Re: [newbie] graphical login - again
On Sun, 2004-01-11 at 15:18, Bill W. wrote: Hi everyone, I've been trying to track down the reason that my machine won't boot into a graphical login manager. Remember, my machine is set to boot graphically in MCC and it seems to trya blue screen appears for a moment then flashes offthis occurs twice. I checked the boot.log and there was no mention of any failed steps. Can anyone tell me which file contains the boot config? I should take a look and see if it is ok. tia, Bill W. If you mean the file to choose between graphic or console, it is /etc/inittab. Look for the line: id:5:initdefault: and change it to: id:3:initdefault: That will boot your PC to console instead of graphic. Adolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] triple boot with windows XP, 98 and mdk 9.2?
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 12:54 am, Ramin wrote: You are right. I forgot to explain this case. Actually my case was even more complicated since i wanted to reinstall Windows XP too. Once during the installation i used Mandrake partition utility to define partitions and format them but quit the installation before installing the packages (well it was a waste of time since i had to do it again later any way). Then i installed Windows XP and later Mandrake. This time i did not have to partition the disks but i had to format the first primary partition from Linux to FAT to install DrDOs there. This was because it is impossible to fool Windows XP by hiding FAT partitions: it always sees them and want to pick the first one as drive C:/. However, Windows XP does not need to boot from C:. It will happily default to booting from D: if you specify that drive as the installation target. Windows 98, OTOH, is not so versatile. You will need to have Windows 98 installed in the primary partition on the first hard drive in order to boot with it. I would suggest creating a FAT partition on the first hard drive and formatting and installing Windows 98. Next, install Windows XP on a new D: partition, it will overwrite the MBR but add a boot line to the boot menu for both Windows 98 and Windows XP. Finally, reinstall Mandrake and it should add Lilo which will happily add all Linux boot options as well as Windows XP and 98 to its boot menu. With XOSL that i use, installing Windows at any time would not cause any problem! It is true that windows writes to MBR and wipes out whatever is there. However XOSL has a restore option! So after installing a windows OS, I insert the XOSL floppy and restore it! Then i am on XOSL as before! Cool! I wonder if Mandrake could include a similar restore facility. It does. You can run the Mandrake CD in rescue mode and it will rewrite Lilo to the MBR if it has been overwritten. You can then manually add boot options for Windows 98, XP, etc. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] linux install
On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 14:23, P J Scott wrote: Well the problem is this. I have a new computer and a new distro 9.2. When I try to install it all that happens is I get the message lost interupt over and over so have to abort installation . Anne thought it might be the pnp in my bios but like you say no way to turn it off. So basically im stuck...Philip I had Lost interrupt problem with 9.1. I sorted out placing the option noapic in the append line in lilo. HTH Adolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux to Windows porting
On Monday 12 January 2004 11:36 pm, vikrant joshi wrote: I have Windows and Linux on same machine . Is there a way I can acces the windows files eg word or excel file through Linux. Do we need to install any software for that . If yes then where do we get that software from You need to specify the version. Office XP files use a proprietary format that still hasn't been reverse engineered by OS developers, I think. Any previous version of Office should be trivial for OpenOffice, KOffice, as well as a number of other replacements. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I'm excited hehe
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 02:03 am, Ramin wrote: I checked the page you mentioned and saw a lot features. I confess that i don understand most of the options! However i would like to know if it is possible to do the following: To define special folders for mailing lists and have the mail client automatically forward the emails coming from the mailing list to the selected folder while keeping the rest in the inbox? I tried this with Kmail and it seemed not working. Can Sylpheed-claws or This is trivial with Kmail. For Mandrake Newbie Mailing list: Subject Contains Newbie Filter Actions Move to Folder Newbie Another method: List-Owner contains [EMAIL PROTECTED] Filter Actions Move to Folder Newbie -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] linux install
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 12:22, Adolfo Bello wrote: On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 14:23, P J Scott wrote: Well the problem is this. I have a new computer and a new distro 9.2. When I try to install it all that happens is I get the message lost interupt over and over so have to abort installation . Anne thought it might be the pnp in my bios but like you say no way to turn it off. So basically im stuck...Philip I had Lost interrupt problem with 9.1. I sorted out placing the option noapic in the append line in lilo. Adolfo - he's not even getting it installed. I think he needs to pass noapic during the install. Can you tell him exactly how that's done? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rename multiple folders
Hi, I use the perl script 'chcase' available from http://www.blemished.net/chcase.html. It is very easy to use. I copy the help below: chcase 1.2 USAGE: chcase [-erdouqnl] [-s dir] [-x 'perl exp'] 'mask' -e : Print EXAMPLES - very helpful! -r : Rename recursively -d : Also rename subdirectories -o : Overwrite if file exists -u : Change to upper case (default is lower) -q : Quiet mode (no output) -n : No escape characters (for bold output) -l : Rename follow symbolic links (default is not to) -s dir : Specify starting directory -x 'perl exp' : Perl expression to operate on filename usually s/// or tr/// (yes you need the quotes) case of filename not changed when this option used you can supply multiple expressions 'mask' : Mask to rename (quotes are nice to have here) not case sensitive, you can use multiple masks -or- just supply the filename(s) on the command line Pablo Vitoria Garcia Dpto. Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU) Aptdo. 644 48080 Bilbao (Bizkaia) Tfno. 94 6015992 Fax. 94 4648500 - Original Message - From: Charlie [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 5:38 AM Subject: [newbie] rename multiple folders | I have a bunch of folders(several hundred) that I copied over from my Win2k | partition that I want to rename. Windows names them using a capital letter | and I want to rename them all to all lower case. | | Example: rename Documents to documents | | Is there an easy way to do this? I don't want to do all these one at a time. | | Thanks, | | | | -- | The above rantings are the opinions of the writer only, and are not | necessarily in agreement with anything that anybody else thinks, | or would care to. Any resemblance to political correctness is purely | coincidental, entirely unintentional and probably your imagination. | | | 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] Would like to update kernel
On Sunday 11 January 2004 18:24, Phil Savoie wrote: Subject: Re: [newbie] Would like to update kernel Date: January 11, 2004 13:15 From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Phil Savoie [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sunday 11 January 2004 17:59, Phil Savoie wrote: Well, I took a look and v4lin or any combination thereof wasn't found. According to http://bytesex.org/v4l/build.html the 2.5x kernels has what I need to get this going. I appreciate and thank Anne for her suggestion, however, if the program wasn't found I think I still may need to upgrade the kernel. Anybody willing to lend a hand? Thanks again and regards, Phil, I don't know what's happening, but something is. I had v4lin installed with 9.1 until I trashed my install a couple of weeks ago. I re-installed 9.1, and your post reminded me that I hadn't installed v4lin again. I agree with you - it's not listed at the moment - or if it is I can't find it. Phil - it seems that v4l was installed all the time. Look at this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] anne]# urpmq v4l The following packages contain v4l: gv4l gstreamer-v4l gstreamer-v4l2 Try installing these packages. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Un-responsive server -- help!!
