting to install them fresh to make sure the nvidia drivers would continue to work, cause they did for beta2 of redhat, but didn't in null. shrugs So I was worried that at any time they'd quit working with mandrake. But then nvidia released new drivers compiled or compatible with gcc 3.x so that's a worry relieved. I'm fairly sure I will do a fresh install of 9.0 final tho for sure. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
