[newbie] [Fwd: Bad md5sums on 91 ISO's; CHECK yours]
-Forwarded Message- From: Lyvim Xaphir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cooker List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Bad md5sums on 91 ISO's; CHECK yours Date: 28 Jan 2003 01:54:44 -0500 OK, I've done enough work on this now that I feel I should make this public. I have not been able to download a LM91beta2 ISO that matches the md5sum checks listed in md5sums.9.1beta2.asc which is in the same dir as any of the beta ISO's on any of the mirrors. I *was* able to get the 2nd beta ISO in and it checked out OK. I have not been able to do the same with the first one; even after 5 downloads. I have a 24/7 constant connection with t1 speeds. The mirror I have been using is ftp://raven.cslab.vt.edu/pub/linux/mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.1beta2-CD1.i586.iso Yes I can switch to another mirror, but the point that I wanted to get across is that everyone that is or has downloaded these betas needs to subject them to an md5sum test. It's very simple, all you do is [lx@tamriel LM91beta]$ md5sum MandrakeLinux-9.1beta2-CD1.i586.iso And if you get cf739ac78ca83b312d5969eb3241d453 MandrakeLinux-9.1beta2-CD1.i586.iso then your copy is bogus, like mine. The only number that you should see for an md5sum on the first cd is 174db6ae3032ea1f48445a725427bd50 Second CD: 5d67a6b4f82b4dbe3417ad1c90249fbb Anything else is bogus. I'd be real interested to hear the experiences and information from others. LX P.S. Anytime an ISO is downloaded, it should be verified for integrity with md5sum. If you haven't already done this, you should go back and check it out. -- °°° Kernel 2.4.18-6mdk Mandrake Linux 8.2 Enlightenment 0.16.5-11mdkEvolution 1.0.2-5mdk Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dell Optiplex
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 17:38, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > Anyone here managed to install Mandrake 9.0 upon a Dell > Optiplex ? - If yes, what's your mileage / experience ? > > My reason for asking : I just contacted Dell Denmark and > asked for an *empty* Optiplex. They were quite negative, > asking why I don't want Windows preinstalled. I told them > that I wanted to install Mandrake. Long pause. Then they > cheered up quite a bit : Actually, they could deliver an > Optiplex with Linux ( RedHat, I suppose) preinstalled ! > > Now, I intend to purchase the thingy and install Mandrake, > figuring I can put the golden star upon the red hat. > > Comments ? > > Regards > > Kaj Haulrich. Fascinating. I'm glad to hear that they are giving consumers a choice. Although I'm disappointed to hear that they "expect" to give winblows preinstalled. My comment is that I would like to know what their partitioning scheme is on the system that you get, before it is wiped forevermore. Also, it does sound like a good plan, cause they will have to get all devices working before it is shipped out to you. It might be a good idea to review what modules are loaded with an "lsmod" b4 you wipe all the partitions. That way, if you've got something exotic, you've got a heads up on it before you go into the Mandrake installation. Not saying that LM won't autodetect everything. But the info may come in handy. LX -- °°° Kernel 2.4.18-6mdk Mandrake Linux 8.2 Enlightenment 0.16.5-11mdkEvolution 1.0.2-5mdk Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] Partition hell - longish
On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 10:16, FemmeFatale wrote: > poor anne meant this for the list. > - > FemmeFatale > Shit...she's back. Gotta straighten up again. -- Tue, 28 Jan 2003 17:45:01 +1100 5:45pm up 1 day, 7:34, 4 users, load average: 0.07, 0.11, 0.15 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- Mulder: Modell psyched the guy out. He put the whammy on him. Scully: Please explain to me the scientific nature of the 'whammy'. "The X-Files: Pusher" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dell Optiplex
On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 10:01, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Monday 27 January 2003 09:49 pm, Sabin, Matthew wrote: > > I'm running 9.0 on an Optiplex GX110 PIII 500MHz box. > > I'm a bit light on RAM, so I'm running BlackBox -- it's > > faster than when I had NT4.0 on the box, and no reboots > > yet (4 months) > > > > --Matthew > > > Thanks, Matthew. That encourages me bigtime. The one I have > in mind has a P4 2GHz with 512 MB RAM, so I guess that's > all right. > > What kinda video card does it have - and how much RAM on it? What size the disks? What kinda CDROM unit it got? C'mon - details! Details! I reckon that if it's that fast, it might just run Mandrake... (Let the flames begin) -- Tue, 28 Jan 2003 17:40:00 +1100 5:40pm up 1 day, 7:29, 4 users, load average: 0.02, 0.12, 0.17 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- Good night, Austin, Texas, wherever you are! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] ANNOUCEMENT: KDE 3.1 IS OUT
Just though y'all would like to know that. Now we can sit back and watch the complete and utter chaos. -- Tue, 28 Jan 2003 17:40:00 +1100 5:40pm up 1 day, 7:29, 4 users, load average: 0.02, 0.12, 0.17 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- Good night, Austin, Texas, wherever you are! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] IGNORE!!!
testing funny sig :o) Damian -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xawtv config and recording
On Sunday 26 January 2003 08:13 pm, Jerry Barton wrote: > It's part of the xawtv package. :D > > Jerry Odd, I've got the stock XawTV here, with v9.0 and if I type in that command you posted I get an error telling me that streamer can't be found. Is it something separate from XawTV that has to be installed? Thanks. -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Merging 2 files
On Monday 27 January 2003 04:42 pm, Joan Tur wrote: > Hallo! > > I'd like to merge file A with file B creating file C... how could I do > that? > > I've had a look at cp's man with no luck O8-) > > Thanks!! One of the way is to use cat. #cat A B > C Actuly it work with any number of elements #cat in_file1, in_file2, ... , in_fileN > out_file or even #cat * > out_file Yankl Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] Dell Optiplex
I have MDK 9.0 installed on Dell Optiplex GX1, with 350MHz PII, 352meg of ram helps. It runs fine, although, for some reason, i have had some problem, with losing it on network after a few hours of inactivity. I dont know why. That has been only problem with it. I got so tired of that problem, however, i reinstalled Xandros on another partition, and am using that currently on that machine. Xandros doenst recognize the onboard sound card, but otherwise works well. --- Monday, January 27, 2003, 7:11:44 PM, you wrote: J> On Monday 27 January 2003 05:38 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: >> Anyone here managed to install Mandrake 9.0 upon a Dell >> Optiplex ? - If yes, what's your mileage / experience ? >> >> My reason for asking : I just contacted Dell Denmark and >> asked for an *empty* Optiplex. They were quite negative, >> asking why I don't want Windows preinstalled. I told them >> that I wanted to install Mandrake. Long pause. Then they >> cheered up quite a bit : Actually, they could deliver an >> Optiplex with Linux ( RedHat, I suppose) preinstalled ! >> >> Now, I intend to purchase the thingy and install Mandrake, >> figuring I can put the golden star upon the red hat. >> J> I have run Mandrake on GX1's to the newer GX260. Mandrake loaded and ran J> just fine. Even got to watch DVD's on the GX260. -- Best regards, hihorsenewsmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] V4Linux Grabber