HELP!!! I have our Intranet server hosted on Mandrake 9.0. Until yesterday it had been working flawlessly for nearly 200 days. Yesterday afternoon after lots of 'Disk Thrashing' the problems began. Web page requests (via apache) were served very slowly, (I'm talking 5 minutes to serve a page that would typically take less than a second. Telnet ftp connections took similarly extended times to be made, even the X-Windows system doesn't respond. Curiously though pings are answered immediately! I rebooted the machine (in the end I had to just switch off at the mains!) and on reboot it began working fine again. 10 minutes ago the same thing has happened again. What I would like to know is where to start to try and find what the problem is and how to rectify it. I did notice earlier that there was a httpd process using 253MB of memory which seems rather excessive - is there any way to trace what this process is doing ? Thanks for any advice. Jamie [EMAIL PROTECTED] ITS Internal Extension : 5806 Direct Dial: 0870 754 5806 ** E-mail Disclaimer ** This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If the message is received by anyone other than the addressee, please return the message to the sender by replying to it and then delete the message from your computer. Please note that any views, or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited. The recipient should check this e-mail and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited accepts no liability for any damages caused by any virus transmitted by this email and its attachments. The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited is regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and is an Incorporated Friendly Society, registered under the Friendly Societies Act 1992. Registered No: 480F. The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited, Registered Office: Holgate Park Drive, York, YO26 4GG. Tel 0870 7545 700 Fax 0870 7545 821 www.benenden.org.uk. *** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 - Cannot setup printer
At 06:43 AM 1/13/04, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Monday 12 January 2004 09:06 pm, Frank Bax wrote: An error occured while loading http://localhost:631/: Could not connect to host localhost (port 631) Is it possible that your firewall is disallowing local connections to port 631? How do I check that - I did not consciously install/configure firewall. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 - Cannot setup printer
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 08:05 am, Frank Bax wrote: At 06:43 AM 1/13/04, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Monday 12 January 2004 09:06 pm, Frank Bax wrote: An error occured while loading http://localhost:631/: Could not connect to host localhost (port 631) Is it possible that your firewall is disallowing local connections to port 631? How do I check that - I did not consciously install/configure firewall. Did you select a security level setting when you installed? Which one was it? Also, can you do a `less /etc/hosts.deny` ? -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 - Cannot setup printer
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 08:05 am, Frank Bax wrote: At 06:43 AM 1/13/04, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Monday 12 January 2004 09:06 pm, Frank Bax wrote: An error occured while loading http://localhost:631/: Could not connect to host localhost (port 631) Is it possible that your firewall is disallowing local connections to port 631? How do I check that - I did not consciously install/configure firewall. Also, can you do a ps -C cupsd and tell me if an active process is returned? -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Un-responsive server -- help!!
On 1/13/2004 at 12:17 PM Jamie Kerwick wrote: HELP!!! I have our Intranet server hosted on Mandrake 9.0. Until yesterday it had been working flawlessly for nearly 200 days. Yesterday afternoon after lots of 'Disk Thrashing' the problems began. Web page requests (via apache) were served very slowly, (I'm talking 5 minutes to serve a page that would typically take less than a second. Telnet ftp connections took similarly extended times to be made, even the X-Windows system doesn't respond. Curiously though pings are answered immediately! I rebooted the machine (in the end I had to just switch off at the mains!) and on reboot it began working fine again. 10 minutes ago the same thing has happened again. What I would like to know is where to start to try and find what the problem is and how to rectify it. I did notice earlier that there was a httpd process using 253MB of memory which seems rather excessive - is there any way to trace what this process is doing ? Thanks for any advice. Jamie *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** Jamie; Try running top in a console on the server. I can't see apache using 253Mb's of ram for an Intranet site. There may be something else going on. If everything slows down again, top can show you what's chewing up the resources, and then we can go looking for the actual problem. I've had 9.0 running on a server here almost since 9.0 came out, and it's been flawless. Unless you've done a lot of kernel patching, or the server's been hacked, I would think that the problem would either be a runaway process from something new you recently installed , or from bad hardware. If you see the slow-down happening again, check top ( which should be running already ) to find the process ID. Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 - Cannot setup printer
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 08:05 am, Frank Bax wrote: How do I check that - I did not consciously install/configure firewall. Frank, just to provide some background info, the cups daemon listens on port 631 for connections, both for admin and printing jobs. If you are unable to connect on that port, it would seem to suggest that cups is either not properly installed or not working. If you check for the cupsd process and find it is missing, but the cups packages are installed, then either cups is not set to start at boot, or there is some error that is preventing it from starting. One way to check on an error is to drop to command line, su to root and issue the command: /etc/init.d/cups start or service cups start. You should get some type of response back, either OK or Failed. You can check the status by issuing the command /etc/init.d/cups status or service cups status . If it tells you that the process is dead but the subsys is locked, then you know that there is an error when the script runs that is killing the process but leaving the lock file in place. Then we can start issuing commands in verbose mode and see what kind of errors pop up. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Un-responsive server -- help!!
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 07:17 am, Jamie Kerwick wrote: I did notice earlier that there was a httpd process using 253MB of memory which seems rather excessive - is there any way to trace what this process is doing ? One step you might take is to connect to the web server using Webmin, https://web.server:1 Go to System panel, click on Process Icon and select Memory link. That will show you the processing using the largest amounts of memory. The one using 256M should be at the top of the list. Click on the process id, then click on the Files and Connections button and you should see a list of files in use. This might give you some indication of what that process is doing. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake 9.2 Update Problem
Hi all, I recently built a desktop machine with Mandrake 9.2. I used Mandrake Update to update the system, including all the latest security fixes, bug fixes and updates. All appeared to go well, but now, I've lost most of the applications that were formerly listed in my menu, my icons in the taskbar no longer work, and I can't even get to my home directory from the desktop shortcut. To open Konqueror, I have to go to a terminal sessionand type in Konqueror. If I then shut down the terminal session, Konqueroro goes with it. What can I do to get this beast back under control, and my desktop life back to normal? I'm paranoid to update my laptop that I just installed Mandrake on last night (it had Fedora Core) because of this. Rob Smith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Un-responsive server -- help!!
Thanks for the suggestions: The puzzling thing is this server HAD been running flawlessly! and I haven't installed any new software to it since the day it was installed. It serves solely as an Intranet server! I couldn't understand apache using 253mb either, but that's what the gnome system monitor said! The only thing new about the server yesterday was a few PHP web-pages I am working on that talk to Active Directory via LDAP. Could one of these pages cause a runaway httpd process ?? (it shouldn't do as PHP has a 30 second maximum processing time limit, but perhaps the way PHP uses LDAP to connect to AD?) After looking through virtually every log file in the system, it seems as though the lack of responsiveness was because all of the memory was used up. (there are a few errors relating to failure to create tempory files, and failure to create process forks etc..) Under normal usage none of the SWAP is ever used and rarely does the RAM get used close to full capacity. But I did notice yesterday that at one point the RAM was fully used and the SWAP was at 90% usage. (this was shortly before the system totally refused to lock up) I have TOP running now I'll keep monitoring the memory usage and get back to the list if anything crops up.(BTW can I get TOP to display the amount of memory used rather than %?) Thanks for your help. Jamie [EMAIL PROTECTED] ITS Internal Extension : 5806 Direct Dial: 0870 754 5806 -Original Message- From: Lanman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 January 2004 13:20 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Un-responsive server -- help!! On 1/13/2004 at 12:17 PM Jamie Kerwick wrote: HELP!!! I have our Intranet server hosted on Mandrake 9.0. Until yesterday it had been working flawlessly for nearly 200 days. Yesterday afternoon after lots of 'Disk Thrashing' the problems began. Web page requests (via apache) were served very slowly, (I'm talking 5 minutes to serve a page that would typically take less than a second. Telnet ftp connections took similarly extended times to be made, even the X-Windows system doesn't respond. Curiously though pings are answered immediately! I rebooted the machine (in the end I had to just switch off at the mains!) and on reboot it began working fine again. 10 minutes ago the same thing has happened again. What I would like to know is where to start to try and find what the problem is and how to rectify it. I did notice earlier that there was a httpd process using 253MB of memory which seems rather excessive - is there any way to trace what this process is doing ? Thanks for any advice. Jamie *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** Jamie; Try running top in a console on the server. I can't see apache using 253Mb's of ram for an Intranet site. There may be something else going on. If everything slows down again, top can show you what's chewing up the resources, and then we can go looking for the actual problem. I've had 9.0 running on a server here almost since 9.0 came out, and it's been flawless. Unless you've done a lot of kernel patching, or the server's been hacked, I would think that the problem would either be a runaway process from something new you recently installed , or from bad hardware. If you see the slow-down happening again, check top ( which should be running already ) to find the process ID. Lanman ** E-mail Disclaimer ** This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If the message is received by anyone other than the addressee, please return the message to the sender by replying to it and then delete the message from your computer. Please note that any views, or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited. The recipient should check this e-mail and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited accepts no liability for any damages caused by any virus transmitted by this email and its attachments. The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited is regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and is an Incorporated Friendly Society, registered under the Friendly Societies Act 1992. Registered No: 480F. The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited, Registered Office: Holgate Park Drive, York, YO26 4GG. Tel 0870 7545 700 Fax 0870 7545 821 www.benenden.org.uk. *** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Another fonts question
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 11:17:46AM +, John Richard Smith wrote: Charlie wrote: Sorry been busy and haven't followed this thread, but on the little gimp window, left mouse, double click the T then enable use dynamic text Open a pic and click the T and all will become evident, text colour, fonts installed etc.. OK, Charlie, I found that one yesterday. see snapshot 278.png It's good, but has one drawback, you have but 9 fixed choices of position for the text. Knowing gimp to be the app it is, I'm sure todds layer method ought to work with more flexibility of text positioning ? With the method I described, once you anchor the layer you can reposition it wherever you like using the move tool (the 4 directional arrows). Just make sure you have the right layer selected! Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.2 Update Problem
On Tuesday 13 Jan 2004 1:33 pm, Smith, Robert A wrote: Hi all, I recently built a desktop machine with Mandrake 9.2. I used Mandrake Update to update the system, including all the latest security fixes, bug fixes and updates. All appeared to go well, but now, I've lost most of the applications that were formerly listed in my menu, my icons in the taskbar no longer work, and I can't even get to my home directory from the desktop shortcut. To open Konqueror, I have to go to a terminal sessionand type in Konqueror. If I then shut down the terminal session, Konqueroro goes with it. What can I do to get this beast back under control, and my desktop life back to normal? I'm paranoid to update my laptop that I just installed Mandrake on last night (it had Fedora Core) because of this. Rob Smith hit CTl+Alt+F1 to get a text console. Log in as root and type update-menus -v Ctl+Alt+F7 will take you back to a graphical interface and your menus should be OK It is a known bug in the rpm package. There is an updated package on the update servers. It should have been installed when you updated. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux to Windows porting
Bryan Phinney wrote: On Monday 12 January 2004 11:36 pm, vikrant joshi wrote: I have Windows and Linux on same machine . Is there a way I can acces the windows files eg word or excel file through Linux. Do we need to install any software for that . If yes then where do we get that software from You need to specify the version. Office XP files use a proprietary format that still hasn't been reverse engineered by OS developers, I think. Any previous version of Office should be trivial for OpenOffice, KOffice, as well as a number of other replacements. AFAIK, OpenOffice will read Word XP files. Sir Robin -- The Pseudo Politically Correct term that I would use to describe the mind set of postmodernism is 'epistemologically challenged'. - Chip Morningstar 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] Mozilla 1.5 Fonts
J. Kelley Jernigan wrote: To All, I've upgraded to Mozilla 1.5 and now my fonts are crap on to many web sites. For those of you who use 1.5 what fonts do you use? The problem is not the fonts but the rendering. It looks like you downloaded the vanilla buil of 1.5. The one you need is the Xft-enabled version. It's on http://www.mozilla.org/releases/#1.5 Sir Robin -- The Pseudo Politically Correct term that I would use to describe the mind set of postmodernism is 'epistemologically challenged'. - Chip Morningstar 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] Linux to Windows porting