On 28 Jan 2003 06:09:34 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: CHOP! > > Did you also install the "compatibility" libs? > > On a side note, sometimes the compiles act a bit more nicely with: > > ./configure --prefix=/usr > > (I'll assume that's where your KDEDIR base is set?) > CHOP compat libs... for KDE? I know it needs nasm and there's nasm-compat libs and no i don't think i installed those.. I'll try --prefix=/usr let's see.. hmmm... same problem. I'll try installing nasm-compat libs. installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/nasm-compat-0.98-9mdk.i586.rpm Preparing...## Installation failed: file /usr/bin/nasm from install of nasm-compat-0.98-9mdk conflicts with file from package nasm-0.98.34-1mdk file /usr/bin/ndisasm from install of nasm-compat-0.98-9mdk conflicts with file from package nasm-0.98.34-1mdk file /usr/share/info/nasm.info-1.bz2 from install of nasm-compat-0.98-9mdk conflicts with file from package nasm-0.98.34-1mdk file /usr/share/info/nasm.info-10.bz2 from install of nasm-compat-0.98-9mdk conflicts with file from package nasm-0.98.34-1mdk file /usr/share/info/nasm.info-2.bz2 from install of nasm-compat-0.98-9mdk conflicts with file from package nasm-0.98.34-1mdk file /usr/share/info/nasm.info-3.bz2 from install of nasm-compat-0.98-9mdk conflicts with file from package nasm-0.98.34-1mdk file /usr/share/info/nasm.info-4.bz2 from install of nasm-compat-0.98-9mdk conflicts with file from package nasm-0.98.34-1mdk file /usr/share/info/nasm.info-5.bz2 from install of nasm-compat-0.98-9mdk conflicts with file from package nasm-0.98.34-1mdk file /usr/share/info/nasm.info-6.bz2 from install of nasm-compat-0.98-9mdk conflicts with file from package nasm-0.98.34-1mdk file /usr/share/info/nasm.info-7.bz2 from install of nasm-compat-0.98-9mdk conflicts with file from package nasm-0.98.34-1mdk file /usr/share/info/nasm.info-8.bz2 from install of nasm-compat-0.98-9mdk conflicts with file from package nasm-0.98.34-1mdk file /usr/share/info/nasm.info-9.bz2 from install of nasm-compat-0.98-9mdk conflicts with file from package nasm-0.98.34-1mdk file /usr/share/info/nasm.info.bz2 from install of nasm-compat-0.98-9mdk conflicts with file from package nasm-0.98.34-1mdk file /usr/share/man/man1/nasm.1.bz2 from install of nasm-compat-0.98-9mdk conflicts with file from package nasm-0.98.34-1mdk file /usr/share/man/man1/ndisasm.1.bz2 from install of nasm-compat-0.98-9mdk conflicts with file from package nasm-0.98.34-1mdk eek! Jerry. -- _||_ (o_ //\ V_/_ Registered Linux User #300600 Registered Linux Machine #185855 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xawtv config and recording
SNIP > Hmm, just out of total (admittedly ignorant) curiosity - where does "streamer" > come from? (package?) > > Thanks! :-) > > -- > > /\ > Dark< >Lord > \/ > > > It's part of the xawtv package. :D Jerry -- _||_ (o_ //\ V_/_ Registered Linux User #300600 Registered Linux Machine #185855 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Merging 2 files
On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 08:42, Joan Tur wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hallo! > > I'd like to merge file A with file B creating file C... how could I do that? > > I've had a look at cp's man with no luck O8-) > > Thanks!! > - -- > Joan Tur. Eivissa-Spain > AOL quini2k, ICQ 11407395 > www.ClubIbosim.org > Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 You can use either cp or sed to do that - sed might be a better bet, though...but I'm sure there's more than 1000 ways of doing it - and everyone else will pipe in with their version! (g) -- Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:00:01 +1100 11:00am up 1 day, 49 min, 3 users, load average: 0.15, 0.19, 0.13 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- "I name you ... Esmeralda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre!" (Carpe Jugulum) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dell Optiplex
On Monday 27 January 2003 05:38 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > Anyone here managed to install Mandrake 9.0 upon a Dell > Optiplex ? - If yes, what's your mileage / experience ? > > My reason for asking : I just contacted Dell Denmark and > asked for an *empty* Optiplex. They were quite negative, > asking why I don't want Windows preinstalled. I told them > that I wanted to install Mandrake. Long pause. Then they > cheered up quite a bit : Actually, they could deliver an > Optiplex with Linux ( RedHat, I suppose) preinstalled ! > > Now, I intend to purchase the thingy and install Mandrake, > figuring I can put the golden star upon the red hat. > I have run Mandrake on GX1's to the newer GX260. Mandrake loaded and ran just fine. Even got to watch DVD's on the GX260. -- Jose [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Mandrake, Redhat and SuSE user Children - the most commonly transmitted sexual disease Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re:Back to Basics
civileme wrote: On Monday 27 January 2003 06:27 am, robin wrote: On the subject of memory, would converting a Celeron box to Linux bypass the problem that Celeron chips in Windows canonly utilise a certain amount of memory? We have a Celeron with 32MB of RAM, and have been told there is no point in adding RAM because the chip wouldn't be able to access it. ROFLMAO Ummm, as far as I know, some MOTHERBOARDS have limits on memory, but it is not bound to the processor used. The Motherboards that support Celeron all support at least 128M, unless you are using a celeron-driven control device (why would that not surprise me?) like unto the SIMM and DIMM devices of Arcturus. Anyway, linux handles memory so differently from Windows that indeed the 512Mb limit of 95 and 98 is easily breached, and linux tends to run faster the more memory you add up to 1 Gb, at least. After that, the memory model supported gets a little more taxing in overhead, but once past that, the speed again tends to increase with additional memory. But I would like to meet the person who told you it was pointless to go beyond 32Mb with a Celeron. I know someone who has this bridge for sale, you see, and he could make a BUNDLE with toll booths on it Thanks, Civileme - that was the answer I was hoping for and more-or-less expected. I have included it in a post to our person-with-the-purse-strings. Depending on whether we can get any new computers in our office, this will either be one for teachers to use, or (best-case scenario) will stay in our tutorial area for students to use, in which case I have permission to install Linux on it for security reasons. I've learnt from Microsoft that FUD is a good tactic, and I told our new head of department in no uncertain terms that having students putting their floppy disks into one of our LAN-connected boxes is asking for trouble. The difference, of course, is that my fear, uncertainty and doubt is backed up by solid facts - allow Joe Student to put an infected disk into your Windows machine and Network Neighborhood will do the rest. Sir Robin -- " Like these cutters, and hackers, who will take the wall of men, and picke quarrells." - G. Pettie Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] problem - file/directory permissions using samba AND nfs
On 27 Jan 2003 16:25:43 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you want a truly open/public share, you can do like this: > > [ddrive] > comment = D Drive > path = /mnt/d-drive > read only = No > public = Yes I changed that share to this; [shared] writable = Yes path = /mnt/shared/shared read only = No public = Yes > ...that's it...but you do have to set the security level to SHARE > instead of USER. And the security level has always been set to SHARE. I think the problem is since I am not using samba for my linux p.c. to connect to the linux server, NFS is keeping my permissions on anything I create into the shared directory - thus no one using samba can add anything or change what I create within the same shared folder. Is there any way to make NFS change anything I create on the linux server to a "public" share so to speak? Other than the fact that after I create a file or folder in the shared folder - I can go back into and chmod 0777 ...but that would be a hassle to do everytime. Thanks for the help Stephen, I should have seen that one myself but ya know sometimes ppl need to just take a break from something that is not going right and come back to it later with a fresh mind set. -- Linux user #280097 Machine #162480 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2