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 09:02 am, robin wrote: Bryan Phinney wrote: On Monday 12 January 2004 11:36 pm, vikrant joshi wrote: I have Windows and Linux on same machine . Is there a way I can acces the windows files eg word or excel file through Linux. Do we need to install any software for that . If yes then where do we get that software from You need to specify the version. Office XP files use a proprietary format that still hasn't been reverse engineered by OS developers, I think. Any previous version of Office should be trivial for OpenOffice, KOffice, as well as a number of other replacements. AFAIK, OpenOffice will read Word XP files. My info may be dated. I am still on version 1.02 of Open Office and the last time I did some research, there were still some compatibility problems with some XP file formats. Version 1.1 is supposed to be fully compatible according to the website, but I am not running that version. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 - Cannot setup printer
At 08:25 AM 1/13/04, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Tuesday 13 January 2004 08:05 am, Frank Bax wrote: How do I check that - I did not consciously install/configure firewall. Frank, just to provide some background info, the cups daemon listens on port 631 for connections, both for admin and printing jobs. If you are unable to connect on that port, it would seem to suggest that cups is either not properly installed or not working. If you check for the cupsd process and find it is missing, but the cups packages are installed, then either cups is not set to start at boot, or there is some error that is preventing it from starting. One way to check on an error is to drop to command line, su to root and issue the command: /etc/init.d/cups start or service cups start. You should get some type of response back, either OK or Failed. You can check the status by issuing the command /etc/init.d/cups status or service cups status . If it tells you that the process is dead but the subsys is locked, then you know that there is an error when the script runs that is killing the process but leaving the lock file in place. Then we can start issuing commands in verbose mode and see what kind of errors pop up. CUPS daemon was not running - it's running now cupsd (pid 2699) is running... A quick check of /var/log/cups/error_log and I found a little problem with hostname, so I fixed that and cups now starts properly on reboot. We are making progress, but cups WWW Admin still produces same error: An error occured while loading http://localhost:631/: Could not connect to host localhost (port 631) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Un-responsive server -- help!!
Thanks for this. However, when the server locked up today, I couldn't even connect to webmin, (in fact I couldn't connect in any way!) Is there any way to get this sort of information through the CLI?? Thanks, Jamie [EMAIL PROTECTED] ITS Internal Extension : 5806 Direct Dial: 0870 754 5806 -Original Message- From: Bryan Phinney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 January 2004 13:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Un-responsive server -- help!! On Tuesday 13 January 2004 07:17 am, Jamie Kerwick wrote: I did notice earlier that there was a httpd process using 253MB of memory which seems rather excessive - is there any way to trace what this process is doing ? One step you might take is to connect to the web server using Webmin, https://web.server:1 Go to System panel, click on Process Icon and select Memory link. That will show you the processing using the largest amounts of memory. The one using 256M should be at the top of the list. Click on the process id, then click on the Files and Connections button and you should see a list of files in use. This might give you some indication of what that process is doing. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer ** E-mail Disclaimer ** This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If the message is received by anyone other than the addressee, please return the message to the sender by replying to it and then delete the message from your computer. Please note that any views, or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited. The recipient should check this e-mail and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited accepts no liability for any damages caused by any virus transmitted by this email and its attachments. The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited is regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and is an Incorporated Friendly Society, registered under the Friendly Societies Act 1992. Registered No: 480F. The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited, Registered Office: Holgate Park Drive, York, YO26 4GG. Tel 0870 7545 700 Fax 0870 7545 821 www.benenden.org.uk. *** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 - Cannot setup printer
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 09:19 am, Frank Bax wrote: CUPS daemon was not running - it's running now cupsd (pid 2699) is running... A quick check of /var/log/cups/error_log and I found a little problem with hostname, so I fixed that and cups now starts properly on reboot. We are making progress, but cups WWW Admin still produces same error: An error occured while loading http://localhost:631/: Could not connect to host localhost (port 631) Can you check /var/log/cups/access_log and tail -f the file, then try to access cups from the browser to see if an error pops up? Or just check that log for any errors in general. On my system, each job that is sent from any of the 3 networked computers results in a post entry in the access file. You should be seeing some activity when you try to access cups. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Un-responsive server -- help!!
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 08:40 am, Jamie Kerwick wrote: Thanks for this. However, when the server locked up today, I couldn't even connect to webmin, (in fact I couldn't connect in any way!) Is there any way to get this sort of information through the CLI?? Yes, do a top, get the pid of the httpd process and then issue the command lsof -p pid You should see a list of the files in use by that process id. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Another fonts question
Todd Slater wrote: On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 11:17:46AM +, John Richard Smith wrote: Charlie wrote: Sorry been busy and haven't followed this thread, but on the little gimp window, left mouse, double click the T then enable use dynamic text Open a pic and click the T and all will become evident, text colour, fonts installed etc.. OK, Charlie, I found that one yesterday. see snapshot 278.png It's good, but has one drawback, you have but 9 fixed choices of position for the text. Knowing gimp to be the app it is, I'm sure todds layer method ought to work with more flexibility of text positioning ? With the method I described, once you anchor the layer you can reposition it wherever you like using the move tool (the 4 directional arrows). Just make sure you have the right layer selected! Todd Yes, only I cannot get any text tool to come up let alone get any text onto the layer to move it around. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] boot messages
i thought typing # dmesg would suffice? - Original Message - From: Jerry Barton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 05:38:13 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] boot messages On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 10:21:41 -0800 Eric Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: /var/log/boot.log probably... I checked in both of those, but neither one has the list of OK and FAILED services. Are you sure it isn't in boot.log? You may have to scroll around a bit, but it should be there. Well, i guess i found the equivelent lines, for example: Jan 10 07:19:22 cuda atalk: atalkd startup succeeded But it still doesn't have the phantom line i am looking for, which says something about a failure, and that i should configure something... I'll find out what it says next time i boot. thanks, eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Does it say something about 'no config - file run kcontrol to generate one'? if so for lisa (mine did it and it took rebooting quite a few times and watching closely to get what it was all about.) HTH Jerry -- _||_ Registered linux user #300600 (o_ Registered linux machine # 185855 //\at V_/_ http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- __ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Test; Re: [newbie] What´s wrong with Moz =?iso-8859-1?q?illa??=
- Original Message - From: Ramin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 23:17:15 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Test; Re: [newbie] What´s wrong with Mozilla? Thanks, i will try it. My installation has been through the mandrake standard package installing which i assume is essentially a gui for urpmi. Regards, Ramin On January 12, 2004 06:35 pm, Margot wrote: Well, you seem to have got the Reply-to sorted now - so, back to the real problem... which I probably can't help with as I've never encountered such problems myself! Although I'm no expert, it sounds as if your Moz installation is corrupted in some way. How did you install it? Did you use urpmi? I had various odd problems with previous Moz installations where I didn't use urpmi - but since I discovered urpmi I've had no problems. If nobody else has any better suggestions, I suggest you uninstall Mozilla and then reinstall using urpmi. Margot * Ramin, you may want to try renaming your ~/.mozilla directory to something else, like .mozilla_old. Moz will then create a new .mozilla directory when you start the program. This will oftentimes fix certain problems. You will have to reset your preferences however. HTH. --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 9.1~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- ___ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.operamail.com, which allows you to send SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Another fonts question
John Richard Smith wrote: snip I don't know the answer to your questions, but I would be interested where to obtain all these fonts. I got the fonts from http://grsites.com/fonts/. On that site a previewis displayed of every font. The quantity is impressive! But are they linux fonts and isn't there somewhere one can get them free ? Fonts are not operating-sytem-specific (when we talk about Windows fonts, we just mean the fonts that come with Windows). The main distinction is between TrueType Fonts and Type 2 fonts: the former are bitmap fonts, the latter use vectors (and thus scale better - TTF often looks crummy in some point sizes). Linux can use both types, though some applications (e.g. LyX/LaTeX/TeX only uses vector fonts - so you need to go through a complex conversion process to make TTFs available). Sir Robin -- The Pseudo Politically Correct term that I would use to describe the mind set of postmodernism is 'epistemologically challenged'. - Chip Morningstar 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] 9.2 - Cannot setup printer
At 09:29 AM 1/13/04, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Tuesday 13 January 2004 09:19 am, Frank Bax wrote: CUPS daemon was not running - it's running now cupsd (pid 2699) is running... A quick check of /var/log/cups/error_log and I found a little problem with hostname, so I fixed that and cups now starts properly on reboot. We are making progress, but cups WWW Admin still produces same error: An error occured while loading http://localhost:631/: Could not connect to host localhost (port 631) Can you check /var/log/cups/access_log and tail -f the file, then try to access cups from the browser to see if an error pops up? Or just check that log for any errors in general. On my system, each job that is sent from any of the 3 networked computers results in a post entry in the access file. You should be seeing some activity when you try to access cups. No log entry when accessing browser interface. When trying to add printer through PrinterDrake, I get a shutdown entry (3 times) when Making printer available to cups. In fact, only message is shutdown message when I manually stop cups service or reboot (no message during cups startup). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux to Windows porting
Bryan Phinney wrote: On Tuesday 13 January 2004 09:02 am, robin wrote: Bryan Phinney wrote: On Monday 12 January 2004 11:36 pm, vikrant joshi wrote: I have Windows and Linux on same machine . Is there a way I can acces the windows files eg word or excel file through Linux. Do we need to install any software for that . If yes then where do we get that software from You need to specify the version. Office XP files use a proprietary format that still hasn't been reverse engineered by OS developers, I think. Any previous version of Office should be trivial for OpenOffice, KOffice, as well as a number of other replacements. AFAIK, OpenOffice will read Word XP files. My info may be dated. I am still on version 1.02 of Open Office and the last time I did some research, there were still some compatibility problems with some XP file formats. Version 1.1 is supposed to be fully compatible according to the website, but I am not running that version. I'm using 1.1 and can read a variety of Word files - my students upload their essays, so I've had plenty of practice. I've had a few completely doolally files, but I suspect that was file-corruption at their end. There are a few glitches, e.g. objects or macros may not come out as intended, and I've had occasional problems with table margins, but 98% of Word docs come out fine in OO now. The other reason for upgrading to 1.1 is the one-click PDF export - very convenient! 1.1 only has one annoying bug/feature, which is that if you have a document open and open another document, the new document window is _behind_ the old one - weird! Sir Robin -- The Pseudo Politically Correct term that I would use to describe the mind set of postmodernism is 'epistemologically challenged'. - Chip Morningstar 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] Another fonts question
robin wrote: John Richard Smith wrote: snip I don't know the answer to your questions, but I would be interested where to obtain all these fonts. I got the fonts from http://grsites.com/fonts/. On that site a previewis displayed of every font. The quantity is impressive! But are they linux fonts and isn't there somewhere one can get them free ? Fonts are not operating-sytem-specific (when we talk about Windows fonts, we just mean the fonts that come with Windows). The main distinction is between TrueType Fonts and Type 2 fonts: the former are bitmap fonts, the latter use vectors (and thus scale better - TTF often looks crummy in some point sizes). Linux can use both types, though some applications (e.g. LyX/LaTeX/TeX only uses vector fonts - so you need to go through a complex conversion process to make TTFs available). Sir Robin Question : what are type 1 fonts then ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] boot messages
But it still doesn't have the phantom line i am looking for, which says something about a failure, and that i should configure something... I'll find out what it says next time i boot. thanks, eric Does it say something about 'no config - file run kcontrol to generate one'? if so for lisa (mine did it and it took rebooting quite a few times and watching closely to get what it was all about.) i thought typing # dmesg would suffice? So did i, but it doesn't have that line in it... eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] usb webcam not working in mdk9.2 fixed
my usb webcam uses the OV511 module but harddrake failed to load of configure it... even though it worked ok in mkd9.1 after a bit of a google the solution was to edit /etc/modules.conf file adding 'below ov511 ovcamchip' camera now works )) for this fix and other stuff have a look at the site http://members.iinet.net.au/~quadfour/linux.shtml LtCdData Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux to Windows porting
My info may be dated. I am still on version 1.02 of Open Office and the last time I did some research, there were still some compatibility problems with some XP file formats. Version 1.1 is supposed to be fully compatible according to the website, but I am not running that version.-- I have had no problem going from office xp to open office, or office xp to office 2000, but once i did have trouble going from office 2000 to open office. Anyway, the newer open office seems to be ok with XP. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rename multiple folders