Paul wrote: > Yup, no problem. I am of course NOT going to twiddle the running drives > around, but they function wonderfully either on the side or straight up. changing hd position was meant to be after power off and spin down. i have seen drives develop problems and only run at new angle. i know of one drive that is running for 8 years now, raised 1.5" on left side. > So > it is the mobo, as Marc and et also already suspected. > > Too bad. This ASUS board was pricey. But then, even good things can die an > early death. do not give up on board. i had a problem with one box where cpu was over heating. adding a fan and clearing drive cables from around cpu allowed air to flow and cpu cooled down. adding silicon heat sink compound will help make cpu run cooler, if you have not already applied. > Re temperature/sensors: I did indeed have Gkrellm set up wrong. The high > value as reported by sensors is +40C (I found a multiplier x2 in Gkrellm) > and the limit is reportedly +60C, so that should be all fine. if you improve air flow and now that you have sensors straight, test again. all is not lost yet. > Thanks for all the help, once more. most welcome. > You are a wonderful bunch people!! my last wife does not think i am. but that is why she is my ex. :) peace out. tc,hago. g . -- think green... save a tree, save a life, save time, save bandwidth, save storage. send email... text/plain - disable pgp/gpg/geek code attachments =+= if you are proud to be an american, then buy "made in america". Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Fwd: Re: [newbie] Partition hell - longish
On Monday 27 Jan 2003 9:39 pm, you wrote: > > Well, then there's all the more reason to either git'em all working > under MDK or through Win4lin or some other means (VMWare?) - gotta make > it easier on ya kiddo... The odd items of software I need are no problem - win4lin does fine for me. It's just these odd items of hardware, camera, cf/sm reader and a scsi film scanner (though I haven't spent much time on that one yet). I understand there is an alpha driver that might work for the scanner, so I might try that later. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com poor anne meant this for the list. - FemmeFatale Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Partition hell - longish
At 10:20 PM 1/27/2003 +, you wrote: On Monday 27 Jan 2003 9:39 pm, you wrote: > > Well, then there's all the more reason to either git'em all working > under MDK or through Win4lin or some other means (VMWare?) - gotta make > it easier on ya kiddo... The odd items of software I need are no problem - win4lin does fine for me. It's just these odd items of hardware, camera, cf/sm reader and a scsi film scanner (though I haven't spent much time on that one yet). I understand there is an alpha driver that might work for the scanner, so I might try that later. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Heh I'll forward this to the list for you Anne. Seems you sent it my way accidentally :) - FemmeFatale Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Merging 2 files
If you want to preserve the original files: cat fileA fileB > fileC Miark On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 22:42:38 +0100 Joan Tur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hallo! > > I'd like to merge file A with file B creating file C... how could I do that? > > I've had a look at cp's man with no luck O8-) > > Thanks!! > - -- > Joan Tur. Eivissa-Spain > AOL quini2k, ICQ 11407395 > www.ClubIbosim.org > Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+NafQok8j9RhtetwRAhQoAKCmDiRXICZjHabr0eCFtFRZMVP2HwCgnCBg > ST+YpLbA4Y+gu0YjznSN2lg= > =BLuO > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Partition hell - longish
On Monday 27 Jan 2003 9:39 pm, you wrote: > > Well, then there's all the more reason to either git'em all working > under MDK or through Win4lin or some other means (VMWare?) - gotta make > it easier on ya kiddo... The odd items of software I need are no problem - win4lin does fine for me. It's just these odd items of hardware, camera, cf/sm reader and a scsi film scanner (though I haven't spent much time on that one yet). I understand there is an alpha driver that might work for the scanner, so I might try that later. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dell Optiplex
On Monday 27 January 2003 09:49 pm, Sabin, Matthew wrote: > I'm running 9.0 on an Optiplex GX110 PIII 500MHz box. > I'm a bit light on RAM, so I'm running BlackBox -- it's > faster than when I had NT4.0 on the box, and no reboots > yet (4 months) > > --Matthew > Thanks, Matthew. That encourages me bigtime. The one I have in mind has a P4 2GHz with 512 MB RAM, so I guess that's all right. > > Regards > > Kaj Haulrich. === Powered by Linux- Mandrake 9.0 Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. === Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Merging 2 files
On Monday 27 January 2003 09:42 pm, Joan Tur wrote: > Hallo! > > I'd like to merge file A with file B creating file C... > how could I do that? > > I've had a look at cp's man with no luck O8-) cat file2 >> file1 Kaj Haulrich. === Powered by Linux- Mandrake 9.0 Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. === Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Logitech MX700 Cordless Optical Mouse on Mandrake 9.0+?
On Monday 27 January 2003 04:17 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 12:20:50 -0800 (PST) > > T E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am considering a new mouse. It is the Logitech > > MX700 Cordless Optical Mouse. I would like to know if > > it is compatible with Mandrake 9.0 or higher. And in > > the event that I have to downgrade, how about 8.2? > > I've got 1 that I plan to install tomorrow. > I do not anticipate any problem but I'll let you know. > > > Charles > > I have used a logitech cordless mouse and keyboard for about a year, no problem other than mouse batteries going bad. > GOOD-NIGHT, everybody ... Now I have to go administer FIRST-AID to my > pet LEISURE SUIT!! > -- > Mandrake Linux 9.1 > Kernel- 2.4.21pre3-2mdk > -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re:Back to Basics
On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 02:27, robin wrote: > On the subject of memory, would converting a Celeron box to Linux bypass > the problem that Celeron chips in Windows canonly utilise a certain > amount of memory? We have a Celeron with 32MB of RAM, and have been > told there is no point in adding RAM because the chip wouldn't be able > to access it. > > Sir Robin That's complete rubbish. This production box here is a Celery 1200mhz w/ 512mb of RAM running linux. I've installed Slackware, RedHat, Mandrake, Gentoo, Knoppix - aside from BeOS, OS/2, Win95/98/ME/2k/XP, and SCO x86. I'm more than certainly seeing more than 32mb of RAM... Under Windows, it WORKED quite well - that is, under a normal installation of Windows - which is all gone now - but even "virtually" using VMWare...nary a prob... -- Tue, 28 Jan 2003 06:35:00 +1100 6:35am up 20:24, 5 users, load average: 2.35, 0.87, 0.51 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- Even the best of friends cannot attend each other's funeral. -- Kehlog Albran, "The Profit" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linking partitions
On Monday 27 January 2003 08:03 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > Partly because I have win4lin, which puts windows in my home directory, and > partly because I am encouraging the grandchildren to backup to my machine, > including Drive Images, the home partition is filling up faster than I > anticipated. It's not drastic yet, still about 1Gb free, but alarm bells > are ringing. > > I have an unused ext3 partition. I am sure that I once read that it is > possible to link two partitions so that they are treated as one. Can > someone tell me how to go about it? Thanks > > Anne Make a backup of all data and the partition table first (after backing up the data, go to Mandrake Control->Mountpoints->Hard disk and toggle to expert mode to make the backup floppy.) Now you take the /home partition and the spare partition and change their types to Linux LVM Then you add each one of them to LVM then you name the LVM mount point /home now you mount /home and copy back your backup data (as made with backuponCD or scdbackup) And the two partitions are linked and treated logically as one partition. If instead you want to make the spare purely for backup and you have a separate /home/backup/ type directory, you can set up the spare partition, copy the /home/backup data to it after mounting it temporarily under some name, then unmount it and remount it as /home/backup/ This does not provide the flexibility of LVM but it is a whole lot simpler. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Canon printer not printing from win2k