On Monday 12 January 2004 22:29, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Monday 12 January 2004 11:38 pm, Charlie wrote: -I have a bunch of folders(several hundred) that I copied over from my Win2k -partition that I want to rename. Windows names them using a capital letter -and I want to rename them all to all lower case. - -Example: rename Documents to documents - -Is there an easy way to do this? I don't want to do all these one at a time. - -Thanks, Hi Charlie. Just cp the files to where you need them, then while you are in that directory from a shell, type: for i in *[A-Z]* Now you at a prompt. Type do mv $i `echo $i |tr A-Z a-z` (note those are ` not ' , located below your tilde key) and finally: done Well this seems to have done the first level folders ok, but did not rename rename any of the subfolders. Is there a way to make this work recursively? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Detecting WLAN Card
Okay Derek, I'm back. I've investigated my admin settings for my network, and everything seems to match. It seems, because the dhcp isn't granting the network card an IP, that the router isn't allowing the card to access the network, or something similar to that. Is there anything you know about networks that can fix this? If I'm wrong, and it still has to do with my network card settings...what do you suggest? --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rename multiple folders
Hi again, The perl script 'chcase' I mentioned in my previous posts will rename folders recursively. Pablo Pablo Vitoria Garcia Dpto. Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU) Aptdo. 644 48080 Bilbao (Bizkaia) Tfno. 94 6015992 Fax. 94 4648500 - Original Message - From: Charlie [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] rename multiple folders | On Monday 12 January 2004 22:29, Ronald J. Hall wrote: | On Monday 12 January 2004 11:38 pm, Charlie wrote: | -I have a bunch of folders(several hundred) that I copied over from my | Win2k -partition that I want to rename. Windows names them using a capital | letter -and I want to rename them all to all lower case. | - | -Example: rename Documents to documents | - | -Is there an easy way to do this? I don't want to do all these one at a | time. - | -Thanks, | | Hi Charlie. Just cp the files to where you need them, then while you are in | that directory from a shell, type: | | for i in *[A-Z]* | | Now you at a prompt. Type | | do mv $i `echo $i |tr A-Z a-z` (note those are ` not ' , located below | your tilde key) | | and finally: | | done | | | Well this seems to have done the first level folders ok, but did not rename | rename any of the subfolders. | | Is there a way to make this work recursively? | | | 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] rename multiple folders
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 09:07:11AM -0700, Charlie wrote: Well this seems to have done the first level folders ok, but did not rename rename any of the subfolders. Is there a way to make this work recursively? Yes, use the script I gave you. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Video refresh very slow (Mandrake 9.2)
Mandrake 9.2 Pentium II 233MHz 64M RAM (I know, I know, it's slow) I have installed v9.2, but am having an issue with the refreshing of the monitor screen when using Konqueror. It's very slow, so every time I move the mouse around inside Konqueror, the screen flashes wildly. During the install, I installed the driver for the Monitor, an AOC Spectrum Glr. Should I have selected something more generic? While running Mandrake v7.2 previously, I never noticed this refresh problem. Also, is there any way to not have the full pathnames show up in the icons on the task bar and also in the title bars of the various windows? Thanks, ShutEye Thinkin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Would like to update kernel
On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 08:01, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 11 January 2004 18:24, Phil Savoie wrote: Subject: Re: [newbie] Would like to update kernel Date: January 11, 2004 13:15 From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Phil Savoie [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sunday 11 January 2004 17:59, Phil Savoie wrote: Well, I took a look and v4lin or any combination thereof wasn't found. According to http://bytesex.org/v4l/build.html the 2.5x kernels has what I need to get this going. I appreciate and thank Anne for her suggestion, however, if the program wasn't found I think I still may need to upgrade the kernel. Anybody willing to lend a hand? Thanks again and regards, Phil, I don't know what's happening, but something is. I had v4lin installed with 9.1 until I trashed my install a couple of weeks ago. I re-installed 9.1, and your post reminded me that I hadn't installed v4lin again. I agree with you - it's not listed at the moment - or if it is I can't find it. Phil - it seems that v4l was installed all the time. Look at this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] anne]# urpmq v4l The following packages contain v4l: gv4l gstreamer-v4l gstreamer-v4l2 Try installing these packages. Anne Hi Anne, I too have those packages installed but have no /dev/video or any indication that Mandrake sees the device. The driver won't install on the current stock kernel. I'm at work now so I'll have to think about the path I want to follow to sort this out when I get home. I really do appreciate your input and suggestions. Thank you so much. Warm Regards, Phil Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Would like to update kernel
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 17:43, Phil Savoie wrote: Hi Anne, I too have those packages installed but have no /dev/video or any indication that Mandrake sees the device. The driver won't install on the current stock kernel. I'm at work now so I'll have to think about the path I want to follow to sort this out when I get home. I really do appreciate your input and suggestions. Thank you so much. Which kernel are you running, Phil? I had GnomeMeeting running with 2.4.21-0.13, and now it's running with 2.4.21-0.26 (both on 9.1, of course). Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] linux install
On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 08:31, Anne Wilson wrote: Adolfo - he's not even getting it installed. I think he needs to pass noapic during the install. Can you tell him exactly how that's done? Anne Sorry I couldn't answer before. Here is a link that explains how to pass options during installation: http://doc.mandrakelinux.com/MandrakeLinux/91/en/Quick_Startup.html/ch03s01.html So after getting the boot prompt, enter linux noapic HTH, Adolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] urpmi/rpm error
On Monday 12 January 2004 07:39 pm, Portal Chris wrote: Hi All, I tried searching the archives for something relevant but didn't come up with anything useful. Trying to update the kernel with a recently obtained RPM, I get the following messages: # urpmi kernel rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Packages: unsupported hash version: 8 Can't call method traverse_tag on an undefined value at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/URPM/Resolve.pm line 204. Try this: # urpmi --fuzzy kernel You will get a lot of choices... -- http://users.netwit.net.au/~pursang/l-faq.pdf http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/index.xml Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Another fonts question
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 03:24:33PM +, John Richard Smith wrote: Todd Slater wrote: With the method I described, once you anchor the layer you can reposition it wherever you like using the move tool (the 4 directional arrows). Just make sure you have the right layer selected! Todd Yes, only I cannot get any text tool to come up let alone get any text onto the layer to move it around. John, What happens when you click the text tool in the main tool palette and then click on the image? Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 - Cannot setup printer
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 11:03 am, Frank Bax wrote: No log entry when accessing browser interface. When trying to add printer through PrinterDrake, I get a shutdown entry (3 times) when Making printer available to cups. In fact, only message is shutdown message when I manually stop cups service or reboot (no message during cups startup). Can you post your /etc/cups/cupsd.conf file? We may want to make a change in that file from Log info to Log debug to see if we get more information. Also, assuming that you have checked the error.log and see nothing else significant there. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rename multiple folders
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 09:39, Pablo Vitoria wrote: Hi again, The perl script 'chcase' I mentioned in my previous posts will rename folders recursively. Outstanding! Thanks to all. -- Microsoft Windows... What do you want to reinstall today? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Formatting External Hard Drive
I guess I broke it but good. while trying to find a mount point that works I think I wiped out the formatting on my primary hard drive. It had two partitions but only the partition with Mandrake was formatted for Linux and had a mount point. The other partition was DOS formatted. Here is what I had for the two partitions; / Mandrake backup Mount Point: /Mandrake backup Device: hdc5 Type: Journalised FS: ext Size 51GB (44%) Formatted Mounted /Win2000 backup Mount point /Win2000 backup Device: hdc6 Dos drive letter; ( C just a guess) Type Fat 32 size 51 GB (44%) Formatted Mounted Although it stated the partitions were mounted I never could find them If I tired the icons on the desktop for my floppy drive and CD disappeared. When I try to reboot I now get the following message: UFS; Can't find ext3 file system on dev ide 0 (3,6) Mount: error 22 mounting ext 3 flags. Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init = option to Kernel Question do I need to reinstall the whole thing? If I do reinstall should I try to install the secondary HD at that time or should I wait until all of the updates are installed. (I'm using 9.1? The reason I ask is my phone connection is terribly slow and requires about three to four nights to install the updates. Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] urpmi/rpm error, long error listing
Hi Joseph, Tried the urpmi --fuzzy kernel, got: The following packages contain kernel: kernel-smp-2.4.19.37mdk kernel-p3-smp-64GB-2.4.22.10mdk kernel-source kernel-doc-pdf kernel-2.4.19.37mdk kernel-enterprise-2.4.22.10mdk glibc-devel kernel-enterprise-2.4.19.37mdk kernel-smp-2.4.22.10mdk kernel-doc kernel-doc-ps kernel-2.4.22.10mdk kernel-i686-up-4GB-2.4.22.10mdk kernel-doc-html libwine1 kernel-secure-2.4.22.10mdk wine kernel2.4-marcelo pcmcia-cs kernel-secure-2.4.19.37mdk When I tried urpmi with a specific kernel, I got a ton of errors. Is it necessary to have the install CD's or similar RPMS available to upgrade/install the kernel? Chris P # urpmi kernel-2.4.19.37mdk rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Name: unsupported hash version: 8 error: cannot open Name index using db3 - Invalid argument (22) rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Name: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Name: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Name: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 error: cannot open Providename index using db3 - Invalid argument (22) rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Basenames: unsupported hash version: 8 error: cannot open Basenames index using db3 - Invalid argument (22) rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Conflictname: unsupported hash version: 8 error: cannot open Conflictname index using db3 - Invalid argument (22) rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Name: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Name: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Conflictname: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Name: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Name: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Name: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Name: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Basenames: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Basenames: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Basenames: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Basenames: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Basenames: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Basenames: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 8 rpmdb:
Re: [newbie] linux install
- Original Message - From: Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MDK Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 5:57 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] linux install On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 08:31, Anne Wilson wrote: Adolfo - he's not even getting it installed. I think he needs to pass noapic during the install. Can you tell him exactly how that's done? Anne Sorry I couldn't answer before. Here is a link that explains how to pass options during installation: http://doc.mandrakelinux.com/MandrakeLinux/91/en/Quick_Startup.html/ch03s01. html So after getting the boot prompt, enter linux noapic HTH, Adolfo Thanks for your help in this matter i will try again tomorrow, and let you know how i get on.. Thanks.. 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] Detecting WLAN Card--FIXED, FOR REAL THIS TIME
- Original Message - From: Marc Resnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 11:30 am Subject: Re: [newbie] Detecting WLAN Card Okay Derek, I'm back. I've investigated my admin settings for my network, and everything seems to match. It seems, because the dhcp isn't granting the network card an IP, that the router isn't allowing the card to access the network, or somethingsimilar to that. Is there anything you know about networks that can fix this? If I'm wrong, and it still has to do with my network card settings...what do you suggest? --Marc Derek, Thank you for all of your help. I asked my dad about the router, and he suggested a simple 15 second reset. I am now online with linux. I would've never known how to setup the network card without your help. Thanks again, Marc 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] Another fonts question
Todd Slater wrote: On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 03:24:33PM +, John Richard Smith wrote: Todd Slater wrote: With the method I described, once you anchor the layer you can reposition it wherever you like using the move tool (the 4 directional arrows). Just make sure you have the right layer selected! Todd Yes, only I cannot get any text tool to come up let alone get any text onto the layer to move it around. John, What happens when you click the text tool in the main tool palette and then click on the image? Todd Up comes the text window, see snapshot280.jpg I type the text and then OK, but nothing happens, so I LMC the image , still nothing, I don't understant the method by which the text gets onto the layer, and in anycase how the layer gets superimposed on the image . I end up with the image, a transparent layer, and another layer all in the layer window. but nothing on the image window to save. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] inline: snapshot280.jpgWant to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fw: 9.2
On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 19:04, P J Scott wrote: I havent had one reply about any of this only from you . - Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Fw: 9.2 On Monday 12 January 2004 16:45, P J Scott wrote: Well Anne at least there is something good, lol. Still can`t install Linux though good or not Maybee I`m just born to be a Microsoft slave.. Philip, try another new thread, this time putting your motherboard and 'install problem' in the subject. Make sure you mention the bios version, and say you can't find anywhere to disable pnp. It may be that someone who knows what's wrong missed it the first time round. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? maybe nobody's got anything to add, Anne's asking all the right questions, and I have to agree with her comments about the subject line. Paul M Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Another fonts question