On Monday 27 Jan 2003 5:13 pm, et wrote: > On Monday 27 January 2003 12:06 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Monday 27 Jan 2003 5:01 pm, et wrote: > > > I don't doubt that this is a win2k problem, and not a MDK problem, but > > > heck this is still the best place I know and for this problem > > > STFW-google just has so much info to sift through maybe someone has > > > seen something about this and can shove me in the right direction > > > > > > I just was attempting to set up a canon BJC240 (connected to lpt1 via > > > cups on MDK 9.0) to print from either a winME or win2k box. it prints > > > (but not correctly of course) using a different printer driver, so I am > > > pretty damn sure the networkk works, and the printer is seen... etc.. > > > any ideas? > > > > Have you tried it with Windows drivers on the ME or W2K box? I tried the > > samba way and couldn't get things working, but Stephen advised me to do > > it this way and it works. > > > > Anne > > hmmm,,, not sure,, I am setting it up in win2k, and it finds a printer on > the samba server, and wants to add printer drivers, adn does, and I am > pretty sure it is finding and using the same printer drivers that work when > the print connected box is booted to win ME. Fair enough, but in my experience the windows supplied drivers are very much cut down compared to the manufacturer's ones. I don't know if it would make any difference, but it might be worth trying. Stephen may have more to add when he comes on line later. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re:Back to Basics
On Monday 27 January 2003 08:27 am, robin wrote: > et wrote: > >just so you know, "virtual memory" means different things to differnet > > people and different OSs, so if you are reading about cpu registers and > > mem pages, that is one thing, but the way M$ products handle memory is so > > different from other OSs and in some books the wording looks as if the M$ > > way of looking at memory is _the_ way. > > On the subject of memory, would converting a Celeron box to Linux bypass > the problem that Celeron chips in Windows canonly utilise a certain > amount of memory? We have a Celeron with 32MB of RAM, and have been > told there is no point in adding RAM because the chip wouldn't be able > to access it. > > Sir Robin Say WHAT? My neighbor's old Celeron 366 MHZ box that his son uses had 64 MB of RAM when he bought it back in '98. It now runs 192 MB since I had a spare 128 MB stick of PC 100 lying around here. I plugged it in when I was there to set up their internet connection sharing. BTW 192 MB seems to be "the sweet spot" for Windows 98 SE. If there is such a thing. Both boxes dual boot Mandrake with Windows. The aforementioned 98 SE on one, XP Pro on the other. The question isn't how much memory will the processor utilize, it's how much have you got, and how much will the motherboard's chipset address. My old reliable BX6 Rev2 (ABit) was once able to use all 4 memory slots (256 MB each max) but seems not to like using more than two now. It's old. Other things lead me to believe that a re-flash of the BIOS may correct this problem but I won't until I can gather the components to build a new box to my liking. As long as the board manufacturer has certified that the board will use xxx amount of RAM the processor will use whatever that maximum is usually. The OS on the other hand I'd check the MB's manufacturer for information before I believe that kind of statement Robin. Regards; -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 http://counter.li.org Schshschshchsch. -- The Gorn, "Arena", stardate 3046.2 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xawtv config and recording
On Sunday 26 January 2003 12:24 pm, Jerry Barton wrote: > OK here's the sample command i use for my system (your dev entry may be > different, video/audio formats can be changed, etc) > > > streamer -o capture.avi -f mjpeg -O capture.wav -F mono8 -C /dev/sound/dsp > -t 5:00 -c /dev/v4l/video0 -r 29.97 > > this will capture 5 minutes from the last channel xawtv was tuned to > > HTH > Jerry. Hmm, just out of total (admittedly ignorant) curiosity - where does "streamer" come from? (package?) Thanks! :-) -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ? Mandrake 9 and faces-1.61-16mdk.i586 Error
On Monday 27 January 2003 12:48 pm, Abid Latif Sheikh wrote: > Hi: > > I am unable to surpass the error of not having the subject package being > installed successfully and so does my Mandrake installation fails as well. > I tried different options but of no use. Any help, how can I skip its > installation ? > > Abid You can pick individual package selection and deselect the checkmark next to that package. That should do it. I'd be worried that more than 1 package is bad, and questioning the validity of the CD-ROM you are using. Got a backup? -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Lost screensavers (3D-accel.)
Okay, I was getting some problems with games segfaulting on me, so I decided to use the latest Nvidia drivers instead of the default ones installed with v9.0. I did the usual tarball route, then make, then looking at XF86Config-4, which looked like was already set from the stock install. So...I get the splash screen, the games work (but I've not played them long enough to see if they segfault yet), but nowall of my screensavers that use 3D acceleration don't work. I can go into the Control Center, then Look 'n Feel, then screensaversand the hard drive thrashes furiously, mouse goes jerky, and the screensaver never shows up in the preview box. Also, if I let one of the screensavers set until it kicks in on my desktop, X crashes back out the console. I'm sure some link/connection got destroyed when I upgraded the drivers (although I've never had this happen before), so has anyone had this happen and know how to fix it? PS I did remove the kdeartwork package for the screensavers and reinstall it. It made no difference. Thanks all. -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xawtv config and recording
SNIP > what video card are you useing? and if NVidia, are you useing the nv > (opensource) or the NVidiadrivers,and which ones? > > it's an ATI TV Wonder VE Jerry. -- _||_ (o_ //\ V_/_ Registered Linux User #300600 Registered Linux Machine #185855 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xawtv config and recording
On Sunday 26 January 2003 12:55 pm, Jerry Barton wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 12:19:42 -0500 > > et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on xawtv, right click for the menu, at the bottom there is a setting for > > capture, the choices on mine are "overlay" "grabdisplay" or "off". and I > > am pretty sure it has to do with your video cards capabilities as well as > > the software installed. > > SNIP > > et, you know, i hadn't tried changing that before. H let's go see :) > (the only one that will display is "overlay") I tried changing to > "grabdisplay" and "off" both on mine but still got "grabbing: not > supported" Even when using the streamer command i put in previously in the > thread, if xawtv (or zapping, or motv, etc...) was running it would give me > a "device busy" error. I'm sure it has to do with the hardware > capabilities / compatibility. Thought it odd though that back when i still > had windows on here i could watch and record at the same time but under > linux i have to stop watching to record. v4l seems to be a tricky thing > LOL. (I can't even get kwinTV to see my card, for example) So I'll offer > up what worked for me. > > thanks for the suggestion! > > ;-) > > Jerry. what video card are you useing? and if NVidia, are you useing the nv (opensource) or the NVidiadrivers,and which ones? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ? Mandrake 9 and faces-1.61-16mdk.i586 Error
On Monday 27 Jan 2003 5:48 pm, Abid Latif Sheikh wrote: > Hi: > > I am unable to surpass the error of not having the subject package being > installed successfully and so does my Mandrake installation fails as well. > I tried different options but of no use. Any help, how can I skip its > installation ? > > Abid Abid. Do you mean that you are trying to install Mandrake 9.0 on your computer and it is failing when installing the faces package? If so, it is likely that you either have a bad CD, or else your CD-ROM is unable to read 700 MB CDs. Mandrake 9.0 requires 700MB CDs, but some older CD-ROMS can only read 650MB. If I have misunderstood your question please explain again. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xawtv config and recording
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 12:19:42 -0500 et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on xawtv, right click for the menu, at the bottom there is a setting for > capture, the choices on mine are "overlay" "grabdisplay" or "off". and I am > pretty sure it has to do with your video cards capabilities as well as the > software installed. > > > SNIP et, you know, i hadn't tried changing that before. H let's go see :) (the only one that will display is "overlay") I tried changing to "grabdisplay" and "off" both on mine but still got "grabbing: not supported" Even when using the streamer command i put in previously in the thread, if xawtv (or zapping, or motv, etc...) was running it would give me a "device busy" error. I'm sure it has to do with the hardware capabilities / compatibility. Thought it odd though that back when i still had windows on here i could watch and record at the same time but under linux i have to stop watching to record. v4l seems to be a tricky thing LOL. (I can't even get kwinTV to see my card, for example) So I'll offer up what worked for me. thanks for the suggestion! ;-) Jerry. -- _||_ (o_ //\ V_/_ Registered Linux User #300600 Registered Linux Machine #185855 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] ? Mandrake 9 and faces-1.61-16mdk.i586 Error
Hi: I am unable to surpass the error of not having the subject package being installed successfully and so does my Mandrake installation fails as well. I tried different options but of no use. Any help, how can I skip its installation ? Abid Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mandrake administration
On Monday 27 January 2003 08:02 am, Search Info wrote: > Hello, > > I want to get familiar with mandrake administration tasks such as of a DNS, > firewall, mailing system, etc. Can i simulate this on my single machine > wich is in a lan, and without direct connection to the internet? > > Thanks If the LAN is using TCP/IP you certainly can do so. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re:Back to Basics
- Original Message - From: et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Re:Back to Basics I sure never heard of such a problem with celerys... my understanding was the MoBo chipset and bios was where the max mem was reached... what kinda box is that? tell me more.. yup, it depends on mobo chipset and its bios, please verify at the mobo's manual book about max amount of memory it can hold Ikuti polling TELKOM Memo 166 di www.plasa.com dan menangkan hadiah masing-masing Rp 250.000 tunai Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xawtv config and recording
OK here's the sample command i use for my system (your dev entry may be different, video/audio formats can be changed, etc) streamer -o capture.avi -f mjpeg -O capture.wav -F mono8 -C /dev/sound/dsp -t 5:00 -c /dev/v4l/video0 -r 29.97 this will capture 5 minutes from the last channel xawtv was tuned to HTH Jerry. -- _||_ (o_ //\ V_/_ Registered Linux User #300600 Registered Linux Machine #185855 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] MandrakeOnline?
Pardon the newbieness , Is there a way to schedule a computer that's registered with MandrakeOnline to do updates earlier in the day than around midnight? Still a newbie when it comes to this command line stuff .. lol :-) Thanks! Terry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xawtv config and recording
on xawtv, right click for the menu, at the bottom there is a setting for capture, the choices on mine are "overlay" "grabdisplay" or "off". and I am pretty sure it has to do with your video cards capabilities as well as the software installed. On Sunday 26 January 2003 12:15 pm, Jerry Barton wrote: > I posted on this not too long ago... it's in the archives in December > > basically what you need to do is: use xawtv to tune to the channel you > want to record, close xawtv, then use the "streamer" command (see man > streamer) to record. (I have my tv cable hooked to my computer and a > television sitting next to the desk so i can monitor recording there.) > > > I'll see if i can dig up the command I used and post it for you. > > I could not find a way to use the xawtv gui to record with. > > > > > SNIP > > > When I open the recording window and try to click record I get > > > > "grabbing: not supported" > > > > Any pointers on what I should look at next getting the v4l part to > > compile without error? > > -- > > magnet > > SNIP > > Jerry. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cups problems
damn that was stupid of me I hijacked someone elses thread... so sorry please disreguard my reply On Monday 27 January 2003 12:10 pm, et wrote: > On Monday 27 January 2003 09:04 am, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > On Sunday 26 January 2003 08:36, Colin Jenkins wrote: > > > I have 2 linux boxes (mdk9) both using 2 printers on an NT box. > > > on one box, trying to delete a print job with cups, no problems, on the > > > other box, I get 'client-error-forbidden'. (even when logged on as > > > root) I am also unable to delete some non-existant printers from both > > > machines, they appear to delete, but when I reload, they are back > > > again. anyone got any ideas (relevant of course) :) > > > > try copying the file /etc/cups/cupsd.conf from the machine that behaves > > correctly to the other one. might help. > > > > > > Damian > > only the printer server, where the printer is connected to the lpt, is > running linux when I have the problem, and it prints fine linux to linux, > only problem is win2k or winme to linux Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xawtv config and recording
I posted on this not too long ago... it's in the archives in December basically what you need to do is: use xawtv to tune to the channel you want to record, close xawtv, then use the "streamer" command (see man streamer) to record. (I have my tv cable hooked to my computer and a television sitting next to the desk so i can monitor recording there.) I'll see if i can dig up the command I used and post it for you. I could not find a way to use the xawtv gui to record with. SNIP > When I open the recording window and try to click record I get > > "grabbing: not supported" > > Any pointers on what I should look at next getting the v4l part to compile > without error? > -- > magnet SNIP Jerry. -- _||_ (o_ //\ V_/_ Registered Linux User #300600 Registered Linux Machine #185855 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Canon printer not printing from win2k
On Monday 27 January 2003 12:06 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 27 Jan 2003 5:01 pm, et wrote: > > I don't doubt that this is a win2k problem, and not a MDK problem, but > > heck this is still the best place I know and for this problem STFW-google > > just has so much info to sift through maybe someone has seen > > something about this and can shove me in the right direction > > > > I just was attempting to set up a canon BJC240 (connected to lpt1 via > > cups on MDK 9.0) to print from either a winME or win2k box. it prints > > (but not correctly of course) using a different printer driver, so I am > > pretty damn sure the networkk works, and the printer is seen... etc.. > > any ideas? > > Have you tried it with Windows drivers on the ME or W2K box? I tried the > samba way and couldn't get things working, but Stephen advised me to do it > this way and it works. > > Anne hmmm,,, not sure,, I am setting it up in win2k, and it finds a printer on the samba server, and wants to add printer drivers, adn does, and I am pretty sure it is finding and using the same printer drivers that work when the print connected box is booted to win ME. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mandrake administration
In reply to Search's mail, d.d. Mon, 27 Jan 2003 12:02:22 -0500: >I want to get familiar with mandrake administration tasks such as of a DNS, >firewall, mailing system, etc. Can i simulate this on my single machine >wich is in a lan, and without direct connection to the internet? Mail services should not be a problem, I think. I am not sure if DNS would be appreciated by your lan admin. Firewall should not be a problem either. Paul -- In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. -Robert Green Ingersoll http://nlpagan.net - Linux by Mandrake - Sylpheed by Hiro Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cups problems