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 09:33:09PM +, John Richard Smith wrote: Todd Slater wrote: What happens when you click the text tool in the main tool palette and then click on the image? Up comes the text window, see snapshot280.jpg I type the text and then OK, but nothing happens, When you put text on the new transparent layer, it's difficult to see as it is filled with marching ants. To make it worse, if you have a high-res image and are using a small font, it's almost impossible to see the text on the image if it's not @ 100% view. After you say OK to the text, mousing over the image should give you the four arrows (I think) to position the text. If you can't see the text, make sure you're looking at the image @ 100%. And/or make your text huge, just to see if you're getting it. so I LMC the image , still nothing, I don't understant the method by which the text gets onto the layer, and in anycase how the layer gets superimposed on the image . Not much to understand really. The text gets put on the top layer, which you can move and manipulate independently of the other layers. Some other things to check out--make sure the layer transparency is @ 100%, and check the layer mode (in L, C P) is Normal and not something else. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 - Cannot setup printer
At 02:44 PM 1/13/04, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Tuesday 13 January 2004 11:03 am, Frank Bax wrote: No log entry when accessing browser interface. When trying to add printer through PrinterDrake, I get a shutdown entry (3 times) when Making printer available to cups. In fact, only message is shutdown message when I manually stop cups service or reboot (no message during cups startup). Can you post your /etc/cups/cupsd.conf file? We may want to make a change in that file from Log info to Log debug to see if we get more information. Also, assuming that you have checked the error.log and see nothing else significant there. /etc/cups/cupsd.conf BrowseInterval 0 Browsing Off /var/log/cups/error_log E [13/Jan/2004:10:46:00 -0500] Scheduler shutting down due to SIGTERM. E [13/Jan/2004:10:49:41 -0500] Scheduler shutting down due to SIGTERM. E [13/Jan/2004:10:50:14 -0500] Scheduler shutting down due to SIGTERM. E [13/Jan/2004:10:50:46 -0500] Scheduler shutting down due to SIGTERM. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Speeding up X
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 09:26 pm, Travis Crook wrote: -I may have spoken too soon! It seemed to help for awhile but now I'm -back to my normal unresponsive mouse! I ran top to see what processes -where churning but I really didn't see a pattern. My mouse is slow -whether my processor is running at 85% or at 35%! It seems to be slower -when I'm using the network (Web browsing, checking email, etc.) but I -haven't fully tested that theory. Any other ideas? - -Thanks in advance! - -Travis Crook -Visions Beyond Is the unresponsiveness just your mouse or system wide? If its more than just your mouse maybe you have a hostname problem? Seems like I've seen this in the past when the system was trying to resolve a hostname that was bogus. Just a thought. -- /\ Dark Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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Re: [newbie] Test Message
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 19:38:05 -0500 Bryan Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just testing to see if the smarthost relay problems that I had previously have been fixed yet. If not, this message should never appear.-- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer so should we get this email... -- jason pearl [EMAIL PROTECTED] ++ Keep your friends close and your enemies closer-Tupac ++ Kurrupted Visionz Phx, AZregistered linux user #307811 MDK 9.2 LinuxMachine# 193475, 227341 AMD64 Opteron 1.6http://counter.li.org ASUS SK8N uptime: 21:40:08 up 2 days, 3:01, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[newbie] Cdrom problem
I think I did an uh-oh. I removed my rom drives (1 cdr, 1 dvd) from my mandrake 9.1, dell dimension 8100 to put into my new computer, and put an old cdrom from a OLD 233 pentium II into the dell/linux box. I didnt do any remove hardware thingy in linux nor was the box ON when i did it. At first it booted fine, maybe the first 2-3 boots and i never tried to test the cd-rom. After a few more days and 1 or 2 more boots i would get a cannot find secondary disk drive strike F1 to continue ( i have 2 hdd in the linux box). no problem to me because i havent gotten far enough to use the second disk ( i think :-/). To keep this long and boring story short I am now wanting to install mandrake 9.2 or Mandrake Move (any suggestions onto which one?) but my cd rom is not detected in the bios. I was thinking that it was a connection issue so i opened it up and all the proper cables are in the proper areas. This leading me to believe it may be a bad cable. Ive come up to two conclusions. 1. putting back the original roms and original cable or 2. maybe there is a floppy boot disk i can use that will enable a driver for the cdrom. Any help or hey everybody lets point and laugh at the kid withhis pants down would be greatly aprreciated thanks a billion -boardrider Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Formatting External Hard Drive
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 11:49 am, Owen Berio wrote: I guess I broke it but good. while trying to find a mount point that works I think I wiped out the formatting on my primary hard drive. It had two partitions but only the partition with Mandrake was formatted for Linux and had a mount point. The other partition was DOS formatted. Here is what I had for the two partitions; / Mandrake backup Mount Point: /Mandrake backup Device: hdc5 I don't like the looks of this at all. You said this is your primary drive??? hdc would be the third harddisk on a multiple disk system. Type: Journalised FS: ext Size 51GB (44%) Formatted Mounted /Win2000 backup Mount point /Win2000 backup Device: hdc6 This does not look right either. /dev/hdc6 places the /Win2000_backup on the 6th part sector of the 3rd drive. Dos drive letter; ( C just a guess) How can it be C: if it isn't on the primary drive and it contains no operating system? Type Fat 32 size 51 GB (44%) Formatted Mounted Although it stated the partitions were mounted I never could find them If I tired the icons on the desktop for my floppy drive and CD disappeared. Did you backup your /etc/fstab before you edited it? When I try to reboot I now get the following message: UFS; Can't find ext3 file system on dev ide 0 (3,6) Linux is looking for an ext3 system on the first ide connector (probably hda). Mount: error 22 mounting ext 3 flags. Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init = option to Kernel Question do I need to reinstall the whole thing? First, boot with the install disk, hit F1, and type rescue without the quotes. When you get to the part about mnt try to mount your system. Watch the screen for any errors for a clue as to what is wrong. If mnt fails, return to the pervious screen and do an lsparts to see what partitions your system says it has. Write them down. You may be able to edit your way out of the problem, but a working knowledge of vi will be very helpful. You can also restore your Windows bootloader from rescue, so you should at least be able to get your Windows back. After identiying your partitions, a possible alternative is to reboot with the install disk and try doing an upgrade. Recreate your partitioning on your primary drive, if necessary and as a last resort, but don't change anything (just choose the /, /home or whatever you have existing) and do not format anything on that drive. It should be o.k. to partition and format the backup drive. If I do reinstall should I try to install the secondary HD at that time or should I wait until all of the updates are installed. (I'm using 9.1? The reason I ask is my phone connection is terribly slow and requires about three to four nights to install the updates. If it comes to that, I would encourage you to have your secondary HD in place when you re-install, and format it the way you want it when you do. As far as updates to 9.1, why 9.1 doesn't seem to have any problems (for most people anyway) that require applying updates. I'm on dial-up, and with 7 machines running 9.1, I haven't installed a single update. My one 9.2 machine had to have the rpm fix, so it did require some messing about with. Good luck, and chock it off as a real learning experience. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