On Monday 27 January 2003 09:04 am, Damian Gatabria wrote: > On Sunday 26 January 2003 08:36, Colin Jenkins wrote: > > I have 2 linux boxes (mdk9) both using 2 printers on an NT box. > > on one box, trying to delete a print job with cups, no problems, on the > > other box, I get 'client-error-forbidden'. (even when logged on as root) > > I am also unable to delete some non-existant printers from both machines, > > they appear to delete, but when I reload, they are back again. anyone got > > any ideas (relevant of course) :) > > try copying the file /etc/cups/cupsd.conf from the machine that behaves > correctly to the other one. might help. > > > Damian only the printer server, where the printer is connected to the lpt, is running linux when I have the problem, and it prints fine linux to linux, only problem is win2k or winme to linux Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Canon printer not printing from win2k
On Monday 27 Jan 2003 5:01 pm, et wrote: > I don't doubt that this is a win2k problem, and not a MDK problem, but heck > this is still the best place I know and for this problem STFW-google just > has so much info to sift through maybe someone has seen something about > this and can shove me in the right direction > > I just was attempting to set up a canon BJC240 (connected to lpt1 via cups > on MDK 9.0) to print from either a winME or win2k box. it prints (but not > correctly of course) using a different printer driver, so I am pretty damn > sure the networkk works, and the printer is seen... etc.. > any ideas? Have you tried it with Windows drivers on the ME or W2K box? I tried the samba way and couldn't get things working, but Stephen advised me to do it this way and it works. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Linking partitions
Partly because I have win4lin, which puts windows in my home directory, and partly because I am encouraging the grandchildren to backup to my machine, including Drive Images, the home partition is filling up faster than I anticipated. It's not drastic yet, still about 1Gb free, but alarm bells are ringing. I have an unused ext3 partition. I am sure that I once read that it is possible to link two partitions so that they are treated as one. Can someone tell me how to go about it? Thanks Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cups problems
On Sunday 26 January 2003 08:36, Colin Jenkins wrote: > I have 2 linux boxes (mdk9) both using 2 printers on an NT box. > on one box, trying to delete a print job with cups, no problems, on the > other box, I get 'client-error-forbidden'. (even when logged on as root) I > am also unable to delete some non-existant printers from both machines, > they appear to delete, but when I reload, they are back again. anyone got > any ideas (relevant of course) :) try copying the file /etc/cups/cupsd.conf from the machine that behaves correctly to the other one. might help. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] mandrake administration
Hello, I want to get familiar with mandrake administration tasks such as of a DNS, firewall, mailing system, etc. Can i simulate this on my single machine wich is in a lan, and without direct connection to the internet? Thanks -- __ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Meet Singles http://corp.mail.com/lavalife Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Canon printer not printing from win2k
I don't doubt that this is a win2k problem, and not a MDK problem, but heck this is still the best place I know and for this problem STFW-google just has so much info to sift through maybe someone has seen something about this and can shove me in the right direction I just was attempting to set up a canon BJC240 (connected to lpt1 via cups on MDK 9.0) to print from either a winME or win2k box. it prints (but not correctly of course) using a different printer driver, so I am pretty damn sure the networkk works, and the printer is seen... etc.. any ideas? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re:Back to Basics
On Monday 27 January 2003 06:27 am, robin wrote: > et wrote: > >just so you know, "virtual memory" means different things to differnet > > people and different OSs, so if you are reading about cpu registers and > > mem pages, that is one thing, but the way M$ products handle memory is so > > different from other OSs and in some books the wording looks as if the M$ > > way of looking at memory is _the_ way. > > On the subject of memory, would converting a Celeron box to Linux bypass > the problem that Celeron chips in Windows canonly utilise a certain > amount of memory? We have a Celeron with 32MB of RAM, and have been > told there is no point in adding RAM because the chip wouldn't be able > to access it. > > Sir Robin ROFLMAO Ummm, as far as I know, some MOTHERBOARDS have limits on memory, but it is not bound to the processor used. The Motherboards that support Celeron all support at least 128M, unless you are using a celeron-driven control device (why would that not surprise me?) like unto the SIMM and DIMM devices of Arcturus. Anyway, linux handles memory so differently from Windows that indeed the 512Mb limit of 95 and 98 is easily breached, and linux tends to run faster the more memory you add up to 1 Gb, at least. After that, the memory model supported gets a little more taxing in overhead, but once past that, the speed again tends to increase with additional memory. But I would like to meet the person who told you it was pointless to go beyond 32Mb with a Celeron. I know someone who has this bridge for sale, you see, and he could make a BUNDLE with toll booths on it Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Star Office Patch - Incredible
On Monday 27 Jan 2003 8:33 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > Following the problems I've had recently, I found that there is a patch > available, so I downloaded it. On installation I got error messages like > > An error occurred while unpacking the file basicsrvweb.zip. > There is probably not enough disk space. > > This is unlikely. > > Has anyone else installed this patch? Does anyone know what may have > caused the problem. I have probably messed up the original one now, so > I'll have to uninstall and start again, but I would like to know whether it > is worth trying the patch again. > > Anne My attempt at installing the patch were late last night, so I packed it in for the night, expecting to have to uninstall the whole shebang and start afresh. This afternoon, however, out of curiosity I fired up StarWriter, expecting it to crash, but it didn't. What's more, the files that had been showing up the problem would load correctly, I could copy and paste all I liked, and the whole thing looks stable! I haven't tried the other components yet, as I don't use them as much. I'm going to go back to the website and see if another download will give me a cleaner install, but this result is amazing. I can only suppose that the relevant bug fix was among the bits in managed to install. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2
On Monday 27 Jan 2003 3:31 pm, et wrote: > On Monday 27 January 2003 04:04 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Sunday 26 Jan 2003 11:12 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > > On Sunday 26 January 2003 06:06 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: > > > > Well.. for starters, P4's have MUCH better thermal resistance, not to > > > > mention a thermal diode that can regulate the core CPU temperature if > > > > the fan happens to fail, or if the heatsink happens to fall off.. > > > > Many 3rd party tests have shown that a P4 cpu can run even without a > > > > heatsink, with no damage to the CPU at all. It slows down if it > > > > detects temperature overload, and prevents the core temp. from > > > > reaching critical levels.. (Not to mention the 400-533mhz cache > > > > speeds, compared to athlon's measly 200mhz.. :p) > > > > > > Thats interesting. I always thought that AMDs' chips were better > > > performers at the same speed rangefrom what I've read. (but I'm no > > > expert). > > > > Dertainly that's implied in most of the reviews I've read, which is why > > they started the comparative numbering system. > > > > Anne > > the "comparative numbering system" is something they have been doing for > years, and it seems to me to be a comparative pricing system more than > speed. Wasn't it Cyrix/IBM that used to do it? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re:Back to Basics
I sure never heard of such a problem with celerys... my understanding was the MoBo chipset and bios was where the max mem was reached... what kinda box is that? tell me more.. I don't buy such small mem with a celery the only thing like that I know about is that celerys can't be smp, but I never had a problem.. I have a few celerys (a 366, a 500, and a 1200Mhz, none overclocked, all have some form of linux (2 mdk9.0, 1 rh 8.0, all just to play around) as well as dual booting into M$ as required/requested (1 ME, 2 win2k) all with 512 meg mem. Winme and 9x won't boot with more than 512 megs mem. On Monday 27 January 2003 10:27 am, robin wrote: > et wrote: > >just so you know, "virtual memory" means different things to differnet > > people and different OSs, so if you are reading about cpu registers and > > mem pages, that is one thing, but the way M$ products handle memory is so > > different from other OSs and in some books the wording looks as if the M$ > > way of looking at memory is _the_ way. > > On the subject of memory, would converting a Celeron box to Linux bypass > the problem that Celeron chips in Windows canonly utilise a certain > amount of memory? We have a Celeron with 32MB of RAM, and have been > told there is no point in adding RAM because the chip wouldn't be able > to access it. > > Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2
On Monday 27 January 2003 04:04 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 26 Jan 2003 11:12 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > On Sunday 26 January 2003 06:06 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: > > > Well.. for starters, P4's have MUCH better thermal resistance, not to > > > mention a thermal diode that can regulate the core CPU temperature if > > > the fan happens to fail, or if the heatsink happens to fall off.. Many > > > 3rd party tests have shown that a P4 cpu can run even without a > > > heatsink, with no damage to the CPU at all. It slows down if it > > > detects temperature overload, and prevents the core temp. from reaching > > > critical levels.. (Not to mention the 400-533mhz cache speeds, compared > > > to athlon's measly 200mhz.. :p) > > > > Thats interesting. I always thought that AMDs' chips were better > > performers at the same speed rangefrom what I've read. (but I'm no > > expert). > > Dertainly that's implied in most of the reviews I've read, which is why > they started the comparative numbering system. > > Anne the "comparative numbering system" is something they have been doing for years, and it seems to me to be a comparative pricing system more than speed. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re:Back to Basics
et wrote: just so you know, "virtual memory" means different things to differnet people and different OSs, so if you are reading about cpu registers and mem pages, that is one thing, but the way M$ products handle memory is so different from other OSs and in some books the wording looks as if the M$ way of looking at memory is _the_ way. On the subject of memory, would converting a Celeron box to Linux bypass the problem that Celeron chips in Windows canonly utilise a certain amount of memory? We have a Celeron with 32MB of RAM, and have been told there is no point in adding RAM because the chip wouldn't be able to access it. Sir Robin -- "A Perl script is "correct" if it gets the job done before your boss fires you." - Larry Wall Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re:Back to Basics
just so you know, "virtual memory" means different things to differnet people and different OSs, so if you are reading about cpu registers and mem pages, that is one thing, but the way M$ products handle memory is so different from other OSs and in some books the wording looks as if the M$ way of looking at memory is _the_ way. On Monday 27 January 2003 07:30 pm, Graham Pohle wrote: > I will persist in acquiring the knowledge needed to operate this OS, but > because there is a massive amount of reading to do before I can even > begin to think I can operate this OS, let alone understand it, I'll be > only dropping in like this from time to time to let you know that I'm > still persisting with the learning curve. The workings of a computer are > not as complex as I thought they were, it's just when you start adding > software and various programs that it becomes complicated. So like I > said, I'll be keeping in touch and if I do strike a problem that I > cannot work out, I'll definitely come to this message board to ask the > HOW TO on the What to do. > I'm into virtual memory at the moment and it's impact on the various PC > systems, ie; 386,486,and even the old 286. I even did a study peice on > the old mainframe PCs where 36bits were in style. > Anyway, I'm going to be a hell of programer when I finally get to know > what I'm doing. > See you soon. > Graham Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Installing InoculateIT
Hello Stephen, > Besides, you can use RAV if you're running an email server, and f-prot > if you're running a Samba server - all to catch M$/Mac aimed > bugs...but definately a good thing! Actually, here's my setup. Right now we've got an exchange server for mail. I've gotten Squirrelmail running on a linux server pointing to that exchange server. What we'd like to do now is to setup the linux box as a frontend to the exchange server. Use linux to fight spam and antivirus. Is RAV good for that? Jody Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re:Back to Basics
I will persist in acquiring the knowledge needed to operate this OS, but because there is a massive amount of reading to do before I can even begin to think I can operate this OS, let alone understand it, I'll be only dropping in like this from time to time to let you know that I'm still persisting with the learning curve. The workings of a computer are not as complex as I thought they were, it's just when you start adding software and various programs that it becomes complicated. So like I said, I'll be keeping in touch and if I do strike a problem that I cannot work out, I'll definitely come to this message board to ask the HOW TO on the What to do. I'm into virtual memory at the moment and it's impact on the various PC systems, ie; 386,486,and even the old 286. I even did a study peice on the old mainframe PCs where 36bits were in style. Anyway, I'm going to be a hell of programer when I finally get to know what I'm doing. See you soon. Graham Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Computer freezes
On 27 Jan 2003 18:21:50 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 7.) Move the 700 lb. cermaic magnet away from the computer casing. If this is not the problem, then I am betting that you have an AMD system. What you are experiencing is a X lock-up. Add mem=nopentium to your lilo append, run lilo and then reboot your system. This address a 'non-bug' on AMD system and AGP related to 4MB memory paging. Charles TANSTAAFL -- Mandrake Linux 9.1 Kernel- 2.4.21pre3-2mdk -- msg117063/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2
On Sunday 26 January 2003 06:12 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Sunday 26 January 2003 06:06 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: > > Well.. for starters, P4's have MUCH better thermal resistance, not to > > mention a thermal diode that can regulate the core CPU temperature if the > > fan happens to fail, or if the heatsink happens to fall off.. Many 3rd > > party tests have shown that a P4 cpu can run even without a heatsink, > > with no damage to the CPU at all. It slows down if it detects > > temperature overload, and prevents the core temp. from reaching critical > > levels.. (Not to mention the 400-533mhz cache speeds, compared to > > athlon's measly 200mhz.. :p) > > Thats interesting. I always thought that AMDs' chips were better performers > at the same speed rangefrom what I've read. (but I'm no expert). depends on how you define "performer" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] M9.1beta2 CD1andCD2
Robert Golovniov wrote: >Hello John, > >Thursday, January 23, 2003, 2:00:47 AM, you wrote: > >JRS> I am willing to send free of charge to anyone easy postal distance >JRS> to me in uk up to 5 persons. > >Can "uk" mean Ukraine also? :-) > > > U krane if you like . John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] TV-card
Hello Mandrake, Can anybody on the list help me to choose between these cards: Kwordl TV-tuner / FM-tuner+Remote Control Kwordl TV-tuner MPEG / FM-tuner+RC Media Forte TV-tuner / FM-tuner+RC ÒV-tuner AVerMedia (model 203) (TV+RC+MPEG2) ÒV-tuner AVerMedia GoFM (TV+FM+RC) ÒV-tuner K-World BG/DK+RC (878-BK) ÒÂ-tuner +FM+MPEG1&2 K-World +RC (878-FBKM) ÒV-tuner +FM Animation +RC Fly video2000 ÒV-tuner +FM Animation +RC Fly video3000 (stereo) ÒV-tuner Acorp 9Y878F( TV-tuner + FM-radio + RC ) Unfortunately, for the first three cards I do not have any additional information yet. But perhaps the brand might help you to recommend me something. -- -=Robert & Beata Golovniov | Lviv, Ukraine=- ~~ PGP key: 633F6D07 (1A1C 29F1 2A0C 4C4E 0BDA C8EE 5A1D 9F03 633F 6D07) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=PGP%20Key&Body=Embedded%20key mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=GPG%20Key&Body=Attached%20key ~~ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 'nother OT
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 22:07, Lee wrote: > http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134614233_paul13.html > > I liked the riot better, though. Oooohe mentioned RedHathehehehehe (RedHat Redhat RedHat) ONLY PLAYING...I'll go to bed now...(g) -- Mon, 27 Jan 2003 22:20:00 +1100 10:20pm up 12:09, 4 users, load average: 3.02, 2.49, 2.29 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- Dad are you vicariously living through me in the hope that my accomplishments will validate your mediocre life and in some way compensate for all the opportunities you botched ? -- Calvin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] M9.1beta2 CD1andCD2
Hello John, Thursday, January 23, 2003, 2:00:47 AM, you wrote: JRS> I am willing to send free of charge to anyone easy postal distance JRS> to me in uk up to 5 persons. Can "uk" mean Ukraine also? :-) -- -=Robert & Beata Golovniov | Lviv, Ukraine=- ~~ PGP key: 633F6D07 (1A1C 29F1 2A0C 4C4E 0BDA C8EE 5A1D 9F03 633F 6D07) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=PGP%20Key&Body=Embedded%20key mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=GPG%20Key&Body=Attached%20key ~~ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 'nother OT
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134614233_paul13.html I liked the riot better, though. -- Registered Linux user #223705 Give me ambiguity or give me something else. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] VMWare
On Monday 27 January 2003 03:07 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 13:29, Chris Edwards wrote: > > More info follows: > > > > Trying to install VMware-workstation-3.2.0-2230-i386.rpm on a Mandrake > > 9.0 system. > > I am newbie enough not to understand how to load kernel sources/headers. > > I do know enough to get around on the command line and even attempt the > > make, install, config routine. > > I also know about texstar and rpmfind as usefull resources. > > > > What would be my first steps at installing VMware? > > You should be able to get the kernel sources installed via the Software > Manager - and you may as well also install some of the developer stuff > too - because you're going to end up needing some of the other gcc > headers and source - believe me. Anyways, if you can't find the kernel > stuff in the Software Manager, it's mostly on CD3 - and it's labled as > kernel sources... > > I think that someone mentioned a nice way of installing the rpm's so > that they automagically install the dependencies as well - any help > y'all? (leave out the quotes) "urpmi " in terminal super user mode in the directory that contains the actual RPM; or from a source that the software manager recognizes as a source. eg.: any of the ftp mirrors for Mandrake, texstar, cooker (don't do it!), kde, or almost any site that you can point urpmi to for an hdlist.cz. OK? The easiest is just change directories to the one holding the rpm and go. I just add a /downloads directory in /home and install from there. At least I usually do when I'm playing with something other than cooker or a beta. :-) > > Meanwhile, once you get that bit out of the way, the installation of > VMware is rather easy. You run "vmware-config.pl" and follow the > instructions (do this in a terminal window). Once that's done and it's > installed properly, break out with a Win98 bootable installation CD and > start VMWare (however you want to start it - just typing vmware in a > term gets it going) - follow the wizard through how to create a virtual > IDE drive and all that cool jazz, then once you've setup the virtual > environment, click the "power on" button, make whatever changes are > necessary to the "virtual bios", and begin the installation of your > Win98 - this is a good starting point because after you mess with it > enough you'll be confident in installing other biggies like WinXP and > Win2k, or even like I do with loading other linuxes in VM's - even OS/2! > (Never really got my BeOS going - but it's not like I'll cry over that > one) Regards; -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 http://counter.li.org Dungeons and Dragons is just a lot of Saxon Violence. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cups problems
On Monday 27 Jan 2003 9:44 am, Colin Jenkins wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 09:02:49 + > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know the feeling :) Have you tried deleting the unwanted printers in > > MCC? > > Tried deleting from cups, webmin and KDE printing manager, same result. > I guess it's the mandrake version of microsofts way of doing thing it's > determined that at some time in the future, I WILL need these extra > printers It's still worth deleting them in Mandrake Control Centre. I think it will work - it did for me. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] newbie qustion on ISO images
On Monday 27 Jan 2003 9:01 pm, AndrewD wrote: > OK I have burnt the CD placed it in the CD Rom of the other computer, > but it is still loading Linux (the PC currently has mandrake 9) and not > the CD (and yes the PC does boot the cd first) so my next question is > how do I now use the CD with the new ISO do I need to make it 'bootable' > somehow. The problem comes if you don't have the right setting on your burning program, so that the iso file is simply copied to disk. I find k3b to be good in this situation, as the setting to use is obvious. Burning the iso properly entails unpacking and burning the result, as I understand it. Anyway, the results are very different from a copied file, and it will be bootable. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Star Office Patch
On Monday 27 Jan 2003 9:51 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 19:33, Anne Wilson wrote: > > Following the problems I've had recently, I found that there is a patch > > available, so I downloaded it. On installation I got error messages like > > > > An error occurred while unpacking the file basicsrvweb.zip. > > There is probably not enough disk space. > > > > This is unlikely. > > > > Has anyone else installed this patch? Does anyone know what may have > > caused the problem. I have probably messed up the original one now, so > > I'll have to uninstall and start again, but I would like to know whether > > it is worth trying the patch again. > > > > Anne > > If it's in a ZIP file, I'd be suss about it being for maybe Windows > instead of for linux... That's a point. There was one for Windows, but I definitely selected the Linux one. I think I'll just check out whether the win offered file is the same filename. Surely not ??? Sun are only human, but I think this has been out for a good while, so I wouldn't have thought so. Anyway, I'll check again, and maybe download again, just to be sure. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Star Office Patch
Following the problems I've had recently, I found that there is a patch available, so I downloaded it. On installation I got error messages like An error occurred while unpacking the file basicsrvweb.zip. There is probably not enough disk space. This is unlikely. Has anyone else installed this patch? Does anyone know what may have caused the problem. I have probably messed up the original one now, so I'll have to uninstall and start again, but I would like to know whether it is worth trying the patch again. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake Powerpack
Does anyone know if the Mandrake Powerpack comes with one or with two manuals? I ask this question because in some parts of the user manual things are mentioned that you can find in the so-called "reference manual". Ed Disclaimer Aan dit bericht kunnen geen rechten worden ontleend. Dit bericht is uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde. Als u dit bericht per abuis hebt ontvangen, wordt u verzocht het te vernietigen en de afzender te informeren. Wij adviseren u om bij twijfel over de juistheid of de volledigheid van de mail contact met afzender op te nemen. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
